Sylvester urges wider police data co operation at Albany meeting
Albany Sept 12 May Sylvester Washington DC police chief and IA of Police Chiefs urged nationwide cooperation in criminal identification. She lauded fingerprint use and pressed for a national bureau of criminal identification, better police pay, and broader city representation. The talk highlighted evolving crime methods and the need for trained, well supported police leadership.
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Washington Post
Albany
Police Chiefs Association of
New York
Nyy
May Syester
Washington DC
Inter—national Association of Police
Mia Sylvester
Flo
International Police Association
United States
Canada
Bureau of Criminal Identification
St. Louis
England
France
Japan
Exers
Asylum Fugitive Given Freedom Amid Habeas Ruling
Mrs. Anna Lander fel, who escaped from the Ohio State Insane Asylum in Toledo, was freed today on a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Chytraus after examination by Dr. Chivetan J Wartung, a relative of the Landerfeldts. The case followed her arrest in Chicago last week.
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Cinco
Anna Landerfel
Ohio State
Toledo
Chicago
Chytraus
Chivetan J Wartung
Landerfeldts
Two People Burned to Death in NH Home Fire
Center Ossipee New Hampshire September 12 two persons burned to death in a fire of unknown origin that destroyed the summit home of William Thompson at Harmons Grove. The victims were William Thompson and Mrs Lydia Thurston.
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Ossipee NH
Wiliam Thompson
Harmons Grove
Wilam Thompson
Lydia Thurston
RATES IN ROYAL ARCANUM OPPOSITION GROWS IN DC MOVE
DC members split over the Royal Arcanum's Boston initiated change with J D Biddis and St Besselièvre casting doubt on organized dissent while Thomas G. Hensey and Smith Thompson Jr. predict a majority oppose the Supreme Council's action. Deliberations focus on legality and the need for subordinate council approval before wide reform.
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Supreme Council of the
Royal Arcanum
Putin Bay
Boston
District of Columbia
J D Biddis
Grand Council
Boston Council
Supreme Council
Atlantic City
Put- In Bay
Smith Thompson, Jr
Order
Thomas G. Hensey
Florists Praise at Washington Club Meeting
The Washington Florists' Club met at 1214 F street for its first gathering since the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists convention. President William F Guda chaired as committee reports were heard and letters of congratulations from seven city clubs were read.
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Washington Florists’ Club
F Street
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists
William F Guda
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Dayton
Ohio
Lewis Freeman
Peter Hisset
Joseph St Freeman
World Federation Sought by Catholic Societies
The American Federation of Catholic Societies ended a six hour meeting in Cincinnati with plans to include a world fellowship idea in its work. If adopted, Catholics nationwide could join via societies parishes or individuals. A campaign of literature will educate Catholics and align with federations abroad. A committee for Catholic matters was named including Bishop McFaul and several priests and lay leaders.
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Cincinistl
World Federation of Catholic Societies
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Pius K
United States
American Federation ofCatholic Societies
American Federation
Velkyverem Idea
American Federation of ‘Catholic Societies
Italy
Germany
France
Bishop McFaul
Rev
J. Wynne
Walter G. Smith
LB. Minahan
A. Koeble
Monkeys Run Amok Aboard Montrose Ship
On its Yokohama maiden voyage the steam freighter Montrose faced a monkey outbreak as 200 primates looted cabins and attacked crew. Hoy Sing, their keeper, died by self off a bloodied deck amid a chaotic week. many monkeys starved or drowned trying to escape the ship’s crew with about 100 remaining on board.
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New York
Montrose
Yokohama
Hoy Sing
Marquis Ito
Suca
Ita
Clegg
Ito
The
Murder by jilted lover shocks Atlantic City lodging
Helen Godfrey a colored waitress was stabbed to death by Jesse Gibson her discarded lover while she slept in a Doughty avenue lodging in Atlantic City New Jersey. Gibson fled but was captured by Oliver Pointer after police search. Rogan the Tennessee giant starved in Gallatin. he stood 8 feet 9 inches tall with 12 inch hands and 16 1/2 inch feet.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Helen Godfrey
Jesse Gibson
Doughty Avenue
Oliver Pointer
Gibson
Nashville
Tenn
Bud”" Rogan
Gallatin
Rogan
Refuse Union Demand Drives Freight Handlers to Anger
Chicago leaders reject wage rise or arbitration sought by Freight Handlers Union. Twenty two railroads pledge no individual talks and prepare for a possible strike. Police protection arranged for freight houses as mass meetings plan action amid ongoing labor tension.
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Chicago
F. J. Wwannery
Collirs
Curran
Louis James in Ingomar at the National theater
Louis James starred in Maria Lovell’s Ingomar at the National last evening with Terese Deagle as Parthenia Charles Stedman as Polydor James A. Young as Timarch Norman Hackett as Alastor and Annie Marie Schaefer as Adea. The production showcased James’ refined barbarian hero with vivid line readings and musical inflection. Deagle lent sincere heroine performance and Stedman’s Polydor was sharp. costuming was picturesque though not strictly historic. James will perform Richelieu this afternoon and Viretus tonight.
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Louis James
Maria Lovell
Ingomar
Terese Deagle
Parthenia
Charles Stedman
Polydor
James A. Young
Norman Hackett
Alastor
Annie Marie Schaefer
Adea
Ingomars
Mr. James
Miss Deagle
Mr. Stedman
James
Richelieu
Arrest in Beverly Case Leads to Suspect’s Capture
Richard White, charged with causing Henry Beverly’s death, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detective Grant of the First precinct at Center Market. Virginia authorities alerted, sending a constable to Alexandria jail. Beverly, a Jackson City, Virginia, Black man, died after an accidental shooting on a house boat at the Virginia end of the Long Bridge on Labor Day and succumbed at Emergency Hospital Monday afternoon.
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Richard White
Henry Beverly
Grant
Center Market
Virginia
Alexandria
Beverly
Jackson City
Long Bridge
Popular Study of Bible Resumes at Chicago University
Announcement from Chicago states that American Institute of Sacred Literature work will resume with the opening of Chicago University later this month. The institute, part of the university extension department, aims for popular Bible study without denominational bias.
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Chicago
American Institute of Sacred Literature
Chicago University
University Extension Department
W. R. Harper
Prosecute Clothing Frauds Involving Army Contracts
War Department moves to prosecute Morria Busch contractor and Robert Charlton inspector on conspiracy to defraud the government. Papers prepared by Maj John B Porter and sent to Department of Justice for initiation of proceedings. Maj J G Galbraith detailed to inspect six major army supply depots.
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Y. J. B. Porter
War Department
Oliver
Schuylkill Arsenal
Judge Advocate General
Department of Justice
Morria Busch
Robert Charlton
Maj
John B. Porter
Army
J. G. Galbraith
Entertainment for Prince Louis of Battenberg Arrangements
Tentative plans were discussed by Col RM. Thompson and government officials in New York to coordinate private entertainments for Prince Louis of Battenberg during his visit. Acting Secretary Loomis and Acting Secretary Darling reviewed possible arrangements with state and naval officials to harmonize the programme with the visit.
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Louis of Battenberg
Col RM. Thompson
New York
Loomis
Darling
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Orders to Army Officers and Naval Appointees
Military and naval orders issued detailing leaves transfers assignments and appointments across Forts Greble Casey Casey Fort Sam Houston Presidio San Francisco and several cavalry and artillery units. Includes extensions for Lieutenants Clen Sonin Vella Campbell and Stryker as well as veterinarian and surgeon postings and observances for the upcoming annual medical meeting in Detroit. Also notes Navy officers assignments testing grounds at Annapolis and a homicide report from Edwardsville Alabama.
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Alti W Willams
Fort Greble
R L
James I Mabes
Fort Casey
Wash
William H Clen Sonin
Seventeenth Infantry
George Vella
Artillery Corps
Clarence M Condon
San Francisco
Cal
Fiest
Frank J. Otis
Fourth Cavalry
Henry Keene
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Fort Harrison
Mont
States Army
Has- Ditui
Presidio of
William G Doane
Sixteenth Infantry
Twenty-second Infantry
Sydneymith
Charles A Rapp
George A Tanney, Jr
Robert J Foster
Twelfth Cavalry
John H . Oesterhaus
Seventh Cavalry
Manila
Philippines
William N Hensley Jr
Thirteenth Cavalry
An- Pilcation
Cavalry
Field Artillers
Fort Riley
Kent
Philip J R Kiebl
Army
United States
Detroit
Valery Haverd
William C Borden
Charles MeooGandy
Claude Bo Sneezer
Yaenny
Ortoher
Guy Carleton
Carltan
Walter C Chichester
Lawton Wash
James Fo
Fort
Leavenworth
Wallace de Witt
Washokie
Samuel Lambert
Wiliam H Monertet
William T. Davie Charles
Morse
Clarence H Cannot
Nelson Gipen
Louis C. Dune
Philip W. Huntingt
Cary A. Snoddy
Samuel J Morris
Harry Purnell
John W Hanner
Borace D Bloombersh
Leon T le Wald
Robert
L Carswell
W Ho Allderdice
Virginia
Newport News
Thurlow
American Steel Casting Company
Pennsylvania
New York
W H. Chambers
Harrisburg
Gardiner
Navy
W. Evans
Naval Academy
Annapatte Ma
A B Keating
Kentucky
Washington, D
Annapolis
J M Caffery
Wabseh
Boston
Zambezi Bridge Opens as Cape to Cairo Link Completed
The Zambezi River bridge, the highest of its kind, was opened in equatorial Africa with Prof. Darwin leading the ceremony. The cantilever span, 420 feet above water, completes another segment of Cecil Rhodes’s Cape to Cairo railway plan joining Victoria Falls to Kaloma with further lines envisioned near Lake Tanganyika.
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Prof
Darwin
Cecil Rhodes
Victoria Falls
Zambezi River
East Africa
British Association
Erasmus Darwin
Equatorial Africa
Cape-to-Cairo
Rhodes
Egypt
South Africa
Khartoum
Assuan
Wadyhalta
Zambez
Kaloma
Barotseland
Lake Tanganyika
Range
Witnesses subpoenaed in Burton second trial in St Louis
Subpoenas served in Washington name Cochran Vickery Fulton and Rialto Grain and Securities Company attorneys to testify before a Federal tribunal in St Louis for the second Burton indictment. The case medium rests on practicing before Washington departments for a fee and a cashed check in St Louis.
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Washington
St Louis
Senator Burton
Kansas
Federal Grand Jury
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Messrs. Cochran
Vickery
Fulton
Riges National Bank
Gal
Burton
St. Louis
Export Growth Across Breadstuffs Provisions Cotton Oil
A preliminary August export report shows increases of 2 484 497 on breadstuffs 2 915 538 on provisions 11 096 995 on cotton and 337 931 on mineral oils versus the same month last year The total rise in these staple exports equals 16 533 901 For the eight months ended August 31 the rise totals 56 199 213 with breadstuffs 12 080 495 provisions 11 233 748 and cotton 32 205 242 while mineral oils fall by 1 590 272.
Canal meeting postponed as Bates report unfinished
The board of consulting engineers for the Panama Canal postponed their New York meeting because Mr. Bates could not complete a special report for use at the session. Members dispersed to Washington Monday night or Tuesday morning, and a new meeting date has not been set.
Steamer Worker Killed Rescuing Woman in Chicago Collision
M M McPherson of the Granada was killed while dragging Miss Delia Lennon of Bay City Michigan from in front of a swiftly moving freight train. Both were struck by the engine. McPherson died instantly and Miss Lennon was seriously injured.
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Chicago
M. McPherson
Granada
Delia Lennon
Bay City
Mich
McPherson
Lennon
Boy falls sixty feet to death from state capitol dome
Warren Scruggs Jr., 15, of Columbia, perished while writing his name on the State house dome when a metal ceiling gave way. Two colored workers witnessed the fall as authorities promise an investigation into the tragedy and prior top-floor access bans.
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Columbia
S. C
Warren Scruggs, Jr
Warren Scruggs
Young Scruggs
AID FOR RUSSIAN PRISONERS IN WASHINGTON EFFORTS
Washington branch of the Friends of Russian Freedom aids political prisoners released from Sakhalin by Japan. The group, started in Philadelphia and now in Boston, urges relief as prisoners face poverty, illness, and long separation from friends. President Roosevelt helped ease tensions between Japan and Russia while efforts to locate and assist prisoners continue.
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Washington
Friends of Russian Freedom
Sakhalin
Czir
Society of the Friends of Russian Freedom
Philadelpha
Alsander Kent
People’s Church
William Canfield Lee
Dr Kent
Boston
Sakhalin Istsuromor
Legation
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Immigrants Misled by Immigrant Fraud Report Claims
Dr. Morris Fishberg of New York, a Bureau of Immigration agent, testified before the Department of Commerce and Labor that steamship firms could curb undesirable aliens after studying Eastern and Southern Europe. He cites frauds in Italy and the use of runners who promise America as a land of milk and honey. The report offered no specific remedies. Also notes Grant Circle No. 1 Ladies of the G A R held a meeting in the G R Hall with committee reports and plans to present the national encampment delegate report in October.
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Fishberg
Morris Fishberg
New York
Bureau of Immigration
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
United States
Italy
America
Grant Crele
G . R. Hall
Denver
J. Kistler
Increase in Postal Receipts for August at Top 50 Offices
A statement shows August receipts for the fifty largest U S post offices totaling 5 819 161 dollars, up from 5 934 817 dollars a year earlier. The gain is 484 233 dollars or 9 07 percent. New York receipts rose to 6 3 from 070 969 in August last year, an increase of about 126 000 dollars or 11 percent.
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Nepuesta
United States
New York
Will of Miss Weeks Favors Relatives and Indian Artifacts
The will of Miss Fannie A Weeks Treasury Department clerk killed in Montana is filed for probate. It bequeaths money to relatives and friends, leaves a granite grave setup and a monument, and directs Indian relics to the National Museum in a separate case. Executed by Elizabeth Hartman and Kate Brent, dated January 15 1961 with a codicil August 8 1906.
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National Museum
Fannie
Treasury Department
Montana
Burnal
Rock Creek Cemetery
Miss Weeks
Munana Museum
Miss Fannie Weeks
Uated States Indian Service
Uintah
White River
Lacompahgre
Ute
Shoshone
Indiana
City Library of
Washington
Elizane
Hartman
Kate R Brent
Pat Crowe in Lincoln
Pat Crowe, wanted for kidnapping the Cudahy child, was seen in Lincoln for a short time and spoke with Richard Metcalfe of the Commoner before vanishing. No current reward exists, and police would only file a vagrancy charge if captured. Edward Cudahy pledged to use his influence to bring Crowe to trial if he is seized.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Pat Crowe
Edward Cudahy
Omaha
Richard Metcalfe Ori
the Commoner
Crewe
Crowe
Edward A. Cudahy
Crowes
Metcalfe
Record Electrocution of Henry Manzer at Auburn Prison
Henry Manzer was executed in three minutes in the Auburn prison death chamber after confessing to abducting and murdering twelve year old Cora Sweet near Scrirba six miles east of Oswego on May 28. He took her into the woods where he ravished and murdered her.
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Auburn
Henry Manzer
Manzer
Scrirba
Oswego
Cora Sweet
Cambridge Man Kills Wife Then Kills Himself
John Reeves of Cambridge murdered his wife at their home with a razor leaving a nearly decapitated body and then shot himself through the temple. Reeves, about thirty, and his wife, roughly forty-five, were found with a bullet wound in the head indicating a suicide pact or a planned death. Police noted they had not been living together for some time prior to the tragedy.
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Cambridge
Mass
John Reeves
Reeves
Redmond greeted by Irish Americans in Boston arrival
In Boston many Irish Americans welcomed Nationalist William Redmond member of Parliament for the East division of Clare at the South Terminal station. A crowd from County Clare carried him on their shoulders in a brief demonstration lasting several minutes. Meanwhile in Montreal the steamer Victorian was floated for the Altan Line and bound for drydock in Quebec after running aground on September 2.
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Boston
Sep
Wiliam HK
Redmond
East Division
Clare
South Terminal
County Clare
Victorian
Montreal
Altan Line
Quebec
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Popular Study OF Bible
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Zambezi Bridge
Prof. Darwin
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