Bank of Cosmopolitan National Bank Scandal Recalled
The Cosmopolitan National Bank failed on September 6 1908. Directors A Richmond Jr and J P McKinnie along with former cashier David J Hichardeen face charges for misusing bank funds and false entries. McKinnie arrested and arraigned on bail of 1000000. Richmond previously linked to Dominion Construction in Albuquerque.
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Wichment
MeKinnin
Cosmopolitan National
Mckinnie
A. J. Richmond, Jr
Albuquerque
Dominion Construction Company
Athbunqueretue Bapetern
New Meniew Central Railroad
Albuquertqu
Turmoil After Attempted Bombings Rock Mexican Border Town
A violent plot to destroy a Mexican border town, centered near Tronae jo and Culleanen, sparks a nationwide manhunt. Authorities pursue Welipe tei Moenude who planned the attack and fled after triggering a series of explosions.
One Dead Three Hurt In Race Crossing Wreck
A Long Island railroad crossing collision near Long Island City left Archie Tappan of New York dead and three others injured. Kaware Hurley Glen Cove died. Alican Perry Port Chiffe concussion. Arch Trippen internal injuries and a broken arm. Patrick Morahan, a train passenger,fell from a trestle and was fatally hurt.
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New York
Long Island City
Archie
Tappan
Coventry
Tjlen Cove
Kaware Hurley
Glen Cove
Alican Perry
Fea Chiffe
Trippen
Th Party
Patrick Mornahan
Mine President Killed In California Incline Fall
Stone Nevada dispatch reports J. B. Phillips president of the Piteburg Liberty mine at Masonic near Kringeport California was killed this afternoon when he slipped and fell down an incline while inspecting the site.
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Stone
Nev
Elks Reunion Closes With Fireworks and Feasts
Grand lodge members traveled to Avalon to enjoy sports and a fish barbecue. Thousands visited Arcadia and the Lucky Baldwin ranch for the largest barbecue in the United States, as Elks events wrapped up in a blaze of celebration.
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ELKS
Ives Angelos
Klks
Grand Lodge
Catatingleland
Weinland
Avalon
Arcadia
Lucky” Baldwin
United States
Final Electric Circus Parade Draws Massive LA Crowd
Ten thousand pounds of beefsteaks were barbecued along with pork and mutton for a huge crowd of thirty thousand people. The night featured the last parade of Los Angeles electric circus drawing a great throng.
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Los Angeles
Electric Circus
Mother kills self and sons to avoid asylum fate
A Chicago mother Annie Schenkle and her two sons Harry and Cowl, ages 7 and 31, were found dead in a gas filled room in the home. Joseph Schenkle, the husband, told police he had considered sending his wife to an asylum and believed she chose murder suicide over confinement.
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Annie Schenkle
Harry
Cowl
Joseph & Schenkle
Schenktle
Armed Guards Patrol Steel Plant Amidstrike at McKee’s Rocks
Morning Journal reports the Pressed Steel Car plant at McKee’s Rocks remains under siege with deputies and state troopers patrolling while the office staff and about 200 foremen are inside. Strikers denounce the wage rulings as unjust and cite cases of alleged underpayment under the pooling system.
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Morning Journal Special
Pittsburg
Toffatot
Pressed Steel Car Company
Enire
McKee
Rocka
Pee Hee
Atate
McKee's Rocks
Foreigners Attack at Layadora Mill Injures Workers
A collision at the Standard Steel Company plant in Layadora, Pis, injured several foreigners and spurred American workers to strike for higher wages. Management imposed a suspension of the works as protesting laborers clashed with police, disrupting operations and drawing in local officials.
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Rotter
Standard Steeler Company
Layadora
Netty
Grecian Villages Ravaged by Earthquake Devastation
Reports from Klis prefects describe tremors in Klis province with Ti yspelanti and Damisea hit hard. At Ti yspelanti several residents were killed or injured and many homes destroyed. Damisea reports four dead and four injured with broader devastation feared.
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Athens
Klistulay
Ti Yspelanti
Grean
Damisea
Klis
Upouejastim
Damisha
Archduke Frans Ferdinand Narrowly Escapes Assassination
Reports from Vienna via London say Archduke Frans Ferdinand narrowly escaped gunfire when shots struck the royal train returning from Koeemuitla. Police arrested three men believed armed. one claimed to shout at bears and denied knowing shots hit the train.
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Lamdou
London
Vionus
Frans Ferdinand
Austria
Joew
Taft Predicted To Win Free Tariff Battle
Morning Journal special dispatch reports strong signals Taft will win key tariff concessions. Conference on the tariff bill leans toward free or reduced rates for raw materials including ore oil hides lumber coal and related items. President's stance and conferees' shifts indicate a potential major policy shift benefiting the administration.
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Senate
Congress
White House
Ptt
la Vollette
Philippines
Philippine Islands
United States
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal
MacVeagh
Payne
Treasury de
Taft outlines tariff stance as conference debates proceed
President Taft reaffirms that the Republican platform calls for revision downward, signaling a strong position in tariff talks. Several members doubt the bill’s fate as conservatives warn of upheaval in party lines and potential shifts in leadership as the conference weighs proposed duties and revenue plans.
Congress We Leads VP Mute Conference on Tax Fraud
Washington July 17. A conference at the White House discussed preventing fraud in collecting the internal revenue tax on tobacco. Participants included Taft and lawmakers Payne and Wheeler, aiming to bolster internal revenue measures.
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Washington
Ueame
President Taft tariff stance meets Bryan in Kansas
Morning Journ Special Leased Wires Kats July 7 report William J Bryan, traveling to Amperia Kansas, criticised the White House tariff statement as equivocal. He argued the house bill shows no downward revision and warned that any similar acceptance would not reduce tariffs.
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Real
White House
Taft
William J. Bryan
Amperia
Kan
Sirvan
British Battle Fleet Assembled in the Thames
A great fleet of warships about 150 strong gathered in the Thames since daybreak. From Parliament’s houses with submarines and torpedo boats to the Nore where Dreadnought type battleships lie at anchor, all kinds of ships filled the river in an extraordinary scene.
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London
Thames
House of Parliament
Nore
Dispute Over Cow Ends in Fatal Street Battle
A Mississippi dispute over ownership of a cow sparked a street fight that left two men dead and two others mortally or seriously wounded. The McDonalds fought with Joseph Miller and Cornelius Chisholm, with Chisholm claiming the cow as his property. Peter McDonald and Joseph Miller were among those shot. Murphy McDonald, a 4 year old, was wounded as bystanders tried to intervene.
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Cation
Joseph Miller
McDonalds
Miller
Chiselm
Chisolm
McDonald
Peter McDonald
J. McDonald
Murphy McDonald
Mie
Mob overpowers officers in Kentucky capture of prisoner
In Lexington dated July 17 a mob of about 160 mountaineers attacked Oklahoma Civilian War Office officers at Cannel City. The group overpowered the deputies, disarmed them, and forced them to release Grover Whitaker charged with shooting his wife in Armore, Oklahoma earlier. The Oklahoma officers, their prisoner, and the deputies left town after surrender.
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Lexington
CWO
Oklahoma
Cannel City
Grover Whitaker
bin Wife
Ardmere
Modjeska's Body Laid to Rest in Native Poland
The funeral for Modjeska was held in Cracow with rites at St. Helio Church and a large gathering. Delegations from Cracow and Lewberg attended along with prominent officials and national figures honoring the famed figure described as a moral beacon.
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Modjeska
Poland
Cracow
Austelan Colona
Leite
Lewberg
Idividualxulee
Moral
Bad Blaze Destroys Oil Tanks in Oklahoma Field
Fire swept two crude oil tanks at a Prairie Delta facility in Oklahoma, destroying multiple tanks and nearby property. Creston Oil and Matsan Oil firms reported losses as authorities fought the blaze started yesterday amid heavy winds.
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Okf
Oklahoma
Diartionville
Cole
Reed
Bel Ve A
Creston
Lewtues Lrt
Matsan Company
Ote
Three Shot Incident in Globeville Camp Endangers Several
Report from July 71 describes three men confronting an enraged assailant at a Grad ing camp in Globeville. The assailant was wounded and likely fatally shot by companions of the wounded foreigners after a struggle over a revolver. The incident involves foreign nationals and unresolved violence.
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Denver
Globeville
Train Dispatchers Strike Fails to Halt Road Service
Laredo Texas July 17 Thirty six train dispatchers including chief and trick men from 16 offices of the National railroad lines of Mexico walked out last night after demands were refused. Conductors and engineers may join a sympathetic strike. Dispatchers seek increased supervision and pay.
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Laredo
Texas
Chiefe
Th National Railroad Lines of
Mexico
Railroad unions brace for possible strike amid key meeting
Dispatchers report expected sympathy strike as the Order of Railroad Conductors and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen prepare a meeting tomorrow. General Manager Clark asserts staffing is adequate and that the strike is already waning despite complaints over wages and the use of Mexican apprentices at dispatcher offices.
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Roads
Raiway
Clark
Merged Roads
Tak
Ex Shah Declines To Receive Deputation On Deposition
Mohamed Ali former shah, exiled in Austin, declines a deputation sent by nationalist leaders to inform him of his deposition. The telegram requests a meeting, but the legations report he has abdicated and will not receive the deputation. He may leave for Russia soon, with reports that the queen wishes to accompany him and bring the crown price.
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Hadar
Sarderagad Teaders
Hritteh
Truscan
Eggtog
Mohamed al
Rusela
Deposed Leaders Reported After Vienna Conference
Report from Vienna indicates that Mohamed Al and other proreign officials were deposed amid a conference reportedly tied to the future of the region. Observers note the event may influence ongoing regional policy.
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SED Meng
PE Tooean Oro Bb
Vienna
Zelllo
Sulton
Tne
Dle
Oof
Mohamed al
Alii
Proreie
Loti
Cathie Sc
Cemiel
Ulege
Dence
Exeshah
French Laborites Divided on Gompers
July report from Vari notes fractured French labor groups over Samuel Gompers AFL leadership. Extremists condemn him for reformist aims while moderates denounce the futile position and weaken support amid calls for unity within the French labor movement.
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Gompers
Soldier Dies in Battle Royal at Fort Michael Alaska
The War Department ruled the soldier’s death was in the line of duty. The December event at Fort Michael Alaska involved a five-man battle royal in the port gymnasium of the Twenty second Infantry, in which one enlisted man was killed.
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Wasehington
Awain
The
War Department
Hie
Fort Michael
Alaska
Twenty-second Infantry
Three Die in Clash During Cleveland Strike Incident
In Cleveland during July a fight over a strike led to gunfire. Richard Bront and William Woods were killed, and Purvia and Purvis were injured. Three assailants attacked Purvis, who fired his revolver in fear, claiming self-defense before being beaten. One attacker escaped with a bullet wound. a non-union chief engineer James I Mure vir was arrested.
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Cleveland
Lake Carriere
Richard Bront
William Woods
James I. Murevir
Detroi
Purvia
Purvis
Crusade Against Improper Shows Expands from Cincinnati
The Federated Catholic Society of Hamilton County with Archbishop Moe ler's approval begins a crusade against improper theatrical shows in Cincinnati. The effort aims to go national and includes a protest letter to Belasco Shubert Savage Klaw and Erlanger in New York.
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Cincinnati
Federated Catholic Society of
Hamilton County
Moeler
Belasco
Shubert
Savage
Klaw
Erlanger
New York
Stampede Follows Lion Escape at Juarez Bull Ring
A lion escaped from a huge cage during a ceremony in Juarez and charged into the arena causing a violent stampede. Hundreds were injured as spectators leaped from stands and funnels formed at exits. Mexican charros secured the beast and it was recaptured without further harm.
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Morning Journal
Paso
Tex
Nero
Potie
Chihuahua
Juares
Young Rothschild in Love and Death Threats in Vienna
In a sensational Vienna tale a baron seeking to wed Olga Menn, daughter of Dr Mandelph Menn, faced opposition from Olga's parents. The baron claimed engagement and traveled from Europe to press the match while Olga and her mother prepared to sail. a death of Tneen Albert Hothn's youngest son occurred amid family pressure and travel plans.
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My Morning Journal
Aental Leasee Wieeg
Chicago
Mandelph Menp
Colts
War
Sean Jefe
Miss Menn
Youn
Mies Menn
Dr. Menn
Europe
Albert Mothechild
Wickersham Replies to Attacks on Tax Law
Washington July. Attorney General Wickersham public a letter to the New York firm Derloitte Griffiths & Co. defending the proposed corporate tax law. He says objections that the law is impossible to apply are insufficient and explains the tax targets net income above five thousand dollars from all sources for corporations and associations.
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Washington
Wickersham
Wall Street
Derloitte, Griffiths & Co
New York
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