Black Hand extortion ring uncovered across Ohio linked to mafia style
Post office inspectors reveal a tightly run Black Hand Society operating in Columbus, Marion, Dennison and Bellefontaine with branches in Pittsburg Chicago and beyond. Investigations led by Hiles and Oldfield have resulted in seven arrests and a plan to indict prisoners by a federal grand jury in Cleveland on conspiracy to extort.
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Cincinnati
Black Hand
Columbus
Marion
Dennison
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Ohio Black Hand
Society of the Banana
Pittsburg
Chicago
South Dakota
Italy
Middle West
Hiles
Cleveland
Inspector Oldfield
Cleminson Case Delayed as Bail Is Denied
Chicago June 10 Dr Haldane Cleminson arraigned on murder charge. Hearing postponed to June 19 awaiting coroner inquest. Bail refused. Detectives report Cleminson said burglars entered the home and chloroformed both him and his wife.
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Chicago
Haldane Cleminson
Cleminson
Pastor Held For Murder In Santa Jon Case
Tucumcarr New Mexico June 10 Murder the result of wilful neglect is the charge brought against Rev. Jesse Fenton pastor of the Holiness church at San Jon NM He was brought here and lodged in jail It is charged that Rev Fenton refused to summon medical aid for his wife when she was taken ill recently and that he allowed her to die.
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Tucumcar, N M
Jesse Fenton
Holiness Church
San Jon
N. M
Fenton
Catholic Missionaries Open Three Day Congress
Washington June 10 Delegates at the Apostolic Mission house opened a three day session of Roman Catholic missionaries with cooperation in efforts as the keynote. About 200 delegates attended the opening meeting.
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Washington
Congress of Roman Catholic Missionaries
Apostolic Mission House
Ides Presents Credentials In Madrid Ceremony
Henry C. Ides presented his credentials as the new minister to Spain to King Alfonso in a brilliant ceremony in Madrid. The retiring minister W. M. Collier departed Madrid for an automobile tour of France and Germany.
Ship Canal Lock Wrecked in St. Marys River Crash
A $4,000,000 ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie was wrecked when the steamer Perry G. Walker rammed the lower gate sending a torrent through the lock. The Crescent City and Assiniboia were damaged as water swept two waterfalls and a whirlpool into view. Crescent City towed to shore with heavy hull damage. The Canadian government faces up to $250,000 in losses, Crescent City about $100,000, while Walker and Assiniboia sustained lighter damage.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
St. Mary's River
Perry G. Walker
Crescent City
Assiniboia
Walker
Policemen Shoot Autoist in Wider Indianapolis Chase
Prominent Indianapolis attorney Samuel Dowden, residing at the University club, was shot in the knee during a motor car chase involving Chief Metzger and Captain Asch. Dowden's car was halted and he was taken to a physician as shots were fired during the pursuit.
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Indianapolis
Samuel Dowden
University Club
Metzger
Asch
Adelbert
Wilson
Oakland
Cal
Dowden
Smuggled In Chinese Case Goes To Trial In Chicago
Eight men faced indictment in a major Chinese smuggling conspiracy. Three defendants pleaded guilty with sentences deferred, one fugitive, bonds of another forfeited, and three others pleaded not guilty before Judge Landis in Chicago.
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Chicago
Landis
Mine Workers Big Losses in May Deaths Drop Twenty-Five
The Iowa United Mine Workers reported twenty-five member deaths in May at Oskaloosa Iowa. Seventeen men and eight women died. The union paid two thousand one hundred dollars to the families of the deceased.
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Iowa
Oskaloosa
Iowa United Mine Workers
G A R and Veterans Leaders Elected Statewide
M Donald G A R commander H C Ring of Marion heads the Sons of Veterans Mrs Vena Barth of Greene elected department president of the Ladies of the G A R Spanish War Veterans re elect Charlies S Hoermann of Dubuque department commander Fort Dodge Ia Michael Mcdonald Bayard defeats H A Dyer Mason City to become department commander S J Robertson Fort Dodge elected senior vice commander Ek P Messer Sheldon junior vice commander E Robbins Williams chosen chaplain Des Moines to host next encampment H C King Marion succeeds L J Yaggy Davenport as department commander of the Sons of Veterans Other officers named L A Reed Central City senior vice commander Clarence Comar Laurens junior vice commander L A Dilley Davenport re elected secretary Mrs Marie L Basham Des Moines elected department president of the Women's Relief Corps Miss Margaret McClain Fort Dodge senior vice president Leona Brown Council Bluffs junior vice president Jessie McKay Decorah treasurer Mrs Vena Barth Greene elected department president Ladies of the G A R Mrs Hally DeWitt senior vice president Mrs Barnholt Davenport junior vice president Mrs Emma Krappel Waterloo treasurer Mrs Davis Askaloosa chaplain Charlies S Hoermann Dubuque reelected department commander United Spanish War Veterans George A Evans Cedar Rapids senior vice commander Irving Gates Fort Dodge junior vice commander James N Hedge Des Moines department inspector G A Smith Clinton sergeant J E O'Brien Waukon judge advocate 8S Parker Hampton chaplain
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Fort Dodge
Michael Mcdonald
Bayard
H. A. Dyer
Mason City
S. J. Robertson
Ek. P. Messer
Sheldon
E. Robbins
Williams
Des Moines
H. C. King
Marion
L. J. Yaggy
Davenport
Sons of Veterans
Vena Barth
Greene
Ladies
Hally
DeWitt
Barnholt
Emma Krappel
Waterloo
Davis
Askaloosa
Charlies S. Hoermann
Dubuque
United Spanish War Veterans
George A. Evans
Cedar Rapids
Irving Gates
James N. Hedge
G. A. Smith
Clinton
J. E. O'Brien
Waukon
J. Parker
Hampton
Charity Workers Meet Opens Sixty Sixth National Conference
More than 1,000 registered delegates and visitors gathered in Buffalo for the opening of the sixty sixth national conference of charities and correction. Ansley Wilcox chaired the opening session while Mayor Adam delivered the welcome. Ernest H. Bicknell of Washington introduced. St. Louis Denver and Pittsburg are already forming committees to bid for next year’s conference.
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Buffalo
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Ansley Wilcox
Adam
Ernest H. Bicknell
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Denver
Pittsburg
Norwegian Church Meet Draws Two Thousand Delegates
Two thousand delegates attend the twentieth annual convention of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America in Des Moines. Representatives from Norway, Honolulu and foreign missions are present. The nine day session reelects President T. H. Dahl for another year amid plans to fund a ministerial relief fund and self support for clergy.
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Des Moines
United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Norway
Honolulu
T. H. Dahl
Iowa Bankers at Waterloo Convention Opens With Notables
Waterloo Iowa June 10 annual convention of the State Bankers Association opens this morning with speakers including Governor Carroll George M Reynolds of Chicago American Bankers Association president former congressman J Adam Bede of Minnesota Lt Elmo Lewis of Detroit and J A S Pollard of Fort Madison Free tickets were provided for Electric Amusement park baseball park and street car service.
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Governor Carroll
George M. Reynolds
Chicago
Waterloo
State Bankers’ Association
American Bankers’ Association
J. Adam Bede
Minnesota
Elmo Lewis
Detroit
J. A.S. Pollard
Fort Madison
Baptists Move to Oust Foster Over Atheist Charges
Chicago June 10 Rev Johnstone Meyers reports eighty one ministers support expulsion of Professor George Barnam Foster University of Chicago author of The Function of Religion for alleged atheism and infidelity. Foster vows a strong fight as the matter heads to vote next Monday.
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Chicago
Johnstone Meyers
Baptist Conference
George Barnam Foster
University of Chicago
Foster
Earthquake Destroys Korinchi Town in Sumatra
A strong quake near Padang, Sumatra, on June 10 devastated Korinchi, 185 miles southeast of Padang. Two hundred people died and many were injured as a tidal wave swept away native huts.
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Padang
Sumatra
Korinchi
Plattsmouth Farmer Convicted of Second Degree Murder
Plattsmouth Neb. June 10 John P Clarence a farmer was convicted of second degree murder after an all night jury session. He killed John P Thacker last January. Defense claimed Thacker aimed to club him. Sentence was deferred.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
John P. Clarence
John P. Thacker
Thacker
Freeman elected president of Morningside College in Sioux City
Dr. Luther Freeman pastor of Independence Avenue M E Church in Kansas City was chosen to lead Morningside College Sioux City succeeding Rev Dr Wilson Seely Lewis as president.
Street Made Imperial Potentate
Louisville June 10. At the thirty fifth annual session of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine New Orleans was chosen for the 1910 convention. Potentate Elias D. Jacoby of Indianapolis was selected as imperial outer guard. George L. Street of Richmond became imperial potentate. Charters granted to Pittsburg Kan Wichita El Paso and Grand Forks. The imperial council opposed liquor distribution and will ban expensive badges to curb souvenir hunters.
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Louisville
Mystic Shrine
New Orleans
Elias D. Jacoby
Indianapolis
George L. Street
Richmond
Street
Shriners
Pittsburg
Ikan
Wichita
Kan
el Paso
Tex
Grand Forks
N. C
Imperial Council
Des Moines River Flood Submerges Keokuk Acres
A four foot river rise in the Des Moines floods hundreds of acres along the Iowa and Missouri shores. Two hundred acres owned by the Keokuk Canning Company are submerged and tomato plants ruined.
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Keokuk, la
Des Moines
Iown
Missouri
Keokuk Canning Company
Doctors Oppose Preservatives Use in Food
Atlantic City June 10 The American Medical Association through its house of delegates went on record opposing benzoate of soda or any other preservative in food.
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Atlantic City
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
Hogs and cattle markets steady in Chicago trade of June 10 1909
Estimated receipts total about 24 000 hogs and 10 000 cattle with steady to lower prices across grades. The report lists light mixed and heavy shipping hogs and beef cattle with specific ranges for beeves cows and heifers Texas steers and Western stockers and feeders.
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Texas
Higher Tariff on Wool Wins In Senate Debate
Washington June 10. The woolen schedule remains under debate in the senate. The finance committee’s amendment raises wool waste duties from 20 to 30 cents per pound and shoddy from 20 to 25 cents. Senators Warren LaFollette and Dolliver spoke as votes and party lines shifted on the income tax question. No compromise on income tax was reached after White House talks, and a vote on the income tax proposal is expected with a likely postponement by Republican senators.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Gamble
Crawford
Warren
LaFollette
Dolliver
Iowa
White House
Taft
Aldrich
Cummins and
Borah
Seven Men Burned in Wheeling Furnace Disaster
A boiler room catastrophe at Wheeling Steel and Iron Company’s Martin’s Ferry furnace injures four and ten, with seventy workers involved. Molten iron sprayed through the crowd, seven men burned to a crisp and many mutilated, all migrant laborers, as others escaped.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Steel and Tron Company
Electrical workers seated by Iowa Federation of Labor
In Dubuque a stormy Iowa Federation of Labor session seated the electrical workers’ delegates by a large majority over AFL protests. The Iowa group includes seceders from the national body and AFL had a representative to contest recognition.
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Dubuque
Iowa Federation of Labor
Electrical Workers
American Federation of Labor
Iowa Electrical Workers
Iowa Federation
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McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Ship Canal
M Donald G.A.R
Fort Hodge
H. C. Ring
Baptists
Des Moines River
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
Carriop
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S. Yards
Chicago, Ill
LA Follette
Wyoming
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