Lawson Plans a People's Trust to Fight Tobacco
Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson proposes a new tobacco weapon by forming a People's trust using the 118,000,000 pound Burley pool. He aims to buy the Burley society for cash and launch a major antitrust war, with district board endorsement anticipated.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
People's Trust
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston Millonaire
Tobacco Trust
Burley Tobacco Society
Burley Society
Lawson
le Bus
Burley Tobacco
Heiress and waiter arrested after elopement odyssey
Roberta Delanon, 17, Philadelphia heiress, and Frederic Cohen, 43, a Bellevue Stratford waiter, were found in a Chicago boarding house after fleeing Philadelphia on December 29. They admitted identities at the Chicago avenue station, Cohen seeking extradition waiver and the pair traveling from Philadelphia to New York Montreal St John Boston then Chicago.
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Press Dispatch
Chicago
Roberta’ Buist Delanon
Philadelphia
Frederic Cohen
Bellevue- Stratford
West Superior Street
Cohen
Chicago Avenue
Miss Delanon
United States
Canada
England
Halifax
St. John
N. B
Frank Perrin
S Alice
Robert King
Montreal
Perrin
Elopers
Women’s Department
Harrison Street
New York City
New York
Boston
Roberta
Tobacco Men to Meet in Washington Today
Hugh Campbell president of the Independent Tobacco Manufacturers' association calls a meeting in the New Willard Hotel Washington D C at 11 am Tuesday January 11 1910. He notes congress changes effective July 1 1910 and urges members to oppose new statutory packages and consider anti coupon law actions.
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Washington
Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Hugh Campbell
Independent Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association
Gettlemen
New Willard Hotel
Washington, D. C
Congress
Cincinnatian robber's prey on Baltimore & Ohio train
John Schmidt 84 of Cincinnati was robbed on a Baltimore and Ohio train near Pittsburgh losing 380 in cash and 2 500 in securities. He was jostled by three men in the sleep car gangway while transferring from day coach. Detectives pursue leads with interviews planned in Wheeling. Schmidt can identify the trio.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Pittsburg
John Schmidt
Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio
Pullman
Schmidt
Wheeling
Hogan Aims for Sixth District Seat in Congress
Dr. O. P. Hogan of Williamstown announces a bid for the Democratic nomination in Kentucky's Sixth district. Rumors say incumbent Joe Rhinock may not run and backing for Arthur B. Rouse is expected. Hogan pledges to stay in the race from start to finish and believes he can win.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
O. P. Hogan
Williamstown
Joe Rhinock
Arthur B. Rouse
Lupo and Morello arraigned in major counterfeit case
The Wolf Ignacio Lupo and Giuseppe Morello, linked to Petrosino's Palermo murder, were arraigned in U S district court with fourteen confederates on wholesale counterfeiting charges. Authorities say the gang printed fifty thousand dollars in fake currency and operated from an abandoned Highland Mills farmhouse. Police seized plates and tools. twenty arrests followed the raid.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Ignacio Lupo
the Wolf
Giuseppe Morello
Petrosino
Palermo
Sicily
United States District Court
Smith
Lupo
Italy
Morello
Hough
Secret Service
Highland Mills
N. Y
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hudson
Bath Beach
Brooklyn
Particu
Death mystery in Terre Haute linked to stepdaughter
Police seek Effie Sellsberry, stepdaughter of jeweler W H Helman, as a key witness in his mysterious death after he was found unconscious and died in a Terre Haute hotel. Authorities report two letters alleging poisoning in Chicago and a train ride to New Orleans, with a chemical stomach analysis pending.
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Terre Haute
Associated Press Dispatch
Ind
Effie Selisberry
New Orleans
W.H. Helman
Memphis
Helman
Chicago
Herman
Effie Sellsberry
Rampart Street
North Dakota
English explorer Scott plans return to seek South Pole
Captain Robert F. Scott, commander of the British Antarctic Expedition 1900-04, is to set forth next July in a new bid to reach the South Pole.
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South Pole
Preacher Evades Police During Church Service
In Piqua Ohio Rev Elmer E Davidson an evangelist from Washington Indiana fled by window after a police officer served a desertion warrant. Church officials allowed service to proceed then he vanished with only his clothes. The woman Laura Bun Clark claims to be his wife or common law spouse and a suit was filed.
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Commercial Tribune
Piqua, O
Elmer E. Davidson
Washington
Ind
Church of Christ
Laura B. Davidson
Davidson
Dr. Davidson
Laura Bun Clark
Lew Wallace Statue to Be Unveiled in Capitol
The Lew Wallace statue in the capitol will be unveiled tomorrow morning. Distinguished men from many parts of the country are arriving to take part in the exercises. James Whitcomb Riley will read an original poem. Indiana senator and the statue commission are among the arrivals.
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Washington
Jan
Associated Press
Lew Wallace
Capitol
James Whitcomb
Indiana
Messrs. Ard
Gallipolis Man Dies at Age 100 in Ohio Community
Leonard Beck, believed to be the oldest local resident in Olvio area, died at 100. Born in Pennsylvania near Greensburg, he remained active on his farm and performed labor up until a few days before death.
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Gallipolis
Associated Press
Leonard Beck
Olvio
Pennsylvania
Greensburg
Thawing Dynamite Adds Three More to Death List
A thawing dynamite incident at Hammond lumber camp in Winter Wis ends in three deaths Sam Anderson Colfax Wis J Salisbury St Paul Minn and George Cummings Rice Lake Wis were killed in the blast.
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Rice Lake
Wis
Associated Press
Hammond
Winter, Wis
Sam Anderson
Colfax
St. Paul
George Cummings
Delaware High School Burns at Forty Thousand Loss
Delaware High School in Delaware, Ohio, was destroyed by fire causing an estimated $40,000 in damage. Authorities suspect the blaze started from a furnace and prompted an emergency response.
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Delaware High School
Columbus, O
cAssociated Press
Delaware (O
President Healy of Georgetown Dies at 71
The Rev. Father Patrick Healy former Georgetown University president 1877 to 1881 died at the university aged 71 after a year of illness. A Jesuit and Georgia native he was among the school's most popular presidents.
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Washington
Associated Press
Father Patrick Healy
Georgetown University
University
Father Healy
Georgia
TriState push for river work at ashland hearing
A large delegation from Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia attended the final hearing on the proposed lock and dam No 29 near Ashland Ky before the house rivers and harbors committee. Congressmen Adna R. Johnson Joseph R Bennett John W Langley and James A Hughes spoke urging the project supported by army engineers and Big Sandy river improvements now under way.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ashland
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Big Sandy
Army Engineers
Adna R. Johnson
Joseph R. Bennett
John W. Langley
James A. Hughes
Poosters
H. H. Keys
J. B. Johnson
Harry W. Mountain
Ironton
Douglass Putman
J. W. M. Stewart
M. J. Seaton
de Wade
W. A. Ginn
W. A. Patton
Mordecai Williamson
G. W. Gunnell
W. C. Harper
T. D. Marcum
Cere Ky
C. W.G. Hanna
Greenup, Ky
A. A. Miller
Huntington, W. Va
Woman Tops Tax List in Gotham Personal Levy
New York on January 10 reports Emma B Kennedy widow of John S Kennedy heads the personal tax assessments with 6 009 000 in personal property. Carnegie and Sage tie for second at 5 000 000 Rockefeller third at 2 500 000 followed by Florence Amsinck Bessie McLeod Leggett and W K Vanderbilt at 1 000 000 each. Vanderbilt Jr. listed at 500 000 with Astor Morgan Schwitt Schift and Belmont Ryan among others. City permits increase in debt margin to about 27 000 000 as assessed real estate rises to 6 600 187 322.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Carnegie
Emma B. Kennedy
John S. Kennedy
Mr. Carnegie
Russell Sage
John D. Rockefeller
Florence Amsinck
Bessie McLeod Leggett
W. K Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Beautiful Princess Compared to Riviera Paintings at Monte Carlo
Princess George of Greece is hailed as the most beautiful princess in Europe. She is said to resemble the central figure in paintings by Gervais, which adorn the facade of the new Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo. The claim is bold as the central figure is undraped and surrounded by many other known works.
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Tobacco Trust
Burley Society
Kentucky
Tobacco Consumers of
America
People’s Trust
George
Greece
Europe
Gervias
Hotel de Paris
Monte Carlo
Riviera
Denman to Paoclaim in McKinnon Estate Case
Commercial Tribune reports In Ashabula Ohio J H McGifford executor of W S McKinnon estate says bills must be proven and not disputed by mere charges He expects to file a claim exceeding 8800 amid anticipated litigation to force payment and avoid delay by the executor The Attorney General Denman H J Booth discuss strategy to join the executor in action and trigger timely suit
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
J. H. McGiifford
W. S. McKinnon
Ashabula
Denman
H. J. Booth
McKinnon
McGifford
Ohio Congressman Defines His Stand Against Cannon
Rep Howland of the Twentieth district signals no general GOP break over Cannon in 1910. insurgents will resist party plans but stay within the Republican fold while pressing for power in Ballinger Pin chot affairs and a party front against autocratic control.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio
Howland
House
Department of Interior
Cannon
Taft
Executor offers to settle claims against McKinnon estate
J H Mc Gifford executor of the estate of the late state treasurer W S McKinnon publishes a letter written to Attorney General Denman. He offers to cover any just claims against the estate without suit if Denman proves McKinnon personally profited from deposits of state funds under his control.
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Ashtabula, O
J. H. McGifford
W. S. McKinnon
Denman
McKinnon
Federal Income Tax Law Attacked as Not Uniform
Lewis W. Jared of Chicago files suit in the United States circuit court in Cleveland to stop collection of the tax on the American Multigraph company. He argues the law is unconstitutional for nonuniform operation and for excluding firms with net income under 5,000 dollars and for demanding private company information.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Cleveland, O
Lewis W. Jared
Chicago
United States Circuit
American Multigraph Company
Appropriations Committee Recommends Large Philippine Item
The Appropriations Committee proposes fortifications for the United States and insular possessions costing $5,617,200, a reduction of over two and a half million from 1910. The House would adopt these committee recommendations as submitted today.
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Appropriations Committee
Philippines
Washington
Associated Press
United States
Insular
House
Appropriations
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Burley ‘Tobacco Society
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Supreme Court
Frederick Cohen
Roberta DE Janon
Hogan
Petrolino
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Secret
Lupo, “the Wolf,” and
Robert F. Scott
Lord ‘Methuen
Natal
South Africa
Preacher
Indiana Girl
President Healy
Georgetown
Tristate
Commercial Tribune Bureau
Munsrr Building
Gotham
Kennedy
Oil King
Princess George OF
Paoclaim
McKinnon Estate
Uncle Joe
House of Representatives
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Republican Congressional Committee
Literary Bureau
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McKinley
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Cleveland
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