Judge Pollock Blushes as Annuity Charges Roil Court
In a Missouri case over Great Western Annuities the judge reddened when annuity contracts were cited, provoking laughter. Complainants allege misused funds, false asset statements, fictitious dividends, and misplacement of monies tied to Great Western Life Insurance in Missouri. O J Van Laningham presides as president with A A Cooper L N Paquin and J E Kendall as VPs.
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Pollock
Interpresent
J Pollock
Great Western Agéncy Company
Colorado
Great Western Life Insurance Company
Missouri
Insurance Commissioner of
O. J. van Laningham
A. A. Cooper
L. N. Paquin
J. E. Kendall
Bigelow Girls School Sold In Kansas City Move
The Bigelow girls school at 2530 Troost avenue is sold due to ill health of Miss Lucy Stowe Bigelow. New principal Mrs. Anna Arnold-Thomas of Dayton Ohio, widow of Colonel J B Thomas, will relocate the Arnold-Thomas School for Girls to a larger building in Kansas City.
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Anna Arnold- Thomas
Dayton
Lucy Stowe Bigelow
Troost Avenue
J. B. Thomas
National Military Home
Thomas
Kansas City
Arnold-Thomas School
Denver Hall Nears Completion Ahead of Convention
Denver officials report the auditorium is 85 percent finished and on track to be ready before the July 7 Democratic convention. Exterior walls and painting should finish by Saturday. chairs arrive May 20 and seating by June 10. Architect Robert Willison notes heavy work is in place and progress is ahead of schedule.
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Denver
Robert Willison
Willison
Dying Pianist Jessie Shay Dies After May 5 Operation
Miss Jessie Shay the renowned pianist who toured with Jan Kubelik is reported dying at Presbyterian hospital where she was operated on May 5 for an affection of the liver.
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New York
Jessie Shay
Jan Kubelik
Presbyterian Hospital
Iver
Thaw Habeas Hearing Opens After Delays
The Thaw habeas corpus hearing begins with Thaw his counsel and District Attorney Jerome present. The elder Mrs. Thaw has visited from out of town for several days and talked with her son at Matteawan State Hospital as the case moves toward a conclusion.
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Poughxkeresix
N. Y
Thaw
Jerome
Motion for discharge of Thaw over commitment flaws
Mr. Graham moved to discharge Thaw claiming no sanity testimony or public risk assessment was taken at commitment and that due process and statutory requirements were violated. He argued Thaw is entitled to a presumption of sanity. Justice Moschauser would not decide constitutional issues without a sanity waiver.
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Graham
Thaw
Moschauser
Oklahoma Printer Charged $22 000 for $4 000 Work
The state senate voted for paying a $38 000 bill for constitutional convention printing to Guthrie Leader Printing, despite reports suggesting overcharging. The action raises questions about why the invoice exceeded the estimated cost and whether safeguards were followed.
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Oklahoma
Guar
State Senate
Guthrie Leader Printing Company
House
Senate
William H. Murray
Haskell
Billups
Hall ready for convention with July 1 finish date
The sub-committee of the national committee expressed satisfaction with progress and plans for the convention. The auditorium will seat 12,000 with standing room, and will be finished in every detail by July 1.
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National Committee
House Adopts Rules for Vreeland Currency Bill
Washington May 14 The House adopted the rule for consideration of the Vreeland currency bill 174 to 146 Democrats voting against it with support from fifteen Republicans. Tulsa Oklahoma May 14 John Carter aka Dutch implicated in the Keifer post office robbery charged by federal authorities here in connection with a money seizure months ago.
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Washington
House
Tulsa
Keifer
Here
John
Dutch
Carter
Toy
Thaws legal attack looms as court considers due process
Thaw remains in jail quarters while his counsel challenge Justice Dowling for Matteawan commitment claiming due process violations. Court attendance is restricted by sheriff passes as District Attorney Nack and aides consult before witnesses. Separate notes report legislative printing costs and Topeka bankers visiting Hotel Baltimore.
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Thaw
Matteawan
Justice Dowling
Morschauser
Jerome
Garvan and Johnson
New York
Nack
A. Russell Peabody
James G. Graham
Roger O'Mara
William Moore
Many Speakers Will Tell of the New Plan in Kansas City
The commission plan party in Kansas City Kansas arranged four meetings tonight at Hall Thirteen Street and L road with speakers Buer Sutton Manning Jenkins Hall Littrick Butler Bethel Mission Meamish Halbert and Trickett. A band concert runs 7 45 to 8 15. Mrs Wallace outlined the plan as democratic with voters choosing all commissioners. Two hundred Cudahy workers heard the explanation at noon. Halbert also spoke.
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Commission Plan
Kansas City
Kas
Hall
Thirteenth Street
L Road
I Sutton
Eighteenth Street
Central Avenue
M. Manning
J. B. Jenkins
R. J. Hall
George Littrick
A. Butler
Bethel Mission
North Fifth Street
W. H. Meamish
L. A. Halbert
Sunflower Club
Tenth Street
Freeman Avenue
C. W. Trickett
W. B. Sutton
L” Road
S. H. Wallace
M. E
Union Label Ordinance to Govern City Printing
Alderman Isaac Taylor plans to introduce tonight a city council ordinance requiring the union label on all city printing. It mandates that city orders bear the Allied Printing Trades council label and that newspaper ads be let to papers employing International Typographical Union members. Bids may be rejected as too high or for irresponsibility, with printing awarded to the lowest and best bidder under council rules.
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Isaac Taylor
Allied Printing Trades Council
Kansas City
International Typographical Union and Allied Printing Trades Council
Printing Trades Council
Board of Public Works
Taylor
Neff
Death of Mrs C H Pinnister at 2910 Woodland Avenue
Mrs Louise Finnister 61 wife of retired locomotive engineer Charles H Finnister died early today at 2910 Woodland Avenue. A son C W Finnister resides there. Funeral services set for 8 a m Sunday at the home with burial in Slater Missouri.
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C. H. Pinnister
Louise Finnister
Charles H. Finnister
Woodland Avenue
C. W. Finnister
Slater
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Argamenia
Bigelow Girls' School
Conimon
Vreeland Bill
Topeka
FE. E. Ames
J. R. Burrow
Central National Bank of
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Peite Daisies
Leghorn
Merry Widow
Milan
Ssss Wholesale Millinery
Commission
Webster
F.G. Smith Piano Co
Grand Ave
Main ST
Boley
Ellet Kendall Shoe Co, Mfgs
Browning, King & Co Clothing
Browning, King & Company
Tencaren
Bridger
ST OF
Eastern Painless
Morton's
Columbia Dentists
Walnut St
Star
Wellesley
Smith
Vassar
Westport Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
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