Fairbanks lauded by Col. Smith in Indiana Society talk
Col W H Smith historian compares Indiana politicians to Fairbanks calling him the most successful. He notes Fairbanks never seeks office yet always reaches his aims with quiet methods. Smith recalls Morton and Hendricks and predicts Indiana politics evolve through raids and steady work. Indiana Society meeting features music and a planned May farewell dance at the National Rifles Armory.
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Indiana
Indiana Society
Col. W. H. Smith
Fairbanks
Col. Smith
Co. Sminith
Morton
Hendricks
Fiore
Holden Sma Houchen
Bertha Welfe
Ruth McEmery Stuart
National Rifles
Rebuke for Tom Johnson Spells Cincinnati Independence
Excerpts from a Cincinnati letter dated April 6 recount Mayor Dempsey of Cincinnati rebuking Mayor Johnson of Cleveland. Dempsey denies any fight for Democratic control and states he will withdraw from the Mayors Association, asserting Cincinnati must handle its own issues without external city help.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dempsey Hag
Johnson
Cleveland
Mayors’ Association
United States
Sxtty
Majors' Association
British Under Secretary Optimistic On Moroccan Conference Outlook
In the House of Lords Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice said the protocol signing would occur at an early date, possibly tomorrow. He noted that laying the papers in parliament should show there were no victors or vanquished, reflecting the true situation.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice
Gambler Shootings on River Steamer Wawel
Eight armed men boarded the river steamer Wawel between Warsaw and Vik. They ordered five gamblers in the cabin onto the deck. On midstream they shot three dead and mortally wounded two. The attackers forced the captain to stop at a way station, then fled into the woods.
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Warsaw
Vik
Weavers Strike Shuts Down Greystone Mills
Mohair goods weaving faults trigger a strike by 200 to 250 workers at Greystone mills in Greystone Florida causing extensive department shutdowns. Strikers allege flawed rules prevented proper work and cited a recent notice imposing fines for imperfect weaving.
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Greystone
Postle
Ure
Will Disposition in California Estate of Lady Yarde-Buller
In Oakland California April a decree signed by Judge Melvin orders the final distribution of the thirty thousand dollar estate of Lady Yarde-Buller. Ralph Kirkham Blair of Mameda California, the decedent’s only child, is awarded three fourths while the remaining quarter goes to Sir Mav Leheh Kirkhem Binn Yarde-Buller now residing in South Africa. The division follows a court ordered compromise.
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California
Oakland
Cal
Leheh Kirkhem
Binn
Yarde-Buller
Melvin
Ralph Kirkham Blair
Mameda
South Africa
To Build New Street Railroads in York
Grier M Schwer, president of the Maryland Ernst Company of Baltimore, was elected president of the York Street Railway. Its founder W A Lantus and partners sold their interest to Brown Bros Co of Philadelphia and New York. The new corporation plans to extend lines and build other roads per granted franchises.
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New Corporation
Begin
Republicans to reorganize campaign committee at dinner
The Republican Congressional Campaign Committee will reorganize at a dinner Monday night to honor retiring officers and announce new leaders for the coming campaign. James A. Sherman of New York is expected to head the campaign in New York City, with James A. Tawney of Minnesota as vice chairman in Chicago. Henry C. Loudenglager of New Jersey may split duties between the two headquarters.
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Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
Chicago
New York
James & Sherman
Joseph W
Young Woman Bankrupt Lays Open Debts for Apparel and Care
Miss Virginia Tiffany petitions for voluntary bankruptcy in district court listing liabilities of 22023 and assets of only the clothes she wears valued at 375. Creditors named include Hecht & Co, Parker Bridget & Co, Kann Sons & Co, and J. W. Tyler among others for clothing, tailoring, and medical treatment. She previously worked as a department clerk and lived at Ethehurst Fifteenth and L streets before moving to the Indian Territory and returning recently. The petition was filed through J. M. Proctor with AESREAY.
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Virginia Tiffany
Ethethurst
Fifteenth
Indian Territory
Washington
Aesreaey
J. M. Proctor
HM Stinemere
Hecht & Co
Wencing Apparel
L Schmidt
W. A Welles
Oscar Wilkinson
H J Crosgow
Parker, Bridget & Co
Wenting Apparel
S. Kann
Sons & Ca
Aga George C Shaffer
Fone
J. W. Tyler
Leon Yohiman
Weather Summary From Washington and Regions Apr Weekend
Weather report from the Weather Bureau notes clear conditions east of the Mississippi except the Upper Lake region with rain in the Southwest. Temperatures vary with falls in the Upper Ohio Valley and rises in the Missouri Valley and Northwest. Disturbance in Western Colorado expected to bring rain Saturday into central western and southern states and Sunday into Missouri and lower Mississippi valleys. Winds vary along coasts and lakes. steamers to Europe face NW to W winds. Local figures include mid 60s highs, 40s to 60s through day, with measurable rainfall and sunshine reported.
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Dept of Agriquiture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Missionippi River
Upper Lake Region
Ohie
Atlantic
East Gulf Siates
Matsouri Valley
Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Utah
Colorado
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Missouri
Mississipi
Ohio
Lake Region
Lower
Atlantis States
Miastesippi
Rocky Mountain
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
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Weat Gulf
Lake Michigan
Grand Banke
Prizes for Goupons to Give Subscriptions Dance
A National Union Census Council invites a subscription dance at the Masonic Temple on April 19 to boost votes for piano prizes in The Washington Post contest. Admission is a certificate for one month of The Post, with 7 cents paper delivery or 70 cents door option, plus top vote getters win prizes of 10 and 3 dollars. The Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Club and the Woman's Army and Navy League promote the event to aid enlisted men.
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National Union
Census Council
Masonic ‘Temple
Washington Post
W. A. Hoblitzell
Post
Woman's Army and Navy League
Chiba
The
Sunday Post
Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines’ Club
Army
Navy
C Street
Pattison In Hospital Operation May Be Necessary
Gov John M Pattison is in Christ Hospital Cincinnati after arriving from Columbus with Mrs Pattison and son He rests well doctors say he may need an operation if tests confirm a cancerous growth in the prostate gland The outcome is uncertain and he will remain in hospital at least two weeks before possible return to Milford Ohio
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John M. Pattison
Columbus
Christ Hospital
Auburn Avenue
Holt
Milford
Pattison
Cincinnat
Cinemnati
C. P. Holt
Gov. Pattison
Bank Robber Arrested In Zurich After Moscow Bank Heist
Zurich dispatch reports the wing leader of the Moscow bank gang arrested in Zurich on April 6 after arriving April 3. The Russian, who led nineteen men in the March 20 robbery of the Mutual Credit Bank of Moscow, allegedly claimed the role. A Moscow telegram identifies Belehtoff, former Moscow post office chief cashier expelled for December strike, as the captured ringleader.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Mutual Credit Bank of
Moscow
Haa
Mituat ‘Credit Bank
Belehtoff
Moscow Post Office
Girl Hangs Herself in Maryland Barn
Sadie Duvall, about eighteen, daughter of farmer Joseph Duvall near Woodfield, Boyd s County, killed herself in her father's barn by hanging from a beam using a halter. Despondency from her mother's death six months earlier was cited as the cause. her body was found by her father when he fed the stock.
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Washington Post
Boyds
Sadie Duvall
Joseph Duvall
Woodfield
Hotel Zum Hlirachen Disaster at Nagold Claims Fifty Lives
Berlin reports say fifty people killed at the Nagold hotel disaster with forty severely injured and forty five lightly hurt. Local workers and townsmen were the victims as a timber framed rebuild failed during a lift. Three women died including the landlord's wife and two servants. Funeral planned for Saturday. an official investigation examines safety lapses by the contractor. Also news from Rome notes Jesuit general Louis Martin in serious condition after cancer complications.
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Berlin
Zum Hlirachen
Nagold
Stuttgart
Liederkranz
Nagola
Nogola
Tuebingen
David Harum's Haunts and Coffee-Free Recovery Tale
An adaptation of David Harum recounts a man who quit habitual coffee after illness and switched to Grape-Nuts and Postum. Over six weeks in harsh winter conditions he regained strength, appetite, sleep, and notably eyesight, crediting Postum and Grape-Nuts with health improvements. The testimony ends with a nod to The Road to Wellville and the Postum Co. disclaimer.
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David Harum
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Bribing of City Council Testimony by Gen Louis Fitzgerald
Sensational testimony in Brooklyn Supreme Court as Gen Louis Fitzgerald discusses the Western Maryland Railroad sale and the yellow dog fund linked to the Armstrong investigation. He recalls being asked about bribery and a discussion with Howard Lauterbach on using money to influence the Baltimore council, while acknowledging roles as trust company president and Equitable finance committee head.
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New York
Louis‘ Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Bim
Ey Morris Menges
Western Maryland Railroad
Yellow Dog
Armstrong Insurance
Magner
Menges
Fitzgerald
Mercantile ‘Trust Company
George B. Laurie
Thomas B. Jordan
James W. Alexander
Tddgners
Gen
Trust Company
Nance
Howard Lauterbach
Lauterbach
St Louis Stonemason Chooses Death Over Struggle
John McMann a stonemason in St Louis Missouri swallowed carbolic acid last night preferring death to idleness. He told his wife he wished to die after two months of forced idleness due to a strike in the building trades. He survived only a few hours.
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St. Lows
John McMann
Unseaworthy British Cruiser Reported in Trials
The Daily Express notes the armored cruiser Dulty at Edinburgh, commissioned three weeks ago to join the first cruiser squadron, found unseaworthy due to excessive top hamper and docked at Portsmouth after poor Channel trials where citadel guns started and risked breaking adrift. New home for Times-Dispatch in Richmond.
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London
The
Daily Express
Dulty
Edinburch
Portsmouth
Channel
Jury Deadlock in Paul Skillman Kidnapping Case
Indianapolis April 6 jury in Criminal Court failed to reach a verdict in the Pauline Skillman kidnapping case. Skillman took his daughter from the mother after a divorce and moved to California. Mrs Roosevelt appealed for help to Mayor Bookwalter and Pinkerton detectives secured the child, with a potential second trial likely if the offer to release him on leaving the city permanently is rejected.
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Skillman
Addreid
Oris
Roosevelt
Secret Service Department
Suit over Tennessee Central property in multimillion dispute
In St Louis on April 6, H Clay Pierce and J C Van Blareen sued the William A Thompson Trust Company as executor of W H Thompson seeking an accounting and division of Tennessee Central railway assets valued from 92 million to 136 million. They allege an oral 1902 agreement with Thompson to promote and finance the railroad and to pool interests in company stock and bonds. Thompson’s estate executor repudiates the agreement and refuses settlement as notes remain unpaid. The case targets stock and bonds and seeks use of remaining securities to cover outstanding notes. The plaintiffs are associated with the Bank of Commerce and Waters Pierce Oil Company.
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Louis
H. Clay Pierce
J.C. van Blareen
W Linm. A. Thompson Trust Company
W. H. Thompson
Hankoft Commerce
Tennessee Railroad
van Blarcom
Thompson
Bank of Commerce
Puerge
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Fierce
Tennessee Central Railway
Tennessee
Central Property
Pierce
Girl A Bride at Fourteen Sparks Abduction Case
Special to The Washington Post Cincinnati Ohio April a fourteen year old girl wed Frank Bowman sixteen after a telephone lure. The girl is daughter of a church singer and Notre Dame Academy pupil. Parents oppose the marriage and consider nulling it. Bowman threatens to remarry if a warrant issues.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Academy
Bowman
Covington
Fire at Westminster destroys stable and 22 horses
Special to The Washington Post. Westminster Maryland April 6 Fire began in Henry H Harbaughs livery stable and quickly razed the residence of Harbaughs family narrowly escaping with their lives The blaze also damaged the fremen building. Damages estimated at about 326000.
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Washington Post
Westminster
Henry H. Harbaugh
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