Whitmore Murder Trial Hangs on Jury Verdict
The jury in Theodore Whitmore’s murder trial for killing his wife on Christmas last stalled overnight at the Hudson County Court. Judge Swayze urged deliberation, noting possible first or second degree murder or an acquittal. Whitmore, collapsing under strain, faced a verdict as his counsel denounced the case as lacking evidence while the prosecutor stressed motive and postmorgue behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Hudson County Court
Swayze
Whitmore
Judge Swayze
Lena Whitmore
Vickers
Mr. Simpson
Mr. Vickers
Mexican Merger Bonds Offered By Mexican Railroads
Banks announce public subscription for 13 75,000 of prior lien 4 percent bonds at 4 each to back the consolidation of Mexico’s two main rail systems. Subscriptions close by 3 PM June 3 in New York with Kuhn Loeb Speyer Hallgarten Ladenburg. Bonds secure future acquired properties and may become the first charge on combined systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Speyer & Co
Hallgarten & Co
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co
Pablo Macedo
National Railways of Mexico
Niew Company
National Railroad Company of Mexico
Mexian International
Interoceanic
Mexican Central
National Railroad of Mexico
Betts Academy to Merge With Brunswick School
William J. Betts, principal of Betts Academy destroyed by fire in January, announced the school will not be rebuilt on Strawberry Hill Stamford Conn., and will be incorporated with the Brunswick School of Greenwich Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam J. Betts
Betts Academy
Strawberry Hill
Stamford
Conn
Brunswick School
Greenwich
Williamsburg Trust Co Opens After Receivership
Announcement says Williamsburg Trust Company will resume business on Monday after a period of closure since October 25. An order for approval by Justice Kelly is expected, with receivers’ compensation to be fixed as previously agreed. Receivers have collected a large sum, and Metropolitan Trust Company has pledged a $1,500 advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg Trust CO
Williamsburg Trust Company
Justice Kelly
Metropolitan Trust Company
Ivanhoe Banker Ends Life On Farm In Ill Health
Charles Soderlind vice president of the First National Bank of Ivanhoe and president of the Farmers Independent Elevator Company died by his own hand on his Ivanhoe area farm. The death is attributed to temporary insanity linked to ill health and occurred May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe, Minn
Charles Soderlind
First National Bank of
Ivanhoe
Farmers’ Independent Elevator Company of
Here
Oklahoma's New Jerusalem Plan Faces Vote
A joint legislative resolution approved by Governor Haskell proposes placing the permanent state capitol at an ideal location. The plan would sell the town Bets to raise funds for the site and construction, with the question going to voters at the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
New Jerusalem
Chicago judge sends three Carpenters and Joiners to jail
Chicago May 2 Judge Carpenter ordered three members of the local Carpenters and Joiners of America jailed for thirty days. Named are John J. Brittain treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor Charles G G Grasser and George H Leakey. They were found guilty of contempt for ignoring an injunction restraining them from injuring the business of a lumber company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mystic Shriners Initiate 2500 Members at Manhattan Beach
The Mystic Shriners held a two thousand five hundred strong gathering at the Manhattan Beach Hotel yesterday afternoon to initiate new members. After athletic games a dinner was served in the hotel dining room before ceremonies. One Sundrea and fifty new members were received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Shriners
Manhattan Beach
Sundrea
Open Shop in Hatting Trade Declared by Manufacturers
Orange New Jersey May 29. Manufacturers announce negotiations with hat trimmers have been broken off citing that the trimmers refused to accept rules used in other districts. They state there is no question of unionism or hours or wages and urge the public to note the dispute was not about those issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Orange
N. J
Middlesex Prosecutor says no further inquiry into Vanderbilt death
New Brunswick May 29 Prosecutor George Berdine of Middlesex County said there is no plan for further investigation into the death of Miss Bertha Vanderbilt Princeton University assistant librarian found drowned in the Raritan Canal He stated no new evidence or importance has arisen and the earlier inquiry found no indications of murder County Detective Hoffman and County Physician Suydam agreed there was no foul play suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
George Berdine
Middlesex County
Princeton
Bertha Vanderbilt
Princeton University
Raritan Canal
Berdine
Hoffman
Suydam
Gunness effects sold at massive LaPorte sale
Laporte Ind May 29 the auction of Mrs Belle Gunness personal property drew four to five thousand attendees. Items sold high with some five to ten times cost. A dog fetched 197 dollars and the horse, pony, cart, and watchdog drew strong prices. Coroner Mack filed another inquest report on an unidentified body, blaming murder by unknown persons. Sheriff Smutzer still receives letters claiming to locate Gunness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Gunness
Mack
Hudson
N. Y
Ray Lamphere
Smutzer
Westinghouse stock unsubscribed delays plan extension
Time limit for stockholders and creditors to subscribe to 10,001,000 of new stock under the reorganization plan expires Monday. Of the total, 8.5 to 8.7 million has been taken, leaving 1.3 to 1.5 million to be subscribed today or risk plan failure unless extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Grain Firm to Quit After Losses Across Midwest
Manitowoc Wisconsin May 29 General manager C W Esplin of the Northern Grain Company says the firm will quit business after losing about 200000 on the Chicago Board of Trade due to an employee's actions six months ago. The company runs two local grain elevators with a capacity over 3690000 bushels and owns facilities in Illinois Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
C. W. Esplin
Northern Grain Company
Chicago Board of Trade
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Brazil unloads coffee in New York market sale
Brazil sold 100,000 bags of coffee under the valorization law in New York, part of a government program that held about 8,000,000 bags to sustain prices. The sale brought roughly 13 cents per pound, with little impact on the quiet futures market, and similar exports occurred in Hamburg and Rotterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brazil
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Blood Threat Targets Chicago Priest and Lawyer
An anonymous blood letter warns Father Peter J. O Callaghan head of the Paulist Order in Chicago, and attorney Francis F E Hinckley, of death by unknown enemies. The note threatens St Marys Church at Wabash and Hubbard and a dynamite blast. The case ties to efforts to pardon Herman Bilek condemned for poisoning six Vrzal family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter J. O'Callaghan
Francis FE. Hinckley
St. Mary's Church
Wabash Avenue
Hubbard Court
Herman Billek
Vrzal
Harvesters Man Belittles Patents In Oyster Suit
Chicago May 28 John W Pridmore superintendent of the experimental department at the McCormick plant of the International Harvester Company said in the Kansas oyster suit that any party with enough capital could build harvesting machines despite the many patents held by current makers I could bypass every patent held by the International Harvester Company and make all it makes if I had the capital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Pridmore
McCormick
International Harvester Company
Kansas
Mr. Pridmore
Fulton Street Railroad Seeks Separate Receivership
The Fulton Street Railroad Company seeks a distinct receivership from the Interborough Metropolitan system. Davies, Stone & Auerbach for Guaranty Trust Company filed the petition alleging default on May 1 interest and taxes, depreciation from waste and lack of repairs, and requests a set date for defaulted payments or foreclosure of the mortgage on the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Street Railroad Company
Interborough Metropolitan System
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Davies, Stone & Auerbach
Guaranty Trust Company
Hearst Gains After Ballot Box Recount in Mayor Campaign
Recap in Supreme Court room shows Hearst net gain of seventeen votes after tallying eight more boxes, with McClellan's official lead narrowing. Court plans to open more boxes, possibly extend sessions, and shift start times while adjournments continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Lambert
Supreme Court
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
McClellan
Lambert
Oklahoma Central Railroad Enters Receivership
Dispatches report Oklahoma Central Railroad plunges into receivership as president Dorset Carter blames radical legislation for hindering a $300,000 Philadelphia loan and sale. Purchaser cited was Atchison Topeka Santa Fe though a new constitution blocked the deal. Road owes $2,640,000 in bonds and stock held by a Chicago trust and a Hague firm.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Central Railroad
Dorset Carter
Philadelphia
Oklahoma Central Railroad Company
Lehigh
Okia
Chicasha
Ada
Byars
Purcell
Okla
Carter
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
J. E. Otis
Western Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
H. Wollenburger
J. S. Keefe
American Steel and Wire Company
S. F. van Oss
van Oss & Co
The
Hague
Ball children found buried near Oak street
In Brockton Massachusetts May 29 the bodies of Thomas and Grace Ball children of Mrs Mary Ball were found buried in a field off Oak street. Mrs Ball, now an inmate of Taunton Insane Asylum, had wandered away with the children last December. The mother was later found but the children remained missing until today. It is believed both children were killed by the mother and their bodies hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Thomas
Grace Ball
Mary Ball
Oak Street
New York Merchant Settles Case in Trout Pond Dispute
Newburg New York May 29 John W Sullivan a Manhattan manufacturer settled a case brought by Game Protector Kidd for 1875 dollars over trout caught and illegally placed in Kidds private pond near Wurtsboro Sullivan County. The case had been docketed for trial in the Supreme Court next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newburg
N. Y
John W. Sullivan
New York City
Kidd
Sullivan
Wurtsboro
Sullivan County
Supreme Court
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed In District Court
Voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy petitions were filed in the United States District Court listing petitioners including Louis Sherman M B Arnold receiver assets 3000 stock 3000 and accounts 1000 Nidenthal Stern insolvency with assets 337822 stock 2500 due 26968 and liabilities Morris Nidenthal and Alexander Stern Otto M Goldsmith receiver Isaac Aul of East 8th street creditors John Murphy Hoboken Edgar Lehman East 12th street Laura Belle Finch dressmaker liabilities 481554 assets 73568 with stock 140 machinery 650 due 42918 involuntary against Bernard A Schmidt cloaks Second Avenue by J P Slater Co claims 51350 and 2000 preferential payments Leo Oppenheimer receiver Solomon Beer assets 8000 Col L Koehn receiver of Solomon Beer business Jennie M Bodensick liabilities 2499858 assets 1070806 including stock 810550 machinery tools 60 due 672160 bankrupt owes New Netherland Bank 2670 Mrs N Otagawa Tokio 300484 John Fitzgibbon Westmaw Street 1463 83 W R Hutchinson Madison Avenue 3000 Arnold Constable Co 1145 29.
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United States District Court
Louis Sherman
First Avenue
M. B. Arnold
Nidenthal & Stern
Third Avenue
Morris Nidenthal
Verytte
Laura Belle Finch
Fifth Avenue
Bernard A. Schmidt
Second Avenue
J. P. Slater & Co
Leo Oppenheimer
Coll. Koehn
Solomon Beer
Avenue D
Louis N. Taylor
Jennie M. Bodensick
West 38Th Street
New Netherland Bank
N. Otagawa
Tokio
Japan
John Fitzgibbon
Westmaw Street
W. R. Hutchinson
Madison Avenue
Arnold, Constable & Co
Goldsboro Mystery Steamer Linked to Bailey Extradition
The Goldsboro, missing for nearly a month, was traced to Puerto Cortes and La Ceiba in Honduras before clearing for La Ceiba on May 23. Bailey, president of Export Shipping, faces grand larceny charges in a warrant issued in Tombs Court. Creditors seek federal aid as officials coordinate detention efforts and await further details from British and U.S. authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
F. G. Bailey
Export Shipping Company
Central America
Courtney Bennett
Guatemala
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
la Ceiba
Honduran
Bailey
State Department
Washington
Robert J. Bole
Keystone Driller Company
Bear Falls
Penn
Walsh
Tombs Court
A. P. Nevin
National Association of Manufacturers
Root
A. Parker Nevin
R. J. Bole
J. H. Ford
Edward B. Boise
Boise
British Honduras
Mines Merge Large Cobalt Camp Consolidation Forming Major Company
Major consolidation in the Cobalt camp sees La Rose Princess University Fisher Eplett Violet and Silver Hill mines joining with a controlling Nipissing interest to form a 6 million dollar company with 345 acres. La Rose is the richest asset and will hold most of the new stock while a concentrating plant akin to the Cobalt Central facility is planned. Nipissing investors are expanding holdings as the Canadian silver camp gains momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Rose
Princess, University
Fisher- Eplett
Violet
Silver Hill
Lawson
Nipissing
Cobalt Central
E. P. Earle
Nipissing Mines Company
W. B. Thompson
C. G. McCuaig
Montreal
Messrs. Martin and Timmons
Army and Navy Orders and Warship Movements Report
Washington May 29. Army and Navy orders list officers assigned to posts and camps, detachments, and leave of absence. Movements of warships include arrivals at Norfolk San Pedro and Salem and ships sailing from New Orleans Monterey and Tacoma with other yards. Market data follow with May wheat corn and provisions summaries and end noting no market Saturday.
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ARMY
Wendell L. Simpson
19Th Infantry
Bailey K. Ashford
Howard H. Baily
Eee Corps
Hattiesburg
Miss
Staons
Oer Co
Allen
12Th Infantry
Uly
Ordnance Department
J. Walker Benet
Atascadero Ranch
Edward M. Shinkle E
Ameritcan Lake
John W. Jones
Chickamauga
Marine Corps
C. A. Doyen
R. Dicklins
Washington
D. D. Porter
Marine Barracks
P. M. Bannon
E. K. Cole
H. Leonard
T Holcomb, Jr
N. H. Hall
Maine
Navy Yard
Mare Island
R. M. Cutts
E. A. Jonas
League Island
A. T. Marix
Annapolis
1St Provisional Regiment Marines
Cuba
FP. M. Rixey, Jr
E. R. Beadle
Maryland
F. C. M’codnell
Marine Battalion
American Legation
Peking
T. H. Brown
Headquarters
W. T. Hoadley
Portsmouth
H. C. Judson
Boston
Navy Yn Mare Island
Ohio
W. P. Biddle
New Orleans
Hampton Roads
Charleston
Monterey
Portland
Tennessee
Santa Barbara
San Pedro
Bradford
Connecticut
Kansas
Vermont
Louisiana
Tacoma
San Francisco
Minnesota
Bremerton
Dubuque
West Indian
N. H
Navy records name Albany Wilmington and Perry as trophy winners
The Albany, Wilmington and Perry topped their classes in one mile target practice for 198. Albany earned 76 with St Louis 69 and Charleston 67. Wilmington 67. Perry 68. Pacific fleet leads overall with 69, Atlantic 65, and the records reportedly surpassed 1993 in hit rate and firing speed.
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Washington
Albany
Wilmington
Perry
Navy Department
St. Louis
Charleston
Pacific
Violent swings in May wheat corn and oats on Chicago exchange
May wheat and corn traded up to 1c with oats 47 ¢, while May wheat closed 1 ½¢ higher and corn and oats fell. July wheat off ½ to ¾c with corn and oats down. Provisions unchanged to 5¢ higher as May delivery profits trigger chatter and shorts attempt to exit. Bulls supported then pushed prices above earlier highs amid a volatile session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Bradstreet’s
Minneapolis
Duluth
Bears
Shorts
Chicago
Berlitz Summer School Prompt at Asbury Park N J
The Berlitz School announces summer session at Asbury Park New Jersey with teachers available for locations within a hundred miles. Classes offered for Both Sexes City Madison Square Harlem Brooklyn branches include language instruction across sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlitz School OF Languages
Madison Square
Broadway
Harlem
Lenox Ave
127Th
Brooklyn
Court & Summer School
Asbury Park
N. J
American and Foreign Teachers Agency Seeks Applicants
The American and Foreign Teachers' Agency offers Profease teachers tutors governesses to colleges and families. Apply to Mr M J Young Fulton at 23 Union Square for placement and details on services and rates.
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Westinghouse
Letter OF
Priest
E. D
A. D
A. D. McClellan
A. D. MccClellan
Hearst McClellan
A. D. McCellar
Oklahoma Central
Road
Ball
Andes Belcher
Occidental Con
Best & Belcher
Ophir
Builion
Overman Caledonia
Potosa
Eeema
Chesler
Sagelcher Confidence
Sierra Nevada
Union
Crown Point
Utah
Gould & Curry
Yellow Jacket Tees
Kentucky
United States
Cibea
Goldboro
Nordberg Machine Company
Milwaukee
Butte and New York Copper Company
Montana
Butte and New York
Butte and Superior
John A. Ryan
North Butte Extension Copper Company
W T. van Brunt
Army and Navy News
Tribune Bureau
NAVY
F. Pond
Buffalo
13Th
W. V. Pratt
Naval Academy
F. L. Sheffield
F. S. Whitten
North Carolina
H. T. Baker
H. C. Loomis
Prairie
L. S. Stewart
W. A. Hogman
W. R. Munroe
D. C. Patterson, Jr
J. W. Lankin
W. Smith
G. W. Struble
Idaho
J. T. H. O' Rear
H. E. Parson
C. G. West
R. C. White
Des Moines
K. Whiting
Concord
E. Brandt and Ester
Florida
Norfolk
Arkansas
Wolverine
Iie
Preble
Farragut
Fox
Davis
Eureka
Naval Trophy
Chicago Grain and Provisions
WAR Department
New London
Battery Hoopeck
Fort H. G Wright
A. San
William E. Horton
D. C
Blue Plains
H . F. Macfarland
Henry L. West
Jay J. Morrow
Board of Water Supply
Marbletown
New Paltz
Ulster County
John A Bensel
Charles N. Chadwick
Charles A. Shaw
J. Waldo Smith
Thomas Hassett
Chamberlain
Oswego
N. TY
Sail City
United States Mort and Trust Company
J. H. Caldwell
Eeq
City Chamberlain
Trust Company
J. Carroll Smith
Carter- Master’s Office
26Th Street
Gray's Ferry
Ross
Lecal F. G. Hodgson
Fort Terry
Fort Mansfield
Sweetene Snells
Conc
Fort Mi
Horton, Majer
Q. Mz
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