Illinois Central sues former officers over $2 million scheme
The Illinois Central Railroad Company files suit in Chicago seeking an accounting and alleging conspiracy to defraud about $2,000,000 in repair work over four years. Named defendants are C. S. Kite, Joseph E. Baker, William Renshaw, and John M. Taylor, former superintendents and store keeper.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Railroad Company
Leges
C. S. Kite
Joseph E. Baker
William Renshaw
John M. Taylor
Illinois Central sues officers over car repair overcharges
The Illinois Central Railway charges four former department heads with conspiring from 1906 to 1910 to defraud the railroad of nearly two million dollars by steering repairs to independent firms at inflated prices. Plaintiffs name Blue Island Equipment 400000, American Car and Equipment 100000, Rosterman Manufacturing 750000, Memphis Car 300000, and seek accounting against West Pullman Car and American Car Equipment Companies.
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Illinois Central Road
Blue Island Equipment Company
American Car and Equipment Company
Rosterman Manufacturing Company
Memphis Car Company
Rai!road
West Pullman Car Company
American Car Equipment Company
Illinois Central Railroad
Worcester Man Found Guilty of Drunkenness on Street Car
Stanley Andrews of 113 Union Street Worcester was arraigned in Roxbury District Court on drunkenness and disorderly conduct on a street car Saturday evening. He was found guilty of both charges and fined 5 dollars for drunkenness and 20 dollars for disorderly conduct.
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Stanley Andrews
Union’ Street
Worcester
Roxbury
Chalice Gift Presented to Former St. Ann’s Curate
Sunday school teachers and children of St. Ann's Church Somerville gave Rev. Edward Saunders a $110 check for a chalice. Saunders, a former curate now at Pepperell, led the Sunday school.
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St. Ann’s Church
Somerville
Edward Saunders
Pepperell
Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander to Wed Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Eleanor Butler Alexander will marry Theodore Roosevelt Jr on June 20. The wedding dress in New York will be white satin satin souple with lace and a tulle veil. Attendants include Mrs. Snowden A. Fahnestock and Ethel Roosevelt with bridesmaids Jeanne Harriot Alexander and Jean Walters Delano. The Alexander household linen and embroidery will feature the bride’s monogram E B A in a three-initial cipher.
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Eleanor Butler Alexander
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Miss Alexander
Henry Addison Alexander
Snowden A. Fahnestock
Mr. Roosevelt
Ethel Roosevelt
Harriet and
Janetta Alexander
Jessie Millington Drake
Jean Walters Delano
Paris
Alexander
Grand Maison de Blanc
Fifth Avenue
Eleanor B. Alexander
Flights From New York to Chicago Feasible Says Wright
Orville Wright announced flights from New York to Chicago and to St. Louis are feasible. He outlined a route along the Hudson to Albany then Buffalo through the Mohawk and Genesee valleys to Cleveland, cautioned against crossing the Alleghenies, and noted that if conditions are satisfactory his machines will likely undertake the flights.
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Dayton
Orville Wright
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Hudson
Albany
Buffalo
Mohawk
Genesee
Cleveland
Allegheny Mountains
New Haven Railroad Workers Accept 8 Percent Wage Increase
About 10 000 workers in the New Haven mechanical shops accepted an eight per cent wage raise after a four hour negotiation at the road's Boston office. The move ends months of scale talks with officers of the Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paperhangers and Federated Trades Council.
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New Haven
Samuel Higgins
Boston
New Haven Road
Eral
Washington Street
Federated Trades Council
James Eagan
Andrew J. Sulliva
Alexander Wilson
William J Gallagher
Hartford
Labor leaders named on Fed erated Trades Council scale
The scale committee of the Fed erated Trades Council includes leaders from multiple crafts. Martin J. Ryan of Kansas City heads the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen as general president. William J. Dougherty of Buffalo serves as vice-president of the International Blacksmiths' Union. Other members include Thomas L. Wilson of Cheyenne, John Stetzer of New York, William Connors of New York, and Edward J. Cummings of Providence, holding vice-presidential or related posts in their unions.
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Federated Trades Council of
Martin J. Ryan
Kansas City
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
William J. Dougherty
Buffalo
N. Y
International Blacksmiths’ Union
Thomas L. Wilson
Cheyenne
Wyo
International Machinists’ Union
John Stetzer
New York
Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders
William Connors
Edward J. Cummings
Providence
Brighter-Hued Poppy and White Evening Primrose Unveiled
Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa announces two new flowers, a poppy and a white evening primrose, perfected after years of work in San Francisco. The poppy blends Shirley, tulip poppy, and an African mountain species, aiming for brighter hues and novel shading. The primrose is a white bloom five inches across.
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San Francisco
Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Retired Master Mariner Captain Guilford Crowell Dies at 88
Brockton obituary reports Captain Guilford Crowell a retired master mariner who commanded fast sailing vessels out of Atlantic ports died today at age 88. He leaves two sons and one daughter.
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Brockton
Guilford Crowell
Seven Seas
Atlantic
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