Clubman William Travers dies by his own hand in New York apartments
William A Travers millionaire clubman and financier separated from wife Lillie Harriman Travers, sister of W J Vanderbilt, was found dead in his Madison Avenue apartment after shooting himself in the mouth. Despondency, not a stated motive, is cited. he recently joined Huhn, Edey & Co. on Wall Street and spent summers in Newport. Neighbors and relatives, including Clarence Mackay, reacted with shock. Travers left a fortune and a notable social circle shaped by Virginia ancestry and Harriman connections.
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Washington Post
New York
Travers
Gan
W. R. ‘Travers
Bim
Madison Avenue
W. J. Vanderbilt
Irving Travers
Newport
Aiken, & C
Virginia
Knickerbocker Club
Huhn, Edey & Co
Wall Street
Martin
Mr. Sravers
Huhn, Dey & Coy
Hue
Gergons
Clarence H Mackay
Mme
James Wadsworth
Genesee, N Y
Walter Gay
Paris
Jerome
St. Mark's School
Southboro
Mass
Columbia
Harriman
John
Reverdy Travers
R. Travers
Marla Lowsa Johnson
Reverdy Johnson
Willam A Travers
Neport
Ocean Drive
Post Office Orders Crack Down On Objectionable Post Cards
Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock orders postmasters nationwide to enforce postal laws against obscene post cards. The department has received hundreds of complaints and closed several offending firms. Cards often lack sender names, making tracing difficult, but officials vow to stop the cards and prosecute guilty parties where possible.
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Post-office Department
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Typhoon Death Toll Rises in Luzon and Surrounding Isles
Reports from Mahila and coastal towns along the typhoon’s path describe widespread loss of life and heavy property damage. Many vessels wrecked near Kamar and nearby islands. the Leyte cutter is a total loss with eleven Americans and twenty four natives drowned. fifteen natives drowned at Sarsagon. Hemp plantations incur estimated losses of one million dollars. Army transports and posts destroyed. thousands homeless inland. Civil and military authorities rush aid as telegraph lines fail and further details lag.
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Luson
Kamar
Ocagat Huard
Leyte
Sarsagon
Juan Rodriguez
Lagasp
Samac
Bennett Gift Will Stand Requires Hall Completion Before Final Gift
Wilkesbarre Pa September 29 Judge Freas in Orphans Court today upheld the trustees of the American University of Washington as executors of Mrs Priscilla Bennett estate ruling the gift of 25000 for Pennsylvania Hall stands but the $20000 balance is payable only after the hall is completed The university trustees had delayed starting work claiming no action had been taken on the project and the court decision directs completion before payment of the remaining funds.
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Wilkesbarre
Reas
Orphans’ Court
American University of Washington
Priscilla Bennett
Bennett
Methodist Church
Pennsylvania Hall
University Trusees
Death of Capt Selfridge noted at Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston dispatch reports Capt James Russell Selfridge, ordnance officer at Charlestown Navy Yard, died of apoplexy. He hailed from a long navy family, son of the late Rear Admiral Thomas O Selfridge, and brother of another rear admiral. Born in Massachusetts, he entered naval service in 1s.
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Boston
James Russell Selfridge
Charlestown Navy Yard
Selfridge
United States Navy
Thomas O. Selfridge
Washington
Massachusetts
Naval Service
Woman Faces Murder Charge in Barnesville Ga Case
Amanda Cobb of Barnesville Ga has a bench warrant issued for murder. She is held at the courthouse, with trial not possible this week, and a called term of court likely to be set for the purpose. Arthur Ringwall, 65, was found unconscious with a life threatening wound at 2026 G street. He was taken to Emergency Hospital in serious condition.
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Amanda Cobb
Barnesville
Arthur Ringwall
G Street
Seventeenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Moving Day Promise From Union Trust Co Storage Dept
When moving day arrives readers are urged to use Union Trust Co storage department for safe handling of household effects. The Sun day Post promotes a sale by Wilson & Mayers with new car pets and furniture starting at 10 a.m. in hopes of drawing readers to tomorrow’s enhanced 54-page edition. Washington's Favorite Newspaper.
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Wilson & Mayers
Plot in Bank Theft After Notorious Crook
Detectives flag a single, internationally known swindler as the mastermind behind the National City Bank securities plot. The scheme allegedly involved forged loan documents to steal 359120 in bonds and may implicate bank staff or ex-employees, with Pinkerton investigators shadowing targets as authorities pursue the elusive figure.
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Washington Post
New York
National City Bank
Howe
Manhattan
Stock Exchange
Harry Thornhill
Pinkerton Agency
Jersey City
Vanderlip
Pinkertons
Mr. Thornhill
Wall Street
Treeve
Hus
City Bank
Hanover National Bank
Barnes
Massenger
Barnag
the Pinkertons
United States
Europe
American Tobacco Company
Clew in torso case links to missing husband and daughter
Mrs. Frank Dixon in Brooklyn suspects torso found in Winthrop Bay may be her daughter Neale Shea aged nineteen. Dixon and her hackman husband vanished after threats and baggage left behind. Police seek confirmation as Boston torso mystery widens with a dress suit case recovered near the East River.
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Washington
New York
Frank Dixon
George P. Fann
Hoyt Street
Brooklyn
Winthrop Bay
Boston
Neale
Dixon
Montreal
Canada
East Twenty-sixth Street
Nonie Shea
Heland
Ireland
Bve
Why Japan Made Peace at Portsmouth
Tokyo reports reveal Japan agreed to peace at Portsmouth amid feared financial collapse from a costly war and looming crop failures. Government silence masks the real motive: hard hit by expense and impending famine threats.
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Tokyo
Japan
Portsmouth
Miss Alice Roosevelt Heads to Japan on Private Visit
Miss Alice Roosevelt and her party departed Seoul by special train toward Fusan after rain damage delays. They will sleep at Taiku Presbyterian Mission, then proceed to Fusan, Shimonoseki, and Yokohama. The trip to Japan remains strictly private. The Korean Emperor granted Miss Roosevelt a farewell audience and presented his autographed photograph.
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Korea
Alice Roosevelt
Fusan
Presbyterian Mission
Taiku
Shimonoseki
Yokohama
Japan
Roosevelt
Misa Roosevelt
Sternburgs in Paris as Moroccan talks near end
German Ambassador Baron Speck von Sternburg and his wife arrived in Paris for a brief visit before heading to Berlin to file official reports. He then plans to visit Saxony estates and sail from Bremen October 10. He expressed gratification at the negotiations reaching their final stage.
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Paris
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Washington
Berlin
Saxony
Bremen
New Mayor for London Elected Alderman Morgan
London September 29 Alderman Walter Vaughan Morgan a septuagenarian banker and bachelor was elected lord mayor for the coming year. Educated at Bluecoat School he is a prominent Freemason.
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Alderman Morgan
London
Walter Vaughan Morgan
Morgan
Bluecoat School
Stormy Budapest session ends with gallery clearance
A stormy Reichstag session in Budapest over the Declaration of Policy led to clashes between Socialists and anti Semites and the galleries were cleared. Premier von Prankenthurne outlined revision of the 1867 laws to regulate the two halves of the monarchy and urged a peaceful coexistence. Quiet later returned as rumors of renewed negotiations with the coalition and King Emperor circulated.
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Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
Reichstath
Baron Gauth von Prankenthurne
Francis Kossuth
Austria
Garon Fejervary
Independence Club
Isorder
Chadwick Case Allowances Approved by Judge Tayler
In Cleveland Ohio on September 2 Judge Tayler approved the allowances by the Referee in Bankruptcy Remington for fees of receiver and attorneys for Mrs Cassie L Chadwick. Chadwick assets totaling 61500 passed through bankruptcy officers with 6800 to secured creditors leaving 25 to general creditors.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States District Court
Remington
Cassie L. Chadwick
Chadwick
Tunnel Under Hudson Completed by New York and New Jersey Tunnel Co
The south tunnel from Morton street to Jersey City is finished. President William G. McAdoo and guests rode through it this afternoon. Also advertised are Baltimore and Return tickets for 1.25 and Pennsylvania Railroad weekend passes valid on all trains except Congressional Limited, with return by Sunday night.
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Washington Post
New York
New York and New Jersey Tunnel Company
Morton Street
Jersey City
William G. McAdoo
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Geture
Hattimore and Ohio Railroad
Royal Limited
New York Clubman Takes His Life
A single-page note reports the death of a New York clubman by his own hand. The brief item notes family, possible motives, and the immediate aftermath as the issue outlines further insurance disclosures tied to recent bank thieves and related investigations.
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New York
District 8
Tilman
Chandler
Army and Navy Union
Virginia
Maryland
Campaten
England
Fotel
Automobile Club
New Orleans
Army Officer Divorced in Virginia Custody Case
Newport News Va Sept 29 Judge Blackstone Circuit Court Elizabeth City County grants divorce to Mrs Grace Kingsbury Payne from Capt Brooks Payne Fort Monroe Artillery School infidelity cited. Custody awarded to the mother of six year old Marian Payne now with the father in Milwaukee. child support set until age or marriage. Both parties relinquish property rights. Payne family ties noted to Gen Payne and Gen Kingsbury. twelfth divorce this term.
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Newport News
Judge Blackstone
Elizabeth City
Grace Kingsbury Payne
Capt Brooks Payne
Fort Monroe
Maey
Capt
Payne
Gen Kingsbury
Milwaukee
Wis
Blackstone
Decline in Deaths as Yellow Fever Improves in New Orleans
New Orleans reports a continued improvement in yellow fever with 28 new cases bringing total to 2,969 and 386 deaths. The city notes steady funding and hospital resources to finish the campaign, while new cases rise modestly given population growth and a decline in daily deaths.
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New Orleans
Surgeon General Suzuki Declares Christian Belief
Detroit September 29 Intensely dramatic moment as Surgeon General Suzuki of the Japanese navy fresh from the battles of the Japan and Yellow seas declares before the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association international convention that he has hidden his Christian faith for twenty years. He says his wife and five children share his belief and expresses sincere pride in the conversion.
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Detroit
Mich
Suzuki
Japan
Yellow Seas
Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association
Sherrick Arrested on Indictment for Grand Larceny
Indianapolis, Sept 29 David E Sherrick former state auditor removed by Gov Hanly was arrested at his home today on an indictment from Marion County grand jury charging grand larceny embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud He posted bond of 20 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
David E Sherrick
Hanly
Marion Counts Grand Jury
Five Black Prisoners Escape Dooley County Jail
Five Black inmates named Lewis Thomson Dock Wilsett Walter McGee Mose Lee and Davis escaped from Dooley County jail in Vienna Georgia at 12 30 pm They assaulted Jailer T A Adkins Sr as he unlocked the door and fled to the swamp A posse and pursuing dogs are in pursuit
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Vienna
Lewis Thomson
Dock Wilsett
Walter McGee
Mose Lee
Davis
Dooley County
T A Adkins
Death of Frank Beard Chalk Talk illustrator dies in Chicago
Frank Beard, renowned illustrator and originator of Chalk Talk, died at his Chicago home from cerebral hemorrhage at age sixty three. Born in Cincinnati, he spent years with Ram's Horn, a religious publication, and achieved wide recognition. Fusion. Effected in San Francisco. John Partridge nominated for mayor as fusion ticket formed.
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Chicago
Frank Beard
Beard
Cincinnati
San Francisco
John 8 Partridge
Ruef
Equitable Duties, Schiff Attacks Hyde in Finance Probe
Legislation pool duties remain undisclosed as Equitable paid Hamilton sixty five thousand dollars for legal work. Alfred Maths testified about payments to Hamilton for eight years, while Jacob Schiff of Kuhn Loeb challenged insurance ministry statements and charged Hyde with manipulating finance committee power. Schiff denounced Hyde and Alexander, claiming the committee was under one man’s control as testimony wrapped up for the day.
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Legislative Committee
Alfred W. Maths
Equitable Life Assurance Battery
Equitable
Maine
Hamilton
BE. L. Short
W. P. Thummel
Ohio River
Howard I Devin
New York Life
United States
Canada
Devin
Paris
Home Office
Devlin
Jacob H Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Sehiff
Schiff
Hughes
State Superintendent of Insurance
Finance Committee
PaciAc
the Equitable Society
Schift
Hyde
Mr Schiff
Alexander
Mr. Hyde
Mr Hyde
James H Hyde and Associates
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