Trial Opens In New York Over Rosenthal Murder
In New York a courtroom fills as Lt Charles Hecker faces trial for alleged involvement in the murder of gambler Herman Rosenthal. The day centers on jury selection and the extraordinary grand jury to review all Rosenthal case aspects while Selig may be killed for personal revenge.
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New York
Hartes
Torcetig Dt
de Ruftert
Herman Rosenthal
Philip Jlerrileh
Hosenthal
Hecker
Whitman
Meeker
Mivd
Jack’ Elle
Plana
Pullen
Charles Hecker
Elerman Josenthal
Eads of Justice
Davidson
Mac
Sensationalism in Religion Flayed by Methodist Bishop
Bishop William F. McDowell denounced sensationalism in religion at the Rock River conference in Evanston. He warned against world winning through alliance with sensationalism or compromise with evil. Rev. Matthew G. Wenz was transferred to the South California conference. Several pastors were admitted on trial and 1913 conference plans set for Freeport with a new $70,000 church edifice to be completed.
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Kivaga
Oet
William F. McDowell
Rock River
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bvanston
McDowell
Matthew G. Wenz
Diversy Boulevard
Chicago
South California
Roy Crocker
J. C. Hester Vinwardine
John H. Willamson
C. AcCracken
Embrey Church
Freeport
Austin Church
Lost bank roll valued at 200000 disappears between Havana and New York
Post office authorities and Cuban officials hunt for a registered mail pouch containing 200000 dollars in large denominations believed lost between Havana and New York. The funds were sent to a major New York bank by a Cuban correspondent and discovery of the loss was made last Thursday. No further details are available from post office inspectors or bank officials.
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New York
United States
Cuba
Havana
Noted W Man Dies Head of Women and Children Dept
Mrs. Perry Starkweather of St. Paul head of the women and children department for the Minneapolis bureau of labor died at Union Station as she was about to board a train.
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St. Paul
Minn
Perry Starkweather
Department of Women and Children
Minneapolis Bureau of Labor
Union Station
Three Die, Rail Collision Near Shippensburg
In Hagerstown Maryland on an October day in 74 a head on train collision near Shippensburg killed three trainmen and seriously wounded another while four others suffered various injuries as investigators assessed the wreckage and cause.
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Hagerstown
Shippensburg
Sultan Seeks Peace With His Neighbors
The Balkan crisis sees European powers planning joint mediation in Constantinople and the Balkan capitals. Britain accepts French proposals as Vatican mediation is announced. Turkey offers broader self rule for Rumelia and Monastir provinces while fighting fears of a wider conflict. Rechid Pasha heads to Constantinople with documents from the Turko Italian talks.
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Paris
Balkan
Constantinople
Great Britain
Oct
Turkey
Rumela
Mancdona
Teta
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Fausala
Athens
Amon
Treople
Anatolia
Berlin
Carmany
Halkan
Greal
Britain
Sergius Sazonoff
Macedonia
Rechid Pasha
Ouchy
Switzerland
Arrests His Quarry on Spire of Church in Camden
Detective Harry Cheeseman climbed the spire of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Broad Street and Berkley to serve a warrant on Charles Kephart charged with deserting his wife in Philadelphia. Kephart, a Camden resident and steeplejack, was arrested after Cheeseman reached him high on the scaffolding. Mrs Kephart had pursued charges but withdrew them after Kephart offered support. the reconciled couple planned to live in Camden.
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Camden
N. J
Harry Cheeseman
Broadway
Berkley Streets
Charles Kephart
Kephart
Philadelphia
Cheeseman
Ex Senator Pfeffer of Kansas Dies in Grenola
William A. Pfeffer former U S Senator from Kansas and member of the first populist legislature died of apoplexy at Grenola following a leg amputation and prior shock. He was aged 1 years. His death comes after a life in politics with Kansas Populists.
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Pfeffer
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
William A. Pfeffer
United States Senate
Grenola
National Coursing Show Opens in St Joseph
The National Coursing Association event begins in St Joseph on October 8, with about ten days of events and $6000 in premiums offered for winners and top placings.
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St. Joseph
National Coursing Association
More Troops Withdrawn From Martial Law Zone
Charleston West Virginia Oct three more companies were withdrawn from the martial law zone this morning leaving 740 men still on duty in the coal strike country Miners who have returned to work are guarded but by steadily decreasing forces of militiamen
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Charleston
W. Va
Youth Is Held for Quadruple Murder
Quincy Alabama reports 23 year old Ray Pfanschmidt arrested in the quadruple murder of Blanche Planschmidt sister of the accused. Bodies of Charles Planschmidt wife Mathilda daughter Blanche and Emma Kaempen found at Planschmidt home near Payson Adams County. Estate valued about 50000. Blood stained khaki uniform discovered and bloodhounds traced bogey from scene to camp.
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Quincy
Get. S
Bmay Pranschmidt
Pranschmidt
Blanche Planschmidt
Young Planschhmidt
Charles AL Planschmidt
Birs
Mathilda Planschmidt
Blanche
Emma Kaempen
Ray Pfanschmidt
Pfansehmidia
Gilmer
Pfanschmidt
J. I. Frese
Quincey
Hay Pfanschmidt
Nine Die In Philadelphia Motor Car Crash
A touring car carrying nine young men crashed through a railing on Thirty-third Street and Munster Street, plunging 26 feet into a coal yard. The dead include Robert A. Poyd 37 Gordon H. Millet 21 Wheatars M. Lawr nch 25 Edgar M. Shaw 19 and five others all from Philadelphia. The collision occurred as two vehicles sped to avoid a smaller car, injuring several aboard the Shaw car.
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Philadelphia
Kow Thirty-third Street
Munter Street
Rosert A. Poyd
Gordon H. Mill
Edgar M. Shaw
Jase Tolman
Hyar
Ernebt Schofield
Tagobernt Genbel
Holger Shaw
James Shaw
Thirty-third
Smmaller
Charles L Spayd
Shaw Machine
Price of Steel Domination by Ring Ties to 1906 Meetings
Pittsburgh testimony in the anti trust suit against United States Steel details 1906 07 meetings by major steel interests to stabilize prices and prevent rises or falls. Illis J King vice president Jones Loughlin Steel says he was treasurer of the Structural and Plate association which controlled about 90 percent of production and allocated business by percentage.
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Pittsburgh
J. King
Jones & Loughlin Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
King
Structural and Plate Association
Robbers Blow Two Bank Safes in Oklahoma Towns
Three men blew the safe at the State Bank of Kremlin in Senid Oklahoma early today and escaped with no loot after wrecking the bank. Two hours later they allegedly struck the State Bank of Douglas nearby on a handcar and again left empty handed as a posse formed to pursue them.
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Senid
Okla
State Bank
Kremlin
Here
Douglas
Herbert Quick Turns Tomato Magnate in West Virginia
Herbert Quick former Sioux City mayor and Iowa figure visits Washington with his family. He has entered the tomato business in West Virginia, plans a canning factory, and this year sold several thousand bushels from a farm near Berkslaw Springs.
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Washington
Herbert Quick
Quick
Sioux City
Iowa
West Virginia
Berkslaw Springs
Oklahoma Train Robbery by Daring Highwaymen
Bandits held up a Kansas City Southern passenger train near Poteau Oklahoma last night. They wrecked the express car using dynamite, looted mail and a few letters, and escaped into surrounding woods after taking an estimated 1000 to 1200 dollars in letters and cash. Investigations center on a Durant to Meave route with possible connections to a $7000 bank hold up in a neighboring town.
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Tau
Math
Curm
Pouseda
Poteau
Durant
Men 4
Meavetute
Qukla
Standard Oil vs Waters-Pierce Bonds Ownership Hearing
In a Missouri case over Standard Oil interests and the Waters-Pierce company, depositions were taken to trace ownership of about 2.4 million dollars in bonds of the Magnalita Petroleum party. John D. Rockefeller and Archbold are tied to subpoenas and witness attendance, with Archbold failing to appear and plans to seek postponed testimony as lawyers seek further proceedings.
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New York
Gel
Teelifforts
Waters-Pierce Wil Company
Lexus
John BD
Roerkefeler
Hth
Jobs
Standard Oil
Ghin Central
Waters-Clerce Company
Missouri Court
St. Louis
Outoberg
Archbold
Kha Xubposna
Walers- Pierce Ebuncel
Dbandard OU Witneries
Archabld
Commissionar Jacobs
Elieyverie
Arch
Federal control of marriages urged at conservation congress
Mrs. Orville Bright of Chicago urged federal oversight of marriages and divorces during the fourth national conservation congress in Indiana. She blamed ignorance of hygiene for many broken homes. Dr. Joseph A. Holmes urged safeguards for minerals and health to cut waste and accidents in mining. He noted 7 percent of miners were non English speaking and unaware of safeguards. May Briggs of Tacoma, president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, criticized Missouri timber action and outlined forest conservation efforts.
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Indiananols
Ind
Orville Bright
Chicago
Fourth
National Conservation Congress
National Congress of
Joseph A. Holmes
May
Bg, Briggs
Tacoma
Wash
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Timber Association
Missouri
Powers Demand Boxer Indemnities Conference Formed
Washington reports six powers, invited by Russia, form a conference to press for payment of the $50,000 Boxer indemnities after failing to secure an international loan to China. The position of the United States remains undecided.
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Washington
China
Russia
United States
Martyrs Bones Found Near Church of the Holy Apostles
Rome reports an ancient Christian cemetery uncovered near the remnants of the Church of the Holy Apostles at Spoleto in Perugia. The site contained bones of martyrs from the Flavian era, unused as a burial place for about 15 centuries.
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Rome
Church of the Holy Apostles
Spoleto
Perugia
Italy
Government suits Western Newspaper Union lead to Chicago visit
William T. Chant land, head of the government's Sherman Act action to dissolve the Western Newspaper Union, arrived from Washington to assist the case. The suit is described as a major factor in his current travel to Chicago.
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Sawait
Chicago
William T. Chantland
Western Newspaper Union
Washington
Trains Collide Near Buffalo Injuring Dozens
A collision between a west shore passenger train and a freight train at Wende station near Buffalo New York injures three possibly fatally and about 25 others seriously. Eight victims were admitted to the emergency hospital in Buffalo and 40 were taken to Batavia for treatment.
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Buffalo
N. Y
West Shore
Wende Station
Batavia
Stamps and rail talks mark national brief items
Postmaster General Hitchcock plans unique 12 stamp issue for parcel post. Washington reports coal ties between New York Central and Western Maryland lines for shipments to Baltimore and Eastern tidewater. Reports from Indianapolis cover Gov Marshall opposing Almeric Springs Jockey Club race track. Supreme Court case over stock yards regulation opens in Washington. Amarillo banker Sneed faces defense in murder case. Cleveland studies municipal ownership of telephone systems. San Francisco seeks Taft electors ballot placement. Police corruption dispute in Chicago. Bank clerk Bell pleads innocence in $50 000 theft. Stromboli erupts with ash and sand. Wilmington bankrupt Central Fuel Oil Company. Tressell couple robbed near Cleveland. Marquette crew survives sinking. New York sugar expert testifies on Havemeyer deal. Sacramento judge named for Darrow trial. New York tax books show rising values. Roosevelt electors petitions advance in Sacramento. Burlington Junction victimized by two strangers. Barstow collision injures passengers.
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Hitchcock
Falthmnore
Tidewater
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Tt. Marshall
Almeral Springs
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago
Enterstate Commerce Commission
Amarillo
Thx
John Beat Sneed
al G. Boyce
Sneede
Sneed
Cleveland
GFIO
Baker
Public Service
Springhorn
San Francisco
Secretary of State
Taft
State Supreme Court
Yanifreanciuco-Gan Mateo Hne
al Kauffmann
Chicaggo
Civil Service Cormilasion
Red J. Drundt
Polices Department
Bocente
Herman W. Schuettler
Pensacola
FPLA
Willum M. Bell
First National Bank
United States
Flo
Messina
Strombolii Pathia
Wilmington
Del
Central Fuel Oil Company
Oklahoma
Hradford
United States District Court
Ohio
John K. Tressell
Alliance
Tressells
Marquette
Mich
Henry Hichardson
Culligan
Lake Superior
Grand Island
Columbia
New York
Wallace Willett
Henry C. Havemeyer
Utah Beet Sugar Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Sacramento
W. M. Conley
Madera County
Wallace
Clarence
Darrow
Los Angeles
Frank C. Jordan
Roosevelt
Kansas City
J. W. Springer
Burlington Junction
Springer
Mobile
Ala
Spring Hill College
Virginia Brooke
West Hammond
Joan of Arc
Cook County Erandh Jury
Barstow
Cal
Santa Fe
San Pedro
Salt Lake
Barstow Junction
Submarine Sinks After Collision Off South Foreland
The British submarine K-27 was cut in halves by the Hamburg Amerik a liner during maneuvers off the South Foreland. Fifteen crew members went down. only Lieut. Wicherd Pulleyne survived, rescued exhausted from the sea. Amerika stood by and searched, but no further wreckage was found.
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Dover Harbor
Breut Pulleyne
Amerika
Ure
Southampton
Aberboure
New York
Percy Fo’ Dirlen
Chicago Considers Citywide Disorder District Referendum
Mayor Harrigan supports a citywide referendum to group disorderly reports into one district after the state investigation into vice conditions and resort keepers. State's Attorney Wayman plans warrants to arrest property owners who lease for disorderly purposes.
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Chicago
Harrigan
Aiayor Harrison
Wayman
Death Pact Reveals Bank Robbery Plot In Missouri Town
Mrs. Dorothy Swinney told police she and Frederick Illinois Kinsey planned to die together after Kinsey killed himself in Wichita. Before his death he reportedly outlined a local bank robbery scheme involving a woman in Kinsey’s home. Swinney denied knowing the bank plot but said they planned to jump from a bridge into the Mississippi River. Kinsey left his boarding house Tuesday and did not return. Swinney drank poison and was hospitalized but released in good condition.
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St Loui
Dorothy Swinney
Frederick IL. Kinsey
Wichita
Kaw
Kinsey
Wisconsin society woman seeks decree in divorce case
Mrs. Eleanore Baker of Marinette sues FE J Baker for divorce in Green Bay alleging incompatibility of temper. The Bakers married two years ago and were active in Marinette society. Mr Baker is a nephew of Senator Isaac Stephenson.
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Green Bay
Wis
J. Baker
Eleanore Baker
Marinette
James H. McGillan
Thea Bakers
Marinetta
Beker
Isaac Stephenson
Explosion at Western Powder Mills Kills Several in Peoria
An explosion at the Western Powder Mills in Edwards Station Peoria Ill today caused several deaths and many injuries. The plant was completely wrecked as rescue and investigation begin.
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Peoria
Ill
Western Powder Mills
Edwards Station
Bogus Heiress Held For Attempted Fraud
Edith Van Auken, who posed as a wealthy Kansas City heiress in ads for a husband, was arrested in Chicago on a mall fraud charge. She was wanted in Kansas City on a federal indictment alleging she claimed a fortune and sought a “kind loving husband” to support her dowry.
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Chicago
Edith van Auken
Kansas City
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