Missouri court to oust Standard Oil and Republic from state
Judge Anthony in Jefferson City reports findings that Standard Oil and Republic Oil conspired to control oil prices. He recommends revoking their charters and removing them from Missouri, with the supreme court to review the commissioner’s findings. Separate proceedings in St Paul cover the broader government case against Standard Oil and allied firms.
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Anthony
Supreme Court of Missouri
Hadley
Standard Oilcom Waters Pierce OL Company
Republic of Company
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Supreme Court
Cam
Wirth
Standard
Republic
Missouri
New Land Fraud Revelations Promised in the Near Future
Washington May. Officials say grand juries in six states will soon hear charges in a sweeping scheme to steal mineral and timber lands worth millions. The probe, led by interior department agents, names senators and business leaders tied to dummy entries and forest land grabs across California Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Minnesota and the Dakotas. The case is said to involve hundreds of thousands of acres looted from the public domain and may produce indictments despite legal barriers.
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Amazig
United States
Aman
Atlantic
Pacific
Hinther Baress
California
Cali
Washington
Oregon
Idato
Montana
Minniesota
Dakotas
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Interior Department
Prine
Steel Trust Attacks Lead Rail Standards in Rail Gazette
In a scathing feature the Railroad Gazette brandishes the United States Steel Corporation as dangerous for rail quality. It claims rails contain harmful impurities and will fail under traffic stress, while noting steel output would drop if such concerns were addressed.
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United States Steel Corporation
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Roosevelt River Trip Cut to Few Stops
President Rosevelt plans a Mississippi river journey with the inland waterways commission and the lakes to gulf deep waterways association. He will stop in St. Louis Cairo and Memphis, then depart from Iowa and head straight to Washington, with a single speech per stop.
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Cairo
Memphis
Tena
Iowa
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Policeman Shoots Fugitive in Sterling Cash for Liberty Case
Sterling reports Policeman James Sheehan shot and killed a fugitive after Michael Grady attempted to make cash for Liberty. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon as officers pursued the suspect through Sterling streets. Authorities provided few details pending investigation.
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Sterling
Michael Grady
James Sheehan
Ammonia Fatal to Six Workers at Armour Plant
In Chicago on May 21 an ammonia pipe exploded in Armour plant beet-killing department. The blast released fumes that swept the building, killing five workers and injuring a dozen more. As of May 24 two bodies were identified, bringing deaths to six.
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Armour Plant
Stock Yards
Frank Statn
Andrew Stanshin
Fonr
Hest Dely
Jury selection in Haywood district court progresses
May 21 Boise Vale report says the court secured one juror and released another while the state aids defense challenges Isaac Bedell who had sat seven days. The session notes peremptory challenges and ongoing qualification of jurors amid a complex court sequence.
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Vale
Wok
Heney Curtis
Isaac Bedell
Miter
Mtv
Helen Dixon Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced
Helen Dixon of Bloomington Wisconsin admitted guilty to diverting 1.04 dollars from the Glen County Second Presbyterian church fund and a separate one dollar note. Judge C D Myers sentenced her to an indeterminate penitentiary term and she will be taken to prison tomorrow. Dixon, the former treasurer, was arrested last February amid the organ fund shortage.
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Helent Dixon Yesterd
Errei Court
Second Presbyterian
C.D. Myers
Miss Dixon
Glenner Couiuty
Officers named for Illinois department of the Republic
The Illinois department, Grand Army of the Republic, elected senior vice commander Henry J. Wells of Quincy and junior vice commander Aden Knoph of Olney, with Chap Epler of Shelbyville as chaplain. Alfred Cole of Chicago named medical director. Council members listed from Lincoln, Rockton, Peoria, and Woodstock. In the Illinois Woman's Relief Corps, President Mrs. Anna Tuck of Plymouth and other officers were chosen including Mrs. Nellie Eastman of Dixon as junior vice president and Mrs. Lucy H. Renich of Woodstock as treasurer.
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Ilinois Department
Gran Amy
The
Republic
Henry 3. Wells
Quincy
Aden
Knoph
Olney
Chap
Uinoi Woman's ‘Ielief Corps
Anna Tuck
Plymouth
Neltie Eastman
Dixon
Lucy H. Renich
Woodstock
Lida
Carrie Alexander Belleville
Maggie Bowman
Douglas Park
Hawthorne School Promoted Class Lists Published
A citywide promotion plan lists 1517 grammar pupils eligible for promotion to high school. Lincoln Longfellow and Horace Mann show large numbers with named teachers and students including Waketell Muster Tucker and Hallgren.
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Hawthorne School
Yewstern
Lincoln School
Longfellow School
Ilorace Mann School
Presbytery report accepted at May session in Columbus
The May session of the Presbyterian assembly in Columbus accepted without contest the report of the standing committee on temperance. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, former United States senator John Doe died today of typhoid fever.
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Presbyterian Committee On Temperance
Columbus
Olin
Social Assembly
Kumeis
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
John Tou
Russia's Welfare Above Czar's Life Echoes In Reply
Positive telegram from St. Petersburg cites the czar's life as less precious than Russia's welfare. The message thanks a council for congratulations on an anti terrorist effort and expresses confidence in Russia's glory, peace, and prosperity.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Corpei
Council
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Euiper
Knapp asserts no action in Harriman case
Chairman Knapp of the interstate commerce commission denies reports of an acquittal for Harriman. He states the commission has taken no action, reached no conclusion, and has not discussed the Harriman case, with no report expected for some time.
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Commerce Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
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Harriman
Rock Island sells bonds to Speyer & Co for 10 million
The Rock Island railway sold to Speyer & Co. 10,100,000 of its first and refinancing mortgage 4 percent gold bonds due in April 1934. Proceeds will pay 7,500,000 notes maturing July 1 and the remainder for improvements and amenities.
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Speyer & Co
New York
Rock Island Railway
Illinois Medical Society adjourns selecting Peoria for next meeting
Dr Hollowbush delegates described as Illinois physicians in the State Medical Society session closed before adjournment. Gov Deteen vetoed a bill opposed by the society. Peoria chosen as next meeting site. Officers elected include President W T Baum Chicago and others from East St. Louis Rockford and Decatur.
Hobos Back Roosevelt At National Convention In Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls reporters say the national convention of tramps condemned police in several cities and praised Roosevelt and La Follette. The group adopted a resolution endorsing Roosevelt for president before dispersing from the city.
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Roosevelt
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Landiag Roosevelt
la Follette
First to Land at Guanica Major Taylor E Brown Heads Spanish War Veterans
Local Spanish American War veterans elect Major Taylor E. Brown of Chicago as commander in chief of the Naval and Military Order of Spanish American War Veterans at Hartford Connecticut. Brown served in the engineering corps and is noted as possibly the first to land on Porta ReCan soil with the 6th regiment during General Miles expedition. Dr Maurice F Egan accepts Danish minister post in Washington May 24.
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Taylor E. Brown
Chicago
Naval and Military Order of
Hartford Conn
Brown
Porta Recan
6Th Regiment
Guanica
Miles
Washington
Maurice F. Egan
Minist
Denmark
Roosevelt
Egan
Catholic University of America
Chicago Horse Show Ends After Low Interest
Chicago drops plans for its annual horse show citing poor public interest. Directors notified Stewart Spalding managers of the Coliseum that they will release their option on the building the first week in October, forcing society to seek another venue for the dress parade and affecting milliners florists and local hotels.
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Chicago
Stewart Spalding
Hreetor
Coliseum
Bis
Stand Again in Court Room to Hear the Eddy Accounting Case
The New Hampshire Supreme Court resumes the Eddy accounting dispute in Concord with a crowd present. Next friends oppose the trustees motion as Dewitt Howe leads the case for the clients and former Senator William Chandler is slated to follow as senior counsel for the next friends.
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Concord
N. H
Next Friends
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian New Leader
Dewitt
Howe
United States
William &. Chandler
Three Die In Interurban Collision Near Muskegon
Three people, G. D. Betts of Grand Rapids James Edmonds of Muskegon and a motorman were killed in a head on crash on the Grand Rapids Grand Haven and Muskegon interurban line a few miles east of Muskegon early today. The accident occurred near Muskegon as the line operates between Grand Rapids and Muskegon.
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Mich
G. D. Betts
James Edmonds
Muskegon
Grand Rapids, Grand Haven
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