Smeltzer found guilty of murder in first degree
A Des Moines jury convicts John Smeltzer of murder in the first degree for killing Detective Brink Pebnage. The verdict calls for life imprisonment with hard labor at Fort Madison. Relatives express cautious satisfaction as officers react to the swift proceeding and verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smeltzer
Fort Madison
Tife
Des Moines
Cpt. S
Brink Pebnage
Smeltzer
Joe Maher
Sherman Delmege
Delmege
Elk Heads For Mid West Exalted Ruler names officers
J A Sam mis, newly elected grand exalted ruler of the BPOE Hills, announces appointments for the country. Charles C Bradley of LeMars is secretary and Albert J Davis of Salt Lake City is grand Esquire with Rev John Sullinger of Terra Haute grand chaplain. Middle western district deputies named including T J Abba Boone, Charles S Bradshaw, R R North, D L McPhee, Ike Lederer, C H Dillon, W Smelding, E A Gotterdam. Dawson returns from Hawaii. congressman A F Dawson and wife toured naval conditions and prepared an illustrated lecture for the Second district. Ray Nyemaster arrives to manage correspondence. Officials arraigned in Davenport on conspiracy to stop federal officers. $1,000 bonds set, trial at Des Moines next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
J. A. Sammis
T. J. Abba Boone
Charles S. Bradshaw
Des Moines
Nebraska
R. R. North
Grand Island
Minnesota
McPhee
Crookston
Ike Lederer
St. Paul
South Dakota
C. H. Dillon
Yankton
Wisconsin
W. Smelding
Racine
E. A. Gotterdam
Lia Crosse
Dawson
Hawaii
Freston
A .F Dawson
Hawaiian Islands
Davenport
Ingledue
Marshalltown
McPherson
Murderess is Paroled in Kansas
Lansing Oct 9 Mrs Irene Leonard aged 60, convicted of killing her second husband and sent from Vienna in 1896 under a 30 year sentence, is paroled by Governor Stubbs. Ill health cited as reason, she will relocate to Los Angeles to live with a sister.
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Lansing
Kas
Irene Leonard
Vienna
Stubbs
Leonard
Los Angeles
Pirates Win First World Series Game At Forbes Field
Pittsburg champions defeat Detroit 4 to 1 in the opening game of the world championship series at Forbes Field. Mullin and Adams pitched, Leach stars in the field, Wagner Gilson and Clarke provide timely hitting for the Pirates before a record World Series crowd.
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Forbes Field
Pittsburg
Detroit
Wagner
Gilson
Clarke
Leach
Petroit
Adams
Tommy Leach
Pirates
Cobb
Tom Jones
Texas
Mullin
Gibson
Ib. Wilson
Cepeerecreees
J. D. Jones
Bush
Crawford
Delehanty
Moriarty
Jones
McIntyre
X Behmidt
T. Jones
Wilson
Miller
Byrne
Johnstone
O'Loughlin
Iceman Proves To Be Girl In Boy's Attire
Cleveland report details Harry Roberts revealing she is Lillian Moffman a 17 year old girl who dressed as a boy for three years working in a livery stable delivering ice and driving carts. After arrest on a minor charge authorities learned her true gender leading to a confession and presentation of girl clothes by her step father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harry Roberts
Lillian Moffman
Gottlieb Meiers
East Seventy-third Street
D. Martin
Detroit Avenue
Roberts
Three fall in pistol scrap in Leona fire fight
Marinette Wisconsin October 9 three men were shot in Leona Oconto county in a street affray. Max Clepton a Kentuckian is being pursued by officers after the shooting. Wm Vanderlace was shot in the throat and back and Joseph Sargent hit in the right leg while John Loebener took a thigh wound. Vanderlace is seriously wounded. The clash reportedly grew from a quarrel between Clepton and Sargent.
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Marinette
Wis
Leona
Oconto County
Max Clepton
Wm. Vanderlace
Joseph Sargent
John Loebener
Vanderlace
Curtiss in Trial Flight at St Louis Aero Meet
Glenn H. Curtiss conducted a trial flight in a 25 horsepower biplane before a small St Louis Aero club audience. He remained aloft about ninety seconds traveling three quarters of a mile into a fresh east wind before descending due to trees on the approach. Hugh Robinson attempted a monoplane takeoff while Curzon, owner of the Farman biplane, lifted four feet off the ground. Osmont's craft had not matched that performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Glenn H. Curtiss
Osmont
Bee
Indian Chiefs Confer Over Tribal Affairs
In Muskogee Oklahoma on October 9 thirty five district Indian agents land apraisers chiefs and supervisors convened to discuss handling of Indian property. Topics included land appraisals removing restrictions fund handling from allotments transfers of land inherited by full bloods and a push for full settlement of tribal affairs including disposal of land and payment of money owed. Also reported one killed eight injured in a Waterloo Iowa area wreck when a loose plank on a Chicago Rock Island and Pacific passenger train caused a twitch. Police search Danville Illinois for a negro who assaulted Mrs Alice White in East Madison Street and may have left her near death.
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Muskogee
Okla
Waterloo
Greene
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Danville, Ill
Alice White
East Madison Street
Auto Goes Over High Bank in Kenosha Killing Two
Kenosha Wisconsin October 9 1909 Harvey Gibson 26 of Kenosha died in an auto accident near Antioch Illinois and Ted Collier 28 formerly of Racine was fatally hurt Mrs Collier and a Mrs Gardner reported injured The car ran over an embankment pinning victims underneath Gibson died at once Mrs Belle Gunness seen was reported in Dalhart Texas on an excursion train Hendrik Fritz formerly of Laporte Indiana said he saw her on a Rock Island train near Tucumcari New Mexico The veil she wore was described Mary Keegan of New York was rewarded ten thousand dollars for twenty years service to the Kerr household with further bequests to longtime staff.
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Kenosha
Wis
Harvey Gibson
Antioch
Ted Collier
Racine
Collier
Gardner
Gibson
Belle Gunness
Dalhart
Tex
Hendrik Fritz
Laporte
Ind
Rock Island
Tucumcari
New York
Mary Keegan
Thomas Barber Kerr
Witness Subpoena In Panama Canal Libel Case
Indianapolis Oct 9 A subpoena for Irving C Santer of Washington DC to testify next Monday in the hearing of Delevan Smith and Charles R Williams publishers of the Indianapolis News charged with criminal libel in the Panama canal purchase controversy was served in Washington Charles W Miller US attorney said Santer is the only witness subpoenaed while he has not been informed that William Nelson Cromwell Frank H Hitchcock or Morgan Co representatives arranged to testify without a subpoena McNamara said he may call Hitchcock Mack and Morgan representatives to testify in the Panama matter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Irving C. Santer
Washington
D. C
Delevan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Indianapolis News
Panama
Charles W. Miller
United States
Santer
Stuart McNamara
Department of Justice
New York City
New York World
Miller
William Nelson Cromwell
Frank H. Hitchcock
J. P. Morgan & Co
McNamara
Anderson
United States Court of
Hitchcock
Norman WH. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Firm
Morgan & Co
Panama Canal
Eight City Officers Haled Into Court In Iowa Case
Eight Marshalltown city officers including Mayor Oliver Ingledue and Deputy Sheriff Nason were brought before United States Judge Smith McPherson on charges of conspiring to obstruct a federal officer. Indictments allege detention of Everett Van Wert of the U S Indian Service and staging liquor investigations aimed at Indians from the Tama reservation. Bonds set at 1000 each, trial scheduled for Des Moines. A prominent anti saloon figure Ingledue faces scrutiny amid statewide temperance tensions.
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Davenport
Oliver Ingledue
Marshalltown
Nason
Samuel Wenger
Fitz Wenger
Michael Clark
Polles Sergt. Gooddale
Matthew Jones
Frank Haas
Leon McNamara
United States
Smith McPherson
Clark
McPherson
Des Moines
Mayor Ingledue
Everett BE
van Wert
United States Indian Service
Snto
VanWert
Tama
Wenger
Lquor
Pleads Guilty to Smuggling in Manila Case
Louis Grant a prominent American resident pleads guilty to opium smuggling schemes found recently. He testifies Kennedy and a Chinese banker arranged the plan and that Grant accepted a $5,000 offer to land the opium but had no other role. His testimony is part of Kennedy’s ongoing trial.
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Manila
Louis Grant
Grant
William Kennedy
Kennedy
Explosion near Paoli injures, kills locals
A dynamite blast near Paoli Indiana killed Kerr and seriously injured O P Turley of Orleans a well known contractor. The incident occurred during activity at the French Lick area and is being investigated as an accidental explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paoli
Ind
Kerr
French Lick
O. P. Turley
Orleans
Bomb at peasant wedding wounds eight in Riemke Germany
A disguised man entered a village dance in Riemke and hurled a bomb among revelers. Eight people were severely wounded and several others slightly injured. Authorities suspect jealousy as a motive. the attacker fled. Also, three men died at Canal Dover during an engine repair accident at the Pennsylvania Iron and Steel Company blast furnace.
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Riemke
Germany
Canal Dover
John Gerber
William Lang
David Harry
Pennsylvania Iron and Steel Company
Ruth Bryan Leavitt for Colorado's First District
Ruth Bryan Leavitt daughter of William Jennings Bryan has announced her candidacy for the Colorado First district congressional nomination. The report from Hutchinson Kansas notes a drought broken by rain in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bryan
Congress
Denver
Col
House of Bryan
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Colorado
Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Shakespeare Tablet Unveiled by Tree at Brewery Site
London observers gathered as a tablet marking Shakespeare's Globe site was unveiled by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree near the Bar clay Perkins brewery on the south bank of the Thames. The event drew many Shakespeare enthusiasts and marked a ceremonial nod to historic drama roots.
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London
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Barclay & Perkins Brewery
Thames
Will of J S Van Nortwick Disposes of 1 600 000 Estate
The will leaves the 1.6 million estate to be held in trust during the widow’s life. Mrs. Van Nortwick receives a 10 thousand dollar annuity, the homestead and forty thousand dollars life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton, Wis
J. S. van Nortwick
Earthquakes Struck Dalton Georgia in October
Two distinct earth shocks were felt in Dalton accompanied by a booming sound. Houses shook across the town but no damage is reported.
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Dalton
Four Die In Fire In Nashville At Jefferson Street
A fire at 721 723 Jefferson Street in Nashville claimed four lives with others rescued after flames engulfed a brick dwelling. Investigators arrested two men Jim Butter and George Harrison on suspicion, linked to a grocer on the ground floor and known for trouble with J. A. Thuss. Desperate attempts to save occupants, including W H Mustaine and family, failed for several hours as smoke and heat blocked access.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jefferson Street
W. H. Mustaine
Louisville & Washyills Railroad
Rachel Markeson
Jim Butter
George Harrison
J. A. Thuss
Navy Not a Bluff Says Admiral Dewey in Speech
Admiral George Dewey defended the American navy against claims it is a bluff. He criticized former Rep Landis for calling the fleet a bluff and urged continued ship subsidy support. Dewey argued there are no war clouds, endorsed upbuilding the navy, and noted changed views on German shipbuilding.
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Washington
George Dewey
Landis
Indiana
Cincinnati
Admiral Dewey
Crop condition report and strange crimes mix in harvest tale
Washington on October 1 reports crop conditions with corn at 73.8 quality and spring wheat at 90.5 while Kokomo Indiana records a fatal domestic attack as William Robinson killed his wife amid a 21st anniversary dispute. Korea reports cholera abating in Seoul after authorities imposed drastic controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
Celebrate Reagan's Birthday in Waco Texas
In Waco Texas on October birthday observances honored John El Reagan once postmaster general of the Confederacy and the last cabinet member to die his memory marked in the state with local notices and commemorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
John EL. Reagan
Texas
Milford man loses foot in threshing accident
In Milford Louisiana Det Perry Cummings had his foot drawn into a threshing machine and his foot was amputated above the ankle. He drew himself free from danger before help arrived.
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Milford
Perry Cummings
Felony Murder Sentences Charged at Sing Sing
New York authorities report that Frederick Schlie mann and Carlo Giro were condemned to execution at Sing Sing during the week starting November 15 for the murder of Mrs Sophia Staber. The case drew swift justice as prosecutors pursued the maximum penalty for the violent crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Get
Frederick Schliemann
Carlo Giro
Sing Sing
Sophia Staber
Spaniards Take Cape Tres Foras in Morocco
Melilla Oct 9 detachments of the Spanish expeditionary forces in Morocco occupied Cape Tres Foras, which had been in Moor possession, without incident.
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Melilla
Morocco
Morocico
Cape Tres Foreas
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Kokomo
William Robinson
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Korea
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