Explosion on Vagabond yacht injures several in Hudson
Gasoline explosion on the auxiliary yacht Vagabond anchored off West Eighty eighth Street in the Hudson injured multiple passengers and crew. Mrs. J. B. Gibson and others were hospitalized after two blasts, as fire crews doused the burning ship and the vessel sank.
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J. B. Gibson
Line
Hudson River
West Fighty-eighth Street
A. P. Folger
Marion
Mass
W. P. Concord
Fred Risch
Samuel Risch
Sopheus Larsen
Charles Butler
Joseph Imuse
Messrs
Folger
Concord
Larsen
Gibson
Sweet Singer Sybil Sanderson Dies in Paris
Renowned American operatic soprano Sybil Sanderson dies suddenly at her Paris home from pneumonia. Beauty fades as the end nears. Funeral is planned for tomorrow afternoon.
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Paris
Opera star Syd Sanderson dies in Paris pneumonia attack
Paris reports the death of American soprano Syd Sanderson from pneumonia following a grippe. She recently returned from Nice, lived at 1 Avenue du Bois de Boulogne with her mother, and was linked to a possible marriage to Count Paul Tolstoi. Funeral set for Monday at Saint Honore de Eytau.
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Paris
Syd
Sanderson
Parie
Nice
Miss Sanderson
J. G. Sanderson
California
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Edith
Marion
Mary Garden
Chicago
Opera Comique
Paul Tolstoi
Aix
Former Minneapolis Mayor Ames Sentenced to Six Years
Minneapolis May 16 After hearing the appeal of former Mayor A A Ames for mercy Judge Elliott sentenced the ex leader to six years hard labor in the state penitentiary He will not begin serving until the Supreme Court rules on his appeal Bond of 819000 was accepted allowing his release pending higher court action
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Minneapolis
Ames
Supreme Court
Bailey Leads in Four Precincts in Special Election
In four Montana precincts Big Timber Bailey Republican leads Franklin Democrat 199 to 64. Grey Cliff McLeod Melville show Bailey padding gains while Franklin loses Melville the Democrats concede Bailey's election.
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Standard
Big Timber
Bailey
Franklin
Grey Cliff—Bailey
McLeod—Bailey
Melville—Bailey
Melville
Seattle man sentenced to death for killing William McNally
Seattle May 14 John D Reynolds was sentenced to be hanged for the shooting of William McNally in the Cascade mountains. Reynolds claimed self defense but evidence showed he waited for his man and fired without warning. No execution date was set.
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Seattle
John D. Reynolds
William McNally
Wellington
Cascade Mountains
Reynolds
Verdict in McDermott suit awards $20000 damages
Great Falls May 16 The jury in Edward McDermott versus Anaconda Copper Co. awarded the plaintiff $20000 for personal injuries at Belt coal mines jurors stood 10 to 2 on damages and 5 to 4 on the special question The case had been before the district court a week Judge Tattan called County Attorney Berry's attention to witness George Fisher's charge that Attorney John A Largent offered him 1000 to change testimony Fisher testified he was offered 1000 prior to the trial Sargent denied the charge and urged an investigation Fisher testified for the defense in the case
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Great Falls
Edward McDermott
Anaconda Copper Company
Cial
McDermott
Belt
Leslie
Berry
Tattan
John A. Largent
George Fisher
Largent
Fisher
Sargent
Prosecuting Officer Receives Silver Loving Cup
A committee of eight St. Louis businessmen presented Circuit Attorney Folk with a solid silver loving cup as testimony of the public’s approval of his handling of prosecutions against lawbreakers. The cup was bought with contributions from residents of St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Folk
Robbery Strips Mrs Lorillard of Jewels in London Hotel
At the Berkeley hotel two men followed Mrs. Pierre Lorillard and her party from Monte Carlo and robbed her of jewels valued at far over 50 000. She kept only her wearing items and a letter of credit. Police have no clue to the culprits though she recalls meeting the two suspects at several points.
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London
Pierre Lorillard
GENERAL HOWARD TO SETTLE FEUDS ON HORSEBACK TRIP
General C. O. Howard founder of the Lincoln Memorial school at Cumberland will ride alone through Breathitt Letcher and Harlan counties in Eastern Kentucky to study conditions and seek an end to feuds. He will finish the journey at Grant Lee Hall near Cumberland Gap.
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Middlesboro
C. O. Howard
Lincoln Memorial School
Cumberland
Keptucscy
Howard
Breathitt
Letcher
Harlan Counties
Grant-Lee Hall
Cumberland Gap
Pennsylvania libel law gets good roast
Berlin reports German papers mock the new Pennsylvania press censor law calling it fit for Russia not free America and predicting the measure will be short lived.
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Berlin
Pennsylvania
Russia
America
Ibsen in Copenhagen in Critical Condition
Paris reports Henrik Ibsen the Norwegian dramatist is critically ill in Copenhagen. Doctors and friends fear a fatal outcome as his condition worsens today.
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Paris
The
Temps Today
Copenhagen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen In Critical Condition In Copenhagen
Copenhagen May 16 The condition of Henrik Ibsen the dramatist remains unchanged with no prospects of recovery.
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Copenhagen
Henrik Ibsen
Curtis Family Divorce Settlement Clears Court
Stipulation filed requests dismissal of the wife’s divorce action as settled and ill advised. It states the wife did not know the contents of the complaint and that the matter was settled out of court.
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Curtis
Attorney Seeks Voice In Divorce Settlement Stipulation
In Great Falls on May 16 the divorce case of Mrs. Lucille Curtis and Gold T. Curtis takes a new turn as a stipulation to dismiss the suit is filed by the defendant. The agreement claims the suit was ill advised and that Mrs. Curtis did not know the complaint's contents when signing. Attorneys Downing and Stephenson filed the stipulation at 3 30 p m, with plaintiff's counsel T E Brady objecting to dismissal without his input.
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Standard
Great Falls
Lucille Curtis
Gold T. Curtis
Curtis
Fourth Avenue North
T. E
Brady
Downing and Stephenson
SUHWAB Free School Dedication by Steel Trust Leader
The president of the Steel Trust makes a magnificent gift to the people of Homestead, establishing a free school to be maintained by the donor. Ceremonies attract a pleases crowd of about 20,000 guiding the dedication.
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Steel Trust
C. M. Schwab Free Industrial School
Steel Corporation
Schwab
Domestic Science Department
Schwab Free Industrial School Dedicated in Homestead
Pittsburg May 16 local residents halted business for a holiday as C M Schwab dedicated a new free industrial school. A 3 pm ceremony followed a morning parade with 20 000 participants including schoolchildren iron workers and civic groups. Schwab formally handed over the building and equipment to the borough after a brief address.
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Homestead
Schwab
Boys’ Brigade of
Pennsylvania
Homestead, Braddock and Duquesne
N. D. Hynson
Outbreak of Negroes in Hartford Heads to Violence
A Courier Journal report says 150 black residents gather in Hartford as Marshal L Paris shoots Andrew Kender. Sheriff’s deputy cordons off the town with 60 guards. 50 more citizens patrol. Both sides armed. a Negro outbreak is feared and whites threaten extermination of any involved in Paris removal.
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Louisville
Courier Journal
Hartford
Andrew Kender
Marshal L. Paris
Paris
Oweg
Ohio County
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Risch
Vagabond
Sybil Sanderson
Higher Court
A. A. Ames
Way
Ahmad SO Pan
M'Dermot
Ney
Anauiet Attor
Ney Sargent
District Court
Spe
General Howard
Ibsen
Matter
Suhwab Free School
Charles M. Schwab
Pittsburg
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