Bold Robber Steals 300 dollars at Broadway Bank
A lone bandit entered the Broadway bank on Broadway Street at 9 pm, ordered President W. H. Middendorf and teller D. O. H. Middendorf to surrender, and escaped on a bicycle with $300 in currency after firing a shot at the teller. Police searched the area, suspecting an automobile accomplice and a quick getaway. The bandit, about 30, wore a brown canvas coat and cap, had a black mustache, and used a revolver to control the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. O. H. Middendorf
Broadway Bank
Seventeenth ‘Street
Broadway
Messrs. Middendorf
Burlington
Wabash
A . Young Middendorf
D. O. I. Middendorf
Young Middendorf
Meyers and Rice
Middendorf
Koch
Schiarnhorst
W. N. Middendorf
Ile
British freighters attacked by German submarines
Admiralty reports six ships attacked and five sunk, including Craigard, Richmond, Gadsby, Boduoquat, Latchmore, and Renfrew. Craigard and Richmond sailed from Gulfport to European ports. Gadsby from Sydney, C B to a European port. Boduoquat sailed to Falmouth. Latchmore and Renfrew were torpedoed off unknown routes. Crew saved at Plymouth or Moville and Falmouth.
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London
Craigard
Plymouth
Galveston
Newport
Havre
Richmond
Queenstown
Boulogne
Scilly Islands
Moville Treland
Sydney
C. B
Falmouth
Latchmore
Renfrew
French Commander Wounded At Dardanelles Returns To France
General H J E Gouraud, commander of the French expeditionary force at the Dardanelles, is wounded by a shell explosion and leaves the post for France. The French official statement tonight says the injuries are not dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dardanelles
France
Federal Judge Appoints Receiver for Des Moines Railroad
In Des Moines on July 3 Judge Wade appointed PSG Schmidt receiver for the city rail line after the railroad defaulted on over 2,000,000 in bonds. Schmidt currently manages the company and the move halts state orders to remove tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines, TA
Wade
Psg. Schmidt
Des Moines’ City
Schmidt
Man Shot by Constable During Fourth Celebration
Mt Auburn Illinois July 3 Guy Milliam 24 was shot in the abdomen tonight by the village constable as he resisted an arrest for premature Fourth of July celebration. He was taken to a Springfield hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Auburn, III
Guy Milliam
Springfield
Huerta and five others jailed on conspiracy charges
Gen Victoriano Huerta former Mexican dictator and five others were jailed in El Paso on federal warrants charging conspiracy to violate U S neutrality laws by planning a new Mexican revolution. Bond set at 15000 dollars each with hearings scheduled July 12. Nearby General Pasquel Orozco had escaped custody and was not found by nightfall, believed to have crossed into Mexico.
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EL Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Ignacio Bravo
Eduardo Carus
Jose Delgado
J. B. Rattner
Enrique Gorostita
Huerta
San Antonio
United States
George B. Oliver
Parscual Orozco
Orozco
Archbishop Quigley in Chicago Weathering Minor Change
Rochester report bulletin from the bedside states Archbishop Quigley shows practically no change in condition. A slight improvement yesterday is maintained as he takes nourishment and remains conscious, speaking briefly to caregivers. Doctors note a small chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
Quigley
Chicago
Epworth League Elects Officers for Next Year
Springfield Illinois July 3 The state convention of the Epworth league today elected officers for the coming year President Dr J S Reece Bloomington First vice president William T Galloway Chicago Second vice president Miss Jennie Jones Springfield Third vice president Miss Bertha Verkler Chicago Fourth vice president Miss Anna Norman Springfield Junior superintendent Mrs D H Stone Pinckneyville Corresponding secretary L E Brubaker Bushnell Recording secretary Professor Hubert Phillips Onargo Treasurer R O Burk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
The
Epworth League
J. S. Reece
Bloomington
William T.galloway
Chicago
Jennie Jones
Bertha Verkler
Anna Norman
D.H Stone
Pinckneyville
L. E. Brubaker
Bush
Lamont Seeks Special Train From Pelican Lodge
Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan’s company telephoned from Pelican Lodge Harriman's country place for a special train to Weed California to catch a fast train to San Francisco and the east, summons reported in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Klamath
Falls, Obe
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan ‘S Company
Pelican Lodge
I. C. Harriman
Weed
California
San Francisco
Redlight Law Abolishes Segregated District Declared Constitutional
Washington district supreme court pronounces the Ken yan Redlight law constitutional. Modelled after the Iowa statute it provides for abatement of nuisances by injunction and ends segregated district status in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redlight
Co. R
Submarine Sunk Near Ems Mouth
A dispatch reports a German submarine, believed to be U 30, sunk off the mouth of the River Ems where it flows into the North Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ems
North Sea
Germany
Cholera Spread Report From Continental Cities
A Havas dispatch from Geneva notes on July 30 two cholera cases in Vienna five in Moravia three in Silesia two in Cracow four in Yavorow and twenty eight in Valovitch, as reported by Paris dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Havas ‘Agency
Geneva
Vienna
Moravia
Silesia
Cracow
Yavorow
Valovitch
Three Burned To Death In Roumanian Room House Fire
An unidentified man his wife and their small son were burned to death when a Roumanian rooming house in Indianapolis Indiana burned tonight. The blaze gutted the building and the victims perished inside. Police investigated the tragedy as a fatal fire with no immediate cause determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Ang House
Northern Front Struggles Frame War Outlook
London dispatch reports the Russian retreat remaining largely intact while Austro German pressure grows, threatening a decisive Russian defeat unless Entente diversions on Italy or the western front slow German gains. Vienna and Berlin claim successes as Baltic combat fades and Argonne gas actions resume, with French positions and a Vosges hold noted.
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London
Germany
Lemberg
Warsaw
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Poland
Galicia
Vienna
Berlin
Przemysl
Baltic
Baltic Sea
Flanders
Argonne
Hilgenride
Vosges
Three Die, Two Missing After Tacoma Trestle Wreck
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train from Tacoma to Aberdeen plunged from a trestle near Rainier. Three people were killed and two others were dying in Tacoma hospitals. A Northern Pacific freight train had passed moments earlier, and a crane from a car weakened the trestle, causing the collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
President Wilson Receives Word on Morgan Wounds
In Cornish New Hampshire on July 3 President Wilson expressed pleasure upon learning J P Morgan's wounds were not expected to be serious. Discussion at the summer White House tonight centered on the Morgan shooting and the Capitol bombing. The president was told of the gunman’s confession that he placed the bomb in the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Capitol
White House
Bryan Arrives at Lake Tahoe With Nevada Party for Overnight Stay
William Tennings Bryan former secretary of state and Mrs Bryan travel with a Nevada party for an overnight stop at Lake Tahoe before proceeding to San Francisco tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
California
Tahoe
Caltb
William Tennings Bryan
Nevada
Lake’ Tahoe
San Francisco
Steamer Richmond Sunk by German Submarine
Plymouth England July 3 The British steamer Richmond has been sunk in the English channel by a German submarine. Her crew was landed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Plymouth
England
English Channel
Victory for Italians Tolmino Occupation Reported
An unconfirmed report from Geneva this afternoon says Italian forces have occupied the Austrian fortress city of Tolmino. The claim follows ongoing World War I hostilities and could signal a strategic shift in the Italian front.
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Geneva
Tully
Tolmino
Hepburn Act Case: Reading Group Not in Illegal Combination
Philadelphia July 3 The U S court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania ruled that the Reading group of corporations the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company and related firms do not form an unlawful combination that unduly restrains anthracite coal commerce The government suit seeks to break up alleged coordination and leases and may split Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal from Jersey Central The court found no violation of the commodities clause by Reading railroads in transporting coal they have an interest in The decision is a major step in the government effort to dismantle the alleged illegal anthracite coal cartel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States Court For
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Reading Group
Central Railroad Company of
New Jersey
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lehigh and
Wilkes Barre Coal Company
Jersey Central Railroad
Reading Companies
Hepburn Railroad
Wet and Dry Debate Turns Fatal at Picnic
At a Desloge Mo picnic near Bonne Terre a clash after a prohibition debate between G O Nations of Farmington and Congressman Meeker of St Louis led to one man dead and three injured. Deputy Sam Doss was cut while Huitt was shot and killed by the deputy. William Allen suffered a hip wound and G R Flack a minor hand wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonne Terre
Desloge
Farmington
Meeker
St. Louis
Sam Doss
Otto Huitt
Huitt
William Allen
G. R. Flack
Countrywide move to halt munition sales urged
Detroit July 3 A meeting attended by German societies across the nation sought a countrywide movement to stop war munitions sales to belligerent European nations. Leaders said they would petition President Wilson to call an extra session of Congress to consider an embargo. A committee was named to solicit endorsements from German American and Austro Hungarian societies. A Chicago meeting is planned for late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Wilson
Congress
Chicago
American Minister Reinsch Arrives in Seattle En Route to Chicago
Paul S. Reinsch, American minister to China, arrived in Seattle aboard the Minnesota from the Orient and will proceed to Chicago tonight. He praised the Chinese government for managing financial affairs admirably and showing consideration to all classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Paul S. Reinsch
China
Minnesota
Washington
Chicago
Reinsch
Danville selects Parker as president at Omega conclave
Danville resident Herview Parker was elected president and William S. James of Danville chosen as editor of the Omega at the National Convention of the Phi Alpha Omega high school fraternity. Springfield was named as next year's meeting city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville, I
Herview Parker
Danville
William S. James
The
Omega
Phi Alpha Omegas
Springfield
Atlantic Fleet Plans Leave for Pacific Drill After August
The Navy Department announced summer plans showing the Atlantic fleet will conduct practice off the Atlantic coast until August 29, when the fleet sails to the southern drill grounds, ending the last chance of a Pacific visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Pacific
Navy Department
Atlantic
Noted Frenchman Killed in Alsace Battlefield
Paris reports Lieut. Count Jean De Rochambeau, great great grandson of Marshal Jean De Rochambeau who led French forces at Yorktown, was killed on June 1 at Hartmans Weiler in upper Alsace while serving on the battlefield.
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Paris
Count Jean de Rochambeau
Marshall Jean de Rochambeau
Yorktown
Hartmans, Weiler
Upper Alsace
Oakland rider wins second annual 800 mile motorcycle race
Otto Walker of Oakland Calif won the second annual 800 mile international motorcycle race at Podge City Kan this afternoon, shaving about thirty minutes from the world record. His time was 3 hours 65 minutes and 45 seconds, finishing ahead of the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Podge City
Kan
Otto Walker
Oakland
Calif
Wiker
Illinois Wheat and Crop Conditions Report July 3
A state bulletin notes cool weather and heavy rains kept corn at 84 percent of normal, with cutworms in northern counties and chinch bugs in about a dozen counties causing crop damage. Winter wheat is in excellent condition, oats at 99 percent of normal, rye 94 percent with regional variation, and meadows and pastures show gains. Alfalfa is near normal regionally, apples look good, peaches light, and small fruit yield expected to be higher than in several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Til
State Board of ‘Agriculture
Illinois
South Division
Admission of Capitol bombing case shocks nation
Glen Cove and Washington bomb incident unfolds as Frank Holt, a former Cornell instructor, confesses to setting the bomb that damaged the U S Capitol and shoots at J P Morgan. Morgan wounded in hip region with two bullets but reported resting easily. Holt in custody with officials detailing the weapon used and his solitary act.
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Capitol
Washington
Glen Cove
Frank Holt
Cornell” University
J. P. Morgan
East‘ Isle
Secret Service
New York
Bertillon
Holt
Andrew_ Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Mr. Morgan
Cornell
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas
O. F.sensabaugh
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Morgan
Glen Cave
N.Y
J. P. Morgan & Company
Corewell University
Southwestern Methodist Cuniversity
American consul strives to protect works of art
Geneva July 3 dispatch from a Laibach correspondent reports the American consul at Triest pressing authorities to shield Italian and other foreign properties. Protections have been arranged for private houses of wealthy Italians to prevent looting of art and valuable furniture, as rioting damage is already reported in Triest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Paris
Laibach
Austria
Geneva Tribune
Triest
Agricultural bulletin reports crop conditions in Wisconsin
Springfield Wisconsin July 3 the state crop bulletin of the board of agriculture today shows corn condition on June 20 seventy nine per cent normal northern and southern eighty nine per cent central Winter wheat one hundred per cent northern ninety five per cent central seventy six per cent southern oats best in year state average ninety nine per cent meadows decreased five per cent apple yield big and peach crop light
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Board of Agriculture Today
Greene's Statue Unveiled at Guilford Battlefield
Greensboro July 3 an equestrian statue of General Nathanial Greene was unveiled today on the battlefield near here where his colonial forces defeated General Cornwallis troops 185 years ago a ceremonial dedication marked the event with local officials and spectators present
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N.C
Nathanial Greene
Cornwallis
Belgian Steamer Blokniecke torpedoed off Falmouth
London July 3 The Belgian steamer Blokniecke Li4ltons was torpedoed by a German submarine off Falmouth early today. The vessel sank but the crew were rescued and landed at Falmouth.
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London
Blokniecke
Li4ltons
Falmouth
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Ace
Admiralty
Craig Line ‘Steamship Company, Limited
Leith
Gadsby
R. Ropner & Company
West Hartlepool
Gulfport
British Steamship’ Company, Ltd
W. Johnston & Company, Ltd
Liverpool
Meridian
Horsley Line, Ltd
Constable
Goast
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Reading Road
Coal
Parker
Omega Head
State Board OF Agriculture
Bomb
American Counsel
Greene
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