Counsel Engaged In Inquiry Into Coal Carriers Trusts
Attorney General Moody appoints Charles E Hughes of New York and Alexander Simpson Jr of Philadelphia as special counsel to probe interstate railroads tied to coal and oil combines. Focuses on anthracite and soft coal trusts led by major Pennsylvania lines with potential civil and criminal actions.
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Charles E. Hughes
New York
Alexander Simpson, Jr
Philadelphia
Moody
Alexander Bimpson, Jr
Hughes
Com- Mike
Resislacure
Simpson
Quiker
Pasetta
Pennsylvania
Et Levd-coal Trust
Cleck
Vic
Fox
Ffughes
Alexander Simpson
Yania
Ageersj
Ent
Enis
Supreme Court
Hale
Yenkel Dolding
Federal
Tillmann-Gillespie Resoluion
Tree Us
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reading
Lack
Lehich Valley
Erie
Delaware and Hudson
Baimore
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
West Virginia
Central
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce
Union Trust Co
Westmnatlon
Man
la Fost
Strikers Riot at Lens as Gendarmes Stoned and Troops Deployed
At Montigny Lens April 17 a miner strike sparked renewed violence. Women attacked a miner’s wife, gendarmes were pelted, cavalry used, a cavalry abuser and two soldiers hurt, fifteen others wounded, several women arrested then freed. Royal authorities demand reinforcements. an attempt to dynamite a church failed. Serious damage and multiple arrests reported.
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Maile
Montigny
Lens
Frances
Dg Oslais
Asist
Death toll rises from Kearsarge explosion in Cuba
Guantanamo Cuba April 11 reports say another officer died from the April 13 explosion on the battleship Kearsarge. Ten sailors injured remain in serious condition. Lieut Graeme’s remains are being escorted north. two sailors died after the May explosion. Navy officials confirm the deaths and list senior officers aboard. Frederick T Fisher of San Francisco is named next of kin Minnie Fisher. James F McArdie of New York has sister Sister St Thomas at Guelph Convent Ontario. Targeted training on Kearsarge is paused to maintain crew morale amid the fatality.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Nearsarge
Lieut
Graeme
Jan Ve Leou
Naval
Rederick
Thomas Fisher
James Rae
Guelph
Ontario
Spanish War Veterans push to bury Kearsarge victims in Arlington
At a Gen mile Camp meeting United Spanish War Veterans urged bringing the sailors killed in the Kearsarge explosion at Guantanamo to Washington for interment under the veterans. Commander Rausch to inform the District of Columbia Department, which will contact Secretary Bona parte. In Annapolis the Colorado arrives with Capt Duncan Kennedy's body, to be honored at the Naval Academy funeral tomorrow afternoon.
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Mile
United Spanish War Veterans
Kearsarge
Guantanamo
Washington
Arlington
Rausch
Department of the Diatrict of Columbia
Kennedy
Annapolis
United States ‘Bate
Colorado
Duncan Kennedy
Naval Academy
Colo . Iradd
Academy
Dismissed German Foreign Chief Baron von Holstein
Berlin reports Baron von Holstein resigns as chief of the foreign office higher politics after sixteen years, cited as unable to work with Foreign Secretary Welensky and “Secretary Welusky.” His career included St Petersburg, London, Washington postings and service in Paris, with controversial 1871 embassy affair cited as contributing to retirement.
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Baron von Holstein
Berlin
Emeror William
Tchirsky
Baron von Holstuin
Foreign Office
Prince Bismark
Haron von Jielstein
Telerope
Princes
Bismarck
Prince von Buelow
Oreimn
Welursky
St. Petersburg
London
Washington
Europe
Hsron ‘von Holstein
Prince Bismarck
Paris
Prince von Arnim
Suckey
Cavern Discovery Sparks Charlestown Town Alarm
In Charlestown Virginia residents fear subsidence after a recent blast revealed a subterranean cavern beneath the town. A small boat was used to explore the caverns for several hundred yards, raising concerns that the ground may collapse and endanger property and lives.
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Winchester
Charlestown
Jefferson County
Swanson Edges Mackey In World Welterweight Bout
Swanson defeated Mackey of this city in a world welterweight wrestling match at the Washington Light Infantry Armory. Swanson won the second fall in thirty four minutes, and the final fall in eighteen minutes, with holds including a crotch chancery and wrist. Referee was P. P. O'Connor. Preliminaries saw Hover beat Beele, and Jock Spalding win two falls in seven minutes. During intermission Swanson announced willingness to meet Joe Grant.
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Alex Swanson
Red Roy
Mackey
Washington Light Infantry Armory
P. P. O'Connor
Young Hover
Young Beele
Jock Spalding
Houseman
Swanson
Joe Granty
Lewis Escapes Jail by Withdrawing Offensive Suit
Springfield April 17 Cor James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago purged contempt by withdrawing a suit after being sentenced to sixty days in jail for violating a federal injunction. Judge Humphrey had agreed to remit the sentence if Lewis withdrew within five days.
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Humphrey
Springfield
Col
James Hamilton Lewis
Corposition Council of Chicago
United States District Court
Gal Lewis
Foils Clash for Honors at Arlington Hotel Contest
Umpire guards the duel as Scott D. Breckinridge of Georgetown Medical School faces Micheloni of George Washington University in a fencing exhibition to raise funds for George Washington University Hospital. Separate notice: late Mrs. Swann collection sale opens at Stoan's 1407 Gaftime Ave today at 11 am and 3 pm with daily hours until all items are sold.
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Arlington Hotel
Scott D. Breckinridge
Georgetown Medical School
Micheloni
George Washington University
Uruguay
South America
George Washington’ University
Swann
J. A
Stoan’s
Hat Dispute at Yorkville Court Over Easter Fashion
Special to The Washinglei Fox reports Yorkville Police Court hearing in the case of Mr. Glass versus Tillie Meyer, a saleswoman at Countess Marie de Louise’s 66 Second Avenue millinery shop. Mrs. Glass alleges hair pulling and assault over a hat order, while Dr Julius Weiss's certificate cites scalp contusions and shock. Magistrate Mayo set the claim at $600 as the fashion row unfolds.
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Washinglei Fox
New York
Yorkville
Mitc Glass
Tile B Meyer
Cowntess
Marie de Louise
Second Avenue
Tillie
Aurenning
Antailesse
Gloss
Weinblatt
Julius Weiss
Mayo
Comtesse
Franklin’s Name Honored Gathering in Franklin Bicentennial
A 200th birth anniversary celebration for Benjamin Franklin opened in Witherspoon Mall with delegates from learning societies worldwide. Andrew Carnegie, as lord rector of St Andrews, conferred a doctor of laws degree on Agnes Irwin, great great granddaughter of Franklin, amid addresses from Provost Smith and figures from Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Witherspoon Mall
American Philosophical Society
Europe
America
Andrew Carnegie
University’ of
St Andrews
Agnes
Irwin
Radcliffe
Coliese
Smith
Philosophical Society
Franklin
George Howard Darigin
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
Henry VI
University of St. Andrews
Carnegia
St. Andrews
University of Oxford
University of Glasgow
University of Edinburgh
L'Academie Des Sciences de Paris
Harvard University
The
Royal Societ i
University of ‘Berlin
Yale
Police Order Flag Displays Ended Amid Rumors of Imperial Murder
In St. Petersburg on April 172, police abruptly ordered holiday flags taken down triggering wild rumors of a member of the Imperial family being murdered. An official explanation said permission to decorate exists only with the prefect of police. many houses were forced to remove flags. The notice followed a stricter interpretation that display was prohibited without authority, fueling gossip of a Taarskoe-Selo catastrophe.
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St. Petersburg
Oolice
Erate
Taarskoe-Selo
Cotton Broker Sentenced for Fraud scheme
Stanley Francis, linked to the former Storey Cotton Company, was sentenced in U S District Court to a five year prison term and a 5000 dollar fine for conducting a fraudulent scheme. His lawyer said an appeal would be pursued.
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Stanley Francis
Philadelphia
Holland
United States District Court
Francis
Storey Cotton Company
United States Court of Appeals
Operators Stand Pat Reply to Mitchell on Arbitration
A committee of mine operators meeting in Indianapolis issued a letter to John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers stating there is nothing to arbitrate except whether arbitration should occur. They reject broad concessions, insisting past strike commission decisions already settled divergences, and express willingness to discuss only formal recognition terms. The discussion accompanies ongoing coal wage talks, with a fatal Whitler incident under board review and wage proposals tied to market conditions.
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Indianapolia Afareate
New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Lata
Mike
Indianapollis
Ind
Executive - Beard Coe
United, “Mine Workers
Aretiga
Hegan
Seston
Theanawha-Feld
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Z. i. Winder
Indiana
Jand
Hid
Lauz
Philadelphia
Reading
Canton
Ohio
Kanawha
W.va
United "Mine ‘Workers
Indianapolis
Kinuwha Valley
Vancé
Miners Strike Over Beer Delivery Ban Rescinded
Irwin Pennsylvania reports that miners protest a beer delivery ban by the company after arrests sparked indignation. Company concessions restore limited supplies as workers return to duty amid broader Kinawha Valley operator talks.
Suit Claims Car Crew Rudeness Led to Damages
A district court suit seeks $6,000 in damages alleging rude conduct by a car crew during a fare transfer. The filing names attorney Hosea B. Moulton and cites incidents aboard a Washington Sunset route with claims of personal humiliation and improper handling of transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunvesing
Sr J
Twas Ie
Hosea B. Moulton
Dispute Over Divorces and Property Claims Emerges
Ambiguous rulings from the Supreme Court are discussed as ATs TOUX FALIS argues outcomes on divorces depend on where couples resided. The debate centers on whether remarriage after divorce invalidates prior property rights and who holds title to property left by those who remarried.
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Chicago
Lawyst Supreme Coll
United States
Balding Wegall
Mike Alegat
Chicago Meeting Aims At General Redefinition
A fragmented OCR note from Chicago hints at a meeting agenda focused on a general redefinition of rates. It mentions a prominent discussion point and a call to agitation for reform within an association, with attendance noted as very large.
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Chicago
Association Sre
Ib Expect
Heresy Trial Put Off Amid Turmoil and Confusion
Fragmentary OCR details a postponed trial involving figures such as Gabert and Barrows, with mentions of contested doctrines, political themes, and counsel limitations. The text hints at a religious dispute framed within broader political and philosophical arguments, lacking clear dates or outcomes.
Indictments Dismissed Amid Delaware Surety Case Questions
Indictments were dismissed as questions arose over the sworn status of a certificate and the capital stock of the Delaware Surety Company valued at 31,000,000. The unclear filings and non sworn instruments prompted the unusual ruling and ongoing legal scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New UK
Daime
Delaware
Buffalo Postmaster Faces Suspension Awaiting Trial
Readable parts indicate the Department will suspend Buffalo's postmaster pending an upcoming trial. Postmaster General is quoted as defending the post office's normal course and actions amid the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Forthcom
X Lee Leaves Lackawanna Route Plans Revealed
A fragmentary report notes Western passenger agent and general routes, with mentions of travelers returning from Hell and a Bible scholar named Charles Russell. Belasco Theater and Sunday shows appear in the scattered text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.i Lee Leavs
Lackawansa
Western
Roua
Charles” Russel Ares
Belasco
French Gift To President Roosevelt From French Parliament
Paris reports Baron destournelles de Constant will forward a rare volume of Sully memoirs to President Roosevelt with signatures of leading FrenchParliamentary Group members engaged in arbitration and international conciliation. The note expresses esteem for Roosevelt’s efforts toward peaceful global conflict resolution and hopes to inscribe the donor names in the volume.
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Paris
Destournelles de Constant
Washington
Roosevelt
France
Swhich
Saron Ts
Bett
Sully
Benny T
Pacific Union
Sheodore ‘Roosevelt
Republic of the United States
International Conciliation
Henry TV
Overruled ThmUnity Plea in Railroads Case
Supreme Court principles used to deny a community privilege claim in a Chicago case. Judge Smith McPherson of Iowa released the fate today. The two indicted defendants face charges of furnishing redates cashhouse and other products in violation, with pleas due within ten days.
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Red States District
Ie Ie
Informa. le
Smith McPherson
Iowa
Susi
Éffinigts
Pheté
Deconbes Tyre Grand
Cote
Bayonets Restore Order After Riot in Coal Fields
Reports describe a riot ending with bayonets restored order after several hours of chaos. Fear of a new outbreak looms as funerals for mob victims are planned and prisoners are moved from Windber to Somerset jail. Deputies guard the Windber area while tensions remain high in Moundsville and nearby fields.
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Windber
Eatin
Somersetsby
Sheritt
Begley
Lcoeds
Smthont
West Virginia
Monds
Moundsville
Nun- Pions‘rainere
Tealst
Ousted Pekin Governor Accused in Mission Riots
Report claims Pekin province governor of Kjanksi dismissed for false murder reports about French Catholic missionaries at Nenchang. Investigation suggests Nanchang magistrate died by suicide amid riot, as anger spread after news the priest killings provoked violence. Seven lives lost and extensive mission destruction noted.
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Pekin
Kjanksi
Catho Iexisaries
Nen‘chang
Phe Taotal Bang
Nanchang
Imuch
Auto crash near Millville kills lawyer. two girls injured
In Millville New Jersey April 17 a large touring car struck a horse and buggy. Robert J Wright Philadelphia lawyer owner of the car was killed instantly. Two companions a machinist and the chauffeur were injured. A young girl and Sadie Morphine suffered injuries. The buggy driver Rey Pancost and Sadie Morphine were treated.
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Millville
N. J
Robert J. Wright
Philandiphis
Rey
Cape May
Philadelphia
Wright
Chedsing
Cape Mey-Philadelphia
Kitmer
Kimer
Cashier Drowns During Tampa Pleasure Boat Outing
A Tampa Leet cashier drowned in Hillsborough Bay while a pleasure party rode a boat that overturned near Ballast Point. Garry and Mahoney rescued two women, placing them on the upturned hull. Garry disappeared from exhaustion and his body had not been recovered by afternoon. One woman, from Boston, was unconscious upon reaching shore.
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Tampa
Fla
Hillsborough Bay
Wate
Garry
Mahoney
Garey
Mary
Boston
May Name Judge Jackson for West Virginia Democrats
The Washington Post reports in Parkersburg April 11 that Judge John J. Jackson, after forty five years on the federal bench, may accept a House of Delegates nomination from local Democrats if it is offered unanimously. A close friend says Jackson would win a large majority even as a minority party candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
John’ J. Jackson
House of Delegates
Jackson
Four Men Wounded In Virginia Shooting Affray
Special to The Washington rosu Gate City Va April 17 four men wounded one seriously following a dispute over ownership of land about twelve miles from Gate City. Willdi Carter a magistrate and district supervisor, was wounded as he and his sons confronted Jere miah McMurray and allies who opened fire. Carter’s party returned fire injuring several. Interment Paul Jones' Body Tuesday April 24 departing Annapolis via Pennsylvania Railroad at 1:15 p.m. for sixteenth rand B streets schedule.
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Washington
Gate City
Whiliam Carter
woo-Lilaw
Jeremiah McMurray
Carters
Willdi Carter
Mom' Carter
Krein
Annapolis
Paul Jones
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sixth Rand
Odenton
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St. Louis
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Melissa
Harmon
Judson
New York Legislative Committee
Harwon Eth Judson
Wash- Inston
William R. Hearst
James McArdle
Thomas Davis Keargarge
Ekearsarge
Kaiser
Germany
Tebireky
Lake
Swanson Downs
Half Nelson
Cor. Lewis
Batha
F. Libbey & Co
Charles Milliner
Carnegie
Lis
Virginia
Chesapeake and
Oho
Virginia Hot Springs
Edna
Worl
Berth B. Sleeper
Cone
J. Poston
Piave
At's
Crapsey
Bata Tse
Ir “Gabert
Inenibe Leary
Barrows
Windler
New Orleans —C
Philaard
Womer
Judge Jackson
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