Britain Japan pact pledges peace in Far East
London Sept 27 the new agreement between Great Britain and Japan signed Aug 12 is issued. It pledges no disturbance of the existing status quo and safeguards territorial rights in Eastern Asia and India, while aiming to ensure peace and prosperity in the region.
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Asia
Lansdowne
London
Great Britain
Japan
Lord Landsdowne
Tarun Wiyaso
Foreign Office
Far East
East Asia
India
Hayashi
Haren Hayashi
Arei
Chares Dilke
Russia
Britain
Inda
Germany
Charles
France
Bharny
Owich
Jay UN
China
Miraculous Rescue After Iron Spike Impalement
Davenport, a wrecker at the World's Fair Grounds, escaped death when a six inch spike pierced his forearm while lowering cornice from the Transportation Building roof sixty feet above ground. He hung suspended as workers rigged a block and tackle, freed him, and he was treated with carbolic acid to prevent lockjaw. Boss and fellow laborers aided the descent amid rusted spike hazards.
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Washington
St Louis
Davenport
Transportation
Debrig
Not from Baltimore searching for head in Winthrop case
Boston police pursue leads in the Winthrop yacht club torso case as a head remains missing and a suitcase is traced to a possible suspect who may have left the city. A blond woman identified as Mrs Rosa Schapiro of Baltimore is ruled out as the victim, while Mrs Rosie Schapiro of Baltimore is sought for information as detectives continue the homicide inquiry.
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Baltimore
Boston
Washington Post
College Park
Rebecca Burnham
Winthrop Yacht Club
Jeremiah Greene
Winthrop Highlands
Greene
Hir
Dugan
Schairo
Rosie Schapiro
Maurece Schapiro
Herrick seeks indictment of Chicago blackmailer
Governor Myron T Herrick told the Cuyahoga County grand jury to pursue charges against a Chicago woman accused of repeatedly attempting to blackmail him over several years. A Chicago detective accompanied Herrick to the jury room to present evidence in the case.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Myron T Herrick
Cuyahoga County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Gor Herrick
Yellow fever found in Mullboro near Asheboro
A Greensboro physician received a letter from a nurse sent to Mullboro, Randoph County, reporting several yellow fever cases there, after going to nurse suspected typhoid fever. The nurse said many deaths prompted expert examination revealing yellow fever.
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Washington Post
Greetsboro
Mullboro
Asheboro
Randoph County
Bryan Urges Roosevelt Appeal to People in Open Letter
William J. Bryan in Lincoln Nebraska writes to President Roosevelt urging a broad appeal to voters across parties for railroad rate regulation and tariff reform. He warns of railroad lobby opposition, supports direct Senate election, arbitration boards, and asks Roosevelt to push decisive rate legislation despite party friction.
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Lincoln
Nebr
William J. Bryan
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Bryan
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House
National City Bank of New York
House of Representatives
Republican Party
W. J. Bryan
Taft making record trip from Yokohama to San Francisco
Mail advices report the Taft party of congressmen aboard the steamship Korea will attempt a direct Yokohama to San Francisco run with no Honolulu coaling. The goal is to beat the Empress of Japan’s ten days ten hours trans Pacific record by ten days. Six dead in Paoli wreck. Noble Redmond dies leaving five injured. Niagara Falls excursion offered October 13 via Pennsylvania Railroad with limited coach and Pullman space, $10 for ten days.
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Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
B. M. Newbold
Carter on Stand in Sworn Case Over $500000 to Treasury
Federal cross examination of former Captain O M Grayter continues in Swit proceedings to force Carter to surrender $500000 to the National Treasury. Letters show Carter urged a case before witnesses died. Testimony covers a 1886 loan, a mortgage on a home, and alleged dealings with contractor Greene, with links to West Point and an Ottawa ministerial action.
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Chicago
O. M Grayter
FHS
Carter
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Richard Wyman
United States Circuit
Kohlsaat
Horace G Stone
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
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Edward I Johnson
Apt Carter
New York
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Johnson
Gen. Gillespie
Attorney Stone
Machent
Penne
Erwin
B. D Greene
Army
Westcott
Engineer Corps
United States Army
West Point
Fugitives Returning Under Extradition Plan
Special to The Washington Post reports final stages of the Gaynor Greene extradition. Officers specially commissioned to transport them back to Georgia will arrive in Montreal tomorrow. A note mentions furniture and carpets at Sloan's today.
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Washington Post
Montreal
Gaynor-Greene
Georgia
Sloan's
Woman Murderer On Train: Body Thrown From Car
London report recalls the 1881 Gala murder as a young woman Mary Money is found mutilated in a train compartment. No ticket, doors shut on arrival at Red Hill, and no trace of the killer. Police deem murder, suspect a lone assailant in a compartmented carriage.
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Meistham
London and Southeastern
Frederick J. Gala
Percy Lefroy
Mapleton
Mary Money
Red Hill
Bacon Leaves Steel Trust Resigns from U S Steel Board
New York Sept. It was announced that Robert Bacon, who became First Assistant Secretary of State at Washington October 1, has resigned from the directory and finance committee of the United States Steel Corporation Hig successor in the board and on the committee is George F Baker, president of the First National Bank of this city, prominently identified with the Morgan interests.
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New York
Robert Bacon
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Hig
George F Baker
First National Bank
Morgan Interests
Endowed by Proctor Funds Vermont TB Hospital
Vermont Senator Redfield Proctor will provide the site, supervise construction at no less than 500, endow the institution with a $10,000 fund to cover maintenance interest. The hospital would be state managed with the governor on the board, per the request of Proctor’s children. The offer was announced by Dr W M Bryant, secretary of the state tuberculosis commission.
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Birlington
Proctor
Hays
Typhoon Destruction Strikes Manila Kills Five
Special dispatch reports Manila on September 26 as the most destructive typhoon since 1882. Five Filipinos died including two policemen and 200 natives were injured. Thousands homeless, 8000 displaced, streets dark and electric wires down. churches and a hotel unroofed. shipping in the bay unseen due to rain. transport Logan delayed. $98,000 cash aboard shipped to Washington.
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Fhe Weahington Post
Menila
War Department
Manila
Logan
Bureau of Insulagy
Way Department
Washington
Riot in Manitowoc over river intake test
In Manitowoc Wisconsin citizens clashed with waterworks personnel during a test of the plant when the river intake pipe was opened. Mayor Stolze faced assault as health officers and city officials were attacked while enforcing non water intake rules. The dispute traces to a political fight over city control of the water plant.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Manitowoc Waterworks Company
Stolze
Max Staehle
Lorengen
Hold Up in Goldfield Saloon Stuns Nine Men
Special to The Washington cost Goldfield Nevada September 2 heading describes a masked duo robbing Good Friend and Briggs saloon on Main Street at 1 am. They forced eight patrons against the back wall, demanded surrender, then opened the roulette wheel and cash register securing about 1200 dollars in gold after treating the crowd. A posse formed but failed to catch them.
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Washington
Goldfield
Nev
Riend & Briggs
Main Street
Minot National Bank President Arrested on False Report Charge
J A Erickson of Minot North Dakota, president of the Minot National Bank now under receiver, was arrested by a federal marshal on a warrant charging him with filing a false report to the Comptroller of the Currency. He appeared before a US commissioner, waived exam, and was held to the grand jury in 16000 bond. Chapman named permanent receiver. Local friends say he is penniless. Ends with ad for September Furniture Sale.
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Minot
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Minot National Bank
United States
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Erickson
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Wrand Jury
J A. Erickson
Ole Erickson
Slocum and
Lloyd
Frank Chapman
National Bank Examiner
Minot National
Index to Today's Issue Highlights and Debates
The issue lists items across sections including Anglo Japanese treaty Bryan offers aid to the president and typhoon strikes Manila. It notes Vickers, Rockefeller, cabinet officers on issues, insurance troubles, Komura’s gratitude, a Hebrew festival, industrial peace, baseball and trotting results, tennis tournament results, new district official, naval surgeons in convention, Samoans thanking the president, and notes on Indian schools funding and living costs.
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Manila
Vickers Land Rockefeller
Hiquitable
Komura
Virginia
Maryland
Monte Cristo
Art TY
No Liberty in Cuba Seeks End to Liberal Fight
Special Dispatch from Havana reports Diario de la Marina interviews with Moderates candidate Mendez Capote Liberal candidate Jose Miguel Gomez and interior secretary Freyre Andrade. Andrade says no new mayors appointed for electoral use and that order prevailed. Gomez worries over government oppression and envisions dissolving the Liberal party amid violence and alleged conspiracies in Placetas and Cienfuegos where Liberals were harmed and a mayoral assault occurred.
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Havana
Diario de la Marina
Mendez Capote
Jose Miguel Gomez
Freyre Andrade
Andrade
Gomez
Liberal Party
Senor Capote
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Cienfuegos
Senor Montsagudo
Placetas
Pistol Unfired in Cienfuegos Police Chief Death
Cuban Legation reports autopsy shows police chief killed by a non fired pistol. Revolver unfired, suggesting no chance to defend himself. Authorities in Havana note the arrest of a suspect who threw filth at the American consulate. Election favoring the Moderate party boosts Havana securities up to ten points.
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Legation
Quesada
Havana
Muted body found in cornfield near Paris Missouri
In Sept, near Paris Missouri, the mutated body of a young man, likely dead weeks, was found in a corn field six miles west. Nine knife wounds indicated murder. A card reading Concordia Illinois was found in the cloth with the victim.
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Paris
Here
Concordia
Lead In Cans Kills Children in Petoskey Twins Die
In Petoskey Michigan six month old twins of Archie Boubals died after ingesting poison believed to come from condensed milk cans. The incident prompted an official investigation and warnings about contaminated cans. Separately in Bloomington Indiana ex Interstate Commerce Commissioner Joseph W Fifer said he will retire after pending matters at the commission are resolved, likely January 1 1996. A New York terminal note follows.
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Mich
Archie Boubals
Fifer
Bloomington Tl
Zov
Joseph W Fifer
Interstate Commerce
Rockefellers Visit Highlights Survival of the Fittest Doctrine
Cleveland crowd at John D. Rockefeller's Forest Hill home lauds his career and the Standard Oil era. Spokesman Andrew Squire extols competition and efficiency as life lessons while Rockefeller urges younger attendees to seek service to humanity beyond wealth.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Big Hime
Forest Hill
Andrew Squire
L E. Holden
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Equire
Mr Rockefeller
Mrs Rockefeller
Squire
Standard Oil Company
Samre
Cleveland and
Duchess Marlborough Operation Aimed At Deafness Cure
New York Sept 1910 Dr Holbrook Curtis reported the Duchess Consuelo Vanderbilt now Mrs Marlborough underwent an operation yesterday not for threat trouble but to remove a nasal deafness from a fall in youth One patient was improving and likely to leave the hospital on Thursday
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New York
Ind
Holbrook Curtis
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderblt
Curtis
Found Dead in Bathroom in Philadelphia Apartment
William H Kirke Patrick, 55, Philadelphia agent for Northwestern Mutual Life, was found dead with a bullet wound in his head in his apartment bathroom. Ill health and melancholia are cited as likely causes. Kirke was a Union League, Cincinnati Society, and Pennsylvania Historical Society member. In Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Mrs Peter Bach, shot three times by her husband after a quarrel at 10 a.m., remains gravely wounded.
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William H Kirkepatrick
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Union League
The
Society of the Cincinnati
Pensylvania Historical Society
Manitowoc
Wis
Peter Bach
Bach
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