Fifth String Bank Closed by Authorities in Chicago
State examiners shut a fifth bank, the State Bank of Calumet, linking it to the Lorimer Monday bank chain. About $4,000,000 in deposits tied up. LaSalle Street Trust and Savings, Illinois State, Broadway State, Ashland Twelfth State, and others under scrutiny as ex-senator Lorimer nears collapse.
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Chicago
Sfth
State Bank Examiner
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank
State Bank of Calumet
State Auditor's
Springfield
State Banking Department
William Lorimer
LaSalle Street Bank
Broadway State Bank
Illinois State Bank
Ashland Twelfth State Bank
Daniel V. Harkin
Alnte
Chicago Clearing House Association
Emall
Ilinois
Ashland
Broadway
B. Munday
Wm. Lorimer
United States
C. B. Munday
Munday
James B. Forgan
First National Bank
Clearing House Committee
Chicago Clearing House Bank
Search begins for cantaloupe trust in Chicago
Chicago June 13 The United States government has begun a cantaloupe trust probe by summoning commission merchants to testify before the grand jury. The inquiry targets New York Pittsburgh Chicago Colorado and California. Investigators allege two boards of control of the eastern cantaloupe exchange orchestrated price manipulation before and after its 1911 formation with prices rising from 1 75 to 3 per case.
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Chicago
United States
New York
Pittsburgh
Colorado
California
Delivery Not On Time Contact Numbers Given
If the paper is not delivered by 6 oclock due to carrier error or other cause, call 3280 for a copy. After 6:30 pm complaints go to the night phone 2990 line or No. 2 after 6 pm.
Woman in the Case of the Wisconsin Lorimer Bank Scandal
Chicago reports a tangled political banking scandal centered on state auditor James J. Brady and LaSalle Street Trust and Savings. A breach of promise suit by Mary Quinlan Kuhns Brady links Brady to Lorimer era politics, with testimonies detailing Brady’s marriage, payments to staff, and campaign contributions from banks.
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Chicago
James J. Brady
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Mary Qinlan Kubns Brady
Charles B. Erbstein
Lee O'Neil Browne
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Erbstein
Lorimer
Kuhns
Mary Quinlan Kuhns
Brady
Detroit
Mich
Illinois
Springfield
Michigan
John H. Coyne
Gainet
B. Munday
LaSalle Street Bank
Coyne
State Auditor
Gayne
Munday
Ard
Edward Tilden
Roger Sullivan
Aiso
la Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Tilden
The
Drovers’ National
Drovers’ Trust and Savings Banks
Sullivan
Ward
L. L. Bacchus
Banking and Building and Loan Department
DIES IN BED AFTER LIFE OF ADVENTURE
Captain John A Napier died in his bed in St Joseph Michigan at age eighty eight after a forty year career as sailor and vessel master on the Great Lakes. He saved sixty lives including thirty two from the Merchant wreck near Chicago earning a gold watch and chain from Chicago citizens.
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St. Joseph
Mich
John A. Napier
Great Lakes
Napier
Chicago
Congress
D. G. Williams
Miracle child and mother reunite sight in Denver
Mrs. Frank Parton of Arvada, a Denver suburb, saw her husband and year-old son for the first time and recovered vision after losing sight in childhood. She was blinded when a fork struck her right eye, leading to long years without clear sight.
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Colorado Springs
Denver
Frank Parton
Arvada
Pat
C G W Connected in Merger Rumors
St Paul June 13 railroad officials deny Chicago reports of planned operation or control changes among the Chicago Great Western Chicago and Eastern Illinois Pere Marquette and Detroit Toledo and Ironton lines The Great Western is the only one not under receivership and its voting trust may end June 30 sparking potential re alinements with Grand Trunk Louisville Nashville Pennsylvania Canadian Pacific Soo or other lines
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St. Paul, Minn
Lorcal Railroad
Chicago
Chicago Great Western
Chicago & Eastern
Illinoia
Pere Marquette
Detroit
Toledo & Ironton
Dispatch
Great Western
Grand Trunk
Chicago & Eastern Ilinois
Lauiaville & Nashville
Pennsylvania
Canadian Pacific
Soo
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Commodore Wallace Dies in New York at 79
Commodore Rush Richard Wallace U S Navy retired died of pneumonia at his daughter's home in New York on June 13. He was 79 years old and long served as commandant of the Newport naval station.
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Commodore Wallace
New York
Commodore Rush Richard Wallace
U. S. Ni
L. A. Ewald
Newport Naval Station
Huerta's Successor Sought as Mexican Provisional Leader
Niagara Falls mediators push for a provisional Mexican government to arise in Mexico City after Huerta. The plan seeks recognition by the United States and mediating powers, with Towne stating the protocol’s signing is hopeful yet critical amid efforts to transfer power. Carranza allies caution against placing a constitutionalist as provisional president to avoid legitimizing Huerta’s acts.
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Niagara Falls
Huerta
Mexico
Mexico City
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Washington, D. C
Washington
Chas. A. Towne
New York
Minnesota
General Huerta
Bryan
Wilson
Towne
C. A. Douglass
Carranza
Bryan Carranza
Saltilla
Tex
Laredo
Hurta
Service Corporation Is Ordered Sold
In Council Bluffs Iowa a United States district court decree orders the defendant to pay 536,937 within 20 days to satisfy a mortgage claim in the case of Louis Bossot against the Local and Nebraska Public Service Corporation, owner and operator of electric plants in Iowa and Nebraska. The bond and stock holdings are substantial.
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Council Bluffig
United States District Court
Louis Bossot
Lowal
Nebraska Public Service Corporation
Iowa
Nebraska
Enat
Steerage Passenger Rampage Aboard White Star Ship Canople
Twenty steerage travelers aboard the White Star steamer Canople from Boston were stabbed by an Italian passenger who suddenly attacked during the voyage. Five wounded men are in critical condition with Berione terms noted.
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Azores
Canople
Boston
Berione
Big Y Campaign Rally Set by Waterloo Y Tonight
The Waterloo Y M C A and officers announce a wide open house tonight despite rain threats. Factory workers plan to attend, magazines and newspapers will be available, and the warming pool will be in operation for visitors who can swim free of charge. The Y aims to welcome all religious opinions and emphasizes moral and private development benefits for all attendees.
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M.C. A
Waterloo
Y. M. CA
Sanitary Milk Drive Opens Monday For Babies Care
Dr. Thompson leads Associated Charities campaign to inspect dairy herds and premises starting Monday. Goals include labeling milk safe for infants, reducing micro organisms per cubic centimeter, and raising sanitary grade to eighty or higher with physicians prescribing only high quality crude milk produced under strict conditions.
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Thompson
Associated Charities
Clark
Plan to Shame Vice Resort Owners
Dr. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Chicago clergyman, proposes labeling owners of immoral resort buildings with brass door plates to fix responsibility. He notes many such properties are owned by widows, some socially prominent, in Chicago.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Chicago
Roosevelt Arrives in London for Social Scientific Visit
Col Theodore Roosevelt landed in London from the continent, greeted by Ambassador Walter Hines Page and a crowd including Lieut. Col. Arthur Harriton Lee and the archbishop of Canterbury. He said his visit is social and scientific, to lecture at the Royal Geographical Society on Brazil discoveries and to meet friends, declining discussion of politics.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Philp J. Roosevelt
Walter Hines Page
Arthur Harriton Lee
Washington
Newton Crane
American Society
Col
Roosevelt
Archbishop of
Canterbury
England
Royal Geographical Society
Brazil
Col. Roosevelt
Col. Lee
Ackley Sauerkraut Day set for August 27
Ackley business leaders selected officers and fixed August 27 as the twelfth annual Sauerkraut Day. The festival, begun twelve years ago, now inspires similar events in nearby towns and Minnesota. Despite threats from cabbage worms and dog poisoners, revised preparations ensure the celebration proceeds with ample sauerkraut and wienerwursts.
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Ackley
Jaume
Minnesota
Nuisance At Power Plant To Be Abated
W C L & N reports smoke and gas trouble at its power plant will be addressed quickly. General manager D Cass says experts have been brought in and a Denver plant model inspired the rebuild. Steel stacks forty feet high are being tested with one erected and another underway to stamp out the nuisance. If stacks fail, a brick chimney costing thousands may be built.
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D. Cass
Cass
Tle City
United States
Denver
Balloon Pilot Not Seriously Hurt In Oregon City Run
Portland Oregon June 13 Captain Berry pilot and George Morrison passenger of the balloon Milton Population club walked into Oregon City today Berry was not seriously injured Oregon City is 16 miles south of Portland
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Portland
Gre
Captain Berry
George ¥. Morrison
Passennger
Milton Population Club
Oregon City
Berry
Mt Lassen eruptions intensify with sulfur smell
Redding California reports Mt Lassen eruption more violent than last night with sulfur odor in the air and ash falling at Mineral, 16 miles from the peak. Italian troops ordered to take charge of Rome railroad stations and tracks, as detachments moved to control critical rail lines.
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Redding
Cal
Mt. Lassen
Rome
Italy
Suffrage Wing Adopts Unionist Principle At Meeting
In Chicago on June 13 1914 the General Federation of Woman's Clubs endorsed the principle of woman suffrage ending a 20 year push to remove constitutional barriers. The motion was moved by E Denniston of San Francisco and supported by delegates from Kentucky Milwaulkee and others. The vote was by viva voce and the room erupted as the Battle Hymn of the Republic rang out. Carrie Chapman Call and Pennybacker figures cited political equality as a moral right.
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Chicago
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
E. Denniston
San Francisco
Resolutions Committee
Hoass
James Lee
Kentucky
Percy V. Pennybacker
Illinois
Liner Collision in Fog Injures None on New York
In dense fog at 2 36 this morning the Hamburg American liner Pretoria collided with the American liner New York off Nantucket. No injuries reported. The New York continued to New York while the Pretoria headed to Hamburg. damage to Pretoria appears minor and unconfirmed.
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New York
Siasconsett
Mass
Pretoria
Hamburg
Nantucket
Roberts
Hamburg American Line
Train wreck near Baghdad kills two and injures twenty three
In Bagdad California last night an eastbound Santa Fe limited train crashed into a freight train after an open switch. Two men, Charles Belcher of San Francisco and another unnamed victim, died in the collision while 23 others were injured and transported for treatment. A special train carried the victims to the scene.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bagdad
Santa Fe
Sewenteriu Oy Vie
BLM
Crampi Charles Belcher
San Franchccm
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J. A. Napier
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Soven Pere
Misa Ruth Pennybacker
Texas
American Federation of Women's Clubs
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Grundy
Franklin Emmnties
Adiai EB. Stevenson
Cleveland
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Hkederstien
Southampton
108 Angeles
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