Harriman Denies Hyde Charges and Testimony
Former Governor Harriman rebuts Hyde’s accusations and reiterates key points as he and Odell faced the Roosevelt administration inquiry. He describes offers for Hyde stock from Harriman, Gould, Frick, and others, while asserting his intent to counsel Hyde rather than push coercion or control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aska Armstrong
Committee For Opportunity
Hyde
Mercantie Trust Company
Harriman and
Odell
Roosevelt
France
Insista
Bonaparte Would Balk at Three New Battleships
Secretary Bonaparte rejects the General Board's call for three 18,000 ton battleships next year. He favors no net increase in ship numbers, aiming to replace obsolete vessels rather than add to cost. He hinted at possibly one 18,000 ton ship, but kept plans under advisement as Congress prepares a navy budget near ten million dollars.
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Bonaparte
General Board
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Representative Roberts
Massachusetts
Tose Naval Affairs
Navy Department
Roberts
Bandit shoots girls near Grand Rapids. one killed
In Michigan on November 15 a highwayman fatally shot Josephine Oomwen and seriously wounded her sister Jennie as their father Jacob Oom and they drove home along Eastbridge street. The attack occurred a quarter mile outside the city limits as they paused in a thicket. Police launched a search for the killer.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Josephine Oomwen
Jacob Oom
Eastbridge Street
Josephine
Jennie
Gia
Great Things for South
Knoxv ille Tenn Nov 15 President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway with a large party of railroad officials and Eastern business men were guests of the Manufacturers and Producers Association of the city tonight. Spencer spoke in a happy vein and James A Eckels Comptroller of the Currency under Cleveland addressed the gathering noting the South has a bright future and predicting the iron and steel industry of Pennsylvania and New England looms would shift to the Southern states in a few years.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Manufacturers and Producers’ Association
Spencer
James A. Eckels
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
New England
Played Blind Loses Sight in Retina Case in Des Moines
Mrs. Elisa beth Conger Heaton niece of H Conger former Minister to Chile lost sight in one eye after a retina division diagnosed following a Dickens dramatization on November 15 in Des Moines Iowa. Doctors fear permanent loss though some vision may be restored in the other eye. She is 23 years old.
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Weshinsion Post
Des Moines
Iowa
Elisabeth Conger Heaton
H. Conger
Chipe
Dickens
Bertha
Fears of Uprising Passes Without Riot in St Petersburg
Startling reports from St Petersburg on November 16 describe a fierce northeast blizzard that kept crowds indoors and prevented bloodshed. Troops controlled power plants to avoid darkness while socialists called for a general political strike in support of Poland autonomy. Rumors of foreign interference circulated as panic rose among residents and foreign embassies advised evacuations. dissension within leadership and questions about martial law dominated discussions.
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St. Petersburg
Social Democrats
Cronstadt
Baltic
Warsaw
Poland
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Bourse Gazette
Russia
Mr. Holdy
Minneapolis
State Department
Count Witte
Sesalon
Grand Duke Nicholas
League of Leagues
Liberia
M. Hessen
Pravo
Inter
St. Peter and St. Paul
Nelm
Scalon
Count Wite
Menaky
Seven Dead in Mine Blast at Braswell Shaft
Bentleysville near Mononghela City reports seven men killed in a gas explosion at the Braswell Coal Company shaft. Names listed: Farragut, Wastie, Newman, Wagoner, Stokes, McCatel, Shicola, plus injured and outside death of John McCarey. Coroner and mine inspector cite fire damp. probe into open light. Rescue plan orders a temporary tipple to retrieve bodies. incident echoes earlier mine blasts nearby.
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Monongettela City
Hraswell Coal Company
Bentleysville
HD. Farragut
Dog Boas
ED Wastie
F. H. Newman
G. 3
Wagoner
Joh Stokes
John McCatel
J Shicola
Mucker
J Hoskins
Steve Skoyes
Charles Paddock
William Applegate
Braswell Coal Company
Supt
Busto
Rosa Farragut
John McCarey
Sipe
Washington
Loutelt
Monongahela
Loutell
Hazel Kirk Ming Mo. 2
van Voorhis Station
Bishop Cranston Weds Miss Parker in Private Ohio Ceremony
Special to The Washington Post. Bishop Earl Cranston of Washington marries Lucie Mason Parker at the Avondale home of William Christy Herron. The ceremony, by Bishop H. D. Moore, is intimate with few witnesses. They plan a fortnight in New York before settling in Washington.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Earl Cranston
Washington
Dua
Methodist Church
Lucie Mason Parker
Avondale
William Christy Herron
H. D. Moore
Mason D. Parker
Benjamin Herron
Lape Theologically
Gundianad
Miss Parker
New York
Eight Hours in Peril as Six Escape Point Abino Wreck
The six crewmen of the steam barge Point Abino of Port Huron miraculously escaped drowning after the vessel sank on Lake St. Clair near St. Clair Flats Canal at 3 a.m. They huddled on the forward end as waves broke over them for eight hours until the Dragoon tug reached the wreck and found only the bow still intact.
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Lake St. Clair
Detroit
Mich
Point Abbo
Port Huron
St. Clair Flats Canal
Evidence Against Haugh Murder Trial Promised By Coroner
Dayton Ohio November 15 The coroner Kitne declares sufficient evidence has been secured to convict Dr Oliver C Haugh of murdering his father mother and brother. He has not filed an official report and is under watch in the county jail amid fear he may attempt to take his life.
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Dayton
Ohio
Oliver C Haugh
Kitne
Lipton Never Married Reveals Regrets in London
Sir Thomas Lipton says two great regrets in life are not winning the America's Cup and not being married. He dismisses the claim he secretly wed two Scotch girls and notes cable inquiries from New York. A Washington sale at Goodyear Rain Coat Co. offers vast discounts as the stock must be cleared within four weeks after a building vacate order. The event promises unusually low prices on cravenettes, mackintoshes, and rain coats. Sixty-five heroes are carted in for a Benning event with teams from New York, Baltimore, and the West.
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London
Sir Thomas Lipton
United States
Bir Thomas
New York
Washington
Goodyear Hain Ceat Co
Ninth Street
Singer
Taaneger
Victorubnes
Benning
Baltimore
Demands on Turkey Refusal Followed by Naval Demonstration
London reports a joint note to the Porte seeking Macedonian financial and judicial control plus Adrianople village oversight. The powers set a 24 hour reply, plan two ships to rendezvous at Piraeus, an Austrian admiral to command, and aim a demonstration against the island of Mytilene if refused.
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Mytilene
Lansdowne
Macedonia
London
Foreign Office
Constantinople
Porte
Adrianople
Germany
Piraeus
Two Fishermen Die From Gasoline Fumes Aboard Launch
Atlantic City November 18. John Lour id A Dietrich and another man from Egg Harbor City were found dead in a launch after a cruise from Egg Harbor. Three fishermen spotted smoke and discovered the bodies in the cabin, likely overcome by gasoline from a leaking engine during the night.
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Atlantic City
John Lourid A Dietrich
Keg Harbor City
Fesea
Egg Harbor
Ohio Senate Democrats Retain Control in 18-18 Tie
A Hamilton telegram reports State Senator J. E. Harding will not contest the election of B. Huytman as the Democratic senator from the Second-Fourth district. The Senate remains tied 18 to 18, leaving Democrats in control. Harding’s decision follows advice from Charles Etoney, former secretary of state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hamilton
Ohile
Saya
J. E. Harding
B. Huytman
State Senate
Herding
Charles Etoney
Explorers Feared Lost In Labrador Coast Snowbound
Dr. Grenfell reports no news of Dillion Wallace and Ditford Easton, raising grave fears for their safety as winter grips Labrador. The coast is blanketed in snow while rescuers watch for signs of the missing explorers.
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Dr. Grenfell
Wallace and Easton
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Labrador
Uiation
Strathcone
Dillion Wallace
Ditford Easton
Grenfell
Denial and Dispute Ripple Through Harriman Hyde Charges
In today’s issue Part One covers Harriman denying Hyde's charges amid political intrigue and editorial comment. Reports of mine disaster fatalities, high seas struggle, and a broad mix of society, international gossip, and hotel talks fill the pages alongside university and labor topics.
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Harriman
Hyde
Taritt
Hearst
Church Union &—Labor Federation
Holland
T-Carnegie Professors Fund
Vanderbilt
Andrews
Burton
Shaw
Yale Students Stranded on Rock Rescued at Night
Three Yale students Herold F. Damon William Baxter Jr and W H Coursen were trapped seventeen hours on Taunton Rock a mile off Branford in Long Island Sound. A fierce morning wind and high waves forced them to seek the rock from Double Beach. Rescue by Capt Edward Baldwin of Branford occurred after nightfall when seas calmed.
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New Haven
Conn
Mov
Branford
Long Island
Herold F. Damon
Honolulu
William Baxter, Jr
Wilmington
Del
W. H. Coursen
Scranton
Yale
Edward Baldwin
Double Beach
Taunton Rock
Robbed on way to wedding in St Louis
Jerome Russell of Eahanoy City Pa was drugged and robbed in St Louis on his way to a wedding. He lost a gold watch and a trunk of wedding presents after meeting two strangers who gave knockout drops. Russell was found near Bridgeton in St Louis County and taken to Clayton for care until able to travel home.
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St. Louis
Jerome Russell
Eahanoy City
Clayton
Russell
Fierce City
Bridgeton
St Louis County
Clayton T
Fuussell
Officers Fought Bulldogs In New York Raid
Four detectives raiding a disorderly house on Twenty fourth Street were attacked by three bulldogs. In the turmoil a detective shot a Black woman in the head, seriously wounding her. The dogs were released by a Black woman under orders from her mistress. The remaining dogs were killed or restrained and inmates were arrested.
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New York
Twenty-fourth Street
Two Killed In Collision In Bessemer Yards Braddock Pa
In Braddock Pa two men were killed and two others seriously injured in a collision of railroad trains in the Bessemer yards. A coke train from Pittsburg Virginia and Charlestown entered the yards while another Pennsylvania line train exited, causing a terrible crash near a curve. Rail workers Robshat J. Loughheby and W. R Boles were among the injured and James Crossland suffered steam burns. The accident occurred November 15 with multiple crew members affected.
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Bessemer Yards
Braddock
Pittaburg
Robshat J. Lougheby
Virginia
Charlestown
Pennsylvania
Miss Roosevelt Visiting Grandmother in Brookline
Miss Alice Roosevelt arrives in Brookline Massachusetts to rest with her grandmother Mrs C Lee after travel fatigue from New York. She will stay until fully rested with the Benning Track and nearby routes highlighted for easy access for autumn trips and local racing events planned around November 20.
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Miss Roosevelt
Brookline
Mase
Mass
Alice Roosevelt
Mrs. C.lee
Chestnut x
New York
President evasive on tariff issue with shoe men
A White House conference with twenty eight leather, hide, and shoe manufacturers sought repeal of the Dingley tariff on hides. Gov. Douglas spoke for the delegation, while Roosevelt avoided directly engaging the tariff topic and attacked Henry M. Whitney for misstatements.
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Henry M. Whitney
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
New York City
Chicago
St Paul
St. Louis
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Rochester
Auburn
Portsmouth
Ohio
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New England
W. L. Douglas
Massachusetts
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Dingley
Whitney
Hben S$. Dreper
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Senator Lodge
Witney
Leather Trust
Beef Trust
Wilson Ad Metcalf
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