Cuban President seeks power to suspend constitution
Havana June 3 President Gomez sent a message to Congress asking authority to suspend constitutional guarantees across the republic or parts as needed. House lacked quorum, referred to laws committee, special session called for tomorrow to debate the step amid rising insurrection. Dominican General Lopez arrested. rebels report skirmishes near La Gloria Hatillo and with Zapata nearby.
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Havana
Gomez
Congress
Republic
House
Committee On Laws
House of Representatives
Victoriano Lopez
Puerto Plata
Mendia
la Gloria
Hatillo
Zapata
San Luis
Guantanamo
Santiago
Monteagudo
President seeks suspension of constitutional guarantees in Oriente
General Monteagudo urges urgent action to halt negro conspirators and insurrection. Plan calls for reconcentration, cutting rebel subsistence, and blocking information flows. President Gomez asks Congress to authorize suspension of constitutional guarantees nationwide or in part due to grave public order disturbances.
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Monteagudo
Santiago
Oriente
Gomez
Helps on Care of the Hair and Skin Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes a canthrox shampoo mixed with hot water to produce a rich lather that cleanses the scalp and may encourage hair growth. It discourages powder or greasy creams and recommends spurmax lotion with hazel or hot water and glycerine for a smooth complexion and refined appearance.
United States approves Cuban rifle and ammunition shipments
The State Department authorized the War Department to arm Cuban volunteers and guards with 5000 rifles and 1,000,000 rounds. Krag Jorgensen rifles will be supplied at about $5 each. Reports say El Cobre remains quiet, while unrest surrounds Santiago and the Gunboat Paducah remains offshore El Playa.
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Washington
State Department
War Department
Gomez
Congress
Santiago
el Cobre
Beaupre
Havana
Daiquiri
Paducah
el Playa
Schoolgirl Elopes with Salesman in Boston Wedding
A minister married a high school girl and her salesman fiancé. They left for a honeymoon without notifying anyone. A friend saw them at South station, while Mohan, the groom’s father, confirms the marriage but offers no details. Parents refuse to discuss the underage bride. There is no record of intention filed in Boston.
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South Station
Boston
Mohan
Fairbanks Scale Company
Brauer
Hector To Assist Stranded Collier At Keys
June 3 The Navy orders the collier Hector from Boston to aid the grounded Mars on the Bahamas Banks near Key West Florida. Hector will relieve at least half of Mars cargo of about 75 000 tons of coal.
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Hector
Washington
Navy Department
Boston
Mars
Bahama Banks
Key West
Fla
Hires Root Beer Pitch Emphasizes Natural Refreshment
An advertising pitch promotes Hires as a natural refresher with vanilla and wintergreen flavors plus juniper berry and wheat components for kidneys and bladder. It asserts no drugs are present and invites consumers to choose a real drink beyond ordinary root beer.
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Hires
Hub Heat Wave Eases Yet City Tops Eastern States
Boston recorded 84 degrees between 2 and 5 PM yesterday, making it the hottest in the Eastern States north of Norfolk despite relief from the prior day. The day saw no prostrations.
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Boston
Norfolk
Weather outlook fair and cool with light winds
The local weather office promises fair cooler weather for today and Wednesday with moderate southerly to southwesterly winds and no rain in sight. Forecaster warned of cooler temperatures and predicted a maximum around eight degrees with brief readings near seven.
Fourth of June heat records temper crowds at city beaches
Thousands flocked to City Point Bass Point and Nantasket while Revere Beach boulevard drew large crowds. Humidity was low around 53 to 63 percent making the day feel only mildly uncomfortable as Phenix Arizona topped 108 degrees and Chicago and St Louis reached 86. Green Bay recorded 56 the coolest reading.
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City Point
Bass Point
Nantasket
Revere Beach
Phenix
Ariz
United States
Norfolk
Richmond
Chicago
St. Louis
Washington
New York
Green Bay
Wis
Brown Re elected Ohio GOP Chairman In 13 8 Vote
Walter F. Brown was re elected chairman of the Ohio State Republican Central Committee by a 13 to 8 vote. In a test vote for temporary chairman Brown lost 11 to 10. The resolutions committee endorsed Taft administration while Roosevelt supporters planned a minority report backing Theodore Roosevelt.
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Columbus
Walter F. Brown
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
Republican Central Committee
Brown
Taft
William Howard Taft
Taft Edges Roosevelt Faction in Ohio District Meetings
Taft forces win at least 11 of 21 delegates, with an eighth district vote of 20 to 19 for Taft committeemen. Walter Brown retains chairmanship as Roosevelt backers claim the convention fails to reflect the will of Republican voters.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Walter Brown
Central Committee
Ohio
Cusumano case moves toward death row commutation appeal
Details reveal Gov Foss deliberations on commutation petitions for Mrs Cusumano and Enrico Mascioli as death sentence procedures unfold. Fr. Murphy and Fr. Gregori visit the inmates while lawyers plan to present the full story to the Governor's council. Mrs Cusumano maintains innocence, recounting coercion and threats during the alleged crime.
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Mascioli
Lauro
Joseph Lauro
Cusumano
Taft Welcomes Visiting German Battleships at Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe Va June 3 President Taft and officials welcomed the German warships Moltke Bremen and Stettin to American waters aboard the Mayflower. Admiral Von Rebeur-Paaschewitz his officers and men are guest of the nation with Count Von Bernstorff aboard.
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Fort Monroe
Moltke
Bremen
Stettin
Taft
Meyer
Washington
Mayflower
von Rebeur-Paaschewitz
Count von Bernstorff
Admiral von Rebeur-Paaschewitz
Admiral Ward
Florida
Henry of Reuss
Christian von Hessen
Taft Hosts German Warship Visit at Hampton Roads
The German squadron anchored inside Virginia capes is greeted with 21 and 15 gun salutes as the Mayflower heads in. President Taft and Adrift Taft welcomes Admiral von Rebeur-Paaschewitz aboard the Florida while both fleets salute in a ceremonial review and luncheon.
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Secretary of the Navy
Hampton Roads
Virginia Capes
Louisiana
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Delaware
Florida
South Carolina
Utah
Moltke
Pratt Weds Edith Egan in Al Fresco Cincinnati Wedding
Miss Edith Egan daughter of Mr and Mrs 8 P Egan head of a large machinery firm married William Brace Pratt son of Dr and Mrs William Hall Bruce Pratt of Brooklyn New York at the Egan home in Cincinnati. The twilight lawn ceremony featured bridesmaids Mary Dempsey Margaret Mitchell and Mary Kilgour Miller with Albert H Pratt as best man. The couple plans a Boston honeymoon and residence. Pratt is a Yale 1906 graduate now with an Eastern publishing firm.
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WM. B. Pratt
Cincinnati
Edith Egan
P. Egan
United States
William Brace Pratt
William Hall Bruce Pratt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Egan
Mary Dempsey
Philadelphia
Margaret Mitchell
Mary Kilgour Miller
Albert H. Pratt
Pratt
Boston
Mr. Pratt
Yale
Eastern Publishers
Knocked Down by Auto Injures South Boston Man
Joseph Dineen aged 82 living at 202 K Street South Boston was struck by a car on Boylston Street near Exeter Street while alighting from a surface car last night. The auto with a New York registration owned by Mrs. T. P. Lindsay now staying in Southboro Mass conveyed Dineen home after the incident.
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Joseph Dineen
K Street
Boston
Boylston Street
Exeter Street
New York
T. P. Lindsay
Southboro
Mass
Dineen
Portland Newsboy Gorley Goldberg Missing Since June First
Eleven year old Gorley Goldberg a Portland Maine newsboy who ran away from home on June 1 remains missing. He is described as a pale boy with short light hair and was last seen in the company of an unidentified man. Local police urge anyone with information to contact them immediately.
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Mascioli
Bayside
Boston
Lewis Street
North End
Jimmie Endeligato
Mary Jimmie
Jimmie
Gorley Goldberg
Portland
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