McMurray land deal bribery probe rattles Oklahoma figures
Former U S District Attorney Latham testified McMurray offered $10000 to help pass tribal land contracts while Jake Hamon asserted bribe accusations against Creager and Gore linked to Oklahoma contracts. Carter and Adams described meetings and a 5 percent payment plan amid a Senate investigation in Washington and McMurray’s push for approval.
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United States District
Latham
McMurray
Hom
Humon
Creager
Adams Not Surprised By Oklahoma Indian Letters On McMurray
Richard G. Adams an attorney for the Delaware Indians and McMurray contract affiliate told a Washington Post reporter that in April he received letters from Oklahoma Indians protesting tribal rolls and later filed about 1 000 letters and telegrams for or against the McMurray contracts. He said the letters showed broad Indian sentiment over land matters and noted long government delays. Adams cited past Mississippi Choctaw land sales and settlements as context for Indians willing to pay McMurray 10 percent for handling their property.
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McAlester
Okla
Ave
Congressional Investigating Committee
D Carter
Fourth
Oklahoma
Richard C Adams
Washington
Adams
McMurray
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
Taft
Aft
McMurrass
Latham
Congress
Chicago
Indiana
Fates
Indians
Richard CG. Adams
Bond
Washington Post
Teven
United States Supreme Court
Honduran Uprising Staged. Ex-President and General Held
Dispatches from Washington interpret reports of a complete overthrow in Honduras. Former President and General Lee Christmas are believed in custody in Guatemala City as authorities assess the chaotic situation and possible international involvement.
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Washington
Lee Christmas
Guatemala City
Honduras
Bonilla
Davila
William F. Sands
United States
Guatemala
State Department
Legation
Honduras uprising in Guatemalan arrests stirs diplomacy
Dispatches indicate Bonilla and Christmas may be prisoners in Guatemala after authorities captured about 70 Honduran revolutionists near the Motagua River. Guatemala cites the Washington convention to justify detentions while Estrada Cabrera upholds treaty obligations despite Guatemala public sentiment.
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Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Honduras
Guattemala
Bonilla
Christmas
Sands
Bontila
Barrios
Col
Salinas
Davila
Sea Fear
Motegua
Puerto Cortez
Celba
Boma
State Department Card Index Tops Nicaragua Talks
The article notes the US State Department uses a card index to track Central American figures as Madriz envoys Modesto Bairilos and Sebastian Salinas push for a neutral or open election plan in Nicaragua. It details positions on Gen Ortiz and potential candidates, with Knox listening to feasible neutral options and Halstead reporting shifting frontline Dutch.
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State Department
Madriz
Washington
Modesto Bairilos
Sebastian Salinas
Dr. Madriz
United States
Gen
Ore
Department
Gen Ortiz
Matiz
Zelaya
Couse
Dawson
Gen. Ortiz
8Ny
Nicaragua
Madriz Interlesia
Col, Barrios
Col Suilnas
Knox
Hitchcock
Central America
Wicaragus
Col Barrios
Col. Sabnaga
Thies
Estrada
San Ubaldo
Fiance Insane She Says in Lunacy Case Against John Parr
Miss Rose Kaiser, 28, testified as the principal witness in lunacy proceedings against her fiancé John Parr. Parr was found incompetent to manage his affairs or care for himself. Kaiser said the marriage planned for this fall. she recalled an incident on July 4 at Coney Island where Parr claimed to have possessed 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 on Leave Seeks European Meetings
Constantinople Aug 10 The grand vizier began a month long holiday at Marienbad departing yesterday. He plans to meet many European financiers including Count von Aehrenthal Austro-Hungarian foreign minister and Baron von Hiderien Wachter German state secretary for foreign affairs. This is the first recorded case of a grand vizier taking leave of absence from Turkey.
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Constantinople
Marienbad
Count von Aehrenthal
Baron von Hiderien Wachter
Turkey
Duelist Released From Fortress After Duel in Parliament
Alexander Guehkoff, former president of the duma, freed from the fortress of 8S. Peter and Pau after serving five days of a four weeks sentence for dueling Count Uvaroff, a rival parliamentary leader. 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 on Rail Plans
George M. Stevens president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway returns from a trip abroad and will inspect the system. He praises management by Vice President Axtell General Manager Grice and others. A board meeting is set for August 18 with no major items. He notes discussion of the Hocking Valley Railroad matter in New York but promises no general details. He comments on the new railroad law asserting the company can survive.
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Washington Pas
Richmond
George M. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Stevens
New York
Land Case Involving Moxham Sherwood Begins in West Virginia
Special to The Washington Post from White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Aug 10 The land dispute A J Moxham versus The Sherwood Company involves 2848000 dollars and 122000 acres across Greenbrier Hampshire and Fayette counties The hearing before US Commissioner Henderson is said to extend over about a year Moxham president of the Du Pont Powder Company attends the session as the trial opens in federal court in what is described as the largest land case heard in West Virginia to date
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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 on telegraph pole in Atlantic City
Frank Sichart, Cardiff farmer, lies in serious condition in Atlantic City hospital after three men tarred and feathered him tied to a telegraph pole near his home over alleged attentions to a wealthy widow. He was rescued by a night train crew and later moved toward Mays Landing with his son Andrew.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
Frank Sichart
Sichart
Mays Landing
Andrew
Izard
Sichari
New York Cleanest City Says Seattle Pastor
The Rev BFA Matthews of First Presbyterian Seattle studies sociology in New York, tailed cafes along Broadway and near Sixth Avenue. He and a three member committee will visit police court and prisons, then Sing Sing, noting that New York is the cleanest city in the world overall despite nightlife.
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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 Rally Behind Taft in Missoula
Missoula Montana Aug 10 Montana insurgents back President Taft amid reports Fletcher Maddox will visit to gauge insurgent strength and foster harmony. Some counties call it insurgency as opposition to Carter, not a broad radical movement. Taft and the farm pass likely at the Republican convention. senate race action unlikely. Pray supporters confident of victory in Congress race.
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Carter
Washington Post
Missoula
Mont
Montana
Washington
Taft
Fletcher Maddox
Iowa
Kansas
United States
Friends
Tagged Boy on Long Trip to Richmond
Seven year old Bessel Mc Gee arrived by train from Little Rock to stay with his uncle Delight at Surprise. He wore a name tag stating his identity and origin and traveled alone after his parents died. This brief note records the child’s arrival and guardianship arrangement.
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Richmond
Bessel McGee
Little Rock
Ark
Borus
Naval Collier Sunk In Collision Off Hatteras
Rosario di Giorgio reaches New York with bows smashed after a collision with the navy collier Marcellus off Hatteras. The Marcellus sank with all crew saved. Leonidas towed the barges to Hampton Roads. A second steamer Fratera reported a different version, but no lives lost.
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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 Reported
Leave of absence for Lieut Col Millard F Waltz and assignments for Capt Frank A Barton and others. Amendments show Waltz relieved from General Staff duty by Aug 15 and detailed staff corps officers named for Aug 16. Movements include several naval vessel arrivals and repairs, with Chattanooga and Prometheus at Puget Sound navy yard for propeller repair after tow from San Francisco.
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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
Seattle
Wash
Chattanooga
Prometheus
Puget Sound Navy Yard
San Francisco
Policeman Said to Threaten Gaynor in Europe Departure
New York detectives investigate claims by Perlman that an intoxicated officer named Joseph P. Hock threatened Gaynor with death either on departure for Europe or on return. The sister heard the remark outside a saloon and noted the officer’s number before reporting him. Hock was suspended pending inquiry.
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Gaynor
New York
Central Office
Perlman
Europe
Russell
OBJECTS TO CAMPAIGN FEE FOR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
Dr George M Fisher of Indian Springs district sought ballot placement for Congress Sixth District as an independent. He did not pay the 925 fee required by law. He called the law unconstitutional, arguing the state cannot sell the privilege to run for office. Election supervisors refused his application in adherence to the statute.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
George M. Fisher
Indian Springs
Congress
Board of Election Supervisors
Fisher
Pardon Sought for Ex-Seave Servant in Lynchburg War Service
Special to The Washington from Richmond Aug 10 A petition for the pardon of Mike Thomas an 8 year old negro is received at the governor s office He is serving a life sentence on his third theft conviction 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 body servant He fought at Lynchburg when the general was wounded and has a good prison record.
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Washington
Richmond
Mike Thomas
Bamuel UC Seldon
Lynchburg
Kerby Smith
Virginia Clerks Convention Opens in Ocean View
Norfolk Va Aug 10 The first annual convention of the Association of Virginia Clerks of the Court began today at Ocean View for a two day session. A banquet tomorrow night will be attended by Gov Mann United States Senators Martin and Swanson and leading Virginias judiciary figures. Robert Gillam of Petersburg presented a paper on Criminal Procedure. President Albert Sidney Jonson of Isle of Wight presided.
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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 Sentenced to Die in North Carolina Court
In Asheville on August 10 James B. Allison was sentenced to die for the murder of Floyd McGhee. Judge Council ordered electrocution in the State penitentiary death chamber at Raleigh. Allison showed no visible emotion as the judge offered the customary mercy recommendation.
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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
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Md Aug 10 Montgomery County Agricultural Society names judges for rockville fair exhibits including I H Riley Washington for heavy draft horses D H Rice Towson for standard bred thoroughbreds F H Riley for cattle and hogs George O Brown Baltimore for poultry Miss Alice C Foster Washington for art Francis J Downey Olney for fruits and other farm products Henry Voght Tennallytown for garden products J K R Freeman Washington for flowers and growing plants Sydney Stabler Sandy Spring for honey and butter Marg Clarence L Gilpin Sandy Spring for culinary Mrs FG Shafer for preserves jellies etc Edward C Peter Rockville for ham Children’s department Mrs George M Hunter Rockville The court denial of license to pool bets does not end racing and large purses may draw many horses with four days of speed contests.
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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 visit this city but her father J W Sexton arrived with her brother in law and took her back to Buckhannon.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Louise Sexton
Buckhannon
J. W. Sexton
Sister Prevents Death by Own Action
In Roanoke Virginia Mark Alexander a young husband employed by the Virginia Brewing Company attempted to cut his throat with a razor this afternoon. His sister wrested the weapon from his hand after he had inflicted a three inch gash over the jugular vein. Two weddings at Rockville Maryland reported as Margaret May O Conners and Harry Albert Thompson both of Washington wed in Rockville this afternoon. Reverend S. R White officiated at the Rockville ceremony and Dr White also presided at yesterday’s Baltimore area marriage of Mrs. Katharine Delle Chandler and 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 the Man clash in Goat Alley tale
A chaotic tale unfolds in Goat Alley as Susan Perkins known as Sober Sue clashes with Mike the Man, Hobbie Skirt figures and Chrystenah Bates. Sue faces 30 days in jail after a police court sentence amid a backdrop of Hobble skirts and shanty street drama.
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Susan Perkins
Mike
Steamboat
Forther
Bears Gap
Goat Alley
Sue
Washington
Mike Babcock
Mike the Man
Jack Johnson
Oyster Shuckers
Our City Beautiful
Chrystenah Bates
Chrystenah
Maj. Sylvester
Zinkhan
Tucker
Jerry Aloysius Sullivan
Willow Tree
Bear
Bettie Green
Pugh
Sturgeon Jump Tries To Capsize Boat At Falls
A 110 pound sturgeon leaped at a motorboat near La Balle two miles above the falls in Niagara Falls New York last night injuring Miss Nellie Johnson and disabling the engine. The fish was subdued with oars as the boat drifted toward the cataract. George Allen then towed the party ashore.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Falls
la Balle
Nellie Johnson
George Allen
Smuggling Comes High as Pearls Forfeit to Government
New York August 9 William Loeb Jr collector of the port reports United States Marshal Alcott has announced two pearl necklaces seized by customs inspectors from H R Lyons a Milwaukee miller on arrival by steamer Amer ica May 28 will be forfeited to the government and sold in Trenton August 14 Appraiser Wanamaker values the jewels at 9109 Lyons also paid a 5000 fine for attempted smuggling for 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 authorities announce that Richard von der Borght president of the imperial bureau of statistics and Herr Messinger a government counselor have departed for the United States. They will study census statistics methods and purchase counting machines used in the U S government census procedures.
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Berlin
Richard von der Borght
Imperial Bureau of Statistics
Herr Messinger
United States
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