Indicted Rebater Case Targets Major Rail and Grain Firms
Grand jury in Savannah issues Sherman antitrust indictments against Merchants and Miners Transport Co and three railways Seaboard Air Line Atlantic Coast Line plus two Miller brothers Harvey and Morris Miller. Accused of securing export rates to shift shipments from Philadelphia to domestic rates, saving 1 to 3 cents per 100 pounds across a vast Mississippi Ohio south region. Miller firm officials arrested bonds set at 25000 dollars each. lines alleged to have conspired to fix freight rates with ICC oversight questioned by authorities.
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Savannah
Dee
Grand Jury
United States District Court
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Seaboard Ar Line Railway
Merchants and Minera Transportation Company
Harvey Miller
Morrig
Willer Grain
F Miller & Song
Philadelphis
Philadelphia
Miller Brothers
United States
George Threach
Philadelpng
Miller
Baltimore
Seaboard
Atlantic Coast Line
Merchants and Miers ‘Transportation Company
J . Whitney
Interstate Commerce Commission
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Jacksonville
Muler
United States District Attorney
Obituary notices dated December 1910 in Baltimore area
A collection of multiple funeral notices and obituaries: CHARLES CG RAKER aged 56 with funeral at 2 pm Sunday from his residence 1 Orleans Street Baltimore. LEIDGUL obituary lists service December 1 at 6 43 pm at 830 Arn um Street NW. ELLIAN 4 widow of Joseph K Bridge funeral at her late residence December 1 330 pm. WIDOWS and relatives noted. BROOKS obituary details death Wednesday November 9 1910 after illness. funeral from 1110 K Street NW Saturday at 2 pm. PUI RI December 1 1910 6 pm at 1733 G Street NW. WEHLAINE BUCK widow of Newman Burke. funeral December 4. interment at Furary. TANGSDALE obituary notes December 4. LANGSDALT AND TORERALO December 4. WARY BD daughter of Kile Lit word and Rebecca Reed Henaims. Pumphier & Sons funeral services at 1704 fourteenth St NW. ANSER wife of George P Tait funeral December 3 from Chapel of N toains Pounteenth steel and Wass husett. OP I FLT daughter of Columbus and Paine Ogle ard five years. Frank Celery Sons chapel at 1113 Seventh Street NW. Requiem mass at Church of the Immaculate Conception at 9 o’clock. Interment at Holy Rood Cemetery.
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Jarir
Chahls CG Raker
Orleans Street
Baltimore
Leidgul
Aarnum Street
Ellian
Joseph K Bridge
Wilends
Brooks
Urs
Joseph West
George TE Enoks
Annie Saylor
Thir West
G Steel Northwest
Wehlaine Buck
Rezlh Wierxstn
Newman Burke
Panfax
Sunfu
Inter
Furfay Vo Tangsdale
Funerade
Anser
George P Tait
Ntains Pounteenth Steel
Wasshusett
OPI
Letchworth Dies Philanthropist of Genesee Valley
William P Letchworth aged 87 died at Glen Iris near Portagee Buffalo New York. He owned 1000 acres including upper Genesee River park lands. He donated Glen Iris as a state park and built a museum with Indian artifacts and a world famous mastodon bead. The Seneca Nation held their last council on his estate and named him Hal-Wa-Yo- 1a Teh meaning The Man Who Always Does the Right. He led charity and social reform work and served on the New York State board of charities for ten years as its president.
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Buffao N
Letchworth
Buillog
United States
Brownsville
Fferson
Butaio
State Board of Charities
Magistrate Faces Charges Over Too-Low Bail for Burglars
New York District Attorney Whitman filed a petition seeking court action against City Magistrate Peter Partnw after an investigation found insufficient bail set for three burglars. The men, Harris Hothstein Jacob Goliberg and Joseph Goldberg Poston, were linked to jewelry thefts totaling about 15000 in Boston and sought in Philadelphia and New Haven for further stolen goods. Gov Hughes backed the complaint, with requests from Boston and other cities for the three suspects.
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New York
Washington
Wintmean
Peter Partnw
Boston
Marchall
Philadelphia
New Haven
Whitman
Gov Hughes
Barlows
Gov Drape
Massachsetts
Harris Hothstein
Jacob Goliberg
Joseph Goldberg Poston
Navy’s Saving Five Million in Ship Construction Costs
An analysis ordered by Secretary Meyer shows the navy will spend about ten million dollars less on ship construction this year compared with 1911. Pay for officers and sailors rises by 3.46 million while overall net reductions total roughly five million against last year’s appropriation. Increased public works and ordnance funds amount to about 1.08 million more. improvements include new guns, storage facilities, navigation chart prep, barracks construction, and other permanent yard investments.
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Butretary Meyer
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Olance
Northwestern Steamship Runs Aground Near San Juan Island
The Alaska Steamship Company's Northwestern struck rocks at Pass Bay near San Juan Island at about 2:40 am while en route from Seattle to Valdez with 26 passengers and 600 tons of cargo. The Tees rescued all passengers and mail, transferring them to Victoria by daybreak. No immediate danger was found aboard after safe retrieval, and the ship was reported possibly a total loss.
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Northwestern
Seattle
Wish Bee
Alaska Steamship Companys Steamshyr
Pass Bay
San Juan Island
Valdez
Alaskt
Tees
Victoria
British Columbia
Poe
Rare Letters On Sale At Auction In London Strike
Auction notes show rare items including letters tied to George Washington and British figures sold in London. Bids cover copyright receipts and music rights, with payments recorded for works by Ten Tennyson and references to North American events and British history.
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Gool Pirives
Setheby Y
George Washington
Ech
Tennyson
Light Brigade
Licensed to Marry In Fragmented Virginia Clergy Ledger
A garbled OCR list shows multiple marriage licenses or banns with names such as Claude Smith and Le Mac Glass of Clifton Forge area, Walter L fhuon and Vale T. Shemitty of Richman, Virginia, and Rev. RW Lowrie of Cincinnati handling ceremonies. Also mentions Rev Donald MacLeod, Amelia P Gilleaple, and Rev Charles L Fultz among others, with scattered counties including Rockbridge and Monigomen. The text is repeatedly garbled, rendering precise details uncertain.
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Josephine
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Larry Ls Hant
Health Office Record Births and Deaths Listed by Hospitals
Births recorded for Edward H and Olte serving girl Miam Ho and Gertrude A Harlebein. Other newborns include a girl for Milton G and Eva EB Thompson and a boy for Robert and Ruby H Potwit. Multiple other infant names follow with various parents and addresses. Deaths include Fannie Teep of 1016 20th St MW aged 95, and Charles C Haker of Georgetown University Hospital aged 60, with several others from Washington area hospitals and addresses.
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Olte
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Gertrude A
Harlebein
Milton G
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Robert
Ruby H
Potwit
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Pearl
Maurice H
Annie
Lanman
John Q
Mary Walton
Jamea
Annie Broun
Richard
Georgiana Robinson
Frank
Emma Grinage
Joseph and
Mugglesbletcher
Fannie Teep
Charles C Haker
Georgetown Unniversity Hospital
Beidget Dunson
Caroline Cornwell
Henry L. Langedale
Kenilworth
Sears
George Hunt Washington Asylum
Noise at Glover home in murder trial East: Le Blanc case details
Testimony in Cambridge Massachusetts recounts a distinct noise at Mrs Lilnan M Glover’s Waltham home the night Clarence F Glover died from a shooting. Witnesses say they heard the noise but did not investigate and a later claim notes Mrs Glover’s apparent distress and alleged use of a harsh epithet toward her husband.
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Tnes
le Blanc
Cambridge
Mass
Lil- Nan M Glover
Waltham
Clarence F. Glover
Hattie le Blanc
Glover
George J Freeman
Newton
Cross N Aminaion
Melvin M Johnson
Freeman
Italy seeks peace and maintains status quo policy
Rome reports Marquis San Giuliano, foreign minister, said Italy’s policy centers on peace and the status quo with the triple alliance as base. He noted cordial ties with France, Great Britain, and Russia, and that armaments are not directed at others. He called disarmament talks likely to cool power relations and avoided comment on Vatican speech incidents.
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Rome
Marquis San Giuliano
Foreign Office
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
France
Great Britain
Russia
Austria
Haly
Nathan Sante
Vatican
Girl's Slayer Unknown in Asbury Park Murder Verdict
In Asbury Park a coroner and jury returned a verdict that Marie Smith died at the hands of a person unknown. Martha Coleman testified she overheard Thomas Williams, the principal suspect, claim he worked for Mrs Dulla Jackson and planned a young encounter. Peter Smith and Williams clashed over beer, while Frank Heideman, a German suspect, was released.
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Asbury Park
Marie Smith
Pardy
Martha Coleman
Thomas Williams
Dulla Jackson
Peter Smith
Willams
Smith Williams
Freehold
Frank Heideman
Count Obtains Warrant In Kilgallen Family Dispute
Jacques Alexander Albert Von Mourink de Beaufort, husband of heiress Irma Kilgallen, files for assault and battery against his father in law after returning from London to Chicago. He says Kilgallen summoned him to his office and struck him in the face when he refused a bribe to leave the country.
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Chicago
Jacques Alexander Albert von Mourink de Beaufort
Irma Kilgallen
London
Kilgallen
de Beaufort
Milonaire
Kilgaren
Montt's Body Transferred to Warship for Return Home
In Berlin on December 2, Pedro Montt former Chilean president was given military honors before his body was moved to Bremen and placed aboard the Chilean cruiser Bianco Encalada to sail home. The transfer, witnessed by the American Ambassador and other embassy officials, followed Montt's death in Bremen on August 16 with German military representatives present.
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Berlin
Pedro Montt
Chile
Bremen
Etserent Montt
Thackara
Cauldwell
William
von Kessel
Cuti Cura Soap and Ointment Touted as Pure Comfort
An ad claims CUTI CURA SOAP and CUTICURA OINTMENT provide relief for eczema rashes itchings and inflammations. It presents the products as a pure ideal treatment and favorite remedy for skin discomforts.
Bell 18 aiding Johnson in Panama Canal Exposition clash
Governor-elect Johnson of California drew attention in The Post interview. Theodore Bell, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, declined to reply stating the election is over and Californians are here to press for the Panama Canal Exposition. California delegates plan to meet President Taft with about 25 leaders to present their case to Congress.
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Eroct Johnson
California
Post
Washington
Theodore A Bell
Johnson
Bell
Mr Bell
Taft
Congress
Bryan Sees No Aid to Party Criticizes New York World
In a Lincoln dispatch, William Jennings Bryan attacks the New York World for praising the November Democratic leaders. He accuses the World of backing a “sane, progressive” Democrat aligned with special interests and decries calls for party rehabitation as a return to a 1892 slaughterhouse scenario. He questions World’s interpretation of the 194 platform and warns against subsidies and trusts.
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New York
the World
Lincoln
Nebr W . Bryan
New York World
Henry Watterson
Bryan
Wall Street
Lodge Says He Is Happy In Face Of Adversity
The Washington Post reports Senator Elect Ellery Lodge of Massachusetts paused in the city on his way to Washington. Spectators noted his cheerful smile as he faced boos, with Lodge replying that he is "about as happy as a man can be, struggling with adversity" while awaiting departure.
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Washington Post
New York
Elemy Cwhot Lodge
Massachusetts
Washington
Woman testifies in Moore murder trial in Vincennes
Mrs Menlo Moore tells jury she had intimate ties with Charles Gibson and that her husband Moore killed Gibson in October after threats of exposure. She recounts trips to Cincinnati and St Louis and a July country visit where Gibson allegedly met them. Moore sits silent as she testifies in court. Jersey City discusses commission government plans and new charter bills by Mayor Wittpenn for mayor and four commissioners.
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Vincennes
Ind
Charles Gibson
Gibson
Menlo Moore
Moore
Husa
Cincinnati
St Louis
Railroad Staton
Warming
Commission
Jersey City
York
Wittpenn
Dazed executive held after burglary attempt in New York
Thomas B. Young, president of Brownaville Engineering Co of Brownsville Pa, was taken to his father by Magistrate Kretal after an arrest for a burglary attempt at Mrs Mary Manehan’s apartment. Found with $30000 in cash and securities, he was sent to Bellevue Hospital for observation. Diagnosed with mental strain, his condition improved but remains confused.
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New York
Thomas B. Young
Brownaville Engineering Company
Brownsville
David Young
Kretal
Mary Manehan
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Paid to drive Devils away in New York trial
Giovanni, Leonardo, and Leonora Buffano paid 276 to learn black powders and blue ribbons fail to expel devils. Mas Carmela Rubine, a nurse, faces 50 days in jail for selling them the demon dippeler. Rubine was convicted of illegal medical practice and sentenced to prison and a fine. In lieu of money she must serve 30 more days in the Tombs.
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York
Giovanni
Leonardo
Leonora Buffano
Mas Carméla Rubine
Dippel
Hubine
Greater Berlin Plan Draws Up City Union Bill
Berlin moves to create a greater Berlin by uniting Berlin and nearby municipalities. The measure, modeled on London county, would establish a ten member council with one third elected from Berlin proper, home to about three fifths of the population, aiming to curb socialist influence.
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Berlin
London County Council
Commission Ends Meeting By Railway Securities Board Dates Set
The railway securities commission led by President Hadley of Yale University has concluded its Washington sessions and adjourned to reconvene in New York on December 15.
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The
Railway Securities Commission
Hadley
Yale University
Washington
New York
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