New York Life Chief Details Legislative Spending Scandal
New York Life President McCall testified before the New York Insurance Committee outlining a six year total of about 509,127.02 spent on influencing legislation in the United States and Canada. He described payments to Judge Hamilton for legislative work, discussed real estate deals, and noted rebates and attacks on the company as widespread blackmail in state legislatures. The session revealed foreclosures on a Manhattan apartment with family occupancy and questioned the adequacy of existing anti rebate laws.
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Armatrong Insurance Committee
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Albany
Andrew Hampton
Hughes
Edward F Disim
Devlin
Mxccall
John BR. Hegeman
Mirapoitan Life Insurance Company
Tus
John A. AlCall
New York Life Insurange Company
Bors
Hearst Nominated for Mayor at New York Rally
In New York Oct 4 Hearst was named a candidate for mayor at a Grand Central Palace mass meeting. A committee will select the rest of the ticket. Resolutions denouncing both parties for trusts were adopted and Parkhurst praised government interference to curb monopolists.
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Walliam Standolph Hearst
Grand Central Palace
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Charles H. Parkhurst
Hearst
Association of the Bar of the City of
Justrces Ingraham
Guildersleeve
Supreme Court
Wiliam B. Hornblower
Alton B. Parker
Henry H. Howland
Delaney Nicoll
Henry Wyaft
Murphy Signals Strong Plank for Municipal Ownership
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall announced that a strong municipal ownership plank would be added to the Democratic county platform this year. He spoke after a visit from labor leaders who urged adoption of the plank.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Mohonk Conference Plans Presiding By John D. Long
Lake Mohonk N Y Oct 4 Arrangements are nearly complete for the twenty third annual meeting of the Lake Mohonk conference of friends of the Indian and other dependent peoples to be held here October 18 to 20 Former Secretary of the Navy John Dong will preside Speakers include Francis H Leupp and Congressman James Sherman Dean Jeremiah W Jenks Ulmer B Bryan Gen Frederick D Grant Robert Lincoln OBrien Drs M S Brumbaugh S S M Lindsay Dr Jose M Barbosa Guzman Benitez William R Castle and Prof Frank A Hesmer topics will cover Indian affairs the Philippines Porto Rico and Hawaii and related conditions
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Lake Mohonk
New York
House of Representatives
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Cornell
Orient
Hlmer B. Bryan
Franklin College
Philippines
Frederick D Grant
Robert Lincoln O'Brien
Washington, D
Leap Overboard Aboard Pring Oskar In Palermo Harbor
Charles Westhofer of Chicago jumped from the Pring Oskar at sea near Palermo during a voyage from Italy. He warned he would drown himself and after being ignored by fellow passengers and the captain, disappeared overboard. The ship searched for an hour but did not recover him.
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New York
Charles Westhiofer
Chicago
Westhofer
Palermo
Dugge
Pring Oskar
Fainby
Rangers Pursue Negro in Edna Texas
Rangers started field pursuit to catch Monk Gibson killer of the Coenditt family. Posse members arrived and left. no attack on soldiers is seen. Citizens and reporters pressed to search the jail for the escapee but Sheriff Beg refused, stating the suspect was not there.
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Tex
Monk “Gibson
Coenditt
Gen Duke Assaulted at Registration as Fusion Rivalries Roar
Special to The Wall from Louisville reports Gen Basil W. Duke ex Confederate leader and former Republican politician was assaulted by alleged Democratic repeaters while inspecting fusionist registration at Ninth and Jefferson. He suffered minor injuries as blows were struck when unprepared. The incident highlights fierce party rivalry and public indignation over the attack.
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Basil W. Duke
Goebels
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Jefferson Streets
Gen. Duke
New European Alliance Talk After War Ends
Paris reports keen interest in a possible new European alliance after the war and the Anglo-Japanese pact. Britain seeks rapprochement with Russia while Germany eyes a Russo-German accord, with France awaiting Morocco's fate before joining any alignment.
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Morocco
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Liendom
Berlin
Britain
Kansas City Mob Demands Lynching Over Boy Death
A mob surrounds the jail in Kansas City demanding the lynching of Mrs Belle Riggins her daughter Claryssea aged fourteen and her husband George Riggins held by a coroner's jury for the death of a six year old boy from a former wife. The sheriff reportedly fled with the prisoners as guards bolster jail defenses. The coroner's jury charges the boy was starved and tortured and the two year old sister is dying in hospital. The sheriff plans to move them to Girard Kansas twenty six miles south.
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Claryssea
George Riggins
Rigeria
Pawnbrokers fail to identify suspect in torso case
Boston reports a conference between State police and witnesses who saw the suitcase purchaser where a torso of a young woman was found off Winthrop. Pawnbrokers who sold the case could not identify a photographed likeness of the man.
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Winthrop
Yaquis Slay Americans in Revenge Kills Travelors in Sonora
Special to The Washington Post from El Paso Texas Oct 4 reports Yaqui sieges rise after failed peace talks. Attacks kill Americans and Mexicans, with seven of eight freighters murdered near Poza while one escaped. Sonora presses blame state officials and troops fail to curb raids.
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el Paso
Texas
Sonora
Imilans
Talis
Poza
Havana election protests and arrests amid Cuban political strife
In Havana on October 4 Gen Jose Miguel Gomez of the Liberal party challenged by President Palma who dismissed his statements as false. Minister Freye Andrade denies voter restraint in primaries and notes Gomez ties waning while Nuñez followers align with the Moderates. Thirty four men arrested at San Juan y Martinez for ballot box seizure. box recovered. Italian Minister Savina protests unfair treatment of Italians amid election tensions. government instructs mayors to protect foreign rights.
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Jose Miguel Gomez
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New York
Palma
Freye Andrade
Gomez
Gen. Nunez
San Juan Y Martinez
Pinar del Rio
Orestes Savina
Bryan uses trust funds for college prizes and education aid
New Haven reports filed in Probate Court show William J. Bryan and Mary Baird Bryan as trustees distributing Philo S. Bennett will funds. Ten thousand dollars prizes go to college pupils for essays on free government. Two further ten thousand dollar funds aid needy students. Tax payments reduced each fund by 472 dollars, covered by executor fees of 1419 dollars. Grief over his wife drives Charles J. Heller to take his own life. a helmet supplier to the police force, his body found by his daughter after a self inflicted gunshot.
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Conn
Philo S. Bennett
William J. Bryan
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Philadelphia
Charles J. Heller
Helier
Police Department
Rockefeller praised by Chicago philanthropist in interview
Dr. D. K. Pearson, Chicago millionaire and philanthropist, defends John D. Rockefeller against claims of tainted wealth. He argues wealth is inherently tainted only by socialists and discontented critics, and quotes Rockefeller’s letter thanking him for support, urging continued reform in their day and generation.
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John D. Rockefeller
D. K. Pearsons
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Dr. Pearsons
Pearaong
Nsdn
Vigor
Rockefeller
Lincoln
Crowe Confession Bogus Acknowledges Pistol Duel
Butte Montana October 4 Pat Crowe admits a past pistol duel with Omaha police and firing eighteen shots in self defense. He says his aim was surrender to aid extradition terms, denying a cited confession and rejection of a plot with Eddie Cudahy. Edward Cudahy Sr responds calling Crowe’s charge absurd and untrue.
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Butte
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Nebraska
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Duel in Prison Cell Ends in Death at Frankfort
In a State penitentiary cell Albert Herndon of Louisville and Sam Shepherd of Lexington fought with a knife and other weaponry. Shepherd held the knife and Herndon died from fourteen knife wounds as the two collapsed. Shepherd is seriously injured.
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State Penitentiary
Nelther
Albert Herndon
Louisville
Sam Shepherd
Lexington
Shepherd
Ierndon
Sale of Wife for 200 Stuns New York Suit
In Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Dickey dismissed a bizarre suit by Eewin R. Tucker seeking 375,000 for alleged loss of his wife through an affair with Eugene B. Dudley. Tucker admitted taking 200 and signing an agreement relinquishing all claims on his wife's affections. The clause "from this and any other suits, past or future" was key in the ruling, ending the action as Dudley and Mrs. Tucker left together.
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Dickey
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
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Charles J. McDermott
Dudley
Tucker
Justice Dickey
Abner McKinley Estate Dispute At Somerset Bank
The Cumberland dissection reports that exceptions were filed to the account of Annie B E McKinley executrix of Abner McKinley's estate in Somerset. The bank alleges the accounting omits large sums including a $80,000 life policy changed to benefit Mrs Annie H K McKinley before McKinley’s death. It also claims the late president William McKinley share was not charged to the estate and valued between $50,000 and $80,000.
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Cumberland
Mad
Annie BE. McKinley
Abner McKinley
Somerset
Somerset County National Bank
McKinley
Annie KH. McKinley
Bank
William McKinley
Accused of Swindling In Stratford and New York
Bridgeport Connecticut October 4 Henry G Wheeler a Stratford farmer Frank L Rodgers an attorney and D K Tripp a New York businessman are jailed on 10000 bail each awaiting charges of swindling Wheeler claims Rodgers and Tripp gave him worthless mining securities in exchange for endorsing checks Rodgers and Tripp deny the charges. A warrant was issued for William H Sutphen of New York said to be Tripp’s partner. In Dayton Ohio an unknown man who removed identifying papers jumped in front of a train and was killed likely unidentifiable. Japan issues Treasury notes worth 6500 000 announced by Japanese consul general in New York
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Frank L. Rodgers
D. K. Tripp
New York
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Sutphen
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Rodgers
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Ohio
An. Cincingnati
Hamilton and Deyton
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Japan
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Foxen
Bank of Japan
Insurance Magnate Charged With Blackmail In Court
An insurance magnate stands accused of blackmail as authorities detail alleged coercive demands. Related coverage explores European relations and a prisoner denying kidnapping.
Western Life Merger Read in Court With Contempt Claim
Chicago readers heard Attorney Gregory denounce the proposed Western Life Indemnity and Security Life Annuity merger as a petty and contemptible steal. The judge suggested an out of court settlement, with next Tuesday set for a further hearing as negotiators aim to resolve the dispute over reinsuring and transferring the Western Life Indemnity Company.
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Western Life Indemnity Company
Security Life Annuity Company
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Kohngat
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Muay
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C. C. Kohlsaat
Western Life Ingemnity Company
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Thesday
Lisnute
Banker Krapp Falls to Death From Window
In New York on October 4, George F. Krapp cashier of the Cooper Exchange Bank plunged from the fourth floor of his West Ninety-seventh Street home after a desperate rescue attempt by his wife and son Herbert. They tried to hold him by the feet as he fainted and toppled over the open window, but their grip loosened. Krapp, age fifty-two, died soon after the fall.
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George F. Krapp
Cooper Exchange Bank
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Mr. Krapp
Bishop Spalding Very Ill at St Anthony's Hospital
Special to The Washington rose Louisville Oct 4 Blessop Spalding of Peoria a leading Catholic prelate and author in sociology is believed dying at St Anthony's Hospital He is under care of cousin Dr W H Wathen and suffers the aftereffects of a paralytic stroke in June He spent the summer at Lebanon seeking rest and recovery The second shock yesterday makes recovery doubtful
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Blessop Spalding
Peoria
West
Europe
Anthracite Coal Commission
St. Anthony’s Hospital
W. H. Wathen
Lebanon
Twenty Indians Drowned in Michigan River Voyage
A fishing boat carrying four Gar den Island families including several women and children left Charlevoix September 26 for Beaver Island. The vessel owned and sailed by Jack Thomas is believed lost as no sign of the boat has reached Beaver Island. About twenty Indians may have been aboard, many of them women and children.
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Beaver Island
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Army to raise Hawaii garrison from two companies to battalion
The United States Army in Hawaii will boost its infantry strength from two companies to a full battalion. The two existing Portland Exposition units will move to Honolulu after the exposition ends. A separate item notes Charles Semler pleading guilty to two counts of embezzling about ten thousand dollars and receiving a Mansfield sentence.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Denies kidnapping accused of many crimes in barrel gang
New York dispatch reports Vito Laduca, a long-time criminal linked to the so called barrel murder gang, arrested in Baltimore then brought to Brooklyn on suspicion of kidnapping the Mannino boy. Police plan a grand jury probe involving many Italians as they pursue the Marcamiana case.
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Gas Explosion Kills Two at Cincinnati Courthouse
An afternoon gas explosion under the floor of the county commissioners office at Cincinnati's courthouse killed George Zimmerman chief clerk and Russell Blair assistant clerk. Patrick Walsh superintendent of county buildings caused the blast while searching for a leak. Two others were injured, including George Maley and George Kleeman, as debris and wrecked windows marked the disaster.
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Board of Commissioners
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Zimmerman
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George Kleeman
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