Bank Teller Dies by Own Hand Amid Bank Failure Scandal
Chicago report says Frank Kowalski, a 30 year old paying teller at the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, killed himself after rumors connected him to the bank's collapse. Investigators uncover forged notes and blank signed securities in the bank vaults, with President Stensland and cashier Hering named in alleged defalcations totaling hundreds of thousands.
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Chicago
Frank Kowalski
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Carpenter Street
Kowalski
Stensland
Hering Aida
Paul O. Stensland
Cagnler Hering
Olson
Heriig
Stenslang
Herne
Hering
Lim
Heying
Biensland
Baltimore and Return
Baltimore & Ohio A. R
Royal Lim
Missing Bank President Faces New Scrutiny In Bankruptcy Action
The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank president Stensland remains at large as bankruptcy petitions are filed against the Milwaukee Avenue Co-operative Store. A Chicago receiver is appointed for Stensland’s personal estate valued at $500,000, while New York creditors threaten action. Madison dispatches report possible sightings and ongoing detective work to locate Stensland and Hering as fugitives.
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Stengland
Yalua
Kirimele
Paul 0. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Milwaukee Avenue Co-operative
State Street
Bethea
Co-Operative
New York
Milwaukee Avenue
Stensond
William C. Niblack
Chicago Tile and ‘Trust Company
Madigan
Wis
Madison
Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of
Chicago
Hering
Stoughton
Siensland
Wreck injures fifty rolled down embankment near Bowie
A north bound Fort Worth and Denver passenger train wrecked five miles from Bowie at 1 am on a long curve. Broken rail caused the sleeper and first class coach to leave the track and roll down a twenty foot embankment. Over fifty were injured, three fatally. many were women and children.
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Secial
Washington Post
Dallas
Tex
Fort Worth
Denver
Bowie
Colorado
Omega OM Foot Rub Trial Bottle Availability
Advertisement notes trial bottle pricing and locations Harpers Ferry Charlestown Winchester and Retarn with travel times from Baltimore to a station at 3:30 a.m. Returning schedule from Winchester Charlestown Harpers Ferry at 7 p.m. urging a Sunday country visit.
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Omega OM
Harpers Ferry
Charlestown
Winchester
Baltimore
Chinese on canal 100 hard for Jamaicans
The Isthmian Canal Commission plans to recruit 2,500 Chinese workers for the Panama Canal, with bids from labor agents and contracts to import, employ, and repatriate them under fixed wages. Spain and other regions are being tapped for high grade labor as Jamaicans prove insufficient.
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Spain
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Taft
Shonis
Isthmian Ganat Commission
China
Treet
LeRoy Park
Commission
Blevens
Smugglers Kill American Inspector Thurston in Santo Domingo
Charles P. Thurston of St Paul an American customs inspector died three days after being wounded by smugglers near Las Matas on August 6. John Milbourn a Porto Rican was killed in the same incident. Thurston had served as deputy receiver of customs at Commendador and was a former Philippine soldier. His father E Thurston of St Paul is listed as his nearest relative.
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Bureau of Insular Affairs
Santo Domingo
John Milbourn
Charles P. Thurston
Viciity
Las Matas
Thurston
Custoria
Commendador
Milbourn
Philippines
Insular Civil Service
Gallant Outnumbered Detachment Falls to Pulajanes in Leyte
In Julla district of Leyte Island a ten man detachment including First Lieut John F. James, Privates William Gillick and Mateus Zock, and Contract Surgeon Calvin Snyder, fought a hand to hand battle with Pulajanes. The unit was overrun. three Krag rifles and two magazines were seized. James and others were killed. Snyder born Baltimore July 16 1878 had served since 1900. James earlier grew up in Virginia, educated at VMI, and was connected to local families.
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Aig
John F. James
William “J. Gillick
Mateus Zock
Highth Infantry
Calvin Snyder
Internal Revenue Colleetor
Wiliams
Altnois
Jullta
Leyte
Palajanes
James
Pulajanes
Burauen
Calvin D. Snyder
Baltimore
Philippines
Snyder
University of Maryland Medical School
L. W. Snyder
South Street
Virginia
Infantry and Cavalry
Staff College
Virginia Volunteers
Eighth Infantry
London Hearing Reveals Marquis Townshend Engagement
A jury hearing on the Marquis Townshend inquiry heard a witness claim the engagement to a wealthy American heiress was near announcement when he married Miss Gladys Ethel Sutherst. The case has included allegations the marquis was deprived of liberty by his wife and her father on grounds of insanity, which the dowager marchioness rejects, insisting he is not insane.
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London
Marquis Townshend
Gladys Ethel Sutherst
Thomas Sutherst
England
Marchioness Townshend
Man Mistaken for Bear Kills Farmer in East B Stewartstown
Special to The Washington Post reports Samuel Mansfield, a young farmer in East B Stewartstown NHS, was shot dead by John Gilbert who says he mistook Mansfield for a bear while hunting at sundown. Gilbert stood by his story and was not arrested after authorities questioned him. Mansfield left a family of two. Also noted: an attractive lot of household and office furniture awaited at Blaga’s.
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Mansfield
John Gilbert
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Mansfeld
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Rockefeller Funds for Tanganyika Rail Development
The Times reports from a reliable authority that John D. Rockefeller has provided funds for Tanganyika railway development in Africa. It notes a rise in Tanganyika shares and Rhodesian interest while saying capital-raising difficulties have delayed completing the rail and communications network.
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the Times
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Rockefeller
Tanganyika
Africa
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Imade
Timea
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Young wife in hospital after carriage incident
Maud Henry, 23, is seriously ill at Natick Hospital after drinking poison while in a carriage at night. She had been under treatment for nervous trouble at a Westboro institution. She and her husband have not lived together recently. Jane Henry, 23, is the stepdaughter of Frederick Train, a Boston stock broker.
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Maud Henry
Natick Hospital
Henry
Westboro
Jane
Frederick ‘Train
Boston
Angle Sam Hold Painting In Voided Invoice Case
U S customs action may seize a Gaineborough portrait valued at 490000 after appraiser increased the invoice from 15470 to 20000 then to 80000 based on new information from London. Thomas Agnew & Sons shipped it from London to Chicago importer unnamed. Somerville General Appraisers raised value by judge’s decision, seizure possible if not reduced.
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Gaineborough
Peauly
London
Thomas, Agnew & Sons
Chicago
Fowler
Stranshaw
Board of
Géenral
Edge
Somerville
Scott &Fowles
Sune
Reasan
Inderville
Court Martial Ends in Suspense Over Surgeon Brown Case
In a naval court martial, Surgeon H.T. Brown faced verdicts after a lengthy session that lasted about twenty minutes. The final ruling awaits review by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy and Secretary Bonaparte before becoming official. The hearing concluded yesterday afternoon with deliberations not yet disclosed.
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H.T. Brown
the Navy
Bonaparte
Open Letter in Ohio Printer Denounces Doctrine of Atone ment
Rev. Clark Cox, pastor of Calvary Church, writes an open letter to Bishop Boyd Vincent and church leaders denouncing core Holiness doctrine. He states he could not believe in bodily resurrection and original sin as taught, urging the church to confront what he calls unsound theology and possible schism. The letter follows his recent sermon and trial discussion, reflecting deep conflict within the denomination.
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Clark Coz
Calvary Enlslkorch
Boyd’ S Vincent
Cox
Anich
Crapsey
Forsi
Whale Church
Rae
Nis
Lyath Nirs
Jesus Christ
Women Guffragists Convene in Copenhagen 1908
A conference of national suffragists gathers in Copenhagen on August 10, 1908. Key figures from various movements attend to discuss strategy, rights, and political influence for women. The event signals international coordination among reformers seeking broader suffrage and social reforms.
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Copenhagen
Jerome for governor in New York as independent candidate
Special to The Washington Post reports Annon Jerqme considers running as an independent for the New York governorship. The Sun editorializes on August 11 about Mr Jerome Travers Jerio contemplating a bid, noting the State’s political climate and Jerome's potential candidacy.
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Washington
New York
the Sun
Whhain
Travers
Jeri
Jerome
Woman Leaps From Train Near East Madisonville
Estella Bloomingdale of Marietta Ohio leaped from a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern east bound train near East Madisonville at about forty miles per hour. She was rescued and taken to Cincinnati and placed in St Marys Hospital. Her motive appeared self inflicted and she had recently visited her sister in Kansas. Her mother and several sisters reside in this city. Her father is deceased and a brother killed himself earlier this spring in St Louis.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Estella Bloomingdale
Marietta
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Madisonville
Loveland
Cinrinfat
St: Mary's “Hospital
East Madsonville
Haa
Charles Stewart
Independence
Kans
St Louis
Appeal for Democratic dollar subscriptions to fund 1902 campaign
James M. Griggs of the Democratic Congressional Committee launches a nationwide appeal by sending 30,000 circulars seeking $1 donations. The circular urges loyalty to elect a Democratic House to investigate government rottenness and promises campaign literature in return, with remittances to I. M. Griggs in Washington.
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Democratic- Congressional Committee
Bryatt
Griggs
Democratic
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Democrats
Democratic Party
I. M. Griggs
Washington
Dollar Fund Grows for Republican National Committee
New York reports the dollar fund gathering subscriptions from thirty seven states and territories. Chairman J. Sherman says progress is solid though not yet ideal, with encouraging reports from Maine and Vermont and some states still not reporting.
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New York
Republican National Congressional Committee
Lifesaving effort ends in double tragedy at beach
In Newburyport Massachusetts on August 10 Joseph Shaw of Fitchburg drowned while trying to rescue Mary Hickey a fourteen year old swimmer swept out by undertow Daniel Feeley swam to aid but was saved only by life savers. Miss Hickey died and Feeley survived after a record launch by the life-saving station crew.
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Mass
Mary Hickey
Balisbury Beach
Joseph Shaw
Fitchburg
Daniel Feeley
Miss Hickey
Shaw
Feeley
United States Life-Saving Station
MBS
Hickey
Berkeley Jewelry Theft Attempt Captured After UC Chase
A well dressed man Alfred Johnson of New York tried to steal a jewelry store cash drawer in Berkeley. He fled but was captured after an exciting chase joined by hundreds of University of California students. Police found a Chicago paper detailing a jewelry theft worth 900 and multiple women’s watches on him.
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Berekeley
Cal
Alfred Johnson
East Eleventh Street
New York City
University of California
Johnson
Chicago
Automobiles Kill, Injure in City Crash Spree
New York dispatch reports three killed and about a dozen injured in automobile incidents in the past twenty four hours. A Baltimore merchant, Francia A Davis, faced arraignment over a collision that wounded two young women, expressing deep remorse. Policeman John F Smith and bystander Mrs Noble were among the injured. driver Elliott faced bail at 2500 dollars amid threats against police.
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New York
Noble
Tremont Avenue
Fordham Hospital
Stewart N. Elliett
John F. Smith
Jerome Avenue
Burnside Avenue
Elliott
Margaret Johnson
Wuiott
Westchester Station
Westchester Court
Smith
Sergi. Smith
Eliott
Thompson Avenue
Winfield
Long Island
Herman’ Fricks
Elmshurst
Waller
Woodcock
Connorton
Long Island City
Francia
A. Davis
Ol' Be
Train Smashes Automobile in Seabright Collision
Special to The Washington Post reports in Seabright New Jersey that a new four cylinder Elmore automobile in repair failed crossing the New Jersey Central tracks. The colored chauffeur jumped from the vehicle as it stalled mid track and the car was hurled into the air, breaking into a thousand pieces near the West End Express route. The car belonged to Go EL Wyeth 2 Just north of the depot.
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Washington Post
Seabright
N. J
Elmore
West End Express
Automobie
Go EL Wyeth 2
New Jersey Central
Den
Japanese Poachers Suspected in Aleutian Raid
Tokyo reports indicate all facts gathered so far point to a raid by Japanese poachers on the Aleutian Islands. The Japanese press refrains from comment. The government awaits its own report and hopes no diplomatic complications arise.
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Tokio
Nippon
Tokyo
Aleutian Islands
Despondent man ends life in Jennings incident
Jennings La Aug 10 Drew Dobbins despondent shot at his wife missing then fired at his baby missing and killed himself the third bullet. A neighbor was lightly wounded by the shots in the same incident.
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Jennings
Drew Dobbins
Tony
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