Art dealer in cell charged with selling counterfeit paintings
Willam Clausen, dealer in New York City, faces arrest after allegedly selling counterfeit Homer D Martin paintings to W. T. Evans. An employee testifies the business is a bunko, with Clausen unable to post $9,000 bail. The works are claimed to be genuine by Clausen and others, while authorities move to seize suspected fakes and pursue damages.
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W T Evans
Inness and
New York
Will Im
Clausen
Willim T Evans
Laciow
Fia
Claasen
Gromaldoon
Texas Delegates Free Navigate Taft Nomination Strategy
Fort Worth May 15 delegates at the Republican State convention adopted rules favoring Taft for the presidential nomination while opposing Roosevelt. They declare no instruction to vote for Taft at Chicago and authorize a stampede for nominations if feasible. Texas may send two sets of delegates, regulars and reorganized, with no negroes in the regular faction.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Texas
Nodaies
Waco
King Edward to receive Evansville furniture honor fifty thousand
King Edward of England may be made an honorary member of the Evansville Furniture Manufacturers Association. A representative from St Louis reports a deal closed for 35 000 dollars worth of furniture from Evansville to be used in the palace.
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Evansville
Ind
Washington Post
King Edward of
England
Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
St Louis
King
Art lovers astonished by Evans donated works to gallery
William Evans, famed American art connoisseur, donated a large group of twenty paintings to the United States government forming the nucleus of a potential national gallery collection. Three works by Homer Martin were later questioned for authenticity prompting a cautious review of the entire loan.
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Evans
National Art Gallery
Innes
William Evans
United States
Gerés
Corgeran Gallery of Art
Congress
Sai Tle
Ben
George Iams
Medfeld
Martis
Toars
Homer
Corcoran
National Museum
Vic Evans
College Girl Missing in Princeton Library Search
Miss Bertha Vanderbilt twenty one year old Syracuse graduate and Princeton University library assistant has been missing since Wednesday afternoon. A volunteer search began at nightfall with no clue found. She left her boarding house around six o clock to take a walk and was last seen near the aqueduct in Carnegie Lake. Authorities fear she may have drowned while attempting to ford the river under the Raritan Canal.
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Bertha Vanderbilt
Princeton University
Mes Vanderbilt
Syracuse Univer
Fi Oelock
Carnegie Lake
Raritan Canal
Miss Clara Brett Martin Enters East Toronto Election
Toronto woman Clara Brett Martin announces her bid for the provincial legislature in East Toronto opposing Dr R A Pyne. Canada’s first woman lawyer aims to become the first Canadian woman member of Parliament. Train fares listed include Baltimore round trip details and Pennsylvania Railroad schedule.
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Ontario
Clara Brett Martin
R A Pyne
Miss Martin
Governors Form Permanent Organization After Conservation Conference
The White House conference on natural resources adjourned after three days with a vote to empower the President to call future meetings. Governors dispute centralizing power but support annual gatherings to discuss mutual state interests, including standardizing laws and resource conservation. Baltimore and Ohio R. R. advertising ends the item.
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House of Governors
Conference On the Conservation of Natural Resources
White House
United States
Govs Folk Wilson Genr Hoch
Ansel Deneen Swanson
Sheldon
Swanson
Virginia
Wis
Willson O
Kentucky
House of Guerre
St Lou
Chicago
Critain
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Ie Governora
Gay Willson
Presdert
Ahs
Gow Tolk
Missouri
Twilight Land and the balance of power in regulation
President Roosevelt argues for a clear sovereign power to regulate large corporations, warning against vague boundaries between federal and state authority. He proposes shifting regulatory responsibility to the body best able to enforce accountability, whether state or national, to ensure accountability for big corporations and individuals.
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Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt Opens Governors Conference With Call For Unity
In the East Room at the White House President Roosevelt opened the governors conference amid expectancy. William J. Bryan stressed strict construction and anti centralization aims while delegates debated resolutions led by Gov Blanchedon and Gov Folk against granting the President power to call future meetings. Glen proposed meeting on petition. CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGES
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Roosevelt
Gov Blanchrd
Louisiana
Committee On Resolutions
Gove Folk and
Glenn
Gov Glen
Thefts Stir Seminary Fashionable Fairmont Institute
A series of nightly robberies at the Fourteenth Street Northwest Fashioned Fairmont Seminary have puzzled central office detectives and Tenth Precinct police. Jewelry, dresses, and valuables stolen from student rooms and private lockers since March 1. Investigators note entrances unsolved and a ring of suspects unknown. guards and a principal push for a solution before the term ends.
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Fourteenth
Arthur T Ramsay Princepal
Missouri
Princpal
Ramsay
Death by Own Action Shocks Canton Cashier Case
Special to Tra Washington Fost BaltimorMd May 17 Special report on the death by self destruction of former Canton National Bank cashier Joan W H Geiger at his 292% East Baltimore street home. His son John P Geiger recounts the scene and disputes deputy marshals claim they were refused admission. He says the father had been ill and downtrodden, and that officers were not admitted until after the fatal shot.
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Washington Fost Baltimor
Ie Saia
Joan W H Geiger
Canton National Rink
East Baltmore Street
John P Geiger
United States
Louse
Geiger
Ince
Advertisers urged to submit Sunday Post ads early
Advertisers are asked to send in advertisements for The Sunday Post as early as possible. Display announcements will not be accepted after 9 pm Saturday. Classified advertisements will be received until 5 pm Saturday.
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Sunday Post
Oldest Man in America Celebrates 120th Birthday
Isaac Brock of Western North Carolina marked his 120th birthday born March 1, 1788 twenty miles north of Asheville. He is widely recognized as the oldest living American. his memory recently failed him. The feature appears in The Washington Peat Asheville N. May 15 edition.
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Thaws Own Story Impulse Led to White Shooting Revealed
Harry Thaw's account of the impulse that drove him to shoot Stanford White was presented at a habeas corpus hearing in Poughkeepsie. Dr Amos T Baker read from a diary describing weeks of conversations with Thaw at Matteawan Asylum, including Thaw's reflections on the roof garden attack and the moment he fired three times. The testimony detailed Thaw's insistence he has never been insane and his attempt to explain his motives.
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Tian Tree
Baker
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Shaw
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White
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Thaw
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Poughkeepsie
Roosevelt
Graham
Eslum
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Tlint
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Harry Thaw
Norrow
Justice Morschanser
White House Frolic Turns Into Fracas as Deputies Seize Congressmen
Republican leaders halted a White House garden visit after a security breach. Deputies escorted Longworth Huff and others in frock coats from Mrs Roosevelt’s gathering to the Capitol, with claims of access details still unclear and party members conveyed by carriage and car to fulfill attendance.
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Huff
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Casson
Nicholas Tongword
Oho
Red Handel
Dawson
Iowa
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Oncy
Arrves
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Imaen Guardan
White House
Thar
Dog's Devotion Fatal To Boy In Baltimore Substation
A ten year old boy, Isaac Harvey, died after a dog leaped at a man trying to push the child away as a coal car moved across the track at the Consolidated Gas, Light and Power Company substation. Brakeman William Houck, who attempted to shield the boy, witnessed the fatal incident in Baltimore.
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Isaac Harvey
University Hospital
Consolidated Gas Bie
Tight and Power Company
William Houck
BANK PRESIDENT INDICTED FOR GRAND LARCENY
John G Jenkins Jr former president of Jenkins Trust Company now Lafayette Trust Company was indicted by Kings County on charges of grand larceny totaling 100000 dollars for withdrawals on October 22 and the following day. The indictment also cites conspiracy and perjury. he was admitted to bail.
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New York
John G Jenkins Jr
Old Jenkins Trust Company
Lafayette Trust Company
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Racks to Station Plan Struck as Compromise Fails
Universal transfer provisions were stricken from the compromise plan. Supervision will be vested in the Interstate Commerce Commission rather than district commissioners. An extension of tracks and a loop for the plaza in front of stations is provided, with temporary underground service planned.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Provisions of Bill on IC C supervision and track lays
The measure provides Interstate Commerce Commission supervision for dual tracks around the plaza in front of Union Station. It directs Capital Traction to lay tracks from G Street and Delaware Avenue northeast and from Florida Avenue and Seventh Street northwest to connect with existing lines. City and Suburban Railway would extend from New Jersey Avenue and G Street northwest to the plaza loop. Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad would extend from Second and Southeast Streets to connect with Railway and Electric tracks. Construction must begin within thirty days after passage and be completed by May 1, 1909, with further work by Washington Railway and Electric and Capital Traction within sixty days of temporary underground service from North Capital and Seventh Streets at Delaware Avenue and streets as directed by the Commissioners.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Plaza
Union Staten
Capital Traction Company
G Street
Delaware Avenue
Florida Avenue
Seventh Street
Jogo Lines
City and Suburban Railway
New Jersey Avenue
Plaza Loop
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company
Second
Streets
Railway and Electric Company
Washington Railway and Electric Company
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Strests
Street railway bill conference ends in compromise plan
Senate and Truse conferees reached a compromise on street railway supervision by the Interstate Commerce Commission rather than the Public Utilities Commission. The universal transfers proposal was dropped. The plan aims to move streetcar lines to Union Station and integrate Capital Traction operations, with ongoing resistance anticipated in Congress.
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Truse
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