British Steel Trust Forming Nine Company Amalgamated Firms
London June 28 A grand amalgamation of iron and steel makers is under way in Britain led by Vickers Sons & Maxim and including John Brown & Co. The group has absorbed thirty six independents, aiming to control about 90 percent of British steel output and to dominate world steel trade. Nine firms form the core with total capital over 120 million dollars, and the plan mirrors German trusts with price and output controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Vickers Sons & Maxim
John Brown & Co
Harland & Wolff Company
Harland, Wolff & Co
Ickers Concern
Harlands
Cammel, Laird & Co
Northeastern Steel Company
Weardale Steel and Coal Company
Dorman & Long Co
Guest, Keen & Nettlefohis
Baldwin Company
Stewart, Lloyd & Co
England
Prince Robert de Broglie to perform three Paris concerts
Paris June 2 Prince Robert de Broglie who wed California actress Estelle Alexander has obtained police permission to perform three concerts in Paris. Previously the family opposed his stage appearance though his wife has sung at the Colonial and Orpheum. The marriage, tying him to Ms Alexander, sparked factional strife within the Broglie family and a Paris court bid to annul the union.
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Paris
Prince Robert de Broglie
Estelle Alexander
California
Lepine
Colonial
Orpheum
Prince Robert
Alexander
Sydney B. West
Broglie
Amedee
Duke of Broglie
Chicago
Count Peter Heyden Dead In Moscow
Count Peter Heyden, a longtime Moderate Liberal leader in Russia and founder of the Peaceful Regeneration party, died in Moscow. He helped head the zemstvo delegation to Emperor Nicholas in 1905 and led liberal forces within the first Parliament era. Born around sixty, he chaired the Pskov province nobility and shaped early liberal policy.
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Moscow
Peter Heyden
Peaceful Regeneration Party
Zemstvo
Nicholas
Gid
Count Heyden
Russia
Pskov
Paintings Drop in Price at Christie's Sale
London, June 28. At Christie's sale of works by Burne Jones and Rossetti the Rossetti piece Dante at the Bier of Beatrice? a Liverpool copy sold for 12000, down from 15750 in 1898. Veronica Veronese brought 37500, five thousand below 1908. Burne Jones Garden Court 12500, Return of the Princess 1500, Watts Great Possessions 5000, Leader The Tiny Constable 2500.
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London
Christie's
Burne-Jones
Rossetti
Dante
Beatrice
Liverpool
Veronica Veronese
Garden Court
G. F. Watts
Constable
Leader
Von Buelow May Retire Amid German Political Shifts
London dispatch reports the Reichsanzeiger naming Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg as acting minister of the interior in succession to Count von Posadowsky Wehner and implying possible retirement of Prince von Buelow from the chancellorship. The move signals a reshaping of German leadership with unclear immediate significance.
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Washington Post
London
Reichanzeiger
von Bethman-Hollweg
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner
Prince von Buelow
Garmon Released on Bail in Paris Case
Charles Woots Garmon of Sacramento director general of the American Exploration Company was arrested June 3 on charges of misappropriating 203000 dollars. He was released today in bail of 1015 pending the examining magistrate’s decision. Also noted, U S Senators Perkins and Flint recommended William C. Ralston for appointment as assistant United States treasurer in the San Francisco focal sub-treasury.
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Paris
Charles Woots Garmon
Sacramento
Cal
American Exploration Company
San Francisco
United States
Perkins and
Flint
California
Wiliam c. Ralston
Roosevelt
Julius Jacobs
Focal
Treasury
Ralston
California Miners’ Association
Cincinnati circles bid for Next Democratic National Convention
Cincinnati formally entered the race to host the Next Democratic National Convention. Mayor Dempsey chaired the organizing committees from the Associated Organizations including the Business Men's Club Industrial Bureau Chamber of Commerce Cincinnati Hotel Association Walnut Hills Business Club Duckworth Club and Cincinnati Democratic Club. Officials said convention passes would be eliminated boosting attendance. John R. McLean and Mayor Tom Johnson offered support to Cincinnati. A finance committee led by Ingalls Roth Shut Lawson and Burkhardt was formed to raise funds and another meeting is planned.
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Cincinnati
Dempsey
Ohio
Business’ Men’s Club
Industrial Bureau
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Cincinnati Hotel Association
Walnut Hills Business Club
Duckworth Club
Cincinnati Democratic Club
Charles Roth
M. E. Ingalls
Treas I
John E. Bruce
Ingalls
West
John R. McLean
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
F M. E. Ingalls
Charles E. Roth
John L. Shut
Fenton Lawson
A. Burkhardt
Divorces Probed as Man Faces Two Wives in New York
Benjamin Levinsky Bot, tied to two divorces from different wives, moved from Arkansas to New York with a Texas bride. Magistrate Cornell upheld Arkansas decree, freeing him from abandonment charges. In court both former spouses appeared, and Levinsky showed a prior Arkansas divorce. The saga included a public dispute over access to a son outside a hotel doorway.
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New York
Benjamin Levinsky
Minimie
Arkansas
Texas
Cornell
Second District Court
Levinsky
Levinsky No
Mrs. Levinsky
Abraham Jacobs
Hotel
Imperial
Lovinsky
Scrugham and Two Others Indicted in Policyholders Case
New York June 28 indictments charge George R B Scrugham and Charles A Stirrup with conspiracy and forgery in a policyholders committee case tied to a New York Life trustees election. Charles Qarrington also indicted. Scrugham faces three forgery counts, Stirrup one, with alleged ballot forgery and witness name substitutions affecting proxy validity. They will plead next Monday.
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New York
George RB. Scrugham
International Policyholders’ Committee
Charles A. Stirrup
New Year’County Grand Jury
Charles Qarrington
The
New York Life
Scrugham
Sirrup
Stirrup
Josephine I. Wright
George W. Guthrie
International Policy Holders Committee
Margaret Kelly
Samuel Peffer
Burnham Opinion Denied by Appellate Division
District Attorney Jerome's bid for reargument in George Burnham Jr.'s grand larceny case was rejected by the Appellate Division. Burnham, former Mutual Reserve Life general counsel and vice president, was accused of approving a $7,500 company fund payment to settle his brother's personal obligation, a point tied to broader insurer official cases.
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New York
Jerome
New York State Supreme Court
George Burnham, Jr
Burnham
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Mutual Reserve
Frederick A. Burnham
Sues Bride Of A Year In Denver Divorce Suit
Leslie Deremer of the Denver Four Hundred sues for divorce after a year of marriage alleging infidelity. He cites a detective’s affidavit detailing numerous incidents and names Wilfred Walker son of John Brisbane Walker as a co respondent. Walker denies knowing the wife. the marriage was arranged by their parents.
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Washington Post
Denver
Colo
Lesie Deremer
Denver Four Hundred
Deremer
Wilfred Walker
John Brisbane Walker
Walker
Fire under New York tunnel imperils 200 men and gas tanks
Fire in the cinder superstructure and power plant of 8 Pearson & Son endangers 200 workers during tunneling from Thirty‑third Street to Long Island City. Fireboats Seth Low and William L. Strong extinguish flames, save Brent gas tanks, while telephonist John Keeley and foremen Sullivan and McKibbon guide evacuations.
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New York
Pearson & Son
Pennsylvania
Thirty-third Street
Hast
Long Island City
Seth Low
William L. Strong
Brent
Thirty-second Street
Enelne
John Keeley
Sullivan
McKibbon
Thomas Doran
Twenty-second Street
Avenua
Minority stockholders press for higher dividends at Express Company
Minority stockholders in United States Express Company push for a raise in dividends from 4 to 7 percent and threaten ousting Thomas C. Platt and his sons Edward T. Platt and Frank H. Platt from executive management. The effort, led by a minority committee and counsel Hugens G. Kremer, expands from demands for more earnings distribution to a bid for retirement of Senator Platt if power shifts occur.
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Express Company
Washington Post
New York
United States Express Company
Thomas C. Platt
Edward T. Platt
Frank H. Platt
Hugens G. Kremer
Platt
Rich man seeks alimony in annulment suit
Anton Anstett of Brooklyn, owner of real estate valued at $500,000, asks for alimony and counsel fees from Evelyn Anstett while his suit for annulment proceeds. The pair married August 4 last year and separated the next morning amid claims of deception. Mrs Anstett has a separate suit against him for cruel and inhuman treatment. Justice Blanchard reserved verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Post
New York
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Anton Anstett
Brooklyn
Evelyn Anstett
Anstett
Drummers Decline to Act at Commercial Travelers Session
In Columbus Ohio during the twentieth annual session the Supreme Council of the Order of United Commercial Travelers allowed time for a hearing by a representative of the National Railway Trackmen Association. The council will not take action, declining to enter the dispute between railroads and their employees over track conditions.
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Columbus
Oho
Supreme Council of the Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
National Railway Trackmen’s ‘Association
Supreme Council
Assassinated Medical Inspector in Odessa Prison Breach
Dr. Popoff harbor medical inspector was assassinated in Odessa on June 28 as a hoisted infernal machine caused the Sebastopol prison wall to collapse. Twenty political prisoners escaped through the breach amid the chaos.
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Odessa
Sebastopol
Popoff
Bechtel Convicted of Grand Larceny in Minnesota Case
Former Northwestern president Bechtel receives five year sentence after life conviction on grand larceny charges in Minneapolis. The case centers on misappropriation at the North National Life Insurance Company where Jane, a former executive, and other officials were implicated. The verdict marks a major financial crimes ruling against high-ranking insurance leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Larceny
Minnéapolis
Jane
WTF
The
North National’ Life Insurance Company
Acquittal Hopes Stir Court as Loving Trial Reaches Jury
In Halifax Nelson counties a large attendance watched the Loving trial open its fourth day. Prosecutor Harmon argued first for murder in the first degree, denouncing insanity pleas and urging jurors to weigh the evidence for Estes’s death. Defense attorney Strode and supporters urged Virginians’ traditions and jury fairness, citing Judge Loving’s character and the impact on Miss Elizabeth Loving amid the alleged tragedy.
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Celock
Jacob
John
Lisht
H.-Corydon
Sutton
Gnather
Dage
Bates
Loving
Elizabeth Loving
Barksdale
Daniel Harmon
Charlottesville
Estes
Hfe
Nelson County
Harmon
Loying
Virginia
Strode
Bie
Halifax
Nelson Counties
South Side
Commonwealth
Court session details amid Loving case proceedings
Report describes defense and prosecution actions in the Loving case. Witnesses from Lynchburg and Halifax County travel through the city as the defense plans remarks while the Commonwealth’s attorney prepares closing arguments. Tension surrounds anticipated suit by Estes relatives if Judge Loving is acquitted.
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Oenat Strode
Juag
Moore
Barkerdale
Lee
Apesk
Commonwealth
Wood Bouldin
Halifax
Harriman Defies Foes and Remains U P President
Special to The Washington Test New York June 28 Harriman refuses to be ousted from Union Pacific presidency stating he will stay as long as physically able. He dismisses rumors of resigning for a board chair position and says no such post exists. He declares he is no mere figurehead and jokes about naval lace.
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U. P
Washington
New York
H.' Harriman
Union‘ Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Yard of Directors
Harri- Jaan
New London
Dictator Defines Demands Force Portugal Crisis
Special Cable reports Madrid sources say Crown Prince of Portugal has not begun a tour of Portuguese African colonies and King Carlos may ask Franco to resign over the threat to the monarchy. Lisbon says Franco will maintain dictatorship and push ahead with policy while Parliament remains closed. King Carlos backs the regime as opposition parties face enforcement.
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Washington Post
London
Morning Post
Madrid
Crown Prince
Portugal
Carlon
Carlos
Senor Franco
Lisbon
The
Standard
Franco
Hammerstein Plans New London Opera House
Oscar Hammerstein argues current opera in London misapplies principles and outlines a plan to build a new opera house aimed at the middle class. He contends opera should attract broader audiences and that music-hall extracts prove mass interest, predicting higher attendance and shifting dividends away from current venues.
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Washington Post
London
Oscar Hammerstein
Victory for Mrs Dresser in Europe travel case
New York June 28 Justice Blanchard ruled that the two Dresser children may accompany their mother to Europe this week if she signs a commitment to return them to court jurisdiction within three months. Mrs Dresser seeks separation from Daniel Dresser on abandonment and nonsupport grounds.
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New York
Supreme Court
Blanchard
Daniel
Roy
Dresser
Europe
Trains Crash Near Kenora. Ten Killed Reported
Winnipeg dispatch says two Canadian Pacific express trains collided near Kenora Ontario tonight. Ten people are reported dead with details unavailable at this time.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kenora
Master Aldrich Named Eddy Case Master in New Hampshire
Judge Edgar Aldrich of Littleton is appointed master to determine Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy's competency in the Eddy estate case. The ruling orders a report by September 1907 on her ability to manage finances and property with access to testimony and documents as needed.
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Concord
N. H
Edgar Aldrich
Littleton
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Robert N. Chamberlain
Supreme Court
Eddy
Aldrich
United States Court For
District of New Hampshire
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Rockefeller Guarded In Pittsfield Stay At Onota Farm
John D Rockefeller arrived quietly on a late train and stayed with his daughter at Onota Farm, guarded at the station and grounds. An American representative sought an interview while guards searched for process servers. A Jersey bull on the estate was killed to protect his safety.
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Washington Post
Pittsfield
Mass
John D. Rockefeller
E. Parmalee Prentice
Onota Farm
Henry C. Valentine
New York
Prentice
Rocke
Turmoil at Hobart Democratic Convention in Fifth District
After three days of balloting in Hobart Oklahoma two candidates claim seats Scott Ferris of Lawton and Carson Weaver of Ada dispute the result. Ferris says he leads 115 to 98 while Weaver claims a 35 vote plurality and Ferris supporters walked out leaving Weaver supporters with the ballot.
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Hobart
Okla
Fifth Congressional District
Scott Ferris
Lawton
Carson Weaver
Ada
Ind. T
Ferris
Weaver
Mad Cat Victim Receives Rabies Treatment Aid
An eleven year old white girl bitten by a rabid cat is receiving treatment at the Pasteur Institute in Baltimore. The Associated Charities has covered reduced charges of 116.50 and reports numerous donations from individuals and organizations to finish the sum. Volunteers are sought to help collect small savings for needy families. Also noted is a Marine Band concert program at the White House conducted by Lieut. William H. Santelmann with a schedule of marches overtures and solos.
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Associated Charities
Pasteur Institute
Baltimore
Ina D. Singleton
William H. Singleton
Maggie Duvall
G. Faclus
J. W. Brenning
J. D. Velvertos
Charles R. Trait
Wolcott Tuckerman
Emly Rathbus
M. BE
Winn
W. S. Hutching
John Clyke Simpson
First Congregational Church
F. L. Wart
Huske
Marne
White House
William H. Santelmann
Berlin
Bion
Feativar
Muetler-Hartwig
Helvetia
Bellenik
Blustte
Goorbaerts
William 5.de Luca
Weber
Godfrey
Weber-Weingartnar
Hidge
Hucsars
Sentelmann
Transportation Pact Ratified by Secretary Straus
Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor yesterday ratified a government agreement between the Bureau of Immigration and the Canadian transportation union governing the transportation of aliens from Canada to America. Metcalf returned from Oyster Bay after conferring with the President on awarding contracts for two 20,000 ton battleships and several submarine traits, with other important matters noted.
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Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Immigration
Canadian Transportation Uni
Canada
America
Congress
Metcalf
Oyster Bay
Ter Bay
Énée
Railway Men Celebrate Picnic Day at River View
The Washington Railway Employer Relief Association excursion drew 1500 people including families. Steamers St Johns Arrowsmith Harry Randall and Wakefield transported crowds to and from the venue. Athletic events and games, judged by Gen. George Harries and others, entertained all, with prizes awarded in fat men’s race throwing ball and children’s races.
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St. Johns
Washington Railway
Relief Association
Hosta
Stone
Clarence Weaver
Syme
Morhert
Glen
Llness
Audrey Turford
Arrowsmith
Harry Randall
Wakefield
F. J. Mersheimer
W. N. de Neale
J. T. Moffett
F. G. Whitney
R. Rose
W. S. Ballanger
Frat
Robert Grace
Pickure
Marguerite Robbin
Lillian Lady
de Bares
Firat
William H. Hiten
Ock
P. Hines
Firet
A. BM. Yonger
Palms
John Niedfolt
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Harland & Wolff
Vickers
Es & Maxim
Haa
Trust
Prince
de Broglie
Ress
Regeneration Party
von Buelow
Gammon
Sgrugham
Sues
PANIG
Platts
Rich
Bechtel
Judge Loving
Betes
Moat ‘cii
W. G. Leving
Houston,Va
Theodore Mstes
Harriman
Hammerstein
Court
Onterig
Eddy Gase
United States Court
Oklahoma
Mad Cat
G. R
Cravenette
Ldren
de Fancy
Howe
Sweet
Orr # Co
Adler
Victor E. Adler
St. Carn
River View
Goodyear Company
F Street
12Th
Floral -Hill
D.C
Sundania Post
Walter R. Benjamin
Fifth Ave
Rock Creek Park
John Joy Edson
Andrew Parker
Theodora N. McLaughlin
Giles
Rafter
Good Will
Brightwood
Ginger
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