Pittsburg Council Hearings Reveal Graft Allegations
Pittsburg's council corruption hearing exposes a web of payoffs with the Big Six steering ordinances. Bank officials Ramsey and Vilsack bail set at £14,000 each as seven councilmen, including Klein and Soffel, face charges totaling £175,000 bail. A note for £17,500 prompts inspector Nesbit to confront the bank, while reporter flash incidents spark courtroom chaos. The case hints at a wider graft network and possible pardons for ex Councilman Martin.
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Pittsburg
Pittsboro
Klein
Big Six
Councilian Klein
WW. Ramsey
A. A. Vilsack
The
German National Bank
Brand
Klein, Soffel
Wasson
McIlaney and Ferguson
Common Council
Atkinson
Select
Steve” Toole
Wassen
Joseph Horne
Durbin Horne
Burchfield
Bowdsmen
Brady
Guthrie
Public Safety
Lang
Vilsack
Ramsey
Nesbit
Examiner Nesbit
Wilsack
Wil ®Ack
Brand, Atkinson, Ferguson
W. A. Martin
Thenkentiery
Wilson
Micin
Soffel
Martin
American Navy Second in World Power Ranked in Year Book
Washington December 23 The navy year book ranks the United States second among world powers. Britain leads with 61 first class battleships. France and Germany also high, with total ship tonnage showing France surpassing the U.S. in overall vessel count when all ships are counted. Japan’s build is limited to two battleships in progress.
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Washington
Pitman Pulsifer
Senate Navy Committee
Germany
France
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Million in fur lost in shipwreck at Hudson Bay
Winnipeg reports the Hudson's Bay Company's bark Stork wrecked three weeks ago on Lisbon Shoals in Hudson Bay. All crew were rescued and are now at Moose Factory. Cargo valued at $1,500,000 in furs.
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Winnipeg
Hudson’s Bay Company
London
Hudson Bay
Lisbon Shoals
Moose Factory
Wrecked Solglimt Crew Rescued From Crozet Islands
Halifax reports the Solglimt crew rescued from the Crozet islands in the South Indian Ocean and brought to Durban aboard the Agnes G. Donahoe. The schooner also ferried forty other marooned seamen from the Crozets, suggesting a sealing mission by the Solglimt's commander.
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Halifax
Solglimt
Crozet Islands
South Indian Ocean
Durban
Agnes G. Donahoe
Donahoe
Attach Broke’s Home in New Jersey Gas Plant Case
Acting under an accounting complaint in Superior Court, Sheriff Latham and deputies attached all estate of Lafayette E. Pike, a Hartford broker. The suit by Burnhams Van Steenberg of Goshen, N. Y., claims Pike agreed to sell Electric Gas Company of America stocks to fund a Butler New Jersey gas plant project. The complaint alleges serious charges including misappropriation of a stock block valued at 52900.
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Hartford
Conn
Superior Court
Latham
Lafayette E. Pike
Burnhams van Steenberg
Goshen
N. Y
Pike
Electric Gas Company of America
van Steenberg
Butler
N. J
Four Adrift on Barge Solitaire Off Long Island
Anxiety rose after a barge broke from tow early yesterday and drifted between Fire Island and Montauk Point. The Solitaire, with San Joaquin, had departed Providence for Norfolk in tow of tug Walter A Luckenbach. The Luckenbach bailed to port with the San Joaquin and reported the Solitaire went adrift near Shinnecock at about 4 am. conditions prevented recovery.
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Montauk Point
Solitaire
Providence
Norfolk
Walter A. Luckenbach
Luckenbach
Shinnecock
Long Island
Three Generations in Wedding Celebration at Hennington Halls
Frances Silverstein wed Joseph Hallinger in a triple ceremony as generations of family mix. The groom is a jeweler from East 162nd Street, and the bride’s father and maternal grandfather remarry in the event. Dances included Krakowviah, with attendees from Jewish fraternal lodges and family members marking a rare union.
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Frances Silverstein
Forsyth Street
Hennington Halls
Second Street
Joseph Hallinger
Abram Ornstein
Temple Schaarishomoyin
Rivington Street
Henry Silverstein
Rosie Wachsman
Bernard Wachsman
Pearl Spingate
Wachsman
Draken
Austria
Krakowviah
Jacob Elsenberg Lodge
Order Brith Abraham
Kittenplan Lodge
A. Rosalsky
Samuel Strausberger
George Well
Death by own action pact ends two Belle Vernon youths
In Belle Vernon Pennsylvania on December 25 two local youths Harry Taggart seventeen and Sarah Thares fifteen were found dead near the reservoir. Each suffered a gunshot wound and a revolver lay beside Taggart. Notes from the pair indicate they killed themselves to avoid separation as their father, a minister, left for another church.
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Belle Vernon
Penn
Harry Tageart
Sarah Thares
Belle Vernon Reservoir
Taggart
Castro
Congress
Paredes
Orinoco
Valencia
Montilla
Raraquisimete
Counterfeit 1000 franc notes circulate. suspects sought
About fifty 1,000-franc bills, supposedly from Belgium’s State Bank, are believed counterfeit and sold in this city to specie brokers. Secret Service and Pinkertons hunt a tall man and a medium-height French-speaking woman. Notes passed via a hotel patron and foreign money houses, with one note returned to Europe for judgment as to authenticity. Antwerp papers report similar Belgian frauds.
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State Bank of
Belgium
Secret Service
Pinkertons
I. Baer
Foreign Money Department
Zimmermann & Forshay
Bolognesi, Hartfield & Co
Zimmerman & Forshay
Europe
Antwerp
Everett Building Sells for About 2 Million at Corner
The Everett Building at the northwest corner of 17th Street and Fourth Avenue sold yesterday for about 2,000,000 in cash. The site formerly housed the Everett House, a noted hostelry, torn down earlier this year for a sixteen story loft building now largely occupied by woollen companies. Erected by the Everett Investing Company, with Century Realty Company as a major factor, the property fronts 142 feet on 17th Street and about 128 feet on Fourth Avenue.
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Everett
17Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Everett House
Everett Investing Company
Century Realty Company
Wharton Gives Twenty Five Acre Park Site to City
Joseph Wharton, retired iron merchant, donates twenty five acres near Fern Rock Station on the Philadelphia & Reading Railway for a municipal park. Mayor Reyburn calls it an excellent Christmas gift and will accept the property with thanks.
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Petegrand
The
Tribune
Philadelphia
Joseph Wharton
Reyburn
Fern Rock Station
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Mr. Wharton
Ex-Housekeeper Retains 250000 Bonds in Suit Dismissal
Boston reports that Mrs. William Warren of London and Boston will keep 250000 dollars in bonds from the late George Weilman after a court ruling by Judge Well dismissing the administrator’s suit on grounds of ladies. Warren held the bonds since 1982, with no effort to recover until 1907, and the estate’s claim was rejected. Attorney General Jackson improving after operation. trains cancelled Christmas Day on Pennsylvania Railroad local routes. heed placards for schedules.
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Boston
William Warren
London
George
Weilman
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Perth Amboy
Gompers Sentenced to a Year in Jail
Justice Wright screens labor leaders in the Buck Stove case with Gompers, Mitchell, and Morrison sentenced for contempt. Gompers receives a year, Mitchell nine months, Morrison six. Appeals filed. bonds set. family witnesses present. President Roosevelt's potential action discussed. Labor groups protest, urging clemency and press rights assurance.
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Gompers
Court's Words Scathing In Buck Case Against Labor Leaders
Washington notes the Buck company’s prosecution of Gompers Mitchell and Morrison of the American Federation of Labor began in August 1907 as a test suit to stop unions from using the Unfair and We don't patronize lists in labor fights against firms and individuals. The Supreme Court Justice Gould continued on the third page. An advertisement claims Krementz plated collar buttons offer unmatched gold content at the same price.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Mst
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Court of Appeals of
Gompers
Mitchell
Mr. Morrison
Mr. Gompers
Morrison
Federal Union
Buck Company
Messrs. Gompers
Mitchell and Morrison
Justice Gould
Supreme Court
Ryan Steps Down From Most Boards On Doctor Advice
Thomas F. Ryan, famed financier, disclosed yesterday that upon medical counsel he has resigned from the directorships of all but three of the many corporations in which he previously sat.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Business leader withdraws from vast duties after health advice
After four decades shaping major transit and utility consolidations, John Ryan retires from most boards and directorates. He remains at Morton Trust, National Bank of Commerce, and American Tobacco as vice-president or director, citing doctors and age. His retreat follows two years of progressively unloading responsibilities from thirty four corporations.
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Morton Trust Company
National Bank of Commerce
American Tobacco Company
Ryan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Interborough-Metropolitan Street Railway
New York
Directory of Directors
Fifth Avenue Trust Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Commercial Trust Company
American Surety Company
Union Exchange Bank
Newport Trust Company
Newport, R. L
Washington Life Insurance Company
Baltimore
John S. Barry
Revolution Ready When Castro Fell
General Rolando prepared to begin operations in Venezuela with plans to sail from New York to Trinidad and lead a relief campaign against Castro. The coup installed Gomez as acting president, while Rolando urged peaceful reform and awaited family reunification before moving to Caracas. A prior junta issued gold certificates and arranged foreign arms shipments as part of the insurgent setup.
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Nicolas Rolando
New York
Castro
Venezuela
Juan Vicente Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Spain
Rolando
Nicanor Bolet
Windsor Trust Company
Junta
George W. Young & Co
John R. Dos Passos
West Indies
Caracas
Seneca
Theodore R. Hostetter
Trinidad
Gomez
Venezuelan oppression under Cipriano Castro details
A Venezuelan appeal to the world condemns Cipriano Castro for despotic rule since seizing power. It cites political imprisonment, censorship, embezzlement, monopolies, executions, and the suppression of elections, Congress, and judges, driving citizens into exile.
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Venezuela
Cipriano Castro
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