Harriman Estate Valued Near 70 Million at Death
Mary W Harriman widow and sole executrix furnishes official inventory showing 61 900 shares of Union Pacific preferred valued at 5 371 650 and 5 1 2 percent of common Stock at 10 725 000 plus 1000 Southern Pacific shares worth 124 000 as the estate faces a Utah death tax of 9798 346 on Pacific stock many holdings deemed valueless at Harriman's death and the state prepares public appraisal in Goshen Orange County.
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Harriman
Mary W. Harriman
Walsh
Goshen
Orange County
Sehmer
Union, Pacific
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Pacific Fo
Utah
Harrifmian
Banker Morse Returns Home After Pardoned Life Sentence
Charles W. Morse arrives on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria after release from Atlanta prison and a year of life advised by Dr. Charles Fowler. He chats with reporters, plans to resume business, and jokes about returning to the ice industry as saltwater cures continue in Wiesbaden and London. He notes the Hudson ice crop failed this year and hints at possible future ventures.
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Commercial Tribune
NEW York
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Charles Fowler
Taft
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Wall Street
Wiesbaden
Machiafava
Morse
Eas Eade
Baltimore
Washington
Maine
Harriman Estate Assets tallied after death
The inventory records valuing Sinnamahoning Iron and Coal and San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad stock, personal property owned by Mrs Harriman, jewelry, carriages, the famous John R Gentry horse, automobiles, and the Sultana yacht. It lists life insurance, a stock exchange seat, debits from Armour and uniform accounts, cash balances, and substantial real estate in Orange Rockland and Arden, plus New York City properties and extensive railroad bonds and stocks.
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Sinnamahoning Iron and Coal Company
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Harriman
John R. Gentry
J. Ogden Armour
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company
Acme Engineering and Contracting Company
Illnois Central
Mize Kills Miss Hall Then Ends Own Life in Georgia
W P Mize a 24 year old former fruit salesman and rail line telegraph operator shot and killed Annie Hall a college girl in Macon Georgia then shot himself. He kissed her as he died and the couple had planned to marry in the fall after a long, troubled courtship.
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Commercial Tribune
Macon
W. P. Mize
Fruit Company
Springfield
L. I
Atlantic ™ Coast Line Railroad
Annie Hall
Mize
Miss Hall
Gordon
Mise Hall
Left Foot Shoes Stolen Case Sparks Police Stir
Rudolph Hauser confessed to stealing forty left foot shoes from a Fifth avenue store. In a fit of anger at Central Police Station he dragged the case a mile home and later found the shoes useless to a one legged man, leading to his arrest.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Rudolph
Hauser
Fifth Avenue
Hyde Jury Hung in Swope Murder Trial
Kansas City March 16 after another fruitless day the Hyde jury failed to reach a verdict on the murder charge against Dr B Clarke Hyde in the Swope case. Judge Porterfield said to return at 9 am hoping for a decision or discharge and a third trial may pass without result.
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Kansas City, Mo
B.clarke Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Porterfield
Hyde
Suffragette Turmoil in London Parks Ends in Disorder
In London Hyde Park suffragettes face a 10 000 strong crowd as police shield them for two hours of chaos. Flora Drummond is pelted with turf while leading protests. hats cloaks are torn and nasal missiles fly. crowds chant Go home to your children amid mud and noise.
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London
Hyde Park
Oxford Street
Uncle Joe Cannon Quits Politics to Return Home
Washington reports Joseph Gurney Cannon the longtime Speaker known as the Czar of the House has left public service. He packed two cedar boxes with private letters and papers and plans a quiet life on his farms and investments with possible travels limited to a Mississippi Arkansas land survey.
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Washington
Joseph Gurney Cannon
Danville
Thi
Joe
Uncle Joe
China
India
Japan
Philippines
Renae
Mississippi
Arkansas
Yazoo
St. Francis
Marlin ‘Olmsted
Harrisburg
Denmark's Royal Pair Visit the Berlin Court
A snapshot shows Kaiser and King Christian during a parade amid celebrations with the Hohenzollern princes and princesses and German royalty in attendance at the Berlin court visit.
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Denmark
Berlin
Wilhelm
Hohenzollern
Christian
Vault Burglar Robbery At New York Pawnshop Net $800000
Thieves tunneled from a cellar into a New York pawnshop vault at 94 Hester Street and escaped with about 800000 in loot including 130000 in bonds and 100000 in notes. They avoided alarms, left gloves and tools behind, and critics note fingerprints would reveal the crime. Police suspect a skilled, well-prepared team aided by the area’s detective squad.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
East Side
Martin Simons
Simons
Hester Street
Police Department
Flat Janitors Refuse To Be Milady's Maids
Chicago janitors revolt with Federation of Labor help to draft rules preventing them from dressing and buttoning women's dresses for occupiers of flat homes. Edward Quesse cites dozens pressured to act as unlady's maids. conflict referred to a committee for action at next meeting.
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Milady
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Federation of Labor
Edward Quesse
Janitors’ Union
Committee For Action
Sermon Stirs City Crowd Prevents Lynching
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Rev. Charles L Peterson of M B Church used a sermon to sway rioters and save Frank Sullens and Ernest Harrison from lynching. The mob hung a dummy of Mayor Hull with a note branding him evil. Ernest Harrison is held in Vandalia, and Frank Sullens remains jailed in Mt Vernon.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
M. B
Charles L.peterson
Frank, Sullens
Ernest Harrison
Jesus
Rionrs
Charles Holt
Salem
Temple
Presbyterian Church
Battlements
Charlies Hull
Vandalia
Ill
Sul- Jens
Mt. Vernon
Canal tolls repeal urged by peace group leaders
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace calls for revoking laws exempting American coastwise vessels from Panama Canal tolls. The statement is signed by Elihu Root and notable trustees including Joseph Choate Luke Wright Charlemagne Tower and Nicholas Murray Butler. It cites treaties with Great Britain and argues the canal must benefit mankind on equal terms.
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Washington
United States
Carnegie Endowment For National Peace Tonight
Panama Canal
Society
Elihu Root
Joseph H. Choate
England
Luke E. Wright
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Andrew Carnegie
Great Britain
Telephone War Nearing End in Ohio Deal Talk
Cleveland scene cools as Central Union engineers appraise Cuyahoga plant. Public Utilities Commission signs off on Bell buyout plans in Ohio with independents set to swap markets. Analysts note a broader pacts between Bell and Morgan interests shaping major city and small town exchanges.
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Morgan Properties
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Resi
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Lohmer
Edward H.harriman
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Left Foot Shoes
Hyde Jury
London Park
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David Lloyd George
Joseph G. Cannon
Kaiser, Wilhelm and
King Christian
Christian X
Alexandrine
Glever Crooks
N.Y
Carnegie Commission
America
Bell Company
Cleveland
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Cuyahoga
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Harrison Building
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Cuyahoga Telephone Company
the Utility Commission
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Central Union Telephone Company
Big Bell Company
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Ation
Gan Telephone
Columbus
Toledo
Dayton
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United States Telephone Company
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Morgan
Independents
Lima
Commission
Bell
Lima Telephone and Telegraph Company
Inde
Ironton Home Telephone Company
Central Union Company
Tronton
Delaware
Bellefontaine
Marysville
Winona
Frank A. Davis
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