Birmingham Christens Swift Cruiser at Fore River Yard
The scout cruiser Birmingham launched at Fore River Ship Building, christened by Miss Mary Campbell of Birmingham. The vessel, named for Birmingham Alabama, slides into water at 11:56 amid flags and emblems, with speeches on American merchant marine ties and northern southern unity. The ship aims to be the fastest U S cruiser at 24 knots, with dignitaries including Rear Admiral Cowles and officials from Boston attending.
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Quincy
Birmingham
City of
Ala
Fore River Ship Building Company
United States
Mary Campbell
Ship Building Company
Francis T. Bowles
Corporation
James Weatherly
Boston
Cowles
United States Navy
Miss Campbell
Alabama
George B. Ward
Congress
River Ship Building Company
New York Subway Expert Recommends Kendall Square Omission
William Barclay Parsons, hired by Cambridge Mayor Wardwell, recommends four stations Harvard square Dana street Central square and Sixth street and excludes Kendall square. He cites steep grade and danger and notes regret that the subway cannot have four tracks.
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William Barclay Parsons
New York
Wardwell
Cambridge
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Harvard Square
Dana Street
Central Square
Sixth Street
Kendall Square
Daly
Citizens’ Committee
Kendall
Frothingham Considered For Senate Or State Posts
The Hon. Louis A. Frothingham remains silent on political plans. He will not seek mayor, lieutenant governor, or a second place on the state ticket this fall. Speculation links him to a possible 1908 lieutenant governorship or a Senate bid while he weighs options as Guild Draper succession debates continue.
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Louis A. Frothingham
Guild and Draper
Frothingham
Guild
Cole
Draper
Senate
Queen Haakon and Queen Maud Wreck on Versailles Bridge
King Haakon and Queen Maud of Norway escaped unharmed as their landau plunged from a narrow bridge into the lake near the Petit Trianon. Four horses and one animal were injured. General Michel assisted the Queen and the President’s wife to safety. Dragoons retrieved the horses. Foreign Minister Pichon hosted a dinner that evening with officials and the American ambassador present.
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Paris
Haakon
Queen Maud
Norway
Versailles
Mme
Fallieres
General Michel
Marie Antoinette
Petit Trianon
Michel
Pichon
Foreign Office
White
Ruef Sentence Postponed After Extortion Guilty Plea
Abraham Ruef appeared before Judge Dunne in San Francisco to be sentenced for extorting 1175 from Delmonico's restaurant proprietor Joseph Malfanti after pleading guilty two weeks earlier. Assistant District Attorney Heney moved to delay sentencing for two weeks, a postponement Ruef did not oppose. The judge granted the request as Ruef sat beside Mayor Schmitz, whose own trial on the same charge was about to resume.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Dunne
Joseph Malfanti
Delmonico
Heney
Ruef
Bossa
Schmitz
Election Held by Hotel Men Luncheon Club in Houston
The Hotel Men's Luncheon Club of Houston held its annual meeting and banquet at the Hotel Fleetwater in Bedford Springs with about 60 members present. A. M. Howe was elected president, Christopher Jones vice president, and W. N. Hall treasurer and secretary. Members traveled from Boston by automobile and special electric cars, returning late at night.
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Hotel Men’s Luncheon Club of
Houston
Fleetwater
Bedford Springs
A. M. Howe
Christopher Jones
W. N. Hall
Boston
Union injunction bars intimidation at Nichols Langworthy plant
Providence May 29 Judge Tanner granted an injunction against the What Cheer Lodge of Hope Valley IA Machinists on Nichols Langworthy Machine Co complaint. It bars union members from intimidating workers and forbids workers from trying to persuade employees to quit their jobs.
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Providence
R. I
Tanner
Superior Court
What Cheer Lodge
Hope Valley
International Association of Machinists
Nichols & Langworthy Machine Company
Swedish Minister to Coordinate Visit of Prince Wilhelm
Swedish minister H L F Lagercrantz travels from Washington to arrange provisional plans for Prince Wilhelm Duke of Sodermanland. The prince, a naval lieutenant on the Fyigia, will visit the Jamestown exposition for four days then go to New York with possible Boston detour.
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H. L. F. .Lagercrantz
Washington
Prince Wilhelm
Duke of
Fyigia
Jamestown
New York
Boston
President recalls the Douglas Robinsons invited to Jamestown Exposition
Washington May 29 It is announced here tonight that Mr and Mrs Douglas Robinson brother in law and sister of the President are hurrying to America upon the urgent invitation of Mr Roosevelt Secretary Loebs as they come to attend the Jamestown Exposition with the President's party on Georgia Day the 10th of next month.
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Washington
Douglas Robinson
America
Roosevelt
Loebs
Georgia
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Southern Beauty
Swift Cruiser
Grace Hardie
Marjorie Weatherly
Martha Dabney
Kathleen Nixon
Ellen Linn Morton
Mary Kirkpatrick
FE. K. Campbell
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
John T. Peterson
Magazine St
Ae Men
W.L. Douglas
W. J. Douglas
Brockton, Moss
W.l.douglas
Washington Street
Hanover Street
Summer Street
Lincoln
Court Street
Howard
Sphinx
Martha Dean Patterns
Washington and
Essex Streets
Hayward Place
Milan
Axminster Rugs
Royal Axminster
Kashmir
New England
Henry Siegel Co
Hayward Price
Pattern Department
the Post
Devery
Douglas Robinsons
Ecru Oriental
Batiste
Valenciennes
Hayward
Lal
Essex Street
Sullivan
Auditor’s Department
William J. Barry
Mitchell
Charles L. Sullivan
Ward
Water Department
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