Indictment Targets Mellen and Rail Leaders in Sherman Case
Charles Mellen president of New York New Haven and Hartford was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to monopolize interstate commerce under the Sherman anti trust law. Edson Chamberlin of Grand Trunk and Alfred Smithers of London are named with him and all face possible penalties including fines up to 5000 dollars or a year in prison. The case centers on a planned restrictive agreement between New Haven and Grand Trunk and relies on documents in DOJ files rather than a proposed traffic pact. The executives did not comment and Judge Hough waived arrest warrants, ordering appearances.
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New York
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway
New England
Federal Grand Jury
Judge Hough
United States District Court
Edson J. Chamberlin
Grand Trunk Railroad
Alfred M. Smithers
London
Grand Trunk Board of Directors
New Haven
Grand Trunk
Wickersham
Mellen
Department of Justice
Two Roads
Mellen-Morgan
Chamberlin
Grand Jury
Hough
Smithers
Grand Trunk Board
England
Train Attendant Arrested in Tuscaloosa Agent Shooting
Alexander McGill special agent for Mobile & Ohio railroad in Tuscaloosa was shot to death in a baggage car on passenger train No. 105 and his body hung from a Gypsie creek bridge. Napoleon Jones, a porter on the train, was arrested and charged with the crime.
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Mobile
Ala
Alexander McGill
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Tuscaloosa
Mobile & Ohio
Gypsie Creek
Napoleon Jones
Mrs Goelet Buried In New York Funeral
Mrs. Robert W. Goelet who died in Paris was buried in St. Thomas church New York. Her body was brought by her son Robert W. Goelet in a special train to Woodlawn with only the family present. A large floral piece from the German embassy accompanied the casket to the cemetery.
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New York
Robert W. Goelet
Paris
St. Thomas Church
Woodlawn
Balkan Peace Near as Negotiations Make Progress
London reports growing confidence among diplomats that a peace accord will be reached at the St James palace talks. Turkish flexibility, Bulgarian and Austrian positions, and tentative acceptance of Serb apologies point toward a amicable settlement of Balkan tensions with Austria-Hungary and Servia.
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London
St. James Palace
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Turkey
Daneff
Adrianople
Austria
Balkan
Adriatic
LARCENY CHARGE FILED AGAINST FARMER IN BOOK SALE
Glen F. Farmer, one of six arrested in a deluxe edition book sale, was arraigned at the Tombs on larceny and obtaining signatures under false pretenses and held for extradition to Boston where he faces 16 counts. He was nabbed after posting 15000 bail at the federal building following charges of illegal use of the mails in the same case.
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New York
Glen F. Farmer
Tombs
Boston
Farmer
Federal
No Release For Van Pelt
Indianapolis, Ind. December 24. United States Senator John P. Works of California urged release for his brother in law Charles E Van Pelt who is serving two to twenty one years in the state penitentiary for manslaughter. The pardon board did not recommend clemency. Governor Marshall paroled 25 convicts and pardoned one, but Van Pelt remains imprisoned.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
John PD
Works of
California
State Board of Pardons
Charles E. van Pelt
Marshall
van Pelt
Revolt Spreads Across Mexico As Rebels Grow Bolder
Washington reports indicate anti Madero forces spreading from the northern border to Yucatan. New outbreaks hit Morelos Puebla Mexico and Zacatecas. Northwest railroad property damaged south of Juarez. A Yucatan town captured. Cananea miners surge with 1800 rebels and 100 more joining. Americans and federal troops hold line as rail and telegraph links are cut and 40 bridges burned south of the border.
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Washington
Mexico
Yucatan
State Department
Morelos
Puebla
Zacatecas
Northwest Railroad
Juarez
Huntington Wilson
Cananea Mines
Scouts Aid Search for Missing Boy in Yonkers
Twenty four boy scouts joined the search in Yonkers New York for fifteen year old George Young an academy student from Minneapolis Minnesota who vanished from relatives home three days ago.
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Boy Scouts
Yonkers
N. Y
George Young
Academy
Minneapolis
Minn
Moltke Arrives After Harrowing Atlantic Storm
Hamburg American liner Moltke reaches New York after a westerly hurricane disabled lifeboats and splintered vents. Three sailors were badly hurt while securing lifeboats on the after deck as seas flooded staterooms and a hull area. George Henry Payne, Roosevelt campaign aide, cites a tense race situation in Rome involving King Victor Emmanuel and Ethiopian regiments as palace guards, warning of a potential race war in the palace grounds.
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New York
Moltke
Mediterranean
George Henry Payne
Roosevelt
Rome
SCHOONER SINKS 15 LOST IN JAMAICA STORM
In Mobile Alabama dispatches report the Dutch schooner Georgiana foundered off Lucca Jamaica during a November gulf storm. Ten passengers and five crew were aboard and all were lost. Also missing is the British schooner Cartagena believed to have gone down with seven crew. Among Georgiana's victims were Capt Hyman Wood his wife and children and Miss Louisa Wood.
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Mobile
Ala
Dee
Lucca
Jamaica
Cartagena
Hyman Wood
Acquitted Woman Novelist in Paris Homicide Trial
Madame Black, a Paris novelist, was acquitted in the Assize court of homicide for shooting Mrs. Minnie Bridgeman, wife of James E. Bridgeman, linked to an affair with Madame Black’s husband. Bridgeman’s daughter was Milwaukees Henry Bernhard’s kin.
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Paris
France
Madame Black
Minnie Bridgeman
James E. Bridgeman
American Life Insurance Company
Bridgeman
Henry Bernhard
Milwaukee
Fire Hits Kankakee Freight Depot and Warehouse
Fire at the Chicago, Indiana & Southern railway freight depot in Kankakee Illinois spread to an adjoining storage warehouse. Loss was estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Kankakee, Ill
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railway
Elgin Board Abolishes Quotation Committee
Elgin directors at a Dec 24 meeting believe dissolving the quotations committee satisfies the justice department and avoids a Sherman act dissolution suit. They retained Pierce Tyrrell to enter appearance before Judge Sandie in January, and for the first time in years issued quotes from the call board with 781 tubs of butter selling at 3 1/2 cents.
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Elgin
Elgin Board of Trade
Department of Justice
Charles M. Potter
Pierce C. Tyrrell
Sandie
Call Board
Potter
Chicago Butter and Eye Board
Newman
Chicago
M. Potter
Fred Grell
Johnson Creek
Wis
J. P. Mason
Colvin W. Brown
Harding Attacks McManigal Testimony in Dynamite Conspiracy Trial
Indianapolis dispatch reports defense counsel W M Hardinge attacking Ortie McManigal testimony in the McNamara dynamite conspiracy case. He notes dictagraph evidence unreleased and questions government secrecy while praising defendant loyalty. Senator Kern to deliver closing for the defense.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. M. Hardinge
Ortie E. McManigal
Iron Workers
J. J. McNamara
Frank M. Ryan
McManigal
Harding
Judas Iscariot
McNamara
Confucius
Ulysses Grant
Kern
Miller
Clark to See Wilson in Trenton Conference
Speaker Clark travels to Trenton for talks with President-elect Wilson on legislative matters. Governor Wilson reviews 230 clemency requests from New Jersey inmates, granting clemency in 116 after thorough pardons court consideration.
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Washington
Clark
Trenton
Wilson
House
Senate
N. J
New Jersey
Court of Pardons
200 Men Dead Likely in Hokkaido Mine Disaster
Tokyo reports more than 200 Japanese coal miners were entombed and probably killed by a massive explosion at Ubari colliery in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Only three workers were rescued, officials fear the rest perished.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ubari
Sapporo
Hokkaido
Boy Slayer Is Sentenced in New York Case
J Frank Hickey convicted of murder in the second degree for killing seven year old Joseph Josephs of Lackawanna on October 12 1911. He receives an indeterminate term at Auburn with a minimum of twenty years and a maximum life.
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Buffalo
N. Y
J. Frank Hickey
Joseph Josephs
Lackawanna
Auburn
Court Upholds Potter as Receiver for Americah Anty Co
Washington reports the U.S. Supreme Court affirms Edwin A. Potter of Chicago as receiver of the Americah Anty Company with jurisdiction over about 1.4 million. The firm was incorporated in Virginia with principal offices in Chicago, affecting roughly 6,500 creditors and claimants.
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Washington
United States
Edwin A. Potter
Chicago
Americahanty Company
Jurisdictton
Virginia
Supreme Court Takes Recess Until January 6 Without Ruling
The Supreme Court recessed on December 24 after a string of minor decisions and did not rule on Union Pacific stock rights or a state tax case. The decision touched on whether government agents can tax savings banks and on companies that accepted the 1866 act of Congress.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Company
Christmas Fowls Destroyed by Fire in Minneapolis Market
A large blaze in Minneapolis destroyed over 10,000 turkeys geese ducks and chickens from five commission houses stock for Christmas markets. The fire threatened the market town for ten hours before containment.
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Minneapolis
Minsa
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U. S
Stuart J. Fuller
Iquitos
Peru
Mrs Goelet
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Monticello
Jefferson Levy
Thomas Jefferson
Martin W. Littleton
Miss Thompson
Levy
Georgiana
Mme. Black
Kankakee
Elgin Board
Wpmanigal
Helen Cox
Ohio
Genevieve Clark
Waterbury
Conn
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J. F. Hickey
Americans Guaranty Company
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