Jerome Seeks Policyholder Rights in Equitable Inquiry
New York June 28. District Attorney Jerome begins probe into Equitable Life. Attorney General Mayer arrives to pursue steps to recover profits, bar faithless officers, and secure accounting. Residency of old salaries noted, with several retirees listed among officers and directors.
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New York
Hendricks
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Jerome
Belmont
Equitable
J. M. Mayer
Washington
Mayer
State Superintendent of Insurance
H. R. Winthrop
Squire
J.B. Loring
Loring
Pyens Ycrete
Equitable Society
Higgins Breaks Silence on Equitable Report
Gov. Higgins vows the Equitable Life report deserves New York County criminal authorities scrutiny. He cites thou shalt not steal in management violations and sends the superintendent’s preliminary findings to District Attorney Jerome for possible criminal misconduct action.
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Albany
N. Y
Higgins
Hendricks
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York County
Equitable
Jerome
Equitable Life Asserance Society of New York
Battle in Manchuria Reported In Progress
Paris dispatch notes Echo de Paris claim a battle in Manchuria is underway. Two wings of Linevitch's forces engage as reports describe the action and movements near Mancaberia.
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Manchuria
Paris
St. Petersburg
Echo de Paris
Mancaberia
Linevitch
Chinese Edict to Bar Laborers from United States Considered
Washington reports that China may issue a edict forbidding laborers to emigrate to the United States. The move follows the Japanese victory over Russia and signals a assertion of sovereignty. The edict, if enacted, could sway U.S. immigration policy and bilateral relations.
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China
United States
Washington
Junea
Celestial Empire
Kitchener Granted Expanded Powers in India Defense
London reports a bluebook on the Curzon Kitchener dispute shows Viceroy Curzon Indian council and Lord Kitchener reaching a compromise. Kitchener warns India’s defenses are obsolete and foresees a major conflict with Russia over the Indian empire. He cites a system unchanged since the mutiny and calls for reforms to meet war needs.
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London
Lord Kitchener
India
Russia
Indian Empire
Curzon
Indian Council
Japs Float Ironclads and Loomis Sails on Secret Mission
A Port Arthur dispatch says three Russian ironclads have been refloated. Francis B Loomis sails for Southampton on a secret mission for the Roosevelt administration as special ambassador to receive Paul Jones' body and to perform a state department task abroad. The steamship Senator returns from Nome with sixteen passengers and 400000 dollars in gold. one passenger, Henry Kuster, died at sea June 17.
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Rome
Port Arthur
Loom
New York
Francis B. Loomis
Southampton
Roosevelt
Senator
Nome
Seattle
Henry Kuster
Panama Opens Pure Water System for Isthmus
The aqueducts providing Panama with a clean water supply were opened yesterday. A formal ceremony is planned for July Fourth with nationwide celebrations across the isthmus.
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Paname
Panama
Isthmus
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rejects Forced Unionism
Boston June 26 The Massachusetts supreme court ruled that forcing all laborers into unions conflicts with law and risks a monopoly of the labor market.
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Steges
Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Dakota sails into San Francisco after cargo unload
The Pacific liner Dakota, sister ship to the Minnesota, arrived in San Francisco on June 31. After unloading cargo of steel rails and general freight, she will proceed onward to her next port of call.
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Dekate Beaches
Frisco
San Francisco
Dakota
Minnesota
Hewalien Republicans Triumph in Honolulu Election
Honolulu voters returned Republican strength in a June election with Reed Teesday results showing successful returns for notable candidates. Local precincts reported steady turnout as party organizers touted gains across city council and mayoral races.
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Honolulu
Lead for Steel Making
A terse update notes a focus on steel making, urging swift action and minimal delay. It calls for a pointed, decisive approach without weekly tasks, emphasizing urgency and direct execution.
National Good Roads Meet Opens In Portland
The fifth annual convention of the National Good Roads Association began in Festival hall Portland with A M Crawford Oregon attorney general welcoming visitors. Col James Jackson spoke for Portland's interests as Col R W Richardson outlined the association's annual report noting forty six state associations formed and $34,000,000 raised for road building across rail corridors.
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Portland
National Good Roads Association
Festival Hall
Lewis
A. M. Crawford
Oregon
Chamberlain
James Jackson
Tess
Moore
Association
Good Roads
Congress
Col
R. W. Richardson
Richardson
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Illinois
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Idaho
Washington
Illinois Central
Southern Railway
Maine
New Hampshire
Purchasing Agency to Go 10 Tacoma
Purchasing agency to go to Tacoma Washington with a branch in Portland. F H Harroden of Portland to head the office connected with the Seas of G A 8. Organize. Denver reports for the Grand work on organization and naming.
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Tacoma
Washington
Sound
Portland
F. H. Harroden
Denver
Race From Ocean to Ocean Ends in Portland
Hoss and Wigle in Old Scout win the cross country automobile race from New York to Portland in 44 days. Old Steady and Moegar Gel, their pursuers, are reported somewhere in Central Oregon en route to the coast. The event coincided with the National Good Roads convention opening in Portland and is seen as a boost to improving roads nationwide.
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Ocean
Portland
Hoss and Wigle
Old Steady
Moegargel
Chaffeur
Oregon
Old Scout
New York
Lewis and Clark Exposition
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Goode
Important Decision by Tax Commission in Washington State
The Tax Commission denounces non resident manufacturers for warehousing goods in the state to dodge taxes. It vows a corrective law and cites Everett Grain and Warehouse Company holding 12 000 bushels of wheat as evidence of ownership under its control. The statement, drafted by J H Easterday, warns against treating taxation as a game of hide and seek.
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Olympia
New Tax Commission
J. H. Easterday
Everett Grain and Warehouse Company
Douglas County
Tax Commission
Equitable Life Resignations Prompt New Inquiry
New York June 21 reports state president and vice president Hyde resign from the Equitable Life Assurance Society amid an independent investigation into the society’s affairs. Also resigning are second vice president Gage E. Hyde and others as the board moves to inform audit and governance steps.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Sooc
Janes H. Hyde
Gage E
Scciety
British battleship Commonwealth to undergo rearmament
The Commonwealth, a 17 000 ton British battleship, faces rearmament due to alleged weakness of its 12 inch guns. Admiralty plans a new, more powerful battleship after lessons from the Russo Japanese conflict. Critics note flaws in 85 caliber 12 inch and 50 caliber 6 inch guns and discuss powder and gun stability issues.
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Commonwealth
British Admiralty
London Daily Graphic
A Little Lesson In Patriotism and Rosecrans Career
A sketch of William S. Rosecrans from Ohio, a private who became a U S Army officer and led Camp Chase in Columbus. He organized Ohio home guards, fought Bragg in Middle Tennessee, and compelled Confederate positions to retreat to the Chickamauga region. His enduring achievement included shaping U S relations with Mexico through patient diplomacy.
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Daniel Webster
William 8. Rosecrane
Ohio
Army of the United States
George B. McClellan
Columbus
Chase
Rosecrans
Middle Tennessee
Bragg
Murfreesboro
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Mexico
Republic
History of Navy Assistant Secretaries and honors
The article traces notable career paths of Navy Assistant Secretaries from T. H. WeWBErBeY to William McAdoo and Charles H. Allen, noting their ascent and later roles. It describes ceremonial honors earned on official visits, with officers assembling in dress uniforms to greet the officeholder on entering a ship.
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Truman H. Newberry
Detroit
Navy
Roosevelt
T. H. Wewberbey
William McAdoo
New York City
New York
Naval Ceremonies Mark Departing Official On Board
The guard presents arms and drum calls signal the departure ceremony as the Assistant Secretary leaves the ship. The flag is raised at the main mast and a salute of fifteen guns is fired to mark the occasion.
Helen Cannon Washington society figure second to Miss Roosevelt
Helen Cannon ranks among Washington’s unmarried social elite due to her father’s Speakership. The Cannon family has long held social prominence, with Miss Cannon as mistress of the home and a cultured, worldly, but quietly dignified presence.
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Helen Cannon
House of Representatives
Cannon
Miss Cannon
Broad
Two Hemispheres
The Well Loved Countryside in French Landscape Painting
The passage describes a landscape’s sentiment that attracts countrypeople and reflects the painter’s attachment. It notes a French term for this beloved land, linking Rousseau Dupre Corot and Barbison near the forest to Hobbe ma and earlier Dutch influence. It cites How to Study Pictures in St Nicholas and ends with a remark on envy among certain women.
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Rousseau
Dupre
Corot
Barbison
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Vance
Hyde and
Alexander
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