Frisco Railroad Commission Report Reveals Huge Commissions
The Interstate Commerce Commission report to Congress details about 40 million dollars in fictitious indebtedness used to extract large commissions paid to bankers and brokers for selling securities. B. F. Yoakum profited from promoting feeder lines sold to Frisco, with more than seven million dollars in personal profits. The findings explain heavy interest charges and the road’s push into receivership, with a network of syndicate members and banks implicated in the St Louis hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Loula
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louis
Hall
Congress
Southwest
B. F. Yoakum
Texas
Commission
Yoakum
Frisco
Examiner Brown
St. Louis, Brownsville
Marble Interstate Commerce Commissioner Dies at Home
John Hobart Marble born February 26 1869 in Ashland Nebraska died suddenly at his Washington home on Friday uraemic poisoning. He served as attorney for the interstate commerce commission and became secretary in 1912 before his confirmation to the commission on March 10 1913. He is survived by a wife and a nineteen year old daughter.
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Washington
John Hobart Marble
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Marble
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ashland
Nel
SAVE MADEROS FROM HUERTA STORY AT VERA CRUZ
Verarus reports a demand to surrender Everiste and Datel Maredo who hid in the American consulate. The federal Vera Cruz commander Cutadia refused, and the refugees were later moved aboard an American ship by order of Admiral Pletcher. A local grain man, Sunderland, aged and longtime Omahan, dies, ending a noted career in the state grain trade.
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Verarus
Everiste
Datel Maredo
Wis
Canada
Vera Cruz
Cutadia
Adailral Pletcher
Washington
Prediction Triggers Suicide Under Local Fortune Tale
Kansan City Missouri, November 34, a fortune teller’s prophecy that a fiancé would drink and be unfaithful led Agnes Pulrbunks to take her own life. TheReading suggests the predicted betrayal drove her to suicide.
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Kansan City
Agnes Pulrbunks
Mother and babes in danger after suspected poisoning
In Mantla Ja November 21 Mrs Walter Teoule wife of a Manila resident is dying and two small children are in a critical condition. Olson says the poisoning was administered by the mother.
Senator Denvir Linked to Pass Threat in Rail Probe
Chicago November hearing reveals letters allegedly written by Illinois Senator John T. Denvir to Chester M. Dawes seeking annual passes on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Denvir denies writing the letters, calling it a joke, while claiming he applied to several railroads for passes amid a larger federal inquiry into blackmail and free transportation abuses.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
John T. Denvir
Linois Legislative Publc Utilities Commission
Federal
A. G. Guthelm
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denvir
Chester M. Dawes
The
Burlington
Wxaommner
Gutheim
Dawes
Brown Quits As Road Head
New York central president William C. Brown resigned at a directors meeting effective January 1. Alfred H. Smith, named senior VP in March, is widely expected to be elected president soon after Brown’s retirement, who had long contemplated stepping down after five years in railroading.
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New York
Wlliam CC. Brown
New York Central Lines
Alfred H. Smith
Central Lines
Brown
Flo
Missouri Doctor Kills Man in Hotel Baltimore
Dr. W. T. Kiam of St. Joseph a Missouri Valley Medical association member and faculty at Central Ensworth Medical college shot William Putnam Cramer of Chicago dead at the Hotel Baltimore in Kansas City after a meeting. The tragedy follows a secret romance and the husband’s pursuit of Cramer, culminating in murder.
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Kansas City
W. T. Kiam
St. Joseph
Acer
Missouri Valley Medical Association
Central Ensworth Medical College
William Putnam Cramer
Lake Park Avenue
Chicago
Baltimore
Cramer
Missing Delaware tax collector found murdered in Philadelphia
Lews Pinkerton, a Delaware county tax collector, was found murdered in Philadelphia. Roland Pennington and George Marsh confessed, stating robbery as the motive. Also notes Miss Jessie Whison, the White House bride elect, received a $2,000 diamond pendant gift from a jewelry firm at the White House.
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Siam
Philadelphia
Lews Pinkerton
Delaware County
Roland
Pennington
George Marsh
House
Mise Wilson
Washington
Misa Jessie Whison
White House
N Jewelry
Mexican Crisis Deepens as Huerta Orders Army Retrench
Nov 22 Vera Cruz reports General Maas ordered to tear up rails and retreat inland if defeated, destroying tracks toward Paso del Macho. Also, relatives of Madero seek asylum in the American consulate and may sail for Havana as U.S. authorities monitor. President Wilson hints at support for Carranza and constitutionalists while considering next moves after Huerta’s fall. Secretary Bryan asks Admiral Fletcher to protect foreigners and oil interests in Vera Cruz and on the east coast.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Huerta
General Mass
Evaristo Madero
Daniel Madero
Leandro Aguilar
Andres Aguilar
Antonio de la Paz
Santro Mora
President Madero
San Juan Tilua
Havana
Morro Castle
Washington
Wilson
Carranza
Mexico
Juarez
United States
Congress
Bryan
Navy Department
Fletcher
Robbers Shoot Passenger During Street Car Hold-Up
In Lincoln Nebraska on November 22 two highwaymen attempted to rob a street car conductor and passengers. They shot and killed one passenger and robbed the conductor of a small sum.
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Lincoln, Neb
White Trial Delayed in Charleseau West Virginia
Charges of conspiracy in restraint of trade against John P. White, president of the United Ming Workers of America, and 17 other union officials were continued until June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Charleseau
W. Va
John P. White
United Ming Workers of America
Wilson announces widely varied U S diplomatic nominations
President Wilson sent to the Senate a slate of envoys and consuls including Henry M. Pindell of Illinois as ambassador to Russia, George J. Fuller of Wisconsin as consul general at large, and Edward B. Craig of Tennessee as collector of internal revenue for Tennessee, with additional posts in Madrid, Brussels, Havana, Callao, Christiania, Seoul, Yokohama, Berlin and more.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Henry M. Pindell
Ilinois
Russia
George J. Fuller
Wisconsin
Wiliam Brown
Chicago
John M., Rapp
Ilnois
Tlingis
Edward B. Craig
Tennessee
District of
England
Milton B. Kirk
St. Johns
Quebec
Mirs 8. Myers
Pennsylvania
Swatow
China
Robert J. Thompson
Iiiinois
Aid-Le-Chappelle
Germany
Jay White
Michigan
Naples
Italy
Fatal fall and other news from cities
Denver reports the body of Albert Buck found dangling on wires after a night on a third floor fire escape at Elk hotel. Scranton obituary notes Prof. George Howell dies suddenly at his home. Chicago searches for bookkeeper Matt Barasky accused of embezzling nearly 88882. Postmaster General Burleson says Illinois laws cannot stop parcels with fish or game shipments.
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Denver
Colo
Elk Hotel
Seventeenth
Blake Streets
Albert Buck
Buck
Scranton
George Howell
America
Chicago
Matt Barasky
Foreign Department
Benjamin J. Behift & Co
Washington
Burleson
Post Office Department
New Jersey Supreme Court Strikes Down Sterilization Act
The New Jersey Supreme Court on November 22 ruled the 1911 sterilization act unconstitutional, nullifying provisions to sterilize epileptics feeble minded criminals and other detainees in Trenton.
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Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Two Guilty of Swindling in Chicago Case
James Ryan a clairvoyant and Christian P F Berteche known as Barney were found guilty of a confidence game against Mrs. Hope L McMadowney, securing fifteen thousand dollars from her.
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Chicago
James Ryan
Clairvoyant
Christian PF
Barney
Berteche
Hope L. McMadowney
Huerta Pledges Law and Peace in Mexico City Speech
President Huerta presents a congressional message justifying dictatorial actions to restore order and uphold the republics laws amid revolutionary pressure. He cites Napoleon and calls for national reconstruction as observers in Mexico and abroad watch closely. Speculation grows over Wilson administration plans as the American chargé d affaires receives new instructions.
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City
Mexico
Huerta
Congress
Pacific
Executive of
The
Union
National Assembly
Chamber of Deputies
Napoleon
Republic
Wilson
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Woman Rail Head Re elected in Georgia line
Bainbridge Georgia November 21 Mrs J P Williams said to be the only woman president of a railroad in the south was re elected president of the Georgia Florida Alabama railway at a stockholders meeting here.
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Bainbridge, Ga
J. P. Williams
South
Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway
Debs Enters Mine Strike in Colorado
Debs, repeatedly a Socialist Party presidential candidate, enters the Colorado mine strike situation after lengthy talks with union leaders in Denver. He has become a notable factor in the labor dispute at hand.
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Debs
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Hoe
Fatal Kentucky Duel on Beaver Creek Election Day
In Floyd County Kentucky on Beaver Creek Arthur Martin shot and killed his cousin Oscar Mar in. Oscar's brother Sandy responded by shooting Arthur. The fatal confrontation stemmed from trouble on election day.
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Lexington
Beaver Creek
Floyd County
Arthur Martin
Oscar Marin
Oscar
Sandy
Arthur
Heirless heiress wed to foreign nobleman for wealth
A fragment hints at a loveless marriage where a young heiress marries a foreign nobleman for money. The union is described as driven by wealth rather than affection, with a skeptical remark that wealth was all he pursued. The tone suggests early 20th century society commentary on arranged marriages.
Debates on marriage roles and literary quips abroad
The Monaco prince jokes that marriage grants or denies liberty to women of different nations at a New York dinner. Robert W. Chambers mocks a New York poet’s awkward rhymes, comparing him to a Lake Sunapee epitaph. A tribute twist notes a deceased named Fields rhymed as Meadows, with Meadows substituted for rhyme.
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Prince
Monaco
New York
Post
Robert W. Chambers
Chambers
Lake Sunapee
N. B
Fields
Meadows
Family Of Five Drink Coffee From Infancy
An Iowa mother reports all five children drank coffee from infancy and that stopping coffee improved health after switching to Postum. She notes heart trouble in parents improved after quitting coffee and cites digestion and headaches in a boy who then thrived on Postum. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum as quick beverages.
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Iowa
Postum
Postum Co
Balls Creek
Mich
Wellville
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