Fair play., 1912-11-09

Sheridan Pitt Read of New York

| Tientsin, China, died in London from
heart disease
The seaport of Acapulco, On the Pa
cifc coast OF Mexico, was virtually de.
stroyed by severe hurricane, accord
ing to wireless dispatches.
Richardson and Backstrum, two OF
the convicts who escaped from the
Wyoming penitentiary, were Killed by
a posse near Powder Springs. on the
! Colorado Wyoming line
Ira Kringel. 30 years old. has OBJ.
| tained control of the Manhattan Life
Insurance company, "A $22 100000 cor.
! poration. it was learned. thus adding
to Wall street another boy wizard OF
I finance"
Gen. Homer Lea the Amarican citi.
zen who acted as adviser to the lead.
ers of the late Chinese rebellion, died
at his residence, Ocean, Beach, Cal.
Jack Johnson's Cafe de Champion,
| in Chicago, was closed by the police.
The order to close the place of the
negro pugilist came from Capt. Max
NOotbar, who had received word from
City Collector Edward Cohen that no
/ license had been issued to him.
! That George w. Perkins, former
| partner of J. p. Morgan. was the mov-
ing spirit in the organization OF the
| International Harvester company, was
| the substance of the testimony of
| John j. Glessner, vice.president and
director of the alleged harvester trust.
/ Gen. Felix Diaz, nephew of ex-Pres-
idcnt Porfirio Diaz. who was sen.
fenced to death by court martial at
Vera Cruz for instigatlng an uprising
against the Madero government. has
been placed in solitary confinement in
San Juan de Ola prison, pending
final decision in his case by the SUI
preme court.
Resenting an attempt TO haze him.
c. L. Baton of Vicksburg, Miss. fred
revolver into a crowd of Tulane
university students at New Orleans.
seriously wounding Wallace Mont
gomery of Shreveport, La.
The senate as 4 whole has been ap-
pointed as a committee to attend the
funeral Of Vice.President Sherman,
according to announcement made in
New York by Senator Bacon, presi-
dent pro tempore of that body.
Servian losses of 1900 killed and
1000 wounded since fighting with Tur.
key began were semi.officially admit
ted in dispatches from Belgrade. Mill
tary men here believed the actual
number of victims is about twice what
the Servians admit
Former Lieutenant of Police Charles
Becker, convicted last week in New
York City of murder in the first de-
gree, for bringing about the assas-
sination of Herman Rosenthal, gam.
bier, was sentenced by Justice Gon
to death in the electric chair in Sing
Sing prison during the week begin
ming December 9.
Maurice Bienaime, who with MIR.
Rampelmayer piloted the French bal.
loon Picadie in the race for the Coupe
lnternationale des Aaronautics. land.
ed at Riazan, near Moscow, covering
a distance OF 1896 miles in 46 hours.
The worlds distance record is 1,211
miles, held by Emile Dubonnet OF
France
The regular semi-annual dividend OF
the United States Express company,
due on its common stock in Noyem-
Der, was passed at a meeting OF the
directors. A director of the company,
discussing the action of the meeting
declared it had been caused by unfa-
vorable matters confronting their
company.
William II. Kruz, former teller of
the German National bank OF Coving.
ton. Ky, was sentenced to five years
at the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga,
when he pleaded guilty to the misuse
of $4,000 of the funds of the bank
Alarm clocks gum shoes, nitrogly-
cerin cans, tags from dynamite pack
ages and wires were produced before
the jury at the dynamite conspir-
acy'' trial at Indianapolis and identi.
fed by Martin ], IIyland, chief of po-
lice of Indianapolis as having been
taken from the vaults OF the Interna-
tiOnal Association Of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers on the night
that ]. j. Mcnamara was arrested.
Premier Poincare and Tomasso Tit
toni, the Italian ambassador to
France, signed An agreement recipro-
cally recognizing the right of France
to entire freedom of action in Moroc-
co and ltaly's complete liberty in the
government Of Libya.
The department OF justice interest.
ed in the investigation made here
into the Jack Johnson.Lucile Cam.
eron case, Involving possible viola
tions of the Mann act. Local federal
authorities say they have received
message from Attorney General
Wickersham ordering them TO make
an exhaustive Investigation.
The Belgian government requested
Uncle Sam, through the state depart.
ment, to find its consul at Merida Yu-
catan, Mexico, who is reported TO
have been imprisoned by Mexican Of
hcials. The cause OF his arrest Is not
known, Belgium has been trying 10
get in touch with him and is unable
to do so.
Howard Edwards of Rockford, ILL.,,
the preacher bandit, who held up an
l.. & N. train several months ago in
Louisiana, and who was knocked un.
conscious by the engineer aad cap
tured, was sentenced to 20 years in |
The federal prison at Atlanta.
Mary Hart negress, who says she |
was born in Franklin county, Tenn. |
in 1872. is heid at the county Jail in |
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