Early trial hoped in Mellen anti trust case
New Haven Railroad president Charles S. Mellen and executives Edson J. Chamberlain and Alfred W. Smithers face a fight in New York’s October term. Investigators press a broad case to break up New Haven monopoly in New England. Officials anticipate a hard battle over seven overt acts alleged in a traffic agreement to monopolize regional railroad trade.
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Ffrom
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Edson J. Chamberlain
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
Alfred W. Smithers
Latter Road
New York
Department of Justice
Jesse C. Adkins
McReynolds
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
McRternolds
New York, New Haven & Hartford Reitroad
Morning News Local Page Headlines Across Crime and Society
Local page highlights violent deaths and legal actions including two killed by a theatre train and three girls killed by Anton. Indictments against Warden Kennedy and indictments related to public health and politics surface. Weathered by a varied mix of society notes, travel bits, and political updates.
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Anton
New York
Pointe Way
Lamar
Whitman
Funton
Barnes Facer
New Fight
Kturtin
Rumania Declares War as Troops Cross Bulgarian Front
London reports that Romania has declared war on Bulgaria. The Romanian minister in Sofia has been recalled. Vienna dispatches say Romanian troops began crossing the Bulgarian frontier at 4 PM yesterday.
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London
Rumania
Sofia
Times
Vienna
President Wilson’s Long Auto Ride Ends at Home in Woods
President Wilson, with Mrs Wilson and companions, completed the longest automobile ride of his New Hampshire visit, returning home at 8 o'clock after a circuitous route along the Connecticut River toward Springfield NH. He faced darkness and did not stop in towns, while reporters asked about railway strike actions but he declined to comment.
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Cornish
Wilson
New Hampshire Woods
Eleanor Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Cary T. Greyson
Connecticut River
Sprintfield
Nhl
Thief Steals Watch From Patrolman On Elevated Train
Patrolman Schlett, off duty, watched a pickpocket on a Third Avenue elevated train late Monday. The thief shifted focus after being observed and exited at Little Street station. As the train moved, the robber slipped through a window and seized Schlett's watch and chain from his coat pocket before vanishing.
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East Ast Street
Third Avenue
Sehlett
Litth Street
Schlett
STOP IMPROMPTU COOKING From The Tel Montelair N J
Fire departments from Montclair Verona and Cedar Grove responded to a brush fire threatening a mushroom bed on Mrs M Hastings farm just north of Hotel Montclair. Three pumpers and ladder trucks arrived quickly and spectators arrived by the hundred as mushrooms valued at a dollar a pound were saved with measured efforts.
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Tel Montelair
N. J
Mra M. Hastings
Montclair
Verona
Cedar Grove
East Side Gang War Ends With Double Murder
A street shooting in front of 26 Avenue, between 24 and 25 streets, left Morris Reich accused killer and another man dead and sparked a wide manhunt. Police say the incident echoes the Rosenthal case as four men fled through Avenue B to 4th Street pursued by officers. Reich, known as a pickpocket and robber, died after a knife and multiple gunshots. Wolk, age twenty three, and Willis, sixteen, were captured or escaped. two other men fled.
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Avenue 1
Morris Reich
Moxehe
St. Mark's Place
David Wolk
Rosin
Orchard Street
Jack” Willis
East 7Th Street
Union Starket
East Houston Street
Rosenthal
Wolk
Ketch
Wild
Reich
Fred
Lower
Mueller
17Th Precinct
Wilds
Avenue B
3D Street
Avenue C
Avenne
4Th Street
Dineen and
Haggerty
Deective Long
Ling
Willis
Forces of Law and Order
West
Jack” Zelig
Husband Hoards Cash in Stove Ignites Fire
Barnett Gelford kept seven hundred dollars in a Williamsburgh Savings Bank, drew it with a friend’s advice and hid it in the kitchen range at 803 De Kalb avenue. He failed to tell his wife, who lit a fire for supper. the blaze was quickly put out but the money was ruined.
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Barnett Gelford
Pittsburgh
Gelford
Drilled six hurt girl's suitor freed in murder case
John Kennedy former warden of Bing Sing prison surrendered to authorities after an indictment for mismanagement neglect and other charges. He was admitted to $1000 bail. The Long Island train incident on Locust Valley left two dead and several injured when a car crossed train tracks. A separate case in Wilkes-Harrel exonerated witness Herbert Johns in the Alice Crispell murder inquiry with jurors deeming the crime unsolved.
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George
Jersey City
Sell Nolan
Thomas
Jersey
Akull
Rogan
John
Glen Cove
Milla
WillaIn
Mdougat le Ina
Locust Valley
Jerico Turnpike
Millar
Nassau Hospital
Robinson
Westbury
Tribune
Wilkes-Harre
Penn
Herbert Johns
Alice Crispell
Herbert Jenna
Johns
Frank Brown
Misa Crispell
Oneonta
Harveys Lake
Carner
Lakeside
Commonwealth
P. J. mogKins
William Crispell
Stella Oney
Alice
Will of Francis Way Smith Discloses Major Bequests
Philadelphia probate reveals Francis Way Smith's will leaves Samuel W. Briggs 100000 and the use of a motor car with 1500 yearly upkeep. Earlier the testator gave 217500 to churches and charitable institutions in Philadelphia and vicinity. Briggs, manager of a prominent city hotel, expressed surprise at the bequest.
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Philadelphia
Francis Way Smith
Samuel W. W. Briggs
Briggs
Smith
Seeking Millions Fails as Treasure Hunt Ends
A long running effort to raid Colombia’s Sacred Lake Guatavita ends in failure after thirteen years and $76,000 spent. Creditor meetings occur as no vast treasure is found. lake depths and mud reveal only minor ornaments valued around ten thousand dollars.
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London
Anc
Guatavita
Colombia
Cohalan May Not Go On The Stand In Trial
Albany reports the Cohalan case enters its final prosecution phase with witnesses including Alfred B. Cruikshank, Connolly's key corroboration, while defense counsels consider not placing Cohalan on the stand. Tammany allies push for a perjury prosecution against Connolly's accuser as committee hostility toward Connolly persists.
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the Tribune
Albany
Legislative Judiciary Committees
New York County Supreme Court
Alfred B. Cruikshank
John A. Connolly
O'Hanton
Wiley
Southard
Connolly
John B. Stanchfeld
Justice Cohalan
Mr. Stanchfield
Cobalan
Joint Committee
Murtaugh
Tammany
Cohai- Jan
J. Robert Rubin
Albert B. Cruikahank
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