President Roosevelts bid for limited review flounders in Senate
As the Senate fractures the president faces a widening breach in Democratic ranks with at least five Democrats ready to join Republicans against a limited court review of railroad rates. The House bill, amended to fit Roosevelt’s aims, requires near unanimity to pass. The president vows to veto any unsatisfactory measure.
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Wall Street
Dicking
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Messrs. Morgan
Petrus
MouEnery
Foraker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mariner
Names withheld among Democrats on rail policy rift
Names of two or more Democratic Senators labeled as conservatives remain undisclosed amid a split over railroad policy. Observers link defections to railroad influence, with New England and Southern senators weighing rate reforms against regional investments and development concerns. Wall Street hints at a cautious, highly conservative rate bill outcome.
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New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wall Street
Congress
Child Captured 4 Thief
Four year old Emma Rosost of 181 Enun avenue Williamsburg chased a thief for four blocks after a man named Joan Ambrose grabbed her aunt’s purse. The pursuit led to the arrest and the thief was held for grand jury.
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Washington Post
New York
March
Emma Rosost
Enun Avenue
Williamsburg
Joan Ambrose
Emma
Europe
Yue Ithief
Mine Fraud Charges Tie Everhardt to Promoter Schemes
Franklin Everhart and Harry S. Simons, Americans, faced Guildhall Police Court in London on conspiracy to defraud through a mining investment scheme. Trials recount forged signatures, fake prospectuses, and Everhart’s alleged involvement with multiple dubious companies. Police linked fraud orders in New York to Everhart, who claimed Oklahoma mining registration and holds in La Chivia and other firms. The case showcases long-running involvement in questionable promotions and overseas investigations.
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Washington Post
London
Franklin Everhart
Harry S. Simons
Guildfill
Sang | Investments Corporation, Limited
Emery & Co
Simons
Danjetree
J. J. Yokel
la Chivia Mining Company
Arigna Tha Yrmeers
Princers
la Chivia
Synons
Everhart
Ottoway
Stewart
Oklahoma
la Chivja
Paci
Alaska
Cripple Creek Gold Rock Company
Denver
Cole
England
New York
Green Not Guilty Verdict Shocks Court Crowd
Former State Senator George E. Green of Binghamton faced two conspiracy indictments over time recording clocks sold to the Post Office Department. After a month of trial, the jury found him not guilty on the main charge, sparking cheers in a packed courtroom and prompting celebrations among friends. Three indictments remain, including bribery counts, as prosecutors consider next steps.
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George E. Grean
Binghamton
Gould
Criminal
Post Office Department
George W. Teavers
Division of Salaries and Allowances
Beavers
A. S. Worthington
J. B. Stanchfield
J. M.thurston
F. 8. O'Neil
Tuthill
New York
Green
Riggs House
Albany
Order of Hed Men
United States
Baker
Me. Baker
Ine
Conrad
Maj
Wyone
Police Suspends Ten Officers Over Protecting Women Thieves
Acting Chief Gillaspy suspended ten St Louis policemen amid allegations they accepted money and gifts to shield forty women thieves led by Ollie Roberts from arrest during robberies in the central district. Charges to be filed with the police board. testimony from Circuit Attorney Suger and the grand jury underpins the action.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Gillaspy
Ollie Roberts
Police Board
Central District
Cluc Gillaspy
Pacemen
dSepan
Chic? GiNasay
Circult
Suger
Grand Jury
Mystery of the Seine ties Fayettsville to Ethel Geachy
Old Fayettsville residents recall a Geachy family including a young Ethel who left for Cincinnati. Cincinnati sisters deny any relative by that name. The body in the Seine was once thought American but is now believed English, possibly from London, suggesting the victim’s identity remains unresolved. A Toledo savings ad follows.
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Fayettsville
Ethel
Cincinnati
Washington Post
Ohio
Ethel Geachy Brown
Seine
Paris
France
Fayetteville
Geachy
Peter Schoenling
Hugh Taylor
Gusha
Joan, Honey
Erin’ Geachy
Ele
John Geachy
Tony
Wiike
Ginemnat and Dieu
Bibel
Ettie Jaz
Seariely
Wil
Ime
Brown
Patesleville
Jour Geachy
Rayetteviile
Thas
Ethel Geachy
Pans
March
Ethel A. Brown
London
Indicted Burnhams and Eldridge Charged in Larceny Case
Frederick A. Burnham and brothers George Burnham Jr and George D. Eldridge, officers of Mutual Reserve Life, were indicted for grand larceny and forgery. They allegedly misappropriated company funds to settle private claims and doctored books to conceal expenses, with $12,800 bail each posted.
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Mutual Reserve
New York
Frederick A. Burnham
Mutual Ieserte Life Insurance Company
Georle Burnham, Jr
George D. Eldridge
O'Sullivan
Richard Deeves
Frontway
Aren's
Burnhams
Widridge
Mutual Reserve Pimd Life Association
Jil
Nicholls and Bacon
F. F. Armatrong
Italian queen rushes to scene after fatal auto crash
The Marchioness of Corsini, 62, died when her car struck a bridge parapet while a cart approached. The Marquis, 69, escaped unharmed as Queen Helena ordered her car to the scene and transported the body and grieving husband to the Quirinal palace. Funeral plans are presumed from the palace.
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Royal Palace
March
Marchioness of
Corsini
Princess Barberini
Victor Emmanuel
Marchioness
Marcioness
Rome
Helena
Quirinal
Double Elopement in Scranton Area Aboard Binghamton Marriage
Scranton residents George Schmidt Emma Schmidt George Dixon and Ada Dixon eloped on February 7 and wed in Binghamton the Greta Green of Scranton. The four, all under 21, had a joint wedding celebration at the Schmidt home. Father of George Schmidt learned of the elopement today from a rumor. A return train fare to Baltimore is advertised at $1.25 via Pennsylvania Railroad with Saturday and Sunday service.
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Scranton
Binghamton
Greta Green
George
Emma Schmidt
Ada Dixon
Schmidts
Schmidt
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Gave Life To Save Child in Philadelphia Fire
In Philadelphia, March 8 Special to The Washington Poet a mother Margaret Chadwick 16 months old Annie died after a fire started by a news paper in the kitchen. The mother died eight hours later at St Agnes Hospital. The infant cried until death. The father stood by the mother. Annie pulled burning paper into flames, setting her clothing ablaze.
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Philadelphia
Annie
Margaret Chadwick
Napa Street
St. Agnes Hospital
Young Astor to wed will be married in April
Richmond March 8 a cablegram from Mrs Nancie Langhorne Shaw to her father in Virginia announces the engagement of Waldorf Astor london elest son of William Waldorf Astor to Mrs Shaw. The couple plan an April wedding and the report notes Mrs Shaw’s social prominence and past divorce from Hubert Gould Shaw.
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Cablegram
William Waldorf Astor
Charles Dowd Gibson
Virginia
Washington Post
Richmond
Nancie Langhorne Shaw
London
Chiswell Dabney Langhorne
Mirador
Albermaine County
Waldorf Astort
Elest
William Waldort Astor
Nora
England
John Jacob Astor
Nora Langhorne
Shaw
New York
Waldorf Astor
Wiliam Waldorf Astor
Hton
Oxford
Great Britain
Edward
Roumania
Home Guards
Mos
Nanme Langne_neomarneg
Hubert Gould Shaw
Mee
John Jecoh
Maryn Newton
Rioters Massacre After Pennsylvania RR Wreck
In Greensburg Pennsylvania a collision between a milk train and a work train near Rodebaugh killed three workers and injured many others. Survivors describe a mob of foreigners, Italians, enraged by fatalities, threatening the milk crew who sought shelter on their engine.
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Greensburg
Maren
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rodebaugh
Point Comfort Hotel Chamberlix on South Atlantic Coast
The Handsonest hotel on the South Atlantic coast, noted for its unique situation, cuisine and appointments. Pullman parlor car Wash Beton to Old Point with no change in hours via Richmond and O. R. Ry.
Rebates on Sugar Evidence Reaches Grand Jury
Federal officials press a strong case over sugar freight rebates as trials loom. Grand jury in New York hears that many railroads and dock firms are implicated including Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and a dock company. Witnesses avoid naming employees while documents and testimonies point to a wide spread division of spoils and possible indictments.
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New York
March
New York City
United States Grand Jury
W. R. Hearst
United States District Attorney's Office
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Lowell M. Palmer
Hayemeyer & Eider
Jersey City
United States
Evidene
Clarence J. Shearn
Father Uragn
Coal Trust
United States District Attorney
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Central x
New York American
Mody
Napir
American Sugar Refining Company
Stmsen
Rudy
Insen
Silice
Renee Waa
Purdy
Stimson
Ny Permination Ag
Ted
Donce
Speeltis
Nent
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Uni State Cereal Company
Jades Mining Company
George W. Arno Company
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James Schell
Patterson
Mutual Reserve Company
Armstrong
Wells
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