WRECKING CASE WARRANTS ISSUED IN MILWAUKEE AVENUE BANK SCHEME
Ten warrants issued by Judge Kersten in Chicago for the Milwaukee Avenue bank case name Paul O. Stensland Henry W. Hering Theodore Stensland and others. Charges include conspiracy perjury larceny forged notes and forgery involving multiple sums and several named victims.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
Kerstei
Smith
Milwaukee Argonne State Bank
Paul O. Stensland
Henry W. Hering
Theodore Stensland
Marius Kirkby
S. Herhold
Still Others Quoted Guilty In Milwaukee Bank Forgery
Chicago reports that Paul O Stensland is not the sole forger in the Milwaukee Avenue bank fraud. Authorities now suspect at least three other men plus cashier Hering involved in forging signatures and loot totaling over 500000 dollars. Directors Frank R Crane Marius Kirkeby and M A Labay were summoned for questioning as detectives probe independent robbery lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue
Hering
Stensland
Savings Department
States Attorney
Frank R. Crane
Marius Kirkeby
M. A. Labay
Henry W. Hering
Teller Dies by Own Hand in Milwaukee Avenue Bank Crash
Frank J. Kowalski, a savings teller at the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, shot himself at home after the crash amid threats and accusations he was involved. Neighbors say he was innocent. his finances showed modest deposits and a family stake in the bank.
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Chicago
Frank J. Kowalski
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Crash
North
Carpentier Street
Westeray
Joseph Kowalski
Paul O. Stensland
Henry W. Hering
August J. Kowalski
Ashland Avenue
Curse Dead Man's Body at Kowalski Home
Police were summoned to Kowalski residence to preserve order during an inquest into the death of Frank Kowalski a teller in Chicago on August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kowalski
Chicago
Olice
Frank Kowalski
Teller F
Missing Bank President Believed To Flee To Mexico
Fort Worth Texas August 11 Paul C Stensland fugitive bank president from Chicago visited Fort Worth with Henry V Adams a former Chicago broker Adams traveled from New Orleans with the man and says Stensland plans a health trip into Mexico Police in border towns were alerted to his movements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Paul C. Stensland
Chicago
Henry V. Adams
Chicago Commission
Mexico
Adams
New Orleans
Stensland
Onion Banquet A Glowing Success At Wolf Lake
About 2 000 people attended the Onion day festival at Wolf Lake Indiana with 300 onion growers and Whitley county residents. Speeches by B F Shively C C Gilliams and J W Mohr highlighted the event along with two bands and a baseball score of Albion 5 Wolf Lake 10. Exhibits showcased this year’s crop including around 100 displays and notable onion quality. Officials of the Indianapolis Goshen interurban and Fort Wayne and South Bend Air Line attended amid interurban development talk. Peppermint specimens were also on display.
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Wolf Lake
Ind
Whitley County
B. F. Shively
South Band
C. C. Gilliams
Congress
J. W. Mohr
Indianapolis- Goshen
Harvest Hand Captured in Greene County Kidnapping
Charles Holliday a harvest hand was jailed in Pratt Kansas on charges of beating and kidnapping Grace Bolan seventeen from a farmer near Cullison. After accosting the Bolan home he struck the girl with a shotgun and drove her away before being captured at Greensburg and brought to Pratt.
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Pratt
Kan
Charles Holliday
Grace Bolan
Cullison
Holliday
Bolan
Greensburg
Man in court abandons suicide plan after conviction
Pittsburg Aug 11 George Robinsteen faced the criminal court with a revolver and poison in his pockets planning self harm if sentenced. Convicted of conspiracy in the Eleanor Iron and Steel collapse he received a $500 fine and six months in the workhouse. He surrendered his weapons and poison and chose to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
George Robinsteen
Criminal Court
Eleanor Iron and Steel Company
Woman from Marietta jumps train near Cincinnati
Estella Bloomingdale of Marietta Ohio suffered a nervous disorder for weeks and is believed temporarily deranged after leaping from a train near Cincinnati yesterday. She is described as a woman of high character and spotless reputation.
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Marietta
Ohio
Estella Bloomingdale
Cincinnati
Former Official Sentenced in Chicago Irregularities Case
John A. Cooke, former clerk of the Chicago circuit court, was sentenced by Judge Ben M. Smith to an indeterminate term not to exceed five years in the penitentiary and fined $2,000 after motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment were overruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John A. Cooke
Ben M. Smith
Bryan Arrives in Paris for Four Day Visit
William J. Bryan and party reached Paris with his wife and daughter and were greeted by friends at the station. They dined at the Hotel Ritz hosted by ex-Governor David R. Francis. Bryan declined to discuss his presidential candidacy further and noted France's social reforms alongside views of democratic development worldwide.
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Paris
William J. Bryan
Colonel Wetmore
Dunlap
Bryan
Ritz
David R. Francis
St. Louis
United States
France
India
Japan
China
Mrs. Bryan
Notre Dame Cathedral
Seine
Pantheon
Fontainebleau
Bryan Nomination Seen as Certain by Francis
A Paris cable notes David R. Francis of St. Louis says the Democratic party will nominate William Jennings Bryan in 1908. Francis, who backed Palmer and Buckner in 1896, now supports Bryan without qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald
Paris
Democratic Party
W. J. Bryan
David R. Francis
St. Louis
Francis
Palmer and Buckner
Mr. Bryan
New Realty Firm Organized To Handle Southwest Lands
The American Investment and Development company, incorporated for 160000 dollars, plans large scale realty dealings. Based in Fort Wayne with C. E. Hadsell as president, the firm will handle lands mainly in the southwest and act as industrial agent for railroads and manufacturers. The 250 plus stockholders span seven states, with officers and directors from Fort Wayne and Michigan cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Investment and Development Company
Fort Wayne
C. E. Hadsell
Southwest
C. E B. Hadsell
Ind
G. L. Bart
Joseph W. Putnam
Grand Rapids
Mich
C. J. Sanger
J. G. Stafford
G. L. Bort
I. G. Stafford
A. I Shepard
Plainwell
Benjamin Ff. Harper
Washington, D. C
H. G Dyarman
Payne
J. A. Shellhorn
Bloomville
Frank Ashbaucher
Bluffton
M. N. Loehr
Claypool
Henry F. Rase
Huntington
E. O. Rose
Angola
Geo. E. Gage
Garrett, Ind
Herman Kreuger
Kendallville
Henry Krick
Monroeville
Henry P. Foglesang
Springport
P. B Raymond
Cedar Rapids
Nation Now Goes After Ice Trust
The Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate the local ice trust and associated railroads in Toledo Ohio. Commissioner Clements may join Commission Cockrell with Luther M Walter as special agent to lead the inquiry, timed for next Tuesday, amid a Roosevelt supervison of the case and prior grand jury activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ice Trust
Combine
Interstate
Commerce
Clements
Cockrell
Luther M. Walter
Commission
Roosevelt
Cutor
Wachenheimer
Kinkade
Ice Men
Thomas H Hughes Identified As Decomposed Body Found Near South Whitley
The badly decomposed body found at the Nickel Plate bridge over Eel river two miles east of South Whitley was identified by James E Hughes as his brother Thomas H Hughes an iron worker with Kerr Murray Manufacturing. Coroner Brenneman investigates uncertain death manner. no foul play suspected.
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Nickel Plate Bridge
Eel River
South Whitley
James E. Hughes
Pennsylvania Roundhouse
Thomas H. Hughes
Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company
J. F. Brenneman
Hughes
Russell Galbreath
M. L. Galbreath
Elmer Leininger
Julius Leininger
Columbia City
C. S. Albertson
Taylor Newcomb
William Nichols
T. E .Hughes
Walnut Street
Mary J. Hughes
Charles Steel
Chicago
Fort Wayne Gas Company
James LE. Hughes
Emma
Florence
Anna Hughes
James E
Frank M. Hughes
John Huges
Cincinnati
J. T. Leary
Howey
Baltimore
Marksman Accident Shoots Adams Farmer Near Conrad
Deputy sheriffs investigated a hunting accident that lightly wounded Henry Thiesman, a prominent Adams township farmer, when two shooters at a hornet nest fired from about thirty rods away. The shot struck Thiesman in the right cheek but caused no serious injury and no affidavit was filed. Herman J. Hoppe of Fort Wayne and Marshall E. Glass were nearby in a woods at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Thiesman
Adams Township
Conrad
Herman J. Hoppe
Marshall E. Glass
Hartle
Hattery
Thiesman
Hoppe
Fort Wayne
Glass
Indiana Leads National Haymakers in Membership Growth
Bridgeport Connecticut August 11 The annual session of the national Haymakers association opened today. Reports from secretary and treasurer show the group thriving with membership up 3000 during the year to a total of 48000. Indiana takes the lead, pushing Pennsylvania from first to second in numbers.
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Bridgeport
Conn
National Haymakers Association
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Will Demand Child in Court Case in Huntington Indiana
Newton Farr of Danville Indiana seeks court action after an attempt to kidnap his son from the boy's grandparents home was thwarted. The case centers on custody and safeguarding the child, with Farr seeking custody and resolution in court.
Labor chief denounces Panama canal labor plan
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, attacks the Panama Canal Commission for introducing Chinese coolies and lengthening work hours beyond eight. He says the move violates law and principle and recalls his prior protest to Chairman Shonts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Isthmian Canal Commission
Isthmus
Panama
Panama Canal
United States
Panama Zone
Panama Canal Zone
Shonts
Shonts Reports Panama Canal Work Underway
T P Shonts and Joseph B Bishop arrived from Colon aboard the Panama. Shonts said conditions in the canal zone were favorable and improving. He cited labor enrollment of Spanish workers and advertising for Chinese laborers, noted the rising death rate from 1% to 5% as better than typical camps, and reported no yellow fever recently with only one death from 37 cases.
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New York
T. P. Shonts
Joseph B. Bishop
Panama Canal Commission
Colon
Panama
Shonts
Pastor Confesses Dual Life For Six Years
Rev Samuel V Williams pastor of the First Christian church in Portage removed from his post after confessing a six year dual life. He says he and his wife have lived incompatibly and will not reconcile. Trustees questioned mental balance, noting exaggerations amid letters that weighed on him. A prior anonymous accusation of indignities from a woman could not be substantiated. The report ends with a mention of Oyster Bay Bay Le ts he.
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Laporte
Ind
Samuel V. Williams
First Christian Church
Williams
Oyster
BAY
Prison Break At Kokomo Police Lockup Reported
Five prisoners escaped from the corridor area of Liberty Kokomo police headquarters after the iron door lock was smashed. Two of the escapees were held on grand larceny charges. The incident was not discovered until the following morning.
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Kokomo
Ind
Indiana county fairs open next week across five counties
Five Indiana counties schedule annual fairs for August with dates in mid month. Delaware fair runs August 13 to 16 in Muncie, Spencer fair August 13 to 18 at Spencer, Clinton fair August 14 to 17 in Frankfort, Posey fair August 14 to 17 in Mount Vernon, and Decatur fair August 14 to 17 in Greensburg.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Delaware County
Muncie
Spencer County
Spencer
Clinton County
Frankfort
Mount Vernon
Decatur County
Greensburg
Ice Cream Ties to Typhoid Outbreak in Eminence
Fifteen typhoid cases reported from Eminence Indiana after attendees at a local social ate ice cream. The Indiana state board of health is asked to investigate whether the dessert served at the event caused the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Eminence
Ind
State Board of Health
Former Revolutionists Detained in Panama Conspiracy
Panama on August 11 reports police captured seventeen Colombian former revolutionary generals and a Mexican, all recently arrived, on conspiracy charges. Authorities plan deportation as pernicious foreigners. Secret details withheld amid rumored liberal party links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Ruiz Sandoval
Arias
Panama Liberal Party
Republic of Panama
Prohibition State Ticket Listed by Secretary of State
State ticket slate announced with names including A. L. Crim Crawfordsville for Secretary of State William H. Kell ar Corydon Charles M. Lemon Indianapolis Charles F. Holler South Bend Daniel E Speicher Urbana W O Bailey Angola Allan D Hole Earlham College Richmond Dr Millard F Gerrish Seymour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Crim
Crawfordsville
William H. Kelar
Corydon
Charles M. Lemon
Indianapolis
Charles F. Holler
South Bend
Daniel E. Speicher
Urbana
W. O. Bailey
Angola
Allan D. Hole
Earlham College
Richmond
Millard F. Gerrish
Seymour
Prohibition County Ticket header listing local candidates
Senator J C DeLong Monroeville. Legislature J F Connelly Fort Wayne Geo G Wilson Harlan John Parr Roanoke. Prosecuting Att'y A S Covell. Clerk D J Barnhart Monroeville. Auditor J F C McMahen. Treasurer Jos B Haifley Spencer ville. Sheriff Albert W Irelan. Commissioners Oris Youse Monroeville A J Paff Hunter town Wm L Robinson. County Council W H Morton Adam Hamilton John Van Buskirk Isaac Plants. Councilmen at large Sam Wass Jr A C Pound David Evard. Coroner Dr Engle Monroeville. County Assessor Harn Moffet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. DeLong
Monroeville
J. F. Connelly
Fort Wayne
Geo. G. Wilson
Harlan
John Parr
Roanoke
Covell
R. G
D. J. Barnhart
J. F. C. McMahen
Jos. B. Haifley
Spencerville
Albert W. Irelan
City
Oris Youse
A. J. Paff
Huntertown
Wm. L. Robinson
W. H. Morton
Adam Hamilton
John van Buskirk
Isaac Plants
Sam Wass, Jr
A. C. Pound
David Evard
Engle
Harn
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Teller
Bea
Texas
Little Noble County Village
Kansas Girl
Rensselaer
MR. Francis
Nation
Toledo Combine
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coolie Labor
Mrs. Longworth
Prohibition
Prohibition County Ticket
Lima College
Charles Christian Miller
Rad
Lima
A. J. Rousery
Harrison Street
Ganger
Zimmerman
Chas
Harrison St
Fort Wayne, Ind
Matronac
Henry C. Paul
Chas. E. Bond
Wm. H. Rowen
Cashier
Stephen Morris
Clement P. App, John H. Bass
BE. C. Becks
Wm. A. Bohn
Stephen B. Bond
John W. Eggemann
Fitzpatrick
Chas. G. Guild
Willis Hattersley
A. Ely Hoffman
G. Max Hoffman
Gaylord M. Leslie
John M. Landenberger
Henry F. Moelering
Mosaman
Wm. EK
Noble
Henry
Paul
John C. Peters
George W. Pixley
Edward M Wilson
C. E. Pfeiffer
Bass Block
Uneeda Biscuit
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