Lawyer Soon W Gibson Arrested for Countess Murder
Special reports say attorney Burton W Gibson of 55 Liberty Street was arrested on a murder warrant in the death of Rosa Menschik Szabo, who died while boating with him on Greenwood Lake Orange County New York. The case, led by County Judge Royce and District Attorney Rogers, was to move to Middletown for arraignment as Gibson traveled toward Grand Central.
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Aftor
W. Gibson
Liberty Street
Couuntess
Aoe Ee
Greenwood Lake
Orange County
Judee
T. ¢. Royvre
Middletown
Hic
Thomas C. Rogers
Cour
Mercer
Gibson
Flood
Burton W. Gibson
Hergert B. Royce
N. Y
New York
Atormey Burton W. Gibson
Rosa Menschik Szabo
Rutherford, N. J
H. C. Royce
W. ©. Degraw
Rutherford
N. J
Apna
New Jerrey
Marion
Alphonse P. Rinck
No Hope of Aid From Governor in Jordan Case
Boston Mass Special Ches ter H Jordan sentenced to die the week beginning September 22 may be removed to a death cell at Charles town from the East Cambridge jail. He will likely be taken to the State prison before the week ends. Hope that the Governor will act has been abandoned. His sister Mrs Jesse Livermore visited with Sheriff Fairbairn. Also present were Mr and Mrs Fred Kendall of Somerville, the prisoner’s youngest sister and brother in law. The executive council has one more meeting before the execution date, but the Governor will not intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Chester H. Jordan
Charlestown
East Cambridge
Trig
Jesse Livermore
Jordan
Fairrbairn
Fred Co
Disciples of Christ Show Large Increase in Virginia Work
The State convention session in Lynchburg discussed Virginia missions with President Atkins leading. The State board report, read by H. C. Combs, detailed 1912 activities including 17 missionaries and office staff, grouping of country and town churches, and aid to mission churches and weak congregations in Danville, Harrisonburg, Perth, South Norfolk, and others.
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Lynchburg
The
Disciples of Christ
Virginia
Atkins
State Board
Gelving
H. C. Combs
Richmond
Danville
Harrisonburg
Perth
South Norfolk
Virginia church missions reflect year of activity and growth
George C. Minor at Harrisonburg joined First Church Norfolk in supporting R. H. Jones Park Place Norfolk and C. B. Richards South Norfolk. G. C. Zeigler served special work for Rappahannock and Smyrna Churches in Petersburg. State Secretary Combs conducted eight district and one county convention, delivered 200 addresses, aided dedications of two churches, raised 1400 in cash and pledges, visited 160 churches and traveled about 13000 miles. Virginia offerings totaled 7454.74, with trust fund at 11834.77. About 225 Sunday Schools enroll roughly 20000 pupils.
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Ed George C. Minor
Harrisonburg
Norfolk
R. H. Jones
Park Place
C. B. Richards
Rappahannock
Smyrna
G. C. Zeigler
Petersburg
Combs
Virginia
Babe the ape in Johns Hopkins lab tests human links
Baltimore Special describes Babe a baby monkey in Johns Hopkins Biological Laboratory under Dr John E Watson. He is trained to act human to test whether he is related to humans, with parents watched for months and schooling planned to advance his mind toward human knowledge.
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Baltimore
Babe
Biological Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
John E. Watson
Psychological Laboratory
Lfe
Thrashed by a girl Katie Houlihan in New York gets sixty days
Katie Houlihan a sixteen year old from 1014 Ninth Avenue fought off two assailants on Eighth Avenue near Fifty sixth Street. A policeman arrested James Kelly who claimed another man acted. Magistrate House sent Kelly to the Workhouse for sixty days and praised Katie for defending herself in court.
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Masher
New York
Katie Houlihan
Ninth Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Mary
Katie
West Side Court
James Kelly
West Sixtieth Street
Magistrate House
Typhoid on Virginia Shows Decrease Across State
August typhoid figures in Virginia show a statewide drop of 1,671 cases from 1911 levels over three months, with August reporting 681 cases. Officials credit better sanitation and public education, noting rural improvements and cautioning against complacency as several small outbreaks appeared.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Board
Roanoke
Mayor Gaynor Visits Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Warwick
Special report on Mayor Gaynor’s visit to a tuberculosis sanitarium near Warwick. He inspected kitchens and dairy stock, criticized several aspects, joked with inmates, and remarked on the politicking around him. He did not meet Governor Dix but greeted locals and a one-armed ex-sheriff during the trip.
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Warwick
Gaynor
William Morrison
F. S. Springer
Middletown
Dix
Orange County
Red Swan Inn
Otisville
Bill Edwards
Scipio
Mr. Gaynor
Bailey RB. Burritt
State Charities Aid Association
Warren & Wetmore
Inebriates
Samuel Brock
Comptroller's Office
Indianapolis Mayor Shank Travels Under Alias Frank Dawson
Shank's Alina Lew Shank the Indianapolis Mayor registered at a hotel using the alias Frank Dawson during a out of town convention. He explained that public figures attract visitors and cranks and that using his real name would invite constant attention. Fortune favors the brave who hustle.
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Shank
Alina
Lew” Shank
Indianapolis
Frank Dawson
Mr. Shank
Chicago Post
Doyle to become real detective for Oscar Slater case
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle plans to use his deductive skills to aid Oscar Slater, the German jeweler jailed for the murder of Miss Marion Gilchrist in Edinburgh. Slater, serving life in Peterhead prison, may have his case reopened as Doyle shifts from fiction to real criminology to seek justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Oscar Slater
New York
Edinburgh
Scotland
Marion Gilchrist
Slater
Peterhead
Richmond cyclist killed in Columbia auto collision
Hiram Sternheimer, 28, native of Richmond, died Friday morning in Columbia South Carolina from injuries after a motorcycle crash with a car driven by W T Philipps. He was unconscious since the accident Sunday afternoon and will be interred in Richmond Hebrew Cemetery. He is survived by his mother Frederick Sternheimer brothers Nathan and another, and sisters Mrs Lawson Lycle Mrs Jonas Schwab and Miss Florence Steinheimer.
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Richmond
Hiram
Sternheimer
Sarah Sternheimer
North Harrison Raceet
Oelock
Wmbia
S.C
Columian
W. T. Philipps
North
Columbia
Hebrew Cemetery
Frederick
Nathan
Mis
Lawrence Lycle
Jonas Schwab
Birmingham
Florence Steinheimer
You Ve Seen Them Boss Scolds Singing Stenographer
A boss scolds a stenographer for singing during work hours and jokes that she belongs in a musical comedy. The exchange highlights workplace distraction and humor as she defends singing as part of her job.
Seven Hurt When Auto Skidded Near Syracuse
Seven persons were injured in a car skid on a curve at Mycenae twelve miles from Syracuse early today. The driver fled the scene. Frank Rettelstein and Miss Jessie Perkins of Syracuse probably will die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Mycenae
Here
Frank Rettelstein
Jessie Perkins
Disease not contagious to humans in horse disease scare
Special: Kansas and Nebraska report a fatal horse disease not communicable to people after inquiries by Dr. Crumbine and Dr. Skogges. Nebraska’s H Waite says germ enters via mouth or nose and may drift through air or feed. Governor Aldrich seeks aid from the Bureau of Animal Industry as the illness spreads through half the state and officials plan farmer outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PRKA
Kansas
Nebraska
J. 8. Crumbine
State Board of Health
A. L. Skogges
H. Waite
University of Nebraska
Aldrich
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Bryan to Launch Nationwide Speaking Tour Across Roosevelts Trail
William Jennings Bryan, resting in Colorado, will begin a broad speaking tour Saturday to follow Theodore Roosevelts campaign trail. Democratic headquarters reports the Commoner will move continuously across stages Roosevelt has visited, with a final week focus on closely matching the Colonel before election day.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Colorado
Theodore Roosevelt
Democratic
Bryan
Roosevelt
Father and Son to Die on Nov 22 in Hillsville Trial
In Wytheville Virginia special session, Judge Staples sentenced Floyd Allen and Claude Allen to death for first degree murder in the Hillsville courthouse killings. Execution date set for November 22. Victor Allen’s trial testimony covered alibis and weapon possession. other witnesses testified to character as proceedings continue tomorrow.
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Wytheville
Victor Allen
Hillsville
Staples
Floyd
Claude Allen
Floyd Allen
Foster
Claude
Webb
Waldod to Take Stand in Probe
Police Commissioner Mhinelander Waldod will testify before the alermanic craft investigating committee in New York. He faces grilling questions about Mayor Gaynor’s authority over the Police Department and possible orders on disorderly houses and gambling establishments amid Rosenthal case background. District Attorney Whitman will monitor the hearing and pursue a rigid investigation into McIntyre’s Hot Springs claims and Schepps’s alleged cover story.
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New York
Mhinelander Waldod
Alermanic Craft Investigating
Gaynor
Walde
Gaypers
Herman Rosenthal
Charles A. Hecker
Rosenthal
Whitman
Rubin
Hot Springs
Ark
McIntyre
Sam Schepps
Parmaster
Decker
Dongias Hotchkiss
Schepps
Wabash Flyer Derails Here After Open Switch
In Rochester area on Thursday morning, the Wabash Flyer collided with an open switch at Morton on the Ontario division of the New York Central. The train plowed through dirt cars on a siding, telescoped freight cars, and derailed five cars along with a damaged baggage car. Engineer George Murdock of Oswego and Fireman Jean House of Oswego were rushed to Rochester. House suffered severe facial and back burns, while Murdock sustained facial cuts.
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Rochester
N. Y
Morton
Ontario
New York Central Railroad
George Murdock
Qoswero
Jean House
Oswego
House
Murdock
Kavanaugh Rallies After Appendectomy Amid Convention Plans
Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway Assoc president W. Kavanaugh recuperates from an appendectomy in St Louis after arriving from Chicago. He aims to host the association convention in Little Rock on September 24 and seeks Woodrow Wilson attendance. The operation was deemed necessary but he pressed to return home.
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ST. Louis
W. K. Kavanaugh
The
In Training She-John Warns On Upside Down Baby
A humorous exchange shows a mother or guardian chiding a man for holding a baby upside down while he reassures it will be fine, hoping the child will fare in the subway. The judge voices a wary but lighthearted approval.
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John
Aviator Paul Peck Killed in Plane Crash at Chicago Field
Special report from Chicago notes aviator Paul Peck died after being crushed beneath his Columbia biplane during a Wednesday flight at Cicero aviation field. Witnesses blamed his recklessness as the ten day aviation program at the field prepared to begin.
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Chicago
Ill
Paul Peck
Injtories
Columbia
Cicero
Peck
Mexican Federals Pass Through U S Territory
Four hundred Mexican federal soldiers under General San Jones traveled from Case Texas to Douglas Arizona, crossing the border in martial formation after training at El Paso. The force, largely Yaqui Indians, was well armed and provisioned for a long campaign, and detrained to collect arms before moving into Arizona.
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Washington, D. C
San Jones
Hicht
Case
Tex
Douglas
Ariz
War Department
Eol Paso
Paso
Arizona
Explorers Find Bodies of Men Missing Since 1412 in Greenlandic North
Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Dr. R M Anderson return to Seattle from Nome with a zoological collection from Wrangel Island whaling rush. They report descendants of Greenland colonists lost in 1412, plus Norselike Eskimo groups at Coronation Gulf. The Belvedere sails to New York for American Museum of Natural History.
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Seattle
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Nome
Alaska
Greenland
Stefansson
R. M. Anderson
Forest City
Jaws
Belvedere
Anderson
San Francisco
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Wrangel Island
Siberia
Arctic
Winnipeg
Edmonto
Mackenzie River
Coronation Gulf
Stefanason
Colville River
Cape Parry
Victoria Land
Bailey Island
New York Museum
John Franklin
Richardson
Collinson
Sailor Falls Five Stories to Death in Norfolk
Norfolk VA Special reports Thomas Galson sailor from the revenue cutter Mohawk was instantly killed Thursday when he fell from a fifth floor window at the Naval Young Men's Christian Association onto the lobby roof. The 30 year old New York resident was found mutilated. Coroner Koleht ruled the death an accident after an internal lock and single occupancy. This marks the third such accident at the facility since its construction.
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Norfolk
Thomas Galson
Mohawk
Naval Young Men's Christian Association
Galson
New York
Koleht
Inquiry into furniture rail rates from several states to Chicago
Commissioner Proutey of the Interstate Commerce Commission will hold an inquiry at the Federal Building in Chicago on September 20 into the recent advances of carload rates on furniture. The investigation covers railroads operating from Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota to Chicago. The increase is suspended until December 21 pending the inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
Proutey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Building
Chicago
Florida
Kansas
Louisiana
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Mexico
Northakota
South Dakota
Lime Bill Comes Up Next Month In Virginia Suit
Lawyers for Shenandoah Line Co amend the injunction case to block an agricultural lime plant. Judge Scott set October 1 for argument and extended time for the Commonwealth and Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union to answer. Attending for the reform board were Attorney General Samuel Williams and others. Aubrey Strode supported the farmers' union.
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Richmond
Shenandoah Line Company
Commonwealth
Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union
Scott
Erinching Board
Samuel Williams
Davis
Charles V. Meredith
John Pickerell
W. H. Mann
Aubrey Strode
Farmers’ Union
Byrd, Braxton and Eggleston
Brooklyn Girl Has Dual Personality
Pretty Ethel Lucas known as Evelyn Dale faced disorderly conduct charges after being arrested on downtown streets. She cried in court and admitted a dual personality after police questioned her identity, finally revealing her real name when a workhouse sentence loomed.
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Cleveland
Ethel Lucas
Evelyn Dale
Brooklyn Girl Describes Nightlife Temptation and Runaway Past
A Brooklyn girl aged around 16 says she left church work to seek bright lights of the Great White Way. She used the alias Evelyn Dale in Cleveland and Dennison Avenue, was arrested three times, and hid her life from her parents. Judge Levine ordered probation supervision and parental contact.
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Cypress Street
Brooklyn
West Virginia
Sit
Levine
Cleveland
Dennison Avenue
Evelyn Dale
Dive Keepers Are Again on Trial in Bristol
Five women alleged to run the largest Bristol vice resort faced trial in Judge Kelly's court after appeals from six month jail sentences. Public access was barred with only essential observers present. The defense pressed a point about reputational evidence for chastity in the charges. Dr J A Baylor and G E Lundy testified as witnesses and headed a citizens committee prosecuting the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
J.A. Baylor
G. E. Lundy
Young Men's Christian Association
Connecticut Democrats Renominate Baldwin at Hartford Convention
Connecticut Democrats unanimously renominated Governor Simeon E. Baldwin at the state convention in Hartford. Tingier was named for Lieutenant Governor. Baldwin urged the public to reject the long-standing Republican rule while the platform backed woman suffrage direct primaries campaign finance disclosure and self-government for towns and cities.
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Hartford
Conn
Simeon EE. Baldwin
Y ¥Man Tingier
Baldwin
Republican Party
United States
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