Hotel Licenses Hear Heated Questions Over Police Access
The board delayed action in a weekly session as hotel proprietors and license applicants pressed their cases. Sam Matz defended denying police entry to guest rooms, arguing officers should not roam halls without cause, while Police Commissioner Shumate warned officers would enter if misconduct appeared. The hearing touched lease disputes involving Mrs. Sarah Kaufman and the Grand Hotel, with license decisions deferred to separate negotiations. multiple property rents and values were tabulated as the session rolled toward adjournment.
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Board of Affairs
Hotel Lcenses
Sam Matz
Shumate
Matz
Harry M. Matz
Attorney Crockett
Sanders & Crockett
Sarah Kaufman
Mr. Mists
Kaufman
Mr. Matz
Mata
Wes
Gey
L. Kaufman
Princeton
aeNick Keros
Princeton O
J. W. Pennington
Stewart and Speenaieey Cosby
Craft & Company
Restara
van Bland
J. D. Bird
ed bien _ Matz
Dle Eee
Sirah Kaufman
New Altamont
New Runyon
Bluefield Avenue
Lewis George
Princeton Avenue
Easy’ Vickard P
Renart Alley
Mary Pial
Sttaa
Goodman
Ae & Hyman
Philip Cohen
tNis Matz
Prince- White
Princeton Matz
Board Avenue
Traveling man loses life in hotel fire
A traveling salesman died when a fire swept through the Guilford Hotel in Greensboro at 3 15 this morning. Fireman Ed Greeson was burned and four others injured as guests fled from the boiler room blaze.
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Greensboro
N. C
Guilford Hotel
H. J. Collum
Sixty-second Street
West Philadelphia
Landers, Frerey & Clarke
New Britain
Much Money Loaned to Political Friends
A U S grand jury will probe the La Salle Street National Bank and its successor the La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank. Government accountants report loans totaling 600 000 to 850 000 to bank officers, their associates and political friends. A 40000 loan to former Senator Thomas H Paynter was reduced by payments and now stands at 2646, payable on demand.
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Chicago
United States
la Salle Street National Bank
la Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank
James H. Wilkerson
Thomas H. Paynter
Kentucky
Operators Deliver Ultimatum to Miners in Ohio
In Columbus on June 26 five Ohio sub-district operators delivered an ultimatum to miners. They propose 14.69 cents per ton for machine coal on a run-of-mine basis, close to the Pittsburg mine-run rate, while miners have demanded 49.64 cents. Sub-scale committee members met two hours in executive session and will announce their decision tomorrow. Eastern operators are not part of the talks.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pittsburg
End of Empress of Ireland Inquiry Nears
In about two weeks the commission's judgment on the Empress of Ireland sinking will be delivered in Quebec after testimony is completed. Counsel for the Canadian Pacific Company has begun summing up withStorsted owners and government representative L Newcombe to follow, signaling the inquiry's near conclusion.
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Quebec
Canadian Pacific Company
Interdenominational Missionary Ed Conference Opens
In Blue Ridge North Carolina on June 26 an interdenominational conference for mission workers and Sunday school leaders began and will run through July 5. It inaugurates a summer series of five meetings under the missionary education movement of the United States and Canada. The aim is to unite young people and ready them for stronger church work.
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Blue Ridge
N. C
Missionary Education Movement
United States
Canada
Pardons Board Considers Rae Krauss Murder Pardon
The Indiana board of pardons reviewed a petition for Rae Krauss, serving life at the state women’s prison for the Hartford City murder of her stepdaughter ten years ago. Krauss confessed to poisoning the girl. her husband later obtained a divorce.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Board of Pardons
Rae Krauss
Hartford City
Relief measures for massive Salem fire amid widespread homelessness
Salem Massachusetts reports a devastating fire leaving about 18 000 homeless with over 3 500 dependent on relief shelter and 4 500 in bread lines. insurance losses estimated at 12 million with Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company hit hardest. Fifteen hundred workers unemployed. total unemployed about nine thousand. relief and rebuilding efforts underway with militia oversight and tents and rations dispatched.
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Salem
Mass
Relief Committee
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
Naumkeag Company
Walsh
Barry
Donahue
Korn Leather Company
Henry C. Frick
Philadelphia
Hurley
North Shore Summer Colony
North Shore
Memorial Unveiled for Daniel Webster at Marshfield
Memorial unveiling in Marshfield Massachusetts honors Daniel Webster. The monument, a mammoth boulder with a bronze tablet, was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution at his home and burial place.
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Daniel Webster
Marshfield
Mass
Daughters of the American Revolution
Negro Business Men to Meet in Muskogee August
Preparations are underway in Muskogee Oklahoma for the fifteenth annual meeting of the National Negro Business League to be held in August. The Oklahoma State Negro Business League is organizing elaborate receptions and entertainment for visiting members from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
National Negro Business League
Oklahoma State Negro Business League
Constitutionalists mull Niagara Falls talks on Mexico
Washington reports tonight that constitutionalist leaders hope General Carranza will join South American mediators at Niagara Falls for formal conferences to settle Mexico’s turmoil. Uncertainty remains as Carranza’s reply awaits. the revolutionaries plan to press their military campaign toward San Luis Potosi against Huerta.
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Washington
Carranza
Niagara Falls
Mexico
Monterey
General Carranza
Breceda
Rafael Zubaran
Huerta
Luis Cabrera
Preceda
San Luis Potosi
Trade Commission Bill Under Attack in Senate Controversy
Washington June 26 The Republican attack on the federal trade commission bill opened in the Senate with Senator Borah warning that passage would not bring certainty for business but another period of confusion akin to the Sherman antitrust era. He criticized the unfair competition clause saying leading lawyers could not agree on its meaning and argued it wrong to impose such a standard without clear national consensus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Borah
Country Club Raid Shocks Fairmont Officers Seize Wines
In Fairmont on June 26 officers under state tax commissioner Fred O Blue raided the fashionable Fairmont Country Club. The steward was arrested, a wagon load of fine wines confiscated, and lockers of many prominent members broken into with contents removed under the existing prohibition law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Fred O. Blue
Fairmont Country Club
West Virginia Thunder Showers Likely Saturday and Sunday
West Virginia may see thunder showers Saturday and probably Sunday while Virginia stays partly cloudy in the south and unsettled in the north with local showers Saturday and more showers Sunday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Mediation shows anxiety as Carranza weighs talks with Huerta delegates
The Niagara Falls mediation reports signs of strain as Carranza hesitates over the informal conference demanded by mediators. United States pressure and a Za catecas victory shape the stance of constitutionalists, with possible talks moved to a neutral site like Ottawa or a Lake Ontario resort.
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Niagara Palls
Huerta
Mexico
Carranza
Zacatecas
United States
Mexico City
Emilio Rabessa
Buffalo
Toronto
Felix Diaz
Ottawa
Lake Ontario
Canadian Premier Borden Celebrates Sixty Birthday
Ottawa notes Sir Robert L. Borden Dominion premier marks his sixtieth birthday with greetings from ministry members and friends across Canada. He remains in excellent health, recalling his start in politics nearly twenty years ago in the House of Commons.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sir Robert L. Borden
Canada
Robert
House of Commons
Earthquake devastates Batavia and southern Sumatra
A violent quake in southern Sumatra today killed and injured many. The Dutch residence offices and numerous buildings collapsed in Penkoeleon, the capital, disrupting telegraph and cable communications across the area.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Penkoeleon
Cooper Named To Tobacco Probe Committee
Washington June 26 Representative Cooper of Wisconsin was appointed to the joint congressional committee investigating foreign purchases of American tobacco. He succeeds former Representative William B. McKinley of Illinois.
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Cooper
Washington
Sipeaver Clark
Wisconsin
Joint Congressional Committee
William B. McKinley
Illinois
Dynamiters Begin Sentences in Leavenworth
Twelve iron workers convicted in the dynamite conspiracy cases arrived late last night to begin serving their sentences and were processed in at the federal penitentiary today.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Federal Penitentiary
Butte to Arrest Suspect in Miners Riot Murder
Butte expects an arrest on a murder charge after a riot Tuesday night left one dead and several wounded. County Attorney Joseph McCaffery says he will prosecute the killers following tomorrow’s inquest into Edward May’s death. Police mobilize reserve officers as union factions seek to consolidate support with 1555 members enrolled in the new miners union.
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Butte
Wilson
Stewart
Joseph McCaffery
Miners’ Union
Edward May
Independent Union of the Miners
Western Federation of Miners
Prohibition Plans Abandoned in House Rules Committee
Washington June 26 plans for a decisive July 1 vote on the nationwide prohibition constitutional amendment were abandoned due to the absence of Chairman Henry in the house rules committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rules Committee
Henry
Claflin Company Receivers Seek Full Inventory Update
New York June 26. Receivers say extent of failure remains unclear as accountants review the books of the H. B. Claflin Company. Joseph B. Martindale states an inventory of Claflin stock and the amount of bills receivable must be established before assessing outside stores. The scattered stores will take weeks to evaluate.
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New York
H. B. Claflin Company
Claflin Company
Joseph B. Martindale
Columbia Wins After a Desperate Struggle in Regatta
Poughkeepsie June 26 Columbia University eight won the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta by a scant length in a four mile triangular race with Pennsylvania and Cornell on the Highland course. Pennsylvania was second defeating Cornell by a length with Syracuse Washington and Wisconsin behind. Cornell won the junior varsity and freshmen events earlier in the afternoon.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Columbia University
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Syracuse
Washington
Wisconsin
Coiiumbia
Dunfermline to Honor Carnegie Statue Unveiling
Dunfermline June 26. A statue honoring Andrew Carnegie native of Dunfermline and town benefactor will be unveiled tomorrow with elaborate ceremonies. Many Whiteshire notables are expected to attend and a general holiday will mark the occasion.
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Dunfermline
Andrew Carnegie
Whiteshire
Royal Visit to Hull Opens Docks and Foundations
The people of Hull gathered to greet King George and Queen Mary as they attended the opening of the new Humber docks. Their majesties laid foundation stones for a girls school and a tuberculosis hospital during the visit.
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Hull
Eng
Huull
King George
Queen Mary
Humber Docks
Venezuelan Minister Dies in Atlantic City Hotel
P Ezequiel Projas minister of Venezuela to the United States died in an Atlantic City hotel today from a long standing heart condition. He was seventy. He had been in the city two weeks with his secretary and valet at his bedside. The body will be sent to Washington.
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Venezuela
Atlantic City
N. J
P. Ezequiel Projas
United States
Washington
Ammunition for Rebels Sails From Galveston
The schooner Sunshine departed Galveston Texas today bound for Havana carrying 2050 cases of rifles and ammunition. It is openly stated that the cargo is intended for the constitutionalist forces in Tampico.
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Galveston
Tex
Sunshine
Havana
Tampico
Saunders Renominated in Fifth Virginia Democratic Rally
In Danville Virginia on June 26 Democrats of the fifth district renominate Representative Edward W Saunders by acclamation at a convention held in the city.
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Saunders
Danville
Virginia
Edward W. Saunders
Johnson Moran match looks queer from every angle
New York observers view the heavyweight title fight between Jack Johnson and Frank Moran as unsettled. Moran’s weak form and Johnson’s possible condition spark doubt, with fans split on who would win if Johnson is not fully fit.
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New York
Jack Johson
Frank Moran
Paris
Gunboat Smith
Sam Langford
Moran
Johnson
Pittsburg
Maxon
al Palzer
Brooklyn
Palzer
Jim Savage
England
France
al Kubisk
Tom Kennedy
Bombardier Wells
Tony Ross
Cleveland
Harry West
Columbus
Juarez
Mexico
Ose
Dave Willis
Jack Geyer
San Francisco
Pittsburger
Smith
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Federal Grand Jury
Lorimer
Pitlsburg Field
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Legislative Bureau
San Luis
Weather Forecast
Columbia
Scout
Carnegie
Iunhoat Smith
Langford
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