Bank Fugitive Carey Manker Surrenders Amid Embezzlement Scandal
Carey A. Manker, 65, former president of the Bank of Pearl, claims embezzlement of about 46 000 and fled in 1908. He says he is starving and seeking to give himself up in San Francisco after gambling away 35 000 of the stolen funds. He lived on free lunches in waterfront lodging houses and has a wife and three children in Pearl.
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San Francisco
Carey A. Manker
James Bartman
Pearl, Jr
Bank of Pearl
Bartman
Manker
Portland
Bartmar
Pearl
St. Louis
Moultrie
Young Man Killed by Train Near Waverly Iowa
William Schroeder twenty is killed instantly when Rock Island passenger train No nineteen strikes the Tig in his buggy near Waverly Junction. The horse is killed and the rig demolished. Schroeder had been to a band concert and leaves parents two brothers and two sisters. Funeral at Utetherszn church Monday with Rev John officiating.
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Waverly
William Schroeder
Rock Island
Waverly Junction
Aiao Kled
Traimmen
Maine wreck claims eight lives at Grindstone station
A head on collision at Grindstone Maine near Bangor & Aroostook station killed eight and left fourteen injured. An excursion train with 150 people and a regular train collided just after 3 am. All casualties in the smoking car behind the engine including five passengers and three crew. Both trains were moving slowly as they prepared to pass.
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Grindstone
Bangor & Aroostook
Lght
Giant snake prowling near Troy. farmers hunt it
Farmers near Troy Illinois have hunted a large snake reported by Edward Hunsch. He described a creature as big as a stove pipe and 12 to 15 feet long at a creek on his farm. The snake is alleged to have killed a cow and stolen many chickens at Prairietown. Fred Wels spotted it in tall brush.
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Edwardsville
Troy
Edward Hunsch
Prairietown
Fred Wels
Crowd Sees Final Decatur Ball Game
A large early crowd watched the last of the series with Decatur. Willis and Johnson were the visitors battery, while Stowers and Harrington powered the home battery.
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Decatur
Willis
Johnson
Stowers
Harrington
Suits Filed Against Evelyn Lee Over Abduction Case
Two $100,000 suits were filed in the Superior Court against Evelyn Arthur Lee leader of the Absolute Life cult. Frank J. Hogan represents Stephen H. Bridges who charges the abduction of his daughter Mildred Bridges, 17, and alienation of the affection of his wife Ira. Luelile Bridges.
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Chicago
Evelyn Arthur Lee
Absolute
Frank J. Hogan
Stephen H. Bridges
Mildred Bridges
Ira
Luelile Bridges
Admiral Togo to Stay in Broadway Hotel Suite
A 21 room Broadway hotel suite is being prepared for Admiral Togo and staff. Rooms on three floors will include private dining rooms and an elevator. The decor will follow Japanese fashion with imported flowers and dwarf trees. Togo arrives August 3 in New York and departs for Washington the next day.
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New York
Broadway
Admiral Togo
Togo
Hitching wife to harrow shocks Missouri courtroom
Mrs. La fayette Choat told Judge Porterfield of a Jackson county farm attack in which her husband tied her hands behind her and forced her to help draw a harrow while beating her with a club after she fumbled. She was granted custody of their two children.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Lafayette Choat
Porterfield
Choats
Jackson County
Choat
Stringer Claims Lorimer Popularity Masked By Corruption Charge
Lawrence B. Stringer, Democratic challenger to William Lorimer, testified that Lorimer was popular with the Democratic legislature but suggested corrupt practices influenced Lorimer's election. Reporter Edward C. Phillips also testified that Governor Yates cited a 1909 article predicting Lorimer's election by a Democrat Republican bloc if Lorimer agreed.
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Washington
Lawrence B. Stringer
William Lorimer
Lorimer
Edward C. Phillips
Chicago Record-Herald
Springfield
Yates
Shurtleff
Phillips
Stringer
Johnston
Mr. Stringer
Kern
Senator Kern
Lawrence D. Stringer
Senate Committee
Speaker Shurtleff
Hopkins
Springer
Reciprocity issue drives Canadian election turmoil in July dissolution
Ottawa announces dissolution of parliament with nominations set for September 14 and national polls for September 21. Liberals hold a large majority but lack a closure rule to pass reciprocity with the United States, making the issue central to the campaign. If Liberals win, reciprocity proceeds. if Laurier falls, reciprocity is shelved.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Laurier
Liberal Party
Sale Averts Financial Crash Ties to Tennessee Steel Trust
E W Oglebay testified before the U S Steel inquiry about the 1907 Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption by the Steel trust and Moore & Schley loans. He said the sale was arranged to avert a financial crash and confirmed the Morgan loan secured by TCI stock.
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New York
Moore & Schley
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
J. P. Morgan & Co
Tennessee Coal & Iron
Steel Trust
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Morgan
Littleton
Ledyard
Moore & Schrey
Mr. Littleton
Tennessee
Mr. Morgan
E. W. Oglebay
Cleveland
House of Representatives
Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Compass
Ogichay
Grant B. Schley
LL. Co. Hanna
John W. Gates
Tennessee Manufacturies
Hanna
Hts
Stanley
Oglebay
Tennessee Coal and Iran Syndicate
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Tennessee Company
Doctor Nilled Auto Fatality Near Milwaukee Line
Dr J C Cellester a longtime physician from this city was likely killed yesterday afternoon when his car was struck by a westbound freight train on the Milwaukee line. In Ottumwa, Ottumwa Central federation manager Exzan traded pitcher Plympton to Humboldt for pitcher Hilaefort of Gaiesburg after Plympton jumped to the semipro club.
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Spencer
J. C. Cellester
Milwaukee Railroad
Cellester
Plympton
Ottumwa
Exzan
Ottumwa Central Association
Humboldt
Hilaefort
Gaiesbureg
Young Inventor 18 in Waterloo
Clinton G. Ropp, inventor of the teletoongraph, is described as a rural yet bold young man from Hawkeye Indiana. He has patented telegraph and telephony combinations and earns attention in Waterlon where his latest device is demonstrated at the Marsh Place building. Local businessmen anticipate a Waterton factory to manufacture his invention.
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Clinton G. Ropp
Hawkeye
Waterlon
Marah Place
Mr. Bopp
Waterton
Government to Appeal Hariman Merger Suit to Supreme Court
Washington reports the government will appeal the Harriman merger suit decided for the railroad by the U S circuit court at St Louis. Attorney General Wickersham directs an immediate appeal, hoping to reverse the ruling. Separate item notes NY Central plans to merge financial management and issue new bonds to finance years of operations, a vast railroad capitalization readjustment affecting 13,000 miles.
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Washington
Supreme Cow
Harriman
United States Circuit Court
St. Loui
Wickersham
C. A. Severance
Department of Justice
Severance
Department
Great
New York Central Hines
New York Central
New York
New York Central Railroad
Woman 5 Burned In Kitchen Sink Wreck
In Muscatine Iowa Miss Anna Kruiger, 22, was badly burned as a summer kitchen collapsed after heavy rain. Her wife was saved by prompt family action as stove and utensils scattered in the wreckage. In Osceola, a farmer C E Luken used milk buckets to douse a house fire, stopping the blaze before it spread.
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Muscatine
Anna Kruiger
Osceola
C. E. Lukenill
Preacher Defends Jonah Story As Evangeli cal
Rev. H. G. Jackson of Chicago Lawn Methodist Episcopal Church tells Des Plaines camp meeting that Jonah and the whale is not a mere fish story. He argues the book of Jonah is highly evangelic in the Old Testament and many preachers avoid it.
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Chicago
Jonah
H. G. Jackson
Chicago Lawn Methodist Episcopal Church
Des Plaines
Grizzled War Veterans Observe Young Soldiers at Drill
Gray-haired Civil War veterans watched young soldiers drill at the national military tournament in Grant Park. Grand Army Day crowds attended as guests of the management for a special program featuring a band concert, wall scaling, shell tents, infantry and cavalry drills, and a vivid battlefield reproduction.
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Chicago
Grant Park
John W Gates's Health Deteriorates in Paris Hotel
Paris July 29 The condition of John W Gates the American financier who lies seriously ill at a Paris hotel worsened today after a chill which developed a slight pulse.
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Paris
John W. Gates
Lchill
Des Moines Files Kick Off Rates Complaint
Washington dispatch reports the Greater Des Moines committee filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking a roughly 15 percent cut in class freight rates from Des Moines Iowa to Colorado Kansas Nebraska and Wyoming arguing current rates are unreasonable excessive and discriminatory in light of recent Chicago to Colorado point rate reductions.
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Washington
Des Moines
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Greater
Pioneer resident James Dunkerton critically ill in Dunkerton
Dunkerton, Iowa July 29 special report says James Dunkerton, early Black Hawk county settler after whom Dun kerton was named, lies very low at his home at age over 85. His son H. Dunkerton, ill for four months, is gradually improving.
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Dunkerton
James Dunkerton
Black Hawk County
Mr. Dunkerton
H. Dunkerton
Store Sold to Nashua Firm in Galloway Addition
E L Corson sold his store in Galloway addition to Jones Bros of Nashua who will operate an up to date store. New proprietors take possession August 1. Corson remains a Waterloo for the present.
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E. UL. Corson
Galloway
Jones Bros
Nashua
Mr. Corson
Waterloo
Photographers Elect Officers at St Paul Convention
The Photographic Association of America met in St Paul and selected Philadelphia as the city of 1912. Officers named include President Benjamin Larrimere from Ion Indiana and First Vice President F Townsend from Des Moines Iowa. Treasurer W H Tewha from Raleigh North Carolina and other officers were listed. The convention adjourned with plans for future activities.
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St. Paul
Philadelphia
Photogra Ciation of America
Benjamin Larrimere
Ion
Ind
F. Townsend
Des Motes
Whal Tewha
Raleigh
N. C
Ser. Bucyrus
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Notlos
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Vaughan Implement Company
National Association of Implement and Vehicle Dealers
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