Aviator Beachey Dives and Dresses as Woman at Chicago Meet
Spectators witness Lincoln Beachey plummet from 1,600 feet to 20 feet above the judges stand and recover. He then appears in a woman’s disguise as Mile. Clarice Lavaseur to wow 75,000 onlookers. An staged lake rescue comedy ends with actress Kathleen Williams saving Havens and Twist after a motor boat mishap near Fifty-first Street.
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Chicago
Beckwith Havens
Lincoln Beachey
Weldon
Cook
Fifty-first Street
Kedzie Avenue
Cicero
Grant Park
Cicero Field
Beachey
Claricé Lavaseur
Lake
Beckwith Havens and
Stiney Twist
Selig Polyscope Company
Lake Front
Moving Picture Company
Henry McCrae
Selig Company
Kathleen Williams
Beckwith Ravens
Twist
Miss Williams
Havens
Oklahoma father acquitted in defense of daughter’s honor
Chief Justice Furman of the criminal court of appeals reversed a five year sentence and ruled that a father who kills in defense of his daughter’s honor is protected, noting the assailant lured a sixteen year old girl and promised divorce to win her trust before being killed at a lake near Winnewood.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Furman
Criminal Court of Appeals
C al. Litchfield
Bill” Collins
Collins
Litchfield
Winnewood
Collings
Arrested as Husband's Slayer in Danville Kentucky
Danville Kentucky September 23 Mrs Helen Williams Lane wife of Charles Lane was arrested charged with killing her husband at their home in the city Mr Lane was fifty five and his wife thirty three
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Danville
Helen Williams Lane
Charles Lane
Vietr
Lane
Suffragette disruption ends in Welsh crowd clash
In Llanystumdwy Wales suffragettes trying to interrupt a David Lloyd George speech were rough handled by Welsh villagers. They were trampled, chased into cottages, and one woman was thrown over a hedge as cries of votes for women rang out. The incident followed a confrontation between English supporters and Welsh residents.
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London
David Lloyd-George
Llanystumdwy
Wales
Mr. Lloyd-George
Rain delays Milwaukee auto show and Vanderbilt cup
Milwaukee officials from the drivers and clubs postponed the rain soaked speed carnival for ten days. The Vanderbilt cup race shifts to October 2 while the Pabst trophy and Wisconsin challenge cup race move to October 3 and the Grand Prix to October 5.
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Milwaukee
American Automobile Association
Automobile Club of America
Hunt Girl For Murder At Portland Roadside
Portland authorities seek a young woman believed linked to the murder of Harry G. Barr found dead in the road. A chauffeur reported the girl after she allegedly flogged a foaming horse by midnight along the north road out of Portland.
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Portland
Ore
Harry G. Barr
Robert L. Stevens
Barr
Murray Ruling Urges Scrutiny of Bank Officer Loans
New York Sept 23 Comptroller of the Currency Lawrence Murray warns country banks to intensify exams. Directors should attend asset reviews starting Oct 1 and in towns with distant directors a quorum must be present. He cautions against undue concentration of loans in companies controlled by bank officers or directors and calls for longer examination time.
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New York
Lawrence
Murray
Dance to Stop Oratory near Cordage Plant
Ministers near the Green Point cordage plant oppose the trust's plan to thwart Socialist noon meetings. The trust opened a dancing platform with music at lunch to lure workers away from street gatherings. The cordage trust has used several schemes to break up the protests.
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New York
Cordage Trust
Green Point
Maid of the Mist Strikes Rocks at Niagara Falls
The Maid of the Mist tour steamer struck rocks below the cataract at Niagara Falls N Y on September 23. Life boats were prepared and passengers equipped with life preservers but a skilled maneuver freed the vessel and brought all aboard to the landing safely.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Expulsion of 14000 California Druids by Supreme Grove
Fourteen thousand California Druids were expelled by the Supreme Grove of America United Ancient Order of Druids. The action followed failures to file annual reports and to pay per capita tax. The move leaves a large portion of the national organization without dues.
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Indianapolis
Ind
California
Liquor Enforcer Shot in Caney Ambush
Lee Bowman state enforcement officer was shot and killed at Caney Kansas while destroying seized liquor brought toward Oklahoma. Two spectators wounded. Ambush followed by a posse hunting two men believed owners of the liquor. They reportedly fled into the Osage mountains.
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Bartlesville
Ohio
Lee Bowman
Caney
Kan
Oklahoma
Montreal prepares public meeting on reciprocity defeat
Canada to celebrate the first anniversary of defeating the reciprocity agreement with the United States. Acting on Premier Borden's suggestion, the Liberal-Conservation association of Montreal plans a political meeting with remarks from national conservative leaders tonight.
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Montreal
Borden
Liberal-Conservation Association
United States
Missouri ham and bacon show names Mrs Clark president
Mrs Champ Clark was named president of the Missouri ham and bacon show to be held during farmers' week in January at the University of Missouri Agricultural College. She will also serve as a judge in the ham and bacon competition.
Loot Recovered in Montreal Bank Loot Case
Chicago police recovered twenty five thousand dollars of the two hundred seventy two thousand dollars stolen from the Montreal branch at New Westminster B C The recovery was kept secret by the police and the story of the loot remains confidential.
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Chicago
Bank of Montreal
New Westminster
B. C
Fire Drives 200 Families From Gil les Menville Mill
A blaze at the Gil les Menville Paper and Woolen Mills Supply warehouse in Philadelphia forced more than 200 families to flee their homes. Fire crews battled the flames through Sept 21 with damage estimated at substantial sums and no immediate reports of injuries.
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Philadelphia
Gilles Menville Paper & Woolen Milla Supply Company
Black False Teeth Feature at Siam Exhibit
In London at the Horticultural Hall Westminster a dental exhibition displays over 1,000,000 false teeth including black teeth made for Siam natives.
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Siam
London
Horticultural Hall
Westminster
Cousin of Two Candidates Dies in Bay City
Jared M. Snyder, a second cousin of President Taft and first cousin by marriage of Woodrow Wilson, died in Bay City Michigan. A Roosevelt supporter, he formerly served as judge of the Northwestern circuit court of Iowa and later worked in the agricultural department in Washington.
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Bay City
Mich
Jared M. Snyder
President Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Snyder
Roosevelt
Northwestern Circuit Court of
Iowa
Agricultural Department
Washington
Persecution Charged as Nichols Held in Filthy Jail
W C Nichols an American fruit grower jailed in Tampico on a murder charge. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson demands Nichols be released or moved to a sanitary cell and asks for expedited proceedings. He warns U S marines may be landed if needed. The case centers on a confessed Mexican slayer and a delayed appeal at Ciudad Victoria.
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W. C. Nichols
Mexico City
Henry Lane Wilson
Matias Guerra
Tamaulipas
Tampico
Nichols
Cabdallos
Washington
Wilson
United States
Des Moines
Nichola
Caballos
Ciudad Victoria
Bhe
New Guns For Britain
London reports Britain plans to arm two new super dreadnoughts this year with large caliber guns. Fifteen inch projectiles weighing 720 pounds are being produced by Vickers for possible use on the ships Marlborough and Iron Duke, while keels at Devonport Portsmouth await launch.
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London
Messrs. Vickers
Marlborough
Devonport
Portsmouth
It Ees Ae
Suicide Pact Car Crash Leaves Two Dead
A Los Angeles young lawyer Niles C. Polsom and Hartee committed suicide by driving an automobile over a cliff after failing to win the affections of a woman who loved one of them. The note was written within the last few days and indicates a suicide compact.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sean
Teved
Niles C. Polsom
Hartee
Leprosy Reported at Spokane Volcano Outbreak
Spokane report states Burgeon General Rupert Blue of the health and marine hospital service has been asked to investigate a possible leprosy case at Antonio Volcano, where two men are alleged to be affected.
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Spokane
Wash
Burgeom
Rupert Blue
The
Fa Health and Marine Hospital Service
of Antonio
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