Costly Gould Road in Receivers' Hands
In Pittsburgh May 20 receivers for the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railroad were appointed with Francis H. Skelding and Henry W. McMaster named to oversee a company with liabilities listed at 57.25 million dollars and unknown assets. A bond of 190 thousand was filed as part of the process, and opposition plans by first and second mortgage bondholders emerged to influence the reorganization.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Wabash Railroad
James & Young
States Circuit Court
Francis H. Skelding
First National 1Ank
Henry W. McMaster
Wabash-Pittspurg Terminal Railroad
Wabish Railroad
Mercantile Trust ‘Company
Equitable Trust’ Company of
New York
Wabash-Pittsburgh
Pittsburg, Carnegie & Western, Cross Creek Railroad Company
West Virginia
Pittsburg, Toledo & Western Railroad
Ohio
Jewitt Junction
Wheeling & Laks Erie
West Side Belt Railroad
Pittsburg Terminal Railroad & Coal Company
Wabash Railroad Company
Wabash-Pittsburg
Wabash Railroad’ Company
Pittsburgh Terminal Railroad and Coal Company
Same Company
Mercantile ‘Trust Company
Goulds
J. N. Wallace
Central Trust Company
Paul Morton
Equitable Life
Harry Bronner
Hallgarten, &Co
Joline, Larkin, & Rathbone
Gould
Winboish-Pitt
London
Logden
Philadelphia
Wallace Committee
Missouri Pacific
Pittsburg Terminal Company
Colin May Race Today After Injury Recovery
Colin the unbeaten colt from James R. Keene's racing stable may start in the Belmont Stakes after veterinarians and trainer James Rowe found no lasting tendon damage. Initial fears of bowed tendons were ruled out, with the horse showing no soreness and tendons straight. If the final exam Saturday clears them and weather holds, Colin may race today in Belmont stakes preparation.
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James R. Keene
Colin
James Rowe
H. de Courcey Forbes
Keene
McCully
Six Hour Run Under Sea Aboard Submarine Octopus
The submarine Octopus completed a six hour submerged run under the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey with a crew of sixteen, achieving eight knots for two hours and five knots for four hours. Surface tests were hindered by fog but the boat met speed goals and food was cooked on electric stoves while underwater. A twenty four hour high speed test is planned for Monday.
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New York Times
Newport
RB. I
Octopus
Board of Inspection and Survey of the Navy
S. K. Reeves
Robert Stocker
George R. Evans
Thomas ©. McLean
Aig Vkeechteler
Nina
Humble Hero of the Sea Resists Rescue at Sea
A lone mariner aboard the scow barge Margaret refuses rescue from the Old Dominion steamer Jefferson near the Delaware Lightship. He stays to tend his craft despite fog and danger, insisting he will be picked up by a tug if possible.
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Lke
Jefferson
Norfolk
Margaret
Delaware
Dole
Fire on powder magazine endangers navy yard
The Mayflower crew battled a blaze at the powder magazine on the Washington navy yard waterfront. Lieut Simms Reed led bluejackets who rescued nearly two tons of powder, high power signal rockets, and caps priming explosives, with the ship moored nearby.
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Washington
Navy Yard
Bluejackets
Simms Reed
Man dies after saving girls in street accident
William Jardine aged 42 of 447 Sixty-third Street died at Norwegian Hospital after his left leg was crushed and amputated following a Sunday afternoon collision on Fourth Avenue. He saved two eight year old girls, Marian and Alice Cooke, but was struck by an automobile driven by George Finn of Fifitty-fourth Street Brooklyn. Finn and two passengers fled. police arrested Finn on a charge of assault.
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William Jardine
Sixty-third Street
Seen
Mr. Jardine
Fourth Avenue
Sixty-fifth Street
Marian
Alice Cooke
George Finn
Fiftty-fourth Street
Third and
Fourth Avenues
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Jardine
Mecklenburg Mineral Springs Co Ady Address Note
The notice directs readers to Mecklenburg Mineral Springs Co at 156 Fifth Ave New York for guidance on location and beverage options, attributed to Ady.
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Mecklenburg Mineral Springs Co
Fifth Av
New York
Roosevelt Rewards Loyal Congressmen For Support
President Roosevelt began issuing certificates of good character to House members who stood by his policies this session. The action marks a shift from blanket endorsements to selective praise, with Hawley and Ellis of Oregon publicly thanked for backing measures on navy building, merchant marine, conservation, labor, and interstate commerce. It’s expected other Roosevelt supporters may receive similar certificates.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Watson
Indiana
Hawley
Ellis
Oregon
White House
Messrs
Grain corners end as Patten and Armour bank big profits
Chicago May corn and May wheat corners closed without crash or panic. James Patten reportedly cleared about 2 million with the corn operation, while Armour reaped large gains on wheat. The two rivals see difficulty in unloading remaining stock and faces questions about prices and future trades.
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New York Times
Chicago
James Patten
J. Ogden Armour
Patten
Armour
Shorts
Armour and
Board of Trade
Igi
Darien
Inquiry Ordered Into Inter State Telegraph And Telephone Firms
Secretary Strauss of the Department of Commerce and Labor and Commissioner Smith discussed implementing a Senate resolution directing an investigation into all inter state telegraph and telephone companies. The probe will cover methods of business, wages paid to workers, and company receipts and expenditures, with parts by the Bureau of Corporations and the Bureau of Labor.
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Washington
Strauss
Department of Commerce and Labor
Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Senate
Bureau of Labor
Anarchist in Italy Plots Against German Emperor
Police in PLOT AGAINST THE KAISER report arrest of Paul Nikolaus a 25 year old mechanic from Charlottenburg Prussia who confessed to being an anarchist. He says he came from Berlin in April pledged to kill a high Imperial Court figure who left Germany with Emperor William for Corfu. He traveled with a companion who left him at Ravenna and says the Kaiser planned to visit Apulia but later abandoned the trip. He remains tight lipped about backers and targets.
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Bart
Italy
Paul Nikolaus
Charlottenburg
Prussia
Nikolaus
Berlin
Germany
William
Corfu
Ravenna
Apulia
Adriatic
Bari
O Leary Wins $10 000 Weather Bet in Chicago
In Chicago on May 29 Jim O Leary wins a $10 000 bet by proving eighteen rainy days occurred in May. Weather Forecaster Cox counts seventeen days at the Federal building, and O Leary argues Chicago spans all included areas. The dispute ends with O Leary's victory and growing weather-prophet status.
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Jim O'Leary
Chicago
New York Times
Cox
Federal Building
O'Leary
Bubbly Creek
Goose Island
North Halsted
Weather Department
Washington
Oklahoma tornado storms cause deaths and damage across towns
A second round of heavy rains and tornadoes hit Oklahoma cities including Hennessey Enid Frederick Cashion and Duncan with cloudbursts at Welechka and Tulsa and a water spout at Navina. Tulsa losses include 27 oil tanks at Glenn Pool and five deaths with several injuries as rivers rise and crops suffer heavy damage. Nearby Wisconsin traffic halted by rail line washouts as a freight derailment near Maiden Rock kills three.
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Oklahoma
Hennessey
Enid
Frederick
Cashion
Duncan
Welechka
Tulsa
Navina
Glenn Pool
Red Rivers
Cimarron
Cottonwood
Red River
Lacrosse
Wis
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Twin Cities
Burlington
Maiden Rock
Wisconsin, Minnesota
Iowa
Freighted yacht rescue near Atlantic City saves Thompson and Erlanger
Frederick Thompson and Abraham L. Erlanger of New York faced danger in a rough foggy dusk voyage off Atlantic City. Government life saving crews reached their yacht near Absecon Inlet, piloted to safety, then ashore to Samuel Nixon’s home where they thanked the rescuers. The pair planned to remain Sunday and perhaps sail again if weather allows.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Frederick Thompson
Abraham L. Erlanger
New York
Mr. Thompson
Absecon Inlet
Yates
Thompson
Mr. Erlanger
Samuel Nixon
Pacific Avenue
A Refreshing Tonic Horsford Acid Phosphate
The advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a refreshing tonic to combat tiredness during hot weather. It promotes a delicious acid drink and positions the product as a remedy for summer fatigue.
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Horsford
Cedrino Killed in Briarcliff Auto Race Disaster
Emanuel Cedrino the Italian champion automobilist died in a crash at Pimlico race course while attempting to set faster mile times. His car toppled after the right front wheel collapsed near the west curve, killing him instantly and lightly injuring his mechanic brother.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Emanuel Cedrino
Pimlico Race Track
Cedrino
Grand Stand
Pimlico Hotel
America
Fiat
iCedrino
United States
Helena
Italy
Cuba
Artemisa
Escape from State Asylum by Jersey City Master Plumber
Charles Sulk a master plumber of Jersey City committed to the State Asylum in Morris Plains escaped tonight with two women in an automobile. An alert was sent statewide. Sulk had been allowed to greet visitors at the door after separation from his wife amid prior financial troubles and a Newark suit.
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New York Times
Morris Plains
N. J
Charles Sulk
Jersey City
Thej Asylum
Sulk
Pene
Britten B. Evans
Newark
Auto Victim In Private Room In Yonkers Incident
A private room was arranged at St Josephs Hospital Yonkers for six year old Edmund Piplady after he was struck by Elliott H E Holbrooks car near 259th Street and Riverdale Avenue Yonkers. Holbrook drove at full speed to hospital with the boy concussed but expected to recover.
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Elliott HE. Holbrook
Holbrook
North Broadway
Yonkers
Edmund Piplady
Thought C. T. Clarke A Spy
Charles T. Clarke of New York was arrested at Toulon on a peasant’s complaint as a spy during his initial balloon flight. A French aeronaut accompanied him. Clarke photographed near the gas bag as troops prepared the fort defenses and was released after a brief police review.
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Toulon
Charles T. Clarke
New York
American Hurt in Paris in High Speed Car Crash
Mrs J Farley Dickenson of New York was seriously bruised in a May 20 automobile accident near Ville d Avray while traveling from Versailles in a touring car owned by a son of President Duke of the Tobacco Trust. Mr Duke was slightly injured and the party returned to Paris by taxicab.
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NEW York Times
Paris
J.farley Dickenson
New York
Duke
The
Tobacco Trust
Princess Amelie of Furstenburg to wed Gustav Itrezian
In Vienna a family council decided to stop opposing the marriage of Princess Amelie Lonisei of Furstenburg and Gustav Itrezian, an auto firm employee. The couple, who recently eloped from Vienna, are now in Lucerne and will live abroad after the wedding.
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Amelie Lonisei
Furstenburg
Gustav Itezian
Tienna
Lucerne
Wireless talk goes far from Marseille exposition
Lee De Forest demonstrated wireless telephony from the Exposition Building in Marseille with his wife aboard the steamer He de France six miles off coast. The conversation was overheard at St Marie de la Mar radio station seventy eight miles away and a direct link was later established. De Forest called the result the most satisfactory yet.
New Fire Engine Wrecked in Street Collision
Fire Department engine 25 skidded on wet pavement at Second Avenue and Fourth Street while answering a minor fruit stand fire at 61 East Fourth Street. The king-pin snapped and front wheels separated from the chassis, toppling the unit. Driver John Ayres was strapped in as three horses were thrown. he was rescued unharmed along with engineers Lteve Davis and Martin.
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Second Avenue
Fourth Street
East Fourth Street
John Ayres
Lteve Davis
Martin
Women singers host note from tramp carpenter
The Chaminae Club of Hackensack New Jersey held a parlor concert at Mr and Mrs A C Hart s home. A tramp carpenter left a note on the front stoop thanking the singers while claiming he slept under the hedge during the performance.
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Chaminae Club
Hackensack
N. J
A. C. Hart
Upper Mail Street
Hart
Self-Hypnotized on Street in Richmond
Sylvan A. Lee, a student of occult sciences, collapsed from unconsciousness while researching auto hypnosis. His wife Mrs Le a reports he recently spent much time on self experiments despite protest. Lee claims unique entry to Lhassa and shows foreign newspaper accounts as proof.
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New York Times
Richmond
Sylvan A. Lee
Lea
Tibet
Col
Younghusband
Forbidden
Lhassa
Lee
Calcutta
Bombay
New York
Olga Nethersole Wins Libel Suit
Olga Nethersole the actress won a libel verdict of 2500 against The Cleveland Leader over a dramatic criticism. The trial featured deposits from theatrical figures, and the judge instructed the jury that a claim of being driven into hysterics by London booing was false. The case may be appealed.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Olga Nethersole
Cleveland Leader
Leader
Miss Nethersole
Europe
London
La Follette Still Filibustering On Currency Bill
Senator La Follette extended a historic filibuster into the early hours, holding the Senate floor for fourteen hours to block the Currency bill. Senator Stone, arriving from St Louis to relieve him, faced no relief as leadership failed to secure party support and a roll call continued to test quorum rules.
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la Follatte
Senator Allen
Allen
la Falh Tle
Senator Stone
Missouri
Davis
Arkansas
Senate
la Folletta
la Follette
Seater
Stephenson
Aldrich
Hobart
Senator Hill
New York
la Vollette
Stone
Altrich
Long
Fabanks
Fairbanks
Poor
Ji Ff Davis
la Folette
Aldrich-Vreeland
Mr. la Follette
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Culberson
Senate Democrats
St. Louis
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Tooting
Pimlico
C. T. Clarke
Forts
J. Farley Dickenson
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Willet Princess
Vienna
de Forest
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Stréich
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