Riggs Bank Perjury Trial Witnesses Take Stand In Equity Case
Third day of proceedings in the Riggs National Bank perjury case features first witnesses testifying on government and defense questions. Court issues subpoenas for correspondence between Comptroller Williams and Treasury officials, detailing bank relations, stock dealings, and alleged persecutions.
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Rlega National Bank
Riggs Equity
Clark
District Supreme Court
John R. Stanchfield
New South
Bankera Bafora
Siddons Yeaterday
John Skelton
William A
Papeara
Cunningham
Frank F. Cunningham
Equity Division
Riggs Bank
Treaeiry Oficiala
Asaatant United States
James H Arcer
Attorneya
Stanchfield
Laskey
Mesars
Glover
William J
Henry H. Flather
Williams
Riggs National Bank
Glover & Flather
Europe
Equity
Aas
Frank J. Hogan
Hogan
Willams
United States Treasury
Comptroller’s Office
Treasury Department
Lewis Johnson & Co
Stansfield
Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast Habit
An Ad extols drinking a glass of real hot water with a pinch of Hinpato ns phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach, bowels, and kidneys. It claims improved digestion, detoxification, and a rosy complexion, promoting internal sanitation and better well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heros
District Court News: Rail official cited to answer before ICC
Milton H. Smith, president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad since 1884, was cited by Justice Stafford to show cause why he should not be compelled to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission on May 14 to answer questions previously refused. The petition cites the campaign fund contributions as questioned material. Remaining items include divorce action by Mary W. Grafton, damages suit by Eva D. Quinn for a fall on Fourteenth Street, and related court costs and staffing concerns.
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Herbert J Ffane
Wall Street
New York
Post & Flixg
Henry Fuller
Thomas L. Manson & Io
Broadway
Milton F Ailes
Sage National Bank
Archer
Brink Cunningham
District Supreme Court
Harald
Riggs Bank
Equity Rign
Archer Handel
Mr. Archer
Justice Siddons
Milton H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Stafford
Interstate Commerce Commission
Smith
Loulaville and Nashville Railroad Company
Joseph W. Folk
Charles W. Needham
P. J. Doherty
HH Hull
Mississippi Flood Bill Advances With Local Co Operation
The House completed the Mississippi flood control section of a bill allocating 45 million dollars for river improvement. A key amendment requires local contributions equal to at least half the federal sum before levee work proceeds, with a vote to follow on a broader three to one local share proposal. Representative Mann sought to expose a potential river ring and urged merit over pork barrel effects.
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House
Sacramento River
Mississippi
Maleee River
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Humphrey
Flood Control Committee
Clark
Mann
Housa
Rivera
Harbora
Secret Executions in Ireland Shake Parliament
Reports from Dublin reveal martial law era executions in Ireland with 12 already executed among 79 prisoners. Skeffington’s shooting on April 26 becomes the sensational climax while John Redmond demands wider inquiry. Asquith defends the process, Birrell resigns, and cabinet reshuffles loom. The Irish party presses for impartial, comprehensive investigation into arming, outbreak, and governance.
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Ireland
John Redmond
Skeffington
Dublin
John Maxwell
Trime
Augustine Birrell
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Asquith
Police News Notes From Yesterday’s Robberies and Accidents
Police logged a series of robberies and incidents reported yesterday. Items stolen include Gent's furnishings from E. B Kernan's store, a child's wagon from Anthony Stewart, a horse of misc small items, a gold watch valued at 35 dollars, iron castings and brass bearings, a silver tablespoon, door locks, and a brooch set valued at 350 dollars. Several auto theft recoveries and a fatality occurred, with a 12 year old boy shot during a toy soldiers game at the Tyler residence, now in serious condition. arrest made for Thomas of 1102 3 Street Northwest.
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Gent
E. B Kernan
M Street
Anthony Stewart
Mia
Mamis Bailey
Union Station
Auto Tre
Chiswell
Sixth Street
District Engineering Department
Seventeenth
North Capitol Street
New York Avenue
Michael A. Carley
Fourth Street
Florida Avenue
A. J. Taylor
Jose T. Machado
Keokuk Street
Carpenter Tooms
Ennore DP. Connor
Morse Street
Jacob
Grover
Union Trust Building
New House
Fourteenth
Ingomar Streets
Robert Crane
Occidental
Poliee Department
White House
Leigh Palmer
Dresden
Alfred Tyler
Twelfth Street
Perry Thoman
Tyler
Freedmen's Hospital
Thomas
Threat to blow up Agriculture Department building
Police and Justice Department officials say an anonymous note received by The Washington Post threatens to blow up the main building of the Department of Agriculture on Friday morning May 12. They believe the message is from a crank or a former department employee.
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Police Department
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Washington Post
Purlsman
Grant
Reese
Editor Pat to Death in Secret Blamed Military for Provoking Uprising
London May 10 The widow of F.8. Sheehthy Skeffington released a letter today stating her husband was arrested April 25 on the second day of the rising, tried unknown charges and shot unarmed as a pacifist Irish nationalist. She urges English authorities to reveal these facts to prevent further tragedies. Skeffington had warned in a April 7 letter to the New Statesman that military plans in Ireland were extreme and that the British public would face responsibility for any provocation, urging restraint before further actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Parliamentary Party
Ireland
Lord Loreburn
Birrell
Marquis of Crewe
Baron Hardings
India
Montague Shearman
London
Sheethy Skeffington
England
Skeffington
The
New Statesman
Irish Parliament Blues: Revolt Blamed on Ulster Protests
London May 10 The Irish parliamentary party issues a manifesto urging the people of Ireland to back the constitutional movement as the sole path to achieving their aims. Ulster protests are blamed for the agitation and executions are referenced in connection with the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
London
Irish Parliamentary Party
People of
Ireland
Aspira
Seeasr
Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder ad claims comfort
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as the antiseptic powder shaken into shoes and used in foot baths. It promises relief for painful swollen feet sweaty feet and bunions and says it’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Available from druggists for 25 cents with trial pack offers at a listed address.
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Allen
Alien B
Tragedy Drives Call for Ireland’s Constitutional Path
The manifesto condemns the Dublin executions and revolts while urging Irish leaders to press protests to end military authority. It warns that Ireland faces either continued anarchy or full support for the constitutional movement to finish its work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dublin
Constitutional
Sussex Case Closed On Germanys Offer
German note shows the explosion was not linked to a German submarine attack as claimed. Foreign Minister von Jagow admits a hurried judgment and incomplete adherence to instructions. State Department views the note as signaling Germany may refuse indemnities for Americans harmed on non passenger ships prior to the last note. Responses are expected to reserve American rights on this point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
von Jagow
State Department
Germany
Army Navy Changes of the Day
Lieut junior grade C 8 Keller assigned to duty in charge of the Navy recruiting station in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania as part of the day’s personnel changes across the services.
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ARMY
Keller
Navy Recruitng Station
Pittsburgh
B. G. Barthalow
San Diego
Oregon
C. T. Owens
Neptune
Vermont
Louis Shane
Navy Recruiting Station
W. A. Smeal
Naval Training Station
Newport
B. L. Canaga
New Orleans
J. H. Stuart
Preston
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
C. P. Mason
Chester
North Carolina
T. A. Symington
Naval Academy
BE. W. Tod
Washington
Naval Orders Signal Wide Officers Transfers and Leaves
Commanders and lieutenants receive detachments to ships, stations, and training centers from San Diego to Norfolk. Promotions and leave of absence granted to several officers, with resignations accepted and reassignments to regiments and duties announced. ships sailings and arrivals listed for Atlantic and Pacific posts.
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RIGGS
Miriam Jonnan
Bandera
Johnson
Cantaghan
Baronet
Caneheratain
Archer Lear
Nobeos Tohnsen
Ote
W. Morris Lammond
Lewis M. Smith
William A. Mearnes
Joshua Evana
Edward Flather
P. M. Garnett
D. M. Kindleberger
Milton FE. Riles
Sherill Smith
James Trimble
E. J. Donohue
John D. Rhodes
Percy Budlong
J. Allen Boteler
Benjamin Woodruff
Charles P. Williams
Nathan Musher
William J. Flather
Mr. Hogan
William J. Flether
Mr. Stanchfield
William J Flather
Treasury
Treasury of
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Billim
District of Columbia
Panama
John Mkelton Williams
American Red Cross Society
Spap
District Court News
Hyde-Benson-Diamond Land
United States Marshal's Office
Congress
Mary W. Grafton
Ernest Grafton
Turrage & Quinn
Capital Traction Company
Eva D. Quinn
Fourteenth Street
W Street
Gittings & Chamberlain
Robert B. Mattingly
U. S
Co&t
John Dillon
F. Sheehy Skeffington
F. Sheahy I Skeffington
Skeffngton
Dillon
Irish Party
Liberal
Labor
Police
Lester Kerman
Jerry Dearing
Zachariah Brown
Morton Street
Kent Curtis
Chevy Chase
Pool
Connecticut Avenue
Mra
Hugh McKenzie
Pinehurst
Philip F. Gormley
Wood’s Seeds
Wood
T.w.wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
Guard Public Building
Pat
Jek
Avenus
H Street
N. W
Shoreham Hotel
Are
Tailleur
Sussex
NAVAL
Merriman
Nashville
J. B. Ewald
Prometheus
H. Ft. Sandlin
Baltimore
O. W. Leidel
Cleveland
SM. Mathes
Yorktown
M. C
Canada
Charles H. Danforth
Infantry
Louis L. Pendleton
Coast Artilery Corps
Jeremiah A. Lenehan
Fourth Cavalry
Bia
Robert Burns, Jr
Medical Reserve Corps
James G. Morningstar
United States Army
Bill Wilson Chase
Twenty-first Infantry
George BR. Pritchard, Jr
Fifteenth Cavalry
Guy Cubman
Aubrey Lippincott
Thenser, BR. Taylor
Frank K. Rob
John E. Lewis
Jerome W. Howe
Lucten G. Berry
First Field Artillery
Elliot
Second Infantry
Leland S Deyorf
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Edgar King
Medieal Corps
James PD
Georgetown Vistraserve Corps
Mary Benedicta Mullen
Neale
Balt
America
Iturbide
Mexico
W. A. Roebling
Brooklyn
Philip Sheridan
Gen. Sherman
Gen. Logan
Alumnae Association
Albany
Bremerton
San Francisco
Arethusa
Key West
Calgoa
Port Au Prince
Santo Domingo
Cape Haltier
Block Island
Hercules
Indian Head
Seattle
Vulcan
Hampton Roads
Brutus
Cristobal Columbia
Kanawheoatsuantacamo
Macdonough
Guaotagamo
Hampshire
Ozark
Tallatassee
Uacas
Norfolk Yard
Wheeling
Carmen, Mes
Worden
Convent Alumnae
Reunion
Georgetown
Mother Superior
Fisk
Fisk Rubber Company
Chicopee Falls
Mase
New York Ave
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