Defense Attorneys Finish Speech as Witnesses Begin
In Indianapolis the defense in the dynamite case rests as government witnesses from Western Union and Postal Telegraph take the stand. Records show telegram files were destroyed after one year, hindering copies of messages, including a key Salt Lake City telegram linked to J B McNamara and Munsey.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Salt Lake City
J. J. MccNamara
J. B. McNamara
J. F. Munsey
Los Angeles Times
Warren B. Duke
Evansville
Western Union Telegraph Company
Duke
A. Ray
Buffalo
John A. Pierd
Henry R. Heinhold
Chicago
B. J. Sullivan
C. H. Cadwallader
Detroit
C. C. McCormick
Charles Smith
Knight
Federal Grand Jury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles McCarty
Times
Salt Lake
Munsey
Clancy
Would-be regicide sentenced in Rome trial
Antonio Dalba, not yet 18, was condemned to 80 years penal servitude for attempting to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel. The court could not impose a longer term due to his age.
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Rome
Haly
Victor Emmanuel
Antonio Dalba
Three Firemen Injured in Chicago Plant Blast
An explosion at the F. J. Lewis Manufacturing roofing supply plant on Blue Island avenue and South Robey streets seriously injures three firefighters. The fire caused a total loss of the $200,000 facility.
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Chicago
F. J. Lewis Manufacturing Company
Blue Island Avenue
South Robey
Nations declare war as Balkan powers join conflict with Turkey
Bulgaria Servia and Greece declare war on Turkey adding forces to Montenegro in the Albanian struggle. King Ferdinand moves to lead Bulgarian troops crossing the frontier while King Nicholas commands Montenegrins. Reports of massacres near Tumulkala and early clashes in Javir district emerge amid censorship.
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Nicholas
Montenegro
Porte
London
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Turkey
Constantinople
Ferdinand
Kalava
Tumulkala
Souteri
Albania
Ksased Pasha
Ricciotti Garibaldi
Javir
Novibazar
Balkan States
Alexander
Boris
George
Ferinafd
Roumania
Danilo
De Palma Loses $1000 Pocketbook After Grand Prix Crash
Milwaukee Oct 10 A purse containing 1000 dollars belonging to auto racer Ralph de Palma disappeared after a Grand Prix crash. He was semiconscious in a ditch when the loss occurred and asked for his pocketbook on the way to the hospital. Officials believe a spectator picked it up.
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Milwauke
Ralph de Palma
de Palma
Kohlseat Buys Chicago Inter Ocean
H H Kohlsa at buys the Chicago Inter Ocean from George Wheeler Hinman who will retire. Kohlsa t, editor of the Record Herald since 1910, takes immediate charge and plans editorial and business changes. Hinman will reside in Winnetka for several months before any further activities.
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Chicago
Taft Brother Donated Large Campaign Sums
In 1908 Charles P Taft testified he gave 250000 to the national campaign and 150000 was returned while 40000 went to the Ohio campaign. Taft also reported total contributions of 213592 to renomination efforts, including 125000 to the national Taft bureau. Senator Scott recounted lair funds and White House pressure for Higgins. Dover ordered to bring Chicago records to Washington for the committee.
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Washington
Dan.r. Hanna
Cleveland
Clapp Committee
Roosevelt
Roosevelt National Committee
Walter Frown
Ohio
Taft
National
Taft Bureau
William B. McKinley
Ohio State
Scott
Bliss
Broadway
Republican National
New Yorkn
White House
You
N.Y
Higgins
Senator Scott
State Committee
Elmer Dover
Tacoma
Republican Committee
Chicago
Jones
Clapp
Pfanschmidt Held for Grand Jury as Confession Hinted
Quincy Ill Oct 10 A coroner's jury recommends holding Ray Pfanschmidt without bail for the murder of his parents sister and a schoolteacher. Witnesses Esther Reeder and Daniel Reeder identify the blood stained khaki suit and red tie. Charles Ellerbrecht links the lot tag No 83 150 to suits bought Sept 20. Pfanschmidt awaits possible full confession from his cell.
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Quincy
Ill
Pfanschmidt
Ray Pfanschmidt
Charles Pfanschmidt
Blanche
Emma Kaempen
Esther Reeder
Daniel Reeder
Charles Ellerbrecht
Bandits Hold Up Mail Train Near Wister Oklahoma
Four masked bandits stopped Rock Island Express No 41 between Wister and Howe Oklahoma. They blew safes in the express car taking money and a large pile of registered mail. Sheriff Burnett with deputies and bloodhounds head to the scene to hunt the robbers.
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Wister
Okla
Rock Island
Howe
Witter
Burnett
Halleyville
Quick Sand Neap Kills Alton Boy
E C Anderson a six year old from Chicago sank to his chin in Wood River quicksand eight miles below Alton. He was rescued by four Standard Oil refinery workers James Thompson and George McPherson after hearing cries at 1 am as a Mississippi river steamship delivery neared. The child temporarily has lost his reason from the ordeal.
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Alton
E. C. Anderson
Chicago
Wood River
Anderson
Standard Oil Company
James Thompson
George McPherson
Thompson
McPherson
Eddy Will Suit Ends in Void Trust Ruling
The Massachusetts Supreme Court voided a $2,000,000 trust from Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy's will intended for the Christian Science denomination. It held the bequest provisions invalid under a tax income limit but left a charitable trust intact with new trustees to be appointed. Contestants may submit more evidence within 30 days.
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Boston
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science Church
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Diamond Merchant Commits Suicide in Bay Ridge Home
Eugene Hammerding a wealthy New York diamond dealer at Maiden Lane killed himself with a gun at his Bay Ridge residence. His wife and three children were in an adjoining room when the tragedy occurred.
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Self
New York
Eugene Hammerding
Four Deaton faction members jailed in Kentucky feud murder case
In Jackson Kentucky on October 10 four Deaton faction members were confined in the local jail under indictment for conspiracy in the murder of Ed Calahan, a Breathitt County feud leader. Indictments against additional Deaton and Smith family members followed, aided by affidavits from Lillian Calahan Gross.
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D. K
Deaton
Govan Smith
William Deaton
Jim Deaton
Ian Deaton
Dee Smith
Lish Smith
Asbury McIntosh
Andrew Johnson
Abe Johnson
Billy Johnson
William Johnson
Robert Deaton
John Clair
Tom Deaton
Iowa City crime wave spans murder robbery and break-ins
In Iowa City on October 10 a deadly spree unfolds as Mrs. John Potter kills herself and her crippled daughter Maizie by leaping into a cistern. Two university students pass $75 in forgeries at Commercial Savings Bank. Five factories suffer safe-crackings overnight. Deputies chase Esther Brown and Eldon Nebergal. Fifteen year old elopers from Davenport arrive amid the town’s 24 hour wave of excitement.
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Iowa City
John Potter
Maizie
Commercial Savings Bank
Esther Brown
Eldon Nebergal
Elepars
Davenport
Prefers death to prison in larceny case
Osup Kuhl, sentenced to over years in the penitentiary for larceny of 75 dollars, attempted suicide by drinking a phosphorus drink in jail. He will recover, Mason City report dated October 10.
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Mason City
Osup Kuhl
Jules Lambard Dies After Civil War Singing Legacy
Jules Lambard, famed for wartime singing that stirred Union support, is near death at his home 52 West Staty eighth street. Dr John Buckley, his attending physician, has abandoned hope of recovery as his poverty remains.
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Chicago
Jules Lambard
West Staty Eighth Street
John Buckley
Woman shoots patrolman in Lansford hotel vestibule
Pottsville Oct. 10 a seventeen year old Miss Jenate Thomas mistook Night Patrolman Morgan for a burglar and fired in the Lansford hotel doorway. Morgan died an hour later.
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Poticeman
Pottsville
Morgan
Jenate Thomas
David Thomas
Lansford
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Senator Heyburn
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Heyburn
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