Banks and coal interests in Greene County court case
The piece details a federal inquiry and a complex credit attack involving Greene County land, coal rights, and prominent figures including Thompson. It describes how local banks and a Pittsburgh syndicate allegedly manipulated notes, the role of a bank examiner, and the social-political climate around unions, industry, and wealth in Uniontown and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Thompson
Washington
Taos
Visteburgh
Recreos
Vreadenss
Becolar
Stanes
Breugt Wester Pennsylvania
Feay Thompson
Pitts
Ses
United Corporation
Hang the Law Says T R See and Canal Debate
A luncheon discussion at the University lab highlights Theodore Roosevelt and autocratic rule in the Panama Canal saga. Colonel Godhary and Secretary Taft probe authority, with Roosevelt favoring centralized power to push the canal project despite legal constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fem
Lorene
Godhary
Taft
Washatom
Gonevelt
Calmel
Vtaholiah
Tait
Three Bandits Duel With Posse Near Lake Mahopac
Sheriff Uirich Wiesendanger and deputy sheriffs pursued three bandits after a double pistol duel near West Somers and Lake Mahopac. Shots fired, a bystander was wounded, and a shanty hideout yielded revolvers and stolen jewelry from Merritt’s Lake Mahopac shop. Suspects Knifen Tony Syunk and Carlos Nibres were captured and jailed, linked to a regional gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uirich Wiesendanger
West Somers
Lake Mahopac
Granite Springs
Lake Mahopae
Sheri
Wiesendanger
John C Moore
Moore
Simmer
Merrit
Lake Malopuete
Tony Syunk
Carlos Nibres
Rolbine
poateMeen
S Mn
Charlie
L. Seacord
Tuckahoe
Mrs Gardner Converts to Suffrage Move in Boston
A sharp campaign by wealthy suffragists converted Mrs Gardner to support women's rights. She was bombarded with literature, invited totera and publicly announced as a suffragist after surrendering to the campaign. The conversion news came ahead of the Beacon Hill suffrage events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dan
Deputies Plot Shrouded Strikes and Firearms Seized
A Roosevelt plant raid revealed six army rifles and six automatic pump guns used to arm deputies. Several prisoners allegedly confessed to state’s evidence and named American Agricultural Chemical Company property. A county grand jury was convened to scrutinize murder charges against twenty seven deputies in the Desdero and Patty case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branswica
Vonutier
Ianler
Peter Henry Harrington
Roosevelt
Williama & Clark
Antich
Harrington
Petetier
aMeals
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Offciale
Thomas Revolinske
Sherif Houghton
Liebe Flant
Toslay
Mathe
Alexander Desdero
Corman Patty
Sae Sayudiesex County
Edwin Florence
O’sloce
Supreme Court
J. J. Bergen
Michael
O'Connell
Florence
John Rt. Ferguson
Richard Telotier
Peleries
Rogers Wife Signs Complaint In Divorce Action
The wife of Larrys Elton Rogers, Caroline Giddings Rogers, signed the divorce complaint. The papers will be filed within the week, with Ida Sniffen Walters named as sole corespondent. Rogers allegedly owes his wife over 10,000 dollars and an unusual agreement with her is cited. Coroner’s inquest for Walters’s illness homicide warrant issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Walters
Caroline Giddings Rogers
Larrys Elton Rogers
Kamnory BR Buckner
Rogers
Walters
Huckner
niWe
Loriye Eiton Rogers
Caron
Giddings Rogers
Ina
State of
New York
Horlys Elton Rogers
Cerroline
Frances Peetounty
el Martin
Wetion
Martin
Em Wold
United States Supreme Court
Ida Sniffen
Jerome F. Healy
Flynn
Tre Naily
Healy
Nira
Decree Grants Absolute Divorce in Affinity Earl Case
JusticeSim pkins signs absolute divorce for Helen Theodora Sid ford Haste of Oxford England from Ferdinand Pinney Earle. Custody awarded to wife with $100 monthly alimony and £000 counsel fees. Aid points to misconduct by husband with several women, case dated January 28 in chambers.
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Synch
Arthur &. Simpkins
Supreme Court
Helen Theodora Sidford Haste
Oaford
England
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Amity Farle
Lustres Louphine
Varie
Mex Farle
Justice Tompkins
Wininutf
Exrter
Watford
Os Ford
Earle
Tre
Merrege
Aeronautic search planned for Stefansson Arctic party
Hydroc planes to locate Ayolmar Stefansson and ten missing explorers from the Karluk near Herald Island. McConnell seeks Aero Club of America support with advice from Rear Admiral Weary. Plan includes a powered schooner and 40 hydra planes, wireless stations at Point Barrow and Victoria, and constant communication to search from warm months onward.
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Ayolmar Stefansson
Herald Island
Severin
Burt Mc McConnell
Aero Club of America
Robert Weary
Itis
Mc McConnell
Wrangel Land
Schooler King and Winge
Kurluk
Alaska
Stefansson
Point Arrow
Cape Harry
Ahe Chew
Actes
Victoria
B. C
Point Barrow
Canadia
The
Aero Club
Alt
Fisl
Admiral Peary
Cup Saves Man Life After 29 Shots Hit Cup
Charles Lewis saw two men lurking near the Morris Canal. A moment later a shotgun fired striking his dinner pail as the load ricocheted into the cup. Twenty nine shots rattled in the broken cup, leaving him with hits on his hand and thigh. The assailant, Ovis, worked in Port Morton’s Railroad freight yard and offered no reason, claiming he did not intend to hit the victim.
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Thomeoon
Therese
Pemnaybeat
Union
H.arest
ABC Bresks
Aloes
Alana
Bank
National
Stanhope
Dan
Walding
Morris Canal
Charles Lewis
Lewis
Ovis
Port Mort
Enon
Pyesk
France
Michlel
Switzerand
Mets
Sudekan
England
Germany
Wberry
Faery
Chas
Tance
BEANS CHASE PRANES AND PRUNES OUTLOOK
Wholesale grocers report prunes to rise with prices at altitude of 10000 feet and beyond. California prune demand reaches 100 million pounds in 1914 while war limits imports. beans and beets noted as contributing factors to the supply and pricing situation.
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Germany
California
Thaw On Last Lap To Tombs Cue At 8 A M
Thaw was moved from Concord to Boston amid dense crowds and police escort. Legal maneuvering earlier cleared the way for extradition to New York as officials from both states oversaw the transfer. Thaw’s departure followed a rapid court sequence, with Jerome’s team conspicuously absent.
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Tombscue
Woony
Boston
Dan
Harry KK
Thaw
New York
Island Central Station
Jam Travers Jerome
Anklin Kennedy
Assisant
Concord
N. H
New York State
Jerome Ami
Mérich
York
Jerome
Mr. Jerome
Drew
Sherif Stevens
Norman J. Fitzsimmons
John B. Stanchfield
Fitzsimmons
Holman Drew
United States
New Harmshire
Bually
Sherif Hornbeck
Aew
York State
Felker
Aldrich
Supreme Court
Burns Hodgman
Germany Seeks Peace Meet With France In Hungary
Paris reports indicate Germany seeks a big peace effort with France while mobilization continues in Austria Hungary. Romania’s Transylvania effects and U S Consulate bombing are noted, with French lines holding in the Argonne and Alsace.
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Germany
France
Hungary
Russian Front Shifts as Austro German Plan Revealed
Moscow dispatches describe Russian forces advancing toward East Prussia and skirmishes along the lower Vistula. German Austrian plans at Breslau aim to offset Ivano troops in Hukows Northern Hungary, signaling renewed fighting in the south rather than central Poland.
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Thorn
Oland
Lower
Vistula
Warsaw
Plock
Horta
Waren
von Hindenburg
Boars and
Transylvania
Stoi Ootny
Vestula
Wuieh
Mall Skirmisg
Busowina
Kiril- Dabs
Carpathian
Stadt
Rempal
Ivano
Hukows
Hungary
Gallia
Poland
Breslau
Husband Joins Wife and Her Soul Mate in Unusual Domestic Pact
Roston dated Jan 23 reports Mrs Margaret Chase, the wife of Brookline surgeon Dr H Lincoln Chase, plans to live with her high profile partner Hartley Dennett and her husband. Chase will relocate to East Alstead New Hampshire to practice medicine and share his life with Dennett and Mary Ware Dennett, while Mrs Chase continues with her two children in New York. The arrangement follows a six month period of experimentation described by friends as successful.
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Roston
Saal
Hartley Dennett
Boston
Margaret Chase
Ir. H. Lincoln Chase
Brookline
Dr. Chase
Toonight
East Alstead
N. H
Iaet
Dennett
Chase
Dr Chase
Alstead
Mia
New York
Mary Ware
Twilight Sleep Mothers’ Association
Desperate Fighting in Alsace and Argonne Fronts
Paris dispatch notes intensified French and Allied action in Alsace and the Argonne. German offensive pressure concentrates along two Verdun sectors while French forces press in the Argonne west of Verdun and near St Mihiel, with close combat reported in the Thann region and casualties mounting as lines hold or fracture.
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Paris
Alliers
Verdun
Argonne Forest
Cernay Sennhaim
Alsace
Thann
St. Mihiel
Meuse
Verden
Tate
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J. ¥. Thompson
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T.R
Goethals
Ganal
Posse
Postmaster
Jack” Gardner
Antis
Piet Thes
AEROS
Cup
Beans Chase Pranes
Jerome Fears
Dutchess County
Bin
Heck
John Lanyon
Hornbeck
Langen
Sherif Drew
Engle
Boston & Maine
Shaw
Bucharest
Berlin
U.S
Petrograd
Bumenia
Austria Hungary
London
Eiher
Threeyay
America
Citeria
Kireababa Pass
Dunkirk
Frermans Guard River
Dunkirn
Pree Bureau
Aeron
Armen A
Zeek
Zeebrugee
RE. B. Davy
R. Pearse
Mole
Davies
Zeebruger
Daily Mail
Havre
Bie
Ag Great
Dunes
Furnes
Ostend
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Bray-Huses
Amsterdame
Lepdon
Belgium
Wahurt
Kent
Husband
Wife
Atlantic Coant Ling
Finannie Onesigh
Orlando
Argonne
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