Swindler J. W. Kline Arrested After $500000 Fraud Claims
The St Louis report identifies John W Kline of St Louis and Forrest City Arkansas as a dual-identity banker and alleged forger. He confessed to swindling over $500000 in real estate schemes across Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa, using fictitious funds and forged mortgage details to acquire farms before fleeing back to Arkansas. Arkansas bank director Barnhardt alias Kline is linked to state senate intrigue and social prominence. Police say he escaped from Waukesha Wisconsin two weeks prior.
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Ely Kilne
Tobay Barnhardt
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Sociail
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Waukesha
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Towa
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Kalamazoo
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Danville
Barnharde
Eider
Kiine
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Kime
Little Beck
Ofidam
Planters’ Bank and Trust Company
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No Move Against W Combs Secretaries Say
White House denies any effort to displace William F McCombs as DNC chair and labels reports as mischief makers. Officials state there is no movement against McCombs and call the rumors baseless.
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White House
William F . McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Wilte House
Obituary notices from Laurel and Chestertown Maryland
Died and funeral notices for Margaret Flannery of Laurel Mary1 Arthur Graham of Chestertown Md B Graham and HIRSH Morris and family notice funeral services at Adas Israel Congregation and McDermott Hoyle family notices with dates and locations for interment and services in 1915 1916 Washington area Maryland towns named with churches and cemeteries mentioned.
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Ohn
St Marys Church
Idam
Grah
Monta
Chestertown
Pal B. Ber
Laura Fearson Graham
Stres
Northwest
Morris Hirsh
Hirsh
J Rogenberg
Mra R Bekin
Samuel
Ars Nold Ans
Henry
Resi
Grossman and Shefferman
Silverstone
Adas Israel Congregation
McDermott
4Ther
Sixteenth Street
Mary ( McDermott
War talk and roosevelts foes in a Plattsburg farce
A Chicago dispatch to the New York World recalls a humorous scene near the Garrick Theater in Plattsburg. Two men chase a third war correspondent Lew Rosenfeld and Garrison figure. jokes mix with talk of open fire and prayer in a comic exchange about war and free speech.
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Wasiiston Post
Chicago
New York World
Michigan Avenue
Garrick Theater
Randolph Street
Garrick
Lew Fielda
Wilsons agents accused in plot to block militia enlistments
Colorado governor’s inquiry reveals allegations that President Wilson and Federal Justice Department agents, a detective agency, and United Mine Workers conspired to hinder militia recruitment. Col H J Boughton and Gen Chane expose claims of graft probes, court clashes, and pressure to indict officers. Washington denial follows.
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Washington Post
Denver
Coto
Wilson
Federal Department of Justice
West Virginia
Woverior
Colorado
H J Boughton
National Guard
Col Boughton
Wilago
West Virginis
D Hmliot
Department of Justice
Gen Chane
Guanlao
An| Gov Cariion
Sents
Fred Farrar
War Dept abandons Texas City divisional camp plan
Secretary Garrison announced the War Department will not reestablish the divisional army camp at Texas City Texas, ruined by a recent storm. No decision has been made on a future location. Maj Gen Franklin Bell, commanding the division, had recommended abandoning the Texas City camp.
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Garrison
War Department
Texas City
Tex
Franklin Bell
Hamlin Case Postponed in Poisoning Trial
Jackson Kentucky August hearing in Mamie Hamlin case postponed after four state witnesses testified. Hamlin, related to a former attorney general, is charged with poisoning Polly Davis, a wealthy widow, and forging a will purporting to leave her $40,000 from Davis estate.
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Mamie Hamlin
Winds
Polly Davis
Hamilin Fa
Davia
Wilson on Toboggan predicts landslide GOP comeback
James B Reynolds, secretary of the Republican National Committee, declared in Chicago that the GOP will win power in 1914 with a landslide as prosperity returns and unemployment fades. He said the country is anti-Democratic and Progressives drift back to the Republicans to oppose President Wilson. Reynolds planned talks with leaders and a western trip, framing the era as a major Republican victory.
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Republican National Committee
Chicago
Bredit
Washington
James B Reynolds
Republcan National Committee
Wilson
Heynolds
Reynolds
Republican Party
Mr Reynolds
Theodore Roosevelt
Paul Armstrong Dead Noted Playwright and Sailor
New York Aug 20 Paul Armstrone the playwright died suddenly at his home tonight of heart disease He was 46 years old Armstrong was a prominent figure on the American stage for the past decade He was born in Kidder Missouri and spent five years as a captain of Great Lakes steamers prior to writing plays He was riding in an automobile with his wife when he was stricken and died after reaching his home
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Great Lakes
New York
Paul Armstrone
Mr Armstrong
Kidder
Great Lake
Baltimore
Alabama Honors Underwood as First Citizen at Exposition
Governor Henderson announces Senator Oscar Underwood to represent Alabama as the state’s first citizen at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The August 3 statement highlights Underwood’s selection for the key national event and his role in showcasing Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
San Francisco
D A R Special Tour Marked by Expositions Across West
A D A R special train from New York will tour the country for Daughters of the American Revolution events. The itinerary includes Panama Pacific Exposition stops in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Canon City, and Grand Junction with many receptions and sessions. Hosts include Mrs Phoebe Hearst at Hacienda Pleasanton. events stretch to Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Riverdale before returning to New York around September 27.
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New York
William Cumming Story
The
Society
the Nations
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Canon City
Grand Junction
San Francisco
Exposition Grounds
Phoebs A
Hearst
San Diego
Bank Diego Exposition
Riveralds
Glenwood Minatoni
St. Louis
Michael O Leary VC Honored In Song Account
A London report recounts a song praising Michael O Leary VC from the First Irish Quaida O Leary cohort. Composer Frederick Bridge presented the piece to King George who approved and promised to have it played by his daughter. The lyric references the Fighting Race poem and portrays O Leary leading a daring front-line action against German guns.
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London
Michael O'Leary
V. C
John McGrath
George
Steamship venture to China under American Chinese capital
Dr. Wellington Koo, China's envoy to Mexico, announces a $5,000,000 Chinese American transpacific steamship company. Contracts for financing signed by American and Chinese financiers, with ships to fly the Chinese flag. Delays due to ship purchases noted, linked to the recent visit of Chinese industrial commissioners.
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Wellington Koo
Mexico
San Francisco
Oriental Industrial Comminsion
Transpacific Steamship Company
W K Wellington Koo
China
Persia
Koo
Trade tensions with Japan loom over Koo visit to U. S.
Dr Koo, leading a party of Chinese government students from Tsing Hue College funded by the Boxer Indemnity return, plans a week in Washington before heading to New York and Washington. He will not visit Mexico until conditions are set. Complaints from Chiresa in Medico accompany his appointment. Funeral services for Morris Hirsh, longtime shoe merchant, will be held at his home with Rabbis Gross Tan and Shefferman directing. He died Sunday after a long illness. survived by two daughters and three sons.
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Koo
Tsing Hue College
United States
China
Mexico
New York
Chiresa
Medico
Man and
Stefferman
Morris Hirsh
Seventh Street
Gross- Tan
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Silverstone
Ades Israel Congress
Mr Hirsh
Hungary
Hirsh
J Rosenberg
R Evkin
Samuel, Arcold
Henri
New Appointment for Congdon in Comptroller Office
Sidney B Congdon, previously assistant private secretary to the Comptroller of the Currency and an assistant cashier at a Harriman National Bank Alabama branch, is named secretary to the Comptroller. He will replace George Stauffer, who becomes a rational bank examiner.
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Sidney B Congdon
Comptroller of the Currency
Alabama
Harriman National Bank
New York
George Stauffer
Rational Bank
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