Million in blackmail bills tied to New York Life executives
New York Life Insurance Company spent 1 103 920 over five years on legislative supervision across the United States and Canada. President John A McCall told the Armstrong committee that three fourths of state insurance bills were blackmailing. Hamilton received 476 927 with no vouchers, plus 235 000 for real estate tied to the home office, and 75 000 unaccounted. McCall defended the practice as defense against harassment by blackmail bills. He denied bribery or pooling with Equitable and Mutual Life. He disclosed other campaign connections and an interest loan from Metropolitan Life.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
United States
Canada
John A. McCall
Armstrong Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
McCall
New York Life For
Legislative Supervision
Andrew Hamilton
Hamilton
New York Life
Ok Houp
Equitable
Mutual Life
Republian
Republican National Committee
Gibbs
Mr. McCall
Theodore Banta
Gov. Culberson
Texas
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Sant
John R. Hegeman
McNall
Metropolitan Life
Hughes
Hause
West Seventy-second ‘Street
Lumber District Fire Leaves City Homeless in Rhinelander
A Wednesday night blaze in Rhinelander Wisconsin destroyed Brown Brothers Lumber yard and Robbins Lumber yards, killing 400 people homeless. About 40 million feet of lumber burned and eight blocks scorched, with eight blocks burned. Insurance totals around 4000000 with Brown Brothers losing 250000 and Robbins 225000 plus their insurers. Two schoolhouses and an engine house suffered 25000 in damages and dozens of dwellings about 75000 were destroyed.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Brown Brothers Lumber Company
Robbins Lumber Company
Rumor Denied on Spalding Stroke Condition
Louisville report says Bishop John L. Spalding of Peoria did not have a second stroke. Attending physician Dr. W H Wathen states the bishop’s health is excellent, mind unimpaired, and he is under personal supervision at St. Anthony’s hospital. He plans to travel to Indianapolis then Peoria and aims to regain use of his left side.
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Louisville
John L. Spalding
Peoria
W. H. Wathen
Lebanon
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Spalding
Wathen
Indianapolis
Chatard
Plans Dash for North Pole
Charles Rillet, once with the Fiala polar expedition, says a wealthy St. Louisan will back a daring drift through the Bering Strait to the North Pole. The plan calls for a split from the main ship and a quick ice bound dash toward the pole.
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St. Louis
Charles Rillet
St. Louisan
Bering Strait
North Pole
Rilllet
Pole
Italian Fatally Shot in Bed in Atlantic City
Gia tiano Pisce, an Italian man, was fatally shot in bed by a masked assailant during a robbery attempt. Police suspect a Black Hand plot as the motive. The attacker demanded money. Mrs. Pisce handed over a purse before the man shot her husband. Pisce was dying at a hospital.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Giatiano Pisce
Noted pianist Josef Hoffman to wed former ambassador’s daughter
New York Oct 5 The engagement of Mrs Maria Eustis divorced wife of George Peabody Eustis to pianist Josef Hoffman was announced She is daughter of a former ambassador to France and had married her first cousin George Peabody Eustis whom she later divorced
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Josef Hoffman
New York
Maria Eustis
George Peabody Eustis
Eustis
France
Results of baseball games in American and National Leagues
The American League saw Washington defeat Chicago 3 to 0 in nine innings while Philadelphia beat Boston 4 to 4. Cleveland also posted a scoreless draw. In the National League, Pittsburgh and Boston battled to a 0-0 tie after thirteen innings.
Eighteen Hurt In Wreck Near Morgantown
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on October 5 a Baltimore and Ohio Fairmont express bound for Pittsburg derailed at Round Bottom eight miles north of Morgantown due to spreading rails. Eighteen persons were injured.
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Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio Fairmont Express
Pittsburg
Round Bottom
Morgantown
Bank Robbers Foiled In Bardolph Attempt
Peoria Illinois October 5 An unsuccessful attempt to rob the Bardolph bank ended when the robbers fled before dynamiting. They escaped.
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Peoria
Bardolph
Actress Weds Professor in New York Ceremony
New York on October 5 reports actress Miss Kathryn Kidder daughter of Henry M Kidder Evanston married Louis K Anspacher Ph D of Columbia University. The wedding links talent and academia in a high profile union reflecting New York social circles.
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New York
Kathryn Kidder
Henry M. Kidder
Evanston
Louis. K. Anspacher
Columbia University
Gronstad Dockmen Strike Over Wage and Hours
Cronstad reports dock labourers have gone on strike demanding higher wages and shorter hours. Work on all foreign ships is at a standstill as the labor action begins.
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Gronstad
Cronstad
State Officials in Wabash Suit Seek Ripple Effects On Railroads
Missouri state officials may pursue legal action to curb minority control of rail financiers. The suit could affect Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain relations and limit cross ownership across rail lines, hinting at broader consolidation tactics linked to the Northern Securities case.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Ramsey
Wabash
Friends
Toledo
Gould
The
Wabash’ Board of Directors
A. C. Bird
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Kansas City
Bird
Man Despondent Motorman Tries Suicide With Hammer
New York Oct 6 A 65 year old motorman Edward Bradley who quit the elevated railroad during a strike attempted to end his life by pounding his head with a hammer. He lies in Harlem hospital a prisoner with several scalp bruises as his worst injuries. Bradley’s daughter found him seated with a hammer raised and brought down with feeble force.
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New York
Edward Bradley
Bradley
Harlem
Aid for Typhoon Sufferers in the Philippines
Washington reports the quartermaster general has cabled Manila to provide an extra 50,000 dollars for immediate repairs and relief in areas hit by the recent Philippine typhoon, aiming to speed aid and ease suffering.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
United States Army
Manila
British Naval Attache Appointment in Washington
Washington October 6 Capt F. Ryan of the Royal Navy appointed naval attache to the British embassy succeeding Capt De Chair who has gone to sea.
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Washington
F. Ryan
Royal British Navy
de Chair
Minister Faces Serious Charge in Princeton
The Rev. W. H. Brooks is jailed in Princeton Indiana on a charge of attempted train wrecking reported from October.
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Princeton
Ind
Qct
W. H. Brooks
College Bred Robber Is Laid Low by Bullet
Sioux City Iowa October 6 John Conway a college graduate from Chicago and once a promising youth is killed during a bank robbery in Berkley California His early reform attempt by a Rev church failed and his lover’s pleas led to the disclosure of his true name and a family connection to Armour & Co. in Chicago. His crime career ended with a pistol shot.
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Sioux City
Towa
John Conway
Berkley
Cal
America
Conway
Chicago
Revtist
Stephen Conway
Armour & Co
Latest Cash Market Reports Chicago Produce Prices
Chicago markets show varied prices for dairy fruits vegetables and meats. Listings include Butler-Eextra creamery dairy items, cheese varieties like New York Produce belting and whole stock lines, with live poultry and fish values. Cattle hogs sheep and lambs futures and spot prices are reported for major exchanges including Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Omaha.
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Chicago
Butler
Eextra
Michigan
Louis
Skanaas City
Omaha
St. Joseph
New York
St. Louis
Kansas
Joseph
Roumania to Retaliate Against Greece
Bucharest reports Roumania will denounce the Greek commercial treaty withdraw recognition for Greek communities raise tolls on Greek ships entering Roumanian ports and tax Greek property in Roumania following the break in diplomatic relations.
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Roumania
Bucharest
Greece
Roumanian
Italian Steamer Citta di Palermo Aground Off Virginia
The Italian steamer Citta di Palermo stranded on Diamond shoals along the Virginia coast. Thirty crew members were rescued.
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Gres
Richmond
Citta di Palermo
Diamond Shoals
Virginian
Boston Police Face Puzzle in Suitcase Mystery
Boston investigators report all “crews” in the suitcase mystery have collapsed and police remain unsure of the next lead as of October 5 in Boston Massachusetts.
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Boston
Mass
Murder Theory in Street Gage Murder Case
Cambridge Ill Oct 5 new evidence and theories occupy police in Attorney John V Streed death investigation State's Attorney Sturtz and Sheriff Stiers review murder theory in Rock Island inquiry relatives claim vendetta behind gang of blackmailers Victim forewarned by letter from pastor Benson Brother Frank Streed rejects suicide theory saying brother was murdered Coroner and prosecutor favor murder while sheriff and deputy uphold suicide option with no proven link to prominent locals.
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Cambridge, Ill
John V. Streed
Sturtz
Stiers
Rock Island
Streed
O. J. Sandquist
Cambridge
A. F. Benson
Evanston
M. BE
Andover
Here
Dr. Powell
Frank Streed
Mr. Streed
McArthur
Strato
Sturry
Streeed
Steirs
Swain
Robbery Agitates Kenosha Residents
Kenosha Wis Oct 5 a home invasion on North Chicago avenue left Mrs Henry Walken Van derberg unconscious and jewelry and valuables stolen The assault sparked fears of summary justice if the suspect is caught and the injuries to the woman are not serious
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Kenosha
Wis
Ikenosha
Henry Walken Vanderberg
Chicago Avenue
Airship Damaged at Brockton Fair Grounds
A. Roy Knabenshue's airship was slightly damaged at the Brockton fair grounds during an attempted ascent. He was unhurt when the balloon struck a flagpole and descended.
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Brockton
Mass
Fear Uprising In Finland Reported by Telegraph
The St. Petersburg Telegraph correspondent says police privately report alarming Finland intelligence justifying fear of grave events. The warning centers on potential unrest amid tensions affecting Finland and nearby regions.
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Finland
London
St. Petersburg
The
Telegraph
Japs to Honor Allies Naval Review Hint
London reports several Japanese warships passed Shimonoseki bound eastward likely to take part in the upcoming naval review honoring the visiting British squadron.
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London
Shimonoseki
Check Forging Charge Shocks LaPorte Court
Laporte Indiana October 6 John Hardy and Henry McCain of Chicago were arraigned on alleged check forging charges. Hardy pleaded guilty and McCain will contest the case.
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Laporte
Ind
John Hardy
Henry McCain
Chicago
Hardy
McCain
Bomb throwers handed to viceroy in Tientsin case
Six men believed to be bomb throwers, including two non-Chinese, were handed over to the viceroy for investigation in Tientsin on October 5.
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Tientsin
Rail rate reform debate rages as Eckels urges limits
Louisville October 6 former Comptroller James H Eckels addressed Kentucky Bankers association warning against federal meddling in railroad rate making saying laws meddling with business would harm all but especially farmers. In Washington President Roosevelt presses for railroad rate legislation with Rep Townsend noting possible changes to clarify the Esch Townsend bill to cover private cars refrigerator cars and terminal charges.
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Louisville
James H. Eckels
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Kentucky Bankers’ Association
Mr. Eckels
Washington
Roosevelt
Representative Townsend
Michigan
House of Representatives
Townsend
Mr. Townsend
Hunger strike behind bars in St. Petersburg prison
The hunger strike began Oct 2 in the women's department of a large St. Petersburg prison for political offenders and has spread to most inmates. For three days prisoners protest rough treatment of a fellow inmate and broad prison conditions. Many detainees are socialists arrested recently.
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St. Petersburg
Entertaining Sailors: New York Crew Raises $10000
To entertain the Jack tars of Prince Louis of Battenberg s squadron arriving in November, enlisted men aboard Rear Admiral Evangels battleship squadron have raised 10000 with every man contributing.
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New York
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Evang
Odd Habeas Corpus Plea Before Supreme Court
Lansing on October 5 a prisoner seeks a habeas corpus writ in the state supreme court arguing that his escape to Canada after being declared insane was not an extraditable offense and that insanity should affect the case.
Infant dies in Danville house fire after fatal burns
The infant son of Mrs. Paul Beaux died from burns in a fire that destroyed the family home. Mrs. Beaux was fatally burned and Gus Plechon suffered severe injuries while the father of the child, Danville St. Cot, was not further described.
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Babe
Danville
St. Cot
Paul Beaux
Mrs. Beaux
Gus Plechon
Standard Oil Increases Prices In Pennsylvania and New Jersey
The Standard Oil Company raised prices on Pennsylvania and New Jersey items by five cents. Other grades saw no changes. The notice appears in Pittsburg with October 6 dated reporting.
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Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania
Ticina
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