Oil trust stock jobbing alleged in Corn Products case
Chicago real estate loan firm seeks court ordered reorganization of Corn Products Company under court direction. The filing accuses Standard Oil linked executives of defrauding stockholders and creating a monopoly via the Corn Products Refining Company and related firms. A receiver and injunction are requested with five days notice before action. Main offices in Monmouth Illinois. George E. Harding presides. Gregory and Meter serve as secretary.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Chicago Real Estate Loan and Trust Company Today
Corn Products Company
Corn Products Refining Company
Glucose Sugar Refining Company
E. T. Bedford
Standard Oil
C. H. Matthiessen
Norman B. Ream
Heaton
Jere Morton
J. B. Greenhut
C. L. Class
E. A. Matthiessen
W. J. Calhoun
WW. T. Gorman
T. B. Wagner
H. C. Herget
T. P. Kingsford
C. F. Sherwood
New York Glucose Company
Ion
Wagner
Lake County
Illinois
St. Louis
Corn Products’ Refining Company
Matthiessen
Bedford
Monmouth
Ill
George E. Harding
Gregory Aad Meter
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Hughes Adviser Ends Life of a River Steamer
Ernst W. Huffcut former dean of Cornell Law School and Hughes legal adviser shot himself and the Albany boat C. W. Morse on the Hudson. His body found aft on the Morse with letters to the Governor and to his sister revealing a planned cremation and personal note. Governor Hughes identified the body. Huffcut had boarded at Albany and was last seen pacing the upper deck before death.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Ernst W. Huffcut
Law School
Cornell University
Hughes
Albany
C. W. Morse
Hudson River
Morse
Huffcut
Lillian Huffcut
Therower
Ithaca
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Roosevelt Yacht Collision Near miss on Potomac
Mrs Roosevelt and companions aboard the yacht Sylph narrowly avoided serious harm when the Sylph drifted past a deck and struck a tugboat near Washington. The shock toppled the flagpole and caused minor damage to both vessels. no one was hurt. Captain Blumer and Acting Secretary Newberry discussed a formal inquiry.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Mrs. Roosevelt
Clifford Richardson
New York
Bacon
Roscoe C. Blumer
Sylph
White House
Navy
Newberry
Blumer
Foraker Sees Primaries as One Year Away
Senator J B Foraker outlines his stance on primaries tied to next year's delegate selection and presidential preference. He notes Cox's statements and says the Cincinnati Republican organization will not indorse Taft or Foraker before this year's elections, with discussions centered on avoiding early action.
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J. B. Foraker
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Republican
Taft
Foraker
Cahtog
Horace Marvin Igowered Dead Near His Home
The body of Horace Marvin, missing since March 4 from Kitt's Hammock near Dover Delaware, was found in a marsh. Clothes unchanged, body face down, possible foul play suspected by his father Dr Marvin. Detectives considered murder theory. neighbor Ollie Pleasanton found the body while duck hunting.
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Commercial Tribune
Dover
Del
Horace Marvin
Kitt’s
Here
Delaware River
Marvin
Dr. Marvin
Ollie Pleasanton
Forest fires near Maple Falls checked by wind change
Five hundred men continued fighting forest fires around Maple Falls in Whatcom County Washington. A shift in wind direction today averted total destruction of the town as crews battled the blazes through the day.
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Washington
Commercial Tribune
Bellingham
Wash
Maple Falls
Whatcom County
Mine attack on Guatemalan president foiled near mansion
Washington May 4. A second assassination attempt on President Cabrera of Guatemala was thwarted when a large mine was found near the Guard of Honor barracks 120 feet from the American Legation and 180 feet from Cabrera’s presidential mansion. The incident caused widespread indignation across Guatemalan society. Minister Barrios, Foreign Affairs, confirmed the event.
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Cabrera
Guatemala
Toledo
Washington, D. C
Guard of Honor
Legation
Signor Barrios
Mine discovered near Guard of Honor site in Guatemala City
In Guatemala City on May 4 a second mine containing several pounds of dynamite was found on Seventh avenue opposite the Guard of Honor regiment and near the president's residence, close to the American Legation. Had it exploded, damage and casualties could have been severe. In Mexico City on May 4 Guatemala refused extradition requests for Jose Maria Lima and Colonel Onofre Boree, amid cabinet talks on possible diplomatic relations and the assassination case of General Lisandro Barrillas.
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Seventh Avenue
Guard of Honor
Cabrera
Legation
City
Mexico
Guatemala
Jose Maria Lima
Onofre Boree
Manuel Lisandro Barrillas
Mysterious Mr Smooth Captured in Cincinnati Shoe Store
The Commercial Tribune mystery figure Smooth is captured in Cincinnati at the Smith Easton Co store after seventeen days eluding detection. J W Stump of Latonia Kentucky, a 29 year old salesman, identifies him and collects a $100 reward.
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Wideawake Latonia
James W. Stump
Commercial Tribune
MR. Stump
Smooth
Alatonia
the Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
J. W. Stump
Latonia
Smith-Easton Co
Fifth
Race Streets
Fifth Street
Sixth
Vine Street
Mound
Sixth Streets
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S. Ijstad
The
Jonah
Belle Staslavsky
No. 11
Fifteenth Street
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