Harriman Inquiry Sees No Immediate Action
Report notes $12,000,000 credited to construction and improvements uncapitalized to borrow funds for a $7,000,000 cityfi end without justification. Commission has not acted. evidence field work complete unless reopened. Proceedings may shift to New York for Harriman questions, with Attorney General decision pending. Officials dispute circulating erroneous report claiming a completed inquiry and imminent report to the Attorney General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cone Commission
Harriman
New York
Kellogg
United States Circuit Court
Combine
San Pedro
Southern Pacific
Messrs Kellogg and Severance
Martin A Knapp
Anus
Athorne General
Harriman Lines
Hult
Impmrs
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Hil
Caruso Assails Courts In A New York Police Court Case
Enrico Caruso writes to his lawyer Frederik Sperling from New York Apil 29 1907 stating he will not pursue further police court appeals against a tainted verdict. He explains the decision aims to avoid further publicity and archive the case’s unfavorable public exposure. The record notes the fine was paid to the clerk of the Court of General Sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Latien Caruso
Ragifrate
Tom
Central Park
Frederik W Sperling
New York
Furth
Piovesure
Cairo
Senate
Chang
Hiei Solla
Jidge Dittenhoefer
Enrico Caruso
Court of General Sessions
Attorney Gordon Plans Colonial Style Mount Pleasant House
Attorney H. J. Gordon seeks to build a large colonial style residence on Mount Pleasant, near Shepherd Street, with a broad porch and cold spring on the property. Fulton R. Gordon notes a deed recording. construction could begin in June with Speilen & Speden as architects and a 385 square foot lot line on Shepherd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant Assights
H. J. Gordon
Fulton R. Gordan
Gorden
Shepherd Street
Haultine Mededes
Gordon
Osen
Speilen & Speden
Intenteum
Los Louse
Old Indian Fighter Dead After Six Year Illness
Frederick Graft a former German born soldier who served eighteen years in Indian campaigns and later carrison duty, died yesterday at his home 741 Beverley Street forum.st after a long illness. Funeral is tomorrow at 2 PM from his home with interment at Arlington Cemetery. He will receive a military funeral from the Schofield Army and Navy Garrison. survived by his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredenck Graft
Trital States Army
Pus
Bleverth Street
Wr. Graf
Germany
Efe
Carrison
Arington
Grat
Schofield
Rabbi Simon to Confirm Children at Riehth Street Temple
Rabbi Abram Simon will conduct confirmation exercises at the Riehth Street Temple Sunday morning at 1 o clock The children to be confirmed are Miriam Iranc Rita Schuman Julia Levy Sophia King Faunte Q Dewin Rena Erlick Gerald Grosner LeRoy Newmeyer Sylvan King Lester Eiseman Irvin Eiseman Morris Selinger Isaic Haas and Julian Eiseman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon
Abram Simon
Riehth Street Temple
Miriam Iranc
Rita Schuman
Julia Levy
Sophia King
Faunte Q Dewin
Rena Erlick
Gerald Grosner
LeRoy Newmeyer
Sylvan King
Lester Eiseman
Irvin Eiseman
Morris Selinger
Isaic Haas
Julian Eiseman
Fear Flood of Stocks DRASTIC Action on Harriman ties
New York May 15 Union Pacific led a stock rout as attorneys for the Interstate Commerce Commission urged drastic suits against Harriman companies. The market, dull before the report, plunged with Union Pacific down over 6 points to 142 1/2 then closed near 144 1/2. Broad declines hit rail shares, especially Baltimore and Ohio and Illinois Central, as investors feared forced divestment and a flood of securities. E. F Harriman declined to comment, saying he hadn’t read the reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
Diastre
Harriman Lnes
Union Pacific
Baltimore
Ohia
Illinois Central
Union Pacifle
Southern Pacific
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake Oregon
Atchison
Ilinois Central
St. Paul
E. F Harriman
Death of Edward Hines Found in Eastern Branch River
Edward Hines an insurance solicitor, missing since May 4 from 854 Fourth Street NE, was found dead in the Eastern Branch near the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge. Authorities investigate. no signs of foul play. Hines belonged to several secret societies and the Army and Navy Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hines
Fourth Street
Twining City
Himes
Huis
Hines
Army and Navy Union
Prominent Mason John Lockie Dies at 82
John Lockie, eighty two, died yesterday at 1148 Eighth Street Northwest after a short illness. Born in Heath England he came to the United States as a boy and for fifty four years served as a route agent for a local newspaper. A noted Mason he belonged to Mithras Lodge of Perfection Columbia Commandery No 2 past grand priest of the District Scottish Rite Masons and a member of Golden Rule Lodge. He was a close friend of Albert Pike and declined the vacant office after Pike’s death. Survived by two daughters Mrs Lockie and Mrs Penley and a son Albert Lockie. Funeral from his late residence tomorrow morning.
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John Lockie
Eighth Street
Mr. Lockie
Heath
England
Locke
Mithras Lodge of Perfection
Columbia
Cormmandery
Albert Pike
Pike
Golden Rule Lodge
Lockie
Penley
Albert Lockie
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Promises New Life and Vitality
This old ad claims spring fatigue signals low vitality and impurity, asserting Hood’s Sarsaparilla removes tired feeling and restores vigor. It promotes liquid or tablet forms with a 100 doses supply, urging immediate purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Prisoner Believed Missing After Lunch With Deputy
A Newark deputy and Adolph Kreiger, wanted in New Jersey on larceny and false pretenses charges for obtaining about $800 from Mrs. Cora Arnold under promise of marriage, failed to return after lunch. Kreiger arrived in this city with bail set at $1,000, then vanished. authorities issued a bench warrant and police sought Kreiger and the deputy, uncertain if escape or concealment occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
M. J
District Supreme Court
United States
New Jersey
N. J
Kreiger
Mrs. Arnold
Warren
Woman climbs down ladder with dog to reach ill husband
Mrs S R Moriarty, passenger on the Kronprinz Wilhelm, must reach the New York hotel bedside of her seriously ill husband in Marshhattan. With authorities' approval she descends a rope ladder from a tug due to ship labor conditions and the dog Hans is carried to the tug. She reaches the Manhattan hospital swiftly despite rough waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weahington Pool
New York
Hoboken
S. R. Moriarty
Belmont
Marshhattan
Hans
Seventh Day Adventist Appeals to U S Supreme Court
Alfred Bergfeldt, a Tacoma barber, appeals a Washington Sunday labor ban to the U S Supreme Court. The case challenges the law as class legislation targeting one trade, arguing his Sabbath observance from Friday night to Saturday night left him unable to earn a livelihood. The lower court upheld his conviction and the statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
State of Washington
Alfred Bergfaldt
Tacoma
Aid
Washington Supreme Court
Dergfeldt
Miss Boardman Fights Marshal Over Conduit Road Stop
Miss Mabel Boardman secretary of the American Red Cross says Glen Echo marshal Collins and Mayor Garrett acted discourteously when stopping her mother and companions on Conduit road. She vows to seek action to challenge the authority to arrest autos on government property and questions how speed is judged. She cites fines, improper conduct, and the threat to detain the chauffeur, demanding accountability from local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Society
Mabel Boardman
American Red Cross Society
W. J. Boardman
Marshal Collins
Glen Echio
Conduit Road
Garrett
Conduit
Miss Boardman
Edward Robinson
New York
Harold I. Seawall
Glen Echo
Herr von Radowitz
Steamers Sail On Time Despite Ismay Visit
New York May 15 P A 8 Franklin vice president of International Mor mantie Marine Company said White Star Line steamer Adriatic arrival tomorrow would not affect longshoremen strike stance. Company maintains pay rates 30 cents day 45 cents night 6 cents Sunday. 100 New England men hired today to replace strikers. fifty negroes added to stevedore crew from Kingston. One Brooklyn firm grants the requested raise for 150 workers. Sailings conducted on schedule with near full cargoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P. A
Franklin
International Mortantie Marine Company
White Star Line
J. Bruce Ismay
Ismay
New England
South Brooklyn Pleza
Pring Estel Frederick
Kingston
Brooklyn
Editor Klopsch Decorated By Japanese Emperor Envoy
New York May 15 Dr Boris Klopsch editor of the Christian Herald received the Order of the Rising Sun from Baron Takewo Ozawa emissary of the Japanese Emperor for his relief work in Japan last year. The Christian Herald raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for famine relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Order of the Rising Sun
Boris Klopsch
Christian Herald
Takewo Ozawa
Elensch
Japan
Indictments filed against Cumberland Telephone for liquor orders
Jackson Mississippi May 14 A federal grand jury returned indictments against the Cumberland Telephone Company and its manager charged with taking orders for whisky to be shipped to Vicksburg and receiving payment for the liquor The company is accused of transmitting the money to havens houses and of unlawful retailing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stand Jury
Jackson
Miss
Federal Grand Jury
Cumberland Telephone Sepany
Vicksburg
Cumberland Telephone Company
Weather Conditions and Forecast for May 15
The report notes a low pressure system over the interior with an eastward move, bringing showers to the Upper Mississippi Valley and much of the region east of the Mississippi. Western areas are generally clear with cooler temperatures in the rain zone and warmer conditions in the West. Forecast calls for showers in the Lake region and Atlantic States Thursday, then generally fair weather Friday except in New England. Winds vary by coast and region, with storm warnings on the Atlantic coast from Wilmington to Jacksonville and at Tampa, Fla. Flood warnings issued for Lower Tennessee and nearby rivers. Local readings show temperatures ranging from mid 60s to low 80s, with humidity around 42-72 percent and notable rainfall amounts.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Washington
Wednrsiay
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Rocky Mountains
Lake
Atlantic States
New England
Lower Lake Region
Mississippi
Ohio Valleys
Upper Lake Region
Atlantic
Egat Gulf
Grand Banks
Wilmington
Jacksonville
Tempe
Fla
Tennessee
Tom- Dighes
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Caruso
Im Amienisa
Attorney Gordon
Mount Pleasant
Frederick Graf
Wall Street
Interstate Commission
E. H. Harriman
Adolph Kreiger
Pennsylvania Avenue
Shad Babe
Cabin John
Fort Myer
Viraginia
Maryland
Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association
Mount Vernon
Potomac
Cabin John Bridge
Bonifaces
Hich
Aint Vernon
Orrin G. Staples
Association
Shad
Jerome H. Joyce
America
John T. Devine
Apolinaris
C. Beveridge
Arlington
Thirteenth United States Cavalry
Arlington Cemetery
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Tharp
Berkeley
St. N. W
Klopsch
Cannes
Persian Lawn
Sea Island
Sheeberry
Hecht
Ular
Ndicts Telephone Company
Rainfell
River Bulletin
Alti Max
Win
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Gellante
Atlantic City
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Maga
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Chicago
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Little Rock Ark
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Nebr
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St. Louis
Paul
Mian
Om Or Pringfold
Tis
Mire
Dawe Ea Tiene Green
The
Washington Post
Renequer
Peter Grogan
Victor E. Adler
TEN Per Cent Clothing House
Seventh Street Cor
Mass
Ave
Nelson Refrigerator Co
F Street
N. W. Se
Sheridan Circle
Maryland Casualty Company
Security Storage Company
Fifteenth Street
Hardman
Quality Pianos
D. G. Pfeiffer
Bard Stothe
Geo. E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
Home Savings Bank
7Th and
Arenw
Tth
Hsts
7Th St
Christian Xander
Dixie Rye
A. Eberly
7Th St. N. W
R. M. Brow
Sts. N. W
Roan Arine
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