Killing of Japanese Seals Sparks International Debate
Officials compare the St Paul Island fur seal raid to piracy with Japanse raiders viewed as trespassers or pirates. The State Department says no immediate diplomatic clash is certain while deciding whether killings justified as self defense or as trepass. Eleven Japanese schooners attacked the rookeries July 11 to 17, with several killed and many captured.
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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 Arrest Reveals Long Running Scam
The Washington Post reports Pittsburg banker B Wray, a teller at Union Trust, arrested in Toronto, planned to return home. The case involves Clifford S Histon, bookkeeper, and a scheme using abandoned accounts to siphon thousands, with theft hidden until an accidental inquiry exposed the fraud.
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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
Attempted lynching halted by police at Pittsburgh hearing
A mob of about 500 gathered outside Alderman Kings office on Carson Street to Lynch Augustus Hartie’s alleged co respondent Howe who had confessed to defaming Mrs Hartie The crowd surged as officers deputies and detectives shielded the frightened prisoner Transported to jail Howe waived hearing and was kept under guard Hartie and John L Welsho ins and Clifford Jace face conspiracy charges in the Hartie divorce case each held on $3000 bail as the matter moved toward grand jury proceedings
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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 on Raid Across Southern Wyoming
Settlers in southern Wyoming report Ute Indians have left the reservation and are roaming the region killing game and stock. The raid has caused widespread alarm among settlers and raised fears of serious trouble from the depredations.
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Wyoming
Wyomine
Mother and Child Drown in Delaware and Raritan Canal
A mother Mrs Adolph Snyder and her five year old son drowned at Titusville after the child fell into the Delaware and Raritan Canal. The mother attempted to save him and perished in the river both lost their lives tonight. The tragedy occurred near the city while the child played beside the stream.
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Trenton
Adolph Snyder
Delaware and Raritan
Titusville
Wrecked Bank May Pay In Full
Chicago reports that Theodore Stensland, vice president of the suspended Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, seeks to settle with creditors as authorities note the missing president Paul O Stensland may be en route to India. The bank’s vault cash and assets are being audited for a potential dollar-for-dollar deposit repayment, while arrests and forgery charges loom around Hering and other insiders.
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Chicago
Theodore Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Stenslard
Fetzer
Paul O Stensland
India
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 Ends Vacation Plans in Brooklyn Wife Shot
Mrs Ann Ford wife of civil engineer William G Ford a Naval Reserve lieutenant died from a head wound believed accidental as she placed a revolver in a trunk in their Brooklyn Litchfield apartment. Mr Ford who had stepped away to basement briefly was nearby when the gun discharged in a kitchen area. Police and coroner deem the incident accidental.
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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
Tragic Lightning Strikes Juror’s Family Pauses Trial
Springfield Mo Aug 8 The trial of Galbraith Gooch and Haecker in a Green County lynching case halted as juror J L Maxey learned his house 15 miles west of Springfield was struck by lightning killing his two children and destroying the home He was excused from service.
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Jaror
Springfield
Galbraith
Gooch
Haecker
Green County
J L Maxey
Ughtning
Mutineers at League Island Face Quick Naval Trial
Sailors and marines were tried after a chaotic mutiny at League Island Navy Yard sparked by beer smuggling. Principal leaders Burnett and Kenzy reportedly face 1–5 year sentences at Chelsea prison. others receive shorter terms or confinement. The incident involved firearms, injuries, and rapid arrests, with commandant awaiting findings.
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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 Controls Convention at Columbia State Meeting
The Republican State convention met in Columbia to elect a state chairman and reorganize the executive committee. The only contest saw John G Capers backed Edmund H Deas, a Black candidate, win 8 to 26 over John R Tolbert. Capers faction dominated. Resolutions praised national prosperity and Congress while choosing not to nominate state tickets.
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Columbia
Sct
Aug
John G Capers
Edmund H Deas
John HR Tolbert
Ernest"Fa Cochran Capers
Congress
United States
Death for bade wedding ends at Sykes home
Dr Samuel B Crawford thirty two died suddenly at the Rose Sykes home on the eve of his wedding. A vial of chloral solution was found but doctors say he used the medicine to ease pain from stomach troubles and insomnia rather than taking his life. Mrs Sykes was preparing for the ceremony when the tragedy occurred.
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Chicago
Samuel B . Crawford
Rose Sykes
Dr Crawford
Sykes
Mrs Sykes
Ale
Crawford
Fatal stabbing at Bailey residence shocks Fort Payne
An aged white nun named Wright is jailed in Fort Payne Alabama on murder charges after a violent attack at the Bailey home near Lydia. Wright attacked Sam Bailey and John Bailey, repeatedly stabbing John in the throat and injuring Sam while he cradled an infant. John died instantly. Sam is expected to recover. Wright surrendered to authorities.
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Fort. Payne
Ala
Wright
Lydia
Alan Wright
Sam Bailey
John Bailey
Wright Hae
Milwaukee Man Kills Daughter With Jug
Milwaukee on August 8 Milliam Esler of Downaville killed his seven year old daughter by striking her over the head with a jug. He says he killed the child because the mother did not want her. 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
Floods in Mexican Towns Claim Three Lives
A cloudburst and flooding in Durango Mexico killed three people. Water reached six feet in streets and damaged many houses. In Alameda rapid water damaged parks and flooded military barracks. Dispatch from El Paso dated Aug 8 reports delays on the Scenic Route to the West and schedules for the New Orleans and Cincinnati lines.
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Durango
Alameda
Mex
el Paso
Tex
Killing of Japs Regrettable Attempt to Lynch Coachman
Today’s issue highlights a violent episode involving a failed lynching attempt of a coachman by a mob. It notes the event as regrettable and relates it to broader wartime tensions and local unrest.
Home Prison Exposed as Massachusetts Female Home
District Attorney John B Moran ordered release of all thirty inmates from the Massachusetts Home for Intemperate Women in Boston. An officer carried nolle prosequi for each inmate, freeing them after the discovery that the place functioned as a prison with inmates forced to work from storage to night, with earnings retained by the institution under president Mrs. Julia Ward Howe.
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Boston
Incbnate Instituton
John B Moran
Massachusetts
District Attorney 5
Fulia Ward Howe
Indictment Alleges Standard Oil Rebate Scheme In Storage Fees
A federal grand jury in Chicago returns a nineteen count indictment against the Standard Oil Company under the Elkins law. The case charges the company with obtaining rebates by nonpayment of storage charges to the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, disadvantaging competitors in Chicago storage yards. The bond is set at 25,000 with officials of Standard Oil unnamed. The indictment stems from testimony heard in Cleveland and transferred to Chicago, with railroads involved including Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. If convicted, fines could total up to 350,000.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Hegeral Grand Jury
Retheatus Oftermoon
Bethea
Brand
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 Pierce Dismantling in Oyster Bay
In Oyster Bay on August 3 Mrs Elizabeth Coudert and neighbor Mrs Whitney stood firm atop Fred L Coudert's pier as highway commissioners ordered repairs torn out. After a tense showdown the demolition halted, the women remained, and the plan to disrupt the structure ended in retreat amid rain and crowd chatter.
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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. Miller denied access to President
Henry Miller a former Central Railroad of New Jersey engineer was turned back at Oyster Bay while the President was in town. Miller claimed pension papers were lost and mail was withheld. authorities noted he had been an inmate of a Connecticut insane asylum.
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New York
Henry Miller
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Oyster Bay
Miller
Gider
Mineola
Connecticut
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