Clubman Willam Travers Dies by Own Action in New York Apartments
Millionaire clubman and social leader William A Travers, linked to the Harriman and Vanderbilt families, is found dead in his Madison Avenue apartment after a self-inflicted gunshot. Despondency cited. he had separated from wife Lillie Harriman Travers, with Newport and Wall Street interests noted. Relations include Clarence Mackay and extended Virginia lineage. his death shocks New York society and Newport acquaintances. A large Newport estate and city connections are referenced amid biographical details.
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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 crackdown on obscene post cards
Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock issued a general order directing postmasters nationwide to enforce postal laws against obscene post cards. The department has received hundreds of complaints and has shut down several offending firms. Objectionable cards should be withdrawn and sent to the Dead Letter Office, with doubtful cases referred to the First Assistant Postmaster General for decision.
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Post-office Department
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Typhoon Death Toll Rises Across Philippine Islands
The news reports heavy damage from a powerful typhoon across Luzon and southern islands. Coastal wrecks kill sailors and natives, with scores drowned near Leyte and Sarsagon, and widespread homelessness from destroyed hemp plantations and army posts. Officials rush aid as telegraph lines fail.
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Mahila
Heparta Paw
Luson
Kamar
Wessela
Pheocagat Huard
Leyte Ia
Sarsagon
Juan Rodriguez
Lagasp
Samac
Bennett Gift Will Stand Instructs Hall Work Before Balance
Wilkes Barre Pa September 29 Judge Freas in Orphans Court issues ruling for trustees of American University of Washington executors of Mrs Priscilla Bennett estate. He holds that Pennsylvania Hall must be completed before the remaining $20,000 of the $25,000 gift is paid, since no construction has begun. The 1898 gift letter to Bishop Hurst set aside funds for the hall. The case centers on ensuring the building is finished before funds are released.
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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 in Boston Navy Yard
Capt James Russell Selfridge ordnance officer at the Charlestown Navy Yard died of apoplexy today in Boston. He hailed from a long line in the U S Navy with his father Rear Admiral Thomas O Selfridge and a brother Rear Admiral Thomas O Selfridge Jr now retired in Washington. He was born in Massachusetts and entered the naval service in 18.
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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 Court
Amanda Cobb of Barnesville Georgia is sought by bench warrant on murder charges. A special term of court may be called for her trial as the case cannot be reached this week at the courthouse.
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Amanda Cobb
Barnesville
Moving Day Ads Urge Union Trust Co Storage Help
When moving day arrives readers are urged to use the storage department of Union Trust Co for household effects. Also advertised is Wilson & Mayers sale starting at 10 am with new car pets and furniture. The Sun day Post promises a brighter tomorrow with a fifty four page issue and Washington's favorite newspaper.
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Wilson & Mayers
Sun- Gay Post
Washington
Sunday Post
Bank Theft Plot Suspect Named by Detectives
A famed international swindler is linked to a bold plan to steal 359,120 in securities from National City Bank by forged loan documents. Investigators trace a single mastermind, with Pinkerton ties, as the chief schemer, while bank officials warn that the missing securities may still be held or offered elsewhere.
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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
Clew in torso case ties to missing husband and daughter
Brooklyn mother Mrs. Frank Dixon says the Boston torso may be her daughter Neale Shea, 19, who with her hack-driver husband vanished after threats over a romance. She describes a trunk and two suitcases taken at New York Penn Station, while Boston detectives and Montreal connections probe potential identities and the Winthrop Bay discovery.
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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
Hackman
Grand Central Depot
Nonie
Patr
Why Japan Made Peace At Portsmouth
Tokyo reports secret facts showing Japan sought peace at Portsmouth to avoid financial collapse. The war proved costlier than expected and rice and cereal crops were doomed to fail, signaling economic strain behind the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Portsmouth
Miss Alice Roosevelt Heads to Fusan on Private Korean Tour
In Seoul on Sept 28 Miss Alice Roosevelt and her party left by special train for Fusan. The journey, slowed by rain damage, will take two days with a halt tonight at the Presbyterian Mission in Taiku. Tomorrow they reach Fusan then proceed to Shimonoseki and Yokohama for a private visit. The Korean Emperor hosted a farewell audience and gave a signed photograph.
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Seoul
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 Berlin reports. He will visit Saxony estates and sail from Bremen October 10. He is pleased by the Moroccan negotiations reaching their final stage.
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Paris
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Washington
Berlin
Saxony
Bremen
New Mayor for London Elected in Septuagenarian Morgan
London reports Alderman Walter Vaughan Morgan, a septuagenarian banker and bachelor educated at Bluecoat School, elected lord mayor for the coming year. The dispatch notes his prominence in Freemasonry and his civic stature.
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Alderman Morgan
London
Walter Vaughan Morgan
Morgan
Bluecoat School
Hungarians Shaken as Debates Over Declaration Cause Gallery Row
A stormy Reichstag session in Budapest over the government declaration regarding the 1367 laws led to gallery disturbances and a suspension. Premier von Prankenthurne argued for limited revision to the two halves of the monarchy, seeking coexistence while preserving rights and liberty of decision. Quiet was restored, but crowds remained near Independence Club as negotiations with coalition leaders and the King-Emperor show cautious progress toward a universal suffrage platform and renewed talks.
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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 in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio on September 2 Judge Tayler approved the referee in bankruptcy Remington's allowances for the receiver and attorneys for Mrs Cassie L Chadwick. Assets totaling 61500 passed through the bankruptcy officers with 6800 paid to secured creditors, leaving 25 dollars to be shared by general creditors.
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Tayler
Cleveland
Ohio
United States District Court
Remington
Cassie L. Chadwick
Chadwick
Tunnel Under Hudson Completed
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 visited this afternoon to ride through the tunnel. Tickets to Baltimore and return are priced at 1.25, with Pennsylvania Railroad offering weekend passes valid on all trains except the Congressional Limited and redeemable until 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
New York Clubman Takes His Life
Brief item noting the suicide of a prominent New York Clubman as reported in today’s issue. The brief outlines circumstances surrounding the death and indicates investigations or related disclosures tied to bank thieves and insurance matters.
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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 Court
Newport News Sept 29 Judge Blackstone of the Circuit Court for Elizabeth City County granted a decree dissolving the marriage of Mrs Grace Kingsbury Payne and Capt Brooks Payne of the Fort Monroe Artillery School. Infidelity cited and custody awarded to the mother of six year old Marian Payne, now with the father in Milwaukee.双方 to share property, Payne a son of a Virginia general and Mrs Payne daughter of Gen Kingsbury Milwaukee. This is the twelfth divorce granted 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 From Yellow Fever Report Nears Finish
New Orleans report shows 28 new cases bringing total to 2 969 while deaths reach 386. Caden count at 5 under treatment stands at 243. discharged total 2 240. Officials expect gradual reduction next week as government hospital services continue full funding and effort to eradicate the disease. The daily death toll declines amid improving conditions.
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New Orleans
Suzuki a Christian at railroad convention
Detroit on September 29 Surgeon General Suzuki of the Japanese navy spoke at the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association international convention announcing he had hidden his Christian faith for twenty years. He said his wife and five children share his belief and expressed sincere earnestness about the conversion.
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Detroit
Mich
Suzuki
Japan
Yellow Seas
Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association
Sherrick Arrested on Indictment in Marion County
Indianapolis September 29 David E Sherrick former state auditor removed by Gov Hanly was arrested at his home today on an indictment by the Marion County grand jury charging grand larceny embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud He posted bond of twenty thousand dollars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
David E Sherrick
Hanly
Marion Counts Grand Jury
Five Negroes Break Jail in Dooley County Escape
Five prisoners Lewis Thomson Dock Wilsett Walter McGee Mose Lee and Davis escaped from Dooley County jail in Vienna Georgia at 12 30 pm after attacking Jailer T A Adkins Sr as he unlocked the door to the lower floor. They fled toward the swamp pursued by a posse and pursuing dogs.
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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, noted illustrator and originator of Chalk Talk, died in Chicago at age sixty three from cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Cincinnati, he had long been associated with the Ram's Horn religious publication. Fusion. Effected in San Francisco. San Francisco. Sept. 29 Complete fusion united Democratic and Republican municipal conventions and a joint ticket was nominated for mayor John Partridge Republican. Ruef faction in the Republican convention warned it would not be bound by the majority choice. Return, $1.25 Hattimore and Ohio Railroad every Saturday and Sunday all trains both ways except Royal Limited. Hourly Service week days. day Post and tomorrow s big issue fifty.
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Chicago
Frank Beard
Beard
Cincinnati
San Francisco
John 8 Partridge
Ruef
Hattimore and Ohio Railroad
Royal Limited
Equitable Legislation Inquiry Reveals $65,596 for Hamilton
York Sept 9 legislative committee hearings exposed payments to Hamilton for eight years totaling 65 596 for legal services. Alfred Maths testified that Hamilton handled legislative matters for Equitable Life Mutual and New York Life in western states while sharing expenses with other firms. Schiff, questioned and angered, accused Hyde and others of misusing power and charged false minutes by the finance committee.
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West
Schiff
Equitable Finance Committee
Mr. Hyde
Hendricks
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
Hughes
State Superintendent of Insurance
Finance Committee
PaciAc
the Equitable Society
Schift
Hyde
Mr Schiff
Alexander
Mr Hyde
James H Hyde and Associates
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William R. Travers
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Smart Set
Clarence Mackay
Aneiion
Sloan's
Crovatry
Bennett Gift Will
American University, of Washington
Capt. Selfridge
Naval Ordnance
Arthur Ringwall
G Street
Seventeenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
F Street Nw
New York Ave Nw
Stone & Wairfax
New York Ave
F St
National City
Hanover National Bank
Barnes
Massenger
Barnag
the Pinkertons
Europe
American Tobacco Company
Harpers Ferry
Charlestown
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio Ark
Wintheop
Mias Nathan
Misa Nathan
Mya
Maurice Anhanino
Mra Schapiro
West End
Miss Nathan
T Wharf
Minuet Sullivan
Robert Campbell
Miss Roosevelt
Sternburgs
Christiania
Norway
Storthing
Sweden
Karlstad
Deputiea Konow
Kastberg
Eriksen
Hansen
Bryggessa
Grivi
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Malmesbury
Reichsrath
Hudson
Part
Brooks Payne
Christian
M.C. A
Sherrick
Indiana
Mave
Fussell
N.Y
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