Wealthy youth held charged with larceny
Martin J. O'Brien once a fortunate Manhattan real estate heir faced arraignment in the West Side court on disorderly conduct and grand larceny charges. The case stems from a disputed auto purchase, bounced checks, and a costly riding incident amid his social scene on the Great White Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martin J. O'Brien
Manhattan
West Side Court
O'Brien
Twenty-sixth Street
City
O’brien
North River
Fortyfourth Street
Fiftyfourth Street
W. J. Shields
Ernest Cline
Kernochan
Man stabbed by chantecler hat may lose eye
In Trenton New Jersey on April 6 William Poland was injured when a pointed feather on a young woman's chantecler hat brushed his face at a street corner. He lost use of his right eye temporarily. physicians warned there is a chance to save the eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
William Poland
Poland
Bishop Urges Parson Applicants to Endure Hardship
Bishop David H. Moore addresses eight new ministers in Middletown pledging to keep bills paid despite small salaries. He urges self sacrifice such as eating two meals daily and washing collars, and notes the solemn vow not to smoke. The conference adopts regrets over Rev. F. T. Brown leaving for the Protestant Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
David H. Moore
New York East
Methodist Church
F. T. Brown
Protestant Episcopal Church
Western Railroads Likely to Raise Freight Rates
Shippers using railroads west of Chicago expect a rate increase after a western railroad officials meeting. Major executives attended. the move to rebalance rates was discussed but not publicly announced. Anticipated readjustments include boosting several special commodity carload rates from Chicago to Missouri River points and St. Paul by about 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Missouri River
St. Paul
Third Arbitrator Sought in Western Railroad Wage Dispute
W R Scott and Timothy Shea representing 147 western railroads and the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen told Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp they could not agree on a third arbitrator. All other issues are settled except wages. Knapp and Labor Commissioner Neill will appoint a third arbitrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. R. Scott
Timothy Shea
Western Railroads
Brotherhood of Firemen
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor
Neill
Door Sold for One Dollar Becomes Indiana Relic
An Indianapolis coal dealer bought the door to the room where his parents wed in 1852 for $1. Charles A Gauss ordered the old house at New Jersey and Vermont streets dismantled but the buyer wanted to preserve the door as a sentimental relic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles A. Gauss
New Jersey
Vermont
Old German Farmer Carries $25,000 In Pockets
Hans Krupp, an elderly farmer near Carroll Indiana, deposited money at a local German bank. He dumped forty pockets worth of bills onto the counter, most notes were five or ten dollars, totaling over $25,600 in loose currency.
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Carroll
Hans Krupp
Dili
Man Krupp
Indians to Belgium Exposition From Pine Ridge
Fifty Sioux from Pine Ridge reach Rushville on April 6 to join a Belgian exposition tour. Accompanied by seven squaws and three children, they will appear in native dress as part of a staged act. Little Ribs, involved in Custer’s 1876 fight, leads them and notes most are farmers at home. the group aims to satisfy a demand for authentic Indians, even as they acknowledge the performance aspect of the display.
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Rushville
Neb
Pine Ridge Reservation
Belgium
Little Ribs
Custer
Little Big Horn
Wounded Knee
Pine Ridge
Bank Robbery Murders Trigger Suspect Holders In Pittsburgh Area
In McKees Rocks a Victor Banking Co robbery ends in the deaths of cashier Ignatz Swartz and bookkeeper Samuel Friedman with a bystander wounded. Three suspects named William Brown, James Brown, and Faldato Zengrelli held on suspicion amid fears of lynching as crowds chase the gunmen through local streets.
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Pittsburg
Victor Banking Company
McKees Rocks
Ignatz Swartz
Samuel Freidman
Robert King
William Brown
James Brown
Faldato Zengrelli
Brownaville
Friedman
Schwartz
George Avenue
Green's
King
Philadelphia & Lake Erie Railroad
Nichol Avenue
Schoenville
Price of butter may be reduced
New York April 6 wholesale butter traders predict tariff cuts on cream will spur Canadian cream into American creameries. Cremeries built along the Canadian frontier will process most butter, leading to a large shift to Canadian cream and a 25 percent price reduction in New York markets.
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New York
Hat Too Wide for Street Car Door in Bayonne
A young woman in a black straw hat trimmed with white grapes could not pass through a two-foot gate on a pay-as-you-enter car on Avenue C. The hat jammed the door, the car was held up, and conductors freed the headpiece. Passengers smiled as the hat was recovered and worn again.
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New York
Avenue C
Bayonne
Wild Animals Threaten Hood River Homesteads
In Hood River Oregon on April 6 wild animals intruded on frontier homes. A Kansas visitor's nephew felled a cougar on a first hunting trip. A bear cub repeatedly circled the Forsberg cabin, prowling the grounds and feasting in the cellar before retreating as the family returned.
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Hood River
Raymond Markley
Kansas
Clarence Forsberg
Forsberg
Brain
Divorces filed over abuse and abandonment cases
Carlos Jordan sues Mary Jordan claiming coercion to cook meals and frequent wife assaults. Lois M. Long sues TiHtaan Long for abandonment and support. Myrtle Johnson accuses her husband in a separate complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Jordan
Mary
Jordan
Lois M. Long
Myrtle Johnson
Local Allegation Brings Charges Against John McCoy
Bessie Mc Coy accuses John McCoy of beating her and of calling her a product of the slums after an argument late at night. The complaint alleges sustained violence during the incident and seeks redress for injuries and abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senry Johnson
Bessie McCoy
John McCoy
Sam Bernard Coming to Marsall Next Week in The Girl and the Wizard
Sam Bernard will appear at the Marsall theater next week in The Girl and the Wizard. He has been scoring heavily on this season's tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Bernard
the Marstall
Valerian draws cats in Altoona yard incident
In Altoona on April 6 Velerian spread in a yard to coax back a cat. The cat returned to its owner within ten minutes but the drug's fumes drew many other cats, causing neighbors to hurl objects in anger as the yard filled with felines.
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Altoona
OU. H. McGarra
Alaska Native Strangles His Girl Children Exposed
Nome Alaska residents and a Seattle woman recount a historic campaign to end a savage tribal practice. The tale describes mothers forced to abandon newborn girls, and a 9 year old Bonnie traveling with her parents to California as efforts to rescue female infants spread across the Arctic. The Noyes family details years of infanticide and the rescue work by Nome women through long dog team journeys and threats or persuasion to abandon the deadly custom.
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Seattle
Thomas Noyes
Nome
Alaska
Far Northland
Nané
Noyes
Bonnie
Arctic Circle
California
North
Glavis Not After John W. Dudley in Chicago
In Chicago Louis R. Glavis, noted as top accuser in the Bal Bal linger controversy, is reported in the city as John F. Bass confirms no truth to rumors of Glavis heading to Alaska to fetch John W. Dudley, ex-land office register, for a Washington notification.
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Chicago
Louis R. Glavis
Interior Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
John F. Bass
Glavis
New York
Gavis
Alaska
John W. Dudley
Register of the Land Office
Washington
Mr. Pass
Guard to Be Inspected by Indiana National Guard Units
Indiana National Guard units will be inspected this month by Captain Henry E. Eames of the Tenth United States Infantry. On April 14 and the following day companies D and H will be examined. The entire infantry artillery and hospital corps will be inspected to determine the exact strength of the state National Guard.
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Second Infantry
Indiana National Guard
Henry E. Eames
Tenth
United States Infantry
Infantry, Artillery and Hospital Corps
Indiana
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