Bandit Struck by Engineer After Rail Robbery
New Orleans reports a bandit named Howard E. Edwards, from Jupiter Florida, robbed the New York limited train twelve miles east of New Orleans. He was felled by engineer Baer with a brass torch, sustaining a fractured skull and taken to charity hospital. Edwards claims a gang partner list and details of similar robberies, aiding police.
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New Orleans
New York Limited
Loudaville and Nashville
Charity Hospital
Howard E. Edwards
Jupiter
Fla
Edwards A
Baer
Edwards
Bay St. Louis
Miss
18 Year Old Dives Ninety Feet From Eads Bridge
St Louis crowds witness Richar S King an 18 year old diver plunge from the highest span of the Eads bridge into the Mississippi River on Labor Day He stripped to a bathing suit climbed out over the ser and performed two somersaults before entering the water and surfacing to be helped by a skiff Witnesses said he aimed to break the fall and returned unharmed after several seconds underwater
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St. Louis
Richar S. King
Eads Bridge
King
Roosevelt Attacks Wilson at Minnesota State Fair
Col Roosevelt arrives in St Paul to address the state fair as crowds greet him at union station. He meets with the progressive state central committee and attends a formal reception before a lengthy conference. He denounces Democratic bosses and defends his tariff stance against Gov Wilson’s report.
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St. Paul
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Rock Island and Pacific
Des Moines
Union Station
Col. Roosevelt
Progressive State Central Committee
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt
Minnesota State Fair Grounds
Wilson
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Lorimer
Illinois
Clark
Taggart
Indiana
Sullivan
Mr. Murphy
New York
Gov. Wilson
Democrate
Passenger Robbery On Train Involves Suspect Edwards
Edwards lay unconscious at Inter vale through the night and provided police with key information about alleged partners. He is about 5 feet 6 inches tall, 120 pounds, roughly 30 years old. Supt Marshall of the Louisville Nashville line noted a single revolver on the trainman path, while the robber kept the crew at bay. Many passengers hid valuables after learning of the threat.
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Edwards
Intervale
Supt
Marshall
New Orleana Division
Louieville & Nashville Railroad
Garford Nominated for Ohio Governor by Progressive State Convention
Arthur L. Garford of Elyria was nominated for governor of Ohio today by the Progressive state convention in Columbus. The platform calls for child labor prohibition, minimum wage for women, ban on night work for women, an eight hour day for women, industrial education, municipal home rule, and a non-partisan judicial ballot. Governor Hiram Johnson of California, the Progressive VP nominee, addressed the session and conferred with party leaders.
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Columbus
Arthur L. Garford
Elyria
Ohio
Hiram Johnson
California
James R. Garfield
Walter F. Brown
Davenport Club Buys Infielder Milton Reed
Davenport Iowa September 5 The Davenport Three I baseball team has purchased infielder Milton Reed from the Springfield Illinois Three I team The price was 606 Springfield secured Reed from the St Louis Cardinals by whom he was purchased from the Southeastern league
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Davenport
Milton Reed
Springfield
Ill
Reed
St. Louis Cardinals
Oldest Civil War drummer honored by Third Minnesota
In Minneapolis on September 5, David Hancock of Red Wing, aged 100, the regiment's oldest member, celebrated his birthday with Third Minnesota infantry veterans in Richmond halls. Hancock recalled how he joined the army at age 42 after a recruiter misjudged him, becoming drum major for the unit.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Third Minnesota Infantry
David Hancock
Red Wing
Arma
Richmond Halls
Ben
Donne
Epidemic Meningitis Kills Nebraska Horses
Holdrege Nebraska reports hundreds of horses dead from cerebrospinal meningitis in an epidemic. State veterinarian Dr A Boostrom met 160 farmers and veterinarians to discuss causes and confirmed meningitis after a post mortem. Cases appeared across various pastures and feeding regimens with no single food link identified.
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Holdredge
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
A. Boostrom
Boostrom
Indict Clinton County Officials in Court House Scandal
Clinton County grand jury returns thirty-one indictments against three county officials two former officials and three contractors tied to the Clinton county courthouse scandal. The panel had been investigating since last April.
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Clinton, In
Clinton County Court House
Trade Unionists Back Opposition To Compulsory Arbitration
Newport England Sept. 6 Trade unions at the trades union congress vote against adopting compulsory arbitration in trade disputes. Nearly 2,000,000 members are represented by about 500 delegates attending the congress. El Verso Havana 10c Cigar.
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Newport
England
Trades Union Congress
Hog buried thirty two days survived
Manilla Iowa September 5 An extraordinary accident on H E Hayes farm two miles north of Manilla. A high bred hog was buried under three tons of straw during threshing last month. After thirty two days the baler uncovered the animal. Feed and water revived it and it appeared sound but the hog perished in a severe storm that night.
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Manilla
Darrow Evidence Wanted in Indiana
Evidence from Clarence Darrow’s jury bribery trial may be used in the government’s dynamite conspiracy case in Indianapolis. Attorney General Wickersham instructed agent James Taynor to prepare extracts from the Darrow trial records for possible use.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence
Darrow
Indianapolis
Wickersham
James Taynor
Secret Service
Champion Typist Miss Tarr Shatters Speech Dictation
Sea Girl New Jersey Sept 5 Miss Salome Lanning Tarr an 18 year old typist in Governor Wilson s office is a world champion in her field She copied Governor Wilson s 6000 word acceptance speech from dictation delivering it to him next morning nearly perfect with only minor changes Her earlier record includes 230 words a minute for court testimony and 190 words a minute for solid matter.
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N. J
Salome Lanning Tarr
Wilson
Mise Tarr
Transcript of Anton Johannsen Testimony Referencing Indianapolis Defendants
Anton Johannsen, San Francisco labor leader, testified on the stand and referred to several Indianapolis defendants. The testimony focused on alleged actions and associations involving the defendants and their links to labor activities in the city.
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Anton Johannsen
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Gibson case draws consular interest in will executor dispute
New York September reports consular representatives from two nations joined the case of Burton W. Gibson, a New York lawyer named executor of Mrs. Rona Szabo’s will after her drowning at Greenwood Lake Orange County. British and Austrian authorities probe connections to Gibson’s past clients and investigations including a missing British subject and a Bronx murder tied to him. Gibson declined comment at his downtown office.
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New York
Burton W. Gibson
Rona Szabo
Greenwood Lake
Orange County
Gibson
John J. Broderick
Great Britain
John Rice O'Neil
O'Neill
Alice Kinnan
Bronx
Sait
Wolgast Hurt Cranking Car Forces Match Postponement
Cadillac, Mid Sept. Ad Wolgast, the lightweight champion, sustained a likely severe right arm injury while cranking his motor car. A doctor said the accident will sideline him a month or six weeks, likely delaying his planned bout with Packey McFarland in New York this month.
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Cadillac
Mid
Ad" Wolgast
Wolgast
Packey McFarland
New York
Dunlap, Enemy of Wiley, Resigns from Bureau
Dr. Dunlap of the bureau of chemistry and associate chemist under Dr. Harvey W. Wiley resigned today to take a commercial post in Chicago. He was a member of the pure food board and became notable for helping mount charges of irregularity against Dr. Wiley. Old Reliable Big Head Cigar.
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Washington, Rept
FL 1
Dunlap
Bureau of Chemistry
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau
Chicago
Pure Food Board
Wiley
None of Candidates Active in Progressive State Convention
Syracuse dispatch reports the progressive state convention opening with 1500 delegates facing a potential deadlock on the ticket. Prendergast and Hotchkiss deny active canvassing, Colby and Perkins are linked to Roosevelt's wishes, while Hotchkiss is alleged to be maneuvering for his own nomination despite denials.
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Syracuse
Prendergast
Wor A. Prendergast
New York
Hotchkiss
Upstate
Bainbridge Colby
Geo. W. Perkins
Col. Roosevelt
Hotchkins
Taft Heads to New York and Beverly with Ailing Ankle
President Taft, hampered by a lame ankle, travels from the White House by auto to Union Station and onto the Mayflower yacht in New York. Officials prepared a smooth path, with a possible address at New London if time allows, failing that, Beverly remains the target.
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Washington
Taft
New York
New London
Beverly
White House
Gary
U Union Station
Atlantic Deeper Waterway Association
Self inflicted gunshot ends pursuit in Waverly tragedy
Warren Ingersoll 32 attempted to murder his wife last night in front of Alderman Schell's home, then eluded a county posse. Surrounded in a cornfield this morning he shot himself in the mouth, fell unconscious, and was taken to a hospital where doctors fear he will die. Mrs. Ingersoll was wounded four times but is expected to recover. The assailant, a local painter born in Bremer County, faced officers after earlier gunfire. The couple had not been living together. Major J Y Hazlett assisted in the pursuit. In a separate note, Two Harbors resumes coal retailing after a prolonged probe into a Duluth Superior coal trust. city council, largely socialist, oversees the change.
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Waverly
John A. Krause
Warren Ingersoll
Inger
Ingersoll
Jarvis
Youth Valedictorian Forfeits Medal Over Dishonest Claims
Chicago report details Patton of Springfield Indiana who admitted copying quotations and using teachers' suggestions to win the June 1910 valedictorian honor. He returned the medal, apologized publicly in Springfield papers, and joined Moody Bible Institute after a recent conscience awakening.
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Lincoln
Chicago
Patton
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Frank Thompson
Springfeld High School
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