Prisoners Greene and Gay Held Four-Year Federal Terms
Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gay, convicted of embezzling 575,749.90 from harbor contracts at Savannah, arrived at a federal prison near Atlanta to begin four-year sentences. Warden Moyer noted their frail condition and pending physician reports as they were processed and assigned numbers before entering the penitentiary.
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Benjamin D. Greene
John Fyer
Reed
Harber
Sanah
Fed
Atlanta
Begin
Southern
North Carolina
Greene
Gay
Woman's Oath a Sham Trial Sparks Chicago Turmoil
A fragmentary report describes a speech by Colonel James Hamilton at a Chicago event where remarks about women and truth provoke strong reactions. The account notes a crowd and a dramatic moment as Hamilton addresses a Northwestern audience.
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Studnts
Eentlemen
Horace
James Hamilton
Chicago
Farmers' Union Adopts Political Stand and Post Office Reforms
The Memphis meeting of the Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union adjourned after approving resignations for members seeking political office and demanding stronger laws to curb gambling in farm products. They urged federal action on a parcels post, postal savings banks, and a public money system, plus two cotton bagging factories and increased backing for farm finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Educational and 6-Operative Union
Memphis
Tenn
Farmers’ Union
National Congress
Congress
Federal Bureau of Distribution of
Postal Savings Bank
Mississippi River
Board of Directors
Roosevelt Plans Withdrawal of Federal Troops From Goldfield
President Roosevelt will withdraw federal soldiers from Goldfield Nevada after the legislature convenes. The special investigating commission found no warrant for troops and urged removal soon after the session begins while noting Nevada must uphold law and order with state forces.
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Roosevelt
Goldfield
Nevada
White House
Special Investigating Commission
Sparks
Murray
Smith and Neill
Western Federation of Miners
State Intervenes in Neal Bank Receivership for State Funds
Georgia files intervention in Neal bank receivership seeking repayment of state funds on deposit before suspension. The state asks the superior court to order Central Bank and Trust, as receiver, to return 204373.98 including 192502.90 from the treasurer and 11871.08 from DeKalb County tax collector. Hearing set for January 13 with show cause order issued.
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Neal Bank
State of Georgia
Superior Court
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
DeKalb County
Sunset Express Wreck Kills Woman Child and Tramp
A southbound Sunset Express on the Southern Pacific wrecked near Rucker twenty-five miles south of San Jose California. Mrs A P Boyd of Portland Oregon and her young son were killed along with an unnamed tramp. Eighteen people are receiving treatment in San Jose for injuries.
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Sunset Express
Southern Pacific
Rucker
San Jose
Cal
A. P. Boyd
Portland
Oregon
Pensacola Navy Yard Cuts 50 More Jobs In Restart
Fifty more skilled workers were laid off at the Pensacola navy yard in Florida marking a second workforce reduction in ten days. The Thursday cut affected the construction and repair department, with iron and ship workers among the dismissed, and total layoffs near one hundred in recent weeks.
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Pensacola Navy Yard
Pensacola
Fla
Department of Construction and Repair
Tragic Stampede Kills Dozens at Barneley Hall
A catastrophic crush at a Barneley England entertainment left sixteen children dead and forty injured as a rush to seats caused a stairway stampede. Police and crowd control tried to manage the chaotic scene with many victims found in crushed conditions and suffering severe injuries.
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Barneley
England
Berlin Socialist Uprising Sparks Street Clash and Protests
A Berlin demonstration by 4,000 organized socialists and thousands of sympathizers over universal suffrage led to street disorders and clashes with police. Women played a prominent role, authorities used force to protect public buildings and Prince Von Buelow’s residence, injuries occurred but no known fatalities, and violence was limited in other Prussian cities.
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Berlin
Germany
von Buelow
Prince von Buelow
Prussia
Canal to Cost More Than Original Estimates
Panama Canal expenses appear to exceed initial projections by at least 100 million dollars. Senate Interoceanic Canal Committee holds new figures showing progress in dredging and excavation work.
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Panama Canal
Senate Interoceanic Canal Committee
Black Community Faces Lynching Threats in North Carolina Town
Selma N C reports a mob killed a Black man at Pine Level Johnston County. A self styled advance agent lured Black residents to see a one man show. The tragic body lay on the Southern railroad tracks at daylight.
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North Carolina
Selma
N. C
Pine Level
Johnston County
Darkey Hingers
Southern
GRAFTING UPHELD IN RULING AIDES SCHMITZ AND REUF
California appellate court sets aside extortion convictions of former San Francisco officials. It rules that pressuring French restaurants to pay fees to Abe Ruef was not a crime and that Schmitz and Ruef pleaded guilty to non criminal acts. Indictments tied to extortion are invalidated and bail possible.
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California District Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Eugene BE. Schmitz
Abe Reuf
Reuf
Schmitz
Supreme Court
Justice Cooper
Dunne
Cooper
Appeallate
Reus
Vold
Italians Reported Kidnapped En Route to Louisiana
The Louisiana State Immigration League says four Italians, about twenty eight people in total, were apparently kidnapped while traveling from New Orleans to Girard, Louisiana. A man matching the name of a Girard planter boarded the train at Tallulah and led them away, with no further trace since.
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Louisiana State Immigration League
New Orleans
Girard
Tallulah
Grace
Carter Loses Fraud Money Award In Court Ruling
In Chicago the United States circuit court under Judge Kohlsaar awarded the government four hundred thousand dollars from Union Pacific bonds and other securities traced to safety vaults. The ruling ends the Carter conspiracy case with Carter and Greene and Gaynor having been previously convicted and sentenced to prison. Carter claimed the funds came from his father-in-law Robert F B Westcott of New York.
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Kohlsaar
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Army
United States
Greene
Gaynor
Carter
Union Pacific
Captain Carter
Greene and
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Georgia
Illinois
Robert FB Westcott
Wreck Survivors Petition for Whiskey Near Hiram Ga
Survivors carried to Atlanta after the Southern wreck near Hiram Georgia cried for whiskey amid mud cold wind and exhaustion. Women and men sought relief as someone produced a half pint of brandy from an unknown source.
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Atlanta
Hiram
Idle Labor Plight Deepens in Chicago
A survey shows 138590 idle workers in Chicago with typical seasonal 50000 out of work, leaving 88950 idle due to current business downturn. The report frames a deplorable labor situation with large excess unemployment beyond normal winter layoffs.
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Chicago
Wealthy Cleveland Merchant Dies After Southern Flyer Wreck
Alexander Forrester, a wealthy retired merchant of Cleveland Ohio, died in an Atlanta hospital from injuries suffered when the Southern flyer wrecked near Hiram Georgia. He had a dislocated shoulder a broken ankle and multiple contusions.
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Cleveland
Atlanta
Alexander Forrester
Ohio
Hiram
Forrester
Railroad Man Starved No More by Grape-Nuts Trial
A railroad worker rebuts indigestion after famine like dieting and credits Grape-Nuts for restoring appetite energy and seven pound gain in a week. He cites wife’s trial and claims the product is the discoverer’s Perfect Food by Postum Co. Battia Creek Mich.
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Postum Co
Battia Creek
Mich
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Limbo
Rene and
Orid
Moyer
Uncle Sam
Pasa Ou
Teddy
Abe Ruef
Louisiana
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