Grand Jury Hears Carnegie Trust Case Involving $2,100,000
The Carnegie Trust Company inquiry was taken to a grand jury by Justice Vernon M. Davis after a report denied that Judge O Sullivan sought to shift the probe. Three witnesses testified and no indictments were found. the tale connects William J Cummins and associates to stock schemes and notes backed by the Independent Fertilizer Company, with Dickinson as president.
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Carnegie Trust Company
Vernon M. Davis
Supreme Court
O'Sullivan
Court of General Sessions
Whitman
Grand
William J.cummins
Independent
Fertilizer Company
New Jersey
South
Agricultural Chemical Company
The
Fertilizer Trust
Bucktown
Tenn
Tennessee Copper Company
Lewisohns
Germsfood Company
Mertilizer Company
William J. Cummins
Nashville, Tenn
Qermifood Company
Iie
Independent Fertilizer Company
Cummins
Waldemar Schmidtmann
Cunuains
Dickinson
Carnegie
van Norden Trust Company
Cumming
T. M. Anderson
Nashville
TL Meadows
Southern Fertilizer Company
Carnegie Trust
Alse
Willian J. Cummins
M. J. Condon
Charles A. Moore
Joseph B. Teichmann
George (. Crabbs
Samuel Uf. Ixtess
Villan NoSeerntz
Tas Lewis
van Nerden Trust
Anl
Joseph J. Reichmann
National Starch Commneny
George Ll. Dyer
Beoadway
Dyer
Staren Company
Reichmann
Dyer and Saxerae
Deer
Pertilizer Company
Cathodic Trust Company
Fire rescues on GIT Ninth Street tenement fire escape
Four stories burned after a plumber’s shop fire. Two women and three children escaped by vaulting from a rear fire escape to mattresses set in the yard. a seven month old and a four year old were saved by bystanders. Mrs Pfeffer suffered a broken leg and Mrs Wasover a hip injury. Both were taken to Bellevue Hospital.
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Git
Ninth Street
Lelow
Ilias Guller
Morris Wolman
Daitkin Avenue
Brooklyn
Jennie Pfeffer
Benny
Guller
Mandell
Wolman
Lessie Hasover
Annie
Whispered Reunion With Caruso and Toscanini at Knickerbocker
Caruso, back from Atlantic City, sits in the Hotel Knickerbocker vesti bule speaking to friends in almost inaudible whispers. Baritone Scotti, ill with a cold, returns from a doctor’s advice to whisper. Conductor Toscanini strains to hear, while Mme. Alda offers a few kind words.
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Caruso
Atlantic City
Knickerbocker
Scotti
Toscanini
Mme. Alda
Markham Brothers Reunite After Forty Six Years
In Paducah Kentucky Charles Markham president of the Illinois Central Railroad met his long lost elder brother John T Markham a Hop kinsville Kentucky well digger. The brothers had parted at the Civil War start and were separated until a private car reunion after a press guided connection. No future plans announced for the elder brother.
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New York Times
Paducah
Charles Markham
Illinois Central Railroad
John T. Markham
Hopkinsville
John Markham
Charley
Chicago
Dix Gaynor Murphy Conference Aims to End Albany Deadlock
Governor Dix and Mayor Gaynor meet in Albany with Tammany leader Charles Murphy to break a Senate stalemate over William Sheehan. Murphy misses a train but plans breakfast with Dix and Gaynor. Sheehan’s withdrawal is discussed as a possible path to resolution.
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New York
Jones
Albany
Aarch Ts
Charles I Murphy
Gaynor
Dix
Murphy
William S. Sheehan
Mayor Gaynor
Eckford C. de Kay
North Side Board of Trade
McKeever
John A. Mason
Tammany Hall
Mack
Winfield A. Huppuch
Democratic States Committee
Huppuch
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Sheehai
Charles F. Murphy
William I.’. Shechen
Maine Democrats win four mayoralties in five cities
In Maine city elections Democrats captured four of five mayoralties with Bangor swinging to Democrat Charles W. Mullen over Republican Charles J. Sweet by 61 votes. Augusta remains Democratic under Frederick W. Plaisted era, Belfast backs Edgar Hanson for seventh term, Biddeford reelects Albert Marcille with a Democratic-Independent council, while Brewer stays Republican led by Victor Mutty.
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Portland
Maine
Bangor
Charles W. Mullen
Charles J. Sweet
Augusta
Irederick W. Plaisted
Ruel J. Noyes
Edgar F. Hanson
Belfast
Albert O. Marcille
Biddeford
Brewer
Victor Mutty
Fisher Enters Cabinet as Interior Secretary
Walter T. Fisher of Chicago took the oath of office as Secretary of the Interior succeeding Richard A. Ballinger who retired. The oath was given in the private office by W. R B. Acker acting as notary. The ceremony was simple and Fisher met with bureau heads and division chiefs afterwards.
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Washington
Walter T. Fisher
Chicago
Secretary of the Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
W. R B. Acker
Gordon Gin Makers Deny US Production Rumor
The London firms Tanqueray Gordon & Co Ltd deny plans to produce Gordon Dry Gin in the United States. They state quality will remain at the high British standard and that no US production is planned.
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United States
Messrs. Tanqueray, Gordon & Co., Ltd
London
Fngliurd
Great Britain
Auto Burns in Central Park Fire Destroys Car
An automobile valued at 11000 was destroyed by fire in Central Park early today. Owner Walter Lewisohn of Lewisohn Brothers 11 Broadway, brother of Jesse Lewisohn, was aboard with chauffeur Fred M. Peters of 25 West Sixty-ninth Street and two women in evening dress when flames started near Eighty first Street. Peters alerted Policeman Swanton. fire engines found only charred machinery, about 5000 damage.
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Central Park
Walter Lewisohn
Jesse Lewisohn
Lewisohn Brothers
Broadway
Fred M. Peters
West Sixty-ninth Street
Eighty- First Street
Peters
Swanton
Arsenal Station
The New America Awakening Russia Modernization
An advertisement teases a Times feature for next Sunday about Russia’s rapid awakening, modernization, and advance in methods and ideals under progressive Russian perspectives. It promotes ordering the issue today for full coverage.
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Russia
Woman Aids Thieves In New Brooklyn Robbery Plot
Miss Duncan nurse at Jefferson Church home on Lefferts Place Brooklyn fought off two intruders described as tall and stout after a bell rang at 11 pm. A dog attacked one assailant as the nurse escaped to the stairs. The men ransacked rooms before fleeing. police alerted. owners at a theatre.
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Jefferson Church
Lefferts Place
Brooklyn
May Duncan
Smith
Miss Duncan
James Church
West Twentieth Street
Manhattan
Mrs. Church
Grand Avenue
Mr. Church
Girl Accuses Policeman of Assault in Café Brawl
Anna Faye 20 of 762 Tenth Ave enters East Thirty-fifth Street Station alleging Officer Braun struck her during a drinking dispute at the Long Island Flats café on Second Ave and Thirty-fourth Street. Accompanied by Katherine Doran, Faye's injuries were dressed by Dr. Boone. Braun suspended and arrested after inquiry by Capt Cray, Inspector Walsh, and Deputy Commissioner Driscoll.
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Anna Faye
Tenth Avenue
East Thirty-fifth Street
Katherine Doran
West Twenty-fifth Street
Anna
Lieut. Miller
Braun
Long Island Flotees
Inspector Walsh
Driscoll
Capt. Cray
Ccurt
Insurgent Spirit at Columbia Faculty Meeting Sparks Debate
Prof J McKeen Cattell moved a five member committee be empowered to investigate appointments and dismissals at Columbia in the wake of Prof Joel Spingarn's relief from duties. The motion, seconded by John Dewey, failed 1 to 12 with President Butler absent.
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J. McKeen Cattell
Columbia University
Faculty of Philosophy
Morningside Heights
Joel Elias Spingarn
Cattell
Columbia
John Dewey
Butler
South
Spingarn
Prof. Spingarn
Warry Thurston Peck
Prof
George E. Woodberry
Dewey
John D. Prince
Another Liner Quarantined Over Tie to Meningitis
The Austrian steamer Martha Washington was held at Quarantine after a steerage passenger died of spinal meningitis and four others were seriously ill. Four more passengers were gravely ill with pneumonia. The Greek steamer Patris reported four steerage deaths buried at sea and two bodies aboard with five others ill. Sick aboard both ships were treated at Swinburne Island with Vlexner serum. Patris was released after examinations.
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Martha Washington
Trieste
Patris
Swinburne Island
Comedian Harry Avex Shot Dead in Houston Agency Row
Houston March 13. Comedian Harry Avex was shot and killed today on Congress Avenue by Harry J. Spencer stage manager at the Orpheum. Spencer surrendered promptly. Report says domestic trouble sparked the crisis.
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Houston
Texas
Harry Avex
Congress Avenue
Orpheum
Spencer
Shipping News Snippets From Naples to Sandy Hook Report
Incoming from Naples at 8 40 P M yesterday 1000 miles east of Sandy Hook due at her pier if not delayed Thursday afternoon. Arrived Ancoy Cristobal March 6 Gascogne Havre March 4 Seneca Manzanillo.
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Koenig
Luise
Naples
Sandy Hook
Ancoy
Cristobal
Gascogne
Havre
Seneca
Manzanillo
McDonald in Critical Condition Says Attending Doctors
John B. McDonald builder of the present Subway system is critically ill at his home 1 West Seventy-second Street with Wright's disease. Dr F Le Roy Satterlee reported at midnight that only his strong constitution kept him alive as his pulse remained normal and no fever existed. Archbishop Farley, a personal friend, visited the bedside yesterday afternoon.
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John B. McDonald
Wright
West Seventy-second Street
F. le Roy Satterlee
Wiis
Archbishop Farley
McDonald
Danville Bank President and son-in-law in graft case
Grand Jury in Danville considers charges against FF Lesure president of the Danville National Bank and son-in-law of ex Speaker Cannon for alleged voter corruption. Also linked to ex Mine Inspector Thomas Moses now Lawson Coal Company manager and politician.
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New York Times
Danville, Til
FF. Lesure
Danville National Bank
Joseph G. Cannon
Lesure
Thomas Moses
Lawson Coal Company
Cody Entering Arizona Senate Race Rumor
Tucson dispatch reports Col. William F. Cody Buffalo Bill may pursue the U S Senate seat from Arizona. He says he is too busy to run yet does not deny the rumor while establishing a home in Tucson and a camp in the Catalina Mountains overlooking vast desert lands.
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New York Times
Tucson
Ariz
Col
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
United States
Arizona
Col. Cody
Santa Catalina Mountains
Eyrie
Not to Release Walsh From Leavenworth Prison
Federal Penitentiary officials in Leavenworth report no information on releasing John R. Walsh the ex Chicago banker He remains at work reading newspapers and clipping crime items for the crime book his health has weakened and on damp days he cannot rise from bed He sleeps in a dormitory with about thirty trusted prisoners and is watched continually by prison medical staff.
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New York Times
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Walsh
All Auto Numbers Issued In Albany
Secretary of State Lazansky told police in cities across the state that February 1 delays in number plate manufacture prevented timely delivery. He said all registration cards and plates have now been filled and would be announced to police. Vehicle owners with old plates or chauffeurs awaiting re licensing may face police trouble.
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New York Times
Albany
Lazansky
Lake Superior Paper Company Formed in Sault Ste. Marie
The Lake Superior Paper Company, incorporated in Toronto with 8 million dollars capital, bought twenty acres in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario for about 525 dollars and plans a new plant adjoining Lake Superior Corp mills. A water power canal to generate 69.4 horsepower may be built, tied to reciprocity talk and US market access for Canadian paper. Incorporators not named.
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New York Times
Sault Ste. Marte
Mich
Mareh
The
Lake
Superior Paper Company
Toronto
Commany
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Ake Superior Corporation
New Paper Company
Ampbackers
New York
United States
Canada
Widow of slain man appeals for Stripling pardon
The widow of William J. Cornett, killed by Edgar Stripling, urges the law to take its course and opposes clemency. Georgia and Virginia petitions pour in as the case draws renewed public interest. Miss Cornett, now Mrs. G M Nelson, emphasizes the needs of her children and the victim’s family.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Edgar Stripling
Danville
Georgia
Virginia
William J. Cornett
Stripling
Striplins
Great Bear Spring Water Ady 50e Per Case
An old newspaper listing offers Great Bear Spring Water at 50 cents per case of six glass-stoppered bottles sold by Ady. The shorthand ad notes price and packaging details, typical of local classified product listings.
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Great Bear
Diaz A Sufferer From Sclerosis No More Warships To Stop In Mexican Ports
Washington reports say President Diaz suffers arterial sclerosis a condition potentially fatal. U.S. mobilization decisions followed this. Mexican officials seek smooth succession arrangements and Taft reassures them. Navy vessels will briefly coal at Mexican ports as part of a broader border readiness plan.
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New York Times
Washington
Texas
Diaz
Diaa
Charlottesville
Taft
Mexico
Mexican Federal District
Navy Department
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Farley
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F. Lesure
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