Third Firm Falls by Hocking Bubble
The suspension of Rouberts Hall Criss, Cincinnati broker Roberts Hall Criss marked the latest casualty in the Hocking Coal & Iron manipulation story begun last November. Wall Street debated reform as the Stock Exchange announced an investigation, amid calls to prune two dollar brokers and specialists from governing bodies.
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Cincinnati Mouse
New York
R. H. Thomas
The
Stock Exchange
Thomas
Wall Street
Rock Island
Hocking Coal & Iron
Exchange
Commission
Hughes
Iside
Hocking
Hugh F. Criss
Roberts, Hall & Criss
Pool
Criss
Steamer Weeks Offers Porto Rico Cruise Deal
Advertisement notes an attractive rate for a Porto Rico cruise by Weeks' line with a package including all tours. Promotes outside rooms and references a booklet available at 390 Broadway and 12 Porte Street.
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To and Joan A Rico
Feb. Y
Porte 8
Broadway
Drugged death case in East Orange mystery deepens
The Essex County case strengthens the theory that Ocey W. M. Snead was drugged before being placed in a bathtub where her body was found on November 20. Dr. William H. Hicks reports morphine in the stomach, with the drug possibly given or taken on multiple occasions. Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott delays comment.
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East Orange
N. J
William H. Hicks
Newark
Wilbur A. Mott
Essex County
Hicks
Mott
Caroline B. Martin
Virginia Wardlaw
Mary W. Snead
Will H. Kinsley
Edison battery car proves trolley system doomed say critics
Edison tests a 26 foot battery powered street car on Public Service tracks in West Orange New Jersey reaching twenty miles per hour. The car uses two 7½ horsepower motors at 110 volts and can travel about 150 miles per charge weighing five tons. Edison plans further trials and a Philadelphia run remains unlikely due to track gauge differences. He estimates operating cost at one cent per mile and hints at a superior patent heater.
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Thomas A. Edison
Public Service Company
West Orange
N. J
Edison
Benjamin Beach
Ralph H. Beach
Philadelphia
Trenton
Firemen Overcome Battling Bronx Store Blaze
Four firefighters from Engine 41 were overcome by smoke at a ground floor fire caused by defective insulation at Abrams & Handel on 2901 Third Avenue Bronx. Captain Behler and three men were dragged to safety. Bergen was hospitalized. Fire damage about 1000 dollars. Four more firefighters from Engine 40 were overcome in a separate Bronx cellar fire at 2560 Third Avenue involving fireworks materials.
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Third Avenue
Bronx
Lebanon Hospital
Abrams & Handel
Union Republican Club
Capt. Behler
Thomas Bergen
John Reilly
Charles Schreiber
Bergen
Ahearn
James Craven
Frank Helen Frank Lynch
William McTeague
Government suit to dissolve Union Pacific merger moves forward
Washington January 20 officials of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines meet with Taft and Attorney General as the government presses to end the merger. President Lovett of the Harriman lines attended. Government counsel Kellogg argues for a court battle, seeking finality after lower court victories in tobacco and oil cases.
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New York Times
Washington
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Mr. Taft
Frank B. Kellogg
Lovett
Harriman Lines
Tobacco Trust
Standard Ofl
Travel ad notes rail service to resorts via Southern?
An abbreviated railroad notice describes daily service to resorts along the Southern line via Ly. N. Y. with draineo and stateroom sleeping car options from the New York Office at 1200 Broadway.
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Aiken & Augusta Spe
Resorts South
Southern Lway
N. Y
Draineo
Broadway
Meat boycott grows as unions join across Kansas City
Kansas City unions expand the meat boycott with Bricklayers No 1 pledging thirty days. Railway Carmen President Martin F Ryan says 1200 members plus families total over 4000 will join. Carpenters Union adds 1200 in district while packers cite supply demand. Retailers blame farmers for rising prices as tension over meat costs rises.
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New York Times
Kansas City
Bricklayers’ Union No. 1
Cleveland
Martin F. Ryan
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Ryan
Carpenters’ Union
Armour Packing Company
Cleveland Meat Boycott Spurs 25 000 Signers Across City
Cleveland and Toledo labor groups report a growing meat boycott, with 25 000 in Cleveland and 10 000 more Lake Shore Erie workers pledging to abstain for 30 days. Eggs drop as commerce shifts, grocers warn small dealers, while unions split over impact on wages and living standards.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Shore & Erie
Cleveland Provision Company
United Trades and Labor Council
Toledo
Toledo Central Labor Union
St Louis Meats Strike Spreads Among City Workers
Special to The New York Times reports a meat strike spreading in St. Louis as office workers and salaried staff pledge abstinence to pressure lower prices. Union leaders urge formal action while clubs form among business employees to boycott meat for 30 days.
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New York Times
Central Trades Labor Union
James Conroy
Eugene Larber
Fred
Detrich
Water Department
Consumers’ Trust
United States
Sub-Treasury
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Times Sunday Features Emphasis Urges Advance Orders
Readers are urged to place orders with news dealers today to ensure access to the many notable features planned for next Sunday's Times.
Dressed as a Man to Earn Living in City Scandal
A young woman calling herself Marion Hamilton-Grey was arrested after detectives exposed her masquerade as a man to claim an heir's status to the Hamilton Grey dukedom. Born in the Punjab, she had used male attire for years to work in hotels and claim funds from benefactors, with letters and a land purchase on record.
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BR. D. Langley
St. George’s Society
Marion Hamilton- Grey
Col. Hamilton- Grey
India
St. George's Society
West Twenty-fourth Street
McKenna
Cassassa
Twenty-fourth Street
Eighth Avenue
Mice
Tofus 451
Namilton-Grey
Col
Hamiiton-Gray
Ferozepore
Punjab
Kernochan
Watertown
N. Y
Ogdensburg
Cook
Thousand Islands
Newark
California Fruit Company
Three Found Killed in East Side Flat
A brutal mass murder at 10-12 Jefferson Street left Salvatore Scalpone, his wife, and an elderly woman dead. Police, led by Capt. Schlottmann and Capt. Carey, secured the scene after an infantile dog and locked doors delayed entry. Investigators found letters from Scalpone to his wife but no clear suspect. Neighbors and relatives sheltered as detectives questioned witnesses and sought clues among postal cards and family histories.
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Jefferson Street
Madison Street
Salvatore Scalpones
East Broadway
Mrs. Kupfermann
Affronti
Scalpones
Goss
Dugan
Pete
Scalpone
Conchetta Martini
Schlottmann
Arthur Carey
Homicide Bureau
Carey
Salvatore
Michael Fosco
East Forty-fifth Street
Fosco
Felice
Theaughter
Newark donor endows pheasant expedition fund
Col Anthony R Kuser of Newark New Jersey announced he provided sixty thousand dollars to the New York Zoological Society to finance an around the world expedition studying pheasant varieties in native habitats. The project is led by C William Beebe Curator of Birds.
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Anthony R. Kuser
Newark
N. J
New York Zoological Society
Society
C. William Beebe
Boston University Chief William Huntington to Step Down
Boston University President Dr William Huntington announces resignation in June after 28 years of service. He has served 21 years as dean and 7 years as president and cites needed rest and change to Trustees.
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Boston University
New York Times
Boston
William Huntington
California book offered by EWAY on Milwaukee Paul Railway
An unusually handsome book on California has just been issued by the EWAY. It may be sent to any address for three cents with payment to Geo. Gol Hastern, agent, 381 Broadway, New York.
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California
EWAY
Milwaukee Paul Railway
Broadway
New York
Beaboard Air Line Route Attracts Officials
Local officials promote Beaboard Air Line as a shorter, more efficient route offering potential benefits to commerce and travel. Traffic studies and proposals are under review to evaluate feasibility and costs.
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Quaker Beaboard Air Line
Snoritts Rateecaane
Hookworm Case Reported in New England
Miss Louisa Johnson a 40 year old Swedish woman is undergoing treatment at Mercy Hospital Springfield Mass for a full blown hookworm infection. Doctors had struggled to diagnose her illness though she had no southern residence revealing hookworm may occur in New England where cases have been overlooked as anemia or intestinal trouble.
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New York Times
Springfield
Mass
Miss Louisa Johnson
Mercy Hospital
Miss Johnson
South
New England
Hamilton Afire Again In Norfolk Cargo Fire Strikes Ship
Old Dominion steamer Hamilton arrived from New York with cargo fire burning. Fire department battled flames to 9 pm, losses totaled 20000 dollars. Previous trips witnessed similar fires, including Hamilton and Princess Anne, fueling suspicion of coincidence rather than foul play.
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Norfolk
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Hamilton
Ste York
City Fire Department
New York
Old Dominion
Mrs Morse Visits Atlanta Prisoner In Quiet Visit
Mrs C W Morse arrived in Atlanta under an assumed name and has been visiting her husband at the Federal penitentiary daily. She plans to resume efforts for his release next week with Martin Littleton of New York and ex Governor Hoke Smith likely joining in habeas corpus proceedings. Morse is cheered by his wife’s visits and has not been put to work.
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New York Times
Atlanta
C. W. Morse
Piedmont Hotel
Federal Penitentiary
New Theories of Sleep from University of Michigan
Detroit January 20 Prof R M Wenley outlines new sleep research overturning the loss of consciousness theory. Experiments show brain and limb volumes rise during sleep and fall upon waking, with brain also recording a breathing wave and circulation changes matching inspiration and expiration.
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New York Times
Detroit
Mich
University of Michigan
R. M. Wenley
Seek Heir to a Fortune in Newport
Wilson Shannon Sherman, once part of Newport's Summer colony, vanished years ago. A Washington attorney reports a large sum awaits him if he can be located, noting he is the sole heir of Gen West Sherman who died long ago. Police seek news of his whereabouts, believed to have gone South.
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Newport, R. I
Wilson Shannon Sherman
Newport
Crowley
Washington
Sherman
West Sherman
Inquiry into Vaughn death seeks body exhumation in Missouri
A Grand Jury in Kirksville Missouri asks Judge Shelton for an order to exhume Prof John Thomas Vaughn who died Oct 14 from convulsions with suspected strychnine poisoning. The body is buried at Monroe College. Vaughn left an estate and life insurance, survived by a widow linked to Monroe County wealth.
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New York Times
Kirksville
John Thomas Vaughn
Shelton
Monroe College
Vaughn
Monroe County
David Proctor
Columbia University
New York
James M. Proctor
Monroe City Bank
Prof. Vaughn
Erie will cut freight rates to Atlantic coast
The Erie Railroad said it will file a new tariff April 1 reducing close rates on freight between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard by an average of six cents per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Erie Railroad
Atlantic Seaboard
Leave Wanett Ferry-M Onto Coast Line Schedule
Passenger notices show train times 1:26 8:26 and 9:26 P M for the Penns an Tantle line from 1218 Broadway. Cuba South area mentions a local transfer or service update with limited readable details.
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Namat
Cuba
Wanett Ferry
Postal Bank Law This Year Sparks Capitol Debate
Washington dispatch reports a bombshell prospect for a postal savings bank and broad constitutional changes. President Taft seeks rapid action on commerce conservation and postal banks while Aldrich hints shape insurgent push to force his program through.
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Congress
Aldrich
Taft
Tote
National Monetary Commission
Postal Savings Bank
Belives
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