Hedin Explores Forbidden Land In Tibet Adventure
Swedish explorer Sven Hedin arrives in Simla after Tibet expeditions and escapes Tibetan spies by disguise. He treks 2000 miles of ice and ranges with Ladakhi guides, crossing passes and discovering Lake Chunitso and the salt lake of Tabia Tsakha, while facing frostbite and food shortages. Four Army Officers To Stand Trial At Leavenworth set for September 29.
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London
Simla
British India
Sven Hin
Tibet
Karakoram Pass
Aksat Chin Lake
Dr. Hedin
Shementso
Lem Chang Lake
Hedin
Karim
Togsto Pass
Brahmaputra
Shakangsham
Ladang
Bongda
Lake Chunitso
Tabia Tsakha
Leavenwworth
Kan
John W. Wilbreth, Jr
Winfred B. Carr
Sixth Artillery
James B. Lindsay
William J. O'Loughlin
Thirteenth Infantry
Forest Fires Wreck Camps In Pigeon River Busch Fires
Port Huron Sept 18 travelers report that Pigeon River Timber Company camps No 2 and 10 were completely burned and Mooring s camp on the Arrow river wiped out. The fires destroyed large timber areas.
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Port Huron
Pigeon River
New Claim Against Thaw Filed in Bankruptcy Court
Jane S Graham of Mcanburgh New York filed a claim of 2954.77 against Harry K Thaw with Referee in Bankruptcy in Pittsburg September 18. The claim asserts legal services and is disputed by Thaw.
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Thaw
Pittsburg
Janes P. Graham
Mcanburgh
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
W. R. Blair
Tolstoi Receives Honorary University Membership
In St. Petersburg on September 18 Count Leo Tolstoi was elected to honorary membership in the faculty of the University of St. Petersburg. The ceremony marks a notable recognition of his contributions to letters and culture.
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Count Tolstoi
St. Petersburg
Leo ‘Tolstoi
The
Universlty of
Congressman Laning Not Guilty In Awning Case Verdict
Fremont Ohio September jurors acquitted Congressman Laning after a trial lasting under an hour. He cried with emotion in court and later thanked the jurors. Laning, a Norwalk businessman and former Ohio Trust director, plans reelection while facing related misapplication and embezzlement allegations. The Gibbs trial had not yet occurred.
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Fremont
Congressman Laning
Laning
Norwalk
Ohio Trust Company
Laning Printing Company
J. C. Globs
Norwalk Savings Bank Company
Gibbs
Bryan Speaks in Delaware in Philadelphia area context
Welcoming crowds greet William J. Bryan on arrival in Wilmington from Rochester. He speaks at Harrington and Wilmington, with a late train arrival and hurried departure by auto. He plans a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall Friday night before returning to New York. National Chairman Mack discusses the broader situation en route.
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Wilmington
Del
William J. Bryan
Rochester
N. Y
Bryan
Harrington
Mack
New York
Carnegie Hall
West
Secretary Held as Slayer in Montclair Shooting
Walter C. Phillips confidential secretary to John Leonard a Montclair iron founder was held for the grand jury in 10000 bail on a manslaughter charge in Leonard's death. The shooting occurred at Leonard's home after Phillips said he found a revolver roadside and intended to show it to Leonard, claiming the incident was an accident.
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Newark
N. J
Walter C. Phillips
John Leonard
Steel and Iron
Montclair
Delagrange Near Record Flight in Isay Aerial Test
Paris reports Leon Delagrange stayed aloft for 30 minutes 20 seconds in his aeroplane and hopes to surpass Wright brothers records on both sides of the Atlantic. Le Mans notes Wilbur Wright tested his machine for a protracted flight, covering 4600 yards in 6 minutes 43 seconds. A Pittsburgh dinner marks a 16 million dollar distribution among four children in a gold wedding event. In Decatur a farmer shot and killed Mrs Edna McClelland in front of a child, then attempted suicide.
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Paris
Isay
Leon Delagrange
Wright Brothers
le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Pittsburg
W. H. Singer
Allegheny County
Singer
Decatur
Edna McClelland
John Cook
Philo
McClelland
Revolters Near Freedom Reported In California Jail Plot
Los Angeles authorities disclose a plotted jailbreak by Magnon Villareal and Rivera, alleged Mexican revolutionists, uncovered in time to thwart the plan while the trio is confined in the county jail.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Magnon
Villareal
Rivera
Ex Banker Under Arrest in New York Theft Case
A. F. Bonelli, ex banker from Cleveland Ohio, arrived in New York as a prisoner aboard the Afghan Prince. He is charged with stealing eighty thousand dollars. The arrest follows his travel from Brazil where he had been located before extradition.
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New York
A. F. Bonelli
Cleveland
Brazil
Dense Chicago fog causes multi wrecks injuring scores
A heavy Chicago fog halted trains and caused five wrecks from the Illinois Central to the Chicago & North Western. At least two people died and many were injured as trains collided and stopped services at Seventy-ninth Street Maple Avenue Oak Park and other locations. Wrecks also occurred on the Metropolitan West Side Elevated and the Northwestern line with several workers among the injured.
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Chicago
Dasath
Eric Arndsen
Christiania
Norway
Illinois Central Railroad
Seventy-ninth Street
John Peterson
Townsend Street
Chicago & Northwestern
Gross Park
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago
Maple Avenue
Oak Park
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Road
Metropolitan West Side
Metropolitan
Garfield Park
Metropolitan West Side Side
Thomas Shunney
St. Anthony de Padua Hospital
Chicago & North Stern
Clybourn Junction
St. Paul
Bellevernon
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
Gibsonton
Princess to Ask Divorce in Desertion Case
Paris September 18 Princess de Broglie wife of Prince Robert de Broglie announced she would sue for divorce on grounds of desertion and pursue an action against the prince’s parents for an allowance for their baby daughter. Blodgett Missouri September 18 Mrs Harria Stagner was arrested on a charge of being an accessory to the murder of her husband killed from an ambush.
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Paris
Princess de Broglie
Prince Robert de Broglie
Blodgett, Mo
Harria] Stagner
World Peace Meeting in Berlin Aims at Arbitration
In Berlin the Interparliamentary Union gathered in the Reichstag to discuss world peace through arbitration. Frederick Passy and Randolph Cremer founded the union, with Prince von Bulow and David Jayne Hill among the attendees. Bulow urged cooperation, noting Germany’s support for a prize court and a permanent court of arbitration.
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Berlin
Germany
Interparliamentary Union
Reichstag
Frederick Passy
Randolph Cremer
England
Union
Prince von Bulow
Passy
Paris
David Jayne Hill
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Herr Eckhoff
Prince Heinrich von Schoenaich-Carolath
Prince Bulow
Bulow
Quarantine on Texas Fever Hoped to Be Raised
Washington Sept. 18 The twelfth annual meeting of the Interstate Association of Livestock Sanitary Boards recommends lifting the federal quarantine against cattle in parts of Virginia North Carolina Tennessee and Oklahoma pending Secretary Wilson approval. The move follows eradication efforts and cites cattle in these areas as free from Texas fever. The association also urges closing public watering troughs during glanders outbreaks and substituting hydrants in private buckets, plus state funding to manufacture and distribute a hog cholera vaccine and steps to curb tuberculosis in cattle herds.
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Washington
Interstate Association of Livestock Sanitary Boards
Wilson
Association
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Clean City for Fleet Arrival
Manila today reported a drop in cholera cases, boosting hopes to clean the city before the Atlantic fleet arrives. The fire department joins in sanitation with chemical engines for house disinfection, four engines in service, and 100 extra inspectors helping eradicate the disease.
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Manila
Dingman
Alleged Swindler Caught in Toronto Ontario
A man giving the name J Bellamy of Chicago but believed to be McFarland was arrested in Toronto on Thursday. Police say he admitted his identity and link to a swindle against Mrs J A Patten of Evanston Illinois, where she paid over $20 000 for rare books he claimed to have for sale.
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Toronto
Ont
J. Bellamy
Chicago
McFarland
J. A. Patten
Evanston
Bellamy
British Crew Revolt And Gun Sights Destroyed At Sea
The crew of the British cruiser Gibraltar destroyed gun sights in protest after being called out at night for a daytime evolution. All crew privileges including smoking and canteen use were halted until culprits are found. In Michigan City Edward Quirk, a penitentiary guard, was murdered by a burglar in his home as his wife awoke to a disturbance. The slayer escaped. New York reports Miss Helen Maloney and Arthur Herbert Osborne’s marriage is annulled with a final decree.
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London
Gibraltar
Australia
Indiana
Michigan City
Ind
Edward Quirk
Quick
Nis
Wrights Aeroplane Crash Kills Lieut Selfridge
Washington dispatch reports Orville Wright and Lieut Thomas H Selfridge suffered a fatal crash during a two man flight at Fort Myer. Selfridge died from skull fracture, Wright injured but not critically. both were taken to fort hospital. Selfridge, 26, U S Army, had long worked in aeronautics with the Aerial Experiment Association and helped build the Red Wing.
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Washington, D. C
Fort Myer
Orville Wright
Thomas
Selfridge
Signal Corps
Army
Weigh
Mr. Wright
Watters
New York
Fort
Wright
Wrnyne
Fifth Field Artillery
Alexander Graham Bell
Aerial Experiment Association
Hammondsport
Red Wing
Association
Admiral Sperry Cuts Atlantic Fleet Coal Estimate
Washington cablegram says Admiral Sperry will have saved 76000 dollars worth of coal for the Atlantic fleet during its world voyage as it nears the U S east coast. Navy department notes reduce coal consumption by 80000 tons from Hampton Roads to New York.
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Washington, D
Admiral Sperry
Navy Department
United States
Sperry
Department
Hampton Roads
New York
Robbers Hold Up Italians in Kansas Freight Car
Six Black men surrounded a freight car in Muncie near here and robbed eight Italian railway laborers of $200 in recently received pay checks. Samuel Chudbeare exchanged shots with the assailants and was seriously hurt in the confrontation.
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Kansas City
Muncie
Kan
Samuel Chudbeare
Edward Sends Friendship Telegram To Turkish Sultan
A September telegram from King Edward to the Ottoman sultan on the throne’s anniversary stirred public interest. The communication, noted for its friendly tone, appears aimed at offsetting moves by Emperor William.
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Edward
Constantinople
Turkey
William
Quinby Nominated for New Hampshire Governor by Republican Convention
The New Hampshire Republican Convention in Concord nominated Henry D. Quinby of Laconia for governor after two ballots. Quinby led on the decisive ballot with a five vote margin, after 272 votes were cast in a field of 385 needed for nomination. Rosecrans W. Pillsbury of Dondenderry placed strong second.
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New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Henry D. Quinby
Laconia
Quinby
Rosecrans W. Pillsbury
Dondenderry
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Iajury
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Albion
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Henry Brennan
Perry Shelits
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Ann Arbor
Here
Leslie Scharter
Traverse City
Bader
Summer
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Count van Bulow
Teuton
Detroit
Twentieth Street
Michigan Central Railroad
Central
M. J. Theisen
William Watson
John Roach
Parker Webb & Co
Central Lumber Company
John J. Knickerbocker
Hisgen
Hearst
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Kentucky
Independence Party
Phoenix Hill Park
Thomas L. Hisgen
William Randolph Hearst
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Association of Livestock Sanitary Boards
Lieut. Selfridge
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