Evans to sue over suspect art works in national collection
Montclair art observer William T. Evans plans to file suit against a New York City art dealer over three paintings he bought in 1903. He withdrew two Homer D. Martin works and one George Inness after questioning their authenticity, replacing them with confirmed works and preparing to pursue truth in court.
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William T. Evans
Montclair
N. J
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Homer D. Martin
George Inness
National Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery
Washington
George Innes
Currency Bill Passed Vote in House 184 to 145
The Vreeland financial bill to create emergency currency passed the House today by 184 to 145 with fourteen Republicans joining Democrats in opposition. The vote followed five hours of debate and included a rule discharging the Banking and Currency Committee.
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Washington
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Wisconsin
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Ohio
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Lindberg
Minnesota
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Morse
Nelson
Prince
Illinois
Waldo
New York
Weems
Banking and Currency Committee
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Vreeland
William J. Bryan
Williams
Kahn
California
Senate
Bandits Net 35000 At French NM Railroad Station
Three masked men robbed the French New Mexico Santa Fe station stealing 35000 dollars after binding the agent and a guard. A tramp freed them and alerted locals as deputies and bloodhounds chased the bandits. The money had come from Albuquerque to pay miners at Dawson New Mexico.
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el Paso, Tex
French
Sta
Las Vegas
N. M
Santa Fe
East Las Vegas
Territorial Penitentiary
Albuquerque
Dawson
Dawson Fuel Company
New York
Phelps-Dodge Company
Arkansas Acting Governor Ousted In May Day Turmoil
In Little Rock on May 14 the acting governor turned the office over to acting governor Pindall who arrived in the city. Gov Gur Pindall reportedly refused to shake hands with Ha on as the political transfer unfolded amid the unrest.
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Little Rock
Ark
Vermont Food Seizure Under State Board Action
Burlington Vermont May 34 The Vermont State Board of Food and Dairy Regulation seized and ordered destruction of adulterated food after inspection by Dr L P Sprague State Inspector of Food The action allows entry to seize any such articles found below the legal standard in any place of sale or storage
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Burlington
Cauyeien
Vermont State Board of Wwll
L. P. Sprague
Sprague
Gen C A Whittier Dead on Mauretania at Sea
Brigadier General Charles A. Whittier US Army retired died yesterday aboard the Mauretania. A Massachusetts native and relative of poet John Greenleaf Whittier, he was a Boston merchant and Civil War veteran. He lived in this city for years and was 63. His wife Miss Chadwick died in Watkins NY. Survived by two daughters Mrs Ernest Iselin and Princess Belosselsky of Moscow. Home address 247 Fifth Avenue.
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Mauretania
Ernest Iselin
General Whittier
Massachusetts
John Greenleaf Whittier
Boston
Newport
Union and Metropolitan
Somerset Club
Chadwick
Watkins
N. Y
Princess Belosselsky
Moscow
General Whittler
Fifth Avenue
Embezzler Geiger Found Dead After Appeal
United States Marshal Langhammer, armed with an order for John Geiger, former Canton National Bank cashier jailed for embezzlement, arrived at Geiger home after an appeals ruling. Geiger was found dead in a locked parlor with hemorrhage noted by physicians.
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Tribune
Baltimore
United States
Langhammer
John Geiger
Canton National Bank
Geiger
John
Court of Appeals
Wright brothers aero plane wrecked during seven to eight mile flight
Telegraphed from Manteo North Carolina May 14 reports the Wright brothers aeroplane from Dayton Ohio smashed during an experimental flight on shore of the coast. Wilbur Wright suffered scratches while Orville steered the craft which wobbled and crashed after a seven to eight mile test. The aircraft was hauled to a storehouse for packing and shipment to Ohio.
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Tribune
Manteo
N. C
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Wrights
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
Plans human evolution at Hollywood laboratory
Dr. Leone Landone has bought the Hoegee estate in Hollywood for 100000 dollars to found a laboratory. He aims to imitate Luther Burbank’s plant work for human life by developing brain cells and reconstructing structure, starting with twelve children selected from across America.
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The
Tribune
Los Angeles
Leone Landone
Hoegee
Hollywood
Luther Burbank
Landone
Burbank
America
Gates of Texas Named Delegate at Large to GOP Convention
J W Gates of Texas is slated to be a delegate at large to the National Republican Convention in Chicago if Cecil Lyons, Texas state executive committee chairman, succeeds in arranging the state convention in Fort Worth. Lyons announced Gates as a candidate during a Fort Worth visit on May 14.
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Tribune
Fort Worth
Tex
John W. Gates
Chicago
Texas
Cecil Lyons
Lyons
Gates
Minnesota Democrats Indorse Johnson for President at State Convention
St Paul May 14 Democrats of Minnesota endorsed Governor John A Johnson for President by 772 to 166 for Bryan. Bryan supporters failed to bolt or contest credentails hall two blocks from the auditorium prepared for them. Johnson platform praised his integrity and urged tariff revision to curb trusts. Delegates-at-large named Hammond Day Winston Lawler O Brien Martin O Brien and Weiss.
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Democrats
Minnesota
John A. Johnson
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Committee On
Bryan
Denver
Johnson
William J. Bryan
Resolutions Committee
Works
Republican Party
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Friends of
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St. James
Frank A. Day
Fairmont
F. G. Winston
Minneapolis
Swan Turnblad
Daniel W. Lawler
T. D. O'Brien
Martin O'Brien
Crookston
A. C. Weiss
Duluth
Would-Be Suicide Patient Recovers After Brain Surgery
Jacob Ritz, 22, of Brooklyn, survived a self-inflicted gunshot to the head on April 3. Doctors at St Mary's Hospital removed brain tissue and drained a post-injury tumor, leaving him reportedly in good condition with no apparent cognitive loss and declaring he will not attempt suicide again.
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Jacob Ritz
de Kalbavenus
Brooklyn
St Mary’s Hospital
Cashier admits guilt in Alleghany National Bank case
William Montgomery, the defaulting cashier, publicly accepts full responsibility for the shortage and states all funds were used in stock speculations. Clarence Burleigh, special bank counsel, says Montgomery will be prosecuted fully. Mayor Guthrie condemns misuses of state funds amid fears for the bank’s solvency as large city and state deposits remain at risk.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Alleghany National Bank
Clarence Burleigh
Montgomery
Burleigh
George W Guthrie
Alleghany National
Taft Delegates Rise As Conventions Elect Fifty-Two
At Taft headquarters a statement says state conventions in California Montana North Dakota Oregon and Washington plus five California districts two Oregon one North California Ohio and Texas elected fifty-two delegates for Taft. Total pledged reaches 574 with Texas and four districts to vote tomorrow likely lifting to 586, just over a majority.
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California
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
Washington
Ohio
Texas
Taft
City College Jubilee Opens Its New Home
The College of the City of New York celebrated its sixtieth anniversary with the opening of its new $6,000,000 buildings atop Washington Heights on St Nicholas Terrace. The daylong ceremony drew 85 colleges, thousands of alumni and guests, with pomp, flags, marching bands, and a procession featuring dignitaries such as Ambassador Bryce, Mayor McClellan, Mark Twain, and President Eliot.
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College of the City of
New York
St. Nicholas Terrace
Washington Heights
Townsend Harris Hall
University of London
Mark Twain
University of Edinburgh
College
Bryce
McClellan
Oxford
Eliot
Harvard
Straus
Roosevelt
Joseph H. Choate
Sunken Plaza
John H. Finley
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
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