Swindlers Net Thousands in National Capital L B Assoc Scandal
Chicago officials seize the Nort h America based National Capital Savings Building and Loan office. Alfred Downing J H Tolman and three clerks face hearing on charges of using the mails to defraud. Authorities say thousands nationwide were swindled from 200 000 to 350 000 with a 40 dollar membership and monthly payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alfred Downing
J. H. Tolman
National Capital Savings Building and Loan Association of North America
Rookery Building
United States
Hitchcook
Allen
Charles
Milchrist, Downing
Tollman
Payne
Thorsday
Misses Downing
Bartholomew
Wadley
Liberty
Omaha
Denver
Des Moines
Portland
Galventon
Olympia
Sami
Frantcisco
Minneapo
Assocision
Philadelphia
Bradstreat and Donny
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylysnis
New York
Vi Lima
Mivsiae
Alliance scandal and resignations dominate early August notes
A Georgia state alliance accountant J O Wynne faces a 50 000 bond shortage probe as directors name W A Broughton treasurer to audit the books. Nearby US minister to Haiti Fred Douglass resigns, effective dates unclear. In La Monne a fire kills Mrs Herman Boelter and destroys a shanty barn, Wilhelm Boelter missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agerald
Artarts
Alligare
J. O. Wynne
Georgi State Alliance Exchange
W. A. Broughton
Wynne
Iowa Tornado devastates southern counties and towns
A severe heat wave culminated in a cyclone sweeping southern Iowa from Hameston northeast. At Humeston the damage was near total with railroad roundhouse lost and trees uprooted. Corydon saw unroofed court house and damaged church while crops and buildings suffered statewide along the storm path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orumwa
Iowa
Hameston
Humeston
Keo‘kok and Western
Corydon
Brother blamed in Fergus Falls murder case
Adelbert Gohnen, awaiting execution for the murder of Rosa Bray, claims his brother Anderson Goheen fired the fatal shot and he witnessed it. Lawmen arrested Anderson at Moorhead after Rosa Bray’s body was found in a Fergus Falls snowdrift last winter. Adelbert had been convicted on circumstantial evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gohoen
Rowe Bray
U Sintemmant
Penays
Paris
Minn
Adelbert Gohnen
Roza Bray
Anderson Goheen
Rosa Bray
Adelbert
Anderson
Moorhead
Fergus’ Falls
Adelbert Gohwen
CAPTIVES REUNITED AFTER TWELVE YEARS INDIAN CAPTORS
Calvin Page recovered his two daughters from the Chinte band of Indians in Dakota after twelve years in captivity. Mrs Page died during the abduction, while Page and the children were separated. He learned their fate and traveled to Dakota to reclaim them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathor
Deere Band of Indians
Boston
Calvin Page
In- Gans
Dakota
Page
Town Fire Sweeps Co Mathe As Fire Crews Respond
Word arrived that the city of Co mathe was burning with many structures swept away by a blaze. It is unclear how the fire began. Help was dispatched to Lyons and Clintom, with two Kook and rudder tra forwarded on a special run to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ornan
Ang
Comathe
Lyons
Clintom
Langevin Resigns Shocking Dominion Politics Bombshell
Sir Hector Langevin, a Canadian cabinet member, resigns amid persistent charges of favoritism in public works contracts. He denies all accusations, defends his conduct, and states the move is to protect colleagues and Parliament. Rumors link MP Thomas McGreevy to similar action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector Langevin
Orrans
Hector
Hactor
Hosni
Owen E. Murphy
Murphy
Peters
Peters Ha
Petoru
Public Works Department
Hia Ition
Tinka
Indians to be paid for ceded lands in goods not cash
Rumors say the Sioux willing to accept plows harrows and livestock instead of cash for about 11 million acres ceded to the United States. Bronx Indians favor cash. protests may force the government to adjust payments. Wisconsin tribes similarly resisted in-kind payments, drawing Bronx attention to the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunda
Champeataix
Bronx
Wisconsin
Itc
City of Panama Held by San Salvador Authorities
Vice President Houston of Pacific Mail reports the steamer City of Panama is detained at La Libertad by San Salvador authorities over political refugees aboard. Captain White refuses to surrender the five refugees under the American flag. port cleared without them. US State Department informed in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Mil Company
Panama
San Balvados
Yous
Houston
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Dhepatch
la Libertad
San Salvador
Latong
Ceriito
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Lia Union
White
San Jose de Guatemala
Ezeta
Acajutln
Sin Li- Dertnd
Captain White
State Department
Washington
Fourteen Die On Excursion Barge Collision At Cold Springs
At Cold Springs harbor fourte en killed and thirty injured when an excursion barge tied to the Brooklyn bound dock was struck by a car and dashed against the pier. Fifty aboard. A mast was struck by lightning during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiflea On & Barre
New Year
Cold Springs Harbor
Brooklyn
James Russell Lovell Dies at 72 in Cambridge Home
James Russell Lovell died at 2 10 p.m. at his Cambridge residence. He was 72. The notice mentions a Catholic community in North Dakota and a large population figure, but the exact meaning is unclear from the fragmented text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bovrox
James Russell Lovell
Cambridge
Americans prepare naval force for China crisis
A Washington dispatch reports the navy department plans rapid buildup of U S strength in Chinese waters. The Amaiu steamer from San Francisco will head to Behring Sea then China aboard Marion, with the Alert to follow. Char may join the Asiatic station as concern grows for American citizens and interests in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chinwan
Washington
Navy Department
Chinean
Amaiu
San Francisco
Marion
Behring Sea
China
Theua
Irrigation Prospects in North Dakota Surprise Officials
Quionel Not tieton, in charge of irrigation survey fieldwork, and Geolo gia Hay report North Dakota offers a vast undertow water resource suitable for irrigation. They plan a lengthy October report to the secretary of agriculture and expect Congress to approve 75 thousand dollars for experimental borings to develop the underflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ttik
Congress
Ai Ap
North Dakota
Fire on prairie drives eastbound freight crew from town
The report describes a fierce gale and a prairie fire near the city as an eastbound freight engine passed through. Firefighters and volunteers subdued the blaze with strenuous effort, keeping the fire under control as the train moved north toward grain fields in Sully County.
Caligate charges to be investigated August case
Caligate the Charen Wasmiordd reports that on Aug twelve investigators will review charges against Siwamtmat 1 Slogn with a team from tat io Yvese Whe. The article notes a man who lle and details remain unclear due to fragmentary OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siwamtmat
Tatio
Fatal yacht accident at Toledo kills three girls
A yacht named Netlie C with four young men and six girls aboard capsized in Maumee bay after a sudden squall. Three girls Lena Sanberg Ellen Peeley and Clara Boyds drowned while three others were rescued. In Indiana a Grand Rapids bound passenger train collided with a freight near Fort Wayne killing engineer Daniel Dick and fatally injuring fireman Thomas Brown. An explosion at Atlantic Refining in Point Breeze killed James Sades and Richard Casberry. Ashland Wisconsin reports wreckage along the bay from a weekend cyclone and Mount S D notes harvest progress with dry heat aiding threshing efforts.
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Texo
Netlie C
Maumee Bay
Lena Sanberg
Ellen Peeley
Clara Boyds
Fort Wayne
Ind
Grand Rapids
Brinnting
Daniel Dick
Thomas Brown
Gave
Vegaseunger
Brown
Powadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
James Sades
Richard Casberry
Morpntgo com collapses under heavy liabilities
Aug 12 Taiare reports Morpntgo com fails with liabilities of a million ponpda sterling. Bile creditors claim £200,000 advance funds were provided to facilitate iguana. Aug 1 Nebbed, Pickpocker in Wis recalls Ha McLean, caught at bishop's rocket. authorities state he already had seals and ID.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneavoliy Clu Teorganteed
Misweavonis
Minneapolis
Sam Morton
Milwaukee
Hach
John T. West
Hall Nilson
Taiare
la Crosex
Wis
St. Paul
Ha McLean
Bishop's
Sewer cleaner dies from gas in Fifth Avenue sewer
Bartley Brown, a sewer cleaner, died after inhaling poisonous vapor in the Fifth avenue sewer at Harrison street. Fellow worker Patrick Hont was rendered unconscious but revived and is out of danger. A separate note reports Baltimore railroad traffic delayed about an hour due to an accident near Chas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fou Gan Chcago
Bartley Brown
Fifth Avenue
Harrison Street
Patrick Hont
Sensational domestic episode shocks city police hold all involved
Mrs Rose Upson secretary of the Iowa Pharmaceutical association faced a bitter clash with George Brock over a planned marriage to her daughter Stella Maris. A struggle at the Upson home ended with Dr Upson and Mrs Upson assaulting Brock. Brock sustained facial injuries. All parties were held for preliminary hearing with bonds posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maruiatcrows
Rose Upson
Towa Pharmaceutical Association
Wluit
Stella Marim
George Brock
Lek
Bnsband
Earl Upson
Younge Brock
Upson
Stella
Howe
Itn
Young Brock
Upeon
Dr. Rose
Mr. Upson
Murder at Grinweld: Man Kills Woman Then Self in Barn Fire
Local countyaffair ends in murder suicide as Wilhelm Boelter, tied to tickets for Herman and his wife, allegedly burns the young woman and then sets a barn blaze. The motive cited is fear over money advanced for an ocean voyage. The couple’s fate remains tied to the old man’s actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinweld
LA Movur
Guields
Wilhelm Boelter
Gurtmany
Herman
Fire Ravages Camp Heugins Wisconsin Town
A blaze swept Camp Heugins in Wisconsin on August 12 near p.m. destroying extensive property including Camp Douglas hotel and Commercial House depot. The wind from the south fueled the flames as military camps and neighboring towns struggled to save goods and residences. Total losses estimated around 150000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuait
Camp Douglas
Omaha
Mauston
Toman
Syndicate talk fades for Union Pacific. market teeters
In New York Aug 12 the attempt to fund a Union Pacific rescue syndicate appears abandoned as traders anticipate a receiver. Stock sold heavily, closing at 82 1/4, the session’s lowest for the mile. In New Jersey racing news a sixteenth race saw a crush on the backstretch with horses Alfred B Davin and others going down amid dust.
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Baga
Amy Lower
New York
Aug
H. C. Hayemeyer
American Refining Company
Spreckels
Hagemeyer
Tho Lewest
Union Pacific
George Gould
Torney
Guoverster
N. J
Ang
Alfred B
Davin
Badie Carr
Geog
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Freudprint Building and Loan Association
Douglass
United #taren
Mayti Arks
Wasmwaron
Fred‘atick Douglass
Unites States
Hayti
Department of State
Douglase Beare
Douglaas
la Moune
W. D
la Monne
Nera
Herman Boelter
Wilhelm Boeltor
Conway
Charles Johnson
J. H. Dwyer
William Chifford
Frank Brown
Dalrymple
Oliver Dalrymple
Cass County
Northern Pacific
Fanao
N. D
Haggerty
Bae
Tak
Langevin
Samide Buldsell Lavett
Kalary
New Youk
Ruy
Daniel
Potter
Tabernacle Bap- Wiat
Sixth Street Baptist Church Corporation
O'Brien
Supreme Court
Muuriga i Payne
Toledo
Grand Rapide
Philadelphia Rendering ‘Works
Ashland
Mount
S. D
Wazoo
St Ssue Wass
Baristany
Baltimora Aniiso
Chas
Troumtees
Abe Girt
Glo Man
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