J P Morgan Dies in Rome After Illness and Collapse
J Pierpont Morgan dies at the Grand Hotel in Rome at 22 05 after a rapid decline from indigestion and failure to nourish itself. He had recently appeared before a U S House committee on the money trust case and traveled from Naples via special train to Italy. His death ends a 56 year banking career and prompts condolence messages from royalty and officials.
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Grand Hotel
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London
New York
Herbert Satterlee
House Committee of Investigation
Money Trust
Washington
Naples
Egypt
Europe
Rgypt
Satterlee
Grand Central Hotel
King of Taly
O'Brien
Officials of coal trust plead not guilty in fraud case
In San Francisco eight officials of Western Fuel Co the Pacific Coast arm of the coal trust pleaded not guilty before Federal Judge Van Fleet to charges of defrauding the government and private buyers of more than half a million dollars through fraudulent manipulation of series. Trial date May 20 was set before Judge Bean of Portland.
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van Fleet
Western Fuel Company
Pacific Coast
The
Coal Trust
Bean
Portland
Morgan J Pierpont Morgan’s storied life and roles
Morgan John Pierpont Morgan born April 17 1837 at Martford ann educated in Boston English high school and Gottingen University. He held key posts at Duncan Sherman and Co Drexel Morgan and Co and J P Morgan Co. He underwrote 62000000 in US bonds under Cleveland and 1901 securities for US Steel. He controlled vast railroad lines and ocean transport, owned a famed art and book collection, and captained yachts as commodore of the New York Yacht Club. He built the Columbia which defeated Shamrock for the Americas Cup in 1896 and 1907.
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Martford
Ann
Boston
University of Gottingen
Yale University
Harvard
Amelia Sturgess
Frances Louise Tracy
Morgan
Bank of Duncan, Sherman and Company
United States
George Peaboiy
United States Steel Corporation
New York Yacht Club
Columbia
Shamrock
London Stocks Edge Slightly Higher After Morgan News
At the market open the Morgan death was discounted with issues opening slightly weaker but recovering. Declines in American stocks ranged from a quarter to three quarters of a point as New York cables reported the death, though no official announcement had been made.
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Morgan
New York
Four Loggers Drown in Upper Siuslaw River near Mound
Eugene Oregon reports four loggers James Myers George Myers Ralph Allen and Cleo Doyle drowned in the upper Siuslaw river near Mound forty miles southwest while trying to save logs during high water.
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James Myers
George Myers
Ralph Allen
Cleo Doyle
Siuslaw River
Mound
Loga
Refugees Fire on Relief Steamer Greenland
New Richmond Ohio reports refugees fired on the relief steamer Greenland to protect submerged homes. Three bullets hit the pilot house, narrowly missing several army officers aboard.
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New Richmond
Ohio
Greenland
Manufacturer Tells How Girls Are Driven Into Life of Shame
Chicago March 31 A Senate inquiry into starvation wages resumed with Walter Rubens a manufacturer on the stand He said marriage white slavery or leaving work are escapes from poverty for girls in stores or factories paid less than a living wage Rubens employs 486 girls He testified white slavers worked at his firm before discovery Dor othy Labay attempted to lure girls to resorts until the district attorney threatened arrest Later Rubens said a woman named Fredericks taught girls suggestive dances He claimed two girls he knew were debauched One seventeen year old was seduced by a man who promised luxury and another was taken to California The man who took her to California locked her in a house she escaped and returned to work for Rubens
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Chicago
Walter Rubens
United States District Attorney
Rubens
Fredericks
California
Militia Seizes Dayton Stores Amid Price Crackdown
Dayton residents faced grocery store seizures as complaints of exorbitant pricing spurred militia action. Soldiers guard shops while relief committees distribute supplies and keep distribution records. John Patterson notes grocers will be paid a fair gas fee. relief funds aim to avert disease and aid rebuild. Patterson, jailed over Sherman Act violation, sends telegram to President Wilson seeking federal action to keep Dayton safe.
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Dayton
John Patterson
Morgan Death Quietly Impacts Early Stock Exchange
New York March 1 flurries and fractional losses marked the opening of the stock exchange. Morgan and Company halted operations and members pledged a conservative banking policy. Steel and Nees saw modest dips while Reading and Lewisville and Nashville fluctuated, flags lowered in Wall Street but the exchange stayed open.
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Morgan
Bank of Morgan and Company
Nees
Southern Railway
Lewisville
Nashville
Wall Street
The
Morgan and Company
Keg of Beer Triggers Exciting Reservation Chase
Billy McKay, an Indian policeman, pursues Harry Redford after Redford’s keg of beer is found being loaded at Pendleton’s local brewery. The chase ends when Redford escapes but a bung hole is found open and the keg nearly emptied, with possible charges of introducing liquor to the reservation and resisting arrest.
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Harry Redford
Pendleton
Joe Craig
Redford
McKay
Reenedy
Fie
Stedford
Ohto Flood Devastates Regions Across Ohio State
Flood conditions hit Zanesville and Marietta with hundreds of houses destroyed and thousands affected. Five hundred forty six homes destroyed near Zanesville, four acres devastated at Pijqua, fatalities under thirty. Gallipolis reports three feet of high water and about a hundred homeless. Four corpses recovered and medical supplies badly needed. Nearby Fremont and Gallipolis show severe impact with limited fatalities.
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Marietta
Fremont
Jeanvige
Gallipolis
Page to be named ambassador to England
Washington on March 21, it was learned that Walter Page of the Doubleday Page and company publishing firm will be named ambassador to England by President Wilson. An announcement to this effect was expected this afternoon.
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Washington
Walter Page
Doubleday, Page and Company
England
Wilson
Trans-Continental Rates Advanced Across All Routes
Washington March 11 The commerce commission approves with minor exceptions all new routes proposed by carriers in connection with a Spokane decision. Westbound freight rates and all commodities not affected by the competition will advance to a point higher than the rate to any intermediate point.
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Commerce Commission
Kocondance
Earthquake Recorded at Georgetown College
Washington March 31 The Georgetown seismograph recorded an earthquake lasting from 11 last night to 12:30 this morning. The maximum strength was noted at 11:25 and the epicenter was estimated about seven thousand miles distant.
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Mar
Georgetown
State funds to county fairs only under new law
A wire from Secretary Olcott states that state money will fund only county fairs starting this year. Umatilla County receives about 2100 dollars under the new act, while district fairs are repealed. After this year each county must support its own fair with no state funds.
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Umatilla
Salem
Ore
Lee Moorhouse
Pendleton
Eastern
Oregon
Umatilla County
A. M. Crawford
Illinois Towns Threatened by Rapidly Rising Ohio River
As the Ohio River surges water spills onto streets in several Illinois towns. Citizens flee to higher ground while Wabash River activity adds to local fear. Levees hold firm though warnings persist about further rises and evacuation needs.
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Illinois
Wabash
Kentucky Towns In Danger Zone
Floods threaten Kentucky towns as the Ohio and Wabash rivers rise rapidly. Militia patrols warn residents to stay away from fences while refugees flee to hills. In Cairo Illinois civilians evacuate and levees are reinforced amid rising waters. western Kentucky acres flood as Ohio river crests loom.
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Ohio
Wabash
Louisville
Kentucky
Flood situation improves in two states report
Columbus Ohio March 1 the flood situation in Ohio and Indians is generally improved. Secretary of War Garrison returns to Cincinnati to depart for Washington after a Wood Cox conference. Wood remains in charge of sanitation and expects districts to normalize by week end. Rehabilitation progresses. epidemic control hoped. Cincinnati reports Ohio river crest expected. Columbus notes sixty eight deaths before Wednesday burial.
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Garrison
Cincinnati
Washington
Geeral Wood
Cox
Wood
West Side
Wilson
Menting
General Wood
Ohio River
Umatilla River Floods Prompt Dam, Levee Talks in Pendleton
Umatilla River rose over a foot in 24 hours but caused limited damage in Pendleton. Flooding affected Round-up Park and water backed into a tunnel near the O.W. R&N line, prompting gate raising and gravel work. Officials credited Furnish dam spillway, while residents moved furniture from upper floors amid rising fears.
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Dannage
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Westertas
Furnish Dam
Coe
W. J. Furnish
E. P. Marshall
Furnish Ditch Company
Water Street
Byers
Warm rains push Willamette water higher in Salem
In Salem Oregon March 31 rivermen warn that continued warm rain will raise the Willamette. The river rose from four to seven feet with reports of rising water from up river. Luckiamute and Santiam levels climb as new snow in the mountains melts, signaling more rises in coming days though flood damage is unlikely.
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Salem
Ore
Spaulding Logging Company
Luckiamute
Santiam Ia
Willamette
Ohio situation under control as flood waters recede
In Columbus on March 31 sixty four bodies lay in the morgue as central Ohio waters recede leaving mud and slime. Governor Cox was advised the state is now well in hand.
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Cox
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