Dresser Defies Resignation in Shipbuilding Case Drama
Saratoga Springs June 28 ex president Daniel Le Roy Dresser testified in the Kavanaugh case against former Trust Company of the Republic directors. He refused a requested resignation after returning from Europe in 1992, saying the trust company’s interests were sacrificed. He described loans, bond dealings, and cross-border actions linked to the shipbuilding obligations and Bethlehem Steel involvement.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Daniel Leroy Dresser
Trust Company of the Republic
United States Shipbuilding Company
Charles H Kavanaugh
Dresser
Europe
Shipbuilding Company
Sheldon Syndicate
Trust Company
Herbert L Satterlee
Mr. Satterlee
Lewis Nixon
Nixon
Nixon and
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Company
Steel Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Harris, Gates & Co
Speeding contractor rushes to Bellevue with injured man
E M Hetmer imger, contractor of 51 West 14th Street, drove at high speed from Sixth to First avenues with siren heard by all. He picked up an unconscious coal truck victim on 29th Street and rushed him to Bellevue Hospital where doctors said a fracture may heal. Hetmerdinger was arrested briefly.
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Helmerdinger
Bellevue Hospital
Graduation gowns made by Chestnut Street Grammar School
Springfield June 2 The gowns worn by nearly one hundred Chestnut Street Grammar School graduates were sewn by the students under Principal Candlin. The project shows practical home economics in public schools and provides affordable graduation attire, with each spotless white gown costing a little under two dollars.
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Tribune
Springfield
Mass
Chestnut Street Grammar School
Candlin
Bull Terrier Attack Kills Man. Boys Maimed in Paterson
In Paterson New Jersey Cornelius Ahert twenty years old and his cousin Raymond Ahert twelve were walking a bull terrier when it leaped at another dog. The dog attacked the youths biting arms faces and legs. Cornelius was killed when an axe pried the animal from him. Raymond remained in serious condition at General Hospital along with Cornelius after the brutal incident.
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Paterson
N. J
Cornelius Ahert
Raymond Ahert
Ahert
Munroe Douses Witness With Water In Court Heat
Former heavyweight boxer and mine owner Jack Munroe helped revive Eric Hamilton Rose in a New York Supreme Court session when Rose fainted from heat. Munroe acted without waiting for medical help, cooling him with water and a sponge until aid arrived. The court adjourned for the day.
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Jack” Munroe
Supreme Court
Munroe
William S. Mitchell
Eric Hamilton Rose
Motorman Charged In Sixth Avenue Child’s Death
A mob of Italian bystanders gathered after two year old Frank Dietsche was run over by a Sixth Avenue car. His mother cried for her baby as the crowd called for vengeance and the motorman Michael Crehan fled to the MacDougal Street station. A homicide charge followed.
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Sixth Avenue
Macdougal Street
Cavone
Michael Crehan
Frank Dietsche
West Broadway
Freda Dietsche
Police Guard Conduits in Chicago Bomb Probe
Chicago June 28 The City Council with Mayor Busse's backing offered 3000 reward for the bombers behind last night's downtown explosion. Police guard 100 conduits linked to the Chicago Telephone plant amid union strike rumors. Chief Shippy ill, Assistant Chief Scheuttler to act as chief with Inspector Lavin directing the manhunt.
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Tribune
Chicago
Busse
Electrical Workers’ Union
Chicago Telephone Company
Shippy
Averbach
Scheuttler
Inspector Lavin
Lavin
Vanderbilt Arrested For Speeding In Madison Avenue
Cornelius Vanderbilt was brought before Yorkville court on a speeding charge for driving 24 miles per hour on Madison avenue. Magistrate Finn parole him to furnish bond, asking him to return with bonds tomorrow. Vanderbilt expressed surprise at the speed and promised to appear with bonds. He noted no bondsman was present. The magistrate, recognizing Vanderbilt, required his appearance morning. This is his first court experience. Dewey’s Brut Cuvee Champagne advertisement follows.
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Dan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Yorkville
Madison Avenue
Finn
Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
May drop sugar case cannot indict, counsel tell Mr Wise
After a conference among Henry A Wise United States Attorney and lawyers for American Sugar Refining Company and related parties the government may drop efforts to indict the firm under the Sherman act The discussion focused on a three year post violation liability clause and whether prior actions including a December 29 1908 loan and subsequent efforts to collect could sustain charges The grand jury investigation continues with a planned two week window and possible adjournment if no indictable evidence emerges
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Henry A. Wise
United States
John G Milburn
American Sugar Refining Company
William D. Guthrie
Gustav E. Kissel
John M. Bowers
John E Parsons
American Company
Wise
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Adolph Segal
Pennsylvania
Milburn
Guthrie
Bowers
Mr Wise
Paris
Panama Canal
William H Ramsey
Gordon Bromley
Philadelphia
E. B. Smith
Grand Jury
Revenue debate shapes potential corporation tax cut
The Tribune reports in Washington that the net earnings tax for corporations may see a rate reduction from 2 percent in conference if revenue estimates from the tax and customs duties suffice to fund government. Presidents views urge restraint to avoid deficits and constitutional risk, with two amendments offered to modify exemptions and congressional access to investigation results.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Tribune
Zeppelin Goes to Metz For Military Stationing
Friedrichshafen reports the balloon Zeppelin I began a late hour flight tonight toward Metz where it will be permanently stationed for military purposes.
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Friedrichshafen
Metz
Winnipeg orders require British flag for US circus parade
Winnipeg officials announced a new rule banning United States circuses from parading in the streets unless they display a British flag. The directive, issued today, ties parade permissions to the national flag flown by the troupe.
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Winnipeg
United States
Dynamite wrecks suffragist car in Des Moines
A touring car carrying Miss Gertrude Von Petzold an English suffragist and three others was damaged by a dynamite firecracker hurled by a boy. The side and floor were blown to pieces and a three foot square hole opened beneath the chauffeur. No one was seriously hurt. the boy was not captured.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gertrude von Petzold
First Unitarian
Held After Long Chase Named Forgery Suspect
Preston La Baw, sought in New York for alleged forgeries totaling thousands of dollars, was seized from the German steamer Erna at Redondo by Detective Chapman of the Los Angeles police. Warrant, issued June 3 on John Rooney of Rooney Electric Lamp Company, charges forgery in the third degree and larceny of $10,000. La Baw, 37, is from Plainfield New Jersey.
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Los Angeles
Preston la Baw
New York
Redondo
Chapman
McCafferty
la Baw
John Rooney
No. 155
East 23d Street
Rooney Electric Lamp Company
Plainfield
N. J
Cincinnati May Gain Daylight Ordinance Proposed
Cincinnati council introduces an ordinance to shift clocks one hour earlier from May 1 to October 1 each year, effective January 1, 1910, claiming health and welfare benefits without disrupting rail or factory schedules. The measure, supported by business houses, states standard time will be one hour in advance during the period.
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Tribune
Cincinnati
Auto Turns Turtle In Bronx Collision
Shortly before 1 o clock this morning a large touring car turning a corner from Eastern Boulevard into Pelham Parkway collided with a tree and overturned in the Bronx. Three men and two women occupants, plus the chauffeur, were injured. John Moore of 328 Ridgewood Avenue Glen Ridge New Jersey and E E Selhridge of 161 Cleveland Avenue Orange New Jersey were named among the injured with fractures noted. The party was taken to Fordham Hospital where none were said to be in danger of dying.
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Eastern Boulevard
Pelham Parkway
Bronx
John Moore
Ridgewood Avenue
Glen Ridge
N. J
E. E. Selhridge
Cleveland Avenue
Orange
Fordham Hospital
Taft Hosts Novel Roof Dinner at White House
President Taft staged a dinner on the west wing roof with guests including Secretary MacVeagh Attorney General Wickersham Secretary Nagel and Secretary Wilson along with several senators and representatives. Soft red lights cooled by a breeze from the Potomac set a relaxed tone as politics were set aside.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Potomac
MacVeagh
Wickersham
Nagel
Wilson
Flood in the Subway Delays Broadway Train at 157th Street
Last night a north bound Broadway express collided with flooding at the 157th street station after heavy rain overwhelmed curbs in Washington Heights. Water poured onto the tracks washing against car windows, fuses blew, and passengers fled as traffic slowed for about thirty minutes before the flood subsided.
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Broadway
157Th Street
Washington Heights
Lynn plan for a brotherhood of employers and employees
An elaborate plan proposes a fraternal society in Lynn with a grand lodge as supreme tribunal to settle disputes between workers and manufacturers. A. E. Little heads the committee. Negotiations have drawn in thirty thousand Lynn shoe operatives to join, with an insurance fund to aid disability and accidents.
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the Tribune
Lynn
Mass
Grand Lodge
A. E. Little
Fall River Group Opposes Corporate Tax Plan
Fall River Mass June 23 protest against the proposed tax on corporate earnings will be sent to Washington by the Fall River Manufacturers Association. The executive committee voted to prepare and forward the protest to Representative W S Greene.
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Fall River
Mass
Washington
First Cotton Bale Brings 425 At Houston Auction
The first bale of this season's cotton sold at the Houston Cotton Exchange for 425. The bale weighed 368 pounds and came from Mercedes in Hidalgo County. The report notes prices revived on the floor before the war and compares to last year's first bale which arrived on June.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton Exchange
Mercedes
Hidalgo County
Ginners Report Sees Cotton Average At 75.6
The National Ginners Association report issued today shows cotton condition at 75.6 up to June 4. Acreage abandonment stands at 7 percent, totaling 9.8 percent less than last year.
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Memphis
National Ginners’ Association
M Vicker Judgment Reversed In Medical Payment Case
The Appellate Court reversed a Circuit Court award of 100000 to Dr. L C Zigler against the McVicker estate, ruling a deathbed payment contract void as against public policy for potentially speeding death. Mrs McVicker died in Pasadena at age eighty four after about five years of Zigler care.
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Chicago
Circuit Court Today
L. C . Zigler
Harriet G McVicker
J. H. McVicker
Governor Brown Brings Simple Gourd Dipper to Capitol
In Atlanta on June 28 Governor Joseph Brown, sworn in last Saturday with notable simplicity, arrived at the Capitol with a long-handled gourd dipper. He set this rustic drinking cup at a water cooler in the reception room, reflecting his modest inauguration style.
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Atlanta
Joseph Brown
Capitol
Big Storm Disrupts City Transit and Storm Toll
A severe storm drenched the city sending lightning across streets and causing fires. Five thousand Polo Grounds spectators were soaked as a flagpole toppled and a pennant tore apart. Power houses flooded, trolley lines and Long Island Railroad disrupted, with thousands stranded and cars abandoned. Dozens injured or killed, including John Keenan and several others as lines shut down and emergency crews battled fires and electrocution risks.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Brooklyn
Centrefield
John Keenan
Weldon Street
East New York
Crescent Street
Glen Street
Long Island
Long Island City
Long Island Railroad
New York & Queens County Electric Railway
Purvis Street
Jackson Avenue
Woodside Junction
Penny Bridge
Nine More Die In Philadelphia Heat Wave
Nine additional deaths were reported in Philadelphia during a continuing heat spell. The total heat fatalities exceeds forty, as humidity reached nine and temperatures climbed hourly, peaking at four in the afternoon.
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Philadelphia
Heat kills ten in Chicago as heat wave grips city
In Chicago today ten deaths were attributed to heat, with numerous heat prostrations treated at hospitals. Among the deceased were police sergeant Leonard Rockholz who died at home, and Carl Sommers who jumped into Lake Michigan during heat induced distress and died after rescue. Thermometer remained near the red zone all day.
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Chicago
Lernard Rockholz
Carl Sommers
Lake Michigan
Fatal Heat Strikes Cleveland In Summer Daze
One man died and another attempted suicide as four people collapsed from the heat in Cleveland today. The city sweltered under a scorching high, with humidity intensifying the danger during the afternoon.
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Cleveland
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