Newport Club Expels Two Over Poker Scandal
Herbert Nason and John J. Egan were expelled from the Newport County Club as part of the fallout from a crooked gambling scandal. Newport Lodge of Elks member Nason, whose home is on Bradford Avenue, has a wife and several children. Club members plan to meet next Tuesday to consider disbandment, with many members already resigning and only about 25 names remaining on the roster.
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Washington Post
New York
Newport Dispatch
New York World
Herbert Nason
John J. Egan
Nason
Bradford Avenue
Newport Lodge of Elks
T 1A
Fortune Left to Stenographer by Dying Broker
Charles H White a retired broker died last year leaving his entire fortune of 100000 to his stenographer Miss Fannie P Jackson cutting off his wife and family. Jackson has been missing since the will was filed six months ago and a general appeal for her whereabouts was issued. Mrs White had separated from him a year ago and is expected to contest the will.
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New York
Charles H White
Fannie P. Jackson
Misa Jackson
White
Gen Wood Wins Allies Disagree On Methods
General Wood and allied leaders clash over wartime policy with Wood favoring the overall measure while advising a holiday pause on controversy. The House seeks information from Secretary of War Stimson as the debate continues.
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Stimson
Wood
War Department
Congress
Prince
Ninola
Anthony
Kansas
Hay
Whipple Barracks
Ariz
Secretary of War
Deny Ham Stein Divorce Shifts Court Referees Ruling
A New York court, in a Washington Post report, rejected a referee's recommendation to grant Abraham Hammerstein a divorce from Ethel Brittain Hammerstein, ruling the referee erred in admitting evidence of a child fathered by the defendant. The case returns to the referee for rehearing as tensions rise over the Hammerstein family.
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Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
Guy
Philip W. Boardman
Abraham Lipcoln Hammerstein
Osear Hammerstein
Ethel Brittain Hammerstein
Harlem
Hammerstein
Representative Hay
House
Gen Wood
Army
Charles H Thaw
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Agendy
of Warstinson
Gen. Wood
Wood
Military Affairs Committee
Hay
War Department
Department
Philippines
Panama
United States
Congress to Probe Money and Shipping Trusts
Democrats plan a special joint Senate and House committee to investigate Wall Street power, the money trust, and the shipping trust. The inquiry may reference the Aldrich Monetary Commission and Humphrey Bill, aiming to curb perceived monopolistic influence on U S trade. Action expected after the holiday recess.
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Senate
Shipping Trust
United States
Wall Street
Money Trust
Democrats of Congress
Aldrich Monetary Commission
Uhargery
Lindberg
Lindbergh
Minnesota
America
Congress
Special
Joint Committee
Congresa
Letter from a Far Off Alaska and domestic woes
A humorous cabinet of letters shows a wife Ethel urging fifty to seventy five dollars from her husband and a barbed exchange about devotion. Pa William F Kirk and Ma Curly debate a letter seen among chickens and a dramatic threat to flee to Alaska. J Paul Smith, 27, dies of pneumonia in Frederick Maryland, at his father’s home, with surviving siblings.
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William F Kirk
New York American
Curly
Ma. Lissen
Deerest Tom
Sullivan County
Deerest
Balzack
Manny
Ethel
Mister Cully
Steve
Oxford
Beesides
Ike
Alaska
Oast
Mike
J. P. Smith
Pneumonie
Frederick
Joseph Paul Smith
John Smith
Fredertet
MAY OUST CHAIRMAN LEE IN INDIANA POLITICS
Special to The Washington Port from Indianapolis Indiana reports a move to depose Republican State Chairman Lee. National Committeeman Harry S New is said to back the effort. Lee says reorganization would occur after late January or early February and questions New’s authority, while fragments from a poetry verse appear amid the text.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Ind
Lee
Friends of Republican State
State ‘Central Committee
National
Harry S New
Harry New
State Committee
Day's Work in Congress Tells of Trust Proposals and Hearings
A 1912 report outlines trust control plans, proposed arbitration, and hearings on the trust issue. Rep Jackson outlines a bill to require interstate firms to maintain uniform prices, ban exclusive lines, and restrict bank credits to rivals. Senate extends employers’ liability commission work period to March 1. House steel trust inquiry pauses for Christmas recess. John G. Brown questioned on alleged rebates. Senate railroad expert Mannington added to steel trust probe. Lorimer election inquiry adjourned to January 8 with Lorimer expected to testify once, few other witnesses likely.
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Representative Jackson
Kansas
Jackson
House
Senate
Employers’ Liability Commission
House “Steel Trust
Congress
United States Steel Corporation
John G. Brown
Chicago
Minnesota
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Howard D. Mannington
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio River Commission
Stanley Steel Trust Committee
Steel Corporation
Mannington
Republican
Stanley
Senator Lorimer
Lorimer
Indian memorial museum bill proposed in Washington
Representative Carter and Senator Curtis push for a $600000 memorial building in Washington to house American Indian relics and arts, with a $500000 federal appropriation. The plan, backed by the Improved Order of Red Men, envisions a museum under Interior Department control to honor Indian tribes and preserve crafts and warfare memorabilia.
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Carter
Washington
Curtis
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Oklahoma
Red Men
United States
Congress
House
Senate
Envoy Court Pants Lost Between London and Berlin
The American Ambassador to Germany, John G. A Leishman, has misplaced his gold braided court trousers on the trip from London to Berlin. The outfit, sent for final alterations, has not been heard of since.
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Leishman
London
Berlin
John G. A Leishman
Germany
Nns
Herlin
Selahman
Mayflower Society elects officers for next year
The Descendants of the Mayflower elected officers for the coming year at their annual meeting last night at the New Willard. Elected: William A. Washburn governor, S W Woodward deputy governor, Frank J. Lewis captain, Rev James H Taylor elder, E W Bradford secretary, Frank Bond treasurer, A A Aspinwall historian, Dr C T Caldwell surgeon, Capt W W Case, Capt SE Faunce, Dr Myron W Kendall, Dr Edwin A Hil, Willam F Ham, William D Ward, Thomas D Hopking, Mrs John B Larner, and Mr Frank F Greenwalt as board of assistants.
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New Willard
William A. Washburn
S W. Woodward
Frank J. Lewis
James H. Taylor
E. W Bradford
Frank Bond
A. A. Aspinwall
C. T Caldwell
W W Case
SE Faunce
Myron W. Kendall
Edwin A. Hil
Willam F Ham
William D Ward
Thomas D Hopking
John B Larner
Frank F Greenwalt
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