Daring New Orleans Train Robber Is Captured
The New York express robbery near Bay St. Louis ends with bandit Edwards being shot and captured by Engineer Al Bear in New Orleans. Passengers recover most cash, about 150 dollars, and authorities hunt two accomplices while Rabon and Bear receive praise for bravery.
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New Orleans
Louisville
Nashville
al Bear
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Rabon
Michaud
Mobile
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Leon
Pasen
Percy Ever
Nicholson Avenue
Astler
Avas
Edwards
New York Limited
Lee Station
Cincinnati
Eman
Neerem
Marshall
Baer
Trial by jury for Highlander assault on ship master
Edward Highlander charged with stabbing Captain Hampson master of the British steamship Kanakry during a port dispute. Witnesses testified the fireman drew a knife and struck the captain, who fled the deck as Highlander claimed mistreatment aboard the tramp. The Kanakry plans to sail to Liverpool within ten days. Highlander awaits trial in Mobile.
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Hampson
Kanakry
Chamberlain
Highlander
Liverpool
Mobile
Georgian Twelve Years in Seeking a Divorce
Macon Georgia news notes F M Beck of Macon filed for divorce only to learn the case was twelve years out of date. Officials who served papers on the former Mrs Beck in Graves County Kentucky found she had secured a divorce a dozen years earlier. She later became secretary to a Kentucky health official.
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Macon
F. M. Beck
Beck
Graves County
Kentucky
The
Kentucky Health
Sensational Denouement Expected in Hayes Becker Case
Justice Goff was to grant a motion to summon 250 talesmen for the trial of Police Lieutenant Becker in the Rosenthal murder, set to begin Sept 12. Cornelius Hayes seeks to delay actions by the grand jury and drop charges. Waldo expresses no fear as tensions rise around police department troubles.
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Goff
Becker
Rosenthal
Whitman
Dix
Thomas D. Thacher
Cornelius G. Hayes
Hayes
Waldo
Grand Jury
Narrow Escape of Andalusia Gentleman in Mobile
A nameless Andalusia citizen visiting Mobile faced a tense confrontation with a broke local black man seeking a ticket. The owner clung to his grip containing several bottles and a hammerless revolver, arguing against a search as the train pulled away. The liquor and weapon remained hidden.
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Andalusia
General Electric to Increase Capital in Albany Notice
General Electric Company filed with the secretary of state in Albany a notice announcing an increase in its capital. The filing sets forth the plan and intents of the company as part of its corporate actions.
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General Electric Company
Albany, N. Y
Secretary of State
Rank amateur but gets cash in Osage City hijack
A masked man jumped a Missouri Pacific train at Osage City early today during a ticket scene stop. The conductor described the bandit as a rank amateur who escaped with cash. No injuries were reported.
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Osage City
Missouri Pacific
Bryan Opens Campaign In His Home City
William J. Bryan opened his campaign in Lincoln Nebraska delivering a two hour speech at the fair grounds. He attacked Roosevelt Taft and endorsed Governor Johnson as the strongest Progressive leader. He accused Taft of distrust of the people and criticized Roosevelts shifting trust in government and support for federal control of trusts. He warned that Roosevelt would place corporate power under federal reach and praised Tafts integrity while criticizing the campaigns advisers.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Fair Grounds
Roosevelt
Taft
Johnson
Teddy
Bryan
Angela
Oklahoma
Mr. Taft
Never Too Old for Knowledge at Keuka College
Penn Yan New York September 5 One of the entering pupils in Keuka College preparatory department is Miss Charlotte Swartz age 57. She is nearly 40 years older than the rest of her class. She says she longed to attend but lacked funds and feared hazing until now.
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Penn Yan
N. Y
Keuka College
Charlotte Swartz
Stimson Hints Concentrated Army Push on Pacific Coast
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urged Congress to appropriate 1 million dollars to improve the Presidio and Fort Winfield Scott to house a larger garrison. He favored locating a brigade there as part of a plan to concentrate the army into eight or nine large divisions on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and in the middle west, reducing smaller posts of little use.
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Henry L. Stimson
Presidio
Fort Winfield Scott
Congress
Pacific
Atlantic
Middel West
Standip Sets World Motorcycle Record In Marathon Win
Arthur Farmer Standip of Oberlin Ohio wins the Motordrome motorcycle marathon in twenty minutes and three seconds for a twenty six mile course. He lowers the former world record of twenty two minutes, at St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Arthurt
Farmer") Standip
Oberlin
Ohio
Bourne Securing Data in Interest of Highways
Senator Bourne of Oregon seeks state data on road laws and highway progress for a joint Congress committee studying federal aid to highways. He plans to collect information from governors and states and will gather international input through American ambassadors and ministers.
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Washington
Joint Committee of Congress
Bourne
Oregon
State Post Office Commission
Joint Commission
Rebels Rampage Across Mexico As Raid Massacres Garrison
Reports say Zapatistas seized San Miguel Abudú in Oaxaca and killed merchant Carlos Mendez in his blaze store. Rebels clashed with state troops at Silacaycapam while 145 Salgadistas sought amnesty. In Guanajuato 20 soldiers were massacred at Ajuna and villagers carried off for ransom.
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Mexico City
Zapatistas
San Miguel
Covyadonga
Silacaycapam
Naway
Ajjuna
Guanajuato
Shipment of 50 000 rounds to Douglas amid rebel threat
Fifty thousand rounds of ammunition were shipped from El Paso to Douglas to aid Mexican and American workers of the Phelps Dodge Copper Co in their fight against Mexican rebels. The sealed baggage car left El Paso as rebels linger on the line and the track between Douglas and Nazarene has been damaged, complicating delivery to the besieged town.
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EL Paso
Tex
Douglas
Arizona
Big Phelpus Dodge Copper Company
Nazarco
Carolina Republicans hold two conventions in North Carolina
In Charlotte and Greensboro factions split as Taft loyalists barred Roosevelt rivals from the state convention. More than 400 Roosevelt delegates met separately, endorsing Cyrus Thompson for governor while maintaining separate electoral and Progressive tickets.
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Charlotte
N. C
Taft
Roosevelt
Marion Butler
Cyrus Thompson
Onslow County
Greensboro
John M
Eny Ronn
Roosevelt Urges Iowa Voters to Choose Party of People
Col Roosevelt addresses crowds in Iowa on September 4 promising a fight against machine politics. He condemns Barnes, Penrose, Guggenheim and others as crooked bosses and appeals to independents and former Republicans to back a Jefferson Jackson-leaning platform. He clashes with Taft supporters and defends his stance amid heat and cheering in Des Moines.
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Kenokuk
Des Moines
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Teddy
Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Barnes
Penrose
Guggenheim
Chicago
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Sullivan
Taggart
Taft
What
Montgomery Graft Probe Sparks Bitter City Divide
The Business Men's League urged transfers and reorganization in Montgomery police oversight while commissioners dismiss the recommendations as biased and false. Public opinion splits over league involvement and potential political motives ahead of the next city election.
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Business Men’s League
Business Men's League
Montgomery
League
Friends
McIntyre
McCrossin Presiding Judge Role In Birmingham Court
W P McCrossin Birmingham attorney appointed by Governor O Neal to a temporary seat on the criminal court bench during the judge's indisposition in Montgomery Alabama announced September 5 192? The move places McCrossin in a key civil and criminal court setting in Birmingham while the regular judge is unavailable.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. P. McCrossin
Birmingham
O'Neal
Criminal Court
England to Build Powerful Battleship
Portsmouth dispatch says Britain plans construction of a new powerful battleship as part of its naval buildup. Details on specs or naming are not provided in the readable fragment.
Democrats Rally for Maine Campaign as Vermont Results Help
After a Democratic conference in New York officials push to strengthen Maine efforts before next Monday's vote. O Gorman and Burley head to Maine for a speaking tour while Palmer promotes in state. McAdoo notes Vermont results show a 20 000 vote lead on state issues shrinking Republican plurality.
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New York
McAdoo
Democratic National Committee
Pomerene
Oho
O'Gorman
Burleson
Texas
Vermont
Maine
Burley
Jeft
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Starue
F& Wilson
Marshall
William F. ‘Ombs
de National
Ahicandelle
Taft Goes to New York enroute to New London
President Taft departed Washington for New York on a routine trip bound for New London and Beverim, with officials noting the journey as part of a standard itinerary. The dispatch provides limited detail due to the fragmentary OCR text.
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Taft
New York
Washington
Spt
New London
Beverim
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