Freeport Grand Jury to Probe Mrs Bailey Murder Tale Discredited
Freeport authorities prepare for a Nassau county grand jury session to weigh an indictment in the murder of Mrs Louisa Bailey. District Attorney Smith criticizes a witness story about a hired gunman and a plan to frighten Dr Edwin Carman’s wife via a broken window and a revolver shot. He signals possible indictment if new facts surface, while coroner Norton hints at a verdict after further inquest testimony.
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New York
Grand Jury
Howe
Freeport
Louisa Bailey
Mineola
Smith
Edwin Carman
Batley
Nassau
Adaia
Thuesdas
Carl Darenburg
Pallea
Kansas City
Somone
Fred
Stawa
Airst
George
Ald
Kangastry
George Roissonnault
Misarman
Norton
Somorrainy
Gov Ferris May Not Run for Michigan Governor
Special to The Washington Post from Lansing July 1 details Gov. Ferris considering stepping down after his wife Mrs. Ferris appeals for him to stay out of the race. He is described as worn and torn, having slept little, and his advisers say he is likely to heed the plea. His retirement would be a severe blow to the Democratic party.
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Michigan
Washington Post
Lansing
Mich
Towers to Fight Aeros Around British Coasts
London July 7 the British government announced a defense against air attacks by placing towers along the coasts of the British Isles. Each tower will mount two quick firing guns of a special design forming a defensive ring around naval stations including Portsmouth and Rosyth and at other vulnerable points.
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London
British Isles
Portamouth
Rosyth
Moon Guided Slayer Believed Eastward Murder Trail Began in Colorado
Chicago police say a killer, dubbed the Madman, murdered four Mislich family members in Blue Island and is believed to have headed eastward. Deputy B Schuettler tracks a pattern tied to full moons and Sunday nights, with suspect Galasko Enchevy a declared Bulgarian madman connected to multiple murders across Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Fingerprints and ax details await tracing, while the Mansfield case remains unsolved.
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Blue Island
Trail
Colorado
Chicago
Mislich
B Schuettler
Schuettler
Schuettle
Galasko Enchevy
Jenle Cleghorn
Enchevy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ellsworth
Kans
Columbus
Villisca
Iowa
Monmouth
Ill
America
West
Poison Plot Targeting Matrailles at East Bloomfield
District Attorney Horace A. Fitch opened a probe into a suspected poisoning at the Matrailles' well in East Bloomfield. County bacteriologist Sanderson says enough paris green to poison a regiment was dumped in the well. Mr and Mrs Matrailles, married six weeks, reportedly faced a rejected suitor. A midnight disturbance July 3 followed by Paris Breen found near the well.
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Rochester
Horace A. Fitch
Andrew Matratley
East Bloomfield
Paris Green
Matrailles
Sanderson
Violence at Italian elections leaves victim in Borghese constituency
In Rome July 7, during city and provincial council elections, violence flared with a riot in the Borghese constituency. One man was killed and another seriously injured amid disturbances as ballots were cast. A separate note lists travel and excursion details for the Baltimore & Ohio in July and September.
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Rome
Italy
Prince Borghese
Warburg Nomination in Flux as White House Urges Reconsideration
President presses Warburg to withdraw or reconsider his Federal Reserve Board bid while Senate bankers weigh his fate. Warburg's telegram cites committee action, threatening to derail examination. Jones of Chicago faces no withdrawal as Harvester ties surface between Kuhn, Loeb and Morgen groups in New York finance.
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Federal Reserve Board
White House
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Senate Banking Committee
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Reserve Board
Capitol
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Banking Committee
Jones
Senate
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Messrs. Jones and Wartburg
J. P. Morgen & Co
Bankers Not Prohibited by New Federal Reserve System
Senators debated Warburgs ties to private banking partnerships. Thomas D. Jones testified to directorships in Harvester and zinc trusts, linking him to Morgan group affiliates. Warburg declined immediate comment on withdrawal from the matter as of July 7 in New York.
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Harvester Trust Man
Morgan Group
Warburg
Washington
Thomas D. Jones
Ship
Harvester Trust
Harvester Corporation
Men Every
Mr. Jones
Harvester Board
Thomas W. Lamont
Normen D. Ream
BE. H. Gary
US apologizes to Europe over Greece minister resignation
The President accepted the resignation of George Fred Williams of Massachusetts as minister to Greece and Montenegro. A cable informed him the resignation would take effect at his convenience. The move ends an international furore over Williams's remarks on Albania and signals US willingness to express regret to European powers.
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New York
New York Times
George Fred Willams
Massachusetts
Greece
Montenegro
Willams
Williams
Albania
United States
Willama
Squirrel Captures Mrs Wilsons Attention at White House
A Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Wilson enjoys watching a gray squirrel that has made the White House grounds its home The animal ignores others and bounds onto the lawn to greet Mrs Wilson as she recovers from illness adding charm to official grounds
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New York
Washington Dispatch
New York American
Will sue New Haven dissolution plan fails
Government moves toward antitrust action to dissolve the New Haven system after failed negotiations. Attorney General McReynolds plans to file in the Southern District of New York, likely before month’s end, citing New Haven refusal to sell Boston and Maine stock under Massachusetts terms. A charter amendment was required to allow the sale under the dissolution agreement.
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Southern District of New York
Boston
Maine
Massachusetts
Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
New York Tribune
New Haven Bell
Tead
Aiteation
McReynolds
United States Dstrict
Department of Justice
Elliott
New Haven
Boston and Maine Road
Boston Holding Company
Boston and
Hiliett
Austria Prepares for War with Artillery Move
Belgrade dispatch reports Austria-Hungary rushing 40 artillery carloads from Budapest to the Serbian frontier as extraordinary military activity surges along the northern border of Servia. Paris, July 7. The Temps says the convoy’s departure reflects feverish national mobilization.
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Paris
Belgrade
Servis
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Mrs Belmont Hosts Dinner for Prominent Women
Newport July 7 Mrs Oliver H Belmont gave a Marble House dinner in honor of women at a suffrage conference. Attending were Duchess of Marlborough Judge Mary M Bartleme Miss Juin C Lathrop Chief of Federal Children’s Bureau State Senator Helen King Robinson Maud Ballington Booth Ella Fing Young and Katherine B Davis among others.
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Washington Post
Newport
Oliver H. Belmont
Marble House
Equal Suffrage Conference
Mary M. Bartelmé
Chicago
Mies Juin C. Lathrop
Federal Children’s Bureau
Helen King Robinson
Colorado
Maud Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Ella Fing Young
Katherine B. Davis
New York
German Embassy In Newport Becomes govts HQ In Absence Of Ambassador
July 7 note reports the German Embassy in Newport Virginia? Alabama point. Count von Bernatorff the German Ambassador to New York for Europe travels aboard the Vaterland. Hansel von Halmhausen, the embassy counsel, serves as chargé d affaires in the United States during the Ambassador’s absence.
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Washington Post
Newport
Count von Bernatorff
New York
Europe
le Roy Avenue
Hansel von Halmhausen
Grave Robbery Hits Belize Colony Jewel Theft Shocks Officials
Special correspondent reports ghouls robbed jewels from the tomb of Miss Muse Emcott daughter of Sir Bickham Bweet Escott former Belize governor and executor of the Fiji post. The crime follows a 1905 yellow fever epidemic and hints at burial desecration with bones scattered and missing rings and necklace.
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Escott
British Honduras
Belize
Washington Post
Misa Heevtt
Bickham Bweet-Escott
Fiji
Miss Wecott
Muse Emcott
Thibodeaux Third District Democrats Split for Progressives
Thibodeaux Louisiana July 7 the Third congressional district Democratic committee saw a majority resign to join the Progressive party The action follows days of expectation and reshapes the district delegation Four of fourteen members were unrepresented and six present including the chairman resigned Names listed include W H Price L C Reger Edwin Broussard John Marks Sam LeBlanc and W T Peterman The district was hard hit by the new sugar duty removal impact on the local economy
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Washington Post
Thibodeaux
Third Congressional District
Democratic Contra Committee
Progressive Party
Louisiana
State Central Committee
Third District
Roosevelt
Democracy
Therrs
W H. Price
L ¢. Reger
Edwin Broussard
John Marks
Sam LeBlanc
W T Peterman
Loutalana
Woman of 73 condemned for murder in Chester assizes
A 73 year old woman was sentenced to death for murdering her husband in the Chester assizes. Jealousy and a claimed affair by the husband were cited. The jury urged mercy, making execution unlikely.
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Washington
London
Chester Assises
Miss Laura Middaugh Judges Police Court in Souses Price Rise
Kansas City lawyer Miss Laura Middaugh sat as judge in a police court today and ordered a price rise for souses from five to five dollars. The ruling affects local street traders and civic officials noted the decision at the session held in Kansas City Missouri on July 7.
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Washington Post
Kansas City
Laura Middaugh
Welsh Wins World Lightweight Title in London Bout
Fred Welsh, English lightweight champion, defeated American Wille Ritchie at Olympia after a fast 20 round battle to claim the world lightweight title. The crowd praised Welsh’s footwork and speed while some American spectators objected to the decision as too close. Ritchie, who hurt his right hand, remained in tears in the dressing room, arguing the outcome was a draw. The scene drew Parisian flair with clergy Master of Ceremonies Father Boucher and 2,000 women in evening dress watching the coronation of a new lightweight monarch.
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London
Fred Welsh
England
Wille Ritchie
Olympia
Welsh
Ritchie
Gunbeat Smith
Georges Carpentier
Smith
Paris
John Henry Boucher
George Considine
Harvard
Union
Woman Suspect Revolver Raised in City Scan
A brief index item notes a woman suspect involved with a revolver. Other items reference Moon guiding a slayer and political clashes. The page lists assorted items from war, law and society with brief notices and headlines.
Kaiser Off On Cruise Along Norwegian Coast
Kiel Germany July 7 Emperor William today boarded the imperial Yacht Hohenzollern and began his annual cruise along the coast of Norway, signaling the start of a royal maritime voyage.
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Kiel
Germany
Emperor William
Hohenzollern
Norway
Wadsworth to Seek G.O.P. Senate Nomination in New York
Former Assembly speaker James W. Wadsworth Jr announced his bid for the Republican nomination for U S senator. He favored Elihu Root’s renomination but Root will retire at term end. Roosevelt plans to rejoin politics with his son Archie in New York for a Progressive leadership meeting envisioning GOP and Independent Democrat cooperation.
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New York
Independent Democrats
Washington Post
James W. Wadsworth Jr
Assembly
United States
Wadsworth
Texas
Elihu Root
Root
Livingston County
Genesee
T. R
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Laghmore Will
Archie
Progressive
Col Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Photographers angers Newport social set at Casino
Mrs Hermann Oelrichs protested a summer photo incident in front of Newport’s Casino as Richard Sears refused to release a plate. Police escorted Sears to the station after Oelrichs complained, amid ongoing tensions over cottage photos. George Blackiston, 60, president of Union Trust and Balydere Hotel, died at his Ryder, Maine area home.
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Casino Brock
Richard Sears
Sears
Oelrichs
George Blackiston
Gove Washington Post
Baltimore
Union Trust Company
Balydere Hotel Company
Ryder
VOTERS IN REVOLT ON RAILROADS AND PROSPERITY
In Gary Indiana and Indiana Harbor Republicans poll about 90 percent of the recent vote as progressives in several states align with the GOP. The article notes a broad revolt over railroad policies and an emerging Moose vote trend fading from the scene.
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Gary
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Iowa
Nebraska
Repubiicans
Middle West
Wilson
Political turmoil in the middle West shifts voters
The analysis notes widespread political ferment across the central West as tariffs raise costs and living remains high. Progressive and Republican ticket blends rise in Iowa Nebraska and Indiana while rail labor disputes threaten road profitability and wider prosperity.
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