Startling Fraud Indictments Tied to Post Office Case
Federal grand jury in Washington returns multiple indictments in a post office procurement and bribery ring. August W. Machen J A Cupper J L Long William Crawford George Lorenz Martha Lorenz Maurice Runkel Thomas W McGregor Leopold Stern face charges of conspiracy bribery and false claims over shoulder straps satchels and box fittings with contracts managed through the Postal Device and Lock company and related actors in Reading Albany Scranton Toledo New York City and Baltimore.
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Washington
Steman
Federal Grand Jury
Post Office
August W. Machen
J. A. Cupper
Lock Haven
W. C. Long
William A. Crawford
George E. Lorenz
Martha Lorenz
Toledo
Ohio
Maurice Runkel
New York City
Thomas W. McGregor
Rural Free Delivery Service
Leopold J. Stern
Baltimore
Crawford
Machen
Gupper
Long
Cupper
Reading
Albany
Scranton
Cleveland
Stern
Tong
United States
Postoffice Department
William Gordon Crawford
August W. Blacen
Martha J. Lorenz
Teledo
Lorences
Postal Device & Lock Company
New Jersey
New York
Thomas W.mcgregor
Rinkel
Runkel
McGregor
John T. Cupper
Miner from Delmar Arrested in Colorado Dam Threat
Georgetown Colorado July 31 H E Gregory a 4th miner from Delmar Nevada and Georgetown drivers union member was arrested on a warrant charging him with threatening to blow up the United Light and Power dam. He allegedly wrote to Idaho Springs Miners union official Chandler about the guard on the pipeline and a plan to blow up the dam around July 23.
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Georgetown
Colo
H. E. Gregory
Delmar
Nev
G Georgetown
United Light & Power
Gregory
J. F. Chandler
Idaho Springs Miners’ Union
United Light & Power Company
Chandler
Idaho Springs Union
Union
Escaped Convicts Located Near Lotus Amid Militia Push
Sacramento dispatch reports two squads of fugitives about six to seven miles from Lotus, with Auburn and Placer County officers confirmed by Sheriff Reese. Militia and deputies continue a five day climb around Weber Creek, awaiting Capt Swisler’s intercession as defensive actions hinge on scarce communications and the Tobner mine vicinity. Wooda, an ex-soldier leader, sits within earshot of bugle calls as authorities press the chase.
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Sacramento
Cal
The
Bee
Folsom State
Lotus
Auburn
Rene Murphy
David Reese
Placer County
Bosquit
Swisler
Murphy
Kenna
Placerville
Tobner
Webber Creek
Folsom
Wooda
Wilkinson
Boers Find a New Gold Field
New York July 31 Boer emigrants have discovered a large gold field in Chile near Valparaiso reports the New York Herald correspondent. Chilean papers express gratification that many Boer families intend to start from South Africa.
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New York
Chile
New York Herald
Valparaiso
South Africa
Cardinals Enter Conclave at Vatican Ahead of Papal Vote
Rome reports cardinals arrived and are in their cells as the conclave forms for the papal election. Mass of the Holy Ghost held earlier, oath taken, guards reduced, and preparations move toward tomorrow's ballot amid crowd scenes and Vatican bustle.
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Rome
Vatican
St. Peter's Piazza
Gotti
Serafino Vannutelli
Agnardi
Satolli
Martinelli
Cardinal Gibbons
St Peter's
Paulin Chapel
St. Peter's
Sacred College
Knights of Malta
Leo Aiii
Sistine Choir
Cardinal Vannutelli
Mgr. Sardi
Sistine Chapel
Strich
Count Della Porta
Chigi-Albani
Messagra
He Lee
Mastsi
Ferreti
Pius IX
Cardinal Merrati
New Wireless Telegraphy Demonstrated On Lake Michigan
Chicago July 31 A new wireless telegraphy system was tested across Lake Michigan. Mrs Emily Piggott sent pre arranged messages from Garfield Avenue while G Piggott and his father on the whaleback Christopher Columbus received them on deck. The transmitter sat in a Humph room with no poles and a vessel receiver on deck. An intensifier eliminates poles and timing prevents interference from other currents.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Emily Piggott
Garfield Avenue
G. & Piggott
Piggott
Piggotts
Filipino nationalist leader jailed for six months
Manila July 31 by Pacific cable AP Domincan Gomez vice president of the Democracy Labor union is found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to six months imprisonment. The union previously bankrupted, a union paper was suspended and turned over to a receiver. Gomez republished the paper and was arrested for contempt. Morales was later arrested in Slay on embezzlement charges. The union with 15 600 members has aligned with the National party and sympathizes with Rizal insurgents. This dispatch is the first Pacific Cable News transmission.
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Manila
Pacific Cable
Associated Press
Dominacnor Gomez
Democracy Labor Union
Gomez
Momes
Labor Union
Insurgenta
Rizal
National Party
Pacific
Hines
Emigration of Romanian Jewish Workers to America Resumes
In Bucharest on July 11 reports say scarce work in Roumania drives a renewed exodus of Jewish laborers toward the United States. The emigrants face resistance from foreign Jewish groups opposing their departure.
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Bucharest
Roumania
America
Employers to Fight Unions Slide Toward General Shutdown
New York July 31 The pipemakers in local factories began strikes seeking union recognition. The first protest involves 150 men and threatens a general shutdown if demands are not met, risking the weekly output of 140,606 pipes. Manufacturers’ meeting vows to fight the union to the finish.
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New York
Tomatoes Made of Red Paint Scandal in Philadelphia
State Dairy and Food Commissioner Warren reports that canned tomato orders in Philadelphia included packages mixing green tomatoes and red paint to imitate ripe fruit. Investigations show red paint and other coloring agents were used to color unripe vegetables and deceive consumers.
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Philadelphia
State Dairy and Food
Warren
California Fruit Shipment Sells in London Auction
A large crowd watched the sale of a special California fruit shipment at Covent Garden. Bart lett pears totaling 5476 cases sold from 10s 6d to 13s per case and 2942 cases of plums sold for 10s 8d to 14s per case. Prices showed improvement over prior London sales.
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London
California
England
St. Paul
Convent Garden
France
Great Britain
Europe
Bakers Strike Rages in City Amid Arson Attacks
A Santiago dispatch to the New York Herald says New York bakers’ strike activity has spread with few shops open and several shops attacked. Strikers have tried to burn shops and attacked bakers’ carts. detachments guard the remaining shops as authorities report no arbitration agreement yet.
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New York
Santiago
Chile
New York Herald
Carta
Disgrace Felt By Prisoner In Long Sentencing
New York July 31 Lawrence Murphy former treasurer of the Journeymen Stone Cutters union who was arrested last December charged with embezzling $12000 and convicted of grand larceny was sentenced to five years and six months in state prison The judge denounced the theft totaling $27000 as riotous living and noted money paid into the miner strike fund Murphy cried out in court and sought mercy while claiming officers of the union shared in the funds He expressed fatigue with the Tombs and said he hoped prison would bring rest
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New York
Lawrence Murphy
Journeymena Stone Cutters’ ‘Union
John Mitchell
Murphy
Pennsylvania
Europe
Trains Collide on Santa Fe Near Needles
East and west bound overland limited trains on the Santa Fe crashed together at Mellen California early today. The composite cars and engines were derailed and smashed. Three tramps killed. Loss of life reported among passengers.
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Santa FE
Los Angeles
Cal
The
Mellen
Needles
Girl Dies in Peculiar Lightning Strike Accident
New York reports Miss Birdie Aarons killed near her Lexington Avenue home when a portion of a brownstone stoop toppled during a heavy storm. Investigation attributes the fatality to a lightning bolt that fractured the stone, leaving a sliver hanging by. The same storm caused other strange incidents across the city, including a Jersey City bicycle disaster.
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New York
Birdie Aarons
Lexington
Lexington Avenue
Miss Aarons
Stoop
Jersey City
Cardinal Gibbons Explains Opposition to Rampolla
Rome July 31 The Italia reports Cardinal Gibbons at the Vatican criticized Rampolla policy arguing it sacrifices religious friends to curry governments favor citing France and Spain as examples. Cardinal Saneha y Hervas of Toledo and other Spanish cardinals reportedly agreed and discussions drew interest among attendees. The Tribuna notes the cardinalate approved protest against occupation of Pontifical States and the Italian parliament's law seen as contrary to apostolic sovereignty.
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Rome
Italia
Cardinal Gibbons
Vatican
Cardinal Rampolla
France
Spain
Saneha Y Hervas
Toledo
Tribung
Congregation of Cardinals
Pontifical
Lee the Negro Fiend Is Dead
Robert Lee the assailant who shot Policeman Touls Massey in Evansville on July 3 died in Jeffersonville prison from a lung wound caused by Massey’s bullet. His wife was killed by a train days after the riot.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Robert Lee
Touls Massey
Evansville
Massey
Private Car Collision Injures Yuma Supt and Wife
In Tucson during July 1931 the private car of Supt. Sroufe collided with a yard engine. Mrs. Sroufe suffered serious back and spine injuries while Supt. Sroufe was badly cut. The rest of the party escaped unharmed.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sroufe
Yuma
Heavy rains flood Austrian regions harming crops
Continuous heavy rains across Austria cause flood damage in Silesia Jaegerty district and other areas. Buildings collapse, crops ruined, losses run into millions of krones. Rivers overflow at Naschkoulz and Bucovina submerging eighty houses and impacting the poorest residents.
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Vienna
Austria
Jaegertydorff
Silesia
Naschkoulz
Bucovina
Prison Delivery Foiled at Walla Walla Jail Attempt
Prison authorities at Walla Walla thwarted a desperate plan by two convicts to stage a wholesale jail delivery. The outbreak would have occurred last night or tonight. Officials say they narrowly avoided a jailbreak similar to the Jetcom incident.
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Tacoma
Wash
Walla Walla
Jetcom
Senator Mariano attacked on way to office in Rome
Senator Mariano secretary general of the foreign office was struck twice on the head by a stick as he left his home. The assailant, an Italian named Buffa, was arrested shortly after. Buffa reportedly lost his fortune amid Guatemala revolutions and failed in compensation claims against Senator Malvano, whom Buffa blamed. The senator survived with no serious injuries.
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Rome
Mariano
Foreign Office
Buffa
Guatemala
Butta
Malvano
Col Murphy’s Widow Raises Questions About His Marriage
Mrs Mary A Murphy claims to be the widow of Col Michael C Blephfy former poties commissioner of New York City. She alleges they married in 1855 and separated fifteen years later, with no reconciliation. Friends say they knew nothing of the marriage or wife until after his death, and the widow’s appearance unsettles longtime confidants.
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New York
Mary A. Murphy
Michael C. Bleephy
Brooklyn
Colonel Murphy
Col. Murphy
Beaugard Bound Over on Morals Charge in Seattle
Joseph Beaugard was bound over for trial by the United States District Court in Seattle on a charge connected with a French factory girl. He has been in jail since returning from Alaska as the case concerns alleged misdeeds involving the woman in Spokane eight months ago.
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Seattle
Wash
Joseph Beaugard
Weit Klarence Loisyert
Beaugand
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Weber Creek Bridge
II Haa
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Mocenni
Cretoni
Latgenieux
Herrera Y Espinosa
Valencia
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Negro Fiend
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