Texas Sues Waters-Pierce Over Antitrust Ties to Standard Oil
Texas files suit in Twenty-fifth district court seeking ouster from state and permit cancellation for Waters-Pierce Oil company alleging antitrust violations since 1900. Pleads Waters-Pierce as part of Standard Oil network including Corsicana Refining and Security Oil. Seeks injunction to limit intrastate business and imposes penalties totaling over five million dollars.
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Texas
Water-Pierce Oil Company
Twenty-fifth District Court
Lightfoot
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
H. C. Pierce
Waters-Pierce ON
Corsicana Refining Company
Corsicana
Security Oil Company
Beaumont
Former St Louis delegate Ritter jailed in Missouri
Wm H Ritter once a member of the St Louis House of Delegates and a Denver resident was arrested in Hannibal Missouri on a blackmail charge. Circuit Attorney Sager accuses him of trying to extort money from R H Snyder of Kansas City by threatening to testify about doodle money tied to the Central Traction bill franchise. Eugene Sweeney, connected to the traction deal, is also jailed.
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St. Louis
R. H. Snyder
Kansas City
Snyder
Eugene Sweeney
Young officers for service in Cuba plan
Washington considers selecting officers for potential Cuban duty. Gen Frederick Funston is favored to lead with Brig. Gens. Thomas H. Barry and William P. Duvall as key lieutenants after their inspection of German maneuvers in Europe. They expect to sail for the United States on September 29 but may be recalled earlier due to Cuba’s crisis.
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Washington
Cuba
War Department
Frederick Funston
Thomas H. Barry
William P. Duvall
Europe
Zion Election Confirmed for Voliva Leader
Federal Judge Landis ruled there were no irregularities in the Zion church election of Wilbur C. Voliva as general overseer and ordered the court appointed receiver to recognize Voliva as head of the church.
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Zion
Landis
Federal Court
Wilbur C. Voliva
Zion Church
Voliva
Lawsuit over hotel injury at Sioux City barroom
C E Fogtman of Milwaukee filed a $5,000 damage suit against the Mon jamin hotel proprietors in Sioux City Iowa claiming a head injury from a barroom fight last spring.
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Sioux City
C. E. Fogtman
Milwaukee
Wis
Robbers Loot White Cloud Bank Amid burglary
A group of eight masked armed burglars held residents of White Cloud Minnesota at daybreak Thursday. They rifled the Newaygo County bank and secured about 3050 dollars.
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White Cloud
Minnesota
Newaygo County
Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices Reported
Thursday quotations for stockers and feeders at 3.80 dollars and top hogs at 6.05 dollars appear in the Sioux City live stock market column. In other news, passengers were rescued after the steamer Ohio ran aground near Cleveland, Ohio, with all aboard safely removed.
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Sioux City
Sioux Live
State of Ohio
Hattesnake
Cleveland
Two Tragedies in Appanoose County Saturday
Two harrowing accidents in Appanoose County Saturday resulted in the deaths of a 36 year old woman and a 12 year old girl. Mrs Todd Hutchinson near Cincinnati and Jemima Gillespie of Jerome suffered severe burns from oil and a burning pan of salve, dying within hours and thirty hours respectively. Andrew Gillespie, the girl's father, is a coal mine foreman at Gladstone.
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Appanoose
Todd Hutchinson
Cincinnati
Jemima Gillespie
Jerome
Andrew Gillespie
Gladdsdale
Relief Ship Authorized For Mongolia Passengers At Midway
A cable to Washington disclosed 500 stranded passengers near Midway Island and prompted a relief decision. The Restorer, a foreign built cable ship then at Honolulu, was approved to carry provisions and wrecking gear to aid the Mongolia and its passengers. Weather remains normal and the ship’s passengers are reported well.
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Pacific Mail
Mongolia
Midway Island
Washington
Commercial Cable Company
Department of Commerce and Labor
Treasury Department
Yale Graduate to Prison for Brass and Copper Theft
Charles F. Bronson, Yale graduate and heir to Benedict & Durham Manufacturing, was sentenced to three years in prison for wholesale brass and copper thefts from Springfield factories. He laughed at sentencing, recalling his affluent background and notoriety in high society crime.
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Charles F. Bronson
Deacon L. I. Bronson
Benedict & Durham Manufacturing Company
Waterbury
Bronson
Raffles
Pure Food Label Rules Set to End Misleading Claims
Tuesday session of the rules commission on enforcing the Pure Food and Drug Act heard tentative label regulations. Principal labels must be in English with optional foreign text, while general appearance is up to the manufacturer. Substances, manufacturer, and place of production must be conspicuously stated. No expert statement excuses false or misleading content.
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Special Commission On Rules
Gerry
Commission
Scalpers Enjoined From Ticket Resale After Federal Ruling
Four ticket broker associations controlling most U S scalping activity were permanently barred by a Chicago federal court from selling Pennsylvania railroad and other transportation tickets. The case began in St Louis amid the recent exposition.
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United States
Federal Court of Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
Editor's Widow Killed by Interurban Trolley
Mrs Nancy Jane Starbuck of Hamlet Ohio widow of a Cincinnati Times founder and mother of Frank W Starbuck editor of Racine Daily Journal was instantly killed by an interurban traction car.
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Nancy Jane Starbuck
Hamlet, O
The
Cincinnati Times
Frank W. Starbuck
Racine
Wis
Daily Journal
Horses for Cuban Government Purchase Arranged
A Junction City horse buyer received an order for several carloads of small horses to be shipped to Kansas City. He claims the order comes from the Cuban government and will be dispatched as soon as possible.
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Junction City
Kansas City
Tartars Slain by Armenians
Four Tartars villages in the district of Sangesur are reported reduced to ashes by Armenians. The Tartars who escaped massacre fled, and the bodies of the slain lie unburied among the ruins.
Strikes Escalate in France With Grenobles Clashes
Riots breakouts continue in Grenoble as troops clash with strikers. Several people on both sides are wounded as the strike movement spreads to new areas.
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France
Grenoble
Great Gold Shipment Arrives in New York
The steamer Germania reached New York on Wednesday carrying over 15 million dollars in gold, described as the largest shipment ever brought to this country. An estimated 5,000 Chinese died in a recent typhoon at Hong Kong. A Yokohama paper claims famine funds sent to Japan have been embezzled, with three northern Japan prefects in prison for misappropriation.
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New York
Hongkong
Yokohama
Orient
Japan
Train Plunges From Damaged Bridge Into Cimarron River
A northbound No. 12 passenger train left a high bridge near Dover Okla after the bridge buckled under driftwood and flood. The locomotive and cars plunged into the river. the engine driver survived, the fireman was badly injured, and many passengers were missing or presumed dead as rescuers worked amid confusion.
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Dover
Oklo
Cimarron River
Cimarron
Plate Family Trouble Senator's Stepdaughter Seeks Divorce
Mrs Francis Carmody wife of the assistant U S district attorney for the southern district of New York and stepdaughter of Senator Thomas Platt plans divorce after a brief unhappy marriage to Col Carmody. They wed last December in a celebrated ceremony and honeymooned before disputes led to a separation last April. The couple has since remained apart with Mrs Carmody staying with her mother at Senator Platts Highland Mills estate. The split has been kept quiet.
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F. J. Carmody
Francis I. Carmody
United States District Attorney
Southern District of
New York
Thomas C. Platt
Col. Carmody
Louise Snow
Senator Platt
Lawson Getting Well After Nervous Illness
Arnold Lawson reports Thomas W. Lawson recovering from a nervous illness after a month of worry and illness following his mother’s death. The elder Lawson remains at Prenamwold near Egypt Massachusetts, limited in business yet improving, physicians predicting full recovery within six weeks and noting his mind is sound.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Arnold Lawson
Prenamwold
Egypt
Mass
Father
Locomotive Firemen Considers Name Change
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Milwaukee has almost decided to rename to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The change reflects that about 20 percent of members are engineers, promoted from fireman to engineer since joining the order.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Milwaukee
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Carter seeks recovery in million-dollar federal case
The Oberlin M. Carter case reopened in Chicago federal court as the government seeks to recover 1 million dollars it alleges he stole while overseeing work in Savannah Georgia. In Barbourville West Virginia a 76-year-old legislator R H Baker was found murdered in his store with a brick skull fracture. investigators say there is no clue to the killer.
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Oberlin M. Carter
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Chicago
Carter
Savannah
West Virginia
R. H. Baker
Barbourville
W. Va
Baker
Kansas Banker Flees with $75,000 From Sedan Bank
O B Stollard cashier of People's State Bank of Sedan Kansas vanished Wednesday leaving a note declaring himself a defaulter and that he had fled. Additional details on location and fate are unavailable.
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Kansas
O. B. Stollard
The
People's State Bank
Sedan
Kan
Banking Scandal in Holland Involves Bank Embezzlement
Holland authorities detain Bland Van Den Berg a nos tary and director of the South Holland bank amid embezzlement suspicions totaling about 294000 dollars. The bank’s shares soared to one hundred percent on the bourke tse day.
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Holland
Bland van den Berg
Nos
South Holland Bank
Case, Tody
Yee Pen
Bourke
Tse’ Aay
Oppose Wirz Monument Adopted by Des Moines G A R
Des Moines Grand Army of the Republic members condemn proposed monument to Maj Wirz of Andersonville prison fame. At a Tuesday meeting Kinsman post adopted a resolution denouncing any effort to memorialize a man deemed cruel to prisoners of war and urging opponents to learn from the Japanese.
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G. A. R. Post
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Maj. Wirz
Anderson Ville
Kinsman Post
West
Monona County Medical Society Elects Officers
The Monona County Medical Society has chosen officers with Dr. H. E. Douglas as president from Onawa, Dr. Arthur L. Allison as vice president from Rodney, and Dr. Fred S. Spearman as secretary from Whiting. A resolution authorized compiling a dead beat list for the assessor’s use.
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Monona County Medical Society
H. E. Douglas
Onawa
Arthur L. Allison
Rodney
Fred S. Spearman
Whiting
Newspaper Changes and Local News in Muscatine Area
A Hampton change sees M Bliderback sell the Globe to A M Mott for C W Williams, a former Milwaukee Sentinel editor. Sid ne y reports loco weed found on streets, warnings to stock. Abel Anderson’s $250000 will leaves widow and three children substantial inheritances. A witness in a Didora divorce case goes to jail for withholding $1800. Several local deaths include Gladstone crushed in oatmeal, Smerdock’s suicide, and Burns’s self-inflicted death. Muscatine reports eight violent deaths in weeks.
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Hampton
M. Bliderback
Globe
A. M. Mott
C. W. Williams
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Sidney
Assault charge investigation cited by Burlington league
Officials cite an assault case under review in Burlington as authorities probe violations and protective actions. The incident involves members connected to a league, with tension and intense scrutiny surrounding the proceedings.
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Burlington
Missing Re Paris Painting Recovered In Waterloo
The Water loo incident led to two men, G D Ralston and C A Ralston, both held in Waterloo jail pending investigation. Mrs C A Ralston had taken the painting to Rock Island depot for Cedar Rapids checks. the canvas was recovered there by an officer.
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Maken
Paris
Miss Allred
Waterloo
C. A. Ralston
Rock Island
Dividend of Grinnell Bank Pays 10 Percent to Creditors
Creditors of the defunct First National Bank of Grinnell begin receiving a 10 percent dividend. About $33,000 remains for distribution, bringing total receipts to 78 percent of claims. The bank collapsed after thefts of about $275,000 by Henry C Spencer, with his son Clark Spencer, who died in Arbor Lake in 1904.
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First National Bank of Grinnell
Grinnell First National
Henry C. Spencer
Clark Spencer
Arbor Lake
Grinnell
Poison In Their Food Investigation At Arcadia
State bacteriologist Dr Albert and assistant Dr Gunn probe Arcadia poisoning outbreak. Epidemic hint points to potatoes meat or milk as source. Several people, including a man and seven others, are in comatose or dangerously ill after days of illness. Laboratory tests will identify the cause in a few days.
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Arcadia
Albert
Gunn
Webster City Grants Car Franchise
A special election in Webster City granted the Boone Webster City and Interurban Railroad company the right to operate streetcars and maintain an interurban service between Boone and Webster City. A five year tax remission was also approved.
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Webster City
Boone
Elevator Fire Destroys W A Whiting Elevator at Washington
The W A Whiting elevator burned Saturday at Washington with losses estimated between 15000 and 25000 dollars and 2000 bushels of oats destroyed. Insurance coverage amounts to 8000 dollars and 1800 dollars of patent swinging gates stored inside were lost. A separate fire on the Anderson farm near Belle Plaine caused a total loss of 5000 dollars, consuming the barn grain hay hennery corn crib and a 500 dollar horse while the house was saved. Temptation noted as ministers chicken coop missing flock after unlocked door. Al Carlson jailed after theft of liquor. bond posted. headed to Sioux City grand jury. obituary mentions lack of grandchildren. Thomas Updegrat referenced.
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W. A. Whiting
Washington
Belle Plaine
Hol Hoover
al Carlson
Sioux City
Indians Get Work on Government Irrigation Projects
Government efforts in Arizona Montana and Oregon aim to employ large numbers of Indians on irrigation and dam construction. As lands are prepared and canals built Indians will find ongoing labor on road bulldozing dam sites and related works with pay potentially around two dollars a day, rising for those who complete training.
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Arizona
Wess
Montana
Klamath
Indiana
Labor and wages across nations in early 1900s
The report surveys global labor trends including day laborers in Japan earning daily averages, cigar makers in Porto Rico, and a push by Victoria to acquire land for workers’ homes near Melbourne. It notes nine hour days for some workers, reductions in France, Sunday shaving bans in Niagara, and rising union activity with widespread wage and work condition concerns.
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Japan
Vale i
Dts
Manufactigars
Porto Rico
Mi Ong
Melbourne
France
Niagard i
Joatt Barbers’ Union
Samoa
International Bay of Stationary Firemen
Neb
Owenwaukee
Nails&f
New Bulletin
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FP. Myers
TY Dust Vil Trust
Bixie
Standard Oil Conmipany
Young Officers Fon Service
iLast
Appannoose
YALE
PLATE
Lawson
Abel Anderson
Northwestern National Bank
William H. Aldrich
Didora
Lyat Gladstone
Great Western Cereal Company
Muscatine
Chris Smerdock
Parkersburg
Northwestern
Sylvester Burns
TN Health
Grinnell Bank
A., Boyd
Clinton
Thomas Updegrat
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