Indicted men tied to cotton pool scheme defy Sherman act
A federal grand jury indicted A Patten of Chicago and eight other men including Eugene B. Scales Frank B. Bayne William P. Brown Morris H. Rothschild Sydney Harman and Colonel Robert M. Thompson on charges of conspiring with about fifty southern cotton spinning firms to monopolize raw cotton supply and fix prices to force spinners to buy at pool prices. Bail set at 5000 with July 5 for plea changes as legal maneuvers unfold.
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A. Patten
Chicago
Patten
Eugene B. Scales
Texas
Frank B. Bayne
William P. Brown
New Orleans
Morris H
Harman
Colonel Thompon
Mr. Kittle
Thompson
Alross
John D. Lindsey
Adrian H. Joline
Sonspiracy
Mimret
Mrouzh
New York
Congress
Roosevelt in Fog Returns to Oyster Bay After Busy Day
Roosevelt, weary from a day handling much correspondence, looks forward to two months of rest at Oyster Bay. The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria nears New York in heavy fog, with plans for a reception by Mayor Gaynor and a welcome committee. Roosevelt mentions a Black Hills visit before September speech in St. Paul. He notes wireless updates from Siasconset, Oklahoma Republican convention, Father Curran, and labor leaders Morrissey and Dolan.
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Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Siasconset
Mass
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Black Hills
Seth Bullock
National Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Roosevelt
Gaynor
Manhattan
Siasconset Village
Oklahoma
Father Curran
Wilkes-Barre
Messrs
Morrissey and Dolan
Body of Wellesley Graduate Found in Jamaica Pond
Miss Mabel Gordon twenty nine a Wellesley graduate escaped from Adams Nervine Hospital where she was being treated for a nervous breakdown her body weighted by stones was found today in Jamaica Pond by Station 43 police. She lived with her father George Gordon at 27 Brackenburg Lane Beverly Cove and had recently entered hospital after a breakdown following continued application to her studies.
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the Tribune
Boston
Mabel Gordon
Wellesley
Adams Nervine Hospital
Jamaica Pond
Miss Gordon
George Gordon
Brackenburg Lane
Beverly Cove
Lively Fight On L Train Between Two Sailors
John Garthe age nineteen of 314 Hamburg Ave Brooklyn and John H Voght age twenty one of 393 Covert Ave Williamsburg sailors at Norfolk Navy Yard fought on an elevated L train after exiting Adams Street station. The clash spilled into a car drawing cheers and alarm from passengers. Patrolmen pried them apart at Vanderbilt Avenue and arrested both men.
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John Garthe
Hamburg Avenue
Brooklyn
John H. Voght
Covert Avenue
Williamsburg
Norfolk
Vanderbilt Avenue
Veto power talks begin in House of Lords reform
London June 17 diplomats from government and opposition held their first session on the Lords veto legislation. They agreed the deliberations would be confidential and the scope untrammelled as talks proceed.
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London
Conferrees
House of Lords
Leopard mauls exhibitor at carnival in Paterson
Charles Irwin, exhibiting five leopards at a silk workers benefit carnival, was attacked by the largest leopard while leading it to the main tent. The beast tore flesh from his face and body for about an hour before being subdued. Irwin was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Charles Irwin
Irwin
Paterson, N
Suffragettes Strike Halt Chicago Fourth Pageant
Militant suffragettes in Chicago issue a strike against the Sane Fourth Association over entry refusals for a July 4 pageant. Affected floats may require men to portray female characters as about 300 women’s roles are planned. Leader Mrs Fitz Jones vows counter moves with balloons and march timing.
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Chicago
Sane Fourth Association
Equal Rights Cause
Suffragettes
Fitz Jones
Washington Reward For Parr In Sugar Underweighing Fraud
Washington reports that Richard Parr a New York customs employee who aided the government in recovering over 2 million dollars from sugar underweighing frauds will receive a 100000 dollar reward. Taft and MacVeagh agreed the sum though moiety funds lack sufficient money. Congress may be asked later.
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Washington
Richard Parr
New York
Parr
Taft
MacVeagh
Treasury
Congress
American Sugar Refining Company
Rich lumberman missing in transit to New York
Henry T. Bona a 65 year old Tacoma lumberman was reported missing by his son in law John Y. Shepard. Bona disappeared June 6 from Tacoma and a letter to his wife said he was en route to New York for a square meal. Relatives fear dementia. He is 5 feet 9, 160 pounds with dark complexion gray eyes mixed gray hair and mustache. He wears a black sack suit with black shoes and a black derby or straw hat.
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Henry T. Bona
Tacoma
Wash
John Y. Shepard
West 128Th Street
Shepard
Married and Couldn't Move Reveals Quiet Jersey City Wedding
Eleanor R White of Tarrytown wed Frank A Sweet Jr in Jersey City on April 19. The teen bride, 17, and her husband, about a year older, planned a year of secrecy until her mother announced a move to another town and the couple refused to relocate. Frank works as a clerk at Westchester County Savings Bank.
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Willsboro
N. Y
Eleanor R. White
Edwin White
Tarrytown
Frank A. Sweet
Mr. Sweet
Jersey City
Express Trains to White Mountains Time Ad
Advertisement for June 20 day excursions to the White Mountains with parlor cars at 36 dollars in the morning and a 9 03 a.m. coach train. Night express price to be determined. Leaves Great Central Terminal weekdays from City Ticket Office 171 Broadway. Phone 5121 Cort.
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White Mountains
Floating aeroplane makes water launches near Martigues
Paris reports M. Fabre the aeronaut achieved several successful flights from a lake near Martigues today. His aeroplane, fitted with canvas floats, began each takeoff from the water under its own propulsion.
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Paris
M. Fabre
Martigues
Boy Aviator Killed In Glider Attached Flight
San Francisco report of 17 June records 17 year old Eugene Speyer killed when a glider tethered to an automobile failed during a practice flight and dropped fifty feet. He was the son of a wealthy local widow.
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San Francisco
Eugene Speyer
Thousands Die in Floods Across Hungary
Vienna reports floods sweeping Hungary with about a thousand deaths expected and several million kronen in losses. Kronstadt district alone has 300 bodies found, Moldova 100 dead, Temeswar 180 drowned as crops and harvest face destruction. Bar Harbor Ex starts June 20 with a travel schedule listing Portland and Bar Harbor connections.
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Vienna
Hungary
Kronstadt
Moldova
Temeswar
Brookins Sets New World Altitude Record in Wright Biplane
Walter Brookins soared to 4,508 feet at Indianapolis, breaking his own record as motor failure forced a two mile glide to a wheat field. He landed after an hour and a half aloft, with a farmer the only witness. Military observers praised Wright aircraft progress and its potential for scouting and raids.
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the Tribune
Indianapolis
Walter Brookins
Wright
Brookins
Indianapolis Speedway
Speedway
Wilbur Wright
Roosevelt Returns Home Amid Massive City Welcome Parade
The returned ex president Theodore Roosevelt arrives by the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria off Sandy Hook after a year abroad. A land and naval parade in New York, with thousands cheering, marks his homecoming as dignitaries, officials, and families greet him from Quarantine to Oyster Bay rather than politics.
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Africa
Europe
America
North
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Sandy Hook
Oyster Bay
Manhattan
Lower Bay
Quarentine
Kaiserin
Loeb
Newberry
Navy Department
Garfield
Interior Department
Luke E. Wright
War Department
Archibald Butt
Taft
Meyer
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Longworth
Dolphin
Verbeck
Hughes
Androscoggin
North River
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Sugar Company
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