Weisenburgh Gone. Warrant Issued For Him In Kentucky
Frankfort banks hold notes totaling 52 500 by L B Weisenburgh & Co. He cashed a 5 100 wheat check in Louisville then fled to Cincinnati. Blanton faces arrest for obtaining money under false pretenses as banks fear losing about 40 000 from wheat holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Weisenburgh Paper
L. B. Weisenburgh & Co
Deposit Bank
Frankfort
National Branch Bank
State National Bank
Farmers’ Bank
Weisenburgh
Dudley Blanton
Nicola
Armstrong
Farmers'’ Bank
J. E. M. Milling Company
Cincinnati
Blanton
Weisenburg
A. D. Blanton
JL. B
Welsenburgh & Lanton
Woman Strikes Strike Leaders With a Whip in Kansas City
Violence erupted in the wage strike by 211 drivers from fourteen transfer firms in Kansas City. Strikers and sympathizers blocked wagons, George B. Evans fired on the ground to disperse stones, and N. N. Latin was arrested after drawing a knife. Mrs. Evans, wife of Evans, struck leaders and drove a wagon through the crowd unaided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
West Bottoms
George B. Evans
American Express Company
N. N. Latin
Evans
Dynamite Explosion Injures Five Boys in Buffalo
Five young boys found a stick of dynamite in Buffalo's north end and it exploded. Rescue workers fear several may die and others will be life marked. Victims include Anthony Gerace aged 5 James S Choria aged 8 Tony 8 Choria aged 16 John Ferris aged 9 and a 76 year old man with severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffala
Anthony Gerace
James S. Choria
Tony
Choria
John Ferris
Rector Manuel Barros Borgono Dies in Santiago
Santiago report notes the death of Dr Manuel Barros Borgono, rector of the University of Santiago, in Chile. The brief item records his passing and identifies his position at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Manuel Barros Borgono
University of Santiago
Bess on Murder Charge in Lexington Hearsay and Hairsplitting Statements
James W. Bess the stone contractor faces murder and robbery charges in Lexington after the death of Mrs Martha Martin. He denies guilt claiming insanity and plans to testify himself. His wife vows to hire a lawyer and support him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
James W. Bess
Martha Martin
Bess
George Horine
Reagan
Seventh Street
Martin
James Campbell
Clintonville
Bourbon County
D. M. Quinn
Bradley
Houses of Reform
Porter
Maysville Pike
Elmendorf Farm
F. A. Bullock
High School Girls Cited in Cigarette Fiend Fire
Logansport Indiana March 11 The high school faculty launches a smoking crackdown as girls are accused of tobacco use. A basement smoking room is found with dozen smoldering stubs and several girls absent from class. Prosecutions promised against pupils and cigarette dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Logansfort
Ind
Hill
Argentine Note Endorses Monroe Doctrine in Latin American Debt Row
Washington reports that Argentina’s Drago note clarifies that Buenos Aires seeks no alliance with the United States. It asserts opposition to European coercive debt collection and insists no European territorial expansion or armed intervention in the Americas. The note also marks a historic South American endorsement of the Monroe Doctrine as American public law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garcia Merou
Argentina
United States
Proposa
Drago
Hay
Europe
Central and
South America
Argentine
Republic
Strange Malady Strikes Woman and Cats in Paducah
In Rossington Kentucky Mrs. Susan Anderson an elderly widow died after a baffling illness. Several of her cats fell ill and died with symptoms matching the mistress illness. Anderson, born in 1836 North Carolina, kept many homeless animals at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Paducah
Rossington
Susan Anderson
Anderson
Park Hotel Bread Banquet Cancelled Over Union Label
Columbus clerks cancel banquet after Park Hotel refuses to serve bread with the union label. Hotel owner says bread was onion baked but declined labeling. Clerks seek a new venue offering the desired bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Park
Union
Mississippi Flood Record Expected as River Tops All Time High
New Orleans authorities forecast a record Mississippi River crest as flood pressures mount. Levees are being tested and guarded while prisoners are called to assist, amid danger along numerous stretches.
River stage reports at central valley stations last night
At 7 o clock reports show river stages: Pittsburg 15.6 falling, Wheeling falling, Pt. Pleasant 11 rising, Portsmouth 45.9 rising, Cincinnati 49.4 stationary, Louisville 2.9 rising, Paducah 45.8 rising, Johnsonville 3.7 rising, Memphis 35.8 rising, Vicksburg 47.7 rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Pleasant
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Louisville
Paducah
Johnsonville
ORIGO
Memphis
MOE Soc
Vicksburg
River flood expected to break records as gage climbs
New Orleans reports the Mississippi River at eighteen and five-tenths feet, with a rise of ten minutes in twelve hours. Authorities say a record stage is likely before receding, and levee lines are under constant inspection with large work forces strengthening banks to prevent damage.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Levee Situation at Caruthersville Shows Uneasy Hope
Memphis reports a improving but tense levee scene as Caruthersville Mississippi embankment caves prompt abandonment of first levee. Second levee expected to hold through a 5 foot rise. water at 35.4 rising toward 38 39 feet by Sunday. Refugees arrive as supplies and aid mobilize. two mile flooded zone behind embankment raises grave concerns.
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Memphis
Caruthersville
Lucas
United States
Mississippi River
Kilpatrick
Weather Bureau
Georgia Lee
Cairo
Chisea
Sunshine Society
Mississippi County
Ark
Caruthersville levee caves as flood threat grows
In Caruthersville Missouri the old levee south of town is caving as the Mississippi rises four inches and heavy rain continues. Government engineers call it the river’s most critical flood point. Four hundred workers under Engineer Kilpatrick labor to build a new levee while 5000 residents and nearby counties brace for possible disaster amid submerged landing sites and a $5,000,000 lumber and arming interest impact.
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Caruthersville
Mississippi
Kilpatrick
Railroad embankment break rumor reaches Natchitoches
A report reached Natchitoches Miss March 11 that the Texas Pacific Railroad embankment at Bougie in Lower Concordia Parish about thirty five miles south of Vidalia had broken. The item was noted as unverified and indicated continued report on the second page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss
Texas Pacific
Bougie
Concordia Parish
Vidalia
Mrs Pennell Dies After Yammerth Quarry Crash
Buffalo reports Mrs. Carrie Pennell dies at Sisters Hospital at 8 p m after the same auto plunge that killed her husband in Gehres quarry near Burdick case. Police and medical examiners say brakes were set and the crash appears to be a terrible accident with no motive or incriminating evidence found.
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Commercial Tribune
Buffalo
N. Y
Arthur R. Pennell
Sisters’ Hospital
Yammerth
Valley of Sorrow
Burdick
Pennell
A. Babcock
Gehres
Danser
Thomas Penny
Mrs. Pennell
New Haven
Henry Lamb
Carrie
Mia. Pennell
Mrs. Burdick
Mr. Pennell
Mr. Burdick
Ria Ss
Hussman Renounces Fortune to Become Farmhand
Ernest Hussman, a 40 year old man who vanished last November, reappeared as a farmhand in Creston, Platte County. He says he prefers manual labor and plans to transfer his money to a charity, living simply with a competence to cover sickness or old age. His brothers fear mental imbalance and seek an insanity adjudication if he persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iosane
Ernest Hussman
Hussman
Creston
Platte County
Louis Freyermuth
Nebraska
Ernest
Mineworkers to Prosecute Marshal in Beckley Slayings
The United Mineworkers National organization will open its $1,000,000 treasury fund to prosecute U S Marshal D W Cunningham over the killings of William Dodson, William Clark, and Richard Clayton at Beckley West Virginia. Christopher Evans of Nelsonville Ohio and organizer William Blakely with Willard Purcell are notified to assist. Additional Virginia lawyers may be hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mineworkers’ National Organization
Wiliam Dodson
William Clark
Richard Clayton
Beckley
W. Va
National Organization
Treasury Fund
United States
D W. Cunningham
Christopher Evans
Nelsonville
Th’ Epene
William Blakely
Aes
Tara
West Virginia
T. Lewis
Justice Day Reports Illness in Washington
Washington March 11 Justice Day of the Supreme Court remains bedridden at his hotel after several days of grip illness His condition is described as not serious Day and her youngest son arrived from Ohio this morning It may be days before Day can go outside again
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Washington
Justice Day
Supreme Court
Ohio
Pany
Tobacco Trusts Profits Reported In Consolidated Meeting
The Tobacco Trust held its annual meeting in Jersey City with the Consolidated Tobacco Company reporting earnings of 18,291,459 and a 6,000,000 dividend provision. The combined group shows assets near 196.58 million and common stock of 156.59 million deposited with Morton Trust to secure bonds. Directors were largely re-elected. changes included Charles N. Stortz replacing Thomas F. Jeffries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Jershy City
N.J
Tobacco Trust
Consolidated Tobacco Company
Haviland Works
J.M. W. Hicks
American Tobacco Company
Continental Tobacco Company
Morton Trust Company
Big Consolidated
Charles N. Stortz
Thomas F. Jeffries
Richmond
B. L
Duke
H. B. Kingsbury
Jailed Judge Parrott Arrested in Ohio Contempt Case
Judge John B Parrott was arrested in Bethel by Constable Hannah on a warrant charging false imprisonment. He was taken to Bethel for a hearing and held on a $100 bond as part of a row over contempt of court and a Rhodes libel case. Parrott predicts perjury arrests within two days.
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Commercial Tribune
Batavia
John
Parrott
Hannah
Bethel
Place
Bambach
McNair
Ministered to Poor Yet Starved Himself Dies in Toledo
The Rev Charles W Potter once of Detroit and head of the Street Mission for six years died in Toledo on March 11 from stomach cancer. He fed others but could not eat due to illness and left behind family and church associates.
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Toledo
Charles W. Potter
Detroit
Ce ‘Street
Ings
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Queen City
L. B. Weisenburgh
DR. Borgono
Alfred Knapp
Srrly
Argentine Republic
Caruthersville, MO
Sister
A. R. Pennel
Tim
Cunningham
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