Balkan Conference Moves Forward Amid Balkan Tensions
London reports indicate Great Britain backs a conference on the eastern crisis while Balkans seek a restrained approach. Serbia backs a conservative line and Iswolsky hints at a limited scope. Isolates Bulgaria and Austria Hungary focus. Russia cautious. Asquith reiterates no unilateral changes to treaties. Belgrade assembly backs the government and extends support, sending a wartime credit to Montenegro.
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London
Near East
Servia
Great Britain
Balkans
Bulgaria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Servian National Assembly
Austria-Hungary
Balkan
Constantinople
M. Iswolsky
Austria- Hungary
Grey
Foreign Office
Asquith
Turkey
Belgrade
Skupshtina
Montenegrin National Assembly
Ministry of War
Crushed to Death by Auto in Brooklyn Incident
Martin Conly Jr., an employee of the comptroller's office and son of ex assemblyman Martin Conly of Brooklyn, was crushed to death when a 60 horsepower automobile left the road at about 40 miles an hour, leaped an iron fence, and landed inverted.
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New York
Martin Conly, Jr
Comptroller’s Office
Martin Conly
Brooklyn
Policeman Killed by Burglars in Waterloo Alley
Policeman Fred F. Widman was shot by burglars at work in the rear of a store during an early Sunday patrol in Waterloo. He died later in a hospital.
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Waterloo
Get
Fred F. Widman
Arrival of Gen Swoon with vast force for fleet reception
Amy reports Gen Swoon arrives from Foochow with 1500 soldiers and 200 cadets to take part in the reception for the American battleship fleet. The event signals strong allied show of support as the fleet reaches the port on October 12.
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Amy
Swoon
Foochow
Michigan Team Develops Batting Stress at Right Moment and Wins
Chicago suffers a 8 to 3 defeat as Detroit rallies late in the game. Mullin walks and McIntyre singles, Crawford walks, Cobb homers, then Schaefer and Thomas drive in runs to push Detroit ahead. Mordecai Brown relieves Pfeister and halts the Tigers briefly before Detroit adds two runs in the eighth. Umpires O'Day and Sheridan.
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Michigan
Chicago
Detroi Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Detroit
Mullin
McIntyre
Crawford
Cobb
Rossman
Schaefer
Thomas
Chance
Pfeister
Mordecai Brown
Tigers
Coughlin
Jack Pfeister
McIintyre
O'Leary
Sheepard
Evers
Schulte
J. J
Steinfeldt
Hofman
Tinker
Kling
Pfeisser
Brown
O’day
Sheridan
Taft Campaigns in Ohio On Labor and Tariff
Taft toured Ohio on his first day of campaigning, delivering brief speeches in Zanesville Crooksville and Rossville. He pressed Republican good times and Democratic hard times to farmers, urged higher tariffs on pottery exports, and challenged voters in Democratic regions to cite Republican past failures.
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Zanesville
Taft
Ohio
Crooksville
Rossville
Mr. Taft
Bryamn Ready for State Tour Hints at 700 Speeches
William J. Bryan, in Fairview Nebraska, prepares for a three day state tour starting after greeting local leaders and addressing Nebraska University students. He boards a special train at Ontario and departs for the state with 700 speeches slated. A funeral notice interrupts plans with the death of Missouri national committeeman William A. Rothwell. Bryan names Lincoln mayor Frank W. Brown as his representative. Balloon Over Michigan: A large high altitude balloon with a passenger seen passing north of Rochester, Michigan, with unclear origin.
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Fairview
Neb
Tor
Wiliam
Mgr. Bryan
William A. Rothwell
Missouri
Frank W W. Brown
Lincoln
Michigan
Rochester
Mich
Wright Decoration Sought for Wilbur Wright
The Journal Mor day appealed to the government to decorate Wilbur Wright, the American aviator, with the Legion of Honor in recognition of his success in aerial navigation. Cholera Epidemic Dying. St. Petersburg reports 65 new cases and 2 deaths in the past 24 hours.
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Wright
Mor Day
Wilbur Wright
Legion of Honor
St. Petersburg
Thaw Denied Jury Trial Returns to Matteawan Asylum
Harry Thaw remains at Matteawan State Hospital for the criminal insane after a Supreme Court Justice denied a jury trial on the sanity question. Thaw’s counsel appealed to the state Court of Appeals and will present no further evidence until a ruling is made. District Attorney Jerome was absent from court, and an order was issued for Thaw to appear in Pittsburgh in bankruptcy actions. Mme Nord Alexis died in Port au Prince after a short illness. her funeral plans include a national service. Seamen from the Sirocco were reportedly found safe in Boston. lumberman John Morrison, long a major timber trader, died in Calumet at 67.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry Khaw
State Hospital
Matteawan
Court of Appeals
Mills
Supreme Court
Thaw
New York State Court of Appeals
Matieawan Asylum
Jerome
New York
Pittsburg
United States
Aon
W. R. Blair
Harry K. Thaw
Mme
Nord Alexis
Port-Au-Prince
Jiaiti
Cape Haitien
Alexis
Balloon crash in Berlin race wounds two Americans
In an international balloon event near Schmargendorf the Conqueror carrying A. Holland Forbes and Augustus Post ripped at 4,009 feet. The balloon collapsed but the basket survived the roof impact with only minor injuries. The chaos stunned 80,000 spectators as 23 balloons competed across several nations. A separate incident near Mestrendorf, Prussia, saw the Montana envelope slip at 6,000 feet but a safe landing with no injuries.
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Berlin
Schmargendorf
A. Holland Forbes
Augustus Post
Forbes
Mestrendorf
Province of
Saxony
Prussia
Montana
Senator Elkins denies engagement rumor involving daughter
Witlsburg report quotes United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins declaring an alleged interview about Miss Katherine Elkins and the duke of the Abruzzi is false. He says neither his wife nor he could issue such a statement and that no engagement has been announced or exists.
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Witlsburg
United States
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Katherine Elkins
Abruzzi
Elkins
W. Va
Europe
America
Drowned in Wine Vat at Ocidental Ranch
Mrs. George Coller wife of a rancher in Oc cidental drowned after climbing to the edge of a large wine vat on the Collier ranch winery in Santa Rosa California on October 13.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
George Coller
Occidental
Collier Ranch
Assassination Bomb Plot Targets Police Officer in Chicago
An attempted assassination of a police officer via a dynamite filled bomb sent in Chicago was disclosed on Monday. Gen Stuart refused to discuss details or identify the officer or his rank, while officials kept information scarce amid rumors linked to the Averbuch case and gambling-house bombings.
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Chicago
Daie
Sturt
Chiang
Averbuch
Stuart
Ike Pryor Heads Committee
The Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress executive committee met in San Francisco on October 13 and set Denver as the August 1909 meeting site. Officers were elected: Chairman Ike T. Pryor of San Antonio Texas. Vice-Chairman I Dutton of Denver. Secretary Arthur F. Francis of Cripple Creek Colorado. Treasurer James Dahlman of Omaha.
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San Francisco
Trans-Missississippi Commercial Congress
Denver
Ike T. Pryor
San Antonio
Texas
I. ‘Duitton
Arthur FF. Francis
Cripple Creek
Col
James ©. Dahlman
Omaha
F. Dd
Fleming
Kansas City
J. B. Case
Abilens
Kas
H. D. Loveland
FE. F. Harris
Calveston
J. D. Phelan
Arthur RR. Briggs
J. S. Brady
Pocatello
Idaho
W. O. Hart
New Orleans
John Henry Smith
Salt Late City
Utah
J. W. Creech
Herington
Kans
Thomas F. Walsh
Ike ‘T. Pryor
Arthur R. Uriggs
Fred PD. Fleming
John Barrett
Portland
Ore
New Effort to Free Billik Seeks Supreme Court Appeal
Assistant State's Attorney James J. Barbour of Chicago, now admitted to the US Supreme Court bar, plans a motion to dismiss Herman Billik's case in Cook County Illinois for killing Uzral family members. The motion rests on a March act requiring a trial judge certificate of reasonable proceedings for criminal appeals to the high court. Billik faces execution.
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Washington
James J. Barbour
Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Herman Billik
Cook County
Mllnois
Uzral
Barbour
Supreme Court
Rillik
Creek Indians Suffer Deadly Disease Scourge
New York October 13 news reports a contagious deadly disease attacking Creek tribes along James and Hudson bays. Alanson Skinner brought the information, noting heavy losses among men women and children.
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New York
James and
Hudson Bays
Alanson Skinner
Abstracts and opinions on titles and probate law in Atlantic IA
Report from the Corner of 4th and Chestnut Streets Atlantic Iowa referencing probate law and title opinions. Includes historic hospital and university ties, with contact details and office locations.
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4Th
Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Iowa
Chestnut Sts
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