New York bandits steal $10,000 in unset diamonds on crowded street
A diamond dealer, George H. Horth, is robbed of a wallet containing $10,000 worth of unset diamonds after being stunned with a blackjack in midtown Manhattan. Three men in a taxicab escape along Fifth Avenue and Thirty Fifth Street as police pursue possible links to a prior $25,000 theft.
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New York Street
New York
Reb Ae Automobile
Wall Street
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
George H. Herth
Thirty-fourth Street
Thirty Fifth Street
Thirty-fifth Street
Sixth Avenue
Dougherty
Hughes
Tey
Beckerman
Bowery
George H. Horth
John Street
Third Street
Union Hill
N. J
Horth
Ilness
Lister funeral rites mark world wide tribute in Westminster Abbey
The first part of Lord Lister's funeral service was held at Westminster Abbey with a global tribute to the antiseptic pioneer. King George and the German emperor were represented alongside foreign embassies and medical societies. A separate item notes Hig John Davidson and a cousin Lew Johnson shot dead in Buckhorn, Perry County, while resisting arrest.
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London
England
Lord Lister
Westminster Abbey
United Kingdom
George
Jackson, Ky
Hig
John Davidson
Deaton
Ballies
Hreathill
Lew Johnson
Buckhorn
Perry County
Seville Flood Relief Efforts Amid Dying Hunger and Floating Bodies
Two suburbs of Seville remain cut off as floods subside. Hunger deaths and undermined cemeteries are reported while relief stations operate. The port has reopened but industry remains paralysed. Portugal likewise faces flood subsidence revealing widespread destruction across Estremadura Algarve Alemtejo and Minho.
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Seville
Spain
Navas
Burguillos
Lisbon
Portugal
Estremadura
Algarve
Alemtejo
Minho
Church Pledges Legal to Pay $500 to Blue Ridge Church
Georgia Supreme Court rules all pledges to a church are binding. W. G. Owenby had promised $500 if the Georgia Baptist assembly located its chautauqua at Blue Ridge, and must pay plus interest despite his claim the amount was only $100.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Supreme Court
Georgia Baptist Assembly
W. G. Owenby
Owenby
Blue Ridge
Fannin County
High Court
May Decide For Brandt In Habeas Corpus Action
Justice Gerard had not prepared his decision on Paulke Engel Brandt’s habeas corpus case seeking release for a burglary conviction in Mortimer L. Schiff’s home. It was stated that the decision will favor Brandt and such understanding prevailed on his side.
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New York
Gerard
Supreme Court
Paulke Engel Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Brandt
House Passes Hay Army Reorganization Bill
Washington reports the Hay bill to reorganize the army passed the House with an $86,853,757 appropriation and the abolition of five cavalry regiments. It provides five year enlistments and merges adjutant general inspector general and chief of staff into a general staff bureau. The bill’s record vote was 116 to 182 after a prior committee referral.
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Washington
Hay
General Staff Bureau
House
Wounds Wife Then Ends His Life in Cincinnati
Fred Bennett age 48 shot his wife Lillian 45 in the Burckhardt flat building and then killed himself. Their son Fred, a Woodward high school student, found his father dead and then discovered his mother wounded in another room.
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Cincinnati
Fred Bennett
Mary BK. Bennett
Perry Street
Chicago
Lillian
Burckhardt
Fred
Woodward High School
Campaign opens for 1912 New York baseball stars
The 1912 baseball campaign unofficially opens at Grand Central depot New York as Manager John J. McGraw leads his champion Colts toward spring training in Martin Springs Texas. Several athletes will be picked up en route to St Louis where Eddie Birannick, assistant secretary, will coordinate the travel of youngsters joining the New York delegation.
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New York
Grand Central Depot
John J. McGraw
Martin Springs
Tex
St. Louis
Eddie Birannick
Young thief is arrested in Neenah case
Neenah Wisconsin February 17 Claude Wiltsie a twelve year old pupil admitted committing a wholesale number of robberies of stores and houses to secure cash He is in jail awaiting sentence He said he wanted money to entertain his girl friends whom he had been taking to theater parties and buying costly presents
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Neenah
Wis
Claude Wiltsie
Fire at Morris & Co Hair Works in Chicago Stock Yards
A fire at Morris & Co hair works in West Forty-fourth Street near South Ashland Avenue forced 100 workers to flee. The blaze spread rapidly through the plant but caused no injuries, with damages estimated at 20 000 dollars.
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Chicago
Morris & Co
Forty-fourth Street
Ashland Avenue
Donlin Accepts Terms With Boston Club
Boston reports center fielder Mike Donlin has accepted the Boston National League club terms and will send a signed contract immediately. He has wired President Ward to confirm, and Ward expects Donlin to have a great season.
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Boston
Mike Donlin
Ward
Donlin
Army reform bill merges top staff roles amid Ainsworth case
Washington reports the House approves an amendment unifying chief of staff adjutant general and inspector general into one general staff bureau. President Taft approves Gen Ainsworth retirement ending potential court martial but triggers renewed calls for War Department probe into Cuba governor Gen Leonard Weed and staff conduct.
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Washington
Alinsworth
Taft
Ainsworth
War Department
House
Leonard Weed
Cuba
Army
Crowder
General Staff
Adjutant General
Inspector General
General Ainsworth
Stimson
Not My Son: Elderly Woman Denies Claimant in Kimmel Case
In St Louis the Kimmel case climaxes as Estelle Kimmel, 68, and a man claimed as her son stand beside each other before jurors. She declares he is not her son, insisting maternal instinct would reveal true kinship. Letters are reviewed, and cross examination probes moral ties to the insurance payout.
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St. Louis
Kimmel
Estelle Kimmel
George A. Kimmel
N. 8S
Taylor
Norwegian cabinet resigns over reorganization plan
Premier Konow and Liberal cabinet members quit in Norway as the plan to reorganize fails. General Bratje to form a new cabinet from the Conservative party, retaining five Conservatives from the old ministry. Fire at 1131 and 1122 South Hoover street in Los Angeles destroys gowns, jewels, and other property worth about 40000 dollars, posing danger to women of wealth and fashion.
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Christiania
Norway
Konow
Bratje
Los Angeles
Cal
South Hoover Street
Chinese Celebrate Republic as Li Yuenheng Urges Wuchang
News from Peking Nanking and Hongkong reports show celebration of the republic with no major disorders. Gen Li Yuenheng, Hankow military leader, urges Wuchang as capital. Swatow inflames tensions as Kum-Chow arrives with 2000 rebels amid local opposition.
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Peking
China
Republic of China
Li Yuenheng
Hankow
Sun Yat Sen
Wuchang
Nanking
Yuan Shu Kat
George Washington
Hongkong
Swatow
Kum-Chow
40 Girls Strike At P W Collins Publishing Firm
In Minneapolis on February 17, forty female workers employed by P W Collins Publishing went on strike to protest a dress edict demanding uniform heel height of one inch. Owner Mr Collins refused the order citing frequent tripping but the workers vow to stay out.
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Minneapolis
Miaon
P. W. Collins Publishing Company
Collins
Pepper among leading eligibles for Taft Supreme Court
Washington reports Philadelphia lawyer George Wharton Pepper tops the list of candidates considered by President Taft to fill the late Justice John M. Harlan seat on the Supreme Court. Menominee Michigan notes $150,000 planned for improvements this year including a pulp drying plant at the Menominee River Sugar Company.
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Washington
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Taft
Supreme Court
John M. Harlan
Menominee, Mich
Menominee
27 Pound Lobster Caught Off Atlantic City
The largest lobster ever captured in these waters weighed 27 pounds and was caught five miles off shore by Albert Jones, a local fisherman, who hooked it while trolling for cod. The creature is on exhibition.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Albert Jones
German Aviator Schmidt Dies After 100 Foot Fall
Berlin reports German aviator Schmidt died from injuries after his biplane fell 100 feet when the elevating rudder broke. The accident occurred during flight near Berlin on February 17.
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Schmidt
Berlin
Germany
Doshisha Receives Kyoto University License for Politics
Tokyo reports Doshisha University in Kyoto has been granted a license for its college of politics and economics. The Peeresses' school, recently destroyed by fire, has been rebuilt on the old site in Tokyo at a cost of 300,000 yen.
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Tokyo
Japan
Doshisha
Christian Institution of Learning
Kyoto
Peeresses’ School
New York Delegates Named for April Elec tion
The Democratic state committee in New York selects delegates to the Democratic national convention in Baltimore. The convention will be held in New York City on April 11.
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New York
Baltimore
Democratic State Committee
Trade union reform urged by ex executive in Outlook
Ex-Chic executive Theodore Roovevelt urges a bipartisan commission to study industrial relations, labor laws, and labor bureaus. He argues a federal inquiry could examine grievances, compare labor practices at home and abroad, and promote social justice by reducing disputes.
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New York
Theodore Rouneve
Roovevelt Sard
Congress
Remarkable Michigan case of revival baffling doctors
Dorothy Grabower, daughter of a leading Marquette merchant, was reportedly revived after six months of unconsciousness. The case drew attention from physicians statewide as efforts to awaken her progressed, with reports saying she may fully recover in days.
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Michigan
Marquette, Mich
S ‘Hicago
Dorothy Grabower
Louis Greading
Wickersham in Big Row Over Florida Inquiry
Washington today reports a row in the Florida overgladys inquiry as the house committee on civil expenditures in agriculture weighs grand jury action. Attorney General Wickersham urged considering charges of transfers of public funds connected with the department.
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Washington
Congressional
Florida
House
Department of Age Culture
Eral Wickersham
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