Bank Robbers Escape With Large Sum Initially Reported
Chicago received word of a $27,090 reward for two bank robbers who escaped with about $150,000 in Illinois. Police believe the suspects fled to avoid capture and may still possess most of the Bank of Montreal haul from New Westminster B C while smaller notes were spent or swapped for American currency. Four of six suspects were already in custody in various cities including New York Toronto Detroit and Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Burns
Bank of Montreal
New Westminster
B. C
Creece
McWeeny
John McNamara
New York
Jimmy Walsh
Red Dayton
Toronto
Indictments for White Slavers in Detroit Federal Court
Forty indictments against 32 persons were returned by a federal court jury in Detroit. Twenty face white slavery charges. Among other cases is an indictment of William Ferguson, a cripple, for murder on the high seas. He shot Canadian Immigration Inspector Herbert on a ferry between Detroit and Windsor weeks ago. The punishment under U.S. law is death, though Michigan has not inflicted capital punishment in years.
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Detroit
Mich
William Ferguson
High Seas
Ferguson
Herbert
Windsor
United States
Michigan
Mystery accomplice linked in Snead murder case
Amerilla Texas September 17 The identity of a mysterious accomplice who planned with J B Snead for the murder of A G Boyce Jr on Saturday is discussed here in relation to Snead second killing tied to the elopement last fall of Boyce's wife. It is believed Snead will be taken to Fort Worth for trial for the murder on January 13 of Captain Al G Boyce the victims father. The trial date is set for November.
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Amerilla
Tex
J. B. Snead
A. G. Boyce, Jr
Snead
Boyce
Fort Worth
Capain
Lafayette City Revokes Street Car Franchise
Lafayette Indiana city council revoked the franchise of the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company to operate street cars on several city streets. The action was taken due to the company's failure to comply with grant provisions.
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Lafayette
Ind
Fort Wayne and
Northern Indiana Traction Company
Shots Injure Man in Burglar Arrest Near Indianapolis
David Bryan of Saginaw Michigan was shot in the left leg by a policeman responding to a burglar call. Bryan did not halt and was struck twice, with both leg bones above the ankle shattered.
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Indianapolis
Ind
David Bryan
Saginaw
Mich
Bryan
Pirates Thwarted Near Hewngshan Steamer Kwalpine
Pirates planned to seize the steamer Kwalpine bound for Hewngshan at the mouth of the West river but were thwarted by a timely arrival of a warship.
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Hong Kong
Kwalpine
Hewngshan
West River
Grose to Head DePauw University
Rev. Dr George R. Grose pastor of Grace M. E. church announced his acceptance of the presidency of DePauw University at Green Castle. Grose is a native of West Virginia.
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Grose
DePauw
Baltimore
George R. Grose
Grace M. &. Church
DePauw University
Green Castle
West Virginia
Monument offered for Wright in Auvers by Aero Club
The Aero Club of France opened a subscription to erect a monument to the late Wilbur Wright at Auvers near Paris. The project honors his pioneering flights in France and preserves his memory for aviation history.
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Wright
Paris
The
Aero Club of France
Wilbur Wright
Auvers
France
Phoenix Police Chief Slain in Plaza Knife Attack
In Phoenix two brawlers stabbed Policeman Williams and J Valenzuela during a city celebration. Chief Moore intervened, was mortally wounded, and died after firing a final shot that felled bystander Scott Price. the attackers fled amid chaos.
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Washington
War Department
Steevar
Mexico
Douglas
Ariz
el Tigre
Nacozari
Rogas
Salazar
Nacorazi
Phoenix
Williams
J. Valenquela
Moore
Scott Price
Perkins Named Leading Spirit Behind Agricultural Trust
Minutes submitted to the government show George W. Perkins as the driving force in forming the International Harvester Company in 1902 and in purchasing rivals. Records reveal him as active agent in acquiring plants, including D. M. Osborne & Co., which advertised as independent after acquisition. The contract for Osborne was signed by Perkins as finance committee chair.
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Chicago
International Flatveter Company
Agricultural Implement Combine
Edwin P. Grosvenor
George W. Perkins
Combine
Grosvenor
Trust
D. M. Osborne & Co
Osborne Company
Perkins
International Harvester Company
861 Die in Big Battle Near Derne Italy
Itome Italy September 20 The bloodiest engagement of the war in Tripoli occurred near Derne on the Mediterranean coast. Italian forces suffered 61 dead and 113 wounded while Turkish and Arab forces left many dead on the field.
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Itome
Italy
Tripoli
Derne
Mediterranean
Bengazi
No Tariff on Dictionaries Promotes Language Study
James E. Curtis acting secretary of the treasury authorized dictionaries to be admitted free, an advance step to encourage learning of foreign languages by the American people.
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Washington
James E. Curtis
Secretary of the Treasury
Szabo Estate Dwindles Away in Austria Case
New York on September 17 reports charges that seven thousand one hundred dollars of the ten thousand dollar estate of Countess Rosa Szabo has vanished. The Austrian consul is examining the affair and efforts are under way to locate the missing funds.
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Szabo
New York
Rosa Szabo
Prominent Counsel Hinted For Money Trust Hearings
New York September 20 officials indicate J Pierpont Morgan Charles W Morse and other financiers will be among first witnesses when the money trust investigation resumes in mid November The list includes William Rockefeller James Stillman Thomas F Ryan George F Baker Otto T Barnard William Nash and Walter E Frew with Major Farrar and Mr Untermyer preparing for further testimony on the Oriental National Morse banks collapse and alleged fund control.
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New York
Money Trust
House Committee On Banking and Currency
J. Pierpont Morgan
Charles W. Morse
White
House of Representatives
Messrs. Morgan
Morse
William Rockefeller
James Stillman
Thomas F. Ryan
George F. Baker
First National Bank
Otto T. Barnard
New York Trust Company
William Nash
Walter E. Frew
Corn Exchange Bank
Clearing House Committee
Mr. Nash
Oriental National Bank
Morse Banks
National of North America
New Amsterdam
Mechanics and Traders
Frew
Maj. E. Hf. Farrar
New Orleans
American Bar Association
Untermyer
Major Farrar
Mr. Untermyer
Oriental and Morse
Ex Senator Hernando Money Dies at 74 in Mississippi
Biloxi Mississippi September 20 Former United States Senator Hernando de Soto Money who led Mississippi politics for years died at his home after an illness of araemic poisoning He was seventy four years old Money served two terms in the Senate and retired after becoming blind choosing to live on the gulf coast rather than seek a third term
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Biloxi
Miss
United States
Hernando de Soto Money
Mississippi
Here
Ife
Money
Senate
Gulf Coast
Street car strike moves toward city ownership action
In Duluth on Sept. 19 the city council authorized the legal department to initiate seizure of the street railway as city property, with the resolution taking effect. In New Rochelle on Sept. 17 Martha Layman lies dying after a stray rifle shot from a young woman snipe hunter.
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Duluth
Minn
City Legal Department
Duluth Street Railway
New Rochelle
N. Y
Martha Layman
Mail train robbery shocks Memphis and Alabama
Five bandits hijacked the New York and Memphis fast mail on the Southern railway at Stevens Gap Alabama, stealing registered letters and valuables worth about 100000. They entered by ruse, bound four clerks, then fled. Passengers unhurt. a posse hunts the culprits. In Council Bluffs Iowa H K Robine pleads guilty to Maybray gang frauds, sentence suspended after admitting involvement in fake wrestling bets.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York
Robine
Council Bluffs
H. K. Robine
Maybray
Standard Oil Maintains Control of Buckeye Pipe One
New York Sept. 19 Officers and employees of the Standard Oil company are still in command of the Buckeye Pipe One company, a former subsidiary, according to D S Bushnell.
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Standard Oil
New York
Standard Oil Company
Buckeye Pipe One Company
D. 3. Bushnell
Socialist mayor elected in Fair Hope Alabama
J F Johnston a Socialist won the mayoral race in Fair Hope Alabama over incumbent N B Green as the town on Mobile Bay elects leaders in a single tax experiment on September 19.
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Mobile
Ala
J. F. Johnston
Fair Hope
Mobile Bay
Green
British Warship Accident Kills One on Edward VII
An unofficial report from London says one man was killed and several injured when a gun exploded on the British dreadnought Edward VII during firing near the colony of Colon.
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London
Colon
Sickles Spurns Wife After Pawn Debt Settlement
Maj Gen Daniel Sickles refuses to see his estranged Spanish wife who pawned her jewels to save his debts. Mrs Sickles, with her son, sought entry to the Marlton house but was barred by orders from Miss Wilmerding, the longtime housekeeper.
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New York
Daniel E. Sickles
General Sickles
Sickles
Stanton
Sckies
Lincoln Trust Company
Jeanor Farle Wilmerding
Miss Wilmerding
Wealthy banker Morrison ends life at Baltimore club
George A. Morrison president of the Title Guaranty and Trust company killed himself in a Baltimore Athletic Club private room by inhaling gas through a tube. He was about forty, married, a prominent figure in Baltimore business and politics and a horse racing enthusiast connected to Havre de Grace. The coroner seized a note he left, citing newspaper publicity of his racing interests as a motive.
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Baltimore
George A. Morrison
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Baltimore Athletic Club
Havre de Grace
Progressives Are Dropped From Republican Committee
In a unanimous act at the Hotel Manhattan the Republican national committee ousted seven members for heresy and disloyalty to President Taft. Fourteen members attended or were represented. among those expelled are Borden D. Whiting of New Jersey William J Edwards of West Virginia Richmond Pearson of North Carolina and Russ Avery of California. Those who resigned include Walter F. Brown of Ohio Sherman Granger C. C. Priestly of Oklahoma and J. A. Caswell of Minnesota.
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New York
Republican National Committee
Manhattan
Taft
Borden D. Whiting
New Jersey
William J. Edwards
West Virginia
Richmond Pearson
North Carolina
Russ Avery
California
Walter F. Brown
Ohioan
Sherman Granger
C. C. Priestly
Oklahoma
J. A. Caswell
Minnesota
Last of Allen Gang Taken to Face Virginia Trial
Sidna Allen and nephew Wesley Edwards, sought for the Hillsville Va quintuple murder, were arrested in Des Moines and escorted east to stand trial. Miss Maude Iroler of Mount Airy NC guided detectives to the hideout and revealed she is engaged to marry Edwards.
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Des Moines
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Hillsville
Virginia
Jenney
Edwards
Aviator Rescued After Lake Search at Chicago
Aviator A. J. Engle, who launched a hydro-aero flight from Clarendon beach to Grant Park aviation field, was found alive off the life saving station after searchers towed the area for several hours.
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Lake
Chicago
A. J. Engle
Clarendon Beach
Grant Park Aviation Field
107 Year-Old Indian Woman Dies in New Brunswick
Fredericton report says Detsy Paul of the Milliceta band and St Marys Indian reservation died at age 107. Born a century ago, she was recognized as perhaps the oldest woman in New Brunswick and possibly Canada.
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Fredericton
N. B
Detsy Paul
Milliceta
New Brunswick
Canada
St. Mary's Indian Reservation
Meteorite hunt near Canon Diablo sparks vast mining bet
Arizona reports tell of a 4000 foot diameter crater near Canon Diablo with a rim called Coon Butte. Prof Elihu Thomson cites meteorite impact as origin while investors push bore-hole work and potential riches of iron nickel platinum and diamonds valued at tens of millions. Navajo traditions link three sky fallen bodies to the site.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sandwich Islands
Pickering
Arizona
Canon Diablo
Coon Butte
G. RK. Gilbert
Soonbutte
Elihu Thomson
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
R Barringe
Thomson
Indiana
Jupiter launches largest Pacific Coast ship at Mare Island
The United States fuel ship Jupiter, first electrically driven sea going vessel, was launched at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo. She measures 872 feet by 65 feet, displaces 19 260 tons, carries 12 500 tons coal and 375 000 gallons of fuel oil, and can beam about 14 knots. The keel was laid October 16, built in record time, saving nearly 100 000 dollars from a 1 200 000 appropriation. Power is provided by a 14 000 horsepower electric generator. Coal loading into warships occurs at 100 tons per hour and oil transfer can reach 120 000 gallons per hour with duplex pumps.
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Vallejo
Cal
United States
Jupiter
Pacific Coast
Mare Island Navy Yard
Congress
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