Oil Magnate Rockefeller Hiding At Massachusetts Farm
Deputy U S marshals seek John D Rockefeller William Rockefeller and Charles Pratt with subpoenas to testify before Judge Landis in Chicago on July 6 about Standard Oil finances. Rockefeller is in Massachusetts at Oneonta Farm near Pittsfield guarded by his hosts and family. Pratt and William Rockefeller are elsewhere, potential access uncertain.
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New York
United States
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Charles M. Pratt
Landis
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Pratt
Rockefellers
City
Massachusetts
Ononta Farm
Pittsfield
Mass
Henry Valentine
E. P. Prentice
Rokin
Oneonta Farm
Rockefeller Subpena Force Moves Across Federal Courts
Federal Judge Landis orders full DOJ effort to serve the subpena on John D. Rockefeller. District Attorney Sims relays New York to Chicago authorities to compel Rockefeller’s appearance, facing possible contempt and claims against parent Standard Oil for actions of its Indiana subsidiary. Roosevelt policy linked to drive for court appearance.
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Department of Justice
John D. Rockefeller
Sims
Darehal
New York
Ictal
John PD. Rockefeller
New Jersey Standrd Oil Company
Comany
Mpany
Indiana Company
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
Landis
Rockefeller
Chicago
Opium smuggler dies after jail fall at City hospital
Charles Reed a Black man who leapt from a county jail platform two weeks ago died Saturday at 8 am in City hospital. Arrested with his wife for smoking opium they had been under drug influence for days. Reed had fractured his skull and was known to Louisville police as a ring worker.
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Charles Reed
Whalton
Reed
Bray
Louisville
United States Weather Forecast Summary
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions. Tonight and Sunday should remain mostly fair. Weather notes show minimal cloudiness with moderate temperatures across the region.
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United States
Local Jottings From Our City Briefs and Bits
A bustling collection of city snippets notes juvenile court antics with a sparrow incident, court sessions extending into summer, pen losses and replacements, remodeling of the Gray club building, and inspections by pure food authorities. It covers transit remarks, Fourth of July preparations, church events, market schedules, weatherproofing issues, temperance observances, and local civic chatter.
Bride Dies After Refusing Bail in Prison
Walter Toler headed to Gardner Missouri with his fiancée Grace McDonald to marry today. After a farewell dinner turned rowdy, police arrested McDonald who refused to let him pay her fine. She died in her jail cell of heart disease.
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Gardner
Toler
Grace McDonald
McDonald
Misa McDonald
Wulfson Reports Half Year Weights and Measures Take
Inspector Isatore Wulfson will file his first half year report to Controller Breunig and remit 1512.25, nearly half of his predecessor’s two year intake. In six months he conducted 9521 inspections. Last year his predecessor P. J. Ryan collected 2387 over two years.
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Breunig
Wulfson
P. J. Ryan
Plan A Conference On Rhodius Fees
Judge Merlen A. Walker will hear final fee decisions for Rhodius defense attorneys on Wednesday. Whallon seeks professional service allowance while court limits Rhodius funds to 6000 dollars, potentially forcing defense lawyers to share costs. Berryhill handled most fee claims. Whallon filed his own claim after the prior day’s submission.
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Rhodius
Merlen A. Walker
Whallon
George Rhodius
James M. Berryhill
First Car On New Line Between Lafayette and Logansport
Special to The Sun from Lafayette Indiana June 29 The first car was run over the new Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley traction line between Lafayette and Logansport General Manager Emmons private car the Lawton led the run from Fort Wayne to Lafayette in five hours A regular schedule will be set between Lafayette and Fort Wayne in about two weeks
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Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Here
Logansport
Emmon
Lawton
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Wins Suit Against City Over Doctor’s Pay
Judge Leathers of the superior court awarded Dr. Paul F. Martin, former pesthouse physician, $1 017 damages against the city for three years of service. Defense argued he was not kept busy full time, but the judge ruled he put in all his time at the institution.
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Steunenberg
J. H. Ramey
Murray
Idaho
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Bunker Hill
Hercules
Ramey
Dan Gardner
James A. Baker
British Columbia
Federation
Denver
Cripple Creek
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Grand jury to probe blind tiger cases near Broad Ripple
County prosecutor Elliott R. Hooton announced Saturday that the recent blind tiger cases around Broad Ripple and Millersville would be investigated by the grand jury early next week.
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Broad Ripple
Millersville
Plumber Swallows Morphine In Alley Porch Incident
Low, a plumber living at 221 W Fifteenth Street, was found unconscious on the back porch of J T Small at 219 W Fifteenth Street Saturday morning. A morphine box was found with him. doctors treated him and pronounced him out of danger. It is believed he mistook the porch for his own.
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Fifteenth-st
J. T. Small
Fred Mayer
Custer
Vogt Son Escapes Charge In Family Disturbance
Bicycle officers Wilson and Golnisch did not jail Alfred Vogt on assault charges after being called to the Vogt home at 637 South Delaware Street. Lillian Vogt, the mother, refused to testify and claimed her injuries came from a toothache, not from her son.
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Motorman Hart Braden Scorched By High Voltage
Harry Braden, motorman on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction line, was badly burned on Friday afternoon when 3000 volts passed through his hand while repairing a car. He was placed on the wire by mistake by the conductor and taken to State College hospital.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Braden
Troley
State College Hospital
Trolley Break Delays City Streets At Union Tracks
A broken trolley at the tunnel entrance beneath the Union tracks on S Illinois Street caused a noon Saturday street car delay. Bicycle policemen Mullin and Stewart warned crowds away to prevent injuries until the wire was repaired.
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Stewart
Appeals Dismissed in Pure Food Law Cases
John Berner and Emma Schnider appealed pure food law charges for selling adulterated lard. Their appeals were dismissed on Saturday in criminal court, with each paying the assessed fines of $10 plus costs by Police Judge Thomas C. Whallon, recently presiding.
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John Berner
Emma Schnider
Thomas C. Whallon
Man Dies From Injuries at Atkins Saw Works
Lee Turner of 927 Holmceave was injured Friday at the Atkins saw works when a fragment from a rapidly revolving grindstone broke off and struck his head. He died shortly after at Deaconess hospital after transportation by Dispensary Ambulance led by Dr. Wagner.
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Atkins Saw
Deaconess Hospital
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Grant H Clay Dentist Invites Help Column Readers
Grant H Clay M D dentist formerly with New York Dental company invites readers to use The Sun's wanted help column. No charge for ten words. Advertisement notes Bull and Bear Buffet located at 11 East Oblast opposite Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis.
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Attorney Fees Arranged in Judge Whallon Case
Friday details show O B Jameson visiting Judge Walker to discuss petitions in Judge Whallon matter. Fees for temporary and permanent guardianships set at 12000 dollars with half paid by Martin Hugg and half by James M Berryhill. Rhodius at Sterne Sanatorium visited by Berryhill. Elma Dare Rhodius stays with her sister.
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Jameson, Joss & Hay
Judge Walker
Judge Whallon
Jameson
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Mr. Berryhill
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James M. Berryhill
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Sterne Sanitarium
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Riverside pump station worker suffers crushed hand
William Sweeney employed at the Riverside pumping station of the Indianapolis Water Company received a badly crushed hand while working around the machinery Saturday morning. He was taken to the City hospital. He lives at 1818 Sugar Grove Ave.
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Indianapolis Water Company
City Hospital
Sugar Grove Ave
Explosion at Schenectady brick plant kills three
An explosion at the Schnectady sandstone brick company plant in Schenectady New York today killed three men and injured several others.
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Scripps-MacRae Press Association
Schnectady
N. Y
Schnectady Sandstone Brick Company
The Gom Laundry Ad Offerings
Local laundry advertisement promotes family washings at a fixed per pound rate with rough dry and ironing of all flat pieces. Calls for customers to try the service and provides a contact phone number.
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GOM
Surplus May Be 86,000,000 in U S Treasury
Washington reports the U S treasury surplus now over 84 million dollars. By year end receipts exceed expenditures by potentially 86 million, marking one of the banner years in recent history with eight fat and eight lean years since 1898.
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Ness
Uncle Sam
Riots Strain New York Ice and Sanitation Efforts
Riots sweep through Manhattan Brooklyn and the Bronx as ice deliveries falter and garbage piles grow. Police reserves were mobilized and four special officers were assigned to guard American Ice wagons while health and sanitation crews struggle to resume cleaning amid resistance.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Tce
Bingham
American Ice Company
Health Department
Cohan Weds Miss Agnes Nolas in Freehold NJ
New York mentions George M. Cohan and his fiancée Agnes Nolas traveled to Freehold New Jersey to marry. The couple returned quickly to New York after the ceremony.
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Geo. M. Cohan
Freehold
N. J
Agnes Nolas
New York
Juvenile fined for small theft in local court
John Parrington was sentenced by Judge Stubbs in juvenile court on Saturday to a $19 fine and costs and 0 days in the workhouse for petit larceny. The prior offender was noted, with the latest crime the theft of 10 cents worth of coal.
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John Parrington
Stubbs
Old Man Acquitted in Federal Court Murder Attempt
Doc Barns aged 96 was acquitted in the federal commissioners court of attempted murder of Richard Williams. Williams was shot at his home two weeks ago after interfering when Barns tried to punish his grandson. The wounded man may recover.
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Scrippe-MecRae Press Association
Tulsa
Doc’’ Barns
Federal Commissioners’ Court
Richard Williams
Barnes
Williams
Fire Destroys Most of Bisbee Mexican Side Area
Fire raged through Bisbee Arizona on June 29 sweeping the Mexican side of town and part of the business district. The blaze left extensive damage while Fire Department battled to contain the flames. Nearby, Bliss Native Herds advertised four furnished rooms at 255 W. Wash Street, valued at 225 dollars, offered for 165 dollars by The People's Quysatting.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Bisbee, Ariz
Gov Cummins backs Roosevelt 1908 renomination claim
Special to The Sun from Minneapolis June 2 Gov A B Cummins of Iowa endorses Theodore Roosevelt for the Republican presidential nomination. He predicts a near unanimous convention vote for Roosevelt, cites interstate commerce and corporate regulation as a paramount issue, and says Roosevelt will not seek renomination yet cannot be stopped.
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A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Gov. Cummins
West Hotel
Szafcsur Divorce Set Aside by Indiana Court
Tresa Szafcsur petitioned to set aside her divorce from Alexander Szafcsur. Judge McMasters granted the action Saturday morning in superior court. Alexander, a Hungarian, deserted his wife and child after the marriage and remarried. His first wife learned of the proceedings only after returning to Indianapolis.
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Alexander Szafcsur
McMasters
Superior Court
Indianapolis
Barrett Sues Husband in Fire Dept Chief Role Case
Sarah Barrett files a suit in superior court on a Saturday morning against her husband Thomas F. Barrett in his role as assistant chief of the Indianapolis Fire Department seeking two thousand dollars.
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Sarah Barrett
Superior Court
Thomas F. Barrett
Indianapolis Fire Department
Civil service exams announced for July openings
Civil service examinations scheduled for July include July 17-18 for at least six coastal and geodetic survey aid vacancies at $720 annually, July 24-25 for a heating and ventilating draftsman in the supervising architect’s office at $1,200, and other vacancies in that position, and July 31 for a type writer repairer in the post office department at $900 a year.
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Civil Service
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Supervising Architect
Post Office
Spend an Hour of Real Enjoyment at Fair Bank Lunch
An advertisement invites readers to spend an hour of real enjoyment and eat a noon day lunch at Fair Bank from 12 to 2 for 50 cents. It also promotes pianos with Wulschner's listing prices from $16 and up.
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Fair Bank
Accused mine owners in west blame union for Cripple Creek violence
In a Denver Haywood case defense contends mine owners caused mine blast misfortune to shift blame from the union. Testimony recounts the Vindicator explosion as likely accidental, with witnesses detailing harsh conditions and alleged coercion under military rule near Cripple Creek.
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Cripple Creek
Miners’ Union
George Wood
Borah
Woods
Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard
Weard
Incorporations Filed in Indiana Secretary of State Office
Saturday filings list Melrose Milling Company Evansville with 30000 capital stock and directors Robert Ruston A I Ruston L L Igleheart and Eleanor Igleheart. The Guide Publishing Company Huntington with 75000 capital stock engaged in general printing and newspaper. Corporators include F Morgan H E Young M T McHinley Co L Raymond and Teith Ackerman.
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Eleanor Igleheart
Guide Publishing Company
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H. E. Young
M. T. McHinley
Co. L. Raymond
Teith Ackerman
Three Rooms Furnished Complete for $125
The People s Outfitting Co offers three rooms furnished complete for 125 dollars, a reduction from 175 dollars, with celery vesce for pat serve mentioned in the sale notice.
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