Clubman William Travers Dies by Own Hand in New York
William A Travers, wealthy New York clubman and Harriman connection, shot himself in his Madison Avenue apartment after a day at the Knickerbocker Club. Separated from his wife Lillie Harriman Travers, he had just joined a Wall Street firm for six months. Despondency believed, with family and Newport ties noted. his death shocks social circles and relatives including Clarence Mackay.
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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
Maria Lowsa Johnson
Reverdy Johnson
Willam
Ocean Drive
Post Office Orders Halt Objectionable Post Cards
Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock issues a general order directing postmasters to enforce postal laws against obscene or lascivious post cards. The department has received many complaints and has shut down some manufacturers. Cards often lack sender names and are hard to trace. Cards are to be withdrawn and sent to the Dead Letter Office for review, with decisions escalated to the appropriate official if needed.
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Post-office Department
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Typhoon Devastates Luson Inland Areas and Islands
Reports from Sept. 20 describe a powerful typhoon path through Luson inland areas and southern islands. Wrecked ships include the Ocagat Huard cutter Leyte with eleven Americans and twenty four natives drowned, plus fifteen natives drowned at Sarsagon. Hemp plantation losses reach $1,000,000. Thousands of natives are homeless inland. army posts and civil authorities rush food and shelter as telegraph lines fail and distant reports are sparse.
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Luson
Kamar
Ocagat Huard
Leyte
Sarsagon
Juan Rodriguez
Lagasp
Samac
Bennett Gift Will Stand Court Rules Hall Must Be Built
Wilkes Barre Pa September Judge Freas in Orphans Court reverses to allow the Bennett trust to pay the remaining 20000 only after Pennsylvania Hall is completed. Trustees of the American University of Washington, executors of Mrs Priscilla Bennett, must finish the building before the trustees receive the balance of the 25000 gift.
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Wilkesbarre
Reas
Orphans’ Court
American University of Washington
Priscilla Bennett
Bennett
Methodist Church
Pennsylvania Hall
University Trusees
Death of Capt James Selfridge at Charles Town Navy Yard
Capt James Russell Selfridge, ordnance officer at the Charles Town Navy Yard, died of apoplexy today. He came from a long line of naval officers. his father was Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge and his brother is Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge (retired). Born in Massachusetts, he entered the 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 Special Term Request
Amanda Cobb of Barnesville Ga is charged with murder. A bench warrant was issued for her arrest and she is held at the county courthouse awaiting possible special term court to try the case which cannot be reached this week. A second item notes Arthur Ringwall found unconscious at 2026 G Street NW and taken to Emergency Hospital in serious condition. An advertisement for real estate and agency services lists offices at 804-806 F Street NW and 1442 New York Ave NW, with Stone Fairfax at 142 New York Ave describing double listing chances.
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Amanda Cobb
Barnesville
Arthur Ringwall
G Street
Seventeenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
F Street Nw
New York Ave Nw
Stone & Fairfax
New York Ave
F St
Moving Day Convenience from Union Trust Co Storage Dept
When Moving Day Arrives you gain satisfaction from Union Trust Co storage department services with low rates. Wilson & Mayers’ sale today starts at 10 a.m. featuring new car pets and furniture, 1227 Gst. The Sun day Post promises a brighter tomorrow with fifty four pages. Washington's Favorite Newspaper.
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Dept. of Union Trust Co. Mi. F
Wilson & Mayers
Sunday Post
Ffty
Washington
Sun- Gay Post
Plot in Bank Theft by Notorious Crook Declared Only Suspect
Washington Post report from New York details a bank securities theft plot at National City Bank worth 359120 in forged collateral loans. Authorities pursue a renowned swindler with ties to Wall Street, while Pinkerton detectives shadow bank employees and possible accomplices.
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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 connects to missing husband and daughter
Mrs Frank Dixon of Montreal alleges her daughter Nonie Shea age nineteen and her husband, a Montreal hack driver, vanished after moving to New York. She says Dixon threatened the daughter with a revolver and sold their hack business before taking two suitcases, one later found near Winthrop Bay. Police doubt the Brooklyn woman’s tale though a torso found in Boston Bay is under scrutiny.
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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
Hackman
Grand Central Depot
Nonie
Patr
Ware
Mra Schapiro
West End
Schapiro
Miss Nathan
T Wharf
Minuet Sullivan
Robert Campbell
Why Japan Made Peace at Portsmouth
Tokyo reports reveal Japan made peace at Portsmouth due to fears of financial collapse from costly war and anticipated crop failures. Government silence aside, the nation faced dire economic strain from high costs and slumping food supplies.
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Tokyo
Japan
Portsmouth
Roosevelt Party Heads to Fusan for Private Japan Visit
Miss Alice Roosevelt and party depart Seoul by special train bound for Fusan. Owing to heavy rains the trip will take two days with a night halt at Taiku Presbyterian Mission. They will reach Fusan then proceed to Shimonoseki and Yokohama for a private visit. The Emperor of Korea bade farewell to Miss Roosevelt, presenting his autographed photograph.
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Seoul
Korea
Alice Roosevelt
Fusan
Presbyterian Mission
Taiku
Shimonoseki
Yokohama
Japan
Roosevelt
Misa Roosevelt
Sternburgs in Paris
German Ambassador Baron Speck von Sternburg and his wife arrived in Paris on a brief visit before returning to Berlin to report on the Moroccan negotiations. They plan to sail from Bremen on October 10 and then visit Saxony estates. The envoy voiced gratification at the negotiations nearing final stage.
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Paris
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Washington
Berlin
Saxony
Bremen
New Mayor for London Elected in Septuagenarian Alderman
London reports Alderman Walter Vaughan Morgan, a septuagenarian banker and bachelor educated at the Bluecoat School, was elected lord mayor for the ensuing year. In other notes, a Norwegian parliamentary committee backs the Norway Sweden treaty draft, Malmesbury in a tornado disaster, and the Washington Post advertises a larger issue.
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Alderman Morgan
London
Walter Vaughan Morgan
Morgan
Bluecoat School
Stormy Budapest session prompts gallery clearing at Reichstag
Budapest dispatch reports a stormy Reichstag meeting on policy revisions with Socialist and anti Semite clashes in the galleries leading to a temporary adjournment. Premier von Pranksenthurne outlined constitutional revisions to two halves of the monarchy and a peaceful coexistence, while crowds gathered around the Independence Club amid guarded calm.
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Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
Reichstath
Baron Gauth von Prankenthurne
Chadwick Case Allowances Approved by Judge in Ohio
In Cleveland Ohio on September 2 Judge Tayler approved the allowances of the bankruptcy referee in Remington matter for receiver and attorney fees in the Cassie L Chadwick case. Chadwick assets totaling 61500 passed through bankruptcy officers with 6800 distributed to secured creditors leaving 25 dollars to general creditors.
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Tayler
Cleveland
Ohio
United States District Court
Remington
Cassie L. Chadwick
Chadwick
Tunnel Under Hudson Completed and McAdoo Tour
The south tunnel of the New York and New Jersey Tunnel Company from Morton street to Jersey City is finished. President William G. McAdoo and guests rode through it this afternoon. A promotional note outlines Baltimore and return and Pennsylvania Railroad tickets, with details on travel validity and exceptions.
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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
New York Clubman Takes His Life
A brief item reports the sudden death of a New York clubman. Circumstances are sketched as a personal tragedy with attention to the timing and location, noting possible links to recent bank robbery coverage and insurance disclosures. No graphic detail provided.
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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 Is Divorced in Virginia Case
In Newport News Sept 29 Judge Blackstone of the Circuit Court in Elizabeth City County granted a divorce to Mrs Grace Kingsbury Payne from Capt Brooks Payne of Fort Monroe Artillery School on grounds of infidelity. Custody of their six year old daughter Marian Payne was awarded to Mrs Payne, now with the father in Milwaukee, with support provisions for the child. The couple each relinquished property claims, and this marks the twelfth divorce granted by Judge Blackstone this term.
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Washington Post
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 in New Orleans Yellow Fever Fight
New Orleans reports show improved yellow fever conditions with 28 new cases today, 2,969 to date, 386 deaths to date, 2 new foci, 5 under treatment, 243 under care, and 2,240 discharged. Officials expect gradual force reductions next week as funding and hospital services remain ample to finish the campaign.
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New Orleans
Surgeon General Suzuki Declares Faith Before Convention
In Detroit on September 29, Surgeon General Suzuki of the Japanese navy, returning from sea battles, proclaimed before the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association's international convention that he has been a Christian for twenty years. He spoke with earnestness and said his wife and five children share his belief, highlighting his religious devotion.
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Detroit
Mich
Suzuki
Japan
Yellow Seas
Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association
Sherrick Arrested on Indictment in Indiana
Indianapolis Sept 29 David E Sherrick once state auditor and recently removed by Gov Hanly was arrested at his home on an indictment by Marion County grand jury charging grand larceny embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud He posted bond of 20
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Indianapolis
Ind
David E Sherrick
Hanly
Marion Counts Grand Jury
Five Negroes Break Jail in Dooley County Escape
Five prisoners named Lewis Thomson Dock Wilsett Walter McGee Mose Lee and Davis escaped from Dooley County jail at 12 30 pm after jumping the jailer as he unlocked the cell door They fled toward the swamp pursued by a posse and hunting dogs in Vienna Georgia authorities sent dogs and posse after them.
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Vienna
Lewis Thomson
Dock Wilsett
Walter McGee
Mose Lee
Davis
Dooley County
T A Adkins
Death of Frank Beard Illustrator and Chalk Talk originator
Frank Beard a well known Chicago illustrator died at his home of cerebral hemorrhage last night. Born in Cincinnati sixty three years ago he was widely known as the originator of chalk talk and long connected with the Ram's Horn religious publication.
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Chicago
Frank Beard
Beard
Cincinnati
Equitable Dues to Hamilton $65,000 For Legal Work
Legislation investigation day marks progress as Alfred Maths and Howard Devin testify on costs and duties of executives. Jacob Schiff accuses Hyde and asserts the finance committee was controlled, while Schiff defends Kuhn Loeb in a heated exchange over minutes and power within the Equitable Society. The hearing adjourns with continued testimony planned for the fourth page.
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York
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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William R. Travers
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Smart Set
Clarence Mackay
Sloan's
Bennett Gift Will
American University, of Washington
Capt. Selfridge
Naval Ordnance
National City
Harpers Ferry
Charlestown
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio Ark
Wintheop
Mias Nathan
Misa Nathan
Mya
Maurice Anhanino
Miss Roosevelt
Sternburgs
Christiania
Norway
Storthing
Sweden
Karlstad
Deputiea Konow
Kastberg
Eriksen
Hansen
Bryggessa
Grivi
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Malmesbury
Reichsrath
Francis Kossuth
Austria
Garon Fejervary
Independence Club
Isorder
Hudson
Part
Brooks Payne
Christian
M.C. A
Sherrick
Indiana
San Francisco
John 8 Partridge
Ruef
Mave
Hattimore and Ohio Railroad
Royal Limited
West
Equitable Finance Committee
Hendricks
Fussell’s
N.Y
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