McCurdy Defends Salaries at Mutual Life in Insurance Probe
New York witnesses contest insurer salaries amid a broad inquiry. Richard A. McCurdy, president of the Mutual Life, insists executive pay was not cut and notes salaries compare with bank officials. A literary bureau funded press material and vouchers reveal syndicated news services.
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New York
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life
James McKeen
England
France
Germany
James M. Beck
Mutual
McKeen
Bank of Germany
Bank of England
McCurdy
Hughes
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Joseph Howrd, Jr
Howard
Gov Folk Aids Weaver In Philadelphia Speech
Governor Folk of Missouri attended a crowded Academy of Music gathering in Philadelphia to support good government. The City club hosted the event to back the municipal republican organization, while thousands outside heard city party speakers as Folk spoke briefly after arriving.
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Philadelphia
Folk
Missouri
Academy of Music
City Club
Curbstone
Tolk
Explorer Nansen to Represent Norway in Washington
The Politiken reports that Fridtjof Nansen the Arctic explorer will be appointed Norwegian minister to Washington. The notice also cites Christiania as the origin of the appointment with October 19 as the date of the report.
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Explorer Nansen
Norway
Washington
Christiania
The
Politiken
Ifridtj Aevigisef Nansen
Wehington
Explosion Strikes Doorway in New York Tenement
An explosion damaged a doorway at a New York tenement today. The blast wrecked part of the building and sent debris onto hundreds of tenants in the alley. No serious injuries reported. A week earlier a man named Garbalvo received a blackmail demand for $1,000.
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W York
Antono Garbalvo
Aviva
British Officers Seized by Anjera Tribe in Morocco
In Tangier on Oct 19 two British marine officers Captain J B Crowther and Lieutenant E A S Hatton were captured by Anjera brigands while returning from Ceuta with a 21 man Riff escort. The captors, led by a brother of brigand chief Valiente, threaten ransom as negotiations are opened by the British foreign office. Valiente is imprisoned at Fez as London seeks action.
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Morocco
Tangier
J. B. Crowther
E. A. S Hatton
Ceuta
Assistance
Tetuan Bay
Valiente
Fez
London
British Foreign Office
Royal Marines
DIES ON ROSES FOR DEAD
Eight year old Isabelle Walker died after being struck while crossing Ashland boulevard. The girl lay on a pillow of white roses carried by the automobile’s occupants to a physician’s office where she died. Driver L F Stevens was arrested as his brother Thomas E Stevens assisted with a funeral pillow for a friend’s child.
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Chicago
Isabelle Walker
Ashland Boulevard
L. F. Stevens
President Mo Roosevelt Prepares Southbound Trip
President Mo Roosevelt works with Secretary Loeb to clear his desk ahead of a Wednesday 8 am departure for a southern trip. He chats briefly with Postmaster General Cortelyou, Senator Carter, Reps Grosvenor and Smith, and ex Senator McLaurin. Few visitors will be seen before he leaves, returning around November 1 for urgent official business.
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Washington
Moosevelt
South
Loeb
Cortelyou
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Grosvenor
Ohio
William Alden Smith
Michigan
McLaurin
South Carolina
Trouble over children for Major Taggart and family
Chicago dispatch reports Judge Eason placed the Taggart children under their father Major Taggart. He may struggle to reclaim Culver without confronting Mrs. Taggart at home. Culver resists paternal authority as Mrs. Taggart resists losing him. Attorney Wertz says she may retain most custody if she cooperates.
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Major
Culver
Major Taggart
EB. S. Wertz
General on Spit Court Martial Likely After Taggart Case
Washington reports a court martial likely follows Judge Eason’s Taggart divorce ruling. General Miner’s drunkenness charges against Major Taggart and civil court findings involving General Miner and Lt Fortescue may trigger further trials. If no action against Miner and Fortescue, the department may initiate proceedings through the department of the lakes commander.
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Taggart
Washington
Eason
Wooster
General Miner
Miner
Tportescue
War Department
Cabinet Given Power to Remove Civil Servants
The president approved an amendment giving cabinet officers authority to summarily dismiss any civil service employee in their department based on the head's personal knowledge of misconduct or inefficiency. The change grants near unchecked personnel power to top executives.
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Washington
Desperado Shot by Rugby Businessman
In Rugby North Dakota on October 19 John Smith, described as a desperado, entered Charles Barker’s store and opened fire. Barker fired back and killed Smith. A coroner's jury exonerated Barker and public sentiment supported his action.
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Rugby
N. D
John Smith
Charles Barker
Smit
Barker
Ex-society Girl Becomes Squaw Wife on Wyoming Reservation
Grace Wetherbee of New York, daughter of a Manhattan hotel owner, married Arapahoe Sherman Coolidge and now lives on the Shoshone reservation at Fort Washakie. She dresses as a squaw, carries a papoose, yet is revered by locals as a saint and assists in missionary work.
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Lander
Wyo
Grace Wetherbee
New York
Manhattan
Sherman Coolidge
West
Miss Wetherbee
Fort Washakie
J. K. Moore
Arapahoe
Dr Arthur Knudsen disrobes on New York freight yard train
Dr Arthur Sinclair Knudsen a well known physician disrobed in the New York Central freight yard after a severe mental strain. He rode a freight train to Yonkers before discovery. He was exposed but will recover. Knudsen, a Honolulu native Harvard 1895 graduate, has traveled the world since his medical degree.
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New York
Arthur Sinclair Knudsen
New York Central
Yonkers
Br. Sknudsen
Harvard
Proclamation Bans Arms Exports to Dominican Republic
Washington announces a presidential proclamation prohibiting exportations of arms ammunition and munitions of war from any U S port to any part of the Dominican republic. An accompanying memorandum notes the move aims to aid Dominican authorities in barring revolutionists from obtaining war supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Porto Rico
Dominican Republic
Woman completes search and captures husband in St Louis
Chicago reports Detective Keefe was killed in January during a West Twenty fifth street gun battle with Harry Trinberg. Mrs Ella Braverman, who began the man search after the murder, arrested her husband Samuel Braverman in St Louis after receiving a tip from a Jewish society secretary. The warrant charged desertion and was the last Keefe was to serve.
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Chicago
James J. Keefe
Harry Trinberg
West Twenty-fifth Street
St. Louis
Keefe
Ella Braverman
Samuel Braverman
Great Britain Supports Norwegian Monarchy Plan
London reports Britain will honor the 1845 treaty securing Norway’s territorial integrity only if a monarchy is established. The Observer notes broad acceptance of Prince Charles of Denmark as the Norwegian king designate and signals near unanimous party support.
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Great Britain
Norway
London
Scandinavia
Prince Charles
Denmers
Ten Carnegie heroes named in Pittsburgh fund awards
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced ten awards for heroism across the United States and Canada. Recipients include Daniel Davis, Ward H. Plummer, Michael A. Doyle, Maude Titus, Miss Laura V. Reissneider, Sadie L. Crabbe, Anna Margaret Cunningham, Walker Cutts, George P. Pfanner, George W. Russell, and Arthur R. Roys, with medals and cash honors varying by act and survivorship details.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Andrew Carnegie
Canada
Daniel Davis
Sherodsville
William Monroe
Ward H. Plummer
Lynch’s River
Lamar
S. C
John M. Gibson
Michael A. Doyle
Quebec
Charlotte de Castner
St. Lawrence
Maude Titus
Newark
N. J
Commission
Laura V. Reissneider
East Orange
Sadie L. Crabbe
Cooper Landing
Ralph Young
Groton
Conn
New London
Arthur R. Roys
Foxboro
Mass
Coroner to Hear Sealed Death Probe in Hancock Case
A heated dispute unfolds in Washington as Coroner Carr orders secret sessions into the death of mma Smallwood. Winfield Scott Hancock, nephew of General Hancock, faces murder charges with Attorney Wells clashing with Magruder and spectators. Mayor Wells, his father, joins the tense exchanges.
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Washington, D. C
Carr
Hyattsville
Train Crash Near Cheyenne Injures 34 People
A northbound Cheyenne and Northern train derailed near Horse Creek thirty five miles north of Cheyenne. Thirty four persons were injured with three possibly fatally. The smoking car bore the force while others escaped. Names include Clara Hinsky George Woodbury J Burns T Lowres and Mrs TY G dierd among the injured.
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Cheyenne
Wryo
Tiree
Cheyenne and Northern Railroad
Ddorse Creek
Cieyenne
Clara Hinsky
George Woodbury
St. George
Utah
J. 7. Burns
Worthern
T. J. Lowres
United States Livestock Inspector
TY. GB. Dierd
Central City
Neb
Artilleryman Killed at Fort Sill
Roy George a private in the Thirteenth battery of field artillery, Second Provisional regiment, was killed when a caisson fell on him during return from field practices at Fort Sill. The Pennsylvania native had served four weeks. no others were hurt.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Roy George
George
Pennsylvania
Leader-hunting arrest tied to Maine Montana horse theft ring
A Helena dispatch reports George Case, long affiliated with northern Montana cattle men, is jailed in Glasgow after incriminating letters found on a horse thief killed in Valley County. Authorities say the letters link Case to a gang that stole about 1 000 horses. Deputies Hall and Teal led the pursuit and seizure.
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St. Paul, Minn
Pioneer Press
Helena
Mont
Valley County
Hall and Teal
George Case
Montana
Catlemen
Glasgow
Negro Hanged After Jail Outing In Kentucky
Virgil Bowers, a Black man, was taken from the county jail in London Kentucky and hanged to a tree. He had slain George Farris, a wealthy Knox county lumber dealer, on August 26 and was tried by a Laurel county jury last week. jurors were split ten to two for the death penalty versus life sentence.
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London
Virgil Bowers
George Farris
Knox County
Laurel County
Terrible Tale Of A Shipwreck Off South Carolina Coast
Two survivors William Thomas and William Warnock told of the schooner Vanname and King of New Haven wrecked off the South Carolina coast on October 6. Eight crew faced exposure hunger and thirst. six died or were driven to sea as rescue came when the Stillman I Kentley found them near Cape Lookout.
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Boston
Mass
Vanname and King
New Haven
South Carolina
Stillman I. Kentley
William Thomas
William G. Warnock
Antigua
British West Indies
WM. A. Maxwisli
New Jersey
BE. A. Chase
A . Grizell
Alfred Arthur
Jamaica
Wanname
King
Charleston
S. C
New York
Arthur
Grizell
Maxwell
Chase
Stillman F. Sentley
Ceylon
Thomas
Warnock
Cape Lookout
Kentley
Caledonia Recounts Harrowing Atlantic Voyage
Passengers aboard the Caledonia describe a twenty four hour ordeal in hurricane seas. Captain Gaxter and six crew endured a crushing storm that flooded cabins and swept water across decks. Women prayed as the liner battled engulfing waves near Glasgow.
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Mey
York
Nevis
Glasgow
le Terrifie
Caledonia
Gaxter
Ceath
Cunard
Campania
Norway and Sweden union ends as riksdag dissolves union
Stockholm reports that both houses of the riksdag have repealed the act of union and recognized Norway as a state separate from Sweden. A new flag law follows, with a yellow cross on blue field and the old union mark removed from the corner.
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Stockholm
Norway
Sweden
Riksdag
Jury finds man slaughter in Failor murder case
After a lengthy trial in Knoxville Iowa the jury convicted James Blee of man slaughter for killing his half brother Henry Failor at the Swan home. The defense will seek a new trial and may appeal to the supreme court if rejected.
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Knoxville
Failor
James Blee
Henry Failer
Swan
Supreme Court
Explosion cuts gas supply in Erie city
Two blasts at the Pennsylvania Gas Co main plant outside Erie cut off all natural gas for heating and lighting. Benjamin Donovan, 86, and his son Neil, 4, were badly burned. Mrs Donovan escaped with burns. A bonfire near a supply pipe caused a gas leak leading to the first explosion, then a second blast demolished the gas house. Firemen Edward Franz and John Weber were injured leaping from the tender’s roof. Gas service to Belle Valley was shut off and not restored for 24 hours. Damages are estimated at $25,000 to the gas company with broader losses to businesses and residents forthcoming.
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Erie
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Benjamin A. Donavan
Hammond's Hospital
Neil Doniavan
Donovan
Donovans
Belle Valley
Edward Franz
No. 6 Engine Company
John Weber
Minuteman
Franz
Weber
Directors Back McCall Amid New York Life Probe
New York Life Insurance directors intend to stand by president John A. McCall despite pressure from policyholders and organizations calling for his withdrawal. They acknowledge errors of judgment but find no evidence of personal profit. The board also minorly criticizes funding practices and a bureau aimed at suppressing unfriendly legislation. James Staten Hyde to face the insurance investigation with attorney Samuel Untermeyer announcing his subpoena. Hyde plans to appear in person soon after visiting near Boston.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
John A. McCall
McCall
Legislative Insurance Inquiry
Republican Campaign Fund
George W. Perkins
Hamilton
Afr. McCall
James Staten Hyde
Samuel Untermeyer
Mra. Myde
Legislative Committee
Mr. Hyde
Boston
Churchmen Disagree Over Unitarians in Federation Meeting
In New Traven Rev George H Ferris of Calvary Baptist says he will not attend the federation meeting in Philadelphia citing the exclusion of Unitarians as uncharitable and unchristian. In Ballston Rev James W Hegeman founder of the church federation laments the rise of doctrinal debate and says the term evangelical hinders unity among diverse citizens of the kingdom.
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New Traven
Conn
George H. Werris
Calvary Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Federation of Churches
Philadelphia
Ferris
Ballston
N. Y
James W. Hegeman
Christ Episcopal Church
Church Federation
Inter-Church Conference
Evangelical Alliance
Melrose Heiress Lois Paschal Takes Her Own Life
Lois Paschal a wealthy Melrose Indiana woman, visiting Denver for health, died last night by suicide after prolonged family accusations of morphine addiction. The asthma sufferer left a note blaming relatives and friends for driving her to this step. she was worth about 75000 dollars.
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Denver
Colo
Lois Paschal
Melrose
Paschal
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Manhattan Hotel
Buse Revolutonists
Santo Domingo
Carnegie
W. S.’Hancock
Caisson
Van
Caleccenia
Noraway
Henry Failor
Flaif Brothers
Board of New York Life Insurance Company
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