Gathering Evidence in Szabo Gibson Case Advances
The Austro Hungarian consulate announced progress toward solving the Szabo Gibson mystery and secured permission to exhume Mrs Menschik Szabo, drowned at Greenwood Lake on July 16. A witness claims she was approached to impersonate Szabo's mother for the will, aiding the contention her mother was dead when Gibson signed the will citation. The consulate seeks Szabo's brother from Austria and Assistant District Attorney Wasser Vogel leads another probe into the will's execution and Gibson's 810000 estate role.
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New York
Szabo-Gibson
Menschik Szabo
Greenwood Lake
N.Y
Burton W. Gibson
Mrs Menechik Was Dead Has Been Procured
Vienna reports that on the Austro-Hungarian consulate request Frank Menechik brother of Rosa Szabo will travel to America. Police demand proof from family members present at Mrs Szabo’s mother deathbed to support the claim of death. The Menechik family has gathered documents and aims to aid justice in the case of the Greenwood lake drowning of Rosa Szabo.
Love Drama at Maryland Hospital Ends in Wedlock
In Baltimore on September 9 Miss Louise Cecil Watkins, a nurse at Maryland University Hospital, married Dr. Howard J. Malders, professor of pathology, after a romance that began at the bedside of her dying brother. Their unseen love blossomed as she studied nursing and he lectured the class.
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Baltimore
Louise Cecil Watkins
Maryland University Hospital
Howard J. Maldecis
Miss Watkins
Malders
Child Struck by Auto on Sayre Street near Jeff Davis Avenue
Eight year old Lillian Holt was hit by a speeding motor car driven by Henry Austin on Sayre street and Jeff Davis avenue. She caught the running board to avoid the wheels and was dragged several feet before being taken home for treatment. Police arrested Austin within an hour and charged him with collision. The incident adds to Montgomery’s ongoing pedestrian dangers from rushing motor vehicles.
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Sayre Street
Jeff Davis Avenue
Lillian Holt
D. B
Montgomery Advertiser
May
Henry Austin
Watts
Barnett
Montgomery
Pay in Army Service Only for Actual Duty
Washington reports the army appropriation bill now in effect bars pay to any enlisted man or officer in active service for absence due to disease from intoxication or misconduct. Regulations are with the adjutant general for issuance. Pay stoppage will be noted on sick returns and salary reduced for time lost from such causes.
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Washington
Army
Strenuous Reformer Virginia Brooks Targets West Hammond
Miss Virginia Brooks, a determined reformer and suffragist, begins a campaign to clean up West Hammond in southern Cook County. She presses County Judge Owens to pursue charges of misconduct against Justice of the Peace Frank Green and Justice Charles Wittenburg, with subpoenas issued and court action possible mid month. She gathers evidence to hold city and village officials to account, aiming to make West Hammond a decent place to live.
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West Stammond
Virginia Brooks
West Hammond
Miss Brooks
West Slammond
Cook County
Owens Straightway
Justice
Green
Johnson
Owens
Burnham
Not Even the Wealthy Can Escape Sheriff
A dozen automobiles carrying society leaders arrived at Marble House after Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont received a writ of attachment on her car from Sheriff Frank P. King. The action, tied to a $400 grocery bill claimed by T. P. Garrattson, prompted bonds and cash offers as Belmont cited absurdity and urged Garrattson to present the written order.
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Nigwrcat Roe
Marble House
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Belmont
Frank P. King
Sheriff King
Philip A. Clarke
Guarratson
Body of Pope Leo XII to be moved to Lateran Basilica
The body of Pope Leo XII, currently buried in St. Peter's, will be exhumed and moved to a tomb in the Lateran Basilica within the year. The pope has authorized the plan after secret talks with Italian police, and the removal is expected to occur quietly in the early hours.
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Leo XII
St. Peter's
Lateran Basilica
Demand of Bull Moose Hurtful in Illinois
Republican leaders report defections to the progressive party among 2200 precinct committeemen in Illinois total less than six percent. Vice Chairman states counties with deserted positions filled and the campaign shows a strong reaction against the third ticket due to Bull Moose insistence on a state ticket.
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Chicago
Progressive Party
Inney
State Committee
Illinois
Did Tactical Officer Have the Right Smell Newburg Cadets Under Fire
Cadets Frank Noyes Brooks William Wallace Crawford and Carl Spats face court martial on misconduct charges following a cadets room visit by a tactical officer who reported a strong odor of intoxicants. The officer found nothing incriminating. cadets must prove he was mistaken to avoid suspension or dismissal.
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Newburg
N. Y
Frank Noyes Brooks
Minnesota
William Wallace Crawford
Penneyvania
Carl Spats
Pennsylvania
Jackson dealer shot dead in office by traveling salesman
H Helton a book and stationery dealer was shot and killed in Dr A B Applewaller's office in Jackson Mississippi at 1 pm by W M Curtis a traveling salesman from St Louis. Curtis fired a 10 shot automatic pistol killing Helton after trouble over a $10000 damage suit. Applewaller fled and did not return until shooting ended. Curtis and his father in law had attacked Helton last May and Helton had sued in circuit court. Curtis met Helton Saturday and demanded withdrawal of the suit. Helton refused.
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Helton
Dr. Applewaller
Curtis
Cumming unrest ends as troops withdraw after clash threat
In Cumming Georgia state troops guard prisoners after a white black clash threat and six negro prisoners are brought to Marietta for trial next Tuesday. Sheriff backs request for continued troop detail to Forsyth to prevent further trouble while exodus of residents continues. In Washington the Civil Service plans an efficiency rating system for all federal workers within two months to measure output.
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Cumming
Marietta
Miltia
Grant Smith
Forsyth County
Brown
Smith
Washington
Department
Civil Service
John A. Melhenny
Wilson's Show in Indiana and Taft Rivalry
A Indianapolis report from September 9 details Republican leaders across Indiana counties assessing polls. Fred A. Sims notes a growing statewide tilt toward Wilson with Republicans claiming a real chance to carry Indiana. Bull Moose supporters report Roosevelt gains, but polls show higher Republican support for Wilson than Democrat support for Roosevelt.
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Indianapolis
Republicar
Indiana
Lb. Watson
House
Terge
Suning
Taft
Wilson
Fred A. Sims
Republican State Committee
Watson
Republcan
Roosevelt
Lee
Bull Moose
San Francisco Diabetes Cure Offer By Fulton Compound
An 1912 San Francisco Examiner offer from Van Antwerp Drug Corp invites four physicians to submit a diabetic patient aged fifty to seventy with high sugar and thirst. If Fulton’s Diabetic Compound improves sugar, thirst, and specific gravity in sixty days, doctors acknowledge success. otherwise, the claim is published.
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San Francisco Examiner and Bulletin
Fulton
van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
John J. Fulton Company
San Francisco
Mexico selects financier Bechett for reform in Paris
In Paris an envoy seeks to rehabilitate Mexico’s finances by inviting French financiers. Henri Bechett, a promoter tied to fraud claims, is chosen. he will sail for New York as lawyers seek delays in imprisonment and fines. The affair involves figures like Georges Clemenceau and M Lepine and is seen as a major scandal.
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Paris
México
Mexico
New York
Henri Bechett
George Clemenceau
M. Lepine
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