Standard Oil Suit Revives Dissolution Dispute
In Washington Sept 24 Samuel Untermyer counsel for Waters-Pierce charges flagrant disregard of the Supreme Court dissolution decree by Standard Oil. Taft will review. Subpoenas issued for John D Archbold and directors of old Standard Oil of New Jersey as hearings in the Waters-Pierce case continue with delays. Archbold believed aboard the liner Olympic en route from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Company
Samuel Untermiler
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Taft
New York
Oil Trust
Untermyer
John D. Archbold
New Jersey
Standard Oil
Waters-Pierce Oi Company
Samuel Untermyer
Waters-Pierce Company
D. N. Kirby
St. Louis
I. N. Judson
Waters-Pierce
S. W. Fordyce
Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
Trust
Olympic
Europe
Athletic girl arrests man in Brooklyn car
An eighteen year old Bronx girl, Bessie Weaplan, arrested a man named Max Chasewitz in a Brooklyn car after he commented on the tightness of her skirt. She charged him with causing public humiliation and he was held on five hundred dollars bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bessie Weaplan
Bronx
Max Chasewitz
115 Perish as Ship Sinks
At Archangel on the northern Dvina river a collision between two steamers caused the Obnevka to sink within minutes. The vessel carried about 150 passengers. 115 were drowned and only 35 were saved.
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Dvina
Archangel
Russia
St. Petersburg
Obnevka
Bell Named Secretary of Legation at Panama
Edward Bell of New York, formerly second secretary at Havana, is appointed secretary of the legation at Panama. The move follows the resignation of Harry E. Nolan, Washington, who was arrested in New York on a charge of abduction and released on a technicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Legation
Panama
Washington
Edward Bell
Havana
Harry E. Nolan
New York City
National Firemen's association opens in Springfield
Fire fighters from across the country convene at the 15th annual National Firemen's Association meeting in Springfield with Mayor Schnepp welcoming delegates. Governor Deneen and Secretary of State Doyle address the gathering as papers are slated for reading tomorrow.
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Springfield
National Firemen’s Association
Schnepp
Johnstone
Chain
Deneen
Doyle
Dougherty Indicted on Forgery in Peoria Illinois
Fifteen indictments against Newton C. Dougherty former head of Peoria schools were returned by the grand jury. True bills allege forgery with embezzlement charge outlawed. Bond set at 100 each total 12000. Miss Lillian Adams private secretary to the state’s attorney uncovered the flaw in many indictments by dreaming of an error in the final charges.
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Peoria
Ill
Newton C. Dougherty
Worthington
Dougherty
Lillian Adams
Scholes
MEN OF BUSINESS CONVENE IN BOSTON FOR INTERNATIONAL CHAMBERS MEETING
Secretary Charles Nagel opened the fifth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Industrial Associations in Boston. More than 700 delegates attended, with two thirds from foreign nations including Argentina Austria Hungary Belgium Brazil and many others. Nagel spoke in English and urged unification of trade forms and laws to ease global shipments akin to U S interstate commerce.
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International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Industrial Associations
Boston
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Argentine Republic
Austria
Hungary
Belgium
Brazil
British Empire
Chile
China
Colombia
Ecuador
France
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Holland
Honduras
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Norway
Portugal
Roumania
Russia
Switzerland
Sweden
Turkey
Nagel
International Congress
United States
Deaf mute shot and killed at mistaken door
William Gray aged sixty one of Lowell was shot and killed by Grove Lloyd in Hammond Indiana on September 24. Gray returning from a summer resort with companions mistook Mrs Reese Webb's home for his own. Mrs Webb's alarm drew help and Stved, hearing cries from his bed, fired from his window wounding Gray in the skull.
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Hammond
Ind
William Gray
Lowell
Grove Lloyd
Gray
Reese Webb
William Fairweather Wins World Plowman Title
William Fairweather, a Wheatland farmer from Aurora area, won his sixth world champion plowman title at the annual Wheatland plowing match seven miles east of Aurora. He defended his crown before about 10,000 spectators, defeating Waldo Thomas of Big Rock who took second and Frank Boardman who finished third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Ill
William Fairweather
Fairweather
Waldo Thomas
Frank Boardman
Mrs Breen Granted Final Divorce in New York
Mrs Ethel C Croker Breen daughter of Richard Croker obtained a final decree of divorce from John J Breen, once her riding instructor, in the New York Supreme Court before Justice Golf by default as Breen did not appear. The decree follows their elopement two years ago and Mrs Green, a Toronto telephone operator, was named.
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New York
Ethel C. Breen
Richard Croker
John J. Breen
Supreme Court
Justice Golf
Breen
Toronto
Green
Miss Croker
Horse Malady Abating, Minting News from Kansas and Nebraska
Dr. Alonzo D. Melvin reports that the spinal meningitis among horses and cattle in Kansas and Nebraska has abated, according to a telegram from the government inspector overseeing the treatment. The notice appears in Washington on September 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alonzo D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Kansas
Nebraska
Author Claims Police Commission Hired Criminals
New York reporters and aldermen clashed at the graft investigation over police hiring. James Creelman testified that Police Commissioner Waldo and the civil service commission disputed responsibility for unfit officers. Creelman described Waldo selecting patrol names from a list without checking character. Waldo previously said the hiring of unfit patrolmen was not his concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater
James Creelman
Civil Service Commission
Rhinelander Waldo
Creelman
Alderman Dowling
Herman Rosenthal
Emory Buckner
Waldo
Cropsey
Mystery in Widow's Death in Baltimore Fashionable Widow Found
Mrs La vinia Reese widow of John S Reese, once prominent in Baltimore society, was found dead in her apartment sitting room with a fractured skull and blood stains on wall and floor. An autopsy confirmed the skull fracture and the scene suggested possible foul play, with empty whisky bottles noted. Her husband died in the city poor house though she remained wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Lavinia Reese
John S. Reese
Gen Sickles Again Sued Over Promissory Note
The Bank of the Metropolis filed in New York Supreme Court a $5,000 suit against Gen Daniel Sickles over a promissory note dated June 4 and due September 4. The note remains unpaid. Earlier troubles were resolved when his wife, estranged for 27 years, sacrificed her jewels to avert a sale of his art collection and antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daniel FE
Bank of the Metropolis
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce suspends flaxseed rate increases
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed flaxseed transportation rate hikes from Minneapolis and other Northwestern points to Chicago and the East until March 28, 1913. The suggested increases would have been about ten percent.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Washington
Minneapolis
Yeggmen Dynamite Safe, Steal $1700 in New York Store
A police officer on a fixed post within 50 feet watched as two yeggmen dynamited the Kaufman hat store safe and escaped with 1700 dollars. The incident occurred on September 24 in New York.
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New York
Yeggmen
Kaufman Hat
Revolt Breaks Out in Foochow Amid Foreigner Threats
Washington reports a Foochow rebellion led by the police chief who refused to leave the city after being removed. He commands thousands of coolies and threatens to destroy Foochow and kill foreigners if Yuan Shikai uses force. American soldiers head to Foochow. about 100 missionaries and merchants are in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
John Fowler
Foochow
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Peking
Tucson
Ariz
Emilio Campa
Ruffo
Campa
Juarez
Mex
Pearson
Here
Chihuahua
Antonio Rojas
Sanderson
Tex
Demand That U S Withdraw Troops In Nicaragua Protests Rise
A Costa Rican protest petition to US Minister Langhorne urged immediate withdrawal of American forces from Nicaragua. The circular, signed by Costa Rican political leaders, condemns the marines landing as a breach of Western Hemisphere trust and warns of threatened peace. A delay report notes three Marines wounded at Masaya while a relief train reached Granada amid starving locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Nicaragua
San Jose
Costa Rica
Langhorne
State Department
Butler
Managua
San Juan del Sur
Smedley D. Butler
Masaya
Granada
Postmaster General delays enforcement of new publicity section
Washington reports Frank H. Hitchcock, the postmaster general, will not enforce the new newspaper publicity provision of the post office bill without an attorney general opinion on its constitutional authority. Debates arise over handling of information about non mailed copies and the ban on paid editorial matter without clear advertisement labeling. Hitchcock opposed the measure and did not recommend its passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
New Post Office
Wickersham
Congress
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
Unwritten Law Is Upheld in Oklahoma Killing Case
Oklahoma City, Sept. 23. Chief Justice Furman reverses a five year sentence for C. M. Litchfield who killed Bill Collins, a Democratic politician, to defend his daughter’s honor after Collins lured the 16 year old to a lake near Winnewood. The court holds the father has right to defend her with the easiest means and will be considered guiltless. The decision rejects a double standard against womanhood.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Furman
Criminal Court of Appeals
C. M. Litchfield
Bill” Collins
Collins
Litchfield
Winnewood
Redmond Aboard Baltic Explains Irish Home Rule
W H K Redmond M P brother of John Redmond arrives in New York aboard the Baltic from Liverpool. He plans a brief stay to explain the Irish home rule bill to Irish American associations and urges votes to ensure passage, noting it will become law within two years whether or not the Lords veto it.
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New York
Liverpool
W.H. K. Redmond
John Redmond
House of Commons
House of Lords
Rubber Show in New York Opens at Grand Central Palace
The third international rubber and allied trades exposition opens in New York at the Grand Central palace, running through October 3. Exhibits cover over twenty rubber producing countries including Hawaii and the Philippines, valued at 1,500,600 dollars. Highlights include 150 tons of raw rubber worth 260,000 dollars, moving pictures of rubber workers, full manufacturing plants, live rubber trees, and demonstrations of latex milk refining into finished products.
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New York
Grand Central Palace
Hawaiian
Philippine Islands
Six Balloons Missing in Aero Club Race
News from Aris on September 24 reports six balloons unaccounted for in the Aero club grand prize race that began Sunday. Of 18 starters, 12 have sent in word. fears grow that some vessels and perhaps lives were lost at sea as the search expands. Aeronaut Dubois with Vedrines aboard landed at Landerneau near Brest and is tied for the lead.
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Aris
Aero Club
Aeronauts
Aeronaut Dubois
Vedrines
Landerneau
Brest
Buffalo fire chief Carl Machemer dies in Rochester auto
Carl C. Machemer fire commissioner of Buffalo and noted Democrat died suddenly while riding alone in his car in Rochester suburbs. Bystanders rushed to aid and cut the power as an autopsy confirmed death from heart disease.
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Rochester
N. Y
Carl C. Machemer
Buffalo
Danth
Two Die In Death By Own Action Pact
In Los Angeles on September 23 Niles C. Folsom a young lawyer and Thelma Bartee killed themselves by driving off a cliff after failing to win the girl they loved. They left letters in the days before claiming a suicide pact.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Niles C. Folsom
Thelma Bartee
Kin of Two Nominees Dies in Bay City
Jared M. Snyder, a second cousin of President Taft, dies in Bay City Michigan. By coincidence he was also a first cousin by marriage of Woodrow Wilson. Snyder had been a judge in Iowa and later served in the agricultural department in Washington.
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Bay City
Mich
Jared M. Snyder
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Snyder
Roosevelt
Northwestern
Iowa
Agricultural
Washington
Bleacher Collapse Injures Five at LaSalle Peru Game
A bleacher collapse at the LaSalle Peru football game in Lasalle Illinois injured several fans. Five hundred seated spectators were affected when heavy timbers toppled onto the crowd. Two people were seriously hurt as onlookers pulled others free from the wreckage.
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Lasalle
Ill
Lasalle-Peru
$50,000,000 Tobacco Combine Forming in New York
A $50 million tobacco company is in the process of formation in New York with reported financial backing from Daniel G. Reid, chairman of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway, and several associates, signaling strong railroad-linked support for the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tobacco Company
Daniel
Bandits Loot Jewelry Store in Broad Daylight
A female–led gang seized $5,000 in jewels from George Richman at 111 Second Avenue. The dealer was bound and gagged as two men and the directing woman escaped in an automobile, while customers arrived to find him restrained.
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New York
Paris
Lower East Side
Bunday
George Richman
Second Avenue
Richman
Swap Hair Tonic for Votes in Kansas Suffrage Push
Topeka reports dramatic suffrage campaign tactics as Mrs. Lillie Day Monroe, a leading Topeka suffragist, proposes selling hair tonic to bald men to gain their votes. She pledges to help hair grow on every bald head before November fifth to secure support for the ballot.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Lillie Day Monroe
Runkle Cleared in Libel Case After Jury Verdict
Eau Claire Wis Sept 23 After twenty hours the jury found Benjamin F Runkle Washburn not guilty of criminal libel for a letter alleging the Hines Lumber company Chicago caused the Washburn saw mill fire on July 1 1906 and that an insured loss of 90000 plus a 706 payment to an arsonist had been arranged The case centered on accusations against the Chicago company and its insurance dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire, Wis
Benjamin F. Runkle
Washburn
Wis
Lloyd Fire Insurance Company
Hines Lumber Company
Chicago
Druids Expel 14000 Members in California Case
Indianapolis reports the expulsion of fourteen thousand California Druids by the Supreme Grove of America United Ancient Order of Druids for failing to file annual reports and pay per capita tax. In Iowa, a Walter Arthur Wade was arrested for robbing W. C. Flatau of Omaha by staging a hotel room diamond loan scam.
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Indianapolis
California
Neral Order
Council Bluffs
Walter Arthur Wade
W. C. Flatau
Omaha
Neb
Wade
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Waters Pierce Company
Hales
Bell
Nolan
Mrs. Breen
Sickles
Fooghow
W. H. K. Redmond
INI
Gotham
America
Wilson
Bail
Bandits
Supreme Grove
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