White alleges Browne spent bribe funds and sought graft
Illinois legislator Charles A. White testifies Browne helped spend a $900 jackpot fund from St Louis as part of a bribery scheme tied to William Lorimer. White portrays Browne as a spendthrift and political boss who pressured for a Chicago government post and a Lorimer connection, including a $75 monthly temporary job through Lorimer aide Monaghan.
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Illinois
Charles A. White
St. Louis
Robert Wilson
Lee O'Neill Browne
William Lorimer
United States Senate
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White
Senator Lorimer
James Monaghan
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Frowne
Lorimer
Washington
Representative White
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Charles Ward
Illiam Lorimer
James L. Monaghan
Eee
Monaghan
Lori‘mevington
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Judge Grosscup Returns From Europe on Cunard Liner
Judge Grosscup arrived in Chicago aboard the Carmanta after a Europe trip. He joked about cable money from Monte Carlo because his letter of credit was lost in laundry, noting no financial loss. He criticized trust prosecutions as misdirected and urged legal limits on trust profits.
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Monte Carlo
Knabes
Metropolitan Trust Company
Wall Street
Brayton Ives
Ernest J. Krabe
Trust Company
Knabe
Drowning of Pennington Art Instructor Miss Helen Rice
Special to The New York Times reports the death of Miss Helen Rice 27 the pennington seminary art instructor found in Stony Brook after leaving Miss Katherine Glendening near a bridge. Authorities believe she jumped and submerged herself. motive related to school changes rejected as she had a new post in another state.
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New York Times
Pennington
N.J
Edwin Hughes
Charles Tripton
Trenton
Stony Brook
Helen Rice
Galveston
Texas
Pennington Seminary
Miss Rice
Katherine Glendening
Seminary
Statesman to Dodge Cats Joke Amuses Washington
Representative Gordon Lee of Georgia sought a jokester to assemble twenty five ordinary house cats at his Cochran Hotel room at 6 PM Monday. A Washington paper printed the innocent ad inviting cats for 50 cents each. Lee has no cat and vows to identify the prankster amid the feline inquiry and hotel notice.
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New York Times
Washington
Gordon Lee
Georgia
Mr. Lee
Representative Lee
Georgia Statesman
Lee
Cochran Hotel
Arenere
Submerged grafter spotted by poultry farmer near Arbutus Lake
Felix Beasley of Staten Island claims to have trapped a submerged grafter near Arbutus Lake after chickens vanished from his farm. He used a bamboo pole with red flannel on a frog bait to catch the culprit, a tawny animal diving between tufts by the lake shore.
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Huguenot Park
U. S
Commonwealth
Staten Island
Beasley
Stapleton
Arbutus Lake
Easley
Lake Arbutus
Chinese Prince Tours New York Military Sightseers
Prince Tsai Tao, brother to the Chinese Empire’s Prince Regent and head of the Imperial Army General Staff, arrives in New York. He breakfasts at the Plaza, tours Sandy Hook fortifications, and reviews long-range artillery tests with Chinese and American officials observing security and ceremonial receptions across Manhattan and Jersey City.
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Prince Tsai Tao
New York
Plaza
East Sixty-second Street
Sandy Hook
Fort Hancock
Lord Li
Li Hung-Chang
Walter 8. Schuyler
Fifth
United States Cavalry
Henry R. Lemly
Secret Service
Jersey City
Washington
Robert Adamson
Gaynor
Baker
Adjt
Nelson H. Henry
R. S. Foster
Gov. Hughes
Y. Y. Yang
China
Li Hung Chang
Gen
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Peking
Schuyler
Lemly
Prince Tsai‘Tao
Li Ching Mai
Ha Han Chang
Imperial Guard
Hsu Chih Shan
General Staff
Yao Pao Lak
Imperial Army
Pang Tsan Chang
Imperial Navy
Liu En Yuan
Twentythird Street
Manhattan
Prince
Russell
Schmittberger
Yuan Chang
Columbian University
Tom Lee
Chinatown
Tom
Tongs
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Taft Objects To Baseball Plot As Taft Sign Draws Crowd
President Taft objects to being used as a drawing attraction at a Pittsburgh baseball game and reacts with humor to a large Go see Taft sign. He travels with Knox, tours by auto, outpaces police and Secret Service, attends banquets and Founders Day events, and plans to leave for Cincinnati.
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Pittsburg
Taft
Thomas K. Laughlin
William A. Magee
William McConway
The
Americas Club
East Liberty
Knox
Unitarian Church
Secret Service
Mr. Taft
Forbes Field
Charlies P
Dog bites Batavia captain on voyage to New York
Capt Schoenfeldt of the Hamburg American liner Batavia from Naples was severely bitten by a dog on deck. He will relinquish command to the chief officer and seek Pasteur Institute treatment. The dog, gentle in appearance, is under observation for possible rabies.
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Schoenfeldt
Batavia
Naples
Pasteur Institute
Giordano
Belmont declines to chair suffrage debate
Mrs. C H P Belmont refused to preside over a suffrage and anti suffrage meeting saying she meets only equals and superiors and cannot introduce a group she deems inferior. Mrs Gilbert Jones criticized the stance as intolerant and undemocratic noting it excludes a large body of Americans from the discussion.
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C. H. P. Belmont
Taft
American Woman of the Twentieth Century. It Turned Out That Mrs. Belmont
Elgus
Belmont
Ida Husted Harper
Mr. Carnegie
United States
Freedom for Gen Miller in Ohio divorce case
In Youngstown Ohio May 1 friends expect Gen Charles Miller to win a divorce from his wife and remarry his first wife while she may wed her first husband A D Bulin Gen Miller a rich oil operator from Franklin Pennsylvania has offered $500000 to the wife if she accepts service and proceeds to a divorce His wife has evaded service for months and detectives tracked her across the country while reporters sought comment from her allies and their talks with both spouses led to an arrangement for service.
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New York Times
Youngstown
Ohio
Charles Miller
Gen. Miller
Franklin
Penn
Ee Sibley
A. D. Bulin
Greenville
Mrs. Miller
April's Heavy Death Toll from Vehicular Accidents
The National Highways Protective Society reports April saw the city record higher vehicular fatalities than any month. In April five died on trolleys, nine by autos, three by wagons, and one by a runaway horse across Manhattan Brooklyn Staten Island and the Bronx, with none in Queens. Seventeen of eighteen victims were under sixteen. children's societies plan to discuss street safety this afternoon.
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National Highways Protective Society
Jennie Osserman
Elsie
Estere
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Brooklyn
Staten Islad
Bronx
Queens
Tremor Shakes Long Island Towns Near Mineola
A 45 second tremor affected Mineola Roslyn East Williston Garden City and nearby areas near 8 PM. Crockery rattled and windows shook as residents reported the shaking and telephone reports spread seeking a cause with no explosion found.
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New York Times
Hempstead
Mineola
Roslyn
East Williston
Garden City
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Robert Goelet Receives Private Hospital Operation
Robert Goelet, patient at the late Dr Bull's private hospital at 33 East Thirty third Street, has been treated for head and nose troubles. He underwent an operation and was reported yesterday to be progressing nicely.
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Robert Goelet
Dr. Bull
East Thirty-third Street
Prizes for Blind Horses in May Day Parade
Mrs. James Speyer as chair of the Work Horse Parade Committee of the Women's Auxiliary of the SPCA promises special prizes for a new class of blind horses in the May Day parade. The plan rewards drivers of blind horses for the care their affliction requires, marking the first time such a class appears in the workhorse event.
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James Speyer
Women's Auxiliary
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Speyer
Death of Montreal Woman Aboard Vigilancia At Sea
Mrs. J. A. Phillips of Montreal died at 10 AM aboard the Vigilancia 228 miles south of Scotland Lightship after a sudden apoplexy. She had boarded at Tampico while visiting friends and traveled alone. Her daughter Miss Anna Phillips in New York and her husband in Montreal were to be notified by Ward Line officials.
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Scotland
J. A. Phillips
Montreal
Phillips
Tampico
Mexico
Anna Phillips
Bristol
Twenty-seventh Street
New York
Miss Phillips
Bryan Asked to Aid Kern in Indiana Campaign
William J. Bryan is expected to donate one month of time to Indiana's drive for United States Senator John W. Kern. Party leaders plan Bryan appearances in central locations across each congressional district with special trains to reach meetings. Roosevelt’s anticipated appearance for Beveridge could bring many Democrats to Indiana, but Bryan remains the party's key asset.
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New York
Indianapolis
William J. Bryan
Indiana
John W. Kern
United States
Jackson
Bryan
Roosevelt
Beveridge
No Cars Run in Columbus Parade Mobilizes Unionists
About 8 500 unionists in Columbus joined a sympathy parade for the Columbus Railway and Light Company strike. Ten cars operated with police convoys in morning. no service this afternoon or evening. Company plans partial resumption tomorrow.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Railway & Light Company
New Haven Railroad Raises Fares After Wage Hikes
The New Haven Railroad Directors approved fare increases for all branches after wage gains granted to workers last month. The 10 cent rise between New York and Boston takes effect today. 5 cents from New Haven to New London and 6 cents from New London to Providence. The plan will be sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission. company officials declined to release details locally.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
New Haven Railroad
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Washington
New York
Boston
New London
Providence
Train blocks Lackawanna line after brake failure
At East Dover New Jersey a westbound freight train of about 100 cars split its link and left 65 cars behind as two locomotives rolled through Chester Junction with brakes released. The Chicago Express paused an hour while officials reconnected the consist and restored service.
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East Dover
Chester Junction
United Surety Loses License and Knabe Control
The Maryland State Superintendent of Insurance declined to reissue United Surety Company of Baltimore’s license and control passed to Thomas H. Bowles. Capital reduced from 500000 to 250000 to cover an impairment of 90000, following investigations into Knabe family affairs and trust company loans.
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Wiliam H. Hotchkiss
United Surety Company of
Baltimore
Thomas H. Bowles
William K.nabe
Ernest J. Knabe, Jr
State Insurance Department
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