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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
9
The United States circuit court of appeals reversed Judge Landis's $29,240,000 fine against Standard Oil of Indiana. The case is remanded to the lower court for a new trial. Judges Grosscup Baker and Seaman sat on the panel.
The hearing questioned if Judge Landis acted above the law in fining Standard Oil of New Jersey and shaping counts. Judge Grosscup read the decision as reversed, ordering a new trial, prompting government officials to push for retry in fall. The court criticized the trial court’s reasoning linking the Indiana defendant to the New Jersey trust and warned against punishing a party not before the court.
San Francisco July 22 rescue efforts surround the German steamer Anubis wrecked between Santa Barbara and San Miguel. Nineteen passengers are believed aboard as tugs battle high seas to reach the vessel pinned on a reef. Crews and onlookers watch the perilous scene as rescue boats push through the surf in a race against time.
Martin Haynes returns to Cincinnati with his wife and charges her with neglecting their three year old daughter. He claims she ran away with another man. Neighbors gather as Bicycle Officers Burris and Dunn arrive. A crowd of about 500 pursues, the husband’s wife is captured after she sprains her ankle in an escape attempt. the other man escapes.
Members of the Northeast W. C. T. U. plan their annual picnic at Garfield Park on Friday July 24. The event is an all day affair with activities for members and families.
Opinion column by L. W. Henley argues that Indiana Anti Saloon League’s partisan shift risks weakening temperance gains. It contends a Republican legislature could nullify the Moore remonstrance law through political maneuvering, complicating voter mobilization and undermining the reform effort.
In New York a refined young woman of about 34 was found shot dead in the boiler room of the Irving Square park shelter house Brooklyn after being drugged. Policeman Rudolph Kohler arrived after hearing a gunshot and witnessed the victim, laid undisturbed, with no signs of struggle. The killer escaped, leaving only a silver headed umbrella bearing a department store name.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians convention on Wednesday heard appeals for aid from Catholic churches and charity groups. Delegates will vote sums to support vetted causes, with fight organizations and churches among those asking. The election of officers is postponed until after other business, anticipated Friday.
At 1 AM Wednesday a man described as a Negro snatched a purse from Elizabeth Connelley near Lafayette in Lafayette Indiana while she walked with two friends toward a friend’s home at 905 N Senate Avenue. The purse held $10.
Independence reports 25 Italians shot in a riot in New Orleans, with several killed. Other Brief items note Standard Oil stock jump to 660 on curb in New York, Dimeling re elected Democratic state chairman in Harrisburg, a boy confesses car burglary after fleeing from a grocery, and Walker of South Africa wins the London 100 meter dash with 10.3 seconds.
Virginia Harned, famed actress, denies plans to wed another man after her divorce suit against Edward H. Sothern moves toward trial in Reno within weeks. Incompatibility of temper is alleged. Harned, now in New York, has lived in Nevada six months. She seeks no alimony while Sothern already provides a $10,000 annual life income and a New York home at 37 West Sixty ninth Street. The couple has lived apart about two years.
Hazel Holder, one year old, daughter of Daniel Holder a local farmer, was severely bitten by a horse in Noblesville Indiana on July 22. The incident occurred at the Holder residence with medical staff summoned to treat injuries. No further details on condition are given.
West Baden Indiana on July 22 reports that the gambling paraphernalia of the Brown and Colonial casinos has been shipped to a Michigan summer resort.
Baron von Metzler meets Kate Douglas in a West Side hotel apartment and seeks her help to murder two men who stand in the way of a German aristocrat's hidden heirs. He offers half a million dollars for the plan, while Kate calls in two criminal associates.
In the second chapter, Baron von Metzler and Kate Douglas face the hidden truths about Heinrich and Hans Schmitz. Raised as peasants after being swapped at birth, the brothers grow into strong, cheerful workers who leave Germany for America in search of better chances. Their foster past drives questions about identity and fate as their paths unfold.
In foggy seas between Oyster Bay and Newport the Mayflower struck and sank the schooner Monawa. The crew of Monawa was rescued. The Mayflower continued to Newport for a United States Naval College conference amid the night incident.
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