Extradition Bid Delayed in Flower Swindle Case
In Washington Port on January 12, Detective McConville reported to the district attorney about Dr. Richard C. Flower's extradition hearing before Governor Pennypacker. Flower’s counsel asked for adjournment to present alibi affidavits claiming he was in Mexico and California. Flower’s friends say he was not in Philadelphia during the alleged swindles, while officials cite letters and other evidence placing him in the city when crimes occurred. The governor’s decision is pending before his term ends Monday, with possible review by his successor.
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Pennypacker
New York
Hart
Peels
Weahington
Richard C. Flower
Philadelphia
Sergi McConville
District Attorney’s Office
Flower
Mexico
California
Joan McClintock, Jr
McClintock
McConville
Qarvan
Flowers Cage
Pennsylvania
Fennypacker
Toledo Rail Way and Terminal Company Forecloses Mortgage
Trust Company files answer to foreclosure suit in U S District Court admitting allegations and relief sought by Commonwealth Trust Company of St Louis Missouri. Company contests one parcel sold to Great Central Dock in East Toledo and notes stockholder request in writing. judge set for March.
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Trust Company
Toledo
Ohio
Toledo Railway and Terminal Company
United States District Court
Commonwealth Trust Company
St Louis
Rockefeller Gift For Louisville University Endowment
The Evening Post reports John D. Rockefeller will donate 2 million dollars to endow a Louisville university if others raise a matching sum. A plan would fuse the University of Louisville with Baptist and Methodist university efforts, with city land for the campus. The Methodist Church has 250 thousand dollars, the Baptist Church 260 thousand dollars, and the University of Louisville more than 200 thousand dollars pledged.
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Louisville
Evening Post Today
John D. Rockefeller
Louisvile
Tose
Sea University of Louisville
Faptist
Methodist Churches
House of Refuze
Method@ist
The
Baptist Church
Tha
University of Louisville
Pittsburg Councilman Found Guilty in Bribery Case
Willam A. Martin, member of Pittsburg Intselt common council, was found guilty today of setting a bribe tied to proposed franchises granting the Pittsburg and Taube City Railroad Company entry to Pittsburg. Jury deliberated seventy six hours before verdict. He was recommended to the court’s extreme mercy.
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Pittsburg
Willam A. Martin
Common Council of Intselt
Outbreak in Oakland Chinatown Kills One Wounds Four
Chinese residents clash after assassination at 651 Harrison Street. Lee Book Dong, a capitalist, is shot at his supper table and dies. Four others are wounded as firing spreads through Chinatown. Also notes Canton Ohio trustees call McKinley Memorial meeting February 6. Educational Contest offers $1,000 in prizes.
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Oakland
Cal
Oakiang
Chinatown
Lee Book Dong
Dong
Harrison Street
Doug
Fion
Canton
Ohio
The
McKinley Memorial Association
Apington
Washington
D. C
Fairbanks
Association
Hughes Plans Monday Night Appointments In Albany
Gov Hughes to send several senate confirmation nominations Monday night. Likely picks include Keep for banks and candidates for elections and public works in the metropolitan district. Names discussed include Swasey Mead Leary Parsons and others, with Albany expecting rejections for Aldridge and Woodruff.
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Washington Post
Albany
Hughes
Senate
Keep
Banks
Woodruff
Aldridge
Swasey
Mead
McDougal Hawkes
William Weary
Herbert Parsons
Kovernor
Parsons
Leary
Washington
Mysterious Tumbling Run Murder Shocks Pottsville County
A posse searches Schuylkill County for two men accused of beating a woman to death with stones, then throwing her body into Tumbling Run Lake. Witness Henry Reichert saw the assault near a winter cottage, following the killers to the water as blood marks tracked the route. The case has sparked a countywide call for arrests and a possible reward.
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Washington Post
Pottsville
Tumbling Run Lake
Schuylkill County
Henry Reichert
Reichert
Saloonkeeper Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life in Front of Daughter
Henry Schnellenberger, a 50-year-old New York saloonkeeper, shot and killed his wife in their home after a quarrel, then fatally shot himself with the same revolver. The deed occurred before their 11-year-old daughter Lena, leaving six children. The wife was 35.
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New York
Henry Schnellenberger
Sey City
Schhnelienberger
Lena
Widow Irene Steele Identifies Bank Bomber Remains
Mrs Irene Steele of Chicago, widow of J Rolle Steele, identifies scraps of clothing from the bank blast as her husband after viewing remains at the morgue. She expresses belief the body is his, vows to have what is left shipped to Chicago. Coroner to hold inquest Monday with Mrs Steele as a witness.
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Philadelphia
Irene Steele
Chicago
J. Rolle Steele
W. 2. McLesr
Fourth Street National Bank
Corby Modern Bakery Earns High Food Standards
Rare Food Requirements at Corby Bros Bakery show 60 loaves daily including Mother's Bread meet strict law. The firm’s modern equipment and conduct are praised for purity, testing every ingredient for quality, ensuring nutritious, clean products and long recognized standards.
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Corby
Messrs. Corby Bros
Hearst Case Move Sparks Court Contempt Question
New York A G argues the quo warranto bid to oust Mayor McClellan is beyond the court’s reach while Hearst seeks access to 1905 ballots. Justice Fitts heard the prohibition motion as contempt chatter centers on preserving evidence and timing of hearings. A conference with Justice Hendrick was urged to safeguard the ballots and integrity of the election record.
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New York
Albany
Supreme Court
Fitts
Jackson
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
George B. McClellan
New York City
McClellan
Ellison
Hendrick
Arrested manhunt for James Agan in Mendham shooting
Morristown New York police seek James Agan nineteen after he allegedly shot and wounded his grandfather William Hagen sixty two at Mendham. Hagen fled to neighbor Stephen Babbett residence where Agan reportedly fired through a kitchen window hitting Hagen in the breast before fleeing.
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Morristown
N. Y
Gan
James Agan
William Hagen
Mendham
Hagen
Stephen Babbett
Ggan
Babbett
Skunk Industry in Maine Yields Notable Revenue
An investigation shows skunk farming in Maine earns the state between 125000 and 250000 dollars annually, double the honeymaking income. About 25000 gallons of skunk oil are produced yearly with rising demand for its alleged curative properties. Wholesale oil price has risen to five dollars per gallon. one skunk yields roughly one quart of oil. Fur value also fluctuates with fashion.
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Auguste
Bskunks
Maine
Chinese smuggling ring busted in five held in freight car
In Los Angeles five Chinese men were arrested on unlawful entry with Low Quong Shue of Chinatown named as an accessory. Officials say the men were confined in a freight car for a full month near Santa Ana using Pacific Electric cars to move between stations. The case suggests cross border smuggling from El Paso with the men nearly starved inside the car.
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Los Angeles
United States
Mexico
Santa Ana
Pacific Electric
Low Quong Shue
Commission
Chinatown
Fl Paso
Reform urged to bar marriages of the mentally unfit
Salt Lake City reports Dr. T. B Beatty secretary of the State board of health urges legislation to ban marriages by the mentally deficient or incapable. A bill reflecting the doctor's recommendations will be introduced in the legislature. Gilman murder investigation begins in Dayton with 100 witnesses called including Mrs. Gilman. Former coroner Walter Klein first witness. In Lexington a minister is acquitted of embezzlement. Scranton epidemic appears under control with five new cases in three days and total 1,084 Scranton plus 49 in Dunmore and four deaths.
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Salt Lake City
T. B Beatty
State Board of Health
Gilman
Dayton
Ohio
Walter Klein
Scranton
Jan. S
Toephold
Dunmore
Runaway Bryant High Girls Found Safe in Philadelphia
Three Bryant High School students Helen Hulle Margaret Dooley and Mary Sullivan missing since Thursday morning were located in Philadelphia and placed in the care of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Fathers and a brother traveled to Philadelphia to bring them back that evening. The girls reportedly faced reprimand for classroom absence and claimed plans to go to Savannah Georgia or Philadelphia. The source notes uncertainty about money for travel and living costs.
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New York
Helen Hulle
Margaret Dooley
Mary Sullivan
Bryant High School
Long Island City
Philadelphia
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
William Tf. Dooley
John Sullivan
Miss Hulle
Noonday gospel meetings planned in New York factories
Churches plan simultaneous Noonday gospel meetings in New York factories from February 5 for ten days. The Federation of Churches and Carlisle Organizations labor committee will oversee at least fifty sessions in workshops with 109 or more workers. A cornetist opens each recess followed by a clergy talk led by prominent ministers including Dr Newell Dwight Hillis.
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Washington Post
New York
Greater
Labor Committee
Federation of Churches and
Carietan
Newell Dwight Hillis
Henry Ward Beecher
Flymouth
Glazier leads raid to smash slot machines in Chelsea
In Chelsea Michigan on January 12 State Treasurer Frank P Glazier ruled a raid with the village marshal and deputy sheriff. About 200 molders from his stove factory seized fourteen slot machines from eight saloons. His son Harold smashed the machines with a sledge, debris burned, and a village council ordinance ordered all slots out.
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Chelsea
Mich
Frank P. Glazier
Held for Powder Mill Plot in Lebanon Ohio
Charles Whitenback and John Poynter were bound over to the grand jury on charges of attempting to kill George Mellott and blow up the King Powder Company plant. Bond could not be posted. both are remanded to jail. Georga King testified that forty lives could have been lost if the plot succeeded. Testimony showed Whitenback and Poynter were overheard planning the deed.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Charles Whitenback
John Poynter
George Mellott
King Powder Company
Georga King
Whitenback and Poynter
Appleyard Refuses to Disclose German Bank Purchases
In Buffalo on January 12 Arthur B. Appleyard invoked self incrimination and refused to reveal transactions surrounding his purchase of the German Bank. He has retained former Gov. Frank G. Black as counsel and declined to discuss details until after consulting him. The hearing was postponed to January 21 with Appleyard expected to attend.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Arthur B. Appleyard
Frank 3. Black
Anayoust
Black
Appleyard
Steamer Alice Gertrude Strikes Reef At Clallam Bay
Seattle January 13 The sound steamer Alice Gertrude owned by Puget Sound Navigation Company struck a reef at the entrance to Clallam Bay last night and is being driven to pieces by heavy swells. Lines were shot ashore from the guns and the crew were saved. Built in 1893 the vessel served as a mail boat on tri weekly runs to Clallam Bay and other points up the sound.
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Seattle
Wasn
Sound
Alice Gertrude
Puget Sound Navigation Company
Clallam Bay
Indian Chief Slain in Shoshone Reservation Murder
George Terry head of the Shoshone Indian Council was murdered on the reservation after being knocked down with a war club and his body cut with knives. The killing, linked to a family feud, followed a barn fire of incendiary origin. No arrests yet. suspicion falls on several prominent Indians. Terry, a half-breed and son of former Utah Mormon Bishop Ferry, had lived on the reservation for over twenty five years.
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Lander
Wyo
George Terry
Terry
Judge Cowling An Optimist After Twenty Eight Years on Bench
RuFus B. Cowing, a New York City judge of General Sessions for twenty eight years, retires believing the world is improving. He cites no rise in criminals relative to population, calls himself a humane reformist, and recounts cases and colleagues while defending discretion in sentencing and noting changes in law, technology, and procedure.
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New York
Iittle Byttle
Rufus B. Cowing
Court of General Sessions
Judge Cowing
Fudge Cowling
Jerome
Cowing
Vdge
Battery
Bronx
Court of Appeals
Chastine Cox
Manhattan
Tieft
Jewyera
Hackett
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court
John Graham
William A. Bench
William McFarland
James T. Brady
William Whiting
Phelps
Rollins
McKeon
Olney
Martine
Nicoll
Fellows
Davis
Gardiner
Do People Shun You My. My! What 3 Breath Cure Catarrh
An advertorial claims a simple coupon will cure chronic catarrh with no money needed. It urges readers to provide name and address to receive treatment, presenting a bold promise to fix foul breath and nasal discharge.
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Washington Sunday Post
Kitmer& Co
Binghamton, N.Y
Forgery Charge Ignored in Fairbanks No Bill
Grand jury in Suffolk County returns no bill against Wilson H. Fairbanks former Massachusetts official linked to forgery charges over office vouchers. The case stemmed from District Attorney Moran who alleged forged documents. Fairbanks now serves as Massachusetts commissioner to the Jamestown Exposition and sues Moran and Perkins seeking damages of 50000 dollars in each suit.
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Grand Jury
Boston
Suffolk County
Grand Jury Today
Wilson H. Fairbanks
Massachusetts
Portland
Greg
Fairbanks
John B. Moran
Install
James N. Perkins
Massachusetts Commission
Moran
Mr. Perkins
Bridge Trust Wins Round in Sixth District Circuit Court
In Sandusky Utah on January 1 the so called bridge trust linked to United States Steel Corporation won a victory as the Sixth District Circuit Court reversed the Court of Common Pleas verdict finding Henry Hughes and seven others guilty of forming a restraint of trade. The court ruled testimonies and a statute allowing general reputation evidence as unconstitutional.
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Sandusky
Utah
Bridge Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Sixth District Circuit
Court of Common Pleas
Henry Hughes
A Lemon That Cost $20 in Metropolitan Club Joke
A Washington Metropolitan Club tale describes a lawyer who seeds a harmless cigar gag among naval officers and lawyers. The prank escalates when Officer No 2 pays a dollar for a lemon, exposing a ruse that ends with lighthearted embarrassment and shared laughter among club members.
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Faix
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Blackstone
Jooks
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