Appleyard Insolvent Broker Fails to Meet Margins in United Gas
A Philadelphia broker and former head of the Appleyard syndicate collapsed after failing to meet margin calls on United Gas Improvement stock. He had promoted trolley roads and bank control schemes, faced indictments in Buffalo, and must settle debts within six months or lose his stock exchange seat. Local brokers face potential losses as prices fluctuated without his support.
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Washington Post
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Tusday Appleyard
Stock Exchange
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Washington
City Trust Company
Appleyard Known Here In Banking Stir In Washington
Arthur E Appleyard of Philadelphia, who has made an assignment, was a well known figure in Washington banking circles three years ago. He arrived from Boston, gained controlling interests in the Citizens' National Bank and the Traders' National Bank, and made his mark with his reputed influence.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
Citizens’ National Bank
Traders’ National Bank
Bank Trafficker Appleyard's Rise Falls Amid Falls in Law
E Southard Parker recalls John Appleyard a Boston broker who moved to the city in 1904 and built control of the Citizens National Bank and Traders National Bank before selling out. Parker notes failed railroad investments and a dramatic collapse in the German Bank of Buffalo leading to arrest in Boston and eventual disappearance from the city.
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Citizens’ Bank
Appleyard
Boston
Citizens’ National Bank
George B Appleton
Traders’ National Bank
Mr. Appleyard
Appleton
Silenced by Roosevelt at Jamestown Georgia day speech ban
Georgia leaders and other scheduled speakers returned home with undelivered orations as President Roosevelt restricted remarks on Georgia day at Jamestown. Governor Terrell and mayors denounced the "Cut it out" demand while John Temple Graves and other speechmakers were silenced by the Roosevelt policy.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Jamestown
Gov
Terrell
Guv Terrell
John Temple Graves
Deserts and reconcilations mark Chicago woman’s marriage
Mrs Norman P Cummings recounts a tumultuous domestic life with Norman P Cummings a millionaire real estate dealer noting ten desertions in two years and a rapid divorce and remarriage within twenty four hours she seeks separate maintenance and aims to retire with her child possibly to a convent she describes a life of continuous separations and reconciliations.
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Chicago
Ill
Norman P Cummings
Norman P. Cummings
J BP
Jochem
Cummings
Fatal duel over girl in Nebraska ends with death
Special to The Washington Fest reports John Miller, a Fall River, Massachusetts native, killed Roland Bell in a prairie duel north of Warrison Nebraska. Bell died from wounds after Miller, engaged to Loretta Robb, challenged him following a feud over the same woman. Six shooters used in the confrontation.
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Warrison
Nebr
John Miller
Fall River
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Here
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Loretta Robb
Hell
Bell
Ohio strikes ice. panic frees seventy five into sea
Nome Alaska June 13 The steamship Ohio owned by White Star Steamship Company struck ice at Port Safety. A large hole in the bow caused panic and more than 75 passengers jumped into the water. Two men and a Chinese passenger drowned as crew restored order and the Ohio backed away from the ice and returned to Nome.
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White Star Steamship Company
DIES AMID DINNER GUESTS IN CHATTANOOGA PHILANTHROPIST
Mrs Telfair Hodgson a noted philanthropist collapses and dies during a dinner with guests in Chattanooga Tennessee. The report notes her prominence and social circle.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Convicted Mayor Schmitz faces verdict amid crowd cheer
San Francisco June 8 Mayor Eugene Schmitz found guilty of extorting money from restaurant keepers in the first major conviction of the anti graft drive. Abe Ruef pleaded guilty and testified against Schmitz as spectators erupted with cheers and a loud “good.” Judge Dunne will sentence June 27 with bail possible for appeal.
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Abe Ruef
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Quilty
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Surrender in Mexican War Murder Case After Seven Year Flight
Chicago report details Philip Scanzori and his son Joseph surrendering for trial on the 1920 murder of Antonio Longo. They hid for seven years while selling peanuts and fruit in New York and Chicago to save 3500 for defense. Neighbors saw fleeing shooters. Longo’s wife could not identify them.
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Antonio Longe
New York
Antonio Longo
The
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Italy
Longo
Torpedo Boat Collision At Norfolk Navy Yard
The torpedo boats Whipple and Blakeley collided at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Blakeley suffered a large side hole and flooded compartments but did not sink, was dry docked for immediate repairs, and Whipple remained uninjured. The crash followed signaling errors with the Blakeley pushed to the sea wall during entry to the dry dock.
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English pair’s secret marriage ends with missing money
Emma McDuffy, a maid at the Hotel Navarre in New York, fainted after opening a vacant room’s bureau and found $4,000 in new bills. The marriage plan involved John Scoley , Maude Scoley, and hotel day clerk Charles Shaw who helped tie the knot for Scoley’s late brother’s widow. The Scoleys sailed back to England on the Majestic, with a wireless message expected to direct Shaw on the money.
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New York
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Navarre
John Scoley
England
United States
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Port
Lancashire
Kangland
Maude
Shaw
Micael
Boston Wedding Market Seen Poor for Matches
Special to The Washington Post Boston June 13 President Pritchett warns Boston is a poor marriage market. Speaking to Simmons College graduates he notes few women marry here except in Washington DC. He cites rising demand for jobs over husbands and says best job is managing a good home.
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Pritchett
Technology
Carnegie Fundation
Simmons College
District of Columbia
Cleveland girl dies from rope jumping tragedy
Katherine Schmidt aged thirteen dies in Cleveland from excessive rope jumping. Doctors say the activity caused a disease affecting the marrow of her bones. Her father Lorenz Schmidt, leader of the Lorain Bible Mission, led the funeral and urged children to pledge against rope jumping.
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Ohio
Katherine Schmidt
Lorenz Schmidt
Lorain Bible Mission
Mission Room
Watcie Cues
Katherine
Morgan Buys Fifteenth Century Marbles Palace Strozzi
Paris reports J Pierpont Morgan purchased a celebrated collection of fifteenth century marbles and bronzes from the Strozzi family of Florence for about 200000. The Art treasures are said to be housed in the Palazzo Strozzi. The seller, Frais Strozzi, 52, serves at the court of Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy and is an Italian senator.
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Washington Post
Paris
J. Pierpont Morgan
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Florence
Margherita
Italy
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Man Shoots Self Amid Family Murder Trial Turmoil
Huntington, June 13. Emery Mosher, 33, shot himself to death in a secluded woods spot amid disgrace over his father D A Mosher and sister Nora facing trial for killing the infant. He died an hour after discovery, leaving his wife instructions on business as authorities continued the murder case later.
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Washington Post
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Hergear
Emery Mosher
D. A. Mosher
Nora
Central American turmoil fans revolt and potential Mexican intervention
Telegrams from Zelaya in Mexico City report Dr. Alfara leading a revolution favoring confederation of Central American republics, with Honduras and Guatemala wary of Mexican intervention. Exiled diplomat Membrano claims Nicaragua supplied gunboat aid. Guatemala fears pretext for invasion as tensions rise over an assassination case.
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Confederation of the
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Alberto Membrano
Acajutia
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Honduras
Guatemala City
Mexico
Cabrera
Seek Mrs Vanderbilt in Belt of High Society Case
Detectives from East Fifty first Street Police stake out Hotel Belmont entrances to serve a subpoena on Mrs A G Vanderbilt. They aim to have her identify a jeweled vanity box linked to Costa Meras, Sherry’s waiter, who was arrested for pawning it. The vanity was held for weeks by police before transfer to the property clerk.
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Washington Post
New York
Conroy
Marin
East Fifty-fist Street
Belmont
Forty-second Street
Park Avenue
A. G. Vanderbilt
Costa Meras
Sherry’s
Battle of the Narrows Fails to Halt New York Harbor Fleet
On June 13 191? the first day of the Battle of the Narrows off Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth saw an attacking fleet of two battleships two destroyers and a torpedo boat repulsed four times. Guardsmen at Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton demonstrated strong vigilance with prearranged signals practiced as militia instructors urged defense against a foreign fleet. Gov Hughes could not attend due to Albany commitments.
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Washington
New York
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Davy Jones’ Locker
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Gov. Hughes
Albany
Taft Warns On Army Weakness In Minneapolis Speech
In Minneapolis June 13 Secretary of War Taft warned of U S Army inadequacy while noting coastal defenses are under manned and calling for more troops and a larger officer corps. The Minneapolia Club banquet featured University of Minnesota President Cyrus Northrop presiding and Taft’s address at the university.
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Minn
United States
William H. Taft
Minneapolia Club
Cyrus Northrup
University of Minnesota
Taft
Univeralty
Minnesota
Northrup
Yale
New Senator Blind
Special in The Washington Post reports Oklahoma born Thomas Pryor Gore is blind since age eleven after an arrow gun accident in Mississippi. A former page at eleven, he later sought office, was a nominee at nineteen, a popular elect or at large three years later, and was chosen in 1900 for Congressional standard bearer by his party in Texas while abroad. Gore has not held office since his page period, but has remained active in campaigns across Oklahoma and beyond. He once traveled 91.25 to Baltimore and return with a weekly Saturday Sunday schedule on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Oklahoma City
Thomas Pryor- Gore
United States
Mississippi Senate
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Politica
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Yale Record picks Fairbanks' son for editor role
Robert Fairbanks, Yale sophomore and son of Vice President Fairbanks, won a spot on the Yale Record board of editors. The selection comes after his captaincy of a scrub team and is noted as a major credit toward the editorial honor.
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Yale Recon
Washington Post
New Haven
Conn
Fairbanks
Robert
Yale
Yale Record
Shaw and the Presidency at Ohio Wesleyan University
Former Secretary of the Treasury Charles G. Shaw spoke at Ohio Wesleyan University about the 1908 Republican race. He doubted his own nomination and said Vice President Fairbanks would be satisfied with the nomination. Shaw argued for a protective tariff and predicted tariff readjustment after the next inauguration.
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Washington Post
Delaware
Ohio
Taft
Herrick
Shaw
Ohio Wesleyan University
Fairbanks
Herbert Welch
Foraker
Iowa
Republican Party
Cleveland bookkeeper shoots self at Colonial Hotel
Henry F. Wiseman a 25 year old bookkeeper from Chagrin Falls fired a bullet into his brain this afternoon at the Colonial Hotel Cleveland. The transmitter of the telephone was open when the act happened and hotel staff found him bleeding with a shot wound above the left eye. He spoke of shortages to the ambulance driver and appeared unconsolable. Wiseman had recently moved from Charlottesville Virginia and was the suitor of Dot Denman daughter of a local supervisor. He claimed a Virginia governor relation. He was hospitalized with little hope of recovery.
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Ohio
Henry F. Wiseman
Chagrin Falls
Colonial Hotel
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Wiseman
Charlottesville
Virginia
Dot Denman
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Eastern Ohio Traction Company
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Panic near Roosevelt arrival in Long Island City
A suspicious man with a bulging hip pocket charged toward the shore as President Roosevelt’s boat neared land in Long Island City. Police, led by Capt. Hayes, restrained the crowd and halted the man before the presidential party landed. The episode ended without incident.
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Roosevelt
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Hayes
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Capt. Hayes
Morris’ Fruit Store
Hughes Given Degree At Columbia Commencement
Gov Hughes attends Columbia University commencement in New York to accept an honorary doctor of laws. President Butler lauds his veto of the 2 cent railroad fare bill as preventing lynching of railroads and shaping public opinion for progress. Columbia also awards doctorates to Elmer Ellsworth Grown and Richard Watson Gilder. Luray and Return train advertisement notes Caverns outing from Baltimore Washington.
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Columbia
New York
Gov. Hughes
Columbia University
Michelas Murray Butler
Hughes
Elmer Ellsworth Grown
United States Commissioner of Education
Richard Watson Gilder
Orchard in Tears Witness Stirs Hearers
The testimony reveals the witness realized the defendant was an unnatural monster and thought of death by action. Defense completes cross examination as Haywood’s accuser nearly collapsed yet remained frank. The witness asserted contemplation of suicide but was convinced the grave did not end all and decided to make a clean breast. An attempted murder of Bradley is corroborated by several sources.
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Bradley
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Richardson
McPartland
State Penitentiary
Steve Adams
Orchard Confesses Motive Behind Crime and Self Sacrifice
Harry Orchard, in Boise Idaho, testifies he believed the grave did not end life and that truth telling was his duty to society God and himself. He reveals plans to kill himself before confessing and describes the courtroom as calm while he sheds tears and explains his past crimes to Gov. Peabody and investigators.
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Peabody
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Idaho
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