Becker Trial Moves Forward as Jury Seated for Day Three
New York readers follow the Becker murder case as twelve jurors are seated for the third day. Prosecutor Whitman aims to present core witnesses, including Rose and Hecht, with defense by Manton and absent Cochran. Becker and wife voiced cautious approval of the youthful, mostly married panel, signaling a shift from the first trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Seabury
Distriet
Whitman
Rose
Rosenthal
John J. Wendy
West
Times Square
Willam J. File
Metropole Hotel
Dennis Taylor
Giovanni Stanish
Bald Jack" Rose
Becker
W. Rourke Cochran
Mr. Cochran
Cockran
Martin T. Manton
Manton
New Jury Formed to Decide Becker’s Fate
A 12 member jury panel is named to decide Becker’s fate. Foreman Meredith Blagden, 28, bond salesman, and eleven other jurors provide ages, occupations, and home addresses. The panel includes six single men, five married men and one widower with an average age around 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Meredith Blagden
Pine Home
East 10Th St
Auto Fells Woman and Her Blind Son
Mrs. Alice Townsend and her son Joseph, both blind, were struck by Dr. Jacob Shapiro’s touring car near Aeolian Hall after a concert for the blind. They were rushed to Polyclinic Hospital in critical condition with internal injuries and probable fractures. prognosis was hopeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Townsend
Joseph
West 44Th St
Brooklyn
Jacob Shapiro
Dr Shapiro
Dr. Shapiro
Tobin
Carranza Reaches Torreon and Establishes Temp Capital
General Venustiano Carranza first chief of the Constitutionalists arrives at Torreon with staff and sets up a temporary capital. His party includes Generals Maclovio Herrera Tomas Urbina and Manuel Chao governor of Chihuahua. General Villa meets Carranza at the station and escorts them to residence.
Tampico Refugees Appeal to Bryan and Other Local Notes
Refugees appeal to Bryan as national figures address Huerta’s threats. Three city events honor Navy dead Monday. Bryan denies Huerta charges. Militia call expected. Becket jury completes. White seeks debate in church. Lawyer and wife indicted. lumberman charged in wife theft. Two more linked to vote fraud. Police order clean-up. City bank probe upcoming. labor legislation not expected. Obituary notices, religious items, and various calendars feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Lehmann
Huerta
Carranza Ix
Tampico
Bryan
Becket
Exclusive Photographs of Mrs William G McAdoo’s Trousseau
See the Woman's Section of the Sunday Tribune for reproductions of the gowns worn at the White House wedding and the President's daughter’s honeymoon attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. McAdoo
Trousseau
The
Sunday Tribune
White House
U S Will Probe City Bank Soon
A Treasury led probe into an $11 million loan by National City Bank to the New Haven on Boston and Maine stock unfolds after testimony by John L. Billard before Interstate Commerce Commissioner McChord. Justice requests copies of testimony. directors and executives of the New Haven face subpoenas as investigators probe profits and contracts, including a 1913 deal with Pullman Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
John L. Billard
Interstate Commerce
McChord
Treasury Department
National City Bank
New Haven
Boston & Maine
John Skelton Williams
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
New Haven Railroad
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
H. M. Rochsperger
A. 8. May
New Haven Company
Folk
The
Commerce Commission
William Rockefeller Lewis Cass Ledyard
George F. Baker
Milner
Road
Billard
Charles S. Melien
Mr. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Messrs
Boston & Maine Common
Boston Railroad Holding Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Billard Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Mellen
Pullman Company
Arnold C. Hanson
Hansen
Lehmann Named American Peace Delegate for Mediation Conference
Frederick W. Lehmann, former Solicitor General under Taft, named as an American delegate to the mediation conference and travels to Washington to confer with the President. The President may select a Supreme Court justice as a delegate, with Chief Justice White and Justice Pitney among those considered. Secretary Lane and Mayor Newton D. Baker of Cleveland also linked to the selection.
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the Tribune
St Louis
Frederick W. Lehmann
Taft
Lehmann
Washington
United States Supreme Court
L Mar
White
Pitney
Lane
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Wilson
More Men to Go to Funston's Aid
The War Department backs reinforcements to General Funston in Mexico but President Wilson delays further moves while mediators seek an adjustment. Transports are being chartered and field artillery moves await ready ships. Continued on page 2, column 3.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
War Department
General Funston
Mexico
Funston
Vera Cruz
Garrison
Texas
Tampico
ABC
Carranza
United States
Developments in the Mexican Situation
The Taft administration faces a tough crisis as arms reach Puerto Mexico for the Mexican government. Frederick W. Lehmann is named American delegate to the Niagara Falls mediation conference, with a Supreme Court justice possible as associate. Bryan says the U.S. will not alter the military status pending mediation.
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Vera Cruz
Puerto Mexico
Frederick W. Lehmann
St. Louis
Taft
Niagara Falls
United States Supreme Court
Bryan
Huerta
United States
Veracruz Rains Menace Troops In Early 20th Century
Rain begins in Vera Cruz at 10 am with hot sun returning after brief tropical shower. Outpost duties grow harder as mosquitoes increase. health officials urge quinine. Officials wrestle to run civil government as former teachers resist under new American authority. treasury ledgers burned include old tax lists for bullfights and circuses.
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Vera Cruz
May
Municipal Place Court
Jefferson Market
Major Miller
Paris
Manly
Treasury
Senoritas Annie
Lottie
Patterson
Harvard Man McAdoo and Bride Honeymoon at Harlakenden
Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo and his bride Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson arrived to spend their honeymoon at Harlakenden in Cornish New Hampshire amid headlines of a death by own action and a five week identification. The couple traveled from West Deerfield Massachusetts by train and car with the bride seated in front directing the chauffeur. Three servants preceded them and the house had not been used since last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Prescott
Cornish
N. H. May
William G. Fee
E McAdoo
the Treasury
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
Harlakenden
White House
West Deerfield
Mass
Connecticut River
Mr. McAdoo
Man Identified in Potters Field as Thomas B. Prescott
The man who died by a revolver at Dooner's Hotel on April 2 is identified in Potters Field today as Thomas B. Prescott, 32, son of J. F. Prescott of South Weymouth Massachusetts. The father gave permission to exhume the body, buried two weeks earlier.
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Dooner
Potters Field
Thomas B. Prescott
J. F. Prescott
South Weymouth
Mass
Refugee Doctor Ryan Reaches Coast With 600 Arrivals
Vera Crus, May A Dr Ryan once condemned to execution at Zacatecas, released, arrives safely at Puerto Mexico with 600 refugees from the capital. They proceed to New Orleans aboard the Esperanza with no mishap reported.
Ship Reaches Puerto Mexico with Arms Aimed at Huerta
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie arrived carrying arms and ammunition for Huerta at Puerto Mexico, risking a Vera Cruz like crisis. Navy reports indicate shipments from Hamburg and Bavaria are en route, with fears that landing could force a US response and jeopardize mediation efforts.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Vera Cruz
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Puerto Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Huerta
Ypirange
Vera Cruz Custom House
Admiral Badger
Kronprinzessin Ceccile
Bavaria
Kronprinzessin
Cecilie
Badger
Alfonso XII
Kronpringessin
Ypiranga
Mexico City
Hoever
United States
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Mrs. Becker
Dago Frank
Gunman
Jury
Wife Li
Ray
James M. Faust
West 45Th
East 60Th
Thomas W. Edwards
West 186Th
Edward E. van Eman
Fort Washington
Paul V. Camors
Robert N. Baxter
Wall St
West 176Th St
Dic L. Holbrook
East 21St St
Phillip Loff
Riverside Drive
Walter Goodyear
West 57Th St
Gilbert Schaul
Yonkers
Ephraim Plummer
Wilbur F. Rawlins
Auto
Torreon
City Bank
Wacdharia
Army and Navy
Ety Shipping
U. S
Mellen, Rockefeller and Baker
Rocke
Frederick W. Lehman
Funston’s
Villa
Arthur Ruhl
W’adoos
N. H
Harvard
DR. Ryan
Custom House
Vera Crux
Daniels
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