Mail letter box contracts stir graft suspicions in Washington
A Washington dispatch reports new indictments against Machen over painting letter boxes for the Post Office. Investigators allege two firms were awarded contracts for the same boxes and payments may have been shared with officials. The case implicates makers, patentees, and agents, with secrecy hindering details and a Toledo-based suspect among those linked to the schemes.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Machen
Postoffice
Post Office Department
Toledo
Bristow
Turmoil in Macedonia as Bulgarian stance tempers demands
Reports from Sofia describe rising Bulgarian anger over Turkish massacres in Macedonia. Premier Petroff warns that Bulgaria may abandon neutrality if powers cannot curb Turkey's repressive measures. Insurgent actions, village burnings, and atrocities near Monastir and Veles amplify calls for action and potential pacification talks.
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Sofia
Macedonia
Petroff
Turkey
Bulgaria
Macedonian Committee
Robbers Foiled in Dramatic Spokane Bank Break-In
In Downs, Washington, bank robbers blasted the safe at the Downs Bank, releasing about 65,000 in cash. The explosion toppled the heavy safe, but the thieves could not lift it to reach the contents and fled empty handed.
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Spokane
Wash
Bank of Downs
Miss Alice Roosevelt Sails Submarine Boat Incident
Newport R I September 10 Miss Alice Roosevelt went down in the submarine boat Moccasin for a brief submersion. After a short underwater interval the craft surfaced and Miss Roosevelt disembarked.
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Newport
R. I
Alice Roosevelt
Bubonic Plague Fears Rise in Marseille Suburbs Fire Ravages Structures
In Marseille on Sept 10, several outskirts buildings housing suspected plague cases were burned after fire spread from disinfection efforts using sulfur. Sanitary officials had been reporting suspected cases in the cay area and efforts to contain the illness continued as flames consumed the structures.
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Marseilles
Increase in Wearers of Square and Compass
Masonic officials in the city report statewide gains in membership deaths and initiations for the past year, the strongest growth in a decade. A large Cincinnati delegation will attend the Dayton Grand Lodge meeting and the city will host visiting members to ensure a cordial welcome.
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Dayton
Cincinnati
Bishops denounce oath pledge of typographical union
Monsignor F X Specht of Columbus and Bishop Richard Scannell of Omaha condemn the International Typographical Union oath. Specht says Catholic members cannot be governed by it and may face church and state conflict. Scannell says Catholics cannot join and receive absolution, arguing the pledge would undermine legal and ecclesiastical authority.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
F. X. Specht
Diocese of
International Typographical Union
Union
Scannell
Union Omaha
Neb
Richard Scannell
Omaha
Catholic Church
De mented youth tries to shoot chief then drowns self
Peter Eilinger, a mentally unstable youth from Kenton Ohio attacked the police chief at a railroad station with a shotgun and attempted to kill himself. He later tried to drown himself in a cistern as his mother risked her life to save him. The Probate Judge ordered him sent to the Toledo Asylum for safe keeping.
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Commercial Tribune
Kenton
Peter Eilinger
Eliinger
Hammond
Toledo
Ohio Youth Drowns Under Assumed Name
James F. Holcomb of Westerville faced a missing son after the State Fair trip. A farmer's letter revealed a farmhand named Harry Matthews drowned last July kept a note saying I am Harry Holcomb son of James Holcomb Westerville.
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Ohio
Harry Matthews
Lake Erie
Harry Holcomb
James Holcomb
Westerville
Forty men escape Harrow fire at Bradley carriage works
A gasoline engine explosion on the second floor of the Bradley Company's carriage and wagon works in Chicago trapped forty workers. They escaped just as the roof collapsed, a sound heard for blocks, in a dramatic blaze.
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Chicago
Bradley Company
Not the time for tariff revision at Essex Club outing
Salem Massachusetts September 10 Senator Hoar and George Von L Myer United States Ambassador to Italy were guests at the Essex Club summer outing on Bakers Island Hoar spoke on Problems of the Nation noting that tariff revision is urgent but should follow a presidential election not precede it He contrasted calls for tariff reform with timely statutory revisions in Massachusetts and urged patience until after the election.
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Salem
Mass
Senator Hoar
George von L. Myer
United States
Italy
Essex Club of
Massachusetts
Bakers Island
Hoar
Mystery surrounds back injury of Mary Merkle in City Hospital
Mary Merkle 27 of 929 Plum Street was found injured on the Everett Street sidewalk with a scalp wound and paralysis. Doctors at City Hospital removed spinal pressure but the patient cannot recall how the injury occurred, prompting police investigation into her Sunday activities with a woman named Fletcher near Everett Street.
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Mary Merkle
Plum Street
Everett Street
Merkle
Fletcher
John Street
Central Avenue
Vigo County buys riot guns for jail defense
Vigo County commissioners purchase five riot guns for use by the sheriff. The weapons are stored in the Terre Haute jail to protect prisoners during mob attacks.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo County
Johnson Shies At Chance to Test Power in Campaign
Columbus report says Mayor Johnson declined to speak at Chillicothe on the eve of the Republican State campaign opening. Democrats hoped crowds would prove Johnson stronger than Hanna, aided by the Ross County fair. Special trains planned. Johnson’s stance on dropping Grant for McBride discussed by Republican leaders.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Tom IL
Johnson
Chillicothe
Ross County
Hanna
Charles Dick
John R. Malloy
Republican State Committee
Sy Johnson
John McBride
Akron
Judge C. R. Grant
Governor Nash Feels Much Improved After Trip
Columbus report says Governor Nash, back from Cincinnati, feels considerably improved and plans to return to his office tomorrow. His daughter Mrs Worthington Babcock met him at Union Station and drove him to his Jefferson avenue home.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Nash
Cincinnati
Union Station
Jefferson Avenue
Resi
World beating barber buried with honors
Luca Francia, famed as a world champion haircutter who shaved dukes and princes, was buried in a Long Island cemetery after an imposing Masonic funeral. Born in Naples, he served as tensorial attendant to Prince Leopold of Prussia and other rulers, with a seven minute hair cutting record.
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New York
Luca Francia
Long Island
Francia
Naples
Leopold
Prussia
Rd Dufferin
Hyderabad
Bombay
Removal of Arizona Surveyor General by Secretary Hitchcock
Hugh H. Price the Surveyor General of Arizona has been removed following Secretary Hitchcock orders after an investigation into charges that he and chief clerk W E Murphy took illegal fees for expediting work. Frank Singalls of Yuma Ariz is appointed to replace Price. Murphy has offered his resignation but it has not been accepted.
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Washington
Hugh H. Price
Arizona
Hitchcock
Price
W. E. Murphy
Frank Singalls
Yuma
Artz
Murphy
Oldest U S dancing master dies at 78 in Indiana
B. B. Custer, possibly the oldest active dancing teacher in the United States, died at his home near Richmond Indiana aged 78. He remained engaged in his business until shortly before his death.
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United States
Richmond
Ind
B. B. Custer
Infant's Death Inquiry Cleared of Crime
Coroner Sharkey opened an inquiry into the death of the one day old infant of sixteen year old Jane Kinnard in Hamilton Ohio. Autopsy found the child died of starvation but no evidence of crime was found and no arrest will be made.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Sharkey
Jane Kinnard
Sleepwalker Shot In Nighttime Incident In City
Fannie Soper, walking in her sleep, was mistaken for a burglar and shot in the side by John Hubetka a local saloon keeper. She was severely wounded in Oklahoma City Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Ojla
Fannie Soper
John Hubetka
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