Chicago labor cases collapse as three leaders freed
State's Attorney Wayman drops charges against Simon O'Donnell Thomas Kearney and James Garvin in the Vincent Altman murder case. Enright remains to face trial. Pardee's forged record and a prison photo undermined the state's key witness. Labor chiefs leave court amid cheers as higher-up links fade.
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Chicago
John E. Wayman
Frank Pardee
Simon O'Nonnell
Chicago Building Trades Council
Thomas Kearney
James Garvin
Maurice
Moss
Enright
Vincent Altman
Hriggs House
Inspector Hunt
Pardee
O'Donnell
Garvin
Kearney
Nolle
Mr. Wayman
Missouri
St. Louis
James T. Brady
Briggs House
Maggie
Calvin
O'Connell
Wayman
Honore
Mohammed Ali Mirza Deposed Shah Appears in Persia
Mohammed Ali Mirza, the former shah of Persia, has suddenly appeared in the country stirring political intrigue. Officials confirm his presence and potential impact on regional power dynamics.
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Shah of
Persia
Nine Warships Said Bound as Block Island Sound Battle
Report from Newport claims a naval war game near Block Island Sound ended with the defending torpedo boats and small cruisers allegedly sinking nine battleships in an early mock engagement led by Commander Eberle and Lieutenant Donald Bingham. Observers note the scene shifted with airship Dixie directing the action.
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Newport
Hugo Ovierhaus
Block Island Sound
Edward Wobierle
Narragansett Bay
Cananicus Island
Long Island Sound
Narragangett Bay
Gardner's Bay
Dixie
Submarine Division
Donald ©. Bingham
Bie
Block Island
Higinbotham in Peril Over Firemen Fund Custodianship
Harlow N. Higginbotham, custodian of the Chicago firemen widows fund, received threatening letters in New York after returning from the steamship Olympic. He fears assassination upon his Chicago return as disputes over fund distribution intensified and beneficiaries push for broader division.
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Chicago
New York
Harlow N. Higinbotham
Olympic
Higginbotham
Higinbotham
Ipsmith
Mass
Europe
Ted
Fire in Chicago home saves 23 occupants
Fire of incendiary origin was discovered at 1 39 a m in a two story frame building at 131a South Morgan street. Four families lived there with a total of twenty three occupants. Policemen and firemen assisted, pulling people from beds and passing them out through windows and doors.
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Chicago
South
Morgan Street
Trusts Great Power Representative Madison Warns of Risks
Representative Madison of Kansas, a member of the house committee examining the American Sugar Refining company, told Washington B. Thomas the trust has the machinery and resources to grow power toward absolute control. He stressed the government bears tremendous responsibility in regulating relations between the company and the people. Thomas admitted no clear way to avert harm, noting it depends on the character of those who hold the power.
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New York
Madison
Kansas
House
American Sugar Refining Company
Washington B. Thomas
Thomas
Ile
Watermelon Named Hoke Smith Exhibited in D C
A 62.5 pound Georgia watermelon, carved Hoke Smith, arrived in Washington from Grady county and was shown at the lease office entrance. Dr. Gross reports improved condition of John W. Gates, with equal chances of recovery due to strong constitution.
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Washington
Georgia
Loase
Grady County
S. A. Roddenvery
Hoke Smith
Paris
John W. Gates
Gross
Case of typhoid pneumonia linked to home-delivered delicacies
A southern woman's college reports a death from typhoid pneumonia traced to foods sent from home. The piece argues winter pneumonia stems from overloaded systems and poor diet. Regular outdoor activity, moderation, and stress avoidance can reduce deaths, and germs alone cannot be blamed for disease.
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Southern Woman's College
Fifty Years Ago Today in Richmond Confederate Press Meet
Fifty years ago on July 20 a Confederate press gathering took place in Richmond. Brigadier General W. Loring was assigned to command the western army in the west Virginia region.
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Confederate — states /press
Richmond
Womp Loring
Sistent
Western Army
West Virginia
Unidentified Man Dies in Union City Jail
An unidentified man, about 45, died in the Union City jail. Witnesses note a left tattoo, bald head, medium height, and a large nose as initial details. Further identification attempts are expected.
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Union City
Ind
Tache
Young Girl Kills Horse in Muncie Tragedy
In Muncie Indiana on July 20 Emma Ditton aged fifteen reportedly took her own life after being forced to read to a younger sister from a magazine her mother made her read. The incident involves a horse killed during the same episode.
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Muncie, Ind
Emma Ditton
SEEKS CELL FOR ICEMEN IN CONSPIRACY CASE
New York July 20. Assistant District Attorney de Ford seeks jail sentences rather than fines for officials of two New York ice companies. He says the investigation mirrors earlier trust probes and aims to convict individuals, not merely impose corporate penalties, in a sweeping restraint of trade case. The formal complaint accuses a monopoly maintained by the defendants and the old American Fee Company 3.
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New York
de Ford
Weel
Georgia governorship and senate race stalemate in 1910s drama
Atlanta reports that Governor Hoke Smith and Senator Smith faced attempts to force resignation with resolutions blocked by the legislature. Smith remains in office until Congress convenes in December. In Pennsylvania a reading merchant named George Golden killed his wife, whom he suspected of burglary, during a home dispute in Kittanning.
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Atlanta
Hoke Simi
United States Senate
Clay
Smith
Washington
Congress
Kittanning
George Golden
Wickbeare
Kittaning
Georgia Senatorship Crisis Spurred by Resignation
A resigned Georgia senatorship triggers a debate led by Governor Hoke Smith to force legislative action. The move centers on contentious authority and the timing of reforms as political pressure grows.
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Georgia
Hoke Smith
Lorimer Perjury Probe Shrugs Off Burgess Testimony Questioned
Washington July 20 The Lorimer committee presses perjury allegations as Charles McGowan testified under scrutiny. B A Johnson and John Benjamin Price denied any Burgess Wiehe conversation occurred in the smoking compartment aboard the Pall Mall sleeper, keeping the dispute over Lorimer’s election alive.
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B.A. Johnson
Pallman Sleeper
Burgess Wiehe
Johnson
Wiehe
Burgess
Hines
Mletcher
John Benjamin Price
Puget Sound Lumber Agency
James J. Price
State of Washington
Two Insurgents Speak For Canadian Reciprocity Bill
July 20 Washington senate debates on Canadian reciprocity with British treaty. Senators Works Brown and Stone spoke for the bill while Kenyon of Iowa opposed it. In executive session the treaty with Great Britain ratifying the agreement faced related Newfoundland fisheries claims. House approves resolution barring steel committee sessions elsewhere and moves to conference on the deficiency bill.
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Ingurfenta
Works
Brown
Nebraska
Iewreenta
Stone
Missouri
Taft
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
Maine blast from outside shows bow structure exposed
Havana July 20 The Maine wreck cofferdam water lowered eighteen feet exposing the bow structure. Analysis of plates beams and ribs indicates they came from the double bottom with the bow raised about forty feet above normal, suggesting a tremendous exterior explosion. Engineers avoid final judgment.
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Havana
Cuba
Trust in Wall Paper Indictments in Sherman Case
Four indictments by a federal grand jury accuse a wall paper trust of conspiring to restrain trade under the Sherman act. Defendants include J. B. Pearce, Norton Newcomb, Edward Maxwell, and Aler of Columbus, with bonds set at $5,000 each. The charge stems from a May 30 1910 Cleveland meeting alleging collusion to boycott jobbers selling to 5 and 10 cent stores.
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Cleveland
Federal
Wall Paper Trust
O Metals
J. B. Pearce
Columbus
O. Bond
Striking garment workers shot at in Cleveland violence
Three automobiles carrying strike breaking garment workers were fired upon by sympathizers in Cleveland. Several men were wounded, with Louis Kall and Antonio Ross gravely hit by buckshot. They were taken to a hospital as others were sent home. several arrests followed.
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Cleveland
Louis Kall
Antonio Ross
Palin
Wisconsin and Indiana Forecasts Showers Likely
Forecasts indicate Wisconsin and Indiana will see fair conditions today with unsettled skies and possible showers tomorrow. Light variable winds accompany the unsettled weather across northern regions with southern portions expecting showers tomorrow.
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Wisconsin
Indiana
Ili
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