Crippen and Leneve Await Extradition to England
No. 12 472 reports Hawley Crippen and Ethel Leneve in Quebec awaiting extradition to London for the Belle Elmore murder. Crippen, ill yet composed, answered questions, was remanded to August 8, and indicates willingness to return. Leneve, treated leniently, remains under guard with family in London aiding justice efforts.
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Quebec
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Ethel Clare Learve
England
Belle 'Smore
Ali
Letiere
McCarthy
Cripper
Finany Teo
McCathy
Louse
Borat
Crippen
Sheip
London
Provincial Court of Special Sessions
Wrest
Wotan
Scotland Yard
al- Aiwiyeh
Mitchel
Dew
Hawley H. Crippen
Inspector Dew
United States
Michigan
Ethel Clare Leneve
Miss Leneve
Langelier
Angers
Montrose
Initiation Hazing Seriously Injures Student at University
An incident outside a campus building ends with a youth severely beaten during initiation rituals. Police say the victim, an unnamed student, was forced to endure beating with clubs by peers from a social group called Knights of Good Fellow. Authorities report several hazers’ names have been turned over to officers.
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Washington
Gus Hangtom
Knights of Good Fellow
Viken
Actress Grace Eaton Frees Convict at San Quentin Gates
Grace Eaton former Olga Nethersole company member greeted Percy Pembroke at the San Quentin gates after his parole release. Pembroke, an Oakland youth, had been convicted of robbery and served a long term. Eaton, aided by Nethersole, helped secure his freedom.
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Grace Eaton
Percy Pembroke
San Quentin
Washington Post
San Francisco
Olga Nethersole
San Quentin Penitentiary
Oakland
Pembroke
Nethersole
Miss Eaton
Will case seeks one third through adoption heritage
Helen King Longacre adopted daughter of Endicott King sues to declare the estate a trust and award her one third of an estimated $60,000 estate. She alleges the will directs inheritance as if dying in the District of Columbia and seeks court action against John Harry King and Mary Gage King.
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Langelier
Angers
Miss Leneves
Crippen
London
Montrose
Antwerp
Dominick Keen
John Robinson, Jr
Robinson
Kendall
Endicott King
John Harry King
Mary Gage King
District Supreme Court
Michael J. Colbert
George Lincoln Whittora
Helen King Longacre
Mary King Gage
District of Columbia
Philadelphia
Clinton Gage
Duke Moro de Moro
England
Lafayette
Continental and Commercial National Bank Opens in Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports the Continental and Commercial National Bank opening as the second largest national bank in the United States. George E. Roberts resigns as president amid consolidation with the Continental and will retire from the banking business.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Continental and Commercial National Bank
United States
George E. Roberts
Chicago Clearing House Association
Commercial National
Continental
Death Pact Leads to Second Body Found in Sound
Amelia Kidvordka, a New Rochelle waitress, was found dead in Long Island Sound near Execution Lighthouse after a note hinted at a joint suicide. Earlier, Alexandra Myros, a cook, was recovered from Henry Mallagier’s beach after a rowing trip with Miss Inadverdha. The two women reportedly planned to die together.
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Long Island Sound
Washington Post
New Rochelle
N.Y
Amelia Kidvordka
Execution Lighthouse
Alexandra My- 100S
Henry Mallagier
Miss Myroos
Missy
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria to visit England
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria depart San Sebastian Aug 1 for England with a stop at Rambouillet to meet President Fallieres en route. In Rome the Spanish ambassador to the Vatican quits after presenting a Madrid note, with no retaliatory actions taken by the Holy See and Cantalejas seeking greater concessions than 1904.
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Vatican
Rome
Holy See
Spain
San Sebastian
Alfonso
Victoria
England
Rambouillet
France
President Fallieres
Canavejas
Marquis de Ojeda
Madrid
Mer
Vico
Canalejas
Maura
Canslejas
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Merry del Val
Don Jaime
Biscayan
Imparcial
Epee
Democrats Prepare for Hot Campaign In Raleigh
In Raleigh on Aug 1 the Democratic State committee reelected A. H. Eller as chairman and named Walter E. Brock secretary, while warning that Republicans led by Marion Butler and John Motley Morehead aim for a vigorous campaign to win the state and the governorship. A five member panel will probe the Sixth district nomination dispute between O. L. Clark and H. L. Godwin, and a call for legalized primary law was tabled. Also reported, a Baltimore wall collapse at Stafford & Bro. killed Solomon Harris and injured seven others.
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Washington Post
Raleigh
Democratic State Committee
A. H. Eller
Winston Salem
Walter E. Brock
A. J. Field
Wiler
Marion Butler
John Motley Morehead
Morehead City
Aycock
O. L. Clark
H. L. Godwin
Josephus Dan‘sels
Vatican Concordat Debate and Catholic Presence in Spain
The text discusses the confiscation of church property and American Catholic interest in Vatican affairs. It notes skepticism about the concordat offering welfare to the church on this side of the ocean and provides Spanish Protestant demographics from a State Department estimate. It cites about 3,000 regular Protestant attendees in Spain and roughly 10,000 adherents who attend less regularly.
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Cardinal Merry del Val
Vatican
Llorens
Spain
Frohadorf
Don Jaime
Bilboa
Biscayan
Rome
Father Eugene Hannan
St. Martin’s Church
State Department
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Crane Pecks Out His Eye In Accidental Attack
In Carrailtown Pennsylvania on a August day Joseph Warender aged 23 was tending a wounded crane. The bird suddenly pecked out his left eye and doctors fear possible loss of the other eye due to sympathetic nerve trouble.
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Carrailtown
Joseph Warender
Frantic San Diego Fireman Kills 3 Then Shoots Self
Burt S. Durham a former San Diego fireman killed three people including his wife and child and wounded two others then shot himself in a dramatic pursuit. Victims include Donald Grant Peter Sampsell and Guy Elliott from Engine Company No. 3. Durham's motive linked to his discharge amid quarrels with the captain.
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San Diego
Cal
Burt S. Durham
Durham
Donald F. Grant
Peter Sampsell
Tiose Company No. 3
Guy Elliott
Hose Company No. 3
Company No. 3
Guy Hilliott
Snedecer
Hanging 40 hooks identified by clothing
A farmer from Manassas kills himself after a spree. In Potomac flats near the railway bridge, William J. Whory of Manassas is identified posthumously. A second death, Howard Glenmore Rocke, 44, of Lynchburg, Virginia, dies by gas and laudanum in a Hartford Hotel lodging room after months of unemployment. The two cases involve despondent men from prominent or well-known families, one found near the Potomac and one near Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Potomac
Lynchburg
Son
Potomac Flats
Potomac River
Desner
Monroe Street
Baltimore
Jersey
Pennsylvania
Desmer
C. A.massiy
Prisoners’ Aid Society
William J. Whory
Manassas
Massiesa
Thorpe
National Soldiers’ Home
Government Hospital
Polt Court
Massie
Alexandria
Lodging House
Howard Glenmore Rocke
Hartford Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rocke
Edgar Rocke
Northwest
E Street
Ington
Bunal
George M. Rocke
Howard G. Rocke
Richmond
Norfolk
Virginia
Tine
Giach
Letter from Father Discusses Burial Request in Suicide-Bearing Note
A fragmentary letter dated July 3 and found among Roche papers mentions a Tettel and references Leonard Roche care Hicks & bros Lynchburg Virginia. The only hint of suicide is the closing line asking to be buried beside his sister per her dying wish, signed “Your loving father.” The note was written on a downtown hotel letterhead.
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Alrhouich Crippen
Miss Lenese
Crip- Yeu
Unl
Sen
House of Chief of Police
McCarthy
Mich
Miss Leneve
Crippen
London
Crppen
Roche
Leonard Roche
Care H
Hicks & Bros
Lynchburs
Suicde
Gov Marshall Orders Prosecution Of Delinquent Township Trustees
Gov Marshall sent the names of 3% township trustees to the attorney general with State accounting board reports showing short accounts and ordered immediate criminal prosecutions and civil suits against the trustees and their bondsmen to recover nearly 100,600 dollars.
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Gov. Marshall
Washington Post
Indianapolis
Ind
Marshall
Attorney General
State Accounting Board
Taft Holds Line on Speeches and New York Gubernatorial Hunt
President Taft rejected resuming frequent public speaking and prepared for a quiet season as New York politics heated. Vice President Sherman and Ward met Taft at Beverly to discuss Governor race prospects, naming Clark Williams and Henry L. Stimson as potential candidates while Roosevelt’s influence loomed large. The administration kept a hands off stance and awaited the state convention in September.
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Roosevelt
Hughes
Clark
Williams
Stimson
Ward
Windsor
Provincetown
New York
Sherman
William L. Ward
Beverly
Taft
Clark Williams
Albany
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Ohio
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Burgess Point
Burgess Point, and Presdent
Presdent
Gov. Hughes
Col. Roosevelt
Wiliam Loeb, Jr
Port of
Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Murder of Judge Watson Stuns Parkersburg in 1900s
A sensational murder case in Parkersburg West Virginia centers on Judge James A. Watson found dead on his porch with missing money believed to be over $2,000. Suspects include Jessia and Lulu Metz and Claude Simms. all were detained then released as investigators pursue the motive and killer. Dr. Rose reports strychnine in the stomach, supporting murder theory amid shocking city-wide attention and coroner hearings.
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Parkersburg Laweyer
Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Senei
James A. Watson
Jessia
Lulu Mets
Claude Simms
Judge Watson
Simms
Metz
Mans
Watson
Bare Sister
Lfe
Mack
L. Rose
Los
Are Sisters
Ucm
Aicm
Judge Way
Cal
Piladelphia
Wate
Raf Statie
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St Paul
Minn
Wise
Mass Leneve
Palaial Justice
High 1
Plains of Abraham
Alfred Smith
Arthur Homer
Montreal
Mageaines
Homer
Anse Leneve
Knights of Good Fellows
Sues
Society
Fairmont Board of Trade
The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
James Anderson
Lang
Hivefield
W. H. Coffman
Anderson
Bluefield
E. Roberts
National
Wetrapottan Bank
King
Queen Victoria
America
Europe
North Carolina
Stafford & Bro
Solomon Harris
Crane
Wilson
D Street
Indiana
Polities
Providence
A. 1
Atlantic Deep Waterway Association
Consinca
Hotel Dennis
Atlantic City
Walter I Buzby
Sunnyside
South Illinois
Joseph Shannon
Conway
Ideach
Ocean View
Cornell
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Ocean
Theodosta Miller
Niagara
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Lehigh Valles
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Niagara Fall
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