Arbuckle Brothers Pay Customs Shortfall Big Sugar Settlement
Arbuckle brothers and the American Sugar Refining company settle long running customs duty gaps on imported sugar. The treasury accepts 2,890,570 in restitutions and fines from multiple parties, amid ongoing criminal prosecutions and grand jury actions.
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Morning Journal
New York
Arbuckle Brothers
Riveais
American Sugar Refining Company
Arbuckles Bros
Treasury Department
Corian
Messrs
Treasury
United States
Stimeon
James F. Bendernagel
Thomas Kehoe
Tod
John BR. Coyle
Tag
Richard Parr
Coyle
Kehoe
Murder Charge for Ocey Snead's Mother in New Jersey
Caroline W. Martin, 64, of East Orange, was arrested in New York on a murder warrant for Ocey W. M. Snead. Investigators found a note similar to one in the bedroom, while her lawyer and Franklin Fort Jr. counselled on the case amid police questions and funeral home details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
New York
Mirs
Caroline W. Martin
Ocey W. M. Snead
East Orange
N. J
Recorder Mott
Central Office
Baird
Franklin Fort, Jr
New Jersey
Virginia Wardlaw
Cus
Ocey Snead
Navy orders Dixie to return to U S ports now at Colon
The Dixie, which sailed from Philadelphia with marines for Panama and possibly destined for Nicaraguan service, is ordered home to U S ports to be available as a transport should more marines be dispatched to Central America.
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Washington
Dixie
Colon
Philadelphia
Panama
Navy Department
Central America
Redmond Sees Chance for Justice to Erin
Dublin speech at Mansion House night proclaims Gladstonian reform as a chance to tear down opposition. He claims Premier Asquith faces a new era where a few hundred ruling in the Lords eclipse vast British support.
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Redmond
Erin
Dublin
Mansion House
Asquith
House of Lords
Depositors Paid After Kiefer Bank Closure
Depositors of the First State Bank of Kiefer received payment today following the bank's closure tied to the failure of the Bank of Tulee. The state guaranty fund covers most deposits, with only a few claimants left unsettled.
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Omtia Bull
Kiefer
Okla
Firet State Bank of Kiefer
Biret National Bank of
Tulee
State Guaranty
Rev. David Hughes Dies at Executive Mansion
In New York the Rev. David Hughes, father of Governor Hughes, died at 11 o'clock tonight after a stroke. He was 77 years old.
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New York
David ©. Hughes
Hughes
Executive Mansion
Uge
Doctors H op to Save Life of Leopold
Belgians watch King Leopold as doctors report his condition improving after a relapse. The Congo question dominates parliament as leaders seek humane progress and a safe future under Belgian rule.
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Leopold
Morning Journal
Pulee
Ife
Missing Omaha Engineer Rumor Alarms Relatives In 1908
Chicago dispatch reports Omaha civil engineer William Thomas Vancourt believed shot in Bolivia. Relatives appeal to state department and consult American consuls after a September 1908 letter said he feared trouble during a strike. Parents deny reports and seek definite news from Chili.
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Chicago
William Thomas Vancourt
Omaha
Bolivia
State Department
Vancourt
The
National Railway of
Orure
Cochabamba
A. G Norris
Peruvian Central
Norris
Db. Vancourt
Chitl
Author of New York Liquor Law Is Dead
Canandaigua December 1 date State Senator John Reines noted author of the Raines law died this morning His career included key corporation bills and the 1896 Raines liquor tax law later he advised on gas rate policy and the Hughes era insurance investigation committee He is remembered for the New York State station law and his authorship of the Raines law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canandaigue
John Reines
Loel
Reiner
New York State
Naval committee backs building two dreadnought battleships
The naval committee of the Chamber of Commerce in Santiago Chile recommended constructing two dreadnought class battleships. They would be completed in three years.
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Chili
Santiago
Naval Committee
the Chamber of Commerce
Eleven Die as Wreck Tells Grim Rail Tragedy in NC
A Southern Railway wreck near a North Carolina trestle kills eleven and injures twenty five when a broken rail derails a train. Passengers in Pullmans and sleeper cars are badly mangled and others escape with injuries as crews work to recover bodies and clear the line.
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Southern Road
North Carolina
Norfolk
Richmond
Pullman Sleepers Topple From Trestle Near Greensboro
A Southern Railway train No. 11 derailed at Reedy Fork trestle ten miles north of Greensboro at 6 32 am. Eleven dead have been recovered and many wounded with fourty four deaths reported. identified victims include A P Cone HooC White Isaac Dammall Nol an Kilby Virgil Holcombe Richard Kames Charles L Brookfield John G G Brodnax and an unknown man aged about 26. Passengers include millionaire George Gould and son.
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Southern Railway
Richmond
Atlanta
Greensboro
Reedy Fork Trestle
Here
St. Luke's Hospital
A. P Cone
Richmond & Danville
The
Hooc. White
Washington
Isaac Dammall
Cceb
Nolan
Pullman
Frank W. Kilby Hirmingham
Ala
Wilkesboro
N.C
Virgil i1
Holcombe
Mount Airy
Vatatly
Henry Age
Portales Fire Destroys Two Stores in Major Blaze
A massive early morning fire in Portales, NSM, gutted the R. R. Roberts grocery and dry goods store and the Warren Fooshee clothing establishment in a concrete block building. The Miller and Luikbart dry goods house and Austin bakers were damaged or saved with minor losses. Firefighters saved adjoining property as flames, likely from a defective flue, raged through the block, with insured values listed for the destroyed stock and buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Portales
NS. M
Dee
Roberts Grocery and
Warren Fooshee Company
Miller and Luikbart
Austin Bakers
Warren Fooshee
Roberts
Night Riders on trial in Rankin murder case in Union City Tenn
The prosecution rested its case against Arthur Clear and Garnett Johnson accused in Union City Tennessee of murdering Captain Rankin. Witness Ed Powell corroborated earlier testimony, stating Clear and Johnson were among the night riders the night Rankin died and that Johnson held the rope during the hanging.
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Union City
Tenn
Arthur Clear
Garnett Johnson
Rankin
Ed Powell
Clear
Johnson
Rumor of Changes in Lehigh Valley Officers
Rumors from Wall Street speak of pending management changes at the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Reports say President Thomas may resign and H J Miller, already president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, could take the helm amid Rock Island interests’ stake.
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Lehigh Valley
New York
Dee
Wall Street
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Rock Island
Thomas
H. J. Miller
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Hawaiian Judge Cables Resignation Announcement
Honolulu December 15 Arthur A Wilder associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court who had signaled retirement in January cabled his resignation to President Taft and urged immediate acceptance.
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Cables
Honolulu
Arthur A. Wilder
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Taft
Hunting Season in New England Claims 34 Lives
Boston reports the close of the big game season shows thirty four lives lost in New England and eastern Canada. Five seriously injured remain unrecovered, two will lose their sight, and a dozen more face severe injuries.
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New England
Boston
Canada
Receivers Appointed for Mexican Land and Cattle Co
Judge Kollen appoints George D Ayers and Paroy Curry receivers for the Mainz Sugar Plantation and San Jais Land and Cattle Company of Mexico at investors request. A federal suit seeks damages over alleged misrepresentation by Max Company, while W O Smith of Ban Luis faces federal indictment for mail fraud.
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Chicago
Kollenat
United States
Eircuit Court
George D. Ayers
Paroy Curry
al Mainz Sugar Plantation Company
San Jais Land and Cattle Company
Mexico
Compan
Et Max Company
Copany
W. O. Smith
Ban Luis Company
Federal Grand Jury
Telegraph Operators Agree to Arbitration Under Erdman Act
Chicago December 17 telegraph operators of the Hingis Central railroad have agreed with company officials to submit their arrearances to arbitration under the Erdman act, ending their dispute.
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Chicago
Hingis Central Railroad
Wood Slated As Army Chief At Age Forty Nine
Secretary Dixon announced General Leonard Wood will succeed General Franklin Bell as chief of staff. Wood, 49, began as an assistant surgeon in 1886 and rose to lead the Philippine division and govern Cuba after Spanish American War. He earned the Medal of Honor for actions in the Geronimo campaign and Las Guasimas.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Dec
Cgen
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Army
Dickinson
Wood
Franklin Bell
General Wood
Medical Corps
War Department
Young Wood
Geronimo
Rough Riders
Las Guasimas
San Juan
Cuba
Philippines
Portales
Suspects Arrested in Noted Murder Case in San Miguel County
A high profile murder near Gonzales in San Miguel County shocks Las Vegas visitors. Sheriff Ramere and District Attorney Ward pursue leads from two Torres brothers linked to the crime. The pair are jailed in Las Vegas awaiting witnesses and a preliminary hearing.
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San Miguel
Serapio Menzon
Gonsales
Cleofes Ramere
Ward
Camino Banches
Tipton
Menton
Acrous
Watrous
Bunta Pe
Torres Brothers
Sanchez
San Miguel County
Las Vegas
Gonzales
Immigration Committees Clash Over White Slave Bills
Washington December 16 The house committees on immigration face obstacles in shaping the white slave question. The Bennett bill conflicts with the Mann bill as a substitute committee of Mayes Garner and Burnett works to persuade the Mann panel to withdraw its measure in exchange for favorable action on Bennett. The sub committee report is awaited tomorrow.
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Washington
House Committees On
Bennett
Mann
Immigration Comittees
Mayes
California
Garner
Massachusetts
Burnett
Alabama
Immigration Committee
House
Alaska Roads Fund Deficiency Outline For War Department
Washington December 15 the war department submitted to the house a deficiency estimate of 156000 dollars for current year needs for construction and maintenance of military and post roads bridges and trails in Alaska Secretary Dickinson cites unusually heavy rains causing major damage and notes 50000 dollars are needed for a road to the new thinning district of Iditarod
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Washington
Alaska
War Department
Dickinson
Iditarod
Plan to abolish canal commission stirs House debate
Washington Dee Li reports vigorous opposition to abolishing the Isthmian canal commission and handing Panama Canal building and governance to a single director general chosen by the president. Protest grows as the Mann bill would vest zone judicial power in one circuit court, risking abolition of the zone supreme court with direct appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission of Investigation
Mann
House
Tts
Cliinelis
Isthmianean Commission
Canal Zone
Congress
Dee
Tl Isthmian Canal Commission
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
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Louise
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Count Longaya
Clementine
Vaughan
Haroness
Stephan
Henry
Hughes Patrior Thead
L. Stribling
Decatur
Fya
Smith
Spencer
N. C
George Gould
Jay
Russell
Metropolitan Magazine
Mr. Russell
I Car Store
Gould
George Gould and Son
Richard Kames
Salisbury
Charles L. Brookfield
Americus
John GG. Brodnax
R. R. Roberts
Hock Island
Mexican Land and Cattle CO
Ota
Philippine
Monsignor
Ambrose Agius
Phillippines
Manilla
Commerce Commission
Sterling
Cilinois
Asoagoin
Mark Ih
Miguel
North New Mexico
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Bo Betld Hoads
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