Equitable Funds Questioned in Morton Inquiry and Perkins Rumors
Washington Port dispatch reports President Morton of the Equitable Life Assurance Society claiming proof that funds labeled as profits were never turned to the treasury. The story ties to Armstrong committee hearings and notes possible syndicate involvement through trustees and managers. Separate dispatches say Pierpont Morgan demanded George W. Perkins resign from New York Life or Morgan firm, amid testimony mixing with Perkins and McCall.
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Beals
J. P Morgan
George W. Perkins
New York Life
Morgan & Co
Washington Port
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Scaciety
Equitable
Morton
Armstrong
Tritha
Equitteale
Syrdia
Ing Mercantile ‘Trust
Louis Ezgerald
Asests
EL Squire
Grobs
Tre T Meartnes
Ter
Marten
MSU
New York
Amd
Thomas
Perticall
Roth
Insurance
Wall Street
Health Office Record Deaths and Ages Across 60 Years
Health office record lists deaths including Josephine Voie aged 84 and Margaret Cilag aged 60 plus infants and long term residents. Mentions Viola and Ley a sire on a Wepla o year and other long entries with names and ages in a dated compilation.
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Josephine Voie
Rca
Margaer
Sears
John Sporer
Notice of simultaneous marriage and death notices distribution
Notice states that marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post will appear simultaneously at no extra charge in multiple morning newspapers upon application. Listed papers include New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburgh Post Gazette Detroit Free Press and others.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Coirier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pitts S
Policyholders Lose as Illinois Inquiry Probes Western Life Indemnity
Chicago reports an Illinois state examination into Western Life Indemnity uncovers drastic asset declines from 917 000 to 300 000 and indicates absorption of 28 small insurers left original policyholders uninsured despite ongoing premiums. Attorney Levinson accuses the firm of milking the assets dry as Judge Kohlsaat orders status quo with restrictions on asset use and future mergers pending court decision.
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Western Life Indemnity
Chicago
Lucius Fronts
Western Life
Kohlsaut
Levinson
Beimg
Tong
Banic
Rosenfeld
Gray
Wohlsaat
Kohlsaat
Rosenfelds Siluy
Isaac Mayer
Credit Damage Abroad Sparks Outcry Over Scandals
Hamilton W Mabie, Outlook editor, warns that exposure of life insurance and cotton report scandals has damaged American credit in Europe. He notes Europeans mock American swindling and fear lasting harm to finances, with Germany especially angered by cotton leakage and government department failures.
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Washington
Germany
Equitable Assurance Society
Europe
Komura Praises Roosevelt and Japan United in Policy
Baron Komura, Japan's peace plenipotentiary, tells Associated Press there will be no change in Japan's foreign policy. He says Japan will focus on commerce and industry and seeks U.S. cooperation in the Far East, praising American friendship during their peace mission. The party will depart New York for Montreal, Vancouver, and sail home on the Empress of India.
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Japan
United States
New York
Baron Komura
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Russia
Far East
Barton Komura
Ins
New York Central
Montreal
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Japan Dissatisfied Say Tokyo Editor Sees Peace Treaty Backlash
In Seattle editor Kayahara of a Tokyo paper reports broad Japanese dissatisfaction with the peace treaty. He predicts a dissolving ministry as cabinet resignations are demanded and the Emperor attends memorials to the throne. Also, a rumor circulates of a dead-plant message sent to Baron Komura’s residence. police investigate.
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Seattle
Wash
Kentaro Kayahara
Japan
Baran Komura
Korea
Russia
Hts
Allance
Francis Bertie
Paris
Suez Canal Shut Threat After Chatham Sinking
Port Said Sept 26 A serious stoppage of traffic on the Suez Canal is anticipated due to the need to blow up the British steamer Chat ham sunk on Sept 6 after catching fire and carrying eighty tons of dynamite. Divers will place blasting gelatine linked to an offshore battery to detonate the cargo, with experts warning at least days of disruption and unknown possible effects. The loss of the wreck could deepen or alter the canal bed, and timing remains uncertain.
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Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
Chatham
Nobel Company
Suez Canal Company
England and Japan alliance terms emerge from negotiations
Draft terms show mutual defense if war arises, joint war efforts, and Japan's paramount position in Korea with safeguards for equal opportunities in commerce. Articles also cover Indian frontier security, non-separate pacts, and a ten year duration with possible renewal or termination tied to war status.
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Japan
Korea
Great Britain
Russia
St. Petersburg
St Petersburg
Charles Hardinge
Lord Lansdown
Far East
Lord Lansdowne
Asia
Lansdowne
Menace to Shipping in Kornili Bay Meeting
Report from St Petersburg notes that on September 18 in Kornili Bay Rear Admirals Jessen and Shimamura failed to agree on floating mines during armistice talks. Without discussing mines or their removal, steps to locate mark and remove them cannot proceed, leaving mines a danger to neutral shipping amid recent naval actions.
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St Petersburg
Jessen
Shimamura
Kornili Bay
Key to the China Sea as Singapore Fortifies Britain
Admiral Fournier cited Singapore as Britain's strategic base to bar naval passage in the China Sea and to disrupt China Europe trade. In St Petersburg six were wounded by a bomb near Kovyno gardens, injuring police and civilians.
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Paris
Fournier
Singapore
China Sea
China
Europe
Great Britain
St Petersburg
Ivanoff
Kovyno
Russia
Horror of Baku massacre sparks horror reports from oil yards
London dispatch details Armenian massacres at Baku beginning September 2 with 500 Tartars slain and Armenians firing and pillaging workyards. British workers describe siege at Zabrat and Romani, with Cossacks and police doing little while victims starved on salt water. Reinforcements reach Baku as authorities bar firing on foreign consulate houses.
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London
Baku
England
Williams
Balakhan
Zabrat
Naizan
Edward MacCallum
Romani
MacCallum
Tartar
Caucasia
Zemstvo Congress in Moscow Pushes for National Assembly
Delegates from Zemstvos led by Prince Dolgorouk advocate a national assembly with full legislative power and universal direct suffrage. They seek village emancipation, equality before law, freedom of conscience and press, abolition of guardianship, and a democratic representation extended empire wide, including Siberia participation.
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Moscow
Zemstvos
Dolgorouk
Tiflis
Empire
Zemski Natchalnik
Siberia
Students End Strike At St Petersburg University
After a heated five hour debate before about 2,000 students, the St Petersburg University voted to resume studies, arguing reopening is safer for anti imperialist reform efforts than continuing the strike. The university will reopen on September 30.
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He Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Russia
National Assembly
Explore Greenland expedition plans and past voyage notes
Copenhagen reports Mylius Ericksen preparing a Danish ship and sledge party for a northeast Greenland expedition. Backers include the American Geographical Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The first expedition returned to Copenhagen in November 1894 with ethnological and scientific records after two and a half years. The party lived with Eskimos, faced near starvation, and relied on eggs on Saunders Island. Ferrar visits the King of Italy amid church state rapprochement. Open football season in Charlottesville as Virginia hosts Randolph–Macon. coach King Cole tests squads with three touchdowns by regulars.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Mylius Ericksen
Greenland
Ericksens
American Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society
London
Nansen
von Drygalski
Berlin
Mylius Encksen
Saunders Island
Melville Bay
West Greenland
Washington Post
Charlottesville
Virginia
Randolph-Macon College
King”. Cole
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