Butte Riots End In Death And Big Loss
Butte Montana June 24 property damage estimated at one hundred thousand dollars from last nights rioting and dynamiting of the miners union hall and surrounding buildings. Two men seriously injured by bricks and sticks. a federation miner dying from gunshot. President Moyer fled. leaders anticipate dissolution of federation influence. Mines Stuart and Original suspended then resumed. federal troops not yet discussed.
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Butte
Mont
Butte Miners’ Union Hall
Miners’ Hall
Western Federation of Miners
Sheriff's Deputies
Union
Ernest Noy
Montans
Leutenants
Moyer
Western Federation
As New
McDonald
New
Butte Mine Workers’ Union
Appleton
Wis
Outagamie County
Kaukauna
Here
Medina
Hurler Johnson to Take a Bride
Washington announces the premier pitcher Walter Johnson of the Washington Americans will marry Hazel Roberts, daughter of Representative Roberts, tonight in Washington D C.
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Hurler Johnson
Washington, D.C
Walterson
Hazel Roberts
Roberts O¢ Ada
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Area Shows Thunderstorms Likely
Till 7 P.M. Tomorrow in Rock Island Davenport Moline and Vicinity, thunderstorms possible this afternoon or tonight, cooler Thursday. Temperatures range from 73 at 7 a.m. to 90 yesterday, with light winds and no precipitation. Astronomical notes list Mercury Venus Mars Venus and Mars near the moon.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Moon
Sanden Electric Belt Case Raised in New York
Postmaster General Burleson authorized police to seize the Sanden Electric company offices in New York. Gideon H. McIvor, the general manager, was arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud. Warrants for two others were issued as inspectors probe fake medical claims tied to belts said to cure diseases. The firm, run by Albert J.T. Sanden, reportedly earned about 50,000 yearly and over a million in profits across two decades. The principal defendant is said to be summering in Maine.
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New York
Burleson
Sanden Electric Company
Postoffice
Gideon H. MccIvor
Postofice
Edmund Honvery
Washington
McIvor
United States
Canada
Sweden
Germany
Poland
Finland
Albert JT. Sanden
Maine
Iowa vasectomy law declared void by federal judge
Keokuk Iowa June 24 The Iowa sterilization law passed by the last assembly was declared unconstitutional invalid in a decision by Judge Smith McPherson of the southern district of Iowa. The ruling grants a temporary injunction preventing the board of parole the warden and the penitentiary physician from performing the operation on Rudolph Davis an inmate. Concurred by Judges Walter L Smith and John Pollock the decision notes the punishment is cruel and unusual and thus unconstitutional.
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Keokuk, Ja
Iowa
General Assembly
Smith McPherson
Red Ok
United States
McPherson
Rudolph Davis
State Penitentiary
Board of Parole
Fromm
Walter L Smith
Eighth District
John ©. Pollock
District of Kansas
William H. Berry
John F. Howe
David C. Mott
Iowa State Board of Parole
James S
Barefoot 1200 Mile Walk Ends At St Louis
Dr Edward Philip and Arthur Daly, University of Pennsylvania graduates, finished a barefoot trek from Philadelphia to St Louis covering about 1200 miles. A college prize of 1000 dollars was offered for two men who completed the journey. Six started and final legs reached Chicago and Streator.
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Philadelphia
St Louis
St. Louis
Edward Philpin
Arthur Daly
University of Pennsylvania
Chicago
Streator
Huerta Sniper Attacks at Vera Cruz Raise Intervention Fears
reports from Washington and Niagara Falls describe persistent sniping by Huerta loyalists at American posts in Vera Cruz and rumors of Constitutionalist advances toward Mexico City. Mediation discussions continue in hopes of clarifying instructions to constitutionalist agents, while Zacatecas reportedly fell to General Natero on June 19 though officials doubt the report.
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Washington, D. C
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
War Department
Funston
Huerta
Niagara Falls
Ont
United States
New Orleans
Carranza
Washington
Zacatecas
Tampico
Natero
San Luis Potosi
Servia King Peter I abdicates throne in illness
Belgrade reports King Peter I of Servia has abdicated in favor of his son Alexander as his eldest son George had renounced his claim in 1909. Peter, aged 70, ascended the throne in 1903 after the murder of King Alexander and Queen Draga, with 54 killed or wounded in the royal palace raid. Alexander will govern during Peter’s illness.
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Belgrade
Peter I
Servia
Alexander
George
Peter
Draga
Booths Double Is Dead Soldier Who Was Lincoln Slayer Dies
Shamokin Pa June 24 Capt J W Haas commander of the 6th Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War died here yesterday Following the Lincoln assassination Haas who bore a striking resemblance to John Wilkes Booth while on his way to the Clearfield region in Pennsylvania was arrested by troops who prevented a mob from hanging him The woman cook at a Philadelphia hotel accused a man of attacking her but did not know his name She suggested listing the offender as John Dishwasher They are now telling how John Dishwasher has shared an honor held exclusively Alberto by John Doe
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Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Shamokin
J. W. Haas
6Th
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Haas
J. Wilkes Booth
Philadelphia
John
John Doe
Man Found Dead and Woman Jailed in Stamford Case
Waldo Ballou, ex city council member, died from a fractured skull after being found unconscious in a street in Stamford. Divorcee Helen Angele is under arrest as a suspect. police say bloodstains and a crushed straw hat link her to Ballou. Angele admits he was in her apartment and claims the death was an accidental fall after drinking.
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Stamford
Conn
Waldo Ballou
Helen Angele
Ballow
Ballou
Waldo
German Aviator Dies in Accident and Record Flight
Schwerin and Johannisthal reports confirm Lieutenant Kolbe was killed and Captain Ruff injured in an aeroplane overturning. Gustav Basser set a new duration flight world record of 18 hours 10 minutes, surpassing Bruno Langer's 14 hours 7 minutes. Vienna notes a mourning guard of 20 aeroplanes attended nine Austrian air casualties, with archdukes and cabinet members present.
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Schwerin
Germany
Kolbe
Ruff
Johannisthal
Gustav Basser
Bruno Langer
Vienna
Dynamiters Freed by Wilson in Commutation
President commuted to immediate effect the sentences of Michael Hannon Frank Painter Fred Mooney and William Shupe for their minor roles in the dynamite conspiracy. Twenty four applicants for pardon. twenty defendants to begin serving sentences in Leavenworth tomorrow. John Barry and Paul Morris were denied clemency while they may file separate petitions. New trials granted for six othersPending cases include Tinetmoe McCann Ray Houlihan Sherman and Bernhardt.
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Washington, D. C
Michael Hannon
Scranton
Frank Painter
Omaha
Fred Mooney
Duvnth
William Shupe
Chicago
Leavenworth
John Barry
Paul Morris
St. Louis
McReynolds
Tinetmoe
McCann
Ray
Peoria
Houlihan
Sherman and Bernhardt
Man finds $50,000 bank stock certificate in street
A Philadelphia man discovers a paper in a street pool claiming 500 shares of American National bank of Chicago stock worth 100 dollars a share. The bank merged with American State bank, so value unclear. He seeks contact with Archie J. Fowler, the original recipient, while officials confirm signatures of Harry Earle George and M. N. Gray.
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Philadelphian
Chicago
Philadelphia
Joan Manetes
American National Bank of Chicago
Archie J. Fowler
Harry Earle George
M. N. Gray
American National Bank
American State Bank
Fire devastates Manchester business district
Manchester New Hampshire June 24 a six hour blaze menaced the retail district destroying two large commercial blocks with a 400000 loss. Nine firemen were injured but expected to recover five suffered head and face burns when an explosion of chemicals in a hardware store hurled them through a ground floor window.
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Manchester
N. H
Spencer Doomed to the Scaffold in Illinois
Springfield reports a possible clemency bid for Henry Spencer who faces execution on July 31 in DuPage county for the murder of tango teacher Mrs. Allison Rexroat. The supreme court has ruled he is sane, making a pardon unlikely. a re hearing motion could delay until October.
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Springfield
Dunne
Henry Spencer
DuPage County
Allison Rexroat
Spencer
Supreme Court
Jeffrey Band to Lead State Conclave in Springfield
Announcement today that the Jeffrey band of 25 pieces from Jacksonville will lead Rock Island Commandery No 18 Knights Templar at the state conclave in Springfield on Sept 1 2 and 3. Local commandery headquarters are at the St Nicholas hotel. A drift team will enter the competition and a strong showing is expected.
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Jeffrey
Jacksonville
Rock Island Commandery No
Knights Templar
Springfield
St. Nicholas Hotel
Peoria
Mohammed Temple
Het Sands
Desert
Rock Island
Moline
Massive wind storm ruins Water town and more
North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin suffered major damage from a wind and rain storm. Water town South Dakota saw 250 buildings wiped out and extensive property losses. Minneapolis and Watertown Wisconsin also faced injuries and structural damage with telegraph and telephone lines down. Overall, four died in Minneapolis and two fatally in Water town, with dozens injured and extensive rural destruction across the region.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
Watertown
S. D
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Slay Detective in Little Italy
Chicago, June 24. Frank De Mario, an Italian investigator of recent Little Italy shootings, was shot and killed near Death Corner in the Italian district. It was the 21st murder in that vicinity this year and the 125th in Little Italy over the past three and a half years. De Mario acted as a police stool pigeon. Edward J. Gainor, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, spoke to local carriers at the post office this afternoon after a stop in Rock Island on his way to Galesburg for an evening address.
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Chicago
Ill
Frank de Mario
de Mario
Little Italy
Edward J. Gainor
Muncie
Ind
National Association of Letter Carriers
Mr. Gainor
Rock Island
Des Moines
Iowa
Galesburg
Business agent slain by builder
Chicago June 24 Patrick Dignan Seeeeth shot and killed George Hammong business agent of the Excavators and Teamsters union. Hammong threatened to call a strike if contractors failed to reduce wagon loads.
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Chicago
Patrick Dignan
Seeeeth
George Hammong
Excavators’ and Teamsters’ Union
Hammong
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