Pierce Declares He Is Victim In Oil Firm Case
St Louis, April Henry Clay Pierce, chairman of Waters Pierce Oil Company, testifies in depositions in a National Bank of Commerce suit seeking 16,000 shares or their money equivalent. Pierce says misplaced confidence caused losses near 7 million dollars. The bank had placed the firm in security for a loan.
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ST. Louis
Henry Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
National Bank of Commerce of
Kipling on the Grand Canyon in Yellowstone Park
The piece describes the canyon’s vast, multicolored walls seen from 1700 feet up with eagles above and the Yellowstone River threading emerald jade below. It notes the sheer rock, carved by time and elements, and invites readers to obtain an illustrated pamphlet from New England Publishing about visiting Yellowstone with guided details.
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Rudyard Kipling
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone National Park
Gulf
Yellowstone
Ming
Yellowstone K
New Heingsend Pass
Washington Stes m. Tel
United States Rules on Panama Canal Tolls Sparks Debate
Washington April 25 The United States rights to exempt coastwise vessels from Panama canal tolls dominated a session of the American Society of International Law. Speakers including Richard Olney argued the U S may set its own rules as canal owner while others urged adherence to existing treaties and mutual consent. The afternoon and evening discussions covered implications for neutrality, English shipping, and potential discriminatory toll policies.
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Washington
United States
American Society of International Law
Richard Olney
Boston
Eugene Wambaugh
Harvard Law School
Horace G. McFarland
Emory R. Johnson
Panama Canal
N. Dwight Harris
Northwestern University
Chicago
James W. Garner
University of Illinois
John Foster Dulles
New York
Debated Subsidy for Toll Exemption in U S Ships
Equally divergent views arose on government subsidies matching tolls for American ships. Some speakers argued such subsidies would violate treaties and dishonor the country, while others, noting the right to grant subsidies not prohibited by treaty, defended the idea. Mr. Olney’s address, read for him, referenced the all nations clause of the Hay-Paunce- treaty.
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United States
Olney
Tariff Debate Highlights House Proceeding
On April 25 in Washington the tariff question dominated House debate. Rep. J Hampton Moore held a tariff primary class for colleagues while Rep. A Mitchell Palmer, Democratic caucus chair, presented the main argument for the Underwood bill.
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Washington
House
J. Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
A. Mitchell Palmer
Tariff debate erupts as Moore mocks tariff lesson
The House roared when Mr. Moore mimicked a pupil during a Tariff primer read by the reading clerk. Rep. Lobeck teased a response while Rep. Garrett kept order as the session echoed with laughter and a pounding gavel. Palmer praised the Underwood bill and its dumping clause while Keating attacked beet sugar industry ties to the American Sugar Refining Co.
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Moore
Lobeck
Nebraska
Garrett
Palmer
Underwood
Republic
Keating
Colorado
United States
American Sugar Refining Company
Kelly
Michigan
Portland Country Clubhouse Burned in Maine Blaze
Portland Mo April 25 The Portland Country Clubhouse at Thornton Heights South Portland burned tonight. Loss pegged at 16000 with partial insurance coverage.
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Portland
Portland Country Club
Thornton Heights
South Portland
Dartmouth degrees 34 graduates share joint ceremony
In Hanover on April 25 the full board of trustees joined in the joint commencement for three Dartmouth graduate schools held in Parkhurst Hall. President Ernest Fox Nichols conferred degrees on 34 men: 10 from the medical school 13 from engineering and 11 from the Tuck School of Administration.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Parkhurst Hall
Ernest Fox Nichols
Engineering
Tuck School of Administration
Thayer School graduates listed with degrees and honorees
The board of overseers chaired by President Nichols reviewed candidates before diplomas were awarded. Doctor of medicine and civil engineer degrees were conferred on a cohort including G E Allen J C Barker Jr R Co Blood H W Cleasby L J Ferenczi and others, with Thayer and Tuck School graduates also announced.
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Thayer School
Nichols
Dartmouth
Henry L. Abbott
U. S. Engineer Corps
Cambridge
Mass
J. Parker Snow
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Gustav I. Flebeger
Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Otis HE. Hovey
American Bridge Company
New York City
Robert Fletcher
G. EK. Allen
J. C. Barker, Jr
R. Co. Blood
H. W. Cleasby
L. J. Ferenczi
W.W. F. Holzer
W. M. Hunt
J. J. Powers
E. H. Robbins
L. T. Stokes
H. T. Baker
R. E F. Baker
N. L. Doe
H. Farrington
G. Hitchcock
Ss. Hobbs
EB. I. Mitchell
L. K. Perley
M. G. Snow
8. S. Stevens
R. H Stone
L. C. Waterbury
R. E. Whitney
Tuck School of Administration and Finance
J. W. Baxter
H. A. Bellows
W. L. Biery
W. D. Bruner
W. N. Healey
KF. P. Kennedy
M. BF. Knight
EB. B. Luitwieler
W. T. Middlebrook
C. W. Remele
A. L. Smith
L. P. Warren
Sex Hygiene Debate Prompts Education Reform
Miss Laura B Garrett a New York teacher urged teaching sex hygiene through natural sciences before self consciousness in childhood. She spoke to nearly 1000 Women’s Municipal League members at Huntington Hall advocating gradual indirect instruction in schools and homes to curb future mistakes.
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Laura B. Garrett
New York
International Eugenics and American Vigilance Association
Women's Municipal League
Huntington Hall
League
Garrett
Poet Noyes Returns to Boston After American Tour
English poet Alfred Noyes is back in Boston after travel in the Middle West and South. He and Mrs. Noyes attended Castle Square Theatre last night as guests of John Craig and saw The Man From Home, the first typical American play he witnessed, which he found pleasant.
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Mrs. Noyes
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Mt. Vernon Street
Connecticut
St. Louis
Washington
New York
Noyes
Post
Aldrich
Chicago
Chicago University
University of Illinois
Champaign
Til
Alfred Noyes
Boston
Middle West
South
Castle Square Theatre
John Craig
Aged Woman Rescued by Striker in Haverhill Fire
In Haverhill on Harrison Street an elderly widow, Mrs. Hannah Connor, was saved from death as a fire broke out. J. Herbert Flynn, a striking shoe cutter, raced through smoke and forced entry to her attic room to rescue her.
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Haverhill
Hannah Connor
Harrison Street
J. Herbert Flynn
Rescuer Saves Woman From Burning Arm Chair
A man carries a weak woman to safety as a back draft turns the chair area into a roaring furnace. Flames had momentarily surrounded Mrs. Connor before the rescuer arrived, and she fought to beat them out.
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Mrs. Connor
Paris goldsmiths family felled by house collapse
In Paris the residence of Simile Froment-Meurice at 46 Rue d Anjou collapsed killing M Froment-Meurice and his wife. He was a renowned European goldsmith and Rubens descendant with a prominent Parisian family including son Francois a municipal councillor and another a sculptor.
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Paris
Simile Froment-Meurice
Rue d’Anjou
M. Froment-Meurice
Europe
Rubens
Francois
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Te Gurbrug Co
Riker-Jaynest
Riker-Jaynes Stores
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Pride of Virginia
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