Chadwick Gets Ten Years in Ohio Prison
Cleveland, March 27 Mrs Casele Chadwick the woman finacier convicted on seven counts in a bank related conspiracy was sentenced to ten years in the Ohio state penitentiary on six counts two years on four counts and one year on two counts The defense plans to appeal while seeking a stay of sentence before the higher court The case centers on certified checks drawn when she allegedly had no funds and involves the Citizens National Bank of Oberlin Ohio with Beckwith and Spear as co defendants.
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Oberlin
Cleveland
Ohio
Casele L. Chadwick
Ohio State Penitentiary
Robert W. Taylor
United States District Court, At & Oelock
Chadwick
J. P. Dawley
Defens
United States Circuit Coat of Appeals
United States
Chandler
United States Attomps
Sullivan
Bullivan
Bederil
Sullisle
Candwick
Taylor
Citizens’ National Bank of
C. T. Beckwith
A. B. Spear
Beckwith
Spear
Chadwick Given Eight Years Jail Term In Fraud Case
Mrs. Chadwick, convicted of a major fraud involving large loans, faces a prison sentence of eight years and four months. Trial began March 6 with a verdict of guilty on March 1. The case began when Herbert D. Newton filed suit last December for 190,000 and highlighted a complex series of loans and hotel stays before her December arrest in New York. She has remained in custody in Cleveland county jail as federal authorities pursue the matter.
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Newton
Chadwick
Miss Hamm Announces Diverse Campaign Platform
Special to The Washington Post from New Orleans March 27 reports J S Hamm a Mississippi legislator from Coahoma County has entered the race for Congress in the Third district outlining a broad platform. It calls for civil service reform equal taxation limited industry protection for revenue only international control of corporations old age government insurance international divorce laws equal rights rural free delivery parcels post child labor prevention compulsory education recall of elected officials graft crackdown stronger railroad telegraph and telephone regulation abolition of trusts except farmer formed trusts improved interstate commerce larger railroad commissions initiative and referendum retention of the Philippines and other territories election of postmasters recall of bad officials polygamy in Utah abolition of Utah unless polygamy ends and six minute limits for lawyer speeches during court examinations.
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Washington Post
New Orleans
Mississippi
United States
J. S. Hamm
Coahama County
Congress
Midippi
Railroad Commission
Philippine Islands
Utah
Tabard Inn Concerns Put in Receivership in Philadelphia
Five Booklovers and Tabard Inn allied concerns led by Seymour Eaton were placed in receivership by the U S Circuit Court. Companies include Philadelphia Book Store Tabard Inn Press Tabard Inn Shops and Studios Tabard Inn Druggist Specialty and Tabard Inn Food. Receivers named with stated securities. creditors seek amicable reorganization.
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Comeranies
H Igh
Philadelphia
Booklovers
Tabard Inn Libraries
Seymour Eaton
United States Circuit Court
Philadelphia Book Store Company
Tabard Inn Press Company
Tabard Inn Shops and Studios
Tabard Inn Druggist Specialty Company
Tabard Inn Food Company
Eaton
R. Thornton Eaton
J. B. Lipphicott Company
MacMillan Company
D. Appleton & Co
Curtis & Co
Javenson & Sons
Midland Metal Company
Storm Tests Pretoria Captains Claim Unprecedented Winds
Special dispatch from New York reports the Hamburg American liner Pretoria facing a cyclone on March 14 with wind speeds described as astonishing by Capt. Schrotter. The storm tore a lifeboat loose, washed away a 15 year old cabin boy, injured many aboard, and caused a crewman to break his arm. Amid chaos in steerage 2725 passengers, a Hungarian woman gave birth to a child who joined the tumult, with two more births later in the voyage.
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Washington
New York
Pretoria
Schrotter
Leviathan
Sellom
Poisoned Three Children Case in Paducah
Mrs Mary Brackwell confessed to poisoning her three children with morphine and coal oil after saying she could not support them while her husband was in an asylum and that George Alberton promised to marry her if she got rid of the children. Alberton was arrested as an accessory.
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Paducah
Mary. Brackwell
George Alberton
Alberton
Escape of Twenty-Eight Convicts From Texas Plantation
Twenty eight Texas convicts on J. B. S. House’s plantation in Houston Fort Bend County escaped by sawing through the stockade floor with case knives. Forty five convicts refused to follow. Posses scour the river bottoms seeking to apprehend the runaways.
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Houston
Tex
J. B. S. House
Fort Bend County
Iver
New Move In War May Attack Vladivostok
A Washington Post summary reports Gen Linevitch preparing scouting parties while Japan may shift focus to Vladivostok. Five corps mobilization discussed. Sakharoff possibly replaced by Ridiger. Polivanoff named chief of staff. Chinese bandits disrupt Siberian Railroad amid uncertain moves.
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Russia
Sakharoff
Ridiger
Gunshu Pass
Linevitch
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Tie Pass
Gen. Ridiger
War Office
Polivanoff
Court Circle for War Peace Rumors Stir Paris London
Dispatches from Paris and London report that Czars circle rejects peace terms, fearing harm to government and army prestige. Diplomat cites broad agreement on peace among belligerents, while Telegraph urges alliance Britain Japan US to secure Open Door and avoid Russian threat. notes Monroe Doctrine limits US role.
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Washington Post
Paris
St. Petersburg
Echo de Paris
London
Morning Post
Associated Press
The
Daily Telegraph
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Far East
America
Britain
India
China
Orient
Russia
Rosseau Convicted After Testimony of Harmless Explosive Charge
New York March 27 Gessler Rosseau dynamiter claiming to be Gesnaer Russel of Chicago was convicted for sending a box with dynamite to Cunard pier and for placing dynamite in a structure. He said he extracted nitroglycerin to render it harmless and sought to give England an object lesson. He admitted selling infernal machines to Cuban agents and offered them to Boers in the Boer war.
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England
New York
Gessler Rossean
Gesnaer Russel
Chicago
Nard Etegraeh
Rossean
Rosseau
Goff
New Orleans
Umbria
Cunard
Frederick
Frederick the Great
Washington
Climax Company
Park Row
Cuba
Wild cars wreck in Clarksville killing four men
Four men died when a string of freight cars ran wild on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad crashed into a freight train near Clarksville Tennessee. The engineer John Murray of Bowling Green Kentucky and fireman Patrick Fox of Nashville Tennessee were killed along with two unknown Negro men who were stealing a ride. A stick of wood driven through Fox’s body and the locomotive with ten loaded cars wrecked. railroad men suspected the switch had been thrown to wreck a fast passenger train.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
John Murray
Bowling Green
Patrick Fox
Nashyville
Fox
Frank Rogers story sheds light on Evanston mystery
Chicago March 27 James C Rogers father of Frank Ely Rogers gave the first apparently adequate explanation for the boy and his aunt Florence Ely mysterious Evanston appearance four years ago He said the boy ran away to see life with his aunt who avoided a planned sanitarium and they traveled to Buffalo where they separated The boy later returned home after several adventures providing the seeming truth behind the puzzling case once compared to the Charlie Ross mystery.
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Chicago
Frank Ely Rogers
Florence Ely
Evanston
James C. Rogers
Trogers
Charlie Ross
Philadelphia
Rogers
Frank
Buffalo
Beef Trust Inquiry Expands With New York Witness
Chicago March 27 J I Shields formerly of Armour Co in New York City dominated much of the Federal grand jury session investigating the beef trust. He faced a severe cross examination by District Attorney Morrison and remains under Secret Service protection while hotel security watches him and J Schaefer of Cudahy Packing in Omaha. His upcoming testimony is expected to trigger serious developments in the probe.
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Chicago
J. I. Shields
New York City
Armour & Co
Federal Grand Jury
Beef Trust
Shields
Secret Service
New York
C. B. Morrison
J. Schaeffer
Cudahy Packing Company
Omaha
Tornado Wipes Louisburg Town In Western Minnesota
A report from St. Paul says the western Minnesota town of Louisburg, Lac-qui-parle County, was practically wiped out by a tornado. Seven people were seriously injured, with unverified reports of fatalities. Louisburg has about 100 residents.
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St. Paul
Minn
Louisburg
Lac-qui-parle
Wichita
Kans
Eldorado
Ida Madison
Young Schurman Wields Sledge at Groton Bridge Works
Special to The Washington Post from Ithaca New York describes Robert Schurman, son of Cornell President J. G. Schurman, learning a hard lesson. He earns 75 cents a day as a sledge operator in Groton’s bridge factory after unable to pass exams and being treated like other students. He starts at the bottom, enduring manual labor to earn his bread, illustrating a stark fall from privilege.
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Washington Pom
Ithaca
N. Y
Robert Schurman
J. G. Schurman
Cornell University
Groton Bridge Company
Groton
Schurman
President in Error Opinion on Cuban Treaty Postponement
New York March 27 A board of the United States general appraisers ruled that the President had no legal authority to delay the Cuba reciprocity treaty’s start date by ten days. The decision cites conflicting treaty language and congressional action, with the Dalton Company appealing duties on two cigar consignments and one sustained while the other is overruled.
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Somerville
New York
United States General Appraisers
Roosevelt
Dalton Company
Board of Appraisers
United States Senate
Congress
Republic of Cuba
United States
Senate
Philadelphia
Attempted murder for priest in Winnipeg shocks Polish church
In Winnipeg March 27 an attempt on Rev W Blozowiski of an Independent Polish church ended with two shots whizzing through a window within inches of his head. One bullet hit an oil lamp causing a blaze that destroyed the room and valuable paintings. Blozowiski, active in Polish religious disputes, has drawn enmity from factions.
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Father Blozowiski
Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. Blozowiski
Blozowiski
President i Mrp Chadwick Sentenced News of the Issue
Index highlights legal actions and international affairs with entries on Chadwick's sentence, a Japanese army move, Rosseau dynamite conviction, river bed disruption, land office probes, embassy remains worship, Santo Domingo claims, riots in Russia, Shanghai Russian refugee, appointment legality, Champ Clark protest, Army and Navy matters, Virginia and Maryland notes, editorials, hotel talks, social events, racing results, baseball notes, bank supervision approval, theater attractions, Siam fires and gambling, Alexandria ferry plans, Wall Street day, and the legal record.
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Chadwick
Dynamiter Rosseau
Land Office
Taft Praternity
Santo Domingo
Russia
Champ Clark
Army
Navy
News of
Virginia
Maryland
Man
Siam
Alexandria Ferry
Wall Street
Carnegie praises small colleges at Stevens Institute banquet
Special to The Washington Post reports Andrew Carnegie addressing Stevens Institute alumni at their fourth annual banquet. He praises small colleges, pledges $60,000 more to the institute’s chemistry school, and criticizes football while extolling education. Carnegie says professional life leads to higher aims and that small colleges produce better educated men.
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Washington
Department of Business
Thi
Judge Hargis and others held without bail in Cockrill feud case
Lexington Ky March 27 Judge James Hargis his nephew Elbert Harris and Sheriff Edward Callahan of Breathitt County were held without bail on charges of complicity in the feud that killed James Cockrill at Jackson three years ago State Senator Alexander Harris was released on fifteen thousand dollars bail The trial will be held at the present term of court Curtis Jett received a new trial Thomas White faces life for complicity Prominent Kentucky business and political figures are involved The question of who would act as Breathitt County judge if bail was refused arose Breck Combes was appointed magistrate and Hargis asked him to hold next week's county court term
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Lexington
Ity
James Hargis
Elbert Harris
Edward Callahan
Breathitt County
James Cockril
Jackson
Alexander Hargis
Parker
Fayette
Cockrill
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
Iife
Kentucky
Breathitt
Ball
Breck” Combes
Hargis
Brokers Close Doors in Philadelphia March 27
Three broker firms including Lestie Morris & son and F Norton Phillips closed of their own accord. Officers unavailable on permanence. Provident Investment Bureau books show about 1,000 investors with average $500. Storey Cotton Company victims in Harrisburg and Baltimore range from $5,000 to $95,000 per locality with agents named.
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Philadelphia
Lestie, Morris & Son F. Norton Phillips
Ormison
Sent.& Co
Provident Investment Bureau
Harrisburg
Storay Cotton Company
Baltimore
Storey Cotton Company
Sparrows Point
Highlandtown
John Kelley
Btorey Company
Cold storage for bait planned in Gloucester
Gloucester March 27 plans are underway to build a cold storage plant to preserve bait for American fishermen. With Newfoundland bar on selling bait to offshore fleets, the scheme aims to supply bait via cold storage vessels between Gloucester and fishing grounds, promoting independence for fishermen. Also Philadelphia March 27 Rev Dr Beverly Warner resigns after a month as rector of St Stephen's Episcopal Church citing affection for Trinity Church New Orleans as his reason.
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Gloucester
Mass
Newfoundland
Philadelphia
Beverly Warner
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Warner
New Orleans
Trinity Church
Br. Warner
East River tunnel worker blown into river survives
Richard Creegan a 24 year old tunneler for the East River tunnel project was blown from a watertight compartment by compressed air. He rose through the river and air, fought the flood, struggled to reach the surface, and was rescued by fellow workers and longshoremen. He later recovered at home after whisky refreshment and a trolley ride.
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Richard Creegan
East River
Brooklyn
Manhattan
John Egan
John Pridey
John Hayes
Creegan
Hayes
Hagan
Pridey
Status of Japanese and Citizenship Appeal
Special to The Washington Pest from New Orleans reports Consul General Uchida of Japan pushing to overturn a recent immigration ruling denying Japanese eligibility for American citizenship. In Harris County Texas a Japanese colony struggles since land ownership is restricted to U.S. citizens, with locals approving naturalization papers that federal authorities overruled. The state district attorney McDaniel plans to contest the ruling in court.
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Washington
New Orleans
Uchida
Japan
Immigration Department
Harris County
Tex
Ctizens
United States
Texas
McDaniel
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Frank Rogers
Beef Trust Inquiry
Young Schurman
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Butcide
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Eric B. Hulbert
University of ‘Chicago
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