Sick-Bed Confession Triggers Grand Jury Indictments Expected
New York police officials face a widening graft scandal after Captain Thomas Walsh confessed on his sick bed to large scale vice graft, naming an inspector and a deputy as involved. Inspector Dennis Sweeney was suspended, and Walsh will testify to the grand jury, with indictments anticipated. Simultaneous raids hit eight major gambling dens in the Fifth Avenue and theater districts.
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Dennis Sweeney
Waldo
Thomas Walsh
District Attorney's Office
Walsh
Whitman
Grand Jury
Gaynor
Herman Rosenthal
Eugene Fox
Capt. Walsh
Black Hand abducts girl in Milwaukee case
Lucia Derosa twelve year old daughter of David Derosa a North Chicago commission merchant was kidnaped as two men seized her placed her in a closed car and fled before bystanders intervened Mary Deroga nineteen said the family came to Milwaukee after letters threatening kidnapping unless a thousand dollars was paid to a Black Hand agent.
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Milwaukee
Lucia Derosa
David Derosa
Chicago
Plankington
Mary Deroga
Black Hand
Mexican Consul Liorente Accused of Arms Shipment Conspiracy
El Paso February 7 Mexican consul Enrique C Liorente is accused in a federal warrant of conspiring to ship war munitions from the United States to Mexico. Commissioner Oliver named to serve the warrant if Liorente crosses the international line. The charge arises from a June 7 1912 loan allegedly used to buy arms for the federals.
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el Paso
Tex
Enrique C. Liorente
United States
Mexico
Oliver
KR. E. Bryant
Liorente
Juarez
Robert H. G. MacDonald
Tuberculosis Cure Serum Arrives in New York
Dr Frederick Fried mann's serum sample reaches New York aboard the Potsdam via Dr Austin Heid of Pittsburg. He heads home soon after arriving, marking an early milestone in tuberculosis treatment.
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New York
Frederick Friedmann
Austin Heid
Pittsburg
Potsdam
Wilson Seeks Senate Role. President-Elect Debates Brother
In Princeton on February 7, Joseph B. Wilson stays at the president-elect’s home amid rumors he may seek the secretary of the United States Senate post. The elder Wilson has not decided and plans to discuss it later. The president-elect works on a brief inaugural address and cautions Joe’s candidacy may not be active.
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Princeton
N. J
Joseph R. Wilson
United States
Senate
Joseph B
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Joe
Plans Are Approved For Separating Southern Pacific From Union Pacific
The plan to separate Southern Pacific from Union Pacific was approved at directorate meetings. The $126.65 million Southern Pacific stock held by Union Pacific will be offered to preferred and common shareholders of both lines at 98 6s per share with accrued dividends. Subscriptions may be on a one for every three for Southern Pacific and one for every four for Union. A syndicate led by Kuhn Loeb & Co is expected to underwrite the issue. Union Pacific will use most of the funds to buy Central Pacific stock from Southern Pacific for about $104.2 million, with the remainder paid to Central Pacific itself.
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New York
Southern Pacitie
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Union
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Harriman Lines
Central Pacific
Great Northern Games Open With Ice Palace in Stockholm
The Great Northern games begin in Stockholm as the stadium is turned into an ice palace. Skating, ski running, ice yachting, bandy, curling, field shooting, fencing, trotting and swimming are the chief events with a royal opening under the crown prince and royal family in attendance.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Fed. T
Solons Hear Dr Shaw on Woman's Suffrage in Missouri
Jefferson City congresses recess to hear Dr Anna Shaw address both houses on woman suffrage. In London an unidentified man paid Miss Sylvia Pankhurst's 19 pound fine after her jail sentence for attempting to destroy a public image.
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Dr. Shaw
Jefferson City
Missouri
Anna Shaw
Miss Pankhurst
London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Do You Really Know What You Are Buying
Reader guidance urges scrutiny of daily JOURNAL advertisements highlighting cautions about purchases. The note emphasizes constant vigilance to avoid misled spending and promises practical tips for shoppers.
Seek Big Gled Tax Seeks Court Endorsement Before Compromise
Cabell tells House committee no compromise on oleomargarine taxes until the Chicago federal court investigation ends. Treasury may pursue $1,000,000 from manufacturers using colored cottonseed oil banned by the treasury. An estimated $1,200,000 in taxes were evaded. companies offered $102,000.
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Treasury Department
Gubell
Internal Revenue Bureau
House
Treasury
Federal Court
Chicago
Cabell
Taft
Senate
Senator Cullom III In Ill Health At 84
Washington March 7 Friends of Senator Shelby M Cullom of Illinois, the oldest current and one of the oldest ever in the Senate, feared for his fitness after he left the chamber with a severe cold. His condition prompted many inquiries to his home at 3418 Massachusetts Avenue NW as word spread that he will be out for a few days. A doctor attending him said he would be able to leave within a day or two if his condition improves.
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William Sulzer
Albany
New York
Mia. Sulzer
Washington, Med
Shelby St. Cullom
iNimetsa
Senate
Massachusetts Avenue
Northwest
Diane
William B. McKinley
Tilin Va
Althorah Dr
Yower
Cola
Eonater
Ottoman Defeats and Bulgarian Advance Near Gallipoli
Berlin Hopes for Balkan offensive as Bulgarians drive Ottoman forces back at Dardanelles. Reports say Turkish losses in the Nipoti peninsula and Kavak region. Albanians march toward Uskup while Bulgarians seize Marmora coast from Bulair to Dular and dispatches note Enver Bey’s troop landings near Gallipoli.
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le Ture
Uskup
Sofia
Bulgaria
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Kavak
Dulalr
Sea of
Marmora
Bulair
Adrianople
War Office
Sea of Marmora
Ferdinand
Medeste
Charkeni
Balaif
Gallipé
Weria
Sensational case to jury in wildcat mining fraud trial
New York February seven. The Wisner case, tied to the federal anti wildcat mining drive, has cost the government seventy thousand dollars and heard more than one hundred witnesses over two months. Defendants A L Wisner and John J aevyers of A L Wisner Co are accused of selling worthless mining and oil stocks using fake hemetts. A government expert testified the firm sold about 17,000,000 shares across 14 companies and took in over two million dollars from investors, who allegedly lost everything.
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New York
Wisner Ise
Wildcat
Eloeke
A. L C. Wisner
Johnn J. Evyers
A. L Wisner & Co
Hemetts
4000 Miles by Wireless Link Reported
Seattl Washington February 1 The wireless operation at the United States Army station at Key West Florida sent a message to Mare Island California on December 24 Rail advices received here indicate the distance from Key West to Mare Island exceeds 4000 miles.
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United States Army
Eagle
Aloe Deere
Key West
Fig
Mare Island
Cal
Hue
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