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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1914

Page

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Lorimer Bank Closed by Examiner in Chicago

Chicago banks tied to Lorimer face closures as La Salle Street Trust and Savings slips into examiner control amid a mass withdrawal of deposits. Subsidiaries including Broadway, Illinois State, and Ashland & Twelfth banks are halted, with city deposits refused and a broader market impact noted at the Board of Trade. The action follows controversy linked to Coyne Brady allegations, while officials expect a temporary shutdown to stabilize assets and operations.

Chicago la Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank Lorimer State Bank State Bank Examiner Broadway State Bank Illinois State Bank Ashland & Twelfth Bank la Salle Street Me Vann John H. Coyne Brady Coyne la Salle Street Bank Clearing House Harkin LaSalle Bank Examiner Harkin Coyne- Brady City of la Salle Bank Fox Board of Trade Markets Examiner Mara LaSalle Institution William Lorimer, Jr Mii- Boles State Bank Springfield Harkins la Salle Street Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago Board of Trade Iil

Prison Governor in France Slain in Catalonia Revolt

Cerbere France June 12 The guard was assassinated and many convicts killed or wounded after a revolt yesterday at the Spanish prison just beyond the frontier in Catalonia.

Cerbere France Catalonia

Weather Notes for Rock Island Area

Unsettled tonight and Saturday with showers possible. Temperatures steady around 67 at 7 am with little change expected. Winds 15 mph, humidity around 69 to 73, water stage up 0.1 in 24 hours. Astronomical events list Mercury Venus Saturn Mars visible in evening sky. Jupiter in conjunction with the moon and hidden by it.

Rock Island Davenport Moline J. M. Sherier Mercury Venus Saturn Mars Jupiter Moon

Federation Head Urges Suffrage at Women's Clubs Meet

Chicago June 12 At the federation of Women's clubs session Mrs Pennybacker the president announced that woman suffrage would receive fullest consideration by the convention. She said the subject would likely be taken up this afternoon at the educational conference with resolutions possibly presented to the resolutions committee and a report to the convention Saturday morning. Special privilege to none equal rights to all was the convention slogan amid applause.

Chicago the Federation of Women’s Clubs

Greek and Turkish clash threat widens in Greece

Premier Venizelos warned in the chamber that unless persecution of Greeks in Turkey ceases, Greece may be forced to take sharper action potentially leading to war. He cited thousands of Greek refugees and urged a stop to abuses as public opinion in Athens grew heated. An Mitylene dispatch reports Turkish forces attacking Afvalik with machine guns and Bashi-bazouks, risking a massacre of 25,000 Greeks.

Athens Greece Turkey Venizelos Chamber of Deputies London England Mitylene Asia Minor Afvalik

Pastor refuses to wed divorced woman in Baltimore

In Baltimore on June 12 a prominent Presbyterian pastor Dr Robert P Kerr declined to officiate at the marriage of Mrs Alice Gerry Stewart daughter of the late Elberige Gerry of New York to Francis Bayliss Griswold of New York because she is divorced. Rev R A Price was persuaded to replace him.

Baltimore Robert P. Kerr Alice Gerry Stewart Elberige Gerry New York Francis Bayliss Griswold Stewart Dr. Kerr R A. Price

Lind Arrives at Home From Mexico Mission

John Lind Wilson's special representative to Mexico reached his Annapolis home on June 12 after nearly a year away. He said he does not expect to be recalled or called back to service.

Wilson Minneapolis John Lind Mexico Anneapolis

Wilson Wins Fight for Canal Tolls Repeal

The House quickly accepts the Senate amendment to repeal the Panama canal tolls exemption. The measure, backed by President Wilson, moves to the president for signature as debate over the treaty and tolls continues.

Wilson Washington, D. C House Senate Panama United States Taft Congress Clark Underwood Senator Root Lodge O'Gorman Chamberlain

Auto bandits steal safe from farmer near Wheeling

Three automobile bandits bound and gagged Charles Balentine at his farm forty miles west of Wheeling, dragged a 300-pound safe from Wimpo Stable then into their car. The safe, containing about $60, was described as a mistaken economic policy. A posse is in pursuit.

Chicago Charles Balentine Wheeling Bale

Overton Price Dies by Suicide in Virginia Countryside

Ashville N C June 12 Overton W Price vice president of the National Conservation Association shot himself through the brain at Rug by Grange 15 miles from here dying instantly His ten year old son found the body at his mother's home Price a prominent figure in the Ballinger Pinchot controversy and a friend of Pinchot and Roosevelt He had left the forestry service after Pinchot's removal and had been an associate forester.

Ashville Overton W. Price National Conservation Association Yestterday Rugby Grange Price Ballinger-Pinchot Mr. Pinchot Roosevelt Forestry Service Forrester Piochot

FIGHT FOR WEALTHY GIRL

Albany June 17. A custody fight over a 7 year old granddaughter of the late Anthony N Brady and heiress to 14 million was settled out of court. E Palmer Gavit Martha Ann Gavit father and Brady relatives reached a private settlement after a court injunction blocked removal from the state.

Albany Anthony N. Brady E. Palmer Gavit Martha Ann Gavit Brady Denver Gavit

Free Methodists Hold Tri Cities Last Quarterly Meeting

The Free Methodists of the tri cities begin their final quarterly meeting of the conference year at the church on Fifteenth street and Ninth avenue. Evening sessions start at 7 30 with Sunday morning at 10 20. Rev E G Cryer district elder leads the services. Rev C B Huston is the local pastor. All are welcome.

Free Methodists Tri-Cities Fifteenth Street Ninth Avenue E. G. Cryer Huston

Sight Restored by Swatting Fly

Mrs. Frank Paxton of Arvada near Denver regained vision after a fly landing triggered perception in her long-blind left eye. The event followed years of medical doubt, begun after a childhood accident destroyed one eye and left the other nearly blind. She recently completed studies at the Colorado Springs school for the blind and, with her son present, briefly saw her husband and child for the first time since childhood.

Denver Col Frank Paxton Arvada Paxton State School For the Blind Colorado Springs

London Aroused by Suf Outrages Over Coronation Site

London was tense as militants intensified their vandalism campaign. A blast to the coronation chair and stone at Westminster Abbey failed to injure the stone or chair, while fires were set at St. Margaret's Church in Chipstead. authorities vow strict action against funders and participants in the suffrage campaign.

London England Westminster Abbey

Death Takes Grand Duke Adolph Frederick of Mecklenburg

Berlin reports the death of Grand Duke Adolph Frederick of Mecklenburg Strelitz at age 66. Born in 1848, he was the son of Grand Duke Frederick William and Princess Augusta, daughter of the late Duke Adolphus of Cambridge, and succeeded his father in 1904.

Adolph Frederick Mecklenburg Strelitz Berlin Adolph Frederick of Mecklenburg

Carranza to join in move to stop war

Reports from Tampico Mazatlan and Niagara Falls describe Carranza agreeing to send delegates to the Niagara conference contingent on an armistice. Mediation leaders say admission of the constitutionalists hinges on armistice declaration with possible informal reception of delegates. The American delegates view this as a hopeful sign for peace talks.

Carranza Washington, D. C Niagara Falls Saltillo Rafael Zaubaran Wilson Niagara Ont Satillo Senor Rapasa Huerta

Napier Hero of the Great Lakes Is Dead at 88

Joseph A. Napier captain and vessel master on the Great Lakes for four decades saved 60 lives including a 1861 solo rescue of 32 on the schooner Merchant near Chicago. He died in St Joseph Michigan at age 88. In Paris Ribot’s cabinet lost a first division and Premier Ribot resigned after one day.

St. Joseph Mich Joseph A. Napier Great Lakes Napier Chicago Paris France Chamber of Deputies Ribot

Chicago Lawyer for Board Head

Washington June 12 Thoo as B Jones a Chicago lawyer former Princeton trustee and personal friend of President Wilson was practically selected as governor of the federal reserve board Representative Sharp of Ohio was nominated to be ambassador to Franco

Washington, D. C Thooas B. Jones Chicago Princeton University Wilson Federal Reserve Board Sharp Ohio Franco

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