Trio Held Guilty in Five-Week Mail Fraud Trial
After a five week trial in Criminal Court No 1 Justice Wright and a jury convicted John Huston former treasurer of the United States Jarvey M Lewis and Liverett Dufour of conspiring to defraud firms through fake mail fraud schemes. Each defendant faces up to four years in prison though release on bond was allowed pending a possible new trial. The case marks the first major prosecution by District Attorney Wilson and centers on the National Trust Company and related firms in Washington with connections to the Treasury Department.
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Wilson
Criminal ‘Court No. 1
Justice Wright
John Huston
United States
Jarvey M. Lewis
Liverett Dufour
Henry J. Davis
Lnto
Clarence BR. Wilson
Jusview Wright
Henry K. Davis
Charles TL. Turners
Wright
Huston
Lewis
Dufour
National Trust Company
Delaware
Enterprises Trust Company
Mutual Securities Compan
American Finance Company
Fluston
Treasury Department
Bufour
Washington
Nationa’ ‘Trust Company
W21
FP Street
Post Office Department
Post Office
Carter B. Keene
Frank Helan
Clifford Grant
James J. Fletcher
Marshal
Indiana Politician Huston Dukeed by Taft Letter
Harvey Lewis and Harvey Dufour are named in a trial tied to Indiana politics. Huston, longtime Indiana Republican, previously U S treasurer under Harrison, now out of state since 1892. The White House sender calls “Dear Harvey” in a letter read to the jury. Huston’s lawyers Foreman Floover Syme. Dufour’s lawyers Gittings Sullivan. Lewis’s Henry Davis.
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Lewis
oJhn N. Huston
Indiana
Republican Central
Harrison
United States
Hoosier State
Taft
Buffalo
Ohio
White House
Harvey
Dufour
Huston
George E. Floover
Conrad Syme
John C. Gittings
Michael W. Sullivan
Henry Davis
Route, With 70 Slain Flee Toward Guerrero City
In Chihuahua near Guerrero the clash between federal troops under Gen Navarro and revolutionists at Cerro Prieto left seventy rebels dead and many wounded or captured. Federals, about 1,000 strong, reportedly suffered fourteen casualties including two officers after a five hour fight that routed the insurgents who fled toward Guerrero. The battle followed a calculated move to draw rebels into the open.
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State of
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Navarro
Peers Prieto
Guerrero
Department of War
Hernangez
War Department
Guerrer . Laredo
Tex
Miguel Diebold
Neuvya Laredo
Enrique C. Creel
Cerro
Chihuahua Distri
Ballot Fraud Declared Worse Than Presidential Assassination
Camden New Jersey December 12 Supreme Court Justice Garrison declares ballot fraud a greater threat to national institutions than presidential assassinations. He says suppression of suffrage undermines government more than any number of killings and urges grand jury to consider several alleged election crimes in the county.
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Camden
N. J
Supreme Court
Garrison
Grand Jury
Perkins Statue To Crew Presented At Charlestown Yard
Mrs Larz Anderson widow of Commodore Perkins presented a silver statue of his father to the torpedo boat destroyer Perkins crew at the Charlestown navy yard. Hamilton Perkins and his wife joined the ceremony with Lt Comdr Nathan C Twining and Lt Comdr Pringle hosting. The report notes Smy the Baltimore and Ohio train service to New York remains unchanged for travel to Manhattan.
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Washington
Boston
Larz Anderson
G. H. Perkins
Perkins
Charlestown Navy Yard
Perking
Hamilton Perkins
Nathan C. Twining
John C. Fremont
Comdr
Pringle
Perkina
Judge Favors Girl in Glover Murder Trial
Cambridge Massachusetts December court session ends with judge charging the jury. Hattie Le Blanc defendant, widow Mrs. Glover alleged mastermind of the attack. Defense argues jealousy motive and circumstantial evidence, while prosecution presses for conviction.
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le Blanc
Juror urged to acquit Hattie LeBlanc in Glover case
Prosecutor argued the case hinges on whether Hattie LeBlanc shot Clarence Glover in the laundry. He claimed Mrs Glover’s presence created the opportunity while detailing the alleged circumstances and motive. Defense countered that evidence did not prove beyond reasonable doubt.
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Johnson
Hattie LeBlanc
Glover
Hattie le Blanc
Mrs. Freeman
Mr. Higgins
Mrs. Glover
Hattie
Higgins
Commonwealth
Raven Black Orpington Hen Worth 12000 At Show
Lady Washington, a raven black Orpington hen, is valued at 12000 with her daughter at 10000 as rivals. Each egg laid is valued at 5, reflecting spectator interest at the ir annual poultry show. The bird arrived from Factoryville, Pa, with two attendants in a specially preserved coop.
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Lady Washington
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Factoryville
Suitor shoots at target. girl dies stepping in front
Belle Vernon Pa December 13 Miss Effie Smalley 17 of Fairhope stepped in front of a rifle as her sweetheart William Grant 20 fired at a target. A bullet pierced her neck and she died instantly. Grant fainted and, revived, attempted to shoot himself but was restrained by a companion. His mother had pressured her to marry another man.
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Washington Post
Belle Vernon
Effie
Smalley
Fairhope
Wilam Grant
Grant
Miss ‘Smalley
Theft case points to full return of funds
New York reports the district attorney’s office believes it can trace every cent of the 680000 dollars worth of securities stolen by Erwin Wider, a Russo-Chinese bank cashier. Wider is to be sentenced next week, and authorities think others are implicated and that about a third of the money is hidden elsewhere awaiting his discharge.
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New York
Erwin Wider
Wider
Rom
Boy Robber Confesses After Crage in New Orleans
William Jackson Jr., 17, a Trenton New Jersey schoolboy, confessed to being the highwayman terrorizing two city sections and holding up at least a dozen streetcars last week. He said the revolver was broken and that he got only 3 45 from six stickups, with arrest near Lee Circle.
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New Orleans
Wiliam Jackson, Jr
Trenton
N. J
J . Jackson
Ao Téme
Lee Circle
Jackson
Chicago
Chancellor Called a Liar in Reichstag Riot
In Berlin the Reichstag session over the Moabit strike trial sparked a violent row. Chancellor von Bethmann-Holweg denied police criticism, provoking socialist anger. Shouts and epithets echoed as the presiding officer ordered order after a socialist member claimed responsibility for shouting You have lied.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Moabit
von Bethmann-Holmes
David
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Herr Kuhnert
Millions for peace trustees to use funds
The Carnegie gift of about 10 million dollars for international peace will fund a broad program via a board led by Elihu Root and Nicholas Murray Butler. Trustees may support arbitral justice plans, peace societies, and studies of war causes, with potential congressional incorporation and wide global scope.
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American Society For the Judicial
New Willard
Carnegie
Washington
Carnegia
United States
Elihu Root
Nicholas Murray * Butler
Columbia University
Knox
Congress
Foundation For the Promotion of Peace
Carnegie Foundation For University
Willard Hotel
Nicholas Murray Butler
New Peace Fund
Senator Root
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Robert H. ‘Brookings
St. Louis
H.P. Walcott
Cambridge
Mass
Flexner
New York
John S. Billings
Annapolis
Thomas Feil
St.John’s College
Andrew Carnegie
McDowell Hall
Ashorell
Praised White Baldwin at Banquet
Colonel admits he is radical yet harmless says his program should be carried out by conservatives. He tells Chamber of Commerce that business leaders must direct wealth distribution and that the nation must deal with corporations as a householder with a grocer.
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Timie
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt says sane progress through conservative reform
Col Theodore Roosevelt in New Haven declares he is a radical who wants a sane program carried out by conservatives. He urges state and national action to regulate great corporations, promote equal opportunity, and protect labor with exact justice, insisting changes are reforms not innovations.
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Theodore Roosevelt
New Haven
Conn
Theo Roosevelt
Chamber‘ of Commerce
Supreme Court of Errors
Simeon
Baldwin
Chamber of Commerce
Republic
Carrie
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Delared
Huston and Others Guilty in Peace Fund Case
Headlines list multiple items including guilty verdicts in a peace fund case involving Huston and others, a 20 million dollar claim for a peace cause, and various political and civic notes across sections 1 and 2 with mentions of Roosevelt, Taft, canal plans, and cabinet political moves.
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Huston
le Blanc
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Washington
Pinchot
Schenk
Watson
Howard University Hall
Clapp
O Financial_ News of
Alexandria
Daniel
Democrats Plan January Caucus on Tariff and Rules
Democratic members of Congress plan a January caucus to draft a general tariff revision and to set rules so committees are elected by the House. Fresh from voters, new members will guide policy and help prepare a tariff bill for the convening of the Sixty-second Congress.
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House
Congress
Washington
Days and Means
Champ Clark
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Democratic Party
Baltimore
Boat Upsets Leave Six Drowned on River
A Marysville dispatch reports a closed cabin launch capsized on the Snohomish River today with seventeen aboard. Six men drowned, eleven escaped by breaking windows and climbing to safety. The incident highlights hazardous river travel and rescue challenges in the region.
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Seattle
Maryaville
Sfnohomish
Axe
Chamber of Commerce Votes to Send Committee to Congress
Washington Iowa chamber votes unanimously to send a committee to Congress and seek endorsement for a Washington international exposition tied to the Panama Canal completion. Meeting features plans for national celebration and calls for further investigations and a permanent exposition system in the capital.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chamber
Gude
Robert N. Harper
Board of Trade
Capitol
Ocean
White House
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Palace of Peace
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West
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