Judge Landis Fines Standard Oil Indiana Record Sum
Judge Landis imposes a maximum 24 million fine on Standard Oil Company of Indiana for rebates totaling 223 thousand dollars from the Alton road. Trial ties the holding company to Standard Oil New Jersey, notes ownership, profits, and open-rate mishandling with a possible mercy plea blocked.
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Landis
Chicago
Jludge K. M Landis
Standard OS Company of
Indiana
Alton Road
Whiting
Ind
Alton Company
Fast St. Louis
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
State Line
Minois
Alton
Chappell
St. Louis
Ml. Aeroes
United States Supreme Court
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Mitton
Standard of Indiana
Standard of New
Lanis
New Jersey Company
Rockefeller
Indiana Company
New Jersey Corporation
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Ile
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Laeckefeller
Muin
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Standard Oil Company
Magill murder case advances in DeWitt County
Fred H Magill and his wife Faye Graham Magill pleaded not guilty in DeWitt County Circuit Court to the murder of Pet Gondy Magill. Judge Cochran denied defense motions to quash indictments. The case draws intense public and legal scrutiny as prosecutors prepare for trial.
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Magills
Dewitt County
Clinton
Fred H. Magill
Faye Graham Magill
Pet” Gondy Magill
Fred Magill
Per Magill
DeWitt County Court
W. G. Cochran
Cochran
Lemon
John Fuller
Lot R. Herrick
Loss of Diploma Sparks Harvard Formal Action
Omaha notes a man seeks 20000 for loss of his Harvard University diploma claiming a duplicate is unavailable. He filed with the state medical board in Lincoln after losing the diploma in transit. Parallel items report Standard Oil fines and Rockefeller comments, with President Roosevelt and Belfast police exile updates.
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Omaha
Ars. Whiteside
Harvard University
Whiteside
State Board of Medical Examiners
Lincoln
Im Transit
Prohibitionist Sets Out Malt To Prove Intoxicating Effects
In Minneapolis Charis H Bates, invited as a paying guest, drank two gallons of a malt brew at Dr. George O Haggards home to show malt intoxication. Dr Haggard supervised the experiment while Bates testified he paid for the liquor and knew its effects from prior drinking. The case, tied to John Revacks license violation, hinged on whether malt could intoxicate, with the trial reopened and Bates as chief witness for the prosecution.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Charis
H. Bates
George O. Haggard
E. F. Waits
Bates
John Revac
Revack
Haggard
A. D. Evans
Prohibition Party
Standard Oil Agent Fined for Short Measure in Indianapolis
Indianapolis August 3 Isidor Watson city inspector of weights and measures detected a Standard Oil agent delivering short measure oil. He was brought before the court and fined. The inspector charged that all Standard Oil cans are short more than one pint each and he de-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wulfson
Standard
City Inspector of Weights and Measures
Indianapolis
Isidor Watson
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Auto crashes claim several lives across cities
A Jackson Michigan collision between a touring car and a trolley crossing left three dead including Bernice Oliver a five year old and Mrs Emily Culver aged sixty nine. R A Oliver and R A Oliver both injured. In New Canaan an automobile went off a 20 foot embankment killing Ida Anderson. Additional fatal incidents reported in Warsaw Indiana and Paris Bordeaux France with multiple deaths.
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Jackson
Mich
Bernice Oliver
Levi Palmer
Emily Culver
R. A. Oliver
Bank
New Canaan
Cot
T. W. Hall
Hall
Bedford
N. Y
Ida Anderson
Ships of War Parade for Royalty at Cowes Week
Two hundred British home fleet ships paraded on the Solent before King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as part of the opening Cowes regatta week. In Homburg a mine explosion killed 18 miners and wounded 11 others due to fire damp.
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Portsmouth
England
Great Britain
King Ward
Queen Alexandria
Solent
Cowes
Homburg
Prussia
Here
Booth Co and Two Railroads Indicted Under Elkins Act
Indictments were returned in federal court charging A. Booth & Co. and the New York, Chicago & St. Louis and Lehigo Valley railroads with Elkins law violations. Booth & Co. faces 75 counts and the railroads 54 counts. If convicted, each offense carries fines from 1,006 to 26, Wi) for corporations.
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Booth & Co
A. Booth & Co
The
Fish Trust
New York
Chicago & St. Louis
Lehigo Valley
Booth
Widow’s Proposal Follows Compassionate Undertaker’s Grief
In Elkhart Indiana Mrs M Joles of Bronson Michigan accepted a marriage proposal from undertaker Edward Turner at her husband’s grave. Turners gentle conduct moved her to tears and led to an engagement followed by plans to elope. She traveled to Elkhart alone when Turner was delayed, while officials await his arrival. In Jackson Mississippi Williams leads U S Senate race by under two thousand votes with one county left to report.
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Elkhart
Ind
Joles
Turner
Undertaker Turner
William
Jackson
Miss
John Sharp Williams
Jail for neglect in not calling a physician
New York report: Charles W. Byrne must serve 30 days in city prison after a court of special sessions found he willfully omitted medical attendance for his 6 year old daughter, who died of pneumonia. Byrne claimed Christian Science faith. judge rejected it as a legal excuse.
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New York
Charles W. Byrne
Court of Special Sessions
New
Byrne
Byron
John B. McKean
Faith
Logal
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Chicago Federal Jurist
Hoy
Interstate Commerce Commission
East St. Louis
Louis
Elkins
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Standard of
United States
Juden Amd
Louis Sambolia
Hazleton, Pa
Vinita
J. T
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Iniptead Toon
Bear
Chickasaw
J. H. Crawford
Tittle
Crawford
Des Moines
Towa
Tuttle
Pean
Caue
Charles Gunreth
West Sixty-third Street
Marie Neddeau
T. T
Wilbur Gunreth
Walter Gunreth
Charle
Gunreth
Marie Neddesu
D. Thomas
Thomas
Seminole
IL. T
Thomas Farm
Magill
East Ninetieth Street
Helen] Farrell
Colorado
Denver
Colorado & Southern Railway Company
Grand Master
Morrissey
Brotherhood of Rail
Adams Express Company
Moffet
James A. Moffat
Whien
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Belfast
Finland
Jackson, Mich
New Canaan, Conn
Warsaw
J.C. Murray
North
Manchester
Paris
Bordeaux
France
Edward
Alexandria
Undertaker
Husband
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