Bandit Binds Mail Clerk On Sunset Express
In San Antonio Texas a bandit bound and gagged the mail clerk aboard the westbound Sunset Express after leaving the station. He rifled the mail car and escaped two miles from the city. The stolen value cannot be estimated until the car is checked. Federal state and city authorities launched a vigorous search after a description circulated. The bound clerk, Morton Banks, was found at Madonna seventeen miles west of San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Texas
Sunset Express
Southern Pacific Railroad
Morton E. Banks
Madona
Banks
Fear of being shot saves worker's life in river
Adam Kovitz despondent after losing his job at a steel mill jumped into the Calumet river. Two policemen at the Cleveland Linseed Oil plant ruins cast a rope and warned they would shoot. Kovitz grabbed the rope, was hauled to shore, and taken to Bridewell hospital for exposure.
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Chicago
Calumet
Adam Kovitz
Cleveland Linseed Oil Company
Kovitz
Bridewell Hospital
Ford Peace Party to Hague Monday
The Ford peace expedition is ready to depart for The Hague at 9 30 o clock Monday morning. Danish delegates join Sven Lange Commodore Bluhme Frederick Bayer doctor and two women suffragists. With these delegates four neutral countries are connected with the expedition.
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Copenhagen
London
Hague
Sven Lange
Commodore Bluhme
Frederick Bayer
Parker backs Taft for Supreme Court vacancy
New York January 6 Alton B Parker the 1904 Democratic nominee issued a statement endorsing former President William Howard Taft for the Supreme Court seat left by the death of Justice Lamar Parker praised Lamar and urged Taft to be drafted if necessary to fill the vacancy He argued Taft is best suited to take his place and should be appointed.
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New York
Alton B. Parker
United States
W. H. Taft
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Lamar
Parker
Taft
Emperor's Illness Rumors From Berlin Reported
London dispatches summarize Berlin gossip on the German emperor's health with Paris Rome Copenhagen noted as sources. Reports vary and often lack definite attribution, with most items described as rumors rather than firm facts.
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London
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Allied warships keep close watch in broad Med theater
Laindon reports no official note received on the sinking of the British steamer Persia in the Mediterranean. Allied warships patrol the area closely to identify the responsible belligerent and deter further incidents amid tensions in the sea lanes.
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Laindon
Persia
Meda
Men's shirts and tops sale at reduced prices
Durable 6500 Ahiarta men’s shirts available in various colors and patterns now priced at 250. Unlaundered white shirts in odd sizes offered for 25e.ereal
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