Bank's Life Short Founded Last December in Receiver Hands
Bank of America, formed last December, faces a receiver as former Judge Abner Smith and other officers are accused of insolvency and deception. Allegations include large, unsecured loans and misused securities. The petition for a receiver followed claims that Smith and associates steered funds and controlled the bank’s directorate to shield losses.
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Bank of America
Rus
Eocas Beh
Sco Eter
Chateau
Superior Court
Wayttnanagh
Bhayes
Bank
Tela
Smith
Ree
Smmth
Voimerco
Ensiier
BLE
Mitch Preset
Cheet Lew
Atp
Coe Bank
Tet
Tecke Dome
Bomk
Trois Tes Steel Salines
Avsé
Boieca
Macor
Stat Securities
Denounces American Flag and Negro Equality Debate
An address at a convention of negro delegates features heated denunciations of the flag and claims of racial superiority. The speaker mocks white opponents, challenges public discussion, and asserts the negro’s superiority. The item also notes a forthcoming Post portrait supplement of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and a Baltimore round trip fare of $1.25 via Pennsylvania Railroad on weekends.
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Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Desperate Fight With Burglar Aides Glover Daughter
Miss Trene Glover eighteen daughter of Frank N Glover a noted lawyer fought a burglar in her father's Mount Vernon home at 49 South Eleventh Avenue. The assailant pressed her to the floor and throat. Police arrived to find her exhausted yet conscious and bruised but not seriously harmed. The intruder offered no resistance and was taken away by Officer Belding.
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Washington Post
Mount Vernon
Trene Glover
Frank N. Glover
South Eleventh Avenue
Miss Glover
Belding
Woman Jumps to Death at Ellis Island Over Loss and Deportation Fear
Rosa Gonsalves of San Francisco, who had traveled from Portugal with her son-in-law Emanuel G Sistreta, leaped from a women’s ward window at Ellis Island today. Officials say distress over the loss of her inheritance, plus fear of deportation, weighed on her. The couple carried only twenty dollars and could not recall their home address in San Francisco. She died from the fall, the authorities reported.
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New York
Rosa Gonsalves
San Francisco
Ellis Island
Portugal
Lisbon
Emanuel G. Sistreta
Steaiiiy
Tidal Wave Kills Over Fifty in Colombian Coast
Panama reports confirm loss of life from a tidal wave after a submarine earthquake on January 31. Coast villages in Cauca department were destroyed, more than fifty people were killed or drowned. An earthquake lasting seven minutes was felt inland. Communication with Buena Ventura remained severed as cable repairs continued.
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Panama
Quito
Guayaquil
Department
Cauca
Colombia
Buena Ventura
Big steamer Devonian runs aground off Scituate Beach
The Leyland Line steamship Devonian from Liverpool lay ashore for fourteen hours at Scituate Beach south of Boston. Tug Patience freed her after a line was sent aboard. Four cabin passengers remained ashore as the ship reached quarantine.
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Boston
Leyland Line
Devonian
Liverpool
Scituate Beach
Patience
Massachusetts Bay
Minots Light
Open shop decided for Methodist printing plants
At a meeting of Methodist editors and managers in Cincinnati it was decided that all printing establishments controlled by the Methodist Book Concern will operate on the open shop plan. The plan applies to plants in Cincinnati Chicago and New York and aims to eliminate distinctions between union and nonunion workers. Proponents claim improved service and oppose rejoining unions.
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Cincinnati
Methodist
United States
Methodist Book Concern
Chicago
New York
Tariff Proposal Shifts to Reichstag for US Favorable Terms
Berlin February 15 government will present a plan in the Reichstag to grant the United States temporary reciprocal tariff treatment for a year beginning March 1. Negotiations in Washington on invoicing affect the terms. The move aims to influence politics and secure a short term accord amid domestic opposition and broader trade talks.
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Berlin
Reichstag
United States
Germany
Washington
Speck von Sternburg
State Department
Foreign Office
Ume
Senate
Germany Eyes Temporary Renewal Of Tariff Pact
State Department circles consider a one year extension of the current tariff arrangement with Germany if a permanent accord is not ready by March 1. Talks involve Baron Speck von Sternburg Secretary Root and President Roosevelt amid hopes reforms to customs rules ease foreign merchant burdens.
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Germany
United States
State Department
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Root
Roosevelt
Merchants Association Seeks Open Hearings at White House
A delegation from the Merchants Association met the President at the White House and failed to secure open hearings for contested valuations. The association favors open hearings in reappraisement cases, a stance linked to German merchants. The decision is expected to influence German tariff plans.
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Merchants’ Association
White House
Hardcastle kills employee after confronting wife in Texas
Ieuston Texas February 11 James Hardcastle a prominent Humbie county official shot and killed J B Huber an employee at Comfort House after allegedly finding his wife with Huber in his room at the hotel. Closing sale of Japanese art objects today at Sloan s 1407 gate witnesses two sale times 11 am and 2 3 pm featuring Miyamoto collection including arms watervalor paintings bronzes and more
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Tex
James Hardecastle
Humbie
J. B. Huber
Hardcastle
Huber
Sloan's
Miyamoto
Boni Spurns High Paris Allowance in Separation Settlement
Paris report states Count Boni Castellane will not accept more than his pre marriage income as alimony. The Count promises no large sum, while debt claims against him run high. Countess Castellane seeks a time arrangement with creditors, aided by her separate income protections. The case aims for an early decree amid cautious reconciliation efforts.
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Anna Gould
Paris
Castellane Cage
Count Boni
New York
Castellane
Castellano
John A McCall in steady condition in hospital
John A McCall former president of the New York Life Insurance Company remains practically unchanged tonight with a slight improvement over two days ago. The report cites Lakewood New Jersey and notes travel deals include $1.25 to Baltimore and back and a Pennsylvania Railroad weekend return fare in the listings.
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Lakewood
N. J
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Saurday and
Bunway
Ministers as grafters in Chicago sermon
Dr Charles B Hewitt of the University of Chicago divinity school warned theological students that graft has taken possession of the Christian ministry. He alleged ministers use pulpits to promote money schemes and connections with insurance firms advertising agencies and other businesses harming religion.
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Chicago
Charles B. Hewitt
University of Chicago Divinity School
Hewitt
University Ecclesiast
France Germany Morocco row narrows as talks near break
Reports from Paris and Algeciras describe France’s firm Morocco stance and White’s denial of US arbitration. Ambassadors White and Visconti Venosta push tentative plans for settlement, with a decisive step near and Europe and America as witnesses. Auction notice follows with a rug sale from Wilson & Mayers.
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France
Paris
Algeciras
Europe
America
Germany
Morocco
Ambassador White
Marquis Visconti Venosta
Spain
White
Visconti Venosta
Jury Deadlock in Crowe Kidnapping Case
In Omaha on February 15 the crowded trial entered a night recess as the jury failed to reach a verdict. Four witnesses testified to impeach one state witness, with one key witness not identifying the Crowe rental house occupant. Catholic circles stirred over Pat Crowe’s letter to Father Murphy admitted as evidence, sparking concerns about confessional sanctity until Bishop Scannell defended the ruling as proper noting the letter was private and not a sacramental confession.
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Scannell
Washington
Omaha
Nebr
Crowe
Pat Crowe
Father Murphy
Fast Train Wreck Near Boston Kills Immigrant Youth
A Pacific express on the Boston and Albany line wrecked at Huntington avenue yard near Boston. Melke Johassen, fourteen, of Stockholm, Sweden, died. Five seriously hurt, several with minor injuries. all injured were immigrants. Most passengers headed to Western states. most severe injuries to those in center cars. An auxiliary train took survivors onward to resume their journeys. French cruisers Desaix and Saint Louis de la Graviere to visit Havana. they will stay four days after docking in Kingston, Jamaica. Deposit surplus funds with Union Trust Co. for 2 percent interest.
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Boston
Boston and
Massachusetts General Hospital
Havana
Kingston
Jamaica
Desaix
Sturien de la Gravieré
Willemstad
Index to Ten Day's Issue Overview
Receiver for Chicago Bank and tariff concessions figure among bold items. Murder case and brother accused headline. White House wedding prep and Susan B Anthony honored noted. Trade, crime, politics, and social items fill the rest with editorial and regional reports.
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Chicago
Germany
Bonl
Crowe
White House
Susan B. Anthony
House
Dehn Dick
Hepburn
Russia
Holland
Washington
News of
Virginia
Maryland
Garfield
Children Hurt In Pere Marquette Train Crash
Two schoolchildren were badly hurt when a Pere Marquette freight collided with a wagon carrying thirteen Potter district pupils en route to Grand Blanc village. Ernest Becker aged ten and Roy Becker eight suffered severe injuries with possible fatailities. Cordelia Adams seven and Nellie Frovtge fifteen received injuries. Willie Nolan sixteen and Manley Davis driver escaped with non life threatening damage.
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Midh
Pere Marquette
Potter District
Grand Blanc Village
Ernest Becker
Roy Becker
Cordelia Adams
Nellie Frovtge
Afteen
Willie Nolan
Manley Davis
Chinese Sail for Hamburg on Bluecher with 39 Officials
The Chinese Imperial Commission, studying American institutions, sailed from New York to Hamburg aboard the Bluecher. Leaders Tai Hung Chi and Tuan Wang sent a secretary statement noting the viceroys were pleased with the visit and impressed by the United States. They predicted amicable settlement of any differences with the United States.
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New York
Chinese Imperial Commission
Hamburg
Tai Hung Chi
Tuan Wang
China
United States
Cummins Endorses Rate Bill at Storm Lake Speech
Gov A B Cummins backs the Deli ver-Hepburn rate bill in a Storm Lake farmers institute remarks. The speech fuels speculation on his candidacy for senator versus Dolliver or Perkins, editor of the Sioux City Journal, in the Eleventh district.
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Washington Post
Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Farmers’ Institute
Storm Lake
George B. Perkins
Sioux City Journal
Cummins
Dolliver
Perkins
Knife Attack on Priest in Freeland Catholic Church
Police in Wilkes-Barre believe the assault on Rev. Charles Palducelli of St. John's Slavonian church may be tied to a "Black Hand" plot. The priest was stabbed in the throat and struck on the head, left unconscious but alive. attackers entered during a door bell interruption and fled as fear of lynching grows among parishioners.
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Niot
Two Men Die In Nitro Explosion At Geneva Plant
In Geneva Indiana on February 15 a Hercules Torpedo Company magazine exploded during unloading 1500 quarts of nitroglycerin. Edward Gates of Hartford City and Lee Howard of Bluffton were killed. Two teams of horses also perished. Glass in nearby shops shattered and trees within 340 yards were stripped. the magazine left only a deep hole. The known glycerin quantity remained undetermined. Wheatley Pottery for Special Lamps listing J B Corning 520-522 12th St NW appears in the item.
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Geneva
Ind
Hercules Torpedo Company
Edward Gates
Hartford City
Lee Howard
Bluffton
Brother Accused in Insurance Murder Plot in Jersey City
Alexander Legler Jr. was arraigned in Jersey City on charges of murdering his brother Carl to obtain $3,000 in life insurance. Authorities report he allegedly poured benzine on Carl and burned him, then gave him poison powder after initial injuries failed, with a body reportedly moved to Baxley, Georgia for exhumation.
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New York
Carl
Ufe
Alexander Legler
Jersey City
Murphy
Cour
Legler
Rockefeller Sues on Note Over $35,000 Claim
Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland, brother of John D Rockefeller, asks the U S Circuit Court of Appeals to decide his suit for 35000 against Utley Wedge, Penn Salt Mfg Co plant manager. Wedge says the mine failed and he lost his invested 14000. Rockefeller contends note due. Case heard below, decision not public.
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Philadelphia
Frank Rockefeller
Cleveland
John K. Rockefeller
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Utley Wedge
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company
Rockefeller
Wedge
Missouri
Suicide of Avery Man at East St. Louis
Avery, treasurer of the Avery Manufacturing Co of Peoria, committed suicide by drowning in a lake near a railroad in St. Louis. He arrived on an Illinois Central train at Centerville East St. Louis and left a farewell note to his wife stating he had taken his own life. Identity was confirmed by papers found with the body.
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St. Louis
Avery
Avery Manufictring Company
Peoria
Mast St. Louis
Centerville
East St. Louis
Ilinois Central
Baly
Pocoe
Telang
Enforce Sunday Laws Drivers Ohio Mayors’ Call
Special to The Washington Post reports Gov Pattison urged mayors of Ohio cities to enforce Sunday closing laws. Cleveland and Columbus leaders pressed him after guests departed, and Secretary Houck gave an interview denying change in the stance. The Ohio House defeated a bill allowing baseball and other sports on Sunday by eight to six. Loeffler's Famous Sausage advertises as 100 percent pure and standard for years.
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Washington Post
Columbus
Ohio
Pattison
Johnson
Cleveland
Badger
Houck
Magnea
General Assembly
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