Escape by Jail Break In Chicago County Jail
Three inmates executed a bold escape from the Chicago county jail using a ruse to lock escapers in and break bars with saws. A guard and a trust y inmate were seized, two prisoners fled onto the street, while a third returned to his cell after alarms sounded. Suspects William Rogers and Stanley Weslek were identified, with police on their trail as Sunday night ended.
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Chicago
Iil
Michael Bloomberg
John Scott
Lrusty
Bloomberg
William Rogers
Stanley Weslek
Wilson touts farm produced denatured alcohol plan
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson predicts a method to manufacture denatured alcohol on farms. He says the department is gathering information and will publish a report in a few months. In the northwest experiments seek the best crops for making denatured alcohol for fuel heat and other purposes on farms.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Northwest
Sixteen Lives Lost in Storm at St Collas Newfoundland
Additional reports from remote points indicate sixteen and possibly twenty tourves were lost along the Newfoundland coast during the equinoctial gale on Thursday. Seventy five fishing vessels were wrecked and wharves suffered extensive damage. Financial loss is estimated at about a quarter of a million dollars.
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St. Collas
N. I
Newfoundland
Wheat Jumps to 1.08 on Board of Trade Friday
Wheat for May delivery rose to 1.08 on the Chicago Board of Trade the highest price yet as foreign demand and European export activity spurred optimism. Bears were driven to cover short positions while corn gained on frost fears in northern Iowa Nebraska and the Dakotas. A Winnipeg message warned that the crop finished with frost everywhere.
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Chicago
Uwh
Board of Trade
Europe
United Kingdom
Northwest
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakota
Winnipeg
Marconi Predicts Trans Atlantic Wireless Service Soon
Guglielmo Marconi told reporters in Glace Bay Nova Scotia that commercial trans Atlantic wireless service will begin in about three weeks. He said only mast and pole damage could delay, and that messages would travel about twenty words per minute at ten cents a word for ordinary messages and one cent for press dispatches, with rates likely to be reduced further.
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Glace
Nova Scotia
Glace Way
Europe
Guglielmo Marconi
Express firms faces injunction in reduced-rate dispute
In Omaha federal court Judges Mun ger and Munger remanded state cases against five express companies to the state supreme court. The state seeks an injunction to enforce lower rates under the Sitley act. A motion for similar action against Union Pacific, Rock Island, Burlington and Missouri Pacific railroads was overruled and hearings began.
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Omaha
Neb
W. H. Munger
T. €. Munger
State Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Burlington
Missouri Pacific
Seven Injured in Auto Accident Near Denver
Seven persons were injured and one possibly fatally hurt in a collision between a motor car and an electric streetcar on the outskirts of Denver Friday night. The party, including several Chicago residents, had been sightseeing and were returning to the city when the auto, traveling at speed, crossed paths with the streetcar which approached unexpectedly. The chauffeur expected the electric car to slow.
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Denver
Coul
Chicago
Trunk murder case clears Seattle woman identity
Seattle police identify the body found in a trunk as Mrs Agnes Trueman McCombs Covington a 17 year old wife of Frank Covington a Seattle liquor salesman She was strangled and the husband covington is missing with police suspecting him of the crime Relatives in Seattle describe her as daughter of Trueman McCombs The trunk contained a letter from Edith Covington and uncles corroborated the identification
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Seattle
Wash
South Alka Sanday
Agnes Trueman McCombs Covington
Frank Covington
Kilsheimer Liquor Co
Tirst Avenue
Covington
Trueman McCombs
Vernon
H.C
Elizabeth Robinson
Jennie Robinson
Geo. Robinson
Yester Way
Wopkin
Qgovington
Louisville
St. Paul
Edith Covington
Church Draws a Color Line
The Central Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in session voted 140 to 17 to support separate bishops for races and languages. It also approved returning to a five year tenure limit for pastors by 116 to 49, with the motion to set five years unanimously adopted after the vote.
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Columbus
Ohio
Central Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Moon
Posse Hunts Max Minnie in Michigan Horse-Tongue Cut Case
A South Bend posse led by Sheriff Lanant pursues Max Minnie across Michigan in one of the era’s largest manhunts. Minnie, accused of cutting out the tongues of eight horses, has been sighted and fired upon twice without being hit. Authorities fear lynching if captured.
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South Bend
Ind
Lanant
Michigan
Max Minnie
Minnie
Paula Klipenbourg Deported After Perceived Persecution
Hells Island authorities report that Paula Klipenbourg the young Viennese actress will be deported following a commerce and labor department decision. She claims her troubles stem from persecution by Horace F. Miller a wealthy manufacturer whom she accuses of breach of promise.
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New York
Hellis Island
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Paula Klipenbourg
Horace F. Miller
Explosion Kills Boys at Wilkesbarre Coal Mine
Two boys died and three were fatally burned in a gas explosion at Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company No 4 colliery on Saturday morning. The boys entered a gas-filled slope to begin their day’s work.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Lost Woman Found in Wilderness Rescue at Grand Canyon
Mrs. Chas. F. Joy wife of St. Louis recorder of deeds wandered a day and night in Arizona's Grand Canyon region before being found and rescued. Indian guides and a veteran ranger aided her return.
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St. Lonty
Grand Canon
The
Colorado
Chas. F. Joy
Recorder of Deeds
St. Louis
Arizona
Great Chayme
Missouri Telegraphers' Night Hour Law Enforcement Plan
Statement by Fear and Jefferson Gilly with Charles W. Pear for the Missouri Federation of Labor details a Missouri crackdown on Telegraphers' Night Hour violations. The Sedalia federation vows to push enforcement through county attorneys and pursue actions under the derelict official law to remove nonperforming county officials.
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Jefferson Gilly
Mac
Chas. W. Pear
Poder of Labor
Missouri
Sedalia
Missouri Federation of Labor
Resistative
Atttorney
Unsi
Hold 2-Cent Fare Law Declared Invalid
The 2 cent fare law from the recent session of the Pennsylvania legislature was ruled invalid and void as applied to the Susquehanna River & Western Railway Co. The Duncannon Bloomfield line faces the ruling by Judge Sti in Perry county court, who called the measure a caprice of reform and challenged the motives of its sponsors.
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Carrighwes
Mme
Roland of Liberty
Schmitz Paid Attorney $25,000 After Trial in SF
San Francisco's convicted mayor Eugene F. Schmitz paid attorney J. C. Campbell $25,000 after his trial, a disclosure made to a trusted friend. The payment figure was cited as the reason Campbell at last explains why he took on Schmitz's defense, totaling $29,000 from Schmitz in San Francisco, California.
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San Francisco
Cal
Eugene F. Schmitz
J. C. Campbell
Campbell
Schmitz
No Change in Moroccan Situation Report
Paris dispatch reports Premier Clemenceau stating there is no change in the Moroccan situation. The Moroccan tribesmen’ s delay in replying to French peace terms dampens hope for complete submission and General Drude, commander of French forces, plans to strike with vigor at any moment.
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Paris
France
Clemenceal
Drude
Puadir
Storm Drove Yacht Hilntrees Halts Mission
The Navy Yard Pensacola reports the converted yacht Hilntrees, crewed by Missouri naval personnel, sailed on the 17th but was forced back by bad weather. It finally left again for New Orleans on Wednesday evening, weather permitting.
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Storm
Huntress
Washington
Naysea Department
Navy Yard
Pensacola
Hilntrees
Missouri Naval Muitnamen
New Orleans
Extra Legislature Session Set To Open In Alabama
Governor Connor fixed November 7 as the opening day of an extra session of the Alabama legislature to decide who controls the state the people or the retroats.
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Montgomery
Ala
Connor
Alabama
Former Consul at Quebec Dead in Bridgeport
Theodore Waldron Downs former United States consul at Quebec and longtime figure in national democratic politics died at his Bridgeport home on Monday He previously served as secretary of the Democratic National Committee and was a prominent party member in Connecticut authorities said
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Quebec
Bridgeport
Conn
Theodore Waldron Downs
United States
Downs
Democratic National Committee
Morgan Denies Union Pacific Stock Purchase Claim
J P Morgan denied that he or J P Morgan & Co took over 600000 shares of Union Pacific stock from Ruby Lael Co. The stock was said to be owned by Henry T Rogers of the Standard Office Co.
Norman girl fires shot at dancer during dance
Miss Wat fie Guy, daughter of a farmer, fired a shot at Isaac Chitwood during a dance at her father’s house near Norman Oklahoma. The injury is reported as possibly fatal. Police investigate motives and circumstances of the incident.
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Norman
Oklahoma
Watfie Guy
Isaac Chitwood
Relative of Daniel Boone Dies in Boonville Indiana
Mrs Minerva By Taylor aged [?] dies at her home in Boonville Indiana She was born in this county and a direct descendant of Daniel Boone and Ralliff Boone an ex governor of the state of Jidvana This OCR text fragment from a historical page records a death notice for a Boone descendant in Boonville Indiana with uncertain age and misspelled names.
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Daniel Boone
Boonville
Ind
Minerva By
Taylor
This
Daniel Joone
Ralliff? Boone
Jidvana
Harahan Claims Regular Transaction And Loan Repayment
New York President Harahan of the Illinois Central asserts that cash was repaid when due and accuses Stuyvesant Fish of seeking stock control. Fish defends padding charges while admitting a $1 million loan from company surplus was repaid. Harriman allegedly funded the loan personally alongside collateral. Directors’ letters criticize Fish’s reelection as president.
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New York
Harahan
Illinois Central Railroad
Stuyvesant Fish
Fish
Varahan
Hamilton Wish
Haraben
Mr. Fish
Deposition Demand in Chadwick Case Sparks Court Action
Pittsburg widow Mrs W C Jutte seeks to open Cassie Chadwick deposition in suit by Mr Jutte against FL N Wostatt and J W Friend to recover stocks valued at 1 million dollars. Deposition read in prison at Columbus, held by Kirker, judge advised. if released it could reveal startling relations with Pittsburg millionaires.
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Pittsburg
Pan
W. C. Jutte
Athletic City
Sourt
Cassie Chadwick
Jutte
FL N. Wostatt
J. W. Friend
Jatte
Friend
Mostatt
Chadwick
Pittsburg Milionaires
Soldier in Army Found With Two Hearts
Indianapolis, Ind. Private I. J. Salyards reportedly has two hearts that beat in unison and cause no trouble. His liver and spleen are on the wrong side. He enlisted at Terre Haute and was sent to Columbus for examination where two hearts were confirmed. Tests involved long wakefulness and violent exercise with no serious illness. The army accepted him despite the condition.
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Indianapolis
Ind
I. J. Salyards
Salyar
Mere
Verver
Will Abandon Senate Is Guilty
A jury finds United States Senator Went guilty of complicity with the government and frauds. The senator, born at Malefield, 11, and educated in Boise after moving from Kin gid at age 16, faces loss of his seat in the Senate.
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Senate
Hiodse
Mitho
United States
Went
Copgre Oral
Malefield
Kingid
Amlares Can
Boise
Flora woman killed by Illinois Central train
Flora Illinois death report states Flora resident Mia Metager was killed when struck by a Illinois Central train after choosing to walk along the railroad. She had tickets from Rinard to Clay City and died near Flora. the motive appeared to be an unexpected journey.
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Flora
Mia Metager
Daltitnaes d& Obio
Rinard
Clay City
Metager
Jain
Col Mathews Calls For Constitution Rally At Reunion
Col Mathews, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, condemned a proposal for a new constitution during the Knoxville old soldiers reunion. He argued that 3,000,000 men in battle array stood by the current constitutional framework, generating strong enthusiasm among attendees.
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Galesburg
United States
Mathews
Grand Army of the Republic
James
The
State University
Knoxville
Ex Senator Shumway Dies at Home in Taylorville
Former state senator J N C Shumway of Taylorville is dead at his home from paralysis after a brief illness. He was president of the national organization of building and loan associations and had long served as manager of the eastern syndicate controlling electric light and power plants in Taylorville Pana Paris Roadhouse and other U witnessed towns.
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Shumway
Taylorville
J. N.C. Shumway
National Organization of Building and Loan Associations
May Drop Magill Murder Case
The witness Decature Warren Holder, key to the Magill case, disappoints. State’s Attorney Arthur Miller returns from Denver to find the witness lacks material knowledge. Miller indicates the indictment may be nol pros.
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Magill
Decature Warren Holder
Arthur Miller
Clinton
Holder
Denver
Miller
German Mission Feast in Nashville brings regional churches
The German Evangélical mission feast gathered attendees from Addieville Hoyleton Cordes Comhain Plum and Okawville. Addresses were given by Rev M Lehroedee of Hoyleton, G Kriekhahn of Plow Wilh, and J Or Koenig superintendent of the Hogle ton Orphan home.
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Nashville
Kewanee Banker Dies in Bank at Atkinson
Thomas Nowers, 72, longtime chair of the Henry County Board of Supervisors and former Illinois legislator, collapsed in his Atkinson bank preparing to depart for Jamestown Jamixposition. He had chaired the Illinois commission to the Jamestown exposition.
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Kewanee
Thomas Nowers
Illinois Commission
Jamestown
Atkinson
Henry County
Dental Association Officers in Litchfield Convention
The Central Minors Dental association held its annual conven tion in Litchfield and elected officers. President Dr CH West Varina vice president Dr M Shaw Taylorville secretary De P Dowell Pana treasurer Dr W H Houser Taylorville librarian Dr Q G Colby Hillshora.
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Dental Association
Litchfield
Central Minors Dental Desociation
CH. West
Varina
M. Shaw
Taylorville
O P. Dowell
Pana
W. HH. Houser
Q. G. Colby
F Hillshora
Chester Deep Waterway Delegates Named
Chester Mayor HH. G. Adderly and delegates Whitney Gilbroapt Warner Nas ville Edward Yrenseon and Harry CG. Cole were chosen by the Chester Chamber of Commerce to represent the city at the Deep Waterway convention in Memphis on October 4 and 5.
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Chester
Minois Banker Dies After Illness at First National
Minois banker and Charleston head of the First National Bank died after a several day illness. He was born in the 19th century and had been connected with the bank for over forty years, well known in the Wakefield district for his steady manner and local service.
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Charleston
First National Bank
Caghioy
Sameshlent
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