Goodsell's Wall Street Luck Ties to Rail Legislation Graft Probe
A legislative graft committee hears of Louis F. Goodsell ex senator from Odell territory showing about 24 thousand dollars and 100 shares of stock gained over four years. The probe questions possible ties to a 19% bill benefiting the Trans company while Goodsell recalls no special regard for it. Investigators, led by Judge Bruce, plan further questioning next week as they weigh the links between legislation and financial gains.
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Wall Street
Evard
Louis F. Goodsell
Odell
Goodsell
Bruce
Senator Goodsell
Roosevelt
Henry Corgeshall
Oneida County
G Goodsell
Committee On Miscellaneous Corporations
George R. Malloy
Congress
Ben” Wilcox
Big Tim” Sullivan
George Carpenter
Ellingwood & Cunningham
Italian Communal Officials Targeted by Black Hand Threats
Rome dispatch reports the Black Hand has reached broad action prompting communal authorities to negotiate to protect lives and property. Tribuna calls for exemplary punishment for the murderers of Rovolino and his family at Pellaro, or public trust in justice will collapse.
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Rome
Tribuna
Black Hand Society
Rovolino
Pellaro
Drowns at Midland Beach Seen by Wife
James Lomas a 35 year old Manhattan clerk drowned at Midland Beach Staten Island yesterday afternoon in sight of his wife who collapsed when his body was brought ashore. Mrs Lomas was taken to St Smith In firmary in serious condition after the tragedy. Lomas entered the water to bathe while his wife watched from the sand and was seized with cramps after about fifteen minutes of immersion.
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James Lomas
Leroy Street
Manhattan
Midland Beach
Staten Island
Plans of Tariff Board to Scrutinize Key Schedules
The Tariff Board will meet in Washington on September 21 to begin a scientific review of major Payne Aldrich law schedules. Schedule K the Woolen schedule leads the list with cotton and metal schedules to follow. The board aims to examine at least five schedules in its first year with Taft's approval. The White House cabinet meeting that week may play into broader tariff revision talks.
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Washington
Tariff Board
Taft
White House
Odell Ends Active Involvement In Politics
Ex Governor R B Odell Jr withdraws from active participation in politics. He states he will not engage in local or state Republican politics except as a level Republican aiding Republican victory this autumn. He urges unity to restore party solidity in the district.
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Newburg
N. Y
R. B. Odell, Jr
Odell
John R. Rose
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes, Jr
Europe
Hill Denounces Heney In Public Address
James J. Hill released a vehement statement condemning Francis J. Heney for making false public claims at the Conservation Congress. Hill asserts the Great Northern and he received no land from the federal government and criticizes Heney for deliberate, carefully prepared falsehoods.
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The
Tribune
St. Paul
James J. Hill
Francis J. Heney
Conservation Congress
Hill
Killed With a Lead Pencil in Saloon Brawl
Albert Curren a first class fireman aboard the US gunboat Han cock was stabbed to death with a lead pencil by Joan J Schmidt during an altercation in Frank Holub s saloon at No 23 Steinway avenue Long Island City yesterday. Schmidt claimed he did not realize the pencil was in his hand when Curren attacked and struck back. Curren died shortly after the neck wound pierced his jugular vein. Schmidt was held without bail on a homicide charge.
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Albert Curren
United States
Hancock
Joan J. Schmidt
Frank Holub
Steinway Avenue
Long Island Citys
Schmidt
Curren
Erhmidt
Cuban swindler arrested in New York after lavish hotel ruse
Manuel Alvarez alias Br Menendez, a Cuban visitor, was jailed at Police Headquarters on charges of attempted swindling several city firms. Detective Burns says the scheme involved fake Havana drafts, lavish hotel hospitality, and large clothing orders. He posed as a Havana merchant seeking film investments, then used a London backed draft to cash payments before a hotel refused the cash. The suspect, found at 28th Street boarding house, provided evasive Spanish replies and claimed revolutionary ties. The case targets further attempted frauds with Antonio Parra & Co. and other firms, with arraignment set for Tombs Court.
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Manuel Alvarez
BR. Menendez
Cuba
William J. Burns
Burns & Sheridan Detective Agency
New York
Menendez
Alvarez
Martinique
Havana
Burns
United States
Union Square
James C. Coglan
Coglan
Savoy Trust Company
Broadway
Banco de la Isla de Cuba
Union Discount Company
London
England
Saks & Co
Hub Clothing Company
Banca de la Isla de Cuba
Havana Dispatch
Burns & Sheridan Agency
American Bankers’ Association
West 28Th Street
Thomas F. Donahue
Police
West 34Th Street
R. Menedezz
28Th Street
Progressive Democrats Call Rochester State Convention in Fight for Direct Nomination
Albany reports the Progressive Democrats issue a September 28 Rochester convention call to press direct nominations and the Massachusetts ballot. William Lustgarten urges a bold platform while hinting at a factional split if the Democratic state leadership repeats past practices and factions.
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Albany
Progressive Democrats of
William Lustgarten
New York
Rochester
Democratic State Committee
Knickerbocker
New York City
D. Cady Herrick
Democratic State
Gaygor
Frost Grips Northwest As Temperatures Drop
Telegraph report from St Paul dated Sept 9 notes the season’s first frost and the coldest day of summer with 30s to near freezing readings at 6 to 7 am. In Watertown South Dakota the temperature fell to 17 last night and corn losses are feared. Moonlight trips on the Hudson line are mentioned with a paddle steamer awaiting departures.
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St. Paul
Watertown
S. D
Ballinger Inquiry Figures Highlight Nelson as Chair
Prominent figures in the Ballinger inquiry include Senator Nelson serving as chairman. The item notes photographs of Richard A. Ballinger and credited photographers HarrIs, Ewing, and Clinedinst for Ballinger’s portrait.
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Ballinger
Senator Nelson
HarrIs
Ewing
Crisis in Cotton Trade Threats Amid Lockouts
Shipyard boilermakers at Walker in Newcastle refuse to authorize settlement demands, prolonging lockout and threatening more yard shutdowns. Across Lancashire and Oldham, cotton mills face looming, broad scale lockouts unless arbitration is accepted, as unrest spreads through the British textile and railway sectors.
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the Tribune
London
Shipbuilding Federation
Lancashire
South
Wales
Associated Press
Manchester
England
Fern
Oldham
Masters’ Federation
Oldham Union
Fern Mill
One Baby for a Pig in Russian Family Tale
A Winnipeg report recounts a Russian woman who gave birth to twins and whose husband, angered by the arrival, traded one infant to a neighbor for a pig. A constable settled the swap, forcing the father to reclaim the pig in exchange for the baby. The family faces deportation amid debates on divorce laws.
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Winnipeg
The
Tribune
Fire Again on General Slocum at Camden wharf
The General Slocum hull, scarred by the New York disaster a decade earlier, was badly damaged by a fire of unknown origin at a Camden New Jersey wharf this afternoon. The steamer had been converted into a coal barge by Peter Hagan of Philadelphia after the prior catastrophe.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
General Slocum
New York
Camden
N. J
Peter Hagan
C K Hamilton Seriously Hurt in Race Crash
Charles K. Hamilton suffered serious injuries when his biplane crashed during a race with an automobile at the fair grounds racetrack in Sacramento. He was taken to a local hotel as physicians treated possible internal injuries.
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Sacramento
Cal
Charles K. Hamilton
Fair Grounds
Hamilton
Scimeca Boy Returns From Kidnapping Night Rescue
Michael Scimeca, kidnapped on June 21 from 2 Prince Street Manhattan, was returned to his grandfather at 15 Sands Street Brooklyn. Aunts and detectives coordinated, no ransom paid. The boy vanished after playing with neighbors Vito Tagano and Maria Azaro. Dr Scimeca had received Black Hand letters for years.
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Michael Scimeca
Mariano Scimeca
No. 2
Prince Street
Manhattan
Sands Street
Brooklyn
Michael
Vito Tagano
Maria Azaro
Invited Them to Funeral Sets Tragic Example
Newburg New York September 9 1900s. George William Baker invited friends to his funeral before ending his life by taking laudanum. Neighbors and wife found an empty vial but rescue came too late. Poor health is blamed for his despondency.
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Newburg
N. Y
George William Baker
Baker
Hardware in Her Stomach Leads to Death at Insane Hospital
Telegraph reports Sallie Roper of Missouri died at the St Joseph hospital after ingesting 1551 pieces of hardware and indigestibles. Her insatiable appetite lasted long before a pin reached her lungs and caused the fatal outcome. Items recovered include 458 nails 42 screws 9 belts 5 teaspoon handles 6 thimbles and 115 hairpins among others.
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Kansas City
Sallie Roper
Missouri Hospital For
St. Joseph
Wayward Youth and an Heir
Steven Richardson, jailed for obtaining $20 with a bogus check, now inherits at least $15,000 after his mother and grandfather died. A Dartmouth student who drifted west, he has a brother at American Locomotive Works. His conduct in the State Reformatory has been good and he is slated for parole.
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Tribune
Hutchinson
Kan
State Reformatory
Steven Richardson
Richardson
Connecticut
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
American Locomotive Works
Schenectady
N. Y
New England
Topeka
Roosevelt Receives Finest Morgan Horse Gift in Dakota
During his Sioux Falls visit President Theodore Roosevelt was presented with a premier Morgan horse from Canton resident William H. Miller. The animal has long resided in South Dakota and will stay there under the ex-President’s care with no strings attached to the gift.
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Tribune
Deadwood
S. D
Theodore Roosevelt
Sioux Falls
America
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Wiliam H. Miller
Canton
Bullock
Democrats Demand Ballinger Resignation Amid Inquiry Split
Minneapolis date indicates four Democratic members of the Ballinger Pinchot committee released findings calling Secretary Ballinger untrustworthy and urging resignation. They fault Ballinger for actions on Alaskan coal lands and Land Office cases while commissioner. An independent Republican report supported Ballinger reforms, and no quorum prevented actions as chair Nelson set Chicago meeting dates.
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A. Ballinger
Interior
Ballinger
L. R. Gravis
Mr. Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
General Land Office
Madison
Kansas
Gifford Pitchot
Congress
Repubblican
Sutherland
Utah
McCall
Massachusetts
Denby
Michigan
Nelson
Minnisota
Chicago
Washinton
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
Senator Nelson
Mr. Olmstead
Senator Root
Rolleau
Maison
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Heney
Guest
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Hudson
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Clinedinst
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Walker
C. K. Hamilton
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Auto
Scimeca Boy
Doctor
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