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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
1
Eunice Ammonds was located at the House of the Good Shepherd after her disappearance. The young woman used the name Smith from Igginsville Missouri and was admitted to rest. Walter Donaldson, her uncle, was notified and took her home as a physician ordered quiet for her nervous breakdown.
D A Bateman a park policeman testified in police court that he drank whisky and quinine for a cold and was not intoxicated after striking Roy Welch, 15, in an incident at Seventeenth and Bellefontaine avenues. Police sergeant Eubanks contradicted him as Judge Kyle ordered a ten dollar fine.
Midday club officers and directors will convene at 2 oclock tomorrow afternoon in the Fidel ity Trust building board room. They plan to discuss contracts for furnishings to equip the club rooms on the Commerce building fourteenth floor. President Hugh C Ward said the club now has 170 members and expects growth after opening as the business mans club boosts American commercial life.
Testimony by Murry Stege prompts removal of jurors who heard part of the Nelson Threlold pocketing case. Judge Idge Porterfield continued the trial as Charles Shannon seeks dismissal arguing that Police Sergeant Harry Stege’s penitentiary claim was inadmissible unless King testifies in his own defense.
A federal jury ruled in favor of C. C. Jenny in the suit by F. E. Hair seeking 7200 damages for alleged misrepresentations in a real estate sale. Hair, an architect, traded a Kansas City house and lot for Clenny farm land in Lewis County Missouri across the Mississippi from Quincy. Hair claimed deceit but the jury found he was not deprived. Clenny was formerly a Methodist minister.
Osage river officials report eleven or more boats unregistered on the river, with C W Clarke surveying port, urging owners to comply with federal regulations. Clarke notes rising river navigation and rapid growth of small craft, complicating tracking. John McKinney and G W Johnson face robbery charges in Justice Shoemaker's court, arraigned with bonds set and preliminary May 4.
A warm spell continues as the storm area moves east. Expect higher temperatures tomorrow and a chance of frost tonight, not severe. Light frost was reported last night in the area while Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, western Oklahoma and northern Texas saw heavier frost.
The opening commission canvass meets tonight at the Auditorium on Sixth Street and Minnesota in Kansas City Kansas. Butler of Des Moines will speak with J O Fife and W B Sutton Jr. E S McAnany to chair. Seats reserved for women.
Harry K Thaw occupying Sheriff Chanler's bedroom in the Dutchess county courthouse sought a motor car ride with a keeper, but was denied. He prepared notes for the sanity inquiry to begin next Monday before Justice Morschauser and will not talk to visitors to avoid harming his case.
A warrant was issued for William Montgomery, cashier of the Allegheny National Bank in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. He faces charges of embezzling 469000, according to bank examiner William L. Folds. Deputies searched for Montgomery by 5 pm as the sensational case stirred the city.
Columaus Ohio May 7 Nelson A Cannon Columbus agent of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving company fled on the eve of trial after confessing bribery tied to a former board of public service and company officers. Cannon was later arrested in Hamilton Ontario as the indictments against all involved had not reached trial due to the chief witness Cannon.
Thomas Larkin F P Holland and William Robinson were arrested in Kansas City Kansas on a burglary charge. They confessed to stealing nineteen pairs of shoes from a Union Pacific freight train and riding atop the moving train to Bonner Springs in Wyandotte county. One man broke the car seal with a crowbar while the train moved and the shoes were dumped, bagged, and returned to Kansas City.
Continuous rain along the Kaw River and its tributaries raised the stream to about 10.4 feet above the low water mark at the Kansas City stockyards by 1 PM. The gauge showed the river stationary with no expected further rise and no immediate danger, though a several foot increase would be needed to cause damage.
Edward E. Brennan, a Butte Montana lawyer, was arrested in F Augustus Heinze’s New York office on May 7 charged with attempting to extort forty thousand dollars from Heinze.
W E Loucke and his wife and their baby were killed when their motor car was struck by a Southern Pacific train at Reedley, near Almont. Loucke, a prominent Selma businessman, and his family perished in the wreck. The government stag boat McPherson tied at Liberty Street and moved to Main Street, remaining until tomorrow afternoon before proceeding upriver.
In Park Association action, the Blues upset the Senators 1 to 0. Swan pitched well for Columbus, while Geyer drew a bases loaded walk in the ninth to force in Sullivan and secure the victory.
Listings show postponed games in the American Association and National League matchups including Toledo at Milwaukee and Boston at New York. Racing results from Jamaica detail six races with winners King Masquerade Havre Zethas Aletheno Berkeley Halker and Incognito among others with times and payouts.
Kansas City Musicians' union volunteers 26 to perform for the grand march at the YWCA Old World Markets show opening tonight at the New Casino. Henry M. Beardsley will give the opening address as eight foreign booths start music after the march with acts including Dutch Chorus and various country songs and dances.
Logansport Indiana May 7 George W Rauch was renominated for representative by the Eleventh district Democrats today in a party caucus. Rauch is a familiar figure in state politics and faces the general election in November.
Paris May 7 The court expert urged granting a divorce in the McKee case finding both spouses responsible. Formal judgment set for May 14. Mrs A Hart McKee sued, claiming brutality and scandalous behavior but certain charges were not substantiated.
In Ohio's Eighth district the Countess of Warwick arrives as a Socialist challenger to Alice Roosevelt Longworth in the fall campaign. She and others plan stump speeches and possible funding to back the effort.
A circular letter from A. J. Davidson president of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad appeals to Frisco system employees to embrace the National Prosperity association. It notes improved April business and urges reopening shops after temporary shutdowns as work returns and "full day for all" nears. Davidson's missive arrives at Kansas City offices after Frisco shops were briefly closed then reopened.
H B Topping of the Commercial Club telegraphs from Stockton Kansas praising the rich and prosperous region the tour travels through. He says wealth cannot be measured in dollars and cents and idle freight cars will soon move. C S Clarke of Missouri Pacific replies that the country is tributary to the great city on the Kaw and Missouri rivers.
The Alabama executive committee of the international Sunday school convention held a heated session in Montgomery on Monday night over Booker T Washington as a Louisville speaker. W N Hartshorn of Boston attended and offered help to ease the issue while W B Atkins and Governor Comer spoke. The protest was deemed too late and Washington remains on the program.
May 7 report from Toxio states no truth to rumors Japan banished the Korean emperor. Officials ridicule the tale as absurd. Former emperor planned to visit Tokyo to review the crown prince’s progress but later reconsidered. Korean minister Fong aimed to persuade a visit to ease suspicions of Japan’s stance.
Standard Oil of Indiana sought reversal of a $29 240 000 fine upheld by Judge Landis. Attorneys argued in the U S circuit court of appeals that the company did not know its rates were illegal and that charges should base on each train load rather than per car.
A tenth anniversary reunion of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders is to be held in New York next month. Charles F. Knoblauch oversees arrangements, with invitations to all known Rough Riders in the city and Eastern states. A Western contingent is anticipated, and a Washington delegation will seek Roosevelt's attendance and a speech.
Edward Ratcliff of 1300 West Ninth Street woke to find his father James Ratcliff dead in the same bed. James, about 55, worked for the Missouri Can company at Ninth and Santa Fe streets.
Liverpool officials approve a docking expansion costing over 16 million dollars to handle rapidly growing trade with America. In Burlington a nine hour day is ordered for railway shops, with 600 workers and planned improvements. Building inspectors must now post bonds under a new ordinance, and the board of education will meet at the public library tonight.
Sheriff Woodward served subpoenas on more than forty University of Kansas students in Fraser hall as joint cases head to district court next Monday. A race to compel witnesses occurred with two students reluctant to appear, while most students treated the matter as a joke and hoped for witness fees.
May 7 reports fifty eight saloons will close as Illinois towns go dry under local law. The pivot from liquor to soft drinks is noted in Decatur and Linwood where residents adapt amid health and despondency concerns. Martin Kapp of Linwood shot himself, a famed local resident, amid ill health.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt with five guests left Washington at 11 30 AM for Pine Knot Virginia for a brief country outing. They traveled on a special train with a parlor car and baggage car along the Southern railway, expected to reach North Garden after 3 PM for carriages to Pine Knot.
Jefferson City May 7 testimony opened in the Hadley ouster suit against the Harvester trust with C H McCormick of Chicago as the only witness. McCormick, president of both the International Harvester entities, described the merger linking McCormick Harvesting Machine and other firms, and explained stock control by trustees. The attorney general accuses the pool of restraining trade and fixing prices, noting pre merger competition and the 1902 decision to merge after discussions in New York with George W. Perkins and Morgan contacts.
Chicago forms a police censor unit of eighteen officers under Chief Shippy to enforce the November 4 1907 ordinance regulating stage plays and moving pictures. The team may inspect theaters at box office stars and monitor performances for legal violations.
Mount Aetna shows worsening conditions as continuous earthquakes presage a larger eruption. Volcano experts report a new crater at about 7,000 feet, ejecting steam and ash toward Acireale and generating lava streams following the 1819 eruption paths.
The Kansas railroads asked for a temporary injunction in federal court to block the new freight rate schedules from being enforced by the railroad board. Judge Pollock is away on cases in the East, delaying the hearing. A restraining order keeps the current maximum rates from taking effect during the postponement.
Ernest Prather of Olathe Johnson county played baseball on a Sunday July 14 1907 and was fined after a district court conviction. The case is appealed to the state supreme court for review challenging the long standing statute.
A Big Four fast train from St. Louis to New York derailed east of the Kaskaskia river bridge early today. One passenger, Berkman, suffered a sprained leg and bruises. The train left St. Louis at 12 01 this morning and traffic is temporarily blocked.
Report of Belle Guinness using a Swedish language ad to lure men to her La Porte county farm where bodies were found and dismembered. The case includes Ray Lamphere and a newly jailed Bessie Conklin, with details of a sealed room and planned killings of relatives.
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