Standard Oil tactics tied to drive out rivals in Ohio
Cleveland May 26 Investigators reveal aggressive methods by Standard Oil to crush independent oil peddlers across northern Ohio. George Lane described orders to kill rivals in Youngstown Canton and other towns using tank wagons and other pressure tactics. Officials note the drive benefited by rail and pipeline controls while securing profits with little scruple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Oil Trust
George L. Lane
Menscheld
Stavard O Company
Lane
M. Lynens
Youngstown
Canton
Girard
Warren
Ravenne
Massillon
Mensfield
Elyra
Ober- Ey
William H. Vahey
Vahey
Standard Oil
Freedom Oil Company
Independent Oil Company
Standard
M. Gibbs
Tipton
Standard CW Company
Argand Oil] Refining Company
Goa
ONO
Meritimore
Ohio Southwestern
St.Can
Allies Getting At Outs In Manchuria Trade
Eastern men report friction between English merchants and Japanese officials over access to Manchurian markets. Japanese authorities are accused of concentrating trade with their own merchants and using transport controls to disadvantage European traders. A low bridge reportedly diverts river traffic to a Japanese railroad, worsening Chinese boat access.
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Washington
Manchuria
Korea
Frederick W. Gee Fined for Copper Wire Theft
Frederick W. Gee, a Nickel Plate lineman, was fined five dollars and costs in city court for stealing copper wire. Detective Snyder testified Gee made twenty six junk shop trips in a month and faces charges on each if the railroad presses them. Gee claimed he sent about forty dollars to his ill wife and asked for a heavier fine in lieu of jail, which the court declined.
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Frederick W. Gee
Snyder
Great Western Sugar Co Increases Capital Stock
The Great Western Sugar company filed a certificate with New Jersey secretary of state to raise capital from 20 million to 30 million dollars. Half of the new stock is preferred and half common. The decision was made at a January 20 meeting. H. Co. Hargemyer is president and C. R. Heike is secretary.
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Trenton
N. J
Great Western Sugar Company
H.co. Hargemyer
C. R. Heike
Balloon crossing Baltic planned by Prince Jaime and Baron Korwin
London reports a Baltic crossing by balloon from London to Austria, led by Prince Jaime Bourbon and Baron Josef von Korwin. The hydrogen airship carries provisions for 48 hours with life belts and grease, weighing 2600 pounds plus pilot and ballast, aiming to start soon under favorable winds.
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London
Jaime
F Bourbon
Josef von Kerwin
Baltic Sea
Austria
Comte de la Vaulx
Paris
Kieff
Prince and Princess of Wales
Prince Jaime
Don Carlos
Archduchess
Blanche
Baron von Korwin
Poe News From Poe Indiana Community Notes May 26
Local correspondence lists numerous Sunday visits and social gatherings in Poe Indiana. Residents and visitors include Mer cer, Deel, Ayres, Comer, Essig, Mercer, Hiser, Hadley, Snarr, Tre nary, Mullen, Smitley, Shookman, Heckler, Beck, and others. Several trips involve Fort Wayne Ossian Hoagland Decatur and Wells County residents.
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The
Sentinel
Poe
Ind
Verba Mercer
Florence Deel
Perry Ayres
Clark Comer
John Essig
Robert Mercer
Fred Hiser
Park Somers
Alva Hadley
John Valentine
Victor Snarr
Harry Trenary
John Trenary
Floyd Ayres
Guy Comer
May Mercer
John Essig, Jr
Laura Comer
Bertha Snider
Ben Sommers
Fort Wayne
Ossian
James Drage
William Beck
John Hachey
Etta Barkley
Mabel Shanrep
Paul Smitley
Fred Draze
Ferdinand Mailand
Joseph Sommers
Fred Drage
John Beck
Wells County
Margo
Mina Andrews
Decatur
Clyde ‘Shookman
Maudmerick
Hoagland
Warren Paine
Bess
Interurban Plans Shift From Fort Wayne to South Whitley
At a State Medical association meeting in Winona Dr. Dickey indicated the Fort Wayne to Warsaw line may be bypassed in favor of a route through South Whitley. Columbia City residents reportedly oppose a subsidy for the Winona line while township leaders consider a subsidy for an east–west route.
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State Medical Association
Winona
Kitheart
Dickey
Fort Wayne
Warsaw
Winona Interurban
Columbia City
South
Whitley
Kithcart
Columbia Township
Goshen
Toledo Woman, 84, Fractures Ribs in Stair Fall
Mrs. Mary Graham, an elderly Toledo resident, fell down stairs at her son W. F. Graham’s East Lewis street home, fracturing two ribs. Doctors fear serious injuries due to her age. Nearby, Mrs. George Swain on Spy Run avenue injured her back in a separate stair fall but expected to recover quickly.
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Mary Graham
Toledo
W. F. Graham
East Lewis Street
Graham
George Swain
Spy Run Avenue
Play Houses for Frisco Two Theaters Under Canvas
San Francisco plans two theaters under canvas by mid next month as a company secures the initiative. The move aims to extend outdoor stage venues in the city, expanding entertainment options for residents and visitors.
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San Francisco
Imi Sa
Benefit tent for San Francisco fire sufferers held in Chicago
A benefit tent for fire sufferers in San Francisco raised $15,000 net. A smaller tent was secured and will be raised at the former Majestic Theatre site at Ninth and Market streets.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Majestic Theater
Ninth and
Market Streets
Fort Wayne Clearing House and Local Rail Talks
Fort Wayne clearing house weekly clearings totaled 747 337 49 up from 712 731 07 last week with balances 158 619 57. Angola Railway and Power directors discussed spring improvements and summer operations on the Lake James line reaching Angola public square. Home Telephone and Telegraph stock sales near 20 000 of the 6 percent preferred cumulative stock on offer as funds fund line extensions and system improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Clearing House
S.esceese
Pak Bled Y Ale’ S
Angola Railway and Power Company
Fort Wayne
Lake James
Angola
Home Telephone and Telegraph Company
Kansas City Capitalist Charged With Bribery
Assistant Circuit Attorney Fickessex announced a new indictment charging Robert M. Snyder of Kansas City with bribery. The claim states Snyder paid 50000 dollars to city council members in 1898 to secure the passage of the central traction bill.
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St. Louis
Fickessex
Robert M. Snyder
Kansas City
Central Traction
Ohio Firm Forms Union to Seek Holdings Takeover
A new concern forms in Ohio as a company may take over holdings of the Widener Elkins syndicate. The Union Gas and Electric of Cincinnati and Union Gas and Electric of Cleveland are incorporated by Samuel Mowland White in Columbus on May 28.
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Ohio Company
Widener
Elkins ‘Syndicate
Columbus, O
The
Union: Gas and Electric: ‘Company, ‘ of
Cincinnati
Union Gas.and Electric Company
Cleveland
Samuel Mowland
Wreck on New York Central Train Near Hoffmans
New York Central express No 34 east of Amsterdam wrecked near Hoffmans seven miles east of the city as it ran at high speed. No lives lost but nine horses killed and an express agent injured. Locomotive and two express cars left rails, blocking tracks for hours. Wreck blamed on tampered fish plates amid Italian strikers’ wage protests. several arrests for trespassing and fines issued.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
New York Central
Hoffmans
Here
Central
Schlatter orchestra delights Ossian audience
The Schlatter orchestra from Fort Wayne, directed by O Richards, performed a carefully chosen program for an eager Ossian Methodist church audience. Miss Celia Hoffer and Mrs Hugh Markley Beaver received strong applause, with standout violin pieces by Fred Hulburd. The group later hosted a Fort Wayne banquet in the church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian News
Methodist Church
Schlatter Orchestra
Fort Wayne
Ossian
O. ©. Richards
Fred Hulburd
Ossian Orchestra
San Francisco Bankers Express Confidence in Situation
San Francisco bankers report confidence in the current financial climate as savings banks and interior institutions receive money on identical terms. Commercial banks continue lending to businessmen with normal methods, and the Clearing House records show a large volume of business while depositors await payouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Wellington Gregg
Clearing House Association
Boegli Returns to Lead Bindery at Local Firm
Peter Boegli, who sold his Fort Wayne Paper and Blank Book stake to run the Commercial Printing bindery in Akron, Ohio, has returned to the city as foreman of the local bindery and will start duties next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Boegli
Fort Wayne Paper and Blank Book Company
Commercial Printing Company
Akron
Ohio
Grand Jury Finds Bridge Trust Worse Than Expected
Lima Ohio May 26 nineteen bridge companies and agents were indicted by the grand jury with true bills sealed as secret details await service. The panel returned thirty four indictments citing the bridge trust operation as exposing county payments five times higher than normal cost. Exposed witnesses James Adams Findlay John Dun Columbus John Reed Canton provided sensational testimony though exempt from local prosecutions.
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Lima
Ohio
Allen County
Bridge Trust
Grand
T. C. Burns
George W. Kanawal
Albert Heffner
James T. Adams
Findlay
John Dun
Columbus
John Reed
Canton
No Medal For Him From Treasury In Drowning Rescue
Arthur T. Reeder of the marine corps will not receive a medal for rescuing a comrade in the Chagres river near Camp Elliott. The treasury department says medals cover deeds in navigable U S waters, and the Chagres river is not within the law. Reeder and Private Stephen Jenner attempted a February rescue. Jenner drowned, Reeder was saved by natives in a canoe.
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Washington
Arthur T. Reeder
Marine Corps
Treasury Department
United States
Chagres
Canal Zone
General Elliott
Reeder
Stephen Jenner
Chagres River
Camp Elliott
Jenner
Herrman Trial in June Sets Washington Dates
United States District Attorney Bristol received a telegram from J Heney special prosecutor in land fraud cases stating the government suit against Binger Herrman over alleged destruction of thirty letter press copybooks will be tried in Washington D C from June 6 to June 10. Heney expects to testify within five days and to arrive here between June 15 and 18 to begin Herrman cases before Judge Hunt.
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Portland
Ore
United States
Bristol
J. Heney
Binger Herrman
General Land Office
Washington, D. C
Heney
Herrman
Hunt
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Gee
Jalil
Baltic
Jaime of
Bourbon
Baron Josef von Korwin
Holbein
Don Jaime of
POE News
South Whitley
Columbia City Post
Frisco
MR. Boegli
Oki
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