Trunk Crime Arrest of Two Nephews in New Jersey Case
New York police detain two Rosenblooms nephews as Wilmber detectives push to solve the murder of Solomon J Rosenblum. Baltimore women say their son Alex killed him after a quarrel, with motive linked to abuse. bodies found near Camden New Jersey and Windber Pennsylvania.
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Victum
Father
Camden
N. J
Baltimore
Sperlat
Washington Post
New York
Soloman J Rosen- Toom
Windber
Somerset Conty
Jamien
Rosenblonms
Rosen Tims
Alex
McMullen
Uneit
Jos
Ager
Cary
Joseph
Vie
Wn Sis
Irilers
Reward Offered in Windber Murder Case
District Attorney John Lewis asks Somerset county commissioners to post a $100 reward for the arrest of Alexander Rosenbloom, accused of murdering his father in Windber, Pa. Warrants issued for Alexander, Mrs F J Rosenbloom, Eva Rosenbloom, and Joseph and Louis Egler. Detectives report eyewitnesses in Mount Ephraim, N J, say they saw Alexander there in late 1907 and identify him from photographs. one witness recalls being called "Alea" in town.
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Alexander Rosenbloom
F. J. Rosenbloom
Eva Rosenbloom
Joseph
Louis Egler
New York
Camden
Rosenbloom
Windber
Mount Ephraim
Mount Ephriam
Elder Rosenbloom
Alea
New England Republican Conference Sets Vermont Maine Campaign Plans
Frank H Hitchcock announced strong New England support for the national ticket as Vermont votes loom and Maine follows. Idaho Senator Borah and former Treasury head Leslie Shaw to pace Vermont outreach. local leaders anticipate large Taft majorities though some doubts persist amid Connecticut and New Hampshire factionalism. Detectives probe a murder tied to the Rosenbloom family amid a separate political gathering in Boston.
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New England
Frank H Hitchook
National Committee
England
Hitchcock
Vermont
Maine
Hiitchcock
Boston
Crane
Massachusetts
Chartes F. Brooker
Connecticut
Igans
Hitencock
Borah
Idaho
Burrows
Leslie M Shaw
Iowa
Taft
Roosevelt
New Hampshire
Hitchcock Jeff Begton
Portland
Nebraska Republicans Poised to Hold State for Taft
In Omaha Aug 24 Democrats trumpet Bryan as the “Pee less One” but face a hard race as Republicans control the government. Gov Sheldon’s program, a united party front, and strong business and farmer support shape a robust campaign for Taft in Nebraska.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Nebraska
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Bryan
State Pride
Mr Bryan
Peeless
Lincoln
Clibh
Aryan Volunteers
Omaha World Herald
the World Herald
Congress
Bryans
Parker
Supreme Court
Sheldon
Duel Ends in Dallas Killing Over Family Trouble
In Dallas county an August-Emmett Davis shot and killed D A Jarratt in an eastern suburb. Davis, jailed on murder charges, says the encounter was a duel in which one of them had to die. At 180 feet range both fired. Davis used a double-barreled shotgun loaded with buckshot and Jarratt a .45 pistol. Each man fired until both weapons were empty. The combatants were about two years old.
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Washington Post
Dallas
Tex
Augus—Emmatt Davis
Jarratt
Davis
Bavis
Masked highwayman robs Yellowstone tour coaches
A lone bandit robbed seven tourist coaches between Old Faithful Inn and Yellowstone Inn then escaped with four coach horses toward Jackson Hole. Described as about 50, masked, possibly heading toward the Oregon Short Line, soldiers from Fort Yellowstone and troops on the West Gallatin River mobilized to pursue.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Yellowstone Park
Old Faithful Inn
Yellowstone Inn
Jackson Hole
Thumb Station
West Gallatin River
Park
Fort Yellowstone
Big Strings
Asheton
Yellowstone Pa
Noth
Wado Springs
West Gallatin
Zoldiers
Judge Quits Hargis Trial In Kentucky Court
Jackson Ky Aug 24 Circuit Judge J P Adams refused to preside over Beech Harris charged with the murder of his father Judge James Hargis. Adams recalled prosecuting Hargis in Breathitt county feuds and vacated the bench. Acting Gov Cox expected to appoint a special judge as the case proceeds with a crowded courtroom and no anticipated trouble.
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Beech Harris
James Hargis
J. P. Adams
Adams
Hargis
Breathitt
Commonwealth
Cox
Crison
Bryan letter to platform urged remedies for unemployment
New York August letter from William J Bryan to Alexander Law secretary of the unemployed metcal committee shows Bryan declining to attend the September conference. He sent the Democratic platform copy and said it presents remedies he believes should be applied to current conditions.
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Hitchcock
New York
Chicago
Colorado Springs
United States
New England
William J Bryan
Alexander Law
Metcal
Seed Ince
Bryan
Noted Salt Lake man kills himself after wife’s death
Arthur D Adams a 35 year old bookbinder at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, moved to a Charleston rooming house in Washington, directed his corpse and effects in three notes and died by gas yesterday afternoon. He wrote of misery and being his own worst enemy after his wife Delia Adams died August 3 in Salt Lake City. Local roommates smelled gas, found Adams warm but dead, and authorities said death was self inflicted. Notes named relatives in Utah and directed burial with his wife. Adams had moved to Washington last week with prior support from Utah figures including Senator George Sutherland and Arthur L Thomas.
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Arthur D. Adams
Salt Lake City
Arthur D Adams
Charleston
Twelfth Street Northwest
Adams
Albert Basdekian
Arthur DA
Delia Adams
Utah
Little Is
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Mra Etta Edmons
Basdekian
First Precinct
Maclay
Glazebrook
Anne S Adams
Delia Good
Anna S Adams
A. L. Penbing
Monroe Street
City
Arthur
Adama
A. L. Thomas
Lake City
A. D Adams
Adam
George Sutherland
Arthur L Thomas
National Union and Tookbinders' Union
Anns
Adems
B Street
Faked quakes blamed on rotten granite in Virginia
Reports from Richmond and surrounding counties describe two distinct tremors felt overnight. Officials say no real earthquake occurred, attributing the disturbances to disintegration within rotten granite along a local fault and lack of seismograph records.
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Washington Post
Richmond
L B
Siras
Wirmma Passenger and Power Company
Silioquarter
Chesterfield County
Prince Edward
Powhatan
Amena
Mecklenburg
Weather Bureau
Coast and Geodetic Survey Observatory
Virginia
Barred From Some Hotels as Elks Convention Opens
In St Paul Minnesota the national convention of colored Elks is to begin in the St Paul Auditorium with racial placards seen on restaurants and hotels. Receipts show an informal agreement between the Hotel and Restaurant Keepers Association and the lodge to pay for use of the auditorium if visitors are told to avoid placarded places. The lodge accepted the plan.
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National Convention of Colored Elks
St Paul
H and R. Association
Keenera’ Association
Colored Elks
Arraigned in Detroit for counterfeiting joke money
Lucilen P. Tull of New York and Richard W. Meacham of Dayton were arraigned in Detroit on charges of passing counterfeit quarter dollars and posted $1,000 bail each. Meacham claimed the complaint arose from a young woman who received bad quarters and that the money was meant as a joke connected to gas meter deposits for New Amsterdam Gas Co. Tull, linked to the company, said the woman knew the money was fake and that the incident was a joke.
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New York
Richard W. Meacham
Dayton
Ohio
Meacham
New Amsterdam Gas Company
Tull
Hafid Proclaimed Sultan of Morocco Amid Quiet Accord
Paris reports Mulai Hafid proclaimed sultan without incident amid European assurances to protect residents. Le Liberte notes France and Spain will seek a new Algeciras conference accord, while The Temps says Hafid now controls Morocco and should work with the European concert to pacify the country. Tangier officials and locals hailed Hafid in a peaceful display.
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M Regault
Morocco
Mulat Hafid
Mulat ‘Hafd
le Liberte
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Spain
Temps
Mulal Hafid
Occult and diabolical tactics blamed in Montreal man’s suit
J H Migneron files a $50,000 damage suit in Washington for alleged occult influence by Brosseau who lured his wife Marie Denault from Montreal to Chicago. He charges Brosseau used diabolic means to ruin his reputation, claim of evil eye and moral destruction, with a demand for $50,000 in damages and $950,000 in total relief.
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Chicago
J H Migneron
Migneron
Montreal
Brosseau
Mme Denault
Canada
Dame Denault
Dame
Clean Bill for Jerome Thrown Out by Referee
Albany Aug 24 William Travers Jerome district attorney of New York county is acquitted of charges urged by William J King seeking his removal. Commissioner Richard L Hand reports to Gov Hughes exonerating Jerome stating he performed duties with zeal and ability for the public good. Accusations included improper prosecution in street railway jury fixing and insurance law violations, plus alleged criminal conspiracy over Metropolitan Street Railway. Jerome recounted dinners with B R Thomas promising immunity against Morse and described a confrontation after Delphin M Delmes Thaw case with Allen Ryan.
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Washington Post
Albany
N. F
William Travers Jerome
New York County
William
King
New York
Richard L. Hand
Hughes
Jerome
Commissioner Hand
Lfe-Insurance Companient
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
The
Stone
City Club
B. R. Thomas
Morse
Thomas
Delphin M Delmes
Allen 4. Ryan
Thomas F. Ryan
Franklin Street
German Ambassador Baron von Sternburg Dies in Heidelberg
Baron Speck von Sternburg, German ambassador to the United States, died in the Hotel Victoria Heidelberg of lung inflammation after a lupus diagnosis. His wife Miss Lillian May Langham, formerly of Louisville and Los Angeles, was with him. The baron had recently sought skin specialist Prof Vincenz Czerny in Hamburg for a long standing malady. Plans suggested his return to Washington, with a potential successor to be determined after talks between Emperor William and the Imperial chancellor.
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United States
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Dresden
Baroness von Sternburg
William
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Herr von Reichenau
Brazil
Baron Miumm von Schwarzenstein
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