Russian exile testifies in graft case and other brief items
Testimony from Jan Janoff Pouren, a political refugee pursued for extradition, describes hiding in Russian woods and witnessing two companions shot. In Pittsburgh, Mount Pleasant bankers and a former Acme Lumber head stand trial over a bank failure. Also noted are Roosevelts stance on Catholic voters, hoof and mouth outbreak in Philadelphia, Taft’s Hot Springs visit, and various naval, stock market, and legal notices.
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Russia
Jan Janoff Pouren
R. K K. Hissem
Charles E. Mullin
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National Bank
Mount Pleasant
E. H. Steinman
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Taft
Hot Springs
Judge Crumpacker
House
Ways and Means Committee
Charles A. Walters
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Peter van Vlissingen
Chicago
Boston Steamship Company
San Francisco
Tremont
Shawmut
Panama
John Krauss
Pacific State
Sunset Telegraph Company
Adriatic
Cherbourg
Queenstown
Edward
Ira
Sarah Morris
Nelson Morris
G. BE. Weiser
Anaconda
Butte, Mont
State Live Stock Sanitary Board
Samuel B. Campbell
G. Brinley Morgan
New Haven
Campbell
Val Franklin Bell
Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
James B. Adams
New York Navy Yard
Naval Station
Charleston
Stock Exchange
A. O. Brown & Co
Navy Department
Yankee
Spindle Rock
Buzzards Bay
N. E. Niles
Hancock
Naval Home
Foreign Emperor William Questioned by German Public
German crowds doubt William II's sincerity on constitutional observance. The Japanese loan of 10 million dollars in 5 percent bonds backed by Japan gov ernment is an instant success. US Minister Gummere reports Morocco note on Algeciras accord approved by powers. Netherlands may push for third peace conference committee. UK bill to ban hop substitutes in beer brewing. UK and Irish boards curb cattle imports from Pennsylvania. Genevieve Winterbotham of Chicago marries Frank R Mowrer in Ptagas.
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William
von Buelow
Industrial Bank of Japan
United States
Gummere
Morocco
Muley Hafid
Algeciras
Netherlands
House of Commons
Irish Boards of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Genevieve
Joseph Winterbotham
Chicago
Pt Cag
Frank R. Mowrer
Government seeks Supreme Court review in $29 million Standard Oil case
The Attorney General argues for certiorari to bring Standard Oil into the Supreme Court. He notes the court denies most petitions but says strong constitutional questions justify review. He discusses certification versus writ of certiorari and asserts the court has broad power to review criminal and civil cases on appeal. The Standard Oil stance is to counter the government's view.
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Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Department of Justice
Bonaparte
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court of Appeals
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Longevity Debate at Medico-Legal Society
Charles Brodie Patterson argues deathless life may be possible citing long-lived cases and a cultivated inner life. Jessie Fowler notes a 105 year old walking ambitions and a 130 year death claim. She warns stimulants hinder extreme longevity. Dr Wingate says expert witnesses in court should be blocked unless qualified but protected once on the stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Brodie Patterson
Medico-Legal Society
Waldorf- Astoria
Mr. Patterson
A. O. B. Wingate
Milwaukee
Sockless eccentric left fortune in New Britain will
Aaron R. Buttock of New Britain died last month and left nearly a quarter of a million dollars in his will. The eccentric man reportedly did not believe in wearing socks and went sockless for fifty years.
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Winsted
Conn
Aaron R. Buttock
New Britain
China Sends Thanks to United States Emissaries Visit
Prince Tsai Fu and Special Ambassador Tang Shao Yi arrived in San Francisco aboard the liner Mongolia to a large welcome from Chinese and officials. They proceed to Washington to convey China’s gratitude for the Boxer indemnity release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Prince Tsai Fu
Tang Shao Yi
China
United States
Mongolia
Washington
Common Sense 15 For Common Good Speech by Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot spoke at a Pittsburg joint meeting of the American Civic Association and the National Municipal League urging common sense in national policy. He argued for broad, immediate control of waterpowers, greater inland waterway development, and a stronger start on internal improvements for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
American Civic Association
National Municipal League
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forester
National Conservation Association
Pinchot
Panama Canal
TOTS BATH GASOLINE BATHING LEADS TO DIVORCE
Cy rus Sanford was granted a divorce from Minnie T Sanford after he disclosed that gasoline was the only fluid she would use to bathe their two children. He described her method of soaking rags in gasoline to wash the kids, claiming it was quicker and less troublesome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cyrus Sanford
Minnie T. Sanford
Tsar Dreads the RISF Walk for Uncle Alexis Funeral
Reports say Emperor Nicholas is slightly indisposed possibly abandoning plans to walk three miles through St. Petersburg in Grand Duke Alexis funeral cortege. Route supposed to be lined by troops but fears for the Tsar's safety persist amid circulating rumors.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Grand Duke
Alexis
Paris
Breeches Bible Restored to Canada Masonic Lodge
A 1599 Breeches Bible believed linked to George Washington as a master Mason was restored to Antiquity Lodge No 1 in Montreal. The lodge, Canada’s oldest, traces its charter to Ireland and the Forty-sixth British Regiment, with Washington once visiting New York for its initiation. The book has long rested in a vault under Masonic care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
London
George Washington
Lodge of Antiquity
Canada
Antiquity Lodge
Ireland
Washington
New York
Forty-sixth Regiment
How To Pick A Wife
Chicago special cites Rabbi Felix Levy stating marriage worthiness weighs 75 percent on cooking ability 20 percent on physical beauty and 5 percent on dress. Levy argues a skilled cook makes the best wife, deeming beauty less decisive than a woman’s supper preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Felix A.levy
Emmanuel Temple
Rabbi Levy
Finance and mining notes from early market report
Japan sells 10 million dollars of five percent bonds at 97 as ore quality improves at Broken Hills near Tonopah. Red Top lease on Consolidated at Goldfield yields over 100 thousand dollars. A large Utah smelter project is under way to handle mine output. Montgomery-Shoshone ore near Rhyolite totals approx 4 400 tons with 11 000 tons in sight. Calumet and Hecla declares quarterly five dollar dividend. Government debt ten year rate falls from 3.85 to 2.35 percent, with about 100 million dollars of debt reduced.
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Japan
Broken Hills
Tonopah
Consolidated
Goldfield
Utah Consolidated
Utah
Philadelphia
Montgomery- Shoshone
Calumet & Hecla Copper Company
United States
Rescue on the Mount Desert Dewey Collision Averted Disaster
More than 500 people faced peril when the fruit steamer Admiral Dewey and the Mount Desert collided near Mount Desert and spread panic. Captain Davidson steered the Dewey to shield passengers as crowds surged to the Dewey deck, with about 350 Mount Desert passengers transferring to the Dewey within 15 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Desert
Admiral Dewey
New York
Jamaica
Bay Ridge
Davidson
Getting Marines Ashore From Battleships
Special dispatch reports orders to detach marines from the New Hampshire and land them at the nearest navy yard. In 80 days the third Atlantic squadron marines will be relieved. From the Pacific fleet 240 marines to Bremerton and Mare Island, and Manila marines to Olongapo.
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Washington, D. C
New Hampshire
Navy Yard
Atlantic Waters
Pacific Fleet
Bremerton
Mare Island
Manila
Olongapo
Inaugural Ball Aims for Washington National Auditorium
Prominent city leaders back plans for a national auditorium in Washington with a 12 000 seat main hall and additional rooms for 100 to 1000. The project invites citizen shareholders to join the venture and host large conventions and gatherings.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Hfe
Citizens of Washington Ae, Beeeeee
Patriotic Youth Work Talk At DAR Meeting
Mrs. John Murphy, national president of the Society of the Children of the Republic, urged DAR members in Chicago to move from literary clubs to actionable patriotism. She spoke in the Fine Arts building on patriotic work among the youth, challenging members to engage with the generation living today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Murphy
Washington, D. C
Society of the Children of the Republic
Fine Arts
Bryan Afraid of Jaguars In Mexican Hunting Plans
William Jennings Bryan has balked at a jaguar hunt near Monterey Mexico. He will abandon the mountain hunt and confine his sport to duck shooting while in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Mexico
William Jennings Bryan
Balloon's Long Voyage From London to Novoalexandrovsk
Balloon owned by the Daily Graphic ascended from London on Wednesday aiming for Siberia. It was forced to descend Thursday night in a gale near Novoalexandrovsk Russia after about 1150 miles flown. The best record remains 1193 miles by Count de La Vaux.
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London
The
Daily Graphic
Siberia
Novoalexandrovsk
Russia
Count de la Vaux
Women in Missouri duel with Bowie knives over farm dispute
In Gainesville Missouri two sisters in law wives of farmers fought a knife duel on a remote mountainside six miles south of town. Mrs. James Crabtree slashed the face hands and breast of Mrs. Frank Graham while Mrs. Graham cut the other woman from shoulder to wrist. Both women were jailed on an assault with deadly weapons charge and later bailed. The 10 year old daughter witnessed the clash and Graham was revived by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Here
Frank Graham
James Crabtree
Graham
Ozark County
Ridgely Resigns From Bank in Kansas City
At closing hours William Barrett Ridgely president George T. Cutts vice president and Edward Ridgely cashier submitted resignations to the board of directors of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City and were accepted. Dr W S Woods former president and associates took control after gaining a majority of the stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Bank
Kansas City
William Barrett Ridgely
George T. Cutts
Edward Ridgely
National Bank of Commerce of
W. S. Woods
Doings at the Nations Capital
Washington reports show diverse moves from fish commissions meeting with Prof. David Starr Jordan to calls for tariff reform. Bonaparte seeks Supreme Court review of the Standard Oil fine while Hobson presses Pacific naval retention and Tawney lines up for tariff action.
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David Starr Jordan
International Fisheries Commission
Bonaparte
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
Richmond P. Hobson
Pacific
Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
Roosevelt
Twenty-Five Meet Death at Brooklyn
A gas leak from a main pipeline ignited in a deep trench in Brooklyn causing a fatal explosion. Fire and debris flew as giant timbers and earth were hurled into the air, claiming twenty five lives.
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Brooklyn
Gas Tragedy in Brooklyn Brief Summary
Twenty five people killed by a gas explosion in Brooklyn. Nineteen workers crushed or burned. One foreman Samuel W. Trout died attempting to save a woman. Four men escaped via a sewer. Panic spread among nearby residents as recovery continued.
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Brooklyn
Samuel W. Trout
Gas Explosion Buries Dozens on Gold Street Brooklyn
A massive gas explosion in a Gold Street excavation near York and Front Streets Brooklyn collapses a street section lifting debris and burying at least fifteen workers with reports of five more deaths and many injuries as rescue efforts dig through fifty feet of dirt and tangled pipes.
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New York
Gold Street
Brooklyn
York
Front Streets
Persian frontier tensions rise as Russian troops tighten grip
Julfa frontier reports a Caucasian rifle regiment battalion arrives to guard the border. Persian nationalists retreat to Alladar as Russia eyed, while Russian papers demand intervention. Reports note arms smuggling by German traders and potential Turkish protection for Azerbaijan.
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St. Petersburg
Julfa
Persia
Russia
Alladar
Novoe Vremya
Bourse Gazette
Liberal Party
Satar Khan
Gazette
War Office
Tabriz
Foreign Office
Azerbaijan
Turkey
Khiva
Khokan
Bukhara
Paine Furniture Chief George F D Paine Marries Margaret Johns
George F D Paine, Boston furniture magnate, wed Margaret B Johns on November 9. Johns, formerly a YWCA teacher, was adopted by Paine until an annulment was filed weeks before the ceremony. The couple proceed to travel to Ceylon.
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Boston
Mass
George F. D. Paine
Paine Furniture Company
Margaret B. Johns
Young Women’s Christian Association
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New York Bay
Daughters of the Revolution
Bryan
Jaguars
Bowies
Cannon
K K. C. Hollyday
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Secretary of the Navy
Hull
Marine Corps
Army
Frederick W. Sibley
Calvary
United States Military Academy
Pure Food Board
Department of Agriculture
Takahira
Root
Newfoundland
Hague
Florida
Carnegie, Bethlehem
Midvale
Foreman
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