Harriman Gift Ties to 1904 Campaign Funds Examination
Washington report on C C Tegethoff testimony before the Senate inquiry into campaign donations. Papers from the Harriman estate include a $50,000 1904 contribution receipt and letters between Roosevelt and Harriman about White House visits and lunches. The committee reviews Bliss records and notes lack of Archbold or Standard Oil entries. Roosevelt letters deny influence from contributions.
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Archbold
Standard Oil
Roosevelt
Senate
Washington
C. C. Tegethof
H. Harriman
Tegethoff
Harriman
C. N. Bliss
National Republican Committee
Mr. Tegethoff
B. H. Harriman
White House
William Loeb
Knox
Cortelyou
Murray Crane
Mr. Harriman
Clapp
Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr
Paynter
Republican National Committee
Bliss
Republican Committee
John S. Archbold
Standard Ol Company
President Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Mr. Bliss
Biles
New York
Mrs. Carter Debt Free
Judge Mayer discharged Caroline L. D. Payne known as Mrs. Leslie Carter from bankruptcy debts totaling 10 545 filed February 4 1911. It marks her third bankruptcy proceeding with prior filings in 1898 and 1907.
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New York
Mayer
Caroline L. D. Payne
Leslie Carter
Big B Me Trial Opens With Veniremen From Indiana
The trial of 51 present and former labor union officials on conspiracy charges involving dynamite and nitroglycerin on passenger trains began before Judge A B Anderson in Indianapolis. Two sets of 50 veniremen were drawn from Indiana for jury selection with ten peremptories for the defense and six for the prosecution.
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Indianapolis
Ind
A. B. Anderson
Federal
United States District
Charles W. Miller
William N. Harding
Indiana
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Frank M. Ryan
Herbert 8. Hock
John W. Kern
Federal Building
Quake Shakes Valparaiso Citywide Panic
Earthquake predictions drive Valparaiso residents to tents and open spaces while bands play to steady nerves. Troops patrol the streets as several shocks rattle the district between Hlapel and San Fernando, causing panic through the night.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Oet
Hlapel
San Fernando
Mrs Campbell Is Dying In London
London report says the emotional actress Mrs Patrick Campbell is gravely ill after two weeks of sickness. Doctors fear a relapse as the end approaches, and friends cling to brief hope despite dire prognosis amid reports of her rapid decline. In Seagirt New Jersey Governor Wilson's household is packing to move to Princeton for the winter home.
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London
Oet
Patrick Campbell
Wilson
Seagirt
N. J
Princeton
Strike Strains Madrid Mail Service In October
Madrid reports a serious strike outlook with great difficulty dispatching mails and very few ordinary trains running. Troops still hold the lines to the port.
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Madrid
Conservatists Meet for Fourth Annual Conservation Congress
Indianapolis hosts the fourth annual conservation congress opening with speeches by Governor Wilson President Taft W J Bryan Col Theodore Roosevelt and other prominent figures. Topics include conservation of human life occupational disease sanitation and risks for employers along with resources forests lands minerals and food.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lst
United States
Qovernor Wilson
New Jersey
Taft
W.J. Bryan
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Baseball scores from major leagues reported
American League games include Washington 6 Boston 7 and Philadelphia 11 New York 0. Six other fixtures scheduled. In the National League Chicago blank Pittsburg 9 New York 4 Philadelphia 2 St Louis 6 Cincinnati 6 Boston 6 Brooklyn 6.
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Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Texee
Cleveland
Detroit
Louis
New York A
Vbeeher Ives Eooer Ae
Taburg
Hicago Teesee
Saito
Louis Eter
Lyn We Oaton
Lynching Scene At Kenosha Ends With Robbery Confession
Sheriff Andrew Stahl staged a mob to “third degree” Whey Davie a negro until he confessed the location of a stolen shotgun. Davie was dragged toward a tree but insisted he could lead to the gun. The rope was removed and Davie returned to jail after the weapon was found.
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Kenosha
Wis
Whey Davie
Andrew Stahl
Davie
Woman Leads Rebel Band Near Juarez
A report to General Steever at Fort Bliss says Coronelia Alanis wife of a rebel colonel leads a rebel band twenty eight miles east of Juarez Mexico. The same Mexican woman raided Juarez before federal troops. Her force is said to be strengthened by recruits drawn by a valiant female leader.
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Fe] Paso
Tex
Coronelia" Alanis
Juarez
Mexico
Steever
Fort Bliss
Juarea
Buried Army Aviators at Arlington After College Park Crash
Lieut Louis C Rockwell and Corporal 8 Scott were laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery after a deadly crash at the army aviation school in College Park Maryland. An army board continues to investigate the accident.
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Army
Washington
Louis C Rockwell
8. Scott
Army Aviation School
College Park
Arlington Cemetery
Army Board
Rockefeller Faction Clash Over Waters-Pierce Stock Dividend
In Chicago a Missouri circuit court hearing heard five men with 17 shares each claim the $29,000,000 stock dividend paid last March to Standard Oil Indiana stockholders gave John D. Rockefeller a $7,250,000 windfall. The Pierce faction seeks revenge over attempts to oust them from Waters-Pierce control. George W. Stahl testified the dividend raised outstanding stock from $1,000,000 to $20,000,000 as directors approved it.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
First National Bank
E. D. Pomeroy
Missouri Cirrcuit Court
Pierce
Waters-Pierce Company
Stahl
Senator Fall Denies Intervention Move in Mexico Inquiry
Sen A B Fall denied that he and Sen William A Smith would propose intervention and said no preliminary report would be issued before the committee's final findings. Fall remained in El Paso while Smith is in California and Fall continues the investigation.
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Fl Paso
Tex
A. B. Fall
William A. Smith
Senate
Mexico
Smith
California
Fall
Augusta Riot Quiz Opens
Augusta Ga Oct 1 Investigation into the killing of three citizens by state militia members following the Augusta street railway strike. The dead line around the power plant prompted the fatalities as guards face military trial.
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Augusta
Augusta Street Railway
Jowitt
Henderson
Demonstrations Hit Four New England Industries Over Ettor Imprisonment
A twenty four hour strike led by the Industrial Workers of the World paralyzed Lawrence Lynn Haverhill and Quincy as 15009 workers joined protests against Ettor Giovannitti and Caruso. Violence erupted with arrests and injuries while granite and shoe sectors suffered.
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Ettor
Giovannitti
New England
Moston
Industrial Workers of the World
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Lynn
Haverhill
Quincy
Ths
Salem
Joseph J. Ettor
Arturo Giovannitti
Joseph Caruso
Anne Lopisto
Quincey
Mass
Essex County
Glovansittl
Caruso
Joseph P. Quinn
Insurance Plot Charged in DC Conspiracy Case
An indictment returns against Samuel J. Masters John B. Kinnear and Royal Life Insurance heads Charles A. Hartman Frank T. Evans Bion H. Cahill alleging a scheme to defraud Modern Workmen of the World policy holders of 42158 dollars by transferring assets to Royal Life and merging the two concerns Masters and Kinnear allegedly would receive 22000 dollars as salaries for service to the insurance company.
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Washington
Oct
District of Columbia
Samuel J. Masters
John B. Kinnear
Modern Workmen of the World
Charles A. Hartman
Frank T. Evans
Bion H. Cahill
Royal Life Insurance Company
Insurance Company
District of Columbia Corporation
Masters and Kinnear
Buried Treasure Unearthed by Mexican Banker in California
A Mexican banker from Ensenada reportedly found seventy five thousand dollars in buried treasure on a Benito county ridge. He, guided by William Rogers, laid out a map to the site and oversaw two Mexican laborers who exhumed a rotted oak chest eight feet beneath a large tree containing ten thousand dollars in silver and sixty five thousand in gold coins.
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San Jose
Cal
Ensenada
Sonora
Benito County
William Rogers
Rogers
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