Former Indiana official jailed after evading capture since 1905
W D Owen former Indiana secretary of state and ex congressman is held by Augusta police for Boston authorities. He fled arrest in 1905 amid a Mexican coffee and rubber promotion scheme tied to Ubero companies and a Boston firm, with associates including Ferdinand Borges.
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F. E. Borges
Boston
W. D. Owen
Indiana
Augusta
Owen
Ferdinand E. Borges
Logansport
Ind
Borges
Bloomington
D. C. Justice
Christian Church
Washington
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Nat A. Hill
A. Z. Wiley
A. C. Daily
W. S. Overstreet
Terre Haute
Mexican Coffee and Rubber Company
Oberon
Indiana Company
Ubero Companies
Government fraud order targets Ubera and Uberto firms
The government issued a fraud order against Ubera Plantation Company and Consolidated Uberto Company, both Maine incorporations with Boston headquarters. Authorities labeled the firms giant swindles and ordered action to protect investors.
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Ubera Plantation Company
Consolidated Uberto Company
Maine
Boston
Priest in Bankruptcy Owes $1.5 Million After Fidelity Failure
The Rev Father William McMahon filed a bankruptcy petition in Cleveland on April 11 reporting liabilities of 1.5 million and assets of 75 thousand. His insolvency stems from the failure of the Fidelity Funding Co of New York, promoted by P. J. Kieran.
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Fidelity Funding Co
Cleveland
William McMahon
Fidelity Funding Company of
New York
P. J. Kieran
Senate Codes Committee backs race tip ban bill
Albany April 1 Senator Agnew's measure to bar publication of racing tips and betting odds in newspapers is favorably reported by the senate codes committee.
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Albany
N. Y
Agnew
Senate Codes Committee
Portable wireless outfits link Berlin to Vienna
A German wireless telegraph company has succeeded in establishing wireless communication between Berlin and Vienna using two light portable field outfits.
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Berlin
Vienna
Dynamite Blast Destroys Viaduct Support in Hoboken Area
A heavy dynamite blast aimed at a new steel viaduct over Hoboken Meadows wrecked a pillar and shattered windows within a quarter mile. The explosion, heard across Manhattan and Long Island, caused panic as scantily dressed observers fled the Willow avenue area. Investigators say the charge was placed at a steel upright base tearing it from the foundation.
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New York
Hoboken Meadows
Manhattan
Long Island
Willow Avenue
Back In His Old Pulpit Appleton Pastor Reinstated
On April 1 in Appleton Wisconsin Dr John Faville was re installed as pastor of the First Congregational church marking twenty two years since his first installation He returns after seven years at the Peoria New Jersey church and the sermon was delivered by Rev Judson Ils worth of Milwaukee in the same role as twenty two years ago.
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Appleton, Wis
First Congregational Church
Appleton
John Faville
Peoria
Judson
Ilsworth
Milwaukee
Ten Hurt As Frisco Meteor Rails Run Off
Ten persons were injured when Frisco Meteor No. 9 derailed at Ritchey Missouri. The fast express from St. Louis to Oklahoma left the track and five coaches left the rails. JN Parham of Montpelier Indiana suffered a scalp laceration. Cause of the derailment is unknown.
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Springfield
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Ritchey
JN. Parham
Montpelier
Ind
Dry majority in Henry county boosts temperance wins
Newcastle Ind April 1 Henry county previously dry by remonstrance has given the temperance forces a majority of 2816 in a county option election this is the largest dry majority under the county option law During March 276 saloons were ousted by county option elections The next elections will be held in Cass and Blackford counties next Tuesday
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Newcastle
Ind
Henry County
Cass
Blackford
Drys Set Back in Iowa
The Iowa state senate rejected a motion to take up constitutional prohibition, 26 to 21, delaying the issue. Prohibitionists concede defeat and say there is little chance to revive the matter in the remaining ten days of the session.
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Des Moines
State of
Iowa
State Senate
Option Defeated In Wisconsin Senate Vote
Madison April 1 option in Wisconsin faced a decisive loss as the senate defeated a bill for elections by 17 to 1. The measure aimed to regulate electoral procedures and faced swift opposition from lawmakers.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Senate
End of Georgia convict lease system transfers inmates
Atlanta reports the convict lease system ending in Georgia. About 1,500 felons will be moved to counties where crimes occurred and 3,000 misdemeanor convicts in jails will be assigned to public roads. Free laborers total about 1,500 may find work in lumber mills fertilizer plants brick plants and other factories that used convict labor.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Threat by Illinois Mine Owners Could Shut Mines
Springfield Illinois coal operators threaten to close their mines and throw 70000 men out of employment if the amendment to the shot firers law passes.
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Illinois
Springfield
Hair Dye Hurts The Teeth At Dentists Meeting
At the thirteenth annual convention of the National Dentists Association in Birmingham Alabama on April 1 pyorrhoea a gum disease was discussed. Several members said the trouble is more prevalent among women whose hair is dyed blonde than in others, claiming nearly every woman with artificially colored hair is affected.
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Birmingham
Ala
National
Dentists’ Association
Sultan's Guard in Mutiny Near Yildiz Kiosk Surrender
Mutiny breaks out among the zouaves near Yildiz Kiosk as Anatolian detachment joins the battalion and they refuse to drill. Loyal troops surround the mutineers and force surrender. Fifty soldiers from another battalion banished to Tripoli for agitating to disband.
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Constantinople
Yildiz
Tripoli
Taft to Attend National Turnfest in Cincinnati
August Herrmann says President Taft will attend the national turnfest in Cincinnati in June. About 2,500 to 3,000 active turners from across the United States and Germany are expected. A military camp will house the guests at Carthage fair grounds and a parade of 31,000 school children with flags will highlight the event.
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Cincinnati
Herrmann
North Cincinnati Turner Society
Taft
Germany
Carthage Fair Grounds
Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago on April 1 1909
Market notes show hog receipts around 19000 with prices 6 45 to 7 10 for light to heavy hogs and mixed packers 6 65 to 7 10. Cattle and sheep demand varied with cattle steady to weak and sheep strong as arrivals reach about 11000 for sheep and 11000 for cattle and western stockers and feeders noted.
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Eec
Texas
Laguna dam opens on Colorado river near Yuma
The Laguna dam near Yuma Arizona is formally opened a nearly mile long weir built on the mud bottom of the Colorado river. It anchors by weight and slows current to protect irrigation works for a planned 120000 acres. The $1 to $2 million project aims to enrich the soil and spark a two day celebration by the Yuma County Commercial club.
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Colorado River
Yuma
Ariz
Laguna
Colorado
India
Egypt
Granite Hills
Arizona
California
United States
Yuma County
Indians in Mexico go on the warpath
Rebel Temosachic Indians in Chihuahua rise in open warfare over tax and property seizures. Officials killed as regular troops and rurales rush to the scene. telegraph lines cut and reinforcements dispatched. District ranchers known as Sharp Shooters of Chihuahua feared for their armed, wartime history.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Prince Kasatkin Rostofseff slain by concert singer Rosa Bauer
Prince Kasatkin Rostofseff, a member of a prominent Russian family, was killed in Warsaw by concert singer Rosa Bauer. The woman also attempted suicide but failed.
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Kasatkin-Rostofseff
Warsaw
Prince Kasatkin- Rostofseff
Russia
Rosa Bauer
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North American Live Stock Commission Company
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