Tilt in Holmes trial hinges on cotton leak allegations
Lewis Van Riper testifies that a former assistant statistician said he furnished figures to Theodore H. Price and described altering the report to meet speculators conditions. The testimony centers on alleged manipulation of data to influence market actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis van Riper
Theodore H. Price
Edwin 3. Holmes
Justice Stafford
Morgan H Beach
A. S Worthington
Mr. Worthington
Fares Wilson van Riper
Wilson
van Riper
Moses Haas
Holmes
Van Riper Testimony Highlights Cotton Leak Trial
Testimony in the Edwin Holmes case reveals a heated exchange as Lewis Van Riper challenges government counsel over an affidavit and the missing paper. Van Riper details pressure from Theodore H. Price, Haas, and Holmes about crop figures, White House assurances, and efforts to influence statistics to the South producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Theodore H. Price
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Willson
Washington
Haas
Richard Cheatham
South
van Riper
Wilson
Worthington
Questioning in Holmes case reveals access to reports and advance information
Witness Van Riper recounts how Holmes obtained early data from special and state agents, its use to profit from cotton trades in 1904, and Haas and Hyde guiding conclusions for monthly reports. He admits no guilt but says he sought information and consulted a lawyer in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Europé
Resul
Riper
van Riper
Mr. Worthington
Gelling Cotton
Haas
Holmes
Worthington
Catton
Price
Assail Thread Trust Local Merchants Affected
Formal complaint filed with the Department of Justice alleges that the American Thread Company is a monopoly in restraint of trade and should be dissolved through federal action. Local dealers report wholesale thread price rises from 55 to 62 cents per dozen spools, lifting retail prices by 5 to 6 cents per spool. The cited suppliers include J. P. Coats Company, Willimantic Linen Company, and Clark Company. The DOJ has not acted yet but will likely investigate the anti trust claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
American Thread Company
Department of Justine
Thread Trust
Department
Simon Kann
Kann, Sons & Co
Mr. Kann
J. & P. Coats Company
Rhode Island
Willimantic Linen Company
Connecticut
Clark Company
New Jersey
Lkely
White House Renovation Underway with Fresh Coat
A large force of painters is at work on the White House as four months of the President’s absence are devoted to exterior cleaning and renovation. First, walls are scraped and burned to remove loose pigment and blisters. Previous washing experiments cracked the paint and harmed the surface. After treatment, a liberal coat of white paint will be applied to restore the building to its gleaming appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Foraker to Speak on Colored Troops at Wilberforce
Senator Foraker will address Wilberforce University tomorrow defending the negro soldiers of the Twenty fifth Infantry amid the Brownsville Inquiry. He departed yesterday for Ohio and will review Senate Military Affairs testimony to support their service and counter charges of misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Foraker
Wilberforce University
Foraker
Ohio
To-Morrow
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Texas
Wealthy Colton Art Treasures at 1617 Connecticut Ave
Prince estate contest concerns the Colton mansion contents valued at 63 thousand with prized works by Verboeckhoven Bouguereau and others. Appraisers list rich furnishings rugs tapestries and 1000-volume library. Some items withheld from sale per Mrs Dahlgren who wishes to preserve them. The will contest follows a 6 to 6 hung jury in Santa Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilen M. Colton
D. D. Colton
Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Pavibes Mia
Aan Wee Peveer
Lacie
Helen Margaret Beattice Sacher
Colton
R. Golden Donaldson
Verboeckhoven
Bonner
Bouguereau
Baird
Guay
Italy
California
Santa Cruz
Woman Description Aims to Nab Assault Suspect
Mrs Mary E Adams a 32 year old car cleaner at the Baltimore and Ohio station described a negro assailant who grabbed her from behind on D street near Delaware avenue. She fought him off tearing her sleeve and he pursued her until a vacant lot where he fled seeing white bystanders. Police detained three suspects at the Sixth Precinct but released them after Adams failed to identify them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Adams
Massachusetts Avenue
D Street
Delaware Avenue
Sixth Precinct
Adams
Death by own action verdict in Woods case
Coroner Nevitt ruled Mannis F. Woods of Nortonsville Va died by his own action. His body was found in the tidal basin Sunday afternoon. The body was sent to Charlottesville for burial from his home on a farm near that city. Funeral services will be held at his date home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mannis F. Woods
Nevitt
Nortonsville
Friends 1St
Clerk Sues Car Company Over 1908 Ejection
John D Bloodgood, a pension office clerk living on Irving Street in Brookland, filed a lawsuit seeking 10000 damages claiming he was forcibly ejected from a company car on June 19, 1908, by a conductor without provocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Bloodgood
John D. Bloodgoed
Irving Street
Brookland
Chhuang Aubur- Ceanfany
Supply Men Oppose Plan to End Labor War by Cutting Materials
A New York Manufacturers' Association representative met with local supply men to settle labor conflict through supply controls. Local suppliers rejected cutting off building materials to halt construction in Washington. The Mechanics Council deplored contractor actions on a Ninth and G street remodel and the Steamfitters' Union withdrew from the council. Master Plumbers held a meeting to discuss the labor situation but did not disclose results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Manufacturers’ Association
Employers’ Association
Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
Building Trades Mechanics’ Council
Mechanics’ Hall
Ninth
Steamfitters’ Union
Trades Council
Muaster
Journeymen
Steamstiera
Master Plumbers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce Weighs $400000 Building Plan
Washington Chamber of Commerce endorses forming a seven member subcommittee to locate a site and develop a $400000 building financed by $200000 loan and $200000 stock. Plan favors stock with 6 percent guarantee as compromise. Next meetings set with board of directors and chamber members to approve details.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
F Street
Chamber of Commerce
Charles J. Bell
Bell
Harper
Committee On
Chamber of Concerte
Searn of Grectors of
Peehamber
T? Commérce
Board of
Board of Directors
Beth
Bells
Committee On Manufactures
Arthur Moses
Drowning Girl Rescued After River Fall
Irene Davis fourteen living at 1249 Eleventh Street Southeast climbed over the railing of the Anacostia bridge and fell into the water yesterday afternoon. Samuel Frasier Jr. alerted others as Walter Steward Edward Trent and workmen rescued the girl who was saved and later returned home. Irene said she left home for a waterfly hunt and fell while reaching for blossoms. The girl suffered no ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Davis
Eleventh Street
Anacostia Bridge
Samuel Fragier, Jr
Anscostia
Frazier
Walter Steward
Sheridan Street
Hillsdald
Edward Trent
Tenth Street
Trent
Steward
Irene
Despondent man attempts suicide with penknife
William Gutridge aged 48 of 430 Kents Street Southwest tried to stab himself to end his life. He was found bleeding from a chest wound by John A Foxis in the same house and removed to Emergency Hospital where doctors expect recovery. Gutridge had been recently unemployed as a night watchman since December 1 and had previous water-soaked clothing incident last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Gutridge
Kents Street
Gutrliger
John Amfoxis
Teleep
Gurridge
Pollice
Equpped For Trade Bright Girl Wins Law School Award
Bright student Nina Thomas earns the highest average and a Washington College of Law scholarship. The Business High School graduation at the National Theater featured diplomas conferred by Captain oyster and the Marine Band. Notables including Superintendent Chancellor and board members attended as students received 455,000 in awards and the Galt medal for best business report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington College of Law
Stanen
Miseea
Nina. Thomas
Mary Brashears
Lelia Scott
E. Lester Ballard
National Theater
Business High School
W. HE
George W. Baird
Board of Education
P. M. Hughes
A. T. Stuart
W. E. Chancellor
Wasnin College of Law
Munsey
Clara E. Byron
Emily J. Stone
Nina Thomas
Business
Armstrong Manual Training School
Misa Nina I. Thomas
United States
E Lester Ballard
Miles Mary Brashears
Philippines
Misa Lelia
Scott
Galt
Nina Williams
Oyster
Dr. Frantz
F. Oyster
Marine Band
William H. Santelmann
Hong
Business High School Cadet Company
Milton Sarhuel Abel
John Gill Andarsoh
Charles Henry Baker
Emory Lester Bailard
Barton +egwis Brooke William Edward Brooks
James Francie Brown
James Walter Burrows
Daniel Altman Cottier
Edward Frankcombe Davis
Uriel Davis
James Davia Donnelly
Joseph Michael Donohoe
John Joseph Donovan
Maurice Austin Downes
Paul Careron Dulfa
Neill Winthrop Dumont
Chartea Noire Fisher
Fred McGuire Memmley
Parry Fernster Foulds
John Welsh Gregory
Lawrence Daniel Hatsup
David Aiken Hart
Edmund Wilcox Hubard
Wiliam Bury Hudson
Rosser Lee Hunter
William Tracy Johnston
Queen Louise Ackerman
Della Bertifia Barry
Virginie’ Beal
Mary Charlotte Becker
Adele Novelle” Benson
Annie Elvabeth Bevans
Elsie Tavera Boshmer
Nalie Catherine Roland
Nannie Elizabeth Bowman
Roberta Iola Braddock
Mary Jilian Breshesrs
Nelile May Brown
Clara Hilgabeth Byron
Sarah Velma
James Monyon Hreiter, Jr
Bolitha
James Lawa
Albert Henrry Lester
Joseph Levy
Kirk Crothers Miller
Willem Emory Monroe
John Joseph Mullen
Jamies Clancy Naughton
Raymond Edwin Otterback
Benjamin ‘Harrison Parker
Lee Parsons
Walter Hoover Powell
Hubbert Roger Quinter
Harry Cullison Russell
Howard Anthony Schindt
William John Schutrumpf
Frank Eawin Sharpless
Joseph Wilbur Spransy
Charles Wittam Stewart
George Kyle Thornton
Thomas Oliver ‘van Horn
Denlel
John ‘Waters
Philip Wenzell Weber
William Joseph Weber
Katharina Cecilia Corbett
Marguerite Agnes Criste
Florence Gill Walker Dailey
Mary Kern Smith Davis
Anita Caroline Dieterich
Kathring
Emma Dietz
Lena Graham Duebay
Mildred Dunnington
Ethel May Dykes
Rite Walking Applex
Allene Cortia Hrnat
Exercises at Sacred Heart exhibit class work and awards
Sacred Heart Academy Park Road NW held closing exercises in the academy hall. Special honors and certificates of promotion were awarded to students in both girls and boys departments. Rev Father McGee praised the pupils, offered vacation advice, and visitors inspected year end work including china painting by Miss Frances Thorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Academy
Park Road Northwest
Helen Rafferty
Pauline Walker
Bernardine Bridget
Margaret Lagher
Ea May Sullivan
Munoz
Katherine Sullivan
Helen Bri ‘Lorette
Shea
Hida Ashburne
William J. Cullinan
Harry Parker Jennings
John Saul
Fendall Coughlin
Father McGee
China
Mies
Frances Thorn
Water-collar and music department pieces praised
The article notes water-collar works by Marie and Louise Chapman, May Stott, Helen Harvey, Earl and John Simmons, while in the music department Leonige Keegan, Bermardine Bridget, Margaret Gallagher, Loretta Shea, Lucila and Alexandrine Munoz are specially commended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie and
Louise Chapman
May Stott
Helen Harvey
Earl
John Simmons
Leonige Keegan
Bermardine Bridget
Margaret, Gallagher
Loretta Shea
Lucila
Alexandrine Munoz
Constitution Theme Featured at Western High School
Hon Hannis Y Taylor urged graduates to study the Constitution using the historical method. He praised the school and principal Edith Westcott as students, with a decoratively arranged hall and class colors. Valedictorian Ralph McNeal Dunbar referred to a late Western graduate Holcomb. Class president Alan Osgood welcomed, with histories and prophecies by Schaeffer and Le Dug, and solos by Moffett and Luebkert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hannis Y Taylor
Spain
Western High School
Avery American Cifisen
Taylor
Edith Westcott
Ralph McNeal Dunbar
Holcomb
C. 8. Baker
Company H
Alan Marshall Osgood
Dias Hilen
Christine Moffett
Harold Christian Schaeffer
Louisa Bronnon le Dug
Miss Moffett
Otto Luebkert
Gonzaga College Holds Fifty-Eighth Commencement
Graduates showcased literary and elocution talents with Mars themed speeches. Jeremiah A Fitzgerald spoke on Our Knowledge of Mars while James J Becker and Aloyatus R Mack debated Mars Inhabited and Not Inhabited. Rev Metcalf urged lifelong study. Faculty conferred degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzaga College
Gonzaga
College Hall
Jeremiah A. Fitzgerald
Mars
Francis 3. Quay
James J. Becker
Aloyatus R. Mack
Theodore Ax. Metcalf
Joseph Himmel
Francis Edward Harrigan
James J. Kilroy
Don Carlos Elly
Rossa F. Downing
Fifty-Nine Get Diplomas at Washington Normal School No. 1
Dr William E Chantellor delivers principal address as Admiral George W Baird and Dr Barton W Evermann present diplomas to fifty five white gowned graduates. The Franklin lecture hall hosted musical numbers under Miss Alys Bentley with remarks on teaching health and free speech. Names of graduates from General and Kindergarten courses note numerous scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Normal School No. 1
Franklin
Wiliam E Chancellor
Barton W. Evermann
Board of Education
George W. Baird
Board of Location
Dl- Dioméis
Anne M Goding
Miss Goding
Miss Alys
Bentley
Wallace Radcliffe
Hidna Gertrude Barrows
Ruth Elizabeth Brock
Florence Nelson Buehler
Bessie Irene Caldwell
May Ruby Clarkson
Mary Jones Cobb
Eva Virginia Compton
Edith Adams Conover
Margaret Hjelm Craig
Rebecca Bartleman Curngpston
Edna May Dodge
Lulu Mabel Nichol
Edith Grose Noonan
Inez Darnall Parker
Ruth Capelle Patterson
Mabel Louise Pyles
Helen Loraine Reinbours
Emily Plimpton Rider
Laura Lillian Rheid
Kate Maxwell Thomas
Eeith Lillian Thompson
Marie Irane ‘Thomsen
Grace le Roy Townshend
Helen Beatrice Toxell
Mary Churgh Turtle
Erwin Josephine Werber
Leona Young
Madge Lois Coon
Katherine Hardwick
Evelyn Lulu Kemp
Alica Burnside Paret
Louise Rayn
Rosa He Walker
Adelaide Dorothy Wall
Mollie Geers Weyman
Kathryn Marcle Gaylord Wright
Embezzlement Charged in Winchester Case
Special to The Washington Port reports Stewart L. Jacobs a Winchester man and former Bay State Book Company local agent was arrested in Washington on embezzlement charges. A $125 shortage was found in his accounts after he left for Winchester promising repayment. authorities secured a warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Port
Winchester
Stewart L. Jacobs
Washington, D. C
Burlingame
Central Office
Jacobs
Bay State Bock Company
Boston
Mass
Zlement
Weather Conditions and Regional Forecast Today
The report notes a falling barometer in Eastern districts with moderately high temperatures, and high interior temperatures except where showers dampened the Middle Missouri and toward Oklahoma. A high pressure area moves east from the Dakotas, with potential for stronger showers in the Mississippi Valley and along the Atlantic coast. temperatures drop with rain east of the Mississippi. Winds vary from fresh southwest along the coasts to light and variable in the Gulf and Lower Lakes regions. Local data show temperatures from midnight to evening, today's highs and lows, humidity, and rainfall. River conditions near Harpers Ferry remain muddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Washington
Missouri Valley
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Stong
Middle Atantic
Mississippi
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Grand Banks
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Stoom
Jir Worthington
Attorn
Baker
Post Office
Mayer
Adkins
District Attorney's Office
van Riper van Riper
Idaho
Mr Breach
van Riner
Taport
Saie
Price M
Europe
Assail Thread
President
Tales
D.D. Colton
Clerk Sues Car Company
Ghamber
Commerce
Committee of New Trade
William Gutridge
Bolitha J . Laws
Anita C. Dieterich
Hilsie T. Boehmer
Neil W. Dumont
Ingaborg L. Forsberg
James C. Naughton
Isabel E. Martin
Mary A. Kelly
Maude BE. Leonard
Joseph W. Spraney
Elsie B. Ernst
William T. Johnson
Marie, L. Myers
Lawrence D. Haselip
Julia R. Werner
Philip J. Weber
Sacred Heart
Constitution
Wanuts Taylor
STAR
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Normal School
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Admiral Baird
Lansburgh&Bro
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Macredit
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UNE
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Mattings
Peter Grogan
Victor
Sanders & Stayman Co
McCray
Nelson Refrigerator Co
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Detightraty
Boston Baking Co
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Warner
Reading
Rochester
Christian Xander
Tsewa
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