Diverse World Notes on Timber, Ports, and Figures
The page surveys forests and timber use including fire killed fiber for poles and railway ties, and lists Criafield Maryland as a major U.S. port for certain goods. It highlights Professor Caspar Rene Gregory’s U S and Canada lecturing travel, Inca guano conservation, multilingual New York stores, Vanderbilt women’s charity, and ocean depths near Mindanao. It quotes ship depths, Tennyson boots, Missouri catfish, a moving dining car number, and Panama Canal drawings. It notes U S export values, Indian missionaries, and polar commission plans for 1913.
Express Robbers Secure Big Haul
Pensacola Florida reports a robbery on the Louisville and Nashville route. About seven thousand dollars in express shipments were stolen between Pensacola and Flomaton last Wednesday. Southern Express detectives and agents left New Orleans to investigate the money theft with officials not disclosing the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peneacola
Fla
Pensacolake
Louieville & Nashvill
Plematon
Lauraville & A Ecendat
Pensacola
Flomaton
New Orleans
Southern Express Company
Hunt for Firebugs Still Unrewarded
Charleston West Virginia September 21 soldiers with bloodhounds search the mountain head of Carbon creek for men who last midnight tried to fire the tipple of the South Carbon Coal company and the residence of Charles Cable superintendent of the mine. Broodhounds were brought up from military headquarters at Pratt and struck two trails to be followed over the wooded mountains. Military forces were reinforced by a company of infantry bringing total soldiers to 260. Private Charles Campbell of Parkersburg, mistaken for an intruder by a sentry at Cherokee West Virginia and shot, was improved today and recovery expected.
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Charleston
W. Va
Carbon Creek
South Carbon Coal Company
Charles Cable
Pratt
Carbon Coal Company
Charles Campbell
Parkersburg
Cherokee
Cost of living boosts alimony in divorce cases
Chicago reports higher food and clothing prices tighten divorce costs. Cook county courts recognize rising living costs as part of alimony, forcing divorcing wives and their husbands to stretch finances. Courts hear daily plaints as alimony scales rise with prices.
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Chicago
Cook County
Loot recovered in Chicago from Bank of Montreal heist
Chicago police recovered part of the 272000 loot taken from the Bank of Montreal in New Westminster British Columbia. Authorities say thousands in Canadian bills remain hidden in Chicago with two thieves believed still at large after overpowering an officer.
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Chicago
Bank of Montreal
New Westminister
B. C
Schuettler
Bohuettler
Spain Seeks Alliance With Triple Entente
Madrid reports King Alfonso and Premier Canalejas with Foreign Minister Prieto plan a Paris visit of international significance. La Correspondencia de Espana says the move aims to deepen Franco Spanish ties across economic political and military fields as Spain grows its navy to back the Triple Entente in potential Mediterranean or Atlantic conflicts.
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Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Canalejas
Prieto
Paris
la Correspondencia de Espana
Terrific battle in Mexico reported in Arizona paper
Douglas Arizona dispatch reports a fierce battle at San Joaquin ranch where rebels allegedly wiped out federals under Colonel Obregon. survivors were taken prisoner or killed.
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Douglas
Ariz
Bop
Che Itia
Obregon
San Joaquin
Ranch
Eberhardt Leads With Safe Majority in Primaries
Early returns from four counties in Minnesota show Eberhart leading Young and Gordon in the Republican gubernatorial race. The incomplete state primary results indicate Eberhart ahead, with Boyi possibly trailing as votes continue to be counted.
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St. Paul
Minuw
Nowina Lon i
Eberhart Aed Young
R Gordon . Folla
Sneed witnesses to be searched for arms
Amarillo Texas September 21 Judge J N Browning of the Forty seventh district granted a habeas corpus hearing in the case of John B Sneed charged with killing Al G Hoyce and ordered that every person entering the courtroom be searched for arms as a precaution in the proceeding.
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Amarillo
Tex
J. N. Browning
John B. Sneed
al G. Hoyce
Oil Competition Fierce Says Standard Oil Witness
New York September 6 A Standard Oil of New York official testified that after dissolution both New York and New Jersey units are building ships to compete for trade. He named a luncheon group at 24 Broadway including Rockefeller brothers Archbold Moffett and Teagle. He said the men discuss business there daily but he only heard laughter.
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New York
Ept
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Oil Trust
Federal Supreme Court
Richard C. Velt
Standard Olant
Standard Oil-Watera-Pierce Pearing
Velt
New York Company
New Jersey Company
Broadway
Standard Ol
Trust
Standard Oil
Richard C. Veit
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil-Waiters
John D. Rockefeller
Siam Rockefeller
Percy Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
7. A. Moffett
A. C. Bedford
H. C. Folger
C. M. Pratt
Walter Jennings
W. C. Teagle
M. F. Elliott
Nicaraguan Rebels Triumph In Battle At San Juan Del Sur
Nicaraguan revolutionists seized San Juan Del Sur on Lake Nicaragua and captured Tee town near Rivas as government forces bombarded the area. Rebels attacked Rivas, severed lines, and pressed toward Cuarto, with both sides incurring many casualties and a rapid fire gun changing hands during several hours of fighting.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Yenterpk
Soba
Tee
Lake Nicaragua
Rivas
Bsn
Cuarto
Cars Running Again in City of Superior
Superior Wisconsin September 21 street cars are back in service after last night’s riots. A mob of about six thousand stormed cars and barns causing thousands of dollars in damage and injuries. Police guard stations and extra deputies were sworn in to protect the system. John Schmidt, a strike breaker, lost an eye from flying glass during the rioting.
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Superior
Wis
McKinnon
John Schmidt
Lack of Barley Felt by the Distillers
Boston reports the United Brewers association crop improvement committee says a million dollars a year would return to farmers for better managed farms. The body notes famine prices for barley due to high demand and soil exhaustion, with development bureaus set up for nearby farmers in nearly 200 counties.
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Boston
United States
Farma
United Brewers Association
Gibgon Transferred From Havana Post
Hugh Gibson of California and secretary of the American legation at Havana has been transferred to Brussels to serve as secretary of the American legation there after a journalist named Maza assaulted him over Reilly claim collection efforts.
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Gibgon
Washington
Hugh #. Gibson
California
Havana
Maza
Reilly
Brussels
When is a farmer near Enynclaw? public inquiry starts
Residents near Enymclaw seek Rural Route or no rural line status from the public service commission. They complain the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company blocks subscribers by claiming they are too near town. They argue a man on a five acre tract outside any corporate limit may still be a farmer.
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Olympia
Public Service Commission
Enymclaw
Pacific Telephone and Telegra Company
Enforcement Officer Shot by Bootleggers in Kan Ambush
In Hartlesville Oklahoma Territory on Sept 21 Lee Bowman an enforcement officer was shot and killed at Caney Kansas during an operation against liquor being introduced into Okaholms. Two spectators were wounded as the group fired from ambush. A panel of searchers seeks two men alleged to own the liquor who fled toward the nearby mountains.
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Hartlesville
Oklo
Lee Bowman
Etule
Caney
Kan
Earh
Mquor
Okaholms
Tragedy Recalls Quarrel Led to Double Fatal Shooting
Dan Frovclace and Arthur Hall known as Arthur Knable shot his brother James J. Mall in a downtown lab yesterday, then went to the victim’s apartments 16 blocks away and killed James J. Hall before committing further acts. Neighbors report family quarrels preceding the shootings.
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Dan Frovclace
Bepl
Arthur Hall
Arthur Knable
James J. Mall
James J. Hall
New York Expert Investigates Nebraska Horse Plague
Dr. C H Udall of New York State Veterinary College Cornell University arrived in Omaha to probe the horse meningitis epidemic in Nebraska and Kansas. He cautioned against premature conclusions and suggested vets may actually share views on the disease’s nature, noting meningitis is not the most common transmission route. He compared the outbreak’s severity to Germany’s severe meningitis episode.
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Omaha
Neb
C. HB. Udall
New York State Veterinary College
Cornell University
Nebraska
Kansae
Udall
Meningitia
Germany
Storage and Higher Prices Discussed
Washington D C Sept 20 A defense of cold storage was made before the American Public Health association in session here by Dr Harry FE Barnard food commissioner of Indiana Adequate legislation and development of the practice of labeling cold storage articles would do away with the idea that cold storage is an artifice used by the speculator to force higher prices and a practice which spells instead of preserving foods Practical laws should be enacted not having for their purpose the destruction of the business.
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Washington, D. C
American Public Health Association
Harry FE. Barnard
Indianna
Thief Shot While Escaping Police on River
Pittsburgh, September 20. Bruno Figurski was shot and killed in the Allegheny River while fleeing a police pursuit under Lieut. C Thomas Carroll. The body was not recovered as officers searched for Figurski and a companion suspected of copper theft from mills along the river. Figurski refused to surrender and jumped from a boat, swimming toward shore. the companion Adam Schultz surrendered.
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Pittsburgh
Bruno Figurski
Alleghany
C. Thomas Carroll
Figurski
Milla
Mgurski
Adam Schultz
Woman Dies During 15 Tooth Extraction in Hubbard
Mrs Charles McNally aged 34 died in a dentist chair in Hubbard Pa during an anesthesia to remove 15 teeth. She had arranged with Dr Dale Jacobs for the procedures. After 10 teeth were pulled she revived, rested, and was chloroformed again the remaining five were removed and she died.
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Bharen
Charles McNally
Hubbard
Dale Jacobs
Duluth Cars Stoned By Striking Carmen
Duluth Minn Sept 20 The street car strikers marked time today and public ride levels suggested the strike neared end with normal service. Some union men and walking clubs refuse to ride. Two cars were stowed last night and ties placed on tracks. stones caused no damage and were cleared by car crews.
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Duluth
Minn
Dumba Named Austria Hungary Ambassador to Washington
Vienna September 20 Konstantine Theodor Dumba then minister to Sweden was nominated to succeed Baron Hengelmüller von Hengervar as ambassador to the United States He is a wealthy popular diplomat who inherited wealth from his Vienna banker uncle Baron Hengelmüller has served as ambassador to Washington for 16 years and was dean of the diplomatic corps.
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Vienna
Konstantine Theodor Dumbs
Sweden
Baron Hengelmulior von Hengerevar
Austria-Hungary
Washington
Herr Dumba
Baron Hengelmuller
Preacher Quits Pulpit to Work on the Street
The Rev. Hubert A. Bakeman, seven years in ministry and assistant to Pr. George KK. Lunn, gave a farewell sermon at United People's Church in Pohnectady New York and began work as a street cleaner. He said he wants to test his views in public to see if he is right or wrong.
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Pohnectady
Hubert A. Bakomnan
George KK. Lunn
Behenectary
United People's Church
Bakeman Wok
Daisy Grace Seeks Freedom Through Divorce Action
Daisy Ulrich Ople Grace, recently acquitted in Atlanta of shooting her husband Eugene Grace, filed for divorce in common pleas court. She alleges cruel and barbarous treatment and a master will be appointed to take testimony.
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Philadelphia
Daisy Ulrich Ople Grace
Alanta
Eugene Grace
Io Common Pleas Court
City declares 64 percent dividend to taxpayers
The municipal government announces a 64 percent dividend to all taxpayers, set to be paid March 4. Mayor W. N. Sweet notes the move saves the city 10,000 and aims to relieve taxpayers by distributing cash from the funds saved through reduced taxation.
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Faree
W. N. Sweet
Strikers Fortified Cannot Be Dislodged in Utah Mine Strike
In Salt Lake City the miners hold siege at Bingham and strike leaders Moyer and Darrow are missing. Deputy sheriffs clash with pickets firing in the air while Governor Spry plans mediation and may call out militia as 4,000 workers idle.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
President Moyer
Bringham
Clarence G. Darrow
Bingham
Sponseaston i
Spry
Moyer
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Aince
Utah Copper Company
Theodore Schweitzer
Utah Apex Mining Company
Great
Utah Copper
Utah Consolidated
United States
Bingham-Newhaven
Ohio
Bingham and Garfield
Rio Grande
Sheriff Sharp
Salt Lake County
East Lake City
Sherif Sharp
George W. Dwyer
Utah-Apex
Caual
Union
Sault Lake
Steele
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Sickles Won’t See Still Devoted Wife
New York dispatch reports General Danko Sickles refused to see his wife when she visited his home to inform him she had pawned her jewels to save his personal property from auction. His son Attuntun blames Eleanor Wildering for the general’s estrangement.
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New York
Danko
Sickles
Atuntun
Eleanor Earl Wildering
Land Values Hit 600 An Acre Near Moline
Land values surged with a 2 acre tract near Moline selling at 500 dollars per acre. Over the past four months land in the area rose by about 40 dollars per month, signaling a strong market in Illinois.
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Moline
Moline Wold
74 year old Kansan to enter University of Kansas
Lawrence Kan prospective student William Augustine Munson aged 74 born November 13 1834 of Mounday will seek admission to the University of Kansas next week He is the oldest applicant in the flood of high school graduates aiming for freshman enrollment since the university opened in 1864.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
University
Wlliam Augustine Munson
Mounday
Estate dispute over nurse and aged spouse
Relatives of John and Lyle contest a will that leaves ten million to Julia Gertrude Mannon and Burke after the spouse's death. The estate is valued at about 40 000 dollars with Miss Mannon named sole executor without bond. Attorney Menken represents the estate and notes further action following Lyle's death.
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John & Lyle
Julia Gertrude Mannon
Burke
Abe Judi Honaire
Mise Tannon
Lyle
Miss Manno
White slave traffic cited to target 18 25 year olds
Washington reports Stanley W. Mach estimates 15 600 to 20 000 girls aged 18 to 25 fall victim to white slave trafficking annually in the United States. About 60 000 people profit yearly from this trade. Finch, a Justice Department official, says suppression costs and timing depend on funding and that a uniform nationwide law could boost arrests and convictions.
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Washington
United States
Stanley W. Mach
U. S
Finch
Department of Justice
French
Cent Finch
Congress
Union
Department of Juste
Notables Dedicate Wichita Cathedral in Historic Service
Wichita Kansas reports a ceremony dedicating Mt Marys Cathedral with Cardinal Gibbons officiating. Bishop John J Henneasy and Archbishop John J Glennon addressed the crowd while prominent clergy and dignitaries attended the two day event.
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Wichita
Kan
Henaded
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Mt. Mary's Cathedral
John J. Henneasy
John J. Glennon
St. Louis
Wilipy
J. J. Keane
Dupuque
Austin Dowling
Dow Maines
James Davin
Daymport
Phillip Garrigan
Sioux Vila
Richard Heannel
Omaha
M. F. Burke
J. Joseph
Des Moines Cruiser Off Coast of Mexico
Washington reports the cruiser Dew Moines remains off the eastern coast of Mexico near Tampico as U S policy directs warships to extend protection to citizens if needed while avoiding involvement in local faction fighting actions by commanders orders.
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Sruiser
Des Moines
Coast OF
Mexico
Washington
Hopt. I
Dew Moines
Tea
Tampico
State Department
United States
Young Harry Nolan Cleared of Charge
New York Sept 11 Flurry Nolan a recently appointed secretary to the United States delegation was arrested on a charge of abducting a girl named Mur Joe McVickow daughter of an inn keeper of Clapsgow. He was discharged by Migietrole Murphy on a motion of the prosecutor Ikeyoukia who stated that those able to procure evidence were unavailable.
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New York
Nulan
United States
Lewation Mtaeagum
Mur
Joe McVickow
Clapsgow
Women Arrested in Greenwood Lake Death Case Impersonation Suspected
Detectives for the Austrian consul general arrest two women in New York charged with impersonating Mrs. Menachik Keabo, linked to the Greenwood Lake boating death of Mrs. Rowe Meenechik Baabo and her lawyer Burton Gibson. The probe ties to Count Sabo and William Schumann cases as Gibson’s shadowed past resurfaces.
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New York
Petrolena Menachik
Rowe Meenechik Baabo
Burton W. Gibson
Greenwood Lake
Chicago
Gibson
Menachik
William Schumann
Rosa Beabo
Gibron
Eventia
Count Brubo
Willam Schumann
Cilbeon
Count Sabo
Degraw
Middletown
Warn
Death Toll Rising After Erie Canal Storm
A Syracuse hurricane event near Seneca River and Onondaga lake left Mr and Mrs O H Madison drowned, four others dead, and Samuel Smith severely injured by a trolley strike. The tornado lasted about a minute and cut power lines while paralyzing trolley routes.
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Syracuse
Mra
Madison
Seneca River
Onondaga Lake
Salena
Samuel Smith
Thin City
Owwego
South Bay
Foles
Battle near Derbe inflicts heavy losses on Ottoman and Arab forces
The clash near Derbe on the Mediterranean coast left the enemy with over 800 dead and 119 wounded, while the Italians took six prisoners including an Arab chief and captured one, as the engagement marked a major action in Tripoli.
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Rome
Tripoli
Derbe
Mediterranean
Mengagi
Lialiana
Mortyone
Italhann
Coercion Charge Filed Against Boston Car Company
Boston Kept 18 A recent street car strike led to an indictment returned by the Suffolk county grand jury naming the Heaton elevated railroad company for coercion. The charge says some workers were forced to join a "loyal" employee group and others were required to refrain from joining a labor union as a condition of employment.
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Boston
Thin City
Huffolk County Grand
Heaton Elevated Railroad Company
Fire Apparatus Tests Highlight Convention in Denver
Denver September 18 practical tests of fire apparatus by visiting chiefs in the International Association of Fire Engineers convention drew attention. Illuminated fire runs and drills were on the program for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Internatial Association of Fire Engineers
Train Jumps Track Kills Sixteen Near Liverpool
Liverpool, Sept. 14. Sixteen persons were killed outright and 60 injured when an express from Chester to Liverpool derailed at Ditton Junction after the engine jumped the rails at a crossover. The train had just crossed a long bridge over the Mersey and struck the buttress of a bridge, derailing on the incline toward the junction.
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Liverpool
Chester
Ditton Junction
Strikes Hit Bingham Mines Halting Operations
In Bingham Utah on September day workers at the pinketts mine began a strike, halting ore production. Reports say about four thousand workers joined. police said lake sheriffs were unable to quell the stoppage as tensions rose over pay and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Utah
Pinketts
Etia
Turines
Ualne Hight
Sherrs
McQuinn Private Killed In Action In World War Confusion
A fragmented report from Waukegan Wisconsin notes Private McQuinn of Company M 4th Infantry killed in action amid unclear battlefield details. The notice confirms his service and death but lacks complete casualty context.
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Criafield
Chesapeake Bay
Chicago University
Caspar Rene Gregory
University of Leipsicany
Canada
Utiona
Canadian
Areguong
Peru
United States Bureau of Tion
New York City
Ita
William K. Vanderbilt
Big Sisters Society of
Big Sisters Society
Hig Brother
Alma
Roria
Cane
Mindanao
Philippines
Tennyson
William ‘Alaghass
Browning
Tenneon
Missouri
Transcript
Joseph Pennell
Library of Congress
SSS
Gunn
India
International Polar Commission
International Geographical Congress
Anie
United Kingdom
Eingland
South Afri
Berlin
Dereberg
Oainioins
Xierts
Industriew
Oreat
Triple Entente
Eberhardt
Standard Company
San Jorge
City OF Superior
Prof
Cornell
Indiana
Carmen
Dumba
Daisy Grace
Kansan
Stanley W. Finch
Wichita Cathedral
Harry Nolan
Vila Ssabo
Rowa Menschik Keabo
Burton W
Orange Couny
Boston Car Company
Waukegan
Twemleyomlle Infantry
Lo Bashaha i
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