No Action Planned in Sugar Case Per Attorney General Shift
United States District Attorney Wise denied reports that the Federal Grand Jury was considering any Sugar case phase after the compromise in the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company versus American Sugars Refining Company. He said he had not read the trial record before Judge Holt and would not act without consulting Attorney General Wickersham.
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United States
Wise
Federal
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Sules Refining Company
Holt
Wickersham
Bonapartes Explanations In Sugar Trust Case
Ex Attorney General Bonaparte defends not intervening in the Sugar Trust dispute. He says government action would only follow solid evidence showing a public interest. He notes if Pennsylvanian Refining Co. suit reveals facts justifying federal action, DOJ may act. He criticizes using powers between private litigants absent such evidence.
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Bonaparte
Baltimore
George H. Earle, Jr
Philadelphia
Sugar Trust
Evening Post
Earle
Barle
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania Refining Company
City adopts action on Philadelphia Transit fare tickets
City Councils order the City Solicitor to contest the withdrawal from sale of six for a quarter tickets by the Philadelphia Transit Company without city consent. They also demand restoration of the tickets. George H. Earle Jr. elected to the Rapid Transit Board to replace Clarence Wolf. he is receiver for the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co, tied to a $30 million suit against American Sugar Refining.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transit Company
George H. Earle, Jr
Clarence Wolf
Rapid Transit Board
Earle
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Meats inspector resigns cites failure in East St. Louis
J F Harms, after eighteen months as U S Meat Inspector at East St. Louis packing houses, resigns and petitions Secretary Wilson for an investigation of National Stock Yards meat inspection. He alleges laxity with packers, unsanitary conditions, and widespread passing of condemned meat, with support from another in service ready to testify. Chief Inspector Clancy says few charges may be true and invites investigation.
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New York Times
East ST. Louis
Ill
United States
J. F. Harms
Wilson
National Stock Yards
St. Louis
Harris
Bureau of Animal Industry
U. S
Harms
Sinclair
Clancy
Dr. Clancy
William H. Meadors
Bondsmen Barth and Katz Arrested for Extortion in Yorkville
Bernard Barth of 16 Second Avenue and Louis Katz of 43 Forsyth Street were arrested by order of Magistrate Barlow after Gretchen Miller of 241 East Thirteenth Street accused them of trying to extort $250 in return for her discharge following a tenement house law arrest. Miller testified with three witnesses. a detective from Headquarters was assigned. The men allegedly demanded the money and claimed Katz would pass some to the police to influence the magistrate. No payment was made.
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Bernard Barth
Second Avenue
Louis Katz
Forsyth Street
Gretchen Miller
East Thirteenth Street
Barlow
Yorkville Court
Miller
Barth
Katz
Ten Russians Deceived by Immigration Ticket Scam
Commissioner Williams uncovered a scheme where ten Russian immigrants from Libau on the steamship Alice had given their railroad tickets to a Russian Immigration Society agent in New York to obtain refunds in Canada. The agent claimed refunds were made by the steamship line, which proved false. The society is barred until repayment of about 125 dollars. the immigrants stay on Ellis Island until June 16.
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Williams
Alice
Libau
Canada
Russian Immigration Society
East Ninetyseventh Street
Ellis Island
Taft Honors Wrights as Great Pacificators at White House
President Taft awarded gold Aero Club of America medals to Orville and Wilbur Wright in the East Room, urging international cooperation for peaceful aeronautics and noting Washington’s role. Nearly 1,000 attendees included ambassadors, officers, and aviators. Miss Katherine Wright attended.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Aero Club of America
White House
Army
Navy
Herbert Parsons
Wright Brothers
United States
George Washington
A. Holland Forbes
The
Mr. Taft
Orville Wright
Pricless
Wright
Miss Katherine Wrrt
Miss Wright
Wrights
Aero Club of Washington
Cosmos Club
Dayton
Ohio
James Allen
Signal Corps
War Department
Fort Myer
Lieut. Selfridge
W. D. Brenner
New York
W. Wright
le Mans
France
O. Wright
Call for Dr J R Stevenson by Baltimore church
A committee from Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church Baltimore arrived in the city and extended a call to Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Stevenson said he was considering the matter with no definite decision yet. He has served at Fifth Avenue for seven years and achieved notable success.
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James A. Gary
Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
J. Ross Stevenson
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Stevenson
Mysterious Dissection Shocks City Amid Gang Ties
A partially described stranger, medium height and heavily built, was found dismembered after leaving bundles with Tokaro the boy. Police believe a gang feud or punishment may lie behind the killing. Inspector McCafferty and Deputy Woods led a broad house to house search with 18 detectives but offered no solid clues. The victim appeared young with light skin and brown hair, none of the body’s marks indicated occupation. The killer remains sought, with Inspector McCafferty vowing to solve the case.
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Humpty Jacksons
Monk Eastmans
Kid” Twist
Coney Island
Tokaro
Woods
Police
McCafferty
Detective Bureau
Carey
Oak Street
Malcomson Estate Bequests to Relatives Revealed
The will of Alfred S. Malcomson, chemically inclined manufacturer who died June 4, leaves Catherine H Malcomson his sister 55000 Harriet O Todd 10000 Henry T Malcomson 25000 Abraham B Malcomson 25000 J D Malcolmson 15000 nephews of Abraham 62000 nieces and nephews of Harriet 45000 and the remainder to mothers and sisters.
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Malcomson
Alfred S. Malcomson
Catherine H. Malcomson
Harriet O. Todd
Henry T
Abraham B. Malcomson
J. D. Malcolmson
Abraham
Taft and Knox Back South America Branch Bank Plan
President Taft and Secretary Knox back expanding American finance in South America with a syndicate including J. P. Morgan & Co Kuhn Loeb First National Bank and National City Bank aiming to establish branch banks in key cities as part of a broader push to boost U S trade and investment alongside ongoing China opportunities led by Willard Straight in Mukden.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Knox
China
South America
State Root
J. P. Morgan & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
First National Bank
National City Bank of New York
Hankow-Shechuen
Europe
United States
Britain rejects American tripartite loan role in Hankow China
London reports the British government replied to Ambassador Reid’s memorandum on American participation in the Hankow Szechuen Railroad loan. Britain says the 1904 arrangements between America China and Britain already give each power an equal stake, and asserts America has shown little interest in the project.
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London
Reid
Straight Visits Bankers In China Financing Plan
Willard Straight United States Consul General at Mukden met with a bankers group in the financial district to discuss investing American capital in China. He plans to depart for the Far East in about two weeks as the syndicate targets participation in Chinese imperial loans and railroad loans backed by the Chinese Government. Private Chinese undertakings may follow, but the focus remains on government backed ventures.
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Straight
China
Willard Straight
United States
Mukden
Washington
State Department
Far East
Financial District
Setback for big canal plan from St Louis to Gulf
Washington June 10 The Board of Engineers says a fourteen foot deep waterway from St Louis to the Gulf is not desirable. Construction would cost 128 million dollars with annual maintenance of six million, based on a Mississippi River survey. W K Kavanaugh, president of the Lakes to the Gulf Association, said the report admits feasibility but questions value.
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St. Louis To Gulf
Washington
St. Louis
Gulf
Board of Engineers
Congress
Mississippi River
W. K. Kavanaugh
the Lakes To the
Police raid homes of 24 anarchists in Paris
Paris June 10 police searched residences of twenty four well known revolutionists and anarchists including Gustav Hervé. They are suspected organizers of a nationwide plan to destroy telegraph wires via provincial agents. Plots of papers were seized in the raids.
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Paris
France
Gustav Hervé
Plont Sas
Night of terror on stranded liner Lopez
Nine stowaways from the Antonio Lopez sparked excitement as passengers were landed from a tug. Immig ration officials halted three as they tried to reach the pier. the rest were held on the boat and later locked in a room. Officials identified the ship as a 480 foot steel liner owned by Compania Transatlantica of Barcelona.
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Ellis Island
Lopez
W. O. Kaminer
Rizal
Luzon Island
Grayson
Constabulary
W. W. Bidwell
Laguna
Powell
Schroeder
Philippine
Wrecker Chapman Raises Lopez Cargo Amid Rough Seas
The wrecker Chapman still has one line aboard the wrecked steamer Lopez as high seas prevent unloading. Her crew remains on Lopez while a Chapman crew waits for sea conditions to improve to transfer cargo.
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New York Times
Point O’ Woods
Chapman
Lopez
Income Tax Vote Delayed in Senate Fight Over Wool Tariff
Washington June 10. Debate on the income tax was postponed until tomorrow as the wool schedule remains unresolved. Senator Bailey plans an amendment while Cummins blends provisions from the Republican measure. Republican votes and Democratic support bolster a 2 percent tax on dividends as a possible substitute, with others pressing for an inheritance or stamp tax as alternatives.
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New York Times
Washington
To-Morrow
Bailey
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Senate
Cummins
Senator Bailey
Senator Cummins
McEnery
Louisiana
Friends of the Finance Committee
Dixon
Aldrich seeks near term date for further woolen schedule action
Aldrich aims to set a near term date for further consideration tied to disposing the regular schedule. The morning Senate session narrowed the woolen schedule, with Dolliver leading insurgents through multiple amendments but none passed without committee backing. Dolliver’s plan to cap woolen duties at 10 percent ad valorem failed 43 to 32, a normal result.
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Aldrich
Bailey
Senate
Dolliver
Taft Praises Southern Efforts Against Mob Law
President Taft and Alabama Governor Comer discussed Southern matters in Washington. Taft noted the impeachment of an Alabama sheriff for failing to defend a black man against a mob and praised Alabama troops for protecting a negro, saying Southern states are leading in breaking up mob law.
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Washington
Gov
Comer
Alabama
Taft
Democrats Name Heney for San Francisco District Attorney
Francis J. Heney was nominated for District Attorney by the San Francisco Democratic Club plus a faction of the party. Heney accepted the nomination saying he was a Roosevelt Republican. The Municipal League of Independent Republican Clubs is also considering nominating him for the same office.
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San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Democratic Club
Democratic Party
Heney
Municipal League of Independent Republican Clubs
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