Man and Girl in Danger of Noose
Chicago April 14 John Cornelius Bullivan and Ella Gaggan were held after the murder of Henry Meyer Jr. Meyer was shot at his doorway at 2 a m Monday. Sullivan says he stayed at Ella Gaygan's mother's home in Forest Park. Ella says she cared for neither man, a claim police doubt after finding a note signed Ella threatening a meeting at 69th street and Ashland.
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Chicago
John Cornelius Bullivan
Ella Gaggan
Henry
Meyer, Jr
Meyer
Sullivan
Ella Gaygan
Forest Park
Miss Gaygan
Walsh will leaves millions to widow and daughter
Washington April 14 The will of Thomas F Walsh dating January 10 1910 and a codicil filed for probate leaves 100000 to widow Carry B Walsh to be distributed as she sees fit. The widow and daughter Evelyn B McLean share all personal effects and vehicles. The rest goes to American Security Trust Company as trustee for ten years paying net income to the two beneficiaries in semi annual installments. After ten years the estate returns to the widow and daughter. Turner A Wickersham retained as estate agent and compensated in the codicil. Executor named American Security Trust Company.
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Washington
Thomas F. Walsh
Carry B. Walsh
American Security & Trust Company
Ward B. Mclean
McLean
Turner A. Wickerham
Walsh
Wickersham
City of River, Colo
American Security
Trust Company
Fairbanks Climbers Dismiss Cook Mountain Ascent
An Alaska expedition from Fairbanks reached Mount McKinley summit on April 3 after a December start, finding no traces of Dr. Frederick Cook's alleged ascent. Led by Thomas Lloyd with Daniel Patterson W R Taylor and Charles McConnible, the team planted a flag at the rock peak and found Cook’s maps and book unhelpful in verifying his claim.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Mount McKinley
North America
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
North Pole
Edward Barrill
Graft Probe May Be Long and Weary One
Pittsburg district attorney foresees a prolonged graft inquiry into municipal corruption. Frank N. Tot, a steel banker, has refused to testify, keeping the grand jury at work as the probe resumes in the city.
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Pittsburg
Frank N. Tot
Laborious Process for Hyde Jury Selection in Swope Case
In Kansas City on April 14 13 temporary jurors have been chosen as prosecutors and defense attorneys push to finalize a panel for Dr B C Hyde accused in Colonel Thomas H Swope's murder. More veniremen are summoned with 34 to be added. up to 47 may be empaneled and 35 will be challenged.
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Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Ralph S. Latshaw
W. C. Crone
L. C. Desing
J. E. Tudor
William Havenor
C. F. Allen
Hughes Calls Immediate Probe of Legislators
Governor Hughes urged an honest, swift inquiry into legislative practices and corrupt methods used to influence laws. He filed a preliminary Hotchkiss report detailing fire insurance investigations and the challenges in pursuing leads.
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Albany
N. Y
Allds-Conger
Hotchkiss
Hughes
New York
Reichmann on trial in Paris for treason and murder link
Paris reports the Romanian revolutionary committee convoking Dr. Reichmann in Paris to answer treason charges tied to the December Bucharest assassination attempt on Premier Bratianu. Reichmann denies being a traitor and says he acted as a militant anarchist, ready to bear responsibility before Romanian courts.
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Paris
Matin
Rumanian Revolutionary Committee
Reichmann
Bratianu
Bucharest
Steenerson Retains Lawyer for House Inquiry
Representative Steenerson of Minnesota, author of the ship subsidy investigation resolution, has hired counsel for the House special committee inquiry. The panel will resume hearings this afternoon with several out of town witnesses expected to appear.
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Washington
Representave Steenerson
Minnesota
Congress
House
War Pot Boils in South America Through Demos and Rumors
Lima reports ongoing demonstrations against Peru in Bogota supporting Ecuador. Volunteers join the army and navy while war funds receive donations. Rumors say a Spanish award may settle the Peru Ecuador boundary dispute soon. A tacit Chilean neutrality could ease Peru Ecuador tensions.
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Lima
Peru
Ecuador
Bogota
Columbia
War Fund
Tacna
Arica
Chile
Pathfinding Trip for Glidden Tour Begun
Cincinnati reports the official pathfinding car for the Glidden tour of the American Automobile Association left at 10 this morning for a 3000 mile route to Chicago via Dallas Kansas and Iowa. The six week journey aims to reach Northern Illinois en route to Chicago.
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Cincinnati
American Automobile Association
Chicago
Dallas
Texas
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Wrestler Olaf Olsen Dies After Practice Tussle
Chicago reporter notes Olaf Olsen, a young local wrestler, died from injuries after a practice tussle with friend Richard Johnson. Johnson’s demonstration of a new hold caused Olsen to dislocate his spine three weeks prior.
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Chicago
Olaf Olsen
Richard Johnson
Cost of Living Probe Held In Cleveland
A legislative committee conducted a one day inquiry into rising living costs in Cleveland Ohio on April 14. The session met in the city council chamber and focused on identifying factors behind the price increases.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Legislative Committee
Thousands join strike against costly kosher meat
Deter mined women marched through the east side and other city areas to prevent the opening of retail butcher shops as the kosher meat strike expands. More than 100,000 families are believed to have banned meat in protest of high prices.
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New York
East Side
Mrs. Pastor Leads East Side Women in Meat Boycott
In New York on April 14 Mrs. Anna Pastor, Rose Pastor Stokes’s mother, drew a crowd as she urged East Side housewives to unite in a meat boycott. She detailed high prices, inadequately butchered meat, and wholesalers’ control, calling for loyalty and collective action despite hardship.
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New York
Anna Pastor
Rose Pastor Stokes
Washington Avenue
Wealthy widow found in trunk near Palmyra
Mrs Gertrude Maxwell a wealthy widow living alone on a farm one mile east of Palmyra twelve miles west of Hannibal was found dead today inside a trunk at her home Sheriff Thomas C Lasley and Coroner O Donnell investigated noting no violence A club was found in the room She is mother of Wade Maxwell Marion county clerk
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Hannibal
Gertrude Maxwell
Palmyra
Here
Thomas C. Lasley
Ezra Buckwalter
Garret
Lasley
O'Donnell
Troublesome spirits drive mother to murder in Akron
Akron authorities report Mrs. Roa Marquardt aged 20 attacked and killed her two year old daughter Margaret and probably fatally wounded her one year old baby claiming spirits troubled her. Police say she beat the children with a hickey club and offered the explanation is the spirits.
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Akron
Roa Marquardt
Margaret
Pilot Boat Hirondelle Wreck Off Cape Frehel
The pilot boat Hirondelle was wrecked off Cape Frehel in the English Channel. Ten persons drowned after the vessel struck and turned turtle. Saint Brieuc reports the tragedy on April 14.
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Saint Brieuc
France
Hirondelle
Cape Frehel
English Channel
Kansas university seismograph records twin earthquakes
Lawrence Kansas April 14 two distinct earthquake shocks were recorded by the Kansas university seismograph. The first quiver began at 6 40 p m and peaked at 6 47 p m the second began at 9 02 p m and lasted five minutes. The disturbance originated 1500 to 1600 miles southeast.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas University
Beatrice Baldwin Sues for One Third of Baldwin Estate
Beatrice A. Baldwin a 16 year old Brookline girl has filed suit in Los Angeles claiming a common law marriage to the late E J Lucky Baldwin and a one third share of an estate valued at about 20 million dollars. The case cites a prior 14 year old suit and a shooting incident during a related trial. Her mother Mrs W B Turnbull now of Brookline is named as a former Miss Lillian A Ashley of Winchester.
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Boston
Beatrice A. Baldwin
Brookline
Los Angeles
Cal
E. J
Turnbull
Lillian A. Ashley
Winchester
Baldwin
California
Rough and tumble in Mississippi capitol during bribery probe
In Jackson on an April day, Representative Frank Burkett and Dunbar Rowland clashed in the House side of the capitol. Burkett, a former populist VP hopeful now a Democrat, pummeled Rowland and struck him with a cane, knocking him unconscious amid a row over the bribery investigation.
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Jackson, Miss
Senate Today
Frank Burkett
Dunbar Rowland
Capitol
Burkett
Rowland
Prominent Man May Be Caught in City Bribery Probe
Pittsburg April 18 The name of the man who paid Charles Stewart 45000 in a New York hotel in June 1908 to influence city depot selection will be revealed to the grand jury within 24 hours A presentment ordering the indictment of the bribe giver is expected later today The jury is to learn whether Frank N Hoffstot now in New York will be compelled to answer indictments against him Hoffstot s attorney W B Rodgers is expected to return from New York with his reply
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Pittsburg
Charles Stewart
New York
Frank N. Hoffstot
Speeding Auto Upsets Landing On Driver In Meet
In Playa del Rey California on April 13 the motordrome 50 mile race produced a spectacular crash as the Apperson Jack Rabbit overturned rolling several times. Driver Harris Hanshue and mechanic Carey King escaped with bruises and a shake. the race saw four cars start and others suffer issues from a broken tire and valve spring. Mar quis led the Isotta ahead of Hanshue while Livingston chased in Stoddard Dayton and the Apperson/Stoddard pair flashed past the stand.
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Playa
del Ray
Cal
Apperson Jack Rabbit
Harris Hanshue
Carey King
Barney Oldfield
Knox
Marquis
Isotta
Hanshue
Livingston
Stoddard- Dayton
Apperson
Four Men Slain in Bitter Tong War Across Cities
New York reports a tong conflict flares in Chinatown with two dead in New York and two in Philadelphia. On Leong Tong attacked the Four Brothers society leader, leaving one member dead while rival Chu May Yen was twice shot but is expected to survive. A second Chinatown victim died from a misshot.
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New York
Chinatown
Philadelphia
On Leong Tong
Four Brothers’ Society
Chu May Yen
Ketchel and Mizner Arrested Over Unregistered Car
Stanley Ketchel world middleweight champion and Wilson Mizner were arrested in Harlem for a car with no registration. Ketchel claimed he had California plates but lost them. Mizner posted bail and a temporary number was pasted on the vehicle before they left.
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New York
Merrily
Harlemward
Stanley Ketchel
Wilson Mizner
Charles T. Yerkes
Ketchel
California
Misner
Governor May Call Extra Session Over State Legislature Scandal
Trenton clerics led by Rev. Ridout organize to press Governor Fort to convene an extra session to investigate what the governor calls an affair that disgraces the state following a drunken orgy at the closing session of New Jersey's 134th legislature. The governor is reportedly considering such a session.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
George W. Ridout
Methodist Church
Anti-Saloon League of
Hugh B. Macauley
The
Presbyterian Church
Judson Conlin
Night of excess ends New Jersey legislature session
In Trenton the 134th legislature closed after an all night session marked by champagne flowing in a back room under historic flags. Gov Fort refused to comment as clerks cleaned up wreckage while reform groups urged action ahead of the next term.
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Trenton
N. J
Capitol
Fort
New York
White Horse
Delaware River
Governor Fort
Young Men's’ Christian Association
Langdon, Noted Early American Actor, Dies at 97
Langdon, famed survivor of the old time school of American actors, died yesterday at the Actors' Fund Home in New York. Born in Philadelphia in 1827, he starred under his own management and appeared with Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Mary Anderson, and W. J. Florence. He retired in 1890 after a 67 year stage career.
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New York
Langdon
Actors’ Fund
Philadelphia
Edwin Forrest
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
Mary Anderson
W. J. Florence
Hinton Farmer Killed by Train Near Hinton Iowa
James Nash a wealthy farmer died instantly Saturday night when his buggy was struck by freight train No 348 near the Illinois Central crossing five miles east of Hinton Iowa. The horse also perished. Coroner Bely to hold an inquest as Ira Pearson and others nearby witnessed the tragedy. Engineer Anderson and Conductor Kilborne will testify.
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Hinton
James Nash
Here
Northwestern
Illinois Central
Bely
le Mars
Ira Pearson
Nash
Mr. Nash
F. J. Anderson
C. E. Kilborne
Big High School Meet Set For Fonda Iowa
The Northwestern Iowa Athletic Association will stage a May 13 field meet at Fonda with 17 events and a $250 guarantee from Fonda Public Schools. Entries close May 1. The Big Four meet follows May 14 with 15 events and two $25 prizes for relay and a silver cup. Storm Lake previously won the cups twice in a row.
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Fonda Lake City
Northwestern Iowa Athletic Association of High Schools
Fonda
Fonda Public Schools
Big Four
Northwestern
A. S. Wood
Storm Lake
Prohibitionists Have Chance In County Primaries
Des Moines Iowa April 13 Attorney General Byers rules that prohibitionists and socialists with at least 2 percent of the county vote in the last general election may have tickets in the June primaries.
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Des Moines
Byers
Switchman Injured Between Two Cars in Dubuque
L. D. States a 38 year old Milwaukee road switchman was caught between a switch engine that left the track and a box car on a side track in Dubuque Iowa Sunday afternoon. He is married and resides there and may die from the injuries.
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Dubuque
L. D. States
Milwaukee Road
Fungi That Threaten Wheat Identified By Professor Boley
Fargo April 13. After 13 years of work Professor H L Boley of the University of North Dakota Agricultural College announces five distinct wheat sickness parasites. He likens them to tuberculosis germs in form and reaction and says proper crop rotation of clover corn and potatoes can eradicate them.
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Fargo
N. D
H. L. Boley
The
Agricultural College
University of North Dakota
Russia
United States
Boley
Disbarment Case In South Carolina Flounders
Watertown South Carolina April 13 Charles Schull faced disbarment proceedings but no further action will be taken. Investigator H H Potter reported to the supreme court the charges lack sufficient facts to proceed. Schull has announced his candidacy for state's attorney.
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Watertown
S. C
Charles Schull
H. H. Potter
Webster
Supreme Court
Schull
Illinois and Iowa Farmers' Association Picnic Set for June
In Scotland South Dakota on April 13 the Illinois and Iowa Farmers' Association, formed by former Iowa and Illinois residents, held a meeting to announce the second annual picnic and celebration to be held at the Maxwell Mennonite colony on June 16.
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Scotland
S. D
Iowa
Illinois
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