Republicans Move for Lobby Inquiry
Washington May 27 President Wilson denounced an industrious and insidious lobby seeking tariff changes. Senator Cummins introduced a five member Senate committee plan to investigate lobbyists and obtain sworn testimony, aiming to name lobbyists and request the President to share names. Democrats mostly cautious while Republicans press for swift action, with objections about sworn testimony and visibility of lobbyists.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
Bristow
Kansas
Cummina
Root
New York
Galliner
Mr. Owen
Oklahoma
Senator Root
White House
Finance Committee
Lobb
Mrs P C Knox Hurt In Auto Accident
Ex Secretary Philander C Knox and his wife were injured when their automobile skidded on a curve near English Creek Atlantic City N J May 27 Mrs Knox was thrown from the car and bruised with a sprained ankle minor cuts and soreness. Mr Knox escaped serious injury and stated they do not expect further problems and that Mrs Knox may be a little sore.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Philander C. Knox
English Creek
Mrs. Knox
Ultimatum to Allies Over Greek and Servian Attitude
London reports a firm ultimatum to belligerents from Sir Edward Grey urging immediate signing of the peace draft. Greeks and Servians notified of the decision to sign without further modification while Turks and Bulgars are ready, Montenegrins likely to accept. Council of Ministers in Constantinople rejects all modifications to the draft from the allies.
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Servia
Edward Grey
Balkan
Constantinople
Council of Ministers
Bryan to Girl Graduates at Mrs Merrill School
Secretary of State William J. Bryan addressed the May 27 commencement at Mrs Merrill's School in New Rochelle urging faith in self and others and God. He warned against wealth plutocracy and praised heart over head, with guests including Justice Keogh and local dignitaries. He joined a dinner and reception with graduates and Democrats.
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New Rochelle
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Supreme Court
Martin J. Keogh
State of
Harry
Harry E. Colwey
George G. Raymond
Frederick H. Allen
John J. Grennan
Mark M. Schlesinger
Democratic Club
German Oil Trust Contract Declared Void in Germany
In Berlin the Imperial Court declared a contract between Standard Oil Company’s German subsidiary and its rival German Petroleum Sales Company void and against public policy. The accord granted only one fifth of the German market to the latter, and the Germans said they signed after a long losing fight. They denounced it a year ago, claiming its terms worsened the situation. The suit had passed three courts with costs imposed on Standard Oil’s German branch.
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Germany
Standard Oi
German Petroleum Sales Company
Berlin
Receivers Named For Frisco Road
Benjamin L. Winchell and Thomas H. West were appointed receivers for the Frisco Road by Judge Walter S. Sanborn in federal court. Special Master Thomas F. Fauntleroy named to assist. appointment sought by creditors led by Frederick W. Lehmann representing mortgage securities.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Benjamin L. Winchell
Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Frisco
Carpenter
William J. Jackson
Reai
Edwin W. Winter
New York
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Bankers’ Trust Company of
Frederick W. Lehmann
United States
Henry S. Priest
Sanborn
Mr. Lehmann
Judge Sanborn
James Campbell
North American Company
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Arizona
New Mexico
Receivership Granted for Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rail
Federal Judge Carpenter approved the receivership at the Railway Steel Spring Company’s request with Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad agreeing. Executives cited anti railroad laws and a tight money market as key factors after income fell from about one million dollars annually before 1912 to a deficit last year as the road borrowed but could not meet obligations.
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Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Carpenter
Railway Steel Spring Company
R M. Shaw
Frisco Nearing Receivership Under Heavy Debt Strain
The St. Louis and San Francisco Railway faces severe financial pressure with maturing notes totaling 2.25 million dollars and a large series of other obligations. Yoakum and directors seek funds in New York to avert default as several bond issues and stock endorsements hold the line, while top heavy capitalization and competing lines drain resources.
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Ozark & Cherokee Central
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France
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Spey
Boas
Er & Co
The Hierophants of American Government Theme Teased
Wilbur Larremore editor of The New York Law Journal previews a major theme in next Sunday’s Times.
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Wilbur Larremore
New York Law Journal
NEXT
TIMES
Flagler will preserves estate in trust for widow for five years
The will of Henry M. Flagler probated this afternoon spells a five year trust with possible extension for the preservation of his Florida properties. Trustees include J. R. Parrott and W. H. Beardsley with William R. Keenan Jr. and provides large future bequests and endowments, notably to Memorial Presbyterian Church and Stetson University.
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New York Times
ST. Augustine
Henry M. Flagler
J. R. Parrott
Florida East Coast Railway and Hotel Companies
W. H. Beardsley
New York
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J.C. Salter
Robert Murray
Ponce de Leon Hotel
J. P. Greaves
Royal Palm
Leland Sterry
J. P. Beckwith
Florida East Coast Railway
W. H. Chambers
Ella Green
Palm Beach
E. J. Triay
Bernard O’brien
George Holland
Ida Scheiffer
Stetson University
Deland
Fla
State University
Gainesville
Flagler
Arrest New York Autoists in Indianapolis
May 27 Indianapolis authorities arrested motorists near the speedway after a parade of violations. R C Gilhooley, a New York mechanician, and others faced motor speed law charges. Police pursued by car to Capitol Avenue then Twenty Fifth Street, delivering suspects to Central Station for City Court arraignments.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
R. C. Gilhooley
Martin J. Hyland
Josep
New York
Shank
Bob
Hyland Shank
Capitol Avenue
Pollice
Gilhooley
Speedway Street
Twenty-fifth Ninth Street
Central
Byrne
Bryan replies to Davison denial on Paris interview
Secretary Bryan sent a telegram to J. P. Morgan & Co responding to H. P. Davison's disavowal of The World's Paris interview. Davison reportedly criticized Bryan's peace propaganda and Wilson administration policy while China six power loan support was being discussed.
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Washington
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J. P. Morgan & Co
H. P. Davison
Paris
Davison
Wilson
Inter
Prince of Wales's Bullingdon Club Reprimand
The Prince of Wales faced a royal rebuke after joining a Bullingdon Club blind at Oxford. Queen Mary sent the telegram demanding removal from the club. The prince later earned a car through driving skill, taking sister Princess Mary on a high speed ride before returning to Oxford.
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New York Times
London
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Bryan Goes to Market For White Radishes
Washington May 27 Secretary Bryan is seen shopping in a local market with Col Bryan carrying a basket. He loves white radishes and notes no other kind will do, while market vendors try to keep his preferred produce on hand.
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Col. Bryan
Burns and Pelkey to stand trial in McCarty death
In Calgary a hearing set Burns and Pelkey for murder in the fatal prizefight death of Luther McCarty. McCarney and Smith released on $500 bail as witnesses. Pelkey and Burns retain $10,000 bail. Trial unlikely before October. Smith and McCarney depart with McCarty’s body to Piqua, Ohio.
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Alberta
Tommy Burns
Arthur Pelkey
Luther McCarty
William McCarney
D. Smith
Pelkey
Burns
Smith
McCarney
Piqua
Ohio
McCarty
Denver expels 60 students over secret society ties
May 27 Denver. Teller Ammons, son of Gov Ammons, and Evelyn Arnold, daughter of Mayor Arnold, with fifty eight fellow students from Denver’s five high schools are expelled by Supt Smiley for belonging to secret societies. Many seniors face graduation in two weeks as the action sparks debate over sorority links and school clashes.
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Denver
Teller Ammons
Elias M. Ammons
Evelyn Arnold
Henry J. Arnold
Smiley
Attec
Lost Frieda Lieberwitz Identified After Abduction Probe
A four year old girl found wandering in the rain near 168th Street is identified as Frieda Lieberwitz, missing from Brooklyn since Sunday. Investigators link her to Annie Boyarsky, a Russian teenager linked to the broader abduction case, with both girls reported wandering city streets and sleeping in urban refuges amid a citywide search.
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Frieda Lieberwitz
Philip Lieberwitz
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East New York
168Th Street
Third Avenue
Tremont Avenue
Tremont
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Sarah Sullivan
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Miller Avenue
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Pe Babo
Frieda
Annie ng@d
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Abra Fleischman
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I. Lieberwitz
Car strikes 85 year old in Brooklyn death at hospital
James Rollins age 85 of 12 Milton Street Brooklyn longtime hay and feed dealer at 306 East Twenty sixth Street was knocked down yesterday afternoon by a Lexington Avenue car at Twenty seventh Street. He died shortly after at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan
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Twenty-seventh Street
Bellevue Hos
Lord Avebury in Critical Heart Condition
Lord Avebury aged 79, Sir John Lubbock, is seriously ill with heart disease. Reported to be unconscious for most of the day, doctors say his condition is extremely critical.
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Marconi
New York Times
London
Lord Avebury
Sir John Lubbock
Hammerstein to raise funds for London Opera House sale
Arthur Hammerstein announced he could raise the money to cover mortgages due Wednesday on the London Opera House. The property would be offered for sale immediately. An amicable agreement would make E A V Stanley, the current lessee, the owner under terms outlined in a New York Times dispatch.
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New York Times
London
Arthur Hammerstein
London Opera House
Opera House
E. A. V. Stanley
Tak
Culebra Cut Slide Halts Panama Canal Work Again
A fresh slide on the east bank of Culebra Cut after heavy rain buries ten cars two steam shovels and tracks. Hundreds of thousands of yards of earth and rock slide into the canal excavation trapping a locomotive and stopping station work for several days.
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Panama
Culebra Cut
Suffragist Bomb Explodes at Reading Station
Two loud blasts and smoke rose from Reading station as the London to Bristol express passed noon. A worker was cut in the neck by flying metal. no further damage. A suffragette literature sheaf was found beneath the platform. incident believed linked to suffragette bomb. In Sheffield a bomb marked Votes for Women was found and submerged in water.
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England
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Bristol
Cardinal Farley Presides at Hall of Our Lady of Angels Dedication
In Highland Falls on May 27 Cardinal Farley led the dedicatory ceremonies of the Hall of Our Lady of Angels. A special train carried attendees from New York as church dignitaries gathered. The Cardinal had recovered from recent fatigue after earlier dedicatory duties in lower Hudson Valley towns.
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Highland Falls
Cardinal Farley
Hall of Our Lady of Angels
New York
Hudson Valley
British airman killed near Montrose during training
Lieut. Desmond L. Arthur of the Fifth Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers and Army Flying Corps was killed near Montrose while practicing reconnaissance. His biplane's wing collapsed at about 2,000 feet, sending him to the ground as others watched.
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Desmond L. Arthur
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Royal Munster Fusiliers
Army Flying Corps
Bigamist Webb Faces Sentence After Guilty Plea
Judge Swann of General Sessions will determine Webb 204 West Sixty-third Street after his guilty plea to bigamy. Webb’s first wife Miss Theresa Phillips sued him, alleging he wed Miss Marion Johns in 1911 while still living with wife one. Webb contends marriage to wife two was annulled once wife one learned of it. The defendant was remanded for punishment with a week to sentence.
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Jaudge Swann
General Sessions
Terday
Jonathan Webb
West Sixty-third Street
Webb
Theresa Phillips
Marion Johns
Wife No. 1
Gwenn
Civil War Veteran Clerk Died After Eighteen Years Without Pay
J Stewart aged 60 died at Montpelier Indiana after eighteen years as a cigar shop clerk with no pay. He could take money from the cash drawer but only took 15 cents three times daily for meals and occasional clothing. He seldom left town, walking to Hartford City once.
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Hartford City
Iron Worker Killed on Battleship New York
Frank Duffy, an iron worker on the battleship New York under construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was killed instantly yesterday when a rotary platform in a turret collapsed and crushed his head. He was working beneath the platform between turret floors, in a space of less than two inches.
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New York
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
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Roosevelt denies drunk claim in libel suit
In a libel suit proceeding the defendant refutes the allegation claiming he has never been drunk in his life. The exchange centers on testimony and credibility as the case moves forward.
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Roosevelt
War hero recalls White House days and restraint abroad
A veteran discusses his war record and disciplined hospitality during crowded White House years. He describes alcohol abstinence on an African trip and contrasts it with limited drinks at home, noting personal resolve and public perception.
Roosevelt Testifies On Drinking Habits In Libel Trial
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt testified in Marquette County Court detailing his alcohol use, including champagne wine mint juleps and rare whisky, recounting daily routines and limiting drinks during his White House years. The vigorous defense and local observers noted his careful, deliberate testimony and the jurors' close view of the former leader.
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Marquette
Mich
United States
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George A. Newett
Ishpenting
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