Loeb New Berth Change Promised January First
Rumors place William Loeb Jr to become executive head of the Washington Railway and Electric Company as voting trust nears expiry June 1. Local financiers W B Hibbs Co and Alan McDermott are connected. General George Harries remains vice president. Possible successor to Cortelyou discussed amid Roosevelts administration, with Roosevelts departure complicating confirmation.
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W. B. Bibbs
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Vohng Trust
Electon
Gen. Haines
William Loeb
Arly
Loeb
Roosevelt
Reding
Jamestown
Alan McDermott
New Jersey
New York New Jersey
Talladclpha
George Harries
William Hibbs
W B. Hibbs & Co
Washington Stock Exchange
Wasp- Inston
Cormpany
W B, Hibbs & Co
Washington
Secretars Loeb
Cortelyou
George Bruce Cortelyou
Albany
Povernor
New York
Toeb4
Famestoun
Thomas L. Hume
WEB Hibbs & Co
Loebs
Frederick Stevens
Commercial National Bank
State of
Stevens
Charlee C Glover
Riggs Rational Bank
McDermott
Jersey City
Allan L McDermott
Washington Railway and Electric Company of
Tedays
William Loeb, Jr
BeeDermott
Washington Dispatch
Ordeal over Cap ital Traction leadership under WilL Loeb
Reported Washington stock move linked to President elect. Gen Harries denies fear of upheaval at Cap ital Traction. McDermott, head of the Washington concerns, declines to confirm a January reorganization with William Loeb Jr as chief.
Once Pardoned by Lincoln and Lincoln’s Interference
Confederate spy James A Ward, once pardoned by Lincoln and claiming future pardons by Johnson and Roosevelt, was held to the grand jury in Chicago’s Harrison Street Municipal Court on $2000 bond for passing worthless checks including a $308 auto purchase at the Palmer House. Ward, age around seventy four, boasted of roving adventures and cited his escape across Union lines.
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Washington
Chicago
Lincoln
Johnson
Roosevelt
Tames A . Ward
Robert E Lee
Harrison Street
Palmer House
Soldier of Fortune
Ward
Bride’s Father Git Shoots Wedding Party in Sevilla
Special to The Washington va report from Alina Iowa details a serenade turned shooting when the bride’s father, W Wilson, fired from a window at about forty revelers. Several youths, including Arthur Jemea and Edward Morrissey, were wounded. John McFall suffered a shoulder injury. Wilson was arrested. His daughter Grace Wilson had just married Earl Porter. Wilson is a retired farmer aged about sixty three.
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Washington
Alina
Iowa
Sevilla
W Wilson
Arthur Jemea
Edward Morrissey
Gerous
John McFall
Wilson
Misa Grace Wilson
Earl Porter
Funeral Without Body Shocks Cincinnati Notice
Funeral services for the late Henry Hochstetter of Mount Auburn were held at the Hochstetter residence this afternoon though the body was in Chicago. It had been shipped from Mexico where he died, but a mistake routed it to Chicago instead of Cincinnati. The burial will be private tomorrow at the cemetery and floral tributes were sent by friends but later cut.
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Waaningwaces Cincininati
Ohio
Henry Hochstetter
Mount Auburn
Hochstetter
Chicago
Mexico
Jury Tampering Suspected In Pittsburg Highway Robbery Case
In Pittsburg Judge Marshall Brown halted the highway robbery trial of Isadore Cutler and Walter Davis after reports that jurors were approached by friends of the defendants during noon recess. The case paused to summon a new panel next week while the district attorney’s office alleges a well known politician tampered with the jury.
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Pittsburg
Marshall Brown
Isadore Cutler
Walter Davis
Brown
Royalists Hold Revival in Bordeaux Rally
In Bordeaux on April 2 a royalist meeting of about 2000 led by Count D2 Lur-Saluces sparked a monarchist demonstration. A lantern image of the Duke of Orléans drew cries of "Long live the king" while a small number were ejected. Police arrested one outsider who shouted "Down with the republic."
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Bordeaux
Lur-Saluces
Duke of Orleans
Kong
The
Republic
HI Small and Sons Service Notice to Baltimore via Railroad
Travel offer from HI Small and Sons listing Flortats Washington and New York locations with $125 round trip to Baltimore. Tickets valid for return every Saturday and Sunday via Pennsylvania Railroad. Return by Sunday night with all regular trains except the Congressional Limited.
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HI Small & Sons
Flortats
Washington
New York
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Downglass Dennett Bond Theft Revealed in Trust Company Case
The Washington Post reports that the Downglass Dennett embezzlement scheme unfolded as bond thief Douglass stole hundreds of thousands in bonds from the Trust Company of America. He plotted to buy immunity via a settlement brokered by former Boston mayor Josiah Quincy who allegedly refused to assist.
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Boston
Washington Post
New York
Downglass-Dennett
Trust Company of America
Wd Douglass
Oliver M Dennett
Dennett
Wall Street
Douglass- Dennett
Douglass
Trust Company
Josiah Quincy
Quincy
Rhode Island
Oakleigh
Thorne
Dennett-Douglass
Robertson Honey
Honey
Mr Honey
Samuel R Honey
Newport
Harvard
West Point
Asa Bird Gardner
Massachusetts
William F Shgehan
Manhattan
Murphy
Douglass II
Policeman Dyer Fired Over Haunted Social Scandal
Special Policeman Howard J Dyer loses his commission amid a murky case linking him to a sensational scandal involving a veiled woman haunting Mrs Walter Fairfield of 1713 De Sales street. The affair draws in prominent social figures, a mysterious man found on a roof, and alleged private detective remuneration.
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Walter Fairfield
Jamestown
Mrs. Andrews
Case
Howard J Dyer
Dyer
de Sales Street
Sylvester
Witton
Lambert
West
Commissioner West
Superintendent of Police
Metropolitan Police Force
Maj Sylvester
Larmibert
Mra
Walter Farfield
Walter Fairfeld
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Mra Fairfield
Tairfield
Washington
Fairfield
Juliette Ayers
Leesburg Va
Palffeld
Jhomura
Mrs Fairfield
Regral
Itaelf
Walter Andrews
Netherlands
Andrews
Third Precinct
Connecticut Avenue
M and
de Sales
Dver
Murdered boy search continues as Butler released
Dover Del April 25 Detective Haw King asked release for steamboat deck hand Frank H Butler accused of murdering four year old Horace Marvin after insufficient evidence. State detectives will press on dig in David Moore woods to locate the boy’s body while maintaining same pursuit with Caldwell and the bag of net corks key clues.
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Dover del
Frank H. Butler
Horace Marvin
Butler
Justice of the Peace Wood
Mégee
Haw King
Hawkins
Dover
Lore
New Jersey
David Moore Woods
Tola O
Caldwell
Jast
Clemenceau era unions purge sparks postal protests
Secretaries of the postmen and telegraph operators unions were dismissed by the government after a violent manifesto directed at Premier Clemenceau. Postmen plan mass meetings to protest, with fears of sympathy strikes and possible discharge of other comrades.
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Imussen Postal and Telegraph Secretanes
Paris
Apri
Clemenceau
Meeti Mg
Nere
Goddard Leaves for Providence From Aiken
William Goddard of Providence R E left for his home in a private car today despite great weakness and pain after a period of serious illness. He was accompanied by minimal staff due to his condition. The move signals his return home from medical care in Aiken South Carolina in April.
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Goddard
Providence
Aiken S
William Goddard
Baltimore and Ohio Train Fare and Schedule Note
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad details list fares at 1.25 dollars with references to weekend schedules. Mentions by Saturday and Sunday operations, limited offices at Royal Limited City, and address cues at M417 Gst. and 19 Pa aven, indicating service or staffing notes for the period. The fragmentary text indicates travel or wage context tied to weekend drainage paths.
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Baltimore and Heturn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Royal Limited
Blizzard Grips the West and Cold Threatens Farmers
Special to The Washington Fast Cateago reports a second April blizzard hitting Chicago and northern states. Snow and ice disrupted spring plowing, fruit crops ruined, and massive losses anticipated for farmers and stockraisers. Lake shipping slowed as cold, biting winds extended to Texas and Missouri, with measurable snowfall across Kansas and surrounding areas. Weather warnings cold with forecasts of deeper cold in the Panhandles.
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Washington
Chicago
Ohio
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska-Iowa
Panhandle
Dresden
Concordia Kans
Kansas City
Maryville
Northwester
Colorado Springs
Colo
Peary replies to Grenfell on Eskimo extermination claim
Commander Peary returns to New York and rebuts Dr Grenfell's charge that white explorers exterminated Eskimos by supplying rum and vice. He doubts Grenfell meant all explorers and suggests whalers and traders caused earlier wrongs against the Eskimos.
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Washington
Finest Wife At Trial In Perjury Case In New York
Athole B Reader faces perjury charges in U S District Court with his wife Ella Rawls Reader present in navy gown and straw toque. The civil suit seeks 250000 dollars in a commission from Haggin for copper mines in Peru. Francis Wellman conducts government cross examination as testimony from the civil case is read.
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Washington
New York
Athole
Reader
Chatfield
United States
Ghewit Court
Ella Rawls Reader
WM Byrnes
James B Hoeggin
Haggin
Peru
Francis Wellman
Ridgely Offered Presidency of Chicago Bank
William B Ridgely Comptroller of the Currency has been offered the presidency of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago to fill a vacancy caused by a late president's death. He is a seasoned banker with ties to the Ridgely National Bank of Springfield and is valued for his banking expertise. An early acceptance is anticipated.
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Washington Post
New York
Wiliam B Ridgely
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Hckels
Ridgely
Rudgely
Ridgely National Bank
Springfield
Chicago
Fire at five story flats traps twenty families in New York
A ground to roof blaze at 735 Hast Street, New York, imperiled twenty families in a suspected incendiary fire. Two policemen guided a dozen evacuees to safety before firemen arrived. Two men were seen fleeing the hallway just before discovery. The damage reached seven thousand dollars.
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Felicn
New York
Burlington Conductors Ordered Clean Shaven With White Collars
In Omaha, April, Burlington Railroad conductors must shave and wear white collars and vests. The rule takes effect May 1, with no facial hair allowed and only clean faces permitted for all staff. The Old Colony Co. advertises Washington’s largest furniture sale at 147 G Street, featuring hundreds of pieces in today’s catalog and this afternoon’s sale at 3.
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Burlington
Washteston Post
Omaha
Keb
Od Colony
Washington
G Street
Old Colony Co
President Roosevelts Departure from Navy Yard
President Theodore Roosevelt and party board the Mayflower at the Washington Navy Yard for a Jamestown Exposition voyage down the Potomac. Mrs Roosevelt and children Archie and Quentin join, amid cheers, naval aides, and a gun salute as the yacht clears the wharf despite early delays.
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Ethel
Archie
Quentin
Navy Yard Wharf
Potomac
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Navy Yard
Loeb
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