Chadwick Gets Ten Year Sentence in Federal Case
Mrs. Casele L. Chadwick, a Cleveland financier, was sentenced to ten years in Ohio State penitentiary after a federal conviction on seven counts for conspiracy with Oberlin Bankers to certify checks when she had no funds. The judge imposed two two year terms and two one year terms, with appeals to follow.
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Oberlin
Chadwick
Taylor
Citizens’ National Bank of
Ohio
C. T. Beckwith
A. B. Spear
Beckwith
Spear
Mrs Chadwick Sentenced To Eight Years Eight Months In Prison
The article reports that Mrs. Chadwick received a prison term of eight years and four months for her case. Her trial began March 6 and a guilty verdict was returned on March 1. The case centers on a $790,000 loan dispute raised by Herbert Newton of Brookline Massachusetts. Mrs. Chadwick was arrested in New York on December 15 and later confined in the Cleveland county jail.
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Newton
Chadwick
Hamm Urges Broad Reform Platform for Third Mississippi District
Special to The Washington Post from New Orleans March 27 reports J. S. Hamm a Mississippi legislator announces a Congress bid in the Third District. His platform calls for civil service reform taxation reforms limited industrial protection for revenue only international control of corporations old age government insurance universal education rural free delivery mail parcels post universal suffrage for all suffrage reform anti graft regulation of railroads telegraphs and telephones recall of bad officials and other measures including Philippine retention and polygamy crackdowns.
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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 fail in receiver action
Five allied Tabard Inn and Booklover concerns including Philadelphia Book Store and Tabard Inn Press were placed in receivership by the United States Circuit Court. Assets exceed 1 million with estimated liabilities under 160 thousand, receivers named for groups and secured bonds set. Plaintiffs include MacMillan, D Appleton, Curtis, Javenson, Midland Metal, and Lipphicott. Action described as amicable in anticipation of 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
Helpless in storm as Pretoria battles cyclonic gates
Special to The Washington Fest from New York reports the Hamburg American liner Pretoria stranded four days after a March 14 gale. Captain Schrotter says wind reached 10 miles an hour, enough to nearly capsize the 2725 steerage passengers. A lifeboat tore loose, a 15 year old cabin boy was lost, and many were injured. A brigther moment amid chaos saw a Hungarian woman give birth, with two more births later on.
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Washington
New York
Pretoria
Schrotter
Leviathan
Sellom
Poisoned three children in Paducah confession
In Paducah Kentucky Mrs Mary Brackwell confessed to poisoning her three children with morphine and coal oil after saying her husband was in an asylum and she could not support them. She claimed George Alberton promised marriage if she got rid of the children. Alberton was arrested as an accessory.
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Paducah
Mary. Brackwell
George Alberton
Alberton
Twenty-Eight Convicts Escape From Texas Plantations
Twenty-eight Texas convicts escaping from the plantation of J. B. S. House in Houston Fort Bend County escaped by sawing through the stockade floor with case knives. Forty-five convicts refused to join the escape. Posses scour river bottoms to apprehend the runaways.
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Houston
Tex
J. B. S. House
Fort Bend County
Iver
Russian War News Signals Possible Vladivostok Move
Russian military reports sketch a possible Japanese turn toward Vladivostok as Gen Linevitch dispatches scouts east and west. The Emperors advisers favor peace if honorable terms exist, while mobilization for five corps and a possible leadership shakeup at the war office are noted amid bandit activity along the Siberian Railroad and prisoner releases.
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Russia
Sakharoff
Ridiger
Court Circle for War and Peace Talks Rumors
Special dispatches from Paris and London report that Czarist circle members deem peace impossible and warn continued war would hurt government and army prestige. A diplomat notes everyone agrees on peace except belligerents. Telegraph editorials discuss a Britain Japan US alliance and its impact on the far east and China open door, shipping costs, and regional peace.
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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
Dynamiter Rosseau Convicted in Harmless Explosive Claim
New York March 27 Gessler Rosseau an alias Gesnaer Russel of Chicago was convicted for sending a box with dynamite and a machine to the Cunard pier and for placing dynamite to destroy a structure. He claimed the nitroglycerin was extracted rendering it harmless and said he wanted to give England an object lesson. He denied intent to harm.
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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
Wild cars derail near Clarksville killing four men
Four men die as a string of freight cars run wild on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad crashes into a freight train near Clarksville Tennessee. Engineer John Murray of Bowling Green Kentucky Fireman Patrick Fox of Nashville Tennessee and two unknown African Americans who were allegedly riding the wrecked cars are killed. A wooden stake is driven through Foxs body and the locomotive with ten loaded cars is totally wrecked. railroad men suspect the switch was tampered with 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 Explains Boy and Aunt's Disappearance
Chicago reports James C. Rogers, father of Frank Ely Rogers, offers the first apparently adequate explanation for the puzzling disappearance of Frank and his aunt Miss Florence Ely four years ago in Evanston. He says the pair ran away to see life, moved separately to Buffalo, then Frank returned home while Miss Ely disappeared with money, leaving unclear whereabouts.
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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 Shields Testimony
Chicago March 27 J I Shields former Armour Co employee from New York City dominated federal grand jury hours as it probes the beef trust. He faced stern cross examination by District Attorney Morrison while Secret Service guards watch his hotel and a man in brown observed proceedings alongside J Schaeffer of Cudahy Packing in Omaha. Testimony expected tomorrow could launch the investigation in earnest.
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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
Louisburg Tornado Wipes Out Town In Minnesota Reported
A report arrives from St Paul that Louisburg Kansas, a town of about 100 in Lac-qui-parle County, was almost wiped out by a tornado with seven serious injuries and uncertain death toll. Separately in Eldorado, Kansas, a tornado damaged business blocks, a hotel and a school, injuring Mrs. Ida Madison as her home collapsed, with losses around 30000 dollars.
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St. Paul
Minn
Louisburg
Lac-qui-parle
Wichita
Kans
Eldorado
Ida Madison
Young Schurman Wields Sledge in Groton Bridge Shop
Special to The Washington Post Ithaca March 27 Robert Schurman son of Cornell University president learns a life lesson by working as a sledge hammerer at Groton Bridge Company earning 75 cents a day. He faced academic failure and his father let him face consequences. He started at the bottom and must earn his bread by strength of his arms in the Groton shop.
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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 upon Cuban treaty
A board of the United States general appraisers ruled that President Roosevelt had no legal authority to postpone the Cuban reciprocity treaty’s date of effect by ten days. The decision centers on treaty language and congressional acts, with Dalton Company challenging duties on two cigar consignments.
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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 of priest shocks Winnipeg parish
In Winnipeg on March 27, two shots fired from outside penetrated a window near Rev W Blozowiski of an Independent Polish church. One bullet hit an oil lamp causing a blaze that destroyed the room and several valuable paintings. Blozowiski has been active in Polish religious disputes, drawing enmity from factions.
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Father Blozowiski
Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. Blozowiski
Blozowiski
Presidential actions and global unrest dominate today’s index
The issue lists items including Chadwick sentenced, Japanese Army moves, Rosseau dynamiter convicted, river bed explosion, land office probe, Taft Praternity president, ambassadorship remains worship, Santo Domingo claims, Russian riots, Shanghai Russian refugees, legality of appointments questioned, Champ Clark protest, Army and Navy affairs, Virginia and Maryland news, editorials, hotel talks, social events, racing results, baseball notes, bank supervision approval, theater attractions, Siam gambling mania, Alexandria ferry plans, Wall Street Day summary, and Legal Record notes.
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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 Banquet
Special to The Washington Post New York March 27 Andrew Carnegie praised small colleges at Stevens Institute fourth annual banquet in the Hotel Ballroom He pledged 60 000 more for the school of chemistry joining 190 000 already given He criticized football and Wall Street saying education and professional life lead to higher aims He said small colleges offer better education and character and he plans to support them after leaving the library business
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Washington
Department of Business
Thi
Judge Hargis and associates held without bail in Jackson murder case
Lexington March 27 Judge James Hargis and his nephew Elbert Harris and Sheriff Edward Callahan of Breathitt County were held without bail on charges of complicity in the feud that left James Cockrill dead in Jackson three years ago State Senator Alexander Hargis was released on bail of 15000 The trial will be held at the present term Curtis Jett has been granted a new trial and Thomas White faces a life sentence as all suspects are prominent in Kentucky business and politics The question arose who would act if bail was refused while Breck Combes of Breathitt was recently appointed magistrate and Hargis asked him to hold the county court next week
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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 Collapse
Philadelphia brokers Lestie Morr is & Son F Norton Phillips and Ormison Sent Co shut doors of their own accord. Books show Provident Investment Bureau investors around 1,000 with average $500. Storey Cotton Company losses reported in Harrisburg and Baltimore with hundreds affected and-rations losses at Sparrows Point and Highlandtown.
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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 eyed by Gloucester plans
Gloucester plans a cold storage plant to preserve bait and ship it between port and fishing grounds. The proposal follows Newfoundland fisheries policy barring bait sales to American fishers at Newfoundland ports. The system aims for independence in bait supply via cold storage vessels. Also reported is Rev Dr Beverly Warner resigning as rector of St Stephen's Episcopal Church Philadelphia after about a month in office.
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Gloucester
Mass
Newfoundland
Philadelphia
Beverly Warner
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Warner
New Orleans
Trinity Church
Br. Warner
Remarkable East River tunnel accident spurs rescue
Richard Creegan, a twenty four year old tunneler, was blasted from a watertight compartment by compressed air in the East River tunnel project. He shot through thirty feet of water and air then, with help from fellow workers, managed to reach the surface and survive. The near tragedy halted work briefly as crews secured the chamber and contained flooding while Creegan received medical care.
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Richard Creegan
East River
Brooklyn
Manhattan
John Egan
John Pridey
John Hayes
Creegan
Hayes
Hagan
Pridey
Status of Japanese citizenship dispute in Texas
Special to The Washington Pest from New Orleans dated March 27 reports Consul General Uchida seeks to appeal and overturn a ruling by an immigration agent denying Japanese eligibility for American citizenship. Harris County hosts a Japanese colony hindered by land ownership limits, as only U.S. citizens may own land in Texas. Local officials favored naturalization, but federal authorities overruled. The Texas district attorney McDaniel is expected to challenge 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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Cleveland
Casele L. Chadwick
Ohio State Penitentiary
Robert W. Taylor
United States District Court, At & Oelock
J. P. Dawley
Defens
United States Circuit Coat of Appeals
Chandler
United States Attomps
Sullivan
Bullivan
Bederil
Sullisle
Candwick
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
Moston
Tabard Inn
Vladivostok
Linevitch
Gunshu Pass
Manchuria
Tie Pass
Gen. Ridiger
War Office
Polivanoff
Siberian
Harbin
Linovitch
Tokyo
Mukden
Chefoo
Shanghai
Court Circle
California
Bay State
Ponce Field
Rosseauis
Infernal Machine
Cuba
Boston
Garrett L
Allen
Plymouth Congregational’ Church
Belmont’ -Todey
Nowaehold
Frank Rogers
Beef Trust Inquiry
Young Schurman
Cornells
Mt. Ow
Chleags
Butcide
Clara Hulbert
Eric B. Hulbert
University of ‘Chicago
Part
Carnegie
Hargisee
Callahan
Jerusalem Street
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