Peace Move Aims To End Mexican Rebel War
President Madero and his cabinet asked Congress to authorize a 20 million peso loan to fund the campaign against rebels. The move follows suspensions of constitutional guarantees and executions of many rebels as the northern Mexican conflict spreads from Chihuahua to Sonora and Coahuila.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Madero
Pascual Orozco
Govit
Chihuahua
Sonora
Coahuila
Toth
Higinier
Blo
Oaxaca
Congress
McManigal Arrives in Indianapolis for Dynamiting Trial
Ortle McManigal arrives in Indianapolis under guard to testify as the government's chief witness in the federal dynamiting conspiracy cases. He is in custody with Malcolm McLaren and two guards, transported from Los Angeles, under tight DOJ protection. He is housed in the federal building with two rooms prepared for the trial, and guards stationed at the doors to prevent interference with his testimony.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McManigal
Malcolm McLaren
William J. Burns
Los Angeles
Fed- 1
Department of Justice
Clerk Confesses to Bank Theft in Pensacola
William F H Bell a 20 year old bank clerk confessed to robbing the First National Bank of an express package containing 55000 from the Louisville and Nashville payroll. He replaced it with a worthless dummy to mislead investigations citing fear his brother would be suspected.
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Pensacola
Fla
William F H. Bell
First National Bank
Louisvile & Nashville
Bell
Louisville & Nashville
Shot to Death in Prison in Salt Lake City
Harry Thorne, condemned for the Fassel murder, was executed by firing squad in the Utah state prison after choosing death by shooting over hanging. No reporters attended per his request, and he asked to be un blindfolded until seated in the chair. Sheriff Sharp called him the bravest man he ever knew as the execution proceeded.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Harry Thorne
George W. Fassel
Thorne
Sheriff Sharp
Wireless inventor Marconi injured in Italian crash
Rome September 26 Guglielmo Marconi inventor of wireless telegraphy was badly hurt in a hillside accident near Borghetto. His condition worsened as wounds became inflamed but doctors report signs of improvement and say recovery is possible. Officials report bulletins from Borghetto on the status.
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Rome
Guglielmo Marconi
Borgheto
King
Illinois two cent fare law declared invalid for C P and St L
Springfield Ill Sept 28 three judges of the United States circuit court granted a permanent injunction restraining enforcement of the two cent fare law as it applies to the Chicago Peoria and St Louis railroad The decision upholds Special Master in Chancery Walter M Allen who found the law confiscatory and unfair on that line The ruling limits impact to the C P and St Louis road and follows a two year temporary injunction with three cent a mile charges observed since then.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
United States Circuit Court
Sanborn
Madison
Wis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
J. Otis Humphrey
Baker
United States Court
Indianapolis
Charbery Walter M. Allen
Three Die As Walls Collapse At Kansas City Hotel
Three workmen died when Walter Davis new hotel on Tenth street and The Paseo collapsed during topping off the roof. Foreman W W McBride nephew Ollie McBride and C R Bokman perished as walls failed under heavy floors. Contractor George Seidhoff architect C B Sloan. The five story structure cost 200000, damaged 20000, front intact and to be rebuilt.
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Kansas City
Walter Davis
Tenth Street
Paseo
C. R. Bokman
W. W. McBride
Ollie McBride
George Seidhoff
C. B. Sloan
Typhoon Kills 300 as Japan Faces Massive Destruction
A devastating typhoon on September 27 struck southern Japan, severing Tokio from the world for four days and causing widespread ruin. Vessels were wrecked, thousands of buildings destroyed, and tens of thousands left homeless with an estimated $6 million in damage. Government relief efforts are underway.
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Tokio
Japan
Fubuki
Tachibana
Yokaichi
Nagoya
Aichi
Shikou
Osaka
Hedges Nominated Governor by Republican Convention
Saratoga New York September 28 Job B Hedges a New York attorney was nominated for governor by the Republican state convention on the third ballot. From the start he led and on the third roll call he secured the victory with rising votes as delegates shifted from dark horses to his candidacy.
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New York Republican Convention
Saratoga
N. Y
Job B. Hedges
New York
Cole
Queens County
Hedges
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Wilson Wins New Jersey Primary Despite Essex County Setback
Newark reports Gov Woodrow Wilson captures a statewide primary by about 20 000 votes, sweeping all counties except Essex where James Smith Jr loyalists prevail. Judge Hughes credits Wilson policies and predicts strong November prospects. Boston notes Gov Eugene Foss renominated in Democratic primary with about 11 000 vote lead over Joseph Pelletier.
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Newark
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
United States
James Smith
Wilson
Essex
Smith
Hughes
Paterson
Essex County
Boston
Mass
Eugene T. Foss
Joseph C. Pelletier
Shuffolk County
Canoe tragedy on Pigeon River claims five McCaffreys
Five members of the McCaffrey family drown in the Pigeon river while fishing for muscalonge. William McCaffrey, his mother, wife and two children, were aboard a frail canoe when the 14 pound muscalonge hooked to his line caused the disaster. The fish thrashing near the boat halted any chance of rescue.
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Toronto
Pigeon River
William McCaffrey
Canadian General Electric Co
Sight Returns To Woman In Auto Suggestion
Boston report states Miss Stella Adams, blind for three years after a hotel gas accident, regained sight through repeated self suggestion. She recovered memory and vision after a month of focusing on the belief she would see again, and has begun reading again.
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Boston
Stella Adams
Miss Adams
Major John Miller Carson Dies at 74 in Philadelphia
Maj. John Miller Carson former chief of the bureau of manufactures in the department of commerce and labor and a well known Pennsylvanian died at his Philadelphia home at age 74. He served as Washington correspondent for several papers and was the first president of the Gridiron club in Washington.
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Philadelphia
John Miller Carson
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Gridiron Club
Drowned Foreman Falls Between Barges in Ohio River
Lawrenceburg Ind James W Cavannaugh 32 foreman for People's Coal Co drowned in four feet of water in the Ohio river while attempting to jump from one barge to another. His body was recovered a few hours later.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
James W. Cavanaugh
People’s Coal Co
Ohio River
Indictment Sought in Kingsland Society Case
New York collector William Loeb Jr. turned over testimony to U S District Attorney John B. Vreeland to present before a grand jury. Mrs Ambrose C Kingsland arrived with twenty four trunks of costly clothing. Authorities seized baggage valued at over ten thousand dollars for undeclared foreign goods.
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New York
William Loeb, Jr
Ambrose C. Kingsland
Lennox
Mass
United States
John B. Vreeland
Jersey City
United States Grand Jury
Northwest crop valued at 271 million dollars
The 1912 crop in the northwest is worth 721 million, an expert estimate for Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming Idaho Montana Oregon and Washington. The writer notes the 1912 harvest exceeds 1911 by 150 million and highlights fruit and vegetable output as a key factor in the higher value.
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St. Paul
Minn
Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Mass Killing Reported in Eastern Mongolia Border Provinces
A news agency dispatch from Tsitsikkar reports Chinese troops massacred about 5000 Mongolians in eastern Mongolia on the Manchurian border under Prince Odali. The assault included pillage, arson of monasteries, and murder of men women and children.
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St. Petersburg
Tsitsikkar
Manchuria
Prince Odali
Mongolia
Drowned Veterans Found in Sandusky Bay
Two veterans died by accidental drowning in Sandusky bay at roughly the same time. One body was found near the Baltimore and Ohio railroad docks and the other near the foot of Columbus avenue two blocks away.
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Sandusky, O
Sandusky Bay
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Columbus Avenue
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Report
The Cincinnati market lists wheat, corn, oats, hay, poultry, eggs, cattle, bulls, calves, hogs, s pigs, sheep and lambs with bid and ask ranges. Prices vary by grade, weight and quality, reflecting wide fluctuations across commodities for the day.
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Timothy
Oil hearing set in Chicago for Waters-Pierce case
S W Fordyce Jr attorney for Waters-Pierce Oil company said he would travel to Chicago to examine witnesses in the Waters-Pierce Standard Oil litigation. D N Kirby of St Louis chief counsel for Standard Oil will conduct cross examination. New York hearings resume next Thursday.
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New York
S. W. Fordyce, Jr
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Chicago
Waters-Pierce-Standard Oil Company
D. N. Kirby
St. Louis
Standard Oil
White Plague Toll Out
New York reports a 22 percent drop in tuberculosis death rate since Greater New York formed. Health department statistics show 1898 rate at 23.5 per 10 000 population and 1911 rate at 17.6.
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Greater New York
New York
Greater
Department of Health
May Bee Fatal Chilling UC Chase Case
Stewart Lane nephew of Franklin K. Lane lies in a San Francisco hospital dying after a chase at the University of California. He was kept out all night tied to a tree and subsequently contracted pneumonia.
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Nazing May Bee
San Francisco
Stewart Lane
Franklin K. Lane
University of California
Marks End of Revolution in Nicaragua
General Mena, head of the Nicaraguan revolutionists, is to be sent to Panama under guard of American sailors. Rear Admiral Southerland accepted Mena and 700 followers as surrender. The move signals a likely end to the uprising and possible exile.
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Washington
Mena
Panama
Weltzel
State Department
Southerland
Opening game of world series set for New York October 8
The first game of the world series will be played in New York on Tuesday October 8 with games alternating between New York and Boston until the series ends. Boston will control ticket sales in its city. Umpires named are Klem Rigler O'Loughlin and Evans. The opening city was decided by a coin toss.
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New York
Boston
Johnson
Klem
Rigler
O'Loughlin
Evans
Talk of care of needy Washington conference notes
The final session of the National Conference of Catholic Charities in Washington on September 26 covered modern treatment of inebriety and care for dependent and delinquent children. Separate sectional meetings on needy families, dependent children, and delinquent children occurred before the closing session, with speaker William J. Vavra of Chicago among the presenters.
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Washington
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Willam J. Vavra
Chicago
Mount Wrangell Erupts Again in Alaska
Report from Valdes Russia says Mount Wrangell, Alaska's best known smoking volcano, erupts again. Lieutenant Prosser of the signal corps, after returning to Valkles, reports Mount Wrangell throwing out large volumes of ash.
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Mount Wrangell
Seattle
Wash
Valdes
Russia
Alaska
Prosser
Signal Corps
Valk Les
Ava
Rioting in Lawrence Leads to Clashes with Police
In Lawrence Massachusetts thousands of mill workers in rioting clash with officers as revolvers are drawn to force dispersal. I W W paraders suffer severe blows with many skulls cracked while two officers are seriously stabbed. An I W W leader is captured then released. two arrests follow.
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Lawrence
Mass
Industrial Workers of the World
Egg shell eating urged by German professors as health booster
Two German professors Emmerich and Loewe claim egg shells boost resistance to time’s wear by strengthening body and mind, fighting bacilli and inflammation. The idea is linked to old hair removal ads and a Tennessee nurse’s tale, with seaside dwellers favored. warns against wasting eggs as prices rise.
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Emmerich and
Loewe
Philip Hale
Boston Herald
London
Eustace Miles
Post Office Spelling Sparks Frustrated Frenchman
A Frenchman with a Paris style name pretends to read and write but cannot spell. At a new post office the clerk asks how to spell Joe Ca choo and admits no knowledge of the name. Frustration boils over as the man asks why the post office can’t be sold to someone who can spell.
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Paris
Joe Ca-choo
Ca-choo
Potteries Prosper in 1911 Nationwide Output
The United States pottery industry produced goods valued at 34,518,560 dollars in 1911, up from 33,784,678 in 1910. Ohio lead with 14,775,265 dollars, followed by New Jersey, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, each above 1 million dollars.
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United States
United States Geological Survey
Jefferson Middletown
Ohio
New Jersey
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Like Mushrooms in the City Skyscraper Mystery
A woman asks about a towering new building in downtown New York as her companion, familiar with the city, admits he does not know what it is and notes it appeared only yesterday. The scene unfolds near a subway exit, highlighting urban change and uncertainty.
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New York
New York Press
Thoughtful Wife at Ball Game Temper Probe
A wife jokes she will call if the home team loses so she can fetch the children and stay with her mother until her husband cools his temper. The exchange hints at domestic strain and planned weathering of a potential quarrel. The light banter reflects family dynamics and concerns over temper in a domestic setting.
Why He Sorrowed Then Nero Set Rome Afire
Moritz laments Rome in flames with a teacher asking why the scene moves him so much. He imagines the impact on insurance companies, voiced in a historical print.
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Nero
Rome
Moritz
Fliegende Blaetter
Nimrod Returns from Fishing in Quick Hunter Tale
Nimrod speaks of a rapid catch and notes a fish store nearer than the prior option. Nimrod’s Wise Wife counters with a practical suggestion about a closer shop for fish.
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Nimrod
John
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Mr. Martindale
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