Burglars Fail to Steal Gems From Nichols Home Safe
New York reports burglars failed to gain access to a strong box containing gems valued at up to 500000 after Mrs Elizabeth Nichols was murdered by masked intruders. Owney Talas, charged with homicide, was paraded through the city as police seek accomplices. Seven men were arrested. The strong box remained intact. only rings and earrings were taken during the struggle for the vault key. Cook and maid were held as witnesses. Talas admitted letting the intruders in and tying the maid. Nichols was widow of John B E Nichols founder of a leading wholesale grocers firm.
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Nichols
Elizabeth Nichols
Owney Talas
Ottof. Schultze
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Nichols Yas
John BE
Friar of Austin, Sichels and Company
Three Killed When Auto Strikes Train Engine
West Frankfort Ill Sept 9 Four persons were killed and one injured when a car carrying A H Brown carnival owner, his manager Thomas McDonald, Albert Brown six year old, and driver O H Mooneyham crashed into the engine of a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train near West Frankfort The severely injured is Harry Dixon with a fractured skull.
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Chicago
Slow Progress in Bell Conspiracy Trial Delays Jury
Indianapolis September 9 The trial of Afayor Jos E Bell indicted for conspiracy in the 1914 election moved slowly as only eleven jurors remained in the box when court adjourned. Five veniremen excused on crematory challenge by the prosecution and six by the defense. A thunderstorm interrupted proceedings briefly and provoked quips from counsel and the judge.
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Indianapolis
Afayor Jos. E. Bell
J.crematory
M.A. Ryan
Miss Schweiger's York meeting with German fiancé ends in wartime drift
Miss Hilda Schweiger, 22, described as resembling Géraldine Farrar, travels from Germany to marry Lieutenant Paul Respe, a navigator of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich now interned at Newport News. Captain Max Thierichsen accompanies her. the fiancé had planned to marry in China before war. The tale recounts past ties, naval service, and the couple's separated paths amid conflict.
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Géraldine Farrar
Germany
Paul Respe
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Newport News
New York
Max Thierichsen
Elle Friedrich
Noordam
China
Albert G Spalding Dies In California At 65
Albert G Spalding, famed sporting goods pioneer and longtime baseball figure, died suddenly at his Point Loma home near San Diego at 65. Born Byron, Illinois in 1850, he played for Boston and Chicago teams, helped found Spalding & Company, and organized the first world tour of Chicago and All American baseball teams.
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Here
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Til
Jay
Boston
G. Spalding and
Russians claim big victory in eastern Galicia
Petrograd reports a series of pulls in eastern Galicia with Tarnopol and Trembowla as focal points. It says 150 officers and 7,000 men were captured southwest of Trembowla on September 5 and 6, with Teutons retreating toward the Strypa River. Since September 3, total Russian captures reach 383 officers and over 17,000 men, plus guns and machine guns, while losses are described as unimportant.
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London
Galicia
Tarnopol
Trembowla
Strypa
Sereth
Rovno
Olynta-Klevan
Stubel
Ikwa
Strypa Rive
New Steamship Line Planned Between Vigo and New York
Madrid announced a forthcoming steamship line linking Vigo with New York backed by American interests and royal support. The service will be run by an American company through Spanish subsidy, with King Alfonso's approval sought. Expect operations to start next year with chartered ships, moving to a 10,000 to 22,000 ton fleet for passengers and cargo.
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Madrid
Vigo
Alfonso
Leopold’ Arnaud
Spanish Chamber of Commerce of
Arnaud
Spanish Chamber of Commerce
Police guard quiets turmoil at national convention
Chicago reports peace returning to the National Negro Baptist convention after a day of upheaval that led to a police guard and an injunction against Rev. E. C. Morris of Mosley Missouri. Federal Judge Smith dissolved the injunction later as he agreed to arbitrate. Rev. A. Walker of Augusta sought to unite factions before police were called.
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E.C. Morris
Mosley
Smith
CA. Walker
Augusta
Nation Federation of Trade Press Adopts Preparedness Plan
At its annual convention the National Federation of Trade Press associations declared prosperity hinges on confidence among enterprise leaders and urged permanent national preparedness for protection and defense to be established as rapidly as practicable.
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Patladelphia
National Federation of Trade’ Press Associations
British occupy Bushire after Persian killings with German aid
London reports that two British officers were killed near Bushire Persia and the Persian government failed to punish the tribal chiefs alleged to be aided by Germans. Bushire, a city of over 15 000 on the Persian Gulf, was occupied by the British on Aug. 8 with conditions worsening as central telegraph lines are cut and roads blocked. Gendarmerie are unpaid and unrest spreads among tribes near Kashan between Teheran and Ishpahan as entente powers debate next steps following the Ishpahan consul attack last April.
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Bushire
Persia
Persian Gulf
Reuters’ Telegram Company
Kashan
Teheran
Ishpahan
Austrian ambassador Dumba recall feared in war stance
The Vienna note sparks debate over recall and potential severing of diplomatic ties. A Vienna-backed view favors recalling Dr Dumba without broad war talk, while diplomats warn Vienna could trigger a break in relations. Dumba has been a popular figure in Washington with a long career and ties to British circles.
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Baron’ von. Swiedenek
Constantin’ Theodor Dumba
Wilson
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London
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Bucharest
Paris
Wth
Cecil Spring-Rice
Siberia
Open letter supports Chicago school separation move
An open letter signed by S. M. Hastings, president of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, endorses the Chicago Board of Education’s dissolving of the Chicago Teachers Federation. It defends teachers’ rights to organize, but says the federation is controlled by union labor and distinct from Illinois teachers’ unions. The letter aligns with Mayor Thompson and a school board majority backing separation.
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S. M. Hastings
Illinois’ Manufacturers’ Association
Board of Education
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
Thompson
Michael J. Colling
Hoard of Education
Illinois Teanarantacers Association
Teachers’ Organizations
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Union
Labor
Illinois. Manufacturers’ Association
Teachers’ Federation
Ferocious Beed Hickman Kentucky Shooting Tragedy
In Hickman Kentucky an overnight shooting left three men dead and a woman gravely injured. Former Fulton County judge A Naylor and miner William Collins were killed. Mrs. Collins and Claude Johnson were wounded as Johnson fired on the home crowd and was shot by locals. Deputy Sheriff Nayor died of neck wound amid the ensuing hail of bullets.
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A. Naylor
Fulton County
William Collins
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Collins
Naylor
Berlin Celtic professor badly injured in rail collision
SAN FRANCISCO Sept 9 It was learned tonight that Dr. Kuno Meyer professor of Celtic at the University of Berlin was severely injured in a head on collision late today between a steam and an electric train on the Northwestern Pacific railroad in Marin county near San Francisco.
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Kuno’ Meyer
University of Berlin
Northwestern Pacific’ Railroad
Marine County
Recall request for Austro Hungarian ambassador
New York note shows Vienna urging recall of Constantin T. Dumba. Dumba dined with Count Bernstorff in New York as cable reported the recall note from Penfield. in Lenox, Mass, Sept. 9, Dumba was not seen at the summer embassy quarters, with a secretary saying he may be in New York and could return tomorrow.
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Austria-Hungary
New York
Constantin T. Dumba
Pabvers
Count Bernstorff
Bath
Dumba
Penfield
Samebassador
Lenox
Mass
Stephen Hedrick de Hedri
Lennox
Lost and found ad prompt from The Whig
The notice urges readers to telephone a Lost ad to The Whig at once after discovering a missing item such as a watch parasol or telephone. It emphasizes prompt reporting to assist in recovery.
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Whig
Flood Danger in Ottawa as River Rises After Rain
Ottawa Kas Sept 9 Flood danger as refugees from the lowlands of the Marias Des Carnes river are housed in courts, city hall and public buildings. The river continues to rise after six inches of rain Wednesday. Serious loss of livestock and damage to crops reported, but no loss of life.
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Marias Des Carnes
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