Goux 13 Winner of Soo Mile Race at Indianapolis
Jules Goux, a French driver in a Peugeot, won the 500 mile Indianapolis race in 6 hours 31 minutes 43.45 seconds earning $35,000 including a $20,000 prize. Spencer Wishart finished second in a Mercer, collecting $10,000. Charles Merz, in a Stutz, raced with flames under the engine and still completed the lap, earning $5,000. Delbert Guyot finished fourth in a Sunbeam, winning $3,500. The event saw one major wreck injuring Jack Tower and Lee Gunning without fatalities.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Jules Goux
Peugeot
Io France
Speedway
Goux
France
Spencer Wishart
Mercer
Charles Merz
Merz
Root
Theodore Pillette
Mercedes
Howard Wilcox
Ralph Mulford
Louis Disbrow
Cane
G. H. Clark
Tulsa
N, Haupt
Mazon
Jack Tower
Lee Gunning
Tower
Gunning
Speedway Management
Tense Bulgarian Greek clash on Saloniki border threatens Balkan conflict
A Sofia dispatch warns of an imminent Belgrade Serb action and ongoing clashes between Bulgarian and Greek forces in Macedonia. Athens reports Bulgaria seeks to free forces to attack Serbia by surrendering Saloniki claims, prompting Greek and Bulgarian commanders to plan maneuvers around Mount Panghaion and surrounding areas.
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London
Sofia
Belgrade
Servia
Balkans
Bulgaria
Greece
Macedonia
Athens
Saloniki
Panghaton
Vanizelos
Constantine
Eleftheria
Panghaion
Prava
Bujuktu
Lake Doiran
Game Name
Receivers Appointed for Frisco System Rail Lines
Judge Sanborn names Benjamin L. Winchell and Thomas H. Weat receivers for the St Louis and San Francisco railroad the Frisco system on application by the North American company Judge Carpenter appoints receivers for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad part of the Frisco system based on Railway Steel Spring company action William J Jackson and Edwin W Winter named as receivers The Frisco system cannot meet 2 25 million five percent two year notes due June 1 sparking financial difficulties
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St. Louis
United States
Sanborn
San Franscsco
Frisco
North American
Benjamin L. Winchell
Frisco Company
Thomas H. Weat
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Carpenter
United State District Court of Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Olinda
Railway Steel Spring Company
William J. Jackson
Road
Edwin W. Wintére
New York
McCarty Killed After World Heavyweight Title Fight
Calgary May 27 Luther McCarty world heavyweight champion was knocked down by Arthur Pelkey in a ten round match. He took the count of ten and died eight minutes later from a blow believed to have struck the heart region. Referee Edward Smith of Chicago declared Pelkey the winner.
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Calgary
Alberta
Luther McCarty
Edward Smith
Chicago
Arthur Pelkey
Fire kills mother and infant in Cicero suburb
In Cicero near Chicago on Monday a house fire claimed the lives of Mrs. Martha Latherman and her adopted daughter Lilian Jacobs aged nineteen months. The Lieberman name appears destroyed in the blaze.
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Chicago
Martha Latherman
Lillian Jacobs
Lieberman
Cicero
Here
Flames Sweep Edmonton Hotel Fire
The North Edmonton hotel burned on Tuesday with the fire spreading to nine other structures including stores icehouses stables and dwellings. Losses are estimated at 185000 dollars.
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Edmonton
Alberta
North Edmonton
Tuesaday
Wisconsin man attempts family murder then hangs self
Poleone Family of Fond du Lac, Wis reports that Miller, fifty one, of West Bend, tried to kill his family by arsenic laced coffee on Tuesday. He then hanged himself near a nearby building.
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Poleone
Hanga Self
Fond ‘du Lac
Wis
Herman Miller
West Bend
Trains Collision Kills Four in Missouri Head-On
Two Missouri Pacific passenger trains collided head on near Brant Missouri west of Jefferson City. Four people died and 18 passengers plus two crew members were injured with more injuries expected. Officials order investigation into why No 11 did not stop at McGirk. The steel cars prevented a larger fire.
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St. Louis
P. 8
McGirk
Brant
Man amputates diseased toe and foot with pocket knife
Isaac Bassett, seventy five, of Penn Yan New York, cut off his diseased toe to stop gangrene but later removed his foot with the same knife. He lives far from a physician.
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Penn Yan
N. Y
Isaac Bassett
Bassett
Cleveland
Thomas F. McMahon
McMahon & Troughton Candy Company
James Reed
New York
Stephen J. Stilwell
Bronx
New York State Senate
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
United States Supreme Court
William Smith
Warrenton
Wedener Stables
Belmont Park Race Track
King George and Queen Mary review guards at Potsdam
King George and Queen Mary of England ended their Berlin visit with a review of the guards army corps during its spring parade at Potsdam.
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George
Berlin
Germany
King George
Queen Mary
England
Guards Army Corps
Potsdam
Polish wrestler Zbyazko unscathed after cut to head
Zbyazko, the Polish wrestler, who suffered a fractured skull in a grappling match Monday night, has recovered to a badly cut head only. The incident occurred in Montreal Que on May 29.
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Zbyazko
Montreal
Que
Wilson Attacks Lobbyists Over Tariff Debates
President Wilson denounces lobbyists in Washington for pressuring public opinion against tariff bill items. He condemns paid advertisements and unlimited spending aimed at influencing lawmakers and urges relief for all government branches from the intolerable interference. He says both houses would welcome a release from this pressure.
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Washington
Wilson
Pier Collapse Kills 35 at Long Beach Celebration
At the British Empire day celebration in Long Beach on the municipal pier 35 people were killed as the double decked structure collapsed. About 50 were seriously injured and many more were struck by debris as spectators panicked and fled the scene.
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Long Beach
Cal
Municipal
City Auditorium
Final decree dissolves coaster brake trust in Rochester
A US district court in Rochester, New York, entered a final decree dissolving the coaster brake trust. The decree, agreed by all parties, permanently restrains eight corporations and 18 defendants from further combining in violation of the Sherman act. A concurrent criminal Sherman act case remains pending in court.
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Rochester
N. Y
Coaster Brake Trust
United States District Court
Famous Horse Trainer Dead In Lexington
Lexington reports the death of John Rode gap on Tuesday, one of the era’s most famed thoroughbred trainers. He is credited with training more winning horses than any peer of his generation. In New York, 97 percent of Erie men vote strike after final talks to resolve differences with railroad telegraphers and station agents.
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Lexington
John Rodegap
Erie
New York
Erie Railroad
Roosevelt libel case limits hearsay about alcohol use
In Marquette on May 30 the court ruled that evidence of a general reputation for Colonel Roosevelt's drinking cannot be admitted in the libel suit against editor George A. Newett. Witnesses were limited to avoid turning the trial into political discussion while clarifying ceremonial alcohol use by Roosevelt.
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Thon Ore
Ishpeming, Mich
George A. Newett
Roosevelt
Marquette
Mich
Ishpeming Iron Ore
Belden
Ishpeming
John O. O’laughlin
Orient
Europe
O’laughlin
O'Laughlin
Mr. O'Laughlin
Washington
Gridiron Club
White House
Cleveland
McKinley
Progressive Party
Morse Head of Boat Line
Charles W. Morse, former banker and ex-prisoner, was elected Wednesday president of the Hudson Navigation Company, owners of a line of steamers on the Hudson River.
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Morse
New York
Charles W. Morse
Hudson Navigation Company
Hudson
Saddle stallion breaks record with 7600 price
Saddle stallion Kentucky's Best sold by H C Hurley of Louisville to R A Long of Kansas City for 7600. Reported as a record price for a saddle horse. Also noted Confederate General Lindsay L Lomax dies at Providence Hospital at seventy eight. funeral in Warrenton Virginia.
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Louisville
H. C. Hurley
Kentucky
R. A. Long
Kansas City
Washington
Lindsay L. Lomax
Providence Hospital
Warrenton
England's Beauty Lady Jean Cochranes London Presence
London society ranks Lady Jean Cochhrane as one of England's most beautiful figures in court circles. Her striking reddish gold hair deep blue eyes and simple elegant gowns draw notice. An intimate friend of Lady Diana Manners she frequents homes of wealthy Americans in London.
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London
Jean
Cochhrane i
England
Diana Manners
Duchess of Rutland
Jews Called to Aid Syria Autonomy Vision
Prof Nathaniel Schmidt of Cornell urged Reform Jews to help establish a democratic Syria with secular education as a basis for higher learning. He admitted a Jewish state in Syria remains unlikely due to Christian and Muslim attachment to the land.
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New York
Syria
Nathaniel Schmidt
Cornell University
Eastern Council of Reformed Rabbis
China
Schmidt
Mussulman
Young Vanderbilts Dig Coal At Nanticoke Mine
Harold Van derbilt and George F. Baker Jr. of New York worked as miners at the Truesdale mine, D. la & W. Co., in Wilkesbarre, loading a regulation car after several hours of toil. They accompanied Vice-President E. B. Loomis on a road tour.
Missouri Fowls Get Drunk in City Market
In Kaneag City Missouri a dozen chickens in a coop at the city market drank whisky from a jug the man carried. The birds staggered and crowed loudly as their owner found they grew sleepy and eventually fell quiet.
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Kaneag City
Bee swarm damages Belld Honey Wall in Miye Colorado
Miye resident W. T. Hunter reports a bees nest in the wall of his house. He discovered the swarm behind the honey board and scraped away the line of his bone tea, noting winter honey supplies disrupted by the event.
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Miye
Colo
W. T. Hunter
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Mission
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Fla
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Newett
Jean Cochrane
Lady Jean
Lady Cochrane
Cornell
Young Vanderbilt
New Yorker and Companion
Pennsylvania Mine
Missouri
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