Police close in on Elsie Sigel slayer in New York case
In New York officers asserted they did not believe the Schenectady detainee was Leon Ling. Chu Hop telegram identity and Chung Sin arrest in West Galway tie to the murder of Elsie Sigel. Father identifies body, with Sigel relatives arranging funeral as investigators seek cause of death and the whereabouts of Ling and his ally.
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New York
Schenectady
Leon Ling
Chu Hop
Chinatown
N. Y
William H. Leon
Sigel
Chung Sin
West Galway
Amsterdam
Elsie Sigel
Potter's Field
Elsie
Franz Sigel
Reginald
Mabel Sigel
Columbia University
Dicine
Leon
Chu Gain
Port Arthur
Foster Asked to Withdraw From Baptist Church
At the Rape Ministers conference in Chicago on June 21 it was agreed that at next Monday’s meeting Professor George Burman Foster should be formally asked to withdraw from the Baptist church.
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Chicago
Rape Ministers
George Burman Foster
Baptist Church
Detroit Wins Next Skat Congress Venue
Milwaukee, June 21. Detroit captured the next convention of the North American Skat league at the city limits contest, earning the upcoming congress site.
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SKAT
Detroit
Milwaukee
Wis
Monte Attel Stops Frankie Neil In 16th Round Title Fight
Monte Attel defeats Frankie Neil by knockout in the sixteenth round of a United States bantamweight title bout at Coffroth's arena. Neil pressed the attack but lacked power as Attel connected with lefts rights and body blows to gain a decisive win.
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San Francisco
Cal
Monte Attel
Frankie Neil
Coffroth
United States
Neil
Attel
Ate Terr
Frankie
Rifle Team Tryout Fails For Company A Members
Company A members who attended the state rifle team tryout at Camp Logan range in Chicago returned. None made the team due to poor conditioning and off-form shooting. Aspirants included Captain E H Dunavin, Sergeant Furbee, Corporal Pederson, and Privates Branch and Latimer.
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Company A
Camp Logan
Chicago
E.H. Dunavin
Furbee
Pederson
Branchend Latimer
Packey McFarland Names Davenport Man as New Manager
Packey McFarland selected Hugh Carrigan of Davenport as his new manager to replace Harry Gilmore Jr. at a Clinton banquet. McFarland received a cane from Clinton admirers at the Lafayette inn and is in town to visit friends.
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Hugh Carrigan
Davenport
Clinton
Iowa
Packey McFarland
Chicago
Ofugh Carrigan
Naw
Harry Gilmore, Jr
McFarland
Lafayette Inn
Big Auto Crash Near Coney Island Leaves Six Injured
A sight seeing automobile packed with merrymakers veered off Ocean parkway on the way home from Coney Island. The crash hurled all six occupants from the vehicle and a young woman is reported in critical danger. The accident occurred early Saturday after the car struck a tree.
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New York
Coney Island
Ocean Parkway
Cincinnati Turnfest Opens For 30th Annual Gymnastic Meet
Cincinnati hosts a two day event with thousands entering the 30th annual North American Gymnastic Union meet. Five thousand participants including 800 women Turners arrive from across the country as streets glow with American and German colors for the festival.
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Gymnastic Union
Cincinnati
North American Gymnastic Union Or
Turnbund
Two Brakemen Killed by Negroes in Train Altercation
Des Moines Iowa on June 21 Brakemen Lee C Warner and Alva C Brechtel of Boone were shot dead on a train at Vail amid an altercation. Conductor McCartney found one dead and one dying on an oil car. Dennison Iowa reports two men Henry Clark and Chesley Hubbard of Omaha in jail after a sweating charge over the killings.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lee’ C. Warner
Alva C. Brechtel
Boone
Vail
McCartney
Dennison
Towa
Henry Clark
Chesley Hubbard
Omaha
Lee C. Warner
Honeymoon In A Balloon Lands After 120 Mile Flight
The balloon Pittsfield carrying Mr and Mrs Roger Noble Burnham ascended from Pittsfield and landed near Holbrook Massachusetts at 430 am after about 120 miles in the air. Roger Noble Burnham a Brookline sculptor and Mrs Burnham Eleanor Howard Waring of Brookline an authoress were the travelers.
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Holbrook
Mass
Pittsfield
Roger Noble Burnham
Brookline
Burnham
Eleanor Howard Waring
Michigan Bank Closed by Directors in Ironwood
The First National Bank of Ironwood Michigan closed its doors as directors decided to cease business. The controller of the currency has received a telegram confirming the closure. Washington reported the development on June 21.
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Ironwood
Decise
Washington
First National Bank of
Ironwood, Mich
Bank Board Action Sets Capital and Surplus
The board of directors approved actions affecting the bank which is capitalized at $50,000 and had a surplus of $24,000 at the time of the last report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oday
Mauretania Sets New Eastward Record For Transatlantic Run
Queenstown reports the Cunard liner Mauretania shaved 50 minutes off its own eastward record. The ship completed the New York to Daunt's Rock crossing in four days 17 hours 21 minutes arriving at 1 11 this morning.
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Beats
New York
Queenstown
Cunard Line
Daunt’s Rock
Murder After Ball Game in Meoria Peoria
Miner George Edwards was shot and killed by Frank Maher after a quarrel over a baseball game between Peoria Rivals and Kramm's Station. Maher, 28, surrendered to police after the shooting.
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Miner
Meoria
Peoria
George Edwards
Frank Maher
Kramm
Maher
Lorimer Named Chairman Of Senate Expenditures Navy Panel
Senator Lorimer of Illinois was selected as chairman of the senate committee on expenditures in the navy department. He was also named to the committees on manufacture Pacific islands Porto Rico and private land claims.
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Senate
Navy
Washington
Lorimer of
Ilinois
Navy Department
Pacific Islands
Porto Rico
Roosevelt Gift Antelopes Arrive in New York
Two baby antelopes sent by former President Roosevelt arrived in New York aboard the Vaderland for his daughter Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. The animals were dispatched from Antwerp and German East Africa aboard the steamer Admiral.
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New York
Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Vaderland
Antwerp
German East Africa
Defense rests in the Gould divorce case
In New York Justice Dowling resumed the Gould separations trial as Delancey Nicolls announced the defense has rested. He said the testimony already presented supports Gould’s alibi for separation and his claim to alimony and no further witnesses were needed.
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New York
Justice Dowling
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Delancey Nicolls
Gould
Jury disagrees in Calhoun bribery trial
In San Francisco the jury in the Patrick Calhoun case of United Railroads failed to reach a verdict with ten members favoring acquittal and two for conviction. After five ballots the panel was discharged by Judge Lawlor as hopelessly split, ending five months of proceedings without a verdict.
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Patrick Calhoun
San Francisco
Caliupe
United Railroads
Patrick Henry
Lawlor
Buick Driven By Louis Chevrolet Wins Cobe Cup Race
Crown Point Indiana June 21 Louis Chevrolet in a Buick 40 HP car won the Cobe cup the main event of the Western Vanderbilt over the Crown Point Lowell 395.65 miles by one minute five seconds Bourque in a Knox took second as the winning machine finished the tape after a desperate late bid. The race averaged 49.26 mph and was notably slow for 40 HP cars.
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Crown Point
Ind
Louis Chevrolet
Vanderbilt
Crown Point-Lowell
Bourque
Knox
Interurban Wreck Claims Ten, Wounds Forty in Indiana Race
An interurban wreck in Indiana leaves ten dead and forty injured as Friday and Saturday racing suffer delays. Cars and drivers face a dangerous course with roadway turns torn up by missing ribbons, slowing heavy motors and upsetting expected speeds.
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Chnnes
Electric trains collide near South Bend killing ten
In Porter County Indiana a head on crash between two Chicago Lake Shore electric cars killed ten and injured forty. Motorman George A Reed of the east bound car was killed for alleged disobedience of orders. Injured passengers were from South Bend and nearby towns. Rescue efforts faced delays due to darkness and lack of nearby telephone service.
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South Bend
Ind
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend
Porter County
H. A. Wallace
George A. Reed
Indiana
E. R. Borg
Urrow
Mount Carmel
Belmont
Browns
Southern Railway
Jackson
Pension Quest of Civil War Veteran Seeks Signatures
Jacob Whitaker, an elderly colored veteran, travels nationwide seeking two officers, Captain Ramser James and Lieutenant McClelland, whose signatures could help secure his U S government pension. He served in the 61st Tennessee Colored Volunteers and appeals to old soldiers for aid in locating them. Any information should be sent to J M Beardsley who is assisting.
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Jacob Whitaker
United States
61St Tennessee Regiment of Colored Volunteers
Ramser James
McClelland
Must Find a New Band for the 6th
The 6th regiment encampment will be the Sterling band’s last as its official music unit. Director Prestin announces the members will disband after this season and return the property to the state due to no local engagements. A new band will be chosen from another city with military companies for the 6th.
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6Th Regiment
Sterling
Prestin
Test On The Helen Blair To Measure Coal Power
Students will determine coal consumption to develop horsepower aboard the steamer Helen Blair. George Blair and Jerome Bishop will conduct the economy test using indicators and calorimeters shipped from Cornell college for a senior thesis at Cornell College.
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Helen Blair
George Blair
Walter A. Blair
S.C. Stocker
Burlington
Jerome Bishop
Muscatine
Cornell College
College of Mechanical Engineering
Blair
River trip features from Rock Island to Peoria
Elliott Flower narrates a river voyage starting at Rock Island and traveling down the Mississippi to St. Louis then up the Illinois to Peoria. He highlights river travel pleasures and notes several local features along the route.
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Ellicott Flower
Rock Island
Sunday Tribune
Elliott Flower
Sunday
Chicago Tribune
Mississippi
St. Louis
Illinois River
Peoria
Bugs Ravage Wheat Fields Across Central State
Green pests damage wheat sap causing withering in numerous central state fields. Despite a historically good crop outlook, fields report infestation by bugs observed in many areas.
Harriman III Rumor Used in Bearstock Raid
In New York on June 21 an unconfirmed rumor that E. H. Harriman was seriously ill in Vienna circulated as a bear raid hit the market. Union Pacific denied the rumor promptly while shares fell with Union Pacific down 3.25, Reading 3.50, Amalgamated Copper 0.875, and U.S. Steel 0.125.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Vienna
Union Pacific
Reading
Amalgamated Copper
U. S. Steel
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Charles Bovensiep
Herman Dietz
Otto H. Busch
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Alvin D. Gauff
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Madison
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Indianapolis
Fred H. Kunkel
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Charles Johnson
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Edward Gilbertson
A. Barker
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F. T. Moore
William Leon
Dowagiac Motor Works
Dowagiac
F. A. Lake
Dowagiac Motor, Works
G. A. Schimmel
Sterling Musical Organization
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Harriman III
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