Price Twice Indicted In Cotton Report Leak Case
Theodore H Price a cotton broker was indicted by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and bribery in the cotton report leak scandal. He surrendered, pleaded not guilty, and posted 5000 bail for a June 19 preliminary hearing. Indictments were also voted against Holmes Peckham and Haas, with no public disclosure of names by the US Attorney.
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Theodore H. Price
United States
Price
Hough
Federal
Grand Jury
Henry L. Stimson
Edwin S. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Frederick A. Peckham
Moses Haas
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Holmes
Peckham
Haas
John D. Lindsay
van Riper
New York Cotton Exchange
Exchange
Wall Street
Mr. Price
Peckham and Haas
Washington
Juyce Holt
Peckhams
Herbert Knox Smith
Roosevelt
Indictments Tied to Cotton Crop Report Leaks in Washington
Washington May 29 four New York men and Edwin Holmes Jr of Washington face indictments for conspiring to obtain and misrepresent crop data from the Department of Agriculture. Price Peckham and Haas allegedly paid Holmes for advance figures on upcoming reports, with schemes to influence December and June crop data to favor their interests. The cases cite multiple payments and planned bribes in a larger conspiracy.
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Washington
Theodore H. Price
New York
Price
Frederick A. Peckham
Moses Haas
Edwin 8. Holmes, Jr
Department Agriculture
Peckham and Haas
Holmes
Thom Asult
Haas
Gwe Price
The
United
Hoes
Maas
Ter
Fea
Cedrino Killed in Pimlico Derby Crash
Emmanuel Cedrino, a noted Italian automobile driver, died at Pimlico racetrack after his car skidded and overturned. He and his mechanician brother were ejected against a fence. the brother survived with injuries as spectators watched the fatal crash unfold.
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Baltimore
Emmanuel Cedrino
Pimlico
Cedrino
Emanuel Cedrino
Pimlico Racetrack
Italian driver Cedrino killed in track accident at Pimlico
Cedrino, 35, a Turin native and former chauffeur to Queen Helena of Italy, died after his car overturned on the first turn near the grandstand. He had just tested a 100 horsepower car and set many records in the United States. An inquest found accidental death with blame on none.
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Cedrino
Pimlico
Mile Track
Herbert Schoenrich
New York
Schoenrich
E. Cedrino
United States
Helena
Italy
Eagle Rock
Long Branch
Morris Park
Ormond Beach
Fla
Cuba
Artemis
Would Arrest Ancients on June Reveille Tradition
Boston reports Police Commissioner O'Meara warned the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company that participants in the first Monday of June reveille by fife and drum would be arrested as disturbers of the peace. The group had announced its field day for June 1 with a drum corps reveille, a generations old custom. Governor Hughes planned a New York parade review today after arriving from Albany.
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Boston
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Stephen O'Meara
Princesse Asnélie-Louise to Wed Kozian in Elopement
In Vienna on May 29 a family council resolved not to oppose the marriage of Princess Asnélie-Louise of Furstenberg to Gus tav Kozian, an auto firm employee who recently eloped with the princess. The couple are in Lucerne and will live abroad after morricage.
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Vienna
Fami
Asnélie-Louise
Furstenberg
Gustav Kozian
Lucerne
Morricage
Heat Kills Ten in Pittsburg As City Endures Heat Wave
Ten people have died in Pittsburg since midnight as extreme heat grips the city. Prostrations are widespread and the temperature soared, with locals reporting a dangerous heat level and officials urging residents to seek shade and hydration.
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Pittsburg
Automobile crash injures two in Ville d'Avray
Ville d'Avray France May 29 Mr Duke son of the president of the Amerikan Tobacco Company and Mrs Farle Pickenson were hurt today when their automobile crashed and overturned.
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Ville d'Avray
France
Duke
Amerikan Tobacco Company
Farle Pickenson
Gould Road Receiver Appointment Sparks Financial Turmoil
In Pittsburg Judge James S. Young appointed receivers for the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Railroad Company upon the Wa bash Railroad and creditors' application. Francis H. Skeiding and Henry W. McMaster named receivers as liabilities reach 57 252 100 with assets unknown. The street details note the line from Pittsburg to Jewitt Junction Ohio and ties to Gould interests. A separate item from Chicago reports Corn and Wheat corners led by Patten and Armour with vast profits and market instability.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Wabash Railroad
James S. Young
United States
Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Railroad Company
Francis H. Skeiding
First National Bank of
Henry W. McMaster
Equitable and Mercantile Trust Companies
New York
Wabash-Pittsburg
Gould System
Pittsburt
Jewitt Junction
Ohio
Wal Street
No. 195
Broadway
Gould
Hallgarten & Co
Gordon Abbott
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
George P. Butler
George P. Butler & Co
Myron T. Herrick
Wallace
William A. Read
William A. Read & Co
John B. Dennis
Blair & Co
May Lose Deposits In Bank Loot Case
Pittsburg, May 29. Bondsmen who covered city deposits of 1.5 million and state deposits of 525 thousand in the defunct Allegheny National Bank, alleged to be looted by cashier William Montgomery, will seek to dodge payment of any shortage. Robert McAfee and others appeared in court to ask no judgments. They claim the state changed bonding rules to accept only surety firms, though the change was not legally enacted.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank
William Montgomery
Robert McAfee
the Commonwealth
Walter Chess
Joshua Rhodes
State Revenue Commissioners
May Senate votes to defeat filibuster by quorum rule
The Tribune reports a 35 to 35 Senate vote after pairs were counted to form a quorum delaying rollcalls. The sergeant at arms will report on attendance enforcement while the Vice President counts present both voting and nonvoting members. La Follette signaled a long address at 2 AM aiming to speak until 9.
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Senate
la Follette
Colin May Race Again At Belmont Stakes
James J. Keene’s unbeaten Colin may race in the Belmont Stakes for 325000 today if a Saturday morning exam by Dr. McCully and trainer James Rowe finds no rain or further issues. The colt’s apparent tendon bowing was due to a stoone or hole, not ongoing lameness, with swelling vanished and tendons straight.
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James J. Keene
Colin
H. de Courcey Forbes
Mr Keene
Jimmy Rowe
Sheepshead Bay
Mr. Forbes
Celia
James Rowe
Meally
Albany reform bill would curb public transit fares
The Albany May 29 report says amendments by the Assembly committee weaken the Public Service commissions law and block through fares from Manhattan to Coney Island. A clause forbids joint rates between railroad and street railroad corporations, hampering a five cent Coney Island fare.
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The
Tribune
Albany
Public Service Commissions
Assembly Committee
Manhattan
Coney Island
J. O. Hammit
Citizens’ Union
Committee On Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
Fire crews stop blast by removing powder on waterfront
Washington May 29 The crew of the Presidents yacht Mayflower prevented a disaster by extinguishing or removing nearly two tons of powder rockets and priming explosives from a burning magazine at the navy yard while Lieutenant Reed led a party of bluejackets into the blaze. The Mayflower lay nearby and could have suffered serious damage if the explosives had ignited.
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Washington
Navy Yard
Bluejackets
Reed
Clarke Arrested in France for Spying During Balloon Flight
Charles T. Clarke of New York was arrested in Toulon on a spying accusation after landing near the forts during his first balloon trip in France. A French aeronaut accompanied him and taken photos. police released him after a brief examination.
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Toulon
Charles T. Clarke
New York
New Yorkers Nearly Wrecked On Yacht Elsa II
Frederic Thompson and Abraham L. Erlanger narrowly escaped a shipwreck near Atlantic City when their yacht Elsa II drifted in rough seas at Absecon Inlet. A government life saving crew answered distress signals and piloted the vessel to safety to bring the men ashore.
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the Tribune
Atlantic City
Frederic Thompson
Abraham L. Erlanger
New York
Mr. Thompson
Absecon Inlet
Blacksmith May Be Governor Candidate in Texas
R R Williams a blacksmith from Cumby Texas filed for Governor on the Democratic ticket. He stands as the only rival to Governor Campbell and will appear on the primary ballot. Williams and Campbell share similar platforms backing Bryan for president and Williams pledges support for Bryan in 1912 if Bryan loses this year. He met Bryan during the latter's Texas visit.
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Tribune
Fort Worth
Texas
R. R. Williams
Cumby
Campbell
Williams
Bryan
Signs of Returning Prosperity In New England Mills
Providence May 23 Gorham Manufacturing Company to resume full time operations for 2600 employees starting next Monday after a period of irregular short time production. W H Lawton secretary cites better prospects in the silverware business Nashua May 29 Nashua Manufacturing and Jackson cotton cloth mills to raise weekly hours from 29 to 40, affecting about four thousand workers starting Monday next.
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Providence
Gorham Manufacturing Company
W. H. Lawton
Nashua
N. H
Nashua Manufacturing Company
Jackson Company
Massive storms kill dozens across multiple states
Storms and tornadoes hit Oklahoma Louisiana Illinois and Missouri causing deaths injuries and widespread damage. Tulsa oil tanks burned after lightning struck twenty seven tanks while Duncan and Cashion report fatalities. Rivers flood towns, rail lines shut, crops damaged, and Mississippi Valley fronts flood Johnson City and Pine Bluff with extensive land submergence and levee breaches.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Hennessey
Enid
Frederick
Cashion
Duncan
Weleetka
Tulsa
Navina
Glenn Pool
Red River
Cimarron
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Quincy
Alexandria
Hannibal
Illinois
Arkansas River
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Morrisston
Pine Bluff
Ark
Missouri
Almost a cloudburst hits Albany with damaging storm
A severe thunderstorm swept Albany and nearby areas for about thirty minutes causing street flooding, downed trees, and torn roofs while wires were pulled from poles by falling limbs. A boy was injured by a falling cornice. In Binghamton Frederick Lansing, a 60 year old farmer, was killed by lightning at his Smyrna farm.
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Albany
Binghamton, N. Y
Frederick Lansing
Smyrna
Chenango County
Hurricane rages off North Carolina coast near Morehead City
A seventy mile hurricane battered the North Carolina coast causing fear for Portsmouth and neighboring communities. Lifesavers went out to aid a fishing boat but have not returned. Vessels near the coast face danger as the storm rages.
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Raleigh
Morehead City
North Carolina
Portsmouth
Morehead
Filibuster Looms as La Follette Halts Congress
Washington May 29 Senator La Follette’s long filibuster blocked a vote on the conference report of the financial bill forcing Congress to stay in session. He used dilatory tactics all day, read speeches, statistics, and a novel, and vowed to talk the bill to death. The fight drew in Stone Bryan Gore and Aldrich as leaders seek to end the stall and push a vote before adjournment.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
la Follette
Congress
Wisconsin
Senate
Senator la Follette
Stone
Missouri
William J. Bryan
Aldrich
Foraker
Gore
Mr. Foraker
la Fellette
White House
Senate Moves On Bills After Journal Read
Washington May 29 After the Senate recessed Mr Aldrich moved to dispense with the journal and Mr Depew moved to take up the government employees liability bill. Mr McLaurin urged delaying until the currency conference report is considered. Mr Severidge sought agreement to vote on a bill for publicity of campaign contributions referencing a previous committee failure.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Journal
Depew
McLaurin
Severidge
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James Patten
Armour
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Western
Allegheny Bank
Rollcalls
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A. L. Erlanger
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Twin Cities
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Everett Ramsey
Roy Templeton
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Will Monroe
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