MacVeagh Eyes Major Overhaul After Importer Settlement
Secretary MacVeagh arrives for a conference on a pivotal undervaluation case tied to Panama hat and sugar prosecutions. An importer offered about 100000 to settle without government prosecution, prompting talk of broad reforms in the Appraiser’s and customs offices and possible resignations, with MacVeagh and Wanamaker overseeing the shake-up ahead of a Yale Harvard race visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin MacVeagh
the Treasury
Loeb
Loeb Or His Men, Not Known To the Legal Department
Federal Building
Custom House
Lexy MacVeagh
Borter
MacVeagh
New London
Washington
Northwestern farmers spark biggest bull wheat market in a decade
Northwestern farmers flood Minneapolis as brokers rush for grain. Wheat prices surge with September at 107 1 2 cents and July at 41 1 2 cents while North Dakota producers are marked millionaires. Telegraph orders pour in as drought fears return.
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The
Tribune
St. Paul
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Chamber of Commercce
North Dakota
Glidden Tour Heroine Warns Reo Car in Missouri
Blanche Younger of Burlington Junction Missouri gained fame for flagging the speeding Glidden tour Reo car with a strip of her red dress when a culvert was displaced catching the lead vehicle. The stop averted potential danger to four passengers including tour secretary L Ferguson, assistant J A Hem street, driver C W McDowell, and J W Cogarn.
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the Tribune
Omaha
Blanche Younger
Burlington Junction
American Automobile Association
Reo
L. Ferguson
J. A. Hemstreet
Brooklyn
C. W. McDowell
J. W. Cogarn
Mount Vernon
Negro shoots into crowd on Madison avenue trolley
A northbound Madison avenue trolley confrontation ends when J Jerry a Black man fires a revolver after striking conductor Joseph Elichele at 56th Street. Ex Judge Alton B Parker observes as passengers overpower the assailant and Patrolman Nilon takes him into custody on felonious assault and concealed weapons charges.
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Plate J. Jerry
Madison Avenue
Joseph Elichele
Elichele
Jerry
Eichele
56Th Street
Alton B. Parker
Michele
Nilon
East List Street
Borah Baffles Doorkeeper With Progressive Joke
Washington June 28 Senator Borah faced a door keeper's 430 closing rule at the Treasury. The Idaho Senator explained his use of progressive to gain entry, revealing the misunderstanding before he was admitted to the building.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Borah
Treasury Department
Idaho
Capitol
Treasury
West
Mr. Borah
United States
Impromptu Chariot Race On Sixth Avenue Ends With Capture
A runaway horse attached to a hansom caused chaos between 424 and 3rd streets as torpedoes exploded by mocking youths sent it racing. Patrolman Benjamin Merritt redirected the beast with a red lamp to spare a mother and two children. The horse and a wagon loaded with iron rails for the McAdoo tunnel work were recovered at West 30th Street Station after a twenty five minute chase.
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Sixth Avenue
Benjamin Merritt
34Th Street
McAdoo
West 30Th Street
Hotel manager charged in Rutland fire fraud case
William D. Rockefeller thirty seven year old assistant manager of the Hotel Martinique New York was arrested in Worcester Massachusetts on charges of burning his Rutland farmhouse to defraud an insurance for twenty thousand dollars. State police said evidence warranted the arrest and Rockefeller was released on two thousand dollars bail until July.
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Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Rutland
William D. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Zeppelin airship Deutschland wrecked after gale near Osnabruck
Count Zeppelin's passenger airship Deutschland, the largest model, broke apart amid a 50 mph gale over the Teutoburg forest. Thirty three aboard including ten crew and twenty newspaper men escaped unhurt after the craft drifted and sank. repairs failed, motors failed, and the craft landed near Wellendorf east of Osnabruck with all passengers safe.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Deutschland
Herr Colesmann
Herr Duerr
Zeppelin Company
Kannenberg
Dortmund
Minister
Dallas Appeals Court Rules Utility Rate Measure Valid
The Texas State Court of Civil Appeals upholds Dallas ordinance regulating telephone rates and prepayment bans after a lawsuit by Southwestern Telephone Company. The measure also offers subscribers a 10 percent discount if bills are paid by the 10th day of the month following service.
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Tribune
Dallas
Tex
State Court of Civil Appeals
City of
Southwestern Telephone Company
Mattress in Brooklyn Hid $38,000 in Cash
A Romanian woman, Marcelle Webber, allegedly accomplice in a Cairo bank embezzlement, is held at Ellis Island after authorities recovered about $38,000 hidden in a mattress at a Brooklyn boarding house. Her lover Paul Webber remains at large as immigration officials pursue further action.
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Cairo
Egypt
Brooklyn
Marcelle Webber
Paul Webber
Foreign Department
Webbers
Graf Waldersee
Paul
Ellis Island
Department of Commerce and Labor
Williams
Webber
Washington
Terrell Tries Death by Own Action
Edwin H. Terrell former United States Minister to Belgium and prominent Republican leader lies dying at his San Antonio home from a self inflicted bullet wound. A Harvard graduate and Southwest’s wealthy figure he fired on Sunday night. the wound split the brain but survival is noted as remarkable. Terrell was decorated by King Leopold.
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the Tribune
San Antonio
Tex
Edwin H. Terrell
United States
Belgium
Terrell
Harvard
Southwest
Leopold
Order of Leopold
Priest freed after five days in New Haven jail
Father Salvatore Lacorti, a representative of the order of St. Francis in Italy, was jailed for five days amid doubts of his identity. He was soliciting funds here and in other places, wore priestly robes, and spoke through an interpreter. The case was later nolled after papers proved his affiliation.
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the Tribune
New Haven
Father Salvatore Lacorti
Order of St. Francis
Italy
Father Lacerti
Rocco Seradi
Sudden Death in Fruit Store Sparks Street Panic
Baruch Lishin died of heat prostration at his No 367 East 49th Street fruit and vegetable shop. His wife and two sons, aged 19 and 21, collapsed in hysteria, prompting East 51st Street station reserves to clear the street after the emergency.
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Baruch Lishin
East 49Th Street
East 51St Street
Tishin
Flower Hospital
John Fraser
East Dirt Street
Mrs. Alice Crowninshield Pierce Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
Mrs. Pierce, once married to Thomas W. Pierce of Boston, was taken to Bellevue Hospital after an alcohol induced episode at the Casino. She behaved disruptively, pulled tablecloths, and clashed with staff and chauffeurs before police intervened.
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Alice Crowninshield Rogers Pierce
Thomas W. Pierce
Boston
Meadow Brook Hunt Club
Bellevue Hospital
Arsenal
Pelham Manor
William L. Payne
Majestic
72D Street
Central Park West
Leslie Carter
Payne
Bellevue
Carter Payne
The
Pearce
Bomb explosion in Barcelona after street discovery kills bystander
Police found a street bomb in Barcelona on June 28. While transporting it to the city laboratory in a patrol wagon the device exploded, killing a passerby and seriously injuring four police officers. The Hudson River Day Line advertises its Poughkeepsie service timing and cautions.
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Barcelona
Edgewood Inn Resort Ad Highlights Greenwich Site
Edgewood Inn in Greenwich Connecticut just off Post Road twenty eight miles from New York offers a garage golf tennis and music making it an ideal holiday outing resort.
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Edgewood Inn
Greenwich
Conn
N. Y
Post Road
Two Midshipmen and Widow Lose Crew in Annapolis Search
The Navy Academy at Annapolis mourns as first class Midshipmen Sherman M. Nason of Newport R. I. and Grisby E. Thomas of Union Bridge, Ga., and Mrs. Marie Bowyer, widow of Captain Bowyer, disappear after a skiff outing. A full search using launches and marines began, with the party likely drowning during an attempt to save Mrs. Bowyer.
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Tribune
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Sherman M. Nason
Newport
R. L
Grisby E. Thomas
Union Bridge
Marie Bowyer
John M. Bowyer
Academy
Mirtzbausch
Bowyer
Ruth Bowyer
Bushrod Howard
B. Howard
Nason
Joseph Bowyer
Marie Dean
Pittsburg
Camp Perry
Ohio
Academy Range
Midshipmen
Navy
Wakefield
Mass
Navy Department
Young baseball captain suffers arm injuries during game
An eleven year old, John Sicha, captain of his team, collided with a rock while stealing home in the ninth inning. He endured a broken left arm in two places as policemen and an ambulance surgeon treated him on the field near Wales avenue and 152nd to 155th streets.
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John Sicha
John
152D
155Th Street
Wales Avenue
Drydock Dewey Refloated After Submersion
The drydock Dewey was refloated in Manila this morning seemingly undamaged after a prior failed attempt. Pumps kept working through the night as the dock rose and finally floated clear, with a board now inspecting the cause of its sinking.
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Manila
Dewey
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Texas Telephone Regulation
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