Nine Convicted in Widen Mails Fraud Case Rise in Barr & Widen Scheme
Nine defendants linked to the Barr & Widen Mercantile agency were found guilty by a federal judge in Chicago for using the mails to defraud. Names include Frederick Wendler and Abraham H. Preeman among others in St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City and Pittsburg. Government says over 1 million dollars was obtained. one head, Widen, died by poison at his mother's grave during investigation. The case began after a blanket indictment in 1901. A. P. Cook pleaded guilty. sentencing pending after new-trial arguments.
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Chicago
Barr & Widen Mercantile Agency
Landis
Frederick Wendler
St. Louis
Abraham H. Preeman
Charles Fr. Day
Kansas City
James T. Minehart
Robert B. Pender
Pittsburg
Joseph Stevens
W. W. Fellers
J. H. Worman
Joseph Finkelman
Barr & Widen
Widen
Preeman
Wendler
Barr & Widen Agency
James Barr
Joseph Widen
Seven Die in Balkan Mine Quicksand Cave-In
Seven miners perished at the Balkan mine near Alpha location when sliding sand caused a roof collapse during drilling. Crews race to recover the bodies as the drill struck quicksand and panicked workers surged toward the tunnel mouth.
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Tron River
Midh
Balkan
Alpha
Bees Trigger Barn Collapse Reveals Missing $94
In Pleasant Dale New Jersey a swarm stung a mule causing George Desmond to flee as the animal kicked loose part of a barn wall. A rusty tin box fell from the wall opening to reveal $94 in bills inside.
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Pleasant Dale
N. J
George Desmond
Restores Light and Stunned Woman Recovered in Incident
A partially blind woman, 84 year old Light Restores, was stunned by a flash but recovered. Witnesses report she regained her senses and her condition improved after the event.
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White
Haines
Trust Cigarettes Barred in Bavarian Army Purchases
The Bavarian war ministry ordered all army branches including officers messes and men’s canteens to buy cigarettes only from firms independent of the tobacco trust.
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Munich
Germany
Bavarian War Ministry
Tobacco Trust
Legless Man Ig Fighter Arrested in New York
Three police officers subdued and arrested Levy A. Johnson, a legless Black man, in New York after a drunken incident. Johnson lacks both legs below the knee and has his left arm at the elbow missing.
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New York
Levy A. Johnson
Levi
Meat Boycott Sparks Seven Day Meat Demand Drop
St Paul, Minn. Housewives launched a seven day boycott on meats after a national appeal. The halt in meat purchases caused a clear drop in demand and a slump in market activity.
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St. Paul
Minn
Teague
Naval Pay Diver Retires After Decades of Service
A long serving naval pay diver retires after a career spanning several decades. The official retirement follows a final ceremony at the naval base and honors his contributions to payroll operations, logistics, and personnel support.
Prices of Food Necessities Soar Across Chicago Markets
Chicago merchants report a steady rise in essentials with meat prices up sharply from 1913 levels. Sirloin steak at 82 cents a pound, lamb leg at 22 cents, and veal chops around 35 cents reflect heavy burdens on workers. Potatoes rise 25 cents per bushel, eight row corn hits five dollars per barrel, while vegetables and fruit show good receipts despite higher costs.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
South Water Street
Huerta Family Quits Capital on Special Train
The Huerta family and close associates left Mexico City for Veracruz aboard a special train. The consist included three sleepers and a baggage car, with two military trains leading carrying 800 men and another with 500 troops following. The family of Gen Blanquet, minister of war, also departed on the special.
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Huerta
City
Mexico
President Huerta
Vara Cruz
Women to Run Daily Newspaper in San Francisco
A new daily newspaper owned managed and circulated by women is to debut in San Francisco within days to serve Democratic party interests in the coming campaign.
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San Francisco
Democratic Party
Oldest English Barrister Gordon Hake Dies in Brighton
William Augustus Gordon Hake, England's oldest barrister, dies at Brighton. Born in 1811, he was called to the bar in 1835, leaving a long recallable record in legal circles.
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London
William Augustus
Gordon Hake
England
Brighton
Pastor Drowns Fishing From Canoe in Lehigh River
The Rev Walner Peterson, pastor of the Presbyterian church in White Haven Pennsylvania, drowned while fishing from a canoe on the Lehigh River. Authorities reported the accident occurred during a fishing outing on the waterway.
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White Haven
Walner Peterson
Presbyterian: Church
Lehigh
Commission rap New Haven deals and stock losses
Interstate Commerce Commission report condemns New Haven management for antimonopoly violations and wasteful transactions. It targets directors as negligently criminal and cites Westchester and Rhode Island trolley investments as profiteering wastes. Total stockholder loss estimated between 60 and 90 million dollars, with Justice Department urged to act.
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Washington
New Haven
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mellen
J. P. Morgan
Westchester
Rhode Island
Boston & Maine Rail
Departiverit ‘of Justice
Department of Justice
Tta
Iterstate Commerce Commission
Joseph Folk
Firm Lays Off 1000 Workers at Harlan & Hollingsworth
Wilmington Delaware officials of Harlan and Hollingsworth announce the discharge of about 1000 workmen. The layoffs occur in batches of 75 to 100 and are spread over a four week period.
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Wilmington
Del
Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation
Ship Agrothd passengers safe after fog struck rocks
The steamer Canada of the Gaspe & Baie des Chaleurs company limited, Montreal to Campbellton New Brunswick, ran aground on rocks near Cape Chatte lighthouse in dense fog half a mile east of the cape. All passengers and crew are reported safe.
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Agrothd
Rimouski
Canada
Gaspe & Baie Des Chaleurs Company, Limited
Montreal
Cambellton
N. B
Cape Chatte
Train Kills Youth at Cairo Crossing
Edwin Wingate aged 19 was killed by a Big Four train near the Sycamore street crossing in Cairo Illinois. Indications say he jumped from a moving train and was run over.
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Cairo
Sil
Ill
Edwin Wingate
Sycamore Street Crossing
Explosion on Tung-Chi gunboat kills thirty-five midshipmen
In Shanghai a bomb exploded above the magazine of the Chinese gunboat Tung-Chi, killing thirty-five midshipmen. Authorities allege the blast was caused by a conspiracy aboard the vessel.
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Shanghai
France to Make Exhibit for Panama-Pacific Exposition
Paris reports the senate approved a 400000 dollar appropriation for French official participation in the Panama-Pacific exposition to be staged in San Francisco in 1915.
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France
Paris
Senate
San Francisco
Princeton professor named deputy legal adviser to Chinese government
W F Willoughby professor of jurisprudence and politics at Princeton University has been appointed deputy legal adviser to the Chinese government, according to official notices from Pekin. The appointment elevates his role within China’s advisory ranks, linking U S academic expertise with Chinese policy guidance.
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Pekin
W.F
Mlinolean Killed in Bloomington Auto Crash
A traffic crash in Bloomington resulted in the death of Melvin Mlinolean and injuries to his mother who suffered fractures to both legs. The vehicle overturned after the collision on ili Myror Day.
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Mlinolean
Auto
Bloomington
Ili
Myror
Melvin
Sus
Demise of Supreme Court Justice Lurton Shocks Atlantic City
United States Supreme Court Justice Horace Harmon Lurton died in his Marlborough Blenheim hotel apartment in Atlantic City from acute cardiac asthma. He arrived July 1 seeking health relief, had heart trouble but appeared improving, and died around 5 a.m. His career included service on the Tennessee Supreme Court, chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Taft in 1909 after earlier Nashville circuit court rulings. He was born February 26, 1844 in Kentucky and practiced law in Clarksville before rising through Tennessee judiciary.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States Supreme Court
Horace Harmon Lurton
Marborough-Blenheim Hotel
Justice Lorton
Lorton
Supreme Court
Taft
Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of the United States
Nashville
Tenn
Cleveland
Campbell County
Chicago
Douglas University
University of Chicago
University
Lebanon
Eas
Clarksville
James E. Bailey
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Wets Win Election Contest In Pontiac Void Vote
Judge Phillip A. Gibbons of Livingston County Court voided the Pontiac election held April 28 after 10 saloons were voted out, citing improper signatures on petitions filed with the town clerk.
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Pontiac
Ilinois
Phillip A. Gibbons
Livingston County
200 Rescued From Grounded Steamer Rosedale
Two hundred passengers were taken from the excursion steamer Rosedale after it ran aground on a Jamaica bay sandbar. More than half were women and children. They were ferried to a police boat and brought to the city by iceboats.
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New York
Rosedale
Jamaica Bay
Express Rate Cut Ordered by Missouri Public Service Commission
The Missouri Public Service Commission ordered a sweeping express rate reduction of about 21 percent statewide. The new table, prepared by experts for the commission, reflects the lower rates from previously approved tariffs.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Public Service Commission
State of
Commission
Notable railroad figure dies in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs, Van Melville HB In galls of Cincinnati, longtime organizer and former chairman of the board of directors of the Big Four railroad, died here of heart failure brought on by the shock of a treatment for an ulcerated tooth.
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Hot Springs
Van
French Engineer Bunau Varilla Visits Panama Locks
New York reports Philippie Bunau Varilla, the French engineer and former director general of the old French Panama Canal, has arrived from Paris en route to Panama. He will inspect the work and observe a ship passing through the locks.
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New York
Phillippie Bunau VariNe
Paris
Panams
Contempt fine against Terre Haute mayor interferes with cleanup
In a federal court in Indianapolis Indiana Donn Manna, mayor of Terre Haute, faced contempt charges over actions affecting the cleaning of sow operations. A fine of $100 and costs was imposed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Donn Mannaerts
Terre. Haute
Dourt
Terre Haute
Carbajal Sworn In as Provisional Mexican President
Mexico City reports General Huerta resigns the provisional presidency with public acclaim for the move. Francisco Carbajal, foreign minister, takes oath as provisional president amid a calm capital and formal foreign ministers in attendance. Huerta’s resignation attacks the United States and President Wilson, while citizens largely refrain from demonstrations.
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Mexico City
Mex
Victoriano Huerta
Republic of Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Huerta
Gen. Huerta
Senor
Francisco Carbajal
United States
Mexico
Wilson
Huerta Retirement Sparks Hopes for Mexico Settlement
Washington hailed Gen Huerta's resignation as provisional president as a practical move toward ending the Mexican problem. Constitutionalists diplomats and U S officials welcomed the step and voiced cautious optimism about a quick settlement.
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Washington
Mediation Hope Quietly Reaches Mexican Crisis
Diplomatic reports indicate provisional recognition for Ammot and an interim Mexican president until Gen. Carranza can enter, with a general amnesty for Huerta supporters. Peace prospects hinge on mediation terms and a negotiated entry of constitutionalist forces into Mexico City.
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Ammot
Farbajal
United States
Carranza
New Hope
Carbajal
Mexico
Huerta
Constitutional- Jst
Villa on Huerta resignation sparks border tensions
Juarez Mexico Gen Villa reacts to Huerta resignation saying he is a soldier of his country and will not comment further. A military band played martial airs as news spread at Villas headquarters. Villa expected to stay on the border for two or three days and an El Paso visit was discussed but dropped. Officials believe all divisions may enter Mexico City with Villa’s army unavailable to move south for weeks.
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Villas
Huerta
Villa
Pis
Paso
el Paso
Constitutionalietm
Mexico City
Aguilar
Obregon
Helief
Ceveral
Red Crown Christmas Seals Raise Vast Anti Tuberculosis Funds
A National Association report shows Red Crown Christmas seals totaling over 44 million sold in December, netting about 440,000 for anti tuberculosis work nationwide. 1913 sales rose 10 percent from 1912, with New York leading at 10.5 million seals and per capita Hawaii double others, as plans for a larger 1914 sale are set.
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National Association “ For
American Red Cross
United States
New York
New York City
Ohio
Wisconsin
Hawaii
Rhode Island
Ducks on the Road Spark A Child’s Curious Question
While walking with his mother along a country road, Arthur spots ducks running in the road and wonders why they are not made. He notes their eyes are on the sides, while his mother’s eyes face forward, prompting a simple lesson on anatomy.
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Arthur
Ares
Baltimore gun rumor sparks astonished remarks
A fragment notes a man smiling during an unspecified action, with a voice doubting such a thing could occur more than once in a thousand years, all tied to a Baltimore gun event. The chaotic quotation hints at public astonishment and a sensational incident.
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Baltimore Gun
What He Feared
A man watching a neighbor’s boy climbing a tree shows anxious restraint. When asked if he fears a fall he replies with a wry twist that his fear is the opposite: that the boy will not stop climbing.
Floating bottle may cross Atlantic in about 180 days
A bottle released into the Gulf Stream is expected to drift across the Atlantic in roughly six months. The note suggests such oceanic currents can transport objects from one side of the ocean to the other within about 180 days.
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Gulf Stream
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