SUIT FILED AGAINST GENERAL PAPER COMPANy FOR MONOPOLY
Attorney General Moody filed a petition in U S District Court seeking to enjoin the General Paper Company and twenty four paper manufacturers in Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan from engaging in a combination to fix prices limit sales and control output of newsprint and other paper products. The action claims a 60 percent price increase and exclusive sales through the General Paper Company with penalties pending court order. The move followed a Justice Department investigation led by Kellogg and Beck with Day reporting to the White House.
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General Paper Company
Increase
St. Paul
Minn
Moody
United States
Unite States
Hauptard Frank B. Kellogg
James M. Beck
Speci
United States District Court
Act of Congree
Combine
Wenton
General Paper
Attec
Corpetetima 7 Perithin
Wiseunein
Genera Taper Company
Mississippi
Mt Louty
Chiecage
General Pager
Gentral Bouer Compan
Aleg
Moouy
Tderal
Lunun Thispartment of Justice
Prank & Kellogg
St Paul, Mion
James M Deck
New York
Speqal Sturmeys
Department of Juste Tive
Gun Il Paper Company
Wisconsin
Department of Ju~ize
Fav
Minnesota
Michigan
District of
Wiliam A. Day
White House
No Arrests in Morse Dodge Divorce Case
New York dec 27 the Morse Dodge divorce case remains at a standstill with no arrests besides Dodge the State witness in any criminal prosecution. District Attorney Jerome declined to say if the case would go before the grand jury. He cites documentary evidence and subpoenas as key factors while Dodge stays in his Broadway Central Hotel room under DA scrutiny.
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New York
Jerome
Dodge
Serers
Criminal Court
Morse
Paris
Broadway Central
Charles F. Dodge
Murdered in Clubroom at Arlington Club Pensacola
Travis Johnson, a prominent Pensacola resident, was killed in Arlington Club clubrooms. Marine engineer Travis Griffith was arrested and charged, with about $200 missing from the victim. Witnesses recall Griffith leaving by a rear entrance after the murder. A swift trial is demanded amid strong public feeling.
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Pensacola
Fla
Travis Johnson
Arlington Club
John Griffith
Griffith
Anonymous Gift Totals 600000 for Cathedral Choir Work
George MacCulloch Miner announces an anonymous donor has subscribed 600000 for completing the choir of St. John the Divine in New York. The total now stands at 750000 after prior gifts of 100000 and 50000, with 900000 of 1000000 needed to trigger further funding. Mr Miller reports re election of secretary and Hoff man as treasurer.
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St. John the Divine
New York
George MacCulloch Miner
Cathedral of
Miller
Mit
Charles F. Hoff
Fog causes great loss to London Christmas goods
Dense fog swept the Thames grounding ships for days and delaying unloads. Deterioration of Amag han meat Russian poultry and fish shipments valued at about 1 400 000 pounds reduced market worth. Shipments to Gravesend faced delays as pilots refused risky runs. several collisions occurred with minor damage.
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London
Thames
Gravesend
Final Appeal by Tisza Threatens Hungarian Parliament Dissolution
Vienna Dec 27 Premier Tisza will urge the opposition to grant supply for the electoral period at tomorrow’s chamber meeting. If rejected, Parliament will be dissolved January 4. Indications show opposition ranks dread dissolution, with public sentiment not strongly favorable.
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London Times
Washington Post
Vienna
Tisza
Demands of the Moors stir Fez crisis reported
The Times cable from Tangier says Moors angered by French influence demanded Morocco sever ties with France halt the French commission and dismiss Europeans in the sultanate service warning that arrest of deputies would trigger a revolution. Other items note a Plymouth ship's health scare and Afghan prince reception.
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London
the Times
Tangier
Morocco
Fez
France
Feud Stirs Church to Hear Case January 10
New York December 27 A heated dispute in the Episcopal Church centers on Bishop Talbot of Central Pennsylvania. Presenters led by Herbert Noble allege misconduct based on a 1902 Upjohn letter and implicate Rev. Dr. Irvine and several bishops. A Reading hearing is set for January 10 before a mixed committee.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Herbert Noble
Talbot
Episcopal Church
Noble
Irvine
Samuel Upjohn
Philadelphia Catholic Club
Mr. Noble
W. B. Bodine
D. D
Philadelphia
Bodine
Reading
Eshop Tuttle
St. Louis
Dr. Irvine
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Bishop Talbot
Hulett
Huntingdon
Fle
John Fulton
Fulton
Potter
Trains in Collision Near Fort Wayne
A Wabash east bound passenger train collided with a freight train on a switch three miles west of Fort Wayne Indiana at 9 o clock tonight. One man was killed and twelve injured. The dead engineer Aubert M Ballard of Peru Indiana. Injured include Charles Ernest engineer of passenger train and W H Cox foreman of passenger train. Conductor C R McBride Toledo and other named crew from Detroit and Kansas City. Cause cited as a blown switch light in strong wind and freight engineer proceeding onto a switch he was to wait for the passenger train.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aubert M. Ballard
Peru
Charles Ernest
W. H. Cox
Freman
Roman Zoeller
Anna Dewald
C. R. McBride
Toledo
H. Bishop
Detroit
Robert White
H. J. Huelet
Ihh
Watt
Kansas City
Bishop
White
Ifulet
Explosion at Chelsea Jute Mills Endangers Hundreds
In Brooklyn the underhead of a great power engine blew out at the Chelsea Jute Mills. Engineer Charles was killed and Daniel Ferrier was seriously injured. About twelve hundred young women worked in the building as steam escaped and the blast caused a panic with many injured.
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New York
Charles
Daniel Ferrier
Chelsea
Italian detained in Jersey City linked to Philadelphia watchman murder
Italian immigrant Louis Cabineilio, 800 South Twelfth Street Philadelphia, arrested in Jersey City while fleeing after watchman John Mulholland was found dead in Philadelphia with skull fracture and bullet wound. He carried a blood smeared shirt and a blood stained knife, claiming he killed a chicken. Held on gun charge.
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New York
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Louis Cabineilio
South Twelfth Street
John Mulholland
Cibinellio
Pennsylvania Ferry
Fraudulent Registration Involves Former Sullivan Partner
An information charging John L. Gillespie, once partner of John L. Sullivan and former associate of condemned killer "Tord" Barrington, alleges he aided fraudulent voter registration. Gillespie, who runs a Market Street saloon and lodging house, allegedly used his HQs to register 101 people as qualified voters before the recent election in St. Louis.
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John L. Sullivan
St. Louis
Hancock
Clerk
The
Court of Criminal Corrections
John L. Gillespie
Barrington
James P. McCann
Gillespie
Market Street
Used Knife in Self-Defense in Wilkesbarre Suburb
In Plaing a Wilkesbarre suburb Robert Elliott killed John Clarke after Clarke threatened his children and attacked Elliott with a butcher knife. Elliott, who says he acted in self defense, surrendered and was jailed. Separately, Mrs Thomas Bergin was arrested in New Haven on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses, via Jersey City police.
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Wilkesbarre
Wilkesharre
Plaing
Robert Ellott
John Clarke
Ellott
Clarke
Elliott
Eliott
New Haven
Conn
Thomas J. Bergin
Bennett
Jersey City
Orange Street
New Jersey
Austrian Victim in Polish Laborers Clash at Falls
At Niagara Falls Ontario a fight between Polish and Austrian laborers left John Plusants dead and four others wounded by pistol and knife. Four men were arrested today as investigators sort through the outbreak.
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Polaks
Buffalo
Polak
Niagara Falls
Ont
John Plusants
Seven Indicted In Mystery Land Fraud Case In Portland
Seven indictments were returned by the federal grand jury in Portland in land fraud investigations. Notables include Dr. William H. Davis, Albany mayor and Linn County Republican chair, and Salomon B. Ormsby, former government agent, plus Clark H. Loomis, ex forest superintendent. Two mysterious figures echo past cases involving Senator Franklin P. Mays. Senator John H. Mitchell seeks to testify but conditions apply, with government witnesses and case details to be presented first.
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John Doe
Mitchell
Portland
Oreg
Federal
William H. Davis
Albany
Linn County Republican Committee
Salomon B. Ormsby
Clark EH. Loomis
Henry A. Young
George Sorenson
Franklin P. Mays
United States
John H. Mitchell
Henry
Porter to resign as Ambassador to France
Gen Porter of New York will retire as Ambassador to France and hand his resignation to President Roosevelt before the inauguration. Republican state leaders confirm the move. His successor in Paris will be George von Lewerke Meyer, then Ambassador to Italy.
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Horace Porter
New York
France
Roosevelt
Democrat seeks writ to compel canvass in Beshear case
Denver court hearings on jurisdiction to mandamus the state canvassing board to canvass returns signed by Las Animas County board for Dr. Michael Beshear Democratic candidate. Deadline to finish canvass is tomorrow amid allegations of GOP certificate bias in Las Animas and Boulder counties. In Indianapolis, Senator Charles W. Fairbanks was initiated into Masonry with degrees in Oriental Lodge and Scottish Rite Temple before about 1200 Masons.
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Denver
Michael Beshear
State Senate
State
Las Animas County
Supreme Court
Las Animas
Boulder
Indianapolis
Charles W.W. Fairbanks
Oriental Lodge
Fairbanks
Indiana
Spang Case Statement Defends Daughter's Sanatorium Care
Philadelphia December 27 Charles H Spang of Pittsburg and his Brooklyn counsel Stephen C Baldwin issued a statement on the Brooklyn habeas corpus action for Spangs seventeen year old daughter Mabel. They deny any money motive and describe the issue as the daughters need for medical treatment in a sanitarium. Spang says his wife agrees to keep the girl in care and that he was abroad during the commitment with full knowledge. He contends the girl had comforts and rejects claims of confinement in a bare room. He hints at later charges against unnamed individuals over alleged extortion.
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Philadelphia
Charles H. Spang
Pittsburg
Stephen C. Baldwin
Brooklyn
Spang
France
Fatal William Tell act shocks Chicago crowd
In Chicago on December 27 Elmer Hunt aged nineteen balanced a bottle on his head as William Dougherty boasting of marksmanship attempted a William Tell shot. On a second try Hunt fell dead from a bullet between his eyes. Dougherty fled and police hunt him.
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Chicago
Elmer Hunt
William Dougherty
William Tell
Hunt
Dougherty
Left to Die by Exposure in Riverside Drive
Police investigate the mysterious death of an unknown young woman found dying in the snow on Riverside Drive. Her underskirt and hat lay about 100 feet from the body, and efforts to identify her have failed. The victim, left unconscious in a deserted spot, died without regaining consciousness. The Harlem morgue has been shown to many but no identification has been made.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Harlem
Victim of Asphyxiation William B Kelly Found Dead in New York
William B Kelly a veteran clerk in the general post office was found dead from inhaling illuminating gas in his Varick Street room. The room had two gas jets one lamp one stove with the stove lit and lamp out. A witness says the stove light was burning and the lamp jet was half opened. Ninety dollars was found in his clothing. His closest relative is a brother who is a priest in Washington D C.
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William B. Kelly
New York
Washington
Washington Post
General Post Office
Varick Street
Kelly
Priest
Washington, D
Great Joy Causes Death of Chicago Boy on Christmas Day
Six year old Louis Simon in Chicago died of heart failure shortly after awakening to Christmas presents. The boy’s joy upon seeing gifts led to a fatal attack, with paralysis of the heart cited as the cause. He died at a hospital shortly after the Christmas morning incident.
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Chicago
Louis Simon
Index to Today's Issue Highlights Wide Range of Topics
Government sues paper trust and church feud reopened lead list of items. More land fraud indictments, perillous crew at fire island, pension office prep, president aid exploration, stutter removal, czark ukase impact. Canal views, pure food crusade, nihilism in Russia, woman murdered, regional news, editorial, Virginian claims England, Washington visits, racing, city directory, bankruptcy witness, snow law test.
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Fire‘ Island
Ball
Czark
Admiral Walker
Canal
Russia
Virginian
Washington
New City Directory
U—Financial and Commercial
President Mam Convicted In Haiti Bond Fraud Case
In Port au Prince on December 27 the court sentenced former President Mam to life imprisonment for alleged fraudulent bond issues. Mme. Sam received fifteen years. several cabinet members and officials were given five to fifteen year terms. Thirty-three accused, thirteen arrested, others fled. President Sam reportedly living in St Thomas.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Mam
Mme. Sam
Sam
France
Bank of
Republic
Nord
St. Thomas
Three Schooners Overdue From Boston Harbor
Boston dispatch reports three vessels overdue after Christmas departures. The five mast Singleton Palmer with fourteen crew, valued at 320000, sailed December 5 for Newport News and has not been heard since passing Highland Light. The three mast Viator left Turks Island November 23 with salt for Baltimore, crew of eight, presumably caught by recent southern storms. The Lizzie Babcock bound for Cardenas Cuba left Baltimore November 8 with coal and has not reported in, feared to have been lost in hurricane off the Iberian coast.
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Boston
Mass
Singletan Palmer
New
Viator
New Jersey
Lizzin ‘Babcock
Singleton Palmer
Newport News
Highland Light
Palmer
Turks Island
Baltimore
Lizzie Babcock
Sumner, Mk. I
Balmore
Cardenas
Cuba
Picrida
Valencia Aground Off Inagua Likely Total Loss
The Atlas Line steamer Valencia, en route from New York to Inagua and Cape Haitien, is ashore in a bad position at Inagua Jamaica. The Valencia lists on its side in the mud with decks washed by sea. wrecking steamer Premier may aid. US gunboats Wasp and Vixen are in Jamaica and Port Antonio.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Bremen
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Atlas Line
Valencia
New York
Inagua
Cape Haitien
United States
Wasp
Vixen
Port Antonio
Campinias
West India
Hamburg
Begonia Reported Overdue After December Gale
The schooner Begonia with eight crew members is overdue by three weeks and feared lost near St John’s Newfoundland. It is the only vessel unreported among those driven seaward in the December 3 gale as another gale sweeps the coast blocking traffic but causing little shipping damage.
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Begonia
St. John's
N. F
Airship California Arrow Fails to Return to City
Los Angeles December 27. Owing to a broken meter the Baldwin airship California Arrow could not complete its return flight from a landing site several miles south of the city after yesterday's trial. The craft was hauled into town by wagon and Baldwin will resume experiments once the motor is repaired. Conductor Crushed to Death in Stamford Train Crash. Stamford Connecticut December 27. The Boston Express collided with a westbound accommodation near the depot, killing Conductor George Howland of Mount Vernon. A heavy fog concealed the signals until too late. Holiday rates via Atlantic Coast Line advertised by A. L. Reed, Dist Pass Agent.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Baldwin
California Arrow
Stamford
Conn
George Howland
Mount Vernon
Police Chief Shot in Gainesville Double Tragedy
Gainesville Georgia December 27 1900 description of a fatal shooting involving Police Chief Bob Puckett who was shot in the abdomen while trying to quell a disturbance at Oakwood. In the struggle Jess Wofford was also shot and died that afternoon. Suspects Patterson Holland and Westmoreland were jailed.
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Gainesville
Jess Wofford
Charles Holand
Fred Westmoreland
Patterson
Oakwood
Bob Puckett
Puckett
Holland
Westmoreland
Lima oil magnate electrocuted in bathroom accident
Wealthy oil operator and Lima Trust Company vice president Griffin was accidentally electrocuted in a bathroom incident while standing on a register near a chandelier. The mishap occurred in Lima Ont. and involved notable local figures.
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Lima
Griffin
Lima Trust Company
Drumelzier Crew Feared Lost After Fire Island Grounding
Dense fog and southeast gales strand the British tramp Drumelzier on Fire Island bar with 32 crew aboard. Capt Nicholson refused to abandon ship as rescuers struggled. lifeboats impossible in heavy seas. Fog hides vessel. two rescuing tugs fail to reach it. fears persist for crew and cargo valued around $600,000.
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Fire Island Bar
New York
Nicholson
Drumelzier
Fire Island
Hfesavera
Wire Island
Oak Island
Drumelaier
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X'mberty & Clark Company
Neenah, Wis
Riverside Fiber and Paper Company
Appieton, Wis
Wausau Paper Mill Company
Liphan
Centralia Pulp and
Water Powe and Paper & Npan
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Peiockey Fiber Paper Company
Petasket, Uhh
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Hanelander, Wis
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Upjohn
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Girl
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New York Park
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A. L. Reed
Dist
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Smith
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Wood
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Old Point Comfort
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Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
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