Koreans Endorse Ito Assassination Amid Independence Drive
The Korean Patriotic League issues a circular praising Prince Ito’s assassination and urging Korea’s 20 million to seize independence. Tokyo reports Ito’s body to be transported aboard the warship Iwato, with a formal honors ordinance and growing international telegrams of condolence. Nine alleged accomplices are held as Seoul suspicion points to a planned link with the 1908 Stevens murder in San Francisco.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Honolulu
Korean Patriotic League
Prince Ito
Ito
Tokyo
Japan
Iwato
Dairen
Foreign Office
Korea
Giso
Darien
Seoul
Durham White Stevens
San Francisco
Stevens
Robbers Shot in Running Battle in Indianapolis
Two men attempting to rob a house on South Harrison Avenue were shot by Bicycle Policemen Mullen and Stewart in a running gunfight. Fatally wounded Foley, named by a companion as Mike Foley, was captured after a chase. Cardwell, wounded in the leg and arm, surrendered in a stable. Both men were hospitalized as detectives investigated possible ties to a dynamite spree last Sunday.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Ind
South
Harrison Avenue
Mullen
Stewart
Mike Foley
Samuel Cardwell
Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago
Foley
Cincinnati
Cardwell
Waterland article links Racconigi meeting to looming war
The Water land, allied with Archduke Franz Ferdinand and heir to Austria, argues in a sensational piece that the Racconigi conference moves Europe near war. It claims Italy and Russia declaring Balkan aims publicly amounts to a war cry against Austria, and suggests tense relations escalate across Europe.
Fishermen and Tramps In Fatal Fight Near Faribault
In Faribault Minnesota a night of drinking led to a fight at a fishermen shack leaving Thomas Murray dead and Arthur Larose seriously wounded. An unidentified tramp also died and another tramp is being sought by a posse after the brawl involving four men who had occupied the shack for months.
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Faribault, Minn
Associated Press
Thomas Murray
Arthur Larose
Wealthy tobacco grower driven by night riders plans move
G A Simpson, a wealthy Grant county grower, faced threats from night riders after disputes over pooling his 1906 and 1907 crops. He plans to sue for $1,800 and move to New Mexico, asserting fear of violence. Clarence LeBus of Burley Tobacco discussed matters as the Burley society and insurers handle new crop arrangements.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
G. A. Simpson
Grant County
Simpson
Night Riders
Burley Tobacco Society
New Mexico
Clarence LeBus
Burley Tobacco Company
New Burley Tobacco and Insurance Company
Cincinnati
LeBus
Burley
E. O. Eshelby Tobacsoompany
Covington
New
Burley Tobacco and Insurance Company
Alexandria
Campbell County
Mars Changes May Mean Cataclysm
London reports fresh changes on Mars described by the Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Mars was unusually close to Earth in September and displays unprecedented surface transformations including a yellow veil over vast areas. The article notes Lowell's theory of Martian canals as works of a dying civilization attempting to move water for food.
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Mars
Journal of the
British Astronomical Association
Long Island Murderer May Prove Bluebeard Title
Frederick Gebhardt alias Mueller, a Long Island murderer, may earn the nickname Bluebeard. Police report two additional disappearances and murders to be investigated, with possible further admissions from Gebhardt as clues are pursued. He served nine years at Sing Sing for swindling a New York woman, and used six aliases amid multiple marriages. The coroner and Captain Coughlan caution unconfirmed claims.
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Preas Dispatch
New York
Frederick Gebhardt
Mueller
Islip
Long Island
Bluebeard
Coughlan
Brooklyn
Ment
Gebhardt
Scharferlein
Germany
Woman Aeronaut Now Knows What Birds Sing
At College Park Maryland on October 27 Mrs. Van Deman wife of Captain De Ralph C. Van Deman joined Wilbur Wright in the government aeroplane for a four minute ascent reaching up to sixty feet. She declared I know what makes the birds sing. Lieutenants Lahm and Humphreys piloted under Wright as preparations continued for further flights.
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Associated Press Dispatch
College Park
United States
Wright Brothers
Wilbur Wright
Campaign event upscale despite tax talk at Loeffler hall
The Twelfth Ward Jefferson club drew a several hundred crowd at Loeffler’s hall for a Democrat gathering featuring Stanley Bowdle and Albert Muhlhauser. Hasty Harry touted election talk, John Weld Peck drank beer, and Bowdle floated dreams of a touring car as Bowdle laughed at Mars proposal. Cont page 7.
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Loeffler’s
Albert Gottlolb Muhlhauser
Hasty Harry
John Weld Peck
Taft Flotilla Delays Slow Down On River Voyage
President Taft’s river trip with 26 governors and 117 congressmen faltered as the flagship Oleander could not keep pace, delaying arrivals in Memphis and Vicksburg and forcing other vessels to fall behind. Taft, hoarse, spoke at Memphis and praised deep waterways while urging a general plan and bonds.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Helena
Ark
Yatt
Memphis
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Taft
Arkansas
Donaghey
Martin
Tennessee
Young Men's Christian Association
Congress
Memphis Y. M. C. A
Shanghai
Quincy
Gray Eagle
Wright Sails Home From Europe Flying Exhibitions
Orville Wright, the American aviator, who has impressed European audiences with a series of flying exhibitions since August, sailed for home today aboard the steamer Adriatic from Southampton.
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Southampton
Associated Press
Orville Wright
Europe
Adriatic
Government to appeal immediately in sugar trust case
Attorney General Wickersham announced from Washington that the government will appeal at once from Judge Holt's ruling upholding the statute of limitations in the conspiracy case against Kissel Harned and the American Sugar Refining Co. in New York. Officials of the sugar trust will refuse to plead statute limitations and will fight the indictment to the end.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Wickersham
Holt
New York
Kissel
Harned
American Sugar Refining Company
Commercial Tribune
Greek Officers Issue and Ultimatum to Premier
About thirty naval officers backed by the Military league pressed for sweeping reforms in the navy. They demanded suspending promotions for five years and abolition of the rear admiral post held by Prince George, plus two vice admirals and fifteen lower ranks. The premier offered a bill to raise the retirement age from 65 to 58, but the officers rejected this. They departed to Salamis, signaling mounting pressure on the cabinet.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Athens
Military League
Marine
League
Prince George
Military Revolutionary
Berlew Denies Duty to Support Family
John Berlew, arraigned in Hamilton on a failure to provide for his wife Maude Berlew and their child, asked to be sent to the penitentiary for three years for a divorce. Judge Gard instead fined him $100 plus costs and ordered one year in the workhouse, remitted upon his posting a bond to support his family. Berlew later reversed course and sought to secure bond.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
John’ Berlew
Maude Berlew
Gard
Berlew
Berley
Man Defends Self Against Highwaymen in Avondale
Sam Naisenthal and a bellboy, Mike Cunningham, repelled two highwaymen at 1 am near Rockdale and Burnett in Avondale. Naisenthal fought one assailant, forcing him to the ground, then escorted the other toward the District Police station. Police identified the second man as 19 year old Mike Cunningham, a Havlin bellboy from Eighth Street.
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Sam Naisenthal
Forest Avenue
Avondale
Rockdale
Burnett
Naisenthal
T’ District
Ambrose
Mike Cunningham
Eighth Street
Havlin
Bishops Gather for Methodist Conference in Binghamton
The semi annual meeting of the board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church opened in Binghamton New York for a five day session with two executive sessions daily. Attending bishops include Joseph F Berry Henry Spellmeyer David S Moore William F Anderson Daniel H Goodsell Thomas B Neeley Edwin B Hughes William A Quayle John H Vincent John M Walden Earl Cranston William Burt and Frank HL Bristol among others from cities nationwide and abroad.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Binghamton
N.Y
Board of Bishops of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church of the World
Joseph F. Berry
Buffalo
Henry Spellmeyer
Omaha
David S.moore
Cincinnati
William F
Vicksburg Gears Up for Taft Visit Arriving Guests Arrive
Vicksburg Miss awaits the arrival of President Taft as thousands gather to welcome him. Alandscape panorama will be shown and the president will speak at 5 pm with a reception at the Elks club and departure planned for 10 pm.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Associated Press
Mississippi River
Taft
Yazoo Canal
Elks’ Club
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