Why He Didn't Make Confession in Sugar Fraud Trial
New York May 26 Oliver Spitzer wr superintendent of the docks for American Sugar Refining was fined for perjury after trial ended in February. He said a confession would implicate Henry O Havemeyer, dead head of the sugar trust. Spitzer admitted docks tricks and that the site springs he used were his design. He blamed vanity and fear of exposure, saying his credit was good and he was ashamed to confess. The government highlights testimony by Miss Viola C Mertens about copied technical statements on sugar weights.
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New York
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Company
Atlanta
Henry O. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Spitzer
D. C. Havemeyer
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Havemeyer
Misa Viola C. Mertens
Gerbracht
Jt In
Helke
Menta
Stimson
Fourteen Injured as Train Jumps Track Near Pueblo
A Denver and Rio Grande train No 115 derailed two miles from Cuchareag Junction Colo injuring fourteen people. Listed victims include B L Jacoba Kansas City Missouri with a bruised tip, Mrs George Strong Kansas City with a shoulder bruise, Mrs M J Strange Dodge City Kansas with a bruised shoulder, and W F Blair Atlanta Georgia with a back and right shoulder sprain.
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Associated Press
Pueblo
Colo
Mayoh
Denver
Ilo Grande
Cuchareag Juncion
Col
B. L. Jacoba
Kanuis City
Tip
George Strong
Kannis City
M. J. Strange
Dodge City
Kans Alte
W. F. Blair
Atlanta
Rone
Bill would let newspapers sue in any federal court
Washington May 25 the judiciary committee favorably reported a bill authorizing newspapers to bring either criminal or civil actions in any federal court and appeal to the United States Supreme Court without cost.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
House
States to settle old boundary line dispute
Washington May 26 The long running dispute between Missouri and Kansas over their boundary is to be settled by the states. A Joint resolution passed the House and awaits the president's signature to become law. The measure grants full authority to the states to finalize the boundary agreement.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D.C
Missouri
Kanwas
Homite
More Trouble For Mrs. Doxey
The Dora E. Doxey murder case resumed in St Louis court. Miss Kate Elder, a sister of the man allegedly poisoned, announced she would press perjury and bigamy charges if Doxey is acquitted.
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Doxey
Associated Prone
St. Louis
Dora E. Doxey
Kate Elder
J Ester
Mra. Doxey
First Break In Ranks Of Coal Mine Operators
Associated Press reports from Fort Smith Arkansas on May 26 that the Sans Bose Coal company of Mc Curtain Oklahoma signed the ten percent wage increase contract sought by the miners, marking the first settlement since the strike began. About one thousand miners returned to work today.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith, Ark
Southwest
Sans Bose Coal Company
McCurtain
Okla
Wisconsin Senator LaFollette Seeks Broad ICC Revision
Senator LaFollette urged a thorough overhaul of the Interstate Commerce Commission in a five hour Senate speech. He proposed a national division into districts under subcommissions, endorsed the Cumming amendment on railroad rate increases, and signaled opposition to the Martin amendment. He pressed for physical valuation of railroads and pledged to offer related amendments.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
LaFollette
Senate
Wisconsin
Genator Martin
Imr
la Follette
Senate weighs six month delay in railroad rate suspensions
Washington May 25 Senate debated whether a railroad bill should bar rate increases without Interstate Commerce Commission approval or extend the commission’s suspension window to six months. Cummins and Borah urged a six month delay. Aldrich Dolliver Rayner backed compromise. many senators expect passage. The talk centered on whether old rates would persist if decisions lagged.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Cumming
Borah
Dolliver
Martin
Cummins
Aldrich
Rayner
Taft
Congress
Idaho
Sympathy Appeals Mark Doxey Murder Trial Jurors Added
In St Louis on May 24, five more jurors joined the pool for the Dora W. Doxey murder case. Dr. L B Doxey, the defendant’s husband, remains jailed and will not appear in court during the trial. Veniremen expressed sympathy for the woman defendant as attorneys challenged prospects unlikely to convict on circumstantial evidence.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Dora W. Doxey
W. J. Erder
L. B. Doxey
Mpbatic
Month to Prove Rights in Moscow Jewish Guild
Moscow officials publish a public notice listing 19 Jewish merchants of the first guild and their right to reside in the city. A one month deadline is set for other Hebrews to prove their right to live outside the Jewish quarters.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Waryed Men Will Comprise Doxey Jury
In St Louis on May 26 the attorneys for Mrs Dora B Doxey sought a jury for a poisoning case. From a special panel of forty seven jurors, twelve men will be chosen, largely married, to hear the case with today a recess. Jury selection continues tomorrow.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Mra
Dora B. Doxey
William J
New York Exchange Suspends BE F Haven & Company
The brokerage firm BE F Haven & Company was suspended from NYSE privileges for one year after charges alleged violations of exchange rules on sharing commissions. In Kansas, a collision at a crossing near Bellamine left a dead and several injured when a Missouri Pacific freight train and a Santa Fe freight train collided.
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NEW York Exchange
Associated Preas
New York
BE. F. Haven & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Seventeen Killed as Lake Steamer Collides
Port Huron May 24 A collision between the steamer Frank M Goodyear and the James B Wood occurred twenty seven miles south of Thunder Bay. The Goodyear crew numbered twenty three with seventeen lost. Captain Hemenger led Goodyear survivors as many crew died from falling hatches before escaping. The infant of the Goodyear cook was dashed from arms by a falling hatch and lost.
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Associated Press
Port Huron
Met
Frank M. Goodyear
Hemenger
Thunder Bay
Ate O'Clock
James B. Wood
Goodyear
Homenger
Creditors Paid After Columbia Bank Failure in Guthrie
Bank Commissioner Young issued checks totaling about 114000 dollars to creditors of the failed Columbia Bank and Triad company before a bankers meeting in McAlester. The payments wiped out most of the bank's liabilities, leaving roughly 300000 dollars available to the guaranty fund.
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Guthrie
Oklo
Bankers
McAlester
Young
Columbia Bank and Triat Company
Strike Breakers Arrive in Bedulia For Missouri Pacific
By Associated Prows Bedulia Mo May 26 Thirty five strike breakers arrived there early to day for St Louis to take the pincow of the striking machiniera in the local shape of the Missouri Pacific railroad They will be fed and housed in the shops for the present.
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Associated Prows
Bedulia
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Railroad Employes Get Increase By Associated Press
St Louis May 25 The railroad employes wage boost announced today by the St Louis association raises five per cent for about 6000 workers earning under $200 monthly. St Paul Minn May 26 Kansas Attorney General Jackson, president of the association of attorneys general, urged a revived national democracy in a speech at their meeting.
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Associated Presa
St. Louis
No! Railroad Association of
Associated Press
St. Paul
Mion
Jackson
Kansas
The
Association of Attorneys General
Simplicity Marks Miss Harriman Wedding in Arden
In Arden New York a small Episcopal church wedding will unite Miss Mary Harriman daughter of the late Edward Harriman and Charles Cary Rumsey a Buffalo sculptor The ceremony will be marked by extreme simplicity following the death of the bride's father buried beside the churchyard
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Associated Press
New York
Arden
N. Y
Mary Harriman
Edward FH. Harriman
Charles Cary Rumsey
Buffalo
Vinita Named Next Convention Site by Spanish War Veterans
Vinita was chosen as the next annual encampment site for Oklahoma Spanish War Veterans with no opposition. New state officers included Department commander John Meyer of Oklahoma City and others from Muskogee Vinita Lawton and Chandler. Charges against Meyer were investigated and dismissed. a committee found no basis. Resolutions supported a congressional pension bill for widows and orphans of Spanish American War soldiers.
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Muskogee
Okla
Vinita
Oklahoma
John Meyer
Oklahoma City
A. L. Hollingsworth
Chickaeha
William M. Crawford
Frank Northup
Oklahoman City
B. P. Norvell
W. M. Bima
Grant A. Hart
Buid
W. M. Meeke
Guy ©. Roberts
Lawton
N. R. Holmes
C. 0. Goodpaster
L. W. Pitts
Mum Homes
Fred L. Piober
el Reno
J. Bart Poster
Chandler
L. H. Selsor
Guthirle
Gihon
Bapton
W.M. Merchant
Merchant
Meyer
Stat
Langiage
Otjen
Bald
Congress
Telephone operators become violently ill in Wichita incident
In Wichita on May 24 the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company office was turned into a temporary hospital after eight operators fell violently ill following a meal purchased at a nearby confectionery shop. Doctors diagnosed poisonous poisoning. The nine operators affected include the chief operator and three others in dangerous condition. several may not recover.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kane
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company
Eigbt
Woman accused of poisoning family in Osage county
Bartlesville Oklahoma May 25 G W Lang and family found their niece Alma Lang ill after dinner. A stepmother Mrs della Harley is arrested charged with attempting to poison the family using white tablets found dissolved in stewed apricots. She has a history of insanity and is to be tried in Pawhuska.
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Bartlesville
Oklo
G. W. Lang
Osage
Alma Lang
Mise Lang
Dr. Hammel
Republicans to skip caucus on postal savings bill
Associated Press reports that some Republican members will not attend tonight's caucus in the House chamber to vote on the postal savings bank bill. The exact number planning abstentions to avoid being bound remains unknown.
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Associated Prous
Washington, D
House
House of Representatives
Kill Appropriation for Tariff Investigation
Washington May 24 The 250000 dollar appropriation to defray the expense of the tariff board was stricken from the sundry civil appropriation bill in the house Monday. The move followed a point of order by Representative Fitzgerald New York who argued no law authorizes such an appropriation.
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Washington
Tariff Board
House
Representative Mann
Ofinals
Pitegerald
New York
Tawney
Fitzgerald
Bis
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