Indict G P Sheldon Extradition Effort Amid Dying Connecticut News
An extensive report details the grand jury indictment of George P Sheldon on road fraud charges, his alleged misuse of company funds for personal gain, and the effort to extradite him from Connecticut where he is under guard. The case involves the Thenix company and other financial actions traced to 1908, with ongoing investigations and potential further prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Hutchinsa
Bperial
Washington Post
New York
George P. Sheldon
Uapusel
Thenx Tusuraice Company
Vig
Gieanwoh
Thes County
Liserit
Grand Jury
Natt
Wanita
Mir Sero
Mnuke
Han Sheluon
Whi
Direct 4S
Nyonl
Hlasu Pilal Cedit
Chathaan Namal
Freight Rates Scaled Across Interstate Shipping
A federal order set new brick transport rates, targeting manufacturers across Ohio Kentucky and Virginia. The Atlantic and Western lines face standardized charges for brick shipments, adjusting the price per 100 pounds and impacting eastern rail traffic starting immediately.
Shippers Protest Heard Before Interstate Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission weighs mining companies complaint over high coke rates from West Virginia and Pennsylvania to smelters in Colorado and Montana. Case argues excessive charges and seeks reparations, with hearings held as the matter becomes a major commission consideration likely to proceed to U.S. courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commission
Interstate Commission Orig
Nissen
Winthe Company
Ana Juprer Miming Company
Tegmia
Pennstvania Points
Colorado
Montana
West S 204
Ventune
Tis
Fis
Deportation Delayed for Mother and Child
A stay of deportation was granted by an Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor for a mother and her four year old child paroled from Tennessee to Maine. The case cited the child as feeble minded and in need of care, with the Hebrew Benevolent Association of Baltimore asking that they remain until the husband could visit before they depart.
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Cable
Hebrew Benevolent Assilon
Baltimore
Guggenheim Decision Delayed Refusal to Divorce Sparks Action
Court hesitantly weighs a divorce petition amid tense proceedings. Judge Vanare urged a cautious ruling while counsel attacked the filing as improper. A formal order was expected, with further steps likely in the Guggenheim case involving allegations of improper process and leave to file additional motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breda
Vanarei
Anaes
Grice
Teuggenkor Brothers
Gugkenmem
Pure Milk for Washington and Tubercular Cows Dangers
Washington dairy safety report shows 15 percent of district deaths linked to milk from dairies around the capital. Federal inspectors tested 43 farms finding 57 of 154 cows tubercular, with more to be examined. Health officials blame Congress funding gaps for lack of inspections and cattle testing while urging pasteurized or certified milk from tested herds.
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Washington
Health Department
Congress
District of Columbia
C. Wood
Department of Agriulture
United States
Woodward
Perfectly Pasteurized Milk from Washington’s Unique System
A Washington dairy promotes its pasteurized milk as uniquely fresh and sanitary. Milk is filtered, pasteurized in a sanitary system, cooled to 34 F, and shipped in refrigerated cars directly to customers. Also offers unheated milk and cream, and White Cross Milk at 9 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore and Washington
White Cross Milk Co
V. Caia
White Cross Milk Promoted By Medical Authorities
A historical notice extols Campbell Concentrated White Cross Milk as a pasteurized, dirt free drink, claiming superior digestion, long shelf life, and unchanged flavor. Endorsements cite Prof H W Conn and the East Side Pure Milk League of New York, detailing plant features and delivery sanitation.
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Tom
East Side Pure Milk League
New York City
Vaudeville and Minstrels to Visit Belasco Theater Next Week
Belasco Theater will host Lew Dockstader and his troupe with Nell O Brien Al Jolson and Eddie Matter. The program promises songs dances and comedy framed as Dockstader’s season offering. Also advertised are Chase's Vaudeville acts and a variety of acts including Miss Beatrice Ingram and Patricia O'Brien.
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Belasco
Lew Dockstader
James H J Decker
Belasco Theater
Nell O Brien
al Jolson
Eddie Matter
Aero Club Thy
Dockstader
Chase
Beatrice
Gram and Company
Ned Monroe
Frank Mach
Yosco
Lyons
Warren, Lyon and Meyers Dunbars Goat Circus
Comedienne
Tre Ssr
Miss Stahls
Patricia O'Bren
Fraud Charge Ten Years Ago Testimony on Removal From Dock
Witness recounts a threat by Hendernagel leading to removal from the dock amid a sugar weighing fraud case. James Conlon, former American Sugar Refining employee, had alerted superiors a decade earlier but no action followed. Hornby testified of a December 1896 conversation at which Bendernagel was named as the man Hornby accused of weighing unweighed sugar.
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New York
Dee
James Conlon
HO Tiuvemeet
Canton
Kehoe
George Balda
Stimson Tames
F Pendernagel
Havemeyer and
Rider
Frank F Hornby
Bendermagel
Mutha
White
M.vhall
Hornby
Bendernagel Hornb
Hen
Dernagel
Judge Woodruff Resigns to Practice in West Virginia
United States district judge for the Territory of Hawai resigns and accepts a position with Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company of West Virginia. Alexander G M Robertson is expected to be endorsed for the vacancy by the Hawaiian Bar Association. Woodruff was appointed by the President in April after years as Assistant Attorney General for the Department of the Interior.
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West Virginia
Honolulu
Dee 8
George W Woxlrut
United States
Tor
Territory
Hawai
Jett
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
Atts
Wil Indorse Alexander GM Robertson
Iocal
Woodruff Wes
Deaon
Apr
Department of the Interor Hess
Penngelvonia
Eaton couple separates amid rumors in Weymouth area
Special to The Washington Post. Admiral Eaton and his wife Mrs. Eaton of Asinippi have separated following claims their infant died from poisoning. The family has moved from Seattle to North Weymouth, with daughters June and Dorothy, as the admiral and Mrs. Eaton live apart. Admiral declined comment, noting only that Mrs. Eaton and time have left.
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Asinippi
Weymouth
Waahington
Raston
Dec
Ineseph @ Eaton
Asuippi
Se Tuale Hobo
Eaton
Admiral Eaton
Boston
Jatun
North Veymouth
Dorothy
Ime
Suit ties up Astor's yacht at Admiralty Court
Coxswain Adolph Lote sues Col John Jacob Astor's Nourmaha in admiralty court for $10,000 damages claiming serious injuries while discharging duties aboard the launch. The yacht, anchored off the city front, was delayed from Tuesday's scheduled sail due to the suit and lack of medical attention.
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Miionaire
Admiralty Court
Jacksonville Fis
Col John Jacob Astor
Adolph Lote
Norway
Admiralty Division
Federal
Col Astor
Thaw Seeks Transfer from Matteswan to Other Asylum
Harry K Thaw, despite court rebuffs, gains an order directing Nyack authorities to show cause why he should not be moved from Mattawan to another institution. The petition by Mrs. Mary C. Thaw claims Thaw is being mistreated at Mattawan and requests removal to a different asylum.
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Anytum
White Plains
Harry K Thaw
Matteswan
Efis
Nyack
Mary C. Thaw
Thaw
Matt
Schurz Home for Museum in Wisconsin Memorial Plan
Wisconsin Society of New York votes to buy the Watertown property once Carl Schurz’s 61st American home. The site will become a public park and museum and be presented to the State of Wisconsin as a Schurz memorial.
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Wisconsin Society of New York
New York
Watertown
Wis
Carl Schurz
Wisconsin
Schurz
Roosevelt in Kenya Hunts for Antelope in Mombasa Trip
Kermit Roosevelt arrived in Nairobi and heads to Mombasa on a hunt for sable and other antelope. He has already shot two bongo in the area, and is awaited by reporters as he continues to travel from Nairobi toward the coast.
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Roosevelt
Mombasa
Nairobi
British East Africa Desk
Kermit Roosevelt
Cable
Noro
Rare books and manuscripts auction at Ander ton sale
The Washington Post reports a December auction netting over 60 dollars from banks letters manuscripts and pints collected by Louis 1 Jigen New York. Highlights include Milton first edition Latin English 16th century portrait sold for 420 and Longfellow Outre Mer two volumes in wrappers with early portrait and letter sold for 339.
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Washington Post
Louis
Jigen
New York City
Andertons
An &x
Johm
Milton x
London
JP Sedtio Mnltons Parade
Lnst
F W Morris
Thoma Killegrews
Portyast
Peraulia
Orginal
Andrew Larg
Oxford
JF Drake
Shakespeare
Charles Lamb
Fion
GD Smith
Charles Lamh
Rovert Southey
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Hander
Cook
Maddox
Ana Ah
Lamb
George Puttenhams
Elisabetha
Dodd, Mead & Co
Charles Lamy
Gir
Thomas Moores
Utopia
Ralph Roving
Bernard Quaritch
Flag Coiy
Nuremberg Chronicle
ED Nertah Dagar Allan Poe
Fitz-Greene Ualteck
New York
Laughton Osborne
Arthur
G EH Richmond
Advance in ordnance tests 12 inch gun and new ammo
Navy reports tests of a 12 inch 10 cal gun with high velocity 2080 ft per sec and muzzle energy 52600 ft ton. Arkansas and Wyoming to mount 12 guns. a 14 inch gun with 1200 round propellant at 2600 ft/sec is nearing completion. design and manufacture plans await events.
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Admiral Mason
Admral
Newton E Mason
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Ganniel
Arkansas
Wyoming
Uis
Wipo Me
Col Scott Sees Dickinson at Washington on West Point plans
Col Hugh L Scott, superintendent at West Point, met with Secretary of War Dickinson in Washington to discuss Army appropriation estimates for Congress. He is expected to appear before the House Military Affairs Committee as it considers the army bill and a proposed cadet corps increase at West Point.
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Hugh L Scott
United States Military Academy
West Point
Washington
Dickinson
Congress
Atait
Department
Army Orders From 1909 Discharge and Station Moves
Army orders list various leaves and discharges across 1909 issues. Capt Sidney A Clanton and Chaplain Jol A Ferry receive leaves, with subsequent postings to Fort Leavenworth and Fort Sereven after medical exams. Additional notes mention stations around San Francisco and a relief for duty at Fort Sem Houston with transfers to Mort B.A Rhatoll Wyotor. The document also covers quartermaster appointments, depot duties in Philadelphia, and personnel moved to Puerto Rico regiment and Wallaboro.
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Sidney A. Clanton
Twenty-third Infantry
Ays
Jol A Ferry
Intentes
Walter Read Generat Hospital
John A Murtagh
Tel Cerga
San Francisco
Cal
Fort Leavenworth
Hans
Rederle Po
Medics Core
San Franciete
Elowence
Fort Sereven
Fort Glevk
Houston
Tax
Mort B
Rhatoll
Amos W Kichall
Quartermaster
Albert C Daten
Abraham 8
Bickam
Wedeeday
General Depot
Quartermaster’s Department
Belgh
Gamibell
Porto Rlco
Infantre
Wallaboro
Subway Ordinance Held Up Amid Alleged City Company Collusion
Cleveland taxpayer C B Harris obtained a restraining order to block city officials from legalizing a subway finance measure passed by the Cleveland Underground Road Transit Company after a Monday night council vote. The petition alleges collusion between city administration and the company and claims the ordinance mirrors a prior measure rejected at a referendum.
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City
Cleveland
Dee
Cleveland Underground Road Transit Company
Harris
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