Orpet Acquitted After Lengthy Deliberation in Poison Case
Waukegan Miss July 18 Will Orpet is free. The jury acquitted him after four hours and thirty nine minutes of deliberation. Orpet, once a student, faced the death of Marian Lambert and months in jail. His mother supported him throughout the trial, leading him from the courtroom when the verdict was read. The defense praised the unanimity as proof of innocence and urged society to give him a fresh start. The trial cost Lake County about 30000 dollars.
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Waukegan
M1s
Will Orpet
Marian Lambert
Aimé
Orpet
Marian
Edward Orpéet
Edwin Taylor
Madison
Wis
Frank Lambert
James H. Wilkerson
Lake County
Five Die In Auto Crash West Of Jacksonville
Five persons were killed and one injured when their car was struck by a westbound Wabash passenger train one mile west of Jacksonville. The dead are Mrs. Mary McSherry, Mrs. Ellen Groves, Dr. Elizabeth Allen, Allen Bernard, Mrs. Adolph Bernard, all of Springfield, and William Groves who was injured.
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Jacksonville
Mary McSherry
Ellen Groves
Elizabeth Allen
Springfield
Allen Bernard
Adolph Bernard
Harris, Chicago Banker, Dies at Wisconsin Residence
Nor man Wait Harris, prominent Chicago banker, collapsed after two months illness at his summer home in Geneva Wisconsin. He had suffered a heart attack last May in Seattle during a journey with his wife and son returning from Japan.
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Geneva
Wis
Normaan Wait Harris
Chicago
Wadsworth
Hector Collier Sunk Off Charleston With 60 Marines Aboard
The naval collier Hector sank off Charleston after departing Port Royal for Santo Domingo. It carried 60 Marines, 70 crew, and 12 officers. crew were rescued by small boats. Rescue orders were issued to the Seminole and Arlington radio towers broadcast appeals for assistance.
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Charleston
D. C
Hector
Clarieston
Hunt
Vigilant
Navy Yard
Port Royal
Santo Domingo
Coast Guard
Seminole
North Carolina
Guantanamo
Cuba
Cleanup in Philadelphia raid nets 104 resorts and 522 prisoners
A Philadelphia raid from late night to the next afternoon disrupted the tenderloin districts arresting 522 suspects including hardened criminals and three respectable families. The operation touched every forbidden business and upended local order.
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Philadelphia
Five Die in Flood Along French Broad River At Asheville
Five persons are reported dead and hundreds made homeless as floods swept the French Broad river through Asheville North Carolina. The rising waters carried away mills and homes along the riverbank and damaged the Vanderbilt estate at Biltmore. An unverified report claims Capt J Sipe Miss Mabel Foster and Miss Charlotte Walker drowned there.
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Asheville
N. C
French Broad River
Vanderbilt Estate
Biltmore
Capt. J. ©. Sipe
Mabel Foster
Charlotte Walker
Sinn Feiners Riot at Cork Recruiting Office
About 1,000 Sinn Feiners attacked the Cork recruiting office hissing military pickets and singing republican songs. The unrest followed the absence of prisoners freed after the Dublin rebellion.
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Cork
Ireland
Dublin
Fourteen Labor Leaders Convicted in Chicago Conspiracy Case
In Chicago Judge Scanlan's court fourteen of seventeen defendants in a conspiracy to extort trial were found guilty. Prison terms ranged up to three years. fines reached 2,600 dollars. Several defendants were acquitted while others received bail. The scheme involved strikes, window smashing, boycotts, and money obtained under false pretenses.
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Chicago
Scanlan
Hugo Hahn
Busines
Glaziers’ Union
Charlies Crowley
Fixture Hangers’ Union
Fred Mader
Fixture’ Hangers
Walter E. Staley
Ray Stewart
Wood Finishers’ Union
Frank Curran
Painters’ District Council
John F. Cleary
Electrical Workers’ Union
Isadore Gordon
Harry H. Grass
Painters District Council
Charles Hanson
Painters’ Union
John W. Murphy
Wiliam E. Nestor
Nicholas Pekelsma
George Tuckbreiter
William Clauss
Thomas Kelly
The
Electrical Workers
John White
Anon District Council
Clarke Named New Justice for Supreme Court
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Judge J. H. Clarke of Cleveland to be associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Clarke, born September 18, 1857 in Lisbon Ohio, has served on the U S district court since 1914 and is a lifelong Democrat.
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Washington
Wilson Friday
Senate
J. H. Clarke
Cleveland
United States Supreme Court
John Hessin Clarke
United States District Court
Lisbon
Clarke
United States Senate
Mark Hanna
Judge Clarke
Dead of Carrizal Buried with Full Military Honors
Washington reports six negro troopers killed at Carrizal were buried in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. None had been identified.
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Arlington
Washington
Carrizal
Arlington Cemetery
Rural Credit Bill Becomes Law Under Wilson
President Wilson signs the rural credit bill creating twelve land loan banks under a federal board. He says the measure grants farmers real estate credit equality with industry and commerce and will benefit farmers nationwide. The act, paired with the federal reserve provisions, expands credit access for farmers.
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Western
Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
Congress
British to Publish Enemies List of U S Firms
The British government will soon publish a list naming seventy to eighty U S firms and individuals domiciled in the United States. British residents will be forbidden to trade with those on the trading with the enemy act blacklist, the first American firms to be placed on the list.
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London
United States
United Kingdom
Interstate Rates Boosted From Sioux City to Nebraska
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that existing class rates to Nebraska points from Sioux City Council Bluffs St Joseph Kansas City and Atchison unfairly favor Omaha Lincoln and other Nebraska points. The ruling cites general order No 19 issued September 6 1914 by the Nebraska Railway Commission as the basis for higher rates.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nebraska
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Atchison
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska Railway Commission
Washington Declares Deutschland A Merchant Ship
The state department ruled the German submarine Deutschland a merchant vessel and entitled to treatment as such. Acting Secretary Polk said the ruling does not set a precedent and future similar cases will be decided on their merits. Navy and customs reports from Baltimore found the sub unarmed and not easily convertible for war, lacking weapons and with no ready warlike capability.
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Washington
State Department
Polk
Department
Navy
Baltimore
Munitions Exports Run High From New York Port
Exports of war munitions and general merchandise from the port of New York for the past week totaled 89,325,049 dollars, up from 47,645,992 the prior week. Year to date exports reach 1,434,240,741 dollars.
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New York
Italian Troops Advance in Posina Valley and Tefano Region
Italian forces seized key Austrian positions at the head of the Posina valley amid stiff resistance and reported further gains in the Tefano region as part of ongoing engagements.
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Rome
Posina
Tefano
Georgia House Rejects Suffrage Rule In Georgia
In Atlanta the Georgia house votes 91 to 21 against a special rule to advance a suffrage amendment. The decision likely ends the suffrage fight for this legislative session.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia House
Pope Benedict to Issue Second Appeal for Peace
Rome reports Pope Benedict plans a second peace appeal on the eve of the war’s second anniversary. The message is expected to stress reconciliation and the need for an end to hostilities as the milestone approaches.
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Rome
Benedict
Pinkham Remedies Restore Health for Washington Park Mother
A Washington Park Illinois mother of four praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for curing female troubles backache nervous spells and the blues. She thanks the company and invites others to write for free advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Washington Park
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rost. Stoptel
Moore Avenue
Illinois
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Salmon King Bridges Believes Fish Talk and Reason
Stephen Decatur Bridges of Verona Maine, famed as the Salmon King of the Penobscot, argues fish can think and communicate. He offers two causes for Penobscot salmon disappearance: polluted waters or hatchery egg taking at East Orland, which angers the fish.
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Stephen Decatur Bridges
Verona
Penobscot
New York World States
Bridges
East Orland
Rumor and Wife Argue Over Sleeper Berth Comfort
In a brief dialogue the wife laments cramped sleeper berths on a train and hopes for a flat car, while the husband dismisses the idea. The exchange captures a comedic tension over travel comfort in the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Free Book Offer on Rheumatic Ailments Promoted
A fragmented notice promotes a free booklet on rheumatic diseases. It mentions names like Gann and Deneck and references an event or location in Massa Ady with unclear details about timing or legitimacy.
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Absorbine, JR
F. Young
Temple St
Springfield
Mass
Gann
Deneck
Eocenteny
A. m. Massa
Ady
Woman Wins Savings Challenge With Canny Penny Pinching
A local saying highlights frugal habits as a woman saves a dollar faster than a man saves ten cents. The proverb reflects community views on thrift and money management.
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