Pittsburg Bank Scandal: Councilmen and Bankers Held
Witnesses describe money left on a desk to shift city deposits. A. A. Vilsack and W. W. Ramsey are held for court on bribery charges. Councilman John F. Klein is named as a recipient as bank deposits were secured. The case drew a crowded courtroom as details emerged from bank examiner Nesbitt’s testimony.
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Pittsburg
A. A. Vilsack
W. W. Ramsey
German National Bank
Brady
National Bank
Nesbitt
Vilsack
John F. Klein
Klein
Ramsey
Kiein
Labor Leaders Debate Rights and Court Standards
In a dramatic exchange a federation president argues for due process and the rights of citizens amid labor strife. Gompers defends his stance while Morrison and Mitchell provide support as the speaker outlines the struggle of the labor movement against oppression. Bail is set at five thousand for Gompers and four thousand for Mitchell.
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Federation
Bucks Store and Range Company
England
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Ralston
Bond
Judge Finds Gompers Contempt in Labor Case Conflicts
In a detailed ruling Justice Wright holds Samuel Gompers and associates in contempt for wilful disobedience of an injunction. The court says the plan aimed to breach contracts, deprive property, and restrain interstate trade and commerce. Morrison and Mitchell are noted as active participants in the offenses.
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AD Gompers
Wright
Gompers
Justice Wright
Morrison
Mitchell
U S Battleships Go to Venezuela With Messenger
The United States dispatches battleships to Venezuela carrying a messenger amid tension over a Venezuelan crisis. Castro vows to return and lead efforts to regain the presidency, while Dutch and German officials weigh the risk of civil war and possible U S intervention.
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U. S
Venezuela
Willemstad
Castro
Holland
Berlin
Prosecutions of Packers Resumed in Chicago
Federal probes into rebating at Nelson Morris & Co. and possible links to Swift & Co. move forward after a long conference among U S District Attorney Sims and interstate commerce officials. About 100 witnesses expected as 30 subpoenas issue to Morris employees and traffic division staff amid reports involving Armour & Co. and possible charges extending to major packers.
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Chicago
Ill
Nelson Morris & Co
Jackers
U. S
Sims
Interstate Commerce Commission
Morris & Co
Moritz Rosenthal
Standard Oil
M. W. Bordens
W. A. Ryan
United States Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Swift & Co
Schwarchild & Sulzberger Packing Company
Chas. B. Morrison
Washington
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Morris
Armour & Co
Women Faint in a Fire Panic at Christmas Fete
A fire broke out at a Christmas fête as women fainted and panic surged toward doors. Judge Farrell halted the crowd to restore order while Fred Welch smashed a window, injured himself, and hurled a burning ladder. Miss Canton battled flames on the ladder and endured scorching. Several attendees were burned or clothed damaged, Mrs Gillespie fainted, and others were aided to safety as windows served as exits until the blaze was out.
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Judge Farrell
Judge Farrel
Fred Welch
Miss Canton
James Gillespie
Downtown merchants hire detectives to catch shoplifters
Reports say several stores have hired special detectives to observe suspected shoplifters during the holidays. The notice mentions increased vigilance by downtown merchants as part of a Christmas effort.
Prisoner Pleads For Long Sentence After Iron Theft
James Doran admitted stealing iron from the Funk building at State and Front streets during arraignment before County Judge John Brindley. Captain John Parks of the police arrested him. The judge sentenced Doran to 30 days, a sentence that did not satisfy him as he hoped for lodging through winter to spring.
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Jedge
James Doran
John Brindley
Doran
Funk
John Parks
Egg Wagon Tops Fourth Street After Spooked Horses
Eggs dropped heavily yesterday around Fourth and Jay streets as a commission wagon owned by C. N. Hawley spooked by a car. Hawley held the lines until the wagon overturned at the corner. Two cases of eggs were broken. Hawley was uninjured.
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Fourth and
Jay Streets
Commission
C. N. Hawley
Mr. Hawley
Jay
President Roosevelt reviews protests on Gompers decision
Washington Dec 23. President Roosevelt received several telegrams protesting the Gompers decision. The White House said he would issue no statement until he had time to review the situation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gompers
White House
Austrian ambassador to Vienna on Grey plan for Balkan conference
Count Mensdorff, the Austrian ambassador to England, left London for Vienna to present to the Austrian foreign office a secret scheme by Foreign Secretary Edward Grey aimed at expediting the Balkan conference.
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London
Count Mensdorff
England
Vienna
Foreign Office
Edward Grey
Ten cent excess declared valid by court in Columbus
Columbus Ohio December 23 The ten cent excess demanded of passengers paying cash fares on railroad trains was declared valid today by the circuit court.
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Columbus, CO
Circuit
District Attorney Otto Bosshard Returns From Bangor Trip
District Attorney Otto Bosshard returned today from a business trip to Bangor Wisconsin. He plans to resume official duties and oversee ongoing cases as the county office resumes normal operations following the absence.
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Otto Bosshard
Bangor, Wis
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Hamberla
Phere
Clark & Clare
THE
Jott - Loeffler Company
Hoeschler’s
Jefferson
Wisconsin
Frank Kohn
Cash
Esquimo
Lumbermen
Scott
Speen Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
United Sureties
American Federation of Labor
Texas
Florida
Maine
Oregon
Missouri
Pur
Rod
Caracas
Committee of Eighty
Parker's
LaCrosse
Wis
Meat Trust
Swift's & Co
By Gertie DE S. Wentworth-James
Cincinnati Times-Star
Wild Widow
Paul
Gertie de S. Wentworth-James
Milwaukee Free Press
Katherine Orbison
Honora
Katherine
Empire Book CO
Murray St
New York
C. & J. Michel
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