Indictment Shocks Cotton Market Linking Taft Inquiry
New York June 18 reports indicate eight men face federal grand jury indictments over a cotton pool plot. James A. Patten leads a group including Colonel William P Brown and others, accused of forestalling the market and forming a monopoly to fix cotton prices for the 1909 1910 crop year. The case marks a new anticorruption approach under the administration and involves numerous Southern milling firms named in the five counts.
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New York
Federal Grand
Taft
James A. Patten
Chicago
William P. Brown
New Orleans
Eugene Scaies
Frank B. Hayne
Morris H. Rothschild
Robert N. Thompson
Charles A. Kittle
New York Stock Exchange
8. H. P. Pell & Co
Sidney J. Harmon
Wall Street
Clark McKercher
Oliver Pagan
Grand Jury
London
Alabama
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Baseball results and standings from national and American leagues
National League games include New York over Pittsburg 6 to 3 at New York and Chicago over Brooklyn 1 to 0 in thirteen innings at Brooklyn. Philadelphia beat Cincinnati 7 to 3. Boston beat St. Louis postponed due to rain. American League notes Cleveland defeated New York 7 to 6 at Cleveland and Detroit beat Boston 4 to 1 at Detroit. Ambassador Hill visits Weimar for Goethe society anniversary with Gari Melchers as guest.
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New York
Pittsburg
White
Adams
Gibson
Simons
Drucke
Raymond
Meyers
Brooklyn
Chicago
Pfeister
Brown
Kling
Rucker
Bergen
Erwin
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Stack
Moran
Burns
McLean
Boston
L. BO
Puttahui
St. Louis
Ecccee
Cleveland
Berger
Falkenberg
Wasterly
Warhop
Manning
Mitchell
Detroit
Collins
Wkleinow
Willetts
Ambassador Hill
Weimar
Berlin
Dr. Hill
Goethe Society
Gari Melchers
Fighting for Knox in Allegheny county caucuses
Pittsburg June 18 Knox boom grows as Magee leads a Knox caucus with twenty two of thirty eight members present. Comptroller Cunningham and a Penrose loyalist supposedly drag several delegates away. Magee secures eight pledges from absentees and passes a Knox resolution.
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Pittsburg
Knox
Allegheny County
Magee
R. J. Cunningham
Penrose
Cunningham
Keene’s Health Broken Down At Suburban Exam Report
New York June 18 James R Keene, owner of Ballot, the favorite, endured a strenuous session in the witness chair about his knowledge of Hocking Coal and Tron stock manipulation linked to the failure of Haskins Lathrop and Co. He complained his health, broken down, would take him to Carlsbad and asked for a three month break. He was ordered to return on Monday June 27 for more examination.
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New York
James R. Keene
Ballot
Sheepshead Bay
Hocking Coal and Tron Company
Haskins, Lathrop & Co
Keene
Carlsbad
Brookins Breaks World Altitude Record in Flight
Walter Brookins in a Wright biplane lifts to 4508 feet to set a new world aeroplane altitude record near Indianapolis on June 18. Weather forecast calls for warmer, partly cloudy skies with variable winds as Brookins glides smoothly to landing in a wheat field.
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Indianapolis
Lad
Walter Brookins
Wright
Children Abernathys Complete 2000 Mile Trip to greet Roosevelt
Louis and Temple Abernathy, nine and six, sons of Oklahoma wolf catcher Jack Abernathy, traveled from Oklahoma to New York to greet President Roosevelt on his return. They crossed about 2000 miles, stopped in Washington to meet Taft, and arrived healthy and cheerful. Temple at six is noted for remarkable endurance and horsemanship.
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Temple Abernathy
Nearly Relatives Close By in Wedding Scene
A bride explains that her new husband will not be far from family as she and Harry settle nearby relatives. The bride’s mother notes many aunts and cousins nearby and contrasts the groom’s distant kin, promising frequent visits and shared daily life. A hobobegged man is offered a doughnut and comments on his wife’s cooking. A mother offers ten cents to a son if he stops saying darn, and the boy replies with a quip about a word worth zero cents.
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Harry
Jane
Maria
Harriet
May
Jin
Ladies’ Home Journal
Precisely Stated in Newspaper Snippet
A quirky dialogue fragment shows a woman labeled a society leader and mentions several city papers. It includes a question about the feminine form of stag and a humorous reporter exchange about ducks and a runway outside a coop. The items reflect gossip and light humor in mid-sized papers.
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Seymour
Ashley
Chicago News
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Howard White
Edwards Ave
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Koops & Abels
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Burnham
Davidson's Clothing Store
Patten and Associates
Washington
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Strain
James R-Keene
Brookins
Cornwallis
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Longfellow
Louis Agassiz
Charter Oak
Connecticut
Avon
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Robert Burns
Mary Campbell
Sir Walter Scott
Oliver Optic
William I. Adams
England
Thomas de Quincey
Philadelphia Ledger
Carnelian
Topaz
Fidelity
Turquoise
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Ahedows Krow
The
Daily Record
Tommy
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
Fidelity Trust Co
Newark, N. J
Wright & Ditson
Jennis
Spauldings
Sonable
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