Pittsburg Bribery Scandal Hits City Banks and Officials
Grand jury presents indictments against 31 current and former Pittsburg Councilmen and seeks investigations into six city depositories. City Controller orders withdrawal of funds totaling about 3.64 million, with gradual transfer to avoid alarm. Details describe bribes, transfers including 45000 sent to ex-Councilman Stewart in New York, and calls to nullify the banks as depositories.
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Pittsburg
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Second National Bank of
German National Bank of
Charles Stewart
Imperial
New York
Extradition for Warren Held Up in Providence
Governor Aram J. Pothier reserved his decision on extraditing Franklin H. Warren to Massachusetts where he has been indicted by the Suffolk County grand jury on a polygamy charge. Warren was given a State House hearing on the extradition warrant.
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Aram J. Pothier
Massachusetts
Franklin H. Warren
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Warren
State House
Charles H. Farnsworth
Commission
Charles H. Utley
Quincey Market Cold Storage Company
Department of Agriculture
Bemis
Hearing on Cost of Living Highlights Labor and Trade Views
The first hearing on living costs before Governor Draper’s state commission featured experts like E. V. Chapin noting possible imports from Canada without tariffs. Beef and grain interests blamed higher prices on labor costs, shorter hours, and urban population growth, while cold storage practice and speculation were debated as price influences.
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E. V. Chapin
State Commission
Draper
Canada
Bernard J. Rothwell
Chamber of Commerce
Rothwell
Louis B. Neyes
T. B. Wheeler Company
Hyde Wheeler Company
Armour Company of Chicago
Norris
Wilson
Ll. E. Griffin
Concealed Assets Gets a Year in Jail
Louis Bean of Ipswich was sentenced to one year in Newburyport jail yesterday by Judge Dodge in U S District Court for concealing assets in bankruptcy proceedings. Bean formerly ran a clothing business in Newburyport.
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Louis Bean
Ipswich
Newburyport
Dodge
United States District Court
Bean
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