Tragic Death Ties Bank to Rail Ventures and Politics
S Lee Clark cashier of Enterprise National bank Allegheny shot himself and died. Bank records scrutiny followed a $50 000 note endorsement by President Gwinner. Clark aided financing for Santa Fe Central Railway and Pennsylvania Development companies with leaders including S W Andrews Arthur Kennedy and Francis J Torrance. Officials investigated loans amid political and banking oversight by federal and state regulators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
S. Lee Clark
Enterprise National Bank of
Allegheny
Gwinner
Clark
Santa Fe
Central Railway
Pennsylvania
S. W. Andrews
Arthur Kennedy
Francis J. Torrance
Kennedy
Andrews
W. C. Hagan
T. Lee Clark
Torrance
Hagan
United States
Homer L. Castle
Prohibition
Supreme Judge
W. B. Ridgely
Duquesne Club
John A. Berkey
John W. Morrison
Bank Closure Sparks Political Talks In Pittsburg
Henry Berkey left Pittsburg on Thursday and Morrison departed Friday after conferences with several Republican politicians. The Enterprise National bank is to close with state funds protected by bonds issued by the bank and partners including the Merchants Trust and United States Fidelity and Guaranty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Berkey
Pittsburg
Morrison
Enterprise National Bank
Mercantile Trust Company of
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of
New York
Prince and Princess of Wales Begin Six Months India Tour
The Prince and Princess of Wales depart London for a six month tour of India. They will sail from Genoa on the battleship Renown and arrive Bombay by November 9, visiting major cities and native states while in India. No ceremonial presents will be exchanged during the trip.
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Prince and Princess of Wales
London
India
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Genoa
Italy
Bombay
Edward
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Lord Kitchener
Lord Minto
Lord Curzon
Alexandria man escapes lynching after rope around neck
William Waddy, 22, a Black man, is jailed for alleged burglary in Rapides Parish. A mob at Lecompte took him from jail Tuesday night, fitted a rope around his neck but he freed himself and fled. He was rearrested Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
William Waddy
Henry Hickenburg Loyd
Rapides Parish
Louisiana
Lecompte
Cunliffe Captured After Express Theft Probe
Edward G. Cunliffe, sought in Pittsburg over the Adams Express Company $101,000 disappearance, was arrested in Bridgeport Connecticut on October 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Edward G. Cunliffe
Pittsburg
Adams Express Company
Love Cost Wife Her Life
Washington October 19 The man Henry Knott killed his wife and then killed himself because she would not give up her soldier lover. In California more than 30 000 corporation charters were revoked for failing to pay a ten dollar license tax.
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Washington
Henry Knott
California
Grain collapse claims mother and twin children near Gunter
In Sherman on October 19 a grain bin upper floor collapsed onto Martha Smith and her two children John and Nellie aged about fourteen. The children were smothered and bruised. the mother was rescued alive but in serious condition.
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Sherman
Martha Smith
John
Nellie
A. L. Collingswood
Gunter
Gould resigns as Wabash chairman and names successor
New York announces George J. Gould has resigned as chairman of the Wabash Railroad company. E. T. Jeffry, president of the Denver and Rita Grande company, succeeds him. F. A. Delano elected president. BH. T. Welles and W. H. Blodgett named vice presidents. E. H. Pryor fourth vice president. A Cc. Bird not re-elected as traffic general manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Jeffry
Wabak Railroad Company
New York
George J. Gould
Wabash Railroad Company
Denver and Rita Grande Company
F. A. Delano
Wabash
BH. T. Welles
W. H. Blodgett
E. H. Pryor
A Cc. Bird
Assaulted by Sons Over Hypocritical Preacher Claim
In Guthrie on Oct. 19 Edward Arthur and Walter Arnett sons of a Hennessy clergyman paid fines of 5.75 dollars plus costs each in police court for assaulting Frank Parker a member of their father’s congregation. They said Parker called their parent a hypocritical preacher and tackled him on the street. Eight killed in Sorento tornado reports place the death toll at eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Parker
Arnett
Guthrie
Edward
Arthur
Walter Arnett
Hennessy
Parker
Happenings Snapshot Across Territories and Nations
Attendance at Chickasha street carnival is large. Henry Murray mangled in a gin at Boswell. Plant to make paving bricks planned at Davis. Argentine wheat crop damaged by locusts. Red Fork oil wells productive near Tulsa. Governor General Wright to receive farewell in Manila. A Russian colony to settle on Wichita Valley road in northwest Texas. Togo and 3000 sailed to services in Iz temple at Yamada. Charles Martin sentenced to two years for mail sack theft at Tulsa.
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Chickasha
I. T
Henry Murray
Boswell
S. T
Davis
Red Fork
Tulsa
Wright
Manila
Wichita Valley
Texas
Togo
Yamada
Japan
Charles Martin
Roosevelt visits Raleigh for reception at state fairgrounds
President Roosevelt and party arrived in Raleigh at 8 30 am amid cheers from thousands gathered near the depot. The procession included bands and mounted police, with Mrs Roosevelt presented bridal roses. Governor Glenn’s staff accompanied the party.
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Raleigh
N. C
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Glenn
Winston
Johnson
State Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
North Carolina
Mecklenburg
Philadelphia
King’s Mountain
South
Waters-Pierce Oil May Face Taxes and Penalties
Austin reports Waters-Pierce Oil Company may owe taxes under the Kennedy tax bill and could incur $2000 in penalties for eighty days at $25 daily due to unpaid notices. Attorney General Davidson weighs the matter as the company is projected to pay about $20,000 yearly to the state. The Dallas Fair Park Amusement Association forms with $50,000 capital to support a bicycle club at the State Fair of Texas park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Austin
Davidson
Waters-Pierce
Railroad Commission
Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Dallas Fair Park Amusement Association of
Dallas
Capitalntock
State Fair of Texas Park
Waiting Room Tragedy After Swearing Protest
In Palestine Texas on October 19 Officer Etheridge asked Charlie Mitchell to stop swearing while in the waiting room. Both men boarded a train, returned, and later Etheridge was shot and killed. Mitchell, a local horsetrader, was arrested. Etheridge leaves a family and formerly resided in Longview.
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Troupe
Tex
Palestine
Etheridge
Charlie Mitchell
Mitchell
Longview
Griscom to Present Bryan to Emperor as Tokyo Visit Looms
American Minister Lloyd Griscom will present Hon. William J. Bryan to the emperor on Oct. y Huntington Wilson, secretary of the American legation, gave a luncheon in Bryan’s honor. Attending were Vis count Aoki, Baron Kentaro Kaneko, and M. Sakani, a finance official and advocate of the gold standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griscom
Mr. Bryan
Tokio
Lloyd Griscom
William J. Bryan
Huntington Wilson
Legation
Bryan
Viscount Aoki
Baron Kentaro Kaneko
House of Peers
M. Sakatani
Finance
Frigid Montana Cold Snap Report
Weather bureau reports Thursday dropped temperatures across central valleys and southwest with heavier falls in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Montana recorded as low as six degrees below zero while 1.5 to 3.5 inches of precipitation occurred in twenty four hours in other regions.
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Louisville
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Montana
Negro Pays Death Penalty For Assaulting a White Woman
Winchester Kentucky October 19 Sam Hilse a negro was hanged here for assaulting a white woman last August. The report notes the event as a capital punishment carried out in the town.
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Winchester
Sam Hilse
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Hunter & Chatham
Negress
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St. Louis
Sorento
Ill
Mikado
Hilse
Muskogee
C. M. Bradley
Federal Grand Jury
Fort Worth
Jfogg
The
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Bryan, Texas
Edward Hall
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
Blanke
Higgs & McCulloch
Ora
Thos
W. Higgs
Ihe
Southern Pacific
Sunset
INC
J. Anderson
Houston, Texas
Texas Farmers
Panhandle
Lena
Denver
A.A. Glisson
W. C. Fountain
W. H.lawrence
Burt Norwid
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