Independence Day Parade in Mexico City Passes Quietly
Independence Day in Mexico City unfolded with no attacks and a large parade amid drizzle. President Huerta expressed hopes for peace and diplomatic resolution with the United States, noting the six month grace period for American warships in Mexican waters may not be renewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Mexico
Celrk
Huerta
United States
Republic
Permanent Commission of Congress
Congress
Mexico City
Thaw Wins Delay In Habeas Hearing Standoff
Attorneys for Harry Thaw won a delay as Federal Judge Aldrich suspended the habeas corpus hearing and did not set a resumption date. Thaw remains in joint custody of Coos county sheriff and the U S marshal and remains subject to federal court calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Littleton
N. H
Harry K
Matteawan
Aldrich
Havemeyer Will Divides Estate Among Four Children
New York reports the will of William F. Havemeyer, organizer of the American Sugar Refinery, leaves all but 5000 dollars to his four children. The total value of the estate is not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havemeyer
New York
William F. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refinery Company
Congressmen Burke to Retire from Public Life
Pierre,8. Congressman HA Burke Republican whip of the House of Representatives will not seek reelection due to poor health and will retire at the end of his current term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Pierre
Co. HA. Burke
House of Representatives
Receiver Named for OConnor Estate in Chicago
Federal Judge Carpenter appoints Erastus W. Willard of Joliet as receiver for the James C. O Connor estate. Jolet realty man jailed on charges he defrauded clients of over 200000 dollars.
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O'Connor
Chicago
Erastus W. Willard
Joliet
Carpenter
James C. O’connor
Jolet Realty
Balkan Peace Progress Reported Amid Frontier Talks
Constantinople announces that Turkish and Bulgarian peace delegates reached agreement on frontier questions after a sitting. The announcement signals progress in a long peace process and may shape regional stability.
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Balkan
Constantinople
Physician Shoots Driver in Indianapolis Tragedy
Dr Charles M Clayton shot oil wagon driver Joseph Stoudt in Indianapolis after reportedly finding him embracing his wife. The incident occurred as the physician returned home unexpectedly. Authorities are investigating the shooting and assessing his account.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Stoudt
Charles M. Clayton
Will of late Justice Billings Leaves $75,000 to Widow
Washington reports the will of the late Supreme Court Justice Henry Billings. The retired associate justice aged Brown leaves about $75,000 to his widow. The bulk of the estate is left to the widow with other bequests unspecified in the filing.
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Supreme Justice
Washington
Henry
Billings
Brown
Supreme Court of the
United
States
Counterfeiting Ring Tied to Priest and Dentist in New York
In New York Dr. Ernest Muret and priest Hans Schmidt were linked to a counterfeit operation. Police found a fully equipped West 134th Street den with presses and engraving gear, including half-burned $10 and $20 bills. Muret confessed Schmidt financed the scheme and the duo operated from a rectory room and an apartment, with witnesses identifying them as constant companions in the Hudson River murder case surrounding Anna Aumuller.
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New York
Ernest Arthur Muret
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Hudson River
St. Nicholas Avenue
West One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Street
Muret
Bertha Zech
Schmidt
Heney Files Senate Candidacy in California
Francis J. Heney announces bid for United States Senate to replace retiring Senator Perkins in California. Heney rose to prominence in the San Francisco graft prosecutions, which led Abe Revuf to the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heney Wii Fry
Senate
Los Angeles
California
Francis J. Heney
United States Senate
Perkins
Heney
San Francisco
Abe Revuf
Prominent Chattanooga Residents Jailed in Case Settlement
In Summerville Georgia seven wealthy Chattanooga area residents are jailed over alleged efforts to settle court cases of improper acts with girls. Judge Wright has refused bond.
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Summerville
Chattanooga ‘Country
Wright
Change to Close to Honor Gaynor No. New York
Governors of the stock exchange vote to close the exchange until noon Monday September 22 to honor Mayor Gaynor whose funeral will be held. The decision follows a special meeting and reflects the city’s respect for the late mayor.
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Gaynor
New York
the Stock Exchange
Beef Imports Grow as South American and Australian Goods Arrive
Washington notes fresh beef from South America and Australia has become an established factor in the import trade. The Commerce Department reports these imports influence domestic commerce and market dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South America
Australia
Bureau
Comerce
Department. of Commerce
U S Plans 70 Aid Women on Farms
Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston mails letters to 60,000 farm households inviting farm women to share ideas on how the department can better serve them. The project aims to represent the views of over 500,000 people and includes reply envelopes for responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
David F. Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Women asked to answer letter by November 15
In the letter these women are invited to give individual answers or discuss the matter in their church societies or women's organizations and submit answers representing the combined opinions of the women of their entire communities. The answers are requested not later than Nov. 15 to allow time after harvest for consideration and discussion with neighbors.
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Department
Big Tim Sullivan Dead in Train Collision
New York reports the death of "Big Tim" Sullivan once a newsboy and congressman. His mangled body was identified by stepbrother Larry Sulligan after lying 18 days in a local morgue. Sullivan, ill and eluding nurses, was struck by a train at Pelham Park in the early hours of August 31.
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Big Tim” Sullivan
New York
Larry Sulligan
Sullivan
Pelham Park
Pankhurst May Be Barred From Entering U S
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst militant leader may be barred from entering the United States arrival from Europe. Immigration authorities will base their decision on an investigation of her actions in England remaining pending the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pankhurst
New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
Europe
England
United States
Canal Too Small He Thinks Chicago
Captain Banauvarilla of Paris, visiting Chicago, warns that in twenty years traffic pressure will force rebuilding the Panama Canal by the United States. He cites growing commerce and warns current locks and dimensions are insufficient for future ships and volumes.
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Chicago
Panama Canal
United States
Philip Banauvarilla
Paris
Huerta Removes Hidalgo Governor Stirring Mexican Politics
Adherents of General Felix Diaz protest Huerta's removal of Pedro Rosales, Hidalgo's governor, arguing the move signals a plan to install military governors in each state. The Mexico City dispute reflects growing tensions among presidential hopefuls and military leaders.
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Huerta
Mexico City
Felix Diaz
Pedro Rosales
Hidalgo
Japan Pressures Beijing In Sino Japanese Ultimatum
Report from Pekin states that Japan’s ultimatum to the Chinese government has been complied with, following orders issued by Provisional President Yuan Shi Kai as observed by foreign reporters in Pekin.
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Japan
Pekin
China
Yuan Shi Katatenify
Robbers Leave $4000 Silver Behind at Okemah Bank
Robbers robbed the Okemah State Bank and escaped with $3400 in paper money. Not wishing to burden themselves, they left behind $4000 in silver coin, a total haul of over $7400. Police searched the area for suspects and reviewed bank records.
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Okemah
Cancer Deaths Rise in Colorado Springs 1905 to 1911
Mortality from cancer in Colorado Springs climbed from 67.8 per 100000 for the five years ending 1905 to 74.3 in 1911, noted by Dr. K. K. Hoffman. The figures reflect regional health trends and call for attention to cancer prevalence.
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Colorado
K. K. ‘Hoffman
Springfield Negro confesses to assault on 10 year old girl
In Springfield Charles Banks, a Black man from Jonesboro Arkansas, confronted Teresa Akins as she returned from school. He admitted the crime to police after being held at the station guarded by officers amid outraged residents. The girl was injured and neighbors joined the search aided by Brick Plant workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles Banks
Little Teresa Akins
Banks
Jonesboro
Ark
Teresa Akins
Springfield Paving Brick Company
Akins
Priest
Ott Hunn
Girl Roughly Handled in Field Attack Declared Not Seriously Hurt
Dr. Priest said the girl was not seriously injured. She bore neck marks from the assault and a cut on her hand, likely from barbed wire as she was dragged toward a cornfield. Br. A. Akins vowed to shoot the suspect on sight, and with Deputy Sheriff Scott Walters they hunted the field until the man was caught and confessed.
No Shortage in Potatoes Washington
A Washington report finds potato supplies sufficient for normal demand. L. C. Corbett of the agriculture department states the total crop will be smaller than last year but adequate for winter consumers.
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Washington
L. C. Corbett
Department of Agriculture
Cup Race May Win Bride London Banquet
At a London banquet honoring motor boat race competitors Sir Thomas Dewar announced that if Sir Thomas Lipton won the America's Cup he would also bring back an American bride. The remark was greeted with cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thomas Dewar
Thomas Lipton
Wife Hired Slayer Attempt in Georgia Murder Trial
Mrs Edna Perkins Godbee testified she tried to hire a negro to kill Judge Godbee and his wife, Mrs Forrence Boyer, confessing to the plot as her divorce case trial unfolds in Millen Georgia.
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Millen
Edna Perkins Godbee
Forrence
Boyer
Godbee
Judge Godbee
Arthur Spader
Former Indiana Rep James Watson Denies Lobby Charges
Washington report states former Representative James E. Watson of Indiana testified before the house lobby committee and denied Martin Mulhall’s accusation that he was an active friend of the National Association of Manufacturers in congress for many years.
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Washington
James&. Watson
Indiana
House
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
Wolf of Wall Street Faces Trial in Washington
David Lamar, a prominent figure in the senate lobby inquiry, is under indictment in New York for impersonating members of Congress and has been arrested by order of Attorney General McReynolds, signaling a major legal confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf
Wall Street
Washington
David Lamar
Senate
New York
Congress
McReynolds
First white Arctic-born child marks 20th birthday in Casco Bay
90-year-old Marie Peary of Portland Maine celebrated the twentieth anniversary of her birth at her island Casco Bay home. Born in the Arctic, she remains a notable historical figure linked to exploration.
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Portland
Marie Peary
Anighto
Arctic
Circel
Casco Bay
Pana Names First Police Woman in State Outside Chicago
In Pana, a meeting of the board of aldermen led by Mrs. Harry H. Lyon and attended by Miss Catherine A. Dockery and Miss Iane Hayward passed an ordinance to appoint a police matron with full powers of a police officer. This makes the appointee the first police woman in the state outside Chicago.
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Pana
Board of Aldermen
Harry H. Lyon
Pana Woman’s Club
Catherine. A. Dockery
Deaconess Hospital
Iane Hayward
Council Chamber
Chicago
German Evangelical Pastoral Conference at Pinckneyville
The annual pastoral conference of the German Evangelical church in the Nashville district met at Pinckneyville with ministers addressing the gathering. New officers elected include President Rex K. Schroedel Hoyleton, Vice President C L Langerhans Addieville, Secretary-Treasurer J H Buescher Irvington. The 1914 conference will be in Freeburg. Rev Mittendorf resigned to accept a call to Toledo Ohio.
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J. H. Buescher
Irvington
Freeburg
F. H. Mittendorf
St. Paul
Pinckeyville
O Gara Coal mine pays off easing miner distress
Harrisburg reports the O Gara Coal Company paid off at its No 4 mine relieving distress after ten days. Many miners remain unpaid and another payroll is due at all mines within four days. Offices offer little reason for the delay and nonpayment has led to shutdowns as workers refuse to continue under the April 1912 agreement.
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Harrisburg
O’gara Coal Company
Chicago
Police Asked to Seek Girl in Illinois Kidnapping Case
Duquoin police and southern Illinois authorities seek Octavia Sersch a sixteen year old girl daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Sersch of Prairie du Rocher believed kidnapped by gypsies. The girl vanished while her parents were away in Chester and gypsies were seen in the area with reports of their daughter later at Rockwood northwest of Murphysboro where the gypsies camped. Mrs Sersch is prostrated by the disappearance.
Faces Two Trials for One Act in Galesburg
Galesburg man Galesburg H Allen faces state abduction charges and federal Mann Act allegations after leaving his wife and child on August 30 and persuading 17 year old Blanche Dubree to run away to Kansas City. Father Elmer Dubree tracked them there, Allen was arrested for abduction and extradition waived. Federal authorities hold him pending evidence for Mann Act prosecution.
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Galesburg
Guy H. Allen
Allen
Blanche Dubree
Kansas City
Elmer
Dubree
Mount Vernon Jury Sentences Walter Brocail for Murder
Walter Brocail was found guilty of first degree murder in Princeton Indiana and sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Herdis Clements. The jury's verdict reflected strong local sentiment against Brocail after he shot Harrison Hitch a police officer who was protecting Mrs Brocail from her husband.
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Mount ‘Vernon
Walter Brocail
Harrison Hitch
Princeton
Ind
Show Case Strikers Enjoined by Quincy Judge
Judge Oug Humphrey of the United States district court granted a permanent injunction to restrain three Quincy showcase companies from assaulting, intimidating, or following their former workers. The action stems from a year old strike between employees and bosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Oug Humphrey
United ‘States District Court
Bloomington Township High School Dedication at Newman
The Bloomington Township high school at Newman was dedicated at a cost of $50,000. Frances Blair, superintendent of public instruction, officiated. B A Haven of Chicago donated.
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Bloomington
Township
Newman
Frances Blair
B.A. Haven
Chicago
Carburetor Detachment Forces Emergency Landing
Aviator Carmi-Tony Janins experienced a carburetor detachment at about nine hundred feet, causing gasoline to stream back toward the aircraft. He shut off the engine to prevent fire and glided safely toward the ground.
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Carmi
Tony Janins
Jannus
Will Meet in Carterville and Baptist Pastor Changes
Duquoin reports the Cairo Presbytery semi annual session will meet in Carterville September 16 and 17 with Rev. A M Hells presiding and ministers including Rev Daniel Breese and J R E Craighead among speakers. The Ewing Presbytery will assemble at Salem on the same dates. Illinois Baptist Bulletin lists several pastorate changes including Rev W C Wells moving to Clayton First Baptist and Rev T J Parsons resigning for South Bend Indiana.
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A. M. Eells
Cairo
Cambrink
Murphysboro
W. McCluskey
Anna
Ewing Presbytery
Illinois
Salem
William M. Maxton
Duquoin
Ilinois
Fire Prevention Proclamation Sets Illinois Day
Governor Dusne issued a fire prevention proclamation through secretary William L Sullivan designating October 9 as the state fire prevention day. It urges inspection of heating devices and chimneys and recommends safety checks for public and private institutions including hotels asylums factories and theaters to protect occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Dusne
William L. Sullivan
Illinois
Farmer Held as Firebug Near Fos Rae Area
Carlyle Jesse Burnett a young farmer living southeast of Fos Rae was arrested on arson charges after waiving preliminary hearing. He is held to await the grand jury with a 2000 dollar bond. The Weinberg fruit farm packing house and cold storage building, three miles west of Posey, burned causing over 9000 dollars in losses as state fire marshals investigate and led to Burnett’s arrest.
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Carlyle
Jesse Burnett Young
Fos Rae
Weinberg
Poutweat
Posey
Burnett
Pastor's Bride In Man's Garb At Granite City
Mrs Oscar V Punek an eighteen year old bride of a clergyman was arrested for wearing men's clothing on a Granite City street A police sergeant found her at a drug store soda fountain She said she often dressed as a man for protection while accompanying her husband a missionary and interpreter at a steel plant on foreign labor settlements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City
Oscar V. Punek
Five Road Superintendents Named Mount Vernon
At the county board meeting five county superintendents of public highways were named as prescribed by a recent Illinois legislature enactment. They are GT. Terry, G.K. Carver, S. B. Crocker, J. D. Dodds and Joseph Coats. Salary is $1,000 per year, the superintendents to pay their own expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Tlinois
GT. Terry
G.K. “Carver
B. Crocker
J. D. Dodda
Joseph
Coats
Knox County Declines State Road Aid in Galesburg
Knox County supervisors reject state road aid under the Tice-Dhill resolutions, voting 24 to 430 in a decision they say would not cover a mile of concrete or brick road. The board argues the law requires such materials and the county contribution would be too small to build a meaningful segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox County
Galesburg
Knox
Board of ‘Supervisors
County Board Backs Convict Road Camps Expansion
Lee County board of supervisors adopted resolutions praising the administration for creating convict road camps. They urged expanding the system to include all able bodied prisoners from city, county, and state institutions. The board visited Camp Hope as a group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Lee
Canity
Camp Hope
Lumber Head la-B Eldorado dhary names Shaw ton
Lumber yard names and locations in Eldorado appear garbled with partial legible words. The readable fragments suggest a report on local lumber dealers, possible business names, and a street or area reference, but the core details are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumber
Eldorado
Dhary
Shaw Ton
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Margaret Rutledge
Faurot
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Street
Houston
U.S
National Department of Agriculture
Negro Eti
Wii
City of
Pastora
Carterville
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