Packers Plan for Dissolution
Chicago reports the National Packing Company begins dissolution with 350 subsidiaries assigned to major owners Armour Morris Swift. Notices to Armour managers reveal many houses will be taken over under the National Packing system, effective July 28, as the beef trust faces a government dissolution suit under the Sherman act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
National Packing Company
The
National
W National
Armour, Morris and Swift
Armour Company
Armour
Beef Trust
Armour & Co
Baltimore, Butuaw Reef Company
Lowell
Mass
Omaha Packing Company
Philadelphia
Quaker City Beef Company
Toledo, Hammond Company
Washington, G. H. Hammond Company
Jacksonville
Macon, Ga
Natonal Packing Company
New Orleans
National Packing Company, Limited
Birmingham
Ala
Spokane
Wash
Armour System
State Primary Not Compulsory, Richmond Chair Says
State Chairman Ellyson states the new election law should not force a compulsory primary. He notes the 1908 convention report urged conforming the primary plan to the statute and that the State Central Committee will decide changes when it meets next month. He emphasizes his letter to Secretary Daniel was designed to conform with the law without indicating the committee stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ellyson
James
State Central Committee
Norfolk
Central Committee
State Committee
GB. O. Daniel
Commonwealth
Taking Risks With Icebergs At Sea
Washington reports that despite dangerous ice in the North Atlantic some trans Atlantic steamships Oceanic and Laconia have resumed the northern lanes. Hydrographic officials note ships violated recommendations after Titanic disaster. liners cite heat on southern routes to justify the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Atlantic
Oceanic
Laconia
Hydrographic Bureau
Fiancée Sets Fire as He Sleeps in Pittsburgh
Special: Believing she was jilted, a woman in Pittsburgh set a fire while her fiancé slept. Authorities report a plan to harm him, with neighbors alerting firefighters who contained the blaze. No serious injuries reported as investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Special
Woman Accused of Pouring Oil and Fire At Wall
Susan Conley of Elizabeth is charged with felonious assault and intent to kill James Wall after pouring carbon oil on him as he slept and setting his cabin on fire. Wall suffered severe burns to his right side and neighbors helped extinguish the flames. Conley allegedly attacked him with a pick axe when she realized he might survive.
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James Wall
Susan Conley
Elizabeth
Wall
Conley
Jane Station
Ile
Cloudburst sweeps away auto and road near desert rescue
In Barejo desert San Pedro county a cloudburst wrecked an automobile party missing since Sunday. Five LA residents, John McCullough Austin Denelle William Schnoka and Misses Alice Behrwick and Anna Hill, were rescued after Porter drove in with provisions. They found shelter at Grapevine Canyon fourteen miles from Warners Hot Spring. recovery to LA will take several days.
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Los Angeles
Cali
Special
BD. J. Porter
Barejo
San Pedro County
John McCullough
Austin Denelle
William Sc
French Poodle Watches Master in Hospital Watchful Four Weeks
A French poodle named Gypsey kept constant vigil outside the North west General Hospital in Philadelphia for four weeks, believing her young master Oswald Suerber remained there.
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Philadelphia
Oswald Suerber
Northwest General Hospital
Gypsey
Free Tolls in Panama Canal Debate
Washington D C special report records Senator Smith of South Carolina arguing during unanimous consent on the sundry civil bill that the United States may treat the canal as territorial. He warns arbitration could force toll remittance if free passage is granted and notes tolls curb consumer burdens on American shipping.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Panama Canal
United States
Republic of Panama
Canal
Canal Zone
Cnrse
Roanoke Woman Commits Suicide Near City
In Koimoke county near Roanoke, Mrs A J Chapman fifty committed suicide by shooting herself. She left a note to her husband and two sons. She was about forty, with seven sons the eldest under twenty one. Her husband worked at a Ridgeway distillery and arrived around noon. Officials cite mental low mood from country living as the cause.
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Roanoke
A. J. Chapman
Koimoke County
Move Richeson’s Body to Family Section
Final wishes of Rev. Clarge V. T. Riche sonson, electrocuted in Houston in May for murder, were carried out when his remains were exhumed from the old graveyard on his father's Amherst County farm and laid beside his mother in the same cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Clarge V. T. Richesonson
Houston
Avis Linnell
Amherst Courthouse
Flirting With Fame’s Perilous Appetite for Glory
A fable of a little fish chasing fame despite danger. The wise fish warns against nibbling the tempting hook as the young fish admits a longing to be described as the big fish by that man’s friends. The tale explores risk, vanity, and the lure of recognition.
Verdict awards $10,000 against Southern Railway in Virginia case
In Halifax Circuit Court the jury awarded G. Baptist $10,000 for injuries after a Scottsburg train incident involving a frightened horse. The Supreme Court of Appeals granted a writ of error, delaying final judgment pending full term review. Baptist, a 62 year old rural mail carrier, suffered severe leg injuries and lifelong disability. Attorneys John L. Lee for Baptist and William Leigh for the railroad argued the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Halifax County
G. Baptist
The
Southern Railway
Scottsboro
Spo
Supreme Court of Appeals
W. S. Chandler
Scottsburg
Chantler
S. G. Baptist
Baptist
Aptist
John L. Lee
Lynchburg
William Leigh
Houston
Train Hit Auto Hurts Four In Moosic Crossing
In Wilkes-Barre special coverage, Harry Feinberg of the city was killed when his car stalled on a Delaware and Hudson crossing at Moosic and was struck by a train. Moses Elowich Lewis Cohen and Samuel Oppenheimer, all from the area, suffered severe injuries while chauffeur Harry Frederick escaped unhurt after the collision. Plates at the crossing were not down and the driver proceeded before the engine was seen.
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Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Harry Feinberg
Eit
Moses Elowich
Lewis Cohen
Samuel Oppenheimer
Eity
Delaware and Hudson
Moosic
Harry Frederick
Pfelnberg
Attacks by Hatpins at Washington Office Fight
A woman, Josephine Simpson, 35, charged with mailing obscene literature, attacked two assistant U.S. attorneys with hatpins in Judge Anson S. Taylor's office. She struggled with inspectors and marshals before being jailed. Simpson, recently released from Moundsville penitentiary, had threatened Mrs. Anne Moser who testified against her.
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Washington, D. C
Brand
United States
Anson S. Taylor
Hi Street
Northwest
Ss. Ma Comas Hawken
Sydney Mudd, Jr
Anne Moser
Pennsylvania Avenue
United United States
Vermillion
Post Office
Barclay
Court records reveal threats and assault involving Mrs Moser case
The report details Attorney Hawken aiding a woman and Mudd seizing hats as a traumatized Mrs Moser faced an escape attempt. A former star athlete, Commissioner Jailee Taylor, observed, while a servant previously accused of rubbing Mrs Moser faced six months in a workhouse. The subject later received a five year penitentiary sentence for obscene mail threats, with multiple arrests and arraignments cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawken
Mudd
Jailee Taylor
Mypser
Drastic Rules to Govern Steel Trust in New York
A Washington dispatch to the New York Times reports Stanley steel committee recommendations to Congress. Proposals include Sherman Act amendments expanding private injury suits, shifting to prove reasonableness of restraints, separating production from transport in Interstate laws, and forbidding interlocking directorates between railroads and steel firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanley Steel Committee
Congress
Washington Dispatch
New York Times
Dispatch
Congressmen Visit Wilson at Sea Girt
About 150 Democratic congressmen traveled from Washington on a special Pennsylvania train to Sea Girt to meet Governor Woodrow Wilson. Leaders Thomas J. Reilly A Mitchell Palmer Alfred G. Allen led the grouping with Majority Leader Underwood expected to join. Republican Representative Anderson says the trip could decide whether the House remains in session for campaign aims through August.
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Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania
Union Station
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas J. Reilly
Meriden
Conn A. Mitchel Palmer
Alfred G. Alen
Oho
Underwood
Wilson
Washington
D. C
House
Congress
Sesslar
Anderson
Ohio
Leap Year Pursuit Ends With Peace Bond in Chicago
Hannah Sidl, 32, bonded to keep peace for six months after chasing Herman Gers and pressuring him to marry. She followed him, choked a woman he escorted, and claimed spirits tell her Herman loves her. Judge Boyer pressed for restraint as leap year passes.
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Chicago
Ill
Hannah Sidl
Herman Gers
Herman
Hannah
Berg
Fire destroys Vancouver hotel and apartment block
A fire in Vancouver British Columbia caused about 400000 in damage and destroyed the Royal George Hotel the Angelus apartment house and the BC Electric Company car barns. High winds hampered efforts but firefighters and volunteers confined the blaze to these structures and nearby railway property with several guests escaping.
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Vancouver
B. C
Royal George
Angelus
Barrow
British Columbia Electric Company
Electric Railway Company
Elix
Osebting
Woman Charged With Beating Girl With Nail-Studded Board
Mrs Annie Geeker of East Eightieth Street faced Harlem Magistrate Connor on cruelty and inefficient guardianship charges. Bessie Osmars, eighteen, alleged a nail studded board was used in June while under care of Mrs Becker. injuries required Harlem Hospital treatment. Childrens Society investigators reported the case leading to the inquiry. the girl was placed in St Joseph's Asylum after adjudication.
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New York
Annie Geeker
East Eighty-first Street
Y Connor
Harlem
Bessie Osmars
Mossopp and Barclay
Children’s Society
St. Joseph's Asylum
Eighty-ninth Street
Avenue A
Steam Pipe Explodes Aboard Principe Di Piemonte
Five men killed when a steam pipe burst aboard the Principe Di Piemonte from Genoa as it neared New York. First Assistant Engineer Filippo Moncollo, Chief Fireman Francisco Perfard, and stokers Tomaso Garaballi Abitou Cavell and Camelo Luni died within an hour after being scalded by the escaping steam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VT Sey
New York
Principe di
Filippo Moncollo
Francisco
Pet Rooster Bank Is Toouched For Hundred Dollar Bill
In Coatesville Pennsylvania Philip Downer a wealthy poultry farmer seeks return of a stolen hundred dollar note after his pet rooster allegedly carried the bill away. He claims his wife often pockets his money and plans to file suit to recover the note citing the rooster’s involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coatesville
Philip Downer
Downer
Ls Downer
Wade
Elephant Trapped as Cage Fight Unfolds in Dawn
Richards and Walter corral an elephant named Gundia with a chain loop on the floor. Gundia struggles, trapping a foreleg and hind legs as guards secure the animal, prompting the elephant house to be closed for the day.
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Richards
Walter
Gundia
Gunda
Mr. Iornaday
Elephant House
Confess Killing New York Gambler
A complete confession from a suspect in the Herman Roosenthal murder case is reported. District Attorney officials expect arrests within 24 hours of both the killers and the car drivers. Aaron J. Levy confirms William Shapiro and Louis Libby will testify for the state, asserting a major police scandal awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herman Roosenthal
Aaron Jd. Lewy
William Shapiro
Louis Libby
Ussings
Levy
Shapiro
Federal probe eyed in Rosenthal case threats
Federal authorities may join the Rosenthal murder inquiry after six death threat letters to District Attorney Whitman and Levy, counsel for Libby and Shapiro. Messages warn of death if Whitman persists, some signed, most unsigned, with dictograph concerns and warnings of guards overhearing plans.
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New York
Merman Hosenthal
Combiner
Hotel Metropole
Charles S. Whitman
Assembly Rma Asercom
Levy
Whitman
Madison Avenue
Balace
Rosenthal
Ews
Touls Libby
William Shapiro
Bamie
Libby
Shapiro
Jack Rose
Pomihs
Burn
Burns
Whitian
Another Attack Upon Asquith in Dublin
Special report: A suffragette hurled a bag of flour at Premier Asquith in Dublin. The throw missed, arousing a crowd and prompting police to arrest the woman and move her away amid concern for her safety. The incident heightens tensions over suffrage violence and Home Rule debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Asquith
Statesman
No Treating Provisions Tied to Proposed Los Angeles Law
Two men submit a measure to the City Council detailing prohibitions on saloons after 6 PM and bans on treating or thirst accelerators in free lunches. The ordinance, part of a broader reform package, faces readings by the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
SULLIVAN FOR LORIMER'S PLACE
Roger C. Sullivan may seek the seat once held by William Lorimer in Illinois. He has not declared, but says a candidacy is possible. Sullivan opposes a special session to fill the vacancy, betting on a Democratic majority in the next Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pemicago
Ill
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Willam Lorimer
Senate
Lorimer
Sullivan
Japanese Sailors Rescued After Pacific Typhoon Shipwreck
Five Japanese crew members of the Sumiyoshi Maru were swept across the Pacific after a typhoon off Japan. The wrecked ship drifted to the San Diego area where the sailors were rescued and detained by immigration inspectors as illegal entrants. Pending guidance from Washington, they remain prisoners under federal control.
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San Diego
Cal
Japan
Pacific
California
Kovinita
Escondido
Washington
Sane
Department of Commerce and Labor
Yokohama
Nakodate
Mrs. A. L. Hamilton Withdraws From Assembly Race
Pasadena report notes Mrs. A. L. Hamilton former president of the State Mothers' Congress and head of the Southern District withdraws from a Prohibition party bid for the Assembly. She cites duty to her five children and home first, urging women to focus on family before politics and to keep a passive interest in state affairs until hearths are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Prohibition Party
Assembly
A. L. Hamilton
State Mothers’ Congress
Freed of Murder Charge She Sues Witness
Mrs Rene B Morrow acquitted of murdering her husband Charlies B Morrow plans to press perjury charges against those who led to the trial. She says she has consulted her attorney and was freed after the jury deliberated three hours over six ballots. She claims persecution and asserts her friends know the truth. A separate dispatch from Rome reports no Italian torpedo boats sunk in the Dardanelles, with Valle asserting all Italian warships in the Aegean fleet are safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ilt
Rene B. Morrow
Charlies B. Morrow
Mrs. Morrow
Rome
Ttallan
Dardenelles
Admiral Valle
Ttallan Eet
Aegean Sea
Messacre
Aegean
Draceed to Death By Cow near Washington PA
Mrs Tha Emerick wife of FE J Emerick wealthy oil operator and her children on a country estate tried to lead a calf from the pasture. A bee sting spooked the cow which dragged her by a long rope, leaving her bruised and dead after rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tha Emerick
J. Emerick
Mrs. Emerick
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Walter Thuman
Director Hornaday
Dick Richards
Mathias Walter
Richard
Africa
Hornaday
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