Plot to Blow Up Ships Rumored in Rio Janeiro
Rear Admiral John Pillsbury, chief of the Navy Bureau of Navigation, reacts to rumors of an anarchistic plot in Rio de Janeiro and similar chatter about plans to destroy the battleships Connecticut and Missouri. He calls the allegations absurd and unbelievable.
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Washington
Jun
John &. Paxtury
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Rio Janeiro
Wax
Pillsbury
Paris
Anarchist Plot Claimed Against American Fleet Believed Myth
Rio Janeiro police report an alleged plot to damage American ships in the harbor. Conspirators centered in Rio, Petropolis, with links to Rapuo and Minas Gerais. An accused organizer Vedder fled toward Sao Paulo. officials warn of rigid vigilance while presenting no immediate threat.
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Io Janeiro
Ita
Rio Janeiro
Petropolis
Rapuo
Ninas Geraes
Jean Pedhor
Edhor
Sao Paulo
Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Washington
France
Germany
Allis Diateict
Poice
Paris
Varia
Council Bluffs Moves Against Gambling Houses
Milnett atts, In, Jan. 22.—The four gambling houses in Council Bluffs are shut, following Attorney General Byers address to local officials. County Attorney Hess faced ministers as ouster actions and wholesale prosecutions were discussed, with nearly 400 workers in the houses affected. Authorities vow permanent closure.
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Milnett
Council Bluffs
Byers
Hess
Reform in masculine dress urged by Mme Jacques
Mme Cecila Jacques of Works and London, born in San Francisco, arrives in America to teach men to wear corsets. She dismisses public knowledge of age, promotes a belt like corset for men, with the top cut, arguing it can curb obesity and extend vitality, while dressed in white flannels aboard a ship as an advocate of reform.
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Mme
Cecila Jacques
Works
London
San Francisco
America
Jacques
Mark Twain
Rockefellar Jr Urges Beware of Lending to Friends
John D. Rockefeller Jr cautions against lending to friends, arguing friendship often suffers when money is involved. He emphasizes not taking Christ's teachings literally and notes that crises force men to borrow, but warns never to loan to friends unless a signed note with interest is possible.
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Rockefeller, JR
New York
John D. Rockeiver
Phere
Joan
Arives Crizes
Obscure Parade of Workers in New Ritlim
About 1,000 workers marched through the streets of New Ritlim Conn in June. The procession included leaders bearing a placard for Works Police and featured Germans, Lithuanians, and Italians forming the majority of the crowd. The route covered a long distance ending near a pole line.
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New Ritlim
Conn
Oworkaten
Nace
Germany
Former Postmaster General Dead in Philadelphia
Former Postmaster General and editor Charles A. Smith died suddenly at his home in Philadelphia aged 68. Born February 12 1842 in Mansfield Connecticut he served as military secretary judge advocate general and later secretary of the Albany Express and Albany Journal before becoming editor of the Philadelphia Press in 1880. He was minister to Russia in 1890 and postmaster general during McKinley Roosevelts early terms overseeing rural delivery and mail service expansion in Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
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Philadelphia
Acai Xnary Smith
Philadelphia Press
Russia
Albany Aucademy
Albany Express
Smith
Albany Journal
McKinley
Roosevelt
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Edmund C Stedman dies at 75 poet banker in New York
Edmund Clur Stedman, banker and poet, died suddenly at his New York home at 75. Born in Hartford, Conn., he excelled in English and Greek studies at Yale, worked for Norwich and Winsted papers, contributed to Putnam's and Harper's, served as Washington correspondent for the New York World during the Civil War, then joined the stock exchange until 1900 and later focused on literary criticism.
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Edmund C. Stedman
York
Edmund Clur- Stedman
Mr. Stedman
Hartford
Conn
Yale
Norwich
Winsted
Stedman
New York
Daily
Puttnam's
Harper's
Washington
New York World
Ruefs Immunity Ends in Bribery Prosecution
San Francisco Jan 22 The circuit court of Appeals decision clearing ex Mayor Eugene Schinita of extortion revived the graft case. Prosecuting Attorney Langdon said Ruef’s immunity is ended and asked Judge Lawler to set for trial a Ruef bribery charge. The plan had offered Ruef broad immunity in exchange for testimony against others, with Ruef to plead guilty in the extortion case.
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San Francisco
Circuit Court of Appeals
Eugene I Schinita
Langdon
Abraham Huet
Lawler
Ruef
Anat Ruetid
Tirey L. Kord
United Railroads
Sleepwalker Aids Bank Robbers in Hattiesburg Confession
Jackson Mississippi January 22. A bizarre confession from bank robbers d James Hars per and W T Smith to ab Thomason president of the National Bank of Hattiesburg. They say the bank president walked in his sleep and helped them by providing the bank combination while asleep, observing him through several nights and entering with his door key.
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Jackson
Miss
Thomason
National Bank of Hattiesburg
James Harsper
W.T. Smith
Tron
Beatie
Harper Payls
South
Snowballs Save Town From Destructive Fire Near Boswell
In Boswell, Pennsylvania, a mining town, hundreds of residents fought a raging blaze without a fire department by hurling thousands of soft snowballs. The crowds stopped the fire from reaching a powder store and confined the flames to about six buildings, preventing a catastrophic explosion.
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Johnstown
Boswell
Kearce
Crowe Brother Convicted of Second Degree Assault
Silings Mont January 22 Anthony J Crowe brother of Pat Crowe was found guilty of second degree assault for attacking Charles Moe Jury urged five years hard labor and a $2009 fine Sentence to be passed today Mrs Norm McConnell of Albion recently wed her fiancé Whom she had known four years
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Silings
Mont
Anthony J. Crowe
Pat Crowe
Charles Moe
Trio of Miners Rescued After 46 Days in Shaft
A. D. Bailey, J. Brown, and Fred McDonald survive 46 days entombed in the Giroux mine shaft near Ely Nevada. They relied on a water pipe for air and food, with rockfalls and a sheltermade roof keeping them safe. Communicated via pipe taps and a portable telephone, cheers rang through Ely as the men were brought to surface.
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McDonald
Brown and Bailey
Bulley
Brown
Vnew
Fight Against Opium in the Philippines
Washington reports the first government endorsed revival in the Philippines as a temperance push to curb opium use. A new law takes effect March 1 prohibiting opium imports, with mass meetings and moral reform to ease supply shutoff and rally public resolve.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Philippine Islands
Hartje Granted Rights of a Felon in Divorce Suit
Pittsburg report states Augustus TlarVe, millionaire paper manufacturer, wants his client classified as a common felon and seeks full rights in a criminal trial, with attorneys pressing the district attorney for a corded legal status and defense privileges amid a conspiracy case.
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Pittsburg
Augustus TlarVe
Cohair
Two Gent Farelaw Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Rules
Philadelphia July 2 The central road measure, now in force in Pennsylvania, was declared unconstitutional by the state supreme court, affirming a Philadelphia common pleas ruling last September. The decision centers on whether the new rate law transgresses constitutional limits on altering charges to avoid injustice to corporators. The court found the act would unjustly harm a corporation, praising the lower court's evidence and patience, and concluding enforcement would do injustice to corporators.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court of
Miner Troops Out As Nevada Commission Warns Of Open Shop Allegations
Wallshirston reports from Nevada that the president’s special commission found no need for federal troops to protect mines and instead suggested mine owners conspired to push open shop tactics. The commission notes miners faced manipulation while owners allegedly profited, with anecdotes of pay dirt and pockets of gold. The president chose to withdraw troops.
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United States Army
Pher son Decides In Railroad's Favor
Federal Judge Smith McPherson voids Missouri forbidding foreign corporations from removing cases to federal courts. Rallway companies including Rock Island Santa Fe St. Louis Kansas City Colorado Milwaukee and St. Paul and Alton sought injunction to stop Secretary Swanger from enforcing the law. The Missouri statute would revoke charters for moving suits across state lines and for operating within the state without consent.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Missouri
Rock Island
Santa Fe
St. Louis
Kanana City
Colorado
Milwaukee
St. Paul and Alton
Swanger
United States
NAB CHAMPION OF BIGAMISTS CHANGED IDENTITY
New York reports indicate George A. Witzshott, famed as a world champion bigamist with about 100 wives, may be in custody at Bristol, Magland under the alias Arthur Hynes. Arrested on matrimonial fraud charges, he is sought across many U.S. cities. a Trstal woman who loaned him 400 dollars aided the case.
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New York
George A. Wittxhoff
Bristol
Magland
Arthur Hynes
Witzshott
Hynes
Witzshoft
United States
Trstal
Proposed Safety Measures Against Political Corruption in Congress
A draft bill targets preventing party officials and corporations from influencing federal appointments, endorsements, or campaign finance. It proposes penalties including fines up to 10000 dollars or two years imprisonment. The text cites provisions aligned with Missouri and Indiana figures and references interstate commerce carriers.
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Mitorc
Stare Quingrittis
Federal Wien Tion Moy
Koneis
Computteentén
Ofticlaia
Alexander
Missouri
Adair
Indiana
Hackney
Peonage Prosecutions in Mississippi to Be Probed
Washington reports both the state and justice departments will investigate the peonage prosecutions in Mississippi. Indictments were secured early, but Mississippi grand juries have since declined to return true bills. Immigrants from Twoiland may be warned against moving to southern states until labor conditions improve.
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Washington, D.C
Departments of State and Justice
Mississippi
Coal Carriers Agree to Follow Supreme Court Ruling
Washington reports the Department of Justice announced coal carrying railroads will promptly comply with the Supreme Court decision on acer fronthtiting transportation companies. Prosecutions will be delayed until after the Court's ruling. Also Hepburn announces March hearings on grain inspection and grading bills to unify standards for interstate commerce.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
Acer
Supreme Court
Department
S A
Hepburn
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Gronha and Watson
Railroads May Furnish Feed At Reasonable Cost
Washington January 21 Interstate Commerce Commission issued rulings on in transit feeding and grazing. It holds a carrier may in its tariff offer to furnish feed at current market prices and bill this cost plus an additional percentage to cover service value. The decision emphasizes advance charges for such in transit provisions.
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Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ite
New England Manufacturers Resume Operations in Bridgeport
Conditions have improved in Bridgeport as factories restart after December shutdowns. Major plants like Columbia Phonograph and others including Singer Manufacturing American Tube and Stamping Bullard Machine Tool Locomobile and Ite Textile have resumed full or partial operations, with some employers returning to full time or trimming back to 75 percent capacity.
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New England
Bridgeport
Conn
Columbia Phonograph Company
Singer Manufacturing Company
American Tube and Stamping Company
Bullard Machine Tool Company
Locomobile Company of America
Ite Textile Manufacturing Company
Hayti Revolution Practically Ended Despite Skirmish
Pore Au Prince Jan 22 Government forces attacked St. Marke held by revolutionists. After slight resistance the revolutionists surrendered. Government troops then moved toward nearby Warde Gonyiver, which was surrounded as the revolt neared its end.
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Hayti
Rovernment
St. Marke
Uren
Warde Gonyiver
Poe
Gondidera
Liabelian
Sarina
Mich
Shoe Makers James Donovan Firm Assigns in Bridge Miss
The James Donovan company shoe manufacturers of Everett has assigned about 200000 dollars of liabilities in Bridge Mississippi on January 21. The action involves the assurance of 18900 dollars.
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Bridge
Miss
James Donovan Company
Everett
Walsh Convicted in Bank Scandal Trial in 1907
John Walsh, former Chicago banking and political figure, is found guilty on multiple counts related to bank loans and fictitious notes. Trial began November 18, 1907, in Judge Anderson's court after repeated denials to quash indictments. Prosecutors allege Walsh used bank funds for speculative loans to allied institutions totaling hundreds of millions in fictitious, unsecured notes.
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Walgh
Walsh
Anderson
Johnn # Miller
Hilbert Palmer
Harvard
Til
Ercome
National Bank
Thom Bavings Bank
Equitabl Trust Company
Stocka
Chicago
Tiinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Sini Walsh
Tme
Tris
Natonal
Banks Suspend in St Paul Amid Hamline Ties
The Bank of Hamline and the Midway bank in St Paul suspend payment. Both were owned by A H Drew, Hamline university registrar and mathematics professor. Midway bank had 310000 capital with about 40099 in deposits from local workers. many Hamline students were among the Bank of Hamline depositors. Drew reported heavy losses and bank closure.
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St. Paul, Minn
Bank of Hamline
Midway Bank
St. Paul
A. H. Drew
Hamline University
Methodist
Bank of Tamilne
Drew
St. Paul My Bo Hainline University
Cald
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Vedder
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Arthur
Fred McDonald
Nils Brother
George
Hartje
Supereme Court of
Miner
Pherson
Railroad
House Committee On Patents
Hinshaw
Nebraska
Dalzell
United States Court of Claims
Senate
House
John &, Walsh
College Bank
Benmrgion
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