Standard Oil Loses Court Fight Over Rail Rebates
In Chicago on April 15 1920 the Standard Oil Company of Indiana was found guilty on 1463 counts of receiving rebates from the Alien railroad for shipments from Whiting Indiana to East St Louis Illinois. The jury deliberated under three hours selecting the first ballot, with a potential fine of 29261000 under the Elkins law and 177 charges dropped for errors. The defense indicated a new trial would be sought, and no fine collection action will proceed at once.
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Chicago
Standard Ow! Company
Indiana
Jvedge Lats Ly
United States District Court
Whiting, Inc
St. Louis
Earlry Saturday Chase
Vine
Qo Lammedi |Ately
Allan
Whitlins
Ind
East St. Loui
Chappell, TH
Oil Company
Porte
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elkins
Commerce Commission
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Move On Behalf Of Mrs Eddy Trustees Seek Substitution
Concord New Hampshire April 15 Henry M Baker Archibald McLeennan and Josiah E Fernald trustees of the estate of Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy filed a motion in the superior court today asking the next friends of Mrs Eddy plaintiffs in the original suit to show cause why the trustees motion for leave to intervene and be substituted as plaintiffs in the place of the said next friends should not be granted
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Concord
N. H
Henry M. Baker
Archibald McLeennan
Josiah E. Fernald
Mary Baker G. Bidy
Superior Court
Next Friends
Eddy
Lindley Joins Rock Island as General Attorney
E. C. G. Lindley, long time attorney for the sanitary district, resigns to serve as general attorney for the Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railroad. The move, announced by Richard A. Jackson, will split the railroad's legal work, with Lindley based in Chicago. Lindley, of 4760 Lake Avenue, has chaired the drainage board since its current term began 16 months ago.
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Chicago
F. C. Lindley
Sanitary District
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Richard A. Jackson
Rock Island
Lindley
Lave Avenue
Drainage Board
Peace Congress Meets in New York City
The national peace congress of America convenes in New York with leaders from the United States and Europe attending. Mayor McClellan gives a welcome, a letter from President Roosevelt is read, and Elihu Root, Gov. Hughes, and Andrew Carnegie are among speakers at the opening session.
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Peace Congress
New York
Congress of America
Qnet
Iits
Europe
Andrew Carnegie
Wrestlin
McClelan
Roosevelt
Eliin Root
Hughes
Carnes
Northern wreck dangers loom as many feared dead
In St Paul on April 15 a Western Railway wreck near Devils Lake left Le Paul moaning. An early state medical list mentions many passengers badly injured with uncertain fatalities. The Monten office reports several dead or injured and a fire destroyed the wrecked fraie.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
le Paul
Devils Lake
Ofelack
Patterson's Fine Stands After Supreme Court Ruling
Washington April 1 The Supreme Court dismissed the writ of error for lack of jurisdiction in the case of former U S Senator Thomas M Patterson of Colorado. The senator was fined 1000 by the Colorado supreme court for contempt, effectively overturning the Colorado decision. State's attorney under Deneen Healy, in his new role, Linsey's headquarters stay in Chicago. No successor for Linley as head of the drainage board's legal department has been chosen. the post will likely be filled on Wednesday.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Toy
United States Senate
Thomas M. Patterson
Colorado
Aelson
Deneen Aolly Healy
Lindsey
Chicago
Linley
Drainage Board
Welnesday
Negroes Foil Lynching Plot in New Orleans Jail Clash
In New Orleans on April 15 a black mob freed a prisoner from jail and fired on a white crowd. three white men were wounded, one likely fatally. The mob and responders exchanged shots as the prisoner fled, with both sides suffering injuries and the agency of the incident shifting in later dispatches from Bunkie.
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New Orleans
Bunkie
Russia Alters Time System in 24 Hour Reform
St Feversburg April 15 Russia is experimenting with a 24 hour time system where hours are numbered 1 to 24 instead of two periods of 12. The minister of railways states that the new time tables for radial routes to Moscow will be printed in the new format.
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St. Feversburg
Russia
Moscow
Earthquake record tops San Francisco quake in Albany report
Albany April 15 strong earthquake shock ranked as the longest recorded on the seismograph and far exceeding the San Francisco quake of last year with a pendulum swung free from the cylinder. In a separate item a Bloomington jury awarded Thomas Burke 4800 damages for injuries from a whipping incident involving Cass and Kelley.
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Albany
N.Y
San Francisco
Bloomington
Thospril
Michael Burke
Tolano
Ienesers
Silverman Cass
Annie Kelley
Pope NAMES 7 CARDINALS IN SECRET CONSISTORY
Rome April 15 Pope Pius X held a secret consistory naming seven new cardinals The pontiff also spoke of the French situation urging defense of church rights He appointed Albert Guertin bishop of Manchester N H and James Davis bishop of Davenport to the cardinalate
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Rome
Pius X
Vatican
France
Custon
Mer
Albert Guertin
Manchester
N. H
James Davis
Davenport
Awa
Peary Ready for the North to Lead New Arctic Voyage
Commander R. E. Peary leaves Portland for New York to oversee final arrangements for a July 1 departure on another Arctic expedition toward the North Pole. He travels with Mrs Peary, after spending two days at Eagle Island summer home in Casco Bay.
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Portand
New York
Portland
Maine
R. E. Peary
Far North
Pole
Eagle Islam
Casco Bay
Light coins at Denver mint spur official probe
Denver April 1s. A New York bank received a shipment of gold from London prompting an early annual settlement at the Denver mint. The mint has been issuing light coins for months while experts from the U S Mint and bureaus conduct an inventory and prepare a clean set of books. No charges of crookedness yet, but possible machine defects or careless handling are noted. Authorities say an actual light coin issue is not impossible.
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Denver
New York
London
Benjamin F. Butler
United States Mint
Frank P. Dewey
Mine Bureau
Washington
Jacob B. Eckfeldt
Philadelphia
Tak Jie
Office of the Mint
President's Cousin Dead in Brussels Consulate General
Washington reports the death of George A. Roosevelt a cousin of the President at Brussels where he served as consul general. Born in 1844 he distinguished himself in the Civil War and died in Brussels on April 15 according to the state department dispatch.
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George A. Roosevelt
Griasels
Washington
State Department
President Roosevelt
Bruesels
Eckels Found Dead in Bed Aged Financier Spotlighted
J H Eckels president of the Commercial Union, former controller of the currency, was found dead in bed by his butler at his home early yesterday. Death due to heart failure, after years of health trouble, follows a rapid rise from Ottawa lawyer to national prominence under President Cleveland. A ringing telephone near the bed alerted servants before the discovery. George M Eckels, his brother, was to attend a breakfast party at 11. Eckels, Princeton-born, studied in Albany law school and rose to influence in public affairs before becoming controller of the currency amid mixed political reactions. The panic of 1893 soon followed, with 165 banks failing in ten weeks.
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Chicago
H. Eckels
Commercial Union
Ritchie Place
Wiielans
Mr. Eckels
muecVals
George M. Eckels
Veluck
Eckels
Princeton
Albany
Ottawa
Grover Cleveland
Senate
Eckers
Cleveland
Fitane Fional
Chicuza Young Men's Christian Association
Presbyterian Sunday School
Fourth Presbyterian
Mr. Eckles
Mr. Cleveland
Sutton Expelled by Paris Police
George Sutton American billiard player expelled from Paris under the law against gambling after conducting a billiards school in the city. The report notes a period of national anxiety and misstatements about his departure, with details about his family and later references to Eckels, the former controller of the currency, and his public life.
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Paris
George Sutton
Taft Honored at San Juan Palace Review
Secretary of War Taft and party arrived on the Mayflower at noon. Marines escorted him from the city entrance to the governor's palace where he reviewed the Porto Rican regiment from the balcony with Governor Winthrop. An informal reception followed.
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Governor's Palace
San Juan
Porto Rico
Taft
Bailey
Secret
Winthrop
Watson fights porter on train in Georgia incident
Thom Wat of the populist party, former presidential candidate and Atlanta editor, fought a railroad porter on a train between Atlanta and Augusta. The altercation over delays and courtesy ended with blows, heads injured, and the train held for about 20 minutes while officials and passengers settled the dispute.
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Augusta
Atlanta
Thom Wat
United States
Watson
Mr. Watson
Tully
Lawyers in a Wrangle Over Thaw Case Record
New York April 15 Daniel O Reilly Thaws counsel served notice on the supreme court clerk to withhold any exhibits or claims until the question of who is counsel of record for Thaw is settled. O Reilly says he is Thaws counsel of record and will lead any future defense with possible associate lawyers if a second trial occurs. He expects Thaw to be released on bail within a week and vows an acquittal in a new trial, while Delmas will have no role.
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New York
Daniel O'Reilly
Thaw
The
Supreme Court
Harry Thaw
Delphin M. Delmas
England
Daniel Wavcusy
O'Reilly
Hartridge
Dr. Mahon
Justice Fitzgerald
Tombs
Delmas
Lenacy
Jerome
Mr. Hartridge
Fourth conference of British colonies opens under Earl Elgin
London April 15 The fourth conference of premiers of Great Britain's self governing colonies and the British colonial secretary opened this morning with Earl Elgin in the chair. Reporters were barred and the public must await an official daily summary until the conference blue book is issued after adjournment. Mutiny in Riga prison Russia on April 15 thirty three inmates attacked the superintendent and wardens. Troops fired killing seven mutineers and wounding 12. Nine soldiers were injured.
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London
Great Britain
Earl Elgin
Russ
Riga
Russia
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