Tal Horse Thief Is Caught Redhanded in Eastern Washington
Deputy Sheriff Ledgerwood and a mounted party arrest Elizabeth Paschilk a 16 year old girl in the Colville district north of Spokane for horse stealing. The teen admits a string of thefts saying she acted alone and that Spokane buyers and stables believed the stock came from her grandmother.
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Spokane
Ledgerwood
Stevens County
Elizabeth Paschilk
Colville
Washington
Marcus
Peter Paul
Ruef Sentenced Boss Moved to City Prison
Abraham Ruef, once the Schmitz administration’s boss, has been moved from a guarded residence to the city prison in San Francisco. Elisor William J. Biggy previously guarded Ruef, but no replacement guardian was named after the transfer.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Schmitz
Elisor William J. Biggy
Leggy
Ruef
Biggy
Doctor with $3 million estate dies by morphine self
Dr A Warner Shephard aged 66 died September 8 in Brooklyn. Coroner says death from morphine self administration rather than heart failure. Widow at 28 inherits most of the $3,000,000 estate. no other claimants noted.
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New York
A. Warner Shephard
Brewer
Brooklyn
Shephard
Sees Jekyll Hyde Imitator Taken to Asylum
A Dublin man who mimicked Jekyll and Hyde deteriorated into Hyde like behavior. Friends found his impersonation amusing until he lost control and required confinement. He was moved to an asylum in Richmond for treatment.
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Jekyll-Hyde
Dublin
Jekyll and Hyde
Albert Eaper
Hyde
Cree
Mr. Hyde
Richmond
Harriman Plans $100 Million Transcontinental Rail
Chicago Sept 17 Harriman after a west tour approves $100000000 to finish a double tracked transcontinental railway system he believes will be the nations best transit line.
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Chicago
West
Japanese Consul Seeks Clarification on Chicago School Ban
The Japanese consul in Chicago asked the school superintendent whether three Japanese residents were barred from the schools. Officials explained the proposal pending before the school board would bar all adults.
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Chicago
Thaw Case May Be Heard in December
New York Sept 19 The criminal branch of the supreme court opens next month with Martin W Littleton senior counsel for Harry K Thaw seeking an immediate hearing District Attorney Jerome will oppose It is believed the hearing will be set for December.
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New York
Supreme Court
Martin W. Littleton
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Webster City actor commits suicide amid despondency
Webster City Iowa September 19 Ross Hendricks a well known actor and circus man shot himself at Motherville this morning. He left seven hundred fifty dollars in the bank for his granddaughter. Despondency and drinking are given as the cause for his act.
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Webster City
Ross Hendricks
Motherville
Standard Oil Profits Revealed in Kellogg Case
Kellogg in federal suit unveils Standard Oil of New Jersey profits from 1889 to 1896 totaling 490 million dollars with shareholders receiving 309 million and assets rising from 201 to 372 million. The hearing also shows control of over seventy subsidiary firms in refining and transportation. Chicago lawyers debate Landis immunity ruling affecting a 29.24 million fine.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Oil Trust
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
M. Kellogg
Kellogg
Chicago
Landis
Alton
Moody
Standard Ofil
Alton Railroad
Stenographer To Tell Of Phone Quarrel In Gentry Murder Case
In Chicago criminal court Frank J. Constantine faces murder charges for Mrs. Arthur Gentrys death. The defense seeks to prove suicide after a quarrel, with a stenographer from Gentrys office set to testify about a phone call prior to the death. Constantine was present in the Gentry home when the incident occurred.
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Chicago
Frank J. Constantine
Arthur Gentry
Frank Constantine
Gentry
New York
Constantine
Japanese Battleship Kushima Explosion Kills Forty
Tokio reports a blast during target practice aboard the Japanese battleship Kushima near Ikure killed forty crewmen and left many wounded. The explosion occurred inside the shield from a 12 inch shell.
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Tokio
Kushima
Ikure
Dearmond Considered as House Minority Leader Candidate
Washington Sept 19 Representative Lloyd Missouri democratic whip said Dearmond of Missouri would be a candidate for the minority lead against John Sharp Williams and that aggressive democrats will support Dearmond with a close contest anticipated.
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Washington
Lloyd
Missouri
Democratic House
Dearmond
John Sharp Williams
Dearmonda
Millionaire Steinhart's Cuba dealings draw suit in New York
Washington ponders a New York suit by H. J. Reilly claiming Frank Steinhart owes him 35000 from a Havana Street Railway deal when Steinhart was consul general. The article traces Steinhart’s rise from a Chicago stenographer to consul general and financier, noting his role in intervening in Cuba and profiting from the Havana street railway collapse and rebound.
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Washington
New York City
Frank Steinhart
H. J. Reilly
Reilly
Cuba
Steinhart
Havana
Havan
Herbert G. Squiers
United States
New York
Speyer & Co
Standard Ol Company
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Wood
Squiers
Sauiers
West Point
Seventh Cavalry
Pekin
Chamber of Commerce
Wberals
Estrada Palma
Gorky Marries His Woman Companion
Harold MacGrath reports that Maxim Gorky and Mme Andrieva have married after his America trip. MacGrath and wife vacationed on Capri, near Gorky’s European residence.
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Gorky
New York
Maxim Gorky
Mme. Andrieva
America
Europe
Harold MacGrath
Finland
MacGrath
Capri
Divorce Plot Charged By Wife In Hoboken Case
New York news. Eugene Koehler brewer of Union County Consumers Brewing Hoboken resident at 6 New Street Otto Koupser 228 Hudson Street John Mulachy no address Miss Johanne De Lorenzo North Bergen charged with conspiracy bail set at 500 each Acting Recorder Laverty heard bonds with Lawrence Fagan former Hoboken mayor as bondsman Wife of one defendant alleges plot to obtain divorce evidence drugging and hotel scheme she says a $5 000 payoff was offered they deny the charges and a hearing was scheduled
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New York
Eugene Koehler
Union County Consumers Brewing Company
New Street
Hoboken
Otto Koupser
Hudson Street
Koehler
Lawyer Takes Drug to Prove Poison Harmless Trial
Allentown report notes defense counsel Captain James L. Schaadt ingested a large dose to demonstrate the poison allegedly given to Clarence Lieby by Mamie Leiby and Oliver Hinnershitz and wife was harmless. Lieby had accused them after falling ill from quinces during a June visit.
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Clarence Lieby
Leiby
James L. Schaadt
Jermyn Schaadt
Leibby
Allentown
Hinnershitz
Hinnershitzs
Returns for Arrest Gets His Job Back
Frank Myers, who left Berwick about a year ago after a suspected shortage in his accounts with contractor W. W. Shannon, returned seeking to surrender. Shannon agreed not to prosecute, and Myers agreed to return and resume work to repay the amount.
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Berwick
W. W. Shannon
Shannon
Myers
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Teacher in New Cumberland Assaults Teacher at Elkwood School
Professor Howard C. Oren of New Cumberland assaulted Mervin Felty at Elkwood school after a ruler was allegedly thrown at Oren’s 9-year-old daughter Margerie. Felty, knocked down several times, is in serious condition. Oren says the act was justified and the school remains closed.
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New Cumberland
Howard C. Oren
Edinborough State Normal
Stewartstown
Elkwood School
Mervin Felty
Margerie
Felty
Oren
Danish horse dealer shocks royal luncheon at Christiania
Copenhagen dated story reports M Hanson, a Danish horse dealer who sold horses to King Haakon of Norway, invited to lunch with the royal family. Mistaking the salt request for a toast he knocked the table cloth and dishes to the floor, leaving the king and queen more distressed than Hanson himself.
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Copenhagen
M. Hanson
Haakon
Norway
Christiania
Hanson
Grose
Pettibone III Case Delayed as Health Crises Rise
George A. Pettibone is in a Boise hospital in critical condition after an operation is deemed necessary. Federal actions spur moves by Senator Borah and allies to challenge indictments tied to timber land frauds, with affadavits claiming coercion by U S District Attorney Buick to obtain indictments.
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Boise
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Senator Borah
Dietrich
United States
B. M. C. Burch
Frank Martin
Martin
Buick
Felow
Borah
Idaho
Mover
Haywood and
Ettibone
Horah
Pope X condemns modernism in encyclical issuance
Rome reports the Vatican organ Observatore Romano publishes an encyclical by Pope Pius X denouncing modernism as a path to atheism. It orders Catholic control of teaching and literature, bans reading modernist publications, and establishes diocese councils to fight modern errors.
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Rome
Q Observatore Romano
Vatican
Prus X
Leo
Von Sternberg not to lose his post
Berlin reports the German foreign office confirms Baron Von Sternburg retains full confidence of Emperor William and Chancellor Von Buelow and no change in the Washington ambassadorship is planned.
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von Sternberg
Berlin
German Foreign Office
Washington
Baron von Sternburg
William
von Buelow
War may open the library at Fez
London reports a Moroccan event may peel back barriers to Fez revealing a famed library. The piece notes Casa Blanca's French occupation as a potential prelude to access for scholars and merchants. It highlights manuscripts and Tacitus copies long sought by European scholars.
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War
Fez
London
Morocco
Casa Blanca
Tacitus
Europe
Jailer Weds Paroled Prisoner in Trenton Area
In White Hill area ten miles from Trenton a state prison deputy wed a woman recently released on parole. The ceremony was officiated by a board member. Bride Susan Doblinski of Lambertville formerly ran a Lambertville hotel and faced charges including Sunday liquor selling. Groom Frank Suydam of Bordentown remains a jail official.
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Trenton
White HI
Frank Suydam
Bordentown
Susan Doblinski
Lambertville
Jury Finds Norris B. Holmes Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Pittsburg on September 18 the jury foreman announced Norris B. Holmes guilty of murder in the first degree. Holmes, a gray-haired foreman, smiled as the verdict condemned him to the gallows for killing his sweetheart.
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Pittsburg
Norris B. Holmes
Holmes
Cassie Chadwick Stricken in Prison Cell
Mrs Cassie M Chadwick the noted witch of finance serving a term for swindling bankers and capitalists out of millions was stricken with a nervous collapse in her cell today leaving her mind in a serious condition in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus, O
Cassie M. Chadwick
World Theater Trust Assured Aims Global Control
Chicago reports the international theatrical trust is assured with legal questions resolved. Levy Mayer, counsel for Klaw and Erlanger, will proceed to acquire control of theaters in Europe and America, potentially costing 100 million to 300 million dollars. The plan targets major venues and grand opera, aiming for global influence.
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Europe
Combiner
May Mayer
Klaw & Erlanger
International Theatrical Trust
America
Combine
Heiress Kidnapped and Poisoned in Altoona Woods Plot Unfolds
Mary McAnally, 15, orphan living with uncle John Carner in Altoona, was lured by a stranger who drugged her with carbolic acid and left in the woods four miles from town. He threatened to kill her and demanded she sign a paper about a $500 guardian order. She regained consciousness on a streetcar and was later aided by a farmhouse family. Her condition remains critical as detectives pursue a motive tied to a family inheritance and prior threats.
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Altoona
Mary McAnally
John Carner
Miss McAnally
Bellwood
Pine Croft
Woman Would Try Machine to Restore Life
Mrs Harriet A Martin of Chicago offered to die for science to test an artificial respirator invented by Professor George Poe South of Norfolk Virginia. Poe said he could not accept the offer as it would require deliberate killing first.
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Washington
Harriet A. Martin
Chicago
George Poe South
Norwick
Poe
Mrs. Martin
Jail staff ordered to shave whiskers in disease scare
Des Moines Iowa September 18 sheriff orders county jail employees to shave whiskers to prevent contagious disease spread. Cook Robert Mourning initially resigns over his facial hair but later visits a barber and is reinstated.
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Des Moines
Lopez
Robert Mourning
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