Gates Reveals Steel Secrets Before Senate Inquiry
John W. Gates testified to the Stanley House Committee on the 1907 Tennessee Coal and Iron acquisition by United States Steel, detailing sources of funds and the merger rationale. He described negotiations with J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles M. Schwab, and others and cited involvement of the Trust Company of America in securing a $10 million loan. He said the sale aimed to control market prices and acknowledged resigning directors as a condition of the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
John W. Gates
Stanley House Committee
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Mr. Gates
Charles
Mr. Jones
Stanley
Gates
United States Steel
Mr. Stanley
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Flatter Corporation
Trust Company of America
Oakleigh Thorne
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Moore - Schley
Trust Company
Mr. Thorne
George W. Perkins
L. C. Hanna
Mark Hanna
United States Steel People
Texas
Grant B. Schley
Charles S. Guthrie
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Schley
Guthrie
Jianna
Europe
Morgan
Gary
Dinner Affair Ends in Shootings at Denver Hotel
At a Brown Palace Hotel dinner hosted by Mrs. John W. Springer S Louis von Phul and Frank H Henwood exchanged insults. Henwood shot von Phul after a confrontation wounding two bystanders. Mrs Springer’s name becomes a point of discussion though she is not charged.
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Pse News Vor Vanes
Denver
John W. Springer
St. Louis
S. Louis von Phul
Frank Harold Henwood
York
Henwood
von Phul
Brown Palace
Winsor
Copeland
KROONLAND CREW QUITS AS SUBSTITUTE SAILORS TAKE OVER
The Red Star liner Kroonland sailed from Antwerp with a substitute crew after the old crew refused to sign, amid rumors of a general seamen strike. Mat Tearle of the Sailors and Firemen's Union predicted a global British seamen strike, but no concrete action appeared locally. A State Board of Arbitration representative sought conciliation, yet London held the strike authority.
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Red Star
Antwerp
Kroonland
Matthew Tearle
Sailors and Firemen’s Union of
Great Britain
Tearle
State Board of Arbitration
London
Stranger at Their Dinner Ends With Uninvited Guest
Downtown broker TF Loughran hosted a bachelor dinner at the Hotel Manhattan for fourteen friends. A stranger, W D Fowler of St Joseph Missouri, joined the party after being invited from Forty second Street, claiming years of hunger and seeking work amid financial distress. Guests included F Campbell Cedric Gibbons and J J McDowell.
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Tf.loughran
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Frances Campbell
Edgemere
S. 1
Forty-second Street
F. B. Loughran
Lawler
J. J. McDowell
J. W. Dunne
Cedric Gibbons
F. Campbell
West heat wave persists with deaths and high temps
In Chicago on May 27 a heat wave continued as the thermometer neared record highs with 93.6 degrees at 3 PM and seven more deaths. total heat fatalities over three days reach fifteen. Humidity hit 78 percent, heat suffering rising, while cooler weather and thunder showers were forecast for tomorrow. Other cities reported May heat levels with Atlanta at 86 and New Orleans 83 as Birmingham reached 91 and Montgomery 88.
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Culcago
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mobile
Birmingham
Savannah
Augusta
Charleston
Montgomery
Charlotte
Fed
Sleuths for Coronation Attend London Crowds of Crooks
Special to The New York Times reports William Pinkerton and a corps of American detectives will join Sir Melville McNaughton and Frank C. Froest at the coronation of George V. They will monitor crooks from the United States and elsewhere in London crowds, cooperating with Scotland Yard and even posing as American millionaires at events. The group aims to track criminals amid coronation festivities and social functions.
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New York Times
Chicago
Melville McNaughton
London Metropolitan Police
Frank C. Froest
Scotland Yard
William Pinkerton
George W
New York
Pinkerton
London
Diaz Leads Battle On Journey to Vera Cruz
Reported from Mexico City on May 27 describes Gen Porfirio Diaz’s pursuit as rebels attacked the pilot train near Tepeyahualco in the Sierra Madre. Diaz’s guards used machine guns, most rebels dead or wounded, Diaz personally leading the counterattack before resuming the journey.
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Vera Cruz
Tepeyahualco
Sierra Madre Mountains
Diaz
San Luis Potosi
Capture of Juarez by Insurrectos and Festival Highlights
A scan of the Sunday Times page listing wartime Juarez capture by insurgents and a roundup of cultural items. It notes events from the Spring Festival at Ethical Culture School, royal festival opening in England, Paris Salon paintings, and the London Royal Academy exhibition, alongside various arts, literature, and society topics.
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Juarez
Insurrectos
Ethical Culture School
England
London
Royal Academy
Central Park
1000 Mile Flight From Paris To Turin Starts Today
The Paris to Rome and Turin air race begins with 21 entrants led by Pierre Vedrine. Prizes total 100000 dollars. Flights may pause at fixed points from May 28 to June 15, with stages Paris to Nice Rome and Turin.
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Paris
Bue
Versailles
Pierre Vedrine
Jean Bielovucci
Peru
Maurice Tabateau
Henry Weymann
Roland Garros
Paris-to- Madrid
Lieut. Fequant
Ministry of War
Nice
Lberty
Dijon
Lyons
Avignon
Rome
Genoa
Pisa
Turin
Florence
Bologna
Berlin Teems With Pilots for National Air Contest
The Berliner Zeitung Am Mittags announces twenty five aviators entering a 1,164 mile national air contest starting mid June in Berlin. Noted German fliers Hirtin Thelen Lindpainter Wieneziers and Jeannin compete for total prizes of 10000 dollars, including 1000 from the Prussian War Ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Berliner Zeitung Am Mittag
Hirtin
Thelen
Lindpainter
Wieneziers
Jeannin
Ministry of War
Zapata Leads 4000 Men Toward Cuernavaca Attack
News from Mexico City reports Chief Zapata marching 4000 troops toward Cuernavaca after pressuring Col. Asunzolo to yield the city. Figueroa arrives with 2400 to support, while Durango's siege and rumor of sacking by bandits heighten tensions amid peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Zapata
Cuautla
Col
Asunzolo
Ambrosio Figueroa
Figueroa
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
Tepepa
Durango
Torreon
Cabecillas
Madero
Englewood Policeman Fatally Shoots Boy Mistaking Him
In Englewood, Roland Ruddock, 18, a top football prospect, was shot by policeman Michael O’Neill who mistook him and a companion for burglars while crossing a lawn. Ruddock died later. inquest set for Monday. parents decline prosecution.
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New York Times
Englewood
Roland Ruddock
Englewood High School
Polceman
Michael O'Neill
O'Neil
Englewood Hospital
Cameron Blakie
Lincoln Street
O'Neill
Blakie
Jozier
Ruddock
Englewod
Lozier
Dwight School
Blakie Lawn
Tracey
Oysterman Rescues Boy Only to Find His Son
Thomas Payne of 62 Livingston Street saved a drowning boy in Staten Island Sound and carried him to the Elizabeth Yacht Club. The rescuer then learned the boy was his nine year old son Andrew, a shock that left him speechless before he rushed home with the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Elizabeth
N. J
Staten Island Sound
Thomas Payne
Livingston Street
Recreation Pier
Payne
Elizabeth Yacht Club
Tom
Andrew
Cincinnati Boulevard Law Passes Without Governor’s Signature
The Cincinnati canal bill became law at midnight Friday after heated battles in both houses. It allows Cincinnati to lease and take over the Miami Canal portion inside the city for boulevard use while requiring water flow to be maintained and provisions for a future canal if the state builds one.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Harmon
Miami Canal
Fire damages Ithaca telephone exchange in May blaze
A morning fire in Ithaca New Jersey destroyed the Ithaca Securities building housing the telephone exchange. The blaze risked the main business district prompting Auburn Fire Department alert. Three hundred gallons of kerosene in the basement fed the flames.
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Ithaca
N. J
Auburn Fire Department
Ithaca Securities Company
Atwater Grocery and
Avery
Five Cent Fare To Yonkers Approved By PSC
Albany May 27 The up State Public Service Commission has authorized Leslie Sutherland receiver of the Yonkers Railroad Company to exercise city granted franchises and to issue 9101 000 in receiver s certificates for the proposed lines The commission also approved the contract for through cars between Union Railway and Yonkers Railroad Company The action will result in a five cent fare from New York to Yonkers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
up-State Public Service Commission
Leslie Sutherland
Pigeon Makes Fast Flight to Bridgeport Victory
A homing pigeon owned by Christensen of Bridgeport won the first of the Bridgeport Homing Club’s annual flights, covering 200 miles from Trenton to Bridgeport in 3 hours 35 minutes 40 seconds. The second arrival, owned by R. S. Myers, finished in 3 hours 31 minutes 6 seconds. By nightfall 120 of 170 pigeons liberated at Trenton had returned home.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Trenton
N. J
1. Christensen
Bridgeport Homing Club
R. S. Myers
New Jersey
Bride hires theatre for surprise New Jersey wedding
In New Brunswick New Jersey Mrs Sara Schneider a widow hired a picture theatre for a wedding with a milltown groom promised for 10 pm. She appeared in full bridal attire on stage awaiting the groom who never arrived as a man in an automobile coat attempted the ceremony. She departed at 11 pm angered at the deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Brunswick
Mrs. Schneider
Unknown Graves Decorated on Decoration Day
The Committee of the Unemployed and the Brotherhood Association will decorate unknown graves on Hart's Island on Decoration Day. Alexander Law Henry Chancellor and Cornelius Donovan lead the effort with a 1 30 pm departure from East Fifty third Street. Rev John Haynes Holmes will speak at the Unitarian Church.
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Unemployed and the Brotherhood Association
Hart's Island
Alexander Law
Henry Chancellor
Cornelius Don
Ovan
East Fiftythird Street
Island
John Haynes Holmes
Unitarian Church
Thirty-fourth Street
Madison Avenue
Brotherhood Association
National Committee
Cincinnati
1200 Men Laid Off At Baldwin Locomotive Works
About 1,200 workers were laid off at Baldwin Locomotive Works due to scarce work. The firm plans to cut production from about forty locomotives per week to thirty for the next two weeks and may further reduce staff if demand does not improve. If business rises, laid off workers may be recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Albn B. Johnson
Committee to inspect Postmaster Hitchcock Office costs
Washington May 27 report that the House committee investigating the Post Office Department will personally inspect Postmaster General Hitchcock's office. Chief Clerk Weed testified the $4000 rebedding of Hitchcock’s private office and cheaper mahogany refinements for the red and brown rooms were rehabilitation costs for a Cabinet member's office. The panel will continue Monday with focus on the Postal Savings Department.
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Washington
Post Office Department
House
Hitchcock
Weed
Postal Savings Department
Lorimer's Bank Barred From Chicago Clearing House
Senator William Lorimer and his La Salle Street Bank were barred from admission to the Chicago Clearing House Association. Lorimer said the bank would manage its clearances independently and denounced political pressure over disputes about his Senate seat. A Clearing House member noted Lorimer’s banker status was still unproven.
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New York Times
Chicago
William Lorimer
la Salle Street
Chicago Clearing House Association
Lorimer
United States Senate
Clearing House Association
End of Michigan Savings and Loan case reaches $958,189 ruling
Judge Henry H. Swan orders stockholders and directors of the former Michigan Savings and Loan Association to pay Receiver Ralph L. Aldrich $958,188.80, ending a decade long bankruptcy battle billed as Michigan’s largest.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry H. Swan
United States District Court
Michigan Savings and Loan Association
Ralph L. Aldrich
Michigan
Florida Atlantic Birmingham Special Schedule Note
Florida Atlanta Birmingham Special trains listed with 12:38 P M and 2:08 P M times from Penna Sta via Seaboard Air Line Ry. Through electric lighted steel sleepers referenced. Address Inn 1184 Broadway New York phone 4644 Madison Ave. Ad.
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Florida
Atlanta
Birmingham
Cuba
Penna
Sta
Seaboard Air Line
Adwy
Dewey's Superior Port Wine Ad at Fulton Street
Blood making and nourishing, at Dewey & Sons Co. 138 Fulton St. N. Y. An advertising blurb highlights the healthful qualities of the wine and promotes its use as a nourishing tonic in this compact urban notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DEWEY
Dewey & Sons CO
Fulton
Start Up Again in Coney Ruins Sparks City Park Plan
Coney Island reels from a dawn fire that wiped Dreamland and fifty attractions, with losses over 5 million. Yet reopenings begin on Surf Avenue as concessionaires salvage stands, refit ovens, and prepare limited operations while planners discuss a future city park use.
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Coney Ruins
Coney Island
Surf Avenue
Ocean
Sheridan
Dreamland
Sheridan's Walk
West Fifth Street
Feltman's Hotel
Fred Schue
Ferrari
Europe
Cuba
Henry Tarr
Louis Gordon
Studenbord
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Steel
U. S. Corporation
Negie
Tennessee Coal and Iron Securi
Rockefeller
T Heir
Bachelor
Missouri
Kingston
Hendrick Hudson
Porfirio Diaz
Puebla
TODAY
Sunday Times
Wireless, Cable, and
Sporting News
V. Magazine
Garibaldi
Germany
France
Foreign Legion
Blackball
John Hays Hammond
Wagner
Waldo
Philippines
Central Clearing House For Charity
Haym Salomon
Win
Hy. Mayer
Book Review
Jeffery Farnel
America
Columbia and Literature
Ensglana
Rachel
Music News
Washington Heights
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Financial and Business News
Weymann
Stephen Bonsal
The
New York Times Co
Oysterman
Yonkers
Pigeon
Bride
Hart’s Island
House Committee
Lorimer’s Bank
Chicago Clearing House
Senator Reynolds
Dreamland Tower
Pike's Peak
Dreamland Lagoon
Coney
George
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