Gasoline Explosion Kills Newport Woman, Wounds Sister
Mrs Ida Lenner aged 43 dies at Speers hospital after a stove explosion ignites gasoline at her Chestnut street home. Her sister Mrs Mary Lenner, 36, is in critical condition at St Elizabeth's hospital with extensive burns. A baby born minutes before death survived briefly. Similar blast wounded Mrs Maud Brooks nearby.
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Ida Lenner
Chestnut Street
Newport
Speers Hospital
Mary Lenner
St.Elizabeth's Hospital
Lenner
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Maud Brooks
lLeaner
Man Hung From Tree Limb After Auto Crash Near Coney Island
Five men rode in a speeding car near Coney Island. After the crash four men were found with injuries while the fifth, unconscious, was later found hanging from a tree limb. He was not seriously hurt.
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New York
Associated Press
Coney Island
Moors Seek Heavy Reinforcements for Riffian War
Cudja Morocco dispatch reports that a holy war is being preached across East Morocco against the Spanish. Several leading tribes are said to plan sending heavy re-enforcements to aid the Riffians.
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Cudja
Morocco
Cincinnati Bidders Tie on City Bonds in Ohio Auction
Cincinnati bond houses were the only bidders on 7300 dollars of storm sewer bonds and 15000 dollars of South G street viaduct bonds. Bids opened by City Auditor Grimmer show small premiums with Western German Bank at 1.11 and Seasongood Mayer at 10 on the sewer issue. Breed & Harrison bid 11 in total for both issues.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Cincinnati
South G Street
Grimmer
Seasongood & Mayer
Breed & Harrison
Caldwell to Talk on Juvenile Court Work in Hamilton
Special dispatch reports Judge John A. Caldwell of Cincinnati Juvenile court will lecture on the court’s work at the First M.E. church in Hamilton Ohio on October 14. He is brought to the city by organizers aiming to advance efforts with juvenile crime prevention.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Commercial Tribune
John A. Caldwell
Cincinnati Juvenile Court
Caldwell
Crane recalled to Washington over Eastern situation
Charles R. Crane the newly appointed U S minister to Peking was summoned back to Washington by telegram from Secretary Knox. Crane said the message listed gaps in his knowledge of the Eastern situation and he and Mrs Crane had planned to sail from San Francisco on the transport Thomas for the Orient tomorrow.
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Peking
Knox
Ister
United States
Washington
Oklahoma Governor Charles N. Haskell Advised Defiance
Governor Charles N. Haskell urged defiance of the court rulings in Oklahoma, prompting debate over executive stance and judicial limits during his tenure.
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Oklahoma
Clash Over Guaranty Act in Oklahoma Bank Case
Oklahoma City report on enforcement of the Guaranty Act shows Bank Commissioner Young and Governor Haskell resisting a federal restraining order as they continue deposit payments at a failed Columbia bank. Judge Cotteral to visit tomorrow to decide contempt. The bank’s President Norton offers 800000 dollars to recover control while the state seeks receivership.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Oklahoma City
Okla
Gothic Bank
Young
C. N. Haskell
Columbia Bank
Cotteral
Norton
Bank
State Banking Board
Court delays injunction and receiver hearing in Columbia Bank case
Guthrie Oklahoma October four after an extended hearing in the federal court here further application in the matter of a temporary injunction and application for the appointment of a receiver in the case of the Columbia Bank and Trust company of Oklahoma City was postponed by agreement until tomorrow at Oklahoma City
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Guthrie
Okla
Columbia Bank and Trust Company of
Oklahoma City
Albert Pulitzer Ends His Own Life in Vienna
Albert Pulitzer brother of Joseph Pulitzer and publisher of The New York World died in Vienna yesterday by suicide. He reportedly swallowed poison then fired a pistol at his temple after dismissing attendants and suffering a prolonged mental decline. Doctor Pollak found him dead in his room with an empty poison bottle nearby.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Vienna
Albert Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Pollak
Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer Hears News From Berlin
Joseph Pulitzer in Berlin has learned of his brother Albert Pulitzer's death by self destruction in Vienna yesterday through a newspaper correspondent. The brothers had been estranged for several years. The report comes via telephoned word to one of Pulitzer's secretaries.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Joseph Pulitzer
Albert
Vienna
Joseph
Albert Pulitzer
Franklin girl Clara Oblinger death by self drowning
The body of Miss Clara Bell Oblinger two years old was found in the Great Miami river near Franklin Ohio. A note pinned to a coat read I can stand the pair in my head no longer Notify A C Vail. The girl who had suffered for some time ended her life by drowning in two feet of water. The body was found by Charles Emerick near the river bank.
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Hamilton O
Clara Bell Oblinger
Franklin, O
Miami River
Joseph Barnes
A. C. Vail
Whitelaw Reid Receives Honorary Law Degree at Manchester
Andrew Carnegie and Lord Morley presided at the opening of the John Morley Chemical laboratory at Victoria University of Manchester. Whitelaw Reid, U S ambassador to Great Britain, was awarded the honorary Doctor of Laws as chancellors from colonial and German universities attended.
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Manchester
John Morley Chemical Laboratory
Victoria University of Manchester
Andrew Carnegie
Lord Morley
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Nationalists in England oppose liquor and tobacco tax shift
London Oct. 4 Nationalists campaign against budget clauses adding duties on beer spirits and tobacco. They debated in the house of Commons reducing the government’s majority to thirty five but won no concessions.
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London
Associated Press
House of Commons
Parkhurst and Bingham back Bannard in New York mayoral race
The Rev. Dr. Charles H Parkhurst appeals from the pulpit for Otto T Bannard as mayoral candidate. Theodore A Bingham ex McClellan appointee campaigns for Bannard and criticizes McClellan Tammany and Gaynor. Independent league leaders hint at Hearst entering with an independent ticket.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Charles H. Parkhurst
Otto T. Bannard
Theodore A. Bingham
McClellan
Bannard
Bingham
Calvary Methodist Church
General Bingham
Tammany
Justice Gaynor
Barnard
W. R. Hearst
Charles E. Gehring
New York County
Independence League
League
Gehring
Hearst
Appendicitis Operation Deemed Criminal by Boston Doctor
Dr Charles E Page a leading Boston physician calls appendicitis operations criminal and argues the practice should be outlawed He cites cases of deaths and questions the lifesaving claims of such surgeries as the craze for this procedure spreads in Boston and beyond.
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Boston
Associated Press Dispatch
Charles E. Page
Page
Taft Sees Prosperity and Wealth Power Curbs
President Taft, touring Oregon and California, urged curbs on abuses of wealth and called for fair shares and conservation. He spoke in Sacramento and at Dunsmuir about prosperity, responsible policy, and pushing for enabling legislation to advance Roosevelt era conservation goals. He heads to Yosemite Valley for a three day visit.
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Sacramento
Cal
Oregon
California
Taft
Oakland
San Fran
State Capitol
Congress
Portland
Dunsmuir
United States
Boston
Governor Gillett Travels with Bay City Business Leaders
Governor James N. Gillett rode with twenty bay area business men in a special car hitched to President Taft’s train at Redding California. The moment was documented in a Washington photo by Bushnell and noted in the California coverage continuing on page 2.
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Gillett
Bay Cities
Redding
Cal
German American Organization Leaders Named in 1920s Roll
The record notes Joseph Keller as first vice president and founder of the German American Organization along with Dr. C J Hexamer as a key figure documented in early organizational history.
Milwaukee Hosts 1911 German American Alliance Convention
The German American Alliance held two sessions at North Cincinnati Turner hall choosing Milwaukee as 1911 convention site. Officers including Dr. C J Hexamer were reelected. the temperance committee favored moderation not prohibition. A Landis telegram announced his visit to address on the Merchant Marine and universal peace.
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Milwaukee
Portland
Ore
Newark
N. J
Rochester
Washington
C. F. Lettenbauer
Dr. Hexamer
Mount Auburn
Newport
The
Alliance
Ernst Richards
Columbia University
New York City
Linton
Walnut Hills Christian Church
Adolph Timm
Charles B. Landis
Indiana
Landis
Naval League
Wright Flies Up Hudson in Spectacular Demonstration
Wilbur Wright of Dayton flew from Governor's Island to Grant's Tomb and back, a twenty mile upstream and ten mile downstream journey totaling about thirty three minutes. The flight drew cheers from sailors and civilians as Wright circled Manhattan and the Hudson wheels, paused by motor trouble that halted a planned sunset attempt.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Grant
Hudson
Governor’s Island
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Hudson and
Fulton
Manhattan
Wright
Governor's Island
Argyll
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Hudson-Fulton
Glenn H. Curtiss
the Battery
Harlem
Mrs. Willson Injures Wrist in Mansion Fall
Mrs. Augustus E. Willson wife of Kentucky Governor suffered a likely slight right wrist injury when she fell over a drug at the executive mansion. Her left wrist was badly sprained in a prior runaway accident. Governor Willson is traveling to the East.
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Frankfort
Associated Press
Augustus E. Willson
Kentucky
Willson
Minister Expelled for Fighting Dry Cause in County Vote
Stark County ministers expelled Rev. A. W. Higby pastor of St. Pauls Episcopal church for his stand against the liquor interests in the recent county saloon election. The council acted at Canton Ohio on October 4 with Associated Press reporting.
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Canton
Associated Press
Stark County
Pope Issues Centennial Letter to Franciscans
In Rome on October 4, the pope marks the seven hundredth anniversary of the Franciscan order by issuing an apostolic letter to Franciscans worldwide. He recalls the order’s merits and adds new rules covering privileges and indulgences.
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Rome
Associated Press
Danville Col F W Lillard Fined for Liquor Sales
In Danville Kentucky Colonel F W Lillard a county legislator was fined 3300 in police court on 45 warrants for illegal liquor sales He paid 300 to close his drug store permanently A man named Bunk Baum received a 1200 fine and the city debates tighter liquor controls. The case ties to Lillards political influence and Goebel Beckham history in Kentucky politics.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Danville
F. W. Lillard
Lillard
Bunk” Baum
Colonel Lillard
W. O. Bradley
United States Senate
J. C. W. Beckham
William Goebel
Frankfort
Owners of Seized Boat Deny Piracy Charge
Owners of the fishing schooner Caldwell H Colt, seized by a Mexican gunboat at Progreso, deny piracy claims reported from Mexico. They state the vessel carried a small brass cannon now considered old metal, noting she was a fishing boat.
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Pensacola
Fla
Caldwell H. Colt
Progreso
Mexico
Germans Plan Mass Meeting at Hamilton Coliseum
Dr Cr F Hexamer president of the National German American alliance will headline a mass meeting at the Hamilton Coliseum Wednesday evening. Other speakers include Secretary Timm Dr William Gaertner of Buffalo ex Mayor Dietz of Youngstown and Joseph Keller of Indianapolis. A parade of all German societies will precede the event.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Cr. F. Hexamer
National German American Alliance
Cincinnati
Coliseum
Timm
William Gaertner
Buffalo
Dietz
Youngstown
Joseph Keller
Indianapolis
Jewelry theft claim tied to freighter voyage
In Lorain Ohio on October 4 Associated Press reports Mrs. K Spears wife of Pittsburgh steel magnate William H Brantford was robbed of 2000 dollars in jewels during a freighter trip. Suspected intruder jailed here and the missing items were later found hidden beneath a bathtub aboard the ship.
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Lorain, CO
Associated Press
Spears
Pittsburg
William H. Brantford Iield
Stoken
Masons Gather for Ohio Grand Council in East Liverpool
East Liverpool Ohio hosts the annual convention of the state grand council and grand chapter with about five hundred delegates expected. The grand past masters banquet opened the event at the Thompson House, led by Past Grand Master William A Spill of Cleveland, as Grand officers arrive for a two day session beginning Wednesday.
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Commercial Tribune
East Liverpool
State Grand Council
Grand Chapter
Lyric Theater
Ohio
Thompson House
William A
Cleveland
Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters
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Stump—Hearst
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M. H. de Young
McKinley
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James N. Gillett
Bushnell
C. J. Hexamer
Milwaukee Wind
Maryland
John Yenny
East Pittsburg
John Tjarks
Baltimore
E. C. Stahl
Trenton
John D. Capplemann
Charleston
S. C
H. Weniger
Philadelphia
Herman Weder
Committee On
Temperance
Falcon
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Jackies
Tion
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Italy
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Pope
Lillard Store
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Masons Acsemble
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