Wounded man accused killer sought in hotel stabbing
Harry Kight was seriously wounded when Roy Walker a Cleveland American League pitcher and New Orleans staff member allegedly attacked him after a dispute over a card game. Deputies found Leighman treated by a physician as Walker, a former convict tied to the Cham up gang, is sought by authorities.
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Tenn
Harry Kigt
Ambler
Roy Walker
Cleveland
New Orleans
Leighman
Walker
Criminl Court
Davidson County
Tom
Benjamin Northern
East Side
Speaker Clark Bruised After Rail Yard Collision
Speaker Clark returned to Washington from Wheeling badly bruised after a sleeping car accident in Pittsburg rail yard. He escaped serious injury though an engine crash jolted him, leaving bruises around the right eye the top of the head and a wrenched shoulder.
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Washington
Speaker Clark
Wheeling
Pittsburg
Will Prosecute Oleomargarine Makers
Chicago authorities vow vigorous prosecution of oleomargarine manufacturers including the John F Jelke Company and John Dadie of the Moxley Company. An out of town judge will preside over indictments and government civil suits to recover about 700000 in taxes. Judges Landis and Carpenter declined to hear the cases.
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Chicago
Wilkerson
John F. Jelke
John Dadie
Moxley Company
Landis
George A. Carpenter
Wife of Charlemagne Tower Jr. Files Suit for Recognition
Mrs Georgiana Tower formerly Miss Burdick claims she married Charlemagne Tower Jr in New Haven on June 1 1911 and seeks his recognition rather than damages. She 28 and a Yale junior when they met and says she lived with him in New York after secret meetings. Service of the writ was accepted by Charlemagne Tower Sr. counsel.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Charlemagne Tower, Jr
New Haven
Conn
Georgiana Tower
Miss Burdick
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
G. A. Burdick
Yale
New York
Young, Tower
Charlemagne Tower, Sr
Fifteen Hurt As Train Plunges Down Embankment
Fifteen passengers were injured when four cars of New Orleans and Northwestern train No. 503 left the track near Winnsboro Louisiana and tumbled down an embankment. The train was traveling about 25 miles per hour when a spreading rail caused the crash. The injured, all treated locally, include Mrs J H Allen F C Mitchell H C Henderson H L Gastrell Mrs J B Wets Robert Lockhurst C M Clark Mrs Fanny Walker Mrs R S Jones and others with head internal and limb injuries.
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Associated Press
Winnsboro
New Orleans
Northwestern
J. H. Allen
Baskin
F. C. Mitchell
Grayson
H. C. Henderson
Birmingham
H. L. Gastrell
Jackson
Miss
J. B. Wets
Robert Lockhurst
Monroe
C. M. Clark
Natchez
Fanny Walker
R. 8. Jones
Pankhurst Plans Atlantic Tour to Promote Suffrage
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst confident about travel to New York this Saturday for an American campaign. She says she feels strong enough to speak in the United States and expects the visit to aid the suffrage cause with no impediment from port authorities or British officials, aside from suffrage opponents.
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Associated Press
Paris
Emmeline Pankhurst
New York
England
America
United States
Three Ocean Lines Enter Boston for Docking Contract
The Hamburg American, Cunard, and White Star lines will fund a Boston dry dock to accommodate the largest steamers. In return, they guarantee a minimum number of dockings with Boston Harbor authorities.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Ocean Steamship Companies
Hampburg- American
Cunard
White Star
Boston
Murdered Chinatown merchant found in room of past suicide
Charles Sing, a wealthy naturalized Chinese merchant, was found murdered in his Kansas City home. The head was nearly severed by a butcher knife. In the same room two years earlier Grace Kelly-Sing, Sing’s American wife, was found dead by a gunshot. The coroner ruled suicide for her death amid suspicions of jealousy toward Sing’s business success.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Charles Sing
Sing
Grace Kelly-Sing
President Wilson Congratulates Yuan Shi Kai on China Inauguration
President Wilson sent a congratulatory message to Yuan Shikai, newly elected president of China, on his inauguration day October 10, as China prepares for the ceremony.
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Washington
Wilson
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Hawthorne and Morton to be released next week
Julian Hawthorne and Dr Morton, convicted of Mail fraud, are set for release next Wednesday after parole efforts failed earlier. The federal prison board recommended clemency, but Attorney General McReynolds refused.
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Associated Press
Washington
Julian Hawthorne
Morton
Atlanta
Federal Prison Board
McReynolds
Edmonton Seeks Confessed Slayer in Lindsay Murder
Edmonton authorities hunt W. T. Plummer once of Fort Worth Texas for the murder of Peter Lindsay whose body was found in woods northeast of the city. A coroner's jury found Plummer responsible. Neighbors testified he admitted killing Lindsay after a loan dispute. Plummer, with a wife and four children nearby, remains at large.
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Associated Press
Edmonton
Alta
W. T. Plummer
Fort Worth
Tex
Peter Lindsay
Here
A. Ecoroner
Plummer
Lindsay
Excellency’s Inauguration Message to China’s Leader
A formal congratulatory note to the Chinese Republic’s new chief magistrate expresses trust in his administration. It extends best wishes for right and justice, republican ideals, and progress for China. The writer offers cooperation to maintain and strengthen friendly relations between the two countries.
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Migistrate
National Assembly
Assembly
China
Loan Shark Tolman Convicted in Usury Case
David H. Tolman, known as a loan shark, was convicted yesterday of violating state usury law. He received six months in the penitentiary amid reports he ran between forty and fifty loan offices nationwide.
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Associated Press
New York
David H. Tolman
United States
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MRS
Ocean Lines
Yun Shikai
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