Indictments Said to Hit Weighers in Sugar Frauds
New York November 17 report says indictments found against several government weighers connected with the weighing frauds tied to the American Sugar and Refining Company. Deputy Surveyor Parr confirms a Washington report listing twenty two weighers implicated in the case.
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New York
Stimson
American Sugar and Refining Company
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Loeb
Parr
Notable Church Ceremony at the Capital
Washington November 17. Notable gathering will mark Thanksgiving Day as President Taft, Vice President Sherman, Cabinet members, diplomatic corps, Supreme Court justices, senators, representatives, and prominent Catholic prelates attend the Pan American Thanksgiving. The ceremonies include a solemn high mass.
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Washington
Patrek
Taft
Sherman
United States Supreme Court
Rector Committed Suicide in Marreville Home
Marreville Missouri on November 17 the rector of BRawl Episcopal Church was found dead by hanging in his cellar. The manner of death is listed as suicide amid a note the case remains unknown. Judge Burnett ordered bootleggers jailed for violation of the local option law.
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Marreville
Steen
Hathaway
Haveing
Burnett
Langish in Jail as Philadelphia Trust Company Fails
Charles Warriner, the demand treasurer of the Big Four, languishes in jail after failing to secure $20,000 bonds. Mrs. Stewart Ford, accused of receiving $1,900 stolen funds, is released on bond. Philadelphia banking officials close the American Trust Co. of Philadelphia with A. L. Taylor named temporary receiver. undigested securities blamed for the trouble.
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Charles Warriner
Philadelphia Trust Company
Chas. Warriner
Big Four
Jal
Stewart Ford
Fost Tight
Philadelphia
State Department of Banking
American Trust Co
A. L. Taylor
State Bank Examiner
Outlaw Ball Advocated by Spokane Club Leader
Spokane November 17 President Joseph Cohen of the Spokane Club in the Northwestern League declared he is unqualifiedly in favor of outlaw ball and hopes for a war to fight for their rights. He believes others in the league share the stance and says he is ready to lose money for several seasons to win the point.
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Spokane
Joseph Cohen
Lipton to challenge for America's Cup in 1911
New York, Nov 17. Sir Thomas Lipton announced his plan to challenge for the America's Cup in 1911 before sailing for Europe today. He said the intention is confirmed and will proceed with preparations.
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Thomas Lipton
New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
Europe
First Photo of Victor Grayson at Ferrer Protest in London
The image shows Victor Grayson addressing Ferrer protest meetings in London. Thousands hear English Socialists denounce King Alfonso for Ferrer’s execution. Grayson leads the rally in Trafalgar Square with bitter resolutions against the Spanish ruler.
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America
Victor Grayson
Ferrer
London
Alfonso
Barcelona
Grayson
Trafalgar Square
Women Plead For Opening Shaft Of Wrecked Mine
In Cherry Indiana on November 17 women urged the airshaft be opened to vent gas and enable fire control. Militia stood by as a woman at the shaft cried for action, citing hope for relatives trapped below. Relief efforts expanded with a permanent Red Cross relief society chair and government appeal for funds.
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Cherry
Telegraph trust includes Postal Company potential merger
New York on November 17 officials of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company stated that the Postal Telegraph Company is the largest single stockholder in their corporation. The report that Western Union Telegraph is controlled by AT&T would push a closer community of interest among the three firms and likely lead to a merger. Special Assistant Attorneys General Lewis and Harrison were rumored to have arrived to investigate the merger.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Postal Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lewis and Harrison
Rain and warmth forecast across Oregon and surrounding states
Weather bulletin reports rain and warmer temperatures moving into Oregon and Washington tomorrow with snow in eastern portions. Idaho expected snow tonight. A warmer spell is forecast for the western region tonight.
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Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Missing steamer Ionic arrives at Sault Ste. Marie
The steamer Ionic, reported missing yesterday, has arrived in Sault Ste. Marie today. Communication wires are down across the area, leaving most lines inoperative this afternoon.
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Sault, Ste. Marie
Ionic
Freezing Strike Inaugurated By Street Orators
Spokane reports a freezing strike started by I W W street orators as eighty prisoners at the old Franklin school are ordered by Chief Sullivan to haul cord wood and saw it to heat the building. Prisoners say they will freeze rather than work or go without fires while attorney Clarence Darrow arrives to defend five local L W W leaders awaiting trial for conspiring to incite riot. Most prisoners accept bread and water. eight have agreed to work on the rock pile.
Third Story Leap Leaves Callahan Crushed in Box Car
Spokane dispatch reports John D. Callahan of Nina Wisconsin leaped from a third story Empire hotel window and fell onto a box car, breaking his neck. He says a half drunk companion, brandishing a pistol, forced him to jump and threaten to kill him. Police seek the friend as Callahan likely dies.
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Spokane
Empire
John D. Callahan
Nina
Wis
Callahan
John G Carlisle Improves After Night
New York November 17 Former Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle had a good night and his condition is encouraging this morning confirming an improving health status from a prior period of concern.
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New York
the Treasury
Carlisle
Chicago Dates Mentioned in Runic Ledger Fragments
Fragmentary OCR notes from a Chicago page list several month ranges and years including November December 1067 8, May 1943 4, and July 961 4. The text lacks clear events or context, rendering precise reporting difficult.
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Chicago
Murder Confession Reveals Child's Fatal Dismemberment
Washington report states Mary B. Howard, described as a negress, confessed to killing her eight year old daughter amid threats from Raymond Carver to leave her. She led the girl to Palmer's woods and slit her throat with a razor, then buried the body and returned home. The child asked what would happen as the assailant moved her through a barbed wire fence. Carver allegedly knew nothing of the crime.
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Washington
Mary B. Howard
Raymond Carver
Palmer's Woods
Carver
Repeat Offender Lynwood Sentenced to County Jail
Harold Lynwood, jailed for ten days for stealing a bicycle from Earl Small, was released after two days and arrested for forgery in Junction City. He attempted to cash a check bearing the alleged signature of Eugene mayor J. D. Matlock. A restaurant patron alerted staff, and the boy fled. Sheriff Bown pursued and captured him around midnight, returning him to Eugene.
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Harold Lynwood
Earl Small
Lynwood
Junction City
J. D. Matlock
Eugene
Bown
Mrs Stetson Bows to Church Decree
Boston, Nov 16. After a 20 hour private conference with the board of directors of the First Church of Christ Scientist, Mrs. Augusta F Stetson of New York, accused of mental malpractice, issued a statement saying she bows to the mother church judgment and will obey her leader by joining those who condemned her.
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Boston
Augusta F. Stetson
New York
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Stetson
Coos Bay Idaho Railroad Survey Plat Filed
Francis H. Clark of Marshfield filed a plat in the U S land office for 20 miles of the Coos Bay Oregon Idaho railroad survey. The land covers the worst section but shows less than 1 percent grade. Two crews are in the field. survey within 17 miles of Roseburg and supported by the Roseburg Commercial Club.
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Roseburg, Or
Francis H. Clark
Marshfield
United States Land Office
Coos Bay
Oregon & Idaho
Roseburg
Explosion damages Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Terra Haute Nov 17 An explosion of dynamite destroyed from 560000 up at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church in Clinton near here The parish is mainly Hungarian and Bohemian miners and factions have been quarrelling over church control.
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Terra Hante
Sacred Heart
Clinton
Millionaire Croker Seriously Ill With Cancer
New York reports no change in the condition of George Croker the California millionaire who remains seriously ill from stomach cancer. In Marshfield area W B Jennings harvested 12500 pounds of marketable potatoes from 650 pounds of Burbank seed, a fine hill land yield achieved with shovel and hoe.
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New York
George Croker
California
Burbank
W. B. Jennings
North Inlet
Marshfield
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Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Gordon Quality
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Telegraph Trust
Postal Company
John G. Carlisle
Chicago Wheat Market
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Mrs. Stetson
Coos-Gregon
R. R
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