International Harvester witnesses deny immunity in antitrust suit
Clarence S. Funk testifies on the company’s structure and sales network as the government moves to prosecute the Harvester trust founders. Witnesses include John J. Glessner and William H. Jones while Perkins, McCormick, and Deering are not summoned to avoid immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George W. Perkins
Cyrus H. McCormick
Carlos Deering
International Harvester Company
Perkins, McCormick
Deering
Joseph R. Darling
Department of Justice
Beef Trust
Harvester Company
Harvester Trust
Mr. Darling
William HH. Jones
Combine
John J. Glessner
Harold F. McCormick
James Deering
William M. Gale
E. N. Wood
Alexander Legg
William H. Jones
Harvester
Plano
Mr. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Clarence 8. Funk
International Harvester Company of
New Jersey
Assassins Kill Baby in Georgia Mountaineer Shooting
In Mineral Bluffs Georgia on September 17 Walt Hughes a mountaineer in Rock Creek district was shot to death while wounded outside his home. Report said assassins crushed the infant's head with gun butts as the mother pleaded for entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Bluffs
Walt Hughes
Rock Creek District
Robbers Blow Safe at Exchange Bank Near Cadillac
Robbers blew the safe at the Exchange Bank in Leroy near Cadillac with nitro glycerine and escaped with 36900. They cut telephone wires on both sides of the town, hindering pursuit.
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Cadillac
Mich
Exchange Bank
Leroy
Eleven apprentice seamen drown in Lake Bluff voyage inquiry in North Chicago
A government inquest returns a verdict of drowning off duty for eleven apprentice seamen who died when a sailboat capsized near North Chicago Naval Station. The report lists the known dead and occupants, notes eight drownings unresponsive at roll call, and cites a mistaken kindness leading to the tragedy. Walter E. Negus is praised for his attempt to rescue others as survivors recount the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lake Bluff
William Edward Antrobus
Indianapolis
Ind
Roy Claude Harlan
Bloomingdale
J. L. Lindsey
St. Louis
Witter E. Negus
Attleboro
Mass
John Alvin Patton
Canton
William L. Southworth
Pittsburg
John Wallace
Turner
F. F. Winkler
J. W. Bauld
Beardstown
L. R. Field
Sorento
Walter E. Negus
Naval Training Station
North Chicago
Waukegan
Lit
Walter EB. Negus
North Chicago Naval School
Fannie F. Burke
Washington
Myre Negus
Waukegin
Seven Escaped Prisoners From Ross County Jail
Seven inmates sawed bars and fled Ross County jail in Chillicothe Ohio. Mrs Anna Wolf wife of one escapee who visited the jail twice is arrested and believed to have aided the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Ross County
Anna Wolf
Flyer Falls Far Lives Plane Crash at Cicero Field
Victor Carlstrom fell about one hundred feet at the aviation field in Cicero during preparations for Grant Park program moving machines. Farnum T. Fish attempted a late takeoff by the lake and nearly plunged into twenty feet of water. Carlstrom lost control, the wreckage scattered, but the engine struck sidewise and he escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Victor Caristrum
Cicero
Grant Pare
Farnum
Move to Protect Banks
Washington, Sept. 17. Comptroller of the Currency Lawrence O. Murray announced steps to make banking safer. Federal examiners will begin October 1 thorough inquiry into how banks concentrate funds in companies controlled by officers and directors. Books of such concerns will be open to examiners.
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Washington
Lawrence O. Murray
Bay Swims San Francisco Bay Record Set by Boy
Robert Beck, a high school boy, swam the three and a half miles from San Francisco Bay to the Alameda county shore in 2 hours 1 minute. He becomes the fourth person to make the crossing.
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Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Robert Beck
Alameda County
Marines Launch Granada Rescue of Impounded Girls
American marines led by Major Smedley Butler head to Granada Nicaragua to rescue French American and native girls trapped in a girls school. Minister Weitzel in Managua says rebels surround the school and threaten starvation. A trainload of provisions is ordered to Granada to aid famine stricken inhabitants. Reports from northern Nicaragua note Zelaya tensions but no general outbreak expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smedley Butler
Granada
Nicaragua
Navy Department
Weitzel
Managua
Southerland
Butler
Zelaya
Harvey W. Wiley Jr. Gains First Tooth in Safe Wording
Washington report notes four month old Harvey W. Wiley Jr. has a tooth described as sound and free from any cold storage poison fears. The short item emphasizes health and safety wording rather than medical detail.
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Harvey W. Wiley, Jr
Washington
Wiley
Renew Riots at Belfast Shipyards Violence Surges
In Belfast Queen's Island shipyard scenes of sectarian fighting flare again with several artisans mauled and one carried from the yard unconscious. Work stoppages spread as excitement rises at Belfast's largest employers. The military, confined since Saturday's disturbance that left sixty injured at Celtic Park, is ordered to maintain peace.
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Belfast
Ireland
Queen’s Island
Celtic Park
Gunboat Wheeling Ordered to Santo Domingo
Washington reports the gunboat Wheeling has been ordered to Santo Domingo. It left Guantanamo, Cuba, Saturday and should arrive in Santo Domingo today. The cruiser Des Moines near Key West will press on to Tampico unless needed in Dominican waters.
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Washington
Wheeling
Santo Domingo
Guantanamo
Cuba
Des Moines
Key West
Boston
Tampico
Dominican
Interstate rates on New Mexico cattle suspended by ICC
Washington September 7. Proposed increases of one half to two cents per 100 pounds on cattle and calves from New Mexico to Kansas City and eastern destinations were suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission from September 26 to January 24. The advances were filed by the Sau Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Mexico
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sau Fe
Dietz Family Freed in Sawyer County Court
In Eau Claire on September 17, Judge Wickham dismissed Wisconsin cases against Hattie Clarence Lestie and Elmyra Dietz after District Attorney Williams cited key witnesses abroad and a detective's credibility concerns. The four assault with intent to kill charges stemmed from July 1986 incidents involving John Nogichiy. The DA noted the Dietzs were under John Dietz's sway and the community sought vindication through life imprisonment for the husband as a deterrent.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin
Hattie
Clarence
Lestie
Elmyra Dietz
Wickham
Williams
Sawyer County
John Nogich Iy
John Rogich
Australia
John Jesse
John Diets
Hattie Dietz
John Dietz
Elmyra
Haywood pleads not guilty in textile strike case
William D. Haywood, I W W organizer, arraigned in Lawrence superior court before Judge Quinn charged with conspiracy by threats to curb mill employment during last winter's textile strike. He pleads not guilty. Represented by John P. Mahoney and John Moore of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mass
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Boston
Quinn
John P. 5
Mahoney
John Moore
California
Harvard Starts Football Practice in Cambridge
Harvard opened formal football practice in Cambridge Massachusetts with a pessimistic outlook for a dominant team. Veteran material is thin but well distributed between the line and backfield as the season begins.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Mexican and rebel forces clash as independence day marked
Reports from Oaxaca to Independence celebrate Mexico's independence with Madero's address and parade while federal troops gain ground at a high cost. In Presidio Texas US forces report the capture of Col Orozco's father and a planned return to Mexico under neutrality laws.
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Douglas
Ariz
Ines Salazar
el Tigre
Lor. Bade
Hesige
Mexico City
National Palace
Hidalgo
Porfirig
Ing
Oaxaca
Sale
Ojinaga
Paso
Tex
Presidio
Toops
Fort Bliss
Jen
KE. Z. Steever
Department of Texas
Sen
Steever
Temns
Mex
Ual Orogco
United States
P. G. Orosco
Orogco
Washington
Gen. Pascual Sr
Ol. P. G. Orozco
Mexico
Colfax shooting ends in confession after family killing
In Colfax Washington Win W Brownell twenty five and his seventeen year old wife Beth, residents of Cul de Bac Idaho, killed A Neeves at the Charles Long ranch. The pair confessed after a long walk seeking the man thought to have maltreated the daughter and others.
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Colfax
Wash
Win W . Brownell
Oly
Cul de Bac
Idaho
A. Neeves
Ira
Brownell
Beth
Autheray
Charles Long Ranch
Neeves
Delays Pacific Fleet Call Noted in Seattle Report
In Seattle on September 7, orders received by Rear Admiral W. L. Cottman at Puget Sound Navy Yard call the Pacific reserve fleet to mobilize next month. The movements affect cruisers in Nicaraguan waters and South Dakota, with mothball procedures under discussion.
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Seattle
Wash
Son of the Pacific
Ban Framteco
Reartral
W. L. Cottman
Puget Sound Navy Yard
South Dakota
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International Harvester
Walter Fisher
Open Inquiry
Clarence S. Funk
International Concern
Interior
Fisher
Hawaii
Georgia
U. S
Ill
Grand Politica
Reginald Bloons
General Booth
London
Booth
Salvation Army
Aimes
Machine
U.S
Domingo
Charles A. Dana
Mrs. Dana
The
New York Sun
C. T Ladson
Atlanta
Dietz
Cameron Dam
Haywood
Labor
Orortco
Republic
Gride
Pacific
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