J P Morgan Dies After Money Trust Probe Strain
Rome March 31 Financier J Pierpont Morgan died at 12 05 p m today after a rapid collapse attributed by Dr M Allen Starr of New York to emotional strain from the Pujo money trust investigation in Washington Physicians failed to revive him Morgan had appeared in good health and confident before the committee in December Washington March 31 Representatives Hayes of California said Morgan seemed at ease and under no unusual stress
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Pujo
Washington
Money Trust
Morgan
Hayes
California
J. P. Morgan
Geo. A. Dixon
Giuseppe Bastianelli
Mr. Morgan
J Pierpont Morgan Dies in Rome at Noon
Rome reports the death of American financier J Pierpont Morgan at 12:05 noon after a rapid decline. Doctors, including Starr Dix on and Bastianelli, noted coma and high fever, while embalming and shipment to the United States were arranged from Naples. Walls Street offices closed with notice of Morgan’s death.
Morgan the financier and poet who shaped Wall Street
The article traces J Pierpont Morgans rise from a silent schoolboy to Wall Streets dominant financier. It notes his early Boston High School days, Goettingen studies, and a first finance move via erasers wholesale. It portrays his power over wealth, art, philanthropy, and royalty, and describes his mix of genial humor with formidable business discipline.
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John Pierpont Morgan
Maritime Insurance
Morgan
John Pierpont
Wall Street
Jay Gould
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Young Morgan
Germany
Goettingen
J. P. Morgan
Rusia
Mr. Morgan
Nicholson Funeral Holds For Santa Fe Argirem Leader
The funeral of Gea Nicholson, former third vice president of the Santa Fe argirem, who died after a brief illness in Los Angeles, will be held in Lawrence, Kansas, his former home. Mrs Nicholson left today with the body.
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Morgan Death Moves Markets In Early Trade
New York, March 31. Opening on the consolidated exchange showed declines mostly under a point with some advances as traders absorbed news of J P Morgan's death. London and Paris markets opened lower but recovered, while Ohio flood relief efforts dominated headlines with levees strengthened and National Guard deployments in Illinois and Ohio.
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Paris
Special Government Blood Bulletin
Weather bulletin reports Ohio River stages and gauges from Pittsburgh to Cairo. Flood levels cited for Pittsburgh Leavelyn Cairo and other points Paducah and Louisville show rising water within 24 hours.
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Special Government Blood Bulletin
Paducah
Floods and Relief Urgently Mobilize in Midwest
Amid rising Mississippi and Ohio rivers, relief efforts intensify in Cairo Springfield and Dayton. A multimillionaire donor joins bread line recipients while city officials debate funding and martial law impacts. Secretary Garrison meets Ohio governor Cox as the Seventh regiment heads to Cairo for food duty.
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Columbus
Garrison
Cox
Ohio
Cupola Fire Damages Waterloo Works Building
A fire on the roof of the Waterloo Register works started by an overheated cupola caused $150 damage to the building. Firemen extinguished the blaze.
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Page Ambassador to Great Britain Accepts Post
Washington Marel Walcor t H Page of Garden City Lon Tal and editor of the World's Work and member of Doubleday Page Coe and Hishers has accepted President Wilsons offer to be ambassador to Great Britain.
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Garden City
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Wilson
Great Britain
Runaway Team Kills Foreman in Franklin Sixth Street Crash
William Chesher, assembling foreman for the Dart Anthropay, was killed and Bil Pex injured when a Waterloo Lumber Company wagon driven by Louis Brown ran away on Sixth Street near Central Auto Co. The team pulled a wagon into Chesher and Pex as the wheels struck planks, sending Chesher to the curb and fatally striking him. Pex escaped with minor injuries as Brown was knocked to the pavement. Chesher leaves a wife and no children.
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Sugar Tariff Decision Looms In New Tariff Bill
Washington March 21 President Wilson will decide if raw sugar remains free or carries a small duty in the new tariff bill. Ways and Means Committee awaits his stance as Louisiana and beet sugar districts press for a duty. Corina, queen of Manila cigars, remains mentioned.
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Wilson
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Crongresa
Weather snapshot for March 31 with highs and lows
The observed temperatures show a minimum of 9 degrees and a maximum of 61 degrees. For comparison, the prior year recorded a minimum of 32 and a maximum of 37 degrees.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Aent
Earthquake Shocks Washington Area Overnight
A strong tremor was recorded by Georgetown University seismographs with main event at 1 23 am and aftershocks continuing into the morning. A second quake near Seattle showed a 40 minute continuous shock with likely source in the Bering Sea and possible volcanic activity.
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Bering Sea
Glass plate breaks at city building under construction
Workmen of the Black Hawk Construction Company for Citizens Gas and Electric Light Company were adjusting a large glass plate when it fell to the ground Saturday afternoon. The plate was badly damaged and will be replaced.
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