Becken Becker Death Sentence Delayed After Albany Conference
Governor Whitman refused to commute the death sentence of Charles Becker, ex police lieutenant convicted of murder. Becker's counsel Martin B Manton announced no further state steps, seeking potential federal appeal. A reprieve extended Becker’s execution date to the week beginning July 28 to allow new counsel to prepare for a possible federal challenge.
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Albany
Gary
Whitman
Charles Becker
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Martin B. Manton
Miro Manton
Becker Offers to Reveal Police Graft Under Gov Whitman
An Albany dispatch to the New York Tribune states Becker, via counsel Martin Manton, will name higher police officials in exchange for a life sentence for himself. He claims the killings of Rosenthal and others were ordered by Becker and implicates Lefty Louis Volga Tank and Herman Rosenthal, with Gov. Whitman declining clemency.
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Manton
Becker
Maracter Mie
Executive Chamber
Fia
Whitman
Albany
New York Tribune Aais
Kiules Becker
Martin Po Manton
Gow Whitman
Louis
Volga Tank
Lewis
Ietten
Electrie
Herman Rosenthal
Widow of Lusitania Victim Hints Autumn Event
The New York American reports a whispered plan for an autumn event at Lenox involving Mrs Alfred Van Aertitle, widow of a Lusitania victim. A posthumous birth could affect the victim’s estate, prompting possible probate refinements. Woman suffrage fails in Wisconsin as the state senate rejects a reconnection bill by 14 to 17.
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Lusitania
New York
Mra
Alfred van Aertitle
Auton Vt
Wisconsin
Manison
Wis
State Senate
Huerta
Ball
Chihuahua
Receipts and Expenditures of the Government Balance
Government reports show general fund receipts and disbursements for the focal year with Panama Canal expenditures. Net balances as of July 1 are listed at multiple years, including 1994 and 1905, with figures for income tax, customs, and internal revenue collections. Expenditures on the Panama Canal for 1915 and related totals are also recorded.
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General Fund
General Fond
Internal Revenue
Seer’s Gift Frees Him From Court Proceedings
New York July 1 Special to The Washington Post Bert Reese, a man accused as a fortune teller, was discharged after a judge witnessed a demonstration of alleged clairvoyance. Reese identified questions from slips written by reporters and predicted answers, including sensitive personal details, prompting the judge to rule him not guilty.
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Bart Reese
New York
Washington Post
Rosalsky
General Sessions
Bert Reese
Barlow
Reese
Bernard H. ‘Sandler
Electa Winans
Emma Drew
Henry C. Terry
Charlie Becker
Shelley
Thomas A. Edison
The
World
Terrry
Funeral today for former Supreme Court justice Hagner
The funeral of Alexander Burton Hagner former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia will be held this afternoon at St John s Episcopal Church at 4 o clock. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery beside a wife who died years before. Active pallbearers include Peter H Magruder Alexander Randall Hagner Dr Henry Elliott Lieut Bolivar Buckner Nelson Atwell Richard Hagner Charles E Hagner Dr Alexander Randall and Bernard Harrison. Honorary pallbearers listed with several prominent names.
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Alexander Burton Hagner
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Justice Hagner
Peter H. J Magruder
Annapollis
Alexander Randall Hagner
Richmond
Henry Elliott
Washington
Bolivar Buckner
U .S
Nelson Atwell
Baltimore
Richard Hagner
Charlies E. Hagner
Alexander Randall
Philadelphia
Bernard Harrison
New York
Lawrence Washington
Thomas Harrison
Georgetown
F. Sorrel
Admiral Craig
U. S
Gen. Sharp
U. A
Campbell
Justice Stafford
Leigh Robinson
J. J. Darlington
Pendleton Williams
Huntington
W. Va
Randall Webb
Daniel R. Randall
Annapolia
T., C. McLean
U. 8S
Capt
Rey Smith
U. 8 N
Benjamin Reiss
George W. Evans
Trade Board Enrollment Boost in Washington match
Through a two team contest over two months 111 new names were added to the Washington Board of Trade rolls. George Markward's team defeated Odell Smith by 46 to 53 though enrollment rose to 232 since last November with Frank Sebring bringing in 24 members. The winning group will be treated to an automobile ride and dinner at Great Falls later this month.
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Washington Board of Trade
George Markward
Odell
Smith
Sincai
Frank Sebring
Great Falls
Two War Department veterans honored for 50 years service
Fr Deland and Dr Harrison M Bennett received commemorative spoons from War Department auditors staff after speeches by Assistant Secretary Breckinridge and Auditor James L Batty. Deland joined June 30, 1865 and Bennett June 24, 1865, both civil war veterans and longtime office workers.
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War Department
Deland
Harrison M. Bennett
Breckinridge
James L. Batty
Bennett
the Auditor of the War Department
Serbians Force Landing at Mich arshanda Capture 185 Prisoners
An official war office communique dated July 1 reports that on June 27 Serbian forces landed at Mich arshanda near Shabazz and captured the place taking 185 prisoners and substantial matériel.
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Nish
Serbia
War Office
Micharshanda
Shabazz
40000 Seek Food in Mexico City Amid Rising Tensions
Foreign diplomats meet daily to protect foreigners as food shortages worsen in Mexico City. Forty thousand poor wait at relief offices while government archives and treasury funds are moved to Cuernavaca. A train stands by to move officials should constitutionalists enter the capital. Traffic is cut off and Red Cross aid halted. Citizens resist return of constitutional forces.
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Mexico City
Econstitutionalista
Diplomatic Corpa
International Relief Officea
Convention
Cuernavaca
Trafic
Red Cross
Carranza
Villa seeks Huerta extradition as case delays at El Paso
Exiled Mexican factions push for Gen Victoriano Huerta's extradition from Texas Governor Ferguson to face charges tied to the Madero murder while El Paso hearings for Huerta and four codefendants press on. Government lines on Sayville wireless plant moves stir court action and public protest.
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Texas
Washington
Huerta
Madero
el Paso
Victoriano Huerta
Ferguson
Villa
Chihuahua
Ei Paso
State Department
Lansing
Johnson
Sayville
Apartment of Justice
Daniels
Carranza
Ireless
Opera
Suarez
Ration
Gen Huerta Meets El Paso Society Ladies
Gen Victorio Huerta has a busy day in El Paso with an ovation on the streets a reception by American women a dinner with newspaper men and New York correspondents and a theater concert He greets Miss Mary Nations bowing to her before praising her beauty in French and remarking on her polish after a courtroom postponement event
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el Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
el Paso Newpaper
New York
Huerta
Mary Nations
Mexico
Paris
Spain
Madamoiselle
Three Schneider Plots Aimed at T F Schneider
Three life attempts on T. F. Schneider of Washington were planned by his son-in-law T. G. Forney. One plot targeted Philadelphia, others in Pittsburgh. William Bowers joined Forney and George McHenry in jail. extradition efforts for H. C. Carlisle from Atlantic City proceed.
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T. F. Schneider
Washington
T. G. Forney
Philadelphia
William Bowers
Forney
George McHenry
H. C. Carlisle
Atlantic City
Navy Council Studies Aeronautics Advisory Board First Meeting
Secretary Daniels formed a new advisory council to replace the former naval aides. Captain Mark L. Bristol outlined the 1,000,000 dollar appropriation from Congress and the aims of naval aeronautics. The group reviewed progress at Pensacola Aeronautical Station and discussed aero projects.
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Daniels
Corps of Naval Aides
Meyer
Naval Aeronautica
Mark L. Bristol
Congress
Pensecola Aeronautical Station
Plate Printers Stir Protest Over DPB Staffing Cuts
Plate Printers Union seeks national support to protest the Bureau of Engraving and Printing staffing reductions after Director Ralph discharged twenty five workers at the end of the fiscal year.
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United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Plate Printers’ Union
Ralph
Weather and Tide Table Summary for District Area
July 1 score of summaries shows tides rising 12 feet and 2 feet, with weather notes from the Weather Bureau. Forecast calls for Friday thundershowers in the DC Maryland Virginia region, Saturday cloudy with little temperature change. Reports indicate low pressure east of the Mississippi with widespread showers and thunderstorms across the northeast and mid-Atlantic, plus heavy rainfall in New England and nearby states. Local observations include midnight temperature 78, noon 82, and humidity readings varying through the day. Potomac River and Shenandoah River conditions noted as clear and waddy respectively.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Porecast
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Mississippi River
New England
Lake Michigan
New Rogland
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Boston
Mass
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain Region
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
West Gulf
Tannensae
Obie Valley
Great Lakes
Probation Officer Latter Replaced by Appointee Steele
Amos A Steele, former secretary to Justice Siddons when he was District commissioner, was appointed to succeed Capt. Isaac D. Porter as probation officer of the District Supreme Court. Porter was removed by order filed in the clerk’s office after a Wednesday adjourned general term. Steele will begin duties soon. salary set at 2000 dollars with an assistant paid 800.
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Flint
Mr. Bostwick
Mr. Flint
Amos A Steele
Siddons
Isaac D. Porter
District Supreme Court
Capt. Porter
Covington
Stafford, McCoy
Sid‘dons
Capt
Porter
Criminal Courts
United States
Lagkey
Laskey
National Training School For Boys
Steele
Brownlow
Warren County
Washington
Front Royal
Library of Congress
Fourteen Officials Arrested in Coventry Election Fraud Indictments
Fourteen Coventry residents including Ellery Hudson state factory inspector Senator Irving Hudson and Deputy Sheriff Lowell Whitman were arrested in a federal election fraud case. Defendants, some Republican officials, allegedly distributed five dollar brass checks and beer vouchers to sway votes last November. All pled not guilty and were held on $2,000 to $6,000 bonds. George Kirke of North Providence also entered not guilty plea and bond.
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Coventry
Ellery Hudson
Republican State Central Committee
Irving Hudson
Lowell Whitman
James Rathbun
Superior Court
Republican Town Committee
North Providence
United States
Congress
Hudson
George Kirke
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