Thaw Jury Shuffle Adds Temporary Jurors As Defense Probes Experts
In New York on January 8, Harry K Thaw's defense subpoenaed prosecution expert witnesses from the first trial to block their testimony. Judges then padlocked the panel, adding 200 more prospective jurors as two temporary jurors were seated. The court sought to ensure an impartial panel amid ongoing insanity defenses.
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New York
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Thaw
White
Matleawan
Marry K
John H. Holbert
The
Spring Water Company
John Entwistle
Receivership Sought for Great Western Railway
London notes report a meeting of Great Western note holders who vote to appoint a receiver to preserve status quo while arranging a first mortgage bond to cover indebtedness. U S officials in St Paul discuss potential receiver for Chicago and Great Western railroad amid rumors and official denials.
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London
Great Western Railway Company
St. Paul, Minn
Frank Kellogg
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
Sanborn
United States Circuit Court
Renew Land Fraud Cases Across Federal Court
Denver officials opened about six suits in federal court naming more than thirty defendants. The actions seek recovery of thousands of acres of timber stone and coal land valued in the millions. Defendants include those tied to indictments recently quashed by Judge R L Lewis.
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Denver
Colo
R. L. Lewis
Kimberly Montana Mining stockholders oppose Montana Consolidated
Thirty seven Kimberly Montana Mining stockholders with 450000 shares filed an answer in federal court to Montana Consolidated Mining's petition seeking bankruptcy. They claim the proceedings aim to fraudulently use the court to cheat stockholders and deny their rights. They state Kimberly has assets about one million dollars and liabilities not more than one third of that amount.
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Helena
Mont
Kimberly Montana Mining Company
Montana Consolidated Mining Company
Kimberly Company
Guardsmen Sought for Second Lieutenant Elections
The War Department asks state governors to nominate one National Guard member from each state or territory to enter a competitive exam for a regular army second lieutenant appointment. The push comes as recruitment shortfalls affect the army while Marines and Navy attract more personnel.
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Washington, D. C
Oliver
War Department
National Guard
Marine Corps
Navy
Army
Fowler
Aldrich
House Banking and Currency Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
House
Senate
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Culberson
Comptroller of Currency
Heinze Pleads Not Guilty On Check Over-Certification
F Augustus Heinze arraigned in New York before Judge Chatfield and pleads not guilty to fifteen counts of over-certifying checks as Mercantile National Bank president. He reserves right to withdraw plea and enter demurrer before January 20. Bail of 50 000 stands. One cow per check alleged. sixteenth count alleges intent to misuse bank funds. Max penalty five to ten years per count or fines and imprisonment.
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New York
N. Y
F. Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Chatfield
Heinze
Otto Heinze Co
Whitney Death by Own Action in New York
Charles Whitney of H N Whitney and Sons fatally shot himself at his New York home. The motive and cause remain undetermined as investigators review the scene.
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New York, N. Y
Jan
Charles Whitney
Stock Exchange
H. N. Whitney and Sons
Schedule Set for Baseball Season Opens April Fourteenth
Cincinnati reports the schedule committee set April 14 as opening day and October 7 as closing day for the season. Each league will play 154 championship games. After the regular season ends, the world championship games begin.
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Cincinnati
Unknown schooner stranded near Diamond Shoals
A message from Capt Hatteras reports a schooner stranded and lost on the Diamond Shoals off North Carolina. Seven crew members were aboard. five perished and two were saved. The incident occurred yesterday and the vessel was unknown.
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Norfolk
Hatteras
North Carolina
Diamond Shoals
Robbers Blow Safe In Quenemo Bank Heist
Robbers blasted the State Bank at Quenemo Kansas with dynamite early today and escaped with about 25,000 in cash and securities. Police search the area for the suspects as the town reels from the bold theft.
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Ottawa
Kan
Quenemo
Program for Big Events Completed
Entertainment program for officers of the American battle ship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans is nearly done. The fleet is due in Rio Janeiro January 11 and will stay for ten days.
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Genera
Rio de Janeiro
Admiral Evans
Rio
Dom Pedro II
Associated Press
Rio Janeiro
Jan
Evans
Gotham Rent War Hardens as Evictions Face Backlash
Threats to burn buildings flooded the East Side as rent strikers pressured landlords after refusals to lower rents. A Madison Street fire and heavy dispossession filings slowed eviction cases, with courts postponing actions until Thursday while strikers keep stoves hot to delay removals.
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New York
East Side
Madison Street
Weather Outlook Iowa Illinois Fair to Warm Up
The forecast calls for fair skies in Iowa tonight and Thursday with temperatures rising Thursday. Illinois expects generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with a cooler night followed by a warming trend Thursday.
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Iowa
Illiinois
Governor Wilson Call Aims to Curb Tobacco War
Frankfort Ky Jan 8 The first message of Governor A E Wilson to the general assembly was read. It pledges reforms and devotes much of its length to the lawlessness blamed on the tobacco war. He urges a uniform local option law with counties as units and changes in registration and election laws.
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Frankfort
A. E. Wilson
General Assembly
Mrs Clara Roedelheim weds Rep William Sulzer in New York
Philadelphia announces the marriage of Clara Roedelheim, daughter of Mrs R Roedelheim, to Congressman William Sulzer of New York. The ceremony occurred yesterday in New York City with the couple listed as married.
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Philadelphia
R. Roedelheim
Clara
William Sulzer
New York
Possibilities in Inland Waterways Great Says Reid
La Crosse Wis Jan 8 Judge R S Reid waterways commissioner of Wisconsin returned after four months in Germany Austria France and England studying European methods of river improvement He says the Mississippi River from tidewater to St Paul could carry ten times the traffic of all navigable rivers he visited and with German chain transportation could use only a third or a quarter as much power He notes the Mississippi is suitable for such a system if tested in this country
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Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Germany
No Show For War With Japan Foreseeable
Paris dispatch quotes an authorized Japanese source claiming Japan focuses on Asia and a war with America is impossible. The piece notes Nippon is occupied and references a predicted Philippines Japanese trade alliance as likely.
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Paris
The
Echo de Paris
Japan
Asia
America
U S Japan Talks Take New Commercial Union Shape
Washington reports an imminent plan to form a commercial union between Japan and the Philippines while maintaining the U S political bond with the islands. Japan would gain access to Philippine ports, and the Philippines would receive freer entry of Japanese goods, ending domestic trade fears.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Philippines
Philippine
Speaker Cannon Boosts Reciprocity Plan as Philippines Talks Open
The article notes Speaker Cannon reshapes the Ways and Means Committee to block the Philippine reciprocity bill with Fordney Bonynge Calderhead and Daines plus Longworth, while US Japan talks push a commercial transfer proposal. It suggests Taft may consent to cede island commerce to Japan, easing tense questions of sovereignty and labor movement, with peaceable outcomes preferred by many.
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Cannon
House
Fordney
Michigan
Bonynge
Colorado
Calderhead
Kansas
Daines
West Virginia
Nick Longworth
Philippines
Japan
United States
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