Week long world briefs mix crime drama and aviation feats
A jumble of short items spans a mayoral scandal in Springfield, a Mexican arrest for kidnapping in the Buena Vista case, two unarmed flights by Hourl Farman at Brighton Beach, and other scattered notes. Notable entries include Governor Little’s illness, labor leader Gompers denying vote promises, Rex Beach’s Alaska trip illness, trader Frederick Dorr’s stock and exchange suspensions, a Japanese noble marriage to Miss Harrison, and Arch ie Herron’s murder conviction in New Brunswick with an electrolysis sentence.
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Marvin
Springfield
W. H. Austin
Pacific Copper Company
Chicago
New York
Denver
Mexico City
Lawrence Rous
Buena Vista
Yera Cruz
Hour! Farman
France
Brighton Beach Racetrack
John S. Little
Arkansas
Sanitirium
St. Joseph
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Rex Beach
Alaska
Frederick Dorr
Trrcker
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Butte
Mont
Spokane
Wash
New York Stock Exchange
Bhegetara Korikubo
Marie Louise Harrison
Mia
L. A. Harrison
la Crosac
Wis
Archie Herron
Rey
W. B. Prickett
New Brunswick
N. J
Vast BC bush fires wipe out towns amid broad damage
In British Columbia the Crow's Nest district fires devastate Fernie and four other towns, with 6,000 homeless and losses around 10 million. Across the globe a Paris strike, riots in Pennsylvania and Connecticut fires, plus various accidents and crimes fill the news of the day.
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Fernie
Coal Creek
Hosmer
Michel
B. C
Crow's Neat
Kootenay
British Columbia
Paris
Gates
Masontown
Winstead
Conn
State Armory
Odd Fellows
Manchester
United States
Colon
Washington
Aetna Portland Cement Company
Fenton
Mich
Canonsburg
Frank Talmer
Talmer
Peter Linder
Antigo
Wis
John McEnbauer
Ewen
Ontonagon River
R. A. Booth
James H. Booth
Roseburg
Thomas E. Singleton
Portland
Ore
L. Barr
Webster City
Oklahoma
Bonaparte
Third
Russellville
James A. Crain
American Tife Association
London
Bimley
Vigneans
France
J Mimwourt
Kansan Teean Gutta
Aimilar
Ckiahoma
Texas
L. W. Blanchard
Harison
Ark
Warped Headlines From A Turbulent Year
A jumble of events reports kidnap and rescue cases, hazing reversals at West Point, mining disasters, murders and suicides, railroad and trolley incidents, political shifts, royal travels, and international tensions. Notable names include Roosevelt, Kellogg, Vanderbilt, Chamberlain, and Castro amid disasters, assassinations, and legal actions across cities and countries.
Inferno at Chicago freight yards devastates mills and elevators
A major fire in Chicago destroyed Armour Co and Union grain elevators and large wheat and corn stocks. Fireball winds fanned the blaze as 85 engines fought the blaze, with eight dead and more than 60 injured. About six city blocks burned, several freight yards and warehouses destroyed, losses estimated at 2 to 2.5 million dollars.
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Chicago
Burlington Road
Armour
Union
Walls of Fames
Armour & Co
Union Elevator Co
Burlington
Burlington and
Pennsylvania
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Chicago & Eastern Mlinois
Italians and Slavs in a Riot at Masontown Plant
A riot at Frick Coke Co. near Masontown after a pay day left one man dead and 25 injured, with most foreigners. Leaders of Italian and Slav factions clashed at a boarding house gate followed by a broader fight. state police arrested 19 rioters.
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Talontown
Gates
Frick Coke Co
Maesontown
Jacob Furance
Furance
Alex Molinski
Antillo Ronco
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Masontown
Bank cashier John Schulte surrenders to Cleveland police
John Schulte, cashier at the First National Bank of Racine Wisconsin, gave himself up in Cleveland Ohio after a nationwide alert. Authorities say he lost over years by speculative market trading and fled Wisconsin to avoid arrest for a 15000 dollar bank theft.
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Cleveland
Racine
Wis
John Schulte
Central Station
Schulte
Wisconsin
Rowe
Castro’s move seen as near war in Venezuela
Washington reports that Castro, Venezuela’s boss, has insulted Holland by turning away all consuls. Officials say the act is almost an act of war and would likely be a de facto declaration of war if any great power did it. Trade between the two nations is largely halted.
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Washington, D. C
Castro
Venezuela
Holland
Veneguela
Men Threaten Mine Violence Halts Work at Provident Mine
In Wheeling West Virginia reports say 25 men were discharged at the Provident mine near Bulot Clairayille Ohio after threats to shoot any man entering the shaft. Sheriff and deputies guarded the site but officials have not decided on Monday’s course of action.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Provident
Bulot Clairayille
Movement to raise funds for a Grand Army battleship
In Buckeyedom a nationwide drive began to fund a United States battleship to be named Grand Army of the Republic as a Civil War veterans memorial. Owen Gray Pont of the G A R presided at Larne to launch subscriptions, with posts collecting one dollar or more and forwarding to the department commander for transmission to the War Secretary.
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Gattleshipa
Marion
Poniinr Kubeription
Owen Gray Pont
Larne
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Secretary of War
Mayor Tom's Grandson Dies in Cleveland
The four year old grandson of Mayor Tom Johnson died at 12 45 in the afternoon after a prolonged illness. He had been improving days earlier but his condition worsened. The mayor, who had resigned municipal duties, closely followed the illness and sought every update from physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Cleveland
Tom L. John
Lattin Johnson
Ghotk
Vinegar Makers Face Legal Action Across Ohio
State officials will press action against vinegar manufacturers in Cleveland Toledo Cincinnati and Dayton for selling adulterated or unsafe vinegar. Investigations found samples failing purity standards and a law enforcement drive aims to enforce regulations on labeled products including taint risks.
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Columbus
Mideloner
W. Dunlap
Ohio
Cleveland
Toledo
Cincinnati
Dayton
Children Found Abandoned at Cleveland Depot
Two Austrian bound children, six and unclear age, were found at the Nickel Plate depot in Cleveland en route to Buffalo. They said Mrs. Mary Fely, who had accompanied them from Austria, left them because the money from the father had run out. They were detained and to be sent to Buffalo.
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Cleveland
O.—sunus Howanie
Ignathue Howanler
Austria
Buffalo
Mary Fely
Honty
Butalo
Tragedy in Cleveland Man Shoots Self Over Business Woes
John Glowik killed himself in his home after toiling over poor business. He told his wife he would sleep on the couch due to heat, then was found dead the next morning with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John Glowik
Glowik
County Directs 25 Men to Repair Roads
County commissioners directly employ 25 men to repair county roads, replacing outside contractors. Commissioner Mathews says the change saves the 15 percent contractor profit and notes a low bid on materials, while paying more than the government for cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Mathews
Meet Today, Married Next in Wellston Coincidence
Benjamin McCain aged 76 and Helen Collard aged 72 met and were engaged and married in 46 hours. The groom met his fiancee at his sister’s home in Coalton and the wedding was planned for the following day. The bride is a mother of nine and this room had seen only one previous marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Benjamin McCain
Helen Collard
John Pearce
Coalton
Ship collision near Toledo leaves two dead
Go Through Ship's Paddle Wheel at Toledo on the Greyhound and West Wind collision. Two men aboard the West Wind launch, including Tichant Mueller, were swept away after the wreck. Mueller's body remains missing. Three men from Cleveland were aboard.
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Toledo
Greyhound
West Wind
Cleveland
Tichant Mueller
Ohio Attorney General Nominee Pincinat Referred for Post
O W H Ellis attorney general of Ohio has been offered the position of assistant attorney general of the United States. The proposal awaits confirmation as Washington weighs the strong qualifications and background of the Ohio official.
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Washington
Pincinat
O—Ware H. Ellis
Ohio
Kentucky Town Faces Protest Over Jit Crow Corner
Kentuckian O-Jul D. Collins announces in a new $60,000 opera house project a Jit Crow Corner. Citizens denounce the branding and vow protests to Colt Ins amid spirited local reaction.
The Puritan Coal Co of Cambridge Increases Capital Stock
The Puritan Coal Co of Cambridge reports a capital stock increase from 50000 to 76000 dollars reflecting expanded equity. Incorporation status remains unchanged and operations continue as before.
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Columbus
The
Puritan Coal Co. of
Cambridge
Manufacturing Company to Test Law in Cincinnati Courts
The secretary of aunts receives from Harry Probanco an appropriation and check for an automobile license payment by the Waltham Manufacturing Co. A protest accompanies payment. The case will test the city of Cincinnati’s right to require a city license in addition to the state license and will challenge the validity of the state law.
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Cheinnatl
Secretary of State
Probasco
Audit chief cites state shortfalls and duty to enforce laws
Deficiency in the State Department, Columbus, as Auditor Guilbert says he refused to sign Hafner and Lorich’s report. He notes the adjutant general enforces laws despite funding cuts. He also says the attorney general’s department faces difficulty estimating future legal costs.
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State Department
Columbus
Guilbert
Hafner
Lorich
Adjutant General
Attorney General
Springfield man bound over on incendiary charge
Rex Young former proprietor of a Jeffersonville restaurant tied to Wednesday night fire is bound over to the grand jury on an incendiary charge after a preliminary hearing. He renewed his $400 insurance and vacated the premises after being seen there and then missing until the following day.
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Renews Insurance
Springfield
Rex Young
Jeffersonville
Eay Young
Doctor Charged in Attempted Assault Case Sparks Bond Controversy
Canton O Justice J W Richards issued a warrant Sunday for the arrest of Dr Finley B Richards Uniontown physician on a charge of attempting to assault Eva A Ray 14 near Hartville. Richards practiced in Thiontown for 30 years is 57 with a family. He denies the charge.
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Dennis
Canton
J W. Richards
Coustn
Finley B. Richards
Uniontown
Eva A. Ray
Hartville
Richards
Thiontown
Patient Jumps From Window at Mount Carmel Hospital
Mrs. Samuel Gans of Moundsville West Virginia, a patient at Mount Carmel hospital for four weeks, escaped a nurse on the roof garden and leaped from the eighth story window. She died within two hours.
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Columbus
Samuel Gans
Moundsville
W. Va
Mount Carmel Hospital
Treasury Surplus Report For Columbus State Bank
The state auditor reports a total treasury surplus of 5,767,653 dollars sent to the governor. Nearly all sits in the general revenue fund. Deputy State Auditor Fullington doubts a large reduction will occur for the rest of the year.
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Treasury
Columbus
Governor's Office
General Revenue Fund
Fullington
Prisoners Pay Funeral Expenses for Coal Mine Victim
Friends of James Ran of Cleveland heard of his death in the Bosley Alabama coal mine when a coal car crushed him. Ran had been a motel prisoner and his fellow inmates voted to pay his funeral expenses from their over time earnings.
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Cleveland
James Ran
Bosley
Ala
Ryan
Ex-Banker Ridiculed at Old Home Day Reunion
At Burton a large crowd attended the old home day reunion where R. N. Ford, once of the defunct Bough ton, Ford & Co bank, who was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years, was discharged by the circuit court amid ridicule.
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Chardon, G
Burton
R. N. Ford
Bank of Boughton, Ford & Co
Plunge From Bridge Ends Iron Worker’s Life
Bert Simpson an iron worker living on Woodland avenue Cleveland fell from a belt one bridge on Marcelline avenue Monday morning and plunged 75 feet to the ground. His neck was broken.
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Cleveland
Bert Simpson
Woodland Avenue
Marcelline Avenue
Arm Crushed in Street Car Incident in Cleveland
William Karvorek sustained a crushed arm after it projected from a Cleveland street car window and was caught by four oncoming cars. He was transported by Buxton's ambulance to St. John's Hospital.
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Cleveland
William Karvorek
Detroit Avenue
Buxton
St. John's Hospital
Old Lady Killa Herself? Stark Township Suicide Traced
In Canton, Nancy Cable Mia, 80, weak with age, killed herself by jumping into the Tuscarawas River near Beach City while visiting a grandson. Governor Harris Batter of Eaton, Ohio is improving and plans to resume official duties in Columbus.
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Killa
Canton
Mia
Nancy Cable
Tuscarawas River
Beach City
Howe
Harris Batter. Eaton
Harris
Columbus
Man on Howe Avenue Killed in Suspected Murder
Joseph Quick of Howe avenue, a driver for the Burbage wagon at the market house, was killed Saturday night on the McKisson street bridge. Police now suspect the death was a murder.
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Cleveland
Joseph Quick
Howe Avenue
Man Hospitalized After City Cart Collision
Owen Cooney of 1687 West Twenty-fifth Street was left with a broken leg after a city cart struck him at Detroit and West Fifty-eighth Street. Police report details indicate he was injured Monday and transported for medical care.
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Cleveland
Owen Cooney
Detroit
Fifty
Trinity Church Tenements Come Under Fire for Neglect
The piece attacks Trinity Church holdings for withholding income details and cites stark contrasts with the Astor estate. It condemns Trinity tenements as among New York’s worst, accusing mismanagement and neglect while praising Astor-driven improvements.
Tropical Barracuda and Mackerel Seen Off Northern Beach
The San Francisco Chronicle reports an Im Menge school of barracuda and Spanish mackerel offshore near an old CAM house area. Fish, up to three or four feet, are common at high tide and many are left stranded as waves pull back. Locals collect them daily, possibly driven north by whales spouting near Gear Rocks.
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Ocean
Alte
Cam House
Mexico
California
Gear Rocks
San Francisco Chronicle
Woman earns professorship in zoology at Sassari Italy
Signora Rina Month is named professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Sassari after serving at the University of Pegin and Sena. Wife of Signor Auguste Stella and mother of a son, she maintains her maiden name in scholarly work.
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Signora Rina Month
University of Sassari
Italy
Magel
University of
Pegin
Sena
Signor
Auguste Stella
Markets Report From York and Cleveland Prices
The market notes include grain and livestock bids with mixed corn and oats prices, hay firmness, and feeder calf quotes. Reflected are regional quotes from York and Cleveland with figures for wheat oats hay and various cattle trades.
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York
Aue
Joney
Hugh Ik
pfttio—Stours
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THM
Win
Cinclanati
Wahurt
Roosevelt
Wright
United States Military Academy
Woat Point
Philadelphia
America
Run Con
Crow N Nest Phas
Th. C
Mra
Ralph Morris
Kansan City
Walloon Inke
Michigan
David Lamasuey
Hurlington
W. B. Whitwell
Mipley County
Missouri
Hollvar
Zoological Garden
Reberval
Lake St. John
Canada
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Howton
Stafford
Wva
Carl Hurton
University of Chicago
Aurora
Leonard Hendricks
Cranston
R. I
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Treight
Chillicothe
Overa
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Honaparte
Lenox
Mass
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
William Oliver
Mason, Mich
Hague Park
Jackson
Brooklyn Bridge
G. Winthrop Sands
W. K. Vanderbilt
Pensacola
Fla
Leander A. Shaw
Lillian Davis
Bayyid Muhammed
Hamadan
Frank T. Wells
Kenosha
Natonal Bank
Frank Litzenberger
Eaton Lumber Company
Eaton
Clare L. McNown
Eau Claire High School
Rice Jake
Benjamin Hart
Turkey
Ameries
West Virginia
Louis Bennett
Mehra
Austrian Tyrol
Grover Willoughby
Lebanon
Joseph Chamberlain
Enyland
Grenada
Antillea
Venezuelan Gulf
Union Elevator Coe
Buckeyedom
Depot
Trinity Church
Trinity
Faye Charien
Russell
Afferont Wallmaters
Publi
Abe
Astor
Astor Estate
Rae
Huttalo
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