Rosenthal Case Trail Heats as Vallon Surrenders
Important Rosenthal murder case developments unfold after Vallon surrender and grand jury appearance. District Attorney Whitman seeks cooperation from witnesses, including Mrs Rosenthal, to expose police gamblers links while Webber’s dictograph evidence prompts renewed detentions. Police aim to close ranks on higher figures amid claims of police connivance.
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Vallon
Webber
Rosenthal
New York
Harry Wallon
Dougherty
Attras Whitman Alson
Walton
Dugherty
Yall
Kramallon
Daugherty
Wroman
Rs Rosenthal
Witatess
Satade
Attorrey Whitman
Libby
Becker
Supreme Court
Glegerich
Louis Webber
Sam Paul
Heiress Thelma Parker to wed Henry Smart in Hawaiian estate ceremony
Thelma Kahil aonapaopilani Parker, Hawaii based heiress, set to marry Henry Gaihard Smart of Boydton, Virginia, on her vast Maui style estate. Preparations have run weeks under the revival of Kanaka feasts and outdoor sports, with guests traveling from San Francisco and other regions.
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Virginia
Thelma Parker
Hawaii
Honolulu
Kanaka
Thelma Kahilaonapaopilani Parker
Here
Henry Craillard Smart
Parker
Miss Parker
Henry Gaihard Smart
Boydton
Frederick Knight
Five Aces Start a Fight at West Creek Poker Party
A free for all at a poker party near Hammond ends with gunfire and a broken skull. James Phillips objects to aces, Edward Brocka is shot in the leg, John Hastings suffers a fractured skull from a chair rung, and two others are injured before Phillips is arrested.
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Hammond
West Creek
James Phillips
Edward Brocka
John Hastings
Phillips
Ends Life on Toss of Coin and Dark Hints of Kidnapping
In Mount Vernon police probe a troubling case surrounding Miss Snodgrass and her fiancé Mr Schmidt. Reported engagements, suspected murder, and family opposition surface as Schmidt fears his fiancée’s body may be found and recounts their plans to marry in Oakland. The piece notes her father’s and sister’s positions, a possible elopement notion, and uncertainties about Dr Smith and the sister’s hospital ties.
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Dougherty
Mount Vernon
Smith
Europe
Sweden
Germany
Mount Vernon Hospital
Waa
Schmidt
Cal
Oakland
E.cheagrass
John
Eighth Avenue
Martinsburg
W Va
Oregon
United States Fish
Southern’ College
Mra. Crider
Ag & Revolver
Franz Sirle
New Haven
Girle
Snodgrass
Dork
Chester Hill
Crider
Hunt Girl in Va in fiance thinks her dead
Dorcas Snodgrass, Mount Vernon nurse, vanished after last seen at Grand Central. Sister Mary Crider and Mount Vernon circle pursue clues from New York to Oakland, with police and clergyman aiding search. Rumors tie her to a medical man fiancé, Edgar Schmidt, amid theories of heat or kidnapping.
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Dorcas Iiams Snodgrass
Mount Vernon
Dorothy Arnold
Michael I. Silverstein
Mary Crider
Snodgrass
Grand Central Station
Harriet Pearsall
North Seventh Avenue
Schmidt
Oakland
Cal
John Ltrider
Dorcas Ilama Snodgrass
Mount Varnon
Crider
GIVES UP GAR TO SNAKES Recaptured by Zoo Keeper and Aide
Special to The Washington Pret reports a rattlesnake escape from a broken crate on a Jersey City bound Erie train. A zoo keeper and aide captured three rattlers after a ten box shipment with 62 snakes broke open. two more were found later. Snakes were sent to a Long Island dealer.
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New York
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Raymond L Ditmars
New York Zoological Park
Charles Snyder
Wadsworth Seeks New York Governor Nomination
Former Assembly Speaker July James W Wadsworth Jr announces his candidacy for the New York Republican gubernatorial nomination. He outlines the platform he will present to Republican voters and notes delegates to the state convention will be chosen at the primary meeting.
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Assembly
New York
Buffalo
James W Wadsworth, Jr
Wadsworth
Neighbors back Slayer Arthur Miles in fatal shooting
Arthur Miles will face no prison after killing William Jones who had pressed his attention on Mrs Miles. Miles, 38, was freed on a 5000 dollar bond signed by nine neighbors and town property owners. The incident traces to a 18 month feud starting when Jones borded at the Miles home and pursued Mrs Miles after she fell ill. Jones had previously been jailed, paroled, and returned to harass the Miles family.
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Arthur Miles
Mrs. Miles
Washington Post
Pocahontas, Wy
William Jones
Jones
Mr. Miles
Miles
Milles Home
Mra
Pocahontas
Passing of Hello Girl at Chicago Telephone Co
Special to The Washington Post reports Chicago Telephone Co bans flirtation on the wires. Operators must use only approved phrases, with the Hello girl replaced by a formal chief operator role. Rules aim to improve efficiency by shaving fractions of a second from switchboard tasks.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Chicago Telephone Company
Seven Girls Die As Fire Traps Workers In London Moor Lane
A four story Moor Lane fire in central London at a celluloid Christmas card factory killed seven girls, fatally injured five and left several severely hurt. Escape blocked by flames, some leaped from windows, and others fled to the roof via a plank to a neighboring building. Fire brigade response arrived quickly but could not overcome the rapid blaze.
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Hoyas
London
Moor Lane
Celluloig
Fusion Push Ignites New State Progressive Party
Asbury Park New Jersey hosts a mass convention launching a separate party with a full State ticket for November. Delegates to Chicago and a Roosevelt electors slate signal alliance with Theodore Roosevelt, while a direct presidential election plank and woman suffrage are adopted amid enthusiastic support and a planned State committee to organize.
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Asbury Park
New Jersey
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Col Roosevelt
Roosevelt Rally and Royal Marriage Surprises Alter NJ Convention
The article notes Theodore Roosevelt’s absence from New Jersey events due to uniting party factions, urging a government by the people and criticizing old party corruptions. It also reports the marriage of the Princess of Thurn and Taxis to the Prince of Ostend in Belgium, highlighting her past divorce from Gen Gerald Fitzgerald and alimony details.
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Pai
New Jersey
Chicago
People's Organization
Republic
Theodore Roosevelt
Borden D Whiting
Princess of Thurn and Taxis
Prince Victor At
John Franklin Fort
Uniontown
Mr Teft
Col . Roosevelt
Col Roosevelt
United States
Ostend
Belgium
Gerald Fitzgerald
Childre
Lida Nichols
J C. Thompson
Dial Mine
Pennsylvania
Gen Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Ireland
Fitzgerald
America
Prince of
Beer Doubles Hen Output In Odd Yard Tale
In Jennings Missouri on July 2 Fred Deeger claims a beer left out for his dog was stolen by a hen. He asserts the fowl has laid two eggs daily since consuming the malt beverage. The item plays as a quirky local oddity in the report.
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Jennings
Fred Deeger
Higher Up in Gamblers Murder to Wed Hawaiian Heiress
A dramatic development follows the murder case of a gambler as a key figure moves toward marriage with a Hawaiian heiress, signaling a potential shift in alliances tied to the investigation and social circles involved.
Wyoming ranchman claims world pedestrian title in long walk
New Orleans July 3 Claiming the world's pedestrian championship W HL Chapman a 63 year old Wyoming ranchman arrived in New Orleans today after a journey he says covered 12 645 miles. He left Denver in May 1911 and traveled via Chicago the Great Lakes northeast to the Atlantic coast to Florida then Mobile and New Orleans. He says he has won a purse of 1257 offered by the Stockmen's Association of Colorado.
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Wyoming
New Orleans
HL Chapman
Chapman
Denver
Chicago
Great Lakes
United States
Atlantic
Florida
Mobile
Stockmens Association of Colorado
Four Hundred Missing After Severe Northern Japan Floods
Unusually heavy rains and floods along the northern coast have left about four hundred people missing and presumed drowned. The disaster has caused extensive crop damage and major disruption to the region.
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Japan
Tokyo
U S cash for rebels senate inquiry vexatious
A lengthy dispatch reports Nelson’s resolution to probe American corporations and individuals aiding revolutions in Mexico and Cuba. It notes nervous financiers and mentions the American Sugar Refining Company, with the resolution advancing to the Senate audit and control committee and a travel allowance of 1090 dollars.
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Madero
Senate
Mexico
Nelsons
Foreign Relations Committee
Committee On
Nelson
American Sugar Refining Company
Cuba
Diaz
Orozco
Lawa
Taft
Disputed Opinions Split Stanley Steel Inquiry Reports
The Stanley steel committee factions prepare five reports as Democrats led by Stanley McGillicuddy Bartlett Beall and Litteton publish a majority finding favoring remedial bills. Littleton issues a separate view attacking the Stanley trust theory while Republicans Gardner Danforth Young and Sterling prepare minority and dissenting statements on federal price controls and government regulation of industry. Findings may lack force with nine members divided over the Tennessee Coal and Iron takeover and related actions during the 1907 panic.
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Stanley Steel Committee
House
United States Steel Corporation
Manley
Littleton
Messie Young
Michigan
B Sterling
Ilnois
Stanley
Kentucky
McGillicudd
Maine
Beall
Texas
Bartlett
Georgia
Litteton
New York
Washington Post
Gardner
Massachusetts
Danforth
Blanney
Gary Morgan
Representative Young
Gardner Darforth
Sterling
Wltness
Young
Alan
Repubican
Democrats Ae
Housa
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Messrs Frick and
Gary
Whites House
Messrs
Morgan Gary Frick
Tennessee Coal and Iron
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