Stone Quarry Owners Struck By Runaway Car
Glenn Ireland and Harry France, proprietors of the France stone quarry near Van Wert Ohio, were seriously injured while inspecting the plant when a crushed stone car on an incline rail ran loose. Ireland suffered brain and internal injuries and lies near death. France had a broken arm and minor injuries.
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van Wert
Glenn Ireland
Harry France
France
Ireland
Charles Ireland
Hazing Prank Kills UNC Freshman in Chapel Hill
Tsase William Rand of Smithfield died in a hazing prank at the University of North Carolina. Four sophomores were held in $5,000 bail each after coroner reports showed Rand was forced to mount a barrel, sing and dance, then fell or the barrel was kicked. Rand bled to death within ten minutes from neck wounds after striking glass. Governor Kitchin demanded a full investigation and President Venable ordered arrests of A Y Styron, W C Merriman, A C Hatch, and W Oldham.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Tsase William Rand
Smithfield
University of North Carolina
Kitchie
Francis P Venable
A. Y. Styron
W. C. Merriman
Wilmington
A. C. Hatch
Mount Olive
W. Oldham
Raleigh
Rand
Indictments for White Slavers in Detroit Federal Court
Forty indictments against 32 persons were returned by a federal jury in Detroit. Twenty are charged with white slavery. A notable case accuses William Ferguson, a cripple, of murder on the high seas for the shooting of Canadian Immigration Inspector Herbert on a ferry between Detroit and Windsor. Capital punishment is not typically used in Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
William Ferguson
High Seas
Ferguson
Herbert
Windsor
United States
Michigan
Say Snead Had Accomplice
Amarillo Texas September 17 The identity of a mysterious accomplice believed to have aided J I Snead in planning the murder of Al G Royce Jr is discussed alongside Sneads second killing linked to his wifes elopement with Boyce It is likely Snead will be taken to Fort Worth for trial for the murder on January 13 of Captain Al G Boyce father of the Saturday victim The trial is set for November.
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Snead
Amerillo
Tex
al. G. Royce, Jr
Boyce
Fort Worth
Capain al. G. Boyce
City Revokes Street Car Grants in Lafayette
Lafayette Ind Sept 17 city council revoked the franchise for operating street cars on several streets of the Port Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company due to failure to comply with grant provisions. In Toledo Ohio Sept 16 an auto wreck killed David A Mpauner 21 of Cleveland and drowned Mrs Fred M Melere 25 of Indianapolis when their car veered and overturned into a ditch.
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Lafayette
Ind
Port Wayne and
Northern Indiana Traction Company
Toledo
David A. Mpauner
Cleveland
Fred M. Melere
Indianapolis
Naval Apprentices Drowned in Cutter Capsize
Chicago September 16 five naval apprentices were drowned and five missing after a cutter from the United States naval training station at North Chicago capsized.
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Chicago
United States Aval
North
Aviator Killed in Air Collision at Cicero Aerodrome
A midair rear end collision between a monoplane and a biplane during a 20 kilometer speed race at Cicero Aerodrome left Howard Gill dead from a broken neck and George Mestach of Paris unconscious but alive. A crowd of 5000 watched as wreckage scattered, police kept the crowd from looting the planes, and the racers collided during an event at the mille aerodrome enclosure.
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Chicago
Cicero
Howard Gill
Baltimore
France
Mille Aerodrome
Allen clan chief caught in Des Moines
Sidna Allen leader of the Hillsville Virginia courthouse killers and his nephew Wesley Edwards were arrested in Des Moines Iowa after detectives traced love affair links. They consent to return to Virginia without requisition. Edwards was nabbed while returning to his boarding house after a workday with a paving crew.
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Virginia
Des Moines
Sidna Allen
Allen
Carroll County
Hillsville
Massie
Wesley Edwards
Edwards
Miss Maude Jroler
Mount Airy
Tom Sayre
Joe Jackson
Arrest of William D Haywood Sparks General Strike Call
Labor leader William D Haywood of Denver was arrested in Boston on a capias warrant for conspiracy tied to last winter’s Lawrence textile strike. He had just addressed about 15,000 on Boston Common and was released on a $1,000 bond. The call followed the arrest and trial of Ettor Giovannitti and Caruso for the riot death of Anna Lopizzo.
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Boston
Boston Common
William D. Haywood
Denver
Industrial Workers of the World
Capias
Lawrence
Haywood
Essex County Grand Jury
New England
Ettor
Giovannitt
Caruso
Anna Lopizo
Importer A P Tannert Ends Life in Central Park Cab
New York on September 17 a woolen goods importer A P Tannert, faced with heavy business losses and blindness in one eye, killed himself in a taxicab in Central Park. He left a note attributing the act to financial misfortune and his eye illness.
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New York
A. P. Tannert
Central Park
Treasury chief frees dictionaries for language study
James E. Curtis acting secretary of the treasury authorized dictionaries to be admitted free to encourage learning of foreign languages by the American people. The move follows an advance step to promote education.
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Washington
James E. Curtis
Secretary of the Treasury
Farmman Kills Wife and Son Then Takes Life
In Council Bluffs Iowa on September 17 Martin Thompson a farmer living east of town, while temporarily insane, killed his wife and son and then died by suicide. Two daughters away at the time escaped.
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Killa
Council Bluffs
Martin Thompson
Thia City
Beers Elected Commander in Chief of G A R
Judge Alfred B. Beers of Bridgeport Conn was chosen commander in chief at the G A R encampment in Los Angeles Cal Other officers elected include H Z Osborne Americus Wheedon George E Lovejoy L L Whittaker C D R Stowitz Henry J Seely Retiring Commander in Chief Trimble received a diamond studded badge valued over 1000 The next encampment city was debated with no clear choice and the per capita tax was raised from 38 1 2 cents to 5 cents a year.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alfred B. Beers
Bridgeport
Conn
Grand Army of the Republic
Executive Council
H. Z. Osborne
Americus Wheedon
Louisville
Trimble
George W. Cook
Denver
Cook
M. M. Minor
Colorado Department
Dayton
Detroit
Pittsburg
Seattle
San Francisco
Wilson Will Make Trips During Campaign Tour
Governor Wilson announced, at the suggestion of Acting Chairman McAdoo, that he will make a trip every week during the campaign. He plans extensive speaking tours in every doubtful state except those on the Pacific coast and will adhere to his original plan to avoid “tours.”
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Pacific
New York
Wilson
McAdoo
Democratic Campaign Committee
Pacific Coast
American Boy to be Shot by Mexican Army
John Devine a 22 year old New Yorker is under sentence of death in the Mexican army. A letter to his father at 3099 Broadway states he has been condemned and will be shot. Senator James A. O Gorman has taken up the case with the state department in Washington. The message ends with Good-bye all Jack.
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John Devine
New York
New Yorker
Peter Devine
Broadway
James A. O’gorman
State Department
Washington
Tom
Jack
New Trial For E G Lewis In Mail Fraud Case
The second trial of E G Lewis University City publisher and promoter will be on the docket for October 16 in the U S district court in St Louis Missouri. Federal Judge Charles A Willard will preside as the jury from the first trial failed to agree.
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Loula Court
Louis
E. G. Lewis
University City
United States District Court
Charles A. Willard
Leaves nurse a fortune in Duryea estate
Out of an estate of 344,588.90 left by Walter E. Duryea who died after a diving injury, 155,983.90 goes to Miss Anna Peregrine. Duryea lived with a broken neck for years and Miss Peregrine nursed him for ten years, according to the tax appraiser's report filed in Mineola.
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Walter E. Duryea Willis
Anna Peregrine
Mineola
S. 1
Walter E. Duryea
Duryea
Sanda Point
Peregrine
Baldwin Renominated by Connecticut Democrats
Hartford Sept 14 Governor Simeon E Baldwin was renominated without opposition at the adjourned session of the Democratic state convention. Other state officers and seven presidential electors were named.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Simeon E. Baldwin
Woman shot by stray rifle in New Rochelle canoe scene
Mrs. Martha Layman lies dying in New Rochelle after a stray shot from a rifle fired by a young woman snipe hunter in a canoe off Bands Point. The incident occurred as the hunter exposed herself during the pursuit.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Martha Layman
Bands Point
Women Will Lash Gamblers In Larned Kansas
The Women's Anti Gambling association in Larned threatens to horsewhip city gamblers if they do not leave town. Bands of residents pledge action to curb home gaming.
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Larned
Kan
Women’s Anti- Gambling Association of
Count Nogi and Wife Die by Their Own Hands in Tokyo
Tokio Sept 15 The signal gun at the palace marked the start of the funeral procession for Emperor Meiji as General Count Nogi and his wife killed themselves with a dagger and sword respectively. The Nogis, famed for capturing Port Arthur in 1904, followed the emperor in death and were famed loyalists to the imperial line.
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Port Arthur
Tokio
Muteuhito
Aoyama
Nogi
Yohihito
Count Nog
Japan
Yoshihito
Kari Kari
Matsuhito
Stoessel
Third
Oust Nonmixing Pastor at Auburn Street Church
New York reports Rev. J A Belanger of the Auburn Street Congregational church in Pow N J is ousted after trustees rejected his resignation as a non mixer. Though praised for theology and eloquence he is accused of not meeting standards as a handshaker. An alumni supper witness alleges comments on cooking quality.
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New York
J. A. Belanger
Auburn Street Congregational Church
P Ow
N. J
Raeburn Sought For Bank Larceny Charge
W. D. Raeburn former assistant paying teller at Central Savings bank is charged with larceny of 3200 dollars. A warrant was issued Friday in Sault Ste. Marie on the case as of mid September.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mid
W. D. Raeburn
The
Central Savings Bank
Moor Pretender May Yield
Gibraltar reports that French forces defeated Mulai Hibba’s troops. The claim says the Moorish pretender will surrender to Builtan Tusset, with news arriving Friday and suggesting an imminent capitulation.
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Gibraltar
Mulai Hibba
Builtan Tusset
Navy training boat sinks in gale with six youths dead
Six navy recruits at North Chicago perished when a Lake Michigan pleasure sail capsized in a gale. Twenty three others and two petty officers survived while a heroic seaman, William Negus, saved two lives before succumbing to delirium. Captain Fullam attributed Negus's effort to be maximal. Rescue efforts failed as undertow and heavy surf doomed several attempts.
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Chicago
United States Navy
North Chicago
Lake Michigan
W. E. Antrobus
R. C. Harlan
Memphis
Tenn
LL. Southworth
Nashville
John Wallace
John Patten
Detroit
Mich
A. L. Raymond
William Negus
W. F. Fullam
Negus
Mrs Johnson Ends Life In Chicago Home
Mrs Etta Johnson aged thirty one, wife of world boxing champion Arthur J Johnson, shot herself in the temple during a nervous attack at their Chicago home. She died at Provident Hospital. Johnson said she acted in delirium and denied domestic trouble or quarrels in the marriage.
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Chicago
Etta Johnson
Arthur J. Johnson
Johnson
Provident Hospital
Pastor's Wife Kills Self at Worship Service
In Philadelphia on September 17 Mrs. H. C. Stone, wife of Rev. H. C. Stone of Holy Trinity Memorial chapel, died by poison. The church congregation heard the announcement during services as the absent pastor’s health situation was noted. Her death is linked to concern for her husband’s health.
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Philadelphia
H. C. Stone
The
Holy Trinity Memorial Chapel
Murderer Angry At Taft Over Commutation
Andrew Gonzales the Cuban wife murderer expressed anger at being spared the gallows after President Taft intervened to seek a possible clemency or commute his death sentence to life imprisonment. He said he wanted to be hanged without further delay.
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Washington
Andrew Gonzales
Taft
Gonzales
Farmer shoots intruder. is freed after coroner's jury
In Poplar Bluff Missouri on September 17 Louis Roberts a Blue Springs farmer killed Jesse Kibby in his kitchen after Kibby refused to stay away. A coroner's jury exonerated Roberts who testified he warned Kibby to stay away. Mrs Roberta and her husband had trouble but had reconciled.
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Poplar Bluff
Louis Roberts
Blue Springs
Jesse Kibby
Roberts
Kibby
Roberta
Szabo Estate Dwin Dies Away
New York Sept 17 charges that 7100 of the 10000 estate of Countess Rosa Brabo has disappeared occupied the Austrian consul and every effort is being made to trace the money.
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Szabo
Dwin
New York
Rosa Brabo
Brazil to Conserve Whales
Washington dispatches report the Brasilian government plans to conserve whales, according to information from Ambassador Morgan in Rio de Janeiro. The note outlines official steps and aims of conservation policy.
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Brazil
Washington
State Department
Morgan
Rio de Janeiro
The Dyspepsia Cure Confronts Doctor Dubbs
A lame and pale man seeks relief in a druggist shop. The shopkeeper touts Dubbs Dyspepsia Pills and Doctor Dubbs endorsements. In a twist, the customer reveals he is Doctor Dubbs asking for a different remedy.
Handy Do It Yourself Contraptions From Old Notes
A collection of quirky home tips for winter lawn ashes reuse, tin hat tool holder ideas, a glove finger pencil holder, homemade plaster recipes, fashioning musical notes into perforated sheets, and a crude egg freshness test using a blunt edge.
Colonial cotillion prompt sparks colorful costume clash
A young man enters a ballroom in a four sack and a smile provoking the host who balks at colonial attire. He explains the outfit is colonial in spirit and a costume from the Philippines, sparking the humorous misunderstanding.
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Philippines
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Dubbs
Doctor Dubbs
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