Packer Witnesses Subpoenaed in Beef Trust Case
Government subpoenas three officials from Schwarzschild Sulzberger and two other employees to testify against Armour Co and co defendants in a beef trust prosecution. Several officials pleaded guilty to conspiracy to unlawfully obtain railway rebates, avoiding imprisonment and receiving fines totaling 25,000 dollars. Witness EK B Fish and others face testimony under protest as the trial proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trafic
EK. B. Fish
Joseph Weissenbach
Canada
Sulzberger
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
Weissenbach
Expert Accountants Probe Equitable Syndicate Profits
New York September 28 experts examined the Equitable Life Assurance Society over syndicate profits. Henry Rogers Winthrop testified about syndicate participations and unresolved credit on the books. He noted Senator Depew's $100 000 stake and said Senators Depew and Dryden were asked to testify as the committee pursues the money trail.
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New York
Legislative Insurance
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Henry Rogers Winthrop
Equitable
Winthrop
Depew
Dryden
New Jersey
Senica
Anglo Japanese Treaty Widely Discussed in Paris
Paris Sept 28 The Anglo Japanese treaty is widely debated here. Officials say it aligns with French interests as it avoids territorial expansion in Asia and supports French policy. They hope Russia will accept, though some doubt remains about full acquiescence.
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Paris
Asia
Russia
Orrville Bank Closes by Comptroller Order
Washington report says First National Bank of Orrville has closed its doors by order of the comptroller of the currency due to a run. George T. Cutts, bank examiner, is appointed receiver.
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Washington
First National Bank of
Orrville
George T. Cutts
Wisconsin Woman Dies After Gas Blast At Madison Hotel
Miss Florence Needham of Mazomanie Wisconsin died after blowing out gas at the Ogden hotel. A young man accompanied her to the hotel as details of the incident emerge from Madison. CANNOT BE LOCATED.
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Madison, Wis
Florence Needham
Mazomanie
Wis
Ogden Hotel
Manila typhoon wrecks Malahi post and Leyte gunboat
General Corbin reports a severe Manila typhoon causing major damage. The Malahi post is described as totally destroyed and reports continue as facts become available. Admiral Reiter notes the Leyte sunk in the harbor during the Sept 26 hurricane.
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Washington
War Department
Corbin
Philippine Division
Manila
Malachi
Navy Department
Reiter
Leyte
Spain
Malahi
la Guna
Cording
Mailahi
Duel on Wabash Express Car Leaves Men Wounded
John E. Ryan of Chicago and Ed Greene of Chicago dueled with revolvers on Wabash train No. 13 from Bemont to Decatur twenty miles. Both were seriously wounded. Ryan suffered shots to jaw ear and shoulder while Greene had a bullet in the breast and another in the right lung with a third in the abdomen. Both may die and were admitted to hospitals in Decatur.
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Decatur
John E. Ryan
Chicago
Pacific Express Company
Ed Greene
Betz & Co
Hammond, Inc
Ryan
Bemont
Wabash Hospital
Greene
St. Mary's
Cieé
Rio Grande Train Wreck Near Glencoe Injures Thirty
The east bound Rio Grande passenger train derailed between Dolores and Glencoe Colorado on a sharp curve, the baggage car pulling down two coaches. About thirty passengers were bruised and some severely injured. they were taken to Mancos for treatment and then to Mercy Hospital in Durango.
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Durango
Colo
Rio Grede
Dolores
Glencoe
Mancos
Mercy Hospital
Plague Stricken Leicester Castle Quarantined
Victoria B C Sept 28 Aboard the British bark Leicester Castle once famed for mutiny the captain is dead from yellow fever and two thirds of the crew are incapacitated. The ship remains under quarantine in Royal Roads near the harbor. Captain Crosby contracted the disease within five hours of sailing and died before the vessel reached port.
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Victoria
B. C
Leicester Castle
Royal Roads
Crosby
Fifty Houses Destroyed by Fire at Colon Panama
Washington Sept 28 The isthmian canal commission reports Colón fire destroyed forty to fifty houses with no government property harmed. Many residents are left homeless but tents will be provided by the government. Five dead in collision Harrisburg Pa Sept 23 Five railroad workers died and eight injured in a crash on the Philadelphia Harrisburg and Pittsburgh line at Mount Holly Springs. The pay car carried about 50000 in checks scattered on the tracks. Passengers were unharmed. Officials cite a possible misread order.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Magoon
Colon
Harrisburg
Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburg
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Mount Holly Springs
Sixty thousand may strike by Berlin electrical workers
Trouble between Berlin electrical companies and their 60,000 employees has reached a critical stage with a strike imminent. Workers demand a 15 percent raise and a minimum of seven dollars per week for unskilled labor due to rising living costs including meat and other prices.
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Berlin
Five Children Die In House Fire At Fort Dodge
A deadly blaze destroyed a Fort Dodge Iowa home killing five children. A gasoline explosion caused the fire as a passerby and a mother visiting a neighbor escaped. Fire officials investigated the cause and location.
Five Children Die In Fort Dodge Fire Tragedy
In Fort Dodge Iowa on September 28 Frederick Adamson's home burned after a gasoline stove exploded. Edna ten Irmas eight Clarence six Ernst three and Raymond three died upstairs. The mother was visiting a neighbor and could not save them. Firefighters flooded the house to reach the children.
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Fort Dodge
Frederick Adamson
Edna
Irmas
Clarence
Ernst
Adamson
Raymond
David Secore
Scared by Land Frauds in Oregon Forest Reserve
A Salem dispatch says vigorous land fraud prosecutions have led to about 20 000 acres of school land in the Blue Mountain forest reserve being abandoned by locaters. Dummies likely filed the claims and the money providers withdrew, forfeiting around 10 000 dollars.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
Salem
Blue Mountain Forest Reserve
Oregon
Oil and Salt Wash Away in New Orleans Rainfall
New Orleans reports the heaviest rain in weeks washing away oil and salt from gutters and reducing mosquito breeding. Health officials say fever campaigns show progress with fewer cases and only three deaths statewide in the past day.
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New Orleans
Baron Komura Leaves New York for Vancouver
Baron Komura Japanese peace plenipotentiary departs New York for Montreal with Baron Kaneko and Aimar Sato. The party travels aboard the private car of Sir William Van Horne on the Canadian Pacific line toward Vancouver. Dr. Pritchard, who treated him during a recent typhoid fever, accompanies the envoy and may proceed to Vancouver.
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New York
Japan
Baron Komura
Montreal
Baron Kaneko
Aimar Sato
New York Central Road
Sir William van Horne
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Vancouver
Dr. Pritchard
Insurance Agents Indicted Over Ohio Trust Laws
Jefferson Ohio September 28 A Ashtabula county grand jury returned indictments against insurance agents accused of violating the state anti trust laws.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Minnie Lee
Ellen Iber
Chicago
Herrick
Jefferson, O
Ashtabula County
Indictments Against Twenty Eight Fire Insurance Agents
Twenty eight county fire insurance agents from about sixty three companies face indictments for violating Ohio anti trust laws. Albert Ross of Columbus linked to the action bureau run by the companies is also charged. The group is accused of fixing rates and eliminating competition through their agreement. JAP MEDICAL METHODS.
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Albert Ross
Columbus
Action Bureau
Ohio
Japanese Navy Surgeon General Addresses U S Military Surgeons
Surgeon General Suzuki of the Imperial Japanese Navy told the fourteenth annual convention of military surgeons of the United States that the United States has the most valuable contribution to naval surgery. He detailed methods used by the Japanese fleet and described prewar practices including eye inspections, cotton-padded oars, and the Mats Togo leadership on the Mikasa. He credited cleanliness and clean undergarments with reducing infection from wound debris.
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Detroit
Suzuki
Imperial Japanese Navy
United States
J. 3
Wise
Togo
Mikasa
Earthquake Strikes Lundby and Hisingen Island Sweden
A severe quake hit Gothenburg area at 1:30 PM causing wall cracks, ground fissures, and tremors across Lundby and Hisingen island. Subterranean rumblings preceded violent shaking and crumbling walls, forcing residents outside. Ground level sank in eastern island areas. The tremor lasted about one minute.
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Gothenburg
Sweden
Lundby
Hisingen
Norway seeks early recognition by powers
Paris dispatch reports Norway's foreign minister M Loeviand said Norway would seek prompt recognition by the major powers. The recognition would acknowledge Norway's independent sovereignty without deciding whether its government is a monarchy or a republic, to be settled later.
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Paris
M. Loeviand
Norway
Temps Christiania
Final Moroccan Accord Details Arranged in Paris
Paris on September 28 reports M Revoil representing France and Dr Rosen for Germany met at the foreign office to finalize the Moroccan agreement. An official announcement was expected soon.
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Paris
M. Revoil
Rosen
Germany
Foreign Office
Wealthy Chicago druggist Bruno Goll shoots self at hotel
Bruno H. Goll a rich Chicago druggist killed himself in a room at the Auditorium hotel. Alexander W. Pond a former Chicago businessman also died by suicide in Boston. Columbia University awarded honorary LLD degrees to Baron Komura and Serge Witte. Madrid officials discount reports of King Alfonso's betrothal. no decision before his Berlin visit.
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Bruno H. Goll
Chicago
Auditorium Hotel
Alexander W. Pond
Boston
Columbia University
Baron Komura
Serlus Witte
Japan
Russia
Madrid
Alfonso
Berlin
Jacob Litt Dies in Yonkers After Long Illness
Jacob Litt, famed theater impresario and owner of theaters in Milwaukee Chicago St. Paul, died in Yonkers N Y after a long nervous ailment. His career began in Milwaukee about twenty years ago in a major venue where he rose from usher to box office, later becoming proprietor and leader of a touring circuit and eventually managing theatres in Chicago and beyond.
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Milwaukee
Jacob LE
New Chicago
St. Paul
Yonkers
N. Y
Litt
Mr. Litt
Yellow peril and talks of peace looming in Europe
A Herald dispatch cites a German press summary linking M Witte’s New York visit to impending peace talks at The Hague. It notes a Berlin claim that Japanese premier’s talks with Chancellor Buelow and Emperor William aimed to curb the Far East threat, while American congressmen drew no firm conclusions.
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New York
M. Witte
Hague
Iian
Prince von Buelow
Baron Rich
William
Far East
Times
Berlin
Tageblatt
Y Buelow
Antion
Republican primaries reshuffle tariff issue in Boston region
Fragmented text shows tariff revision opponents and Cana reciprocity supporters backing S Draper for lieutenant in Hopedale. The piece notes uneven primary results with Dre leading Goetting and Hall in the field, and mentions delegates and attorney general district details, all amid unclear context.
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Boston
S. Draper
Hopedale
Gay
Dre
Springfield
Fred
Hall
Taunton
Atteney General Diztriet Ganey Dawa
Greenac
Man Aims for Suicide With Revolver Purchased in San Bernardino
A 60 year old San Bernardino man sued a hardware firm for the price of a revolver he bought to kill himself. He failed to die in a despondent act after writing a farewell note and was found with the weapon in his hand. The suit claims the weapon failed to kill him.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Paul Schlerdum
Cone
Smiley Heights
Poe
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Max Kulzberger
Armour
Cape Imprisonment
Equita
BLE Life Company
Wisconsin
Marie Ivers Lawrence
Ippines
Wabash Road
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Rio Grande
Panama
Philadelphia and
Reading Road
G. R. McBride
Huron
Fort Dodge, IA
Pather
Canadian” Pacific
Huron, South Dakota
Morocco
Jacob Litt
Yonkers, N. Y
Massachusetts
Minneapolis
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