Paterson mayor Belcher linked to crime and flight
Paterson New Jersey reels as ex mayor William H Belcher fled with between 20000 and 25000 dollars amid forger and fugitive claims. Prosecutor Birley orders pursuit to bring him back for trial. The city famed for silk industry and large voter base endures floods fires and strikes in recent years.
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N. J
Passaic County
New Jersey
Jekyl
Hyde
William H. Belcher
Stockton
Cal
Bmley
California
Belcher
Passaic
Jehnle Bosschieter
Walter McAlister
William A. Death
Andrew J. Campbell
George A. Kerr
OT Paterson
Paterson Savings Bank
President Roosevelt Train Bomb Plot Scare
Erie officials feared for the president's safety as the Chautauqua special broke in two at Suffern New York and the party rode a roundabout route to Jersey City. Roosevelt objected to precautions but complied after being shown orders from Erie president Underwood. A letter to Patterson police claimed a plot to blow up the train near Ridgeway New Jersey.
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Erie Railroad
Roosevelt
Chatauqua
Jersey City
Suffern
N. Y
Underwood
The
Erie
Patterson Police
Ridgeway
N. J
Mysterious Returns and Missing Treasure Box Case
The treasure box owned by Herman Cheney, missing since February, has reappeared intact in Southbridge. It contained $90,000 in cash and was recovered after alarms stopped a transfer from a Boston security vault.
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Southbridge
Mays
Herman
Cheney
Boston
Hirao
Enthusiasm Over Taft and His Party Arrives in Philippines
The United States transport Logan with Secretary Taft Miss Roosevelt and party arrived from Manila this evening. The local governor and reception committee boarded the Panier to formally welcome them. A great reception is planned tomorrow as the federal party adapts its platform to Taft's Philippines policy statement.
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Philppines
United States
Logan
Taft
Miss Roosevelt
Manila
Panier
Tat
Philippines
Epworth League Convention Opens at Island Park
Guthrie Oklahoma August 14 Hundreds of Epworth League members attend the territory convention at Island Park promising a record gathering. The weeklong program includes meetings, speakers, and civic topics from national figures and local leaders.
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Guthrie
Okla
Epworth League
Island Park
Conger Seeks Iowa Governor Bid Amid Denials
Report from Alvarado claims Iowans favor I. H. Conger for governor, despite denial by the ex ambassador to Mexico. The unnamed observer said Conger’s chances are strong as the Ek eon crowd backs him while Cummings eyes a second year in the governor's chair. A Nevada volcano discovery near Rye Patch in Humboldt County is noted, linked to local cattlemen. Patternmakers' League meets in Pittsburgh opening its North American convention.
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Alvarado
I. Hl
Conger
Cummings
Igovophor
Iowa
Nevada
Kono
Li-A
Menars
McClure
Wheeler and Sowers
Lovelock
Rye Patch
Humboldt County
Lave
Peace conference struggles over Korea language terms
The Portsmouth session of the peace conference resumed amid heat and a storm. Witte pressed for exact wording on Korea’s status, insisting on recognizing a Japanese domination, while Russia demanded full publicity. Both sides blamed each other for potential rupture and hoped to conclude a treaty, with clarification to come in days.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Korea
Witte
Japan
Russia
Great University President Harps Fated Change At Chicago
The Chicago university faces upheaval as President Harper and Mrs. Harper are reported in Cleveland amid Rockefeller plans for a massive endowment. Telegraph from Michigan notes Harper resigning duties in theology to focus on health and fight illness, seen as a potential blow to the university’s leadership.
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Chicago University
Cleveland
Ohio
Harper
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Fatire Crook
Mich
J. Harper
Inetitutun
Kellog
Chiead University
United States
Fever Rages Yet In New Orleans With Yellow Fever
Fever reports from New Orleans show 37 new cases since Sunday, total 961, and 7 deaths today, 161 to date as authorities battle spread. Drugsellers urged to report cases. room to room inspections begin citywide to uncover concealed infections.
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New Orleans
Marine Hospital Service
Southern Pacific
Texas
Ninety Days in Jail for Bicycle Thief
A bicycle thief named Albert Stoehr was arrested after a string of bike thefts. He admitted taking a bicycle owned by M. J. McAtee, sold it in Bernalillo for seven fifty, and was sentenced to ninety days in the county jail. The article notes prior trouble and police efforts to recover the stolen wheel. Also referenced is a separate runaway accident in Sayville injuring Gladys and Anguele Roosevelt, daughters of John R. Roosevelt, with Gladys age sixteen.
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Stoehr
M. J. McAtee
McAtee
Silver Avenue
McMillin
Stohhr
Bernalillo
Crawford
Sayville
Gladys
Augenle Roosevelt
John R. Roosevelt
Misa Gladys
Judge Abbott to Visit New Mexico Courts in August
Fon Ira A Abbott judge of the Second district will arrive in Albuquerque on Tuesday evening August 22. He plans to meet with locals at Bernalillo county courthouse to arrange trials. On August 23 he will hold court at county seats to appoint jury commissioners and draw juror names for several counties including Valencia Bernalillo and Sandoval plus a session at Gallup for McKinley county. Mild sensation at Saratoga as Booker T Washington dines with J Wanamaker and escorts Mrs Warburton.
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Ira A. Abbott
Second Judicial District
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County Court House
Judge Abbott
Los Lunas
Valencia County
Bernalillo
Sandoval County
Bernallilo County
Gallup
McKinley County
Saratoga
N. Y
Booker T. Washington
United States Hotel
Mr. Washington
Jonn Wanamaker
Barclay Warburton
Big Strike Lead Ore Found in Magdalena District
A major lead carbonate discovery in the Key mine near Kelly in New Mexico promises a historic find. The Mines Development Company, Boston capitalists, and manager C. T. Brown report a 100 foot section of ore beneath the foot wall after a drift, with ore valued at 10 to 20 dollars per ton on the market.
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New Mexico
Key Ming
Magdalena Mountains
Kelly
Boston
C. T. Brown
Socorro
Mana‘ger
Alvarado
Key
Rhea
Brows
Graphic
Mr. Brown
A. B. Fite
Magdatoni Ierly
Brown
Abong
New Homesteads Taken From Cattlemen in Nebraska
North Platte Neb Aug crowd gathers before land office to open nearly two hundred fifty thousand acres once fenced by cattlemen. Government order tore down fences to divide land into homesteads. Cattlemen accused of halting settlers by cutting timber and discouraging entry. Many travelers and crowd sleep outdoors awaiting access to the new lands.
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Humber
Spencvr
North
Fiatte
Neb
Aug
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