Abyssinian Emperor Menelek Fate Kept Secret by Court
In Harun June 1 the fate of Menelek I Emperor of Abyssinia remains unknown despite repeated death reports. British Minister Thesiger says Adis Ababa officials deny knowledge, and diplomats cannot confirm. Rumors say the embalmed head lies in a private chamber. security surrounds the palace as inquiries into a raid injuring two British officers continue.
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Hendon
Mengiik
Abyssinia
W. Thesiger
Adis Adeéba
Meneck
Gabi
Hermit Rug Maker’s Death by Drowning
Frederick Gree aged 75 a hermit rug maker committed death by his own hand by diving into the Houstonic river yesterday his body recovered about noon thirty feet below the bridge where he leapt He had stomach trouble Mrs Gus Northrop found a note stating he intended to end his life Gree came from Michigan eight years ago after a family dispute left a widow and two sons in the area He was in modest circumstances and worked with a small loom in his house
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
En Muford
Frederick Gree
Housstonic
Gus Northrop
Green
Michigan
Ego
Wifow
Boy Scouts Award Medals For Service In Forest Circle
In a large natural amphitheatre in Nichols woods the Sommeil circle hosted a ceremony where 18 or more Boy Scout medals were presented. Twenty-one scouts received awards while fourteen troops attended the annual council meeting marked by a grand bonfire illuminating the circle with a ceremonial tomah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Pn
Ledate
Nichols Woods
Fortieth New England Baptist Convention Planned
The New England Baptist Missionary Society schedules its fortieth annual convention at Messiah Church from June 13 to June 22. Divines from New England, the South and the West will attend to discuss church unity, mission work, and race relations, with an extensive program planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New England Baptist Missionary Society
Messiah Eet
Durch
New England
Local relatives recall Mrs George L Smith in Dantury
Mrs George L Smith of 14 Foster street Dantury remains in hospital after a fall that fractured her hip four weeks ago and will require more time of recovery. In Bridgeport relatives include George Meeker Charles Meeker Vers P Fahayen and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Smith
Foster Street
Dantury
Smith
Local Medical Graduates Move Toward Bridgeport
Dr Edwin Weldon of 827 Broad, a College né Surgeons Baltimore 1818 graduate, finished a year at St Michael's Hospital Newark and may settle in Bridgeport after visiting the emergency hospital yesterday. Dr A G Knapp of 854 Colorado Ave has sold the thoroughbred horse Dude to Brad, a nine year old, son of a local resident.
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Edwin ‘Weldon
College
Né Surgeons
Baltimore
St. Michael's Hospital
Newark
N. J
Bridgeport
A. G. Knapp
Colorado
Dude
Brad
Socialists Cite Unkept Promises by German Kaiser
Berlin June 13 Socialists and liberal parties protest the long unkept promises of the King as modernizing voting reforms fail to move in the Diet. Von Loebell, Interior Minister, signals no measure this year. Controversies rise over Kamerun uprisings, Duala and a Berlin arrest, with Reichstag support for colonial actions. Underground rail plans for Berlin study three lines, totaling about 60 million dollars. Baltic North Sea Canal work to deepen and widen to accommodate battleships nears completion. Cringe village named geographic center of the German Empire seeks a monument.
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Berlin
Piet
Prussia
Bismark
von Buelow
Diet
von Loebell
Ministry of the Interior
Reich
Duala
Kamerun
Africa
Germany
Dr. Solf
Reichstag
Rudolf Bell
Dualas
Itis
Nigeria
King Christian I Adopts American Home Style for New Danish Residence
June 13 Copenhagen King Christian I orders the latest Danish residence to be furnished in American style to reflect simple efficient home equipment. He travels in close touch with the people and enjoys modest living while hosting visiting sovereigns. The piece notes his interest in American cars and a humorous shop window moment. It also reports tensions over higher salaries for women police compared with male recruits as a potential strike looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Christian I
Christian
Denmark
Europe
Nakskov
America
Senate Restores 20 Cent Mileage Rate
Washington report notes the Senate reestablished the 20 cent a mile mileage rate after the House cut it to 10 cents. The committee amendment restoring 20 cents passed without roll call, blocking senators from recorded votes. Separate New York item reports Presbyterian board missions overseeing over 11.5 million annually and naming Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson as president of Princeton Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Sheppard
New York
Board of Name Missions of the
Presbyterian Church
J. Ross Stevenson
Princeton Theological Seminary
D.stuart- Dodge
Too Much Science Too Little God Almighty
A fragmentary letter argues that the educational system favors science over faith, criticizing church and state separation and alarming loss of Christian influence from nursery to college. It asserts state control over youth education erodes church duties, while noting Paul Gottschling of Columbus, Ohio, will be extradited to Austria for a murder confessed in sleep.
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O"t OF
America
Paul Gottschling
Columbus
Austria
Mouse chase disrupts House proceedings in uproar
Washington June 183 A mouse al sap disrupted the House yesterday. Rep Alfalfa Bir Murray of Oklahoma grabbed the mouse by the tail and placed it on a book read by Rep Mann. The mouse escaped as members pursued it, was finally captured and put in Rep Murdock's pocket, then on Murray's curly hair before the Speaker called for order and the animal was carried out.
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Washington
Alsap
Alfalfa Bir Murray
Oklahoma
Mann
Murdock
Murray
Miss Clark Again Gets Bridal Cake Thimble
Washington reports Miss Genevieve Champ Clark daughter of the Speaker again found the bridal cake thimble at a third time bridesmaid wedding. Fate, in spring, played a joke as she smiled and slid the thimble onto her finger with a resigned sigh while attending Miss Natalie Boush and Mr G Gordon Asher.
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Washington
Genevieve
Champ Clark
Clark
Natalie Boush
G. Gordon Asher
France and Britain to sign U S peace pact
Washington June 18 Secretary Bryan and ambassadors Jusserand and Spring Rice will soon sign peace treaties modeled on Bryan’s sixteen nation pacts. Signing hinges on approval of the British self governing colonies.
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Washington
Bryan
United States
Jusserand
Spring Rice
France
Great Britain
Elyria Man Nominated as Ambassador to France
Washington reports Representative William G. Sharp of Elyria Ohio has been nominated by President Wilson to serve as Ambassador to France succeeding Myron T Herrick. Frances Hoye a four year old girl from New York died after falling from the fourth floor of her home while in a sleepwalking state.
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Elyria
Ohio
France
Washington
William G. Sharp
Wilson
Myron T. Herrick
Frances Hoye
New York
Gift Selection for Wedding and Graduation Jewelry
The note urges careful gift choice to reflect thoughtfulness and showcases a range of gifts including diamonds watches jewelry silverware cut glass clocks at attractive prices.
London Welcomes Col. Roosevelt on Continental Visit
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrived in London from the continent with Mrs. Longworth and Phillip J. Roosevelt, greeted by Ambassador Page and Lord Lee. Archbishop of Canterbury welcomed him at the station. He dined with Page then went to Chequers Court for a quiet weekend, with a possible Windsor meeting with King George.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Phillip J. Roosevelt
Walter Hines Page
Arthur Hamilton Lee
Washington
R. Newton Crane
American Society
Col. Roosevelt
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Ambassador Page
Checquers Court
Buckinghamshire
Col Lee
King George
England
Windsor Castle
Yale Grads Gather for Class Reunions
New Haven June 13 hundreds of Eli sons who were graduated in years gone by gathered on Yale’s campus today. The day hosts the friends of the graduating class and the advance guard of reunion classes as commencement starts tomorrow with President Hadley’s baccalaureate in Woolsey Hall. Tonight the Dramatic Association stages Quentin Durward staged by two juniors. Also notable is an ad for white wedding accessories. Several serious forest fires raged on the western Adirondack mountains slope.
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New Haven
Yale University
Eli
Hadley
Woolsey Hall
The
Dramatic Association
Quentin Durward
Walter Scott
Wood Fires Due to Carelessness in Connecticut State Report
New Haven June 13 Ten years on public forest lands described in the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and State Forester Walter Q Filley seventh report for 1913 cites 695 fires over 24000 acres causing 96000 dollars in damage Railroads blamed for 266 fires over one third of all fires with carelessness including matches cigarettes brush and campfires causing about one sixth and many unknown origins The forest fire warden service reduced destruction though year to year comparisons vary Most fires occur in April and May with rainy springs reducing totals and dry seasons increasing them.
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New Haven
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Walter Q. Filley
Mr. Filley
St Louis Millionaire Campbell Dies of Pneumonia
Greenwich Connecticut June 13 James Campbell millionaire president of St Louis street railway died at his summer home Indian Field last night after a three week post operative illness for a neck carbuncle pneumonia developed afterward Doctors Delafield and Rundequest of New York treated him His wife denied reports of his dying Campbell habitually came here by private car in summer Signor Ernesto Nathan former mayor of Rome and Italy's commissioner to the Panama Pacific Exposition arrived in New York from San Francisco and will sail for home Saturday
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Greenwich
Conn
James ‘Campbell
St. Louis Street Railr
Indian Field
Campbell
Delafield and Rundequest
New York
Mr. Campbell
Signor
Ernesto Nathan
Rome
Italy
San Francisco
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Menelik
Otty
BOY Scouts
Greater Berlin
Royal Opera House
Grunewald
Brandenburg Gate
Unter den Schénden
Schoenberg
Ity
Baltic-North Sea Canal
Kiel
Panama
Canal
Cringe
Bitterfield
German Empire
U. S
Thhey
Presbyterian Mission Board
God Almighty
Mouse Chase
Miss Clark
Britain
John Reck & Son
M. J. Buechler
Keystone
Frank C. Gernert
Sealep
YALE
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Adv
Adirondack Mountains
ST. Louis
Hayes’ Fish CO
Water ‘Street
Fairfield
Sagar Bldg
Piaca
Williams
Heinz’s
Boston
Campbell’s
Public Market
Lowe’s
Seaview Avenue
JOS. P. Coughlin CO
Kodak
Fr. iV Maaam
W. E.halligan
Broad Street
Highland
Cacy Seer
Highland Spring Water Co
Warren Street
John. F. Fay
Fairfield Avenue
Sapp
Tel
GEO. B. Clark & CO
Crawford Ranges
Sae-One Oil Company
Broadway
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