Consolidated Casualty Company Probed for Mismanagement in WV
Charleston reports that Consolidated Casualty controls were accused of mismanagement and false returns. Actuary John S. Rache cites irregularities including stock cancellations, unissued partial payments, overstaffed assets, and inflated Chicago real estate. Armstrong defends the company, calling allegations hostile and unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Consolidated Casualty Company
Insurance Department
Mae
State Insurance Department
John S. Rache
New York City
Robert 2. Armstrong
C. H. Burras
A. S. Mitchell
Armstrong
Barras
Mitchell
D. Folansbee
West Virginia
Chicago
Leslie M. Shaw
Treasury
John 8. Darst
Darst
Louisville, Ky
J. Walter Scherr
Tnsurance
Decemer
H. W. Huttig
Muscatine
Iowa
Robert Ss.armstrong
Caspatty Company
John F. Roche
Roche
Insurance Department of
Mississippi Senate Demands Bilbo Resign as Factions Shake Chamber
In open session the Mississippi State Senate overwhelmingly demanded the resignation of Senator Theodore G. Bilbo. President Pro Teme Hebron and several allied senators followed Bilbo’s supporters out, after a 28 to 15 vote failed to expel him. Bilbo faced a bribery claim involving L C Dulaney and a vote swap related to United States Senate races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Chamber
Jackson
Miss
State Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
James K. Vardeman
Leroy Percy
United States
Bilbo
Quebec to ban American farm ads in Agriculture Journal
Minister of Agriculture Caron announced that farm advertisements from the United States would no longer be printed in The Agriculture Journal published by the Quebec Government. Opposition member Mr. Platte blamed Vermont ads for recent French Canadian emigration to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Caron
United States
Agriculture Journal
Quebeec
Platte
Vermont
Pig Iron Output Sets March Record Amid Profit Pressures
The article notes a narrow profit margin in high grade fiber rope and cordage drives buyer dissatisfaction as manufacturers fail to educate buyers on higher prices. It reports March pig iron production at 2,615,261 tons, the highest for any March except last December, signaling a record month.
Mining Firm Head Sentenced for Mail Fraud
William S. Philips, president of the American-Mexico Mining and Development Company, was sentenced by Federal Judge Landis to three years in prison and a $1000 fine for using the mails to defraud. He reportedly sold $600,000 of stock, paid large unearned dividends, and netted about $300,000 from purchasers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam D. Phillips
Chicago
William S. Philips
Hunter Caught in Bear Trap Ends With Mutilation
German bear hunter Gus Sposs was trapped for over a day while setting a bear trap at Encampment Wiyo. His hands and feet were frozen and nearly frozen to death upon release. He gnawed his wrist to escape but is expected to lose both hands and perhaps more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiyo
Gus Sposs
Spoas
Taft Plans World Battlship Fleet by 1912 Ambition
Washington aims to assemble a 21 battleship fleet by July 1 1912 plus four armored cruisers to sail around the world. The plan seeks Pacific and Far East protection with potential 25 power ships in Atlantic and a second fleet of 11 battleships if Congress funds increased personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Coge Hth
Taft
Meyer
Rooosevelt
Pacific Coast
Far East
Congress
Pacific
Wyoming
Arkansas
Hampton Roads
Florida
Utah
Delaware
North Dakota
Michigan
Connecticut
Louisiana
South Carolina
Kansas
Vermont
Conerees
Secretary of the Navy
Pacifle
Atlantic
Taft Rebukes Hissing Suffragists in Washington
President Taft faced disapproval from several National Woman Suffrage Association members in Washington when he argued against granting women the ballot. He urged ladies to demonstrate restraint and self-government while listening to opposing views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Woman Suffrage Association
Taft
Sadie F Newbert Found Guilty of Husband's Murder
In Rockland Maine the jury convicts Sadie F Newbert of murdering her invalid husband Fremont Newbert who died November 15 from strychnine poisoning. The defense argued self administration while the state cited a motive linked to a rumored relationship. The crime carries life imprisonment with the prison at Thomaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Fremont Newbert
Supreme Court
Sadie F. Newbert
Thomaston
Lfe
Lawyer Crews Paid Five Thousand for Saying Yes
In Chicago a judge granted attorney Seth F. Crews $5000 after he answered yes to the question of Sarah Peterson about the legality of her marrying wealthy John R. Smith on his deathbed. Smith died soon after, leaving Mrs. Peterson $350,000. Crews sought $35,000 amid defense statements she did not wed for wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Seth F. Crews
Pinckney
Sarah Peterson
Rich John R. Smith
Smith
Crews
Women Taxpayers Granted Vote in Albany
The Senate at Albany passed Assemblyman F. L. Young’s bill giving women taxpayers in villages the right to vote on bond issue propositions for public improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Albany
Assemblyman
F. L. Young
Willins Sues Union Depot Company for 25000 Damages
William Willins sues Union Depot Company of St. Paul Minnesota seeking 25000 dollars claiming blindness from using a towel in the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Willins
Union Depot Company
St. Paul, Minn
Taft Throws Opening Ball as Washington Opens Season
President Taft attended the opening of the national baseball season in Washington D C. He threw the first ball to Pitcher Johnson of the Washington team as Washington faced Philadelphia on a flag draped local diamond. The pitch went straight with a slight end dip Johnson caught it cleanly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Washington
D. C
Taft
Philadelphia
Raze Highest Spite Fence in Canada to Begin
Dr FE Echiin of Ottawa vows to pull down one of the country’s tallest spite fences built to shield his Elgin Street residence from tenants in Dr R Kennedy’s nearby five story apartment. The fence blocked northern windows causing vacancy in the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Halley's Comet Tail Mystery Studied by Yale Frost
At Yerkes Observatory Frost and Bernard observed Halley’s comet for over half an hour before dawn seeking evidence of a dispersed tail. They noted tail behavior differs from 1825 and hope spectroscopic analysis will reveal a hidden tail even if too dim for the eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Halley
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Frost
Bernard
Ihe
Talley
Walley
Halley's comet safe claim from Weather Bureau chief
Washington DBC reports Willis L. Moore of the Weather Bureau says earth faces no collision risk with Halley’s comet. He notes a wide safety margin of about 13 million miles, harmless tail glow, and no solar or planetary danger from the approaching visitor. The sighting by Professor Asaph Hall at the Naval Observatory precedes an Earth tail passage on May 19 and a return in about seventy five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Dbc. C
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Chief Moore
Tialley
Halley
Asaph Hall
U.S
Naval Observatory
Hall
Mark Lincoln margin line in Black Hawk War with markers
Representative Frank C Lowden of Illinois promotes a historical project in Burlington Iowa to place permanent stone markers outlining Abraham Lincoln s Black Hawk War march from Beards town to Oquawka and on to the Rock River. A march man will be drawn and inscriptions filed in public records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
Frank C. Lowden
Ilinois
Abraham Lincoln
Ilnols
Mississippi River
Rock River
Black Hawk
Mississippi
Hlinois
Lincoln
Black Hawk Lincoln
Comia
Yellow Banks
Oquawka
London to Spend 15 Million on Roosevelt Visit
London plans a string of entertainments for the Roosevelt family during their London visit. Hostesses project lavish receptions at Buckingham Palace and other venues, with expenses estimated to total about 15 million dollars for the week, signaling a brilliant social season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roosevelt
Buckingham Palace
Notable Figures in Brief News Roundup
Prominent figures include Buffalo Bill William I Cody at sixty four and Cambridge physician Charles J Hat aged seventy six. Governors Donaghey of Texas and Andrew Carnegie guesting in Pittsburg. Foreign visits include J d Tusserand visiting France, Petrosino bust unveiled in Calvary Cemetery Laurel NY, and Sir Chentene Lanny Chen named Germany envoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William I Cody
Buffalo Bill
Charles J. Hat
Cambridge
Mass
Donaghey
Texas
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
J. d. Tusserand
United States
Washington, D.C
France
Lieutenant Petrosino
Cilvary
Laurel
Congressmillin
Fore
Vermont
Gifford Pinchot
Cononhhagen
Roosevelt
Fournier
Amerea
Japan
Chentune Lanny Chen
China
Germany
Washington Elm Saved Vital to Cambridge Common
Cambridge Park Department officials report the Washington Elm on Cambridge Common is in excellent condition and likely to live many more years. Strenuous measures used to save trees along Decatur Street include removal of dead wood, arsenate of lead sprays, and regular watering from a perforated pipe and hydrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cambridge Common
Cambridge
Abiss
Cambridge Park Department
Decatur Street
Goats Fill Meat Gaps as Beef and Mutton Soar in Brooklyn
Rising costs push Brooklyn residents to substitute goat meat for beef mutton lamb and pork. Vendors report goats offered in poorer quarters for five to seven cents per pound cheaper than lamb or mutton, reflecting a new trend driven by inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Unclear 19th Century Notices From Fragmented Text
Mixed fragments report on school dress codes in Pittsburg and a dairy venture not profitable. Mentions include No Vote No Tax League in Cook County, a marriage of Nicola Greeley Smith to Andrew Ford in Greenwich, Cornell girls beating boys in scholarship, a breach of promise suit for 50 000, novelist Myra Kelly in New York City, a church building remark in New York, and Ada Bradburn winning a loan suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Queen Alysandra
Women of the
No Vote
Cook County
Greenwich
Conn
Alls
Nicola Greeley-Smith
Horace Greeley
Andrew W. Ford
New York Evening Telegram
Cornell
Havell Willmont
Brooklyn
Sted Winll Nistateeh
Myra Kelly
Atlin Macnaughton
New York City
Engand
Angiata Db Stetson
Church of Christ, Scientist
Miley
Ada M. Bradburt
Brook- Wn
George Va Couture
Charges Against Mutual Life Company in Albany Lobby Scandal
Superintendent Hotchkiss faults Mutual Life Insurance Company for deception and improper spending in 1906 to 1908. The report details $760000 restitution to settle claims over lobbying and misused funds, with payments to Raymond & Co and McCurdy firms, and bonuses labeled as old business expenses to agents promoting new policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hotchiks
State Insurance Department
Mutual Life, Insurance Company
Mfe
Mutual
McCurdy
Hughes
Charles H. Raymond & Co
Robert McCurdy
St. A. McCurdy
Raymond & Co
R. A McCurdy
Hotchkiss
One Victim's Daughter Men of the Same Cause
Three died after drinking a liquor said to contain whisky and wood alcohol. Victims span Westerly Rhode Island Hopkinton Rhode Island and Stonington Connecticut. Sullivan and McAvoy from Westerly died showing wood alcohol poisoning symptoms. McAvoy was the father of Mrs. Albert Tucker who died earlier. Rosario Patt of Stonington was a third victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerly
R. L
Hopkinton
R. I
Stonington
Conn
Rantel_T. Sullivan
John McAvoy
McAvoy
Albert Tucker
Rosario Patt
Mayor Proposes City Bureau for Iicks in Boston
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald announced a plan to set up a City Hall bureau for Iicks. Two officials will hear citizen complaints about municipal services including taxes water bills garbage collection and street concerns. The aim is to direct issues to the proper remedy and save clerical time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Fitzgerald
City Hall
Fire Nearly Destroys Orleans Hamlet
A large fire nearly wiped out Orleans eight miles southwest of Geneva New York destroying twenty two buildings including the church and schoolhouse. Villagers had no fire apparatus and bucket brigades could not halt the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Geneva
N.Y
Vanderbilt trainer's aide dies in Paris auto crash
A Paris rumor claimed W. K. Vanderbilt was injured in a car accident. The report was false. The accident harmed William Duke trainer and Platt, assistant trainer, and Mrs Platt. Mrs Platt was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt Auto
Paris
France
W. K. Vanderbilt
William Duke
Engine Joy Ride Mortal Four Bodies Found
In the wreck of a locomotive found at the foot of a steep embankment on the Baltimore and Ohio line between Shippenville and Clarion four men were found. They were Engineer Kelley Fireman Watson of Foxburg Dennison and M Neuland of Lucinda, all friends of the engineer and fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oi City
Baltimore and Ohio
Shippenvilly
Clarion
Kelley
Watson
Foxburo 1
Dennison
M.neuland
Lucinda
Seidel to Run Milwaukee After Leaving Private Business
Emil Seidel will retire as secretary and treasurer of the Milwaukee Pattern and Manufacturing Company to devote himself to mayoral duties. He said it would be foolish to run the pattern shop and serve as mayor simultaneously and that his employer will handle his private business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Emil Seidel
Milwaukee Pattern and Manufacturing Company
Mr. Setdel
Women Suffragists Demonstrate in Capitol Galleries
Suffragists briefly dominated Senate galleries presenting petitions from 30 000 women in Pennsylvania 17 000 from Wisconsin 23 000 from Minnesota and others from Maine New Hampshire Delaware West Virginia Washington Idaho New York Kansas and Hawaii The House saw Mary D Hussey push a petition to Wiley after a kissing incident with Taft and an auto caravan carrying petitions. Admiral Schley acknowledged support as Suffragists staged a long motorcade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Senate
Oliver
Heyburn
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
la Irollette
Kean
United States Senate
Minnesota
Clapp
Owen
Maine
New Hampshire
Delaware
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Borah
District of Columbia
Idaho
New York
Kansas
Hawaii
Congress
Admiral Schley
MARL CLERKS KILLED IN I C R WRECK NEAR JACKSON MS
Memphis four mail clerks died in a crash of Illinois Central passenger No 2 from New Orleans to Chicago five miles north of Jackson Miley. Surviving injured include three trainmen and a mail clerk. Bodies cremated. Colonel Niam Craine of New Orleans aided evacuations and fire suppression efforts with passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Jackson
Miley
W. R. Litt
W. E. Trowhe
Jones Treloar
A. W. Woods
Niam Craine
Shriners
Newks
Orleans
Craine
Packing Trust Owning Rival In St Louis Probe
Charles J. Urquhart testifies that the St Louis Dressed Beer and Provision Company is owned by the National Packing Company. Attorney General Major says the holding firm fixes prices for a network of twenty six dependent companies and controls regional markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles J. Urquhart
St Louis
National Parking Company
Beet Trust
Major
Urquhart
National Packing Company
Armour, Swift and Moring
Chinese Attack Foreigners Rioters Burn Changsha Properties
Rioters burned all foreign owned buildings in Changsha China except one and uprooted all houses rented to foreigners amid violent unrest linked to rice famine. Local authorities faced widespread destruction as the attacks targeted international presences and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Changsha
Ching
Midshipman Wilson Dies From Football Injury
Midshipman Earl C. Wilson, who suffered a broken neck during a football play on October 16, 1909, died from his injuries at the Naval Hospital in Annapolis Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Earl C. Wilson
Nurias
Naval Hospital
Annapolis
Model saloonkeeper dies after rise as baseball magnate
Larry Gatto of Louisville began as a bootblack and built a fortune running a model saloon that offered an oyster with every drink. He refused to introduce strangers, prohibited treating, and would not sell to intoxicated patrons. Gatto was half owner of the Louisville Baseball Club when it won the pennant in 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Gatto
Louisville
Gatto
Louisville Baseball Club
Bank Proves $309000 Shortage at Cambridge National City
A receiver report for National City Bank of Cambridge shows a total shortage of about $309000. The deficit allegedly stems from internal fraud by trusted bank officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Mass
Shark Attack Fatality Off Cristobal Aboard Cruiser Tacoma
Samuel Barnes and another marine fell overboard near Cristobal while aboard the cruiser Tacoma. Both men were swept under by a shark. The body of one victim was recovered. the second remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel, Barnes
Marine
Tacoma
Cristobal
Panini
Five Die and Seven Hurt in Dynamite Accident on New Jersey Rail Line
Five laborers were killed and seven injured when a premature explosion of thirty five pounds of dynamite occurred near Roseville on the Lackawanna cut off through the mountains. Four of the victims were handling explosives. Names given include Sam Kuffer, Stephen Rudd, Sam Dubra, and Michael Huldik.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseville
New Lackawanna
Waltz & Reece
George M. Harris
Henry Hustod
Newton
Sam Kupfer
Stephen Rudd
Sam Dubra
Michael Huldik
Foury and three youths captured after six weeks eluding police
James Mitch ell Leroy Miller James Eliott and George Turner were arrested by Chief Biggs of Millville and officers after raiding club houses on Union Lake and entering business houses. They fled by canoe to a swamp camp where officers surprised them at breakfast causing surrender. Separately Warren Dixon and his wife reconciled as the chancery court withdrew all divorce proceedings against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Dixon
Jersey City
Chancery Court
Trenton
Garrison
Dixons
New Owners Plan Power Canal Development in Trenton Area
The new owners of the Trenton Water Power Canal led by David Wharton Pepper Jr of Philadelphia announce plans to build a large power house on the bank, either in Trenton or Ewing Township. The plant will supply power to manufacturers and already has secured enough contracts. The canal will be dredged and cleaned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Died in Garden While Weeding Neighbourhood Figure Collapses
Thomas Mason, aged eighty two, died while tending his garden at News ton. He was a well known and pictur esque figure in the area, famed for his love of gardening and the belief that moist loam eased rheumatism. He had lived there for many years and was often seen among his negnies and phlox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newston
Thomas Mason
Improvement at Eagle Rock Eyed by Park Commission
Eagle Rock near Montclair will gain a $25,000 building to replace the old structure. Essex County Park Commission plans erection with a possible pergola front and an observatory for thousands of visitors who climb Eagle Rock to view New York City and its harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Rock
Montclair
Essex_County Park Commission
Aogie Rock
New York City
Miss Helen Radcliffe and Charles Rowe Wed Quietly in Trenton
Miss Helen Radcliffe of Frenchtown left the State school at Trenton and reportedly married Charles Rowe a Trenton jeweler a year ago. They have begun housekeeping at 845 Princeton Avenue amid faculty speculation about the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Radcliffe
Frenchtown
Trenton
Charles Rowe
Princeton Avenue
Jailed for Robbing Storekeeper's Family in Pleasantville
Richard Buzby son in law of Geo Leach was sentenced by Judge Higbee at Mays Landing to six months in the county jail for participation in a series of thefts at the Leach general store in Pleasantville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Buzby
Geo.Leach
Pleasantville
Mays Landog
Higbee
Building boom and local notices in New Jersey towns
A For tescue boom in Delaware Bay resort area with a Penny picture show in Millville First M. Se. Church. John Philips named police officer of Williamstown after Dunlevy Loughlin resigns. Edward Koch dies at St. Francis Hospital Trenton from burns. Dog battles two eight foot blacksnakes. both reptiles killed. Bob Folwell to lead large Mullica Hill operation planting 1000 apple trees 500 pear trees and 600 other trees. William Sr Clawson joins Woods town Pilesgrove Board of Education replacing Dr Emerson J. McGeorge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortescue
Delaware Bay
John, BR
Mason
M. Se
Millville
John Philips
Williamstown
Dunlevy Loughlin
Edward
Balthaser Koch
St. Prancis
Trenton
Allen Jones
Woodbury Heights
Bob” Folwell
University of Pennsylvania
Mullica TM
William Sr. “Clawson
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Board of Education
Emerson J. McGeorge
Justice Koons Missed Counterfeit Dollar in Tax Case
In Newcastle Indiana justice of the peace Pleasant N Koons accepted a cash fine from a prisoner charged with intoxication without noticing a counterfeit dollar among the notes. The counterfeit imitates the 1889 New Orleans mint silver dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Ind
Pleasant N. Koons
New Orleans
Legal Ruling in New York City Over Rice Pudding Status
A New York City court addressed whether rice pudding qualifies as pastry. The decision focused on classification under applicable culinary definitions and tax or culinary standards referenced in the case. The ruling centers on the specific edible item and its categorization in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Taft prefaces jokes with This is a joke remark at Psi Upsilon dinner
The article recalls Taft’s joke about a first term being enough and notes some friends dislike the prefacing line. It then shifts to Justice Brewer's lectures, a Sugar Trust probe push by Representative Hill, and Taft's test-case stance on bleached flour rules and a tobacco sample bill for smaller manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Mr. Taft
Psi Upsilon
Justice Brewer
George Washington University
Supreme Court
Sue
Representative Hill
Connecticut
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Sugar Trust
Congress
New York
Department of Justice
Hill
Secretary of Agriculture
Southwestern
Northwest
Northwestern Millers
German Dirigible Sails to Holland and Performs Evolutions
A German airship group conducted reconnaissance flights near the Dutch border during army maneuvers. Zeppe lin II crossed into Holland, tracing the frontier over Vaals Duren and Jullohyt in Rhenish Prussia while Parseval II and Gross J carried out similar operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Zeppe‘lin II
Vaals
Duren
Holland
Jullohyt
Rhenish
Prussia
Parseval SI
Gross J
Havens Defeats Aldridge in Rochester Special Election
In Rochester New York James J Havens Democrat defeated George W Aldridge Republican by a large plurality reversing 1890s and 1908 GOP wins. Havens carried Rochester city wards and Monroe County towns while national tariff discontent and wool schedule complaints framed the vote. Washington observers note local factors dominate despite GOP surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
James 3. Havens
George W. Aldridge
Havens
Aldridge
Perkins
Massachusetts
Eugene N.foss
Albert S. Greenleaf
Monroe County
Congress District
Manchester
Canada
Washington, D. C
Congress
Hale and Aldrich to retire from Senate canvass
Washington reports Senator Hale of Maine plans retirement from re election campaign and Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island also not seeking another term The moves shock Republicans and affect party leadership relations with the administration and Congress
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington, D. C
Huegene Hale
Maine
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Hale
Congress
Two Ball Prayers Killed In Baseball Accident
John F Burns of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute died after being struck on the temple by a pitched ball in a game between RPI freshmen and Troy High School. William Schmitt, 28, of Freeburg died from a balk to the heart while playing with the Nine Stars team in a separate incident involving a St Louis ball club. Louis Unzle of St Louis pitched in the Freeburg tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeburg
Troy
John F. Burns
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ill
William Schmitt
Freeburg (Sk
St. Louis
Schmitt
Louis Unzle
No Seat No Fare Ordinance Boosts Trenton Trolley Use
Trenton New Jersey enforces a no seat no fare rule to improve night service. The company added cars during rush hours to avoid $50 penalties per complaint. In Pennsylvania over at McKees Rocks the Pressed Steel Car Company plant, led by president Frank N Hoffstot, is halted by a strike with more than 4500 workers idled and clashes reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
McKees Rocks
Pressed Steel Car Company
Frank N. Hoffstot
Demand for Sugar Probe and Baseball News Mix
Representative Martin renews a call for a congressional probe into the Sugar Trust sale of Friar lands in the Philippines. Detroit’s Tom Jones and Pittsburgh stars Wagner and Miller are noted, with infield changes at Detroit and claims of strong pitching for the Giants and Cardinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Colorado
Congress
Philippines
Tom Jones
Detroit
Lister
Ness
Jennings
Simmons
Luthers
Hans Wagner
John Miller
Pittsburg
Giants
Norfolk
Broyd
Bronx
Nases
Washington
Norfollk
Bob Groom
al Washington
Miller Huggins
Roger Bresnahan
Cardinals
Stanley Robigon
St. Louis
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Hunter
BIG Fleet
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Miral
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G. William
Indianapolis News
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Mutual Life Company
Nee
Woop Alcomol
Plans Bureau
W. IK. Vanderbilt
Death Jn Rance
Joy Ride Mortal
Siedeg
Capitol
William Craine
C. EL. Urquhart
New Jersey
Sick Child
Bennet
Rheasure
Bakersfield
Cal
Charles H. Miller
United Fibor
Seattle
Wash
Denver
San Francisco
Labor Council
National Pharmaceutical Sa Qety
Drug Clerks
International Union of Blacksmiths
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