Judge Landis Fines Standard Oil 29 Million for Rebating
In Chicago August 8 Judge Landis imposed a 29,240,000 fine on the Standard Oil company of Indiana the maximum on 1462 rebating counts. He recommended a special grand jury to probe other parties, signaling possible action against the Chicago and Alton Railroad for similar offenses as Rockefeller and other officers testified. The crowded court heard Sims and Wilkerson present for the government while Eddy and Martin represented Standard Oil. Continued on Page Two.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District Court Today
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Sims
Wilkerson
Eddy
Martin
Bold Robbery of Benjamin Prill Leaves Victim Beaten
Benjamin F. Prill was assaulted and robbed of $45 and a revolver on a road behind Lindenwood Cemetery at 11:30 Tuesday. He walked to the Main street car line, where conductor aided him. Patrolman James Smith and Chief Ankenbruck investigated. He was taken to Hope hospital with head injuries but no fractures. officers pursued a suspect described as a man in a light suit with a brown slouch hat connected to a staged crime. The assailant reportedly claimed to be a Pennsylvania railroad detective and offered Prill a job for $2 a day to aid in recovering stolen merchandise.
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Benjamin F. Prill
Lindenwood Cemetery
Mechanic Street
James Smith
Prill
Ankenbruck
M. W. Tinkham
Hope Hospital
South Calhoun Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Henry Stoll
Huffman
Dozen Dead as Wreck cripples Pennsylvania Express
Pittsburg Aug 6 The Titusville express southbound on the Pennsylvania line was side swiped by a derailed freight car at a sharp curve near Kelly station. Engine and four cars wrecked with at least six dead and about eighteen injured. Among the dead are Mrs Alonzo Huff and M B Irwin engineer of the train. Passengers included several Huff family members and local officials from Kittanning and Emlenton. The train had a heavy passenger load en route to make up lost time.
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Pittsburg
Titusville
Buffalo and Allegheny
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kelly Station
Alonzo Huff
Johnstown
Huff
M. B. Irwin
Oakmont
Chritzlore
Haftey
Kittanning
A. Huff
John Gisslar
Emlenton
Samuel Bing
Robert Michelton
Armstrong County Committee
D .B. "Heiner
Internal Revenue
Pittsburgh
George ‘W. MecNees
Henry Chalfant
Harry Chalfant
M. 5
Titanntns
Mystifying Phases in Dayton Murder Case
Anna Markowitz 24 lies dead in the county morgue with a strangler's marks. Abraham Gordon of Indianapolis lies wounded as police hold James Markowitz, and siblings Bertha and Jacob Markowitz as suspects. Bertha fled to the National Soldiers' Home to raise the alarm after Gordon was shot and Anna attacked on a secluded road. two differing accounts cloud the case.
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Dayton
Ohio
Anna Markowitz
Abraham Gordon
Indianapolis
James, Jacob
Bertha Markowitz
Pretty Dona Gilman
Dona Gilman
Gilman
Cohan
National Soldiers
Bertha
Gordon
Anna
Mob forms to lynch man in Cleveland street incident
Angry men and women formed a mob on Carnegie avenue in Cleveland shouting threats to Walter McCracken a carpenter. Police say two little girls witnessed the scene as about six men held McCracken to the ground and beat him with their fists and kicks amid the unrest last evening.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Walter McCracken
Carnegie Avenue
McCracken
White
Rescue and Arrest After Mob Threatens Man
A man was rapidly saved from a mob and placed into a patrol wagon for safety, then locked up to prevent harm. The incident hinged on immediate action by authorities to quell the dangerous scene.
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McCracken
Goshen County Rules Saloon Notice Inadequate
Goshen Indiana August 6 county commissioners rule that saloon license applicants must publish notices in a newspaper of general circulation. A New Paris application by William B. White was dismissed after ad publication in an obscure paper failed to meet law. Taxpayers receive the impact as the village remains dry.
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Goshen
Ind
William B. Whitehead
New Paris
Ten Years in Bellevue Hospital Patient Dies
A Bellevue Hospital patient who had been there ten years died yesterday. Alfred Steward, 25, admitted in 1897 with a spinal lesion, had a long and notable stay at the institution.
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New York
Bellevue Hos
Avert Grave Clash With Alabama Rail Licenses
Montgomery Alabama August 6 Vice President Russell of Mobile & Ohio railroad meeting with Governor Comer on the Southern railway license revocation. State officials voiced cordiality and said the matter would be studied further. Senator Joseph F Johnson is aiding in seeking a settlement and arranging the conference.
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Montgomery
Ala
Russell
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Finley
Southern
Comer
Southern Railway
Joseph F. Johnson
Demand for money scared rich Lancaster man
A letter to Charles B. Grubb demanded $10,000 or murder, threatening his sister Daisy B. Grubb of Philadelphia. Officials say the note, claiming the author is from a group called the strong forty two, appears serious and is being investigated by police after Postmaster Miller notified authorities. The plan specified placing the money under a water trough on West Orange Street beyond Quarryville railroad by 9 pm Wednesday.
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Lancaster
Charles B. Grubb
Miller
Crubb
Daisy B. Grubb
Philadelphia
West Orange Street
Quarryville Railroad
Investigating Peonage in St Louis by Justice Department Agent
Special agent Michele Berardi of the U S Department of Justice arrived in St Louis and began investigating alleged peonage cases. The report notes initial steps and the ongoing probe conducted by federal authorities.
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St. Louis
Michele Berardinelle
New York
Department “of
Justice
Italian Peddler Fights Nurse in Central Park Chase
A nurse Ade laide Wildrer thwarted an attack by an Italian peddler on a west side street. She used a hat pin, police chased the assailant to Central Park where he was captured after a gunfire exchange. The man, Pietro Daurio, claimed innocence. A second incident involved a thirteen year old girl Sade Momah but she was unharmed as the assailant fled Green Street.
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New York
West Side
Adelaide Wildrer
Central Park
Pietro Daurio
Miss Wildrer
Manhattan Avenue
One Hundred and Sixth Street
Wildrer
Daurio
Sade Momah
Green Street
Mrs Lehr Yields To Poison Death In Personal Tragedy
Mrs Hattie Lehr, 57, died at 6:50 am Monday at 450 East Lewis street from a carbolic acid dose taken Saturday amid domestic trouble. Husband Charles Lehr, a railroad engineer, was at her bedside. A 50 percent carbolic acid solution delayed fatality. She was moved from Hope hospital to home Sunday morning, expressed despair, and said she had nothing to live for. She leaves husband and a daughter. funeral at 2:30 pm Wednesday from the residence.
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Hattie Lehr
East
Lewis Street
Fort Wayne’s Louis Griebel Celebrates 92nd Birthday
Louis Griebel one of Fort Wayne’s oldest residents marks his 92nd birthday today. He resides with his daughter Mrs Regedanz at Hanna Street and Creighton Avenue. Griebel came to Fort Wayne in 1838 and is father to A L Griebel publisher of the Staats Zeitung and former county auditor.
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Louis Griebel
Fort Wayne
Griebel
Regedanz
Hanna Street
Creighton Avenue
A. L. Griebel
Staats-Zeitung
Auction of Ewing estate blocks and properties at Main and Harrison
Commissioners Michael and Alden plan to auction part of the Ewing estate, including the Ewing hall at Main and Harrison, in S. R. Alden’s office. They will also auction the remainder Thursday afternoon, offering several business blocks and numerous lots and houses across the city for sale.
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Michael and
Alden
Ewing
Ewing Hall
Main and
Harrison Streets
S. R. Alden
Local Boy Shot At Winona Lake City Event
Warsaw Ind Aug 6 A boy named Guy Turpin from Indiana nets was shot in the face at the Winona lake boys city gathering by a rifle in the hand of another Indianapolis youth. Authorities reported the incident and began investigations into the circumstances and assailant identity.
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Warsaw
Ind
Winona Lake
Guy Turpin
Indiananets
Indictments push at fish trust and Hickel plate case
Chicago Aug 3 Indictments in U S district court name A Booth Co known as the fish trust the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad and the Lehigh Valley Railroad charging violations of the Elkins law on rebates The Booth counts total 75 the railroad cases 51 and a joint 54 The government says Booth organized Overland Refrigerator Express using leased cars to collect mileage and commissions then pretended to solicit business for Booth and the railroads and diverted funds as car rentals to Booth Co
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Chicago
United States District Court
A. Booth & Co
Fish Trust
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
New York, Chicago and
Lehigh Valley Railroads
Overland Refrigerator Express Company
Umder
Booth & Co
Overland Refrigerator Company
Overland Express Company
Express Company
McBride and Bergren Survey for Municipal Plant Project
Charles F. McBride and G N Bergren of McBride Construction survey the city for starting work on the new municipal plant building. The firm holds the contract to erect the building and the distributing system and will break ground for the foundation in a day or two.
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Charles F. McBride
G. N. Bergren
McBride Construction Company
Root's Son Engaged to President Stryker’s Daughter
New York announces the engagement of Elihu Root Jr., eldest son of Secretary of State Elihu Root, to Alida Livingston Stryker, eldest daughter of Hamilton College president M Woolsey Stryker. This follows the earlier publicized engagement of Secretary Root’s daughter to General Frederick D. Grant.
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New York
Elihu Root, Jr
Elihu Root
Misa Alida Livingston Stryker
M. Woolsey Stryker
Hamilton College
Root
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Benjamin Prill
Bae Ee An
Pennsylvania
Ford City
M. J. Marttene
Shakespeare
Marttene
Alabama
Gotham
Mrs. Lehr
Natal
Boys’ City
Fish Trust and
the Hickel Plate
Federal Grand Jury
McBride
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