Whitla's Stolen Boy Returned After $10000 Ransom Paid
Willie Whitla, kidnapped from Luton Pa last Thursday, was recovered Monday night at the Hollenden hotel Cleveland. His father, supplying the ransom to a woman in a candy store, brought the child indoors and kissed him as officers pursued the kidnapers. The boy, unharmed and well treated, traveled unaccompanied from Sharon to Cleveland, while the father planned a reunion with his wife by telephone.
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Whitla
Hollenden
Willie
Willie Whitla
Sehool
Luton
Cleveland
G. W. Ramsey
Edward Mahoney
Charlie Ross
Whitla, Sr
Whitle
Wille
Sharon
Warren
Newcastle
Ashtabula
Fialiren Park
East End
Fitch Arrives in New York After European Wanderings
Edward H. Fitch of Council Bluffs Iowa secretary of the Iowa State Insurance Company returned to New York aboard the Pannonia after four months of wandering across Europe. He credits overwork and nervous strain for memory lapse and says he did not write home, believing there would be no anxiety. Fitch learned of the concern only after exhausting his funds and seeking help from the Naples consul.
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Edward H. Fitch
Connell Bluffs
Iowa State Insurance Company
United States
Europe
New York
Pannonia
Fitch
Mr. Fitch
Balloon America vanishes over Sierra mountains after Pasadena launch
Friends of six men aboard the big balloon America from Pasadena report no word or sight of the crew since liftoff before 6 000 spectators. Relief expeditions search the Sierra Madre ranges as the basket carried by a strong current ascends, with Mojave desert as the possible final landing.
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Tournament Park
Pasadena
Cal
America
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mojave Desert
Sierras
Mrs. Atta Banner Acquitted of Murder Charge
Mrs. Atta Banner of South Omaha is acquitted of murdering her brother in law Fred Banner. The verdict sparks tears and embraces from family and friends including Marjorie King and Willis Hudspeth as attorneys Henry Murphy and Matt Gering receive praise for the defense.
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Atta Banner
South Omaha
Fred Banner
Marjorie King
Willis Hudspeth
Henry Murphy
Matt Gering
Body of Russian Found in Trunk in Rome Boarding House
Vladimir Tarasov’s body was discovered in a trunk at a Rome boarding house after about twenty three days. Medical exam indicates narcosis and suffocation. two Russians seen near him before disappearance, believed to be killers, no trace yet.
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Vladimir Tarasov
Rome
Railroads Denied New Trial in Salt Lake Conspiracy Case
The traffic official and railroads convicted at Salt Lake City in January in the U S district court for conspiracy over coal delivery refusals to an independent dealer have been denied a new trial and will be sentenced on a date to be announced.
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Salt Lake
Utah
United States District Court
Roosevelt Party Sails for Africa Aboard Hamburg and Admiral
Theodore Roosevelt leads a party aboard the Hamburg and later the Admiral of the German East Africa line toward Naples Mombasa and Nairobi. Accompanied by Kermit Roosevelt Major Edgar A Mearns and Smithsonian staff, the group departs from Hoboken amid cheers. The journey spans Africa from Kilima Theki to Gondokoro with plans to reach Cairo by spring 1910.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hamburg
Ines
Hoboken
New York Bay
Mr. Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Edgar A. Mearns
Edmund Heller
J. Alden Loring
Smithsonian Institution
Roosevelt
New York City
Teddy
John J. Timmins
James 8
Clarkson
Archibald Butt
Taft
Naples
Suez Canal
Red Sea
East Africa
Mombasa
Sir Alfred Pease
Kilima Theki
Kapiti Plains
British East African Protectorate
Africa
Nairobi
Philip MacMillan
Lake Victoria
Uganda
Gondokoro
Cairo
Suit to dissolve Standard Oil in federal court at St Louis
The federal government files a Sherman and trust law suit to dissolve Standard Oil Company of New Jersey in the Eighth Circuit at St. Louis. Judges hearing arguments are Willia Van Devan ter William C. Hook Walter H. San bom and Elmer G. Adams.
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Oi! Trust
Circuit Court of the United States
Eighth Judicial Circuit
St. Louis
Sherman and Trust
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Tuesaday
Willia van Devanter
William C. Hook
Walter H. Sanbom
Elmer G. Adams
Minera Talk on Coal Strike Plans in Scranton Meet
A tri district convention of gathracite miners opens in Scranton Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Delegates consider adopting plans to step up efforts to obtain concessions from operators amid the coal strike.
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Minera
Scranton
Coal Companies Agree New Contract to Replace Expiring Pact
The text notes a new agreement by coal companies to replace the current contract expiring March 1 amid a probable miners strike. It also mentions Lloyd Bowers named solicitor general, succeeding Henry Hoyt, with Bowers coming from Northwestern Railroad legal counsel in Chicago. A whisky warehouse fire at Searcy’s distillery in McBraynor destroyed 28 000 barrels, with damages near 300 000 dollars.
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Searcy’s
McBraynor
Six Indicted in Pittsburg Graft Cases
Six indited in Pittsburg graft cases include D C Byers a millionaire manufacturer and Councilman John F Klein already twice convicted. Other defendants are Councilman W W Weber C F Griffin bank official Charles Stewart and H J Bolger hotel owner. Klein convicted previously Brers left for Europe for health and has not returned.
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Pittsburg
D. C
Parisian strike persists as deputies back government term
France battle over Paris postal strike continues after a 345 to 138 vote in the chamber. Militant leaders seek a public confession of defeat and push to remove under secretary Simyan as a meeting delays final action by a day. Florida Beach Auto Races Begin on Daytona Beach with 21 events across four days ending in a bicycle race.
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Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Simyan
M. Bimyan
Florida Beach
Daytona
Pla.) Beach
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