Duncan children drown in Seine auto accident near Paris
Beatrice five and Patrick three, with governess Auntie Lift, die after a hired car plunges into the Seine along Boulevard Bourdon near Neuilly sur Seine. Chauffeur failed to stop car before it slipped off an embankment as a second vehicle approached. Despite watermen and firemen efforts, bodies pulled from the submerged car after nearly an hour. The mother is in despair as physicians attempt resuscitation. the children died in an American hospital. The party was en route to Versailles.
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Paris
Iundors Duncan
Bour von
Neulily-sur- Seine
Seine
Inn
Sbundone
Atherican Hospital
Beatrice
Patrick
Auuie
Versailles
Mise
Secretary Daniels to attend Maine memorial in New York
Secretary Daniels accepted an invitation to attend the Maine memorial dedication in New York on May 3 and discussed with Admiral Badger the possibility of assembling the fleet in New York for the occasion. A New Windsor case involves contractors arguing daily devotional services delayed work on minister housing.
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Washington
Daniels
New York
Badger
Fowburg
N.Y
James F. Templeton
New Windsor
Templeton
Thompson
William Wanamee
Harry Thin
About & Con
California
Long Pier
Sulzer
Friedmann Sea
Montana cowboy sent to Matteawan Asylum
Joseph Stefansky, a Montana cowboy who attacked the mayor’s office last month injuring an attendant, was today transported to Matteawan Asylum. The case highlights ongoing concerns over mental health and public safety in April.
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Battle
Joseph Stefansky
Lews PL Palermini
Matteawan Asylum
Morgan Will a Human Document and Crime at Waterfront
A compact Morning News item highlights Morgan’s role as a human document amid reports of a juror packing system and a waterfront attack by Gardner. Other notes include arson, murder, and a pending senate seat transition, with mentions of bank approvals and graft implications affecting thousands.
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Morgan
Gardner
Paterron
Crist
Simpson
Salant
Great Blast Kills Three at Panama Canal Rock Blast
A dynamite blast between Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks at the Panama Canal killed three workers and wounded twenty three. About 11,000 pounds of dynamite triggered ninety six drill holes but failed to detonate due to unknown causes. Electric wires were not connected and heat from sulfur deposits may have caused the explosion. The workers were laborers from West Indies and nearby areas.
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Pedro Miguel
Miraflores
Panama Canal
West Ind
California alien land bill faces defeat amid partisan split
In California, debate over anti alien land legislation splits lawmakers as Secretary Bryan advises against discriminatory wording. The Thompson Birdsell bill, favored by some, may be amended to treat all aliens equally while preserving mining oil and shipping land exemptions. Senators doubt twenty one votes and await a redraft before next week's action.
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Famento
Cali
California
Johnson
State Department
Washington
Bryan
Senate
Dretary Bryan
Wilson
Messia
Thompson-Birdsell
Wilken
Alome
Portland
Ore
Chamber of Commer
Young Barristers’ Association of
System May Pack Inspectors Jury In Becket Case
District Attorney Whitman weighs a packed special panel to influence juries in the future trial of Inspectors Sweeney Murtha Thompson and Hussey. The system allegedly favored by Tammany linked jurors to saloon and hotel owners, with efforts to bias the panel amid ongoing prosecutions and appeals.
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Sweeney
Murtha
Robinson
Thiat Robinson
George A. Sipoot
Thomas Allison
Martha
Hussey
Thompson
Allison
Hartigan
Tammany
Whitman
Ludovico Tancred
Morgan legacies total near seventeen million dollars
The will lists extensive legacies to relatives, friends, and trustees including Mrs. Morgan the widow with a one million dollar trust and J P Morgan outright three million. Other large gifts include three million to each daughter Annie Tracy Morgan and son-in-law William Pierson Hamilton, plus funds for Herbert L. Satterlee and Clara Tracy Hoppin among many others. Annuities and smaller trusts appear for several individuals and institutions.
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Morgan
J.P. Morgan
Herbert L. Satterlee
William Pierson Hamilton
Annie Tracy Morgan
Jenny Bigelow Tracy
Clara Tracy Hoppin
Julia N. Brown
Lucy Eldridge Lee
Ethel Bangs Wallace
St. George's Church Episcopal Diocese of New York
Mary G. Mellvaine
J. Beaver-Webb
Morgan Yachts
Belle da Costa Green
Ada Thurston
W. B. Porter
James W. Markoe
Ohyatscian
Charles W. King
Edward Phillips
Anne Tracy Morgan
No mice drive Belmont County courthouse clerk strike
Women clerks at the Belmont County courthouse in St. Clairsville Ohio give notice they will strike if the building is not rid of mice The marriage license bureau reports losing much business due to the infestation and the problem hampers operations and revenue.
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St. Clairsville
Ohio
Belmont County
Lcense Bureau
Miss Dodge On Way Here From London Visit
Miss Lucy Bigelow Dodge sails for New York this week to visit her aunt Mrs Tracy. Her mother Mrs Lionel Guest says Miss Dodge has been staying with an aunt near London since her illness and will rejoin her mother after a stay in New York, possibly in Canada or here.
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London
Lucy Bigelow Dodge
New York
Charles E.tracy
Lionel Guest
Miss Dodge
Miss Bigelow
Canada
Morgan's Will A Human Document Reveals Art Gifts
The will names art collections for heirs and friends, with special funds for wife and children, employees, and servants. It allocates $600,000 to St. George's Church and outlines private changes to be continued, reflecting the sizable estate and its cultural bequests.
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St. George’s Church
Morgan's Faith and Will Shape Morgan Estate Plans
J Pierpont Morgan opens his last will with a fervent pledge to the salvation through Jesus Christ and urges his children to defend that faith. He names J P Morgan Jr as sole residuary legatee with major provisions for heirs, art, and the Equitable Life holdings. The will, filed for probate, is lengthy and outlines trusts and substantial bequests to family members, with art and the Morgan estate specified, and includes a plan for the Morgan Memorial at Hartford as a future use.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Jesus Christ
Egypt
Mr. Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Junius Spencer Morgan
Junius Spencer
Harvardgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Morgan
East 36Th Street
Mr. Morgan, Jr
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Morgan Memorial
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford
Conn
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JW. Martin Still Coys
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Portugal
Pope Bull Improvia
China
Kaitoriat
Army and Navy
Cowboy
Matteawan
Antlalien Bill
Assembly
Bill
Morgan, In
J. Vierpont Mer
Hussey, Murtha
Talesmen
Vice Resort
Mrs. Tracy
SUN
Fund
Wife
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