Sentences Handed Down in Terpentine Trust Case in Savannah
Ravannah judge imposes two jail terms and multiple fines on five leaders of the American Naval Stores Company after a Sherman anti trust conviction. Sentences range from three months in jail to a $5,000 fine for each, with varying penalties reflecting prior pleas and roles in the trust. Appeals will go to the United States Court of Appeals as defense challenges procedures and the verdict. Bond set at $20,000 for all defendants.
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Ravannah
Terpentine Trust
Savannah Dispatch
William Sheppard
Spencer P. Sholler
American Naval Stores Company
Edmund 8. Nash
J. F. Cooper Myers
American Company
National Transportation and Terminal Company
George Mead Boardman
New York
Carl Moller
Jacksonville
Fla
American
National Transporta and Terminal Company
Jackville
Shotter
Mr. Myers
Chathamounty
Sheppard
Emory Speer
Nash
Wey
Moller
Silace
United States Court of Appeals
Daige Sheppard
Council
Mr. Shotter
Davis Brothers in Court Indictments for Embezzlement Forgery
John C. Davis and brother Martin T. Davis faced indictments by a grand jury amid resident complaints. Five true bills accuse embezzlement from the Potomac Building and Loan Association where John served as secretary treasurer, with two bills alleging forgery and utterance. Additional charges mention several forged papers and related pretenses across Alexandria and other cities.
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Washington
John Is
C. Davis
Potomac Building and Loan Association
Martin ‘I. Is
Davis Brothers Forgery Case Totaled to 150000
The grand jury has notes of embezzlement charges against John C. Davis totaling 52000. Prosecutor Proc tor states total claims brought to attention reach 150000 and another 25000 case is known from a complainant who has not yet spoken. United States Attorney Baker estimates the combined secured amount from investors at 150000. Baker also exonerates Thomas A. Owen who was arrested on a conspiracy charge with the Davis brothers and released on 1000 bond last Saturday.
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John C. Davis
United States
Proctor
Baker
John Davis
Thomas A. Owen
Davis Brothers
Kansas City Tornado Toll Reaches Dozen Dead
Series of tornadoes struck Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma late Friday killing a dozen people and injuring many. Towns including Hullis Kansas suffered devastation with wrecked trains and widespread property damage. In Kansas City three men were killed and ten seriously hurt. The Eck com Family of five reported missing may have perished. Near Great Bend a tornado killed and wounded about 20. All wires down in the area, death toll uncertain.
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Kansas City
Kansim
Missori
Oklahoma
Hullis
Kan
Eckcom
Great Bend
William Ackerly
Tornadoes Leave Destruction Across Kansas and Oklahoma
A violent storm swept across Kansas and Oklahoma killing worker Frank Nicholson and another man after a fire break near Bend and Kinsley. It damaged farms, horses, barns, and telegraph lines while injuring several people at Hoisington Pond Creek and other communities. The broad storm disrupted transportation, communication, and electrical services, with widespread property losses and no precise casualty counts yet available.
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Gineer
Creat Bend
Kinsley
Frank Nicholson
Hoisington
Kas
Pond Creek
Oklo
Two Young Men Die in Feud at Din-Deryden School Event
In Roanoke Virginia two members from prominent Lee County families, William Bailey and M. Youne, were shot dead during a school entertainment at Deryden after an altercation with William Jesse over a matter of armissian. The incident ends tragically with both sides killed.
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Roanoke
Sperial
William Bailey
M. Youne
Lee
County
Echh
Deryden
Youne
Hailey
William Jesse
Rickety
Arimissian
Young
Tragic Night of Gunfire at Ball Entertainment
In a chaotic scene at a ball, Hailey attempted to shoot Jesse but shot Young instead as he fell. Young fired as he dropped, killing his friend Bailey, while Jesse Wax was wounded and another bystander was lightly injured. Pandemonium followed the incident.
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Hailey
Jesse
Young
Bailey
Jesse Wax
Partisan Split on Iron Ore Tariff in Senate Vote
Washington reports a party line fracture over iron ore tariffs with a 61 to 24 vote on revenue measures. Senator Bailey argued the duty won’t harm U S Steel, urging enforcement of anti trust law instead, while other senators prioritized party positions and revenue considerations.
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Washington
Che Hone
Senatoe Bailey
Uie
United States Steel Corporation
Ie v
Steel Corporation
Justi
National Movement for Better Roads Drives Road Plan Proposal
A national movement urges Congress to adopt a comprehensive plan for improved highways. A letter from Taft expresses strong support for the concept, and a final draft bill is expected to reach Congress for consideration.
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National Movement For Better Roads
Prp Congress
Taft
Senate Tariff Debates Highlight Lead and Glass Schedules
Washington shifts focus in tariff wrangle as the Senate upholds finance committee lines on pig lead duties and contemplates window glass rates. Debates touch tobacco leaf, iron ore, coal, oil and sugars while accusations of swindling loom over Washington lawyer J. C. Davis case.
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Senate
House
Ways and Means
J. C. Davis
Washington
M. C. Davis
Taft
Henry Groves Connor
United States
North Carolina
Aldrich
Crawford
Payneter
Tobacco Trust
Simmons
Senally Cummins
Mr. Alirieh
Mr. Simmons
Maine Remembered Atain Lecture On Sinking of the Maine
Washington special. Rear Admiral Sigsbee delivered an illustrated retirement for the Maine Memorial Association in the nation’s capital. He described events before and after the Maine’s destruction in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, defending the vessel’s mission as entirely friendly and urging vigilance to protect U S citizens in Cuba.
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Washington
Maine
National Capital
Havana Harbor
Chrlis D. Sigshee
Dinester
Spain
Cuba
Sizsbee
Havana
Trevison
de Maine
Hays
United States
Alvo
Miyana Harbor
Sivshes
Havans
Cere
Bilt Tiehe
Wen
Sigshoen
Secon
Ming
Ventael
Pelwpartovsk
Seaboard Lores by Fire at Seabeard Air Line Terminals
A fire at the Seabeard Air Line Railway terminals in Portsmouth caused damage estimated between $1,000 and $150,000 and injured four men, including Fireman Walter Bissett and Yardmaster Matheson. One white man and Tom Sellers were among the injured. Sultan's women reportedly driven from Constantinople’s palace in a related dispatch. Eighty women from Abdul Hamid's harem, veiled and splendidly dressed, were escorted by ommuchs and cavalry from the Yildiz to the Seraglio palace, with onlookers kept away by guards.
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Seaboard
Portsmouth
Ace
Wwarthouse
Seabeard Air Line
Walter Bissett
Matheson
Tom Sellers
Sultan
Constantinople
Abdul’ Hamid
Seraglio
Yildiz Palace
The Confederate Reunion in Memphis Awaited
The general executive committee announces readiness for the Confederate Reunion to be held in Memphis on June 8 9 and 10. All Confederate Federals desiring free accommodations will be cared for in a general manner. The committee guarantees fund lodging and medical attendance for every ill soldier who makes his needs known.
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Memphis
Re Wnion
Bill Aims $1,000,000 Highway Improvement Plan
Richmond reports the International League for Highway Improvement adopted a bill seeking a million dollar federal appropriation to fund eight commissioners named by the President Taft. The group works to open a permanent model highway from Maine to a yet undefined northern route, marking its first effort toward a nationwide corridor.
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Richmond
International League For Highway Improvement
Congress
Tafteague
Permahfr Getchen Ca
Msine
News in brief round up of events at home and abroad
President Taft to receive a 21 gun salute on arrival in Petersburg on the 19th. Marie Fron, 20, danced to death in Chicago Tuesday. Night Riders convicted in Waverly for whipping J M Reece, fined 500 dollars and jailed ten days. John P Brady builds a monument near Gardensville, claiming Adam’s era. Twenty three drown when a naphtha boat sank crossing a river at Pittsburg. R B Raybold, 19, dies of tetanus from a nail injury. Mrs Boyle in Willie Whitla case vows mutual suicide if convicted. Mississippi battleship welcomes visitors at New Orleans. Raybold family and George Hall drown in Chippewa river. Irish siblings inherit 100000 pounds from late brother in Philadelphia. James Patton quits gambling. Mrs Boyle sentenced to 25 years. husband life. Six Norfolk steamers haul 400000 pounds of deep sea trout. Augusta Evans Wilson dies at Mobile on her 70th birthday. Holley in Logansport dies after firing pistol set for chicken thief when thief did not appear.
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Taft
Petersburg
Marie Fron
Chicago
Waverly
Enn
J. M. Reece
John P. Brady
Gardensville
Adam
Pittsburg
R. B. Raybold
Hyattsville
Mississippi
Aew
New Orleans
R. H. Sweet
George Hall
Chippewa River
Wis
Tne
Ireland
Batchelo
Philadelphia
James Patton
Helen Boyle
Willie Whitla
Norfolk
Augusta J. Evans Wilson
Mobile
Ala
Schuyle, Holley
Logansport
Ind
Holley
Washington Affairs and Taft Foreign Policy Notes
Washington Affairs reports Thomas H. Netherlands an ex White House attache who quit a month ago and died by suicide after overwork and a breakdown. Taft’s Puerto Rico message seeks new legislation amid Puerto Ricans’ doubts over self rule and power. Tollingaworth opposes engraving on the Mississippi silver service. Judge Penfield, a State Department veteran, dies. Brownsville evidence fills 6,000 pages as Judge Connor of Wilson, NC, is named to the Federal bench succeeding Judge Purnell.
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Washington
Thomas H. Netherlands
White House
Taft
Porto Rico
Tollingaworth
Davis
Mississippi Silver Service
Wm. L. Penfield
Department of State
Brownsville
Henry G. Connor
Wilson
N. C
Purnell
Mutiners Executed as New Turkish Government Rules
Foreign notes report 24 mutineers executed under the new Constantinople regime, the third such batch since the change. Edgar Thompson, once of Albion Illinois, vanished 25 years ago after a voyage to the Fiji Islands where he married a princess and became king. Late items tell of Congo missionaries protesting ruinous rubber practices, a failed Castro revolution attempt in Venezuela, and joyous parades in Orleans honoring Joan of Arc with massive crowds and bells.
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Constantinople
Edgar Thompson Leff Albion
Ill
Figi Islands
Congo
Free States
Africa
Wes
Trust For
Castro
Venezuela
Gomez
Orleans
France
Joan of Arc
Great Man Passes Bishop Galloway Dies in Mississippi
Prominent Methodist Episcopal South bishop Charles B. Galloway dies at his home at 5 a.m. after pneumonia. The Mississippi clergyman, a noted orator and writer active in prohibition, served on church boards and supported education. Proclamations close government offices as tribute. The report also notes a separate dedication of a Wirz monument and a memorial tablet for Civil War volunteers.
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Jackson
Charles B. Galloway
Galloway
Mississippi
America
Crowder
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Kosvinska
Miss
University of Mississippi
Northwestern University
Tilane University
Methodiat Episcopal Church
Sothern States
The
Millsaps College
Vanderbilt University
John F. Slater Fund
Henry Wirz
Tapiet
Petersburg
Byields
Spottsylvania County
Fifteenth
New Jersey Volunteer Veterans Anso
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Committee On Finance
Scott
Finance Committee
Adrich
Bacon
Senator LaFollette
United States Steet Corporation
Root
Money
Sigsbee
Atain
Maine Memorial Association
Perrin
Andersonville
Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy
Nateliez
Misa
Wirz
Pleasant A. Stovall
Savannah Preas
Dick Taylor
South Georgia
Amersonville
Roosevelt
Nairobi
Britca
Theodor Senting
Jack
Dent
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