Rockefeller Not Likely to Face Indictment in Oil Trust Inquiry
Cleveland dispatch reports that John D. Rockefeller is not expected to be indicted in the current federal oil trust inquiry. Indictments are anticipated against minor railroad officials and minor Standar Oil figures, while Mayor Tom L. Johnson is cleared of contempt in a related case. The ruling centers on a dispute over tearing up and relocating tracks on Fulton Road tied to the low fare trolley fight.
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Oil Trust
Serippas Meltne Frean Association
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Oif Trust
Moody
Grand Jury
Chicago
Srd
Scrippe-McRae Prean Association
Lawrence
Cleveland Ejectric Railway Company
Fulton Road
Piso
Tom L. Johnson
Johnson
Ford
Public Service
Springborn
Kennedy
Tailute
Dol
Yeatlon
Municipal Traction Company
Woman leaps from moving Baltimore and Ohio train near Cincinnati
In Madeira two miles from Cincinnati a well dressed young woman jumped from a New York flyer. The train halted and she was taken dying to Loveland. She could only say Bloomingdale and later Estella Bloomingdale aged about? She boarded in Cincinnati en route to Marietta Ohio. No reason for the attempted suicide is known.
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Cincinnate
New York Flyer
Baltimore & Ohio
Madeira
Cinc Ainnat
Loveland
Cincinnati
Marietta, Q
Mayor Bookwalter Skeptical of Private City Hall Plan
Mayor A Bookwalter says Indianapolis cannot imitate Cleveland by leasing a city building. He cites high costs for land and construction, plus 8 percent return demands on private investment, and doubts the city could afford annual rent or a $300000 city hall coliseum project on the Market House site. The date for a planning meeting with city officials has not yet been set.
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Charter A. Bookwalter
Indianapolla
Cleveland
Indiana
Sun
Lansporis
Mveting Ha Wih Eall Cmith
City Hall
Seabrook Heads Master Sheet Metal Workers Officers
The conference closed with officer elections in Indianapolis. Edwin L. Seabrook led as president and officers from Milwaukee, Washington, Indianapolis, Louisville, Norfolk, and Philadelphia were elected. A committee was named to study per capita tax and a future meeting site likely in Norfolk. Delegates reported pleased with Milwaukee hosting and a roofing material resolution backed tin roofing after a Baltimore test.
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Indianapolis
Edwin L. Seabrook
Camden
N. J
Paul L. Bleisach
Milwaukee
J. A. Pierpont
Washington, D. C
Charles A. Gauss
al Burner
Louisville
W. H. Barnard
Norfolk
G. W. Battley
W. A. Gallasher
Wilmington
Del
Thomas Bluck
Brosslyn
Robert Kain
Cleveland
EW. Richards
Philadelphia
Charlie A. Gangs
Peter Porcell
Ralph Reeder
Indianapplis
Baltimore
White City
Auto Mishap Injures Miss Elenore Ketcham in City
Motorist Fred Wilkshire of the Indiana Automobile Company was arrested after a morning collision at Sixteenth and Illinois Streets. Miss Elenore Ketcham, daughter of J L Ketcham, suffered non life threatening injuries to head and shoulder. Witnesses and doctors prescribed slow speeds as the car struck a curb and a trolley pale near a sidewalk.
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Mise Elenore Ketcham
J. L. Ketcham
N. Meridiana
Sixteenth
Imnois-Sts
Fred Wilkehire
Indiara Automobile Company
Bleyelemen Bernauer
Kitamier
Miss Ketcham Wiltshire
A. L. Leatherman
Willeshine
Wilkshire
Sixteenth-st
Wiltshire
Miss Ketcham
Troffey
Miss
Teatherman
Justice Stout Recovered After Gall Stone Surgery
A health update notes Sunthee of the Fence Harvey B Brout recovered from a sickness since April 1. He endured a gall stone condition and jaundice. A succrasfol operation was performed at St Vincent's Hospital about a month ago to relieve the gall stones.
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Justice Stout
Sunthee
Harvey B
Justice
Jay
Bt. Vincent's Hospital
Train wreck injures passengers near Frtland Tex
A Fort Worth and Denver passenger train derailed near Fritland Texas in the early hours, sending parlor cars and sleepers off the track and overturning them. One hundred people were aboard, with about 10 seriously hurt and feared dead, as the heavy train navigated a long curve and derailed on the Fort Worth and Denver line.
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Scrippa-McHar Prean Association
Fritland
Tex
Fort Worth & Denver
Jong
Monkey at Large Sparks Police Inquiry in Small Town
A woman asks Desk Sergeant Frank Schwab if a law prohibits a monkey running at large after her neighbor’s animal bites her chickens. The man replies there is no law against it, while planning for a levee project on Owoss Cave Street to protect property from river overflow. The Board of Public Works estimates the street and levee at 20,000 dollars. Also noted are visiting members of the Ohio railroad commission seeking pointers from the Indiana commission, including Gen. D. H. Hughes and O. P. Gothitin, with H. D. Mannington and J. C. Mortis mentioned.
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Frank Schwab
Wes
Afra
Henry Isenhoff
Georgia St
Board of Public Works
White River
Owoss Cave
Michigan Est
Mt Rucen
Ohio Railroad Commission
Indiana Railroad Commission
Tinets
Wisconsin
D. H. Hughes
O. P. Gothitn
H. D. Mannington
J. C. Mortis
Secretary Loeb Sued By Woman Author
Madge Doree, an authoress, filed an $800 damages suit against Secretary Loeb, served this morning as executive head. Doree was arrested in Washington last winter, and the summons states Loeb must answer by a specified date while denying involvement and asserting the wrong person was sued.
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Scrippe-Meline Press Association
Oyster Ray
N.Y
Loeb
Misa Madge Doree
Washington
Samuel Bernstein
K. Henley Rosenberg
Ragen
Train wreck injures passengers as rail defect causes derailment
At 35 miles an hour the cara left the track due to a defective rail. Two doctors aboard immediately began aiding the injured. A special train carried officials and six physicians from Port Worth to the scene. The wounded were transported to Howto.
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Howto
Port Worth
Marine Benefit Tonight at Tomlinson Hall
Billy Marine hopes to attend a benefit performance tonight organized by friends for him at Tomlinson Hall. A previous plan to perform was foiled by a sudden illness. the bench program is complete and promises merit and enjoyment for attendees.
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Billy” Marine
Tomlinson Hall
Bitulithic Pavement Recommended for Cornell Ave
The Board of Public Works will pass a resolution to improve Cornell Avenue from Tenth to Twenty first with bitulithic pavement despite protests. Earlier, a 9 resolution favored brick, but the board, after many property owners urged bitulithic, refused further changes.
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Cornell
Board of Public Works
Cornel
Cornell-ave
Urick
Runaway Wagon Injures Two On Pennsylvania Street
A noon Friday runaway on Pennsylvania Street injures delivery driver H. Siebert of Dorman Street and Miss Anna Mercer of Capitol Avenue. Siebert clung to the wagon reins but was thrown near Grand Opera House, bruising his legs and hips. Mercer’s injuries to both arms are reported, she was taken home by carriage. A new Oldsmobile gift to D. Nicholson of Cornel Avenue was delivered by Lamere Matth Company of Saginaw Michigan. The article mentions a court case likely to be heard in the next term and references Mrs. Roosevelt’s St Johns church in a side note.
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Pennsylvania-st
H. Siebert
Dorman St
Anna Mercer
N. Capitolave
Siebert
Desendler Cigar Company
Grand Opera House
Ohlost
Onlost
Misa Merger
Massachusetts Ave
Miss Mercer
Hangerley
NEW Auto
Nicholson
D. A. Nichelsen
Cornel-ave
Oldsmobile
Lamere Matth Company
Saginaw, Mich
Verg
Misa Doree
Washington
State health board notes slaughterhouse repairs progress
Dr J N Harry, secretary of the State Board of Health, reports many letters from health officers on the unsanitary slaughter house crusade. One Friday letter described 2 Mahamed Gundhofer at Dale spending 1000 dollars to fix his slaughter house and bring it to excellent condition.
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J)n. Harry
State Board of Health
Hamed Gundhofer
Dale
Charges of graft in West Hammond sewer contract
Special from the Sea Hammond Ind Aug 10 Charges of graft were made yesterday in the sewer contract for West Hammond. Although contractor Healy of Chicago did 4000 the taweg Lau contract was let to a Hammond man for 103000 Healy will seek redress in the courts.
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Hammond
Ind
West Hammond
Healy
Chicago
Lau
William Bond Hanged. Gov Reprieves Other Prisoner
William H Bond was hanged at the Boise penitentiary in Idaho for the murder of Charles Daley, while Rudolph Welter, scheduled for execution, was reprieved by the governor at a late hour. The event occurred on August 10 with the reprieve affecting a timing shift to October 3.
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William Bond
Nerippa
Justice Brewer Blasts Congress In Virginia Speech
Supreme Court Justice Brewer denounces congressional centralization and Insular policy in a Virginia Bar Association address. He criticizes legislative overreach, party machine influence, and the use of committees over representative governance, urging respect for constitutional framers.
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Scripps-McRae Preas Association
Hot Springs
Virginia Bar
Associata
Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Bank cashier Hering held over $1 million missing funds
Chicago dispatch details the capture of Henry W. Hering, cashier of Milwaukee Avenue Bank, after eight hours of questioning. He faces forgery, embezzlement, perjury, and banking-law violations connected to a $1,000,000 disappearance. a private ledger tied to President Stensland reveals large deposits and a race track gambling scheme. The case sparks public anxiety, with police guarding the bank and plans for a protective depositors' association and swift action. The total deposits are reported as $1,185,006 and routine bank examinations continue.
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Scrippa-McRae
Fiettog
Ineviels
Tner
Instrumenta
Stensland
Frlanda
Bragg
Hering
Theodore Stenstand
Duluth
Port Arthur
Ont
Brentanowiehen
United States Weather Forecast Fair Weekend Outlook
A national forecast indicates pleasant weather Fri night and Sat across the United States. Expect generally clear skies with mild temperatures and light winds. Hourly temperatures are not specified in the readable text.
State wins bid for Gary area farm from long dispute
Indiana gains possession of about six acres near Gary known as the Katt land after years of litigation. The land, once owned by Joachim Hatt, escheated to the state after his death. Tax buyers and appeals led to a supreme court ruling in favor of the state. proceeds from sale will fund the school fund.
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Indiana
Gary
Joachim Hatt
Yrom
Supreme Court
Man Shot While On Visit At Buena Vista Hotel
W Ht Hutton of Lynchburg, a society man, was shot at a Buena Vista hotel during an escape from a room of a boardinghouse woman. Samuel Thacker, an admirer of the woman, reported his presence. Hotel watchman Albert Hayes fired several shots, two hitting Hutton. Hayes surrendered, saying he believed he was acting in duty. Hutton, a married man, was spending a vacation in Buena Vista.
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Scrippe
Hutton
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