New Haven Director Testifies On Marketable Securities Value
William Skinner, New Haven railroad director, tells the interstate commerce commission he relied on the accounting department when approving a report claiming 10 million dollars in marketable securities that were in fact of little value. He argues directors can influence public opinion for better service, and notes Morgan did not seek domination.
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Washington
William Skinner
New Haven Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Accounting Department of the Road
New Haven
J. P. Morgan
Lewis Cass
Mellen Skinner
Skinner
Kansas City Federals Seek Injunction Against Pitcher Blanding
Chicago dispatch says the Kansas City Federals move for a temporary injunction in superior court to bar pitcher Blanding of the Cleveland Americans from playing with Cleveland or any other club. The hearing is scheduled for Monday.
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Chicago, Ills
Kansas City Federals
Blanding
Cleveland Americans
Foell
Cleveland
McGovern Campaigns on Tariff for U.S. Senate Nomination
Madison Wisconsin June 4 Governor Francis E McGovern announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States senator and will campaign on the tariff issue condemning the Underwood act.
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Madison
Wis
Francis E. McGovern
United States
Widow of Rear Admiral Eaton Remarries First Husband
Mrs. Jennie M. Eaton of Boston widow of Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton married her first husband D. Henry Ainsworth of Morristown Arizona in Washington yesterday. She was acquitted last October in Boston of poisoning her second husband who died March 7 1913 in Norwell Massachusetts. Ainsworth says he is 49 and the bride 40.
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Washington
Jennie M. Eaton
Boston
Joseph G. Eaton
D. Henry Ainsworth
Morristown
Ariz
Graduation Day Promised as Navy Seniors Receive Diplomas
Annapolis marked June Week with infantry drills flag competitions torpedo and gun drills and engineering exercises. The program closed with dress parade and colors presentation as the senior class awaits diplomas tomorrow from President Wilson.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Wilson
Lepers Seek National Home Positioned by Two Bills
Washington June 4 The center of John Karl leper has led two bills to provide a national home for lepers. Representative Johnson of Washington would have the general select an island for use of home, appropriating Sittee e Tilinete would appropriate a half million leperosarium.
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Washington
D. C
John Karl Leper
Johnson
Old sport tries out new yacht
Portsmouth England June 4 The Shamrock IV Sir Thomas Lipton s new yacht went out today for its trial sail. The wind was light and did not offer an adequate test but she responded to tacking.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Thomas Lipton
New Hall
TALKING UP THE REBELS IN MEXICO DIPLOMATIC TALKS
Mediation hinges on General Carranza as three South American diplomats offer a path for constitutionalist representation. U S pressure favors acceptance and a peaceful settlement, with diplomats hopeful Carranza will send envoys to the talks in Niagara Falls.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Washington
Bandits of China Leading Troops in Chase
Peking June 4. White Wolf the Chinese brigand who in recent months devastated three provinces is now looting and burning villages in Kan Su. The brigands burned three towns after robbing inhabitants and regular troops renewed pursuit driving them into the Lily mountains a hundred miles south of Lanchow.
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Peking
White Wolf
Kan Su
Lily Mountains
Lanchow
Officials Indicted Across Six States in Anti-Trust Probe
Indictments returned against thirty six state officials in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri Nebraska and Iowa by a federal grand jury. Charges allege conspiracy in restraint of trade in violation of the anti trust laws.
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Des Moines
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Mother Jones Barred From Boarding Canadian Ship
Seattle June 4. Mother Jones denied passage on a Canadian Pacific steamer to Vancouver as she reached the plank. Labor leaders filed a protest with Secretary Wilson in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Mary Jones
Vancouver
Wilson
Washington
Commission to Settle the Row
Washington proposes a federal panel to settle Colorado strike troubles with a bill to create such a body. Nashville hosts next week joint convention of National Association of Labor Commissioners and International Association of Factory Inspectors with officials economists and labor leaders from across the United States. The meeting will discuss uniform laws for labor and factory inspection and compensation and liability laws affecting labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Colorado
Owen
Nashville
Tenn
National Association of Labor Commissioners
International Association of Factory Inspectors
United States
Mona Lisa Trial Opens in Florence for Theft Charge
The Vincenzo Perugia trial began in Florence on charges of stealing the Mona Lisa from Paris. The alienist admitted taking the painting but argued it should be placed in Florence, noting he refused a French offer of immunity if returned. Other witnesses described the theft details.
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Florence
Italy
Vincenzo Perugia
de Vinci
Louvre
Paris
President Makes Crowd Wait At White House Arrival
Washington June 4 the president kept a long line of callers waiting as he left his private office to shake hands with John W Kern Jr son of Senator Kern The boy uses crutches due to infantile paralysis and visited the White House.
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Washington, D. C
John W. Kern, Jr
Senator Kern
White House
Southern Commercial Secretaries meet in Vicksburg
In Vicksburg Mississippi June 4 the annual gathering of the Southern Commercial Secretaries Association opens. Delegates from more than a dozen states gather to exchange views and discuss plans for future southern development. A group of noted speakers is slated to address the three day sessions.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Northern Minnesota Development assn meets to push road plan
Thief River Falls Minnesota June 8 delegates from twenty six counties gather as the Northern Minnesota Development association holds its annual convention. The group outlines steps to improve regional roads and make the section among the finest in the country.
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Thief River Falls
Minn
Northern Minnesota Development Association
Ambassadors and Royals Dine at American Embassy Luncheon
Madrid June 4 Ambassador Willard hosted a luncheon at the American embassy with King Alfonso and Queen Victoria as guests. Kermit Roosevelt and the British and German ambassadors attended, followed by a brilliant reception.
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Madrid
Willard
King Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Kermit Roosevelt
Navy yacht Mayflower scandal shocks Washington elites
New York papers report a major navy scandal tied to the presidential yacht Mayflower. Edward C Little faces paymaster misconduct accusations while Lt Archibald H Douglas rotates from duty amid reports of hosting two women aboard and late night revelry. Both officers were prominent in Washington society.
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New York
United States Navy
Woodrow] Wilson
Little
Daniels
Douglas
Washington
Rebels Take Towns and Cut Off Communication
Massalion reports from cruiser California say the capital has fallen to constitutionalists and Guadalajara is surrounded. Three General’s columns block routes to Mexico City, Manzanillo, and the Pacific coast as Huerta’s gunboats threaten Tampico. Officials hedge on policy while Antilla sails with arms for Huerta.
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Massalion
California
Howard
Guadalajara
Mexico
Washington debutantes and naval guests at social events
The most popular debutantes of Washington’s recent season frequently accepted invitations for dances, teas, and dinners. The two officers have attended White House events and were guests of the secretary of the navy as well.
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Flower
Washington
White House
Monument to Old Soldiers Unveiled in Arlington
Washington June 4 representatives from every Confederate state and officers of both armies gathered at Arlington National Cemetery for the unveiling of the Confederate monument with cabinet members and other distinguished guests present.
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Washington, D. C
Arlington National Cemetery
Severe windstorm causes heavy damage in Watertown
A severe windstorm in Watertown South Dakota caused about 50000 dollars in damage last night, following an earlier hot day on record reaching 98 degrees.
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Watertown
S. D
Idaho man appointed Idaho man appointed
Secretary Lane appoints Mark Daniels of San Francisco as general superintendent of national parks. Daniels formerly served as assistant city engineer of Potlatch Idaho and most recently was landscape engineer of Yosemite National Park. He is noted as a town planner and sanitation expert.
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Potlatch
Washington, D. C
Lane
Mark Daniels
San Francisco
Daniels
Idaho
Yosemite National Park
Doctor and wife must face charge in New Castle
New Castle Indiana June 3 Judge Jackson set July 10 for trial of Dr W A Winters wife and W H Cooper on conspiracy to commit felony in connection with the disappearance of Catherine Winters about a year ago Prosecutor Meyers attended court and no attempt was made to quash the indictment against the accused.
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New Castle
Ind
W. A. Winters
W. H. Cooper
Jackson
Circuit Court
Meyers
Catherine Winters
German Statesman Paasche Heads to United States
Berlin reports Dr Hermann Paasche first deputy speaker of the German imperial parliament departed for the United States to deliver political and sociological lectures at the University of California. He will spend the summer on the Pacific coast studying economic and racial conditions.
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Berlin
Hermann Paasche
United States
University of California
Paasche
Pacific Coast
Portland Livestock Show Opens at Union Stockyards
The sixth annual Portland Livestock Show opened at Union Stockyards in Portland Oregon and runs four more days this week. Carloads of blooded horses cattle sheep and swine from the Northwest are on display with an exceptional showing of light and heavy draft horses.
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Portland
Ore
Union Stockyards
Northwest
Son of Tobacco Trust President Killed In Park City Auto Crash
W W Duke 22 son of James B Duke president of the American Tobacco company died when a touring car skidded on a muddy Utah road ten miles north of Park City and plunged down a six foot embankment into Silver Creek. His companions escaped injury as the machine pinned him under four feet of water. The Californians J L Burt Joseph H Baird Ivan Bliss and Eddie Whiteside were riding in the auto and survived.
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Park City
W. W. Duke
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Silver Creek
Park
Union Pacific
Duke
Mile
J.,l. Burt
Joseph H. Baird
Los Angeles
Ivan Bliss
Ventura
Cal
Eddie Whiteside
Mechanician
Empress Victims Buried Today
Twelve of the crew of the Empress of Ireland were buried in Quebec today with a solemn ceremony. The funeral procession moved to military music, flags flew at half mast, and representation came from the Dominion government.
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Quebec
Ireland
Dominion
Huerta Demands Protection for Provisional Regime Enforcers
Reports from Vera Cruz say Venustiano Huerta will retire only if guaranteed legalization of his acts since becoming provisional president. He seeks preservation of protections for himself and the men who supported him and aided in floating loans, amid mediation talks at Niagara Falls.
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Vera Cruz
Huerta
Niagara Falls
Resolute Wins By An Accident Yacht Race at Glenn Cove
In 25 mph wind the yachts Vanitie and Resolute began the eighteenth race when Vanitie retired to rescue a man who fell overboard. The Resolute secured victory as the incident unfolded, with the ocean rescue drawing the event to a close.
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Resolute
Associated Press
Glenn Cove
L. L
Vanitie
Vanities
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Rabasa
L. Figuero
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Tampico
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