Hunt for author of court scandal rocks Belgian royal life
Brussels May 29 semi official communique defends Belgian royal family from false rumors dating to a Yaeken garden party. Reports claimed Queen of Belgians surprised King Albert with a chamber lady then shot the woman dead. King astonished and indignant, to prosecute authors and those repeating the claims. Criminal proceedings started before the King's proa curator.
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Brussels
Belgium
Yaeken
Albert
Iing
Loot Hidden in Harlem Flat Ties Up Police Probe
Police seek owners of about $10,000 worth of property found in the flat of Bert Curtis alias Bertrand Lamont at 203 West One Hundred and Eleventh street. Curtis is held without bail for examination tomorrow in Harlem court. He is described as a fastidious prisoner with multiple dress suits silk underwear and large quantities of clothing.
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New York
Police and Detective Bureau
Bert Curtis
Bertrand Lamont
West One Hundred and Eleventh Street
Harlem Court
Curtis
Harlem
Wealthy broker Curtis and wife behind high society burglary spree
Detectives trail a prisoner using a luxury lifestyle. Curtis rented a flat under Lamont, trafficked eighty pounds of silver and twenty of gold to a local smelter, triggering police tips. Police recovered about 10000 dollars in loot including goldware, silverware, rings, cameras and art. Acquaintances note his athletic past and absence of deadly weapons in his burglars’ kit.
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Lamont
Curtis
Fear Uprising Looms In Cuba After Conference
Havana May 20. After a long meeting of President Gomez Major General Monteagudo and Interior Secretary Bru alarming rumors spread across Cuba of a planned negro uprising. Arrests occurred at Sagua la Grande Santa Clara Province outskirts of Santiago and near Mariet. Reports claim rebels aim to attack barracks at sunset and that a prisoner carried documents implicating Gen Ivinet and other leaders of the color independent party. Government reports continue but no new developments.
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Havana
Gomez
Monteagudo
Interior
Bru
Sagua la Grande
Santa Clara
Santiago
Mariet
Ivinet
Independent Party of Color
Cuba
Iona crew escapes as barge burns and sinks off Stony Point
The nine men and a woman cook aboard the steam coal barge Iona of Montreal reach Henderson after a night adrift. The coal laden steamer burned to the waterline and sank 25 miles off Stony Point Saturday night. The crew fled in open boats in a raging sea leaving belongings behind. The captain telegraphs for funds to move the men to Montreal and plans to depart today. The vessel valued at 15000 dollars was fully insured. the cause of the blaze remains unknown.
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Watertown
N. Y
Iona
Montreal
Henderson
Stony Point Light
Stony Point
Doctor Wanted Wife Chloroformed Case Stir English Ky
Carroll County grand jury convened to probe Dr J M Gilbert of English Ky accused of trying to induce Charles Ross to lure his wife into the Gilbert home and chloroform her while she slept Ross notified authorities and officers overheard the proposal in English near a church rear where Gilbert was arrested The Gilberts are prominent in local church and social circles and own considerable property.
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Carrollton
Carroll County
J. M. Gilbert
English
Charles Ross
Gilbert
Ross
Miners Sign Agreement After Wage Rise and Concessions
Representatives of anthracite mine workers and coal companies signed an agreement at Reading Company headquarters in Philadelphia. Ratified last week in Wilkesbarre by workers, the pact grants wage increases and other concessions. Mining, suspended for seven weeks, will resume next Wednesday.
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Philadelphia
Reading Company
Wilkesbarre
Adjournment of Coffee Trust Case Hearing Granted
The government order targeting the New York Dock Company over 950000 bags of coffee in a bid to dissolve the Brazilian coffee parallelization scheme was adjourned to Friday by Judge Hough in the U S District Court New York May 20.
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New York
New York Dock Company
Hough
United States District Court
World mark for dirigible altitude set in Paris
The French dirigible Clement Bayard III carried six passengers and rose to 290 metres 9514 feet to beat the world record. The previous record of 1967 metres 6438 feet was set by the Adjutant Vincentot, another Clement Bayard type, at Soissons on June 19 last year.
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Paris
Clement Bayard III
Adjutant Vincenot
Clement-Bayard
Soissons
Manchester Police Raid Tramps Retreat
Manchester police raided The Orchard in South Manchester and took 11 men into custody on trespassing and vagrancy charges. Officers say the men were meeting to plan a tramp convention in the city.
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Manchester
N. H
Scout Gang
Sailor's Body Likely Shipped to Eastport for Burial
The body of 31 year old James Rutherford, a deckhand on the Governor Dingley of the Eastern Steamship Co, will be shipped from the North Grove street morgue today to his old home in Eastport Maine for burial. He fell overboard February 18 and was recovered yesterday by the police boat Watchman off Central wharf.
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James Rutherford
North Grove Street
Eastport
Governor Dingley
Eastern Steamship Company
Central Wharf
Manufacturers Urge Fight On Closed Shop In Printing Trade
New York May 20 continued warfare on the closed shop in printing was urged at the 17th annual meeting of the National Manufacturers Association. The report criticized politicians and city officials for enforcing the union label in city printing. It urged united action to build up an American merchant marine. John Kirby Jr. said the association is needed to protect business interests as conditions have changed in the last decade. Bankruptcy laws were discussed and amendments recommended to align with modern needs. No action on consular reform as the committee advised against recommendations before the national election.
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New York
National Manufacturers’ Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Cuy
United Action
J. J. Amory
Committee On Merchant Marine
Manufacturers’ Association
John Kirby, Jr
Association
Witnesses barred from profanity before Congress meat inquiry
Washington May 20 witnesses testifying before the house committee probing the federal meat inspection service were forbidden to use profanity. Representative Sloan of Nebraska argued that politicians may call others liars but the committee would not permit it. J H Harms of Fremont claimed the inspection service was charged with disease and filth in meats from Swift Armour Nelson Morris and East Side Packing in East St Louis.
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Washington
House
Federal Meat Inspection Service
Swift, Armour, Nelson Morris
East Side
East St. Louis
Deaf mute Edward Bishop given two months for drunkenness
Edward Bishop aged 50 who feigned deaf mute status was jailed for two months at Deer Island after a judge rejected probation and allowed the sentence. Probation officer Warren urged Bishop to speak for himself and he promised reform while resuming grave digging work. Saverio Ciccola, 25, was sent to Deer Island for attempting to pick a woman's pocket on Hanover Street, receiving a one year sentence after recent release.
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Edward Bishop
Warren
New Bedford
Deer Island
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