Women To Go 70 Gallows Terrorist Death Sentences
A military court in St. Petersburg and St. Paul sentenced seven terrorists to death for conspiracy to kill Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevitch and Justice Minister Chichelevitch. Three others received fifteen years hard labor, two women were condemned to death, one to imprisonment, and two defense lawyers were assigned. Public access was barred. In Portland, Belle Waymire and E E Radding were convicted of conspiring to ruin Mayor Harry Lane by placing him in a compromising position. The verdict came after a brief jury deliberation.
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Portland
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France to send 5,000 to 6,000 reinforcements to Morocco
Paris reports the French government has decided to dispatch between five thousand and six thousand additional troops to Morocco in response to ongoing tensions. The move, confirmed by Associated Press, reflects heightened military commitments abroad as of February 27.
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Foreigners told to seek shelter as Hafid plans attack
Mazagan Morocco Feb 27. Hafid's circular to foreign consuls warns residents to take shelter at their consulates after refusal to surrender the Mazagan garrison to Mulai Hafid. Governor and garrison remain loyal to Abdel Aziz.
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Abdel Asiz
Stoessel petitions czar for pardon after Port Arthur
In St Petersburg on February 27 Lieutenant-General Stoessel, condemned on February 20 for surrendering Port Arthur to Japan, petitioned Emperor Nicholas for a full pardon. The court recommended commuting the death sentence to ten years in fortress and excluding the general from service.
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Mining and bullion shipments high at Tonopah Desrt mill
Tonopah Mining Company shipped 8550 tons to the Desert mill at Millers and $75,000 in bullion to the mint in a week. Upper levels at Mixpah and Valley View shafts produce ore while Red Plume shaft develops 500 level. Nine hundred level depth eyed for Mizpah fault exploration. Nearby mines Midway Montana Tonopah also pushing under dacite. In San Francisco, a nearly 3,000,000 peso Philippines shipment sails March 5 under Captain Bell and guard.
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Philippines
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Indictment Aims at State Bank Directors in Nevada Case
Carson City February 27 Associated Press T Th Rickey president of the State Bank and Trust Company was indicted by the Ormsby county grand jury on embezzlement. He posted $6000 bail and was arraigned awaiting trial next Tuesday. Report says the same indictment may apply to each director.
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Mine Horror Reported From Mexican Town
A Sabinas, Coahuila dispatch reports a gas explosion in mine No 3 of the Cia Carbon De Sabinas at Rosita. About two hundred workers were in the mine at dawn and none had escaped by 7:30 am, with fears of many deaths or severe burns.
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Mine hoisting works burned near Redding California
The White Oak mine hoisting works three miles west of Redding burned today causing an estimated loss of 4900 dollars uninsured. A short circuit in high voltage lines from the power company started the fire. Timber shed and machine shops were saved while about a thousand gallons of oil burned.
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Embezzlement Charge Brought Against Piqua Firm Official
Jerry M. Hudson secretary treasurer of the Piqua Core Manufacturing Company was arrested on embezzlement charges for failing to account for $85,000 in his keeping. He proclaimed innocence and posted a $1500 bond ahead of a preliminary hearing in Troy.
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Troy
Jerry M. Hudson
Piqua Core Manufacturing Company
Socialist Measure Defeated in Italian Chamber of Deputies
Rome Feb 27 The Socialist party motion to abolish religious instruction in Italian schools was defeated by a large majority. Only Socialists radical Republicans and a few conservatives supported it. Helena Mont Feb 27 The Montana sixteen hour law for railroad train service was ruled valid and conditional by the state supreme court. The Northern Pact pays a $100 fine for violations, under Judge Clements's county ruling.
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Mongolian Asks Help From China
Peking Feb 47 Kolochin a Mongolian prominent in aiding his countrymen seeks Chinese aid to establish in Mongolia a banking rail and mine system local constabulary a diplomatic bureau an education system and an army with reorganizational aims noted.
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Kolochin
Mongolia
Utopian California Colony La Prosperidad Scheme Unveiled
In San Francisco on February 27 Byron Hall and his Los Angeles wife launched a cooperative colony in Lower California named La Prosperidad Colony Association. Frank Newland Doud of Los Angeles is locally listed as the organizer. A hotel meeting formed four local branches with five charter members. Plans include communal ownership and support for children, plus a baby bonus and other unique rules.
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Los Angeles
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Frank Newland Doud
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Ex Chief of Police Geo Sheets Found Not Guilty in Bribe Trial
A Salt Lake jury acquitted ex Chief of Police Geo Sheets of receiving a bribe. Two men were convicted of taking $10,000 from tourists in a staged raid on a planned poker game, with testimony that the chief conspired and shared in the loot.
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Salt Lake
Geo. Sheets
Armenian ex-priest sentenced for extortion in New York
Levant Martoogestan, Armenian former priest and treasurer of a local Hachakist branch, received a minimum two years and ten months in state prison after conviction for extortion. He was supported by several countrymen as he faced sentencing and threats of death for noncontribution to the society.
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Associated Press
New York
Levant Martoogestan
Hachakist Society
Martoogestan
Diaz Invited to Los Angeles by Fleet Committee
President Diaz of Mexico was invited to be the guest of Los Angeles during the fleet’s stay. Invitations went to governors of Arizona New Mexico Nevada Utah Colorado Oregon and Texas as part of the southern waters visit by the American battleship fleet.
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Congo Treaty Agreement Reached in Brussels
The Etoile Belge reports a complete agreement between King Leopold and Premier Sehollaert on the Congo annexation treaty text. The draft will be presented to the Chamber of Deputies tomorrow.
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Wife killer Turner hanged in Tennessee jail
Chattanooga Tenn Feb 27 Ed Turner a Kentucky feudist was hanged in the county jail this afternoon. Turner killed his wife April 2 by slashing her throat from ear to ear with a pocket knife. On trial Turner contended...
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Turner
Kentucky
Bank Case Taken Under Advisement
In Nye county district court Cashier Cushman faced a show cause hearing on producing the State Bank and Trust Company books before the Grand Jury. W. B. Pittman and District Attorney P. H. McCarran argued, citing affidavits about solvency and bank records, with Cushman’s privilege discussed. case continued to Page 4.
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