Illinois Bankers Meeting in Joliet
Bankers from across Illinois converge in Joliet for the twenty fifth annual convention October 14 and 15. The event includes discussions beyond banking as leaders from business and labor groups are invited. J B Fahey of Boston will speak for business organizations and William B Wilson will address labor questions. Public sessions are planned for downstate union representatives and the public.
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Jolie
Til
Iinois
Joliet
Hinoi Bankers’ Association
Chamber of
Ao Merce
United States
J. B. Faley
Boston
William B. Wilson
Emperor at the Front Reported at Serbian Headquarters
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Morning Post says Emperor William has served at the Austro German headquarters in Serbia. The report places the German emperor at the front lines amid the Balkan theater as part of ongoing war coverage.
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Emperor
London
William
Serbia
Copenhagen
Morning Post
Second Wife of Undivorced Man Granted Freedom
Bertha Wehr Wright gains freedom in a marriage annulment case. The pasangan Bertha Wehr Wright is freed as Wright is declared unmarried after annulment.
Man Told Her He Was Not Married Court Cases
In circuit court yesterday Bertha Wehrley Wright sought restoration of her maiden name after discovering her husband Frank Beard Wright had a prior marriage to Cora Toll. Four young men pleaded guilty to rioting in an unprovoked downtown assault on a college student and were fined 25 dollars plus costs. Henry Miller was placed on probation for unlawful auto operation and must repay 312 dollars in damages within ten months. Russell Dwyer asked for parole after guilty plea to obtaining money under false pretenses, with bond supplied by his father. Albert George pleaded guilty to burglary and was referred to probation.
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Bertha Wehbey Wright
Frank Beard Wright
Wright
Bertha Wehrley
Cora Toll
Frank Beard
Wilson
Schmiedeskamp
Quincy
Menz
Miller
Russell Dwyer
Albert George
Thomas Nolan
Villa quits Villa regime in Sinoloa rebel turnabout
El Paso reports General Juan Banderas once named governor of Sinoloa has renounced allegiance to Gen. Villa. Border dispatches note two thousand Villa troops moving west from Chihuahua City andCALLes recalling an expeditionary force as skirmishes erupt along Sonora. A new assault on Guaymas is deemed imminent with gunboats and transports at hand.
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Villa
New Mexico
Carranzas
EL Paso
Tex
Juan Banderas
Sinaloa
Chihuahua City
Douglas
Ariz
Columbus
Elias Calles
Carranza
Agta
Prieta
Sonora
Bavispe
Guaymas
Calles
M. M. ‘Dieguez
Dieguez
Guerrero
Pacific
Hog Market Soon To Be Ruined Warns President
Fred Krey of St Louis was elected president of the American Meat Packers association at the tenth annual convention in St Louis. Officers named include Albert Roche secretary George L McCarthy treasurer Max Nagger. Krey warned that England's interference with neutral commerce could seriously affect U S hog raising unless conditions change.
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ST. Louis
Fred Krey
American’ Meat Packers’ Association
Albert Roche
New York
George L. McCarthy
Max Nagger
Cincinnati
England
United States
Government Defends Income Tax as Fairer Burden Shift
Washington reports the government argues in a Supreme Court brief that heavier taxation on high incomes eases the indirect tax burden on the poor. Attorneys General Gregory and Davis, with William Wallace Jr., say income tax scales with ability to pay and would not be discriminatory even as it finances government support.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gregory
Davis
William Wallace
Congress
Calhoun County to Have Railroad
Calhoun County, Illinois, plans a new railroad from Kampsville on the Illinois River to Pearl on the Chicago and Alton line in Pike County. The county, unique for having no rail service, lies in a river peninsula famed for apples.
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Kampsville
Pearl
Pike County
ST. Louis
Calhoun County
Illinois
Calhoun
Illinois River
Chicago and Alton
Mississippi
Taft Opposes Expanded Veto Power in Budget Bill
Former President William Howard Taft told Columbia University listeners that he opposes giving the president power to veto special items and clauses in appropriation bills. He argued that veto powers are misused by governors, notably New York's governor, in a lecture on The Presidency Its Powers Duties Responsibilities and Limitations.
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New York
William Howard Taft
Columbia University Institute of Arts and Sciences
Witness Niblack completes testimony in Munday trial
William C. Niblack the receiver of the La Salle Trust and Savings Bank concludes two days of testimony in the trial of former bank vice president C B Munday. He faces cross examination, denies knowledge of a bank run, and confirms deposits fell in the last two months. He states the bank paid out over a million in cash on withdrawn deposits the week before closing, and he was unaware the Munday family held about 6000 in deposits or that Munday concerns had 932000 there.
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Morris
William C.niblack
la Salle Trust and Savings Bank
C. B. Munday
Niblack
Bryan
Hogan
Munday
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Irene Fenwick
Broadway
Elsie Albert
A. Svesivyn
Lon Chaney
Mary Fuller
M Finley Co
Charlis Chaplin
Bijou
Charlie A Saan
Mr. Chaplin
Maurice Costello
Leah Baird
Howard Hall
Kalem
Bankers Meeting
Maine
Isemé Sorwloo
Bertha Wehr Eas Wright
Firane
Henry Miller
Great Britain
Mazda Electric Light
Uhishaken
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LA. Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank
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