Mellon Okeh Turmoil on Mellon Tax Board Debate
The Senate committee considered Mellon Okeh related matters on treasury stock holdings and possible conflicts of interest. Norris report defeated 12 to 4 with Steiner report praised by two Democrats Overman Stephans and the committee leaned against an open Mellon investigation, signaling partisan tension over his finances and duties.
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Stephens
Overman
North Carolina
Steiner
Deneen
Illinois
Gillett
Massachusetts
Robinson
Indiana
Waterman
Colorado
Burton Ohio
Hastings
Delaware
Montana
Mellon
Grafton Churches Mark Mother’s Day Origin Debate
Ministers urged to honor Miss Jarvis in services as Mother’s Day is debated as the origin. Local memories point to 1908 May service by Anna Jarvis and a yearly union observance. A joint committee of church leaders plans a united grant while each church retains its own service.
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Miss Jarvis
feyeIn Andrews
E. Church
Mathers
Acting U S District Attorney for E New York Named
Howard Amell of Brooklyn becomes acting United States district attorney for the eastern district of New York, succeeding William A. Der Groot. Amell, associated with the Federal Posts and AP Photo, assumes the role in the interim as the office adjusts.
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Associated Press
Howard Amell
Brooklyn
United States
Atorney
New York
William A. der Groot
Presa
Eugene Bussey
Dorothy Peacox
Francis Peacox
F. H. Coyne
Westchester County
Senate testimony on Mellon stock conflict
Testimony showed the committee noting Mellon’s Canada trip in his interest as a stockholder of the Aluminum Company of America. Activity barred Borah and King took positions. a stockholder may serve as secretary of the treasury, but counsel or advice to his companies would violate the law.
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Walsh
Senate
Mellon
Canada
Aluminum Company of America
Borah
King
the Treasury
Asylum Inmates Escape As Wing Burns
In night attire inmates fled the burning asylum wing. Superintendent Marcus Curry put the damage at 1 million dollars. Six escaped during the blaze. four were recaptured, one after a three mile chase by state police. The superintendent believed the remaining two were not in the fire.
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Marcus Curry
Curry
Death of Jacob T. Frock at 21 in Berkeley Springs
Jacob Theodore Frock 21 a Western Union telegraph worker died at City Hospital after a week with double pneumonia. He will be buried in Berkeley Springs with funeral services at United Brethren Church conducted by Rev. Paul Groover, interment at Greenway cemetery near the church. Survived by mother Elizabeth Frock and siblings J C Dawson V Close Virginia Frock J W P V B Frock and O D Frock of New Castle PA. Family to accompany body tomorrow afternoon.
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First Baptist Church
L. Posthlethwait
United Brethren Church
Brown
Jacob Theodore Frock
Western Union Telegraph Company
Berkeley Springs
Frock
Arden
West Virginia
Bolin- Hamilton Funeral
Elizabeth Frock
J. C. Dawson
V. Close
Virginia Frock
J. W
P. V
B. F. Frock
O. D. Frock
New Castle, Pa
Paul Groover
Greenway
Phone Company Extends Lines in Grafton Area
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company outlines a plan to spend about 40000 for refurnishing, new equipment, and service extensions. Manager J W Ault notes offices moved within Grafton, new mahogany furnishings, and a mural line to surrounding Philippi area with 10500 for cables in Fetterman district. Service in Gratton has grown about 40 percent in the past year.
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Grafton
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
J. W. Ault
Ault
Grafton Banking and ‘Trust Company
Telephone Company
Philippi
Fetterman
Gratton
Three American Catholic missionaries killed in China
Washington reports the death of three missionaries Rev. Walter Coveyou Petoskey Mich Rev. Clement Seybold Dunkirk N Y and Rev. Godfrey Holbein Baltimore Md near Chenki Hunan China on April 24. They were seized by 30 bandit soldiers led to a mine pit and shot one by one. servants were spared and returned to Chenki. The motive and unit of the soldiers remain unclear per Consul General Lockhart.
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Washington
Hwachia
Chenki
Hunan
China
State Department
Frank P. Lockhart
Hankow
Walter Coveyou
Petoskey
Mich
Clement Seybold
Dunkirk
N. Y
Godfrey Holbein
Baltimore
Hwachi
Coyeyou
Holbein
Lockhart
Anthony Ma
Soldiers recover bodies from Chenki mine pit tragedy
Loney and Miles McCarthy led a 90 man patrol to Chenki where they found a mine pit on April 26. They recovered the bodies the next day and returned with them to Chenki on April 28. Funeral services and burial were held at Shenchow Honan on May 4.
Laguardia Blames Dollar Over Alcohol On Ships
Representative Laguardia of New York told the House Captain Robert Dollar who recently said his sale of toxicants was halted did not know what was happening aboard his vessels. He charged liquor is consumed on the Dollar ships and officials permit it and supply materials to aid it. He spoke after Representative Cramton read an editorial based on Dollar's statement.
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Washington
Laguardia
New York
House
Robert Dollar
Dollar
Laguardian
Cramton
Michigan
Lawmakers Spar Over Dollar Ships and Chinese Labor
Representative Florence P. Kahn and others criticized Dollar ships for evading liquor and seaman's act provisions by employing Chinese workers paid 24 cents a month. They alleged narcotics smuggling at American ports and questioned responsibility for passengers’ liquor aboard ships. The debate touched on maritime labor, visa policy, and enforcement.
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Uon
Florence P. Kahn
Republican
California
The Right View Prompts Uncomfortable Actions
Quote from The American Magazine notes that one who sees the world clearly is liked and mocked for doing what compelled, not what is easy, urging courage to act despite discomfort.
Moves to Wisconsin Brick cheese origin and notes
A fragmented 20th century note discusses brick cheese alleged to be German in origin now labeled as a Wisconsin product. It quotes a passage about medicines administered to the strong and the healthy, attributed to an American magazine excerpt.
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Germany
Wisconsin
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