Walsh denied new trial. five years at Fort Leavenworth
John R. Walsh was denied a new trial and sentenced to five years on each count, to run concurrently, for conviction as president of the Chicago National Bank. Judge A B Anderson overruled defense arguments. an appeal and stay of execution were anticipated. The case involved Walsh railroads and large sums, with trial lasting years from 1907 to 1908 and a sensational corridor shooting during proceedings.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
A. B. Anderson
Fort Leavenworth
Chicago National Bank
Anderson
Palmer
Walsh
Illinois Southern
Southern Indiana
Wisconsin and Michigan
Federal
Beatrice Metcalf
Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel R. Hamill
Hamill
Wireless Averts Panic on Provience as Fire Breaks Out
Prompt action by Capt. Appleby aboard the Fall River line steamer Providence and rapid wireless coordination with the Richard Peck averted disaster when a fire broke out on the freight deck near Sands Point while sailing toward New York. About 350 passengers were awakened and transferred safely between the vessels. the Providence continued to New York with minimal damage beyond smoked woodwork.
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New York
Appleby
Fall River Line
Providence
Long Island Sound
Fall River
Sands Point
Richard Peck
Peck
No General Probe Ordered In Buckets Shops Inquiry
Washington indicates Secretary Straus released a statement to quell misimpressions about the inquiry led by Herbert Knox Smith into bucket shop laws. The president has asked Smith to review specific bills, report views, and gather the facts, with no general investigation of stock exchanges ordered.
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Washington
Mar
Smith
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Herbert Knox Smith
Attempted Jail Break Ends in Seven Deaths in Orel
Five condemned criminals at Orel jail attempted to escape on Friday. They overpowered wardens and seized rifles, prompting a gun battle. Guards shot five prisoners to death. two wardens were killed and one wounded. The incident left seven dead in total.
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Orel
Russia
Teacher Fasts 31 Days in Long Beach
Miss Etta Priscilla Grove a Chicago schoolteacher has fasted 31 days in Long Beach California. She believes she can continue without food for at least another week and perhaps two weeks. She remains reasonably strong but tires more quickly than at the start.
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Long Beach
Cal
Mrs Mackay Honored by Roslyn Board of Trade
New York March 14 tribute to Mrs Clarence H Mackay for business ability and public service. Roslyn Long Island board of trade unanimously elected her to membership. She ran for school trustee three years ago against Dr Leys and won.
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Mackay
Board of Trade
New York
Clarence H Makay
Roslyn
L. I
Machines Sell Postage Stamps In Public Post Office
Two stamp vending slot machines were installed in the New York General Post Office corridors to test practicality for general use. A coin drop delivers a stamp of the chosen denomination immediately.
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New York
General Post Office
Ex-State Official Guilty In Land Fence Case
David Fratt of Billings former president of the state board of stock commissioners and a wealthy cattle man pleaded guilty to illegally fencing 7 964 acres of public land. A federal court sentenced him to 48 hours in jail and a $250 fine.
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Twielena
Mont
Mar
David Fratt
Billings
State Board of Stock Commissioners
Federalourt
Future Movements of Fleet Announced
Admiral Evans will lead a battleship fleet from San Francisco on July 6 visiting Hawaii Samoa Melbourne and Sydney Australia Manila for target practice and then return to New York via the Suez Canal. The voyage includes coaling stops and ends depending on Philippines drills with a Puget Sound visit between the San Francisco Bay review and the Pacific crossing. A congratulatory telegram from Secretary Metcalf was sent to Rear Admiral Evans. The Charleston Milwaukee and St Louis arrived Frisco from Magdalena Bay after practice.
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Washington
Admiral Evans
San Francisco
Hawaii
Samoa
Melbourne
Sydney
Australia
Philippines
New York
Suez Canal
Metcalf
Pacific
Bryce
Manila
United States
Puget Sound
San Francisco Bay
Evans
Department
Atlantic
Magdalena Bay
Cipher Code Stolen From Bucharest Legation
A cipher code used for private Washington state department correspondence was stolen from the Bucharest legation by a French employee who fled to Constantinople. Reported as the second theft in recent years, with a prior incident at the American embassy in St. Petersburg where spies obtained photographic copies.
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Bucharest
Mar
State Department
Washington
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
Threat to Blow Up School At McKeesport
A widespread report that a school tied to St. Peter's church in McKeesport would be dynamited by the Black Hand caused about 75 percent of pupils to stay home. Parents are frightened while authorities work to locate the report origin.
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Pittsburg
St. Peter’s Church
McKeesport
Black Hand Society
German Torpedo Boat S 12 Sunk at Elbe Mouth
The German torpedo boat S 12 was rammed and sunk by an unknown steamer at the mouth of the Elbe on Friday. The chief engineer drowned, but all other crew members were rescued.
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Cuxhaven
Germany
Elbe
Fund to Clear Averbuch Sparks Chicago Wealthy Jews Action
An organized $100,000 fund mobilized to legally clear Lazarus Averbuch’s name and to prosecute Chicago Chief of Police Shippy if evidence supports it. Emma Goldman claims the money comes from wealthy Jewish residents, with paths of secrecy maintained and confirmation denied by some. The exhumation and autopsy of Averbuch’s body followed, while lawyers reportedly contacted deny involvement.
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Chicago
Mar
Lazarus Averbuch
Shippy
Ginsburg
Daily Jewish Courier
Emma Goldman
Young Averbuch
Potter's Field
Ludwig Hektoen
Averbuch
Miss Goldman
Carnegie Grants Woman Pension to Editor in Ill Health
Saranac Lake March 14 Miss Helen E Haines of Brooklyn here for health has been notified of a pension of 100 dollars a month from Andrew Carnegie. The former managing editor of The Library Journal for 15 years she resigned her post due to ill health and the award came without her knowledge.
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Carnegie
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Helen E. Haines
Brooklyn
Andrew Carnegie
Deputation Seeks End to Tan Bark Export Embargo
A lumbermen delegation from northern Ontario urged the Ontario government to lift the ban on tan bark exports to the United States. They report 80 000 cards of tan bark held in the province with no market. The government promised consideration.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
United States
Historic Vehicle Burned in Towa City Fire
A long preserved wagon once used by abolitionist John Brown in his missions to combat slavery was destroyed by fire in Towa City Iowa on March 14. The wagon had been left by Brown 48 years ago and kept safe by Her bert Farrall a pioneer Iowa City newspaper man.
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Towa Vity
John Brown
Brown
Flerbert
Farrall
Iowa City
Slayer of Priest Must Hang in Denver Murder Trial
Giuseppu Alia was found guilty of first degree murder for shooting Father Leo Heinrichs at St. Elizabeth’s church in Denver on February 28. The jury fixed hanging as the penalty, marking a fatal outcome in the clergy killing case.
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Denver
Col
Giuseppu Alia
Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth's Church
Haning
Roosevelt Under Fire in House Speech Denounces Misconduct
Representative Willett of New York denounced President Roosevelt in the House, charging panic from 1907 still lingers and accusing the president of imperialistic methods. He claimed Roosevelt has damaged confidence in government and shattered business, calling for action to restore calm and curb executive power.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Willett
New York
House
White House
Dreaming of burglars ends in fatal shooting of wife
Hugh Hollis a treasury department clerk formerly private secretary to the internal revenue commissioner shot and killed his wife at their Newton street home in the northwestern city section early Friday. He had procured a revolver days before and said he was dreaming of burglars when the fatal shot was fired.
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Washington
Mar
Hugh Hollis
Treasury Department
Louisville
Commissioner of
Internal Revenue
Newton Street
Hollis
Poisoning At Ohio Social Leaves 500 Ill
In Upper Sandusky Ohio five hundred people fell ill after a church social hosted by the English Lutheran women. The outbreak followed consumption of chicken and waffles and many were not sick until after returning home. Doctors worked overnight and some stores closed as clerks stayed away. No deaths are reported and the cause remains unknown.
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Ohio
Upper
Sandusky
English Lutheran Church
Cross Examines Actress Accuser in Hitchcock Trial
New York March 14 Helen von Hagen a young complainant in Raymond Hitchcock's case continued her testimony as the supreme court trial resumed. She faced sharp cross question ing by John B Stanchfield Hitchcock’s counsel over her grand jury statements.
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New York
Helen von Hagen
Raymond Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Supreme Court
John B. Stanchfield
Avalanche Kills 18 In Dukhtarminsk District
Eighteen people were killed by an avalanche in the Dukhtarminsk district of Tomsk Siberia on March 14. The moving snow swept down the mountain side destroying two houses before occupants could escape. no women survived though many were severely injured.
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Tomsk
Siberia
Dukhtarminsk
Missouri Republicans elect Hughes delegates in Twelfth district
The Twelfth district Republicans chose first delegates for Hughes. A Chicago postoffice bill keeps the second assistant postmaster item. Washington reports 400 Japanese peasants and families to be sent yearly to Korea. The Thetis returns to Seattle after reviving 11 Satsuma Maru survivors near Yakutat Bay. A Cochituat shoe factory loss of 50000 Ferr through 150 workers laid off. Panama canal zone census underway amid opposition and multilingual residence shifts.
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Missouri
Hughes
Congress
Chicago
Washington
Orient
Korea
Thetis
Seattle
Wash
Yakutat Bay
Alaska
Cochituat Mass
Arthur C
Cheter
Ochme
Ehrich
Labor Leaders to Confer in Washington Next Week
The American Federation of Labor executive council announced what it calls the most important conference of nations labor leaders. Over 100 national and international unions will be represented in Washington on Wednesday for talks on labor concerns and court decisions affecting unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amercan Federation of Labor
Washington
Remarkable Damage Suit Filed in Yuma
A damage suit for 5000 dollars was filed in district court by Ross Tar aka a Japanese merchant of Wendo Ariz against O. E. Young, the postmaster at Wendon Ariz. Tar alleges Young failed to deliver a registered letter to the Phoenix National Bank, causing Tar to be treated as a felon and detained two hours in Phoenix jail after drawing a check for the amount.
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Yuma
Ariz
Mar
Ross Taraka
Wendo Ariz
O. E. Young
Wendon
Young
Phoeni National Bank
Amoun
Phoeni
Wage Reductions Announced at Amoskeag Mills
Notices posted in Amoskeag Manufacturing Company mills in Manchester announce wage cuts averaging ten percent to take effect March 30. The Amoskeag corporation runs the world’s largest cotton mill and employs about five thousand workers.
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Manufacturing
Effec
Amoskeag Corporatio
Markets Note Flour Prices and Wheat Futures Shifts
In Chicago and New York, flour markets show strength and weakness across grades. Wheat futures slid and climbed with May and July contracts. corn and oats held steady to firm, while butter, eggs, and poultry prices moved within narrow ranges amid mixed demand signals. New York reports dull flour, a surge in Argentinian wheat shipments, and slight price shifts across grains and related commodities.
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Chicago
Minneapoli
New York
Live Stock Prices in Chicago Cattle and Hog Markets
Chicago live stock report dated March 13 shows ranges for cattle including prime steers from 5.76 to 5.35, fair to good steers around 4.76 to 5.2, yearlings 5.00 to 5.60, cows 3.00 to 5.25, bulls 2.50 to 4.76, calves 4.00 to 6.76. Hogs list heavy packing sows 4.45 to 4.56, mixed packers and barrows tops 4.61 to 4.65, heavy shipping barrows 4.60 to 4.72, light barrow butchers 4.15 to 4.70, pigs 3.68 to 4.40.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Neb
CATTLE AND HOG PRICES FROM SOUTH OMAHA MARKET
South Omaha Nebraska March 13 market notes show cattle prices across varieties with strong demand including native steers at four forty to six dollars and stockers and calves up to six dollars. Hog prices edged lower for most classes with heavy hogs at four eighty five to four sixty and lighter pigs around four dollars.
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Hawaiian
Samoan Islands
East
Swinburne
Charleston
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Avalanche
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