Directors Look Up Rockefellers Visit Hearings In New York
An Interstate Commerce Commission team, led by Chief Counsel Joseph Folk, probes William Rockefeller and New Haven officials. Tests focus on finances and transactions with the New Haven Railroad as witnesses including Warner Minot Elton, and other former and current directors prepare to testify. The commission may call additional figures as the inquiry extends into Rockefeller’s health and related leadership actions.
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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Ins
Interstate Commercis Commission
Loverrow
Attairs
New Haven
Nunes
Revera Warner
Lawrence Minot
Elton
Warner
Minot
Charles 3. Mellen
Rockefeller
New York
William Barkefeller
MM. Kockersperger
Samuel ©. Morehouse
B Slare Company
Saii Tu Aul Ba
Tus
Connecticut
Lewis Uass Ledyard
George P. Baker
George McCalloch Millar
E. B. Robbins
Joaenn W. Folk
Kla Aseistsmita
Fots
Senate
Inday
Park
Judah C. Clement
Albany Nave
Gen James P Graves Dies Confederate Veteran Leader
Confederate veteran Gen James Futterfield Graves aged 4 years died at his son Col John Temple Graves home in Way Street Northwest. A longtime adjutant general in the Confederate army he was born in Georgia and revered as a grand old figure with wide ties in Washington New York and Europe. Survived by two sons Col John Temple Graves and Maj Hal T Graves.
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Georgia
James Futterfield Graves
John Temple Graves
Way Street
Ken
Graves
Old South
Washington
New York
Eursia
Wie
Hla Pasaing
Girayes
Anc
University of
Maj
Hal T. Graves
Paris Council Debates Speed Limits and Alarms on Automobiles
Paris officials weigh curb speed by banning cars over 18 miles per hour, installing automatic sound alarms and city gate switches, and issuing speed-revealing paper drop systems. Proposals face practicality issues and potential motor industry impact.
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Paris
Eugene ‘Binara Ami ‘ Pal
Pariy
Watch Stealing Attempt Foiled At Automat Table
Special to The Washington Post New York May 24 Benjamin Spielbaum of 359 East Tenth street saw his watch worth about M slip from his vest pocket while he enjoyed strawberry shortcake. A pair of scissors extended from beneath the table to lift the chain from the timepiece. Two men rose and left, then Spielbaum followed them to the police station where detectives arrested Olaf Hanson and Joseph Harris as they tried to sell the watch back. The watch was recovered.
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Washington Post
New York
Benjamin Spielbaum
East Tenth Street
Spielbaum
Forty- Seventh Street
Olaf Hanson
Joseph Harris
Calls Wife Tippler Answers Separation Suit
New York May 24 A wife testifies her husband formerly a captain in the army until 1904 spent afternoons in Waldorf Astoria Peacock alley and hotel tea rooms. She says he frequented other women, while he accuses her of being a tippler and in Peacock alley. He claims she pawned her jewels, and alimony was denied due to insufficient earnings proof.
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John L. Phillips
Washington Post
New York
Peacock Alley
Waldorf-Astoria
John Lewig Phillips
United States Army
Supreme Court
Adalyn M. Phillips
E. Osborne Smith
Phillips
Alicie M. Bethel
City Briefs Highlight Mutual Life Delegates Convention
One hundred delegates of the Wield Club Southern division of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York will attend the first convention at the New Ebbitt on Tuesday. Delegates will represent Georgia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Florida Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Louisville Virginia West Virginia Delaware and the District of Columbia. Jewish residents of the Capital were notified yesterday by committees from the Washington Zionist societies who are selling flowers for the Jewish national fund to aid persecuted Hebrews who will cultivate land to redeem it. All lands acquired by the fund will be permanent property of the Hebrews. The third annual rose exhibition opening under Brookland Citizens Association University Heights and Vicinity Citizens Association Rhode Island Avenue Suburban Association and Brookland Rose Society has been postponed to Thursday.
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Wield Club
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
New Ebbitt
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisvalle
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
Washington Zionist Societies
Jewish ‘National Fund
Willie's World Famous Child Conductor Captivates London
Special cables report Willie Ferrero a year old prodigy backed by Queens Alexandra of England and Marie of Russia. The boy conducts and interprets major works by baton without training, selecting pieces by preference, and guiding an orchestra with precise timing and pitch. He has not learned to read music or play an instrument yet masterfully interprets complex scores.
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Alexandra
England
Marie of
Raussia
Eaton
Washington Post
London
Willie Ferrero
Marie
Russia
Willie Farrero
Italy
Folden Bergere
Police News Notes From Northwest and Southeast Districts
Police reports include a break in at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church study with desks smashed and $8 stolen. A bicycle was stolen in front of 1007 H Street Northwest. A four year old boy, David Petzold, was injured by a motorcycle on Thirteenth and Waters Streets Southeast. A Saunders automobile at 1457 Fairmont Street Northwest was stolen around 10 PM last night.
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James Jackson
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Fourteenth Street
Columbia Road
Ipwa
Joseph Beech
Cisse
H Street
David Petzold
Thirteenth
Watreets
Rogg Polloch
Fourteenth
William I. Saunders
Fairmont Street
Poerteant
Clid. Atreeta Rorthwest
Effect of New Tariff Law Sparks Debate on Trade
New York May 24 delegates at the National Association of Manufacturers discuss potential impacts of tariff changes on trade. They cite Washington data showing April exports down from last year while imports rise, and warn that permanent effects remain uncertain. John Claffin argues conditions are not good, yet sees possible revival if rail rates rise.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers of the
United States
Far East
Pacific
James J. Hii
Japan
China
Great Britain
Germany
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eatepads
War
Manufacturers’ Association
Washington Statistical Bureau
Convention of
American Manufacturers’ Association
John Claffin
Claflin
Counry
Clafilo
Claffin
Holland
Weekly Bank Clearings For Week Ended May 2
Bradstreet's Journal reports U S bank clearings totaling 73 21 603 002 for the week ending May 2 with prior week at 2 983 697 000 and year ago 3 160 196 000 Canadian clearings amount to 166 020 000, vs 159 966 000 and 28 292 000 respectively. Major city totals are listed with New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston St Louis Pittsburgh Kansas City Los Angeles and others, showing varied gains and declines.
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New York
United States
Bradstreet's Journal
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Buffalo
Portland
Ore
St. Paul
Denver
Indianapolis
Providence
Memphis
Richmond
Fort Worth
St. Joseph
Washington
Columbus
Salt Lake City
Savannah
Hartford
Duluth
Norfolk
Birmingham
Wheeling
Wilmington
Topeka
Houston
Galveston
Fire reports show several incidents with property damage
Across the day streets, fires damaged homes and stalls. Abraham Jackson’s home on Cathedral Avenue reports small blaze with two children playing with matches. damage is around 25 dollars. A dump fire near Whaod Jey Place causes no damage. A vacant stable on 128 Francis Street Southeast shows children playing with matches and 100 dollars damage. A grocery store at 200 I Street Southeast suffers a spontaneous combustion fire causing 10 dollars damage.
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Islam
Abraham Jackson
Cathedral Avenue
Carbon Steel Company reshuffles amid graft probe
President Charles McKnight disclosed that after a government inspector flagged irregularities in test plates for Panama panel locks in June 1912, the Carbon Steel Company changed nearly all department heads in December 1912. He said no proof of government wrongdoing existed, two indicted employees remain in minor roles, and the firm aims to aid the investigation while continuing government contracts.
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Clarbon
Bree Company
Charles McKnight
Grand Jury
Carbon Steel Company
United States
Cannibal beliefs and rites reported in New Guinea
The article describes sorcery, head sorcerers, and killings for magical purposes. It notes natives branding girl babies for future marriage, cannibalism among Yiethma, and the Balgona movement along the northeast coast promoting snake reverence. Enemies skulls with wooden noses are kept in western houses.
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Daru
New Guinea
Three of Family Killed in Indiana Car Crash
Indianapolis May 23 Three members of the Stout family were killed and others seriously injured when an Onion Traction car collided with a automobile at Fort Benjamin Harrison last Sunday. Thomas O Stout, his son Claude, and son-in-law J C Shafer were fatally injured or killed along with Mrs Clauaee Stout and her son Kenneth four, while Mrs Thomas Stout was seriously hurt. The automobile was crushed and its occupants mangled.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Fort Benjamin Harri Lgon
Lato
Indiana ‘Onion Traction
Thomas 0. Stout
Clawle
J. C. Shafer
Clauaée Stout
Home Rule Soon Threat of Civil War Grows in Ulster
London reports that the home rule bill nears its third reading as Ulster prepared for a provisional government and armed volunteers. Arms and ammunition distributed, extra police drafted. Loyalists and nationalists clash feared in Londonderry and Tyrone. Lib erals claim polling support in Ipswich amid cabinet pressure.
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England
Ulster
Arma
Carson
London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Ireland
Dublin
Ipswich
C. Tr. Masterman
Duchy of Lancaster
Herbert Samuel
Hove
Tole
Londondery
Tyrone
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Washington Loan & Trust Co
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Amreyrout
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Umougneut Trider
James Be.galbret
Wildwood
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Wildfood
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Henlopen
Walter Berton
Gwner
White Mountain Resorts
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Melknap Port
Jon, D.C
Furopean Resorts
Harrogate
Office of
Thin Neper
Old Point Comfort
Chamberlain Hotel
Lax
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U. S. Marine Band
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Ja ‘Sunt
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Kaigere TePret
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Weland
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Buenos Ayres
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N.Y
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F Street
Equitable
Joan Joy Edson
Prank Preeside
Manssy Trust Company
Rock of Gibraltar
Bunsey Trust Company
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Wey Weigu
Stansey Tract Company
Frank A. Munsey
Mann
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Fifteenth Street
First Trust
Real Estate Trust CO
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J. Thilman
Hendrick Rendhick Buildent
15Th St. N. W
Washington Stock Exchange
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Morritt Wooden
Newtonslaw
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Kenney
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Washington, D. C
Merchants & Miners Trans. Co
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Rockingham
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Yidner
America
Optus Jrue
Cinnen Ctober
Maseabette
Rawley Springs Co., Inc
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Cerlsbed
Carter
Leton Hotel
Eletox
Shenandoah River
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W.va
Loch Lynn
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Bookiet
L. Fc
Pennsylvania Resorts
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Mer
Sweeny
Assi
Wintersel
Royal Polnclang
Paim
NEW York Resorts
Otsego Lake
Cooperstown
West 72d St
Colums
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