The day book. [volume], January 03, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 31

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EVERYWHERE'S NEWS IN TABLOID FORM
Erie, Pa. Robbers held up Robt.
Edwards, Chicago, keeper of steamer
Dunham, robbed him-of $29.50,'Jock
ed him in refrigerator box, then
awaited return of Edwards' partners
and robbed them.
Pittsburgh. Mother of Henry
Rokowski, youthful desperado, hurl
ed herself in front of B. & O. express,
railed. Crazed by fear son would be
captured and executed.
Terre Haute, Ind. John Irwin, 38,
and May Ozee, 18, arrested. Eloped.
Irwin deserted wife and child.
Indianapolis. Grant Young, col
ored restaurant keeper, shot to death
and robbed of $5. No clue.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Judge Or
lando Powers, who defended Clar
ence S. Darrow in second trial at Los
Angeles on charge of bribery, dead.
Vera Cruz. Branch of bank of
London and Mexico reopened ' after
Huerta's unprovided bank holiday.
Refused to honor checks drawn for
more than 200 pesos.
San Francisco. 2,500 unemployed
invited Gov. Johnson to meet them
on a back lot and tell them what he
meant to do to relieve their condi
tion. New York. Auto accidents here
in 1913 resulted in death of 302 per
sons, half of whom were children.
London. England is about to send
expedition against Mad Mullah in
Somaliland, according to report.
Philadelphia. E. T. Stotesbury,
head of Drexel & Co. and partner in
Morgan Co., refused to say whether
he will resign from many director
ates he holds in this and other states.
New York. Whitelaw Reid's es
tate appraised at $1,398,884.94.
Widow gets bulk.
Des Arc, Ark. Jesse Whiteman
killed Wesley Nunn because Bessie
Baty promised to marry him. Rivals.
Metz, Germany. 7 soldier.s in
stantly killed and 4 seriously injured
when military special train collided
with bulkhead on a "blind" siding.
Constantinople. Izzet Pasha,
Turkish minister of war, resigned.
Indianapolis. Fire destroyed four
story business block. $300,000 dam
age. New York. General rate war may
result from dispute between Ham-
burg-American and North German
Lloyd companies over continental
steerage traffic.
New York. Thief stole disk of ra
dium from Hahnemann Hospital.
$100 reward for return. Said to be
worth $l,80d.
Baltimore, Md. C. E. Ways, old
est official Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road, dead.
Washington. Three girls arrested,
chaged with busting nose and mash
ing face of Hack Inspector Coffin.
Said they thought his badge was a
"chicken inspector" one. Dicharged.
Centralia, Wash. 31 years after
death of her husband, during VhichJ
time she raised 9 children, Mrs,
Sarah Bennet has been granted gov-3
eminent pension. -
Pomona, Cal. Given cot at lodg-j
ing. house for 25 cents, unidentified
lodger shoved it through window andt
sold it for 50 cents. . ?
London. The late Thomas CuU
veje, stock broker, left $350,000, to
cancer hospital.
St. Petersburg. Two dead and
others missing among soldiers who;
guarded tracks ahead of Czar's spe
cial train in snowstorm.
New York. Central Labor Unionj
forwarded resolutions to. Washing--ton
asking punishment for Calumet
kidnapers of Charles F. Moyer.
New York.-- Importations, of dia
monds and other gems at New York
during 1913 totalled $46,137,328.
Springfield, III. Newly-appointed,
utilities commission adopted as nil-,.,
ing recent opinion of Atty. Gen,,
Lucey that new law does not bar.
railroad company employes from rid-,
ing on passes. ,