Chicago Great Western faces crisis over potential receiver
The Chicago Great Western Railway seeks London financing for about 8.0 million in gold notes maturing over three years. With 1.5 million due this month, talks in London aim to avoid court action. if unsuccessful, noteholders may ask a U S circuit court in St Paul to appoint a receiver.
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H. E. Fletcher
Thomas H. Wheeler
J. W. Lusk
R. C. Wight
Coal shipments speed fleet movement to Pacific stations
The Navy Department equipment bureau has sent 60000 tons of coal to Honolulu and plans 100000 tons to Manila by April 1. The fuel supports a possible return of the battleship fleet to the Atlantic via Asia. If unused, it will be drawn by American warships as needed. Great Bear Spring Water advertises its purity.
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Navy Department
Manila
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Many Japanese Losses From Far East Storms
Vancouver reports a deadly Far East storm with nine ships stranded on Hokkaido coast and the Hashi sinking with twenty dead. Forty sailing craft lost. 588 fishing boats wrecked and over a thousand buildings flooded in Sapporo. Dolores sinks with crew saved after foundering near Yokohama.
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New Racetrack Bills Seek Harsh Penalties in Assembly
Albany January 7 Unconditional imprisonment for not less than six months is the minimum penalty in three anti racetrack gambling bills to be introduced in the Assembly by Hart of Oneida County. The package aligns with the Governor Hughes recommendation and revises the Percy Gray and Agnew Jerome laws while proposing a 259000 dollar appropriation for agricultural societies tied to racetracks. Hart discussed the measures with the Governor today after previously saying he would not push them without official approval.
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Hart Bills Are Similar. Assemblyman
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Priest Denounces Hibernians Over Funeral Access
Philadelphia clergy riot over Rev D I McDermott refusing church funeral services for John Daly due to inviting the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He cites Molly Maguire terror and claims bishops knowing facts withheld from Baltimore council. Dalys funeral proceeds at St Marys sans Hibernians.
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Tom Johnson loses coal suit
Cincinnati January 7 United States Circuit Court of Appeals rules Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland must pay 20000 to Charles D Norton Company coal dealers of Philadelphia The Norton company supplied the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Traction Company Johnson guaranteed the payment The traction line later went into receivership and the company sued Johnson who claimed noncollection released him The Cleveland federal court ruled against him on appeal
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Charles D. Norton Company
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
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Excur sion Train Wreck Near Atlanta Kills Three
A Southern Railway Collver Special from Cleveland to Florida plunged through Copper Mine Creek trestle north of Atlanta. Three dead, eighty seriously injured, many hurt. engineer James Edwards killed. relief train with injured or dying to Atlanta hotels. Passengers from Ohio and Cleveland areas among the injured.
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Mose” Baldwin
Morphine Then Pistol End Life of Harry Gordon
Harry Gordon former president of the Tippecanoe Club and Bolton estate agent died in Cleveland after using morphine for a day and shooting himself after confessing to his wife he had taken at least three and a half grains. Friends cite despondency over financial affairs. A physician was summoned after dinner and found him dead following the pistol shot.
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Cleveland
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Tippecanoe Club
C. E. Bolton
Gordon
LOAN BROKER FILES BANKRUPTCY IN DANVILLE
Danville Illinois January 7 John Mulholland money lender and broker filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing assets of about 3 019 568 and liabilities of 1 804 862 He says he has at least a thousand creditors He ran a brokerage and loan business with offices in St Louis Kansas City Cincinnati Detroit Cleveland Buffalo New York and other cities and bonded various enterprises His home has been in New York City
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Cleveland
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Part of Vesuvius Cone Sinks Into Crater
Naples reports a section of Mount Vesuvius cone sank into the crater after several detonations. A vast smoke column rose and drifted for miles. Professor Matteucci of the observatory said there is no eruption danger, calling it a geological phenomenon.
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Hughes Gains Momentum as Presidential Candidate in New York
Albany reports indicate widespread Hughes support with county clubs forming across the state to secure an instructed delegation for the Republican National Convention. Leaders cite New York as pivotal and note clusters in Saratoga, Washington, Rensselaer, Columbia, and other counties backing the governor.
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Bailiwick
Washington University students suspend activities after editor expelled
Two hundred Washington University students vote to discontinue all activities except studies following the expulsion of J Albert Stevens editor of Student Life for insulting the faculty calling them a bunch of asses and accusing teachers of not aiding athletics. The incident echoes from prior discipline of Stratford Morton after a class fight with Edward Nipher.
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Hooker
Stratford Morton
Bisulphide
Edward Nipher
Long Concealed Graft Charged In St Joseph
Walter C. Stewart longtime superintendent of the municipal lighting plant is indicted on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses and false certificates. The grand jury accuses that dead men remained on payrolls and the city was defrauded of thousands. Also charged are C. W. Walter and Ferdinand Mays with related offenses including forgery in cashing time slips.
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C. W. Walter
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Candy box an infernal machine maims man in Greensbury
Two alleged Black Hand members demanded money from John Ranco and left a box saying it was candy for his children. When Ranco opened it a powerful explosion tore off his right arm and wrecked the house. He is expected to die.
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Greensbury
Penn
John Ranco
Ranco
Japan Sure of Peace in Negotiations Says Hayashi
Paris January 8 The Japanese Foreign Minister reports cordial talks with the United States and Canada and says no insurmountable obstacles remain and a satisfactory settlement is expected soon.
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Count Hayashi
Paris
Mafin
Hayashi
United States
Launch Thought Lost In Northeast Virginia Storm
A launch from the quarantine ship Jamestown is missing with its captain and engineer after a sharp storm off the Virginia coast. The storm, moving from the Gulf, hit Cape Henry with 72 mph winds and rough seas endangering other shipping aboard the Helvengrove at Lambert's Point.
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Woman Killed by Car on 135th Street and Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Marie Marino of 18 East 134th street was struck by an eastbound crosstown car and died after being dragged fifty feet. Her year-old son Michael survived initial shock but lay seriously injured at Harlem Hospital. The motorman Edward Kilduff was arrested on homicide charges after passengers reported he could not stop on wet rails.
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First Tunnel Death in Brooklyn Transit Line
George Keyburn a 45 year old Interborough Rapid Transit electrician died after an 11 000 volt shock in the Brooklyn tunnel after entering a switchboard room. His body was removed to his Chauncey street home. A second train fire followed the accident as guards and motormen fought to control the blaze.
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New Plan on Employers' Liability Bill Narrow in Scope
Senator Knox introduced a bill to fix defects in the employers' liability act after the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. The proposal targets only corporations in interstate commerce and their employees engaged in such commerce. It limits application to common carriers operated by steam or similar motive power.
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Supreme Court of the United States
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New York Congressman Seeks Nearly Half Million for Ellis Island
A House bill by Rep Bennet of New York proposes a total of 550000 for Ellis Island repairs and expansion drawn from the emigrant fund. Funds cover refitting the plant 35000 a steam ferryboat 125000 completing a hospital wing 250000 and finishing the contagious disease hospital 150000.
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Bennet
New York
Ellis Island
Emigrant Fund
Salvation Army Commander Eva Booth Stricken by Pneumonia
Boston reports Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army has developed pneumonia and is listed in critical condition. This news comes as officials confirm her illness during duties in the city.
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Salvation Army
Heinze Indicted For Bank Fraud Overcheck Overcertifications
F Augustus Heinze, former Mercantile National Bank president known as the copper man, surrendered to Marshal Henkel after a federal grand jury indictment alleging overcertification of fifteen Mercantile checks on October 14 totaling about 460000 dollars.
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Mercantile National Bank
Marshal Henkel
Federal Grand Jury
Heinze Arrested Overcertification of Fifteen Checks
The indictment charges Otto Heinze with overcertifying fifteen checks drawn on Mercantile National Bank amounting to over four hundred thousand dollars. He was arraigned before Commissioner Shields in the federal building and held on fifty thousand dollars bail for appearance before Judge Chatfield. The case stems from the United Copper collapse and the ensuing banking fallout with Fidel ity and Deposit Company of Maryland acting as surety.
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Otto Heinze &E
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Mercantile National Bank
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F. Augustus Heinze
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