Ige King Seeks Congressional Aid in Morse Case
Charles W. Morse, the former ice king, seeks a congressional inquiry into his 1908 federal conviction for violations of banking laws. He claims juror access to examiner reports was denied and plans to sue NY bankers. Morse met with Senator Borah and contemplates further action after a Taft commutation and Europe recuperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanta
Comptroller's
Bank Examiner
Washington
Atlanta
Taft
Charles W. Morse
New York
Morse
Senator Borah
The Cry for a Victim
Charles W. M. on the eve of his departure for Atlanta penitentiary on Jan 3, 1910 speaks of being a sacrifice to political interests. He says he faces a brutal sentence as a victim of public clamor from the predatory rich and laments innocence in the face of a harsh judgment.
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Charles WW. M
Atlanta
Greek Minister to United States Named in Athens Telegram
Agamemnon Schliemann, son of archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, appointed Greece's minister to the United States to succeed L. Coromilas. A cosmopolitan, he spent a year in the United States, speaks English fluently, and owns lands in Thessaly. His wife is famed as a beauty of Athens.
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Vienna
Austria
J. T—Agamemnon Schliemann
Larissa
Chamber of Deputies
Agamemnon Schliemann
Greece
United States
America
Germany
France
Ate
Athens
Aise Yby
Fresce
Balkans
Thessaly
Prensier Venizelos
G Kk
Heinrich Schiemann
Mycenae
Drschnepmann
California
America Union
Asia Minor
Himsel O Fas
Schliemann Tremenos
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eholder
Schuemann
Turkey
Woman Ends Three Lives in Los Angeles Tragedy
In Los Angeles on January 7, police located the wife of attorney and realty agent W M Melton, killed last night in a tragedy tied to Mrs Mary Graves Cox and her daughter Florence. Officers conclude Melton’s inability to wed Mrs Cox led to a double murder and suicide. Mrs Melton identified the body and described her husband as a model, noting his frequent absences due to business. The theory is Mrs Cox learned of a Mrs Melton and, in anger, shot Melton and her daughter before killing herself.
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Los Angeles
Cal
W. M. Melton
Mary Graves Cox
Florence
Melton
Cox
Rays Aid Bremner as Tumulty Recalls Wilson Blessing
Dr Howard A Kelly reported to Joseph Tumulty that radium treatment is helping Representative Robert G Bremner of New Jersey. Tumulty visited Bremner at Dr Kellys Baltimore sanitarium delivering a message of President Wilson and noting Bremner shows cheer and improved condition without pain.
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Baltimore
Howard A. Kelly
Kelly
Dr. Kelly
Coolidge
William David Coolidge
Dr Kelly
Tumulty
Wilson
Joseph Pp. Tumulty
Robert G. Bremner
New Jersey
Bremner
$125,000 Radium Export Shocks Pittsburgh Area
A Canonsburg Vanadium Company guard exposed a secret radium shipment worth 125000 dollars. A special messenger left Canonsburg for Berlin with a radium tube hidden on his person. The large quantity, the largest ever gathered in the United States, was carried in a belt container.
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Berlin
Pittsburgh
Canonsburg Vanadium Company
Canonsburg
Bern
Germany
United States
Fair Hearer Hisses Barkley at San Juan Fight in Convention
The Democratic League gathering at the New Willard Hotel heard Senator Charles S. Thomas praise democracy and equal suffrage while Representative Barkley covertly supported women’s ballot rights. Mrs Capron quit the room after Roosevelt era remarks. Senator Thomas and Mrs Will A. Copeland hosted. The event stressed the push for suffrage within a broader Democratic program and critiqued Republicans.
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Women's National Democratic League
New Willard Hotel
Charles & Thomas
Colorado
Alban W. Barkley
Kentucky
Capron
Barkley
Republican Party
Ad Ft
Appomattox
Ban Juan Hill
Cehion
Fepublicam
Adidas
Allyn Kapron, Jr
Capt
San Juan Hill
Col.Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Aid
Up’ 'i
Mel
Wilson
Thomas
England
Republican
Mda
Bryan
Possum Stops Canal Work in Panama Story
Col Chester Harding, engineer commissioner of the District, told the Washington Society of Engineers that a possum crippled a railway on the Panama Canal by crawling into a tunnel on the automatic railway causing a derailment. The animal’s carcass halted the line for an extended period until found and the railway resumed operation.
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Saya
Militants Plan to See King Over Torture and Votes
Militant suffragists decided to seek an audience with King George to protest torture of suffragist prisoners and to demand votes for women. They argue the king may be approached directly, not only through cabinet ministers, in this case.
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London
George
Millionaire Cornelius Van Ness Third Wife At Center Of Suit
A major New York probate fight opens before Justice Greenbaum over 600000 left by Cornelius Van Ness to his third wife Alice Wood Van Ness. His nieces Marie Pierce and Harriet Morse claim undue influence and seek the estate, with Senator O Gorman leading their legal team. The case centers on probate rejection and a receiver in a longstanding dispute over the 92 year old magnate’s fortune.
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O'Gorman
Carnelius van Ness
Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
Justice Greenbaum
Cornelius van Nessa
Mik
Alics Wood van Ness
Milionaire
Cornwall-on- Hudson
Marie B. H. Pierce
Harriet B. Morse
van Ness
Plantiffs
Senator O'Gormen
Warren Legie
Charles P. Blandy
Wallace Macfarlane
Fowler
Matrimonial Fraud Case Tells of Heiress Ring
Emma and Martin Farris of Princeton Indiana faced federal charges over a fake matrimonial bureau. Their daughter Louise Harris acted as the supposed heiress, seducing and engaging dozens of men while photos and letters spurred engagements. Both parents and Louise pleaded guilty with suspended sentences after revealing the operation run from the House of Mystery.
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Indianapolia
Emma
Martin Farris
Princeton
Ind
A. B. Anderson
United States District Court
Farris
Louise Harris
Washington, D. C
Lttle
House of Mystery
Third Time Store Burns as Firefighters Contain Spread
A blaze at the Third Time store caused $100,000 in losses and left flames still burning in the early hours. The watchman who discovered the fire smelled gasoline and reported men seen fleeing. Adjacent buildings were saved by swift efforts. three firemen were injured during firefighting.
Hay and grain warehouse blaze in Washington explodes damage
A major fire tore through the hay and grain warehouse of William M. Galt & Co. near First Street and Indiana Avenue North West, causing about 100000 in damage. Firemen suffered injuries, with Capt. George 8 Helff breaking a leg, and others overcome by smoke as 37 water streams battled the blaze. The roof collapse trapped heat and hindered extinguishing efforts, prompting officials to protect personnel and let the fire burn out while guarding adjacent properties.
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Washington
William M. Galt & Co
First Street
Indiana Avenue
Capitol
George 8. Helff
Elelff
Casualty Hospital
George H. Reyttelis
Engine Company No. 4
Nig’ Sudnsaibat Astiane Koztsen
Krank ’. Reed
Eingine Company No. 2
Wagner
R. L. Galt
Bose
Caroline Davis
D- Street
Galt
D Street
Avive
Jennie Alshine
R. L. Moh
Morse Asks Aid of Congress and Other Notices
Index to today’s issue highlights W Morse seeks congressional aid while new Greek minister and a cancer cure rumor stir readers. Democratic women address issues, fire losses reach 100000, and Lind and O Shaughnessey exchange notes. Gen Wood advocates war supplies as municipal court faces strain.
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Glynn
Financial
Tsocelety
Bishops. Co
Federal Bank
Joseph Chamberlain
Morgan
Mary Rooney Dies After Husband Sets Her Afire
In Jersey City on January 7, Mary Rooney, 43, said her husband Peter Rooney poured alcohol on her and set her on fire with a match before dying from burns suffered the previous night. Rooney is under arrest.
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Jersey City
N. J
Peter Rooney
Mary Rooney
Rooney
Prominent Diaz Ally and Archbishop’s Attorney Ride Chester Visit
Mexico City dispatch reports two Mexicans accompanied John Lind on the cruiser Chester to Pass Christian Sebastian Camacho an old Porfirio Diaz ally and Antonio Paredes attorney of the Catholic Church. Archbishop Mora’s intrigues cited as pushing for concessions from Huerta. Lind told Wilson’s envoy O Shaughnessy of progress toward peace while Mexican and U S officials weigh resignation pressure. Embassies trumpet federal victories at Tampico Laredo and Ojinaga as proof of order restored.
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Diaz
Mora
Cruiser
Wilson
Paes Christian
Huerta
Mexico City
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Vere Cruz
John Lind
Mra. O'Shaughnessy
Lind
Mr. Lind
Chester
Christian
Sebastian Camacho
Porfiro
Antonio Paredes
Mara
Washington
United States
Mexico
Quinaga
Tampico
Laredo
Ojinaga
Washington Post
New York
New York World
Woodrow Wilson
National
Army Chief Warns of Slaughter Without Ammunition
General Wood told Congress the United States could face invasion by a first class power and urged $3,000,000 more for field guns and ammunition for both the regular army and militia. He warned that without adequate artillery and ammunition the nation could not defend itself and that preparations must start before hostilities begin.
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Military Committee
Wood
Army
Congress
House Military Committee
Jyunk
War Department
United States
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MR. Borah
Boral
Ilaho
Senate
Idaho
Waft
Europe
National Bank of North
American Ige Securities Company
Iis Own Bank
Accurres Comptroller
Hera
Comptroller of the Currency
Ins
National Bank Examiner
Bank of North America
Hederal
Enae
Secret Service
Niowsepap
Emaerive
Bas
DR. H. A. Kelly
Middlesex Hospital
Lazarus Bartow
Man
Mary Cox
San Juan
Roosevelt
Thomasa
Morton Hwis
Mary Walker
Marshall Hosta
Queen of the Movies
Columbia Theater
Possum
Louie Farris
R. L. Alt
O’shaughnnessy
Vera Cruz
Helen Kerr
Washington Post Centon
Newcastleton
Roxburyshire
Gen. Wood
U. S
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