New Haven Railroad Directors Testify on Morgan Era
Directors James Bilton of Waterbury and William Skinner of Holyoke, with attorney William Nelson Cromwell present, testified before Interstate Commerce Commission on the New Haven system finances. They discussed Chief Counselor Folk and the alleged use of telegraphs to influence legislation, and recalled rapid meetings under Mellen with Morgan’s influence, noting later directors are more deliberate and skeptical of past deals.
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Washington
James &. Bilton
Waterbury
Folk
New Haven
New England
Boston
Wilson
Secre Mefary Bryan
Reynolds
Mr. Folk
Massachusetts
Boston & Maine Railroad
Telegraph Company
New York
Elton
Mellen
Billard
Doston & Maine
Lillard
Metlen
Elliott
Ellen
J. P Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Varios
Morgan
Aquitania Delayed By Ice In North Atlantic Run
Wireless reports from June 3 describe the Aquitania’s three hour ice delay near the ice region. The ship logged 627 knots for the day, with steady speed impressing observers. Lord Eiversley, a long‑time Gladstone minister, praised the voyage and planned a return to England aboard the Aquitania.
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New York Times
Sable Island
Lord Eiversley
Lord Eversley
Gladstone
F. W. Whitridge
New York
England
Policewoman Enforces Ban on Spoonin in Bayonne Parks
Miss Ruth McAdie of Bayonne New Jersey, a policewoman by accident, issues an edict forbidding spooning in city parks. She tightened patrols after installing electric lights in dark park corners and stated violators will face full enforcement. She was placed on the police force April 24 by Mayor Albert Daly, who retained her post after misreading her gender.
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Ruth McAdie
Bayonne
N. J
Misa McAdie
City Park
MecAdie
Albert Daly
Playground Commission
Miss McAdie
R. McAdie
Daly
Old Actor Hit By Auto On Broadway at 142nd Street
Henry W. Everett a 70 year old retired actor and former stage director for Mme Modjeska was struck while crossing Broadway at 142nd Street yesterday afternoon. He lives at 411 West 145th Street and was treated at Washington Heights Hospital before being sent home. The injuries were serious but not life threatening. Dr David Friedman of West End Avenue owned and operated the automobile involved and transported Mr Everett to the hospital.
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142D Street
Henry W. Everett
Mme. Modjeska
West 145Th Street
David Friedman
West End Avenue
Washington Heights Hospital
Everett
Riverside
2A Street
Drm
Friedman
Dr. Friedman
Mr. Everett
Cleveland suffrage club to grill Dr Bustard at church
The Home Protection Equal Suffrage Club plans to question Dr W W Bustard at the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church about Christ and union relations in a protest linked to his recent sermon defending John D Rockefeller over the Colorado mine dispute. Mrs Albert H Gilbert urges Cleveland union wives to attend mass meeting. 20 members will debate. executive committee to decide on a Sunday march plan.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Christ
Colorado
Home Protection Equal Suffrage Club
W. W. Bustard
John D. Rockefeller
Pastor Avenue Baptist Church
Albert H. Gilbert
Cleveland Union
Suffrage Club
Dr. Bustard
Gilbert
Burghers clash as I.W.W agitators stir Tarrytown
A crowd of 500 opposed I W W visitors gathered in Fountain Square and at the station to watch for Berkman and followers who sought to visit thirteen prisoners in White Plains jail. Clergymen and trustees debated inviting the agitators to St Paul’s Church. Rector Cates withdrew after village officials condemned the plan.
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Fountain Square
Alexander Jerkman
White Plains
Hudson River
J. E. Cates
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Harvard
Alexander Berk
Mr. Cates
I. AW. W
Cates
Berkman
Messrs
Charles H. Ashmead
Lucas Beeve
E. L. Kaiser
Arthur T. Brooks
Realism Gives Way to Romance in Upcoming Times Feature
The Times previews next Sunday noting a shift from realism to romance with McCarthy’s villain and the virtuous heroine unlikely to return. It also highlights William Howard Taft’s piece on The Rule of Reason and includes rotogravure pictures of Mexico in peace.
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TIMES
Wm. H. Taft
Mexico of Peace
Tolls Arbitration Wins in Committee
Washington dispatch reports Senate Foreign Relations Committee favors Senator Sutherlands amendment to the Tolls Repeal bill sending the controversy to arbitration. Several opponents voted yes not for the President's view but to avoid surrender of American rights. Debate likely to continue into night sessions. Simmons defends bill amid criticism while Norris proposes a new tolls amendment.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Sutherland
O'Gorman
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Ohio
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Virginia
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Idaho
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Nebraska
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Mississippi
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Lodge
Te Root
McCumber
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Utah
Burton
Panama Canal
Norris
Simmons
North Carolina
Borah
United States
Vardman
Misalasippi
Democratic Party
No Seat No Fare Wins in N J Supreme Court
In Trenton, the New Jersey Supreme Court voided the conviction of Calvin Burns for refusing to pay fare until given a seat. Justice Swayze ruled the 1911 act targets trespassers, not passengers, unless the person traveled without paying or broke specific rail rules or threatened others. Burns was aboard an Atlantic City and Shore Railroad car at Pleasantville, remained seated after refusing fare, and did not display intent to trespass or commit crime.
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N. J
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Justice Swayze
Calvin Burns
Burns
Atlantic City & Shore Railroad
Pleasantville
Astice Swayze
Big financiers quit small loan banks
Industrial Finance Corporation to reorganize under new leadership at Guaranty Trust building at 3 pm. Notable withdrawals include Oscar S. Astor Carnegie Straus Rosenwald Butler Shonts and Sloane. Gould Auerbach also exited amid voting-control dispute. Morris plan banks aimed to lend to reputable workers with small deposits and 6 percent interest.
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Oscar Vincent Astor
Andrew Carnegie
Dr. Sloane
S. Straus
Guaranty Trust Company
Mr. Astor
Carnegie
Straus
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Theodore V. Shonts
Sloane
Fuller
Edwin S. Marston
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
J. Borden Karriman
New York Times
E. R. L. Gould
Morris Banks
Arthur J. Morris
Norfolk
Morris
Virginia
Gould
Joseph 8. Auerbach
New York
Dr. Gould
Mr. Auerbach
Stephen C. Miller
Charles H. Sabin
Morrix Plan Banks
J. HH. Outerbridge
Bishop Greer
Mr. Sabin
Willard PD. Straight
J. P. Morgan & Co
Arthur Hagen
Raymond du Puy
Virginia Railways
Herbert L. Satterlee
W. R. Craig
Southern
Clark Willams
Columbia Trust Company
Pujo Bill Too Drastic In Regulating Exchanges
Washington June 3 Senator Owen of Oklahoma chairing the Banking and Currency Committee struggles to secure enough signatures for a report on an amended Pujo bill. The proposal would bar certain unregulated exchange transactions from mails and interstate wires and place enforcement in the Postmaster General. Opposition grows within the committee, with Hitchcock and Friston voicing constitutional and press freedom concerns. the measure may die in committee.
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Owen
Oklahoma
Committee On Banking and Currency
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Friston
Kansas
Hazelton Pianos Opens New Careers Established 1849
Hazelton Pianos introduces a new era with established instruments since 1849. The page notes a case involving University Pi and related entities, highlighting industry impact and historical context in a concise card.
Suffragists Target Prince and City Without Mercy
Militant suffragists widen targets in London and Belfast. A hatchet attack wounded a Doré Gallery employee as two paintings were destroyed, while Dr Forward of Holloway Jail was assaulted. In Belfast editors Stewart and Anderson were knocked unconscious and injured by two women. Police fear arson and plots against Prince Henry and public figures.
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Daily Mail
Prince Henry
Eiton College
Scotland Yard
Doré Gallery
Holloway
Belfast
Women’s Social and Political Union
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Palace
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Doré C Gallery
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Doré
Francis Edward Forward
Earlsfield
House of Commons
Asquith
Sylvia Pankhurst
Limehouse
Belfast Telegraph
Stewart
News Letter
Anderson
W. W. Duke Drowned in Utah Car Crash
W W Duke a son of James Duke and tobacco maker died when his automobile with four companions skidded on a muddy road eighteen miles from Park City Utah and plunged into a swollen creek. The car rolled over and Duke remained at the wheel as others escaped. Duke was rushed to Park City but revived efforts failed and death was attributed to drowning. Attempts to contact J B Dukes Haritan New Jersey residence followed. Duke was not married at the time.
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W. W. Duke
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Bis
Burt
Joseph HH. Baird
Los Angeles
Ivan Hliss
Ventura
Edward Whiteside
Tris
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J. B. Duke
Haritan
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Lawyers Duel in Mexico City Leaves Gamboa Wounded
Special Cable reports Manuel Vidaurrazaga once private secretary to War Minister Blanquet and lawyer Juan Gamboa fought a pistol duel today in Mexico City. Gamboa was slightly wounded.
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New York Times
Mexico City
Manuel Vidaurrazaga
Blanquet
Juan Gamboa
Gamboa
Japanese Lines Form Three Great Ship Lines
London says June 4 Shipping Gazette reports a formal agreement forming three major Japanese stern ship lines Nippon Yusen Osaka Shosen and Toyo Kisen. The measure unites the companies under a single strategic framework to expand maritime routes and bolster trade.
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Shipping Gazette
Nippon Yusen
Osaka Shosen
Toyo Kisen
Anetlan
Fletcher Leads in Florida Primary by Ten Thousand Votes
Jacksonville dispatch reports early returns from the Florida statewide primary show Senator Duncan A. Fletcher leading with more than 10,000 votes over rival John N. Stockton. Stockton conceded Fletcher's renomination as returns continued to come in from the state.
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Fletcher
Self-inflicted pistol death shocks tourists in Swiss forest
A man near Wildegg reportedly shot himself in a forest. Tourists who found the body tried to free his grip on a revolver, the weapon discharged, wounding a tourist in the chest. The victim’s condition is described as grave as authorities investigate.
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Rerne
Switzerkend
Wildegg
Ted
30000 Books Sent to Roosevelt From Argentina Museum
A library of 20000 volumes on Argentine industry and customs related to Theodore Roosevelt was forwarded by the See Museum of Argentina to Alejandro Jascalevich, an Argentine newspaperman in the United States. The collection, plus 100 museum bulletins on Roosevelt explorations in South America, was to reach Oyster Bay after Jascalevich, appointed to ensure safe delivery, accompanied Col. Roosevelt to Washington.
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Argentina
Roosevelt
South America
Alejandro Jascalevich
Jascalevich
Oyster Bay
Secon Col
Commmerce
Foster Indicted in Slave Traffic Case in Mobile
Mobile, June 3. Joel M. Foster, wealthy president of Thrown Mille and Scranton, charged with violating the Mann White Slave act, was named today in a Federal indictment. His stenographer Delilah Bradley was arrested with him last January in Mobile. The Bradley girl’s mother testified her father and home are in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Joel M. Foster
Cycle crash at Pittsburgh event kills spectator and injures crowd
A motorcycle driven by Arthur Armstrong of New York crashed through the railing at the Pittsburgh MotorDrome during the final lap of a nine mile race. Spectator Marzel was killed and Benjamin Kennehyatt, 71, died later. Several others, including women, suffered broken bones, cuts, and bruises as the bike ran into the crowd. Armstrong sustained injuries to his left arm and was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Pittsburgi
Charles F
Arthur Armstrong
New York
Pittsburgh Moetordrome
Henjamin Kenneehyatt
Risht Armatrong
Armstrong
Rebels Defiant After Mediators Note in Telegraph Link
Washington junta leaders in telegraphic talks with Supreme Chief Carranza expect a blunt refusal. Administration leans to back Villa against constitutionalist commander. Villa in the field reportedly dissents Carranza’s opposition to proposed terms.
Muddle over Antilla and Carranza mediation stance
The New York Times reports Gen. Carranza rejects mediation terms and a Niagara peace conference representation for Mexican constitutionalists. The ABRC mediators’ reply to Zubaran and Urquidi is ciphered for transmission to Durango as Washington seeks telegraphic links. Constitutionalists insist on no armistice with Huerta's regime and seek representation only to explain internal policy.
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Washington
Carranza
Canstitutionallat
ABRC
Niagara
Constitutionalist
Sefior
Rafael Zubaran
Gen Carranza
Sefer Zubaran
Sefior Urquidi
José Vasconcelos
Gen. Carranza
Durango
Sefier Zubaran
John Lind
Bryan
Lind
Charles A. Douglas
State Department
Lesiors Zubaran
Urquidi
Zubaran
ABC
Mexico
Huerta
United States
Cientifico
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