Mayes Authorized to Probe District Records for Irregularities
A congressional investigatory panel empowered T Scott Mayes to examine all District books and papers to uncover irregularities and shortages in municipal management. Mayes, a trained attorney and accountant, will lead the data gathering, with full cooperation from city employees, as hearings prepare to move forward within ten days. The probe will cover taxation records and alleged federal crediting issues before shifting to public service corporations.
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T. Scott Mayes
Springfield
House of Representatives
Mayes
Comimittee
Howson
Johnson
Mayes to Examine District Governance and Public Services
A congressional inquiry into the District government focuses on administration and relations to public service corporations. Mr Mayes, unaware of figures and bookkeeping, may uncover details with the cooperation of Commissioner Rudolph. Attendees included Representatives Johnson Oldfield Sulloway and Dver.
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Mayes
Artiua F
Rudolph
Johnson, Oldfield
Sulloway
Dver
Miner killed in Eccles mine explosion in Wheeling
Walter Neal, a miner, was killed and four others seriously injured at New River Catteries Company mine No 3 in Eccles West Virginia. An open lamp carried into the shaft is blamed for the blast injuring Will Harvey M A Hancock G L Richardson and Fird Boss Barrett.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Walter Neal
New River Catteries Company
Eccles
W.va
Will Harvey
M. A. Hancock
G. L. Richardson
Boss Barrett
Emperor Is His Guest at Informal Kiel Luncheon
German Emperor Willam entertained Rear Admiral Badger and American Ambassador Dr Hill aboard the Louisiana with an informal luncheon. Hill’s recall remains unclear, and his stay includes possible return to Kiel or Berlin for formal leave. American sailors defeated German boats in a jig race, and the evening featured a vaudeville smoker and ship illumination.
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Dr. Hill
Louisiana
Kiel
Germany
Imperor Willam
Admiral von Tirpitz
Admiralty
United States Atlantic Fleet
Badger
David Jayne Hill
von Tirpitz
Kaiser
Tie
Kansas
Uared
Hills
Berlin
American Chamber of Commerce
Louisana
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Vorder
Tilly XT
Allison
Armour
Bride Defends Lee Manacles Not at Wedding
Mrs Edward Valentine Lee tells reporters she married Edward Lee in Buffalo after his arrest for stealing 46000 from the USS Georgia last February. She describes a joyous ceremony, asserts no handcuffs were used, and hopes for a short sentence so they can be together again.
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Edward Valentine Lee
Navy
Buffalo
United States
Georgia
Fourteenth Street Northwest
Trinity Church
Department of Justice
United States Marshal's Office
Fondles
Edward
Lee
Westmoreland Apartments
Washington
Guantanamo
Cuba
Florida
Huffalo
Copper Mines Can Merge Despite Minority Interests Loss
Detroit June 14 United States District Judge Feary Swan denied constructive relief in a case challenging the merger of Calumet Osceola and related copper mining companies. The ruling allows the combined properties to proceed toward consolidation unless further action is taken. The suit, long contested, involves multiple interests and various entities including Cata Sco La, Ahmesk, and Niagara Falls route plans.
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Detroit
United States
Fleary FL Swan
GM Yan
New York
Calumet & Meola
Osceaka
Fudgeswan
Ievater
Ihe
Swan
Catascola
Tatiarck
Ahmesk
Wntal
Laale
Alouez
Lauene
Elderly woman vows aid as Lee defense seeks leniency
A Buffalo hearing set for July 11 in a high profile case concerns Lee and his wife who plans to stay near him in prison life. She expresses intent to move if needed and to visit Russellville Kentucky, while government officials have secured about $30,000 of the $46,000 stolen. The case rests with the Department of Justice and Navy witnesses are slated.
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Lee
Husband
Washington
Russellville
United States
Buffalo
Department of Justice
Navy Department
U.S
Dreadnought Delaware Captures Royal Fleet Review Glory
King reviews onIPS weather favors show American Delaware Center of attention as vast British fleet parades at Portsmouth for George V coronation. Delaware drawn amid 185 ships totaling 4 022 000 tons cost about 500 million dollars with 160 000 officers and men.
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Royal Yacht
Solent
von der Tan
Germany
Canton
France
Radetzky
Austria
la Savoie
George Washington
England
Portsmouth
Lee
Royalty
Delaware
Rear Admiral Norton Dies in Westfield New Jersey
Rear Admiral Charles Stewart Norton U S N retired dies at his home in Westfield New Jersey from heart disease after three to four months illness. Funeral services held Monday evening and his body will be taken to Washington Tuesday for interment at Arlington Cemetery. Norton was among the oldest Civil War era officers by service and retired in 1898 at age 62 after 42 years of active duty.
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Westfield
N. J
Charles Stewart Norton
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Kurt in Strike Riots Touch Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio today and tonight strike riots left eight men badly injured and many with head injuries from police clubs. About 30 arrests were made as Abe Monheim foreman at a garment factory faced a mob at Scovill avenue and East Twenty-ninth street. He was severely beaten but reported to be stable at Charity Hospital. Mountains of Western North Carolina describes a scenic resort region with hotels open and a thriving season aided by Southern Railway service and through Pullman cars.
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North Carolina
Southern Railway
Pullman
L. 8 Brown
Cleveland
Ohio
Abe Monheim
Printz, Beidermann & Co
Scovill Avenue
East Twenty-ninth Street
Lonient
Charity Hospital
Pullman Cara
Senator Lea Blood Donation Hero Resumes Senate Duties
Tennessee senator Luke Lea, who gave more than a quart of his blood to save his wife Mrs Lea, has resumed his senatorial duties after a long recovery. Mrs Lea is improving and reasonably certain to regain strength. The operation and recovery were described with pride by Lea, who downplays heroism and praises nurses and physicians at Georgetown Hospital.
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Te Tennesseean
Mre
Lea
Senate
Luke Lea
Ternnessee
Lorimer
Georgetown University Hospital
Tennessee
Senator Lea
Afra
Mrs. Lea
Stong
Seine
Mrs. Warner
Warner
Washington
Materael
Women Near Victory In Mexico City Vote Drive
Five hundred women from prominent families petitioned the President for suffrage in upcoming elections. They form The Friends of the People and back Madero for president, Vazquez Gomez for vice president, while Madero nears a possible health break and plans to seek rest at Tehuacán. Separately, Gen J R Mosby was identified as a deserter from the US Marine Corps at Fort Rosecrans amid reports of heavy losses from the Tijuana engagement.
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Jack Mosby
Tijuana
Mexico City
Washington Post
Madero
Mexico
Friends of the People
Vazquez Gomez
de la Barra
Rincido Flores Magon
Antonio Araujo
Los Angeles
California
San Diego
Cal
J. R. Mosby
Fort Rosecrans
United States Marine Corps
Mare Island
Mosby
Gov. Vega
Tijunana
Lower
War Department
War
Treasury Departments
Treasury
Gen. Bliss
Department of California
Tecarte
Haiti to Crush Revolt Drives Cruisers to Dominican Border
The Haitian government sends the cruiser Antoine Simon and a large force of troops under Gen Sylvain from Port au Prince to Cape Haitien with arms and artillery to restore peace along the Dominican frontier and quell the two months of revolutionary activity. Guerrilla bands claim to defend property as government troops have destroyed possessions. The operation aims to suppress the uprising and stabilize border areas.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Antoine Simon
Cape Haitien
Sylvain
Revolutionary
Nantucket Boathouse Fire Kills Two Women
Two young women Helen Wilson and Mildred Dehaven perished as a fire started by a careless match on an oiled floor engulfed a Nantucket boathouse owned by William Barnes Jr. Several party members were injured while escaping by water. The fire trapped Wilson and Dehaven, while Kerr and Pahnd fought flames to save them.
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Nantucket
Mass
Helen Wilson
New York
Mildred Dehaven
Brooklyn
William Barnes
New York Republican State Committee
Thomas Kerr
New York City
Ulysses Pahnd
Barnes
Thurlow Weed
Barnes 2d
Harry Wilson, Jr
Phoebe Tudkins
Ruth Wilson
Miss Tanner
Manuel Ray
H. R. Wilson
Hugh Dehaven
Thavalet
Kerr
Pahnd
Mr. Barnes
Miss Wilson
Miss Dehaven
Thurlow Barnes
Mrs. Ene
Albany
Young Barnes
Ben
Hugh de Haven
Mildred de Haven
Exclusive Heights
Fnancial
Metropolitan
Union League
Republican Clubs
Divorce Ends School Love In Washington Case
Special to The Washington Post Chicago June 2. A school romance and elopement led to a divorce when Judge Farlin Q. Ball granted a decree to Andrew H. Brown, son of George N. Brown, and Eva E. Alger. They married in Baltimore after meeting in 1908, but separation followed as she claimed not to love him. The judge cited peculiar circumstances and granted the divorce with no alimony.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Farlin Q. Ball
Andrew H. Brown
George N., Brown
Eva E. Alger
Brown
Washington
Alger
Baltimore
Ball
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