Memorial Day Parade Honors Civil War Vets on Fifty First Anniversary
Egsht hundred white-haired veterans marched along Riverside Drive from Seventy-fourth to Ninety-second Street under faded flags as crowds estimated above 56 000 cheered. Spirits ran high amid wide flag displays citywide while Grand Army of the Republic survivors led by Sherburne Van Tassel saluted. The celebration, also marking the Civil War end, featured Coast Artillery troops, National Guard divisions, and veterans from Spanish War posts with dignitaries urging preparedness and national unity.
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Riverside Drive
Seventy-fourth Street
Ninety-second Street
Hudson River
Broadway
S-bech
Reno Post
National Guard
Coast Artillery
John F. O'Ryan
Grand Army
Grand Marsal
Sherburne C. van Tassel
Adjt
Joseph J. Lord
William E. van Wyck
George M. Barry
Samuel Mildenbure
Isidore Isaacs
Sconne H. Stevens
George S. Drew
Simpson Hamburger
William Kirchner
M. B. Wood
John H. Wood
Charles W. Brown
H. J. Kearney
Frank J. Schleder
Harry B
Fassett
William H. Eliott
Howard M. Graff
David Loria
Hugh Fitspatrick
Henry Holmes
Charles Farmer
Daniel D. Lawlor
Theodore Joffe
George Blair
Guard of Honor
Farragut Naval Post
No. Alti
Farragut Fleet
Port_of New_York
Monitor Association
Port of Brooklyn
Eee
Daughters of Veterans
Adams Goss
Eightyninth Street
C. D. Sigshee
N. W. Day
Anson G. McCook
George E. Dewey
James E. March
Horace Porter
C. Blakewell
J. B. Greenhut
Civil War Veteran Hurt Lowering Colors at Monument
Robert McGuire, 71, of 204 Bank Street, a Civil War veteran, fell while lowering the colors to half mast at the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument. He cut his scalp, received care from Dr. Padulla of Knickerbocker Hospital, and went home.
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Robert McGuire
Bank Street
Padulla
Knickerbocker Hospital
Memorial Day address urges stronger navy and army
Representative Lathrop Brown of St James L L spoke at Flushing Memorial Day exercises urging a larger navy and army. He warned a defenseless nation invites trouble and stressed that a 32 000 man army and 100 000 militia would delay any attack before a real force could be raised. General Victoriano Huerta, former Mexican president, listened to Brown.
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Lathrop Brown
St. James L. L
Flushing
Brown
Victoriano Hilerta
Mexico
Veterans Parade in Brooklyn Draws Large Crowd
Great crowds gathered in Brooklyn yesterday morning to view a parade honoring veterans. The Old Guard of New York led the column with Grand Marshal Major Gen. Isaac S Catlin in retirement as Brig Gen Benjamin F Tracy reviewed.
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Brooklyn
Grand Army of the Republic
Old Guard of
New York
Isaac 8. Catlin
Educating Convicts: University Role in Prison Reform
Professor James C. Egbert led a Greenwich conference urging universities to educate inmates in state prisons. Other speakers included Dr. Hastings H. Hart and E Kent Hubbard outlining reform methods, while Adolph Lewisohn pressed for humane prisoner treatment and better jail systems.
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James C. Egbert
Columbia University
John H. Flagler
North Brook Farm
Greenwich
Conn
Connecticut State Reformatory
Reformatory
Adolph Lewisohn
National Committee On Prisons and
Iegbert
Egbert
New York City
Eldridge H. Gary
Professor Figbert
E. Kent Hubbard
Eldridge
Gary Snow
Helen Vardk Boswell
Foster Milliken
Frederick Lewisohn
Gary Snow, Jr
G. Stehili
Jean Webster
G. W
Bequest Rumor Ties Large Estate to Mercer Hospital
Rumor says the bulk of the $500000 Hancock estate may go to Mercer Hospital. William S. Hancock ex State Controller left substantial gifts to several institutions including $20000 to Mercer, $5000 to McKinley and St Francis Hospitals, and to the Y M C A and Y W C A. Seventeen cousins may receive annuities of seven dollars each.
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Trenton
N. J
William S. Hancock
Mercer Hospital
Hancock
M. Elizabeth Challenger
Philadelphia
McKinley
St. Francis
W. Cc. A
Breckinridge Urges Strong Defenses in Memorial Day Talk
Assistant Secretary of War Henry S. Breckinridge told about 2,000 at Grant's Tomb that the army lacks personnel and material and urged rapid defense rebuilding. He denounced disarmers and peace at any price advocates, defending compulsory service as a democratic safeguard.
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Grand Army
Grant
Henrys. Breckinridge
United States
Switzerland
Australia
Fenwick Y. Hedley
Memorial Way Committee
Grand Army of the Republic
Thomas Murray
Pky
Willian N. Richie
George R. Brown
Hudson River
Florida
Prominent Leaders Attend League of Peace Conference
Invitations issued for a June 17 conference at Independence Hall Philadelphia to discuss a League of Peace. National Provisional Committee led by ex president Taft includes Abbott Alder man Angell Barrett Bell Blakesler Churchill Clark Crane. Proposals call for arbitration and an international court with codified rules. Conference sessions at 10 in the Assembly Room with a evening banquet featuring national figures.
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Independence Hall
Philadelphia
League of Jv’eace
National Provisional Committee
Baylor University
Charl&s
Elmir BE. Brown
New York University
Henry A. Buchtel
Colorado
George Burnham, Jr
Winston Churchill
Francis E. Clark
United Society of Christian Endeavor
John Bates Clark
Columbia University
Philander
Frank Crane
Associated Newspapers
R. Fulton Cutting
William C. Dennis
Solicitor Department of State
Jacob M. Dickinson
Henry Sturgis Drinker
Lehigh University
Samuel T. Dutton
William H. B. Frunce
Brown University
Woodlridgen Ferris
Michigan
John H. Finley
New York
Irving Fisher
Yale University
William Dudley-Foulke
Menpiber United Stated Civil Service Commission
Howard B. French
James Cardinal Glerons
Franklin HH. Giddings
Columbia Universality
Washington Gladden
Casper F. Goodrick
George Gray
Hague Court
Joan Hays Hammond
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
William O. Hart
Louisiana Historical Association
Rowland G. Hazard
Bayard Henry
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Emil G. Hirsch
George C. Holt
United States
Hamilton Holt
the Independent
H. J. Howland
William B. Howland
Andrew B. Humphrey
American Peace and Arbitration League
Charles Cheney Hyde
Northwestern University
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Homer H. Johnson
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr
Samuel W. Mecall
Congress
James B. McCreary
Kentucky
Victor H. Metcalf
Nove
John Mitchell
New Yor State Industrial Commission
Samuel C. Mitchell
Delaware College
John Bassett Moore
Henry C. Morris
Chicago Peace Society
Cyrus Northrop
University of Minnesota
Alton B. Parker
George A. Plimpton
George H. Prouty
Vermont
Odin Roberts
Victor Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Leo 8. Rowe
American Academy of Political and Social Science
NATH
Wesleyan University
Robert Sharp
Tulane Univer Brown
Vale Divinity
Church City
Albert Shaw
William H. Short
The
New York Peace Society
Edgar F. Smith
University of Pennsylvania
John A. Stewart
Peace Central Car Ttee
Oscar S.“.Straus
Frankis, Streeter
Joseph Swain
Swarth
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California Evenett P
Wheeler
Harry A. Wheeler
Andrew D. White
Thomas Raeburn White
John M., Whitehead
Talcott Williams
Wardner Williams
Colorado State Board of Peace Commissioners
George Grafton Wilson
Luther B. Wilson
Biaho M. E. Church
Oliver Wilson
National Grange
Stephen 8S
Wise
Theodore 5
Woolsey
International Law
General Reyes Arrives From Paris on Espagne
General Rafael Reyes former president of the United States of Colombia arrives with his family from Paris aboard the French liner Espagne en route to South America where he will lecture in Brazil Chile and Peru on trade extension Another passenger on the Espagne is Pierre Chaubert Special Commercial Delegate from the re Government to the Panama Pacif Exposition
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Rafael Reyes
United States of Colombia
Paris
South America
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Pierre Chaubert
Weather In Cotton and Grain States Special to The Times
Weather outlook across cotton and grain regions with Tuesday showers followed by generally fair and warmer conditions. Temperature trends vary by state, with winds mostly light to moderate from northeast to southeast. Forecasts note cloudy periods in some areas and warmer conditions on Wednesday across much of the central United States.
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New York Times
Washington
Forectast
Gertie E. Ton
Bentie
Tex
Okio
Utah
Ark
Rain Inc
Fair
Warmer Inc
Ohio
Ami Ind
S. E
Mich
Upper
Wis
Iowa
Kan
Neb
Stock Dividend Notice from 1915 California Cotton Co
An excerpt lists stock dividend details for several lines including American Cotton, Hinckford County, Cincinnadi and Midmont, with quarterly guaranteed stock dividends of 1 percent. It references Cleveland and Pitts, Indiana, and a special guaranteed betterment stock dividend also on a quarterly basis.
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American Cotton OW Co
Hinckford County
Cincinnadi, Midmont & Pt. Wayne Ta
Cleveland & Pitts Md Co
Cleveland & Pitts. Rd. Co
Indiana
Court Home Sea
Tiffany and Company Stockholders Meet in New York
Notice announces a stockholders meeting at Tiffany and Company in Manhattan on June 1915 to elect trustees and conduct business. Transfer books close May 22 and reopen June 2. Secretary H H Treadwell signs dated May 1 1915. Sealed proposals sought by Quartermaster General for paints varnishes glass for fiscal year 1936. Lighthouse Inspector Tompkinsville seeks brass and phosphor bronze castings with details by request.
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Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
William Street
New York City
Albion Gas Light Company
Armour & Company
Braden Copper Mines Company
Johnstown
City of
Midland Terminal Railway Company
Millard Lumber
Mobile & Ohio R. R. Co
Mtge
Napanee Water Works Company
New Castle
City Water Co
Peoples Street Railway Company
Sharon Railway Company
Scranton
J F. Morgan & Co
Adolfo Pullivan
Republic of
Bolivia
Wm. Pierson Hamilton
J. P. Morgan & Co
Edward S. Pegram
New York
New York Times
The
New York Sun
London Times
London
J P Morgan & Co
Morgan, Grenfell & Co
Honda
Tilo
Ismael Montes
Hercules Powder Co
Hercules Ponder Company
Guaranty Trust Company of
Trust Department of Tuaranty Trust Company of
Broadway
K. H. Dinham
Pocahontas Consolidated Colinities Company Incorporated
Tiffany & Company
Fifth Avenue
7Th Street
Tiffany and Compainy
Thirty-seventh Street
Borough of
Manhattan
H. H. Treadwell
Quartermaster General of the Army
Washington
D. C
Quartermaster Core
Quartermaster General
U. 3. Army
Washington, D. C
Q. M
Whitehall 5
Tompkinsville
N. Y
Wis
Ee General Ulghthouse ‘Depot
Hendeer Manufacturing Company
Springfield
Massachusetts
Union Trust Company
Frank J. Weschiem
Utah Copper Company
Co. K. Lipman
KAY Consolidated Copper Co
Broad St
Ray Consolidated Copper Company
General Chemical Company
Lancaster Morgan
Vtic
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
James ©. Bennett
Christopher & 10Th ST. A. R. CO
East Fourteenth St
George W. Linch
Sec'y
American Cement Engineering Company
DES Moines & Fort Dodge Railroad Company
Dest Moines & Fort Dodge Railroad Company
Market Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Chas. K. Seymour
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S.w.straus & CO Mortgage
Straus Building
Chicago
Wall Street
Finley Barrell & Co
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Salt Street
Lenox Avenue
W &2d St
Columbus Ave
Poway
Court Street
S&st
Newark
John Muir
Knauth-Nachod & Kane
William St
Internat. Nickel CO
National Fuel Gas CO
Otis Elevator CO
Common Stock
Amer. Sumatra Tos. CO. Preferred & Common
Houston Oil Company Preferred & Common
Procts Coke Corp
Chile Copper CO
Carsh.pforzheimer&co
Standard Oil Securities
Am. Light & Trac. Co
Blake & Knowles Steam Pump Works
Cumberland Corp
du Pont-Hercules-Atlas
Nickel Co
N. J. Zinc Co
Pac. Gas & Elec. Co
St. Joseph Lead Co
Common & Preferred
Farich & Company
Ayark St
Buckeye P. L
Galena So. Ptd
Normere PL
Galena Sig. Com
Hiino's
Prairie of“ & Gas
W. Pa
Carl H. PronzHeiMenee
Broal St
Union
Joseph Silverman
Temple Emanu-El
Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument
Berty
Othe
Adamson
Héaly’s
John A Dix
Trinity Cemetery
Ald Street
John A. Dix
Bronx
Fort Totten
Boy Scouts
Boys’ Clubs
McKinley Square
Dousine Mathewson
Queens
Huerta
Milfitia and
Old Guard
Benjamin F. Tracy
Eastern Parkway
Underhill Avenue
Henry 8. Breckenridge
James McLeer
John B White
Fort Hamilton
Hanover Club
Forty-seventh Regiment
Marcy Avenue
Boar of Education
Prof
W. S. Hancock
Mercer
Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Ss. Grant
Patrick Henry
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Breckinridge
Men of Light
America
Ridge
Hull Run
Vicksburg
Lee
Gettysburg
League OF Peace
Gen. Reyes
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin Trust Company
Scribner Browne
D. Arthur
Bowman Legal
Wm Bb Devoe Standard Oil
E. D. Pouch
Virginia Service Company
Jolina
American Agricultural Chemical
St. the Magazine of
Dept. T
United Cigar Stores Ltd
United
Harvey A. Willis & Co
B’way
Amalgamated Copper Co. “Richts
Gwynne Brothers
Kansas City
Utah Power Light
Blue Ridge
Pacific Light & Power
GEO Reith & CO
Broad St.n.y
Slattery & CO
International Agricultural Corp
United Gas & Elec
Amer. Investment Sec. Com
Amer. Graphophone and Sotchkin & CO. Incorporated
Pine St. N.Y
State &T
Boston
Saba
Aquacate Mines
Amer
Sumatra Tobacco Com
Susq
Western Coal Western N. Y. Farms
Det
Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor & J
Idaho Irrigation Adj
Tenth
American Real Estate Ptd
Didrichsen & CO
John
Pine St
N.Y
Central Pacific Res
C. P.W
Japan
Louisville & Nash
St. Louis
Northern Pac
Standard Milling, Com. & I
E. Bunge & C
Vm. Cramp & Sons Engine & Ship Bldg. Co
Gwynne Brotthers
Babcock & Wilcox Bliss
BE. W
International
U. S. Steel
American Pabric Utiliies Co
F McConnell % Co
Winslow
Lani R & 0
Edar
Marton County
Portsmouth
Randolph County
Marion County
Lever & Embankment
Indianapolis
Churchill
Sleepy Hollow Country Club
Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Company
F. W. Woolworth Company
Republic OF Bolivia
Hercules Powder Company
Board of
Geo. H. Markell
Wilmington
Delaware
Amina National Hank
Hiartiora
Abutieut
Tts
Harifora
Tt. Holt
A.B. Leach & CO
Broadway, N. Y
Albuquerque
N. M
Alexandria
Ind
Theogoer
Cook Co
Hl, Sehvel
Connersville
Electric
Venna Gas & Electric
Oh Beihe Te
Whettaes
Spokane Co
Wyandotte
Shwer
Amite Co
Miss
Union County
Ore
West Indianapolis
Joliet, Hl
Kelanding
Bannock Co
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Boelock Fbm
Jones
Avin
E P. Shove
W. Peters
Second Avenue Traction Company
Pittsburgh
Messrs. Brown Bros. Co
Wall St
J. Braun, Jr
Coles & CO
Ackermann & Coles
City
Ackermann & Coles Boires
Fred’k T. Ackermann
W. Chauncey Coles
Fred K T. Ackermann
W Chauncey Coles
WM. T Wisner
Albert P. Rasquin
W. c. Coles & CO
Wil
Standard of Securities, Bank, Trust Co. Tite and Insurance Co
Smith, Meyer & Goldfield
Smith & Meyer
Aaron A. Goldfielyu
Times Square
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