Standard Oil found guilty in rebating case verdict
Federal jury in Judge K M Landis court convicts the Standard Oil Company on 1 463 counts in a six week rebating trial and imposes fines totaling 29 260 000 The verdict sets a precedent for related cases across Illinois Tennessee Louisiana Ohio and New York based on Elkins law and rate practices with the company found to have knowingly accepted a six cent rate from Chicago and Alton Railway for shipments from Whiting Indiana to St Louis Missouri
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New York Times
Chicago
K. M. Landis
Standard Oil Company
Brandayaon Company
Oil Trust
Illinois
Tennessee
Louisiana
Ohio
New York
Landis
Standard Oil
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Whiting
Ind
St. Louis
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Elkins
Pasane Rae Hands
Meee 9
Inter-State Commerce Mission
Chicago & Alton Railway Company
Sullivan
John 8. Miller
Sims
Wilkerson
Parkin
Mr. Wilkerson
Mr. Parkin
Cockrell Admits Relationship Near London
Ephraim Cockrell, former U S Senator, now says he will not name the woman with him and plans to live in London. A married woman who has lived apart from her husband for three years is identified as his companion, with members of the American colony here aware of the facts. A telegram from Cockrell’s wife questioned his whereabouts and alleged an affair.
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NEW York Times Co
London
Ephraim Cocken
United
Aw York Trays
America
Thaw
D Delmas
Som Net
Cpa
Ex Senator Ockrell Disputes Dispatch Allegations
In Washington April 18 Ex Senator Ockrell of Nasouri now head of the Inter State Commerce Commission denies dispatches from London about his son Ephraim and asserts he has done his best for him but the son declined advice He cites personal regret over a separation and says he has had no contact with Ephraim since last June Mrs Ephraim Ockrell arrived in Washington and is staying with her father in law
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Ockrell
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Ian
Cockll
Cockrell
Ublic
Phraim
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Europe
Ephraim
Iondon
Phraim Ockreill
Washington
Carnegie to the Kaiser at New York dedication
Carnegie finishes a Carnegie Institute dedication trip as Andrew Carnegie departs Pittsburg by train with minimal public notice. The ceremony included conferring Western University of Pennsylvania degrees and gifting replicas of the diplodocus to foreign institutions. A cabled reply from the German emperor thanks Carnegie for his offers and expresses appreciation.
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Carnegie
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Onittsburg
Regie
Cnnsylivania
Western University of Pennsylvania
Amuel Harden Church
Institute
Carnegie Ad
Germany
France
Eplicas
Carnegie Mueum
British Museum
von Loewenfeld
Appy
White Denies Plan to Block Dewey in Manila Controversy
Ex ambassador Andrew White rejects claims that he sought to counter Dewey’s Manila Bay actions and labels such reports as mythmaking. He asserts German authorities acted independently and that his conduct was approved by the State Department and the President. He notes German public hostility toward the United States during the Spanish-American era.
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Watkins
N. Y
New York
Herman Ridder
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Germany
Melville E. Stone
Manila
Washington
Manila Bay
Diederichs
Foreign Office
Berlin
Andrew D. White
Philippines
Ater
Ambassador White
White
West Indies
NEW York Times Today
Httle
Mr. White
Stone
Kaiser
von Bilow
Far East
Dewey
State Department
Lawton Memorial Plan Sparks Indiana Controversy
The dispute between Grand Army leaders in Indiana and the Lawton Monument Commission over Memorial Day ceremonies and the Gen Lawton statue was revived with a letter from Secretary Loeb. The President directs the two ceremonies be merged and notes plans for unveiling in Indianapolis with Oliver to speak at Jameson and at Michigan Agricultural College in Lansing.
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Secial
New York Times
Indianapolis
Oer Grand Army Organizaton
Lawton Moment Commission
Gen. Lawton
Loeb
Endianapolis
Clefis
Olivers
Oyster Bay
Jameson
Lawton
Ireland Meets Roosevelt at White House Visit
Arch bishop irish leader greets President Roosevelt after a vine meeting of Catholic University trustees. He says the call is for strength to shoulder great responsibilities and denies any political talk during the visit.
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St. Paul
Theatholic University
Prestramington
Ws Nt
Shipping News Update from Havre Lines
A fragmented maritime item notes steamship service changes and arrivals at Havre, mentioning a steamship in transit and potential tuition or freight movements. Details are incomplete but indicate ongoing shipping activity at Havre harbor.
Banker's Widow to Wed at Sixty-Six in Baltimore Romance
Laura Brown widow of Alexander D. Brown and Charles H. Kaufmann of Boston plan marriage in a few weeks at St. Joseph's Church Baltimore County. She says love at first sight sparked the union and that they may travel abroad before settling back in Ellwood or possibly leaving Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Laura Brown
Alexander D. Brown
Alexander Brown & Sons
Charles H. Kaufmann
Boston
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Baltimore County
Narragansett
Mr. Kaufmann
Ellwood
Thaw family feud blames mother over Rome saga
Blair Thaw, stepbrother of Harry K Thaw, denounces his mother for failing to confine Harry earlier. He says actions in Rome reflect prior attempts to have him placed in an asylum and argues the trial was a pathological case, not criminal. Mrs A Blair Thaw is praised by friends for supporting Harry's sister the Countess of Yarmouth and his brothers amidst scandal.
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Tom
NEW York Times Co
Rome
A. Blair Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Harry
Stanford White
Blair Thaw
England
America
Mr. Thaw
Countess of Yarmouth
Shonts Accepts Full Control of Interborough Operations
President Shonts has taken charge of all construction and operation work at the Interborough Metropolitan Company. He now serves as Chairman of executive committees across underlying companies, giving him direct power to direct bidding on new subways and major changes in operations.
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Shonts
P. Shonts
August Belmont
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Auto Struck by Train Near Savannah
A sight-seeing car carrying eight to ten tourists was struck by a Central of Georgia engine at Bay Street crossing near the Hermitage. Three injured include Mrs. Mary T. Rourke of Brooklyn whose left foot was crushed and may require amputation. Helen R. McManimy escaped unhurt. Chauffeur Lester Lukens and lecturer Charles Anderson, plus train crew, are under arrest.
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Savannah
Hermitage
Central of Georgia Railroad
Bay Street
Mary T. Rourke
Brooklyn
N. Y
Helen R. McManimy
Charles Anderson
Indictment Footing on Honduras Lottery Grows
Mobile Alabama April 13 The Federal Grand Jury indicted Dave Hennen Morris Alfred Hennen Morris Albert Baldwin Sr Frank T Howard E J Demarest and others in a scheme maintaining the old New Orleans Honduras lottery. Cambridge Massachusetts resident Frank X Fitzpatrick pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the anti lottery law.
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New York Times
Mobiled
Ala
Federal Grand Jury
North
New Orleans
Dave Hennen Morris
Alfred Hennen Morris
New York
Albert Baldwin, Sr
New Orleans National Bank
Honduras
Frank X. Fitzpatrick
Cambridge
Mass
Harry W. Henderson
W. C. Henderson
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. P. Johnson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Joseph Ia Shaw
Washington
E. L. Penace
L.S. Graham
Paul Conrad
New
Secret Service
Lottery Company
United States
Richard Jones
Armbrecht
Grand Jury
New Orleans Residents Indicted In Lottery Conspiracy Case
Federal Grand Jury at Mobile indicts Albert Baldwin Sr Chapman Hyams Frank T Howard Dave Hennen Morris Alfred Hennen Morris for conspiracy to violate anti lottery law. Baldwin and Hyams surrender bond posters and plead not guilty. Morris siblings linked to Morris Park racing and automobile leadership. Mrs Morris is Miss Alice Shepard Elliott Shepard's daughter.
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West Seventy-second Street
Morris
Alfred Hennen Morris
Morris Park
Automobile Club of America
Alice Shepard
Elliott F. Shepard
Actor Arrested On Stage In Grand Larceny Case
A man who gave the name Donald T. Heath, 23, of 149 Lawrence Street Brooklyn performed on stage at the American Theatre while detectives watched. After the show he was charged with grand larceny for stealing 374 dollars from the Municipal Court Chicago. Bail set at 2500 and he was released by Magistrate Whitman.
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Donald T. Heath
Lawrence Street
Brooklyn
American Theatre
West Thirty-seventh Street
Municipal Court
Chicago
Whitman
Brownsville Gift for Roosevelt Cane of Gold and Stone
Galveston Texas citizens present President Roosevelt with a large silver mounted cane set with forty five stones and carved with nearly four hundred figures as thanks for dismissing the Black troops accused in the Brownsville midnight attack. The cane weighs four and three quarters pounds and uses Mexican coffee wood from a Houston family heirloom dating to Sam Houston era.
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New York Times
Galveston
Tex
Brownsville
Texas
Roosevelt
Houston
Sam Houston
Texas Republic
Fairbanks Initiated Into Mystic Shrine Rites
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks joined a large class admitted to the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine last night in Indianapolis. The initiation occurred April 13 as part of the fraternal order activities.
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Indianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
George M Cohan to Marry on Fourth of July
Baltimore dispatch reports actor George M Cohan after closing an engagement says he will marry again. He just divorced Ethel Levey who plans to wed Robert Edeson. The bride to be is Agnes Nolan of Brookline Massachusetts a charming young woman and the couple plan a July Fourth wedding to coincide with his birthday.
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Baltimore
George M. Cohan
Ethel Levey
Robert Edeson
Cohan
Agnes Nolan
Brookline
Mass
650 Workers Locked Out at Dover Stove Plant
Dover, N J April 18. Richardson & Boynton Stove Works shut today after a week of strikes. About 650 employees were paid off. The firm boarded up entrances to the plant to show resolve. Workers asked 2 for a nine hour day and fired an Italian foreman along with ventilating and heating improvements.
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Dover
N. J
Richardson & Boynton Stove Works
Auto in East Fifty Second Street Wrecks Property
An electric automobile bucked along West Fifty second Street near Fifth Avenue scattering people at 29 West Fifty second Street and damaging railing a stone post and several windows. The car backed into Fifth Avenue then northward as police and detectives sought the owner and chauffeur.
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Fifth Avenue
Thomas J. Keveney
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Fifty Second Street
Keveney
East Fifty-first Street
Turks Consider War With Bulgaria, Says Diplomatique
Paris dispatch reports the Turkish sultan’s illness worsens and advisers seek an outward diversion through war with Bulgaria. They fear Bulgarian mobilization would spark a broader Asia Minor rebellion, prompting calls for Turkish reserves to the frontier.
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Memorial Diplomatique
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Asia Minor
Bulgaria
Woman Beaten Robbed of 2200 Dollars in Brewster
Mrs Louis Leischa wife of an Italian laborer was attacked by two Italians at her home in Brewster and beaten into unconsciousness. The assailants Mayta Malcove and Nicolas Petrone were captured at Carmel New York five miles away. Most of the money was recovered.
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Brewsters
Louis Leischa
Carmel
N. Y
Mayta Malcove
Nicolas Petrone
Post Office Safe Cracked at Rosedale on L I
Burglary at the Rosedale Long Island post office yesterday cracked the safe with an ordinary hammer. The thief failed to seize the receipts, which were found in an old stocking in the postmaster’s closet. Postmaster Joseph Roeckel warned against trusting safes and noted the location near the family grocery store on Merrick Road.
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Rosedale
L. I
Joseph Roeckel
Merrick Road
Baltimore Converted to Mine Layer Cruiser Role
The Bureau of Navigation announces the cruiser Baltimore from Dewey’s Manila Bay fleet will be converted into a mine laying ship. This shift aims to enhance coastal defense and naval mine operations.
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Washington
Bureau of Navigation
Baltimore
Dewey
Manila Bay
Thaw Counsel Changes Stirring Questions in Murder Case
The article reports on rising questions over Thaw's legal team as Datel O'Reilly is seen as a key court figure while Delmas and Hartridge negotiate future roles. It notes Thaw's bail prospects, insistent denial of retirement for Delmas, and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's support at the Lorraine amid a tense trial atmosphere.
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Harry K. Thaw
Offford White
Datel O'Reilly
Thaw
Peabody
Hartridge
Delmas
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Wartridge
Madison Square Garden
Thalia Theatre
Zelle Champagne
Stafford White
Berkeley Lyceum
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