Carter fraud funds traced to ex captain amid harbor scheme
Attorney General Knox to seek immediate action to recover government bonds tied to ex Captain O M Carter in the Savannah harbor fraud case. Bank records show about 750000 dollars located in Savannah, New York and other banks, traced directly to Carter.
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New York
Carter
Washington
Knox
O. M. Carter
General Knox
Griggs
Johnson
Liberia declines plan for U.S. coaling stations on coast
Navy reports no suitable site on Liberian shores for a coaling station and the project is abandoned. Captain J F Merry returns to Honolulu to report and then negotiate Pearl Harbor land sale as $150 000 naval funds were set aside. Cuban bid. farewell to the president follows. Platt amendment favored by Cuban delegates. postal money orders clarification. star route carrier arrested. Adelbert Hay resigns Pretoria post. Methodist missionary conference in New Orleans discusses women’s work.
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Liberia
United States
France
Montgomery
Navy Department
J. F. Merry
Naval Board
Guam
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Naval
Missionary talk and medical aims at Toledo meeting
Lina, chairman, Mrs. O. G. Trueheart outlined aims of women foreign missionary work. Miss M. L. Gibson spoke on educational work and Dr. Anna W. Fearnon on medical work. In Toledo on April 27, Pioneer Bank was entered by burglars with the vault wrecked by dynamite and about $1000 missing. no crew to the robbers.
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8. G. Trueheart
M. L. Gibson
Anna W. Fearnon
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Pioneer
Vaul
YACHT RACES CONSTITUTION AND INDEPENDENCE AT NEWPORT
A three race series between the vessels Constitution and Independence is scheduled for July 2 4 and 6 off Newport to resolve a stalemate involving the New York Yacht Club and Thomas Lawson. Lawson and Constitution’s managers accept racing for the Newport Association’s cup under rules not set by NYYC.
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Cup Defense Yachts
Independence
Newport Yacht Racing Association
New York Yacht Club
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Newport
Thomas Lipton
Lawson
Newport Racing Association
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Newport Association
Hayes to form advisory cabinet for Southern Pacific
Reports from railroad circles say President Hayes will create a cabinet of advisers drawn from the system’s heads of departments except the law department. The aim is to centralize authority and give him firmer control over operations with cabinet members serving as advisers to the president. H. E. Huntington may skip re election as vice president but stay on the cabinet. E. H. Fitzhugh from Central Vermont is slated for an important role without displacing current heads.
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Hayes
Southern Pacific
Law Department
H. E. Huntington
E. H. Fitzhugh
Central
Vermont
Pursuit Through Shan Si As Franco German Forces Clash
A Pekin telegram reports German troops crossed into Shan Si on April 23 via the Kuk Nau and Chang Cheng Liu passes in pursuit of retiring Chinese forces. The French held the passes, then handed them to the Germans on April 25 and withdrew. German losses were four killed and 5 officers plus 80 men wounded. Chinese casualties were not disclosed.
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London
Reuter
Pekin
Shan Si
Kuk Nau
Chang Cheng Liu
Bear Gulch mining deal seals $2 million sale
Carl Weingren completed a major sale in Helena to a foreign syndicate, transferring control of Bear Gulch Mining Company properties including 360 acres of mining and town sites water rights and mill sites. The option is for immediate investigation and possible construction of a large modern treatment plant.
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Mon
Carl Weingren
Denver
Bear Gulch Mining
Weingrep
Huerta Hanged for Murder Near Aden New Mexico
Las Cruces April 27 Toribio Huerta was hanged for murdering a companion to obtain 45 dollars while traveling on foot near Aden New Mexico He confessed on the scaffold after making a prior confession. The other items note German forces finding no Chinese troops near Kalgen and Stanford University confirming Professor Ross dismissal had no academic freedom issue.
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Cal
University Council
Ross
Jordan
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