West 15 Mighty Bid for Insurance Funds
Chicago May 14 Pack of the is suing of a license by the insurance department of West Virginia to Consolidated Casualty company president Robert B Armstrong formerly assistant secretary of the treasury is a story of active hostility by eastern allied insurance interests The issuing of the license after a protracted inquiry is regarded as a victory for the west over obstacles which could be raised against a company financed by popular subscription The association of commerce notes that not over one per cent of 825000000 of insurance revenues were retained in Chicago and 90 per cent of three billion dollars of life assets held east of the Alleghenies The move aims to check the flood of 46000000 of premiums Chicago sends east and to Europe The company capitalizes at 1000000 with 1000000 surplus and will begin writing many lines of insurance Other lines excluded The piece laments Chicago’s loss of premiums to eastern banks and insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Insurance Department of West Virginia
Consolidated Casualty Company
Robert B. Armstrong
Armstrong
Alleghany Mountains
Association of Commerce
Europe
Armestrome
United States
Big Eastern
Life, Fire and
New York
Hertford
Des Moines
Detroit
Wright Brothers Home From Europe Return to Dayton For Work
The Wright brothers and sister Catherine returned to New York from Europe and will go to Dayton to complete aircraft work. They plan tests for shipment to Fort Meyer under government direction and will meet war department specifications. Orville denied Morgan offers to finance aeroplane manufacture and the first flight is set for Mort Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wright Brothers
Catherine
Europe
Acro Club of America
Dayton
Fort Meyer
Avro Club
Orville Wright
J. BP. Morgan
Ile
United States
Mort Meyer
War Department
Wilbur Wright
Aviator Praises Women as Nerve in the Air
The aviator extols women for nerve in flight and notes machines’ ultimate limits require experiments. Wrigiits under contract to return to England. British officers use aero planes. A celebration is planned in their tower in Dayton before they proceed to workshops and a home outside the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrigiits
England
Dayton
Mystery Woman Identified In Chicago Lake Death Case
A Chicago mystery deepens as the body found in the lake near Lincoln Park remains unidentified. No claimant has appeared for a $3750 found in a safety deposit box, while several women named Lewis are being checked as possible matches.
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Chicago
C. A. Lewis
Lincoln Park
Mars
Chice
Charles A. Lewis
West Lake Street
Spokane
Washington
Marie
Co AL Lewis
Dawson City
Alaska
Rose Gardner
Alich
al. V. Lewis
Kansas City
British marksmen win in Washington small bore match
The British rifle team defeated the American squad by a wide margin in the International Small Bore match at 75 feet. Captain General James A. Crain led the U S team, with Wo EO Reynolde of New York City posting the top American score of 208. Other noted Americans included Theodore Gabriel of Newark and J G W Chesley of New Haven. Australia joined the contest and the British claim the overall victory as the Americans, despite top talents, trailed by about eight points per man.
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Washington
Great Britain
Engel
James A. Crain
National Rifle Assocition
Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs of
Amertcam
Qag
Eam
Cou
Wo EO Reynolde
New York City
Col Caldwell Arrested After Elopement Attempt
Charles Caldwell son of a Cole county judge was arrested in Columbus after a failed attempt to coerce 16 year old Tenlah Remy into eloping. The girl's father fired at Caldwell as he fled and a citizen posse pursued him before he was captured by officers.
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Columbus
Jad
Mayog
Charles Caldwell
Caldwell
Circuit Court
Cole County
Ehaomebl
Tenlah Remy
Wright Brothers Return to Dayton Amid Celebration
Cannons boomed as Orville and Wilbur Wright with sister Catherine arrived in Dayton after European triumphs. The city hailed the famous brothers with a homecoming that filled streets with excitement and children tossing flower garlands.
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Wright
Dayton
Tran
Orville
Wilbur Wiuerlit
Catherine
New irrigated farms open to settlement in Wyoming unit
Three hundred 40 to 160 acre farms and a town site in the Shoshone reclamation project near Powell Wyoming will be opened to settlement late this month. The first unit of 15,000 acres has already attracted settlers, with dairy cattle replacing old cattle and buffalo. Wheat and oats yields are strong and prospects for a sugar beet industry improve with a potential sugar factory.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Wyoming
Powell
Big Horn Basin
Col
Coady
Jane
Roosevelt Son Dismisses Forest Ordeal as Trivial
A boy embarked in the forest to reach camp but became lost. After wandering until dawn he found a hill station twenty miles away and returned just as a search party started. Colonel Roosevelt minimizes the danger of the event and treats it as a minor incident.
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Roosevelt
Forest Service to Examine National Forest Boundaries
Forester Pinchot directs six western district headquarters to launch a thorough review of national forest boundaries and interior areas not suitable for forest purposes. He stresses excluding agricultural lands unless tiny and argues adjoining timberlands and watershed areas should be added for public benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Forest Service
Forester
Pinchot
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Northwest Exposition Spurs Big Rush to Coast
Seattle reports traffic estimates from James J. Hill and railroads predicting about 1 million travelers via Minneapolis and St. Paul for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. Officials say 400000 go to the Northern Pacific, 400000 to the Great Northern, 200000 to the Milwaukee, with many visitors planning long stays as colonists drawn by opportunity and room in the Northwest.
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Seattle
James J. Hill
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Great Northwest
Hill
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Northwest
Oklahoma Land Frauds Examined by Federal Grand Jury
In Tulsa nine witnesses were examined today by the federal grand jury in cases arising from alleged frauds in town site locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Federal Grand Jury
Kermit Roosevelt Adventure Report From Nairobi Camp
A fragmented dispatch says Kermit Roosevelt, alone, endured a night near the Roosevelt camp at Macehakos. The report cites a May Aberdeen letter noting James J. Thill sent a 1600 dollar check toward a 70000 dollar Aberdeen church project.
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Aberdeen
James J. Thill
Nairobi
Faust
Afriva
Miyotge
Roosevelt
Macehakos
Kermit Roosevelt
Eggs Shipped to Lead and Deadwood by Hill City Lumber
Three hundred dozen eggs were shipped this week to Lead and Deadwood by the Hill City Lumber company, according to Hill City News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill City Lumber
2000 Washington bachelors seek wives via Chicago minister
Two thousand prosperous bachelors across eastern Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho, western Montana and SE British Columbia seek wives. They write to Levi Grant Monroe, Spokane chamber secretary, after Rev. Vaughan’s church circle urged marriage to honest earners. Monroe plans to forward letters to Chicago to match suitable women, noting interest from both rural and city girls.
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Spokane
Wash
Inland Empire
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Levi Grant Monroe
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
D. D. Vaughan
Tlalsted Street Institutional Church
Chicago
Monroe
Vaughan
Canada
Taft regrets inability to attend Pittsburg playground meeting
President Taft sends a regretful letter to the Pittsburg playground association third annual congress. He urges cities to provide sizeable play areas for children, noting benefits to health discipline and moral development, and expresses hope no city lacks suitable urban playgrounds.
Fire destroys business block in Manistee
Fire sweeps through a central business block in Manistee Michigan causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. No injuries reported but several storefronts are damaged or ruined. Fire crews battled the blaze through the afternoon.
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Manistee
Mich
Tragic Train Derailment Kills Three Near Dennison
Death toll rises after a M. E. and T. passenger train derailment near Dennison Texas. An engineer and two flagmen on a freight section were killed, a fireman died of injuries, and twenty passengers were hurt.
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Katy
Dennison
Tex
Yawl Overturned on River Causes Tragic Boat Loss
Pittsburg May 12. Police drag the river for bodies of yawl occupants after a capsize last night while crossing the river. Twenty-five men believed drowned out of thirty six aboard, the boat dangerously overloaded.
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Pittsburg
Art Exhibit at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Fair insured for 1.5 million
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition art exhibit in Seattle receives 1.5 million dollars in Lloyds of London backed insurance covering European acquisitions. Additional policies will cover Oriental displays as they are installed. The brick and steel Fine Arts Building will later become the chemistry school of the state university of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Lloyds of London
United States
Istate University of Washington
Praise for Newspapers Bishop Urges Alliance with Press
Spokane May 11 Reverend Dr Charles Scadding bishop of Oregon urged Episcopal church delegates to treat newspaper men as allies not spies He spoke on The Secular Press as a Missionary Agency at the eighth missionary department meeting in Spokane Attendees came from Washington Montana Oregon Idaho Utah Nevada New York Pennsylvania and other states.
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Pacific Coast
Spokane
Wash
Charles Scadding
Oregon
Eighth Missionary Department
The
Episcopal Church
Inch
Washington
Montana
Idahno
Wyoming
California
Utah
Nevada
New York
Pennsylvania
Scadding
Lutheran Conference Considers College at Eureka
In Eureka South Dakota on May 12 the Lutheran conference in session with eighty four delegates decided to locate a college in the city. Parks ton made a strong bid for the college.
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Lutheran College
Eureka
S. D
Lutheran Conference
Parkston
Capitol Furnishings discussed for South Dakota capitol offices
Mayor architect Bell of Minneapolis who designed the South Dakota capitol appeared before the capitol commission. The discussion covered office furniture steel furnishings and interior decorations for the capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Furnishings
Pierre, Ltd
Bell
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Capitol Commission
Gamble a Sprinter Princeton No 1 May Fire
Capt Ro A Gamble of Princeton university trick team equaled the intercollegiate record for all seconds in the two yard dash during the Caledonian interclass games yesterday but wind aided time cannot stand.
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Gamble
Princeton
Ro A. Gamble
Princeton University
United States
South Dakota
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Aero Club
Firat
Laaghind
Auestralia
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