Sugar fraud moiety to reach near a million dollars
Deputy Collector Richard Parr, the informer in the sugar frauds case, may receive about 1 million dollars as moiety from the 2,135,486 dollars the American Sugar Refining Co. paid into the U S treasury as restitution for duties evaded by underweighing. William Loeb Jr approved the claim after an investigation by Harrison Osborne, noting Parr discovered a steel spring used to bias sugar weights. Parr leads rivals for the award and is currently in charge of the weighing department of the customs service in New York.
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Moilety
United States Treasury
American Sugar Refining Company
New York
William Loeb, Jr
Port of
Richard Parr
Parr
Treasury Department
Loeb
Harrison Osborne
Customs
Governor to convene conference to end switchmen strike
Governor A O Eberhart plans a conference to mediate between striking switchmen and railroad representatives after a union request. AFL leaders warned of a sympathetic strike by freight handlers and railway clerks if progress stalls, with turnout and benefits promised to all strikers.
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St. Paul
A. O. Eberhart
Railroad Department
American Federation of Labor
Minneapolis
Frank T. Hawley
Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Raiilroad
Pacific
Mining promoter shoots self in hotel room
Chicago dispatch reports B. Doger Timlin a San Francisco mining promoter shot and killed himself in a Stratford hotel room. Hotel guests found Timlin dying beside a partly opened suitcase containing a revolver and a bullet hole in the case. Police believe the discharge was accidental while closing the case.
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Chicago
B. Doger Timlin
San Francisco
Stratford
Timlin
The Audience Calls Back to the Playwright
An exchange captures a playwright telling the audience he will heed their call and seeks the fastest exit, while a Birmingham Age-Herald quote reflects a belief that happiness lies in keeping energies moving.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Three Die Crossing Creek After School Social
Bedford Indiana December report says Laura Curfans nineteen Alma Utter back twenty and teacher William Johnson twenty eight drowned while returning home from a school social. They attempted to cross Indian creek in a rowboat near the town.
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Bedford
Ind
Laura Cur- Fans
Alma Utterback
William Johnson
Indian Creek
Gift Proves Fatal to Girl in East St. Louis
In East St. Louis on December 20 a toy stove given early to Minnie Coming six years old caused her death after kerosene sparked flames that enveloped her clothing. Her mother Katherine Coming and father Edward Coming were injured while trying to help.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Minnie Coming
Katherine Coming
Edward Coming
Coldest Weather Hits Norfolk With 21 Below Zero
Norfolk Nebraska records the harshest cold of the season as the government thermometer drops to 21 degrees below zero on December 20.
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Norfolk
Neb
Zera
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Kupper Klub
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Kelith
II & Granite
Cady
Austin
Minn
Tai
A. Clarke
Illinois
Nebraska
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