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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
5
Prison for Bank Clerks in Five-Year Sentences
Five Indiana men formerly employed by national banks were sentenced to five years in Fort Leavenworth after pleading guilty to embezzlement or complicity. Names include Max C. Emmerich, James H. Phillips, E N Detzer, Frank H. Nicolai, and Harry C. Prinzler. Norman Hamilton pleaded guilty to theft but was not sentenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Fort Leavenworth
Anderson
United States District Court
Indianapolis
Ind
Max C. Emmerich
Capital National Bank
Harry C. Prinzler
Emmerich
James H. Phillips
Terre Haute National Bank
Terre Haute
E. N. Detzer
First National Bank
Fort Wayne
Frank H. Nicolai
City National Bank
Auburn
Norman Hamilton
Indiana National Bank
Hamilton
Twelve Hurt in Wreck Near Pittsburg on Pennsy Line
A Pennsylania railroad express train left the rails at Manor near Pittsburg and derailed injuring twelve. Mail Clerk George M. Scott Baggageman W E Quigg and Signal man Charles Sussey may die. State Senator J M Davidson of Greensburg was bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manor
George M. Scott
W. E. Quigg
Charles Sussey
J. M. Davidson
Greensburg
Harriman Estate Valued at 149 Million Dollars
A New York report states E H Harrimans estate at death valued 149000000 with appraisers filing the figures but not yet public. The valuation implies an inheritance tax of 1490000 to New York State. Dowies Library Ordered Sold to a Chicago dealer for 7000 by Judge Landis. The library, linked to Zion City founder John Alexander Dowie, contains many historical works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Zion City
Chicago
Landis
Federal District Court
Burned at Stake After Fatal Strike Near Cochran GA
A Black preacher named John Harvard who struck and killed Will D. Booth near Cochran Georgia was captured by a mob five miles away and burned at a stake. Light wood was heaped around his body as the act was carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harvard
Will D. Booth
Cochran
Edward P. Mitchell Elevated to Sun Publishing President
Edward P. Mitchell, longtime editor on the New York Sun staff, has been elected President of the Sun Printing and Publishing Association, succeeding the late William M. Laffan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laffan
Edward P. Mitchell
The
New York Sun
Sun Printing and Publishing Association
William M. Laffan
Bank of Vernon Closes in Vernon Michigan
Frank Seargeant part owner petitions Circuit Court to appoint C R McLaughlin as receiver after the Bank of Vernon is closed. In Minnesota Ole Moe shoots his brother thinking him a deer while hunting near Duluth. Elmer Binger, 17, dies in Kent Ohio when a horse throws him after a broken saddle girth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Bank
Bank of Vernon
Vernon, Mich
Frank Seargeant
Circuit Court
C. R. McLaughlin
Ole
Ole Moe
Alfred Moe
Duluth
Minn
Richard Jentoff
Elmer Binger
Kent
Ohio
Einger
Youth Gets Fourteen Years For Bank Robbery Attempt
George Benton a 19 year old youth who last week attempted to rob the People's Bank of Mazamanie near Madison Wisconsin has been sentenced to fourteen years in the State Reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Benton
People’s Bank of
Mazamanie
Madison, Wis
State Reformatory
Postoffice Receipts Show Business Gains Despite Money Order Drop
Postal statistics for the year ending June 30 1909 show total Post Office Department revenue at 203 562 383 07 a 6 31 percent rise from 1908 while expenditures rose to 221 004 102. The report notes stamp sales as a business barometer and cites a foreign born deficit on money orders. Post offices declined from 76 945 in 1901 to 62 144 last June with ongoing mail delivery reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
United States
Postofice
Murdered by Navajo Near Ship Rock New Mexico
Charles Fritz was killed near Ship Rock agency New Mexico by a Navajo Indian. Robbery is suspected as motive. The slayer was captured and the report was delivered to Supt. Shelton of Durango by a band of Navajos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fritz
Ship Rock Agency
New Mexico
Shelton
Durango
Vol
Politician Shot in Louisville Aide Suspects Rival
Republican candidate William E. Proctor of Louisville was shot and likely fatally wounded by R. Culley who said Proctor insulted his wife. Police investigate motive and suspect custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Proctor
Louisville
R. Mu. Culley
Culley
Proctor
Mine Blast Traps 15 Dead 228 Entombed in Japan
A coal mine explosion at Onsura in Fukuoka province Japan leaves 15 confirmed dead and 228 miners trapped underground. Rescue teams work to reach the entombed workers as fears of further casualties rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onsura
Fukuoka
Japan
Rival Shoots Walter Vought in Shan ty town Near Detroit Minn
Walter Vought aged 21 was shot and killed by an Italian rival named Dick in Shan ty town near Detroit Minnesota. The motive cited is a dispute over Miss Olga Anderson. Police investigations begin as witnesses are questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Vought
Shantytown
Detroit
Minn
Vought
Olga Anderson
Taft Names Davenport Pension Chief in Signaling Three Posts
President Taft announced three high level appointments. James L. Davenport of New Hampshire becomes Pension Commissioner, succeeding Vespasian Warner. Benjamin S. Cable of Chicago is named Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor, replacing Ormsby McHarg. W. J. Mills of the New Mexico Supreme Court is appointed Governor of the Territory. Davenport has served twelve years as Deputy Commissioner and is 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
James L. Davenport
Vespasian Warner
Benjamin S. Cable
Chicago
Commerce and Labor
Ormsby McHarg
W. J. Mills
New Mexico Supreme Court
Davenport
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Fortieth Wisconsin Regiment
Fortyninth Wisconsin
Washington
Pension Office
Politicians Weigh Federal Reform and Universal Suffrage Debate
Summary of remarks by Mary Johnston on suffrage and a Paris letter by Editor Watterson arguing socialism and universal education spark worldwide change. Financial figures and central bank debates are tied to Aldrich reform tours, Cannon comment on progressives, and Clapp endorsing income tax while condemning corporate tax and holding companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mary Johnston
Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Paris
New York Tribune
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Detroit
Aldrich
Middle West
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Des Moines
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Cannon
Cummins
Iowa
Northfield
Minn
Clapp
Gopher
Congress
Black Hand Murders Linked to Berwick Brothers
Antonio Calabra and his brother Fortunato were arrested in Philadelphia and Tamaqua for alleged ties to a Berwick based Black Hand gang blamed for a 1906 series of murders and body disposals of nine Italians. They were returned to Berwick in custody as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Berwick
Antonio Calabra
State Constabulary
Fortunato
Tamaqua
West Berwick
Weaver kills family then shoots self in Ohio barricade
Clyde Weaver, recently paroled from the Dayton workhouse, killed his mother and a deputy sheriff and fatally wounded a farmer and his wife in Franklin Township near Greenville Ohio. He took refuge in Levi Minnich’s home, turning it into a barricade before dying by a self-inflicted gunshot. Weaver had returned from Illinois a week earlier and faced arrest for threats against James Hapner’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Weaver
Franklin Township
Greenville
Ohio
Weaver
Levi Minnich
Minnich
Illinois
Dayton
James Hapner
Wedding Party Drown In Muskegon Lake Boat Explosion
Five people drown when the pleasure launch Olga capsized after a gasoline explosion near the north shore of Muskegon Lake. The nine aboard included four Carlson family members Oscar Carlson Hulda Carlson Anna Carlson and Jennie Carlson among the dead. Ann Saunders also perished. The group had set out to attend a wedding and planned a short cruise nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon Lake
Olga
Oscar Carlson
Hulda Carlson
Anna Carlson
Jennie Carlson
Ann Saunders
Eight Men Trapped in Tennessee Copper Mine Fire
Eight workers were trapped in a cave-in and fire at the Tennessee Copper Company mine in Copper Hill, Tennessee. Rescue equipment including four oxygen helmets and two oxygen tanks arrived by special train from Knoxville. The fire is under control and the men are believed alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaft
Tennessee
Tennessee Copper Company
Copper Hill
Tenn
Knoxville
Mob Kills Black Man in Meehan Mississippi
Morgan Chambers, a Black resident, was abducted from Town Marshal Broadway and Deputy Joe Camp by a mob of about 200 masked men in Meehan Mississippi. Chambers was shot multiple times and killed. Local authorities report the violent act as a racially motivated murder and a gross breach of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Chambers
Broadway
Joe Camp
Meehan, Miss
Eloping Daughter Causes Mitchell County Planter’s Death
T J Sellers a wealthy Mitchell county Georgia planter was shot on a public road while pursuing his daughter who had run away with Colum bus Huey. The incident occurred as he confronted the couple after they fled their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Huey
T. J. Sellers
Mitchell County
Georgia
Alabama voters reject prohibition amendment by wide margin
Reports from Alabama show anti amendment supporters gaining a growing majority in Montgomery Mobile Jefferson and Barbour counties while Barbour and Dale counties cast strong opposition. Estimated total vote near 100000 with a possible 15000 majority against the amendment leaving H S D Mallory as a potential exception in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montgomery
Mobile
Jefferson
Colbert
Carmichael
Dale
Barbour
B. B. Comer
Weakley
H. S. D. Mallory
Dallas
Banker Is Given Ten Years In Federal Prison
Phil Allen Jr who once served as vice president of the First National Bank of Mineral Point Wisconsin pleaded guilty to four of twenty six counts in a Madison federal case. He was sentenced to ten years at Fort Leavenworth Kansas the maximum per count. Allen 63 had been jailed weeks after pleading not guilty at La Crosse to the indictment for embezzling one hundred sixty eight thousand dollars from the Mineral Point bank. He appeared in court bowing his head and offered no remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Allen, Jr
First National Bank of
Mineral Point
Wis
Sanborn
United States District Court
Madison
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Allen
Mineral Point Bank
la Crosse
Chinese Baron's Washington Mission Noted in Brief
In Washington, Baron Liang Kn et, uncle to the emperor of China and brother of the empress, is on a special government mission. Finland votes against Russia's military aid, urging constitutional settlement. Kiel navy yard losses are reported in the millions. A copper and steel sale scandal is alleged with naval officials in connivance. Typhoon hits Panay island displacing 5000 people. Lady Crofton eloped, returns, then deserts for New Zealand with Montagu. Sir Morgan hires lawyers, not detectives, in divorce proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liang Kn’et
China
Washington, D. C
Russia
Berlin
Kiel
Panay
Visayan
Philippines
Crofton
London
America
Montagu
New Zealand
Morgan
Lords Reject Budget as Commons Clash Grows
The British House of Lords, by a 350 to 75 vote, refused to approve Lloyd George’s budget and sent it back for national judgment. Liberals vow to seek royal creation of new peers if voters back them, risking a historic constitutional crisis and impacting tariff reform, home rule, and land legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
London
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Lords
Lord Lansdowne
Commons
Edward
Rosebery
Morley
James
Hereford
Lord Cromer
Lord Balfour
Burleigh
Early
Lytton
Courtney
Canterbury
York
Fight Bandits in Fog Near Puposky Bank Robbery
In early morning fog at a bridge near Puposky Minnesota two robbers fleeing on a railroad speeder from a midnight bank job clashed with Sheriff Hazen Deputy Johnson and Patrolman Bener. Johnson is critically injured one robber believed Jim Smith killed the other driven off into the wilderness as a posse closes in. Police traced $900 stolen from a Be midji bank after the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Hazen
Johnson
Bener
Puposky
Minn
Jim Smith
Poposky
Bemidji
Evicted Ludlow Workers Sheltered as 50 Italians Hired
Three hundred residents were evicted Saturday from tenements owned by Ludlow Manufacturing Association in Ludlow Massachusetts amid a strike in the company mills. The displaced piled their household goods in the street while owners sought refuge with friends. In a key development, fifty Italians were brought to the mills under police guard to fill the jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Ludlow
Mass
Friends
Zelaya's Army Beaten in Nicaragua Skirmish
A wireless dispatch from Bluefields reports that after five hours of fighting on Sunday General Matuty led revolutionists to defeat 1,000 government troops near the Topaz mine above Rama. The Zelayan forces suffered eighty dead and many wounded while the revolutionaries lost twenty. The insurgents gained several standards and arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Colon
Bluefields
Matuty
Topaz
Rama
Boy Kills Wounded Companion After Hunting Accident
Wesley McBride, 16, tells Omaha police that he accidentally shot his companion Harry Long, 15, in the jaw while twirling a revolver. He says he then fired two more shots into Long’s head to "make a good job of it" and notified authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley McBride
Harry Long
McBride
Omaha
Long
Nebraska tragedy shocks Beatrice. man shoots wife then himself
Fred T. Robinson from Lincoln traveled to Beatrice Nebraska to his father in law’s home and fatally wounds his wife before shooting himself. Both survivors are in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred T. Robinson
Lincoln
Beatrice, Neb
Steamer Oscar T. FHnt Sinks After Fire Off Alpena
The hull of the steamer Oscar T. FHnt, burned recently, sank in five fathoms of water off Alpena Michigan. With twenty feet of water over her decks she blocks the channel and endangers navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar T. Fhnt
Alpena
Mich
Boy Hurt In Football Game In De Graff
Webb Boone of Logansville suffered multiple leg fractures in a football game at De Graff Ohio and is believed to have internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Boone
Logansville
de Graff, C
Fire traps hundreds as St Paul mine sealed after disaster
The St Paul mine at Cherry, St Paul, was sealed Wednesday night as a raging fire overwhelmed rescue efforts. About 204 bodies are believed sealed in the mine with total deaths now placed at 393. Captain Corrigan and Chicago firemen remain in danger as flames threaten the main shaft and second vein pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Cherry
Corrigan
2300 Switchmen Strike Paralyzes Major Rail Routes
Conflicting claims followed a 6 PM strike order by the Switchmen's Union of North America and railroad managers. About 2,300 switchmen are affected, with 1,000 in the Twin Cities. traffic slowed but continued on Northern Pacific routes, while Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, and Billings report varying worker turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Switchmen's Union of North America
Twin Cities
Head of the Lakes
Pacific Coast
Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
G T. Slade
Northern Pacific
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Hvérett
Billings
Mont
Auto Crash Near Los Angeles Kills Jacobs Family
A collision six miles from Los Angeles between an automobile and a street car leaves Nicholas Jacobs, a real estate dealer, and four Jacobs children dead. Wife Kate aged 18, Mamie 18, Anthony 6, Clement 4 also killed. Two other Jacobs sons Peter and John and Josephine Solon 19 escape with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Arey Nicholas Jacobs
Kate Jacobs
Mamie Jacobs
Anthony Jacobs
Clement Jacobs
Jacobs
Peter
John
Josephine Solon
Panama Canal Damaged Delays Expected by Rains
Passengers arriving from Panama report flood damage to the canal may push completion back one to three years. Traffic on the Panama Railroad was halted for days and the Culebra cut area showed serious cave-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Panama
Canal
Culebra
Moorish Chiefs Submit to Spain Amid Ceremony
Chiefs of Kabyles Beni Bouffaur and Beni Sidel in Morocco formally surrender to Gen Marina. They display loyalty and offer to raise a native force to aid Spanish troops against remaining Moorish resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Kabyles
Beni-Bouffaur
Beni-Sidel
Marina
Notorious Lincolnshire-claimed slaver in irons for deportation
Mayer Van der Gughte, accused leader of white slave traffic in America, is in irons after being sent from Winnipeg to Montreal under detective escort. He faces deportation to Belgium from that port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irons
Mayer van der Gughte
America
Winnipeg
Montreal
Belgium
Karl Theodor of Bavaria Dies at Duke’s Death
Karl Theodor of Bavaria died Tuesday from kidney trouble. He never played a leading role in military or political events but studied medicine and became a renowned eye specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Theodor
Bavaria
Karl
Girl Killed by Automobile at Minneapolis Intersection
Miss Eva Shapiro of St. Paul was struck and killed at 34th Street and Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis by an automobile driven by Burt Kenaston secretary of the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Shapiro
St. Paul
34Th Street
Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis
Burt Kenaston
Minneapolis Thrashing Machine Company
Thanksgiving trade steadies as demand rises in Chicago
SIT R. G. Dun & Co notes Thanksgiving retail lines show no cessation in demand for a wide range of goods. Pig iron rails cars and power machinery show strong contracts while leather wool and necessaries maintain steady movement. Interior stocks deplete rapidly as money remains in circulation and manufacturers seek new sales and building permits increase. Bank clearings reach 159,781,910 in 1907 with failures reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Anoaty
Chicago Railroad
Market price roundup for U S grain and livestock
A dense list of regional market quotes shows cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati New York and Toledo for corn oats rye and wheat No 2 and others. The article notes two civil casualties in West Springfield Mass and mentions Gifford Pinchot denying a resignation offer to President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Campion
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
New York
Toledo
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George E. Roberts
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Mint
Aldrich Central Bank
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Shai
Northwestern
Kilis
Panama Canal
Sten
Harfield Conrad
Highland Cemetery
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Ala
Max O. Dreiorn
Kirille A
William B. Reid
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