News Of A Week In Condensed Form Highlights Across Globe
Taft heads to Washington after vacation, navy orders limit submarine dives, Supreme Court indictments admissions in cotton corner case, Beveridge returns unasked $57,500 from donors amid money taint scrutiny. Adams resigns treasury post to join campaign, Strickland appointed as successor. Nevada land openings for homesteading via Humboldt forest exclusion. US exports to South America under Panama Canal watch, Philippines revenue up near 11 million, customs receipts rise. Theodore Roosevelt sues News for libel over critical article. ex-cities official Morrisey dies amid embezzlement probe. Michigan prison fire costs rise, suspicions of arson by inmates. Modern Woodmen faction wins bid against higher rate plan. Lake Mohonk Conference convenes with E E Brown presiding.
Dynamite conspiracy defendant Herbert identified by witnesses
Domestic Herbert the Iron Workers union secretary who succeeded McNamera in Indianapolis was named by four witnesses as having supplied information to the government against forty four fellow defendants. Aviator Louis Mitchell died after a 200 foot fall near Montgomery Alabama during a spiral glide test. First prairie fire of the season burned over 10000 acres near Buchild Minnesota threatening the village and destroying hay. J K Walton of Anna Illinois expelled and Y H Halperin of Chicago suspended for a year by University of Minnesota after Champaign riot. Myron Jordan of Rock Island found not guilty of obscene mailings in Peoria federal court after attack on Rock Island mayor. Thomas H Hubbard chairman of Clover Leaf railways injured when train with four directors derailed at Fillmore Ohio, killing one black laborer and injuring three. Threats received by Colonel Bognevlt and Oyster Bay stranger led to hiring two guards to protect Colonel Roosevelt.
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Herbert
Hopkin
Indianapolis
John J. McNamera
Iron Workers’ Union
Jerome Carskaddan
Inna Bar
Mississippi
Mascaline
Carskadilan
Iowa
Woodmen of America
Chicago
Charles §. Bradshaw
Egufty Division
District Court
Des Moines
Edgar R. Harlan
Allison Monument Commission
Mary Evelyn Beatrice Longman
New York
William B. Allison
Marion County
A. E. Pyle
Swan Township
J. W. Poffenbarger
Park Township
William Sutherland
West Knoxville
Ames
State University
Town City
State Board of Education
Iown City
Milwaukee
Des Moines River
Madrid
Woodward
Marshall County Christian Endeavor Union
Gilman
L. D. Garst
EB. L. Condon
le Grand
Samuel Cowan
Ottumwa
Scotland
Davis
Wapello
Masonic
Glasgow
George W. Cuylor
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ailway
Estherville
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Marshalltown
Gail Tallman
Guthrie Center
Myrtle Furman
Gowria
Anna Cowdrey
Fort Madson
Bombay
India
J. C. Grommell
Burlington
Trigter
F. L. Baron
Valley Junction
Rock Island
Adams
Buroham
East Seventh Streat
Churen Weld
Gouneil Bulls
Young Men's Christian Association
United States
Baptist Church
D. Brdlyman
Witzzerald
Flucht
Charles City
Fn. Meman
Towa Falls
EK. Hy, Lindy
Eldonia
Lupdy
Park Dam
Fldora
Iowa Falls
A. J. Lemmon
Kilgore
Lucy McPherson
W. CG. A
Boone
Tenekah Grand Lodge
Sioux City
Baptist Young People’s Union of Iowa
Council Bluffs
F. N. Ward
Shellsburg
Ws. Barrow
Mount Ayr
J. Frederick Catlin
FBK
Wright
Grand Lodge
Conneil Bluffs
Harlan Anderson
Fulton
Sam Graham
J. J. Anderson
Montezuma
Lloyd Busch
Busch
Taylor County
Balkan War advances threaten Constantinople and Salonika
The Bulgarian army seized Kirk-Kilisseh and pressed toward Adrianople while Greeks captured Serfidje. Heavy losses marked the Stone Gate pass clash, with many Turks killed and prisoners taken. Servia's fall key to Salonika. Reports of massacres surface near Gironomo where 150 Bulgarian peasants were shot. Governor Marshall paused campaigning to pick a site for the Indiana building in 1915.
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Kirk-Kilisseh
Adrianople
Constantinople
Serfidje
Searvia
Stone Gate Pass
Servia
Salonika
Turke
Gironomo
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
San Francisco
Indiana Building
Pavania Pacific
Notable society figures and deaths in early 1910s era
Personal James P. Grady of New York donated half a million dollars to Johns Hopkins Hospital in appreciation of its work. Actress Mabel Hite died of blood poisoning in New York. Lillian M. N. Stevens was re elected president of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Portland. Mrs. C W Post was found dead in Washington while visiting. Charles H. Senff, former Havemeyer associate, left a $12 million estate. he died August 23, 1911. At the Scottish Rite’s 105th session in New York, M W Baynles of Washington was elected sovereign grand commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Grady
New York
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Mabel Hite
Mike Donlin
New York City
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Portland
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ore
Charles H. Senff
Havemeyers
Mr. Senis
Supreme Council of the
Scottish Rite
United States
M. W. Baynles
Washington
Berlin Meat Crisis Triggers Market Riots and Injuries
German housewives storm markets refusing meat imports as Berlin faces high living costs. Windows smashed. shopkeepers injured by missiles. Also notes Sarah Bernhardt's 68th birthday in London with congratulatory address. In Havana, a clash between Conservatives and Liberals wounds 40, including two women, raising anxiety over political stability in Cuba. Court orders dissolution of the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sarah Bernhardt
London
Havana
Washington
Tha Itt Anand
Republic
Eee
Drowned Iowa Judge Carskadden Shocks State
A Iowa inquiry reports Judge Jerome Carskadilan, a respected Des Moines jurist, drowned while visiting the Mississippi near Mascaline. His death follows months of vertigo and unsettled health, and the community mourns a man known for legal distinction and public service.
Turks Fall Back in Winter Campaign Possibility
A Sofia dispatch notes a likely pivotal Bulgarian move capturing Eski-Baba, a key position on the Adrianople to Constantinople line. If held, Bulgarians could sever Constantinople Salakini rail links while aiming to destroy Turkish forces along the Maritza and Erkene rivers with 40,000 Turkish troops at Adrianople.
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London
Sofia
Eski-Baba
Adrianople
Constantinople
Salakini
Kirk-Kitisseh
Kueliburgas
Lulshburgas
Wiki-Baba
Vienna
Reichspost
Maritza
Erkene
Big Fortune Awaits Kinsfolk of Iowa Soldier Bailey
Des Moines reports a $75,000 fortune willed to a nephew of P. E. Bailey, who is said to have died at Shawnee Oklahoma. The adjutant general’s office and a lawyer sent letters but failed to locate relatives among Bailey’s siblings. A new inquiry notes relatives remain unfound. Bailey is described as a Civil War veteran from an Iowa regiment.
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Des Moines
P. EB. Bailey
Adjutant General of
Iowa
Bailey
Shawnee
Okla
Towa
Young Man Stabbed After Free-for-All at Chop Suey
A 29 year old Boone man, William J. Gilliam, lies in critical condition at Mercy hospital after a knife wound sustained in a free-for-all at a West Seventh Chop Suey restaurant. Chet Walters of 317 West Ninth Street is named as the alleged assailant. Police report a sensational killing in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
West Seventh
Mulberry Streets
William J. Gilliam
Boone
Mercy Hospital
Chet Walters
West Ninth Street
Shooting at a shooting gallery ends in fatality feud killer
Robert Callahan aged 45 was shot and killed Saturday evening in a Des Moines shooting gallery at West Ninth and Locust streets. M Clark fired a 22 rifle at targets then turned on Callahan, hitting him in the skull. Callahan died within minutes. An old feud between the men is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert Callahan
M. Clark
West Ninth
Locust Streets
Lark
Callahan
New Manchester Plant to begin Finch street sweeper production
Manchester Ma chine company installs equipment for a new plant and will start producing the Finch street sweeper and dump carts. Claude Van Tassell, an expert Cedar Rapids mechanic, will lead the machine department at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Manchester Machine Company
Finch Street
Claude van Tassell
Cedar Rapids
Transfer of 1000 Acres Land in Creston Iowa
A deed filed transfers 1000 acres of Iowa land from Raub and Mrs Kate McKim to J H Downie of Polk county for 100000 dollars. The document notes the grantors deed all right and title to the land to Downie as the deed was recorded in this county records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Iowa
Raub
Kate McKim
J. H. Downie
Polk County
Duck Hunters Fined at Clear Lake in Mason City
William McClaren and Grant Dutro were fined $10 each by a local Magistrate for hunting ducks from a gasoline launch on Clear Lake in Mason City. The arrest stems from an unlawful hunting charge under town laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
William McClaren
Grant Dutro
Clear Lake
WHI Court House Bond Proposal In Waverly
Local discussions push for a $150000 bond issue to build a new court house in Waverly. Pleas made to submit to the voters as a coming action, with party expectations tied to Bremer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Yvetera
Bremer
Judge Knox error at sentencing after long prisoner speech
In court, a judge named Knox faced critique as he asked a woman prisoner if she wished to speak before sentencing. The prisoner delivered a two hour talk, prompting questions about the procedure and fairness of the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Clear Complexion Claim Promoted by Cuticura Remedy
Miss Elsie Nielson of Atchison Kansas reports years of severe facial eruptions and redness. She credits Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap with clearing pimples after four months of use, and continues to use the soap. Advertisement promotes free samples and the Cuticura Skin Book from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Nielson
Addrean Peat
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Adv
Diffident Youth and the Naming Melee
In a suburban town a grocery boy greets Mrs Ales and asks for her name. She replies politely calling herself Alices. He challenges the formality and the exchange highlights a shy social moment over proper names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Ales
Alices
Alice
Castoria Reminder Seeks Safe Use for Infants
Mothers urged to examine every bottle of Castoria for the proper signature and the phrase In Use For Over 30 Years. The notice emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
A Mistaken Idea in a Witty Exchange
A humorous exchange portrays a person lamenting storm damage from broken windows while another quips that breaking windows is a perfectly painless operation. The banter highlights miscommunication and irony in a domestic mishap.
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Taft
Panville Junction
Meyer
James A. Patten
Eugena Seales
Frank J. Hayes
William P. Brown
New York Exchange
Supreme Court of the United States
Bullitt
Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
George W. Perkins
Edward McLean
Gifford Pinchot
Clapp
C F. Adams
The
Treasury
J. P. Strickland
Arkansas
Denett
General Land Office
Humboldt National Forest
Nevada
Carson City
Elko County
State Department
Pacific
Panama Canal
Philippina Islands
Philippine Collector of Customs
Theodore Roosevelt
George A. News
Iron Ore
Ishpeming, Mich
Wom
Morrisey
Jacksonville
Chester Penitentiary
Michigan
Jackson State Prison
Simpson
Modern
Bradshaw
Equity Division
Lake Mohonk
Louis Mitchell
Montgomery
Ala
Mitchell
Ila
Buchld
Minn
J. K. Walton
Anna, Ill
Y. H. Halperin
Chk Jchgo
University of Mlinoia
Champaign
Myron Jordan
Ill
Peoria
Jordan
Schrieyer
Thomas H. Hubbard
Fillmore
Colonal
Bognevelt
Oyster Bay
Colonels House
Roosevelt
C. W. Post
Battle Creek
Joseph Breckens
Washington, D. C
SCA Rotueing Diaband
Drae
Wniom
Hawkeye
Charles Sandere
Ft. Dadee
Alumni Medical Association of Tniversity
Tust
Joan Np Aden
Sportemen
Maurice Zeldes
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Virginia Baldwin
Carl Anderson
Swea City
John Wagner
Fairville
Louise Parmalea
Luther
Henry Jones
State Center
Northwestern Company
New Yards
Dwight Seerlet
Farragut
Shenandoah High School
Charles City & Western Railway
Elma
Cresco
Milwaukea
Frank McMurty
Harold Gore
Samuel. H. Gore
Des Molune
Ha'stong Delget
University of Lice
Oklo
Lowan
Young Man
Jin
Cole
Carhelisalva
Nascar
Dean
Ohio
Maeville
Mall of My Mt
Foster-Milburn CQ
Buffalo
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