Tangled stock theft lands clerk in jail over copper profits
In New York a young note broker clerk, Donald L. Persch, faces 30,000 bail on larceny charges after a scheme around 15,600 Ohio Copper and 4,600 Davis-Daly shares tied to a 50,000 loan via Windsor Trust, with questions about how Persch learned of Heinze's security and who directed the transactions. Authorities like District Attorney Jerome probe further arrests.
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New York
Donald L. Persch
Wall Street
F. Augustus Heinze
Persch
Ohio Copper Common
Davis-Daly Copper Common
Heinze
Windsor Trust Company
Hlow Persch
Everts
Ifis Exi Fondo
Perseh
John Sherwoo Noyethrer
Drak
Othe Trust Company
Bowe Fields and Company
Fiin
M. M. Joyce
W. L. Clark
Joyce
Trust Company
Sherwood
Stirling Birmingham
Joan
The
Jerome
Charles Katz
Hastern Brewing Com
Castro Gets Taste of Own Medicine in Venezuela
Caracas reports General Cipriano Castro’s appeal to the Venezuelan congress faded in committee and was archived. The piece outlines Castro’s vanished fortune, with assets slashed from five million to near zero as creditors and promoters move to liquidate his holdings. The drama mirrors his past control of companies and a cigarette stock seizure that emptied Castro’s wealth.
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Caracas
Aus
Cipriano Castro
Castro
Santander
Venezuela
Discrette Trust
Senor Garcia Gueria
Wraever
Meisiduaads
Csstra
Diet Finance
Theadore Ahoner
Tcban
Citar Conse
Orinoco River
Witnesses Testify In District Attorney Case Involving Persch
Witnesses including Henry Uhlman described a $50 000 note made out for Persch. Uhlman said he would receive 266 for the note. Persch has prior arrests for forgery and for soliciting subscriptions for an Ice fund, both charges dropped.
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Pany
Williamsburg
Henry Uhlman
Uhlman
Persch
Drowned Boy at Sylvan Lake Near Rome City
Verne Jones eighteen-year-old drowned at Sylvan lake in Rome City while four companions watched. The youths were diving for balls when Jones became cramped and exhausted and sank in the water.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Verne Jones
Sylvan Lake
Rome City
Jones
Fire at Garcus & Rawley factory ruins school furniture works
Suspicions of incendiarism shadow a Wabash Indiana blaze that nearly destroyed Garcus & Rawley factory and machine shop. Loss estimated at 76000 dollars with 35000 dollars insured. Origin of the fire undetermined and under investigation.
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Wabash
Ind
Garcus & Rawley
Fell From a Sarge Drowns on Ohio River at New Albany
Captain William H. Wood aged sixty three a familiar river steamboat figure from Pittsburg to New Orleans fell from a barge into the Ohio river at New Albany and was drowned.
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New Albany
Ind
William H. Wood
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Midnight Assassins and Night Riders Rampage in Kentucky
In Scottsville John Simpson a farmer is shot at his doorway by masked men amid a custody suit dispute. In Brownsville masked riders assault Harden Mints and abduct Andy Farris and two women with a severe beating, wounding Mints. authorities speak of possible further action.
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Scottsville, Ky
John Simpson
Amos
Douglas
Simpson
Brownsville
Harden Mints
Andy Farris
Aother
Belle Gross
Farris
Minton
Cireles
Tuscola County Holds Vote On Court Seat Move
Newman Aug 11 petition filed with county clerk by more than 2206 legal voters seeking a November election on moving the Tuscola court seat from Tuscola to the Camargo area eight miles away. Hearing set September 6. if granted, election will be ordered. Local residents protest loss of county seat and seek preservation of the current site amid proposed relocation.
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Newman
Thos County
Tuscola
Camargo
Weatets
Cincinnati
Plarmincon & Phivten
Chicago
Pinot
Ronds
Crop conditions in United States on August 1
Washington Aug 1 crop report says aggregate US crop conditions were slightly higher this year than last and moderately above the ten year average. The report notes modest improvements in several major crops and cites weather and growing conditions affecting yields.
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Washington
United States
Michigan City Saloon Crackdown Follows Surprise Sunday Exposé
Laporte warrants issued against twenty seven Michigan City saloon keepers for allowing nonfamily access and selling liquor last Sunday. Constables Walker seize fifty four warrants as county authorities vow to clamp the lid on Sunday excursionist traffic that drew twenty thousand visitors to the resort town. Prosecutor Smith says the crackdown will spread if law is ignored.
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Laporte
Ind
Michigan City
John and
Hart Walker
Povefoek
Sundiass
Leporte
Srath Oaid
Michisan
Studass
Minde
Mysterious Shooting Near Nashville Aims at Mrs Dakes
In Nashville area a shot wounds Mrs Dakes fatally missing identity. Mrs Dailey heard a crack and a scream as the horse bolted and found Mrs Dakes unconscious eight miles north of Nashville. Physicians say buckshot penetrated her back and she is in critical condition. A posse searched for the would be assassin but found no trace. Fort Wayne report notes A Bait Wheeler injured after a fall from a pole at sixty feet balance shock from a live wire.
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Nashville
Dock strike sparks gunfire in Fort William
In Fort William Ontario on August 11 bullets exchanged as police hunted for strikers aboard steamers. Police opened fire on resisting men wounding several as they searched for those in hiding.
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Fort William
Ont
His Last Act One of Revenge in Middletown Hotel Killing
Daniel A. Fenton proprietor of the Elberton hotel was shot dead on a Middletown street. The assailant, ex convict McSorley of New York, fired twice then killed himself. Fenton had earlier said he sat on a jury that sent McSorley to prison.
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Middletown
N. Y
Daniel A. Fenton
Elberton
McSorley
New York
Well Known Actor Richard Gobden Dies Aboard Houseboat
New York reports actor Richard Gobden died suddenly on a houseboat in Gravesend bay where he was guest of John Newton Porter. Separately Virginia’s bronze statues of George Washington and Robert E Lee were placed in Statuary Hall in the Capitol in Washington.
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New York
Richard Gobden
Gravesend Bay
John Newton Porter
George Washington
Robert ©. Lee
Virginia
Statuary Hall
Aspitol
Washington
Earth Shocks Continue Across Regions
Acapulco felt another severe earthquake shock yesterday causing fear but no loss of life or major damage. In Fort William Ontario nearly a thousand freight handlers walked out at the Canadian Pacific railway sheds halting freight movement.
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Mexico City
Acapulco
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fort William
Ont
Fort Williams
Farmer James Hurst Hangs Self in Barn
Martinsville Indiana August 11 James Hurst a farmer who lived six miles northwest of the city hanged himself with a halter in the maw of his barn no cause for the deed is known
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Martinsville
Ind
James Hurst
Second American Esperanto congress opens at Chautauqua
The second American Esperanto congress is in session at Chautauqua New York. Other items note the sixth anniversary of Pope Pius crown at Rome, Theo Harris dies, the Chicago Athletic Association team heading to Seattle, and other meetings and events across the country.
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Chautauqua, N
Pope Pius
Rome
Theo Harris
Louisville National Banking Company
South
Chicago Athletic Association
Seattle
National Amateur Athletic Union
The
Knights of Sherwood Forest
Foresters of America
Auburn
N.Y
Cemetery murder shocks city as teen found dead
Rochester authorities report Amna Schumacher, seventeen, was choked and beaten to death after sexual assault. Autopsy cites brutal injuries and a concealed grave near a deserted pump house behind a Catholic cemetery. clues point to a non tramp suspect believed to be in the city.
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Rochester
Bleindiens
Amna Schumacher
St. Bernard’s Seminary
Bedy
Schumacher
Stockholm Press Strike Narrowly Localized
Stockholm reports a compositor strike last night but printers strike unlikely to spread as provincial unions keep contracts. News vendors refuse to distribute non Socialist journals, leaving only the trades unions organ in the city edition.
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Stockholm
Mis Head Struck a Log
Walter Latta aged thirteen of Shelby died after diving from a spring board into the Kankakee river near Water Valley. His head struck a submerged log and he drowned in Hammond Indiana on August 10.
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Mis
Hammond
Ind
Walter Latta
Shelby
Kankakee
Water Valley
Old Red Tape Cut Out In Treasury Reforms
Washington Aug 10 Promising sweeping efficiency tests spread from the labor department to the treasury as Secretary MacVeagh appoints three assistant secretaries to form a commission. Each division chief and employee must file reports on work quality and assignments, aiming at labor saving economies and possible promotions theory rather than immediate dollar savings.
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Washington
Naxel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Treasury Department
Dublin
N. H
MacVeagh
Norton
Tts
Treasury
Epiploves
Pease
John Doe
Fan
Department
Roosevelt
Americans Arrive in Paris for Roosevelt Visit
Boris Ans along with Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and party including Quentin and Ethel Roosevelt arrived in Paris from Vigne Thes. They were met by Arthur Bailis Dianetid, secretary, and Commander Chonyin and Captain Guiznard naval and military attaches of the American embassy, who escorted them to their embassy residence.
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Boris Ans
Theodore Roosevelt
Areidie
Quentin
Ethel Roosevelt
Vigne
Deers Station
Arthur Bailis-Dianetid
Ascoad
R Chony
Guiznard
Combassy
Paris
Man Surrenders in Detroit Death Inquiry
Investigation into the death of Mrs. Martha Galahn in Detroit Aug 10 yields no clues. Sheriff’s deputies pursue a childhood sweetheart linked to the case. the man appears voluntarily and surrenders at the jail after authorities locate him.
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Detroit
Mich
Martha Galahn
World records and tragedies skimmed from distant places
King Edward seeks annual care at Marienbed. Eleven die in a Vancouver hotel fire. A Monterey cloudburst causes heavy property loss and some fatalities. Taft jokes about repeating his ideal vacation daily. Colonel Albert Pope dies at his Cohasset summer home. A Milan balloon pilot reaches a height over seven miles, a potential world record.
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Monterey
Mexico
Taft
Albert Pope
Cohasset
Mass
Mina
Milan
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Clarence Lindsay
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American Veterans of Foreign Service
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National Negro Business League
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