Tragic Yacht Cruize Ends in Potomac Collision
A dinner party aboard Secretary Meyer's yacht Dolphin returning to Washington collided with the 55-foot motorboat Culprit Fay near Alexandria on the Potomac. One man, Alexander Yellowess, drowned. two others were rescued and later sent home by taxicab. The Dolphin crew and guests, including Miss Helen Taft and Mrs. Meyer, assisted in lifeboat rescues as authorities investigated the cause.
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Fay
Meyer
Dolphin
Alexander Yellowess
Washington
Navy
Helen Taft
George von L. Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
Misses Meyer
Lindsay
Taft
Butter
Navy Yard
Threes
J. R. Teahay
Yellowesa
Butler
Winthrop
Hans Weber
Weber
Severab
Drowned Man from Scotland Connected to Navy Dispatch Vessel
A brief note states the drowned man, unmarried and new to the Capital, likely hailed from Scotland. Authorities plan to resume efforts this morning to raise the launch Dolphin, the Navy Department’s official dispatch boat used by the Secretary of the Navy in peacetime, similar to the Mayflower used by the President. The alphan, once attached to the White Squadron, took part in the Cuba blockade during the Spanish-American War.
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Scotland
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Cuba
Cincinnati Takes Canal By City Edict
Columbus Ohio May 27 the celebrated Cincinnati canal bill became a law at midnight Friday without Gov Harmon signature. It allows Cincinnati to take over the Miami Canal portion within its boundaries for boulevard purposes. The city must keep the water flow continuous and provide for a barge canal if the state builds one.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati Canal
Riverside drive bridle path to close amid water shortage
New York May 27. In response to a threatened water famine the park commissioner of Manhattan borough served notice the bridle path along Riverside drive will close tomorrow for the first time since opening. It requires 125000 gallons of water daily to stay in condition and the city cannot afford the water, making the path unusable if closed.
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New York
Borough of
Manhattan
Riverside Drive
WYLIES OFF TO EUROPE ON FAMILY SAILING
Washingtonians avoid interview as Horace Wylie and wife sail with three children on the Red Star liner Vaderland from New York. Mrs Wylie, previously booked on Lapland, now travels with the family. Rumors say a divorce suit will follow on Mr Hichborn’s return from his mother’s home in Black Rock Connecticut.
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New York
Horace Wylie
Washington
Wylie
Philip S. Hichborn
Henry M. Hoyt
State Department
Black Rock
Conn
Hichborn
Haggin Orders Elmendorf Workers Shave Daily
Millionaire J B Haggin receipts at Lexington Kentucky require all Elmendorf stock farm staff to shave every day to curb microbes. Dairy workers face the rule as barbershop is added and a $100000 bathroom is under construction for workers use.
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Elmendorf Stock Farm
Lexington
J. B. Haggin
Haggin
Eller for Wilson in North Carolina Declares Support
A. H. Eller of Winston-Salem, chairman of the Democratic State executive committee, said in Raleigh that Woodrow Wilson should be the Democratic nominee for President. He argued the pendulum is swinging away from special interests and toward progressive, real democracy and predicted Wilson’s nomination and election.
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North Carolina
Akes
Raleigh
N. C
A. H Eller
Winston-Salem
Noth Carolina
Woodrow Wilson
Biller
Mark Hanna-Aldrich
Wilson
Hammond Sails for London as Special Ambassador
John Hays Hammond leaves New York aboard the Cedric bound for London to serve as special ambassador to the coronation of King George V. Mrs. Hammond and their four children accompany him and expect to return to America in July. She quips about jewels being no envy to her children.
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New York
John Hays Hammond
London
United States
George V
Cornelia
Bank closed after cashier death amid shortage probe
The Merchants and Farmers Bank of Columbia NC, a state bank with capital of 19,000 dollars, was closed by the State Corporation Commission today after the cashier Sprokl reportedly killed himself Tuesday following an alleged shortage discovery.
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Raleigh
Merchants’ and Farmers’ Banke of
Columbia
Sprokl
State Corporation Commission
Birth of Steel Combine Revealed By Gates Testimony
John W Gates told a House committee of the origin of the United States Steel Corporation. He described Carnegie’s resistance to gentlemen’s agreements and Morgan Schwab plans to form the steel trust to eliminate competition. Gates claimed Rockefeller was pressured out at a loss and recounted the Tennessee Coal and Iron takeover during the 1907 panic.
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Wall Street
Congressional Investigating Committee
Steel Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Mil' Hong
John W. Gates
House
United States Steel Corporation
Andrew Carnegie
Great Corporation
Gates
New York
Mr. Gates
Andy
Andrew Carnegile
Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Laird of
Skiba
J. Pierpont Morgan
Charles M. Schwab
Thetandard Oil
Rockefeller
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
The
Tennessee Company
Mr. Morgan
Trust Company of America
National Tube Company
Morgan
Ashtabula
Ohio
Steel
James J. Hil
Republic Iron and Steel Company
James J. Hill
Mr. Carnegie
Stanley
Camnegle
W. H. Moore
H. C. Frick
Carnegie Steel Works
Frick
Federal Steel Company
Lorain Steel Company
Minnesota Iron and Steel Company
Illinois Steel Company
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad
J. Kerpont Morgan
Lake Erie
Great Northern Railroad
Mr. Hill
Mr.Carnegie
Schwab
United States Steel Company
Tennessee Corporation
Mr. Gatey
Texas
Grant B. Schley
Charles S. Guthrie
Guthrie
8. C. Hanna
Hanna
Europe
Schley
Gary
Tennessee Coal and Iron
United States Steel
Mr. Stanley
Tennessee
Washington
BE. H. Gary
Norman B. Roam
Drexel Divorce Rumor Shocks Philadelphia Society
Mrs. Drexel sails from Europe to seek an absolute divorce from Col. Anthony J. Drexel. She consults attorney John G. Johnson in Philadelphia amid family warnings. Drexel remains in England but keeps Philadelphia club ties. The case, tied to social leadership and high society, mirrors echoes of the Astor divorce in New York.
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Col
Anthony J. Drexel
America
England
Washington Post
New York
Philadelphia
Coil
Mrs. Drexel
London
Newport
Baltimore
Drexel
Drexels
Arrest in Sports Frauds Hints at Nationwide Case
Los Angeles reports the arrest of W. S. Gibson on a charge tied to using mails for fraud. He is linked to the Mabraiy gang alleged to have swindled the public of hundreds of thousands through fake foot and horse races. Gibson posted a $1,000 bond and waived examination, awaiting Council Bluffs hearing in September.
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Los Angeles
Gibson
Hig Ranch
San Bernardino
Council Bluffy
Iowa
Mabraiy
United States
Council Bluffs
Judge Enters Novel Plea In Embezzlement Case
Toledo May 27 Judge Michael Donnelly former president of the Ohio German Fire Insurance Co faces a case alleging embezzlement not of money but of a cause action against banks. The defense seeks discharge and the court’s instruction to acquit after the State rests was not finished and will resume Wednesday.
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Toledo
Ohio
Michael Donnelly
Ohio German Fire Insurance Company
W. H. Miller
Insurrection Turmoil Across Durango and Chihuahua
Chaos grips Durango and southern Chihuahua as bandits and insurrectos seize towns, control railways, loot stores, and jail officials. Reports describe thousands starving, refugees fleeing, and rising violence amid Madero era chaos with battles near Ensenada and Juarez.
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Parral
Mexico
el Pass
Tex
Jefe Politicos
Durango
Chihuahua
Guanacevi
Tomas Urbina
Madero
Villa Escobedo
Here
Sensation in Shakers Suit at Mount Lebanon
Cincinnati on May 27 reports the parent board of trustees of the Shakers at Mount Lebanon New York seeks removal of a 1,000,000 land and securities suit from Warren County Cathmon Plean Court to the United States court. Counsel promises notable developments on jurisdiction change. Original charges led to burning of depositions and papers with双方 consent.
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Cincinnati
Board of Trustees
Shakers
Mount Lepanon
N. Y
Union Village
Ohio
Cathmon Plean Court
Warren County
United States Court
McNamara Case Continued To July 5 In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on May 2 7 Judge Walter Bordwell granted John J McNamara and James B McNamara a continuance from June 1 to July 5 despite district attorney opposition. They are to appear to plead not guilty to murder in indictments tied to the Times explosion with lawyers Clarence Darrow Joseph Scott Le Compte Davis and Job Harri man present.
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Washington Post
Los Angeles
Fredericks
Walter Bordwell
John J. McNamara
James B. McNamara
Times
Clarence Darrow
Joseph Scott
le Compte Davis
Job Harriman
Liner's Engineer I Dies at Sea
David Findlay, first assistant engineer of the steamer New York, died at sea and was found in his stateroom. Heart disease listed as the cause. The steamer docked in New York today with the death reported. Mountain and Springs Heights to elevations, travel times from Washington detailed in promotion by C. and O. Railway offices.
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New York
David Findlay
Washington
Penna
Russian passport reform eyed as US Russia pact at risk
Washington reports confirm Russia may abolish passport system for Jews and relax visas for American business travelers. The move, praised by officials, could ease US Russia tensions and endanger the 1882 treaty, with White House urged to back termination. A St Louis visitor cited Jewish and fraternal groups opposing ongoing discrimination.
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Russia
Washington
State Department
Duma
America
Taft
United States
White House
B. Frank
St. Louis
Mr. Frank
Sulzer
New York
Dyer
Missouri
Progressive Order of the West
Russa
From Prison to Testify in Embezzlement Case
Cincinnati reports Edgar Street Cooke of Chicago faces court June 12 over a $643,000 embezzlement linked to the Big Four Railway theft. Warriner, former local treasurer, is in Columbus penitentiary and may be brought to testify. Also noted is Mrs Jeannette Stewart Ford, once acquitted of blackmail.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Edgar Street Cooke
Chicago
Big Four Railway
Charles L. Warriner
Warriner
Columbus
Cooke
Jeannette Stewart Ford
Warrior
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MAS
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Santa Catalina Island
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Namara
Gzar
U. S
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