Report faults deals in Provident Savings Life case
Colorado State Insurance Department findings criticize E H Thomas O F Thomas and related bankers for misuse and mismanagement of society funds. It notes bank deposits in Thomases’ banks, questionable stock purchases, and potential legal violations cited by Insurance Commissioner Rittenhouse. Despite impairment of capital, report says solvency may return with proper management. warns against lapses or withdrawals and urges corrective action.
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Colorado State Insurance Department
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Zarzes E. H
O. F. Thomas
Sociel
EE. Rittenhouse
Colorado
E.R. Thomas
Gerd
E. R. Thomas
State of
New York
Mr. Rittenhouse
Philadelphia
Thomases
Provident Society
Colorado Examiner
Thomas
Iof
Sons
Thomas Manager¢ Society
E. R. Thomas Br
Rittenhouse
Brockville, Westpolworth- Lynet 1
Railreond
Tl Broadway
New York City
Thomas, Maclay & Co
Hi Thomas
F. Thomas
Tam
Brockville, Westport & Northwestern Railroad
Insurance
Thanse
Sais
Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company
Coyle
Thomas Banks
Opposition in Japan Seeks Government Explanations
At a Tokyo general meeting the Progressive party defined a platform for the Diet opening. They demand government explanations on seven points including tax increases and budget methods. Count Okuma did not attend. The Progressives hold eighty nine seats in the House, while a leader left to form the Constitutionalists.
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Tokio
Progressive Party
Our Party
Count Okuma
Progressives
House of Representatives
Murder in State Prison Poisoned by Fellow Inmate
Edward M. Smith known as Bucksport Smith, a seventy year old life convict in Thomaston Maine state prison, was killed by Neal Dow Brooks of Gray in the insane department at 730 am as they moved from the bathrooms. Brooks barred Smith with an iron clubbed skull, then threatened further killings. Smith died five hours later. Brooks, 23, serving twenty years for felonious assault, had spent time in the insane ward for observation and attempted self harm twice.
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Thomaston
Edward M. Smith
Brooks
Smith
Bucksport
Heat Wave Strains Victoria With Sunstroke Deaths
Melbourne reports severe heat across Victoria with many sunstroke cases and thirty two deaths recorded recently. The extreme temperatures force residents to sleep outdoors and theatres start to close as public strain grows.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Cotton Broker Mercer Killed In Auto Crash In Providence
George H. H. Mercer forty five year old Providence cotton broker dies after his auto skids and hits a telegraph pole. Son C Douglas Mercer and R Lincoln Lippitt survive. Lippitt heir of Henry Lippitt and brother of Charles Warren Lippitt. Mercer belonged to Hope and Agawam Hunt clubs.
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Providence
George H. H. Mercer
Massacre in Dragosh Village During Macedonian Festival
News from Sofia reports a massacre at Dragosh near Monastir in Macedonia. During a village festival Greeks attacked, drove residents into houses, then set them on fire, burning women and children to death. Casualties are estimated between twenty five and forty five.
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Sofia
Dragosh
Monastir
Macedonia
Bounties Offered for Burglar Capture Across Palisades Towns
Fort Lee Fairview Ridgefield Cliffside Leonia and neighboring towns along the Palisades in New Jersey post bounties for burglar capture. City leaders meet in Leonia to press sharper action after two months of armed raids. Five dollars for an ordinary burglar and two for a masked armed bandit. other boroughs expected to join.
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Barglars
Fort Lee
Cliffside
Leonia
Ridgefield
Fairview
Palisades
New Jersey
Jurey
Meyor Engelhardt
Hidgefield
S. Wood McClare
R. J. G. Wood
Kerwein
Abbott
Vik Sangkh peen wrecked near Three Brothers Rocks
Indo China steamer Vik Sangkh peen wrecked near Three Brothers Rocks. The chief engineer and four crew members drowned. The captain and part of the crew reached shore and were treated well by locals. The chief officer and remaining crew reached shore later, had belongings stolen, and were detained until Chinese officials were informed. Swatow escort provided.
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Amoy
Swatow
Out of Earth Prison Miners Rescued at Ely Nevada
Ely Nev Jan 19 After being entombed forty six days one thousand feet below the surface in the Giroux mine Alpha shaft miners A D Bailey P J Brown and Fred McDonald were rescued last night Crowds cheered bells rang and the men revived upon reaching air They had used a six inch water pipe and a portable telephone to communicate and receive food and news during the long confinement
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Ely
Nev
Giroux
A. D. Bailey
P. J. Brown
Fred McDonald
Bailey
Arthur
George
Brown
McDonald
Brown and Bailey
Plot to Blow Up American Fleet Stuns Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis police uncover an anarchist plot to damage the American fleet in harbor. Chief Fedder of Petropolis is named as leader, with involvement across Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes. Authorities say suspects fled to interior regions and that Sao Paulo police are pursuing them while warning of strict land and sea vigilance.
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Rio de Janeiro
Petropolis
Sao Paulo
Minas Geraes
Jean Fedder
Fedder
Washington
Paris
France
Germany
Brazil
Rio de
Carlos Hamman
Hamman
Santos
Coal diggers dine with J H Jones at Union Club dinner
In Pittsburgh on January 19 at the Union Club John H Jones, president of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal Company, hosted about 150 miners including pit bosses fire bosses foremen and superintendents. He urged enforcement of the February smokeless powder law, warning of mine disasters and possible strikes. Miners approved with speeches and pipe smoking.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Jan
Magnificent Union Club
H. C. Frick
John H. Jones
Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Mr. Jones
Washington amazed by alleged anarchist plot against Evans fleet
Rear Admiral John E. Pillsbury expressed disbelief at reports of an anarchist plan to destroy part of Admiral Evans’s battle ship fleet. He noted no official notice reached the Navy Department and doubted Evans would alter plans to sail from Rio, given the rumors and timing.
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Washington
John E. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Evans
Paris
Connecticut
Missouri
Brazil
Hampton Roads
New York
Admiral Pillsbury
Rio
Admiral Evans
Pillsbury
Zemstvo President Killed in Krasno Ufimsk
M Sviridoff, president of the local zemstvo, was shot dead by a brother of Mile. Ragozinnikova, the woman executed for killing General Maximoffsky. The motive appears revenge for his refusal to intervene in her trial. Mile. Ragozinnikova, daughter of a Perm Conservatory teacher, shot Maximoffsky at a weekly reception in St Petersburg. seven shots fired, six hit. She was hanged on October 31.
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Krasno-Ufimsk
M. Sviridoff
Zemstvo
Mlle
Rogozinnikova
Maximoffsky
Department of Prisons
Ministry of the Interior
Mile. Ragozinnikova
Imperial Conservatory of Music
Perm
St. Petersburg
Ball at Petropolis Delights Diarios Club Officers
Rio de Janeiro reports a Crystal Palace ball at Petropolis hosted for fleet officers. The Diarios Club arranged fairyland decorations with tropical plants, colored lights, arches, and lantern-lined paths creating a spectacular ballroom setting as the orchestra played unseen.
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Rio de Janeiro
Crystal Palace
Petropolis
Diarios Club
Man dies after failed murder attempt and self-inflicted wounds
Uniontown report states D. Hickman, a Black man with a $50,000 fortune, lies dying in Uniontown Hospital from two revolver wounds after attempting dynamite to blow up a house where his wife slept. He reportedly tried to kill himself following the attack.
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The
Tribune
Uniontown
Penn
K. D. Hickman
Hickman
Amundsen Plans 1910 North Pole Expedition
Milwaukee January 19 Captain Roald Amundsen announces a 1910 start for a North Pole expedition. He will begin in San Francisco and travel via the Bering Strait, not following Norden’s route but using Nielsen’s and Nansen’s gathered data.
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The
Tribune
Milwaukee
Roald Amunds
Northwest Passage
North Pole
Captain Amundsen
San Francisco
Bering Strait
Fridtjof Nansen
Hayti blocks ports as ships guard revolts
Port-au-Prince reports four warships at St Mare and Gonaives to seal off rebel held ports while Haytian troops tighten positions. Government pushes large forces to surround rebel territory. In St Thomas D W L General Firmin, exiled Haytian revolutionary leader, sails toward Cuba with 25 exiles, thought to intend landing to join revolutionaries.
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Port-au-Prince
Hayti
St. Mare
Gonaives
St. Thomas, D. W. L
Firmin
Alexis
Vortigern
Cuba
Haytian
Boston Unemployed Armies Riot At Church Entering Trinity
Boston unemployed mobs led by Morrison I Swift forced entry to Trinity Church demanding today’s collection. Dr Alexander Mann refused the request citing a foreign missions allotment. Police dispersed the crowd after Swift was arrested and later released on promise to disperse. The group planned a Wednesday meeting despite authorities.
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Tribune
Boston
Morrison I. Swift
Trinity Church
Episcopal House of Worship
Alexander Mann
Mann
Swift
Accident to Lake Shore Limited Near Albany
An overnight accident south of Albany delayed the Lake Shore Limited No. 19 as a sleeper car left the tracks due to a broken rail between block stations 89 and 90. No injuries were reported though passengers were shaken. the northbound track was blocked briefly and trains 23 51 and 57 were rerouted around the disabled car.
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Lake Shore
Albany
Grand Central
Hammond
Stuyvesant
Mother finds two children dead in Newark gas meter
Muriel and Robert Lyn Hylands aged eight and twelve were found dead in bed from a quarter in a gas-meter after their mother noted the gas ran out Saturday night. The dim bedroom light remained on. County Physician Elliott viewed the bodies and ordered burials while an inquest was to be held.
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Muriel
Robert Lyn Hylands
Robert Hylands
South 18Th Street
Newark
Approves Christian Psychology and Faith Cure
Fon du Lac Wis Jan 19 Bishop Grafton head of the Fon du Lac Episcopal Diocese voiced support for Christian psychology used by Bishop Fallows in Chicago to treat mental and nervous illnesses He said faith cure is not new and echoes early Christian practice, challenging the idea that Christian Scientists pioneered it.
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Tribune
Fon du Lac, Wis
Bishop Grafton
Fon du Lac
Bishop Fallows
Chicago
Cornell selects first co ed for tri angular debate team
Ithaca N Y Jan 19 Miss Elizabeth Ellsworth Cook a Cornell law co ed was chosen by the debate council to represent Cornell in the tri angular league debate against Columbia in Ithaca next month on federal incorporation Her teammates are W T Smith and H T Kent Jr Cook a Ithaca native has been prominent in public speaking for four years TO PHILADELPHIA EVERY HOUR of the hour in two hours See New Jersey Central time table page nine
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Ithaca
N. Y
Elizabeth Ellsworth Cook
Cornell Law
Cornell
Columbia
Philadelphia
Advt
Banks propose a currency reform bill backed by bankers
Chicago January 19. The currency commission of the American Bankers Association Friday issued a full report on yesterday's coin meeting. It rejects the Aldrich and Fowler bills as impractical and outlines a thirteen section plan for national bank guaranteed credit notes. The proposal seeks to expand note issues backed by bank assets with added taxes and reserve requirements to stabilize the currency and relieve conditions.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee of the Currency Commission
The
American Bankers’ Association
Congress
Aldrich
Fowler
Association
United States
Commission
New York State
Grant
Cleveland
Atlantic City
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
National Banking Association
National Bank Guaranteed
National Bank
National Ranking
National Banking
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G. H. H. Mercer
OUT OF Earth Prison
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Police
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J. H. Jones
Union Club
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