Impeachment Threats Amid Winters Girl Case in Indiana
Newcastle Indiana June 2 Robert Abel a private detective in the Catherine Winters disappearance left town after clashes with Prosecuting Attorney Myers. Affidavits charging Dr and Mrs Winters and Ross Cooper with conspiracy to commit murder were filed. bonds set at 1000. Impeachment may follow malfeasance charges against Mayor Watkins as the investigation tightens.
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Newcastle
Ind
Robert Abel
Catherine Winters
W. R. Myers
W. A. Winters
Abel
Indianapolis
Jackson
Dr. Winters
George Barnard
Cooper
Winters
van Matre
Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad
Robert Mann
Road Strike Nears as Parley Ends
Negotiations between western railroads and locomotive engineers and firemen for wage hikes broke off. Employers say demands would cost over 33 million annually, cannot be met, and a referendum vote on a strike will be held with results due July 14.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Western Railways
West
Middle West
United States
Lake Michigan
Illinois’ Central
Canada
Fort William
Grand Trunk Pacific
A. W. Trenheim
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Warren 8
Brotherhood of Lo Motive Engineers
W. S. Carter
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Mr. Trenhoim
Dynamite Found in Agriculture Dept Office in D C
Five sticks of dynamite with burning fuses were found late today in the department of agriculture under the office of Secretary Houston. The fuses were extinguished before damage occurred. The watchman who found the dynamite is held for investigation. An employee recently discharged is being sought after making threats.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Argiculture
Houston
Weather Outlook and Railway Wage Debate
Unsettled and warmer weather for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity with chances of thunderstorms or showers tonight and Wednesday. Local forecaster J M Sherier notes 50 F at 7 am, 79 F high yesterday, no precipitation, winds south at 8 mph, humidity 33 percent at 7 pm and 48 percent at 7 am, water stage 6.3 with a 0.1 drop. Astronomical events list evening stars Mercury Venus Saturn Mars and morning star Jupiter with Cassiopeia notable. The article also reports railway wage proposals and a locked negotiation stance, indicating eight hour day would raise overtime costs and that negotiations collapsed, with a strike vote possible on multiple railroads after July 14.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Cassiopeia
Rebels Slay Officers at End of Fight
In Durango and surrounding regions, constitutionalists defeated federal forces after three engagements May 30 and 31. Colonel Reyes led 600 men to victory at Salinas, with heavy federal losses and several officers captured or executed. A second clash reinforced by San Luis Potosi troops ended similarly, while reports note brutal outcomes for federal forces and ongoing mediation delays in Durango.
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Durango
Mexico
Zacatecas
San Luis Potosi
Carranza
Reyes
Salinas
Chaves
Catoca
San Diego
Cal
Culiacan
Sinaloa
New York
Bridgeport
Conn
Custom House
Washington
Antila
Antilla
Niagara Falls
Ont
Huerta
D. C
Mexico City
Rafael Zubaran
Herta
Exports lower as imports rise in six months
Washington June 2. The commerce department review shows domestic demand nearly meets production, prompting reduced exports and rising imports of foodstuffs. Six months under the new tariff saw food imports exceed thirty million dollars more than the prior half year, while crude foodstuff exports fell and manufactured exports rose. Beef, cattle, corn, wheat, rye, macaroni, fruits and edible oils led import increases.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Commerce of Foreign Trade
Firemen Save East Moline Sash and Door Plant
Prompt action by East Moline firemen saved the Sash and Door factory from total destruction this afternoon. Fire started in the boiler room at 2 o clock and was under control within half an hour. The wood building occupies a full city block. the plant office is at 1212 Fifteenth Avenue.
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East Moline Sash & Door Company
Fifteenth Avenue
Dissolution Ordered for American Thread Company Trust
Washington June 7 The federal court at Trenton New Jersey ordered the dissolution of the thread trust organized as the American Thread Company. The action ends a long antitrust case and redistributes control of major thread production in the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Thread Trust
The
American Thread Company
Trenton
N. J
Roosevelt Granted Special Permit For Travel To Madrid
Paris June 2 The French government will allow Colonel Roosevelt to pass through police nests at all times on his journey through France to Madrid for the wedding of his son Kermit and Mies Willard.
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Paris
France
Roosevelt
Police
Nes
Madrid
Kermit
Mies Willard
Cummins Leads Iowa Senate Primary By Fifty Thousand Votes
Overnight returns show A B Cummins holding about a 50 000 vote lead for the U S Senate with George W Clarke about 20 000 in front for governor Maurice Connolley leads E T Meredith for the Democratic senatorial nomination by 15 000 to 20 000 John T Hamilton appears set to win the Democratic governorship nomination in Cedar Rapids With 2100 precincts reporting less than 200 tallied Polk county results show Meredith losing by under 1 000 and Dubuque county granting Connolley about 6 500 Caspar Schenk and S H Basher race closely for the Progressive nomination Tom Fairweather a Des Moines Western League baseball club owner is nominated for state senator in Polk county
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. B. Cummins
George W. Clarke
Maurice Connolley
Dubuque
Victor
E. T. Meredith
John T. Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Meredith
Polk
Connolley
Dubuque County
S. H. Basher
Casper Schenk
Thomas Fairweather
Western League Baseball Club
Polk County
Five Car Bandits Crack Bank Safe
Five robbers in an automobile invaded Mahomet at dawn. Four blocked the street in front of Bussy's bank while a fifth blew the safe, escaping with 2500 dollars. Citizens were terrorized but no injuries reported.
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Champaign
Mahomet
Bussy
Lloyd George in Suf Fraud Uprising at Criccieth and Buckingham Palace
Criccieth Wales June 2 crowds disrupt Lloyd George open air meeting as suf fragers provoke panic and shatter windows. six arrests. London June 2 two young militants chain themselves to Buckingham Palace gates, waving Women’s Social Political Union flags, no royals present.
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Criccieth
Wales
Lloyd George
London
England
Buckingham Palace
Breitung Sued for Big Damages in Alienation Case
Max Kleist, a gardener who married Juliet Breitung, son of Edward Breitung, sues in White Plains New York for 250000 dollars alleging alienation of affection. The suit mentions the couple’s different state residencies and notes transfer from state to federal court. Breitung denies the charges and says Juliet is free to return.
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Chicago
Max Kleist
Juliet
Edward Breitung
Marquette
Mich
Breitung
White Plains
N. Y
Kleist
Early Leper Detected in Hotel With Capital Figures
John Early, famed for years of enforced rail travel and quarantines amid dispute over leprosy, was found today in a fashionable Washington hotel attended by Vice President Marshall and other prominent figures. He was contacted by a newspaper and identified as "Mr. Westwood" before being moved to an isolation hospital.
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Washington, D. C
John Early
Marshall
Capital Life
Early
Westwood
Baseballs Kill Three Players Die After Being Struck
Reports from multiple cities dated June 2 recount three baseball fatalities after being struck by pitched balls. Frank Boucher, 22, died in Rockville Conn from a fractured skull. William Hammer, 21, a schoolteacher, died in Tompkinsville Ky after a head injury. Roy Mimms died in Fort Worth Texas minutes after being struck in the heart during a game.
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Rockville
Conn
Frank Boucher
Tompkinsville
William Hammer
Fort Worth
Texas
Roy Mimms
Funeral for Empress of Ireland victims set in public ceremony
Quebec June 2 The first public funeral for Empress of Ireland victims will be held Wednesday with nine crewmen buried. A public procession will be led by H M S Essex detachment and local forces. Schools close and business stops. Identification has caused disputes, with five claimants for a single child. Some bodies misidentified due to altered features. Among the identified is Leonard Palmer, London financial journalist who organized a tour of British manufacturers to this country.
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Quebec
H. M. S. Essex
Leonard Palmer
London Financial News
Resolute Leads in First America's Cup Trial
On a 15 mile triangular course the cup yachts Vanitie and Resolute started the first preliminary race on Long Island Sound. Resolute led Vanitie by about a minute at the home mark first time around as the race unfolded. The Reliance could not start due to rig changes. In Palermo a mob burned half of Porto Empedocle during a sulphur mine strike, denying order with troops deployed to restore calm.
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Associated Press
Wireless
Vanitie
Resolute
Long Island Sound
Reliance
Palermo
Sicily
Porto
Canal Water Rates Cut After Panama Entry
San Francisco June 2. When the Panama canal opens to commerce water rates from this port to points on the Mississippi Missouri and Ohio rivers will be reduced by from 40 to 50 percent, according to a prospectus issued by the chamber of commerce.
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San Francisco
Cal
Panama Canal
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Chamber of Mmetsh
Picketing Declared Not Unlawful Under Clayton Bill
Washington June 2 The House adopted the Webb amendment to the Clayton anti trust bill declaring that peaceable strikes boycotts and picketing shall not be construed illegal The anti injunction feature of the bill was approved amid sensational speeches.
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Washington, D. C
House
Webb
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