Smuggling Plot Bared At Chicago In Art Treasure Case
Chicago scene centers on a Boston collector Mrs. Gardner and her associate Mrs Chadbourne as customs officials seize tapestries and rare artworks valued at thousands. Officials say the case could be the most important in years with possible outside settlements and prior payments totaling tens of thousands.
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Chicago
Jack” Gardner
Boston
Treasury Department
Government
Customs
Department
Gardner
Collectors of Customs
Emily Rockwell Crane Chadybourne
Richard T. Crane
Crane Company
Lake Geneva
Sims
Chadbourne
CG. E. Webb
Ames
United States
Thomas O'Shaughnessy
O'Shaughnessy
Department of Justice
John J.gardner
Isabella Stauart Gardner
Fenway
Emily Rockwell Crane Chadbourne
Admiral Evans Retires From Navy at Sixty Two
Read Admiral Robly D. Evans reached the age limit of 62 and retired from active service. A reception was held in his honor in Lake Mohonk New York, and he received a loving cup from Dr A S Draper, with a letter from President Roosevelt. A special dispatch from Lake Menhonk recounts the blockade anecdote about water and the Spaniards.
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Lake Mohonk
Robly D. Evans
A. S. Draper
State of New York
Admiral Evans
Roosevelt
New York
Lake Menhonk
Santiago
Iowa
TRAIN HITS AUTO KILLING MINNEAPOLIS COUPLE
Minneapolis, Aug 20. John Gluek and his wife died when their automobile stalled at a crossing near Cottagewood Lake Minnetonka and was struck by a Minneapolis and St. Louis train. Mrs Gluck died at the wreck. other auto occupants including Mrs Edward Lebaire and her two year old daughter were injured.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Gluek
Cottagewood
Lake
Minnetonka
Forest fires rage near Kimberly and Moyie in Montana border region
Forest fires burned through Tuesday night near Kimberly and Sullivan with Moyie and Ryan also under threat. Clouds and wind shift feared to worsen damage as Canadian Pacific and government crews reinforce Kimberly. Vast timber losses reported and smoke spreads across the eastern mountains.
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Winnipeg
Man
Kimberly
Says & Cranbrook Dispatch
Sullivan
Moyie
Ryan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hames
Dynamite Explosion Wounds Thirteen In Detroit Vessel
Thirteen men were seriously injured in Detroit when a dynamite charge exploded under the drill vessel Destroyer during work on the Livingstone channel. Six may die. The vessel sustained heavy damage but did not sink, and its drills were broken and twisted.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit River
Livingstone Channel
Remarkable long range rifle shooting at Camp Perry
Capt. K. K. V. Casey of the First Delaware won the Leech and Wimbledon cup matches with record scores. He shot 104 of 105 at 800 900 and 1 000 yards in the Leech cup and then 97 at 1 000 yards in Wimbledon beating the 1903 record. Also noted: James B. Hughes 87 died at Osborn Missouri once imprisoned for preaching during reconstruction.
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Camp Perry
America
K. K. V. Casey
Delaware
Leech
New York
Casey
Capt
Richard
Ohio
Missouri
Cameron
James B. Hughes
Osborn
All candidates 10 speak for ticket and Foraker resentment
In Chicago Frank Hitchcock announces that all presidential nomination candidates named at the convention will speak in the national campaign for Taft and Sherman. The list includes Fairbanks Cannon Knox LaFollette and likely Foraker. Foraker resents Ohio campaign exclusion and may skip Youngstown meeting. Sherman to open Illinois tour late September with west and east legs planned. Vermont Republicans will hear Shaw Borah and Burrows with many stops before September 1. Bryan receives Minnesota trick mule. plans a voter-education caucus and to finish speeches before leaving for Des Moines. He will tailor a labor-focused address for Chicago Labor Day.
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New York
Chicago
Taft
Sherman
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Republican
Fairbanks
Cannon
Knox
LaFollette
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Ohio
Youngstown
Hitchcock
Gen
T. Coleman du Pont
Republican National
James S. Sherman
Ilinois
Vermont
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Borah
Idaho
Burrows
Michigan
Nebraska
Gov
Hughes
Lincoln
Bryan
Middle West
Minnesota
Neb
Mr. Bryan
Minnesota State Agricultural Society
United States
Des Moines
Seventy Believed Dead In Maypole Mine Disaster
Wigan England August 20 70 miners believed killed when an explosion trapped them Tuesday at the Maypole coal mine. Four men rescued earlier were in an adjoining building. Ventilation repaired, gas cleared, 18 corpses found near shaft bottom. Families wait at pit head unable to accept hopeless outcome. Rescue teams faltered from fumes as fire raged.
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Wigan
England
Maypole
Death sentences rise across empire in 24 hours
In St Petersburg on August 20 seven more death sentences were reported, bringing the total to 26 in 24 hours across Kharkov Saratov Kiev Warsaw Plusk and Lodz. Convicts include former Black Sea fleet sailors and others convicted of robbery murder and attacks on trains and property. A separate Munich report notes a powerful new explosive tested near Munich with three electric detonations tearing Krupp armor plates, created by Fritz Gehre.
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St. Petersburg
Empire
Kharkov
Saratov
Kiev
Warsaw
Plusk
Lodz
Black Sea
Munich
Berlin
Bavarian War Ministry
Imperial Navy
Fritz Gehre
State Fair Dresses Unveiled for 20 Philadelphia Women
Columbus Ohio August 20 20 young women from Philadelphia will stroll the state fair grounds during the fair wearing directoire gowns under Miss Anna Delaney. They will wear genuine directoire dresses split up to the knee.
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Columbus
State Board of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Directoire
Anna Delaney
Japanese Spies Arrested Near Vladivostok Port
Vladi vostok reports the arrest of Japanese spies at Slavianskaia on Peter the Great bay south of Vladivostok. The detained men allegedly possessed defense plans for the port, military statistics, and topographical instruments, all submitted to the military court.
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St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Slavianskaia
Peter the Great Bay
Military force at capital reduced to 1500 troops
Springfield Aug 20 After the First and Fourth infantry regiments left riot duty the Third and Fourth infantry will depart. The force will be about 1500 men enough to handle the situation and save the state about 20000 a day. The sheriff may control security with deputies and police.
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Springfield
Deneen
Young
Adjt
Scott
Chicago & Alton’ Road
Kankakee
Harl Nelson
Fourth Infantry
Thaw not required at creditors meeting in Pittsburg
A brief notice reports Harry K. Thaw will not attend the first creditors meeting in Pittsburg on September 7. The item also notes the death of 88 year old William Selbert, a Republican organizer and delegate to the first national convention, in Pittsburg. A hotel fire at Dent's Run forces guests to jump from upper windows with no serious injuries. A duel at Rosco, Lia leaves Benjamin J. Littlepage dead and Joseph R. Littlepage seriously wounded. State troopers are sent to Kittanning to secure the Armstrong county agricultural fair at the request of the state attorney.
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Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburg
Wiliam Selbert
Republica Party
Merrilla Dent
Run
Benjamin J. Littlepage
Joseph R. Littlepage
Rosco
Lia
Kittanning
Armstrong County
Armed Posse Hunts Slaves Near Newaygo Michigan
A posse of 50 armed men surrounds a swamp near Newaygo after bloodhounds led from the Minnie Conley murder farmhouse. Conley, long known as Minnie, had lived as a housekeeper with Ward, who vanished after the stabbing. Letters in Ward’s pocket mention a wife in Jacksonville in 1908.
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Newaygo
Mich
Minnie Conley
John Conley
Conley
John Ward
Whitehall
Ward
The Markets Chicago and New York Wheat and Commodities
Chicago and New York market notes show mixed grain activity with spring wheat firming on August reports and prices around 2.60 to 4.25 for various wheat grades, corn steady to firm, oats strong, butter and eggs showing varied retail quotes, and live poultry and cheese prices listed. New York quotes reflect higher early wheat with later pressure from spring wheat news and Hungarian crop estimates, with September around 1.00 and December near 1.02.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Mun Jalycy
Osige
New York
Live Stock Prices From Chicago and South Omaha Markets
Chicago and South Omaha livestock totals show steady to mixed demand on August 19. Cattle range from prime steers at 6.75 to cows and heifers around 3.50 to 4.50, with feeders and calves in the 2.00 to 4.25 range. Hogs steady to firm, with heavy packers around 6.30 to 6.45 and mixed lots near 4.50 to 5.90. Bulls and sheep listing includes sheep at 3.90 to 4.25 and ewes 3.00 to 4.00, with ranges for stockers and calves reflected across markets.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Neb
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Jack" Gardner
Paul
Society
Case
Mrs. Gardner
Bob
John Gluck
British Columbia
Mlinois
Russia
Wiob
Gay. Deneen
George Richardson
Mabel Hallam
Gary Deneen
Chamber of Commerce
Ministers’ Association
Scott Burton
Black Belt
Woodside
Marshal
N. C
Watford Tweed
Laurel Mounte 1
Murray Tweed
Michigan Swamp
Utien
N. Y
James Duane Phelps
Syracuse University
Wurz
Phelps
Northern Christian Advocate
St. Patersburg
West
St. Joseph
Kansas
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