Brothers Accused in Murder of Anna Markowitse in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio on August fifth Anna Markowitse died from head and neck injuries with bruises and cuts. Abraham Gordon known as Cop en was found near the Soldiags home gravely wounded. James Jacob and Bertha Markowitse siblings of Anna are held on suspicion of complicity while a sheriff's posse investigates.
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Dayton, O
Anna Markowitse
Abraham Gordon
Indianapolis
James
Jacob
Bertha Markowitse
Gordon
Dana Gilman
Copen
Soldiqgs
Anna
Bertha
Markowitse
Jordan
Son of Valiant Forbearers Buried In Manassa
The 85 year old Thomas Chilson father of City Councilman Charles C. Chilson was buried yesterday at 2 30 in the family plot on North Arthur. Rev Hedges of the Presbyterian Church delivered the funeral sermon at the home and grave. The interment was by Manassa’s undertaking parlors. He died after apparently suffering heart disease and a fall in the bathroom. He had been blind for 45 years. His grandfather fought at Fort Ticonderoga under Ethan Allen and his father served in the War of 1812. Numerous floral tributes were placed at the ceremony.
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Thomas Chilson
Charles C. Chilson
Mr. Hedges
Presbyterian Church
North Arthur
Manassa
Chilson
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Noted Shoshone Indian in town
Dick Washaki, a full blooded Shoshone and son of Chief Washakie, visited from Fort Washakie Wyoming to meet Deputy Sheriff Burnett McGarvey and chat. He will return to complete his visit with the Bannocks at Ross Fork after a Salt Lake stop. He serves as chief of the Indian police at Fort Washakie.
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Dick Washaki
Washakie
Fort Washakie
Wyo
Tillaeums
Ross Fork
Burnett McGarvey
Salt Lake
Bannocks
Indian Police
Suit Against the Oregon Short Line for Fatal Crash
Attorney W. TH. Lockhart of this city prepares papers in a federal suit against the Oregon Short Line alleging heavy damages for the death of Al fred Anderson a Kansas farmer killed at the Pocatello depot by being crushed between two freight cars. The action is filed for relatives of the deceased who live in Richmond Kansas and cites criminal negligence by the railroad.
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W. TH. Lockhart
Oregon Short Line
Alfred Anderson
Pocatello
Federal District Court
Southern Division
Richmond
Kas
Five Mysterious Grimes In Chicago
Five killings across Chicago prompted a manhunt as police race to identify assailants. Victims Fusako Rocco Edward Smith J L Barbour John Naughton and William Donovan died or are dying after brutal attacks. Police report no clues to the murderers.
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Chicago
Fusako Rocco
Edward Smith
Smith
J. L. Barbour
Luknois Central
John Naughton
87Th Street
Lowe Avenue
William Donovan
Haywood Returns to Denver After Boise Acquittal
W D Haywood secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners sits at his Denver headquarters desk amid visitors. He is acquitted of the Steunenberg murder in Boise and feels thirty pounds lighter while planning to resume federation duties soon.
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Denver
Colo
W. D. Haywood
Weston Federation of Miners
Fedration
Boise
Stecenberg
Haywood
The
Federation
Attempt to wreck Chicago Limited near Allegheny
Pittsburg reports an attempted wreck on the New York Chicago Limited just outside Allegheny. Splice cars were nailed to the ties to rest on the rails, but the heavy engine stayed on the rails with only severe jolting for passengers. No clue to the culprit.
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Pittsburg
New York-Chicago Limited
Pennsylvania Road
Allegheny
McCammon Power Plant Planned on Portneuf River Falls
Thomas M Edwards of McCammon State Bank and secretary of the McCammon Investment Company visited Pocatello to meet a Salt Lake engineer. The purpose is to assess feasibility and size of machinery for a proposed electric power plant at the Portneuf river falls above McCammon.
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Thomas M. Edwards
McCammon State Bank
McCammon Investment Company
Junction Town
Pocatello
Salt Lake
Portneuf
McCammon
Eawards
Russian General Karakozoff Shot in Odessa Center
In Piatigorst Cancacus on August 5 General Karakozoff former Odessa governor was assassinated in the town center. The assassin fled the scene. His harsh crackdown on disorders in Odessa years ago had made him unpopular.
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Piatigorst
Cancacus
Karakozoff
Odessa
Lynch Law in New York Sees Rising Fear After Attacks
New York Aug 5 mob vengeance was narrowly averted after a string of attacks on women and girls. Police intervened to stop lynching of George Kestner a bookbinder and to rescue Louis Concennella who was wrongly accused. Authorities add a thousand plainclothes officers to protect women and children after another assault on Jennie Smith in Richmond Hill.
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New York
George Kestner
Louis Conconella
Richmond Hill
Jennie Smith
New York City Grants and Bills Show Fiscal Strain
New York with a budget over half a billion dollars spends beyond means and cannot pay small accounts totaling about 300 000. Seven million sits idle in the treasury while contractors await payment for dock and water main work. An issue of corporate stock was authorized to cover costs but found no buyers, leaving Father Knickerbocker unable to settle these bills.
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New York
Knickerbocker
Father Knickerbocker
Fatal Quarrel in Idaho Leaves Man Mortally Wounded
Twin Falls Aug 5 M Cummings a ditch rider for Twin Falls Land and Water was shot by Isaac Divine a Hansen farmer on Rock Creek road three miles from Hansen Cummings dignity two bullets in the abdomen and cannot live Divine 60 years old a prosperous resident from Washington is charged with attempted murder Cummings says Divine attacked him after he jumped into Divine s mail stage Ac cording to Divine s statement the quarrel stems from an old dispute and the two were well known locals
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Twin Falls
M. Cummings
Divine
Cummings
Sacramento
Washington
Borah Foresees Pettibone Trial in October in Haywood Case
U S Senator William Borah special prosecutor in the Haywood matter says Pettibone will face trial October 1. He praises Judge Wood as fair, notes Orchard murder verdict hinged on corroboration, and says if Pettibone is acquitted, Mayer case may be dropped. Borah plans to continue investigating in Cripple Creek.
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Pettibone
Mayer
Haywood
United States
William BE. Borah
Idaho
Salt Lake
Boise
Cripple Creek
Borah
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Senator Borah
Wilson Hotel
Herald
Fremont Wood
Wood
Harry Orehard
Orehard
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Miners’ Union
Pat Bone
J. Wolfe
Moyer
Indians Edge Jackrabbits In High-Scoring Duel
In a brutal East Side Park game the Pocatello Indians beat the McCammon Jackrabbits with a walk off run by Little Conners after a wild eighth inning. Brazee pitched for the visitors as Edwards homered for the Jackrabbits and a late rally fell short. The crowd roared with a grandstand of hecklers and a final flurry produced two more runs.
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East Side
Pocatello
McCammon
Sears
Academy
Little Conners
Sanderson
Robertson
Redskins
Brazee
Hammond
Conners
Wilson
Morley
Edwards
Evans
Girard
Andy Kid
Junction Town
North Third Avenue
Nash
Alvord
Beatty
Gate City
How to Fish and How to Catch Em in Idaho
Tom Jenkins of Ferguson Jenkins Drug Co shares fishing tips from McCammon and praises catch limits on seining. He notes a four pounds six ounces trout, an 1100 pounds total haul by another fisherman with his dog nearby, and two Pocatello lads netting eighty five trout in Marsh Creek in three hours.
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Idaho
Tom Jenkins
Ferguson- Jenkins Drug Co
McCammon Banner
Tom
McCammon
Paul Nash
Mr. Jenkins
Pocatello
Marsh Creek
Grover Cleveland
Isaack Walton
Power expert visits on hydro plant project trip
James R. Minahan, noted hydraulic engineer, is in the city en route from Bliss to Grace. He has been supervising preparations for a 25,000 horsepower hydro electric plant by Telluride Power Co at Grace and similar work on Bear river near Kaee. Minahan stays at the Bannock.
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James R. Minahan
Grace
Bliss
Telluride Power Company
Bear River
Kaee
Mr. Minahan
Bannock
Moyer Orchard Pettibone case remarks by prosecutor
The prosecutor states that unless Haywood Pettibone and Moyer are convicted the Orchard case cannot stand. He asserts Harry Orchard will be punished to the fullest extent, calling him intelligent yet guilty of numerous murders and deserving no clemency.
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Econvict Haywood and Pettibone
Moyer
Harry Orchard
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