British loan plan over subscribed says Morgan bankers
New York October 26 J P Morgan and company announced a fresh 300 million dollar loan to Great Britain. The issue will be oversubscribed with total borrowing around 500 million, despite Britain's lack of immediate need. The loan backed by high grade collateral, foretells ample gold shipments and easy money conditions in the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Great Britain
J. P. Morgan
America
Britain
J. P. Morgan and Company
GOP Western Fund Reaches 387163.96 In Chicago Report
The Republican national committee Western department reports total contributions of 387163.96 to date. Fred W. Upham, western treasurer, announced the itemized sum sent to Washington as required by law. Eight years ago the West raised 548000 for the entire campaign. A post election 1916 report is planned under law. Political leaders expect the current spending to set a Midwestern party record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Western Department
Washington
Fred W. Upham
Middle West
Clarence Myers Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Clarence Myers aged twenty one confessed to killing William Travis a Newaygo county farmer over a love dispute. A White Cloud jury found him guilty of second degree murder, citing Mrs Travis as equally to blame for urging the crime. Myers and Mrs Travis face separate trials next week for sentencing and related actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Are Rapids
Mich
Clarce Myers
William ‘Travis
Newaygo County
Travis
White Cloud
Blafe
Canadian Pacific Officials and Workers Reach Settlement
Ottawa reports a settlement between Canadian Pacific Railway officials and employees ending the threatened strike. The agreement was signed after a telegram from Winnipeg to Vinner of Labor Brothers confirmed the accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vinner
Grothers
Captain William G. Fay Wins President's Match in Rifle Tourney
Captain William G. Fay secured victory in the President's Match at the U S Rifle competition. The win underscores Fay's precision and skill as a marksman in a national event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Fay
U. S
American Press Association
William Carland Fay
United States Marines
Jicksonville
Fla
United States
Wilson
America
Fay
Refugee Train Arrives From Chihuahua City In El Paso
El Paso reports a refugee train of three cars arriving from Chihuahua City with platforms crowded. General Jacinto Trevino warns relatives to flee the stricken capital as another train is en route to Juarez. Dispatches say Chihuahua City faces direct attack after Villa's victory over Ozuna at Palomas.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Jacinto Trevino
Juarez
Chihuhua City
Trevino
Francisco Villa
Carranza
Carlos Ozuna
Palomas
Ozuna
Navy faces soaring prices on battleship and destroyer orders
Washington reports four new battleships and twenty destroyers to be built with the largest navy contract yet. Despite adding 3,000,000 more per battleship and a hull and machinery limit of 11,500,000, bids came in high amid rising structural material costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Marin
Osteopaths Form Northeastern Indiana Association
Osteopaths from Adams Wells Whitley Kosciusko Noble and Allen counties met in Fort Wayne to form a new northeastern Indiana association. Dr J F Derek of Fort Wayne is president and Dr J A Chapman is secretary treasurer. Meetings will be held biweekly by the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Adams
Wells
Whitley
Kosciusko
Noble
Allen Counties
Indiana
J. F. Derek
J. A. Chapman
Franklin Man Kills Wife in Franklin Indiana
Charles Golden forty five colored man shot and killed his wife after a quarrel wounded his fifteen year old daughter and slashed his throat in a failed suicide attempt. Golden and the daughter expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Ind
Charles Golden
Golden
Teutons Close In On Roumania At Danube Front
Berlin reports rapid Teuton advances across Dobrudja and Transylvanian fronts. Von Mackensen captures Cernavoda. Falkenhayr drives toward Predeal and Bucharest. Roumanians driven into Danube swamps, trapped with limited escape options.
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Berlin
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Cernavoda
Danube River
von Falkenhayr
Throush Vulcan Pass
Red Tower Pass
Danube
Kimpsiune
Roumanian
Predeal Pass
Czernhowicz
Odessa
Bucharest
Cornovoda
Constanza
Belgrade
Sea
Constanza-Cernavoda
Old Roumania
Six Killed When Auto Struck by Interurban Near South Bend
A collision six miles north of South Bend Indiana killed three women one man and two children. Frank Brown drove the auto with passengers including Mrs Garl Olaenburg of Inwood and Mrs Florence Elliott and Mrs Frank Elliott of Kokomo plus two Elliott children. They were returning from Niles Michigan when the interurban car struck them at a sharp road turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Here
Frank Brown
Garl Olaenburg
Inwood
Florence Eliott
Frank Eliott
Kokomo
Frank Elliott
Brown
Niles
Mich
Supreme Court Grants Delays in West Virginia Mine Workers Case
The Supreme Court on Oct 26 granted motions to postpone arguments in the West Virginia case testing Judge Dayton's order declaring the United Mine Workers an illegal appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Feder
Dayton
United Mine Workers
Take Gems Hidden Loot in Otter Bay Burglary
Oct. 26 report from TH states burglars broke into a residence while guardians slept and stole eight diamonds plus other jewelry valued at 2200 dollars. The incident highlights a bold nighttime theft targeting valuable gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IL Wera
Farmer Killed by Accidental Shot in Indiana Woods
Walter Ludwig a 35 year old farmer died instantly in Travis Woods Laporte Indiana from an accidental discharge while hunting the shot fatal event occurred October 25. The tragedy is ruled an accident with Ludwig the victim and no other persons injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Walter Ludwig
Travis Woods
Election frauds in West to be checked
Washington reports widespread election law violations in middle west states prompting the justice department to assign Frank O. Batley to oversee investigations in Indiana Ohio and Illinois. Assistant Attorney General Graham will run the Washington side. Prosecutions may begin before election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle West
Department of Justice
Department
Frank O. Batley
Indiana
Ohio
Ilinois
Terre Haute
Graham
Gregory
Banker Injured in Auto Spill Near Greeneaidle
Robert L. O'Hair president of the Central National bank and ex president of the Indiana Bankers' association suffered a broken leg and other injuries when the automobile he rode in left the road and wrecked in a ditch near Greeneaidle Indiana. His son Fred J. O'Hair was with him after attending a bankers banquet.
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Greeneaidle
Ind
Robert L. O'Hair
The
Central National Bank
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Mr. O'Hair
Fred J. O'Hair
Bankers
Milk Sickness Fatal in Indiana Near Losantville
The funeral for Frank Bookout, 40, who died at his home near Losantville from milk sickness, was held. His wife Mrs Bookout is critically ill. Both were sick after drinking milk from a cow pastured in the woods, and chickens that drank the milk also died. This is a rare local case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ind
Frank Bookout
Losantville
Bookout
Auto misses bridge injuring none near Scottsburg
An automobile carrying a man a woman and two children went off a road bridge at Marshfield two miles north of Scottsburg Indiana turned over and landed in water. All four occupants escaped injury and were cared for by nearby farmers who declined to give names. The car bore an Alabama license with the initials Ft G C. The front wheels and top were demolished and a young girl nearly drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsburg
Ind
Marshfield
Alabama
Ft. G. C
Executions Reported in Mexico City Robbery Case
Twenty men, mostly warehouse workers, were executed in Mexico City over the past week for taking part in robbing freight consignments through fraudulent bills of lading. The dispatch from Laredo notes carriage thefts and freight car robberies have been common recently, per reliable information.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico City
Helen Keller Cancels Lectures Due to Illness
Helen Keller cancels several public lectures citing illness. Organizers confirm replacements to be announced and warn ticket holders of possible rescheduling. Keller's appearances had drawn wide interest across communities.
Arrested on charge killing family of five
Thomas Metzler a watchman was brought to Chester Illinois to answer a charge of murdering George Douglas his wife and three children at their Coulterville area home on May 5 1910 Indicted by Randolph County Sheriff on testimony from Carter's wife robbery suspected as motive after the fire and subsequent movements of Metzler between Coulterville Sparta and Cutler Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Thomas Metzler
Chester
Weaver
Randolph County
Ilinois
Metzler
George Douglas
Coulterville, Jr
Douglas
Coulterville
Sparta
Cutler
Carter
Chicago Markets Report Hogs and Cattle Prices
Chicago live stock receipts 41 000 hogs with light shipping at 10.20 to 10.40 and heavy packing 10.00 to 10.30. cattle receipts 26 000 with good to prime prices 10.75 to 11.20 for cattle and 11.00 to 11.59 for prime dealers. East Buffalo reports slow cattle, steady hogs at 10.50 to 10.60, lambs 10.69 to 10.75, yearlings 8.50 to 9.00, and veals 11.00.
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Chicago Cash Grain
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
French Surge Near Verdun Push On Meuse Front
Paris reports French forces under General Nivelle press east of the Meuse near Verdun, consolidating gains in the Famin and Chenois sectors after repelling multiple German counterattacks. Some 4,500 prisoners taken. 80,000 French troops concentrated on the east bank for the operation.
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Paris
Verdun
Nivelle
Teutons
Douaumont
Haudremont
Damloup
Somemes
Picardy
Muse
Pouamont
Ducont
Meuse
Famin
Chenois
Somme
Cotton Soars then Drops From 20 Cent Peak
A sensational market break pushed cotton prices down sharply after an early rise above twenty cents, marking the highest level since the Civil War and triggering a dramatic retreat in New York trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hale
Helen Keller Cancels Lecture Tour After Injury
Boston October 26 Helen Keller the renowned blind lecturer sustains a sprained spine and must cancel her remaining lecture engagements for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Keller
Boston
Grain Broker Bryant Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Charles Bryant, chairman of the Duluth grain appeals board, died in his offices in Duluth Minnesota on October 26 from a self inflicted gunshot. The death ends a long career in grain trade and public grain affairs in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Charles
Bryant
Duluth Board of Grain Appeals
State 2 Cent Fare Stands and Labor News
Chicago ont. 26 The 2 cent fare between Chicago and Illinois points toward St Louis remains in place as the state public utilities commission notes the Interstate Commerce Commission suspended the earlier order. Danville Oct 26 John W. Welker, president of the Thingis State Federation of Labor, says he will run for president of the United Mine Workers of America.
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Chicago
Ilinois
St. Louis
Commine Sion
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alire
Waell
E $E Ornerr Varhuis
Danville, Jr
John WH. Welker
Thingis
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J. P. Moagen
Upham
Clarence Myers
Garrangistas
Chihuahua
Tuetons
Roumania
Mackensen
Cernavada
Falkenhayn Vulcan Pass
Postrones
F. C. Dailey
Robert L. O’hair
Banquet
Farmer
Jared
Stella B. Dabney
Fumin
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