Blackmail Claims Hit Miss Graham in Stokes Case
New York July 6 A pack of eighteen letters to showgirl Miss Lillian Graham was entered in court as Miss Graham and Ethel Conrad faced a murder attempt charge against hotel man W E D Stokes. Stokes testified of blackmail threats and a shooting episode as the women giggled in Tombs court.
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New York
Fone
Lillian Graham
Miss Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. E. D. Stokes
Stokes
Graham
Maude Adams
Lilian
Tombs
Mr. Stokes
Atwood to Arrive Today for Washington Flight
Aviator Harry Atwood will depart Atlantic City at 3 PM if weather holds, route via Wilmington Chesapeake head to Baltimore then Washington. Preparations by the Chamber of Commerce greet him on arrival about 6 PM at the White Lot. He stays a week with exhibitions and a luncheon planned in his honor.
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Atlantic City
Capital
Washington Post
N. J
Harry A Atwood
Washington
Wilmington
Chesapeake
Baltimore
Atwood
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Monument
James F. Oyster
Granville Hunt
Writer killed by his auto in Canonsburg tragedy
George Brown of New York, 35, a newspaper man, was killed when the automobile turned a turtle near Canonsburg Pennsylvania. Carl Palmer sporting editor of the Washington Record and chauffeur C Guthrie were seriously injured. Browns neck was broken in the crash on July 6.
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George Brown
New York
Canonsburg
Carl Palmer
Washington
Aviator Mills Five Feet From Record Landing
Lieutenant Milling of the US Army set a new world record for accurate landing in an aircraft at College Park. He stopped within five feet of a marked center, beating the prior six foot mark by Walter Brookins. The test accompanied pilot license exams conducted by Aero Club of America officials. Milling and Arnold passed amid gusty wind as they demonstrated turns and precision landings on a Wright machine.
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Thomas DeWitte Milling
United States Army
College Park Aviation Field
Milling
Walter Brookins
Boston
J. W. Bovee
The
Aero Club of America
Treuts, Milling
Arnold
Lieut
Miling
College Park
Brookins
Philip of Parmelee
Charles F. Wilard
Wincolon Beachey
Wright
Willard
Los Angeles
Curtiss
Lincoln Beachy
Philip O Parmele
Wickersham backs rule of reason in Sherman act cases
Battle Creek, July 6. Attorney General Wickersham spoke to the Michigan State Bar Association on the Supreme Court rulings in Standard Oil and tobacco cases. He endorsed the rule of reason and said the decisions narrow uncertainty, defining the Sherman act's reach, with emphasis on protecting competition and the public good.
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Michigan Bar Association
United States Supreme Court
Battle Creek
Mich
Wickersham
Michigan State Bar Association
Supreme Court
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Standard Oil to Split Into 15 or 20 Smaller Concerns
New York July 6. Plans for reorganizing the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey are reported to call for complete disintegration with subsidiaries that conspired to monopolize the oil trade operating independently in their own territories. The reorganization aims to keep earnings unchanged, with 15 to 20 parts under unified control. Directors have met at 26 Broadway daily for a month, and John D. Rockefeller has visited the office once. M F Elliott, general counsel, leaves for a vacation today due to health concerns.
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Great Company
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
Broadway
John D. Rockefeller
M. F. Elliott
Standard of Company
Swedish girl wrestler tops man on Adriatic liner
On July Fourth aboard the Adriatic Miss Bertha Rapp, a Swedish calisthenics teacher, defeated August Libby in a catch-as-catch-can bout and drew with Gustav Larmann after a 30 minute contest.
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Washington
New York
Bertha Rapp
August Libby
Gustav Larmann
Bina Rapp
Bolt Fires Sullloway's Home in Storm
In Manchester New Hampshire during a severe electrical storm lightning struck the home of Cyrus A Sullo way congressman from the First district damaging the roof. The ill congressman was carried to an adjacent house by neighbors for safety. A bolt struck the home of Mrs James Herod killing her instantly.
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Manchester
N. H
Cyrus A. Sulloway
James Herod
Stimson Sails for Panama With Fortification Board
Secretary of War Stimson sailed on the Santa Marta for Panama to confer with the Colon fortifications board. Brig. Gen. Clarence Edwards and Mrs. Stimson accompanied him. The party will not return for a month.
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Canal
New York
Board of Fortifications
Colon
Bumson
Panama
Santa Marta
Clarence Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Stimson
Thieves in High Society Stole Jewels at Opera and Duchess Party
A cable from London to The World reports two major thefts among English aristocracy. A social sponsor allegedly stole a $75,000 pearl necklace at an opera gala, seen on Mrs. Motre. Lady Glamis lost a $60,000 heirloom diamond at the Duchess of Devonshire's party. An ad in Morning Fest asks for return of a 14 plate Soho camera and a leather carrier from the Rohilla. The camera owner is the Earl of Clonmell.
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Washington Pont
New York
London
Spithead
Earl of Clonmell
Lawmaker Hit With Fistol on Train in Mississippi
State Senator Theodore Bilbo and a former penitentiary warden were involved in a brutal on train assault. J. J. Henry, a railroad claims agent, allegedly struck Bilbo more than twenty times. Bilbo, critic of Henry, was en route to Jackson for treatment after the attack.
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Washington Post
Starkville
Migs
Theodore Bilbo
Mississippi
J. J. Henry
Mobile, Chicago, and New Orleans Railroad
State Penitentiary
Bilbo
Jackson
Henry
Vardaman
Percy
McLaurin
Legislative Investigating
Heat Wave Dies, Toll Climbs Across Cities
The nation recovers from a deadly heat wave as showers bring relief. Baltimore records 16 deaths, Philadelphia reports 16 more, totals rising to 67 for the heat period. New York reports 9 heat deaths, 113 prostrations with subway blockades. Chicago reports 125 infant deaths among 201 total, and mills convert to hospitals amid shortages.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
North Atlantic
Bogten
Miles City
Mont
Philadelphia
Heated showdown over fur seal killings at Pribilofs
In the House committee on expenditures at the Department of Commerce and Labor a feud erupts between Prof. Henry Elliott fur seal expert and Fish Commissioner Bowers as they clash over seal slaughter. The dispute extends to Camp Fire Club and Bronx Zoo figures with calls of perjury and malfeasance. Continued Monday.
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Camp Fire Club
House Committee of Expenditures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Pribilof Islands
United States
Henry W. Elliott
Bowers
Eliott
Commissioner Bowers
Prof. Hilott
Mr. Bowers
Rothermel
Pennsylvania
Dilcott
Fallett
North American Commercial Company
Prof
Elliott
Prof. Elliott
Bureau of Fisheries
George A. Clark
Fur Seal Board
Bureau
Camp Fire Club of America
Roosevelt
William T. Horniday
Bronx Zoo
New York
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Horniday
End of Seal Conference Nears With Pact Draft
The international seal conference in the North Pacific closes soon after a treaty framework is agreed upon. United States Russia Japan have signed. Great Britain has yet to sign as Ambassador Bryce awaits credentials to act for the country.
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United States
Great Britain
Russia
Japan
North Pacific
Bryce
Bite From Own Tooth Fatal at Nyack
An unusual blood poisoning case led to the death of John Gordon Cumming, 48, Nyack Hospital patient. For eight years he had been a shepherd at CairnsMuir Farm, New City, under Maj. Gouverneur M. Carmochan. A diseased tooth cut his tongue, causing septicaemia that spread from the tongue to the throat then the lungs, despite medical efforts.
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Washington Post
Nyack
Nyack Hospital
John Gordon Cumming
Maj
Gouveneur M. Carnochan
Cairsmuir Farm
New City
Cumming
Index to Today's Issue Highlights Various Local and World News
Pages list a mix of stories including Stokes shooting report Army aviator record and Cuba revolt rumors. Heat deaths in multiple locations police divorce case and jury disagreement at Von Der Miller. Political contests in Alabama Michigan Republicans for Taft Lehigh Valley Railroad suit and financial/steel organization items.
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Stokes
Wickersham
Cuba
Alabama
von der Miller
Eddy
Michigan
Taft
Lehigh Valley Railroad
T Society
Frederick
International Steel Organization
Rumor of Revolt in Mexico City Sparks Police Alarm
Reports claim a planned revolution against Guatemala is being fomented in Mexico City with large arms purchases and secret weapon shipments. Authorities watch freight and express routes for interior transfers while sources dispute a revolt against Madero. An American syndicate and Francisco I. Madero are mentioned in connection with the alleged plot.
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Guatemala
Washington Post
Mexico City
Madero
Francisco J. Madero
Cuba Revolt Talk Amid Unrest and Gomez Reelection Fight
Rumors of revolutionary conspiracies spread in Pinar del Rio and Santiago as government deny instability while rural guards show unrest. Cuba’s graft accusations against President Gomez spark political maneuvering and calls to impeach. Washington is said to oppose his reelection while Cuba warns against disorder and contemplates mobilization of rural guards.
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Pinar del Rio
Santiago
Washington
Gomez
Washington Post
Havana
Armando
el Dia
Ferrara
Cuba
Loynaz Castillo
Mexico
Castillo
Col. Piedra
Census Bureau
Andre
el Mundo
Independent
United States
Girl Seeks Slayer Acts Role of Detective
Miss Cora Sutton, of 733 Fourth street southeast, declares her brother Edmund A. Sutton did not die of heart failure and begins an inquiry at North Fork after his body was found in a barnyard. She questions witnesses, questions the coroner's verdict, and asserts foul play remains a possibility. A local inquest had suggested heart failure with no formal proceeding.
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Lexington Farm
Stokes
Miss Graham
Lexington
Edmund A. Sutton
J. E. Carruthers
North Fork
Cora Sutton
Fourth Street
Virginia
Sutton
Miss Sutton
Brather
Carruthers
T B. Merchant
Otley
Dr. Baldwin
Washington
Chicago
Edward A. Butz
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