Killing of Japano Pirates Regrettable Raid Compared to Piracy
Officials weighed whether Japanese raiders in American waters at St Paul Island were pirates or trespassers after five Japanese subjects were killed during fur seal poaching. The State Department seeks a diplomatic path while noting the killings as part of a broader dispute. Twelve captives were held, and trials were planned in Valdez as investigators assess international implications and potential enforcement actions.
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State Department
St Paul Island
Slaska
Japan
Holal
Devu
Trent
St Paul Isling
Lembley
Beim
Southerst Point
Namne
T An Armel
Northeast Point
Ater
Valdez
Simms
Perry
Bank teller Wray flees to Toronto in major theft scheme
The Washington Post reports Pittsburg banker Wray of Union Trust was arrested in Toronto and to return home. He and bookkeeper Histon operated a unique scheme drafting funds from abandoned accounts. The duo hid losses until a depositor returned, masking the theft.
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Pecal
Washington Post
Pittsburg
Augus Clnton B Wray
Union Trust Company
Toronto
Canada
Clifford S Histon
Perkins
Wray Wray
Doken Trixten
Hixton
Belince
Riot at Pittsburgh hearing ends in mob violence and escape
A crowd of about 500 angry residents gathered outside Alderman Kings office in Pittsburgh as a man tied to a divorce case was brought for a hearing. Police and deputies shielded the prisoner, who was later returned to jail after the DA advised waiving the hearing. Hartje and Welshons and their co-defendant appeared, posted bonds, and the case was held for the September grand jury.
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Hartjye
Washington Poat Pitisburg
Howe
Augustus Harties
Hartie
John L Weilshonn
Hope
Mr King
Mrs Haitie
Kings
Hartje and Welshons
Carson Street
John Robb
Augustus Hartie
John L Welsohns
Clifford Jace
Harte
Alderman F . King
Borda
Edoward G Harte
Commonwealth
National Bank of the Republic
Cris Sf
Theodore Stens
Ute Indians Raid Alarms Wyoming Settlers
Special to The Weekington Past Raguns reports about Ute Indians leaving their reservation and moving through southern Wyoming. They are said to be killing game and stock, causing great excitement among settlers and raising fear of a broader raid and potential trouble.
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Wyoming
Wyomine
Mother and Child Drown in Delaware and Raritan Canal
Trenton Aug 8 Mrs Adolph Snyder and her five year old son drowned tonight near Titusville after the boy wandered into the canal and the mother dove in to save him. The tragedy occurred as trains and river traffic intersected in the river corridor, with the bodies recovered later.
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Trenton
Adolph Snyder
Delaware and Raritan
Titusville
Wrecked Bank May Pay in Full and Fugitives at Large
Theodore Stensland, Milwaukee Avenue State Bank vice president and son of the missing president, faces a mounting depositor crisis as $300,000 is moved to safety. Police say Stensland, plagued by bronchial disease, may be traveling to India with a woman. The bank’s cash, loans, and forged-note allegations intensify the investigation as authorities seek a resolution for 22,000 depositors.
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India
Chicago
Theodore Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Stenslard
Fetzer
Paul O Stensland
Stensland
Henry W Hering
Inag
Charles Sommerkamp
Irving Park
Sommerkamp
J E Fetzer
Tme
Paul O Stenslend
Hering
Yaces
Collins
Trancis S
Peabods
John Fetzer
Les
Speers
Brensland
Mr Jones
Herring
Jones
Christiania
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of
Stenstand
Norway
United States
Bullet in Head Ends Vacation Plan for Ford Wife
Mrs Ann Ford wife of civil engineer and Naval Reserves lieutenant died at their Brooklyn home from an accidental gun discharge while packing for a Connecticut trip. Her husband Mr Ford found her with a bullet wound near her right eye as the revolver lay nearby. Police and coroner say the shooting was purely accidental and not criminal.
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Washington Post
New York
Ann Ford
William G Ford
Naval Reserves
Litchfield
Brooklyn
Mr Ford
F Ard l
Mrs Ford
Ford Ike
Tragedy Stops Trial as Lightning Kills Juror's Children
Springfield Aug 8 The trial of Galbraith Gooch and Haecker in Green County Circuit Court halted after juror J L Maxey learned his house near Springfield was struck by lightning. His two children were killed and the house destroyed, leading to his discharge from service.
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Jaror
Springfield
Galbraith
Gooch
Haecker
Green County
J L Maxey
Ughtning
Mutineers at League Island Stand Trial for Yard Fight
Quick court action follows a drunken mutiny at the League Island Navy Yard. Ten sailors and five marines faced trials after a heated hour long clash. sentences likely range from ten days to five years with double irons, while ringleaders Burnett and Kenzy face court martial.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Naval
Chelsea
Mass
League Island Navy Yard
Burnett
Kenzy
Haggerty
Alderson
Erie
Now
Lancaster
Kenny
Boatswain Garrett
Qurrett
Hess
Miller
Doncaster
Erbe
Capers Helps Shape South Carolina Republican Convention
The South Carolina Republican State convention met to elect a state chairman and reorganize the executive committee. The contest centered on chairman choice with Capers faction backing Edmund H Deas, a Black candidate, who won 8 to 26 over Tolbert, as Cochran faction supported by Ernest Cochran opposed. Capers allies controlled the convention and resolutions praised fiscal stability and Congress, while no state ticket was to be issued.
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Columbia
Sct
Aug
John G Capers
Edmund H Deas
John HR Tolbert
Ernest"Fa Cochran Capers
Congress
United States
Death ends wedding plans as bridegroom dies before ceremony
Dr Samuel B Crawford thirty two dies at Mrs Rose Sykes home while preparing for wedding. A vial of chloral solution found on a dresser led to initial suicide speculation but later reports say he used the medicine to ease stomach troubles and insomnia. The couple had been engaged for several years and Crawford had been staying at the Sykes residence.
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Chicago
Samuel B . Crawford
Rose Sykes
Dr Crawford
Sykes
Mrs Sykes
Ale
Crawford
Nuncharged with murder after fatal assault in Lydia area
Fort Payne Alabama August 8 an aged white nun named Wright is jailed on murder charges arising from an attack at the home of his son in law Sam Bailey and John Bailey near Lydia Wright entered to threaten the daughters of his son in law and cut John Bailey’s throat killing him instantly Sam Bailey was stabbed in the throat while holding an infant Wright surrendered to authorities near Lydia Alabama
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Fort. Payne
Ala
Wright
Lydia
Alan Wright
Sam Bailey
John Bailey
Wright Hae
Milwaukee man kills child with jug in Downaville incident
Milliam Esler of Downaville killed his seven year old daughter by striking her over the head with a jug. He says he acted because the mother did not want the baby. Esler drove his wife from the house with an ax and was arrested.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milliam Esler
Downaville
Jane
Beb
Esler
Flood in Durango Kills Three as Streets Flooded
A cloudburst in Durango Mexico yesterday left three dead and water six feet deep in town streets. Many houses were damaged and Alameda parks flooded, with military barracks inundated. The El Paso report notes broad flood damage and travel disruptions on the Scenic Route to the West.
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Durango
Alameda
Mex
el Paso
Tex
Kiling of Japs Regrettable Lynch Attempt Wrecked Hope
A volatile page lists events including a failed lynching attempt of a coachman, a ship wreck, and related financial or legal consequences. The issue references mutineers, indictments, and regional political tensions across several columns and notices.
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Hope
Benk
Oyster Bay
Saratoga
Albany
North Carolina
Society
David Graham Phillips
Home Was a Prison Thirty Women Freed in Boston
District Attorney John B Moran ordered release of all inmates at the Massachusetts Home for Intemperate Women. Thirty women were freed after a nolle pros was filed for each inmate. The action followed findings that the home functioned as a prison with inmates deprived of liberty and forced to work from dawn to night for others profit. Mrs. Fulia Ward Howe presides the institution.
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Boston
Incbnate Instituton
John B Moran
Massachusetts
District Attorney 5
Fulia Ward Howe
Indictment of Standard Oil for storage rebates in Chicago
A grand jury in Chicago returns a nineteen count indictment against the Standard Oil Company under the Elkins law for storage rebates. The charges allege that Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad stored oil for Standard Oil without collecting 3 cents per ton per day, while competitors paid, constituting a concession and discrimination. Bond set at 25,000 and no railroad officials named as defendants. Officials of Standard Oil and railroad witnesses testified in Cleveland and Chicago as part of the case, with possible immunity and ongoing jury examination.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Hegeral Grand Jury
Retheatus Oftermoon
Bethea
Brand
Cleveland
Ohio
Transferea
Chicara
Tader
Elkins
Ander
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company
Lake Shore
Railroad Corporation
Sraun
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Gey
J L Clark
General Western
C A. Slauson
George Roberts
Interstate Commerce
Slaven
En Vaue
Standard of
Eighteenth_ street
Lake Shore Road
Mrs Elizabeth Coudert Defies Pier Demolition at Oyster Bay
At Oyster Bay New York Aug 3 Mrs Elizabeth Coudert and neighbor Mrs Whitney stood firm on Fred L Coudert s pier as highway commissioners tore out sections. Amid rain and threats they held the raised pier and issued French orders to maids while critics retreated leaving them mistress of the structure.
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Washington Post
Oyster Bay
Fred L Coudert
Elizabeth Coudert
Highway Commissioners
Coudert
Condert
Mrs Coudert
Whitney
Roosevelt's
Roosevelt Pier
Barred at Oyster Bay reveals pension woes and royal diary
Aug 8 report from Oyster Bay notes Henry Miller, ex Central Railroad of New Jersey engineer, barred from visiting the President. Miller, claiming pension loss and mail denial, cited prior Connecticut insane asylum stay as sheriff and constable prepare for escort. Separate items mention King Edward and Queen Alexandra dining with Consuelo, and travel details for Beltimore & Ohio lines to Ocean City and Rehoboth Beach with a round trip fare and schedules.
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New York
Henry Miller
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Oyster Bay
Miller
Gider
Mineola
Connecticut
Beltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ocean City
Rehoboth Beach
Washington
Baltimore
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a_m Pullman
Lamber Trust
Libbey & Co
6Th St
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Naval Reserve
Trank
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
California
Baltimore & Ohio
Consutt
League Island
Ringleadst’s
Iderson
Nowland
Boatswam Garrett
Sergi Kibby
Cory Shaw
Trumpeter Hess
Toola Point
Norfolk, Va Beach
Nofolk
Washington Steamboat Company
Baltimore & Ohio Jiglington
Nets York
South Carolina
Bride
Son-In-Law
Jug
Nadhville
Wemphis
New C, & OQ
Mio
Law
Mrs. Whitney
Highway Commission
Insane Asylum
Duchess of Manchester
Cowes
Isle of Wight
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Alexandra
Alfonso
Victoria
Consuelo
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