Becker on verge of breaking down in Rosenthal case
New York August 9 Tombs keepers see Becker near breakdown amid talk he may turn state's evidence in the Rosenthal murder case. Whitman declines to discuss terms for confession while noting possible clemency if truth is told. Indictments against police grafting officers expected within days.
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New York
Becker
Gambler
Rosenthal
Whitman
John McIntyre
Grand Jury
Wife Shot by Drunken Husband Blames Suspect
New York aug 9 cotton merchant Matthew O Callaghan of Brooklyn was arrested after shooting his wife who says he mistook her for a burglar. Her condition is critical in hospital. She claims he was intoxicated and fired three times through a glass door panel as she attempted to flee. They were married six years with no prior trouble.
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New York
Matthew O” Callaghan
Brooklyn
Girl Rescued From Den Triggers Tong War Rumors
In San Francisco a rescued Chinese slave girl valued at 4500 dollars was saved from a den by police and placed in a mission home. Dozens of Tong members arm themselves as four Tong families blame two others for informing the mission. Police seek the Tong leader alleged owner of the girl.
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San Francisco
Lee Seem
Chinatown
Miner Injured by Mine Explosion in Des Moines
A dynamite blast at the Des Moines Coal Company mine injures John Rasler, tamping over the charge, as flying coal tears his right eye and mangles his right hand. He is hospitalized in critical condition with possible fatal injuries.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Coal Company
John Rasler
Rasler
Battleships Nebraska and Connecticut suffer damage at sea
Vessels run aground and suffer serious damage near Newport Rhode Island. The battleship Nebraska was driven onto an uncharted shoal and ordered to dry dock at Boston Navy Yard. The flagship Connecticut broke its starboard trunk shaft and was sent to Philadelphia for repairs.
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Washington
Nebraska
Newport
Boston Navy Yard
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Dr Wiley regrets Republican party split in Iowa tour
Des Moines Aug 9 Dr Harvey Wiley longtime chief of the bureau of chemistry says he is sorry to see the Republican party disrupted. He cites Roosevelt winning more votes than Taft and predicts Wilson’s election unless taft carries most states. He plans lectures on public health and pure food in Tama Iowa City Creston Colfax with schedule delays announced.
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Des Moines
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Tama
Wiley
Capeak
Rolfe
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Vermont
Iowa City
Creston
Colfax
Twenty aldermen to be charged with conspiracy to defraud city
Detroit August 9 Prosecuting Attorney Shepherd announced that about twenty aldermen would be placed under arrest on charges of conspiracy to defraud the city in connection with their official positions. Nine aldermen already arrested on a similar charge are included among the new arrests.
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Detroit
Mich
Shepherd
Ultimatum to Traction Officials Sparks Wages Push
In Chicago on August 9 street car and elevated railway workers warned that a walkout would be inevitable if traction officials fail to meet higher wage demands this afternoon. A strike could affect surface lines and elevated roads. Mayor Harrison said he will aid in settlement efforts.
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Chicago
Harrison
Curtis Popular, Stubbs Is Victor
Topeka Kans Aug Although United States Senator Charles Curtis has a popular majority of about four to five thousand votes he appears set to lose the re nomination. Gov W R Stubbs leads in most legislative districts and seems to have won under Kansas law by a plurality of districts. Returns from 168 districts show Curtis with seventy three. In Gray county Stubbs leads by four and in Chase by thirteen. Official count may overturn margins.
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Topeka
Kan
United States
Charles Curtis
Senate
W. R. Stubbs
Kansas
Stubbs
Curtis
Gray County
Chase
Cow Gets Cornstalk Jag In Virginia Study
The department of agriculture reports a Virginia husbandman found his cow intoxicated after eating fermented cornstalks. The animal, normally mild, behaved indecorously prompting an official inquiry. The cow appeared drunk on homemade horbon whisky, a misprint noted as raw hourbon whisky in the report.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Bosay
Gite Mysteriously Drops From Sight
Burlington Burlington Aug bringing a police inquiry into the disappearance of William Gite who vanished after leaving a depot during a route from Pennsylvania to Carthage New Jersey yesterday. He walked out and did not return prompting police to investigate as Mrs Gite held the family purse and tickets.
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Burlington
Wm. Gite
Gite
Pennsylvania
Carthage
Kenyon's Bill Out for Sherman Law Reform
Senator Kenyon's bill to compel federal courts to impose jail sentences instead of fines on convicted violators of the Sherman law advanced from committee to the Senate calendar. He will push for passage this session.
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Washington
Kenyon
Senate
Pythian Convention in Denver Deliberates Next Venue
The Knights of Pythias supreme lodge met in Denver on August 9 with no major actions planned beyond selecting a site for the next convention. Business is expected to stretch into mid next week.
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Denver
Golo
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Rockefeller Jr Puts Decoy Resort Behind Fight Against Grafters
New York reports reveal John D. Rockefeller Jr aided by James B. Reynolds and his father to run a decoy resort over a year to trap grafters, including police and politicians, and procurers of girls. Starr Murphy coordinated with the American Vigilance League to stage the operation, paying police and officials up to six hundred dollars a month for protection, with a sliding scale for smaller districts.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
James B. Reynolds
West Forties
Clifford G. Roe
Chicago
Federal District
Sims
League
Mr. Rockefeller
American Vigilance League
Starr Murphy
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Murphy
Girle
Rockefeller
Taft Vetoes Wool Bill in Tariff Row
President Taft vetoed the wool tariff schedule from the Payne Aldrich law for a second time, warning that a lower rate would harm wool industries. He urged Congress to reduce duties without destroying protection and signaled likely vetoes of steel, cotton, sugar, and excise tax bills. He met with tariff board chair Emery to craft a proper measure and predicted possible House passage but doubt in the Senate.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
House
Senate
United States
Tari Board
White House
Ways and Means
Tariff Board
Emery
Temperature Report With Daily Extremes
Daily temperature figures show a maximum of 75 degrees at 4 p m yesterday and a record noting August 9 readings. The entry references Buchanan Optical Co markings and includes a historical comparison: a year ago today the minimum was 67 and the maximum 1 degree.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate Block
Seeeen
Provision Favored Senate Amendment on Canal Free Passage
Washington August 9 the senate amendment to the Panama canal bill would admit foreign-built ships owned by Americans and engaged only in foreign trade to American registry and pass them through the canal toll free. Secretary Nagal supports the change, arguing it would foster an American merchant marine operating under the U S flag with South Central America and the West Indies. The measure likely won t affect trans Atlantic or Pacific routes due to lack of incentive to register. The free passage would shift tolls from commerce officials to lines between Western Hemisphere nations flying foreign flags. U S Fruit Co and Pacific Navigation Co cited as examples.
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Washington
Senate
Panama Canal
Nagal
United States
South
Central America
West Indies
Jt 18
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ihr
Western Hemisphere
United Fruit Company of
New York
Pacific Naviegation Company
Negroes Endorse Roosevelt and Johnson Ticket
Chicago August 9 delegates at the recent Progressive national convention gave full endorsement to the Roosevelt and Johnson ticket. A formal statement signed by numerous Black leaders across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Rhode Island Maryland District of Columbia Virginia West Virginia Tennessee Illinois Ohio Arkansas and other states was issued through the Progressive national headquarters.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Johnson Delket
Progressive National
J. R. Qleed
New York
J. &. Churchman
New Jersey
Z. C. Love
G. T. Branch
G. B. Cannon
G. L. P. Taliafero
Pennsylvania
W. Holmes
G. Elbert
Delaware
J. Ja. Mitchell
Rhode Island
J. D. Evans
Maryland
I. H. Davenport
R. Wilder
District of Columbia
George Collins
District of Colum
Two Workmen Crushed By Boulder at New Aqueduct Shaft
In New York at 106th Street and Central Park West, a steel drill struck an old powder charge deep in a 260 foot shaft, unleashing an explosion that dislodged a boulder and crushed two workers to death. Five others were seriously injured and eight were trapped until rescuers lowered into the shaft to free them.
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New York
106Th Street
Central Park West
Wooden coaches blamed for deadly rail crash
Washington reports blame falls on wooden passenger cars after May 6 wreck on the New Orleans and Northeastern near Eastabuchie Mississippi that killed nine and injured fifty six. The Intersta te Commerce Commission cites two wooden tourist cars aged twenty six and thirty two years and urges mandatory steel construction.
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Washington
Aug
New Orleans
Bandits raid U S border region near Sierra Blanca
United States troops move toward Sierra Blanca Texas after bandits crossed from Mexico raiding ranches near the border. Sheriff Edwards struggles to enlist enough men as Col. E Steever dispatches Troop G from Fort Bliss and considers sending infantry on a special train. A second report from Bisbee Arizona notes about 200 Mexican rebels appeared last night prompting a troop detachment to patrol the line.
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Paso
Tex
Texas
Sierra Blanca
Edwards
United States
Sherif P. F. Edwards
Washington
Bisbee
Ariz
Ine
State Department
Nogalea
Wreck survivors recount midlake rescue near Manitou Island
Survivors of the Mitchell steamer James Gayley tell of a perilous night after the ship sank forty five miles east of Manitou Island following a collision with the Pittsburgh steamer Rensselaer. Five women clad in night clothes endured transfer between sinking vessels while nineteen crew members were saved. All finally reached the steamer Stadaconna. Mate A H Norton and three others were rescued from a yawl by the torlis and taken to the Soo.
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Duluth
Minn
Midlake
James Gayley
Manitousland
Pittsburgh
Rensselaer
Stadaconna
A. H. Norton
Torliss
Soo
New Party Effort Spreads in New York State
Emerson Babcock of Rochester visiting New York City spreads the New Party gospel. He was a delegate to the Chicago convention and expects Roosevelt to win New York’s electoral vote, drawing Republican and independent Democratic support. Agricultural societies and related groups reportedly back the party and its candidates.
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Emerson Babcock
Rochester
N. Y
Carleton Star
Progressive Party
Babcock
Lonvention
Chicago
Roosevelt
New York State
New Party
Wife Desertor Arrested at Laconia Today
Sheriff Shores received word today of the arrest at Laconia Indiana of A. Brown against whom a warrant for wife desertion was issued in Justice Cummins court at Cedar Falls. The sheriff will go tomorrow to bring the prisoner back.
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Shores
Laconia
A. Brown
Lee Cummins
Cedar Falls
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