Hendricks Replies to Ten Equitable Critics
Albany July 16 The State insurance department chief Francis Hendricks issues an extended statement defending his report on the Equitable Life investigation. He says no edits were made by others and details exchanges with Governor Higgins and counsel. He notes ongoing investigation into a $685,000 Mercantile Trust loan and clarifies Harriman securities were not a loss to the society.
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Albany
N. Y
Francis Hendricks
State Insurance Department
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Insurance Department
Robert H. Hunter
New York
Equitable
Jerome
Higgins
Cuthbert W. Pound
Equitable Society
Mercantile Trust Company
New York County
Harriman
Harriman Securities
Depew Enjoys Paris Social Amid Equitable Interlude
Senator Chauncey M. Depew attends Mrs. Alexander S. Clarke's Paris party at chalet des Iles Bois de Boulogne. Guests arrive by lantern lit boats, dance on grass with a lawn concert and a buffet, amid a lighthearted social scene.
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Paris
Chauncey M. Depew
Alexander S. Clarke
New York
Chalet Des Iles
Bois de Boulogne
Ex Congressman's Steamboat Stool Dispute
Ex Congressman's encounter with a hog on a pleasure steamboat ends with a tense exchange over a missing footrest. Conry asserts ownership of the stool while the hog claims it as his own. by the end the hog withdraws, choosing discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Conry
Bodies Pulled From Charles River In Cambridge Tragedy
The bodies of John J. Jardine 26 of Prospect Street Cambridge and Everett Hamilton 6 son of John A Hamilton of Henry Street Cambridge were recovered from the Charles River. Hamilton drowned Friday at 4 30 while wading near the bathing beach and Jardine at 6 o clock while swimming at the foot of Flagg Street. Hamilton’s body was found yesterday morning between the Harvard and Boston Albany bridges by Officers Hackett Rowe Culhane and Robertson. Jardine’s body was spotted by John Murphy near the Harvard boathouse and recovered by John Lynch at the Weld boathouse after Murphy alerted him.
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John J. Jardine
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Everett Hamilton
John A. Hamilton
Henry Street
Charles River
Hamilton Boy
Jardine
Flagg Street
Hackett, Rowe, Culhane
Six Bathers Die In New York Waters
Six men perished while bathing in New York waters. Life guard John Smith died trying to rescue Norman Flaminer who could not swim. Oscar Carlson drowned nearby an hour later. Also killed were James Childsworth, Zambardino Giacomo and Frederick Senning.
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New York
John Smith
Washington Heights
Norman Flaminer
Oscar Carlson
James Childsworth
Zambardino Giacomo
Frederick Senning
Evans squadron sails to honor John Paul Jones burial
Newport naval forces under Rear Admiral Evans will stay through July 20 then sail to Hampton Roads to meet Rear Admiral Sigsbee’s squadron carrying the body of John Paul Jones from France. The fleet will proceed to Annapolis for burial ceremonies before heading to New York for shore leave. The torpedo boat Dupont, Lt. Toombs, completed the Norfolk run in 32 hours at an average 15.4 knots per hour.
Fifty Tons of Dynamite to Blast Open Channel
Portsmouth New Hampshire July 16 An immense explosive project will remove Henderson's Point to create a navigable channel to the Portsmouth navy yard. Fifty tons of dynamite will be set in 400 rock borings each with 200 pound charges connected by electric wires to detonate simultaneously. The resulting waters will wash away the promontory exposing a new harbor passage and a nearby dry dock under construction.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Henderson’s Point
Hell Gate
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Schidloska Captured in La Junta Colorado
A stranger bought trousers and a shirt in La Junta, Colorado, paying with a $5 bill after wrapping old trousers in paper. He spoke of California and showed a railroad ticket, while residents and police noted his nervous behavior. Mrs. Channen and Newsboys’ Union secretary son identified echoes of known suspects. Police sought state authorities for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Channen
Cross Street
Channen
Frank McCauley
Channon
Post
Mob Run Rumors Fly Over Montello Murder Case
Post reporters with interpreters tour the Polanderville district as residents and friends of alleged murderer Schidlosska discuss his guilt, past marriages, and possible motives. Clergy and locals offer cautious comments while police seek a missing Lithuanian woman tied to the case.
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Brockton
Post
Polanderville
Montello
Schidlosska
Old Country
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Movements Of John Scio Crossea July 8 To Westbound Trip
Timeline shows John Scio Crossea leaving Greelish’s barber shop in South Brain tree on July 8 at 11 35 p m then boarding a South Braintree train to Brockton. He visits Brockton Montello, draws 41 50 at Brockton Savings Bank, and travels with Mrs Schidl osska and others to Boston for Los Angeles tickets on July 12.
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Greelish
South Brain
South Braintree
Brockton
Montello
Boston
Schidlosska
Stirlis
Bremis
O’donnell
Barbers’ Union
Portland Street
Washington Street
Wabash Railroad
Los Angeles
Pleasant Street
Arlington
North Station
Wabash Road
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
West
Excited Over Murder in Boston Lithuanian Quarter
Boston's Lithuanian district buzzed with talk after the Schidlosska murder case as residents discussed the suspect's fate. Rev. Father Jonas Zillinskis noted Schidlosska was a parishioner without known faults and suggested the clue may lie with a woman in the case.
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Boston
Schidlosska
John Schidlosska
Boston Case Details Husband Planning Escape with Other Woman
The text describes a man wanting to discard his wife and flee to California with another woman. He allegedly tried to create the impression the wife was accompanying him to avoid suspicion, with love for another woman cited as the motive. Joseph Budkas recalls seeing Schidlosska in a tailor shop to bid him farewell, appearing nervous.
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Leo Price
Schidlosska
Boston
St. Louis
Edward Price
Vermont Avenue
Michale Piza
Montello
Webster Street
Belmont
Issebelle Schidlosska
Main Street
Peter Gerish
Brockton
California
Joseph Budkas
Colorado sheriff seeks fugitive linked to Belmont murder
Chief Shaw reports two telegrams from Colorado Sheriff Barr about John Schidlosska, sought by Massachusetts authorities for the Belmont wife murder. The messages request confirmation of the fugitive’s status, the reward amount, and a full description.
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Lynn
Joseph E. Shaw
Massachusetts
Colorado
Barr
John Schidlosska
Belmont
Chicago
Schidlosska
Grant Accused of Stealing Mrs Sulkoski’s Lingerie
Inspector Norton arrested Ulysses Grant of 2 Temple Street West End on a charge of stealing nearly all the summer finery owned by Mrs Jennie Sulkoski. Police say Grant entered rooms with false keys. missing items have not been recovered. He faces arraignment this morning.
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Inspector Norton
Police
Ulysses Grant
Temple Street
West End
Jennie Sulkoski
Grant
Sulkoski
Bank Directors Face suit over Central National collapse
Receiver Frank D. Allen plans to sue the Central National Bank directors as a body in US Circuit Court, seeking about 400000 after the bank closed in 1902. Stockholders blame mismanagement and related firms, while directors contest the action amid calls for court defense.
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Frank D. Allen
Central National Bank
Allen
The
Central
United States Circuit Court
United States
Central National
Charles H. Dean
West Medway
Post
Luke
United States Bank
State Street
Limerick Club Elects Ten New Members in Brodbine Hall
Members of the Limerick Club met in Brod bine Hall last evening and elected 10 new members, bringing the order to 76. President Andrew Trahey appointed a five member committee to arrange a Labor Day smoke talk in the hall.
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Limerick Club
Brodbine Hall
Order
Andrew Trahey
Labor union notes from Boston area conventions and actions
The State convention of the retail clerks' unions meets in Rockland July 30 with a semi annual election. Local 32 cement and asphalt workers elect delegates to Building Trades Council. A benefit insurance plan is set for action at the International Engineers convention in Toronto in September. Ex Mayor Josiah Quincy will address the Teamsters joint council July 26. New Painters District Council officers announced for Eastern Massachusetts. Donations aid locked out Troy starchers and other unions in Cambridge, Chelsea and Boston building trades. Building laborers unions of Boston near amalgamation into Union 15. Hebrew journeymen bakers strike ends with eight hour day. workers return to Bennett Greenglass shop in Chelsea. Park department petition for a charter denied at Knights of Labor District Assembly 80 meeting in Charlestown.
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Rockland
Cement and
Building Trades Council
Timothy Egan
John Buckley
Barney Curtis
John Mahoney
John Mitchell
William P. O’brien
John Waldron
International Association of Engineers
Toronto
Josiah Quincy
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Painters’ District Council
Eastern Massachusetts
James Truland
J. R. Morgan
Hyde Park
George L. Robinson
Somerville
C. S. Olsterberg
Everett
W. D. Estabrook
Frank Titus
Brookline
E. H. Leahy
Medford
C. E. Sanford
Richard Murphy
W. H. Fletcher
Waltham
Troy
Cambridge Central Labor Union
Webb Pressmen’s Union
Chelsea Central Labor Union
Building Laborers’ Unions
Boston
Building Laborers O Union
Bennett Greenglass
Second Street
Chelsea
Park Department
District Assembly
Knights of Later
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
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Conry
American Continent
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Mount Hood
Yosemite
Lucin
Great Salt Lake
Union Pacific and Connections
Lewis and Clark Exposition
Portland
Willard Massey
N.e.f.&p.a
Washington St
Mass
Charles
NEW York Bathers
Massachusetts Contracting Company
Worcester, Mass
Ss. Navy Yard
Pierces
Om Aes
Goat Island
LA Junta
John Sci.clossea
Barbers
Union
Jonas Zillinskis
Chief Shaw
Pacific National
Emery Bemis Company
Emery Bemis & Co. (Inc
Bemis & Diamond Company
F. P. Norton Cigar Manufacturing Company
F. P. Norton & Co
Senator Crane
Crane
Dalton
Berkshire
David F. Slade
William W. Davis
Henry D. Yerxa
George F. Harwood
M. V. B. Jefferson
Charles I. Quirk
S. Herbert Howe
Perley A. Russell
Lucius Field
Arthur A. Maxwell
Jeremiah J. McNamara
Julius H. Appleton
David I. Robinson
Limerick
LABOR
M. B. Thomas
West Point
St. Boston
Wilson Bros. Jewelers
Court St
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