Oil Trust Trial Reveals Purchases and Oil Flows
In Findlay Ohio Standard Oil of Ohio faces conspiracy charges as three witnesses describe how crude oil moved through a network. Testimony shows Solar Refining oil feeding Howland storage in Findlay and pipelines from Buckeye and Trainor purchasing agents, plus immunity deal with Manhattan Oil president Cuthbert. The day also covers deeds transferring land to Standard Oil and the role of several pipeline companies.
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Findlay, O
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Burkett
Findlay
Shaffer
Solar Refining
Lima
Upper Sandusky
Standard
Cleveland
J. H. Scott
Joseph Seep
PS. Trainor
Oil City
Bloom
Hancock County
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
David Read
B.C. Shaffer
Standard Company
Solar Refining Company
Phelps
P. S. Trainor
National Transit Company
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana Pipe Line Company
Eureka Pipe Line Company
Pittsburg
Trainor
Seaboard National Bank of New York
Allentown
N. Y
Seep
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Troup
Paragon Gil Company
Toledo
Sun Oil Company
Monopoly
United States District Court
New Jersey
Manhattan Oil Company
F. T. Cuthbert
Manhattan: Oil,company
Thio
Cuthbert
J. W. F. Rancs
W. W. Johnston
London
Manhattan
Galatea
Ohio Oil Company
Manhattan Company
S. P. Trainor
The
South Lima
Buckeye
North Lima
National Refining Company of Findlay
Paragon Oil Company
Trainer Purchasing Agency
Bates
City
Standard Oil
Frank C. Shank
Theodore M. Tolles
Broadway
Standard Oil Company of
Buckeye Pipe Line
Murder Suspect Slashes Throat Then Is Arrested
Winchenden Mass Oct 12 Harry Wood suspected of shooting his sister in law Mrs Ira E Wood at her home last night. He was found at his home early today with his throat cut by a razor but not dangerous. He was placed under arrest for murder. A shotgun shell and loaded gun were found near the scene. Neighbors say he is mentally defective.
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Winchenden
Mass
Harry Wood
Ira E. Wood
Wood
Ira Wood
Chief declines to heed courts Hart-Sreck boxing match
Hart Schreck bout scheduled in Terre Haute faced police opposition as Chief Jones refused to honor an injunction. Promoters continued preparations until today amid bets placed by city officials and attorneys.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Jones
Rawley
Music not music boxes forbidden by law decision
Indiana appellate court held that music in saloons is prohibited not music boxes. The Elkhart case against Edward Collins for keeping a Regina music box was reversed, warning that interpreting the statute to exclude devices would allow saloons to hire vocalists to entertain patrons.
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Indianapolis
Edward Collins
Regina
Elkhart
Woman's Presbyterian synodical society meets in Anderson
The twenty fourth annual convention of the Woman's Presbyterian synodical society of home and foreign missions in Indiana closed at Anderson with officers elected. President of foreign societies Mrs. S A Banner Greensburg. President emeritus of home societies Mrs Julia B Kendall Laporte. Active president Mrs F F McCrea Indianapolis. Secretaries Mrs E J Dukes Peru and Mrs Herbert Campbell Newton. Young peoples work Miss Emma Donnell. Literature Mrs Charles Latham Indianapolis. Next meeting set for Second Presbyterian church Indianapolis in October 1907.
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Peru
Herbert Campbell
Newton
Emma Donnell
Charles Latham
Indianapolis
Second Presbyterian Church
Murder Case to Jury in Petticord Slaying
Indianapolis October 12 jurors began deliberations on the murder of Patrolman Edward J. Petticord after the state closed with a forceful plea for the death penalty against George Williams, the defendant described as the slayer.
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Indianapolis
George Williams
Edward J. Petticord
Indiana Baptist association to meet in Indianapolis next year
Kokomo Indiana October 12 The Indiana Baptist association will meet next year at Indianapolis. The annual sermon will be preached by Rev P Q Duncan of North Vernon. The 75th anniversary of the association will be celebrated.
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Kokomo
Ind
Indiana Baptist Association
Indianapolis
P. QO. Duncan
North Vernon
Fairbanks Will Tour Indiana For Four Days
Indianapolis Oct 12 The Republican State Committee announced this afternoon that Vice President Charles W Fairbanks will conduct a four day speaking tour through Indiana. No itinerary has been released yet.
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Indianapolis
Republican State Committee
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Salvation Army Opens Temporary Fort Wayne HQ
The Salvation Army moves from a tent at Wayne and Harrison to the Saengerbund building at 227 West Main Street as a temporary HQ. Services occurred Friday night and the citadel on East Washington Street is expected to be finished in four to six weeks. A dedication may attract Col. William Peart of New York, secretary of Salvation Army work in the United States.
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Salvation Army
Wayne and
Harrison Streets
Saengerbund
West Main Street
Army
East Washington Street
Citadel
Fort Wayne
William Peart
New York
United States
Eva Booth
Heating failure closes Hanna school building today
System breakdown in the new Hanna school’s steam heating left pupils uncomfortable and forced a temporary closure. The Chicago contractor was contacted Friday as authorities seek a rapid repair and restoration of proper temperatures.
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Hanna
Chicago
Church Conference Elects Officers and Committees
Huntington Ind to Oct 12 The American Christian convention in session here named committees for church activities and devoted the afternoon to the Christian publishing company. Officers elected include QO W Whiteler Huntington president Henry Crampton Haton secretary George M Worley Covington treasurer J N Dales Toronto James S Frost Lakemouth N Y W W Sealey Suffolk Va A H Morrel Novoisto N H and M Helfenstein K In '. N Hehlelba neig trmeteca PL B D Covineton G elected editor of the Herald of Gospel Liberty The evening featured remarks by Revs O B Whitaker Lincoln and Frank H Peters Fall River Mass Sessions run through next Mon day night.
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Huntington
Ind
American Christian Convention
Christian Publishing Company
QO. W. Whiteler
Henry Crampton
Haton
George M. Worley
Covington
J. N. Dales
Toronto
James S. Frost
Lakemouth
N. Y
W. W. Sealey
Suffolk
A. H. Morrel
Ifovisto N. H
Ah M. Helfenstein
N. Hehlelbaneig
Trmeteca
B. D
Covineton
The
Herald of Gospel Liberty
O. B. Whitaker
Lincoln
Frank H. Peters
Fall River
Mass
Bankrupt Adjudication in Clark Show Case Fixture Company
Federal court adjudges the Clark Show Case and Fixture Company bankrupt in a decisive ruling. The action names the firm and its assets under court supervision, outlining the insolvency proceeding and oversight measures.
Escapes Gallows To Repent Crimes In Michigan City
Abbott Alexander Kendall once used the name Edward Black, faked death fifteen years ago after killing Mattie Cannon in a Garret dispute, then sought clemency by confessing in court. He revealed Iowa family ties and a past indiscretion, asked for life imprisonment to atone, and began his penitence in prison.
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Michigan City
Ind
Abbott Alexander Kendall
Edward Black
Indiana
Kendall
DeKalb County
Black
Mattie Cannon
Garrett
Iowa
Albia
GRAFT SCORED BY GOVERNOR HANLY
Indiana Governor J Frank Hanly denounces graft and corruption in civic affairs calling greed avarice and the lust for gain the nation s three greatest enemies He urges the patriotism of peace and warns that wide open conditions harm communities while noting moral battles in Indiana and abuses in insurance firms as examples The speaker cites bank failures and life insurance executives salaries as nearing grand larceny and stresses internal threats over external foes
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Chicago
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Central Y. M. C. A
Hanly
Tella
Hamly
Cortra‘ry
India
Saramt
Youngest railway mail clerk joins service in Fifth district
Willett Clayton of this city has received a commission as railway mail clerk and will become the youngest man in the service in the Fifth district, covering states from Ohio to Kentucky and beyond. His route will run from Pittsburg to Chicago.
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Willett’ Clayton
India
Ohio
Kentucky
Sowing Sedition in the Russian Army
In St. Petersburg on October 12 social democrats took charge of a campaign to refuse military service. A secret central committee meeting ordered immediate work among the 1906 conscripts to induce refusals. Proclamations will be distributed to all on this year’s list, aiming to spread disorders and dispatch already disaffected contingents to the army.
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St. Petersburg
Social Democrats
Constitutional Democrats
Melsingfors
Revolutionists
Boy on scaffold whistles as death sentence carried
In Lodz Russia Poland on October 12 a boy sentenced by court martial refused priestly rites and whistled socialist tunes. A wide general strike paralyzed streets with no traffic and no newspapers. Troops guard main thoroughfares as police conduct mass arrests.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Tolstoi Expelled Amid Russian Zemstvo Turmoil
St Petersburg reports daily expulsions from zemstvos of members who signed the Viborg manifesto. Count Tolstoi, a moderate MP from Ufa, among the latest. Indictments drag, with few chances of trial before the next election, risking ineligibility for many prominent democrats. The cabinet faces opposition from reactionaries over land reform and may issue a Dec 1 loan of about 25 million dollars to balance the budget, to be held by state banks.
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St. Petersburg
Zemstvos
Vibork
Count Tolstoi
Ufa
Viborg
Stolypin
Purse Snatching on Calhoun Street Near Cathedral
Mary DeWald of 365 Baker street was robbed of $18 as a thief seized her purse from behind near the alley mouth opposite the Cathedral on Calhoun street. A cap found in the alley is the only clue and no description of the suspect exists.
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Mary DeWald
Baker Street
Calhoun Street
Cathedral
Man Supposed Dead Appears in Ohio
A Wheeling boy named Harry Bishop, believed murdered in Wharf a week ago, returned home to Ohio today causing his father to faint. A body found in the water and buried was not yet identified as Bishop.
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Columbus
Wheeling
W. Va
Harry Bishop
Wharf
Bishop
MAY FOUND A COLLEGE American Christian Convention
Delegates to the convention today enthusiastically receive urged advisability of establishing a college university. Religious leaders advocate higher education and unity within the American Christian movement, citing Rev. 8 and supporting scholarly endeavor.
Northern Indiana News and Gossip Highlights Local Moves
The Toledo and Chicago interurban offices shift from Auburn to Kendallville. Rev Father Miller leads Ss Peter and Paul Catholic church in Huntington after a transfer from Oxford. Snow totals reach four inches at Monument City in Huntington county, Mt Etna reports inch. After 46 years of marriage, Mrs. Caroline O Tarney of Auburn sues Dr S A Tarney for divorce and $6000 alimony, citing cruel treatment. married June 17 1860, separated October 10 1906. Mahlon Metzger of Mentone sues John Blue for $2000 over a Kansas postmaster letter calling Blue a dead beat, Blue files Kosciusko circuit court action for slander.
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Toledo
Chicago
Auburn
Kendallville
Father Miller
Oxford
Ss. Peter and Paul's Catholic
Huntington
Monument City
Huntington County
Mt. Etna
Caroline O. Tarney
S. A. Tarney
Mahlon Metzger
Mentone
Kansas
John Blue
Kosciusko
Blue
Metzger
Veterans Draw Color Line In Spanish American War Vets
Washington October 12 The United Spanish American War veterans decided that negro camps in states with mixed units should form separate departments and that the term negro replace colored The move came as Captain Hamilton Ward Jr and John Lewis Smith met with President Roosevelt to discuss rifle clubs and an assembly reserve concept but no decision was reached.
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Washington
United
United States
Baptists Name Officers in Indiana State Meeting
Kokomo Indiana October 11 The state Baptist association at its sessions yesterday elected officers: President Rev F M Huckelberry of Wrenklin, First Vice President E B g LL D Coustint of Franklin. New members named to the state missionary board include Rev A M McGuire Terre Haute Rev O A Cook Lebanon and Mrs C S Billingsley Indianapolis.
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State Missionary Board
A. M. McGuire
Terre Haute
O. A. Cook
Lebanon
Mra
Will Not Return West. Is C Hunter Former County Treasurer
Former county treasurer C Hunter is not returning west. The report notes years of service and past spending. Details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR.
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C. Hunter
Treaster
California
Etter
Bride and Husband Die in Murder Suicide Pact in Missouri
In Smithville Missouri Mrs Jesse B Webb 19 and her husband 25 agreed to die together after a doctors verdict of consumption. She shot him then killed herself, while he lay dying whispering of their love and their plan. Webb met his wife in St Joseph and they eloped to Fairfax years ago seeking a climate cure.
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Smithville
Jesse B. Webb
Webb
St. Joseph
Fairfax
L. H. Walkup
Fragmentary wartime note hints at surrender or escape risk
Incomplete text reflects a desperate choice about a commander named Sarge and a climate menace. the line suggests they could not afford to relocate, implying life preservation concerns amid danger. Names and context are severely garbled.
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Enest
Ion Sani
Sarge
Orce
California Veterinary group backs clean shave for milking crew
The Boe ern California Veterinary association declared war on whiskered milking men in Los Angeles County. Leaders told a meeting that caretakers, milking deliverers, and other dairy workers should be clean shaven to improve cleanliness and herd health. The paper read last night outlined the plan and its goals.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California Veterinary Association
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