Government Wins Test Stock Gambling Case
In Cincinnati on May 7 the federal jury found Louis W Foster and five accomplices guilty of using the mails to defraud in a bucket shop scheme. Sentences include fines from 1140 to 5000 and up to eight months in prison. The government contends the stock deals were gambling on future prices, not bona fide transfers. A separate trial began in Mercer, Pa., as James Boyle faces kidnapping charges with his wife Mary Doe on trial for aiding and abetting.
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Cincinnati
Louis W. Foster
Federal District Court
Lois W Vester
John Gorman
W. J. Campbell
A. C. Baldwin
John M. Scott
Edwin F. Heil
William 4. Odell
Odell Brakermige Company
Foster, Baldwin, Scott and Heil
Odell William Dudley
Thomas Sha
Boyle
Mercer
James Boyle
Billy” Whitla
Mrs. Boyle
Mary Doe
Charg Ton
Ella Boyle
Jin Sharon
Ohio
Trial resumes in Mercer kidnapping case with Mary Roe alias Boyle
In Mercer Pennsylvania on May 7 the courtroom filled as Billie Whitla testified identifying Mrs James Boyle known as Mrs Jones as the woman who cared for him in Cleveland. Other witnesses repeated prior statements about the kidnapping while James K Boyle created a disturbance claiming he would reveal the truth and that he bore no blame. The court and attorneys restrained the defendant as the trial continued.
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Mercer
James Boyle
Bidichal
Mary Roe
Nul Whilli
Billie” Whitla
Boyle
Kurere
James K Boyle
Whitla
Tam
Mil
Morse now penniless after $30 million fortune collapse
Charley W Morse once a leading banker and major holder in Consolidated Steanship securities testified in supplementary proceedings that he has given all his property to creditors to secure his debts. He is in the Tombs under sentence for violating National banking laws.
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New York
Charley W. Me
Morse
Consolidated Stoanship Company
Wheat crops report and armory accident update
News from Seattle and Washington on May 7 reports no deaths among 60 injured at a national guard armory athletic meet. Captain Maurice W. Thompson and his wife remain in critical condition amid the incident. The crop report shows winter wheat at 83.5 percent and rye at 88.1 percent average condition for May 1, with harvested winter wheat area about 27.871 million acres, down 8.1 percent from last fall. A Chicago market note notes a government crop report spurring a rally in wheat futures with July at 107 cents, September at 105 7-8, and December at 105 7-8.
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Seattle
Wash
New National Guard
Maurice W. Thompson
State of Washington
Washington
Department of Agricultre
Chicago
Board of Trade
School Chaplain Behrends Dies by Suicide at St Albans
Rev Arthur W Behrends chaplain and teacher at St Albans School Knoxville committed suicide in his apartments at the school by drinking carbolic acid. He left a despondent note after deciding to leave St Albans next year. Behrends had moved from Toronto four years ago and had many Episcopal acquaintances.
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AW. Behrends
St. Albans
Galesburg
Arthur W. Behrends
St. Albns School
Knoxville
Behrends
St.Albans
Toronto
Buenos Ayres Strike Paralyses Trade and Port Activity
Buenos Ayres endures a weekold strike sparked by police action on May day. Business languishes as customs receipts fall and ships stay in port. The municipality moves to ensure meat and provisions reach residents amid the stoppage.
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Buenos Ayres
Pennsylvania Officials Escape Fire on Train
First Vice President Joseph Wood, Second Vice President J J Turner and Chief Engineer Thomas Rood aboard a Pennsylvania lines special car were jolted awake by a fire. They stopped the train, then escaped through a window after the car was destroyed while others slept.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
Joseph Wood
J. J. Turner
Thomas Rood
Pennsylvania Lines
Wood
Rodd
Turner
Jump From Train Kills Muscatine Man Earl Walker
Earl Walker aged 35 of Muscatine died after leaping from a west bound passenger train near Muscatine late last night. He was seated in the vestibule and vanished as the lights of Muscatine appeared. Found shortly after, he died without regaining consciousness. He had been living in a cabin boat above Muscatine and presumably had been to Davenport.
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Earl Walker
Muscatine
Davenport
Democrats Will Do It in Two Years Speech Signals Tariff Downward Goal
Senator Clapp of Minnesota told the Senate that the Republican promise was a downward tariff revision. If Congress fails to lower rates now, the Democrats would revise it two years hence. He warned against threats and urged meeting the public demand for tariff cuts.
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Washington
Senate
Clapp
Minnesota
Republican Party
Congress
Democratic Party
Taft Cancels Longfellow Statue Unveiling Over Eye
President Taft abandons attendance at the Longfellow statue unveiling in Washington on May 7 due to a badly inflamed eye kept bandaged. The illness forces him to remain away from public duties as officials note the eye condition.
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Ntate
Washington
Taft
Gnat Flies Into Tafts Eye During Ride
A small insect entered Taft's eye while he rode on Wednesday. He continued daily duties, meeting with his cabinet for two hours as usual.
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Taft
Lake Champlain Leaks Off Cape Race Strands 1000
The steamship Lake Champlain from Liverpool to Montreal entered St. Johns Newfoundland leaking from a bow hole caused by heavy ice off Cape Race yesterday. One thousand passengers were aboard the vessel at the time and are in peril while measures are made to address the breach.
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St. Johns
N. F
Lake Champlain
Liverpool
Montreal
Cape Race
Longfellow Bust Unveiled in Washington Ceremony
Foreign diplomats joined Americans in unveiling a statue honoring Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Washington. The event featured imposing ceremonies in the capital’s fashionable center as the poet was celebrated as America’s most popular.
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Washington
America
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
National
Socialist editor found guilty in mail crimes case
Fort Scott Kansas May 7 Fred G Warren managing editor of the Appeal to Reason was found guilty by a federal jury of sending defamatory material through the mails He had offered a $1000 reward to kidnap ex Governor Taylor of Kentucky The trial drew national socialist attention and jurors were largely Republican veterans with some hostility to socialism Warren plans an appeal citing private citizen rights in offering rewards
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Fort Scott
Kan
Fred G. Warren
Appeal To Reason
Girard
Pe Wark
Clarence La_w
Chicago
General L. Cpvie
Kansas City
Will
Taylor
Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Idaho
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Colorado
Boise
Willson
Goebel
Warren
New Bills Are In and Uniform Teacher Exams Proposed
Springfield May 7 The eight hour bill for women workers remained in current form after amendments were tabled. Senator Pemberton led a revolt delaying third reading while Senator Jones spearheaded a separate ten hour bill mirroring the defeated amendment. Senate Bill 493 would unify teacher examinations statewide overseen by the state superintendent with county supervision for other tests. Landee proposes eight class salary scales for county superintendents based on population and a provincial reallocation of penitentiary funds. A joint resolution seeks a three member commission to discuss Lake Michigan waters with Wisconsin Indiana and Michigan.
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Springfield
Senate
Oregon
Jandus
S. C. Pemberton
Jones
Pemberton
Landee
Educational Commission
Ilinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Woos
Cook County
Church
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Campbell
House
Funk
Representative Behrens
Board of Control
State Board of Charities
France near civil war over labor row shocks Europe
Paris reports say public sympathy and law oppose the Posts Telegraph and Telephone Employees association now a union under 1884 law. Observers warn a federation plan could weaponize government operations while rail unions consider a nationwide strike after referendums. Dispatches from Havre and Lyons note orders for a general stoppage.
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Paris
Congress of Railroad Men
Havre
Lyons
American swindler Gammon jailed in Paris for mining shares
Paris on May 7 Charles Woods Gammon an American was found guilty of swindling the French public by selling shares in California mining companies. He received a two year prison term and a $600 fine for purportedly taking over $100,000 from French investors.
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Paris
Charles Woods Gammon
California
Gammon
Weather Delays Trade Yet Steel Improvement Favors Business
New York May 7 dispatches report weather interruptions slow trade, though less complaint now. An encouraging feature is the improvement in iron and steel, expected to stimulate activity across business sectors.
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New York
Dan
Congress morning session reports tariff debate and impeachments
Senate activity centered on tariff bill discussion with Senator Bristow opposing higher rates and Senator Cummins urging lower duties. The house prepared formal impeachment charges against Federal Judges Phillips and McPherson of Missouri after heated exchanges triggered by a railroad attorney’s telegram. The House adjourned to Monday.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Bristow
House
Beveridge
Gallinger
Ballinger
Indiana
Cummins
Csay
Phillips and
McPherson
Missouri
Representative Murphy
Attroney General Wickersham
Frank Hagerman
Hagerman
Murphy
Rucker
Phillips
Unrest Around Constantinople Amid Brigandage Reported
Descriptions from Constantinople on May 7 report disorders in the region with brigandage in suburban areas tied to a rapid government change. Deserters from the Constantinople garrison and political fugitives are blamed for the turmoil as the country experiences instability. The North Carolina and Montana cruisers departed Gibraltar today bound for Alexandretta.
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Constantinople
Gibraltar
North Carolina
Alexandretta
Montana
Sugar company workers indicted in underweighing frauds
Seven men including Oliver Spitzer, superintendent of docks at the American Sugar Refining company, are indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy charges connected to alleged sugar underweighing frauds. The indictments stem from the government suit against the sugar firm.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Company
Verdict finds no transom in Plankinton room 153
Milwaukee May 7 The senate investigation committee concluded there was no transom between rooms at the Plankinton house, debunking Frank T Wagner’s claim that he peeped through a transom to see money pass from M J Regan to Assemblymen Farrell Towne and Ramsey, bribery allegations.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Senate Investigation Committee
Frank T. Wagner
Farrell
Towne
Ramsey
J. H. Puelicher
M. J. Regan
Plankinton
Regan
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New National Guard Armory
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Senator Clapp
Tee
St. Stear
Unveil Longfellow
France
Potter Lowes
Potter
Ettelson
Lundberg
Schmitt
Billings
Hay
General Federation of Labor
Turkey
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