Embezzlement Ties Hipple to $5 Million Trust Loss
Philadelphia report links Frank K Hipple president of the defunct Real Estate Trust Co to embezzlement. Receiver George H Earl Jr says Hipple hypothecated 56000 securing 50000 never returned and embezzled 5 million loaned to Adolf Segal. He died by his own hand. creditors urged plan for reorganization.
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Philadelphia
Frank K. Hipple
George H. Earle, Jr
Trust Company
Earle
Hipple
Adolf Segal
Miss Wright
Select School For Indies
Bryn Mawh
Promoter Legal
Mayor Dunne Visits New York Discusses Municipal Socialism
Chicago Mayor Edward F. Dunne met Acting Mayor McGowan at City Hall with Chicago figures John W. Eckhart Orva G. Williams Joseph B. David and Charles J. Vopicka. He praised Chicago's municipal ownership program and predicted a government ownership plank in the 1908 Democratic platform including support from Bryan.
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New York
Edward F. Dunne
C@hicago
McGowan
City Hall
John W. Eckhart
Iroquois Club
Chicago
Orva G. Williams
Illinois
Joseph B. David
Charles J. Vopicka
Wo Icg
Dunne
Democratic Party
Bryan
Grand jury finds no indictment in alleged ice trust case
The August grand jury presented to Judge Rosalsky but found insufficient evidence to indict any company or individual after reviewing a large body of material about the alleged ice trust.
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Iee Trust
New York
Rosalsky
Strike News Suppressed as Censorship Tightens
Madrid reports strict censorship on strike news while movements grow at Santander and Bilbao. Reinforcements head to those cities from Valladolid Leon Valencia and Oviedo as military authorities enforce rigorous measures to suppress anarchy.
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Madrid
Santander
Bilbao
Valladolid
Leon
Valencia
Oviedo
Prominent Newspaper Man Edward Rosewater Dies in Omaha
Edward Rosewater, noted politician and editor of the Omaha Bee, was found dead from heart failure in the Bee building after a rest night. A Bohemian born in 1841, he immigrated in 1854, founded the Bee in 1871, and served in Nebraska politics and the Republican National Committee. His son Victor is the current editor.
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Omaha, Nebr
The
Evening Journal
Edward Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Rosewater
Nebraska
Strategy of a Mother Drives Boy Home from Elopement Plan
In Paris Illinois on August 31 James Johnson a 17 year old planned to elope with Ruth Witmer 19 of Sandborn Indiana. His mother learned of the plan and sent a ruse message to bring him home promising his mother’s safety. Ruth Witmer learned of the ruse and remained. Mrs Johnson consulted police to stop the escape. Johnson had been working in Carbon Indiana and wire transferred to meet in Vincennes.
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Paris
James Johnson
Vincennes
Ruth Wimner
Sandborn
Ind
Markets Report Chicago August 31 1906 cattle hogs and sheep
Market reports detail cattle hogs and sheep with receipts and price ranges. Cattle and sheep show strength or steady trade with estimated daily receipts around 12000 cattle and 10000 sheep and hogs about 1500 to 20000 overall, prices quoted for light mixed and beeves, stockers and westerns, plus packer bids and shipping grades.
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Texas
Mme Anna Held Keeps Charm As Stage Beauty
Anna Held remains a striking stage beauty as time passes. The Paris-born performer, once an ordinary country girl, now captivates with facial expression and elegant gowns and millinery that enhance her charm.
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Anna Held
Paris
Mule
Held
Bryan Promotes Democracy Aims for Income Tax and Trust Reforms
William J. Bryan addresses a Madison Square Garden crowd of over 20 000 after returning from foreign travel. He endorses Drago doctrine popular election of senators international arbitration and imperialism critique urging Philippine policy aligned with Cubans. He frames a platform against monopoly and for government ownership and high hourly laws while praising the reception and urging popular democracy.
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New York
William J. Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Tom L. Johnson
Bryan
World
United States
Congress
Great Britain
Bryan Urges Tax Reform and Eight Hour Day Policy
The speaker advocates income tax and arbitration in labor disputes, condemns government by injunction and stresses eight hours as vital for workers. He links money issues and trusts to politics, denounces corporation contributions, praises anti trust enforcement, and supports public rail ownership as a possible solution. He closes by urging a fight against plutocratic trusts and is loudly cheered.
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Bryan
Court of Inquiry
Republican Party
Ste
Roosevelt
Europe
Democratic Speaker Seeks Opportunity to Address Voters
The speaker stated he had not given a Democratic address in a year and seized the chance to speak. He described the moment as unprecedented and urged support for his party’s agenda.
Burglary Twins Lee and Patsy Yates Held in Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan two five year old siblings Lee and Patsy Yates are jailed on charges of breaking into Harry Marshalls home and stealing five gold rings and a gold watch. They confess the theft but will not reveal the hiding place. Doctors suggest skull surgery to remove criminal tendency.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Lee Yates
Patsy Yates
Harry Marshall
Patsy
Lee
Explosion in Cabinet Shatters Bathroom in Shelbyville
Mrs. Burt Anderson heard a gunlike sound and discovered a lithia tablets bottle exploded in the medicine cabinet. The blast ripped the cabinet door from its hinges and scattered items, hurling a tin lid across the room and breaking a small mirror.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Burt Anderson
Delegates Arrive in Rome for Jesuit General Election
Delegates to the Society of Jesus gather in Rome to elect a new general after the vacancy since May. The election is set for tomorrow, following the death of Father Martin.
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Rome
Congregation of the Society of Jesus
Society
Martin
Cardinal Gibbons Expresses Sympathy to Paris Clergy
Cardinal Gibbons writes to Cardinal Richard archbishop of Paris conveying the sympathy of American Catholic clergy with the French church after the Paris event. He extends condolences and solidarity amid the shared church challenges.
Parker Attacks Overlegislation At American Bar Meet
Alton B. Parker of New York criticizes expansion of laws and official zeal at the American Bar association convention in St. Paul. He argues many new enactments add little principle, and juries and courts often fail to sustain broader prosecutions.
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Judge Parker
The
American Bar Association
Eadrass
Parker
Trend Toward Socialism Through Legislation Debate
The speaker warns that socialistic aims emerge as laws expand state power. Overlegislation, driven by demagogues and sensational media, creates useless laws and chokes justice. A lax public and weak enforcement breed further measures, eroding protections. Alfonso Signs Modus Vivendi in Madrid.
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Mr. Rosewater
Buko
United
Victor
Republican National Committee
Shreep
Mlle
Philippine Islands
Tendency
Alfonso
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