Black Hand War on Cities After New York Detective Martyr
New York reports a nationwide drive against Black Hand operatives after Lieut. Joseph Petrosini was murdered in Palermo. Inspector McCafferty orders arrests in major cities. Detroit and Pittsburg launch roundups. officials vow continued action and immigration-law reform to curb criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Petrosini
Palermo
Sicily
Petrosini
United States
McCafferty
Black Hand
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
San Francisco
Pittsburg
Baltimore
St. Louis
New York City
Woods
Heart of
Secret Service
Congress
Griscomed
Washington
Italy
State Department
Petrosino
Griscom
Rome
Mar
McQuaide
Detroit
Mich
Smith
Wealthy recluse murdered near Valparaiso Neb
O W Brown aged 70 a wealthy recluse living three miles from Valparaiso Neb was murdered robbers sacked his house in an early report dated March 15. The incident outlines a violent crime with property theft and an investigation likely underway.
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Valparaiso, Neb
O. W. Brown
Traveling cabinet to tour the nation under Taft
President Taft plans frequent inspections by cabinet heads. War Secretary Dickinson will inspect the Panama Isthmus, Interior Secretary Ballinger Alaska public lands, Navy Secretary Mayer navy yards, Agriculture Secretary Wilson state experiment stations and western packing houses. Other posts’ schedules are to be announced as the traveling president keeps them moving.
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Washington
Mar
Taft
Dickinson
Panama
Canal
Ballinger
Alaska
Meyer
Wilson
Hitchcock
Treasury
MacVeagh
Wickersham
Knox
Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Rockefeller backs anti saloon push in New England
Providence Rhode Island March 15 John D Rockefeller finances the anti saloon movement to divert attention from Standard Oil and big trusts, according to William F Maines Rhode Island Retail Liquor Dealers Association president. He urges retailers to meet in Providence Saturday to discuss counter strategies and funding sources behind the agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Standard Oil Corporation
John OD. Rockefeller
William F. Maines
Rhode Island Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
New England
Mr. Maines
John D. Rockefeller
Graft Probers Indict Many in Oneida County
Utica N Y March 13 the grand jury returned indictments in the graft investigation. F B Swancott chairman of the Republican county committee and a supervisor faces two felony counts and one grand larceny count. John Collins a furniture dealer faces felony and perjury counts. Ex Sheriff S J Jones a Democrat draws eight indictments five for larceny and three for felony. A H Van de Walker Democratic clerk faces grand larceny and felony charges. One sealed indictment also listed.
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Utica
N. Y
Oneida County
Supreme Court
F. B. Swancott
Republican County Committee
John Collins
S.J. Jones
A. H. van de Walker
Board of Supervisors
Japan Cuts Budget in Major Slashing Move
Tokyo March 1. The 1909 10 budget passed by the house of peers in the form sent by the house of representatives with no amendments. Premier Katsura continues retrenchment policy. The plan saves about 178 million dollars by delaying for 11 years work already undertaken across government departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
House of Peers
House of Representatives
Katsura
Hatters Union Enjoined Over Return-to-Work Dispute
New York papers report Samuel Mundheim Company lawsuit served on John A. Moffitt president of United Hatters of North America. He and 60 officers must show cause in Trenton March 29 why they should not be restrained from fining and intimidating members seeking to return to plants amid ongoing strike. In Union City Tennessee a fugitive night rider, Hirschal Hogg, confessed killer Quenten Rankin surrendered to jailer after escaping Dresden.
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New York
Samuel Mundheim Company
John A. Moffitt
United Hatters of North America
Orange
N. J
Moffit
United Hatters
Trenton
Union
City
Tenn
Hirschel Hogg
Quenten Rankin
Walnut Log
Dresden
Children Burn to Death in West Virginia Fire
In Normantown Gilmore county two Granville Miller children aged two years and one month died in a house fire while the parents were away. Mrs Miller returned to find the dwelling in ashes.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Granville Miller
Normantown
Gilmore County
Striking Anthracite Miners Plan April 1 Action
Philadelphia reports that three anthracite district executive boards meeting in Central Labor Union hall plan a Scranton convention on March 23 to set new terms replacing the current agreement expiring March 31. President Lewis, returning from Indianapolis, discusses miners wage demands and an eight hour day as operators brace for potential action on April 1.
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Philadelphia
Miners’ Union
Central Labor Union
Scranton
Lewis
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Anthracite Coal
Coal Roads
Minneapolis Man Ends His Life in Grand Union Hotel Room
New York March 15. A man registered as J W Peterson Minneapolis shot and killed himself in a room at the Grand Union hotel here Saturday.
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Minneapolis
New York
J. W. Peterson
Grand Union Hotel
Hill Wins Control of Crow's Nest Pass Railway Road
At the annual meeting in Toronto on March 15 Crow's Nest Pass Coal and Railway Company announced James J Hill had secured control of the road. The move centralizes management and enhances expansion plans for the Canadian route.
Paris Telegraph Strike Puts City In Blackout
Paris was cut off from telegraphic contact with the outside world after a general strike began Saturday afternoon. About 400 operators quit, some stations were guarded by troops, and authorities planned to call in the military amid threats by M. Pataud of the Electrical union to plunge Paris into darkness.
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Paris
Central Telegraphic Bureau
Post Office
M. Pataud
Electrical Union
Monte Carlo duelists death as surprise ends in suicide
Fernand Ravenez a famed Parisian duelist and wealthy youth killed himself at Monte Carlo after hosting a late night party. During the gathering he declared a grand surprise and then, as the Gypsy orchestra played a Hungarian rhapsody, he placed a pistol to his temple and fired, dying at dawn.
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Paris
Fernand Ravenez
Monte Carlo
Ravenez
Banker's Son Fights Bandits In Safe Looting Duel
In Rockford Illinois on March 15 Charles Whiting and his son Ivan confronted four yeggmen attempting to loot a Roscoe bank and elevator safe. The elder fired from one side while the son fired a repeating shotgun from the other as robbers fled. One assailant reportedly shot. Separate report from Galena Kansas notes Harry Davis, a prominent merchant, shot and captured while attempting to blow open the Miners State Bank safe. his partner escaped.
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Rockford
Ill
Charles Whiting
Roscoe
Beloit
Ivan
Whiting
Galena
Kan
Harry Davis
Miners’ State Bank
Davis
Seismic Activity Reported in Manila Region
Local seismographs recorded a serious quake lasting from 7 26 to 9 40 with disturbance estimated over 10000 kilometers distant. The event affected Manila and surrounding areas as experts monitor aftershocks.
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Manila
Mar
Necklace Case Dismissed in Omaha Police Replevin
The replevin suit against Capt. Dunn of the Omaha police to recover the Heinze pearl necklace valued at $100,000 was dismissed when called in the justice court. The case occurred on March 15 in Omaha Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Dunn
Police Department
Heinze
Justice Court
Russ Newspaper Confiscated Over Tolstoi Excerpt
In St Petersburg on March 15 the Russ newspaper was confiscated after publishing extracts from Count Tolstoi's last work Christianity and the Death Penalty. The action highlights government restrictions on literary material deemed subversive or offensive by authorities.
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Russ
St. Petersburg
Count Tolstoi
Kansas Supreme Court Affirms City Commission Form
Topeka, March 15. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Saturday that the commission form of government for cities is valid. The decision arose from a Wichita suit challenging the form.
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Topeka
Kan
State Supreme Court
Kansas
Wichita
Wheat
Intervention in Central America Talks Under Consideration
Washington and Mexico face a potential joint intervention in Central America over the peace pact with the five republics. America and Mexico helped broker the agreement but were not parties to it, with any enforcement likely arising from duty to uphold terms. Navy scouts may be deployed if communications stay cut, while reports and naval movements unfold around Bluefields and Managua.
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Washington
America
Mexico
Central America
Zelaya
Navy Department
United States
Nicaragua
Bluefields
Guantanamo
Mexico City
Salvador
Momotombo
Presidente
Federico Gamboa
Mexican State Department
Camboa
de la Barra
Cuba
Gamboa
Diaz
Chapultepec
Three Killed in Collision Near Newton New Jersey
Three men died when a Lehigh & Hudson drill engine collided with ore cars that had broken away from a mine engine near Newton New Jersey on Saturday.
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Newton
N. J
Mar
Lehigh & Hudson
Fire Caused 50 000 Loss in Oriskany Falls
A Saturday fire of mysterious origin swept through the business district of Oriskany Falls New York causing about 50000 in damages. Utica dispatch said the blaze damaged several storefronts and disrupted local commerce while investigators sought the cause.
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Utica
N. Y
Oriskany Falla
Professional Cards Attorney at Law in Atlantic Iowa
Professional cards for a lawyer in Atlantic Iowa advertise specialties in abstracts opinions titles real estate and probate law located at the corner of 4th and Chestnut Streets.
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4Th & Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Iowa
Atlantic Musson Office Contact Details
Suite 2 Gillespie Building Musson Phone Office 396 Atlantic.
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Gillespie Building
Musson
Atlantic
Res
Atlanta area hospital listing notes contact numbers
Formerly interne hospital state university of iowa contact details include house phone 461 black and office 263 black in atlanta area listings.
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Atlantia
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Indy
Rockefeller
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Oil King
Japan
Mikado
Hatters’ Union
Cleveland
Voy
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
Clovis
Melcher’s
Atlantic, Iowa
G. R. Miller
C. G. Clark
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic
Opera House
T. B, Swan
DR. C. L, Campbell
Ben A. Wood
Co. W. Savery Abstracted
U. S. Mullins
X-Ray Laboratory
Charles D. Finley
Josephine Cook
Finley
Chestnut St
Butler
M. H. Butler
J. A. Giffens
Thurman, Farn
W. M. Bailey
Bell
Iucessoriture’ ‘Company
East Fifth Street
Atlant
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