Bank's Life Short Founded Last December Now in Receiver's Hands
Bank of America, formed last December with capital 62 SMM, faced a petition for a receiver as former Judge Abner Smith and other officers were accused of alleged insolvency and deceptive loans. The receiver was appointed to preserve assets while stockholders and officers navigate looming insolvency claims and donor-like grafts connected to securities and notes.
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Pyne J. Healy
Jerome V. Thooye
Sturrie Becker
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Creelman
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Denounces American Flag at Negroes Convention Address
Fragmentary OCR describes a heated address by GW delegates at a convention of Negroes. Speaker attacks white ministers and calls the negro superior, challenges public discussion with opponents, and criticizes unnamed figures. Also notes a Post supplement portrait of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Baltimore rail excursion details via Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Mount Vernon Woman Fights Burglary at Home
Miss Trene Glover eighteen daughter of lawyer Frank N Glover fought a negro intruder in her father's home at 49 South Eleventh avenue. Police arrived to find her grappling with the assailant on the dining room floor. She bore bruises but said she felt no serious harm. Officer Belding later escorted the suspect away.
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Washington Post
Mount Vernon
Trene Glover
Frank N. Glover
South Eleventh Avenue
Miss Glover
Belding
Woman Jumped to Death at Ellis Island Over Loss and Deportation Fear
Rosa Gonsalves of San Francisco, fresh from Portugal with her son in law Emanuel G Sistreta, leaped from a women’s ward window at Ellis Island after anxiety over losing inheritance and potential deportation. With only $20, and no home address known, immigration authorities had allowed landings but she feared return to Portugal. She died from the fall.
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New York
Rosa Gonsalves
San Francisco
Ellis Island
Portugal
Lisbon
Emanuel G. Sistreta
Steaiiiy
Tidal Wave Kills Many in Cauca Coast Villages
Panama reports confirm losses from a tidal wave after a submarine earthquake on January 31. Coast villages in Cauca were destroyed and more than fifty people were killed or drowned. An interior quake lasting seven minutes was also felt, while communications with Buena Ventura remain disrupted as cable repairs continue.
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Quito
Guayaquil
Department
Cauca
Colombia
Buena Ventura
Big Devonian Steamer Grounded Off Boston Shore
The Leyland Line steamer Devonian from Liverpool ran aground on Scituate Beach ten miles south of Boston harbor after a northeast storm. Passengers refused to ashore. tug Patience pulled her off after four lifeboat crews offered aid. Cargo valued at $1,009,000 with four cabin passengers aboard.
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Boston
Leyland Line
Devonian
Liverpool
Scituate Beach
Patience
Massachusetts Bay
Minots Light
Methodist editors adopt open shop in printing plants
At a meeting of Methodist editors publishers and managers in Cincinnati yesterday the group decided that all printing establishments controlled by the Methodist Book Concern will operate on an open shop basis. The plan covers plants in Cincinnati Chicago and New York and aims to exclude unions from the work force asserting it has improved service and that rejoining unions would be absurd.
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Cincinnati
Methodist
United States
Methodist Book Concern
Chicago
New York
Tariff concession for a year aimed at United States
Berlin reports the government will submit a one year tariff concession for the United States to the Reichstag within days. Terms hinge on Washington talks over invoicing and valuation, with opposition from industrial and agricultural interests and a political aim to secure favorable terms before broader negotiations.
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United States
Reichstag
United States Senate
Germany May Renew Tariff Accord Before March 1
State Department circles expect a one year temporary renewal if a permanent tariff pact with Germany cannot be reached by March 1. Officials, led by Baron Speck von Sternburg and Secretary Root, pursue a settlement to avert a tariff war. Berlin seeks to modify disputed customs rules, hoping for fair treatment of foreign merchants. The German Ambassador and President Roosevelt maintain strong personal ties to aid talks.
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Berlin
Reichstag
United States
Germany
Washington
Speck von Sternburg
State Department
Foreign Office
Ume
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Root
Roosevelt
Open hearings refused by White House in tariff dispute
A Merchants' Association delegation met the President at the White House leading to a rejection of open hearings for importing interests in contested valuations. The group backs open hearings in reappraisement cases, a move linked to German merchants. The decision may influence Germany's tariff plans.
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Merchants’ Association
White House
Murder of Humbie man's employee at Comfort House
James Hardcastle a prominent officer of Humbie Texas shoots and kills J B Huber an employee at the Comfort House after allegedly finding his wife with Huber in his hotel room. Closing Sale of Japanese Art Objects today at Sloan's 1407 Grant witnessing Miyamoto collection auction with important arms waters and bronzes remaining.
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Texas
Ieuston
Tex
James Hardecastle
Humbie
J. B. Huber
Hardcastle
Huber
Sloan's
Miyamoto
Boni Spurns Larger Income in Paris Separation Talks
Paris reports state Count Boni Castellane will not seek more than his pre marriage income in settlement with his wife Anna Gould. The Castellane case centers on massive debt and usury driven charges. Countess Castellane protects her fortune via a separate income clause while negotiating a time compromise, with court action likely to follow.
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Anna Gould
Paris
Castellane Cage
Count Boni
New York
Castellane
Castellano
John A McCall in improving condition at Lakewood
John A. McCall former president of the New York Life Insurance Company remains largely unchanged but slightly better at Lakewood New Jersey as of February 16. A travel ad notes rates of 1.25 to Baltimore and Return and 1.35 on the Pennsylvania Railroad weekend specials with good return validity through Sunday.
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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 told theological students that graft has taken possession of the Christian ministry. He charged ministers with using pulpits for money and business ties including insurers and ad agencies, warning that church members are often victims in money schemes.
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Chicago
Charles B. Hewitt
University of Chicago Divinity School
Hewitt
University Ecclesiast
White Denies Rumor France Rebuffs Mediators
Paris Temps reports Ambassador White denies United States would arbitrate between France and Germany on Morocco. He says a private accord is not feasible and hopes an arrangement soon, with a decisive step near at Algeciras conference. France refuses to retreat. delegates consider Europe and America witnesses in private talks.
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Morocco
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White
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Spain
Visconti Venosta
Jury Gets Case in Crowe Kidnapping Trial
The Omaha kidnapping case went to the jury at 1 AM after a late-night vote failed to reach agreement. Catholic circles were roused by admitting Pat Crowe’s letter to Father Murphy as evidence with some arguing it violated confession sanctity. Bishop Scannell defended the ruling as proper, saying the letter was private between Crowe and a priest.
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Washington
Omaha
Nebr
Crowe
Pat Crowe
Father Murphy
Train wreck near Huntington yard kills Swedish boy
Fast Pacific express on the Boston and Albany line wrecked near Huntington avenue yard. Melke Johassen, fourteen, of Stockholm, Sweden, is dead. Five injured seriously and several others with minor injuries, all immigrants. Most taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. An extra train was arranged to continue service for unharmed passengers. French cruisers Desaix and Sturien de la Gravieré planned to visit Havana after stops at Willemstad and Fort de France.
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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 Features Broad Coverage
The issue lists items across sections from Chicago banking news to tariff notes and murder cases. Highlights include a jury case, a murder accusation, White House wedding prep, Susan B. Anthony tribute, mine outlook, China mission attack, and political talks. Contains society news, racing results, baseball rule changes, and financial notices.
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Germany
Bonl
Crowe
White House
Susan B. Anthony
House
Dehn Dick
Hepburn
Russia
Holland
Washington
News of
Virginia
Maryland
Garfield
Children Hurt In Crash At Grand Blanc Crossing
Two schoolchildren were severely injured and two may die when a Pere Marquette freight train struck a wagon carrying thirteen Potter district pupils to Grand Blanc village. The injured include Ernest Becker ten with a skull fracture, Roy Becker eight with internal injuries, Cordelia Adams seven with back injuries, Nellie Frovtge fifteen with cuts, Willie Nolan sixteen with minor injuries, and driver Manley Davis bruised. The wagon was shattered as the train, an extra freight, hit just after crossing the tracks.
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Potter District
Grand Blanc Village
Ernest Becker
Roy Becker
Cordelia Adams
Nellie Frovtge
Afteen
Willie Nolan
Manley Davis
Chinese Sail for Hamburg Steamer Bluecher
The Chinese Imperial Commission of 39 members sailed from New York aboard the Bluecher bound for Hamburg. Leaders Tai Hung Chi and Tuan Wang expressed satisfaction with the U S visit and the vast scale of American enterprises. They anticipated amicable resolutions to any differences with the United States.
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Chinese Imperial Commission
Hamburg
Tai Hung Chi
Tuan Wang
China
United States
Cummins Backs Rate Bill at Storm Lake Speech
Gov A B Cummins endorsed the Delver Hepburn rate bill in a Storm Lake farmers institute address. The visit in the Eleventh district, Perkins of Sioux City Journal opposing Cummins for governor sparks speculation on his Senate plans and Dolliver's influence.
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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 in Priest's Throat in Freeland Black Hand Plot Suspected
In Wilkes Barre Pa the Rev Charles Palducelli pastor of St John's Slavonian Church in Freeland was attacked at his home. An unknown assailant entered the vestibule and slashed his throat and struck his forehead before fleeing. He collapsed and was found unconscious by servants absent at the bell. Police fear vigilante action and suspect a Black Hand conspiracy.
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Two Men Blown to Pieces at Geneva Nitro Magazine Disaster
At Geneva Indiana on February 15 a Hercules Torpedo Company magazine exploded while 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 stores shattered, value about 2000 dollars, and trees near the blast crater was stripped bark. The magazine left only a 15 by 25 foot deep hole. Wheatley Pottery for Special Lamps is listed at 520 522 12th St NW.
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Ind
Hercules Torpedo Company
Edward Gates
Hartford City
Lee Howard
Bluffton
Brother's Murder Plot Tails to Insurance Money
New Jersey court hears details of a fatal bed fire and possible poison powder as Alexander Legler Jr. is arraigned for murdering his brother Carl to cash a $3,000 life insurance policy. A body taken to Baxley Georgia may be exhumed. police seek evidence and exhumation.
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New York
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Ufe
Alexander Legler
Jersey City
Murphy
Cour
Legler
Washington
Leglers
Alexander
Rockefeller Sues On Note For 35000 In Appeal
Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland, brother of John D Rockefeller, asks the U S Circuit Court of Appeals to decide a suit against Utley Wedge, manager of Penn Salt Manufacturing’s local plant, for 35000. Wedge, a chemist, partnered with Rockefeller in a Missouri zinc mine venture and owes the note after claims of lost investment. The mine failed and Wedge says he invested nothing else. The lower court ruling has not been made 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
Business man dies by own action in St Louis
Avery, treasurer of the Avery Manufacturing Company of Peoria, Illinois, committed suicide at Mast Street in St Louis on February 1 by drowning. He left a farewell note to his wife. He had arrived at Centerville near East St Louis on an Illinois Central train. The body was found at the edge of a lake by the railroad grate with his head underwater. Identity was confirmed by papers found among his belongings, including a note to his wife indicating he had taken his own life.
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Avery Manufictring Company
Peoria
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Baly
Pocoe
Telang
Sunday law enforcement urged by Ohio governors mayors
Special to The Washington Post reports Gov Pattison urges all Ohio city and village mayors to strictly enforce Sunday closing laws. Cleveland Mayor Johnson and Columbus Mayor Badger pressed the issue after guests departed, with Secretary Houck later commenting. The Ohio General Assembly previously defeated a bill to allow baseball and other athletic sports on Sunday by an 8 to 6 vote. Loeffler's Famous Sausage promotes 100 percent purity and long-standing quality.
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