Provident Sale Delayed as Policy Holders Fight Inter Southern Bid
Policy holders of the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society organized a committee at Nassau Street to block the Inter Southern Life of Kentucky purchase of the company’s majority shares. They seek three policy holder directors and a finance committee, while questions remained about Timothy Woodruff’s stance and potential withdrawal of stock from sale.
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Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Inter-Southern Life of Kentucky
Louisville
Nassau Street
Yesternday
Louis Klopsch
The
Christian Herald
John F. Clarke
Dred Peacock
High Point
N. C
Henry Moir
Timothy L. Woodruff
Insuraance
Rittenhouse of Colorado
Woodruff
Adirondack
Rittenhouse
Provident Life
Kentucky
Judge O'Neil
Inter-Southern
the Provident Life
Provident
J. G. Webb
Columbus, Marion & Delaware Railroad
Wall Street
Louisville Clique
Fourth National Bank
City
Webb
Guy Walker
Times
Troy
Springfield
Ohio
stoc@k
N. G. Kittrell
Texas
Supreme Court
Board of Directors
Thomases
Albany
N. Y
Otto Kelsey
State Insurance Department
Provident Savings Life Assurance Soiety
New York
Kelsey
Department
Insurance Department
Child Chokes on Nickel Penny in Paterson
In Paterson New Jersey on August 7 seven year old Ethel Murray choked after swallowing a five cent piece given by her father. The coin lodged in her windpipe and she died during surgery at General Hospital.
Pythian Prizes Awarded in Cavalry Infantries Drills
Boston August drills by Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias awards announced. Troop 43 from St Joseph Missouri won 800 in cavalry. Company I Georgia earned 1500 with 97.09 points in infantry Class A. Indiana and Michigan teams won multiple prizes across classes B C D with distances and muster figures noted. The Smoky City Company Pittsburgh topped largest company encampment with 45 members. Auburn New York second with 35.
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Boston
Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias
Franklin Field
St. Joseph
Georgia
Indiana
Michigan
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Alabama
District of Columbia
Ohio
Maryland
Comany 1
Mobile
Ala
Smoky City Company
Pittsburg
Penn
Auburn, N. Y
Ex-Congressman Levy Held on Factory Law Violation
Jefferson M. Levy 87, ex congressman, appeared in Tombs Court on a warrant for violating factory laws. Authorities cited violations at 44 Lispenard Street, the National Novelly Clothing Co and Atlas Shirt Co where Levy served as president. Levy sought to travel to Europe. inspector urged bond and continued action, magistrate noted possible parole if not leaving country.
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Jefferson M. Levy
Tombs Court
Miller
Lispenard Street
National Novelly Clothing Company
Atlas Shirt Company
Levy
Europe
Cotton Leak Case Up Again Before Court
Judge Hough in the Criminal Branch heard a motion to quash indictments against Moses Haas and co defendants over a three year old cotton report leak alleged to defraud the United States. Haas Price Peckman demurrer argued rights violated by grand jury witness summons. decision reserved.
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Hough
United States Circuit Court
Moses Haas
United States
Haas
Theodore H. Price
Frederick A. Peckman
Rockwood
Holt
Department of Agriculture
Holmes
Body Identified in Greenpoint Fire as Lefkowski Wife
Reports claimed the woman found on a burning mattress in a vacant Greenpoint lot was Maria Lefkowski, wife of Frank Lefkowski of Staten Island. He alleged her elopement last April with Jan Kowisky of McKeon Street. Kowisky was detained for further questioning as police checked his statement.
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Greenpoint
Maria Lefkowski
Frank Lefkowski
McKeon Street
Staten Island
Stapleton
Jan Kowisky
Lefkowski
Greenpoint Avenue
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Staten
Barry Sentenced to Sing Sing for Note Swindle
Charles Barry ex lawyer linked with note sharpers. Judge Foster imposes a sentence of not less than one nor more than five years in Sing Sing for stealing notes from the Sherman Company of Keyport New Jersey. Hosier received eleven years. several others await trial.
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Charles Barry
Foster
Sing Sing
Sherman Company
Keyport
N. J
Barry
Henry Hosier
Horse Thieves Sentenced in General Sessions
Hyman Mendelsohn aged 17 and Samuel Nathanson aged 24 were sentenced to Elmira Reformatory by Judge Foster for stealing a horse and wagon from Herman Kohn. Max Price, a East Ninth Street stable keeper, pleaded guilty to petty larceny and indited for receiving stolen goods. his sentence is set for Tuesday. Police say Price’s stable concealed horses and wagons.
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Hyman Mendelsohn
Samuel Nathanson
Elmira Reformatory
Foster
Herman Kohn
Max Price
East Ninth Street
Malone
McNish
Allenhurst Faces Soft Coal Nuisance Protest
Complaints rise among cottagers over soft coal burning at the Allenhurst power house owned by the local electric trolley company. Residents warn a formal protest if the nuisance is not abated.
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Allenhurst
N. J
Electric Trolley Company
Roosevelt frees Taft of censure and Corbin comment
Ex secretary suspended by the president’s order and a cablegram stating it would be enforced confirms the action. Corbin’s statement accompanies the development as Roosevelt acts on Taft’s censure status.
Roosevelt Accepts Full Responsibility for Brownsville Dismissals
In a formal statement from Oyster Bay dated August 7 President Roosevelt takes sole responsibility for dismissing black troops linked to the Brownsville affair. He aims to shield Taft from possible backlash by negro voters, confirming Corbin’s claim that Taft bore no responsibility. Assistant Secretary Forster visited Sagamore Hill and then reported publicly that the President issued and planned the original order.
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New York Times
Oyster’ Bay
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Taft
Corbin
Forster
Loeb
Sagamore Hill
Wright
Col. Scott
Hitchcock
Gen. Corbin
Corbin exonerates Taft over Brownsville discharge
Gen Henry C Corbin retired asserts Taft had no role in discharging the Negro troops linked to the Brownsville affair. He cites Taft’s efforts to delay the order, condemns attacks on Taft, and notes Roosevelt’s directive upheld by Taft as Secretary of War. Corbin also notes Taft’s Ohio trip and expected negro vote for Taft.
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New York Times
Washington
Henry C. Corbin
William Howard Taft
Brownsville
Corbin
Taft
Army
M. Taft
Gen. Corbin
War Department
West
Fort Riley
Fort D. A. Russell
Fort Sill
Gen. Oliver
West Indies
Ponce
Theodore Roosevelt
Wright
Gen. Wright
Secretary of War
Ohio
Cardinal Gibbons Recovers From Illness In Rome
Cables from America questioned if Cardinal Gibbons was dead but Italian sources report he has largely recovered from a fever caused by stomach upset after eating figs at Castel Gandolfo. He plans to visit the Pope and attend a rescheduled dinner with other cardinals.
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NEW York Times
Rome
Gibbons
America
Mer. Kennedy
American College
Cardinal Gibbons
Castel Gandolfo
Mgr. Kennedy
Nemi
Signor Puccinelli
Cardinals Satelli
Vincenzo Vannutelli
Martinelli
Turkish officers arrested as palace officials seized
In Constantinople on August 7 prominent palace officials including former War Minister Riza Pasha and Court Chamberlain Raghib Pasha were arrested after Raghib resisted and fired on police from his house. The Union of Progress Proclamation Committee praised the new Ministry and urged calm as diplomats observed Friday prayers and met with the Sultan and Grand Vizier.
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Constantinople
Camarilla
Riza Pasha
Raghib Pasha
Raghib
The
Union of Progress
Yildiz
Turkey
Tewfik Pasha
Lockout at Stettin Shipyard Locks 8,000 Riveters
At Stettin the Vulcan Shipyard riveters, 8,000 strong, reject employer terms on overtime pay and extra hours. Employers refuse raises, noting weekly wages average 9.80 to 12.40 dollars. Ironmasters join in, planning to discharge 60 percent of 5,000 workers. Shipbuilders' Federation to lock out 45,000 more August 12.
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Stettin
Vulcan
Federation
King Freder1ck hosts 400 Danish Americans in Copenhagen
King Frederick and Queen Louise hosted a lunch for 400 Danish Americans. Col. Listoe of New York delivered Roosevelt greetings, and the King expressed best wishes for Roosevelt and the United States. The monarch asked auditors to convey his compliments to fellow countrymen upon returning home. He spoke with Dr. Hellerung of New York and Dr. Max Henrius of Chicago.
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Copenhagen
Frederick
Louise
Col
Listoe
New York
Roosevelt
United States
Hellerung
Max Henrius
Chicago
Three Die In Arkansas Passenger Train Wreck
Three people were killed and four injured when a San Francisco passenger train derailed twelve miles east of Imboden Arkansas early today. The dead are Engineer Cooper and Fireman Lee Booker both of Memphis and a man believed to be H. F. Overy of unknown residence.
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Arkansas
Imboden
Ark
San Francisco
Here
Cooper
Memphis
Lee Booker
H. F. Overy
Roosevelt Holds Cadet Case Talks With War Leaders
Secretary of War Wright and Col. Scott met with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on August 7 to discuss the eight cadets dismissed for hazing. A resolution may involve milder punishment or reinstate those deemed least guilty, with no official statement yet issued.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. I
Luke E. Wright
Hugh L. Scott
Military Academy
West Point
Roosevelt
Wright
Col. Scott
Gen.Wright
Gen. Wright
Sagamore Hill
New York
TIMES
Frank H. Hitchcock
Washington
Lee Scott
War Department
Forster
Westchester County
Advocates More Drawing in Public School Education
Dr. James P. Haney of New York public schools urged broader use of drawing in education at the Third International Congress for the Development of Art in London. He argued drawing should relate to many subjects and vocational training, with examples from New York pupils showing color illustrations, rapid sketching, and designs used in embroideries, prints, and stencils.
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London
James P. Haney
Public Schools
New York
Arthur W. Dow
United States
Royal College of Science
South Kensington
Haney
America
New York City
Pope Receives Newark Society in Audience at Rome
The Pope today received forty-one members of the Holy Name Society of Newark New Jersey headed by Mer J A Stafford of Jersey City They were presented to the Pontiff by Mer Kennedy rector of the American College Stafford delivered a greeting and presented an offering of 110 dollars
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Newark
Rome
Holy Name Society of
N. J
Mer. J. A. Stafford
Jersey City
Mer. Kennedy
The
American College
Mer. Stafford
Historic Sciences Congress in Berlin and Greece Rome lecture
Reports from Berlin Paris and St Petersburg describe the International Congress of Historical Sciences in Berlin with Edward Capps presenting on Greece and Rome. Paris orders army electrical corps to standby after a strike but expects no repeat. A Teheran dispatch notes the Shah of Iran secured a 250000 loan to fund an expedition against Tabriz. Cholera alerts issued along European Russia frontiers with quarantines on grain barges but no cases yet.
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Berlin
International Congress of Historical Sciences
Edward Capps
Princeton University
Greece
Rome
Paris
Clemenceau
ST. Petersburg
Teheran
Shah of Fia
Hassian Bank
Tabriz
Prussian Ministry of Public Health
Russia
Vistula
Oder
Calendar reform backslide at Orthodox Congress in Kiev
In Kiev the Orthodox Missionary Congress urged the government to restore obligatory use of the Russian calendar in Poland. The push contrasts with calls by Russian scientists and businesspeople for calendar reform toward the Gregorian system.
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ST. Petersburg
Orthodox Missionary Congress
Kiev
Poland
Europe
America
Lambeth Bishops Reject Color Line in United Church Vision
An encyclical from Lambeth Palace summarizes the Lambeth Conference held July 27 to Aug 5. Bishops reaffirm creeds, condemn race-based church separation, urge religious education, condemn altered family norms, and urge sympathy with socialist aims while stressing Christian social responsibility and just wages.
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London
Lambeth Palace
United States
Canterbury
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