Night Riders and Burley Society Terror Across States
Federal agents reveal brutal night attacks linked to the Burley Tobacco Society in Kentucky Ohio and Indiana with calls to dissolve the farmers trust. Taft vows restoration of law and order while witnesses are examined in secret prosecutions. notices in Union City warn against lingering near Reelfoot Lake as riders grow bolder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Net
Burley Trust
Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft Fa
Kentucky
Burley Tobacco Society
Wickersham
Blue Grass
Indiana
Missouri
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Burley- Tobacco Society
Farmers’ Trust
Harry W. Hoagland
Hoagland
Armers
Sret
Concern Ag
Union City
Tenn
Reelfoot Lake
Grasty Buys Baltimore Sun From Abell Estate
Charles H. Grasty, former Baltimore News owner, completes negotiations to purchase the Baltimore Sun from the Abell estate. The Sun, long held by the Abell family, is a top U S newspaper asset with ties to the Public Ledger in Philadelphia. Grasty had been general manager for Frank A. Munsey’s group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Charles H. Grasty
Baltimore News
Baltimore Sun
Abell
Sun
United States
Public Ledger
Philadelphia
Arunah
Baltimors-News
Frank A. Muneecy
Yale Chair to Honor Laffan Professorship Funded by Morgan
J Pierpont Morgan contributed 100000 to Yale University for a new William M Laffan professorship of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature. The gift to the Yale corporation was accepted as a memorial to New York Sun editor Laffan. The fund, invested at seven percent, will cover professorship charges and fund archaeological material purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
J. Pierpont Morgan
William M. Laffan
Yale University
Yale Corporation
Laffan
New York Sun
American boy Henry Moulton drowned near Saint Malo
Henry Moulton son of Raymond Moulton American Consular Agent drowned when his boat capsized off Saint Malo France during a squall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Henry
Raymond Moulton
Saint Malo
Opium Seizures Reported on Pacific Coast
Customs inspectors seized opium valued at $10,000 on the Pacific Coast within the last ten days. Earlier, $4,000 worth of opium was seized in San Francisco, California aboard the Pacific Mail liner Siberia arriving from the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietham
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Cal
Orient
Funeral attenders mix rich and poor in City of Darius
Leading financiers and mill workers gathered in New York to attend a funeral. Lodgers from Mills Note were among those present, highlighting social contrasts within the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darius 2. Mills
New York
Cardinal Gibbons Receives Guests in Washington Visit
Gibbons meets statesmen and church leaders during his annual Washington trip. The report notes a landslide threatening Scopolo near Parma Italy, and Ambassador Reid’s denial of interference in a British election. It also mentions Belgium throne eligibility, a short ballot campaign, a looming Supreme Court case on corporate tax, protests in Harbin, Knox’s proposals, and a salmon canning investigation by the Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluh
Cardinal Gibbong
Washington
Scopolo
Parma
Italy
Reid
Camaign
Albert
Beer
Aierte
Hughs
Supreme Court
Harbin
Knox
Manchuria
Department of Agriculture
Yalmon
Nurse Murder at Millbrook Estate Shocks Dutches County
In Millbrook, Dutches County, nurse Sarah Breymer was found strangled in bed at the Compton summer home, as the absent owners were in New York. Coachman Frank Schermerhorn attempted suicide, then claimed innocence and accused Japanese butler Shuro Ohashi, a rebutted theory amid a ransacked house and nurse’s body discovery by frightened servants. Police dismissed Ohashi, and Schermerhorn survived his self-inflicted wound and testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeensie
Sarah
Breymer
Roverness
Barnes Compton
Millbrook
Dutchess County
New York
Paily
Uttle
Polie
Charles Jabe
Schermerhorn
Frank
McCabe
Vassar
Swope Murder Plot Allegations Lead to Firm Handling
Kansas City relatives of Thomas H. Swope and his nephew Christman Swope transferred the murder inquiry to a local law firm. Authorities allege poisoning and a typhoid inoculation plan aimed at eight Swope family members, with key visits to a bacteriologist and typhoid cultures. The elder Swope’s body was exhumed for medical testing as attorneys claim a deep plot to seize the fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Thomas H. Swope
Christman Swope
Thomas Swope
Swope
Forest Hill Cemetery
Colonel Swope
Rich Lounsberry Dies Amid Squalor in St Paul
An aged man found dead in a ten dollar a month room in St Paul possessed deeds and securities valued around 250000. Coroners notes show large creditors and notes due from major Twin Cities firms. He came from Oswego New York twelve years ago after a $30000 inheritance from his uncle Horace Lounsberry. His sole living relative is a sister in an asylum in Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Ming
J. C.leynsberry
Lounsberry
Twin Cities
Ihan
Oswego
N. Y
Horace Loumsberry
Binghamton, N, YT
Emperor William Receives Hudson Fulton Medal in Berlin
Emperor William was awarded the Hudson-Fulton medal by the commission and received the accompanying setter. General Woodford presented the medal in Berlin after which William decorated Woodford for his role in the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor William
Woodford
Berlin
Sperm Oil Price Rise Reported in New Bedford
In New Bedford Massachusetts sperm oil sold for over sixty four cents per walling or above the prior prevailing price near fifty eight cents, indicating a notable rise in value beyond recent levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Canada Short of Lobsters For U S Markets Reported
Reports to Ottawa show Canadian lobster supplies for United States markets are below average. The Dominion government notes lower catches and scarcity may affect shipments and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Football Rule Changes Drive College Sports Reform
Representatives from sixty eight universities pressed for reforms to football citing rising perils yet insisting the sport is not responsible for half the fatalities. The Field of Sports notes widespread support for rule changes while figures like Walter and Jack Rutt excel in cycling and Will iam A. Larned leads in tennis rankings as future racing and hockey prospects emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rutt
Jack" Rutt
Berlin
Rank Chance
Chicago
Johnson
Jeffries
National Bawn Tennis Association
William A. Larned
Coney Island Jockey Club
St. Paul's School
Concord
Death by own action to escape duty in graft case
James H Stevenson of Merchantville New Jersey died by drowning after jumping from a Delaware River ferry boat in Philadelphia. The confidential bookkeeper for Harrisburg Capitol graft chief James H Sanderson he knew of all contractor transactions totaling 13 million dollars and avoided subpoenaes before the trial Commonwealth vs Architect Joseph M Huston. His death followed a pattern of graft victims including George F Payne James J Tethries William J Mathews John H Sanderson Frank Irvine James M Shumaker and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
State Capitol
James H.stevenson
Merchantville
N. J
James H. Sanderson
Frfminer
Capitol
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Huston
Harrisburg
Sanderson
Stevenson
Besamic
George F.payne
James J. Tethries
Willam J.mathues
Blaze Treasuvery
Ahen Key
John H. Sanderson
Frank Irvine
James M. Shumaker
State Supreme Court
Huntsville man dies after fall from horse and dash
Alexander Bunton of Huntsville dies at his home in Newton New Jersey after a fall while feeding cattle near his barn. Returning from chores he attempted to strike a squirrel missed and toppled suffering a broken hip. He is said to be thirty four years old and had just recovered from injuries in an earlier accident when his horse bolted and threw him onto the roadside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton, N. J
Alexander Bunton
Huntsville
Runfon
Juset
Church
Pay for Snowballs on Firf Rock Island Wn
Missouri auction school head reports a Rock Island line official promised checks to 100 men and boys who helped extinguish a California Special wreck fire on December 31. Colonel Carpenter gathered names and sent the list to secure payment for the bystanders who aided rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Carpenter
Missouri Auction School
F. 7. Basley
Rock Island
California
Bous
Trains Collision Kills Three Near Ogden Utah
Collision between Passenger Train No. 6 and a coal train near Lemay west of Ogden results in three fatalities including engineer J Reardon fireman R A Kroll and student George Jones. Several others injured as switch error triggers wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Cleveland Gets Lake Front Property in Landmark Case
Cleveland, Ohio, won legal possession of lake front land valued between 20 and 30 million dollars in the downtown area after a Circuit Court decision upheld a lower court ruling. Railway companies will appeal to the Supreme Court after forty-two years of possession by the rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Front
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Young pastor dies by own hand in Sewickley death
The Rev Paul Axtel, 28, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Sewickley, a Pittsburgh suburb, was found dead after shooting himself in the night. He had long feared insanity and had previously served as an assistant pastor at Central Presbyterian Church, New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg
Paul Axtel
First Presbyterian Church
Sewickley
aAxtel
Central Presbyterial Church
New York City
Widow of General Sigel Dies in New York City
Mrs. Tirse Sigel, widow of General Franz Sigel, passes away in New York after a long illness. Her family kept from her the fate of her granddaughter Elsie Sigel, who was murdered by a Chinese man, a case that shocked the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Sigel
Tirse Sigel
Franz Sigel
New York City
Neve
Elsie Sigel
Coachman Confesses Murder in Millbrook Case
Frank Schermerhorn, a coachman for Karnes Compton at Millbrook New York, confessed killing nurse Sarah Brymer who was found asleep on the lounge of the martylon beside Huttko Polly Compton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schermerhorn
Karnes Compton
Millbrook
N. Y
Sarah Brymer
Martylon
Huttko
Polly Compton
Mery Nie
Census Enumerators to Question Households in 1910
The 1910 census will send enumerators to doorsteps beginning April 15 to record heads of families and personal details. Women face many sensitive questions about marriage, children, birth, and nationality while dogs in rural areas are asked to be chained after April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Uncle Sam
Ancla Sam
People urged to aid census amid sweeping U S plan
Washington officials stress citizen cooperation as the 13th census approaches with a budget of at least 13 million dollars and up to more, underscoring 65 000 enumerators will work nationwide while safeguards ensure privacy of returns. The director notes cards for agricultural data will be replaced by a larger system and an additional office post may be created.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Durand
Nagel
Bureau of Commerce , and Labor
Bureau
Department of Commerce and Labor
Don Bh
Ma Cem
Statistician of Mines and Quarries
Prussian election laws change amid diet deficit
Emperor William opened the Prussian Diet as the speech from the throne outlined reform of the election law and a measure to counter laboring class farm desertion. Minister Baron von Rheinhaben stated the budget shows a deficit of 23 million dollars due to a 50 million dollar rise in salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strown
Berlin
William
Baron von Rheinhaben
Diet
Notable Readings on City Officials and World Events
Herman Ridder refused appointment as Park Commissioner of New York City. Mayor Gaynor began his first day by ordering all city workers to toil from nine. Louis Paulhan and wife arrived in the country from France. Dr Charles F Chandler of Columbia University sought relief from teaching duties, granted reluctantly. Charles Taft, brother of President Taft, hopes to gain control of the Philadelphia National League club. General Woodford and Mrs Woodford were entertained in Holland. Camille Flammarion spoke on Halley’s comet fears. Rear Admiral Schroeder hosted the Y M C A reception in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Ridder
New York City
Uynor
All’ Giinloyen
Louis Paulhan
France
Charles F. Chandler
Columbia University
Charles P Taft
Taft
Philadelphia
Stewart L. Woodford
Hudson-Fulton Commission
Navy Yard Appraisals Highlight Washington Yard Value
Rear-Admiral Luetze, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, reports a gun foundry valued at 10,475,000 with machinery over 3,000,000. The Brookslyn Navy Yard is estimated at 28,252,000, while Washington Yard’s output exceeds its own 22,000,000 in finished products over the past decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Yard
Washington
D. C
Luetze
Washington Navy Yard
Brookslyn Navy Yard
Washington Yard
Onlie
Railway unions and labor issues across regions
The report notes 26 railway workers killed and 44 injured in Canada in a month, while Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds the eight hour law. It cites 45,233 members in the United Brewery Workers' Union, Britain’s wage earners totaling 14 and 3 million in unions, Oakland wagon drivers joining the State Federation of Labor, and Britain’s Government Workers Federation pressing for a 7.50 dollar weekly minimum in London. The Railway Clerks' Association considers aligning with the Labour Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Oklahoma
Cal
State Federation of Labor
Boston
Mass
Wood, Wire and Metal Labora’ Union
United Government Workers’ Federation of Great Britain
London
Cleveland factory chiefs lead city meat boycott for 30 days
Four hundred sixty superintendents and foremen from twenty one large Cleveland manufacturers pledge to refrain from eating meat for thirty days and to urge about 30 000 workers to join. The pledge seeks to test packers claims that high meat prices stem from American gluttony and urges officials to press for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
W. Sebelin
America
Woman Soldier Dead at 78 in Deadwood
Aged 78 Miss Jenrico Livingstone said to be tied to a New York Colgates family. She wore male attire to serve as a Union Army private in the Civil War. The item also notes Ray Lamphere’s confession in LaPorte about murders tied to Mrs Gunness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Jenrico Livingstone
New York
Colgates
Princeton Gifts Total Half a Million to University
Princeton trustees announced gifts totaling 671631.99 dollars including a 100000 gift to the new Guyot Mall laboratory from Cleveland H. Dodge and a 300000 CG. Cuyler fund bequest from Morris K. Jesup. W. W. Roper was named athletics director after a football coaching stint. John J. Cadwalader was elected a trustee to replace the late Grover Cleveland. Extension of Sage dormitory near Nassau Street authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton University
Guyot Mall
Cleveland H. Dodge
New York
CG. Cuyler
Morris K. Jesup
W. W. Roper
John J. Cadwalader
LL. D
Aafe
Grover Cleveland
Nassau Street
Woman Dead and Ten Hurt in Keystone Train Collision
Mrs Louis Zee of Cleveland killed and ten others injured in a head on collision between the Overland Limited and an eastbound fast train on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line at Keystone Iowa. Freight and passenger cars wrecked. both locomotives destroyed. Engine crews escaped. Ralph Morrow a brakeman injured likely fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Louis Zee
Cleveland
Chicago, Shiwaukee and St
Limited
Ralph Morrow
Gloucester County Merchants Elect New Officers at Woodbury Meeting
At the annual meeting of the Gloucester County Merchants Association in Woodbury officers were elected. President S. D. Mungan. vice president Tanaer Haines. secretary Chas. W. Wilkins. treasurer I. A. Stewart. Directors include P. Clark Pitman Jester Paulsboro Shuster Fisher Brown Shoch Swedesboro and others. The group boasted success of debt collection efforts and reduced beats as many debtors now pay as they go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester County Merchants’ Association
Woodbury
S. D. Mungan
Tanaer
Haines
Clarksboro
Chas. W. Wilkins
Thorofare
I. A. Stewart
P. Clark
Pitman
R. A. Jester
Paulsboro
F. P. Shuster
Gibbstown
W. A. Fisher
N. D. Brown
Clayton
L. M. Shoch
Swedesboro
Injured Teacher’s Pluck in Riverside School Incident
Miss Bessie Warren, a Riverside public school teacher, aided by a bruised nose and black eye, restrained Louis Rickards, a pupil, who struck her. Rickards faced bail for assault at Justice Zeigler’s office. Rickards’ mother was reprimanded after a knifing threat claim. The incident occurred when the noon bell rang and the pupil resisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Warren
Riverside
Louis Rickards
Justice of the Peace
Zeigler
Rickards
Richards
Hse Warrean
Execution Cost Cited At State Prison
The annual report by State Prison Keeper Osborn at Trentor states it costs the state 1000 to execute a condemned man. Total prison expenditures were 268958.66 with 7028.70 spent on six death sentences. Most costs cover electrician duties for the dynamo and death chair switch. When hanging was legal, an official charged 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborn
Trentor
Faced Death Calmly at Beverly Widow Selects Funerals
Mary Hart an aged widow who suffered a cancer calmly faced death and arranged her funeral in Beverly choosing her priest undertaker coffin and flowers. In Essex County a tuberculosis sanitarium will be built near the new isolation hospital at Soho costing about 50000 dollars with plans approved by the Montclair board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hart
Beverly
Essex County
Soho
County Board of Freeholders
Montclair
Turco ultimatum and world brief notes
Turkey threatens to seize Thessaly if Greece advances Deputies to the Greek Parliament. Hawaiian Sugar Planters plan Philippine sugar ventures after friar lands decision. Samoan natives show 40 to 50 percent hookworm infection. a white man and several mixed-race individuals noted. Belgium readies retaliatory tariff against France mainly on wines and perfumes. German aeronaut Schuster injures in a low flight. American embassy hosts Fairbanks reception in Constantinople. Dean Worcester wins libel damages in Manila. Paris Matin condemns white slave traffic probe. White rhino shot at Lake Albert shores. Madrid names Palacio as new Spanish Secretary in Washington. Prince Pignatelli arrested in conspiracy report. Lord Monkswell, Anti-Slavery Society founder, dies in London.
Man Dead and Ten Hurt in Illinois Central Collision
Pinckneyville Ill an Illinois Central passenger train from Memphis collided with a freight train on a curve. Fireman Carl Kitchen was killed and ten people injured all likely to recover. Injured include W M Van Lear Philadelphia neck and internal injuries T Felber Cleveland back and neck injuries C Rinato Columbus neck and wrist twists Miss T L Metende Lulu Miss, Miss 7 injured her skirts and helped bandage others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville
Ill
Carl Kitchen
Chiet
Memphis
W. M. van Lear
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
T. Felber
St. Clair Uxyoung
N. W
Eveland
Ohio
C. Rinatao
Columbus
T. IL
Lulu
Misa
Turkey Sues For Millions Over Sultan’s Deposits
The Porte sues Deutsche Bank Berlin seeking millions it deposited for Abdul Hamid former Sultan of Turkey. The case alleges funds held in trust by the German bank and seeks recovery amid disputes over ownership and entitlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Porte
Deutsche Bank
Berlin
Germany
Abdul Hamid
Sultan
Trussia Rejects Knox Plan For Manchuria Railways
Russia rejected Knox's proposal regarding the redevelopment of Manchuria railway systems. The decision halts the plan and shifts the regional transit strategy, with officials noting concerns over sovereignty and strategic control of the railway network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trussia
Knox
Russia
Manchuria
Death by Live Wire at Railway and Light Plant
Frank Brown aged twenty two died in Rochester New York when his clothing caught fire after falling on a live electric cable at the Railway and Light Company plant. The fatal accident underscores electrical danger at industrial sites and prompts inquiries into safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brown
Railway and Light Company
Rochester
N.Y
Judge's Wife Dies From Pellagra in Natchez
Mrs Thomas MNeber fifty six wife of Judge Reber died in Natchez Mississippi after seven weeks of illness. She died in a va pantarium after a disease described as pellagra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mneber
Reber
Natchez, Miss
Va Pantiarum
Noted Speakers at St Mary's Brotherhood Banquet
Former Governor B C Stokes and other ex officials were principal speakers at St Mary's Brotherhood banquet in Burlington. Over two thousand residents attended with W E Schermner horn as toastmaster, and ladies of St Elizabeth's Guild served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Stokes
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Frank ‘S. Katzenbach, Jr
Trenton
St.Mary's Brotherhood
Burlington
W. E. Schermnerhorn
St. Elizabeth’s Guild
Pracemaker Shot and Killed in Wilmington Altercation
William Kidd, twenty one, a well known athlete, was shot through the heart and killed in Wilmington after trying to mediate a snowballing fight near Sixth and Adams streets. Carmen Husso, thirty six, fired the fatal shot during the escalating street melee involving Russo and David Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington, del
Willam Kidd
Husso
Russo
Sixth
Adams
David Mitchel
Kidd
Congressman Franks Carland Seed Shipment Tale in Indiana
In Marion County near Indianapolis the Seventh District received sixty one sacks of Capitol seeds from Washington via Congressman Charles A. Korbly for 1916. The seeds were directed to Korbly's secretary for addressing and remailing to local residents at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franks Carland
Leeds
Veopte
Indianapolis
Ind
Marion
Congress
Washington
Charles A. Korbly
Old Mariner Captain Cowdrick Dies at 88
The body of Captain William Cowdrick, once of Toma River, was found at his son John’s Bradley Weigh home after a three hour period of presumed death from arterial issues. He amassed a small fortune at sea but lost it in later years and had been blind for eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cowdrick
Toma River
John
Bradley Weigh
Resignations and local notices mark state church and town affairs
Rev. PD Burdett Coon resigns from Shiloh Seventh day Baptist Church with near-term effect. Vineland Poultry and Pet Stock Association forms a committee to handle eggs and push prices in New York City. Gloucester County horse sales remain plentiful but prices hinder cattle purchases. Good teams fetch 500 to 600 dollars. Violat Williamson of Glassboro injures an arm after a fall on ice. Mayor Adamson of Paulsboro forbids smoking in the Council chamber. Creditors of missing undertaker H B Earnest receive a 20 percent dividend. Ocean City Board of School Estimate gains John Marts and Daniel S Sampson. Dr W C Alpaugh named medical inspector for Lebanon Township public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PD. Burdett Coon
Shiloh
Glassboro
Miyor Adamson
Paulsboro
H. B. Earnest
Collingswool
John Marts
Daniel S. Sampson
Ocean City
de. W.C. Alpaugh
Lebanon Township
Hunterdon County
Oklahoma Women Seek Votes for Constitutional Amendment
Oklahoma woman suffragists press for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Petition drive for an initiative election has collected 37,000 signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Chicago Postoffice Handles Record 4 Million Letters
The Chicago postoffice processed over 4,000,000 letters, Xnost cards and circulars in the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. January 1, marking a new record for the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walsh Goes to Fort Leavenworth for Five Year Bank Fraud Term
Chicago financier John R. Walsh aged 72 leaves for Fort Leavenworth to serve five years for misapplying funds of the Chicago National Bank where he was president at its failure three years ago. The move follows a US Court of Appeals ruling denying a new trial amid jury misconduct allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Sr
John R. Walsh
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Chicago National Bank
Walsh Wmigg
Charles W. Korea
Sentice
United States Sharecurt Court of Appeals
Grand Central Statterment
Goodby
Calumet Avenue
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Leavenworth
Kaw
Walsh
Anderson
Newsboy
Comet brighter than Venus observed at Lick Observatory
San Jose report quotes astronomer R G Aitken of Lick Observatory describing a recently discovered South Africa comet brighter than Venus. It was visible at noon with naked eye about four degrees east of the sun and a half a degree north, moving northeast. Nightly observations suggest a brilliant object after sunset in the southwestern sky, with daylight spectra showing a continuous nucleus spectrum with bright radium lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
R. G. Aitken
Lick Observatory
South Africa
Iy Wright
Burlington woman declares vote demand halts snow cleanup
A Burlington resident refused to remove snow from her sidewalk, saying no vote means no snow removal. She claimed American women tire of taxation without representation and demanded the right to vote, calling lawmakers’ rules oppressive and hinting at suffragette actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
N. J
Noliceman
Meat prices fall as strike spreads in Ohio cities
The third day of the workingmen's strike against meat eating leads to a Cleveland agreement to drop pork price by one cent per pound. Over thirteen thousand families sign to use no meat, with similar pacts circulated in Akron and Toledo as the movement spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ng House
Cleveland
Akron
Toledo
Ohio
Kansas Sues Packing Firms Over Price Rise Bid
Kansas Attorney General Jackson files suit in Kansas City District Court against Armour and Swift packing companies for allegedly joining the Kansas City Product Exchange and illegally raising prices. The action seeks penalties of $100 a day and aims to test the state's anti trust provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Jackson
Kansas
District Court of
Armour and Swift Packing Companies
Kansas City Product Exchange
Ohio Supreme Court ruling on whisky transfer in dry counties
The Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus ruled State vs Lynch that carrying whisky from a wet county to a dry one at a neighbor’s request for personal use does not violate the local option law. Theophile Chapuis, a Swiss national who traveled from New York to Paris, died by his own action in a hotel in the Latin Quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Supreme Court
Columbus
State
Theophile Chapuis
Paris
France
New York City
Latin Quarter
Women in Day's News Highlights Across Nations
Mrs Tay Pay OConnor arrives from London for a American visit. Nellie Horton of Fort Worth is elected treasurer and secretary of the Farmers Union. Missouri signs a nine hour day law for women and girls. Boston girls to join outdoor sports with boys. Moscow to appoint first woman professor. Venetian women form a league to revive Renaissance fashions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay Pay" O'Connor
London
America
Nellie Horton
Fort’ Worth
Texas
Farmers’ Union of
Hadley
Missouri
Boston
University of Moscow
Russia
Zurich
Shittawatst
Tncorlea
New York
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Grasty
Munsey
YALE
J. P. Morgan
Coachman
Barnea Compton
Rich
Miser
James H. Stevenson
Harrisburg Capitol
Rick
Squirrel
Fatan
Farmer
Southern Warsfic
Tditi
Atlas ‘Morgan
Sam
Seaton Schroeder
Atlantic Fleet
Young Men’s Christian Association
the Railway Clerks’ Association
The
Clerical Workers of British Railways
Labor Party
Cleveland Club
LaPorte
Ray Lamphere
Gunness
Jack Johnson
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Treasury Department
Newport News
St. Louis
Sears Selly Simmer
J. Montgomery Sears
Helen Sears
Bar Harbor
Edward Beale Mclean
Railroad Commission of Indiana
National Committee On Uniform
Ice Man
Fielh
Dsiken Botker Ice Company
Estrada
Horse Committee On Foreign Affairs
Sulzer
General
Estrade
Nicaragua
Calhoun
House
Mare
Joan C. Calhoun
South Carolina
Tioga
Pat Henry F. Blackhead
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
New Jersey
State News
Princeton
Death
CABLE
Constantinople
Erisis
Cree
Thessaly
Philippine Sugar Plans
Honolulu
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
Philippines
Korea
Patlippines
Brussels
Chemnitz
Herr Schuster
Fairbanks
Dean Worcesters Victory
Manila
Dean C Worcesta
el Renacamento
Islands
United States Immigration Commission
Dutinba
Africa
Roase
Welt
Lake Albert
Usuamdit
Madrid
Senor Palacio
Senor Don Luis Pastor
Washington, D.C
Spain
Pignatelli
Lord Monkswell
Lordstockswell
Presi Dent
Anti-Slavery and Aborisnes' Protection Society
Iinois
Pracemaker
Ranker
Morse
Venus
N.J
Cleveland Roy Scott
Sues Packing Companies
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