Fortunes saved as Burns sleuths trap extortion ring
A Gloucester County district attorney and three bankers were arrested in Philadelphia after a Burns detective operation exposed a blackmail plot. They demanded up to 200000 in bonds and 5000 in cash from the Moore family to avoid prosecution, pledging secrecy in return.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Bellevue-Stratford
Burns
Joseph J. Summerill
Gloucester County
N. J
George W. Dickensheets
First National Bank of
Woodbury
Joseph Best
H. W.W. Stille
Union Railway Supply Company
Crim
Summerill
Charles C. Moore
Clayton
Moore Brothers Glass Company
Moore
David Wilson Moor
Horse Tag Day Planned in Los Angeles by Society
Los Angeles set to observe Horse Tag Day under the Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Miss Lillian Tucker of a local theatre stock company leads the drive. A record sale of tags will raise funds for the society’s animal welfare work.
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Los Angeles
The
Angeles Society
Lillian Tucker
Blackmail Proposition Confiscated During City Hall Arrests
Detectives interrupted a conference, arresting four men as Prosecutor Summertill tried to destroy two signed copies of a written blackmail proposition. Detective Scanlon of the City Hall force rescued both statements from his hands.
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Summertill
Scanlon
City Hall
Parrot Disrupts Chicago Court Case Ends in Dismissal
In Chicago May 61 municipal court Judge Labuy halted Gore vs Kunecovicz after a parrot named Jeff caused levity in the gallery. Anton Kunecovicz claimed the bird belonged to a friend from 1400 West Fifteenth. The judge dismissed the case amid the odd courtroom scene.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Municipal
Labuy
Anton Kunecevicz
West Sixteenth Street
Jeff
West Fifteenth
Kiunecovicz
Paul
Romantic Elopement Tale Ends in Philadelphia Arrest
In Philadelphia a Chicago youth Lloyd Williams and Massachusetts girl Edythe May Howe were captured while eloping from Boston and New York. They confessed to stealing a car, hitching toward Pittsburg, and fleeing past tolls with little money, after attempting a marriage by Justice of the Peace near their homes.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Massachusetts
Gyman
New York
Trenton
Lancaster Pike
Blue Mountains
Philadephia
Lloyd ‘Williams
Edythe May Howe
Maiden
Mass
Williams
Ee. Pa
Willams
Miss Howe
Self
Edythe
Howe
Pittsburg
Lewistown
Caruso in Row Over Flirting With American Actress in London
The tenor Lucian Caruso clashed in the Savoy Hotel lobby after a late supper when he flirted with an American actress. John Wilson of New York confronted him, Caruso defied the rebuke, and tensions led to a hotel manager’s invocation as witnesses backed Wilson’s complaint.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Caruso
Covent Garden
Monkey House
Zoirological Gardens
J Young
Savoy Hotel
John Wilson
New York
Re Caruso
Wilson
Tenor
Editor Defends Central Reserve Plan In Monetary Reform Debate
Senator Burton argues for a central reserve system over regional banks, saying it ensures national coordination and stable currency. He criticizes separate regional associations as unjust and cites better unity, broader support, and wider investment opportunities under one central institution.
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Youngstown, O
Burton
National Monetary Commission
Youngstown Association of Credit Men
Central R Reserve Association
Commission
Itiee
L Lvés
Monetary Commission
Capsizing of Machine Kills Young Aviator
Chicago May 31 Aviation claims another victim when James Colavan a young amateur flyer was killed as his biplane overturned near the Aero Club of Illinois field. His machine caught in tree branches during a low turn and crushed him under the engine.
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Chicago
Aviation
James Colavan
Aero Club of Illinois
Colavan
Colovan
Dashing Chauffeur Faces Fraud Charge Amid Innocence Denials
Chicago May 1 Special Dispatch. Harry Jordan a chauffeur dubbed the great blue eyed baby denies bilking Mrs Fred Strong of $8 500. He vows to fight the charge while his bride Ella Week stands by him. Jordan once served four wives and jail for bigamy, but today claims innocence and vows to return all funds.
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Chicago
Harry
Jordan
Fred Strong
4LaSalle Avenue
Ella Week
Cupid
Strongs
Tribune
Farmer Lad Repaid Loan With Interest After Wealth
In Wellston on May 31 Dr E B Higley lent Charles Froelich money to finish education. Eight years later Froelich, now wealthy in Australia, repaid the loan with compound interest. Froelich recently died without heirs leaving nearly one million dollars to Higley.
Editor's Apology Cites Plaintififf Evidence On Roosevelt
The editor declares he is impressed by the plaintiff's evidence that Roosevelt did not drink to excess. He doubts the statements of those who claimed intoxication, suggesting observers may have misread or lacked opportunity to judge correctly. Signed George A. Newett.
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Roosevelt
Jurors Return Verdict for Plaintiff in Dramatic Denouement
The judge instructed jurors to deliver a verdict for the plaintiff and they complied, bringing a dramatic courtroom moment to a close.
Roosevelt Wins Libel Suit In Michigan Case
Colonel Roosevelt was awarded 6000 damages in a libel suit against George A Newett editor of The Iron Ore Ishpeming Michigan who charged Roosevelt with drunkenness. The jury ruled both sides pay their own expenses after Newett retracted the defamatory article and Judge Flannigan directed a verdict for the plaintiff. Roosevelt left for the East shortly after the verdict.
Roosevelt seeks only nominal damages in court statement
The defendant requests the jury be instructed to award nominal damages, stating he did not seek money or vengeance but aimed to clear slanders and protect his reputation. Roosevelt declares he has achieved his purpose and is content.
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Roosevelt
Democrats Predict Senate Action On Tariff Bill By August
Washington May 31 Democratic leaders in the Senate in charge of tariff legislation forecast the bill would reach the Senate by August with a full committee report ready by next week. They planned daily sessions from 10 am to 6 pm to tire out opponents and push the measure through the caucus and onto passage.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Ransdell
Thornton
Louisiana
Walsh
Wilson
Marshall
Nator Poindexter
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