Bank irregularities eyed in Pittsburgh closing
Washington officials prepare to request a Department of Justice probe into alleged irregularities linked to the First and Second National Bank merger in Pittsburgh. The acting comptroller says the bank should have been resolved after its merger, a concern long known in banking circles. Meanwhile Pittsburgh Bank for Savings experiences lighter withdrawal runs as deposits rise and public confidence returns.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
McReynolds
First Second National Bank of
Pittsburgh
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Thos. P. Kane
Currency
First Second National Bank
First National
Second National
Laurance G. Murray
Comproller
New York
Savings Bank
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh Bank For Savings
Meade County Bank Official Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
Sturgis South Carolina D A McPherson president and director of the defunct Meade county bank pleaded guilty to fraudulent banking Monday. He was fined $500 by the circuit court judge and all other indictments against him were dismissed. Bensey E Perkins received a prison sentence of two to four years after conviction for deposits after the bank’s insolvency. Bond was set at $8,000 with a stay of execution until September 23 to allow a motion for a new trial.
Perkins Convicted as Sturgis Bank Collapse Cases End
In Deadwood South Dakota Henry E B Perkins was sentenced to the penitentiary and Sturgis court adjourned to September ending Meade County bank failure cases. Directors Frank Stewart and D A McPherson pleaded guilty to loans in excess of legal limit with McPherson’s other indictments dropped. Anderson and Cooper remain under indictments. potential pleas or non prosecution loom. Perkins plans to appeal to the supreme court.
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Deadwood
S. D
Henry EB. Perkins
Sturgis
Meade County
Perkins
Frank Stewart
Buffalo Gap
D. A. McPherson
McPherson
H. CO. Anderson
Harold Cooper
Sioux Falls
Stewart
Supreme Court
Six Privates Killed on Philippine Railroad
Washington reports six soldiers killed in Manila when a car jumped the track. Private names include Boyd Mades Louis Kenig Elmer Nertziner John Paul Albert Wells and Geo Hughes of the Ninety fifth Company Coast Artillery per war dept dispatches.
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Washington, D. C
Manilla
Mades
Louis Grdlu Hrdlumhrdlee
Boyd Mades
Louis Kenig
Elmer Nertziner
John Paul
Albert R. Wells
Geo. Hughes
War Department
Ninety-fifth Company of
Coast Artillery
Government crop report forecasts small grain yields
The July 1 crop report from the U S Department of Agriculture shows winter wheat at 15.6 bushels per acre with 493 million bushels produced, spring wheat at 14.1 bushels per acre, and oats at 26.9 bushels per acre with 1 081 billion bushels produced.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
New Elk Chief Elected as Elks Honor New Treasurer
Rochester N Y reports the Elks 49th reunion second ballot for grand treasurer fell short of election for Charles White of Chicago. Edward Leach of New York elected grand exalted ruler to succeed Thomas Mills. Fred C Robinson of Dubuque re elected grand secretary. Other officers named include P L Shields H H Jennings BE M Dickering Edwin J Kelly S V Perrott and James R Nicholson to fill two trustee seats.
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Rochester Minn
Bedford
Virginia
Grand Lodge of
Ellis
Charles White
Chicago
Rochester
N. Y
Edward Leach
New York
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Thomas R. Mills
Superior
Wis
Leach
J. Cookman Boyd
Baltimore
Boyde
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
P. 11. Shields
Clarksburg
W. Va
H. H. Jennings
Bridgeport
Sugar Lobbyist on the Stand
Washington D C A D Baldwin a Cleveland attorney testified before the Senate lobby committee that he represented Alexander Baldwin of New York and received 30 a day while discussing the sugar tariff with congressmen He named A S Smith of Tennille Ga as Farmers Union president questioned about the National Farmers Union meeting in New Orleans last spring stating his expenses were paid by the Texas branch president William Whitman of Boston former NA Wool Manufacturers head and Arlington Mills president at Lawrence Mass was the next witness
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Washington, D. C
A. D. Baldwin
Cleveland
Senate Lobby Committee
Washington
Alexander Baldwin
New York
A. S. Smith
Tennille
The
Farmers Union
National Farmers Union
New Orleans
Texas
Union
William Whitman
Boston
National Association of ‘Wool Manufacturers
Arlington Mills
Lawrence
Mass
Bathing Urged as Health Factor in Public Campaign
Seattle report notes New York Public Health Bureau aims to popularize bathing through advertising. John A. Kingsbury of New York cites hopes it will become a positive health factor. Dr. Livingstone Farrand reads the committee report at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. Three sectional meetings held.
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Seattle
Wash
Bureau of Public Health and Hygiene of
New York
John A. Kingsbury
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Committee On Health and
Livingstone Farrand
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Two Airships Forced Down In Midwest hydroaeroplane race
In Michigan City Beckwith Havens and his passenger completed the first leg of a 900 mile hydroaeroplane race and prepared for the second leg to Macatawa Bay. In Chicago three planes started to Detroit but two were wrecked over Lake Michigan by squalls. Anthony Jannus and Paul McCullough were rescued by a dredge and Johnson was saved by life savers near Whiting. Jannus and McCullough were revived and later traveled by train to Chicago after the incident.
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Michigan City
Ind
Beckwith Havens
Macatawa Bay
Mich
Chicago
Detroit
Lake Michigan
Anthony Jannus
St. Louis
Paul McCullough
South Chicago
Dahlke
Johnson
New York
Whiting
South Chicago United States
Jannus
Havens
McCullough
United States Life Saving
Soldiers Fight Fires Amid Brush in California
San Francisco report describes 2006 soldiers sailors and naval apprentices being detailed by the government to battle stubborn fires burning in brush covered terrain. The action underscores a coordinated effort to contain a blaze risking nearby communities and resources.
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San Francisco
Cal
Tariff Bill Progress Reported By Senate Subcommittee
Washington D C The Senate finance subcommittee continued examining the tariff bill schedules. Chairman Simmons aims to finish for printing tonight and convene the full committee tomorrow with hopes the bill is reported to the Senate Thursday.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Simmons
Grain rates are lowered by interstate commerce ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered lower rates on grain and grain products from Chicago Minneapolis St Paul St Louis Omaha Kansas City and Toledo to eastern destinations for domestic use or export. The Toledo Produce Exchange sued most eastern railroads, and the commission ruled in Toledo’s favor.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
St. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
Toledo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Toledo Produce Exchange
State tax board shifts toward express and sleeping car firms
The state tax commission opened assessment work Monday evening starting with express and Pullman sleeping car companies. Valuations were raised sharply, with express firms more than quadrupled from last year and Pullman interests nearly quadrupled. Other corporate properties are expected to follow, promising a significant rise in overall assessments.
Fire on Mount Tamalpais Threatens Coast Areas
Coast artillery units patrol the sides of Mount Tamalpais while 1,000 sailors stand by in reserve. No lives lost and no serious injuries among firefighters are reported. Mill Valley and nearby towns at the mountain’s base are believed to be out of danger.
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Mount Tamalpais
Coast Artillery
Mill Valley
Missing Viborg Men Spark Large Search in South Dakota
Henry and Clarence Morrison, both Viborg residents, left Thursday night to deliver a car to Sioux City and vanished. A $300 reward is offered for their return. River dragging and dynamite probes near Elk Point have failed to locate the car or brothers, with foul play suspected by friends and the community.
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Viborg
S. D
Henry
Clarence Morrison
Sioux City
Deer
Missouri
Elk Point
South Dakota
Missouri River
Morrison
Commission condemns New Haven railways in reform report
The Interstate Commerce Commission released a yearlong inquiry into the New York New Haven and Hartford system. It finds outside management wasteful, outlines potential dividends and surplus gains, condemns the Boston and Albany agreement, urges divesting trolley ownership, warns of Boston and Maine merger monopoly risks, and recommends steel cars without issuing any orders.
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Washington, D. C
New York, Newhaven and Hartford Railway
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Auto owners may unite to protect themselves
Miller S D reports talks of forming an organization of automobile owners in the state to oppose unfair legislation at legislative sessions. Extra tax of six dollars per year per machine on top of regular valuation tax draws heavy farmer complaints as autos become essential, not luxury. An organized body could increase influence to curb double taxation.
Sees Daylight Twice In His Eleven Years
In Deadwood South Dakota the Homestake mine ends using horses for ore car hauling as compressed air motors take over. Teddy the last horse to leave the mine is about 15 years old and has only exited twice in 11 years due to labor troubles and a fire.
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Deadwood
S. D
Homestake
Teddy
New York Shows Interest in Richards Primary Law
The New York secretary of state requested copies of the Richards primary law as did allied officials in New York amid an extraordinary Albany session on June 16 to craft a new primary statute. The measure draws both support and criticism in New York politics with Governor Sulzer backing the reform.
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Sulzer
Tax assessors raise express line values in South Carolina
The tax commission increased express company assessments from 661219 to 2779319 in Pierre South Dakota? The American and Wells Fargo firms each near 1 million while the Pullman car value jumps from 60000 to 282000. A review date of July 22 was set for the assessment.
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Pierre
S. C
Tax Commission
American
Wells Fargo
Mystery patient at Mayo faces hopeless brain operation
In Rochester Minnesota doctors at the Mayo clinic say a man known only as J C R who woke with a blank mind after a blow to the head has no cure. Surgeons opened the skull and removed a large brain cyst in a last bid to restore memory and bridge the past to the present.
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Rochester, Minn
State Hospital
Mayo Brothers
Wizards of Surgery
Drs. Mayon
General Riva Dies After Gambling Club Raid
Havana reports General Irmando Riva chief of the Cuban national police died from wounds received in a pistol fight after raiding a gambling club on the Prado. General Ernesto Albert the Havana province governor Senator Vidal Morales and Representative Arias are jailed awaiting trial in the case.
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Havana
Cuba
Irmando Riva
Cuban National Police
Prado
Ernesto Albert
Vidal Morales
Arias
St Paul Secures Next NEA Convention Vote
Salt Lake City Utah one of the busiest NEA convention days with twenty five department meetings and committee meetings on the program officers to be elected tomorrow leading candidates Swain and Snyder top the race for the presidency St Paul named for next year Oakland for 1915 to be chosen by the recommending committee
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Salt Lake City
Utah
National Educational Association
Joseph B. Swain
Swarthmore College
Z. Snyder
Colorado State Normal
St. Paul
Oakland
Governors Day at Perry Centennial in Erie
Erie Pa. Governors day at the Perry centennial celebration. Governor Tener of Pennsylvania inspected the encampment of the Pennsylvania National Guard and, with Senators Penrose and Oliver, addressed a large crowd in Perry's square as parade routes were lined with festive streets.
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Perry
Put-in-Bay
Tener
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania National Guard
Penrose
Oliver
Perry’s Square
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