Dempsey Names Trustees for University Bodies
Mayor Dempsey announced Ernest F. DuBrul T. J. Moffett and James J. Hooker as University Trustees and George Merrell as Sinking Fund Trustee. DuBrul is profiled for Catholic background and technical education support, Moffett as Purdue graduate and businessman, Hooker praised for endowment fundraising. He justified not reappointing retiring members and kept bankers out of the sinking fund role.
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Commercial Tribune
Ernest F. DuBrul
T. J. Moffett
James J. Hooker
George Merrell
Dempsey
DuBrus
DuBrul
Catholic College
Vincennes
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
Moffett
Cincinnati
Purdue University
J. J. Hooker
Cinccinnati
Major Jones
Hooker
Jones
O’connell
Superior Court
Kellogg
Moffe
New Grouping of Powers Foreshadowed by Tsar Nicholas Speech
At Tsarskoe Selo a gala lunch honored Emperor William with Nicholas I toast to Kaiser. The emperor spoke of Germany and Russia as brothers, signaling a closer alignment while France remains bound by a limited alliance. Noted visitors included U.S. ambassador Meyer and Foreign Minister Lamsdorff.
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ST. Petersburg
Europe
Germany
Russia
France
Nicholas
Tsarskoe-Seloe
William
Kaiser
Prussia
Asia
Mr. Meyer
Lamsdorff
Pakgers Deny The Bribery Charges
Armour & Co. counsel John J. Miller issued a statement denying bribery allegations connected to Judge George W. Townsend and Nelson Morris awaiting disclosure. The note says the firm first learned of the incident this morning and rejects any suggestion of attempting to influence court coverage.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
John 8. Miller
Armour & Co
Washington
George W. Tson
Nelson Morris & UN Ne
United States
Oes
Umphrey
Sibiciosa
Death sentence for Charles L. Tucker in Massachusetts
Charles L. Tucker, convicted of the 1904 Weston murder, was sentenced to death by electric chair in Cambridge, to be carried out the week of June 10. He proclaimed his innocence as Judge Bydar R. Shepman described the crime as wanton and cruel.
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Commercial Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
Charles L. Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Tucker
Bydar R. Shepman
Moor Tribesmen Fight and Conferees Depart Toward Raisuli
Warring groups clash near Tangier with Moor tribesmen engaging in combat as conferees depart and march east of Tangier toward Raisuli to pursue the ongoing dispute.
Bandit Chief Takes Refuge In Fortress At Tangier
Tangier reports fighting between Anjera tribesmen and Raisuli's band near Tangier with villages burned east of the city and Raisuli’s fortress at Zinal under threat. Delegates to the conference consider tax reforms including taxing tenants, with disputes over taxing the Shereef of Wazzan.
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Tangier
Raisuli
Zinal
Adjaercud
Oujda
Algeciras
Spain
Sidi Mohammed el Mokhri
M. Revoil
Algiers
Shereef Wazzan
Barbary States
Indreesi
St. Zharon
Algeria
Alfonso to Seek Edward VIII Consent for Ena Marriage
The Queen Dowager left Madrid for San Sebastian to meet the King. The Marquis de la Mina travels to London to obtain King Edward's consent for the Spanish King Alfonso's marriage to Princess Ena of Battenburg. In Biarritz King Alfonso met Princess Ena and later left for San Sebastian to join the Queen Mother.
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Madrid
San Sebastian
Marquis de la Mina
London
Alfonso
Edward
Ena of
Battenburg
Biarritz
Mourisco
Ena
Prince of the Asturias
Smoke Abatement League Formed In Cincinnati
Citizens form the Smoke Abatement League to educate the public about reducing the citys smoke nuisance. Incorporation papers move to Columbus as Dr C A L Reed outlines plans for citywide inspectors and enforcement with non partisan inspectors to prosecute violators. founders include J G Schmidthart App L A Ault and others.
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Cincinnati
Columbus
J. G. Schmitdat App
L. A. Ault
A. L. Reed
Wm. Worthington
Frank A. Lee
Leopold Kleybolte
Lucien Wulsin
Charles P. Taft
Mary C. Gallagher
Yale and Columbia Student William Van Reypen Jr Suicide
William Van Reypen Jr a Columbia law student son of Rear Admiral William Knickerbocker Van Reypen shot himself in New York City He was 23 and formerly Yale student editor of the Yale literary magazine manager of the Daily News member of Phi Upsilon Skull and Bones and Yale Senior Society The coroner found a letter to his mother and a revolver lay nearby His family cited overwork and midyear exams as possible causes
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Tribune
New York
William van Reypen, Jr
Columbia University
William Knickerbocker van Reypen
Washington
Navy
West Fortyfourth Street
Commercial Tribune
Washington, D. C
William K. van Reypen, Jr
Yale
Yale Literary Magazine
Daily News
Phi Upsilon Fraternity
Skull and Bones
van Reyper
Associated Press Tonight
Gaotad Defiant in Reply to 10 Powers
Caracas notes the government’s defiant reply to a joint note from the Diplomatic Corps regarding M. Taigny. It asserts the position it has taken and warns that any government represented by the corps could find itself in the same situation.
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Gaotad
Caracas
Port of Spain
Diplomaticorps
M. Taigny
Letter from Roosevelt secretary on Enterprise Bank lootings
The Rev. A C Dieffenbach published a letter from William Loeb Jr Secretary to the President dated January 25 stating the bank had been looted and records destroyed The Attorney General's inquiry led by Mr Moxey found no basis yet for criminal action while the aim remains to prosecute those responsible for wrecking the bank
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
A. C. Dieffenbach
The
Reformed Church of the Ascension
Allegheny
Roosevelt
Enterprise Bank of Allegheny
Publc
William Loeb
Washington
Moxey
William Loeb, JR
Law's limit for Slocum's captain
Captain William H. Van Schaick was found guilty of criminal negligence for failing to hold fire drills aboard the steamer General Slocum after the 1904 disaster that killed over 1,000. He received ten years and a $10,000 bail was set. jury split on life preserver quality and his appeal preparations were granted thirty days.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
William H. van Schaick
General Slocum
van Schaick
Gridiron Club Dinner Mocked Canal Fight and Panama Tour
Washington January 27 The Gridiron Club staged a satire from the New Willard Hotel resembling Panama Isthmian scenes. Guests toured a mock Washington Panama route while songs such as Dig Ye Terriers Dig lampooned canal methods. President Roosevelt Taft and others attended with two new members initiated but rejected.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Panama
Gridiron Club
Isthmian Canal
New Willard Hotel
Root
Taft
Mark Twain
Two Shot at New York Ball Desperate Pistol Fight
Desperate pistol duel at the Matamora Association ball in Tammany Hall leaves two men shot early today with one fatally wounded. Both victims are at Belle Vue Hospital as police reserve detachment from Twenty second Street Station moves prisoners to the station.
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Commercial Pricime
New York
Matamora Association
Tammany Hall
Bellevue Hospital
Twenty-second Street
Colonel Mann Arrested in Perjury Charge in Hapgood Case
Colonel William D. Mann editor of Town Topics was arrested at 452 Fifth Avenue on a perjury charge tied to his Hapgood trial testimony. He was arraigned, held on $10 000 bail, and his daughter posted bail. A handwriting expert and top editors attended the DA conference seeking an early hearing.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Wiliam D. Mann
Town Topics
Norman Hapgood
Collier’s Weekly
Mann
Fifth Avenue
Jerome
Criminal Court
Albert A. Wray
Colonel Mann
Hapgood
II Sialed
O. K
Reginald Edward
Moses Bilis Wooster
District Attorney’s Office
Robert J. Collier
James Was Osborne
Moses E. Wooster
Justice McAvoy
Criminal Courts
Wray
Hart
Nine Tons of Steel Collapse at Altman Building
In New York on January 27 nine tons of girders broke free from the seventh floor of the Altman Building under construction on Fifth Avenue. The falling steel killed Edward Steinman and severely injured five other workers. A derrick foreman was arrested after the incident.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Altman
Fifth Avenue
Edward Steinman
Steinman
Roosevelt and Longworth Attend Griscom Dinner in Philadelphia
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Congressman Nicholas Longworth joined a testimonial dinner for Lloyd C. Griscom, newly named ambassador to Brazil, hosted by Isaac H. Clothier. Longworth, with Congressmen Grosvenor and Payne, spoke on a bill for permanent diplomatic residences abroad.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Isaac H. Clothier
Lioyd C. Griscom
Brazil
Clement A. Griscom
Policeman Shoots Self After Immorality Charge
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune St Louis January 27 Policeman John A Scollard shot himself rather than face the Police Board on a charge of immorality. Before his death he dictated a statement saying he was haunted to death by false reports about him.
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Fez
Shereef
Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
John A. Scollard
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E. F. Dubrul
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George
Merrell
Gzar
Pagkers
Charles Tucker
Anjera
Tack Raisuli
Sidi Mohammed el Mohkri
Morocco
Italy
Col
William Db. Mann
Cqonll Stan
Dr. Cc. A.L. Reed
Columbia Law
Bers
Taigny
Enterprise Bank
Law
Slocum
Corre
Spondents
Ington
Shouts
Santo Domingo
Morales
General Caceres
Canal Building
White House
T. Roosevelt
Harvard
Senate
Morgan
G Tal Cortelyou
Wilson
R. 8. McCormick
J. J. Jusserand
Brewer
Supreme Court
Cannon
Loeb
Shonts
Bond
Jerome, Collier and Osborne
and Wooster
Moo Alige
Longworth
Congressman
Lloyd C. Griscom
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