Mystery Metropolis Check Trail Entangles Cravath
In a tangled audit trail the Metropolitan Company faces questions over a $250,000 check drawn in a campaign year and indorsed by top officials. An additional $45,000 expenditure on Cortlandt Street ferries is noted. Cravath highlights missing books and deposits as he probes the flow of funds between the company and its own treasury. Whispers of broader breaches touch Widener and Ryan in Wall Street rumors.
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Paul D Cravath
Metropoltan Company
Wes
Cortlandt Street Ferries
Vreeland
Warren Ht
Ivins
Sayre
Tvina
Crevath
Philadelphia
Widener
Orignate
Wall Street
Midener
Thomas Ryan
New York
Metropolitan Securities Company
Afferrd Wir
Fyan
August Delatent
Vir
Vy Dolar
Daniel W Burrows
Chielgo
Burrows
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Treasury
Shenard
R of Aldermen
Toan
Wall
Sweet Perriet Rathea
Metropolitan Securities Mpany
Atham Bradt
Sveet T & Company
Hoh Vree Joshu
Rtain
Cortinnit
Urees
Kot
Anthony Hrady
He & Amons
Poco
Aline
Crn
Vreelant
Metropolitan Street Railway payments tied to vote campaign
Special to The Washington Post reports a tangled set of payments from the Metropolitan Street Railway Company and associates to cover legal and lobbying services during and after the tenure of President Roosevelt era figures. The article notes checks drawn by President Vreeland and others, the use of campaign funds, and allegations of improper transfers tied to aldermanic bills and tax litigation. Also referenced are vouchers, professional fees, and the appearance of political influence in funding public works and transit interests.
Did Not Love Faye Tells of Finding Body in Spare Room
Fred H Wagil testified in his murder trial that his wife Mrs Wagil died after he gave her a bottle of beer and detected a chloroform odor. He described finding her next morning wrapped in blankets, and blamed family nagging and headaches for her despondency while denying romantic involvement with Faye Graham.
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Fred H Wagil
Faye Graham -Old
Davidson
Clinton
Magill
Magid
Marguerite
Faye Graham
Kaye
Magillust
Mor
Hovee
Fred Magi
Faye Graham Mogill
Enraged husband shoots man over unsigned confession
James Landis of Chicago, son of Vineland founder Charles Landis, shot Jocian Burt after Burt refused to sign a misconduct confession regarding Mrs Landis. Landis surrendered to sheriff. family conflicts and rumored affair cited. The incident echoes a prior 10 year old case when Charles Landis shot Baltor Carruth and was acquitted.
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Washington Post
Bridgeton
James Monte
Landla
Chicago
Charles K Landla
Vineland Senisle City
Wilwood
Jocian Burt
Landis
Marty
Burt
Charles & Lands
Baltor William Carruth
Vineland
Landisusta
Senator Saves Two Women in Mexican Runaway Rescue
United States Senator Nathan H Scott of West Virginia halted a runaway carriage in a main street of Mexico City during a pleasure trip. He leaped from the sidewalk, seized the reins, and stopped the horse drawn vehicle. The two prominent Mexican women aboard fainted after the incident.
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Nathan B Scott
West Virginia
Ronaway
Mexico
Weabington Fort
United States
Nathan H Scott
West Vir Fink
Scott
Wreck Involving Six Killed and Crew Rescued
Fernandina Florida reports a schooner Tidings wrecked near Lefebost with six crew dead and sixteen injured. A lifeboat carried survivors to safety off the bar near Greensboro North Carolina after a freight collision disrupted rail service. The incident disrupted Train No 31 northbound and caused adverse weather conditions with diversions and damaged lines, details to follow in Sunday Post.
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Fernandina
Fla
Cape Miewes
Fermandive
Greensboro
Francis Greensboro
Elizebeth
Oelock
Glad Tidinsy
Southern Air Fight
Ruddwater
Ihen
Bchoomer
Rudd
Dagmar F
Lynching Attempt Foiled by Hartwell Marshal and Citizens
Henry Cary town marshal and local residents stopped a mob from lynching Wil Gray a Black suspect taken from Hartwell jail. The crowd battered doors seeking Gray who narrowly escaped death as the marshal restored order and returned him to custody amid murder inquiries about HB Howard found beaten to death at his Hartwell store.
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Cinenati Ohlo
Henry Cary
Wil Gray
Hartwell
Gray
Cary
Negrosite
Tha Mearo
HB Howard
Howard
Bee
Eley Gould Their Quest at Decatur Gathering
Helen Gould, en route from New York to St Louis for the dedication of a new building, visited the Decatur rural YMCA last night. About 3000 persons, including railway workers and families, attended a reception in her honor. President Delano of the Wabash Railway spoke and Miss Gould shook hands with many. she has supported the local association since its formation, contributing to library and equipment.
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Helen Gould
New York
St.Louis
Manyailway
Delano
Wabash Ration
Miss Good
Une
Miss Gould
Miss Enitz Defends Typing Championship at Madison Square Garden
Miss Enitz retained her title by defeating Paul Winter of Chicago at the International Business Show in New York. Her one hour typing score was 568 words with errors costing six, net 5214, an average of 86 words per minute. Mr Munters posted 267 with many errors and Carl Schwenck of Chicago finished third with 59 words per minute.
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York
Miss Rose
Thin City
Madison Square Garden
Paul Viinter
Chicago
Mr Munters
Carl Schwenck
Heavy slump in wheat as banks refuse more grain loans
Special to The Washington Post reports a panicky Chicago grain market with heavy selling in wheat and corn. Banks refused to carry more loans to Minneapolis grain men, forcing hedged holders to liquidate in the pit as Patten’s crowd denied unloading. December wheat fell to around 1.03 and May near 1.00, with brief recovery on short-covering.
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Patten
Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Heslao
Heather George
Butte Mont
Shorts
Foreign Wheat Short Says Global Shortage Persists
The foreign crop report from the Department of Agriculture notes a 2 surplus in the Russian wheat crop, with production likely to fall to historical lows. France and possibly Italy have larger harvests but are net importers, limiting global surplus. Argentina may exceed last year if conditions improve, while India’s wheat crop is reduced yet growing well in favorable Australian conditions.
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Russia
Central
Studatioal Committee
France
Italy
Adda
Argentina
India
Big Liner Stuck in Mud Near Hoboken Pier
A Hamburg American liner from Hamburg to New York became stranded in mud at Hoboken late tonight near its end of the pier after three hours of waiting. Passengers retired, hoping for a dawn shift as the vessel remained wedged and unable to dock.
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Dentachieng
Hoboken
Washinton
New York
Hamburg
Hudson River
Canada Tightens Rules on Immigrants from Britain
Special cable from London reports Canadian authorities will tighten supervision of immigrants from Great Britain amid a flood of undesirables. The piece notes disembarkations under philanthropic auspices, with figures of English and Scottish emigrants, and cites Kipling advising the Pacific coast to hire white labor and promote migration.
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London
Great Britain
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West
Dagland seeks abolition of play censor offices
In Dagland a new movement aims to end censorship of plays. Censors recently banned Maeterlinck Vana and Litward Gaenett’s work, while Gravile Barker’s Waste was suppressed. Prominent dramatists and critics sign a protest against censor logic as arbitrary. Barker argues censorship would silence writers from the stage and curb freedom of speech within limits.
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Dagland
Maurice Maeterlincks Vanna
Litward Gaenett
Gravile Barker
Hidden A. Netitind
Ard
Barker
American robbed in Russia during New York run
An American traveler, Kiley Russa Green, reported being robbed in a Russian city while returning to his hotel after a New York engagement. A man matching the robber’s description assaulted him and demanded his property, a police officer struck Green and jailed him for the night, and Green was later released with transport back to his interpreter.
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Kiley Russa
A Green
Russie
New York
Actor Collier Faces Disruption at Newport Opera House
A loud disturbance at the Newport opera house interrupted Winlem Collier during a scene in Rale. Count Szechenyl Vanderbilt and a party of nine youths, chaperoned by Mrs Lenfair Norris, caused the interruption. The guests, invited by Mrs Charles Baldwin, were leaving for New York that evening.
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Szechenyls
Newport
Newport Opera House
Szechenyl Migs Vanderbilt
Lenfair Norris
Winlem Collier
Charles 4 i Baldwin
New York
Norra
Vanderbilt Heiress May Face Court Exclusion in Vienna
Vienna report says a high ranking court official faked Gladys Vanderbilt’s status for a potential marriage to Count Szechenyi. If wed, she would be receded at court in Budapest but not Vienna unless the Emperor dispenses proof of nobility for sixteen of her ancestors. The Vanderbilt name raises social stakes in the issue.
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Washington
Vienna
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Grechearl
Budapest
Szechenyi
Vanderbilt
Misa Vanderbilt
Dynamite Tragedy Prompts Personal Crisis Report
In Pa on Oct 17 Jacob Dellinger a well digger aged about nine is said to have placed a stick of dynamite in his mouth and exploded it blowing off his head and injuring the hand that held the explosive. He had recently lost money and turned to heavy drinking after threats and a series of dynamite threats. A final explosion occurred in the boarding house kitchen in the yard ending with a fatal blast.
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Fork Pa
Jacob Dellinger
Mitty
Aubeide
Datlinger
Dellinger
Harriman proxies fight delays Illinois Central meeting
Report of the Illinois Central stockholders meeting shows proxy counts swing between Harriman and Fish factions as tensions rise. Harriman backers push to delay directors’ election while advocating aggressive anti corporate sentiment and urging young men to marry early.
Wealthy Woman Slain and Other News Tidbits
Column condensed index notes a wealthy woman slain, a Wall Street flier, stock market movements, and society items. Columbia wins in a sports brief. reports on political, financial, and social happenings from the era, including shipboard appetites and spirituals advocacy.
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Columbia
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Chadwicks
Heln
Wall Street
the Hague
Tatt
Frasion
Vatona Potider
Alegadnia
Wes
Cannon
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Radgely
Burnetts
Admiral Melville
Qualtrough
Explosion wrecks plant near Petroles Ontario
An explosion at a Petrolet Torpedo Company plant two miles north of Petroles Ontario leveled a magazine containing about 40 quarts of nitroglycerin. The blast damaged the factory and surrounding area, shattered windows, and caused townwide alarm though no one was injured at the site.
Santos Dumont in mishap during hydroplane test
Santos Dumont’s attempt to reach sixty miles an hour on a siding boat ended in an involuntary water bath after a mishap with a supporting barge. Tests were postponed as the inventor recovered.
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Warmington Pont
Paris
Santos Dumunts Frates Perment
M Deutsen de Laj
Glarksons In Loadow Result Of The Request
A report notes an uncertain outcome linked to a request presented in Westmy by Father Bernard Vaughan. Details remain unclear and sources do not specify the exact action or its status.
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Wntmy
Bernard Vaughan
Why Roosevelt Read Mind of Roosevelt and Jap War Talk
Washington dispatch discusses readers in New York and London debating President Roosevelt's views on Japanese intent and U S war readiness. It notes Fleet 19, Pacific move, and possible signals to Japan while weighing fears of peace at any price and strategic containment.
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Pacific
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le Janane
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Amerean N Ton 'Rye
Cathroveh
Mart Malotey Seeks Vatican Aid Over Daughter Elopement
October 15 report from London says Mart Malotey Philadelphia mil domaire and father of Mra Clarkson begs in London and plans to go to Paris to consult Vatican authorities about troubles from his daughter's elopement Clarence John Darve and Helen Maroney. It also notes Mr and Mrs Clarkson arrived in Paris the same day, unconfirmed, and references Father Vaughan, brother of the late Cardinal Vaughan, active in aiding the poor in Manchester and East End London.
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Philadelphia
Mra Clarkson
London
Pama
Vatican
Clarence John Darve
Helen Maroney
Paris
Mondo
Clarkson
Vaughan
Cardinal Vaughan
Mi ‘N
Earminster
Landon
European Aid for Conried Met Opera Board Expansion
Covent Garden director Henry Higgins and Count San Martino of Rome were elected to the Conried Metropolitan Opera Company board. They join a European committee to guide consulting interests as part of the reorganized leadership following the deaths and retirements of other directors.
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Covent Garden
Rome
Opera Board
New York
James Henry Smith
James Speyer
G Vanderbilt
Sesk
Willam Vanderbil
Higgins
San Martino Heinrich Conred
Naval officer arrested for alleged disorderly conduct
Lieut F L Evans of the Louisiana and Charles Hoey were jailed at East Fifty first street police station charged with mayhem and disorderly conduct after an incident near Central Station. Evans claimed to be Lieut Frang Taylor and a Louisana batle ship crew member. A taxi driver, John Williams, complained as the pair behaved disruptively near the Hotel Belmont.
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F L Evans
Lousiana
Frang Tayior
Belmont
Poleyman Fox
John Williams
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