Opinion Change Health Officers Discuss Threat From Infectious Disease
Washington Oct 28 The first regular session of the thirty first annual American Public Health Association opened with bacteriologists and sanitarians from the U S Canada Mexico and Cuba present Dr Walter Wyman opened the meeting General George M Sternberg warned that typhoid fever and tuberculosis remain major killers and that while cholera yellow fever and plague are less feared the fight against epidemics is not finished Tuberculosis from animals to humans and the debated transmissibility of leprosy were discussed with emphasis on the difficulty of enforcing preventive measures even as the public remains complacent about influenza and other dangers.
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Washington
American Public Health Association
Unite States
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Walter Wyman
The
Marine Hospital and Public Health Service
George M. Sternberg
United States
B. Salmon
Board of Animal Industry
Washington, D. C
Juan Guiteras
Havana
J. N. Hurty
Indianapolis
National Employers Seek Broad Labor Group in Chicago
Delegates from multiple national trade organizations plan a two day Chicago meeting on October 29 and 30 to form a national employers association to address labor problems. A drafting committee will create a constitution and bylaws while planning to extend the group nationwide and establish an official publication and education bureau.
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National Organization of Employers
Chicago
Employers’ Association
Employers Ag
American Federation of ‘Labor
Out Weed
Bureau of Education
Bryan Letter In Will Case Sparks Court Scene
In New Haven Philo B Bennett will case attorney for Mrs Bennett read Bryan wrote Judge Stoddard a letter calling him a disappointed gold Democrat who opposed the Bennett will and thus to defeat Bryan. Stoddard scored Bryan in the crowded court. Cleveland’s ruling awaited. Jealousy Tragedy At Seattle A man shot at Gladys Grey then killed himself after learning she deserted him. she is expected to die.
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New Haven
Conn
Philo B. Bennett
Judes Stoddard
Bennett
Bryan
Judge Stoddard
Stoddard
Cleveland
Seattle
Wash
Claude IL Arbuckle
Gladys Grey
Cecil
Russia Sees No Need for War Insurance on Welsh Coal
London reports from St. Petersburg say there is no further necessity to insure against war on Welsh coal shipments to Port Arthur for Russia. The note is viewed as signaling a favorable outcome to negotiations with Japan. A separate dispatch from Santo Domingo notes a northern revolution forming a provisional government under General Morales, with clashes around Monte Cristi and Santiago.
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Russia
London
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Japan
Republic
Cape Haytien
Hayti
Republic of Santo Domingo
General Morales
Wong Gil
Puerto Pints
Monte Cristi
la Ligne
Moca
Santiago
Revolutionlate
la Vega
Deschamps
Wes Y Gil
Strangles Her Children in Monterey Household Tragedy
Monterey Cal Oct 27 a deranged wife identified as Mrs Lewis Iverson strangled her three children. An eleven year old son escaped to raise alarm while the husband, in another village, was summoned home after being told his child was ill. The wife greeted him at the door inviting him to see his sick children.
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Monterey
Cal
Lewis Iverson
Answers Propounded by Labor Organization in Indianapolis
D M Parry president of the National Manufacturers association released a 15000 word reply to questions from the Central Labor union of Indianapolis regarding his views on organized labor and the reasons behind them. He argues workers may quit but cannot interfere with former employers or new hires and criticizes socialists and some unionist principles. He says trusts exploit weak laws but do not use revolvers to influence others.
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Indianapolis
D. M. Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
Central Labor Union of
Organized Labor
Parry
Mr. Parry
In Presidents Hands Bristow Report on Post Office
Bristow's postal investigation report has been delivered to President Roosevelt by Postmaster General Payne. The President may review it later with Attorney General Knox present. The report totals about 110000 words with 00 exhibits averaging five pages each, totaling roughly one million words in exhibits.
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Bristow
Post Office
Washington
Payne
Roosevelt
Knox
Methodist Educational Mergers Under Northwestern Head
Chicago Oct 26 A plan to unite nearly all Methodist educational institutions under one supervising body led by Northwestern University is disclosed by President Edmund Janes James. Two colleges have asked for protection under Northwestern, which already runs Elgin academy and Grand Prairie seminary of Onarga, signaling a move toward unified church education.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Edmund Janes James
Northwestern
Unmson
James
Elgin Academy
Grand Prairie Seminary
Onarga
Embezzler and wife arrested in Vancouver with loot
Clarence H. Leonard of East Orange New Jersey and his young wife were detained in Vancouver at New York police request. Police say Leonard, twenty, embezzled about twenty thousand dollars from Haskins & Sells. About nine thousand two hundred dollars, including eight one thousand notes, were found on the couple and in Leonard's clothing. The pair, who arrived recently at a fashionable hotel, plan to return to the United States for trial. Katherine Miller of East Orange was reported missing earlier, and the couple claimed they wed before leaving New York.
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New York
Clarence H. Leonard
East Orange
N. J
Vancouver B. C
Leonard
Leonards
United States
Young Leonard
Haskins & Sells, Public Accountants
Katherine Miller
Bank Looters Blow Open Safe In Sheridan Ore
In Sheridan Oregon on October 27 burglars dynamited the Scroggins and Wortmann bank, secured $7,000 in coin, and escaped before residents stirred. Mayor E B H Eakin fired at the robbers as they fled, with a sledge and two picks found outside.
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Sheridan
Ore
Scroggins & Wortmann
EB. H. Eakin
Southern Pacific Railroad
Dowie Coach Seizure In New York City Chase
sheriff attaches Dowie’s coach and team on Fifth Avenue near the hotel. a sheriff seized the coach and drove off with the vehicle after serving the attachment for about 1,000 dollars. attorney robert h farley filed the claim for defending j luther pierson of white plains, a Zionist convicted for neglecting a child’s medical needs. in a morning address at madison square garden dowie denied knowing his own father amid letters published by a newspaper.
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New York
Dowile
Fifth Avenue
Robert H. Farley
J. Luther Pierson
White Plains
Madison Square Garden
Dowie
Dowle
Bank Robbery Ends With Capture After Bloody Chase
Burrton Kansas October 26 after a fierce chase and bloody battle the five men named James Bell George Oleon B H Johnson Thomas White and Frank Harwood were captured on an island in the Arkansas river fifteen miles from Burrton Johnson is badly wounded having been shot in the hand breast arms and legs They denied Burrton ties but local merchant W L Daley identified them The bandits had only 18 dollars found on them A search for stolen money continues and 150 citizens aided by 30 armed men forced the captors to surrender in a wooden shack on the riverfront.
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Burrton
Kan
Arkansas River
Bare
Newton
James Bell
George Oleon
B. H. Johnson
Thomas White
Frank Harwood
Johnson
W. L. Daley
Purters
Harry Weatmasette
B. H. Shive
Elder statesmen meet Japanese cabinet in seven hour conference
Yokohama October 26. The elder statesmen of Japan and cabinet ministers held a seven hour conference. Marquis Ito's compromise proposal was the chief topic of discussion. Ito remained with Prime Minister Katsura and Foreign Minister Komura after others dispersed.
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Yokohama
Japan
Ito
Katsura
Komura
Brief Bits of News from a Turbulent Era
Madame Patti sails for the United States. Cotopaxi volcano remains active in Ecuador. W. E. Lattimer of Woodstock Ohio killed by highwaymen near his home. James Edward of Cairo Newfoundland shoots his wife then dies by suicide. Oliver E. Pagin named assistant United States district attorney in Chicago. Sigmund Selig, famed Milwaukee actor, dead. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe outlines a 250 mile main line cutoff. Arnold-Forster re elected to West Belfast seat after war secretary appointment. Temple of Fraternity in St. Louis dedicated for world’s fair meetings. New York Central plans electric suburban branches to beat trolley competition.
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Madame Patti
United States
Cotopaxt
Ecuador
W. E. Lattimer
Woodstock
Cairo
James Edward
Oliver E. Pagin
Chicago
Department of Justice
Washington
Sigmund Selig
Pabst Theater
Milwaukee
P. Ripley
Santa Fe
Wall Street
H. Arnold-Forster
West Belfast
Patrick Dempsey
Temple of Fraternity
St. Louis
New York Central Railroad
New York State
Market Quotations Minneapolis Wheat and Live Stock Prices
Minneapolis wheat quotes show Dec at 80 3 4 cents and May at 4 40 cents with various grade bids. St Paul stock yards cattle range from 3.25 to 3.66 for common to select, hogs at 4.65 to 5.45, yearling wethers 3.25 and lambs 4.25 to 5.0, reflecting mixed farm prices.
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St. Paul Union
St. Paul
Chicago Union
Chicago
To Save His Mother Chicago Youth Shoots Stepfather
In Chicago on October 27 a youth eighteen years old, Henry Walscheid, shot and killed his stepfather Nicholas Rolls as Rolls moved to strike his wife with an iron bar. Walscheid said Rolls had long abused his wife and that past quarrels stemmed from the stepfather's ungovernable temper. Authorities arrested Walscheid.
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Chicago
Nicholas Rolls
Henry Walscheld
Rolls
Walscheid
Rollo
Walscheld
American Adolf Friedmann Arrested in Budapest
In Budapest on Oct 27 an American named Adolf Friedmann was arrested at the request of United States authorities on a charge of fraudulent bankruptcy in New York. Friedmann recently ran a summer garden estate.
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United States
Budapest
Hungary
Adolf Friedmann
New York
Friedmann
Eee
Desperate Train Battle Near Ishpeming Bandits Captured
Ishpeming Michigan October 1924 police pursued three men suspected of a Superior Wisconsin postoffice robbery. Two gunmen were wounded and captured after a rear front exchange on a train. One escaped into the woods as Marshal Fandrem and officers pressed the holdout. The two prisoners carried about $100 in small change, both wounded but not seriously.
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Ishpeming, Mich
Postofice
Patrick Colline
Collins
Marshal Fandrem
Supreme Court frees hundreds of Michigan prisoners
Jackson Michigan October 24 the state supreme court ruled that about one hundred prisoners in Michigan State Prison will be released immediately under good time rules. John Harney a ten year burglary sentence had been denied release as a third termer but the court ruled his Ionia reformatory sentences for assault and battery should not be counted against him. The decision enables many convicts to receive good time and be freed, the warden said, nearly a hundred in all.
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Michigan Supreme Court
Jackson
Mich
State Supreme Court
John Harney
Harney
Supreme Court
State Reformatory
Tonia
Ionia
Kansas Bank Robbed Dynamiters Take Thousands at Burton
A Burton Kansas telegraph report says three bandits dynamited the Burton State Bank between midnight and 1 am. They stole between 1000 and 2000 dollars in currency plus sacks of coin. A posse of about forty sheriff and townsfolk chased toward Patterson five miles away after the masked robbers fired a volley and fled. No injuries were reported.
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Burton
Wichita
Kan
Burton State Bank
Patterson
Duluth Grain and Chicago Market Prices Report
Market notes from Duluth and Chicago dated Oct 24 show wheat bids for No 1 hard at 83 54 to 84 4c, No 1 Northern 82 5c, and flax around 92 to 96 4e. Chicago quotes list cattle and hog ranges, sheep prices, and nearby grain and butter figures with October and December futures and cash bids across wheat corn oats flax and pork values.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
Alleged Robber Killed in Hartville Shootout
Mountain Grove Missouri October 24 Deputy U S Marshal W T Brown of Springfield and Deputy Marshal Thomas of Norwood killed C R Raney, an alleged post office robber, near Hartville after a gun battle as Raney and his nephew Con Raney, both armed, failed to halt. Con Raney wounded and escaped. Also Carnegie donation to Philadelphia moves forward with library plan as council backs $1.5 million gift for thirty free libraries.
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Mountain Grove
C. R. Raney
Hartville
United States
W. T. Brown
Springfield
Thomas
Norwood
Raney
Con Raney
Carnegie
Philadelphia
Andrew Carnegie
Council Committee
Free Library
Three Indictments in St Louis Against Rialto President
St Louis October grand jury returns three indictments against Hugh G Dennis, president of the Rialto Grain and Security Company, charging him with operating a bucketshop and engaging in grain dowling.
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St. Louis
Hugh G Dennis
Rialto Grain and Security Company
Captured in San Francisco Missing Ohio Bank Cashier Arrested
John K. Brown longtime cashier of Union Bank of New Holland Ohio is under arrest in San Francisco on four counts of embezzlement after an $83,000 shortfall. He vanished August 8 and traveled under an assumed name seeking work in Mexico Honolulu and elsewhere. Brown hopes to be returned to New Holland. He held prominent local roles including Masonic treasurer lodge master school board member and church choir member.
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Ohio
San Francisco
John K. Brown
Union Bank of New Holland
Brown
Mexico
Honolulu
New Holland
Cincinnati
Masonic Temple Association
Masonic Lodge
Merk
Democratic County Executive Committee
Hill's Prediction Fulfilled Merger Roads Earn Big
In New York on October 26 President James J. Hill's forecast came true as the combined earnings of Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington totaled 150,918,172 for the year ending June 30. A table shows substantial gains in gross and net revenue for each line. Anarchist agitator John Turner arrested in New York for inciting mobs against alien labor laws. A dynamite car exploded on the Harlem River branch causing widespread damage and panics across Westchester, Baychester, City Island, and Long Island Sound boathouses.
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Mary
New York City
New York
John Turner
Murray Hill Lyceum
Commerce Cortelyou
Turner
Harlem River
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Baychester
Baychester Station
Westchester Village
Long Island Sound
City Island
Children Entombed After Clay Bank Caves In
In St Paul on October 71 b three children Lucy Keogen age three daughter of Mrs Katherine Keogen Russell Anderson age four and Loraine Anderson age five children of Leonard Anderson were suffocated when a clay bank inside a vacant lot caved in while they played. They were last seen at about 9 am and their bodies were recovered late in the afternoon.
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St. Paul
Lucy Keogen
Katherine Keogen
Russell Anderson
Loraine Anderson
Leonard Anderson
West George
Ohio Streets
Sixteen City Officials Indicted for Blackmail Schemes
Des Moines grim with a grand jury returning sixteen indictments against local officials accused of systematically blackmailing gambling house, saloon, and resort keepers. Sixty subpoenas were issued to probe the entire police department. Indicted include L. J. Livingston justice of the peace and several constables and constable aides accused of taking bribes and conspiring to extort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
L. J. Livingston
John Dailey
John Vickers
D. E. Roe
John Eggerman
A. M. Clary
Man and Wife Assassinated Near Dingmans Ferry
Richard Bevans, a farmer, and his wife living near Dingmans Ferry Pennsylvania, were shot as they sat by a window at their home on October 26. Both are expected to die. The neighborhood is scoured for the assassin but no clue to identity or motive has been obtained.
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Port Jervais
Richard Bevans
Dingmans Ferry
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American District Telegraph Company
Yariday
Vancouver
Ishpeming
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Tro
Kansas
Hill
Gross Inc
Net Inc
Burlington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Total Inc
EE Fortelyou
Bank
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