Brownsville Raid Confession and Silent Witness Lures in
A long sworn report recounts Boyd Conyers and others naming eight raid participants from Company B in 1906 Brownsville. Detectors trace conspirators through Monroe Atlanta Macon and Savannah with Reid’s elusive role and Holloman’s leadership while urging continued investigation amid racial tensions and obstruction from Foraker’s letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conyers
John Holloman
John Brown
James Powell
Robert L. Collier
Company C
Lawson
A. H. Baldwin
W. G. Baldwin
Carolina Ge Saussure
Senator Forasker
Senate
Brownsville
Senate Committee
Foraker
Congress
Company B
Unty
Boyd Conyers
Ring
Norfolk & Western Railway
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
The
Southern Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
George B. Davis
War Department
Onroe
William Lawson
Captain Baldwin
Monroe
2Th Infantry
Carolina de Saussure
Wiliam Anderson
James Batley
Charles E Cooper
William Lemons
Henry Jimerson
James “Rastus” Johnson
Henry “Sonny” Jones
Reid
George Jackson
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Herbert J. Browne
Middle
Georgia
Mingo Sanders
Allison
Constitution
Macklin
Penrose
Holloman
Macon
Savannah
R. I. Collier
Barnesville
Atlanta
Washington
Soldiers Fight Over BrownsVille Affair in Bronx Cafe
Robert Chanler and Florence Wood of Coast Artillery, stationed at Fort Totten and Fort Schuyler, argued with boatman Ludwig Sinzer in a Bronx cafe over the Brownsville affair. Sinzer slashed both soldiers with a pocketknife, was arrested for felonious assault, and the injured men were treated at Fordham Hospital before returning to their forts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Chanler
Th Coast Artillery
Fort Totten
Flucenc F Wood
Fort Schuyler
Ludwig Sinzer
Bronx
Brownsville
Sinzer
Fordham Hospital
Taft Hosts Callers and Plans in New York Visit
President elect Taft received various callers including Frank Kellogg and Franklin Ferris at his brother Henry Taft’s home. Discussions touched on the anti trust law and cabinet prospects while Taft also sat for a portrait at George Torrey’s studio. He attended performances at the Astor and prepared to speak at Civic Federation and Ohio Society dinners before returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Henry W. Taft
West 48Th Street
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oil Company
Franklin Ferris
Messrs. Kellogg and Ferris
Ferris
Mr. Kellogg
Judge Taft
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
George Burroughs Torrey
Woodruff
Charles N. Fowler
New Jersey
House Committee On Currency
Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad Company
William Miller Collier
United States
Spain
Booker T. Washington
Jeannette Gilder
Stanley W. Dexter
Franklin Murphy
Murphy
Astor Theatre
Mr. Taft
Hodge
The
Civic Federation
Hotel Astor
Ohio Society
Walcorf
Washington
Augusta
Archbold to Testify Again in Standard Oil Suit
Moritz Rosenthal seeks to round out former testimony with Archbold back on the stand today in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil. Defense not ready. adjournment likely to December 28 to allow further evidence before January 1 deadline. Standard counsel expected to produce papers, charts, and tables sought by Kellogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Moritz Rosenthal
The
Standard
Archbold
Rosenthal
Railroad
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oil Stock Rises to 710 in Curb Market
Standard Oil Company stock climbed ten points yesterday in the curb market to 710, its highest in years. The record high of 840 was touched in 1901, with the price fluctuating below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
By-Product Coke Interests Sold to Berlin Firm
The American Coal Products Company announced the sale of its by-product coke oven interests held by United Coke and Gas Company to the Oberuhlische Kokewerke and Chemische Fabriken Aktion Gesellschaft of Berlin. The transfer takes effect January 1, 19%. A new German-American Coke and Gas Company with $2,000,000 capital will be formed, headquartered at 17 Battery Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Coal Products Company
United Coke and Gas Company
Obersehlesische Kokewerke and
Chemische Fabriken Aktion Gesellschaft
Berlin
Germany
German-American Coke and Gas Company
No. 17
Battery Place
Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromoj Quinine
An old advertisement promises to curb a cold in one day using laxative bromide quinine tablets. Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure, with the Groves firm name appearing on the bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Groves Ture
Harriman Victory Over Questioning at Interstate Case
The court sustained objections to questions about Harriman and associates stock dealings, ruling the inquiry not interstate commerce related and beyond congressional power. Harriman said he would answer if proper, citing confidentiality within his corporation. Counsel for Kahn likewise objected to certain questions and declined comment until the ruling was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Commission
Mr. Kahn
Harriman
John G. Milburn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walker D. Hines
Cravath, Henderson & de Gersdorff
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Kahn
Hines
New York Central Case Argued in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard government cases against the New York Central Railroad over a $106,000 fine for rebates to the American Sugar Refining Company on sugar shipments to the West. Henry I. Stimson led government counsel, Wade H. Ellis assisted, Austen G. Fox and Joan B. Lindsay represented the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
New York Central Railroad Company
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Henry I. Stimson
United States
Wade H. Ellis
Austen G. Fox
Joan B. Lindsay
Strange Case Cleared San Francisco Woman Disappeared
In San Francisco on December 14 Mie Ada McCormick was arrested for stabbing her husband and identified as Ada Long missing for two years. Miss Long, daughter of James Long, vanished after polo injury and eccentric behavior. she later was found in a demented state. The husband was wounded, but McCormick did not face prosecution. The Long family plans to care for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mie Ada McCormick
Miss Ada Long
James
McCormick
Miss Long
Pelo
Denver
James McCormick
Preach at all alike says church must curb wealth excess
Professor John B. Clark told a public conference hosted by the Ethical-Social League at the Hotel Astor that wealth in congregations weakens the church and must be checked by law. He urged the church to attack iniquity among the wealthy while cooperating with the state for practical righteousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Clark
Ethical-Social League
Hotel Astor
Henry S. Coffin
Madison Avenue
United States
Walter Rauschenbusch
Rochester Theological Seminary
Theological Seminary
Churches of
German freighter Harburg floated off Bellport in fog
The German freighter Harburg aground off Bellport Long Island during thick fog was floated yesterday and began moving to port. Some pipe clay cargo was jettisoned. Wrecking tugs aided as she rode the tide and then regained deep water under her own power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harburg
Bellport
Long Island
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Lawrawon
Aos
Joan Brown
Bord Conyers
Carolina de Geussure
R. J. Collier
Open
Brown
de Saussure
Oelock
Conners
Conyers 2Nd
Hollomen
Cowen Alley
Joseph B. Howerd
Katie E Leahy
Prownsville
Avra
Jackson
B Barracks
Cowen
Herbert Elkins
Elizabeth Street
Sergeant Reid
Rennesville
Tex
Baldwin
Esther Crews
Station House
Main Street
S. H. Parker
Charleston
S. C
Gainesville
Avlanta
Joe Blassingame
J. H. Holloman
Powell
Rell
Helloman
Kein
William
Mark
H. J. Browne
George W. Madert
Dis of Columbia
Browne
Washington, D. C
William G. Baldwin
Roanoke
Frank Natus
Dominguez
J. B. Randolph
J. R. Reid
A. P. Blocksom
South
Manhattan
Aeolian Hall
Aeolian Company
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
New York City
Key West
Park &Tilford
Boatman
Standard Oil
E. M. Gattle & CO
Asterias
Goldsmiths and Jewelers
Fifth Avenue and
38Th Street
H. Harriman
Union
Southern Pacific
St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
Union Pacific
Supreme Court
Clark
Reed & Barton Co
Silvensmiths and Jewelers
Cor 32Nd Street
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