Edison Ends Legal Wars With Moving Picture Trust
Buffalo formed an $8.9 million combination to control the world moving picture business including Edison, Selig, Vitagraph, Pathe Melliers, and Lubin. The deal pays Edison $200,000 annually in royalties in exchange for exclusive patent rights and a ban on other firms using his patents. The group also controls production and distribution through 4,200 theaters and 100 film rental bases.
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Edison
Philadelphia
Thomas A. Edison
Buffalo
Orange
N. J
Selig & Co
Kalen
Chicago
Essanay
Vitagraph Company
New York
Pathe & Melliers
Lubin
Tragic Schoolhouse Shooting Ends in Double Death
Miss Hesse Graham sixteen taught in Two Inlets township was murdered by August Bolt who then killed himself near Osage Minnesota reports reveal Bolt had pursued her after rejection and, during a recess, fired at her from a schoolhouse steps. Fellow pupils witnessed the episode and alerted neighbors.
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Park Rapids
Bob
Miss Graham
Bolt
For Them All
A professor answers a riddle about glasses with humor. He explains he uses one pair to read, one to see at a distance, and a third to locate the other two.
Five Indictments in Morse Banking Probe
New York grand jury returns five indictments linked to banks tied to Charles W. Morse of the American Ice and Consolidated Steamship groups. Two charges allege grand larceny and two pertain to liquor tax cases. Morse, en route to Europe, sails on the Campania and later the Etruria, while other indictments await in the banking inquiry.
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New York
New York County
Charles W. Morse
American Ice Company
Consolidated Steamship Company
Jerome
Europe
Liverpool
Campania
Horse
Etruria
Grand Jury
Arbitration Treaty With France Submits to Senate and President
Secretary Root and Ambassador Jusserand sign a treaty for arbitration of disputes between France and the United States. It must be submitted to the U S Senate and the French President before becoming effective and details are withheld pending action. The move follows Hague and Olney Pauncefote recommendations.
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Washington
Root
Jusserand
France
America
Olney
Lord Pauncefote
Great Britain
United States Senate
Olney Pauncefote
Hay
Senate
Woman Murdered and Home Burned Near Richmond
In Richmond Missouri on February 11 an unknown assailant killed Mrs Charles McGonvigle while her husband was away and burned the house five miles southwest of town. Neighbors saw blood on floors as flames rose and the killer fled toward the Missouri river, possibly exiting by boat. She was 26 and had three marriages with one divorce.
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Richmond
Charles McGonvigle
Here
Missouri River
Highest Bowling Score Sets Record In Chicago Tourney
In Cincinnati on February 11 H A Kiene and J Y Chalmers of Chicago led the doubles with 1254 in three games the highest score ever made in an American Bowling Congress event.
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Cincinnati
H. A. Kiene
J. Y. Chalmers
Chicago
Navy panel nixes four battleships in current session
Washington reports the House committee on naval affairs rejected the president's call to authorize four battleships at 38 900 000. The panel approved two ships at 9 500 000 each in the navy appropriation bill, while Hobson pressed for four in a minority report and urged immediate funding. The committee also trimmed the next fiscal year navy appropriation to about 101 million, roughly 24 million less than department estimates.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Hobson
Foss
Navy
Department
Missing box valued at 50000 from Hopkins office
Minneapolis police investigate the disappearance of a tin box valued at 50 000 containing Daniel C Hopkins personal property from his Metropolitan Life Insurance building office. The case is described as highly difficult.
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Minneapolis
Daniel C. Hopkins
Hopkins Land Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Mill City
Nine Miners Die in Kentucky Gas Explosion
In Central City Kentucky on February 11 nine coal miners were killed and one fatally injured when a gas explosion at Moody Coal company’s South Carrollton shaft wrecked the mine. Ten workers remained trapped for hours before surface access was restored. seven named victims were black and white miners.
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Central City
Moody Coal Company
South Carrollton
Robert Cook
John Rush
Leslie Gatton
Hugh Corbin
Dick Black
Charley van, Sr
Charley van, Jr
Charles Ross
Pete Penick
John Bryant
Train Held Up by Masked Men Near Glen Blair Junction
Two masked men stopped a train on the Alpine and Fort Bragg railroad near Glen Blair junction. One man held passengers at gunpoint while the other collected valuables. Authorities suspect payroll money for Union Lumber of Fort Bragg in the express box but it is unclear if any cash was taken.
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Ukiah
Cal
Alpine
Fort Bragg
Glen Blair Junction
Union Lumber Company
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Corner Bridge
Franklin St
Moving Picture Combine
Minnesota
Miss Bessie Graham
Vances
August Bolt
Homer
Mme IL
Secretary of
Elihu Root
American Senate
Missouri
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Pied
Mary Brandys
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