Twenty others must serve new trials granted to six convicted
President Wilson commuted the sentences of Michael J. Hannon Fred J. Mooney and William Shupe and orders the remaining 20 defendants to begin serving terms in Leavenworth. Hannon faced three years Painter received two years Mooney and Shupe one year and a day. The four clemencies align with Attorney General McReynolds recommendations. New trials granted cover Olaf A. Treitmoe William J. McCann James E. Ray Richard H. Houlihan Fred Sherman and William Bernhardt for dynamite conspiracy and interstate transport in the Los Angeles Times case context.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Michael J. Hannon
Scranton
Fred J. Mooney
Duluth
McReynolds
Structural Ironworkers’ Organization
Los Angeles Times
McNamara Brothers
Olaf A. Treitmoe
San Francisco
William J. McCann
Kansas City
James E. Ray
Peoria
Ill
Richard H. Houlihan
Chicago
Fred Sherman
Indianapolis
William Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Scots Mark Bannockburn Anniversary Across Scotland
Edinburgh celebrates the 600th anniversary of the Bannockburn battle, a defining moment in Scottish independence, observed across towns and rural areas with regional commemorations and gatherings.
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Edinburgh
Bannockburn
Detective slain in Chicago Little Italy death corner
Frank D Maria, a Sicilian detective aiding the police against Black Hand killers, was shot to death by an unidentified assassin at Death Corner in Little Italy on Chicago's North Side.
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Chicago
Frank D Maria
Death Corner
Little Italy
Opening of Banks Delayed for Federal Reserve Start
Washington reports the treasury calendar shifts the probable start of federal reserve banks from August 1 to not earlier than September 1, delaying the nationwide organization.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Banks
Radium Heals Blindness in Reading Case
Reading Pennsylvania reports a remarkable cure of blindness using radium. Dr. John Ege, noted for cancer treatments with radium, claims success in the new case and suggests the therapy's promise.
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Reading
John Ege
Brothers Burned to Death in Missouri Farm House Fire
Richmond Missouri reports two brothers Joseph and Andrew Love, farmers two miles south of town, believed burned to death when their home burned, families away at the time.
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Richmond
Joseph and
Andrew Love
Woman jailed after liquor sale verdict in quiet town
A jury of women found Mrs. Stella Johannas guilty of selling liquor illegally. She was sentenced to jail with her infant child unable to pay the $200 fine. The case highlights local enforcement actions and the impact on families.
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Stella Johannas
Johannas
Anti Mashing Bill Passes Senate To Third Reading
Boston report says the senate advanced the anti mashing bill to third reading. The measure would punish a man who accosts a woman with a term of imprisonment up to six months.
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Boston
Senate
Anish
Arly
Butte Miners Hall Attacked as Leaders Evacuate
Violence flared when union factions clashed at Butte Montana Union Hall. Deputies opened fire while a hostile crowd shelled the building with shots and dynamite attempts aimed at President Charles H. Moyer and Western Federation of Miners officers. Three men were shot, including Ernest Noy and J. H. Brume, with Brume gravely wounded. The federation leaders escaped via the rear, while deputies manned the hall with reinforcements.
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Butte, Mont
Butte Miners’ Union
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Miners’ Union
Michigan
Industrial Workers of the World
Hall
Driscoll
Ernest Noy
Montana
Federation
Boy Slayer Held to Grand Jury in Berryville
Eugene Larkins, 11, who fatally shot James Walls after Walls killed his father, was held to the grand jury in Berryville Arkansas. He was released on his own recognizance.
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Berryville
Ark
Eugene Larkins
James Walls
Larkins
Banker's Trial Put Off in Memphis Case
Memphis bank case against C Hunter Raine former Mercantile Bank president charged with misappropriating 1,091,000 of bank funds continued until the fall term of court.
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Memphis, Tenn
C. Hunter Raine
Mercantile Bank of Memphis
Disastrous Chinese Flood Devastates West River Region
Hong Kong reports the worst flood in a century along the West River corridor. Water levels reached about 75 feet in places, submerging hundreds of square miles of farmland and causing widespread damage across the affected provinces.
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Hong Kong
Heiress Killed In Auto Crash at Embankment
Miss Lucille Meyers twenty daughter of J W Meyers a Pueblo Colorado rich man died in an automobile accident when the car she drove plunged eight feet down an embankment in Pueblo.
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Pueblo
Colo
Lucille. Meyers
Couple Divorces in Illinois Custody Award Shares Car
Frances Simpson receives a temporary custody arrangement in the divorce from D. W. Simpson a wealthy manufacturer. The award grants shared use of their automobile on alternating days with Aurora Illinois implied as the location.
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Aurora
Frances Simpson
D. W. Simpson
U S. Waives Indemnity as Mexico Mediates Peace
The article reports that the United States, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile reached a protocol to recognize a provisional Mexican government and resume diplomatic relations once a new government is formed. It notes no indemnity for the United States, outlines claims settlement, and details mediation steps including negotiations among Carranza and Huerta delegates.
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Niagara Falls
Ontario
United States
Mexico
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Huerta
Luis Corbrera
Rafael Zubaran
Jose Vasconcelos
Tampico
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Naon
Louis Elguero
U. S
Vera Cruz
Ambassador da Gama
Suarez
Luis Cabrera
Carranza
Buffalo
Naga
United States of America
States of America
International Commissions
Parley Arranged Between Mexican Factions
Warring factions in Mexico move toward an informal peace conference separate from mediation. United States mediators and the Niagara Falls talks aim to curb civil strife, with constitutionalists and Huerta delegates meeting, while internal Mexican issues progress without outside interference.
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Wilson
Nan
Constitutionalist
Constitutionalists
Huerta
Mexico
Niagara Falls
Ontario
United States
Villa
Canranza
Railroads Lose Salt Washington Supreme Court Case Victory
Spokane and other intermountain cities win long fight against 16 railroads for reduced freight rates by the Supreme Court in the celebrated intermountain rate case. The court also upholds Southern Pacific claim to 200000 acres of California land valued at 500000000, opposed by private parties seeking mineral patents.
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Washington
Spokane
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Railroad
California
Lightning Fire Blasts Oil Tank at Meadowlands Near Washington
Twenty people injured and eight houses destroyed when lightning ignites a 25 000 barrel oil tank at Meadowlands near Washington Pa. Dynamite blasts cause additional damage as fires spread through the area. One injury is serious and several others reported.
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Washington
Meadowlands
Here
Snow With Mercury In 100 Degree Muncie Storm
In Muncie Indiana the temperature reached 100 degrees as snow briefly fell for over half an hour. The icy flakes melted before touching the ground while high stories of office buildings were visibly covered in snow.
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Muncie
Ind
London Real Estate Sold Covent Garden Estate Acquisition
Sir Joseph Beecham has bought the Covent Garden estate of about 1 acre in London. The purchase includes the Covent Garden market the Covent Garden opera house and Drury Lane theater. The price exceeds 12.6 million dollars.
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London
Sir Joseph Beecham
Covent Garden
Covet Garden Opera House
Drury Lane Theater
Two Firemen Die In Collision In Oklahoma City
Two firemen were killed and five other persons injured when a motor fire truck collided with a street car in Oklahoma City. The truck, traveling at high speed, was demolished by the impact.
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Oklahoma City
Rebeca Confessed Head of Syndicate Executed in White Plains
Pietro Rebac confessed to leading a murder blackmail and white slave syndicate and was executed in the electric chair at White Plains in February, according to the Ossining N Y dispatch.
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Ossining
Pietro
Rebac
Ainying
Tony Marro
White Plains
Launch Capsizes Near Syracuse Drowns Twelve
A motor launch capsized on the Oswego canal near Syracuse after striking a stump. Twelve drowned, mostly women and children, eight reached shore, and one seriously injured. Nineteen aboard. the boat was a 25 foot craft operating between two canal points for seven years.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Oswego; Canal
George H. Adams
Margaret
Lillian
John
Moog
Harry Welsh
Katherine
Dainer
Howard Grane
Charles Santis
Mabel Tibbitta
Davier
Liverpool
Avery
Mug Lock
Onondaga Lake
Lake Resorts
Iron and Tin Plants Close in Atlantic City
Sixteen sheet iron and tin plate plants employing over 4000 workers will close indefinitely on July 1 after failing to agree on wage rates at a recent conference between the Amalgamated Iron, Steel, and Tin-Plate Workers union and plant owners.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Amalgamated Iron, Steel, and Tin-Plate Workers’ Association
Battle of Zacatecas Opens as Villa Leads 40000 Troops
In Baltillo Mexico 40000 troops clash in the second Zacatecas battle. Gen Villa sends his veterans against the federal stronghold, aiming to strike a decisive blow after past losses that forced rebels to retreat. The engagement marks a major milestone in the Mexican revolution.
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Mexico
Baltillo
Mex
Zacatecas
Villa
Collision in midair kills nine in Vienna air disaster
Vienna reports a fatal midair collision leaving nine dead and badly burned. Charred remnants of an airship and an airplane lie scattered, with splintered flags and wreckage described as a startling aviation wreckage sight.
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Filer
Vienna
Lion Keeper Kills Man In Brooklyn Menagerie Attack
Emerson D. Dietrich of Chicago was killed and partly devoured by six lions in a Brooklyn animal house. George Cord, the keeper, tried to intervene but was unable to help the theater manager who oversaw a trained troupe.
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Cub
Man
Chicago
Emerson D. Dietrich
Brooklyn
Ons
George Cord
Dietrich
Aircraft Collision in Vienna Causes Nine Deaths
A historic report recalls a first time aviation disaster near Vienna where an aeroplane rammed a blimp, catching both craft in flames. The crash killed seven aboard the dirigible and two on the plane, with one pilot and an observer fatally injured. The incident marks a pivotal, tragic moment in early air travel history.
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Vienna
Blality
Miners Elect New Union Leader Amid Peace Overtures
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Western Federation of Miners factions seeking unity with independent miners. Charles H. Moyer and political allies backed by opposing elites reportedly elected a new president, with McDonald acting in the interim.
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Minera
Butte
Mon
Western Federation
Praxdent
Charles
H. Moyer
Bos Elites
Tomb
Me ‘McDopald
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Mover
N.Y. Canal
Lewis Dainer
Iitante Burn
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