Chicago Great Western faces a potential receivership crisis
Rumors say a receiver may be sought if London backed measures fail to fund 8.49 million in gold notes maturing over the next three years. President Stickney and lawyers meet with noteholders in London while protests of insolvency and possible Canadian Pacific absorption loom.
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Frank B. Kelloge
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United States Circuit Court
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Chicago Great Western
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New York Stock Exchange
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Chicago
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Omaha
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Mason
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Company
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G. C. Stickney
L.S. Case
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Messrs. Stickney
Mr. Oppenheim
Frederick Weyerhauser
M. D. Flower
H. E. Fletcher
Thomas H. Wheeler
J. W. Lusk
R. C. Wight
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Navy sends coal to Honolulu and Manila for fleet
Sixty thousand tons of coal have been sent to Honolulu by the Navy Department's equipment bureau with a target of one hundred thousand tons at Manila by April 1. The move awaits a possible return of the battleship fleet via the Asiatic station, after which the coal may be used by American ships as needed.
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Honolulu
Equipment Bureau
Navy Department
Manila
Atlantic Coast
Asiatic Station
Storm Toll in Far East Wrecks Nine Steamers and Many Vessels
Tremont reports a ferocious gale near Hokkaido and Sapporo with nine steamers stranded or lost and forty sailing craft wrecked. About 588 fishing boats ruined and over a thousand buildings flooded. numerous deaths. Dolores sinks with crew saved.
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Dolores
Yokohama
Guaymas
New Anti Racetrack Bills Debated by Assembly
Albany January 7. Three drastic anti racetrack gambling bills propose six months to one year imprisonment for anyone placing a horse race bet. They align with Governor Hughes recommendations, replacing civil forfeiture with criminal penalties and include a $250000 appropriation for agricultural societies supported by racetracks. Assemblyman Hart pressed the measures with the governor after indicating he would seek approval before advancing the bills.
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Oneida County
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Priest on Hibernians Causes Funeral Row in Philadelphia
Philadelphia clergyman Father D I McDermott blocks funeral at St Marys over invitation to the Ancient Order of Hibernians prompting a postponement and later removal of the invitation. He cites Molly Maguire terror and plans to publish a memorial against the order. Archbishop Ryan and Cardinal Gibbons influence noted.
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Order of
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Mer. Turner
Archdiocese of
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Tribune
Glasgow
Scotland
Tom Johnson Loses Coal Suit for 20000 Dollars
Cincinnati January 7 The United States Circuit Court of Appeals orders Cleveland Mayor Tom Johnson to pay 20000 dollars to Charles D Norton Company coal dealers of Philadelphia. Norton supplied coal to the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Traction Company which Johnson guaranteed. The traction line later went to a receiver and Johnson's liability was challenged but upheld on appeal.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Charles D. Norton Company
Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia & Lehigh Valley Traction Company
Johnson
Norton Coal Company
Norton Company
Traction Company
Three Dead and Eighty Injured in Southern Train Wreck
A.Collver Special train from Cleveland to Florida plunged through Copper Mine Creek trestle about fifty miles north of Atlanta. Three passengers died, eighty seriously hurt, and many more injured as relief trains moved survivors to Atlanta hospitals. Engineer James Edwards killed. road foreman Schnapps and fireman Mose Baldwin fatally injured.
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Southern Railway
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Ohio
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Florida
Copper Mine Creek
James Edwards
Emil Hoover
Columbus
Florence A. Studebaker
G. Schnapps
Mose” Baldwin
Schnapp
Cuba
Collwer
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Norris
Southern
Seaboard
Hiram
Seaboard Tracks
Hughes Clubs Form Across New York for Governor Hughes
Albany reports show broad Hughes enthusiasm with clubs forming statewide to push an instructed delegation to the national convention. County organizations in Saratoga, Washington, Rensselaer, Columbia, and Onondaga back the governor, while leaders in Binghamton, Watertown, and Jamestown coordinate efforts.
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Hughes
New York
Saratoga
Washington
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Cornelius V. Collins
Columbia County
Louis F. Payn
Binghamton
Israel T. Deyo
Harvey D. Hinman
Broome County
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White
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Onondaga
Lincoln Club
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Department of Public Buildings
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State Forest, Fish and Game
Chautauqua County
Jamestown
Augustus F. Allen
Dunkirk
Stearns
Niagara County
Niagara Falls
Merritt
Porter
Morphine and pistol end life of former club president
Harry Gordon former president of the Tippecanoe Club and agent for a large Bolton estate died after consuming morphine and shooting himself following despondent remarks on his finances. A doctor was summoned after he confessed to taking three and a half grains of morphine and a pistol shot was heard.
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Cleveland
Harry Gordon
Tippecanoe Club
C. E. Bolton
Gordon
Million-Dollar Loan Broker Declares Bankruptcy
Danville Illinois January 7 John Mulholland a money lender and broker filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing assets of 3 019 568 and liabilities of 1 804 862. He says he has at least one thousand creditors and operated brokerage and loan offices in St Louis Kansas City Cincinnati Detroit Cleveland Buffalo New York and other cities. His listed residences include Fairview Illinois and New York.
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Danville
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John Mulholland
Fairview, Ill
Mulholland
St. Louis
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
New York
Part of Vesuvius Cone Falls in Naples Crater
Naples reports a portion of Mount Vesuvius cone sank into the crater after heavy detonations, sending a large smoke column across miles. Professor Matteucci of the observatory stated there is no eruption danger, calling it a geological phenomenon.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Matteucci
Wasiington University Students Reduce Activities After Editor Expulsion
Two hundred Wasiington University students vote to suspend all activities except studying after J Albert Stevens editor of Student Life is expelled for calling the faculty a bunch of asses. The dispute centers on athletic shortcomings and insults toward professors including civil engineering instructor Hooker. The row traces to Stratford Morton’s alleged chemical attack in a class fight on Edward Nipher.
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Tribune
Stratford Morton
Bisulphide
Edward Nipher
Long Concealed Graft Charged In Missouri City
Walter C. Stewart longtime superintendent of the municipal lighting plant is indicted by a grand jury on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses and false certificates. The panel says deceased men remained on payrolls and the city was defrauded of thousands. Co defendants include C. W. Walter and Ferdinand Mays with forgery tied to cashing time slips.
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Walter C. Stewart
Stewart
C. W. Walter
Ferdinand Mays
Two Black Hand suspects bomb Ranco home in Greensburg
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on January 7 two men alleged to be Black Hand members pressed John Ranco for money. They gave him a box claiming it contained candy for his children. When he opened it a blast tore off his right arm and wrecked the house. Ranco is expected to die.
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Greensburg
Penn
John Ranco
Ranco
Japan Confident in Peace Talks With United States
Paris reports Japanese Foreign Minister Count Hayashi says negotiations with the United States and Canada are cordial with no insurmountable difficulties and a satisfactory settlement expected soon.
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Count Hayashi
Paris
Mafin
Hayashi
United States
Launch Thought Lost In Norfolk Storm
A launch from the quarantine ship Jamestown is missing with its captain and engineer after a violent northeast storm off the Virginia coast. The two men, both white, were aboard to board the British steamship Helvengrove when weather prevented their return. Winds peaked at 72 mph near Cape Henry as mountainous seas hampered outside shipping.
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Norfolk
Gulf
Virginia
Jamestown
Old Point Comfort
Lambert's Point
Cape Henry
Capes
Woman struck by car on 125th Street. mother killed
Marie Marino of 18 East 134th Street died after being struck by an eastbound crosstown car at Fifth Avenue while crossing 125th Street. Her year‑old son Michael was tossed fifteen feet and hospitalized in serious condition. Motor man Edward Kilduff was arrested on homicide charges after witnesses said the brakes failed on wet rails.
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Fifth Avenue
Marie Marino
East 134Th Street
Michael
Edward Kilduff
Harlem
Marino
Kilduff
Ross
Harlem Hospital
Bicycie
Brennan
East 126Th Street
First Tunnel Death In Brooklyn Subways
George Kerburn an Interborough Electrician died after an 11 000 volt shock in the Brooklyn tunnel. He entered a terminal room to connect wires, lights failed, he collapsed and died. A second train fire followed within an hour as motormen faced a tunnel stampede.
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Interborough Rapid Transit
Brooklyn
Keyburn
New York
Brooklyn Hospital
Adams Street
Chauncey Street
New Plan on Employers' Liability
Senator Knox proposes a bill to fix flaws in the employers liability act after its Supreme Court nullification. The measure targets corporations engaged in interstate commerce and limits coverage to employees of common carriers operated by steam or similar motive power.
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Washington
Knox
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Mr. Knox
Ellis Island Repair Bill Seeks $680,000 Urgency
Washington January 7. Rep Bennet of New York introduces a House bill to appropriate 680000 for urgent Ellis Island repairs and construction. Funds would come from the emigrant fund and cover refitting the plant a steam ferryboat and hospital wings including a contagious disease hospital.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Bennet
New York
Ellis Island
Emigrant Fund
Salvation Army Commander Eva Booth Stricken in Boston
Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army has been stricken with periments here and is critically ill. Medical staff report her condition serious as efforts continue to stabilize her. The incident prompts concern among Salvation Army workers and community leaders in Boston.
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Boston
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Heinze Indicted for Bank Fraud Overchecks
F. Augustus Heinze, copper magnate and former Mercantile National Bank president, surrendered to Marshal Henkel after federal grand jury indictment accusing him of overcertifying fifteen Mercantile checks on October 14 totaling about 400000 dollars. The action marks a high profile banking fraud case against a prominent financier.
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F. Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Marshal Henkel
Federal Grand Jury
Heinze Indicted for Overcertification of Bank Checks
Federal indictment charges Otto Heinze & Co. checks totaling over 400 000 drawn Oct 14 with overcertification while he was Mercantile National Bank president. Heinze pleads not guilty. bail set at 50 000 with bond from Fidelity and Deposit Co. United States Attorney Stimson and Controller of the Currency involved in the case.
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Federal
Chatfield
Heinze
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Maryland
Otto Heinze & Co
Edward Lauterbach
Mr. Heinze
Marshal Henkel
United States
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Lauterbach
Commissioner Shields
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Washington
Co. H. Smithers & Co
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W. & Rosenbaum
Gross & Kreebers
E. F. Hutton & Co
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Mercantile National Bank
Clearing House Committee
United Copper Pool
F. Augustus Heinze
Stock Exchange
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