Oregon Ranching and Timber Company land fraud scheme exposed
Investigators detail a scheme led by Henry E Cooke involving 38 men recruited from Elmira Corning Scranton and New York City to invest $100 for contracts to acquire 160 acres of timber land in Oregon. Contracts promised a $2,000 return minus a $400 loan with stock in the Oregon Ranching and Timber Company and a hidden lender scheme. Federal officials indict Cooke and proceed with grand jury testimony and arrests as the investigation uncovers ties to the Standard Protective Society and related promoters.
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Miller
Scranton
Cooke
Miller's
Peter Fair
Elmira
Corning
Penn
New York City
Henry E. Cooke
Oregon
Baker City
Ore
Oregon Ranching and Timber Company
Clarke Brothers’ Bank
Nassau Street
Lable
United States
Stimson
Moore
West
Joseph Lauer
Hoboken
Lauer
Department of the Interior
Federal Building
Andrew Krug
Krug
Timms
E. B. Gatlin
Standard Protective Society
Porland, Ore
C. C. Wall
Department of Justice
United States District Attorney’s Office
St. Paul
George B. Sidener
Broadway
White Light
Sidener
Bankers’ Protective Society
Standard
Pennsylvania
Lillian
Ida
Julia Mayer
Jamaica
L. I
Mayer
Annette Ehrgood
Ehrgood
Henry Cocke
St. Paul Building
New York
Oregon Ranchings & Timber Co
CINC
N. Y
Vacation scheme promises big Pacific profits
Advertisement offers a vacation and Pacific Coast trip for $150 with a $1,500 profit, inviting readers to call or write, Room M on the 4th floor at 220 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Oregon Ranching & Timber Co swindled investors exposed
A staged investment circular by Oregon Ranching & Timber Co offered guaranteed profits and land deeds in Oregon timber land. The scheme led to Cooke’s arrest as victims, about thirty eight named, face federal action. extradition proceedings loom for Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
Baker City
United States District
Stimson
Leake Opposes Bryan and Urges Taft Support
Congressman Eugene W. Leake of Jersey City, a young Democrat, repudiates Bryan and backs Taft. He warns that Bryanism now tests democracy, as the party drifts toward radical platforms and class appeals. He argues Bryan would threaten prosperity, industry, and individualism, branding Bryan as a political curiosity.
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Eugene W. Leake
Jersey City
New Jersey
Bryan
Taft
Times
Democratic Party
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Spey
Pacific Coast
William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
America
Taft to press personal publicity plank in Cincinnati speech
Taft plans a sharp reply to Democratic charges on campaign finance by presenting his own publicity plank. He aims to publish all National campaign accounts and will base his defense on adopting New York publicity law for campaign finances. Virginia political figures plan a large Taft visit to Hot Springs ahead of August events.
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New York Times
Hot Springs
Taft
Cincinnati
New York
Mr. Taft
United States
Brown Allen
Staunton
Allen
Virginia
Canton
Wyndham R. Meredith
Virginia Bar Association
S. V. Matthews
Republican State Committee of
West Virginia
Homestead Inn
Matthews
Bryan
Roosevelt
Merrill Moore
Indianapolis
Moore
George Ingalls
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
Vorys
To-Morrow
National Committee
Denver
Taggart
Lincoln
White House
Josephus Daniels
Chile
Kern
Rock Island
Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Urey Woodson
Kansas
W. F. Scott
Illinois
George E. Taylor
Iowa
Negro Anti-Test League of
Union
Indiana
Baltimore Labor Leaders Rebuff Gompers Bid in 1900 Campaign
Report from Baltimore on July 14 describes signs of revolt among local union leaders against a suggested AFL manifesto backing Bryan and Kern. Notably, William J. Bryan, a Republican and officer of the International Association of Steam and Hot Water Fitters, is among early critics of taking sides in the presidential contest.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
Kern
William J. Bryan
International Association of Steam and Hot Water Fitters
Major Ray Clarifies Public Statement In New York Visit
Major Beecher B. Ray Paymaster US Army arrived in New York. He denied rumors of his mysterious whereabouts and disavowed any official tie to the Chicago Industrial Bureau. He said he issued a personal statement to commend S. M. Fitch and rejected Taft injunction quotes.
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Beecher B. Ray
United States Army
New York
Chicago
Taft
Republican Tetional Committee
Industrial Bureau of Chicago
Industrial Bureau
Major Ray
S. M. Fitch
Ray
Democrats Propose Public Campaign Contributions Rules
A Lincoln gathering debates campaign finance reform with calls to publish all contributions before the election. A proposed minimum of $100 and maximum $10,000 aims to curb corporate funds and protect donor anonymity. October 15 is the publication deadline with post deadline giving donors three days to disclose.
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Bryan
Lightning disrupts New York trains and damages city
A severe storm crippled transit as water rose above Third Avenue and sixth avenue dip shutting tunnels. Trains halted at Hoboken boundary. passengers walked blocks to Christopher Street. Lightning struck rails near Sixth Avenue, caused panic on uptown trains, and damaged buildings across Manhattan and East New York parks with injuries andh hail.
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Sixth
Ninth
Fourteenth Streets
E. M. Hedley
Hoboken
Sixth Avenue
Christopher Street
Mr. Hedley
Ninth Street
Bomn
Hedley
Manhattan
Uptown
Kingsbridge
6Th Street
Downtown
Bronx
Broadway
Great White Way
Rembrandt
Amsterdam Avenue
98Th Street
John Harding
Columbus Avenue
Thomas Gallagher
West Ninety-eighth Street
Eighty-sixth Street
Third Aven
Hamilton
Sixty-sixth Street
Third Avenue
Astor Estate
Knowlton Court
Worth Street
Central Fark
Battery Park
South Ferry
the Park
Bay
Highland Park
New York
Zion German Evangelical Sunday School
Florence Koenig
Ashford Street
Brooklyn
Emma Edelman
Grandview Avenue
George Edelman
Emmett Jennings
Lewis Avenue
Marie
Josephine Rambieur
Catherine
Tonise Boltz
Fountain Place
George
William Schmid
Paistor
Ween
Henry Gunch
New York and
New Jersey
Montclair
Bayonne
N. J
Rahway
Edward Mays
Drowning at Rider's Pond Alleges Pole Visitor
An unidentified Pole drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing with companions at Rider's Pond near Burt Jay Humphrey's Jamaica Queens residence. The same pond witnessed three winter deaths when skaters were struck by thunder and lightning causing loss of direction.
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Rider's Pond
Burt Jay Humphrey
Jamaica
Queens Borough
Tiandér
Lelei
Scenic Beauty of Pennsylvania Railroad Route Highlighted
The article extols the Pennsylvania Railroad's westward route, noting diverse scenery from New Jersey through Pennsylvania and the Alleghenies to Indiana and Illinois. It praises the Horseshoe Curve, Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, and the nine hundred to one thousand mile journey, emphasizing daylight trains and the line’s interior comforts.
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountains
Indiana
Illinois
Susquehanna Valley
Horseshoe Curve
Ohio
Seaboard
Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Standard Railroad of America
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Wing & Son
Haines Bros
Hallet & Davis
Steinway
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Oregon Ranching & Timber CO. (Inc
Oregon Ranching & Timber Co
Burns Room
State of
Renry
Cookp
Leake
Bryan S.ys
Will
West Vir
Ginia
State
Major Ray Explains
Democrats
Hall of
Nebraska
Thomas Taggart
L. P. ‘Hall
Norman E
Atwood and Corporations
John H. Atwood
Leavenworth
Kan
Atwood
Fairview
Mr. Atwood
D. J. Campau
Michigan
Tom L. Johnson
Ollie James
New Haven
Hunyadi
Janos
Copartnership and Corporation Directory
Trow Directory Company
Thid
Corner 12Th Street
Gaborian Or Conan Doyle
Philadelphia Inquirer
Arthur
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Broad and
Beaver Streets
Sar Leonard
St. Sub
Lake George
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