Pittsburg Council Sees Alleged Bribery Plot Unfold
The Pittsburg hearing reveals a bribery scandal involving bankers and seven councilmen. Six councilmen allegedly cannot be reached by bribes while the Big Six pushed for city deposits. Bank president Ramsey and cashier Vilsack are held on $14,000 bonds each, with other defendants facing $175,000 bail collectively.
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Tribune
Pitsburg
Pittsburg
Pittsboro
William A. Martin
Martin
Kiein
Bie
Councilian Klein
Klein
W. W. Ramsey
A. A Vilsack
The
German National Bank
Brend
Klein, Soffel
Wasson
Melaney
Ferguson
Common Council
Atkinson
Select
Steve” Toole
Wassen
Joseph Horne
Durbin Horne
Major Burchfield
Brady
Guthrie
Public Safety
Lang
Pittstore
Brand
Pergy- Son
Seffel
Klein Robert Wiilser
Scranton
Penn
Voters’ League of Pittsburg
Wilsen
W. A Martin
Denery
Wilson
Courncrmen
Kiek
Atkinees
Soffel
Deu
Martn
Von
American Navy Ranks Second in World Power, Year Book Shows
Washington reports the navy year book ranks the United States second among world powers, with Britain first. It lists tonnage totals: Britain 1,395,990. France 801,185. United States 770,468. Germany 693,599. Japan 444,903. France leads in total navy tonnage when all vessels are counted, and Japan has two battleships under construction.
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Washington
Pitman Pulsifer
Senate Navy Committee
Germany
France
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Million in Furl Lost in Hudson Bay Wreck
Winnipeg dispatch 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. The cargo was valued at $1,500,000 in furs.
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Winnipeg
Hudson's Bay Company
London
Hudson Bay
Lisbon Shoals
Moose Factory
Rescue of Solglimt Crew Brings Forty From Crozet Islets
The Norwegian steamer Solglimt crew and forty other marooned sailors were rescued from the Crozet islands in the South Indian Ocean and brought to Durban by the sealing schooner Agnes G. Donahoe. The Solglimt, said to be on a colonization mission, may have been seeking new sealing waters.
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Halifax
Solglimt
Crozet Islands
South Indian Ocean
Durban
Agnes G. Donahoe
Sulglimt
Donahoe
Attaching Lafayette E Pike’s possessions in suit
Hartford December 23 Acting on an accounting request before a Superior Court judge Sheriff Latham and deputies attached all of promoter and broker Lafayette E Pike’s possessions in the Burnhams Van Steenberg suit. Van Steenberg of Goshen New York alleges Pike failed to dispose of Electric Gas Company of America stocks for a gas plant project in Butler New Jersey and misappropriated stock valued at 52000.
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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 Drifts Offshore
Anxiety rose for four men aboard the barge Solitaire after it broke loose from its tow early yesterday between Fire Island and Montauk Point. The Solitaire, with the San Joaquin in tow, had left Providence Tuesday for Norfolk, Virginia, under the tug Walter A Luckenbach. The Luckenbach reached port yesterday and reported the Solitaire broke adrift near Shinnecock at about 4 a.m. with seas too rough to recover the missing craft.
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Montauk Point
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Providence
Norfolk
Walter A. Luckenbach
Luckenbach
Shinnecock
Long Island
Three Generations in a City Wedding
Frances Silverstein, twenty, wed Joseph Hallinger, twenty seven, before a thousand at Hennington Hall. Ceremony featured a triple blessing by Kate Ornstein and Wachsman. guests included Jacob Eisenberg and Kittenplan lodge members, amid Cracow heritage dances.
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Frances Silverstein
Forsyth Street
Hennington Hall
Second Street
Joseph Hallinger
Kate Abram Ornstein
Temple Schaarishomoyin
Rivington Street
Order Brrth Abraham
Kittenplan Lodge
A. Rosalsky
Samuel Strausberger
George Well
Rosi
Children Die In Death By Own Action Pact
Belle Vernon Pa Dec 23 The bodies of Harry Tageart seventeen and Sarah Thares fifteen both Negro children were found near the Belle Vernon Reservoir. The girl was shot through the head and the boy had a bullet wound in his right temple. A revolver lay by Taggart s side and notes from both children told the story. Taggart s father a minister, had a call to a city further away and the children chose to end their lives rather than face separation.
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Belle Vernon
Penn
Harry Tageart
Sarah Thares
Belle Vernon Reservoir
Taggart
Tagggart
Suspect counterfeit 1000-franc notes traced to Belgium
About fifty 1,000-franc notes claimed to be from the State Bank of Belgium were found circulating in the city and likely counterfeit. Secret Service and Pinkertons pursue a tall man and a medium-height French-speaking woman placing cash only notes through hotels and brokers. Banks and foreign money houses reported suspicion as Belgian papers note similar fraudulents being circulated.
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State Bank of
Belgium
Secret Service
Pinkertons
I. Baer
Foreign Money Department
Zimmermann & Forshay
Bolognesi, Hartfield & Co
Zimmerman & Forshay
Bolognesi
Hartfield & Co
Europe
Antwerp
Everett Building Sells for About $2,009,000
The Everett Building at the northwest corner of 17th Street and Fourth Avenue was sold yesterday for about $2,006,000 cash. The site formerly housed the Everett House, a famed hostelry, torn down earlier this year and replaced by a sixteen story loft building largely occupied by woollen companies. The Everett Investing Company erected it, 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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17Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Everett House
Everett Investing Company
Century Realty Company
Wharton Gifts 25 Acres for City Park in Philadelphia
Joseph Wharton, retired iron merchant, gifts twenty five acres near Fern Rock Station on the Philadelphia Reading Railway to the city for a municipal park. Mayor Reyburn welcomes the Christmas gift and will accept on behalf of Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Wharton
Reyburn
Fern Rock Station
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Wharton
Ex Housekeeper Wins Estate Bond Suit in Boston
Boston, Dec. 23. Mrs. William Warren of London and Boston will keep 29000 in bonds given by the late George S. Weilman to his housekeeper. The administrator’s suit to recover the bonds was dismissed by Judge Walt as the bonds belonged to the woman. Warren received the bonds in 192 before Wellman’s death. no recovery action was taken until 1907.
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Boston
William Warren
London
George S. Weilman
Walt
Gompers Sentenced To A Year In Jail
Justice Wright sentences Samuel Gompers to twelve months in jail for contempt of court in the Buck Stove case. John Mitchell gets nine months and Frank Morrison six months. Appeal filed, bonds set, family observers present as court condemns defiant conduct. Labor leaders react, White House weighs possible action depending on appeal outcome.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Lst
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Court of Appeals of
Gompers
Mitchell
Mr. Morrison
Mr. Gompers
Morrison
Federal Union
Court's Words Scathing in Labor Unions Case
Washington reports the Buck company’s prosecution of AFL leaders Gompers Mitchell and Morrison began in August 1907 as a test case to clip unions from using Unfair and We don't patronize lists in their boycotts. The Supreme Court Justice Gould’s comments were noted.
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Buck Company
Messrs. Gompers
Mitchell and Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Justice Gould
Supreme Court
Ryan steps down from most boards on doctor’s advice
Thomas F. Ryan, a leading figure in finance, announced yesterday that, following physicians’ guidance, he has resigned from the directorships of all but three of the many corporations in which he previously held board seats.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Longtime financier retires from multiple boards in bid for leisure
After forty years of steering vast financial holdings and street railway consolidations, Mr. Ryan retires from most directorships and resigns from thirty four corporations. He will remain vice-president and director at Morton Trust Company and National Bank of Commerce and a director at American Tobacco Company. Doctors advised unloading responsibilities two years ago to protect his health.
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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
Philadelphia
Industrial Trust Company
Providence
Continental Rubber Company
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Havana Tobacco Company
International Cigar Machinery Company
United Lead Company
Metropolitan Securities Company
Consolidated Gas Company
Consolidated Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
East River Gas Company
New York Carbide and Acetylene Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cuba Company
Hocking Valley Railway Company
Union Elevated Railway Company
Chicago
Electric Storage Battery Company
New York City Railway Company
Fulton Street Railroad Company
34Th Street Crosstown Railway Company
Central Crosstown Railroad Company
Pine Products Company
Union Bleaching and Finishing Company
Universal Accountant Machine Company
American Surety Company
Union Exchange Bank
Newport Trust Company
Newport
R. L
Washington Life Insurance Company
Baltimore
Drygooods Commission
John S. Barry
Revolution Ready When Castro Fell
General Rolando planned an armed uprising against Castro in Venezuela. The junta issued gold certificates, arranged arms shipments, and negotiated to buy the yacht Seneca. Rolando aimed to sail from New York to Trinidad to join forces, seeking peaceful reforms under President Gomez.
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Nicolas Rolando
New York
Castro
Venezuela
Juan Vicente Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Spain
Rolando
Nicanor Bolet
West Indies
Caracas
Seneca
Theodore R. Hostetter
Trinidad
Gomez
Gomes
Venezuelan rebels denounce Castro rule and calls for aid
A Venezuelan appeal to the civilized world describes Cipriano Castro’s regime as a tyrannical despotism that has jailed political enemies, looted the treasury, curtailed free debate, and destroyed commerce. It asserts elections are sham and outlines brutal acts suppressing liberties, urging international support for free government.
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Venezuela
Cipriano Castro
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