Standard Oil officials dodge questions in Missouri probe
Kansas City March 14. Francis M Cockrell of the interstate commerce commission reprimanded G W Mayer Kansas City manager of the Standard Oil company during testimony on alleged railroad and oil company discrimination against independent producers. Mayer repeatedly said I do not know and refused to identify ties among Standard Oil Union Tank Line Republic Oil Waters-Pierce. Cockrell pressed for truth as witnesses testified to discriminatory practices and Standard Oil signaled it will give Missouri authorities less information in their suit to remove it from the state.
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Kansas City
Francis M Cockrell
Interstate Commerce Commission
G. W. Mayer
Standard Oil Company
Commission
Mayer
Union Tank Line Company
Republic Oil Company
Waters-Fierce Oil
Alfred A. Eddy
Chicago
Western
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Standard
Eruption in Samoa Devastates Homes as Lava Reaches Sea
The Sierra reports from Honolulu that Savaii volcano erupts on a large scale. Lava flows a three quarters mile wide stream twenty feet deep at twenty feet per hour. A five mile molten lava sea wall is visible offshore. Government chartered the Maroi to evacuate women and children. In Oklahoma City a Katy car quarrel over late supper ends with John Tooke shot but unharmed.
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Honolulu
Sydney
Samoa
Savaii
A. King
Charley
Maroi
Oklahoma City
John Tooke
Farmer Koushay Ends Life After Family Attack Near Granite
Granite Oklahoma March 14 J H Koushay a farmer living nearby killed himself with a pistol after attempting to kill his wife and children who escaped unharmed authorities said Koushay shot himself in the heart in the incident beginning with a reported attack on his family at their Granite area home
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Granite
Okla
J. H. Koushay
COMPLETE CONFESSION REPORTED IN Hollister MURDER CASE
Richard Ivans on trial for the murder of Mrs. Bessie Hollister had a lengthy confession read in court. The display of the killer’s tongue and trachea from the postmortem disturbed Ivans as he bowed his head and did not raise it again.
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Chicago
Richard Ivans
Bessie Hollister
Ludwig Hekteen
Dr. Hekteon
Russia Witte moves to suppress League of Russian People
In St. Petersburg on March 14 Premier Witte urged suppression of the League of Russian People amid reports of a court cabal planning provocations to trigger riots and anti Jewish massacres. Conspirators include General Trepoff and Count Ignatieff. 50,000 Black Hundred members may be armed. authorities fear an Easter outbreak while proletariat groups seek a general strike.
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St. Petersburg
Witte
Alexis Obelenski
John Tolstoi
League of Russian People
M. von der Launitz
Trepoff
Count Ignatieff
Odessa
Durnovo
Black Hundred
Shares in demand as Canton Hankow railway rights fall
Crowds mob the Canton Hankow railway shares on the March 14 issue date as Chinese authorities move to cancel foreign concessions. The government pays indemnity of 6 750 000 to owners after rights were handed to Chinese control. The project planned 2600 miles total with Pekin extension, reflecting broad Chinese opposition to foreign ownership.
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Oefwr
Canton
Canton Hankow Railway
Canton-Hankow
Pekin
Santa Fe Witness Confirms Right of Way Question
In the interstate commerce commission hearing, General Freight Agent Koontz of the Santa Fe railway testified that Standard Oil pipelines occupy the railway right of way. Asked how the company gained the right of way, he replied that he did not know.
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Santa Fe General Freight
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Koontz
Santa Fe Railway
Marchant
Standard Oil Company
Opened at a Decline in Cotton Market
New York reports the cotton market opening barely steady on Wednesday with declines of 4 to 5 points. Traders awaited further price direction as recent volatility continued to weigh on futures and spot activity.
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New York
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