San Francisco Dive Scandal Reveals Graft Ties to Ruef
Grand jury resumes amid Belvedere dive scandal disclosures. Myrtile Cerf testifies Ruef took a quarter of the profits from prize fight permits and provoked police action to crowd business to the Belvedere. Promoters Coffroth Graney named. Further graft exposure expected in public works. Mayor Schmitz’s family under scrutiny as officials flee to provide details.
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San Francisco
Cal
Navy
Grand
Belvedere
Fight Trust
Ruet
Coffroth
Eddie Graney
Belvidere
Wilson
Pacific Mail Line
Ruef
Myrtile Cerf
Graney
Frisco Political Boss Portrayed in a Word Picture
Bayard Veiller describes Abe Ruef as San Francisco’s top mixer, stating he knew about 20 000 people by name. Ruef rose from a small lawyer to the city’s power broker, aiding friends with positions and funds while avoiding heavy office himself. He is depicted as five feet five, 140 pounds, dark features, unmarried, devoted to family, temperate but a heavy smoker.
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Frisco
Kansas City
Abe Ruef
Bayard Veiller
San Francisco
Veiller
Margaret Wrycherly
Orpheum
Ruef
The
Chronicle
Whitman
Abel Hummel
New York
Phelan
Schmitz
David B. Hill
Abe
John D. Rockefeller
Barber Goes Crazy As He Shaves And Runs Naked
Lawrence New York reports a Cedarhurst barber Charles Loman went insane during a shave and ran naked through Hewletts causing a public stir. He was described as a young barber and was apprehended by local authorities.
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Lawrence, N. Y
Hewletts
Charles Loman
Cedarhurst
N. S
Railroads Seek Arbitration on Wages Across West
Chicago November 22. Executives of western rail lines urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to act as an arbitration board to settle wage disputes between employees and railways, aiming to prevent disruption of service amid wage agitation.
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Chicago
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Nboard
Big Swindlers Arrested in Chicago
United States marshals and postal inspectors raided Chicago offices arresting seven men tied to fraudulent schemes. Victims numbered many and losses approached one million dollars. Bonds posted by Hurlburt Root and Welch total five thousand dollars each. others remained jailed awaiting bond.
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United States
W. J. Root
W. H. Welch
Presient
W. H. Hurlburt
Central States
Charles Endicott Brown
Prudential Securities Corporation Irokers
Brank Winslow
American Corporation and Security Company
Ezra C. Barnum
National Stock and Guanty Company
Bankers’ Credit and Mercantile Company
David C. Owings
National Stock and Guaranty Compiuny
Hurlburt, Root and Welch
United States District Court
Fakers by Mail Confess to Guilt
Milwaukee officials report a signed confession reveals a thoroughly organized gang of fake promoters. Authorities say arrests will occur within twenty four hours in several cities as federal officers pursue frauds in mail uses and uphold mail safety.
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Milwaukee
Wis
The
Daily News Today
United States
Butterfield
Senator Platt to Resign in January from U S Senate
New York reports Senator Thomas C. Platt will resign his United States Senate seat in January. He delays until after the year ends due to hostile relations with Governor Higgins and a lingering dispute over the excise license for the Hotel Gotham. Frank Bennett, proprietor of the Gotham, is a longtime Platt ally.
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New York
Thomas C. Platt
United States Senate
Hughes
Platt
Senate
Higgins
Gotham
Frank Bennett
Senator Platt
Norwegian Peer Gynt read by Thallough and Folkman
In Chicago on Thursday evening Arthur Thallough and Miss Petra Wright Folkman will present a Norwegian interpretation of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. They will perform scenes including Aases meeting with Peer and the grave sermon, with selections from Griegs Peer Gynt suite. Norwegians in Chicago show strong interest.
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Chicago
Henrik Ibsen
Arthur Thallough
Petra Wright Folkman
Norway
Ibsen
Aase
Peer
Grieg
Peer Gynt
Ruby of Iowa in land fraud tangle
Washington reports S G Ruby a Union Pacific land fraud case figure faced resignation demanded by Secretary Hitchcock. Iowa senators pressed to keep him, but he was not retained. The Interior Department hints Commissioner Richards may not stay to March 1. Protests over patents to Union Pacific were dropped then new dummy entries filed without protest notice. Hitchcock investigates possible land office railroad collusion.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Union Pacific
S. G. Ruby
Land Office
Ruby
Hitchcock
Interior Department
General Land Offices
Richards
Railroad
Gregory of Iowa Named to Civil Service League Council
New Haven Conn Nov 22 Dr Daniel C Gilman of Baltimore was reelected president at the National Civil Service Reform league session. Charles N Gregory of Iowa is elected to the council along with all existing vice presidents and council members.
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New Haven, Conn
National Civil Service Reform League
Daniel C. Gilman
Baltimore
Charles N.gregory
Iowa
Anti Marriage, Birth Cessation Praised by Chicago Woman
Chicago reports Hulda L. Potter Loomis urged abolition of marriage and a twenty year halt to childbirth as part of a controversial stance. Mrs Parsons’ novel Oh Family sparked debate, while the speaker denounced government and what she called a monumental aggregation of stupidity before the Social Science society.
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Chicago
Herbert Parsons
Hulda L. Potter-Loomis
United States
Sochil Science Society
Girl Ready No Grogh Foul Play Suspected
Chicago dispatch reports Moses Oliver failed to appear at his wedding to Miss Mayme Farley of Whiting Indiana. The couple were shopping in South Chicago when Oliver went to Hammond on business and never returned. The wedding is postponed and police are aiding the search for the groom-to-be.
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Chicago
Moses Oliver
Whiting
Ind
Oliver
Mayme Farley
Peek-A-Boo Waists Worn Cause High School Mutiny
In Custer Ohio Columbus Indiana area trouble at a high school arose over peekaboo waists and short sleeves. Several girls were expelled accused of leader role in an incipient mutiny. Principal Samuel Wertz tried to force a quit but faced resistance from students claiming overreach.
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Oo Columbus
Ina
Navy
Aji
Samuel Wertz
Wife Seeker Pledges World Tour To Find Missing Wife
Frederick Lengerke of Cleveland travels to New York to search for his wife who vanished October 6. He believes foul play and mental illness may explain her disappearance. She left Columbus with $2600, doctors had advised rest, and he fears she is in danger.
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New York
Frederick Lengerke
Cleveland
Lengerke
Columbus
Ruin of Many Girls Laid to Cigarettes
Chicago nov 22 Miss Lucy Page Gaston head of the Chicago Anti Cigaret league warns that cigarette use is the first step on the downward path for a young woman at a North Shore Congregational church address. She argues tobacco dulls moral sense and urges leaders to act against tobacco use.
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Chicago
Lucy Page Gaston
Chicago Anti-Cigaret League
North Shore Congregational Church
Bryan Knapp Paper Aids Government Ownership Drive
Washington dispatch reports William Jennings Bryan plans to use a government ownership appeal as a major issue in his campaign. He has obtained Martin A. Knapp's paper on the topic, a copy of which Bryan intends to publish in an edition of about 100000 copies to bolster his stance.
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Washington, D. C
William Jennings Bryan
Martin A. Knapp
Interstata Commerce Commission
Washington Economy Association
Bryan
Paris Bans American Pork in Inspection Reform
Paris authorities issue a preliminary decree barring American ham bacon canned pork and similar products as part of eliminating microscopic examinations from meat order regulations.
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Paris
Girl City Engages on Gotham Payroll
New York dispatch reports Miss Nora Stanton Blatch, granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, appointed to the city civil engineering staff in charge of the Catskill water system. She aims to take a man’s part in the work and advance her career through the public project.
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New York
Nora Stanton Blateh
Elizabeth Cady Staunton
Catskill
Thanksgiving amusements for a large family gathering
A host prepares quiet activities for younger guests after a big meal. Kids craft red and white decorations, then play a papier mache turkey game and a cranberry hunt with prizes. Older youths stage a living picture program based on Longfellow poems with Puritan costumes, plus simple, traditional refreshments.
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New England
Longfellow
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Miles Standish
Evangeline
Priscilla Alden
Plymouth
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Standish
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