Sunshine on trusts sparks stock gains in Senate debate
Bristow notes securities rise as prosecutions loom while Republicans attack Democratic trust policy labeling it beneficent sunshine. House hearings on anti trust bills proceed as Senator Martini cites an oatmeal trust amid questions on enforcement and policy priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wilson
Mr. McReynolds
Martine
Senate
House
House Judiciary Committee
Martini
New Jersey
United States
Carminns
Town
McCumber
Bristow
Kansas
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Trade Commission
Adamson
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Wilson
Capitalization and Trade Commission
Kenry
Texas
North
Caroline
Sims
Tennessee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Obituary notices flood DC papers January 1914
A string of notices records deaths and funeral plans in Washington DC from January 2 to January 31 1914. Entries name the deceased with family ties and funeral details at locations such as Holy Trinity Church Georgetown St Pauls Church Fifteenth Street and private interments. Several carry dates January 28 through January 31 and list residences in Georgetown Dupont Circle and northeast Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertedn
Adolph
Cnapm Street
Sloom Carter
Thornton
Eliza
Carter
Holy Trinity Church
Genrgetown
Decker- O1
Wid Oats Ip
Highth Street
Bertha Dlcker
Finneral
Rack Creek
Heiskell
Seventeenth Street
Frhisonry Ler
Henrietta Brent Heiskell
St Pauls Catholic Church
Fifteenth
Margaret A
David F. Lusbs
Thomas Saersgeon
Sesendh Street
Neato Ooneda
St Matthew's Church
Nicholson
Davis Infirmary
Birmingham
Mia
Mary Gray
Joan O M Nicholson
Sg. N
Mes
Justin Morrill Chambellin Thomas
Gainesboro
Nayland Avenue
Dorothy VV
Dolph P. Thomas
Waugh Church
Third
Philadelphia
Bedford County
Henrietta Averton
J Lee Whitmore
Fifteenth Street
Satuday
Wilcox
Gentwalf
G. H
II A Wilcox
Brunswick
Wilcax
Girl saves train as Colorado flood hits horse creek dam
Dora Shafer an 18 year old daughter of a nearby resident alerted the night operator and flagged a westbound Burlington train, saving it from a weakened dam bridge as Horse Creek reservoir broke, washing out 50 feet of main track and drowning about 250 cattle. The breach flooded ten miles by three miles of flats near Greeley Colorado causing nearly 200000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horse Creek
Colo
Greeley
Burlington, and Quincy
Dora Shafer
Frederick M. Shafer
Chicago, Burlington, and
Quincy
Box Elder Creek
Shafer
Burlington
Hudson
Addie Gammon
Hudson Telephone Etchangs
Keensburg
Defending Modern Dances Featured Next Sunday
A profusely illustrated piece in the upcoming Sunday issue explores how modern tango and other dance trends blend grace with classic artward elements, linking contemporary motion to famed masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masterea
Wilson Urges Navy Build Up and Universal Peace Pla
Secretary Daniels told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the U S should maintain a large navy with its own plant and that a universal peace goal should include halting new shipbuilding. He said the President approved the two battleship program and testified it saved money through competitive bidding while detailing proposed builds of two battleships eight destroyers and three submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
Daniels
House Committee On Naval Affairs
House
United States
World Armor Trust
Department
Fred A. Hrtten
Guggenheim Offers Alimony in Illinois Court
In Chicago Judge McGoorty heard attorney Stephen Gregory propose alimony of 78000 dollars or 500 dollars a month from March 2, 1881, for Grace Guggenheim Wahl after her divorce from William Guggenheim of the mining family. Gregory said Guggenheim seeks a full settlement and a clearing of scandal. Judge McGoorty postponed ruling until the appellate court decides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grace Guggenheim-Wahi
William Guggenheim
Gregory
Guggenheim
Appellate Court
Cook County
Mec
Welsh Beats Kelley In Eight Round Bout In St Louis
Welsh, English lightweight champion, defeated Leo Kelley of St Louis in eight brisk rounds. Welsh pressed from the start and dodged Kelley's uppercuts, closing Kelley’s eye in the final round with sharp jabs and right uppercuts. Pollock announced Welsh would box Young Shugrue in New York next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Welsh
England
Leo Kelley
Kelley
Shman
Pollock
Box ‘Young
Shugrue
New York
Wolgast Wins Fight Over Unholz in Quick Bout
Rudolph Unholz, a former Boer, was floored repeatedly by Ad Wolgast in a ten round match at Fond du Lac. After 1 minute 36 seconds of the second round, Unholz’s seconds threw in the towel as he was clearly unable to continue, with Unholz weighed 127 pounds and Wolgast refusing to strip at weigh in but both men officially weighed before the State Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Rudolph Unholz
Ad Wolgast
Anholz
Unholz
Wolg@ast
State Commission
Millions to End Bank Run at Bank for Savings
New York January 29 A rumor sparked a bank run at the Bank for Savings, one of the state’s strongest, with deposits threatened but later calmed. President Walter Trimble said outsiders offered large sums but no aid was needed. state examiners were invited to review the bank’s conservative investments and solvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bank For Savings
Walter Trimble
I Ts
Hoe
7. P. Morgan Co
Trimble
Bomb planter of Black Hand gang confesses to numerous arsons
New York gangster jg and young testified that his admission implicates Angelo Sylvestro, leader of bomb users and blackmailers. The man, two years old in age, stunned detectives at New York headquarters with a frank confession to involvement in a long string of bomb outrages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jg & Young
New York
Angelo Sylvestro
Lehman
Black Hand Leader Guilty In East Side Bomb Plot
A 23 year old Italian, Angelo Sylvestro, was found guilty in five minutes as head of a Black Hand gang terrorizing New York's East Side with bomb outrages. He was shackled and taken to the Tombs, after a judge voiced disappointment at the lenient maximum sentence. A band member described an attempt to burn a theater over a refused arranged marriage, including plans to kidnap the girl and set a fire with benzine and kerosene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Angelo Sylvestro
Sylvestro
Otto Rosaisky
Twelfth Street
Albert Lehman
Giuseppo Ferraro
Fay
Mehman
Lehman
Three Killed In Train Crash Near Conemaugh Pa
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Pennsylvania passenger train No. 18 from New York to Pittsburgh wrecked near Conemaugh when it struck a westbound freight. Three crew members died A L Ritchey conductor Youngwood Pa A Leichliter brakeman Youngwood Pa and H Parngl flagman Altoona Pa. Several passengers injured heavy fog obscured block signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
New York
Conemaugh
A. L. Ritchey
Youngwood
A. Leichliter
H. ©. Parngl
Altoona
H. W. Todd
Poison Skull Labels for Beverages Under Consideration
Albany January 2 proposed law requires skull and cross bones on all beverages over 2 percent alcohol. Red ink to mark poison warnings and a statement about alcohol being habit forming and narcotic. The bill specifies type size and skull dimensions with penalties including fines and short jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Antisaloon League
Warrior yacht wreck off Colombia saves Vanderbilt party
Frederick W. Vanderbilt and his guests the Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Lord Falconer endured a nightmarish storm as the Warrior grounded on a sandbank off Colmbia. Rescue steamer Almirante and United Fruit Fruteria stood by while lifeboats saved all aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
Lord Falconer
Mr. Vanderbilt
Colon
Warrior
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
United Fruit Company
Fruteria
Almirante
Wilford
Coldn
Warrer
United Fruit
Fratera
Kingston
Taggart Not a Candidate for Senate Seeks Support
Indiana Democrat Thomas Taggart, a member of the national committee, issued a formal statement denying candidacy for the U S Senate. He arrived in Indianapolis yesterday after ongoing conferences with friends about entering the race and said he will support Menater Ghively for selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Democratic National Committee
United States Senate
Taggart
Indianapolis
Menater Ghively
Jma
Gompers Defends AFL Against Miners Leaders Charges
Samuel Gompers, AF of L president, defended the federation before the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis, denying charges of inactivity and reactionary charges by Charles H. Moyer and others. He said an assessment for Michigan copper strikers was impossible, noted eight of eleven executive council members are teetotalers, and affirmed support for industrial unionism while resisting calls to amalgamate. The miners voted to raise the president’s salary from 3000 to 4000. Senator John W. Kern planned to arrive in Indianapolis shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Minera
Duncan McDonald
Illinois
Moyer
Michigan
Gompersa
McDonald
Frank J. Hayes
The
Minera
Gompers
Federation
Executive Council
Rochester
Mr. Gompers
Mr. Gompere
United States
John W. Kern
Indiana
White
Rebels Kill 400 Federals in Mexico and Villa Cash Claim
From Brownsville to Juarez reports describe heavy fighting in Zacatecas with 400 federal deaths and rebels claiming wins near Saltillo. Villa and Huerta confrontations spread through Torreon and Mexico City as cash hoards and political stakes loom. A Manchester fire costs over $600,000, halting power in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Bferchants’ Exchange
Electric Light and Power Ant
Businens
Parenvsiax
Rorebeck Denies Testimony About Bank Loans
Acting Comptroller Kane released letters defending former Bank Examiner E F Rorebeck who contests Milton B Ailes testimony before the Senate banking committee. Rorebeck says he was not quoted correctly and has no statements reflecting on Mr Williams. Ailes maintains the core statements were true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Comptroller of the Currency
Kane
Rorebeck
New York
Metropolitan Trust Company
Milton B. Ailes
National City Bank
Riggs National Bank
Ailes
E. F. Rorebeck
N.Y
New York City
Seaboard Air Line
Starek
Seaboard Lines
Weeks
Shafroth
Williams
EF. Rorebeck
Alles
Villa Protests Loyalty Would Leave Mexico If Ordered
Gen Francisco Villa, rebel military leader, says he has no ambition for the Mexican presidency and would obey Gen Carranza if asked to resign. In a Juarez adobe, Villa asserts loyalty to Carranza and notes he would leave the country if ordered. Evidence of wealth shown by 10,000 in Mexican dollars and diamond rings on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Carranza
Juarez
Francisco Villa
Huerta
Ojinaga
Chihuahus
Hi Paso
Chihuahuas
Zebal
Tiny Footwear Fends Off Burglars in Clifton Home
Mrs. William C. Herrington of Clifton New Jersey faced two burglars alone with her two small children asleep inside. She unloaded her revolver to find it empty, then used a closet of shoes as improvised missiles, showering the intruders with footwear until they fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Itone
William C. Herrington
Clifton
N. J
Mrs. Herrington
Hull chosen as Republican candidate for Congress in Iowa
Davenport Iowa January 2 The Second Iowa district Republican committee names Harry Hull of Williamsburg as the Republican candidate for Congress to succeed the late Representative I S Pepper in the February 10 election Harvard gets large bequest Cambridge Mass January 38 The majority of a 500000 estate is bequeathed to Harvard University by Morrill Wyman of the city who died recently
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hull
I. S. Penper
Davenport
Iowa
Republican Congressional Committee
Willamsburg
Congress
I S Pepper
Harvard
Cambridge
Masa
Harvard University
Morrill Wyman
Tite City
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Senator Cummins
Sunshine
Democratic Party
Cummins
Ketablist
M. Hindle
F Street
N. W
Frank 4
PEARE
Thanes
Geo. P. Zurhorst
East Capitol Street
Ted
Shas. S. Zurhorst
Mgr
Sergeon
R. Cain
Pennslyvania Ave
N.W
J. H. Small & Sons
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria
Broadway
Nicwspa Perhrerive
R. Harris & Co., the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
To-Kalon
California
To-Kalon Coq., Inc
BIG Navy
U. S
Lts
House Naval Affairs Committee—Department
Wolgast
Unhoelz
Black Hand Gang
Alfred Lehman
East Side
Vanderbilt
Shively
A. F
Brownaville
Tex
Concepcion del Oro
Zacatecas
Matarmrora
Saltio
Saltillo
Culiacan
Guaymas
Mex
Gen. Villa
Villa
Chihuahua
Torreon
Mexico City
Jewett Fischer
Stieff - Bradbury
Hensel Nittinger
Shhoninger
Steinway Knabe Steinway
Vose & Son
Renner
Behning
O. J. DeMoll
Emmons S. Smith
O. J. Demoll & CO
Victor Victrolas
G Streets
Steinway and Weber
Victor Records
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