Fake Blood Fraud Ring Brought to Light in Rail Route Scam
A Kansas City based scheme exposed a woman identified as Mrs. FL Brown who used a rubber bladder with red liquid to feign injuries and spook train crews. Authorities report she traveled with a child to bolster her ruse while an agency traced the scam to a wider network. The Electric company settled for $600.
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Jurlee
Tnan
Francisco
Mothe
Noarch
Makerton Agency
Railroad
Electric Company
New Rail Route Proposes Paris to New York via Asia
American engineers arrive in Vladivostok to build a 60 mile Bering Strait tunnel linking Asia and Alaska. The plan envisions trains from Paris Berlin or Moscow to New York by rail, crossing under the strait and traversing Alaska to the United States. Princess Victoria runs daily to Vancouver via the Pacific coast.
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Asia
America
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Alaska
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Berlin
Moscow
New York
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Ite
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Victoria
Princess Victoria
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
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Active Pass
Gulf of Georgia
Fraser
Canadian Pacific Ry
Indian Weds Schoolmate Sparks Local Uproar
Miss Hyby Jones a Newark high school teacher elopes with Dennis McNair a Cherokee businessman and oil producer now in Muskogee Oklahoma. They wed in Catlettsburg Kentucky after reconnecting in Oranville and Newark.
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Newark
Mise Hyby Jones
Newark High School
Dennis McNair
Muskonee
Okla
Oranville
McNair
Dentaon University
Hoe
Mise Jonow
Catlettsburg
Mc Naw
Muskogee
Miners Journal Charges Gomppers Letters Sold to Syndicate
The United Miners Journal accuses Raquel Gomppers, head of the American Federation of Labor, of being sent to Europe by the ration at its expense. It says letters from Gomppers were offered at 100 dollars each and sold to a newspaper syndicate planning to distribute them to the labor press. The Miners Journal says it will not publish Gomppers letters.
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United Miners’ Journal Today
Raquel Gomnpers
American Oration of Labor
Europe
Ration
Pers
Labor Press
Miners Journal
Gom Pers
Loaded Cigar Men Duck Who Did It
Alameda officials halt meeting as a loaded cigar causes a scene. City Attorney Bimpeon lights the device and Mayor Ag ducks under the table while two supervisors exit. Simpson and Noyes search for the man who handed the cigar. The meeting had been called for the city’s new official to receive congratulations amid a smoky incident.
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Pat
Bimpeon
Mayorag
Simpson
Noyes
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