Rockefeller Testimony Deepens Oil Trust Probe
New York November 23, John D Rockefeller contradicted Archbold in the federal case seeking to dissolve Standard Oil. Kellogg pressed for recall on Acme Oil ties and 1882 dealings while Rockefeller admitted possible control by directors though not direct ownership. The cross examination aims to extend to present day, with Archbold slated as next witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Oil Trust
John D. Archbold
Hepburn Commission
Rockefeller
Frank B. Kellogg
Acme Oil Company
Kellogg
The
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard
Assisant
Milburn
Rosenthal
Miller
John Dpd
Archbold
Attorney General seeks reversal in Standard Oil case
Washington November 2 Attorney General Bonaparte filed with the supreme court an application for a writ of certiorari to reverse the circuit court of appeals ruling that overturned Judge Landis and upheld a $29,400,000 fine against the Standard Oil Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bonaparte
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Friend of Fire Chiefs Auto 15 Number Victim
William Peterson foreman at Buick-Losey Automobile Company has been arrested for failing to display numbers on both ends of his car. He was riding to police court when the arrest occurred after he visited the police station. Police continue to pursue those who neglect number plates on vehicles.
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William Peterson
Buick-Losey Automobile Company
Peterson
Coots
Charles Miller
Rescue Home Receives Thanksgiving Offerings At Store
Through the kindness of Mr. George Jarett the Rescue Home for Girls at 1231 Brookside Avenue has again been granted space in a shoe store at 26 and 28 E Washington Street. On Tuesday November 24 donors may contribute from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. or send groceries clothing fuel or cash to support the work next year. The Ladies Home seeks benevolent support as it continues Christian welfare efforts amid tight times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J Arett
Rescue Hore
Brookside Aveue
Washington
Supmt
Three Men Nabbed in $4,500 Lumber Bond Swindle
Joseph Monti Meyers, brought from Pittsburg, faces charges for stealing five Central Lumber and Construction bonds valued at $4,500 from broker Samuel Biddison. Meyers claims backing by European capitalists of $200 million and has connections to social and business elites. Pittsburg arrests W. A. and John A. Fitzpatrick, alleged Meyers associates. Meyers reportedly targeted Col. J. W. Guffey and T. N. Barnsdale in dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Montifiore Meyers
Pitts_burg
Central Lumber and_ Construction company
Samuel Biddison
Meyers
Ansonia
Waldorf
Whitelaw Reid
Nelson A. Miles
Pittsburg
W. A
John A. Fitzpatrick
Meyes
Col. J. W. Guffey
T. N. Barnsdale
Groomes Denies Feeding Beer to Baby in Court
Elijah Groomes, 58, charged with giving beer to a infant and making the child drunk denied in criminal court that he put beer in a nursing bottle or gave liquor to a child. He claimed he only carried beer from a saloon in a bucket to a lodging of the Alpha sect. Judge Pritchard overruled a motion to quash his affidavit as to the indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah Groomes
Alphas
Pritchard
Groomes
Columbus
Sixteenth Street
Nora Davis
Springfield
Man Struck Woman Over Missing Money Dispute
Timothy Redmond was fined twenty dollars and given ten days in the workhouse in police court for striking Mrs. Albert Hoy on Tenth street and Brookside avenue after accusing her son of stealing money hidden in a barn. The incident followed personal conflict after Redmond learned of the missing savings.
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Timothy Redmond
Albert Hoy
Tenth Street
Brookside Avenue
Governor's Party to Visit Andersonville Monument Dedication
Gov Hanly and wife, staff, and state officers will travel by rail to Andersonville Georgia for Thursday’s monument dedication honoring Union soldiers who died in prison. The group, welcomed by railroad officials, will depart from Indianapolis on Tuesday to attend the ceremony.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Andersonville, Ga
Andersonville
Glens
Injunction Bars Bell From Interfering With Independent Lines
Federal Judge Taylor issues a restraining order against American Telephone and Telegraph and Central Union Telephone, forcing them to stop hindering Ohio Indiana and Illinois independent lines. The suit, led by United States Telephone in Ohio and adjoining states, cites Sherman antitrust concerns and alleged Bell strategy to absorb competitors.
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Cleveland, O
Taylor
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Central Union Telephone Company
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Brailey
Indianapolis
Clarence Brown
Toledo
Jamess. Brailey, Jr
United States Telephone Company
Richmond Home Telephone Company
Richmond
Ind
Butler Telephone Company
Butler
Bell
Clifford Arrick
Arrick
L. G. Richardson
Richardson
Central Union Company
Central Union
Usaal
Death by Verge Delays New York Electric Chair
William S. Brasch, convicted wife murderer, avoided execution in Auburn by a state lunacy commission delaying the sentence. He wrote doggerel in his cell that raised questions about his sanity as a special commission prepared to report to Gov. Hughes. Brasch killed his wife by drowning her in the Erie canal in 1906 after eloping to Cleveland.
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Doggerel
Auburn
N. Y
William S. Brasch
Brasch
State
Gov. Hughes
Dreggerel
Hughes
Ferris
State Commission
Erie Canal
Rochester
Mary Gilmore
Cleveland
Davises Seek 10000 Arising From Malicious Prosecution
Belle Davis and husband William H. Davis sue Volney F. Trey for 10000 each alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution. They say Trey caused their September arrest, eight hours in a police station, later acquitted on a chicken theft charge. Ivey allegedly filed the false charge to humiliate them and harm their credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Davis
William H. Davis
Volney F. Trey
Thirty-eighth Street
Trey
Justices Named to Preside in Election Suits
Justice of the Peace William O Mc Henney and Justice of the Peace Cornelius City were commissioned by County Clerk Leonard Quill to preside at the circuit courtroom on Wednesday December 23. The election contests involve Republican candidates for state senators opposing Democratic state senators elect allies P Harlan Salem D Clark and M H Farrell. The two justices will be ready at 3 a.m. on the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
William O. McHenney
Cornelius City
Leonard Quill
Circuit
W. E. English
James T. Layman
Alfred Potts
P. Harlan
Salem D. Clark
M. H. Farrell
Justices of the Peace
Bymaster Seeks Court Receiver For National Realty Firms
James T. Bymaster filed in Superior Court No 2 for a receiver for National Realty Corporation and its Tennessee unit seeking 1700 dollars on notes. He cites Auditor of State Billheimer ruling against the companys methods, claiming it harmed business, with Indianapolis office abandoned as per the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Bymaster
Superior Court No. 2
National Realty Corporation
National Realty Corporation of Tennessee
Bymaster
Billheimer
Indianapolis
Asphalt Concern Sues Over 18000 Payment Claim
The Republic Creosoring company sues Union Asphalt Construction for 18000 claiming payment for materials supplied for a building project on N lv treet to Chits eighth wi q 0 rect. Delivery occurred in September and the case seeks final judgment for the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asphalt Concern
Republic Creosoring Company
Union Asphalt Construction Company
Elections End as County Nears Bridge Bill Payment
County commissioners ready to settle with Central States Bridge Co on a roughly 340,000 claim filed last October. County Attorney Ruckelshaus opposes payment under a disputed clause, while the company seeks payment in full or disallowance. Also facing nearly 20,000 in track elevation costs, the county buckles under cash strain while ordinary expenses press week to week.
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Republican County
Central States Bridge Company
John C. Ruckelshaus
Republican
Ruckelshaus
Man Fined for Wearing Another Man's Underclothes
Harry Wilson, 20, paid a $10 fine plus costs in police court after admitting to wearing Loyd Wagner's underclothes missing from 230 E Washington street. Bicycle policemen Trimpe and Kitzmiller located Wilson wearing the disputed garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson
Loyd Wagner
Washington Street
Wilson
Wagner
Trimpe and
Kitzmiller
Murder on Steamer W. T. Smoot Found Dead
In Pittsburg, John C. Barrows, 53, engineer of the steamer W. T. Smoot of Hockingport Ohio, was found murdered with a fractured skull and multiple wounds. Police detained three men as investigations begin. over $700 missing from the body and clothing torn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
John C. Barrows
W. T. Smoot
Hockingport
Indianapolis Boy Logked in Boxcar for Three Days
Orville Aiams, 17, a pressfeeder from Indianapolis, was found locked in a Big Four boxcar in Cincinnati. He said he rode the car three days after entering it at Kansas City to beat his way home, the car sealed while he slept. After rescue he sought food, worked washing windows, fell from a ladder injuring his hand, and received treatment at City hospital.
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Cincinnati
Orville Aiams
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Husband Follows Wife in Death in Grief
Peter Derleth aged 65 died of acute heart failure at his home on 2005 Barth Avenue after grief for his wife who died two days earlier. The couple’s double funeral was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart church with the wife to be buried first.
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Peter Derleth
Barth
Nue
Nelson Arrested on Charges After Dog Fight Disturbance
CHICAGO November 23 Battling Nelson the lightweight boxing champion was arrested today on charges of assault and battery dis orderly conduct and witnessing a dog fight. PITTSBURG November 23 Miss Lillian McKee supervisor of art at Northside high school was killed by a train at the Station today and W S Bell photographer was seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Battling Nelson
Pittsburg
Lillian McKee
Northside High School
W. S. Bell
Trial of Ray Lamphere Near End as Jury Prepares Thanksgiving
In Laporte Indiana Ray Lamphere on trial for the murder of Mrs Bella Gunness and her three children predicts acquittal and a return home by Sunday. Defense plans further witnesses to contest the deaths while Dr Walter Haines will testify about poisons found in stomachs. Neighbors report sighting Mrs Gunness in July with a man in a buggy.
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Nettie Smutzer
Sheriff Smutzer
Laforte, Inc
Ray Lamphere
Bella Gunness
Waa
Walter &. Haines
Chicago
Andrew Heligelein
Gunness
Daniel Hutson
Heirs of Garney Barnett 10 Get Realty and Gas h
Executors named for Garney Barnett estate include Hyman Schadsky and Rabbi Mayer Messing with a 10000 bond. Heirs numerous with Leah Erdman receiving household goods at 02 N New Jersey street. Ten acres in South Chicago to be divided among Barnett heirs and Julia Barnett’s heirs, with one-third of remainder to Hyman Schadsky and two-thirds among listed relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Barnett
Hyman Schidsky
Rabbi Mayer Messing
Leah Erdman
New Jersey Street
B'nai B'rith
Lillie Bailey
Grover Jacobs
Marcus Erdman
Isaac Erdman
Irvin Erdman
Chicago
Hyman Schadsky
Mr. Barnett
Julia Barnett
Henry Levy
Mark Levy
Aaron Levy
Ben Lave
Tillie Schadsky
Gertie Vernie
Julia Splan
Annie Newman
Sadie Ka
Work For Boys Receives Aid Of Expert Forbush
William B. Forbush of Detroit, expert on boys and author of the Boy Problem, visits Indianapolis as guest of the Indianapolis Boys' club directors. He surveys city conditions after luncheon at the Board of Trade and will speak Monday night at the Commercial club. Directors plan to expand the club to reach every boy in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Forbush
Detroit
Indianapolis
Boys’ Club
Forbush
Board of Trade
Boys’ Club of
Commercial Club
Naughty Picture Costs A Doctor A10 Fine
Logan Ernst, an artist, pled guilty in federal court to sending an indecent picture through the mails. He was fined $10 and costs. a 30 day jail sentence was suspended. The offense involved mailing an obscene picture to a St. Louis business from Evansville last October. The image title referenced is "Lusy De."
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Logan Ernst
United States
Ernst
Evansville
Belidge Post Card Company
St. Louis
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