Rogers Refuses Public Answer in Standard Oil Probe
Henry H. Rogers of Standard Oil declines to reveal stockholding in the Indiana firm as Missouri seeks to bar several oil outfits from Missouri business. Attorney General Hadley pushes for testimony while Rogers cites asthma and health concerns.
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New York
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Rogers
Standard Oil
Hadley
Supreme Court
Gov. Folk
Missouri
Herbert S. Hadley
Frederick K. Sanborn
Henry Wollman
Mr. Hadley
Commissioner Sanborn
William G. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rogers
Ida M. Butts
Marietta
Ohio
Sanborn
Waters Pierce Oil Company
Republic Oil Company
Cincinnati Enforces New 20 Year Saloon and Gambling Clampdown
Cincinnati mayor orders immediate closure of all downtown saloons at midnight and a ban on gambling with last drinks ten minutes before midnight. Police chief Milliken will enforce the absolute order, with bartenders gone by midnight and doors locked. Sunday closing not ordered but expected from Governor Pattison.
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Cincinnati
Dempsey
Milliken
Pattison
Not Guilty Verdict For Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr
Annapolis Maryland January 6 T Itis office officially announced Stephen Decatur Jr of Portsmouth New Hampshire was found not guilty on hazing charges. He was released from arrest and returned to duty.
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Stephen Decatur, Jr
Annapolis
Itis
Stephen Decature, Jr
Portsmouth
N. H
Cannon to back moderate public building bill for Iowa towns
In a Washington dispatch Speaker Cannon will not oppose a moderate public building measure this session. He expects passage and says Muscatine Webster City and Mason City are likely to secure new building sites already purchased. Frank J. Stillman.
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Washington, D. C
Cannon
Muscatine
Webster City
Mason City
Naked arson attempt on New York tenement by woman with accomplice
A naked and insane woman, claimed as Helen Brauer, attempted to set fire to a five story Eldredge Street tenement with a torch at daybreak. She fled with a well dressed man but was captured. occupants did not know her.
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New York
N. Y
Eldredge Street
Helen Brauer
Supreme Court: divorce does not affect wife’s life insurance interest
The Minnesota Supreme Court holds that a wife's divorce does not surrender or diminish any life insurance policy interest tied to her husband. The ruling in Monroe Wallace v Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. confirms the policy remains her separate property and cannot be impaired by the husband, affirming a district court verdict.
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St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota’ Supreme Court
Monroe Wallace
Appellant
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Hennepin District Court
Hypnotist Attacked on Stage in Kenosha Opera House
Mrs. Her bert L. Flint a professional hypnotist was struck by a subject during a stage act in Kenosha Wisconsin last night. She was knocked unconscious and carried to her hotel for treatment though doctors said her injuries are not life threatening. The assault was witnessed by about 1500 people causing panic.
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Kenosha
Wis
Herbert L. Flint
Gift Toward Upper Iowa Endowment Reaches 25600
Fayette Iowa reports the first 25600 of a planned 100000 endowment for Upper Iowa University. Q C Babcock, president of the board of trustees, donated the amount. The semicentennial year includes June 1907 as the half century mark, with President Shanklin's inauguration set for April 29 and twenty college presidents expected.
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Fayette
Shanklin
Upper Iowa University
Q. C. Babcock
Shankish
Rock Island Depot Taken by Sheriff in Davenport
Davenport Iowa January 6 special. The Rock Island depot at Davenport was attached today and taken in charge by the sheriff. The action stems from a case in which brakeman Mumford who lost his leg while working for the road won seven thousand dollars in lower court. The supreme court affirmed the decision but a retrial motion was not timely argued. Proceedings began after that. The sheriff levied on the building this morning.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Mumford
Supreme Court
Boy 14 in Dallas Stabbing Murder
Ollie Claywell, 14, is jailed on a murder charge after stabbing Carl Owens, 13, in Dallas. The two were employees at the Texas Pacific general offices. A prank placard reading Kick me led to a street confrontation when the boys met again after a prior separation.
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Dallas
Texas
Ollie Claywel
Carl Owens
Texas Pacific General Offices
Young Claywell
Owens
Report on Russian Jewish Relief Fund Distribution
The international committee in London sent New York a report on the Russia relief commission. From November 22 to December 10 the emissaries approved $2,292,652 for distribution in Odessa Moscow Kremenchug Elizabethgrad Rostov on Don Romny Kiev Poltava and Ekaterinoslav.
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New York
N. Y
Russia
International Committee
London
United States
Europe
Odessa
Moscow
Krementschug
Elizabethgrad
Rostov
Don
Romny
Kieff, Home
Poltava
Ekaterinoslav
Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Separate High Schools
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled the recent law for separate high schools in Kansas City valid. The decision enables the legislature to extend racial segregation across the state’s schools, permitting separate education for whites and negroes.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
State Supreme Court
Kansas City
Paper Trust Cases Begin in U S Supreme Court
The Supreme Court opened argument in the paper trust witness cases about compelling witnesses in antitrust proceedings. The disputes are similar to tobacco trust cases, with attorney Flanders of Milwaukee arguing for the paper companies.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Attoney Flanders
Milwaukee
Catholic population rises to twelve million
Advance sheets of the official Catholic directory show the United States Catholic population at 12,651,944, up 189,151 from the prior year.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Trainmen killed in Brandtsville wreck on Reading line
Two trainmen were killed, one fatally injured and another seriously hurt in a freight wreck at Brandtsville on the Philadelphia and Reading line today.
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Philadelphia & Reading Road
Harrisburg
Brandtsville
Philadelphia & Reading
Trial hears rebuttal evidence in McKinney cruelty case
In Aledo Minnesota on January 6 the State versus Archibald and Mrs Archibald McKinney for cruel treatment of Stella Grady proceeds with rebuttal witnesses. About a dozen doctors testified they knew Mrs McKinney and observed no insanity signs. Neighbors later testified they saw no mental illness either as rebuttal evidence continued.
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Aledo
Mnss
Archibald McKinney
Stella Grady
Young Wife Killed in Chicago Home Murder
Mrs. A. W. Gentry, 26, wife of the Universal Trading and Supply Co. president, was murdered today in Chicago. Police sayF J Constantine, a boarder in the Gentry home, is the suspect. he fled the scene without hat or coat and is being sought. The woman died before she could speak.
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Chicago
A. W. Gentry
Universal Trading and Supply Co
F. J. Constantine
Gentry
Constantine
Doughertys Will Remain In Peoria Law Firm Opened
Horace R. Dougherty and Ralph H. Dougherty, sons of N C Dougherty the convicted embezzler, have opened a law office in Peoria Illinois. They state the family will stay in Peoria contrary to plans to leave the city.
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Peoria
Ill
Horace R. Dougherty
Ralph H. Dougherty
Denver
N. C. Dougherty
Factories Closed Across Russia Amid Holidays and Unrest
In St Petersburg on January 6 factories, mills and industrial plants shut for holidays with plans not to reopen until after January 22 Red Sunday. Martial law covers seventeen districts along the 1800 mile Siberian railway from the Urals to Lake Baikal. Novorossiysk Caucasia fell to revolutionists as authorities fled. Train service from Moscow was restored.
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St. Petersburg
Siberian
Ural Mountains
Lake Baikal
Nicholas
Odessa
Novorossiysk Caucasia
Moscow
Explosion at Dolese & Shepard plant kills four
A dynamite blast at the Dolese & Shepard stone crushing plant near Gary Indiana fatally injures four workers and injures twelve others. Two stone crushers, a barn and a tool house are destroyed by the concussion. The loss is estimated at 25000 dollars. The firm employs about 175 men, many of them Italians and Hungarians.
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Chicago
Dolese & Shepard
Gary
Midshipman Marzoni Faces Court Martial Over Hazing
Trial in Annapolis resumes as Midshipman P D Marzoni stands accused of hazing fourth class men Chester S Roberts of Joliet Illinois and Benjamin W Tye of Atlanta Georgia. He allegedly compelled them to carry his meals to his room and perform physical exercises.
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Annapolis
P. D. Marzoni
Chester S. Roberts
Joliet
Benjamin W. Tye
Atlanta
Marzoni
Kentucky Fight Ends in Double Killing Near Sand Springs
In Mount Vernon Kentucky on January 6 a feud between the Norton and Arnold families flared after a lawsuit. Jim Arnold and his son were killed, and Mrs. Arnold was shot in both arms during a general fight near Sand Springs.
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Mount Vernon
Nortons
Arnolds
Sand Springs
Here
Jim Arnold
Two Men Sentenced In Bank Wreck Conspiracy
Denver reporters say Leonard B. Imboden and James A. Hill were convicted of conspiring to wreck the Denver Savings bank and sentenced today to nine to ten years in state prison at hard labor.
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Denver
Col
Leonard B. Imboden
James A. Hill
Denver Savings Bank
Weather for Iowa Forecasted Fair and Cooler
Indications for Iowa show fair weather tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions in the central area. Moon sets at 3:25 a.m. with sun rising at 7:20 and setting at 4:33.
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Chicago
Iowa
Fire destroys three story Walnut street block in Kansas City
A huge blaze at 918 920 922 Walnut Street in Kansas City destroyed a three story brick building housing the Columbus Buggy Company Bank of Commerce and other tenants. The Bank of Commerce building sustained major damage and investigators noted a stock of inflammable materials across tenants. Total losses estimated over half a million with two thirds insured. key losses include the National Bank of Commerce 190 600 Woods building 918 922 Walnut and W W Kimball Piano Co. 35000.
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Kansas City
Walnut Street
Bank of Commerce
W. S. Woods
Columbus Buggy Company
Kimball Piano Company
National Bank of Commerce
Woods
Walnut St
Columbus Buggy Co
W. W. Kimball Piano Co
Hettinger Bros
Surgical Instruments
Ridge
Train Derailment Near Hoosick Falls Kills One
Five passengers and two trainmen injured in the Montreal Express wreck at Walloomsac on the Boston and Maine line. Authorities say the crash was caused by a deliberate act with an opened switch and twisted signal, derailing the engine and two cars.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Pfive
Montreal Express
Boston and Maine Railroad
Wallamoosac
Boston
Mass
Tuttle
Boston and Maine Road
Arsenic Purchase Ties Nurse to Murder Case
Des Moines report details druggist S L Mickle testifying in the Mrs Josiah Pratt murder trial at Rockwell City that Pratt bought an ounce of arsenic before her husband’s death. State alleges motive linked to a farm hand Will Pershing with witnesses saying Pratt and Pershing laughed and held hands during the dying man’s convulsions.
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Des Moines
S. L. Mickle
Josiah Pratt
Rockwell City
Dolliver Pushes Railroad Rate Bill In Senate
Senator J P Dolliver fights for a favorable report from the Senate committee on interstate commerce on his railroad rate bill. He and Tillman conferred long while Newlands bill moves next as the committee plans a broad review Friday. Nearly twenty rate bills await action.
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Tillman
Dolliver
Senate
Newlands
House Committee On
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Ex-President Morales Offers Resignation for Safe Exit
Washington reports Morales, former leader of San Domingo, offers to resign if allowed to depart safely. The de facto government appears likely to accept the offer. Morales destination remains unknown.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
San Domingo
Morales
Notre Dame Adds Japanese History and Literature Course
Notre Dame University established a course in the history and literature of Japan in South Bend Indiana. Francis Sugita, a University of Tokio graduate, accepts the chair as Notre Dame becomes one of the first American institutions to include the Japanese course in its curriculum.
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South Bend
Indiana
Notre Dame University
Francis Sugita
University of Tokio
Notre Dame
Fast Mail Ditch Destroys Train West of Reno
Westbound fast mail on the Southern Pacific derailed at Harney when rails spread. No fatalities occurred. two brakemen, a mail clerk, and conductor Noble were seriously injured.
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Reno
Nevada
Southern Pacific
Harney
Noble
Dismissal in Tremor Coffin Jr Court Martial
Washington January 6 A court martial record shows Midshipman Tremor Coffin Jr charged with hazing and the sentence is dismissal according to the Navy Department.
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Washington, D. C
Tremor Coffin, Jr
Navy Department
Jefferson Ice Co. President Found Dead in Office
Jacob C. Rust man, president of the Jefferson Ice Co. in Chicago, was found dead in his office on January 6, with an apparent suicide. Authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the death.
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Jefferson Ice Company
Chicago
Jacob C. Rustman
The
Jefferson Ice Co
White House Affair Ends With Woman’s Removal
Washington report details Mrs. Minor Morris being removed from the executive offices after a disturbance and charged with disorderly conduct. Secretary Barnes issued a statement saying the President could not intervene and the matter would likely drop.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Minor Morris
Morris
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Lese & Shepard
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Boston & Maine Road
J. P. Dolliver
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
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