McMurray land deal bribe accusations unfold in testimony
Former U S District Attorney Latham testifies that McMurray offered $10000 to secure old tribal contracts while Jake Hamon accuses Creager of soliciting money. Carter and Adams recount a 5 percent arrangement and a push to withdraw opposition, amid broader probes into McMurray contracts and payments to Indian leaders in Washington and Oklahoma.
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United States District
Latham
McMurray
Hom
Humon
Creager
McAlester
Okla
Ave
Congressional Investigating Committee
D Carter
Fourth
Oklahoma
Richard C Adams
Washington
Adams
B. 3. McGuire
Carter
Jake I. Harmon
Hamon
Senate
Gore
Havng
Wye Murray
Flamon
Capitol
Gare
Iamon
Henator Gore
Witfens
Hamon Hat
Stuster Gore
McGuire
Mashing
Hope
Representative McGuire
Lily Oppositi
Dowbie
Roosevelt
Adams Says Indians Protests Precede Taft Letter on Land Case
Attorney Richard C. G. Adams, linked to McMurray in the Gore investigation and representing Delaware Indians, describes Oklahoma Indians letters to Taft in April protesting tribal rolls and land dealings. He notes 1,500 letters, involvement with McMurray contracts, and that Choctaws and Chickasaws could pay McMurray 10 percent for handling their property.
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Richard CG. Adams
Bond
McMurray
Gore
Washington
Washington Post
Taft
Oklahoma
Teven
United States Supreme Court
Honduran Uprising Sours as Ex Leader Believed Held
Dispatches from Washington indicate the Bonilla party has taken the lead, while former president and General Lee Christmas are believed captured in Guatemala City. The situation suggests a possible complete overthrow amid the Honduran crisis.
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Washington
Lee Christmas
Guatemala City
Honduras Uprising Seen Ended By Guatemalan Action
Dispatches indicate Bonilla and Christmas captured or in custody as Guatemala detains Honduran revolutionists entering its waters. Guatemalan president notes arrests made with fishing boats due to lack of steam launches. Washington convention cited to justify actions, though Guatemalan public opinion leans toward Bonilla.
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Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Honduras
Guattemala
Bonilla
Christmas
Sands
Bontila
Barrios
Col
Salinas
Davila
Sea Fear
Motegua
Puerto Cortez
Celba
Boma
Card Index War Silent in Nicaragua Diplomacy
State Department keeps a card index on Central American figures as Madriz envoys in Washington weigh proposals for a neutral or open election. Knox signals openness to a neutral candidate while opposing any Madrid faction or Zelaya ally winning the presidency. Dispatches report mixed war news and disrupted communications from Nicaragua.
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State Department
Couse
Madriz
Dawson
Gen. Ortiz
8Ny
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Madriz Interlesia
Col, Barrios
Col Suilnas
Knox
Hitchcock
Central America
United States
Wicaragus
Col Barrios
Col. Sabnaga
Thies
Estrada
San Ubaldo
Fiance Insane She Says in Lunacy Case Against Parr
Miss Rose Kaiser testified in lunacy proceedings against her fiancé John Parr. She said the engagement began about two years ago and the marriage was planned for fall. Parr was found incompetent to manage his affairs. Kaiser described an incident at Coney Island on July 4 when Parr allegedly breathed a poisonous fluid. The jury valued Parr’s estate at about $100,000, half in real estate.
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Rose Kaiser
John Parr
New York
Parr
Miss Kaiser
Coney Island
Grand Vizier Leaves Turkey for Marienbad on Leave
Constantinople August 10 The grand vizier began a month long holiday at Marienbad traveling with European financiers. He plans meetings with Count von Aehrenthal Austro Hungarian foreign minister and Baron von Hiderien Wachter German secretary of state for foreign affairs. It is the first recorded instance of a grand vizier taking leave from Turkey.
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Constantinople
Marienbad
Count von Aehrenthal
Baron von Hiderien Wachter
Turkey
Duelist Guehkoff Released From Fortress Sentence
Alexander Guehkoff, former president of the duma, was freed from the fortress of St. Peter and Paul after serving five days of a four weeks imprisonment for fighting a duel with Count Uvaroff. The count was slightly wounded in the November 30 duel.
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St. Petersburg
Alexander Guehkoff
Duma
Peter and
Pau
Count Uvaroff
C. G. Chief Not Worried About Railroad Status
George M. Stevens president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway returns from abroad and plans an inspection tour of the system. He praises current management under Vice President Axtell and General Manager Grice. A directors meeting is set for August 18 with no major items on the agenda. He notes discussions of the Hocking Valley Railroad case in New York but offers no details.
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Washington Pas
Richmond
George M. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Stevens
New York
Land suit involving millions in Moxham Sherwood case
Special to The Washington Post from White Sulphur Springs West Virginia August 10 The hearing of the land case A J Moxham versus The Sherwood Company involves 2848000 dollars and 122000 acres across Greenbrier Pocahontas and Fayette counties It is described as the largest federal case in West Virginia The hearing before U S Commissioner Henderson began with Mr Moxham president of the Du Pont Powder Company in attendance and the taking of testimonies expected to last a year
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Moxham-Sherwood
Washington Post
White Sulphur Springs
W Va
A. J. Moxham
The
Sherwood Company
Greenbrier
Parahontas
Fayette
King Jand
West Virginia
Moxham
du Pont Powder Company
United States
Henderson
Farmer tarred and bound left near tracks in Atlantic City
Frank Sichart, Cardiff farmer, was tarred and tied to a telegraph pole near his home by three men. He was rescued by a paper train crew and left in a serious condition with heavy tar burns. His daughter is linked to the attack, and investigators seek the assailants.
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Frank Sichart
Atlantic City
Washington Post
N. J
Sichart
Mays Landing
Andrew
Izard
Sichari
New York Cleanest City Says Seattle Pastor
The Rev BFA Matthews of Seattle visits New York cafes and police courts as part of a sociological study. He and his committee mingle with patrons to study life and report that New York is the cleanest city in the world in overall consideration.
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Washington Post
New York
Tev
Bfa Matthews
First Presbyterian Church
Seattle
Wash
Waldorf-Astoria
Tendertoin
Matthews
Broidway
Sixth Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Sing Sing
Mr. Matthews
Montana Insurgents Back Taft Party Line
Missoula Montana August 10 Montana insurgents are said to oppose Carter and align with President Taft. Fletcher Maddox will tour the state to gauge insurgent sentiment and urge harmony. Taft and the farm likely to be endorsed by the Republicans in Missoula with no immediate action on the United States senatorship. The insurgent strength will hinge on the congressional nomination vote. Friends of Congressman Pray expect victory.
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Carter
Washington Post
Missoula
Mont
Montana
Washington
Taft
Fletcher Maddox
Iowa
Kansas
United States
Friends
Tagged Boy Travels Long Trip Alone to Richmond
Richmond, Aug 10. Bessel McGee, seven, arrived by train from Little Rock with a tag showing his identity and birthplace. Orphaned, he traveled alone to stay with an uncle in Surprise Delight. The notice notes his journey and his purpose to join relatives.
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Richmond
Bessel McGee
Little Rock
Ark
Borus
Naval Collier Sunk in Collision Off Hatteras
Rosario di Giorgio arrives in New York with bows smashed after colliding with the navy collier Marcellus off Hatteras on Tuesday. The Marcellus sank after hours at sea. all crew members were saved aboard the Leonidas. No lives lost. Navy alerted late due to lack of wireless on coal colliers.
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Rosario di Giorgio
New York
Segundas
Washington Post
Rosario
Glorglo
Jamaica
Marcellia
Hatteras
Virginia Capes
Marcellus
Leonidas
Delaware
Guantanamo
Karlsen
Fruiter
Ake
Tella
Fratera
Danielsen
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Norfolk
Carver
Army Orders and Naval Movements Update
Military orders revoke Capt Barton’s transfer and detail Lieut Col Waltz and Lieut Col Liggett assignments with August 15 16 changes. Naval movements note arrivals at Puget Sound shipyard and multiple vessel sailings including Chattanooga propulsion damage repair in Tacoma Seattle and New York area ports.
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Millard F Waltz
Frank A Barton
Third Cavalry
Barton
Hunter Liggett
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Sparta
Wis
Army Service Schools
Everett M Balcom
Coast Artillery Corps
United States
Staf
General Staff Corps
General Staf
Henry VT Allen
Eighth Cavalry
Allen
Police Chief Faces Accusation Of Threatening Language
A man named Perlman claims two girls overheard an intoxicated policeman say Gaynor would be killed either Tuesday before Europe departure or on return. Inspector Russell confirmed the officer spoke outside a saloon and was intoxicated. Policeman Joseph P. Hock of the Madison Street station, number 746, was suspended pending investigation after the claim.
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Gaynor
New York
Central Office
Perlman
Europe
Russell
Fisher challenges price of running for Congress in Sixth District
Dr George M Fisher of Indian Springs district applied to the election supervisors to place his name on the ballot for the coming primaries but did not pay the 25 fee required by law. He says the law is unconstitutional claiming the state cannot sell the privilege of running for office. The supervisors upheld the statute and rejected his filing.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
George M. Fisher
Indian Springs
Congress
Board of Election Supervisors
Fisher
Pardon sought for ex slave serving life sentence
Special to The Washington cum Richmond Virginia August 10 A petition for the pardon of Mike Thomas an 8 year old negro today was received at the governor s office The negro is serving a life sentence on his third conviction for thieving The petition says he was a former slave of Samuel C Seldon of Lynchburg and accompanied his master Gen Kerby Smith to the war as a body servant He fought at Lynchburg after the general was wounded He has a good prison record.
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Washington
Richmond
Mike Thomas
Bamuel UC Seldon
Lynchburg
Kerby Smith
Virginia Clerks Convention Opens with High Profile Delegation
Norfolk August 10 The first annual convention of the Association of Virginia Clerks of the Court opened at Ocean View for a two day session. A banquet tomorrow night will be attended by Gov Mann United States Senator Martin and Swanson and Virginia judiciary leaders. Robert Gillam of Petersburg presented a paper on Criminal Procedure. President Albert Sidney Jonson of Isle of Wight presiding.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Association of Virginia Clerks of the Court
Ocean View
Gov. Mann
United States
Martin and
Swanson
Robert Gillam
Petersburg
Albert Sidney Jonson
Isle of Wight
Slayer James B. Allison Sentenced to Die in North Carolina
In Asheville on August 10 James B. Allison was sentenced to die by electric chair for the murder of Floyd McGhee. Judge Council handed down the verdict in superior court before about a thousand spectators. The execution is set for the death chamber at Raleigh’s state penitentiary following the court’s death sentence. Allison appeared calm and unmoved after the sentence, with a customary note seeking mercy for his soul.
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Asheville
N. C
James B. Allison
Judge Council
Floyd McGhee
Allison
State Penitentiary
Raleigh
Fair Judges Named for Rockville Fair Exhibits
The Montgomery County Agricultural Society names judges for Rockville fair exhibits including I H Riley for heavy draft horses, D H Rice for standard thoroughbreds, F H Riley for cattle and hogs, George O. Brown for poultry, Miss Alice C Foster for art, Francis J Downey for fruits, Henry Voght for garden products, J KR Freeman for flowers, Sydney Stabler for honey and butter, Marg Clarence L Gilpin for culinary, Mrs FG Shafer for preserves, Edward C Peter for ham, and Mrs George M Hunter for the children's department. The circuit court denied a license to bet on races at the fair, but racing may still occur with no betting.
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Rockville
Montgomery County Agricultural Society
Rockville Fair
I H Riley
Washington
D. H. Rice
Towson
F. H. Riley
George O. Brown
Baltimore
Alice C. Foster
Francis J. Downey
Olney
Henry Voght
Tennallytown
J KR Freeman
Sydney Stabler
Sandy Spring
Clarence L. Gilpin
FG Shafer
Edward C. Peter
TIRES OF HUBBY IN TEN DAYS
Morgantown West Virginia August 10 Miss Louise Sexton a Buckhannon social leader ran away from her husband of ten days to this city. Her father J W Sexton and brother in law followed her and took her back to Buckhannon and to her husband.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Louise Sexton
Buckhannon
J. W. Sexton
SISTER PREVENTS death by own action
Roanoke Va Aug 10 Mark Alexander a Virginia Brewing Company employee attempted to cut his throat this afternoon. His sister wrested the razor from his hand after he had inflicted a three inch gash just over the jugular vein. Two weddings at Rockville Rockville Md Aug 10 Miss Margaret May OConners and Mr Harry Albert Thompson both of Washington wed this afternoon at the home of Rev S R White. Dr White also officiated yesterday at the marriage of Mrs Katherine delle Chandler and Mr George Witham Gill both of Washington.
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Roanoke
Mark Alexander
Virginia Brewing Company
Rockville
Margaret May O’conners
Harry Albert Thompson
Washington
S. R White
White
Katherine Delle Chandler
Geecga Witham Gill
Sober Sue and Mike clash in Goat Alley drama
In Goat Alley neighbors describe Susan Perkins known as Sober Sue entangled with Mike Babcock and a hobble skirt plan that ends with Sue in police custody. After a night of escapades and a failed wharf outing she accepts a 30 day sentence in police court and vows to resume her search for Mike.
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Goat Alley
Sue
Susan Perkins
Washington
Mike Babcock
Mike the Man
Mike
Jack Johnson
Oyster Shuckers
Our City Beautiful
Chrystenah Bates
Chrystenah
Maj. Sylvester
Zinkhan
Tucker
Jerry Aloysius Sullivan
Willow Tree
Bear
Bettie Green
Pugh
Sturgeon Jumps In Launch Near Niagara Falls
A 110 pound sturgeon leaped into a motorboat near the falls injuring Miss Nellie Johnson of Niagara Falls. The fish struck the boat, disabled its engine, and was subdued after the occupants used oars. George Allen then towed the boat to shore.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Falls
la Balle
Nellie Johnson
George Allen
Smuggling Probe Ends With Forfeiture Of Pearls
William Loeb Jr reports two pearl necklaces seized by customs on May 28 aboard the Amerique were forfeited to the government and will be sold in Trenton on August 14. Appraiser Wanamaker values the jewels at 9109, and Lyon pays a $5000 fine for attempting smuggling after not declaring the pearls.
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New York
William Loeb, Jr
United States
Alcott
Trenton
N. J
Jirom H.R. Lyons
Milwaukee
Wanamaker
Germans to Study Statistics Here
Berlin officials Richard von der Borght president of the imperial bureau of statistics and Herr Messinger government councilor have departed for the United States to study census counting methods and to purchase counting machines.
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Berlin
Richard von der Borght
Imperial Bureau of Statistics
Herr Messinger
United States
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