Convict Warriner testifies in Cooke embezzlement case
In Cincinnati court Edgar S Cooke faces charges of embezzling 210 dollars from the Big Four Railroad. Former treasurer Warriner, dressed in convict garb, testifies he defrauded 12 100 dollars from the company and admits a 5 000 dollar default. He reiterates parts of his confession about Mrs Jeannette Stewart Ford, the woman in the case, and says he paid Ford bills in installments.
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Cincinnati
Big Four
Ohio
Jane
Charles L Warriner
Big Pour
Edgar S Cooke
Cooke
Warriner
Tle
Jeannette
Stewart Ford
Sbd
Cool
Wartine
Interstate Commerce Law
Iwegal
Tomano
Jeannette Stewart Ford
Francis Chapman Marries Washington Brasil Bowie at Georgetown Church
Francis Chapman, daughter of Meta Marbury and the Mile Forrest Dodge, wed Wash ington Brasil Bowie of Prince George’s County at St Johnna Church Georgetown D C U C on Saturday evening. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Pred endh B Flowden in a simple marriage service with family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owle -Dodge
Jones
St Johnna Church
Georgetown
Predendh B
Flowden
Francis Chapman
Meta Marbury
Mile Forrest Dodge
Brasil Bowie
Prince George Counts
Mil
Obituary notices from Washington area deaths June 1911
Death notices list Mary Cornelia Bradfield Heyward of Wilmington. Mary Agnes Brown. Hevel Salter. Cotomalle. Mary M Cottrell. Nora Maloney. Harry W Mitchell. John Sheehan. Peter Wood. Yeatman family widow Beale. Funeral dates span June 11 to June 18 with interments in Rock Creek and Aquasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cornelia
Edward G Bradfmd
Ant Mary AhGia Heyward
Wilmington
del Furcal
Christ Church Thirty Fourth
Streets
Lhuisdes
del Brown
Siath Street
Mary Agnes
Alexander H Brown
Beehteenth Street
Hevel S$ Alter
Br S J Cockenlle
Oak Hall Chapel
Thurslax
Cotunalle
Oleg
Mary M Co‘tweel
Katherine
Laure Cottrell Maloney
Nora
Michal Maloney Punenn
Stlovsius
Netchel
Acop
Harry W
Milton C
Annie
Mitchell
Tiage
Birches Chapel
Weil Jefferson Streets
Rock Creek Cemetery
Bcelrech
Christan Uni Salah
Pon John
William EF O
Noah Sheehan
Tiant
Moarth
Costelos
St Domines Child
Oclouk
Hvreir
Peter Wood
Q Street
Aquasca
SaRewang Das
Atckend Yeatman
Medor. Beale
Thomas J. Yeatman
Westmoreland
New York Avenue
Baltimore
Maine Battleship Maine Mast Shipped to New York
Capt Tilford and Undertaker Jenkins of Washington arrive to take charge of bodies from the wreck. The 10 ton steel foremast is sent aboard the Bavama to Governors Island New York as work to raise the Maine resumes after rain delays. Army engineers Col Black and Col Patrick plan continued pumping to remove ten more feet of water. Cuban authorities arrange to receive bodies at Cabana fortress before transfer to Leamas for shipment.
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Havana
Maine
Ward Line
Bavama
Governors Island
New York
William M Black
Mason M Patrick
United States Army
Tilford
Jenks
Washington
Cabana Fortress
Leamas
Noth
PAGS UP TO SENATE PROPOSALS AND TEA WALKS POLICY
Mr La Jollette condemns a tariff revision and diplomatic bargain calling it a executive mandate masquerading as reciprocity. He argues the plan harms consumers and relief from rising costs, insisting the deal favors railroads mills packers and publishers rather than farmers or the public.
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McKinley
la Jollette
Miller
Packer
Sugar Prices Rise and Tariff Sparks Testimony on Refiners
Edwin F Atkins of the American Sugar Refining Company spent the day testifying before a special sugar committee. He described how tariff cuts and free sugar importation would affect beet and cane producers, while outlining how the price differential between raw and refined sugar has varied over decades and across regions.
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Edwin F Atkins
Edan Po Atkins
Americarkough Freaning Company
Taritt Om civ
Hove Special Sugar Committee
Miiny
United States
Valisen
Kansas
Atkins
Hardwick
Charles R Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Madison
Cuba
American Sugar Company
Pennsylvania
Hadwick
Arbuckle
Haremeyer
American
The
Arbuckles
Cnawere
Pacific Coast
Missouri River
Chicago
New York
Hinds
British Board of Trade
Sugar Trust
Strangled in bed in White Plains woman found dead
Special to The Washington Post. Mrs William W Simmons, age 4, wife of a Harlem Railroad engineer, was found strangled in her White Plains home. Two towels tied tight around her neck suggest murder. Coroner Squires cited an investigation and police work. husband arrived as body was removed. A dining room roll of bills was missing. Several names and clerical entries follow in the report.
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Washington Post
White Plains
William W Simmons
Harlem
Squires
Simmons
Health Office Record of Various Patients and Names
A health office record lists numerous patient names including George Buths, Rachel Lo Pllerbrook, and others with mixed ages and notes. Hospital affiliations include Government Hospital for the Insane and Cavalry Hospital, with several ages and relatives referenced among entries.
Question Sherman Vote Tests Vice Presidents Casting Tie
The Senate debated the Vice President’s right to break ties on constitutional matters amid a Bristow amendment dispute. Critics argued authority is limited to ordinary matters, while supporters said the tie vote prerogative is absolute. The chamber again tied, failing to recall the joint resolution despite Democrats urging reconsideration.
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Tor Umvard
Senate
Bacon
Lodge
Gallinger
Heyburn
Shively
Gore
Bailey
House
Reduces Senate Patronage and Cuts Costs
The patronage committee report to the Republican senatorial caucus was approved and set to take effect August 1. Changes aim to save about $30,000 annually, with many long serving employees kept as pensioners while others join permanent rot. Total patronage will be evenly divided among senators, averaging about $40 per member. Four clerks assigned to select committees will be abolished.
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Aftenoon
Rose
Nixon
Bryan E Avery
W Grant Lievalien
Sumner
J B McClure
Senate
New Reciprocity Figures Support Canada Trade Debate
Secretary Knox supplied the Senate finance committee with updated imports from the United States to Canada for the year ending March 31 1911. The data show larger remission of duties under reciprocity especially on agricultural products fruit vegetables and live stock while manufactured goods and agricultural implements also rise. Canada’s total world trade climbed from 655 081 4H to 726 215 000 with U S exports to Canada at 23 195 000 and imports from the United States near 2 percent of Canada’s total imports.
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Knox
Senate Finance Committee
Canada
United States
Clark Opposes Root Amendment to Reciprocity Bill
Speaker Champ Clark voiced opposition to attaching the Root amendment to the reciprocity bill. He said the amendment would sacrifice benefits for pulp wood, wood pulp, and print paper and insisted the Mann committee’s conclusions, now in the reciprocity bill, are correct. He declined to forecast House action but pledged his stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
House
Senate
Congressional
Mann Committee
Pistol Battle Over Child Kidnapping Ends in Wounding
In Huntington West Virginia on June 13 a man named Henderson Huff Jr a wealthy Wayne County farmer was wounded while defending his sister Mrs Frank Clark from an alleged kidnapping attempt. An unidentified man and two accomplices were shot with one believed fatally wounded as they fled on a buggy. Clark who once lived in Virginia is charged with attempted kidnapping and shooting with intent to kill.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Frank Clark
Henderson Huff, Jr
Wayne
Clark
Tazewell County
Mary
Henderson Muff
Bugs
Relatives Visit Taft Over Mrs Buecking Case
Relatives of Mrs Johanna Buecking of Cedar Rapids Iowa who went to Washington to seek relief from President Taft were told of her troubles. She remains detained at the Washington Asylum hospital. Her daughter Mrs Minnie Newman will travel from Mason City Iowa soon to bring her mother home.
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Buecking
Johanna Buecking
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Washington
White House
Taft
Washington Asylum Hospital
Minnie Newman
Mason City
Movements of Ocean Steamers in Transatlantic Service
A list of ships and routes appearing in a wartime era report. Vessels include ARIVER from Brem, Carmania from Liverpool, Openhagen from Openhagen, Hamturg Steveland from New York, Glasg Frevensia from Yee, SATLET, Pastnet-tampania from New York bound for Edar peck to Queenstown, Qeraule from Southampton for New York, and President Lincoln from Hamburg for New York. Dock times are given for several departures and arrivals as the ships travel between major ports including New York, Queenstown, and Southampton.
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Ariver New Tirk Kaleor Wohelm der Grosse
Brem
Aen
Carmania
Liverpool
Hellig Oley
Openhagen
Hamturg
Steveland
New York
Frevensia
Bieter
Tampania
Edar Peck
Queenstown
Southampton
Lincoln
Hamburg
Royal coronation races opened by King at Ascot
King George and Queen Mary opened the coronation races at Ascot, with the royal procession from Windsor in state carriages and eight horses, inviting numerous dignitaries including ambassadors and American guests such as Taft and Reid. The Prince of Wales stakes featured Steadfast winning for Lord Derby, with Al Gold and Skeets Martin third, amid a field of Derby contenders.
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London
Ascot
King George
Queen Mary
Windsor Castle
Royal House
Count Mensdorff-Powilly
Earl of Shaftesbury
Windsor
Ambassador Reid
Reid
John Hays Hammond
United States
Hammond
W. E. Dodge
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Miss Taft
Roger Winthrop
Raynal Bowhing
Tyler Smith
Caroline Reynolds
J. Ridgely Carter
Roumania
Carter
W. Forbes Morgan
Leland Harrison
Henry Harrison
Washington, D. C
J. Armstrong Drexel
J. Louis Webb
G. Creighton Webb
Bradsley- Martin
Waldorf Astor
Walter Burns
Cornelia Adair
Maldwin Drummond
Marshall Field, Jr
Henry Coventry
Lord Derby
Steadfast
H. P. Whitney
al Gold
Skeets
Martin
Helicon
J. R. Keene
Astra
Emperor of Japan Composes Poem on King George Coronation
The Emperor of Japan writes a commemorative poem for King George's coronation. Translation notes friendly tones between nations. Crowns and gifts reach England in 40 cases valued at $100,000.
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King George
London
Japan
China
George
Mary
England
Nathan Gutman & Co Bankrupt. Baltimore Store Fails
Receivers were appointed for Nathan Gutman & Co proprietors of the department store at 15 West Lexington street after the firm admitted inability to pay its debts. Judge Rose signed the order. the firm has existed 40 years with members Nathan Gutman Louis N Gutman Herbert Gutman and Morton Gutman. Originally in fine dry goods and clothing, it expanded into other departments.
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Baltimore
Nathan Gutman & Co
West Lexington Street
Rose
Martin Lehmayer
Nathan Gutman
Louis N. Gutman
Herbert Gutman
Morton Gutman
Women plead for pastor as presbytery removes Price
In McKeesport the Redstone presbytery ordered Rev. Dr. Walter B. Price to leave the First Presbyterian Church amid charges of unbecoming conduct. Women of the congregation had urged him to stay after reports of affiliations with young society girls and notes found in pockets begging him not to desert them. The decision ended several weeks of pleading from parishioners.
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Pittsburg
Redstone
Walter B. Price
First Presbyterian Church of
McKeesport
Price
Dr Price
Von Bernstorff Receives Chicago Degree at Convocation
German Ambassador Count Johan Heinrich von Bernstorff spoke at the University of Chicago convocation today. The degree of LL was conferred on him, the seventh time this honor has been awarded in America.
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von Bernstorff
Chicago
Johan Heinrich von Bernstorff
United States
University of Chicago
America
Luxurious Rouian-brick homes offer top quality features
No better constructed or finished homes exist in the city regardless of size. The residences use the best workmanship and materials, rivaling $15,000 houses with Rouian brick fronts and wide front porches. Two-story rear porches, cellars under the house, hot water heating, Adams hardwood floors, fine cabinets, mantels, and costly light fixtures. Every room lavishly decorated, advertised as a safe investment. Several renters ready at $454 monthly. selling price attracts 9 percent net.
One Indictment Still Alive in Cox Case
Cincinnati June 13 Judges of the Second Ohio circuit ruled that Prosecutor Hunt must order an election to try Cox on one indictment and journal the action. One indictment remains alive while the other, quashed by Judge Dickson, could be quashed further if desired. Hunt may appeal to the Supreme Court. Also in Lynchburg a city worker, fearing another stroke, killed himself with a shotgun.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Second Judicial Circuit of
Hunt
Common Pleas
William L. Dickson
George B. Cox
Hunt Keving
Cox
Dickson
Supreme Court
Lynchburg
Charles C . Brizendine
City Paving Department
Ex-President Bonilla Accuses State Dept of Outrage
Former Honduran president Dr Pollecarpo Bonilla left New Orleans for Washington to urge Congress to oppose ratifying a $10,000,000 loan to Honduras. He called the proposal an outrage and warned his country would not accept it unless compelled by force.
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Bonilla
State Department
New Orleans
Congress
Honduras
Pollecarpo Bonilla
Washington
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Buffalo Courier
Rochester Herald
New
Louie Republic
Boston Globe
Pittaturg Dispatch
Philadetnna Public Ledger
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F Street
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Frank A Speare
Geo. P. Zurhor
Aor
East Capitol
William Lee
Ava Embalmer Tilvery
Pennathaniy
John R. Wright Co
RR. P. Harvey's Sons
Fmalyers
Fourteenth ST NW
Eommedios Carel
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Piral Nera
Clements
Clements James T. Clements
Bsonsin Ave
Thos
Sergeon
TOR
Caly Bottaves Bevers
St NW
Fhos
A. Costello
Foxfral
Givers Inc
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
AMD Embalmers Chapel
Warsiang
M. ‘Hindle
Frank Geier
Seventh St
Modern Chapel
Ton
Gude
M. ‘L. 'Falvey Po
Eleroata Keeste
Capt. Tilford
Undertaker Jenkins
Murderer
Victum
James R. Hayden
Pauline Johnson
Clarence & Wheeler
Thomas A Galloway
Eleanor T Strick
Nelson
Adam B Seniuser
Obbs
Martha McErhtermino
Bellevue
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Hoyt Lamb
Lottle Mo Phillips
Spooner
Lawrence Gras
Jona M. Maddox
Connell Fred
Meatyard
Marie Ho Juenemann
ES Danlay Howard M Stram
Maryville
Sirah ‘T McDonald
Shanon Millard PoLawe
Parkton
Margaret Fa Larcombe
Benjamin W Mock
Charles Bernstein
Esther Franklin
Abzim Simon
Fred Wo Cheenes
Emme
Alexandria Va
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Crawford
Rex Ignatius Peal
G Gough
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Health Office Record
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Pllerbrook
Lidridge Ro
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Rosario
Rosa Mileo
Moston
Maud Fivabeth Moon Smith
Andrew
Barbara Reday
Gird
Oaguet Wigdco
Sears
Burton
Brentwood Road
Pinden
Gertley Tale
John Mitch
Dorothy Byte
Wser Raths
Jennie Keath
Sarah Mien
Ho Butler
Deg
Paul Hal
Ara Joseph HL
Barron Wahings
Bo Weary
Sherman
Milshire Sloe Gin
To- Kalon Wine CO
Wei
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
George V
Royal Party
Mixado
Nathan Guiman & CO
Fairmont Streets
Columbia Heights
Ecity
NEW Central High School
NEW Normal School
Stone & Fairfax
N.Y. Ave
Wilbur
Wilbur's
Wilburbuds
Ameria Co
H. C
Wilbur & Sons, Inc
Philadelphia
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