Martin insane after Baltimore County bankruptcy case collapse
Thomas R. Martin real estate broker linked to a $200000 creditor crisis is adjudicated insane by a Towson jury and confined at Dr Gundry sanitarium Catonsville Md. A guardian committee guards him as creditors, his wife Mrs Sarah Martin, and Maurice A Soper oversee his person and estate. Proceedings delay bankruptcy hearings and reveal troubled finances and erratic conduct amid a sweeping insolvency.
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Baltimore County
Martin
Maurice A. Soper
Richard Gundry
Catonsville
Thomas R. Martin
Towson
Maryland
Sarah
Circuit Court of Baltimore
Dre Gundry
Jacob Elliott
Fowson
Kensington
Tito Martin
Edward McCibnent
MicCalmont
Ceatn Wiapan Shah
Maurice
Soper
Martins
Martens Life
Bankruptcy Trustees Elected In A. Coulter Wells Case
A creditors meeting elected A Coul ter Wells an attorney as a trustee in bankruptcy with a $3000 bond. Johnson and Sullivan will act as Wells' attorneys. The article also reports an auto wreck in Cincinnati where two Trevors died in a high speed chase, and one driver was injured.
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A. Coulter Wells
Weils
Messrs. Johnson and Sullivan
Black Hand extortion case ends in dual convictions
Ignazio de Leonardo and Pietro Pampinellia were found guilty of kidnapping and extortion in a New York trial. De Leonardo initially offered to turn State’s evidence but balked when confront by Pampinellia’s alleged death sign. Salvatore Sfatta, seven, helped secure the verdicts with testimony about a Staten Island hiding house and staged ransom demands.
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New York
Ignazio de Leonardo
Pietro Pam Laon
Black Jaws
de Léonardo
Pampinellia
Leonardo
O Sullivan
de Leonardo
Salvatore Sfatta
Staten Island
Airship Cincinnati Aims For First Flight Tomorrow
Col Max Fleischmann and Norman Kenen finalize preparations for an airship named Cincinnati. The six passenger craft, built by Jack Bennett, seeks a test flight from Cincinnati to St Louis via a planned Spokane route with stops and agent contacts listed.
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Washington Pas
Cincinnati
Ohio
Max Fleischmann
Africa
Norman Kenen
Union Light, Heat and Power Company
Jack Bennett
Fleischmann
Kenen
St. Louis
Revolt in France Dynamites on Railroads and Barricades Rise
Paris reports of uprising in the south of France as dynamite is found on rail lines and tracks torn up. Telegraph wires cut, barricades erected, and cavalry dispatched while government plans to arrest leaders meet resistance. Narbonne and Argel appear tense with widespread street activity and impending clashes.
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Paris
France
Aude
Herault
Pyrenees-Orientales
Narbonne
Sixteenth Army Corps
MontpeHer
Argelhere
Arma
Marvelin Albert
M. Ferroul
Tocsin
Place de Hotel de Ville
Bryce Smokes Peace Pipe During Oklahoma Visit
British Ambassador James Bryce and party left Guthrie for Arkansas City after spending the night with Governor Frantz. Bryce smoked the peace pipe with Queneh Parker, Comanche chief, and viewed Western Oklahoma villages before continuing east.
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Quanah Parker
Guthne
Okio
James Bryce
Arkansas City
Ark
Guthrie
Frantz
Ruined man in Wall Street panic makes second suicide attempt
Thomas Walters, 54, of 146 Willis Ave Bronx, slashed wrists at Lincoln Hospital after losses from the Wall Street panic wiped out about 150000 from decades of work. Once owner of a wholesale liquor business on East 138th Street, he invested heavily in stocks and faced ruin when the market collapsed. Two months ago he attempted suicide but failed.
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Washington Post
New York
Wall Street
Thomas Walters
Willis Avenue
Bronx
Walters
Lincoln Hospital
East 138Th Street
Actress Grace Carlo in New York murder case death by self harm
Special to The Washington Post reports Swede Christen Jansen killed himself after his marriage proposal was rejected at a Jones plantation home. The inquest revealed Grace Carlo, a vaudeville actress, described a burglary and assault by two men including Lewis Etler and Jack Foreman who bound tied and robbed her before fleeing.
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Marvell
Ark
Christen Jansen
Lula Jones
Jansen
Famoly Semetong
Jones Plantation
Special
New York
Grace Carlo
Walsh
Lewis Etler
Carlo
Etler
Iety
Boston
Jack Foreman
Sixth Avenue
Ashe
Rebuked by Schmitz in San Francisco Mayor Row
Eugene E. Schmitz, deposed mayor, files a protest letter accusing the board of supervisors of driving a political move to seize control and grant franchises to Rudolph Spreckels. He says acting Mayor Gallagher cannot validly act and warns the public. A police sergeant stood by to keep the mayoral offices secure.
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San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
Board of Supervisors
Thayor
Dean
Europe
Rudolph Spreckels
Gallagher
Prince Eugene Thomas to Wed Danish Actress
A romance dating to Vienna climaxes in Copenhagen as Prince Eugene Thomas links to the Danish royal family by proposing to Danish actress Villy Larsen. They plan a wedding at the prince's Hungarian castle after a rapid courtship. The prince has given Larsen half a million kroner.
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Vienna
Copenhagen
Eugene Thomas
Schaumburg-Lippe
Villy Larsen
Hungary
Murder in Pelham Wealthy Resident Rosenheimer Slain
Special to The Washington Post New York June 18 Julius F Rosenheimer a wealthy Pelham resident and London Needle Company president was murdered in his garden by two men with a blunt instrument a heavy short handled sledge. His wife fainted and police searched the area but the weapon remains unfound. The robbers rifled his pockets taking money and a gold watch.
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Washington Post
New York
Julius F Rosenheimer
Pelham
London Needle Company
Rosenheimer
Monkeys Escape At Cincinnati Carnival Chase Ends
In Cincinnati on June 18 the Great Southern Shows circus reported a dozen monkeys escaped from cages. A crowd of about 2,000 chased the primates as they ran through the area. Authorities captured two, while the rest remained at large amid the commotion caused by the escape.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sister Saves Baby By Catching From Porch Fall
In Chicago on June 18 two year old Vera Moese fell from a fourth floor porch but was saved by her eight year old sister Gladys who dived beneath and caught her like a basketball. Both children escaped unharmed.
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Chicago
Vera Moese
Gladys
Taft Receives Public Welcome in Omaha on Way to Fort Leavenworth
Secretary of War William Howard Taft and party arrived in Omaha after delays from heavy rains. He dined with Victor Rosewater at the Omaha Club, then attended a public reception at the YMCA building where Governor Sheldon and Missouri Department staff officers, including Gen. B. S. Godfrey, greeted him before continuing to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Omaha
Nebdr
Chadron
Nebr
Ham H. Taft
Victor Rosewater
Omaha Club
Mrr
Taft
YM. c. A
Sheldon
Department of Missouri
Gen
B.S. Godfrey
Wort Leavenworth
Kans
Havana Editor Indicted Over Cries of Conspiracy
Havana editor Leavitt was indicted on eight counts for criminally labeling Consul General Steinhart as conspiring with Gov. Magoon to swindle Cuba in church property deals. He posted $800 bail. The offense carries up to six months in jail and a $500 fine. Steinhart had published a card denying the claim after Leavitt’s editorial about officers wearing generals’ straps. A Post reporter was charged with blackmail in the same court.
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Washington Post
Havana
Leavitt
Havana Post
Steinhart
Audi
The
Post Today
Italian Warship Ordered From New Orleans
In Mexico City on June 18 a report says Italy has ordered a warship from New Orleans to Guatemalan ports. It notes the Italian government will urge Guatemala to review the case of two Italians among nineteen condemned to death for alleged complicity in the attempted murder of President Cabrera on April 29.
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Mexico City
New Orleans
Guatemala City
Cabrera
Boat founders in sound rescue after wreck in Long Island Sound
Charles G Herreshoff and Edward J Sherman were saved from drowning when the fast Den craft, owned by George H Hoadley, wrecked off Bridgeport lighthouse in Long Island Sound. The pair tested a new propeller at about 28 mph, then clung to a cushion until aid arrived. This was Herreshoff’s second near-drowning incident aboard the Den following a prior capsize.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Charles G. Herreshoff
Nate, Herreshoff
Edward J. Sherman
Long Island Sound
Den
George H. Hoadley
New York
Wright
Sherman
Herreshoft
Jamestown
Herreshof
Haywood Hid Aim Plot for Alibi Alleged in Orchard Letters
In Boise Idaho June 1 9 06 the Steunenberg murder trial pressed four letters from Harry Orchard to show William D Haywood helped deceive Mrs Orchard Cripple Creek as to her husband's whereabouts The letters dated San Francisco Nome Alaska and a direct Haywood reply to Mrs Orchard were admitted revealing federation plans to care for Orchards wife The state argues these actions formed part of a broader conspiracy to aid Orchards alibi and cover crimes including the Steunenberg murder
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Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
William D. Haywood
Harry Orchard
Haywood
Orchard
Federation
San Francisco
Paddy Mulliney
Cripple Creek
Wood
Colorado
Gov. Peabody
Bradley
Nome
Alaska
Marian Moore
H. Orchard
Fairfield
Pinkerton
Pettibone
Moyer
Caldwell
Vanderbilt portraits may be seized over undervalued import
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and her daughter Gladys face government seizure of portraits and other etchings after a judge ruled importations undervalued by 300 to 400 percent. Vanderbilt's counsel plans to appeal directly to the Treasury Secretary, bypassing the general appraisers board, arguing a clerical error in invoicing but acknowledging undervaluation at low figures.
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Washington Post
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr
George B Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
Gladys Vanderbilt
Byron Waite
Board of General Appraizera
Vanderbilt
General Appraisers
Court of Last Resort
B. A. Levett
Waite
Democrats Name Haskell for Governor in Oklahoma
Democrats from the two territories met in Oklahoma City to ratify June 8 primaries. C Haskell was nominated for governor and T P Gore with Robert Owen named for United States Senators. William J Bryan addressed delegates during the day.
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Oklahoma City
Oxio
C . Haskell
T. P Gore
Robert Owen
United States
William J Bryan
Mutiny in Russian battalion alarms the south
June reports from Kiev and St Petersburg describe the Twenty first Battalion of Sappers mutinying in Kiev killing a company commander and firing at loyal troops. Two hundred fifty eight mutineers were arrested as others fled. Elsewhere the empire dissolves the Douma and martial law spreads from Warsaw to Vologda amid strikes and clashes.
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Kiev
Nutny
Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Akimoff
Nicholas
Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Vologda
Tsarkoe-Selo
Yekaterinoslav
Anti Taft Victory Forces Name Temp Chair in Kentucky
In Louisville on June 18 anti Taft factions chose Judge W H Holt as temporary chairman of the upcoming Kentucky Republican convention overruling Taft ally W Marshall Bullitt. A telegram from John W Yerkes, confined by illness, influenced votes by switching proxies to Holt. Vix Gov W Bradley is expected to be permanent chairman. Willison of Louisville tops the proposed State ticket for governor.
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Kentucky
Washington Post
Louisville
W H. Holt
W. Marshall Bullitt
Internal Revenue
John W Yerkes
Cincinnati
Holt
Yerkes
George W Welsh
W. Bradley
Augustus E. Willison
Woman falls from trapeze in Robinson's circus incident
Des Moines reports Eve Minerva real name Mrs. Wu Ham Davis of Freeport, Illinois, fell from near the top of the big tent when her mate's teeth failed to hold during a flying trapeze act. She suffered a back sprain, a broken right ankle, and cuts and bruises. doctors fear possible internal injuries. Special prize money of twenty five dollars offered to contestants this week.
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Parmer
Des Moines
Iowa
Robinson's Circus
Eve Minerva
Eme Minerva
Mre. Wu! Ham. Davis
Freeport
United States to Release China From Indemnity in Boxer Uprising
Sir Chentung Liang Cheng cites Secretary Root note showing U S intends to urge Congress to drop all but actual expenses and damages from the Boxer indemnity. The State Department confirms the plan to remit most of the $24,440,778.81, saving China about $12,000,000 and reducing interest. The move aims to strengthen U S China ties and enhance American prestige abroad.
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State Department
Congress
Boston
Chentung Liang- Cheng
United States
Root
China
America
International Commission
Pekin
Washington
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