Rockefeller Faces Probing Evidence On Standard Oil Proxies
John D. Rockefeller testified two hours before Samuel Untermyer at the Waters-Pierce proxy hearing. He said proxies were signed by habit for reorganizing under court decree, could not name all participants, and asserted the process followed the decree’s spirit. Detective-like questioning adjourned to June 17.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Samuel Untermyer
Henry Clay Pierce
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Campa
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Mr. Rockefeller
Waters-Pierce
Ates
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Mr. Untermyer
Archbold
United States Court
Untermyer
John D
William Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
H. M. Flagler
J. D. Archbold
Oliver H. Payne
Charles M. Prass
Witness
Waters-Pierce Company
Jacobs
Broadway
Mr. Untern
Edward B. Carey
Government says oil land suit reveals startling disclosures
Attorney General Wickersham released a public statement amid the government’s 1916 suit to recover 6000 acres of Elk Hills oil lands in Kern County California from the Southern Pacific. He cites testimony showing a criminal conspiracy by high SP officials to seize lands valued at 15 million dollars and to withhold mineral facts from patenting officials.
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Washington
Wickersham
Southern Pacific Companies
California
Southern Pacific Company
United States
Attocral
Willis N. Mills
Elk Hills
McKittrick Oil District
Kern County
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Congress
Charles W. Eberlein
Eberlein
San Francisco
Senators Press Lorimer Timing For Election Vote
Senators Kern and Lea from the anti Lorimer bloc telegraphed Lorimer asking for a specific arrival time to permit an early vote on his election case. Lorimer asked to avoid being called up now and his physician Dr Slaymaker said he remains weak and cautioned against travel.
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Washington
Kern
Lea
Senate Today
Lorimer
Dillingham
8. R. Slaymaker
Roosevelt wins big in New Jersey primaries
New Jersey results show Roosevelt taking 26 of 28 delegates with sharp gains in Essex, Burlington and Hudson counties while Wilson secures Democratic delegates. Taft concedes Roosevelt leads nationally as South Dakota remains the last state voting and Taft appeals for support.
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New Jersey
Roosevelt
Taft Makes Final Appeal in New Jersey Campaign
President Taft closed his New Jersey push and likely his nationwide speaking tour for delegates to the national party meeting. Glassboro observers note his final address focused on mobilizing supporters and shaping delegate backing ahead of the convention.
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Taft
Glassboro
N. J
New Jersey
Two-Session Convention Is Opposed
Delegates in Columbus Ohio move to drop the planned two sessions of the Republican state convention next week. The first session would select six delegates at large to the national convention and the second would nominate the state ticket after the Chicago convention. Delegates fear higher costs and inconvenience. the issue will be decided at the meeting.
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Columbus, CO
State Central Committee
Chicago
Belmont county Democrats refuse unit rule at convention
In Bellaire Ohio on May 28 the Belmont county Democrats selected thirteen delegates to the state convention in Toledo without instructions and without endorsing any candidate. They agreed to oppose the unit rule.
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Bellaire
Belmont County
Toledo
Licking County Republican Convention Elects Taft Delegates
In Newark Ohio on May 2 the Licking county Republican convention elected ten Taft delegates to the state convention and, by resolution, instructed them to support Taft delegates to the national convention.
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Newark
Licking County
Taft
Huron Democrats Select Delegates Back Harmon and Sharp
The Huron county Democratic convention chose nine delegates to the state convention who support Harmon for president and Sharp for governor. W. H. Keifer, party boss, controls the delegation from Norwalk Ohio.
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Huron
Harmon
Commercial Tribune
Norwalk
Huron County
Sharp
W. H. Keifer
Republican convention nominates Mater Be man in Gallipolis
The Republican convention in Gallipolis nominates Centerville banker Mater Be man to run for U S Senate. He would succeed L R Andrews who was convicted of bribery.
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Gallipolis
Matere Beman
Centerville
Beman
L. R. Andrews
Railroad counsel admits letter sparked Archbald trouble
Washington May 28 John L Saeger counsel for the Delaware Lackawanna Western railway admitted authorship of a letter to Interstate Commerce Commissioner Meyer that led to Judge Archbald s trouble He said he was sorry he wrote it and that he acted on orders from William S Jenney general counsel The letter claimed Marion Coal Co Scranton would lose its property and drop a suit against the railroad The court at Scranton then ruled against the coal company in a separate case Saeger said Jenney dictated the letter and he had seen two Archbald letters in Jenney s office He defended Boland of Marion Coal Co s harassment claim as blackmail saying Boland s suit against the railroad was harassing work He offered to hear Boland on the point.
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Washington
John L. Saeger
Delaware, Lackawana & Western Railway
House Judiciary Committee
Interstate Commerce
Meyer
Archbald
Scranton
Coal Company
Saeger
William S. Jenney
Jenney
Boland
Railroad
Contest for Southerners Is Planned
A Norfolk committee from the John Marshall Republican club urges Second district delegates D. Lawrence Groner and P. J. Riley to disregard Taft instructions. They plan similar appeals to other Virginia delegates, amid unrest in the party and speculation of a Roosevelt Chicago rally.
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P. J. Riley
Virginia
Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt to Meet Illinois Delegates at Sagamore Hill
Colonel Roosevelt confirmed Illinois delegates from fifty-six of fifty-eight will visit Oyster Bay on Saturday for a conference amid Taft Roosevelt forces national committee maneuvers. He met with William Ward and planned the trip to Gettysburg for Memorial Day addressing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Sagamore Hill
Illinois
Frank O. Lowden
Taft
Ana
Chauncey Dewey
Roosevelt
Outlook
William Ward
New York
Oyster Bay
New Jersey
Gettysburg
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Roosevelt Telegram Delays South Dakota Visit Before Primaries
Colonel Roosevelt cannot visit South Dakota before the June 4 primaries due to a Memorial Day speech in Gettysburg. He appeals to voters noting a clean line between the plain people and the bosses and warns that voting for any other candidate aids the reactionary. He foresees either his nomination or a reactionary outcome at Chicago and urges support for the progressive cause.
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Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt to Speak at Chicago Convention
Colonel Roosevelt announced a letter from California Governor Johnson accepting his request to deliver a seconding speech at the Chicago convention. He will stay at Sagamore Hill overnight then go to Gettysburg for a Memorial Day address for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, returning to New York around 11:18 p.m. Thursday. William Ward and James B. Reynolds met with Roosevelt but shared no details.
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Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
California
Chicago
Carmel Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Gettysburg
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
William Ward
James B. Reynolds
Illinois Delegates to Visit Oyster Bay for Roosevelt Talks
Illinois delegates instructed to back Colonel Roosevelt were invited to Oyster Bay to meet him next Saturday. Medill McCormick sent the invitation as leaders aimed to plan concerted action by central state delegates to advance Roosevelt’s candidacy and influence convention leadership, including the temporary chairmanship issue around United States Senator Root.
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Chicago
Illinois
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Medill McCormick
Central States
United States
Root
Roosevelt delegates prep for June 6 hearings meet
Ormsby McHarg in charge of Roosevelt delegates contest planning said preparations for the June 6 hearings are nearly complete with about 260 contests to be heard. He asserted Roosevelt will be the Republican nominee whether or not he wins a majority of contests.
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Ormsby McHarg
Roosevelt
Mr. McHarg
Taft
Edison Interested in Morals Promotion by Moving Pictures
Montclair New Jersey May 28 Mrs Harriet Pritchard superintendent of the purity department of the W C T U said today the union had succeeded in interesting Thomas A Edison in the proposal to use moving pictures to promote the temperance cause.
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Commercial Tribune
Montclair
N. J
Harriet Pritchard
Union
Thomas A. Edison
Fifth District GOP Nomination For Felix Blankenbaker
Felix Blankenbaker an attorney was nominated for Congress by the Fifth district Republican convention held in Terre Haute Indiana on May 2.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Felix Blankenbaker
Convention Recesses To Save J R
COLUMBUS OH May 25 Middle of the road advocates of the initiative and referendum recessed the constitutional convention to protect the proposal. President Bigelow helped push the move which may defeat the plan when voted by the people. A nonpartisan ticket provision passed then a close reconsideration defeated a tabling attempt. The convention adjourned with the issue unsettled and strong factions over home rule taxation and bond provisions.
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Bigelow
Cassady
General Assembly
Senate
House
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Hos
Woods
Medina
Cassidy
Fitzsimons
Harris
Doty
Alliance of Advocates of Classification
Phade
Harison
Riley
Jtso
Elson
Cme
Lampson
Jones
Kilpatrick
Walker
Board of Public Works
Boehm
Wilbur Wright Rally Gives Slim Hope for Recovery
Dayton May 28 Wilbur Wright the aeroplane inventor who has been critically ill for three weeks with typhoid fever has rallied somewhat from the sinking spell last night and attending physicians now declare there may be a slight hope for recovery.
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Dayton, O
Wilbur Wright
Fire Gutts Warren Lubricant Plant in Buffalo
A $140,000 conflagration gutted the Warren Lubricant company plant in Buffalo New York early today destroying the building and contents with extensive damage reported.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Warren Lubricant Company
Stage Is Set For Yankee Intervention
The United States prepares to intervene in Cuba as marines reach Guantanamo Bay and the Atlantic fleet mobilizes at Key West. Officials deny orders to land or dispatch forces while tensions rise over the Gomez regime and local unrest. Information indicates no destruction of property despite looting reports and continued negotiations with Estenez about party organization and concessions. Secretary Knox remains focused on protecting American lives and property.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Island Republic
Guantanamo Bay
Key West
Navy Department
Guantanamo Bay Naval Station
Navy
Marine Corps
Cuban
Gomez
State Department
San Miguel
el Caney del Silio
Estenez
Estenog
Jose Maceo
Knox
Havana
Insurgents Burn Sugar Cane in Guantanamo Plantation
Insurgents set fire to 8 000 tons of sugar cane at Marcos Sanchez plantation near Guantanamo Cuba. The blaze damaged cars and other property on the site belonging to American Fidelity company.
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Santiago
Cuba
Marcos Sanchez
Guantanamo
American Fidelity Company
Standing Army for Cuba Opinion From Barcelo in Cincinnati
Senor Juan Barcelo, exporter from Corona, Spain, arrived from Havana and urged a U S standing army in Cuba to secure peace. He warned uprisings could recur anywhere on the island if armed authority is not shown to protect commercial interests. This marks his second Cincinnati visit in three years.
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Unite States
Senor Juan Barcelo
Corona
Spain
Cincinnati
Havana
Senor Barcelo
Sintoh
J. E. Tuthill
Business Men's Club
Missing Schoolgirl Found in Columbus After Six Days
Marjory Bell 18, a Cleveland high school student missing from Cleveland for more than six days, was found by police in a boarding house at 135 West Spruce street in Columbus, Ohio. She phoned her mother, who will travel from Cleveland to take her home.
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Columbus, CO
Marjory Bell
Cleveland High School
West Spruce Street
Columbus
Morgan gives $26 000 to Fish University in Nashville
An announcement from Nashville dated May 28 reports a gift of 26000 dollars to Fish University a Negro institution from J Pierpont Morgan.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Negro Institution
Nashville, Tenn
Fish University
Bank Closed in Waterford. Marietta Report
The Waterford Commercial and Savings Bank in Waterford Washington County was ordered closed today. The State Bank of Columbus was named the receiver and to take charge of assets and liabilities.
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Waterford Commercial and Savings Bank
Waterford
Washington County
State Bank
Ed C
Colubus
W. Ageee
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