Indictments Upheld in Post Office Bribery Case
Justice Gould holds the indictments against George W. Katers George E Green and Willard K Doremus for conspiracy and bribery in post office contracts are valid and bound for trial The ruling overruled demurrers and set a trial for Monday February 14 unless a special appeal is granted The opinion clarifies that the crime underlying the indictments is the act of an obligation or contract through a check and discusses legal definitions and grand jury procedures in detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Katers
George E. Green
Willard K Dwremus
I¢ Post Office Department
Justice Gould
Beavers
Mel
Green
Dorenrus
District Court of Appeals
Neating
Grauld
Juste Ganbl
New York
Beabers
Curriel
Congress
United States
Greer
Marshall
United Iiies Supreme Court
Iles
Dorem
Hearing Ordered on Property Damage Bill 2078
District Commissioners order a public hearing at the South Washington Citizens Association request to discuss House bill 2078. Damages to 42 properties arise from grade change linked to the railroad terminal. Hearing date to be set by the board secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Washington Citizens’ Association
Beoviding Furpeechaf
Newspapersrrhive
Transit Company's Profits Highlight Elkins Suit
Milwaukee February 2 government inquiry into the Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company revealed $66 520 in commissions since 1908 plus $229 979 in mileage and $160 600 in dividends. The case, part of a broader anti rebate action with Pabst Brewing and several railroads, questioned a traffic deal with Erie that costs shippers 84 per car from Milwaukee to New York with 23 08 in rebates and mileage to the transit firm. Gustav Pabstrand and O C Fuller testified. no major new facts emerged. Adjourned to Wednesday.
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Milwaukee, Wisa
Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company
T. B. Howe
Pabst Brewing Company
Elkins
Erie Railway Company
Milwaukee
New York City
Gustav
Fred Pabstrand
C. Fuller
Magoon Defends Panama Canal Work From Magoon Interview
Governor Charles E. Magoon in Washington rebuts Poultene Bigelow's Panama Canal article. He notes Bigelow visited Panama on a holiday, saw no laborers, and could not witness conditions. Magoon says no cellars exist, sewer overflow is misinformation, and malarial fever has occurred but Panama is not a derelict place. He explains contracting work is not feasible now. government will prove unit costs before inviting bids in two to three years.
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Canal Zone
Charles E. Magoon
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Washington
Poultnes- Bigelow
Fanama Canal
Panama Canal
Christobal Harbor
Ratcliffe Funeral Today For Local Businessman
James W. Ratcliffe dies at 1007 New Hampshire avenue after paralysis since last April. Funeral at 2 30 this afternoon in Western Presbyterian Church with Rev. George Bailey officiating. Pallbearers listed. private interment at Rock Creek Cemetery. Survived by two sons C D Ratcliffe and James W Ratcliffe Jr and two daughters Nannie L and Helen L Ratcliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Presbyterian Church
James W. Ratcliffe
New Hampshire Avenue
George Bailey
Mr. Ratciffe
Charles W. Carr
William King
James R. Lambie
P. F. Cusick
Adam A. Weschier
John P
Nannie L
Helen L. Ratchitee
Decision Against Francis in Stocks Case Hits Ex-Governor Firm
Judge Hough awards Mrs. Elizabeth W. Platt and her children $32,179.79 in a judgment against former Governor David Francis and the firm D. R. Francis Bootwer and Charles R. Platt. The suit claimed $134,000 in stocks and bonds hypothecated with the firm by Charles R. Platt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Jam
Hough
Elizabeth W. Platt
David FR. Francis
Frm
D. R. Francis, Bootwer
Charles R. Platt
Francis
Russian cattle dealer arrested in Chicago for jewel theft
I Kohen, claiming to be a wealthy Russian cattle dealer, was arrested in Chicago yesterday on a Pittsburg police request for allegedly stealing 1600 dollars worth of valuables from Miss Freddy Kohen and her family. The Kohen family are not related. Also noted: Trueman Lanahan reports 39 cases for hitching horses to trees in the District, with convictions in all but two as the city plans broader enforcement to protect trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
I. Kohen
Pittsburg
Paw
Freddy Kohen
Kohen
Trueman Lanehan
Lanahan
Putnam
Conn
F. Sara
Boston
Mass
Jonx D. Mai
Walter Farwell
Washington
Winifred Mattingly
Stephen Hartbreehl
Tao Mary Hornbenger
Philadelphia
Josephine Ott
Mary Hornberger
Iso
Johanna Heunsch
Edmund G
Annie
Otto
William Heunsch
Hudolph
Heunsch
Refused to Answer in Bankruptcy Hearing Over Grain Loans
Chicago January 29 George McReynolds grain merchant who failed recently declined to answer leading questions during a bankruptcy examination. He claimed possible self incrimination and admitted ignorance of key details about $2.2 million in loaned grain and warehouse receipts. Bank creditors pressed for figures while witnesses could not explain the missing grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George
Mr. McReynolds
Attorney Rosenthal
Mr. MccReynolds
Mr. Rosenthal
Eastman
McReynolds
MecReynolds
Four Day Drift Endures for Two Fishermen Adrift
Charles Matheson of Boston and Charles Hemeon of Shelburne Nova Scotia were rescued unconscious from a dory after four days adrift in a northeast gale. They had departed from the Quannapoewild and drifted over 40 miles before being picked up by the Flora Nickerson. Hemeon lost his mind during the ordeal and leaped overboard, but both men survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles Matheson
Charles Hemeon
Shelburng
N. S
Flora
Nickerson
Quannapowitt
Matheson
Fit
Quannapoewild
Hemecon
Hemeon
Social and Personal. Hamilton Institute events and notices
Social and personal notices from Washington society detail afternoons at the Hamilton Institute and other hostesses. Mrs Albert F Dawson and Mrs Brick among those at home on designated Saturdays, visits by Mrs Walter Farwell, plans for travel and home purchases, and several weddings and dinners. Also noted are wills and executors for Stephen Hartbrechl and Johanna Heunsch with bequests and estate plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Institute
Albert F. Dawson
Suit for Maintenance Filed in District Supreme Court
Heloise Jf. Hyman sues Charles M. Hyman in District Supreme Court alleging desertion and that he resides in London England. She seeks alimony from the defendant estate recipient and support for herself and children. Attorneys Stuart McNamara and L. Huidekoper represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
Heloise Jf. Hyman
Charles M. Hyman
London
England
Iely and Children
Stuart McNamara
L. 8. Huidekoper
Action Filed for Divorce in District Supreme Court
Proceedings for divorce were instituted yesterday by Ida Walling against Charles P Walling in the District Supreme Court. The petitioner seeks custody of the couple’s only child and alimony, represented by attorney George T Havell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
Ida Walling
Charles P. Walling
George T. Havell
Givorca
Bessie L. Metcalf
Charles K. Metcalf
Phoebus Va
James A. Toomey
Washington cattle market steady with firm cattle and scarce sheep
The Washington cattle market shows firm prices on choice grades and steady veal demand though fat sheep are scarce. Prices listed include extra cattle at 5.00 per cwt and calving notes on veal age. The notice ends with the Annual February Clearing Sale of Furniture at Stumph Lyford's 631 to 639 Mass Ave starting Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celves
Stumph «& Lyford's
Mass
Senator Bates Bill Aims to Insure Bank Depositors
Senator Bates backs a bill for a national bank indemnity fund funded by an annual $100 levy per bank until $6 million is raised. Depositors in failed banks would receive full payment after assets and stock liabilities are settled. F. Allis testifies before the House Banking and Currency Committee, noting the plan’s shift of risk and its impact on small vs large banks. The proposal, debated for years, would trigger further assessments when the fund falls to $5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Allis
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Washington
Bates
Allis
Bankers’ Convention
Comptroller of the Treasury
Mr. Allis
New York Produce Market Prices Report
New York prices list irregular butter receipts 2 794 with street and creamery quotes, and creamery common to extra at 17 26. Bogs receipts 3 545 state and Pennsylvania, fine whites 24 25, Western and Southern lots. Poultry dressed Western chickens 10 16, turkeys 15 16 1/2. Flour receipts 16 993 barrels, exports 18 60. Hides, leather, wool steady. Cottonseed oil steady. Potatoes Bermuda second crop 2.00 4.50 per barrel. Long Island 2.00 2.25 per bag. Cabbages Danish easies 18.09 22.00 per ton.
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New York
Taft
Pennsylvania
Rio
Cordova
Bermuda
Maina
Long Island
Jersey
Liverpool and
London Cables
Iwe
Chicago
Celves
Baltimore
Muaret Siealy
Jen
Liverpool
Oman
Washington Market Prices for Eggs Butter and Poultry
Market notes moderate egg supply with steady quotations across regions Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee. Butter market unchanged with high grade creamery stock dull. cheese prices firm. Live poultry arrivals light with steady demand. dressed poultry stock liberal but weather dampens sales. game limits noted with quail and Belgian hares in good demand.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
New York State
Trair
Quail Market Prices and Live Stock Summary
Market notes a slightly better tone for vegetables with scarce items like cauliflower lettuce and tomatoes. Live stock prices across New York and Chicago show steady to strong demand for cattle hogs and sheep, with notable ranges for steers cows calves and lambs and weekly end totals reported by regional markets.
Baltimore Markets Report From Baltimore Jen 28
Dull and lower tones across grains and fats with mixed movements in wheat corn rye and hay. Prices for butter eggs and sugar shown with receipts and export figures alongside regionally quoted grades and months in a compact market brief.
Market Basket Prices at Center Market Highlight Varied Goods
Florida cabbage sells at 15 to 25 cents each while tomatoes fetch a high price of a cents per pound. Celery joints offer tender stalks at 10 cents or three for 25. Pineapples are scarce and 6 to 8 cents each. Strawberries 60 cents a box, rhubarb 9 cents a bunch. Poultry up 6 cents a pound with chickens 18 to 20 cents, turkeys 2 1/2 cents, broilers 6 cents. rabbits have vanished. Potomac shipments steady as prices may fall later week. Government receipts show internal revenue 1,292,095 and customs 1,509, miscellaneous 141,796. Expenditures total 2,070,000.
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Florida
Potomac
Millionaire Traders Dominate Bull Market Tale
Ex Congressmen Levy Rogers and Stillman emerge as lucky players in the current Wall Street bull run. Levy reportedly profits from Anaconda Union Pacific Canadian Pacific and Soo stocks, with gains in real estate underpinning his fortune. Rogers and Stillman are said to have added millions from rising copper and related shares. A massive loan rumor and Daly holdings speculation thread the tale, with Mrs Daly denying stock sales.
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Levy
Rogers
Stillman
New York World
Jefferson M. Levy
Wall Street
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
New York
William G. Rockefeller
Towa
Gould
Missouri Pacific
Great Western
H. H. Rogers
James Stillman
Anaconda
Amalgamated Copper
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Doremus
Macoon
Bigelow
Canal
Ratcliffe
W. F. Smith Co
Broad St
Social and Personal
Edwin C. Madden
Washington Gardner
Clifton Street
Charles H. Prescott
Lillian Glasscox
Eager
Thirteenth Street
M. HB. Dodek
W. M. Hornstein
Margosian M. Ottenberg
Mandell
Blanche B. Dicke
Robert Noll
Seventh Street Southeast
J. Luther Mranta
George Dickel
Pearl Henry
Rosea
Miss Henry
Pearl Tienry
William McComas
Widward Woods
William Charles
Sam Hooper
Daniel Henry
Boyd Henry
Catherine Harbin
Iiva Turner
Seantai Burch
Ruth Henry
Idabella Henry
Loisa Henry
Samuel Morton
Louie Morton
George E. Dickel
August Dickel
Keavenaugh
George Hanky
Roy Wilson
Warren Brice
Stedner
Mayme Rodge
Julia Slasmann
Robert H. Gunther
Rudolph Bieteh
Edward Lamden
John Lamden
Lottie Totebusch
John Hunichenn
Mayme Gerst
Harry Stuyer
Pitts J
Noll
Milford JS. Stern
Riggs House
Phil Kronheim
Phoenix Club
Stern
Hallie Erminie Rives
Princess Amelie Troubetzkoy
New Willard
George H. Brown
Jerusalem
Conrad Mathias
Kempton
Sarah J. Foote
Mombaccus
Eawin
Thomas
Shokan
Wilbur F. Hit
McCrays
John H. Wray
Bhenango
Samuel L. Nelson
Worth Caroling
Rebea
Jamea
Garren
Leatherwood
Benjamin F. Gravely
Washington Cattle Market
Washington Produce Market
Commonwealth
Towanda Waterworks
H. W. Wiley
Purefood Congress
Minnesota
Bond
Twin Cities
Dairy and Food Department
State
St. Paul Dispatch
Julius Hartvet
Dairy and Food Department of
Muspratt
U. S
U.S
Dr. Bell
E. Sutherland Medicine CO
Pedsceb
Mr. Bell
Herman Ubhnan
Catherine St
Louisville
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