Mae Wood Suspected Perjury in Platt Divorce Suit
New York May 22 Mae Wood jailed at Tombs after Judge O Gorman dismissed her divorce suit against United States Senator Platt and ordered $5900 bail on perjury charges. Handwriting expert challenged the marriage letter. engravers testified the form date postdates the alleged marriage. Frank H Platt testified the letters were not love epistles and he burned them after paying $10 000 for them.
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New York
Mae
Wood
United States
Platt
Supreme Court
Tombs Prison
Hiave
Platt-Wood
Miss Wood
Frank H. Platt
Senator Platt
Abe Hummel
Lawyer For Platt Wins As Judge Dismisses Suit
Delancey Nicoll testified Miss Wood claimed she would have married Senator Platt if not for Mrs. Janeway. A private detective recalled Miss Wood hiring him to watch Platt but he refused. Miss Wood again insisted the marriage certificate was genuine, while Judge O Gorman found the case a forged perjury claim and ordered her committed to the Tombs with $5 bail. The district attorney planned grand jury action if indictment follows.
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Delancey Nicoll
Miss Wood
Justice O'Gorman
Platt
O'Gorman
Emperor Francis Joseph Hosts Balcony Appearance
The aged ruler marks sixty years on the throne with a palace balcony appearance. He greeted the crowd with enthusiasm as children sang hymns. He descended to mingle with the youngsters, converse with them, and was greeted by flowers scattered along his path.
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Peror Francis Joseph
Tie
Chinese school for children of Chinese in San Francisco
San Francisco plans a new Chinese school to educate children in Chinese. A site is secured plans drawn and teachers selected. It will be the only school of its kind in the country. Funds include 50 000 dollars from the 100 relief grant sent to the Chinese colony after the April 108 earthquake and fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Husband steals entire wardrobe. wife reports theft
Mrs Edward Hiardy, 22, calls Danville Indiana police after her husband carries off all her clothes. Police recover the bundle and return the garments to her door within minutes. She later swears out a theft warrant and leaves to change for work.
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Danville
Edward Hiardy
Ship Subsidies And Public Building Bill Underscored
Washington reports show congressional conferees agree on ship subsidies and the post office contract approach for South America Asia and Europe. President Roosevelt weighs a 32 million public building bill while Cortelyou prepares a report on necessity and fiscal impact. Political maneuvering colors the Senate as Bryan and Morton items surface.
Street Car Bombings Roil Cleveland During Negotiations
As negotiations continue between Cleveland street railway company and union leaders, nightly streetcar explosions injure several. The latest blast shattered a car into splinters with multiple injuries, one likely fatal, heightening fear amid talks.
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Cleveland Street Railway Company
Cleveland
Victim of Local Option in Pontine Michigan Dies
Alderman Pierre Buckley of Pontiac Michigan dies after long worry over the local option fight. Before May 1 he ran the finest saloon in the city and was a leader in Pontiac Brewing, which had just stabilized after years of loss. Buckley served many terms on the city council and was a respected figure in the community and a charter member of the B P O E local lodge.
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Pontine
Mich
Pierre Buckley
Buckley
Pontiac Brewing Company
Pontiac
Order
Missing George Metsker in South Bend case unfolds
In South Bend Indiana on May 22 George B Metsker known from the Cassopolis merry widow trial remains missing from his Metsker flats home since Monday. Mrs Metsker refuses to act or seek divorce and will stay in her flat with no grounds for separation. Cassopolis reports say Mrs Behmer the Merry Widow has left town. Governor Hughes of New York signs a bill making bucketshop conduct a felony.
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South Bend
Ind
George B. Metsker
Cassopolis
Carleton Morgan
Metsker
Mr. Metsker
Hughes
New York
Senate acts on monetary commission and fiscal bills
In Washington on May 22 the senate adopted a joint resolution to create a nine member monetary commission. Rayner spoke again on the Colonel Stewart case as major appropriation and labor bills moved. The house and senate agreed on conference on the agricultural appropriation, and a public building bill was boosted by 12 million. Bills passed establish a bureau of mines in the interior department and a national forest commission, with district DC child labor regulations also approved.
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Washington
Senate
Monetary Commission
House
Rayner
Stewart
District of Columbia
Territories
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
National Forest Commission
Sixty Die In Rail Disaster At Contich Station
Antwerp May 22 One of Europe's worst rail accidents occurred at Contich six miles southeast of Antwerp. A defective switch caused the Antwerp Brussels express to crash into a pilgrims train, packing carriages into splinters. Sixty killed and about one hundred wounded. Divers find gruesome wreckage as rescuers struggle with the calamity.
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Antwerp
Europe
Contich
Chicago Market Report May 22 1908 Hog and Cattle Quotes
Market notes show receipts estimated at 12 000 with yesterday’s 4501 carryover. Hog categories ranged from light 5 40 to 5 77 percent mixed packers 5 40 to 5 50 heavy shipping 5 35 to 5 80 rough 5 35 to 5 50. Cattle and sheep were steady with beef prices from 4 75 to 7 60 and lambs 4 50 to 6 80.
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Texas
Currency Commission Created For Banking Probe
Washington May 22 Aldrich announced the conferrees of the senate and house on the currency bill could not agree on a timetable for adjournment. A joint resolution creating a national monetary commission to study banking and currency systems was passed without debate. The commission would include nine senators and nine representatives and begin work at an early day.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
National Monetary Commission
Francis Josephs Festival Draws Vienna Children
Vienna May 22 The school children of Vienna numbering upward of 85 000 gathered in the park of Schoenbrunn castle the suburban residence of Emperor Francis Joseph for a public festival.
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Vienna
Schoenbrun Castle
John A. Babcock Promotes Square Deal Promise
A brief message from John A. Babcock pledges fair treatment and square dealing. The note emphasizes reliability and straightforward dealings without extra detail or context.
Brokers in trouble owe also criminally accused bonds total 30000
New York news reports two McIntyre firm partners arrested under court order after a civil suit by Frederick W. Kavanagh seeking 30000 for securities allegedly converted to use by T A McIntyre & Co. Bail set at 5000 each, with prior grand larceny charge tied to Thomas A McIntyre. Creditors expect about 20 percent on assets of 816750 against liabilities of 1575000.
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New York
Supreme Court
Rockwood
Saratoga
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Thomas A. McIntyre
John G. McIntyre
Frederick W. Kavanagh
Waterford
T. A. MeIntyre & Co
Thomas A. Mecintyre
McIntyres
Kavanagh
A. O. Brown & Co
McIntyre
Unique gift for the Kaiser in Teddy bear for Emperor William
Henry Estricher, a wealthy New York toy importer, plans to give the largest Teddy bear in the world to Emperor William during a voyage to Hamburg aboard the Kaiserina Auguste Victoria. The nine-foot tall bear, silk and velvet case, is said to symbolize renewed Franco German Roosevelt era friendship.
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New York
Henry Estricher
William
Estricher
Hamburg
House of Hohenzollern
Roosevelt
Germany
Batricher
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Denahey
Donaney
Creveland Plain Dealer
Chineese School
Prisco
House Republican Caucus
Cortelyou
Republican Caucus
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Postmaster General
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Philippine Islands
Japan
China
Australasia
Newlands
William J. Bryan
Gallinger
Bryan
New York World
Gore
Oslo
Paul Morton
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Beveridge
George Metsker
Chicago
Beach-Wickham Grain
Commission
John A. Babcock
Is Witt
The
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
Owe
Pontiac, Mich
Poppleton
Herbert
Edgar
Ella Hateb
Detroit
Savoie
Redmond & Co
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