Fugitive President Linked to Bank Failure Faces Charges
Chicago August reports state bank examiner Jones finds Paul O. Stensland, fugitive bank president, guilty of criminal acts. Vice president Theodore Stensland is arrested for insolvency deposits while cashier Henry Hering is partly exonerated due to lack of proof. Crowds surround the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank as police move to control disorder.
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Chicago
Ill
Jones
Paul O. Stensland
Stensland
Henry W. Hering
Bank
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Theodore Stensland
Paul D. Stensland
Hering
Collins
Jacob E. Kern
Canada
Superior
Wis
Sargeant
Darwin Scoon
Duluth-Superior
McKennan
Duluth
Detroit
Czolgosz Sibling Seeks Cleveland Police Post
Michael Czolgosz has applied for a Cleveland police job to remove the family stain. He and his father, both limited English speakers, spoke in Polish before a rapid shift in sentiment was announced.
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Cleveland, CO
Michael Czolgosz
Leon Czolzgosz
McKinley
Cleveland
Buffalo
Disruption at Teamsters Convention in Chicago
A faction led by Albert Young attempted to depose Cornelius P. Shea at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention in Chicago. Young bolted with supporters to hold a rump session in a separate hall to defeat Shea, who appeared to hold the majority. Both sides sought to patch up differences ahead of tomorrow's election.
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Chicago
Ill
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Cornelius P. Shea
Albert Young
Shea
Pulliam backs umpires as New York and Chicago game to be played
National League president Pulliam declares today’s New York versus Chicago game must proceed. Umpires will be on hand and if the New York club refuses to play the game will be forfeited to Chicago. He supports Johnstone’s forfeit ruling and would resign if the NL board disagrees.
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New York
N. Y
Chicago
National Baseball League
Polo Grounds
Pulliam
Johnstone
National League Board of Directors
New Polish Bishop Appointed for United States
Announcement states Right Rev Joseph Weber of Lemberg has been named by the pope as bishop to oversee the welfare of three million Poles in America. He is in Rome completing novitiate in the Resurrectionist order and will headquarter in Chicago upon completion.
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Toledo
Ohio
Joseph Weber
Lemberg
United States
America
Rome
Chicago
Secretary of State sends dispatch on St Paul Island incident
Acting Secretary Bacon delivered to Ambassador Wright the dispatch from Sitka Alaska detailing the killing of Japanese fishermen on St Paul Island. The note states no apology will be offered and labels Japanese as poachers if within three miles, with 12 prisoners to be tried under U.S. law and no new revenue cutters planned in Alaskan waters.
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Washington, D. C
Bacon
Wright
Tokio
Department of Commerce and Labor
Sims
Sitka
Alaska
St. Paul Island
Japan
State Department
Three Mile
New Foundland
United States
Alaskan
Boy Burglar Blames Show for Crime
Leon Young aged 10 in Evansville Indiana was arrested on burglary charges and confessed claiming moving pictures of train and bank robberies inspired his crime. He says the film taught him how to burgle and left him with a wish to become a great robber.
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Evansville
Ind
Leon Young
Taggart Denies Resignation Talks After Bryan Trip
Indianapolis Aug 8 Thomas Taggart chairman of the national democratic committee denied reports of a meeting in New York when Bryan returns from Europe and refused to discuss possible resignation saying there is no occasion for a meeting and he questions why he should resign.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
National Democratic Committee
Bryan
New York
Europe
Joint Pythian program in Iowa City featured by welcome addresses
Iowa City hosted a joint program of the Pythian grand lodge and Rathbone Sisters with public attendance. Mayor George W. Ball and university professor H. E. Gordon gave welcomes. James W. Hunter and Miss Mary S. Horner responded. The event included temple reports, new temple formations, and financial tallies.
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Iowa City
Pythian Grand Lodge
Rathbone Sisters
George W. Ball
H. E. Gordon
University of Iowa
Charles M. Dutcher
James W. Hunter
Newton
Mary S. Horner
Waterloo
Grand Lodge
K. P
Grand Temple
Horner
Effie E. Parsons
Marion
Mary J. Winter
Cedar Rapids
Leavini
Sheriff Seizes Denver Ballot Boxes in Franchise Election Fight
Justice Bailey denied a writ to halt the franchise election contest. Sheriff Nisbet took possession of the ballot boxes after the city election commission refused to surrender them on order of County Judge Lindsey. Proceedings resumed in Denver county court this morning.
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Denver
Col
Justice Bailey
State Supreme Court
Denver City Tramway Company
Denver Gas and Electric Company
Nisbet
City Election Commission
Lindsey
Cardinal Rampolia's Health Fails Amid Papal Office
Rome reports Cardinal Rampolia the papal secretary of state has broken down in health with little hope of recovery.
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Rome
Rampolia
Satanita Wins Emperor William Cup Race at Cowes
The yawl Satanita won today at Cowes securing Emperor William's cup. The cutter Creek placed second with eight yachts starting the race.
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Cowes
Cutter Creek
Governor in a Collision Near Armour Missouri
Two Missouri Pacific passenger trains collided in Armour Missouri injuring Conductor William Welch. Governor Folk was aboard en route to a Stewartsville picnic but uninjured.
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Armour, Mo
Missouri Pacific
William Welch
Folk
Stewartsville
Investigation into New York ice prices opens
District Attorney Jerome and the grand jury initiated an inquiry into the price of ice in New York City, signaling a broad probe into the ice trade.
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Jerome
New York City
New York, N. Y
Seventeenth child born to Sterling couple
Sterling Illinois August 7: Mr and Mrs Benjamin Schartz of Wyandotte welcomed their seventeenth child a son this morning. The eldest is 21 and all 17 children are living.
Biggest timber deal on Georgian Bay coast closes
Calumet Mich August 8 Holland and Graves of Bying inlet buy five townships from Sarnia Bay Lumber Timber and Salt company for 1,590,000. Each township covers thirty square miles, marking the largest timber transaction in the north shore lumber district history.
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Calumet
Mich
Georgian Bay
Holland and Graves
Bying Inlet
Sarnia Bay
Democratic Platform of Iowa Seeks Tariff Reform and Regulation
The Iowa Democratic platform pledges equal rights, tariff reform for revenue, and relief from inflated prices. It calls for ending trusts, enforcing laws, regulating railroads, direct election of US senators, and municipal control of utilities, with strong support for William Jennings Bryan in 1908.
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Democratic Party of
Iowa
State of
United States
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
House
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Death of Rev. J. Addison Henry, Princeton Church Pastor
Philadelphia obituaries report the death of Rev. Dr. J. Addison Henry at age 72 in Asbury Park New Jersey. A noted clergyman he served as moderator in the general assembly and was widely known in the country.
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Philadelphia
J. Addison Henry
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Asbury Park
N. J
General Assembly
Mutiny on Lancaster Involves Marines and Sailors
Five marines are in double irons aboard the receiving ship Lancaster at League Island navy yard. Ten sailors are under arrest after a mutiny Monday night in which two mutineers were seriously wounded.
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Philadelphia
Lancaster
League Island Navy Yard
Mayor narrowly survives lightning strike at home
Marshalltown Iowa August 8 Mayor O L Ingledue and his wife had a close call when a bolt struck their house this morning bursting directly over the breakfast table. Dishes were scattered and the mayor and his wife were stunned by the shock.
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Marshalltown
O. L. Ingledue
Irish Joan of Arc Maud Gonne Macbride Granted Separation
Paris court confirms judicial separation from Major Macbride but refuses absolute divorce due to Irish nationality. Custody of the child awarded to Maud Gonne Macbride.
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Joan of Arc
Paris
Civil Tribunal of
Seine
Maud Gonne Macbride
Major Macbride
National convention opens for Catholic Total Abstinence Union
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America began its national convention in Providence Rhode Island with a pontifical mass at the cathedral celebrated by Bishop Matthew Harkins of the Providence diocese.
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Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Providence
R. L
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Matthew Harkins
Woman Sentenced to Die for Murder in Stockton
Mrs Emma Le Doux was sentenced to death with a hangings scheduled for October 19 for the murder of Libert H McVicar a miner she had lived with as his partner. The sentence was read in Stockton California with the convicted woman remaining calm.
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Emma la Doux
Stockton
Cal
Emma le Doux
Libert H. McVicar
Bomb Thrown at Sosnowice Station Killings and Panic
A bomb exploded today in a crowded Sosnowice railway station waiting room killing one and wounding many. The attacker fled as women fainted and children were trampled in the panic. In Warsaw terrorists continue assaults on post offices and treasuries with the governor-general ordering losses to be borne by local communities. In St Petersburg Stoly pin travels to seek emperor approval for ministerial appointments including Vassilchikoff Filossofoff and Isnolsky.
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Sosnowice
Russian Poland
Warsaw
Theovernor-general
St. Petersburg
Prest Stolypin
Peterhof
Prince Vassilchikoff
Filossofoff
Isnolsky
Holy Synod
Forced to the wall at Planet Manufacturing in La Porte
The Planet Manufacturing company, maker of picture frames and room moulding, was placed into receivership today in La Porte Indiana. Assets and liabilities are not known. The company is capitalized for $100 000.
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la Porte
Ind
the Planet Manufacturing Company
Lifelong Lone Tree Resident Dies at 49
Mrs. A. J. Stoneberger, lifelong Lone Tree resident aged 49, died here yesterday. She will be buried in Grandview. Survived by husband and six children.
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Iowa City
A. J. Stoneberger
Lone Tree
Grandview
Bartlett Nominated for Court Reporter on Fourth Ballot
Muscatine man H. M. Bartlett is nominated on the fourth ballot for court reporter on a ticket named unanimously. The Muscatine County slate backed the governor race and radicals are said to be in complete control after a tense selection.
Gubernatorial and statewide ticket listed with counties
The document lists candidates for governor Claude Porter Appanoose county lieutenant governor John Dennison Dubuque county secretary of state J S McLuen Guthrie county auditor C E Munroe Mahaska county treasurer L F Dan forth Calhoun county attorney general Fred W Townsend Monroe county superintendent W S Wilson Lyon county and supreme court and railroad posts with L M Fisher Scott county E M Carr Delaware county W L Carpenter Polk county E K Stahl Henry county clerk supreme court G W Keenan Page county reporter supreme court H M Bartlett Muscatine County
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Claude R. Porter
Appanoose County
John D. Dennison
Dubuque Co
J. S. McLuen
Guthrie County
C. E. Munroe
Mahaska County
L. F. Danforth
Calhoun County
Fred W. Townsend
Monroe County
W. S. Wilson
Lyon County
Supreme Coding
L. M. Fisher
Scott County
Supreme Court
E. M. Carr
Delaware County
W. L. Carpenter
Polk County
E. K. Stahl
Henry County
G. W. Keenan
Page County
H. M. Bartlett
Muscatine County
Radical Democratic Convention Nominates Porter for Governor
Waterloo reports the Democratic convention closes with a radical platform and a fourth ballot nominating Claude Porter of Appanoose for governor. John D. Dennison of Dubuque county is named lieutenant governor. Ball and Boies receive support as other nominees. Balloting shows Porter leading on the fourth ballot with 507 votes. Dennison gains 132 percent in the fourth round and Ball receives 292 votes in later tallies. Continued on Page Five.
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L. Lane
Waterloo
Claude Porter
Centerville
Iowa
John D. Dennison
Dubuque County
State Central ‘Committee
Resolutions Committee
McDonald
Wright County
J. B. Weaver
Appanoose County
Emmitt Tinley
Council Bluffs
Donald McRae
Martin J. Wade
George W. Ball
Iowa City
L. J. Horan
Muscatine County
Ball
Charles Dickson
Sioux City
Dennison
Porter
Boies
MacRae
Iowa Weather Forecast Brief Delays and Sun Schedule
Iowa weather report from Chicago dated Aug 8 indicates showers this afternoon and tonight. Thursday will be partly cloudy with sunrise at 4 50 and sunset at 7 02. Moonrise is 9 35 p m.
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Chicago
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Geo. W. Ball
Rathbones
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Miss Horner
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Presbyterian Church
Satanita
Gov. Folk
Missouri
Tor Welch
ICE Trust
Sterling
Michigan
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New Jersey
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