Darrow Franklin bribery testimony in McNamara case
In Los Angeles on May 31 Clarence Darrow allegedly bribed juror George N. Lockwood with four thousand dollars. Bert H. Franklin testified that Darrow warned him jurors unfriendly to the defense could flee town and that operatives were told to summon jurors by phone to avoid service. Franklin cited a November cafe meeting where Darrow reviewed a list of ninth McNamara venire names including Lockwood and A K Kruger.
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Los Angeles
Bert
Clarence Darrow
Bert H. Franklin
George N. Lockwood
Franklin
Darrow
Lockwood
McNamara
McNamara Venice
A. K. Kruger
Kruger
Guard Path of Troops Blocked
Advance guard of Mexican federals reached five miles south of Santa Rosa and one hundred miles south of Chihuahua. A week of potential battle looms as burned bridges block the northward march. Col Aguilar Chica denies rebels captured Torreon or nearby towns Gomex Palacio Lerdo.
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el Paso
Santa Rousica
Chihuahua
Huerta
Col. Aguilar Chica
Torreon
Gomex
Officer suspected of fiendish crime in Little Rock murder
Samuel Brassfield a former Little Rock policeman was arrested in Searcy on charges of murdering nine month old Paul Coulter shot in his mother's arms on May 12. Brassfield is held in the state penitentiary as a precaution against mob violence and denies guilt. The infant killing followed a wave of attacks on women attributed to the same man.
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Little Rock
Ark
Samuel Brassfield
Searcy
Paul Coulter
Brassfield
State Penitentiary
Coulter
Boy Struck by Airplane at Meadows Grand Stand
A ten year old boy, Raymond Chay man, was struck when a plane piloted by Clifford Turpin crashed into the Meadows grand stand. He survived but with no prospect of recovery, doctors say. Turpin remains under nominal arrest as an inquest testimony is awaited.
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Seattle
Raymond Chayman
Clifford Turpin
Meadows Westerany
Turpin
Strike in Mills Shuts Down Lawrence Woolen Works
Three hundred operatives in the American Woolen mills joined four hundred workers in the carding and combing rooms who walked out after unions and the Industrial Workers of the World influenced the walkout. The action began after workers in those rooms refused to join the I W W.
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Lawrence
Mass
Industrial Workers of the World
NYC Hotels Brace for Citywide Waiter Strike
Thousands of waiters and cooks from major New York hotels threaten a 24 hour walkout over higher wages shorter hours and union recognition. Negro strike breakers are said ready to enter the city from southern points to uphold the action as Marie Antoinette Sherry's Calumet and Hotel Seville join in.
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New York
Marie Antionette
Great Northern
Sherry’s
Calumet Club
Seville
Downey Rainmakers Whitewash Pocatello in Fast Brass League Game
Downey wins 12 to 0 in the opening game at the new Downey ballpark. Woodle fanned 12, hit a home run, and Downey’s defense and hitting overpower the Pocatello lineup led by Breese and Kirkendall who allowed 12 Downey hits and committed six errors by the visitors. An exhibition broncho busting followed the game before a large Bannock county crowd.
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Downey
Pocatello
Downeyites
Woodle
Princeton Varsity
Breese
Kirkendall
Pocatello Slabmen
Wilson
Laurenson
Darien
Bannock County
Down
Rhode Island Holds First Democratic Presidential Primary
In Providence on May 31 voters chose among Clark Harmon and Wilson for the presidential primary. The national committeeman race attracted the most interest with a crowded field and keen attention on the outcome.
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Providence
R. I
Clark
Harmon
Wilson
O Neil in Jail as Bail Fight Rages in Wallace Idaho
B F O Neil former president of the defunct State Bank of Commerce of Wallace is jailed awaiting trial. Attorneys urge lower bonds while Judge Worstell sets $10 000 per count for nine charges and references extradition from Vancouver British Columbia amid a bitter case.
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O'Neil
Walter H. Hanson
O’neil
L. F B. Worstell
James A. Wayne
Wayne
British Columbia
Duncan
Reuff
California
Vancouver
L. E. Worstell
W. W. Woods
Haines Confident in Gubernatorial Bid During Idaho Tour
Former Boise mayor John M. Haines, a Republican candidate for governor, spoke in Pocatello about his bid. He said he would win the nomination and the general election, denied any alliances, and emphasized backing from workers to business leaders for a business administration in Idaho. He planned to continue travels to Idaho Falls and northern towns.
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John M. Haines
Boise
Pocatello
the Snake
Tribune
Haines
Idaho
Mexican consul identifies pauper’s field victim as official’s son
In Potter’s Field Hiawatha Kansas May 31 Pedro Callardo long buried in the pauper’s field has been identified by the Mexican consul at Kansas City as the son of the former Mexican secretary of agriculture and a member of a wealthy family.
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Hiawatha
Kas
Pedro Callardo
Willis
Kansas City
Probate Court Sets Preliminary Hearing in Nine Counts
The court plans a preliminary hearing on nine probate counts today. Attorneys Transon and Fred Miller intend no bail reduction until after the hearing. Judge Woods may apply the same bail scale, potentially lowering bonds from 90 000 to 18 000 and total from 126 000 to 54 000, with a speedy trial sought and a possible special term later this summer. Wayne Aten expresses no desire to delay the trial.
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United States
Transon
Fred Miller
Spokane
Woods
Taie
Aten
Wayne
Wright Brothers Aviator Wilbur Wright Dies in Dayton
Wilbur Wright, famed aviator, dies at 3:15 a m in Dayton after a typhoid fever illness that began May 4 during a business trip east. He leaves wife and children and was surrounded by family including Orville Wright and Bishop Milton Wright.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur Wright
D. B. Conklin
Levi Spitler
Milton Wright
Catherine Wright
Orville
Wright
Conklin
Wilbur
Bishop Milton Wright
Ticket Tangle at Republican Convention Over Ticket Allocation
Chicago May 31 The Republican national convention head quarters faced ticket tensions as Chairman New denied Senator Dixon's claim of requesting tickets for Roosevelt. He said Roosevelt would receive a reasonable number for family and friends, while Taft and La Follette ticket requests were refused. An emergency hospital with twenty five beds and a surgical room was planned for the Coliseum annex during the convention.
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Chicago
Dixon
Roosevelt
New
Rooevelt National Committee
Col
McKinley
LaFollette
Taft
United States
National Committee
Coliseum
Federal Probe for the I. W. W.
Attorney General Wickersham orders a federal grand jury inquiry in San Diego California into Industrial Workers of the World activities. The probe follows a San Diego appeal accusing the group of breaching American neutrality with statements on Mexico. The U S attorney in Los Angeles will present the case before the jury.
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Washington
Wickersham
San Diego
Calif
Mexico
United States
Los Angeles
Department of Justice
More Trouble in British Dockland
London May 31 An open or closed shop fuels a dispute in dockland with no sign of employers baring non unionists or strike leaders allowing men to work with non unionists. A government called joint conference failed as no employer attended. Non unionists increase as London provisioning continues. Government moves to deal with each side separately.
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London
Wheat Market Report and Wright Ancestry Linkage
May wheat closed at 1104 dollars as Chicago markets ended. The article then traces Wilbur Wright's ancestry through English lineage and Samuel Wright who settled in Springfield Massachusetts in 1736 with descendants noted for Revolutionary War participation.
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Chicago
Wilbur Wright
England
Samuel Wright
America
Springfield
Mass
Funeral Tomorrow for Dayton's Wilbur Wright
Dayton honors its distinguished son Wilbur Wright with business suspendes during his funeral tomorrow. The city will observe hour by hour as services proceed in Dayton Ohio on May 31.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur Wright
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