Indictments in Minneapolis over alleged mail fraud in catalog sales plots
The federal grand jury charged nineteen lumbermen and associates in a conspiracy to defraud mail order firms by forcing respondents to waste time with catalog exchanges. Theodore S. McLaughlin also faces a separate four count indictment. Bench warrants issued. defendants to appear before Judge H. Munger in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Federal Grand Jury
Theodore
Mclaughlin
H. Munger
United Riot Court
Victims Rise From Butler Steel Car Works Blast
Butler Pennsylvania October 9 The death toll from last Sundays explosion at the steel car works climbs with thirteen dead and a dozen more in hospital. Funerals are scheduled hourly as four Catholic churches toll daily. Most of the dead were Roman Catholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Steel firm accused in masking incident on Iron Range
A Duluth report states that United States Steel and Sheriff Bates are named in a conspiracy claim seeking ten thousand dollars in damages. The suit concerns a made shot by non resident deputies on the Iron Range, dated October 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
United States Steel Corporation
Bates
Suit Alleging Unlawful Deputization During Strike
John Mozer of Chisholm sues the Sheriff and the company for 5000 dollars claiming guards deputized during the strike were non citizens and not responsible persons. Mozer states his hat was shot off while he was driving along the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mozer
Chisholm
Mozer
Magill murder case heard in Tecatur court
In Tecatur Illinois on October 9 Judge Cochrane heard the Magill murder case involving Fred H. Magill and his wife Faye Magill accused of killing Mrs Pet Magill, Fred Magill's first wife.
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Tecatur
Fred H. Magill
Faye Magill
Pet Magill
Fred Magill
Cochrane
Manhattan Oil Company Witness Reveals Ties to Standard Oil
F T Cuthbert president of the Manhattan Oil Company testified in a federal suit, detailing connections with Standard Oil and related pipelines. He described the company as focused on pipe line business after 1901, with assets sold to Solar Refining and Ohio Oil and Union Tank Line, and noted its capital stock shrinking from 2 million to 150 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Manha Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
F. T. Cuthbert
Manhattan Company
Cuthbert
John Cuthbert
Standard
Chicago
Indianapolis
E. Benedict
Anthony N. Brady
Manhattan
Tidewater Pipe Line Company
Solar Refining Company
Ohio Oil Company
Union Tank Line
Brooklyn Pipe Line Company
Indiana Pipe Line Company
Indiana
McDonald Testifies On Subway Deals At Hearing
John B McDonald the engineer who built the New York subways testified before the public utilities commission probing the Interborough Metropolitan Traction corporation He earns 50000 a year though he says he does not work now He admitted in 1905 he cancelled subway contracts and received 150000 in lieu of profits The merger ended transportation competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John B. McDonald
Public Utilities Commission
Interborough Metropolitan Traction Corporation
McDonald
Interborough-Metropolitan
Absence of Yellow Fever in Central America Reported
Dr John N Thomas of the United States marine hospital service says no yellow fever cases in Central America this year except Guatemala and none in Panama or across the isthmus. He notes this follows inspections in the region and marks a striking regional health trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
New Orleans
John N. Thomas
United States Marine Hospital Service
Guatemala
Panama
Berlin denies plan for German fleet visit to American ports
The Lokal Anzeiger calls a Washington dispatch to the London Daily Mail an invention designed to provoke hostility. It says Germany intended to send a fleet led by Admiral Prince Henry to Atlantic U S ports as a gesture of friendship during America’s battleship fleet voyage to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Washington
London Daily Mail
Germany
Prince Henry of Prussia
Atlantic
United States
Pacific
America
Lokal Figer
Bandits Loot Seddon Bank in Mass Cash Grab Murder Sheriff
Four masked robbers loot the First National Bank of Seddon Alabama for 675525 dollars. Sheriff John Williams is killed as he tries to halt the escape. Robbers flee toward a Southern Railway handcar amid a volley of gunfire from pursuing residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seddon
Ala
First National Bank
John Williams
Sheriff Williams
Williams
Southern Railway
Hartje divorce case revived by petition to reopen
Pittsburg reports renewed interest as Augustus Hartje files with the Philadelphia superior court a petition to reopen the Hartje divorce case to hear new damning evidence. The letters from Mrs Hartje’s sisters and coachman Madine are cited. Mrs Hartje’s attorney says the letters have no bearing on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Hartje
Augustus Hartje
Superior Court
Philadelphia
Mary Scott Hartje
Thomas Madine
Madine
Bers
Flattie
Conspirator Vows Retribution Before Court Case
The man stated he would pursue all involved in the case for conspiracy, while Mrs. Hartje was unavailable being out of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartje
Elopement Tangles Fort Dodge Mayor’s Family
Des Moines reports Mabel Bennett daughter of the Fort Dodge mayor eloped with a chauffeur. The event follows her urging bachelors to marry and ends with a defiant vow no marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des_ Moines
Mabel Bennett
Fort Dodge
Gnow
Von Tschirsky to resign as German foreign minister
Berlin reports semi official confirmation that Herr von Tschirsky will quit the foreign office and succeed Count von Wedel as German ambassador at a capital power. Von Schoen to replace him brings emperor friendly standing and a reputation as a sound diplomat from the new nobility styled by the Grand Duke of Hesse in 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Herr von Tschirsky
Foreign Office
Count von Wedel
von Tschirsky
von Schoen
Grand Duke of
Hesse
Trial Delays in Five Life Insurance Officials Case
The five former life insurance company officers face postponed trials as motions are argued in the New York Supreme Court. John Hegeman seeks a two to three week delay while George W. Perkins and Charles S. Fairchild face motions to dismiss indictments. Walter R. Gillette and Robert A. Grannis have hearings set for mid October with further arguments on separate dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Life Insurance Company
Supreme Court
John Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Comp.er
Charles 8. Fairchild
The
New York Life
Walter R. Gillette
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Robert A. Grannis
the Mutual
Arbitration talks progress on obligatory arbitration plan
The Hague October meeting of the peace conference arbitration committee led by M Bourgeois debated the Anglo American project. After a lengthy session the article listing cases for compulsory arbitration and the adherent powers was adopted by 31 to 8. The proposal to make arbitration court sentences advisory for national court questions was dropped while another article tied sentences to the convention for signatories.
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the Hague
Arbitration Committee of the
Peace Conference
M. Bourgeois
Arbitration Court
Cassie Chadwick Worsens in Ohio Prison
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, serving a term for wrecking a bank at Oberita, Ohio, is reported to be gradually weakening. Dr A G Hoelmick says she is not so well and her condition appears to be worsening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cassie Chadwick
Ohio
Oberita
A. G. Hoelmick
Tie
Chadwick
Labor threatens general strike over US strikebreakers
Cuban labor groups met and passed a resolution to call a general island wide strike if railways hire the New York bound strikebreakers. President Gompers of the AFL has offered support. No strikebreakers have yet been used. police prepare for possible unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
New York
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cuba
Stolen Jewels Recovered From Mrs. Romadke’s possesion
Jewelry valued at $1,000 stolen from Clarence Beck's residence on Sept. 2 was found on Mrs. Evelyn Coin Romadke wife of C P Romadie Bros leather goods maker. She claimed to have met a man who gave her the gems and offered various stories during questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Coin Romedie
Romadie Bros
Roe
Clifford Roe
Smith
Appeal to Commission Over Cream Freight Rates
Sadett collapse involves Fairmont Creamery and others challenging Illinois Central Railroad rates to under half a cent per pound. Plaintiffs claim charges exceed 600 dollars thousand annually and allege a planned rate rise after Sept 1 to ten cents a pound, a rise from 30 to 50 cents per ten gallon can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadett Collmse
Fairmont Creamery Company
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Railroads Face Complaints in Annual Reports
New York Oct 9 Complaints against anti railroad legislation mark the annual reports of three roads the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe the Wabash and the Chesapeake and Ohio President Edward P Ripley of the Atchison says rate reductions may force investor confidence and capital for development to suffer and that stockholders and bondholders have been treated unjustly by public attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Wabash
Chesapeake and Ohio
Edward P. Ripley
Atchison
Ripley
Mpany
Stuck in Soft Mud Battleship Kentucky Off Lambert Point
The battleship Kentucky became bogged in soft mud off Lambert Point Virginia while moving up the Elizabeth River from Hampton Roads. The Virginia and United States navies dispatched help and the ship is not in immediate danger and is expected to be refloated at high tide without material injury.
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Kentucky
Lam- Point
Va. Va
United Kentucky
Virginia
Norfolk Navy
Lamberts
Elizabeth River
Hampton Roads
Mystery suspects tied to Harvey K. Brown bombing
Investigators link three men to the Harvey K. Brown bombing. One wore a woman's kimono and a similar man bought a large garment while discussing size. A witness saw two men and a supposed woman near the scene before the blast. Authorities believe the murderers remain in the city.
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Harvey K. Brown
Mother Hubbard
New Bow for Wrecked Suevic Rejoins at Sea
A 200 foot long bow built for the White Star line steamer Suevic is launched in Belfast to replace the severed bow from the wreck near the Lizard. The salvage operation refloated the hull and towed it to Southampton where the bow will be joined to the remaining stern in dock.
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Belfast
Ireland
White Star Line
Suevic
Stagrock
Lizard
Southampton
New Road Opens With Wreck In Rapid City
A motor car carrying passengers crashed into the rear of a freight train fourteen miles east of Rapid City soon after the Crouch railroad line opened. Nine year old Mary Platt lost a leg and died later. her brother George, eight, suffered a broken leg and serious injuries. The children were traveling from Boulder Colorado to their father’s ranch near Rapid City.
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Rapid City
Crouch
Here
Mystic
Mary Platt
George
Boulder
Colo
Raucher
Mrs Chadwick Baptized While in Prison Ward
Mrs Cassie Chadwick, serving an eight term sentence in the Ohio penitentiary for wrecking the First National Bank, was baptized in the Roman Catholic faith while lying on her hospital ward bed at the penitentiary on October 9 in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Cassie Chadwick
First National’ Bank
Oberlin
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Little ‘Black Book Inquiry
Ralph Burnside
Oskaloosa
Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association
Hawkeye Lumber Company
Willard G. Hollis
Retail Lumbermen’s Association
George B. Ingram
Sauk Center
Minn
Stanley Moore
Waterloo
Central Lumber Company
Nesbitt Tate
Wisconsin Lumber Company
James C. Melville
Rufus_ G. Clark
J. H. Queal Lumber Company
D. 8. French
Hawarden
William J. Bruce
Bruce
Magill and Wife
Manhattan Oil Company
Standard Hearing
M’donald
Herr von Schoen
Jerome To
Millionaire
Oregon
Mrs. Chadwick
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