Mellen Quoted to Dispute His Story at ICC Hearing
At the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Washington on June 5, Walker D. Hines presented minutes and letters from the special committee on the Westchester deal. The documents suggested Charles Mellen knew more about the New Haven Railroad than he testified, including details of loans to Billard and stock deals involving the Boston & Maine and York Westchester lines.
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Theem
the Tribune
Nureaa
Washington
Charles 8. Melton
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walker D. Hines
Tines
Trumne
Westchester
Mellen
The
John L. Pillard
New England Navigation Company
Billard
Boston & Maine
Connecticut
Folk
Commission
Department of Justice
Hines
Joshua, Worcester & Rochester
Ioston & Maine
Mr. Mellen
Mr. Tuttle
Mr. Morgan
Mutual Life Holdings
Tuttle
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Mutual Life
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester
Insurance Company
En Haven
Miner
Oakleigh Thorne
Melien
James, Cesar
Hockholders
New York, Westchester & Boston Railway
New York Railroad & Development Company
Morris Park
Thorne
Polic
Ledyard
Lewis Cass Tedyard
Mr. Ledyard
Tadvard
Heston & Maine
Tt Wan
Tadyard
Alliard
Joana
Polk Sai
Jedyard
Millard
General Brayton
Thode Iland
Daniele
Mellon
Morgan
Johan W
Crim
Delta
Henry A. Wise
United States
New York
Grand ‘Treme Railroad
Canada
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Ag
New Haven Railroad
Tam
Grand Trunk
Saly
Hayes
Hits Company
New England
Morean
Horton & Maine
American Express
Mel Adams
Meriden
Plano
T. de Witt Cuyler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wbich
New York, Westchester & Oston
Chaloner Loses Fight For Estate In Federal Appeal
John Armstrong Chaloner once of New York and Virginia lost a federal circuit appeal over his $1 009 000 estate against William T Sherman the committee of Wik person after being confined to Bloomingdale Asylum in 1898. The case began in 1887 amid Stanford White's influence and a lunacy order. Chaloner escaped in 1900, later deemed sane in Virginia, changed name from Chanler to Chaloner and pressed his claims. The NY courts told him to prove sanity in his home state before reclaiming rights. Chaloner's wife Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy, once Lina Cavaliere, is a figure in the tale.
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John Armstrong Chaloner
New York
Virginia
Federal Circuit Spirt of
William T. Sherman
Committee of Wik
Chaloner
Bloomingdale Asylum
Stanford White
Supreme Court
Rob Chanter
Bloomingdale
Chanter
State Supreme Court
Branford White
Famil
Sheriff
Bob” Chanler
Lina Cavalieri
Princess Troubetzkoy
Amelie Rives
John Gaillard
Chalonce
Reed Declares Cadillac a Criminal Trust in Senate
Senator Reed of Missouri branded the Cadillac Motor Car Company a criminal trust during a Senate session, denouncing its holding company structure as a Sherman Act violation. Michigan senators pressed why the Attorney General had not prosecuted the New Jersey based corporation, with Reed promising to urge action and Smith questioning Wilson’s prior inaction.
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Prom
Tribune Bureau
Wardington
Juno
Henry Leland
Cadillac Motor Car Company
Detroit
Townsend
Michigan
Congress
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Leland
Senator Reed
William Alden Smith
Cadillac
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
Senator Smith
Senator Read
Death by own action cited in Brenton case
In Hartford a federal suit over alleged abduction plots, mad house confinement, and a forged confession unfolds. Testimony from the plaintiff's California-based mother and former nurses details schemes to commit Elizabeth Holman to an asylum to gain custody, with disturbing remarks attributed to Rev Cranston Brenton.
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Veterrain
Tribune
Hartford
Conn
California
Etzeabeth
A. C Hotman
Waterville
Cranston Brenton
Yonters
N. ¥., and Dre. Paul Waterman
Oliver ©. Smith
Bratieboro
Mia
Suean B. Curtis
Sierra Madre
Brenton
Waterman
Trinity College
Elizabeth M. Sehubmeh
Curtis
Mrs. Holman
Hrenton
House Passes All Anti-Trust Bills
The report outlines Interstate Commerce Commission oversight of corporate filings and railroad securities, plus a Clayton bill package restricting price discrimination and interlocking directors. It details preapproval for securities, public records access, and penalties for concealment, with labor protections, jury trials, and injunction standards.
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Interstate Commerce Commisson
Commission
House of Congress
Nso
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rayburn
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
House
Armer Corporation
Raid Commission
Bank Messenger Robbed in Philadelphia June 6
George Crossin, a bank messenger, reported a theft of checks and drafts worth 5,000 dollars and about 350 dollars in cash. He carried them in a wallet attached to his body. the wallet was found open with papers allegedly removed and replaced.
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Philadelphia
George Crossin
Meraenger
Crosrin
En Main
Senate Focuses on Panama Canal Tolls Bill
The Senate, urged by Senator O Gorman, cleared other business to push Panama Canal toll legislation. A recess till 1 AM was taken to keep the repeal bill before the chamber, but Missouri’s two Democratic senators occupied much of the day with unrelated issues. A final vote is not expected until next week.
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Tribune Bureas
Washington
Senate
O'Gorman
Panama Canal
Missouri
Anti Vaccination Outrages Warn Working People
Charles M. Higgins of the Anti-Vaccination League warns of a conspiracy between health officers and employers to force vaccination under threat of dismissal. He cites illegal coercion in Niagara Falls and urges labor organizations to act, advocating leadership by a nonmedical sanitary expert and citing England's health system as a model. A follow up article is promised.
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Registrar General of England
Niagart
Niagara Falls
John Hiller
Cieties
John Mitchell
SIME
Europe
Germany
John Barnster
England
Wales
Senate to Rush Trust Legislation in Senate Action
The Tribune Buren Washington reports June 6 that the Commerce Committee may vote to report to the Senate favorably on eight sections of the trade commission bill. Senators Pomerene and Newlands deny intent to rush the broader trust legislation, saying the aim is to move part of the program quickly while retaining interlocking directorate and other features for later consideration.
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Tribune
Buren
Washington
Incommerce Comittee
Senate
Inter Directorate
Momerenn
Newlands
Interstate Ferce
Pewaa
The
Trade Commission
Pomerene
Wemion Ts Trade Commission
Lesdey
House
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Mr. Hrooker
Annested
New Haven Road
Vannty
Cadillac Company
New York City
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