Five Wireless Men Found Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
A jury convicted Col. Christopher Columbus Wilson W A Diboll Francis X Butler George W Parker and W W Tompkins on all four counts of a mail fraud indictment. Sentences range from one to three years in various penitentiaries with $50,000 in trial costs assessed. A juror faced bribery offers and US Attorney Wise called for strict bail denial pending appeals.
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Martin
United States Circuit Court
Col
Christopher Columbus Wilson
United Wireless Telegraph Company of America
W. A. Diboll
Francis X. Butler
George W. Parker
W. W. Tompkins
C. C. Wilson
Atlanta
W.W. Tompkins
New York County
W. A. Dibol
Wilson
Parker
United Wireless Company
United Wireless
Bogart
United States
Wise
Con
John
John B. Stanchfield
W. Bourke Cochran
Stanchfield
Wwe
Awger
Col. Wilson
Centre Street
Mr. Wise
Caruso Unfazed by Breach Suit Threats in London
Enrico Caruso says he is not perturbed by a threatened breach of promise suit from a Milan shop assistant. He welcomes the Milan papers’ fuss as free advertising and notes he has paid the girl at various times 2500 dollars and offered 200 dollars for the return of letters he wrote to her.
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Milan
NEW York Times
London
Enrico Caruso
Avignon
Beaumont and Garros
Niece
Arros
Beaumont
Brignoles
Nice
Frejus
Penas
Frey
Kimmerling
Henry Weyman
Dlllon
Weyman
Troyes
Landron
Buc
Nagey
Laumes
Ile
Paris
Manissero
Avallon
Department of
Yonne
Steel Product Price Cuts Hit Bar and Plate Markets
Steel products including bars plates sheets and billets see price drops yet rails wire and tin plate remain unchanged. The move affects structural shapes and general steel markets while consumers watch for broader cost relief.
Steel and sliver chase price cuts in United States Steel plan
Leaders of United States Steel, its subsidiaries and major rivals met at the Metropolitan Club to adopt a cooperative price reduction effective June 1. Bars, plates, sheets and billets saw cuts while rails, wire and tin plate were spared. The move followed Republic Iron and Steel's earlier price drop and aimed to stabilize markets amid uneasy trade conditions and long-term contracts for agricultural bar sales.
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United States Steel Corporation
Republic Iron and Steel Company
John W. Gates
Republic
Carnegie Steel Company
Gary
Republic Company
Metropolitan Club
Elbert H. Gary
Willis L. King
Jones & Laughlin
Charles S. Price
Cambria Steel Company
George W. Perkins
James A. Farrell
The
Steel Corporation
Judge Gary
Waldorf
Pittsburg
Iron and Steel Institute
Topping
Lansingville
Youngstown
Ohio
Corporation
Independents
College Presidents as Politicians
Heads and professors of institutions of learning who have gone into politics and made a success of it. Read of it in Next Sunday's Times.
Tobacco Trust Declared Guilty and Ordered Dissolved
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice White rules the Tobacco Trust violated the Sherman Act and must reorganize under Circuit Court supervision within eight months. The decision declares the combination a restraint of trade and permits dissolution if a compliant plan is not approved, with penalties including possible injunction or receivership. Justice Harlan dissents in part, and several co defendants are held liable as part of the unlawful agreement.
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New York Times
Washington
Tobacco Trust
White
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Second New York District
Trust
Standard Oil Company
Tobacco Company
Standard Oil
Harlan
Justice Harlan
Circus Court
James B. Duke
Imperial Tobacco Company
British Trust
British-American Tobacco Company
United Cigar Stores Company
New York
Tobacco Men Silent As Supreme Court Decision Arrives
News of the Supreme Court ruling on the American Tobacco Company spreads through its New York offices at 111 Fifth Avenue. President James B. Duke and directors confer behind closed doors while executives and reporters await details.
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Supreme Court
American Tobacco Company
Fifth Avenue
James B. Duke
Ww. W. Fuller
Duke
Mr. Fuller
de Lancey Nicoll
Groton
Mass
James C. McReynolds
Bonaparte
East Thirty-ninth Street
McReynolds
Henry Wollman
Wollman & Wollman
Missouri
Standard Oil Company
White
Justine White
Divorce for Mrs. Emerson in Baltimore proves alimony high
Mrs Emeline Emerson won absolute divorce from Capt Isaac Emerson citing abandonment and desertion, with $28,000 yearly permanent alimony and $5,000 legal fees to each lawyer. About 600 shares of Emerson Drug Company stock go to a trustee to secure payments, while she receives the Eutaw Place mansion.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Emeline Emerson
Cart
Isaac Emerson
Capt. Emerson
Emerson Drug Company
Emerson
Eutaw Place
Druid Hill Park
Emereton
McKim
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Palm Beach
Yale Dolan
Philadelphia
McCormack
Irvington
Germany for Arbitration Opens Talks with U S
Washington May 29 Germany expressed willingness to negotiate a general arbitration treaty with the United States. Count von Bernstorff conveyed this and asked for a copy of the basic proposition. Officials see four great powers now in talks and expect a diplomatic achievement despite Senate approval being required for arbitration.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Stace Knox
Great Britain
France
Count von Bernstorff
Knox
State Department
Senate
Supreme Court upholds ban on ads on Fifth Avenue omnibuses
Washington May 29. The Supreme Court today sustained the city ordinance prohibiting outdoor advertising on Manhattan street omnibuses. The Fifth Avenue Coach Company had sought an injunction, arguing the ordinance unconstitutional and claiming $10,000 yearly ad revenue. Justice Leventritt refused the injunction and ruled against breaching city rules, noting the signs’ garish colors and lack of artistic merit.
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Washington
Fifth Avenue
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Borough of
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue Coach Company
Supreme Court
Leventritt
Stricter Weapons Law Signed by Gov. Dix
Albany May 29 Gov Dix signed a bill by Senator Timothy D Sullivan making concealed firearms illegal without a license. Licenses issued by local magistrates with Sept 1 effective date. Dealers must log purchases and verify permits. The act makes carrying blackjack bludgeon sandbag razor stiletto and other weapons a felony and bars noncitizens from possessing firearms or weapons.
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New York Times
Albany
Gov. Dix
Timothy D. Sullivan
United States
Plaza Hotel Summer Garden Grand Opening Ad
Plaza Hotel announces the Summer Garden and Terrace grand opening on Wednesday evening May 31 with special music and table reservations noted as available. Describes it as the coolest place to dine in New York.
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Plaza Hotel
Summer Garden
Terrace
New York
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