Broker in Forgery Case Tied to Union Pacific Stock
Lansing August 14 Harry J Cowley a Lansing broker and member of a prominent local family was arrested on charges of involvement in forged certificates of Union Pacific Railway stock He denies knowing about the forgery and says the stock he held was bought in good faith He will be arraigned in Battle Creek this afternoon Officials say forged stock was used as collateral for a loan in Lansing two weeks ago triggering the investigation The inquiry involves employees of the National Bankers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Harry J. Cowley
Union Pacific Railway Company
Cowley
National Bankers’ Association
Warrant Issued in Milwaukee Avenue Bank Case
Chicago August 14 interest grows in fight between Cook County courts over the Milwaukee Avenue State bank receiverships. Judge Gibbons appointed Chicago Title and Trust receiver to oust Fetzer. questions remain on Niblack and Stensland estates. A second warrant against cashier Henry W Hering for forging a 10000 note is issued. contempt proceedings to follow Brentano court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Cook County
John Gibbons
Chicago Title and Trust Company
John C. Fetzer
Brentano
W. C. Niblack
Hastman
Paul O. Stensland
C. ©. Jones
Hering
Henry W. Hering
Marius
Kirkeby
Kersten
Fetzer
Robbers Try to Burn a Village
Berrier Center Michigan August 14. After robbing J A Rutter general store, burglars set fire to the building and tried to destroy the village. A pocket brigade of about a hundred men labored three hours to save the village from the flames.
Three safe-blowers thwarted in Wilmington fight
Ohio railroad agent Robert Kennett fought three burglars as they attempted to blow the safe at Wilmington station. One burglar fell, another jumped from a window firing as they fled. A wounded man disappeared. relief engines sent a dozen railroad men who could not locate the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Railroad
Wilmington
Robert Kennett
Baltimore and Ohio
Negro Troops Revolt Report From Brownsville
A Brownsville Texas report says recently stationed negro troops became unruly today in a scrimmage. One person was killed and the Brownsville mayor requested state troops to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Tex
Brownsville
Terx
Outlaws Support Pledged in Leyte Revolt
Governor Ide returns to Manila after talks in Tacloban with General Wood and other officials. Presidentes vow help to exterminate the Pulajanes as conflicts rooted in Spanish times lead to disarmament and protests. A commission will tour Leyte districts to press cooperation and enforce harsh penalties for the insurgents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Ide
Tacloban
Leyte
Wood
Lee
Deveyra
Presidentes
Taylor
Constabulary
John F. James
Eighth Infantry
James
Calvin D. Snyder
William J. Gillick
Mathies Zeck
Freight Engine Collision Tosses Passengers From Berths
A St. Louis and San Francisco freight struck the MK&T No. 6 fast passenger train near Fort Scott Kansas. The chair car and one sleeper overturned. Seven people were injured while others were tossed but escaped serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kan
St. Louis
San Francisco
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Cuty
Revolt Suppressed as Czar Faces Coup in Russia
In St. Petersburg authorities report arrests of revolutionaries near Moscow, seizing a clandestine printing press and a large stock of bombs and explosives. They claim leaders of the military fighting organization are captured and elaborate uprising plans are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Moscow
GOES TO GUARD'S CAMP AFTER ATTEMPT ON GRAND DUKE
The Grand Duke Nicholas survives the Aug 10 assassination attempt and travels with the emperor and court to Krasnoye-Selo for a guards camp week. Six guard regiments join, St Petersburg station is heavily guarded, and civilians face travel restrictions. A grand review is planned for Aug 19 before the imperial family shifts to Tsarskoe-Selo or travels to Livadia in the Crimea for the autumn months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Krasnoye-Selo
Krasnoye- Selo
Tsarskoe-Selo
T Peterhof
Livadia
Crimea
Russian mutiny figure to face separate court martial
St. Petersburg August 14 M Onipko peasant member of the late Russian parliament arrested at Cronstadt after the mutiny will be tried by court martial separately. A plan of Cronstadt fortress was found on him but the drawing is crude and of no strategic value. He will be defended by M Kuzmin Maravieff formerly a member of the academy of law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
M. Onipko
Cronstadt
M. Kuzmin-Maravieff
Academy of Law
Texas Democrats Open Largest Convention Centered on Governorship
Texas Democratic state convention opens in Dallas with intense interest in the governor race. J. M. Campbell enters with broad support from primaries while O. B. Colquitt's backers expect strength on the second ballot. Mayor Curtis P. Smith welcomes delegates. Judge Clarence Martin responds. Howard Templeton elected temporary chair. permanent leadership expected to be named later with Judge Joseph E. Cockrell favored. Nomination for governor delayed until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Texas
J. M. Campbell
Friends
O. B. Colquitt
Palestine
Curtis P. Smith
Clarence Martin
Fredericksburg
Howard Templeton
Joseph E. Cockrell
Neighbor Finds Ghastly Death Of Charlies Brueckner
The body of Charlies Brueckner, 35, was found in a woodland near the St Joe road by neighbor Milton Leaming. Coroner reports death by apoplexy with decomposition likely begun Monday. Brass details note the widow and siblings, German-born, long Fort Wayne resident, previously a watchman and fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Brueckner
Big Place
St. Joe Road
Milton Leaming
Brueckner
Leaming
Grice
J. E. Siults
Wellman Undertaking Establishment
Brsjeckner
Christian Bolman
East
Lewis Street
Amelia Brueckner
Clement O. Brueckner
Erie Street
Oswald Brueckner
Lavina Street
Wayne Knitting Mills
Germany
Fort Wayne
Flick Greenhouses
Indiana Troops Begin Drills at Fort Harrison
Indiana National Guard opens camp work with regular troops as battalion drills start. Brigade movements planned for tomorrow. Col Harry B. Smith to be nominal commander of the second provisional brigade to avoid rank conflict with Maj Gen McKee and Brig Gen Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Indiana National Guard
Harry B. Smith
Indiana
McKee
Carter
Fort Harrison
Smith
ELOPERS PLACED IN JAIL AT MT VERNON IND
Mt Vernon Indiana August 14 Carra Hensley 23 and Mrs Gus Leifer Mt Vernon MI were arrested and jailed on charges filed by the woman s husband They disappeared from an Illinois town Saturday night Leifer traced them to Mt Vernon Mrs Leifer left her two year old daughter at home seriously ill They are held in default of 200 bond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Carra Hensley
Gus Leifer
Hensley
Pittsburg Group to Take Control of United Sheet and Tin Plate
Preliminary arrangements in Pittsburg indicate control of the United Sheet and Tin Plate company will pass to a group of Pittsburg Philadelphia and New York capitalists within days. The transfer covers plants at Marietta New Comerstown Byesville and Newark Ohio valued over 500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Philadelphia
New York
Marietta
New Comerstown
Byesville
Newark
Ohio
Two Held for Murder in Wreck Inquiry
Coroner's verdict in the Pan-Handie wreck near Pittsburg finds Cincinnati and New York Limited Express telegraph operator John L. Skarry and leverman L. B. Jones responsible for murder. Await grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Cincinnati and
New York Limited Express
John L. Skarry
L. B. Jones
Leverman
Secret Railroad Conference Rumors Stir Atlantic City
A New York dispatch says about a hundred lawyers linked to railroad interests and many railroad officials have gathered in Atlantic City. Reports claim a secret meeting is planned to discuss opposing the railroad rate bill with secrecy at the hotel and attendees barred from naming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic City
N. J
Oklahoma Attorney General probes railroad discrimination
W O Cromwell attorney general of Oklahoma began an inquiry into railroads at Governor Frantz's urging to determine if any company violated its charter by discriminating in freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
O. T
W. O. Cromwell
Oklahoma
Frantz
Texas and Pacific Railways denies grain elevator allowances
New Orleans report states a letter to the interstate commerce commission asserts no allowances have been made by the Texas and Pacific Railway in the last three years with one possible exception offered for the commission to judge. The disclosure is part of the senate inquiry into grain elevator operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Senate
Trustees declare charge of bad food groundless
Indianapolis Aug. 14 trustees of the Southern Hospital for the Insane announced the charge that bad food was served to patients is groundless. The investigation into the matter concluded with a report dismissing the accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
The
Southern Hospital For the Insane
Fire damages Lilly and Stalnaker hardware store
A blaze on the second floor of the Lilly and Stalnaker hardware store at 114 to 118 East Washington street caused by crossed light wires damaged the building and stock, with losses totaling about 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lilly and Stalnaker Hardware
East Washington Street
Dr Kane to Return to Wabash College This Fall
Crawfordsville Ind Aug 14 Dr W P Kane president of Wabash College will resume college duties at the start of the fall term his improvement in recent days is cited as the basis for the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
W. P. Kane
Wabash College
Bank teller Chisholm embezzles $100,000 at First National
Alexandria R. Chisholm, a paying teller at the First National Bank, confessed to a $100,000 shortage found while on vacation. He implicated brokers in losses from speculative trades. Chisholm had $3,000 on him when arrested. Brokers W L Sims and C M Hays were later arrested on warrants by bank president W P G Harding for aiding the embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
First National Bank Today
Alexandria R. Chisholm
Chisholm
Atlantic City
W. L. Sims
C. M. Hays
W. P. G. Harding
National Bank
Son Appears in Court in Milwaukee Avenue Bank Case
Chicago report notes Theodore Stensland Jr. surrendered on a bench warrant for conspiracy alongside bank President Stensland and Cashier Hering. The vice president allegedly received deposits after knowing insolvency. Investigators also sought a key female witness and uncovered a hidden room at Irving Park home, suggesting possible hidden activity by the missing president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Theodore Stensland
Stensland
Hering
Young Stensland
Son
Steinert
Kern
Olson
Shippy
Irving Park
Bolters Form New Union With 110 Delegates Pledging Fealty
The United Teamsters of America, rival to the International Brotherhood, completed its organization in Chicago with officers led by President Newton W. Evans and Vice Presidents Al Young A L St Clair G W Prescott John Sheridan John Cahill Val Hoffman Frank Ray. General secretary treasurer W H Ashton, trustees Ed Turner E G Wickert W W Brown. Seventy Chicago unions and 110 delegates, including 41 from New York, backed the move. Rochester N Y was chosen for the next convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United Teamsters of America
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Newton W. Evans
Bloomington
al” Young
A. L. St. Clair
St. Louis
G. W. Prescott
New York
John Sheridan
John Cahill
Detroit
Val” Hoffman
Frank Ray
W. H. Ashton
Ed Turner
Mobile
Ala
E. G. Wickert
W. W. Brown
Rochester, N. Y
Republican rotlers meet in Houston to reorganize Texas GOP
About thirty counties are represented as Dr. Alex Acheson of Dennison calls the re organized Republican convention of Texas to order in Houston city hall. The group opposes State Chairman Cecil Lyon who leads the rival faction holding a separate convention in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Alex Acheson
Dennison
Texas
Cecil Lyon
Lyon
el Paso
Winchester official faces inquiry in Fort Wayne case
A fragmented report from Winchester Indiana notes an inquiry involving a superintendent figure. The terse text mentions Fort Wayne and Batcheller, with unclear ages and roles, suggesting an administrative matter or oversight review.
Local Bank Committee Named On Interest Issue
A committee of four bankers and trust officers was chosen to draft an agreement on interest rates. Members include Charles H. Worden of First National, Charles B. Bond of Old National, Charles A. Wilding of Tri-State Trust, and William P. Breen of People’s Trust and Savings. They met Monday to work toward a binding plan with banks likely to pay up to 3 percent on time deposits while trust companies consider similar terms for savings accounts, aiming for a short-term agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Worden
First National Bank
Charles B. Bond
Old National Bank
Charles A. Wilding
Thee Tri-State Trust Company
William P. Breen
People’s Trust and Savings Company
Kansas Cooperative Club Aims To Form New Party In Kansas
Topeka Aug 14 M York a professor of economy at Stanford university issued a call to organize a new political party in Kansas to be known as the Kansas Cooperative club The party plans no campaign until 1908 and will use the interim to perfect state organizations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
M. York
Léland Stanford University
Kansas
Co-operative Club
Man Found Dead Near Tracks in Hancock Street Area
An unidentified white man about thirty was found dead near the Big Four railroad tracks at Hancock street in Indianapolis today. He likely was struck by a passing train. skull base fracture and scalp lacerations were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hancock Street
Smith Released After Jail Stay In Immorality Case
Judge B W Skelton freed William E Smith from jail after his promise to return to his Decatur home and support his family following an appeal by his wife and employer. Police investigated allegations he had obtained $60 from a young woman and the case was stymied as she declined to prosecute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Skelton
William E. Smith
Décatur
Smith
Yeaterday
Qll
Representative Longworth Visits Campaign HQ
New York reports Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio visited the national Republican congressional campaign committee headquarters. He deposited one dollar to support the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Toledo Ice Company Testimony Under Tacit Rail Favor Favoritism Probed
Judge Clements begins a government inquiry into relations between Toledo rail routes and local ice companies. Fifty witnesses, including Joseph Miller of Toledo Ice and Coal, describe ties to Ann Arbor railroad executives and free transport practices, with the aim to determine if improper favors existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, O
Judson C. Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
Toledo
Clements
Joseph A. Miller
Toledo Ice and Coal Company
Kinkade
Miller
Ice Company
Ann Arbor
Wellington R. Burt
Harry Ashley
Edward Schuler
Schuler Ice Company
Gould
Lr. W. A. Bradley
Luther Walter
Commission
Grand Jury Swearing Deferred Over Venire Shortage
Chicago Aug 14 The failure of the required veniremen to appear forced Judge Bethea to postpone until Thursday the swearing in of the federal grand jury. The panel was to probe alleged rebates given by Standard Oil to several railroads since March 3 1905 the start date of the eastern division of the northern district of Illinois. Eighteen veniremen appeared nine were excused for various reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bethea
United States Court
Federal Grand Jury
Standard Oil Company
Sinois
Eagles Grand Aerie opens with 1500 delegates in Milwaukee
Milwaukee August 14 The eighth annual convention of the Grand Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles began with 1500 delegates. Mayor Sherburn Becker raises the lid as city hosts. Key contests include Grand Worthy President with Edward Krause and Wood A Carr active contenders and a battle for Grand Treasurer between Frank E Hering and C A Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Aerie
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Sherburn Becker
Aerie
Edward Krause
Wilmington
Del
Wood_A. Carr
Uniontown
Frank E. ‘Hering
South Bend
C. A .Stephens
Cedar Rapids
Norfalky
New Castle Victims Die After Heat Wave Strikes Farms
In New Castle Pennsylvania on August 14 the toll from the heat rises as six farmers aged about eighty die from the effects of the heat. Local authorities report records of extreme temperatures and widespread illness among agricultural workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Duff
Atwell
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Harry Cowley
U. P
Chica
Berrier Cent
Jerghoff
Times
Czar
Democrats
Ing State
Ernorship
Charles Brueckner
Col. Smith
Kusvann
Lantic City
Officrats
Southern
Indiana News
DR. Kane
A. R. Chisholm
Birmingham, Ala
Bolters
Teamsters’ Union
Shea
Winchester
Batcheller
Nick
ICE Mer
Tee
Eagles
Ica
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