Subpoena Issued for Brooklyn Leader in Bankruptcy Case
New York April 16 A court order summons Senator Patrick H McCarren to testify at the Ennis & Stoppani bankruptcy hearing and produce books and records. An expert account showed blind account No 339 tied to the senator with over 100000 in indebtedness. Subpoenas were issued to several stock exchange figures as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lindsay Russell
Ennis & Stoppani
Holt
United States District Court
Patrick H McCarren
Brooklyn
United States
Alexander
McCarren
New York Stock Exchange
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Students guard gals with guns at Miami University
At Oxford Miami university Sigma Tau Sorority on Spring street and Woodside avenue faced a weeks long peeper scare. A man, believed Black, lurked near the house and once entered the hall. Several male students guard the home with shotguns each night.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Oxford
Sigma Tau
Miami University
Spring Street
Woodside Avenue
Nonunion Crews Sail Vessels Prompting Labor Tension
In Buffalo on April 16 the steamer Charles S. Weston and nine other large ships sailed with nonunion crews, signaling an early season deadlock between lake employers and workers. Cleveland officials worry of trouble as the steamer John W. Gates plans to depart with a loyal police escort amid nonunion engineer fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles S. Weston
Cleveland, CO
John W. Gates
A. Rumsey
Lake Carriers’ Association
Gates
Indictments Against Cudahy Packing Over Oleomargarine
In Topeka on April 16 the Cudahy Packing company of Kansas City was indicted in federal court on 695 counts for defrauding the government under internal revenue laws. Prosecutors allege misstatement of oleomargarine taxes, underreporting revenue and monopolizing the market by misclassifying colored product, with potential fines up to 5 000 per count and civil action to confiscate plant and machinery.
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Topeka
Kan
Cudghy Packing Company
Kansas City
United States District Court
United States Internal Revenue
Cudahy Company
Bone
Cudahy Packing Establishment
Cudahy Plant Officials Respond to Grand Jury Action
Kansas City officials say they know nothing about any indictments and deny violations of federal labeling or revenue laws. J. H. Hale and J. E. Wagner state they are unaware of any wrongdoing and suspect a mistake.
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Kansas City
J. H. Hale
Cudahy
Topeka
J. E. Wagner
Internal Revenue
Open Door Policy Shakes Western Theaters
The Western Theater Managers association declares an open door policy, ending ties to any producer booking group. About 175 theaters in the region are affected by the decision announced in New York on April 16.
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Theater Managers’ Association
Jail Sentence for Union Embezzler
Samuel T. Stevenson, convicted of embezzling funds of the New Orleans Typographical Union, was sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary. R. M. Hudspeth, former union president, faces trial for misapplying funds. he recently ran for International Typographical Union presidency but was defeated by President Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Samuel T. Stevenson
Mme Castro Protests Refusal to Land in Venezuela
Caracas reports Madame Castro wife of the former president showed annoyance when authorities refused to permit disembarkation at La Guaira from the steamer Guadeloupe. From the deck she told officials to “make hay while the sun shines.” A criminal court judge pending charges against Cipriano Castro ordered requisition papers for his arrest. Pedro E. Rojas, new Venezuelan minister to Washington, departed for his post.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Madame Castro
Republic
la Guaira
Guadeloupe
Criminal Court
Cipriano Castro
Antonio Paredes
Castro
Pedro E. Rojas
Washington
Taft backs lowest tariff rates with inheritance tax plan
President Taft endorses the Payne bill and Aldrich measures for the lowest duties, urging quick action. He reiterates support for an inheritance tax as a revenue source and rejects delaying revenue revisions until the next session. He notes the need to fund the first fiscal year amid reduced tariffs. The plan hinges on combining low rates with the inheritance tax to raise needed revenue.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Taft
House
Senate
Dingley
Payne
White House
Congress
Aldrich
Labor Leaders Meet Taft on Widespread Labor Issues
Union leaders headed by Samuel Gompers talked at the White House with President Taft on May 19 about injunctions the eight hour law convict labor and the Sherman act. Taft pledged to study the matters and consult further as a bill for next Congress is framed. Dr. Neill attended the meeting. Taft also accepted an invitation to speak at Fort Mahone Petersburg Va and Mecklenburg N C events May 19 and 20.
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Washington
Taft
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Federation
White House
South
Supreme Court
Panama Canal
Cincinnati
Organized Labor
Charles P. Neill
Labor
Executive Council
Frank Morrison
James Duncan
John Mitchell
James O’connell
Max Morris
William Huber
John B. Lennon
John R. Alpine
Joseph Valentine
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Fort Mahone
Petersburg
Charlotte
N. C
Mecklenburg
Return of Civil War Flags Centered in Selma Event
Letters approving the return of battle flags captured from the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 1865 cite support from Major General James H. Wilson and Captain James Goddard. John A. Pitts and W. W. Shoemaker plan to travel to Selma on May 14 to formally present the banners as the Daughters of the Confederacy coordinate a gala day with convention activities.
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Fourth
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Selma
Ala
South
John A. Pitts
Cincinnati
W. W. Shoemaker
Dayton
James H. Wilson
James Goddard
Muncie
Ind
Wilson
North
Pitts
Daughters of the Confederacy
Charles H. Brown
Norwood Bills Declared Illegal by State Auditor
Examiners report finds Hamilton county Norwood water and electric plant board illegal payments totaling 3902 between 1907 and 1909. Most payments split into parts to evade law, with 22.50 covering telephone use by board members W. H. Perry and M. H. Folger.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
State Bureau of Public Accounting
J. Metcalf
Board of Control
Water and Electric Light Plant
Norwood
Hamilton County
W. H. Perry
M. H. Folger
Board of Public Service
Governor Harmon names five trustees for state Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Columbus April 16 Governor Harmon announced five trustees for the state Sanitarium for tuberculosis patients to be opened next summer. Named at Mt Vernon Dr S P Wise Millersburg A A Whitney Mt Gilead John A Morst Fremont D P Campbell Utica and Frank H Tanner Mansfield will elect a physician when the facility opens.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harmon
Mt. Vernon
S.P. Wise
Millersburg
A. A. Whitney
Mt. Gilead
John A. Morst
Fremont
D.P. Campbell
Utica
Frank H. Tanner
Mansfield
Kentucky Idea Reaches Missouri Tobacco Areas
Farmers in Clay and neighboring counties report receiving marked Kentucky newspaper copies warning them to beware of running afoul of the organization. The warnings suggest the spread of the Kentucky idea to Missouri tobacco growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Clay
Kentucky
Fine Distinction Made by a Judge
In New Orleans Judge Gearman ruled that impressions from newspaper reports do not count as opinions for juror challenges. William Adler, former president of the State National Bank, faces charges of misapplying and embezzling funds. Jury selection concluded. testimony to begin at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
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New Orleans
Gearman
United States Court
Pearman
Efort
William Adler
Adler
State National] Bank
Wife prosecutes Carnegie official on bigamy charge
In Cleveland, Annie W. Corlett testifies that William F. Bott a Carnegie Steel inspector and Homestead resident is a bigamist. The state argues Bott and W. Fitzgerald Barclay are the same man who married Mary Katherine Brown in Cleveland in 1916. Prosecution closes after identifying Bott with Barclay and the November 1909 license handwriting.
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Cleveland, O
William F. Bott
Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead
Annie W. Corlett
Bett
W. Fitzgerald Barclay
Mary Katherine Brown
A. B. Meldrum
Cleveland
Mary Brown Barclay
Bott
Miss Brown
Barclay
W. F. Barclay
William F. Barclay
Philadelphia
Fireman George McKiver Ends Life at Riverside Home
Fireman George McKiver, 56, of Engine Company No. 25, shot himself with a 22 rifle at his Riverside residence 3379 Ingalls Street. Ill with diabetes and grip, he had been improving lately but faced a landlord dispute and died minutes after the act. He served 21 years, leaving a widow, a son, and three daughters.
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George McKiver
Ingalls Street
Riverside
Mr. McKiver
Dr. Conwell
Mamie
McKiver
Fire Department
Troops Concentrating and Zelaya Organizes Exiles
Private cables from Washington report Nicaragua's military activity with troops concentrating in the Bay of Fonseca. Two small expeditions were reportedly turned back by Salvadorean forces. Zelaya is said to be organizing Salvadorean exiles in Honduras and eyeing an attack on Acajutla, near San Salvador, amid Honduras neutrality concerns.
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Mexico City
Washington
Nicaragua
Bay of Fonseca
Zelaya
Honduras
Acajutla
Salvador
San Salvador
Pacific
Tevfik Pasha
Macedonia
Constantinople
Terror Reaches Constantinople and Adana Massacres Report
A special dispatch cites 2000 reported dead after attacks in Constantinople and bombings in Pera and Galata. Adana half burned, Armenian attacks spreading, two missionaries killed, and troops dispatched as unrest spreads across the empire.
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Belgrade
Pera
Galata
Constantinople
Leishman
Adana
Vilayet
Mersina
Daughty- Wylie
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Stock Exchange
Frank W. Graves
Charles Stewart
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William B. Anderson
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Schumacher & Co
Gudary Company
Managers’ Association
Mme
American Federation
Mr. Taft
Gompers
Ohio
Examiner
Mount Vernon
Fourth Ohio Cavalry
IDEN
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Missouri
Carnegie
Turk Capital
Sultan’s Government
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Ristowatz
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church
North America
American Bible Society
Adane
William Chambers
Chicago
Elizabeth
Mary G. Webb
Wallis
Borel
Christy
Tarsus
Adang
William N. Chambers
Talcot Williams
Philadelphia Press
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Zihni Pasha
Saloniki
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