Jerome in Thaw Thaw Base Extradition Tangle Surges
William Travers Jerome, named special deputy attorney general, to aid extradition efforts to return Harry K. Thaw to New York. Vermont expected, Sherbrooke officers instructed to avoid discrimination, while Thaw and Roger Thompson conflict over cash at a Quebec prison.
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Albany
N. Y
William Travers Jerome
New York County
Carmody
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Thaw
Jerome
Canada
Vermont
Glynn
Fletcher
Sherbrooke
Ottawa
New York State
Quebec
Harry Thaw
Roger Thompson
Thompson
Matteawan
Mitchell Thompson
Stanford White
Death Pact Tragedy Involves Boston Girl And Lover
Ruth Hamilton a 17 year old from Boston died after a bullet wound near the heart during a suicide pact with Charles Rich 20. She spoke of wanting to die and join her dead lover as she lay in St John’s Hospital. The motive stemmed from her heart disease and Rich’s recent injury.
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New York
Ruth Hamilton
Boston
Charles Rich
St. John’s Hospital
Rich
Wisconsin Farm Sells for 260 an Acre in Grand Chute
A record real estate deal in Outagamie county closes when John Conway sells his 100 acre Grand Chute farm two miles from Appleton to Elmer Renner for 260 per acre totaling 26000. The property features a modern house barns creamery power house silos and electric lights and running water.
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Wisconsin
Appleton
Wis
Outagamie County
John Conway
Sherman
Grand Chute
Elmer Renner
Diggs Guilty On Four Counts In White Slave Case
Former California state architect Mary Diggs found guilty by a federal jury of violating the Mann white slave act for eloping with Marsha Warrington from Sacramento to Reno for immoral purposes. Verdicts on two counts later overturned jury deliberations, with sentence set at five thousand dollars per count totaling twenty thousand. appeal planned.
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San Francisco
Mary
Diggs
Marsha Warrington
Sacramento
Cal
Reno
Nev
State Architect
California
Drew Caminetti
Anthony Caminetti
United States
John L. McNab
Wilson
Lola Norris
van Fleet
Democratic caucus and senate panel study currency bill
The House Democratic caucus and the Senate committees on banking and currency discussed the administration currency bill in Washington. A minor amendment passed in caucus. Representative Wingo warned that voting down the interlocking directorate prohibition could feed Republican claims of Democratic surrender to Cleveland H. Dodge and Cyrus McCormick, major Wilson fund contributors.
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Washington
House Democratic Caucus
Senate Committees On Banking and Currency
Wingo
Arkansas
Cleveland H. Dodge
Cyrus McCormick
Two National Good Roads Days Set in Missouri
Governor Major reports $1,000,000 of road work completed by volunteers over two days as Missourians burn arms and calloused hands in a statewide effort. Enthusiasm spans counties with organized squads and meals for workers. Kansas City Daughters of the American Revolution map the Santa Fe trail route.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Major
Congress
Kansas City
Daughters of the American Revolution
Whiskey Explosion Fatality in St Louis Child Killed
In St Louis a second child died in a whiskey barrel explosion after a lighted match was dropped. Charles Wild Jr age three, son of saloon owner Charles H Wild, died. Wild tried to rescue him and discarded $600 from the bank to the flames. Three other children were saved by Mrs Julia Burns who sustained severe burns.
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St. Louis
Charles Wild
Charles H. Wild
Wild
Julia Burns
Wisconsin Boxing Commission Named
Madison Wisconsin August 23 Governor McGovern named the state boxing commission to regulate boxing under the new law. Appointees are Dr C W Morter Milwaukee William P Hart Eau Claire and Walter H Liginger Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
McGovern
C. W. Morter
Milwaukee
William P. Hart
Eau Claire
Walter H. Liginger
Lord Strathcona to Quit at 94
Ottawa reports Lord Strathcona will resign as Canadian high commissioner early next year upon reaching his 94th birthday. He is expected to be succeeded by Hon. Dilford Sifton, the former Canadian minister of interior.
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Lord Strathcona
Ottawa
Dilford Sifton
Striking miners plan child relocation as prep for extended copper strike
John Mitchell reports from Calumet Michigan that the Western Federation of Miners is preparing for a long copper mining strike. Circulations ask strikers’ families about marriages and children as 500 to 1,000 kids may be sent to homes in Marquette county. Mitchell arrived today.
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Calumet
Mich
Western Federation of Miners
Marquette County
John Mitchell
Dynamite Found Near Mayor Gaynor Office in City Hall
A deadly charge of dynamite was discovered near Mayor Gaynor's City Hall office in New York. Three full sticks and two halves with detonator would have wrecked the building. Gaynor, in his office, showed calm as police cordoned the area.
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New York
Gaynor
City Hall
Bureau of Combustibles
City Hall Park
Sulzer aides plan indictment to block impeachment trial
confidants say the effort aims to indict several legislators tied to the impeachment, and others from Tammany Hall with criminal conspiracy as a charge. lawyers and advisers have collected evidence and will present it to District Attorney Whitman to seek a grand jury. Glynn supporters call the move ineffective.
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Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Tammany Hall
Put
War Board
Sulzer “War Board
Lynn J. Arnold
Whitman
New York
Executive
Glynn
Girl Saves Drowning Boy in Stewartville
Dorothy Vail a 10 year old of Stewartville swam to the drowning Ralph Towey in Lake Florence and brought him to shore unassisted. Her brave rescue may earn a Carnegie medal as action here proceeds.
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Stewartville
Minn
Dorothy Vail
Ralph Towey
J. H. Towey
Lake Florence
Dorothy
Young Toney
Cole Younger Joins Church Revival in Lee's Summit
Cole Younger, once a feared bandit, joined the Christian church at a revival meeting in Lee's Summit Missouri. He went forward when the evangelist invited converts and remained for a handshake with the audience as a thousand people watched.
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Cole Younger
Lee's Summit
Bandit
The
Christian Church
Younger
Congress Opens Fourth International on School Hygiene
Buffalo Aug 26 thousands of delegates including scientists educators and physicians gather for the Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene opening here to discuss methods for keeping boys and girls healthy in body and mind during the week long meeting
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Buffalo
Maid and Two Youths Drown at Lake Cognac Balloon Ascension
Battle Creek Mich Aug 26 A canoe capsized while watching a balloon ascent on Lake Cognac. Victims were Lota Mitchell 17 of Ann Arbor R C Warner Coldwater and Frank J Plunkett Detroit Miss Virginia Roab was rescued.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Lake Cognac
Lota Mitchell
Ann Arbor
R. C. Warner
Coldwater
Frank J. Plunkett
Detroit
Virginia
Roab
Two Shot in Strike Riot in Missouri Lead Miners
In Flat River Missouri Aug 21 the strike by 5000 St Francois county lead miners turned violent with two miners shot and seriously wounded. Local authorities report damaged property amid tense confrontations as the strike escalates.
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Flat River
St. Francois
Carload of dynamite found in Nanaimo strike zone
Soldiers in the Nanaimo area uncover enough dynamite firearms and ammunition to fill a box car and a half hidden in woods and old mining tunnels. Arrangements are made to keep regular troops in Nanaimo for at least a year. Volunteer companies totaling 1,100 men have been in the strike zone for a week and are expected to stay several weeks longer.
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Vancouver
B. C
Nanaimo
Bankers conference here opposes currency bill
About 250 bankers from across the country attend a Chicago conference on August 23. They mobilize strong opposition to the administration currency bill, arguing it would expose the U S banking system to political influence. Amendments to curb features of the Glass-Owen bill are likely.
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Chicago
United States
Congress
Officer Hurt In Erie Riot Breaks Out
Rioting linked to the iron moulders strike left a policeman and three men in a hospital. The Central Labor union executive committee appointed a committee to draft a resolution for a general strike.
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Erie
Central Labor Union
Famous Benedictine Abbot to Lecture in U S on Latin Bible work
Dom Gasquet abbot and president of the English Benedictines, named by Pope Pius X to chair the commission revising the Latin Vulgate, will arrive in New York on August 30 for a lecture series in the United States. He will be hosted by Cardinals Gibbon Farley O Connell Archbishop Ireland of St Paul Archbishop Glennon of St Louis and other prelates.
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U. S
New York
Dom Gasquet
Pius X
United States
Abbot Gasquet
Gibbon, Farley
O’connell
Ireland
St. Paul
Glennon
St. Louis
Millionaire Hurt In Polo Game
San Mateo August 26 Walter S Hobart a San Francisco millionaire clubman was seriously injured in a fall from his polo pony while playing at San Mateo.
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San Mateo
Cal
Walter S. Hobart
San Francisco
Painter Korthagan Jumps to Death from Masonic Temple Roof
Henry Korthagan, a painter, leapt from the nineteen story Masonic temple roof in Chicago on State street, dying as bystanders looked on. He had a prior suicide attempt at Atlantic City, and his death marks the third self inflicted fall at the temple in a year.
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Chicago
Henry Korthagan
State Street
Korthagan
Atlantic City
Union
Masonic Temple
Wilson Seeks Law Based Mexico Policy With Latin Backing
Washington officials say Central and South American republics back President Wilson’s Mexican policy. Secretary Bryan and Wilson discuss the situation. Huerta may shift tactics within 48 hours. Wilson will address Congress Tuesday outlining this policy and calls for constitutional government in Mexico.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Mexico
Huerta
Bryan
Houses
Congress
United States
Francé
Paris
Poincare
Pichon
Francisco de la Barra
France
Latin America
Central
South American
Lne
John Lind
America
Snake harvest boosts Carbon county earnings this season
Money from rattlers rises in Pa. Carbon county as workers along the Broad mountain road between Hudsondale and Nesquehoning report slaying over 70 rattlesnakes this season. Reptiles fetch money for their skins and, some claim, rheumatic cure. A five foot blacksnake was also killed.
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Mauch Chunch
Carbon County
Broad Mountain
Hudsondale
Nesquehoning
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