Five Die as Train Collision Splits Pullman Car
Five people are dead and many injured after a rear end collision on the New York New Haven Hartford line near Stamford Station. The second Springfield Express section struck the first section as it halted for power changes, with the engineer blamed for ignoring signals. Rescue efforts were aided by Rev. Anthony Behrler who directed crews despite injuries.
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Boston
Anthony Behrler
New York
Insurance Merge and Cox Regime in Final Round
In Columbus Ohio on June 12 petitions were filed seeking a referendum on workman’s compensation laws by the Ohio Equity Association. A separate petition to initiate optional compensation gathered 37 180 names while 77 824 signed for the referendum. Finley accuses the Insurance Federation of backing the referendum though the federation denied ties. The Equity Association’s secretary claims signatures were secured despite patronage promises and political pressure. Cincinnati council advances charter principles aimed at municipal ownership under civil service, pitting Federated Improvement Associations against the Bigelow faction in a dispute over public utilities control.
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William T. Finley
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Alarm clock theft leads to Bally arrest and sentence
Chicago police report William Bally was arrested after a private detective heard an alarm clock ringing from his coat as he left a department store. Bally pleaded guilty to larceny and was fined 15 dollars, plus costs, and sentenced to ten days in Bridewell.
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Chicago
William Bally
Judge Williams
South Clark Street
Ballly
Bally
Widow Confesses Murder of Husband and Daughter
Mrs. Arthur Kellar of Harrisonville Missouri confessed to killing her husband, a railroad laborer, and their seven year old daughter Margaret last Tuesday. She claimed head injury caused ignorance of actions and admitted staging an attack to cover the crime.
Titanic survivor claims Captain Smith alive and near
Huntington dispatch reports J Gus Stein a claimed Titanic survivor and Mason says Captain Smith is alive and in contact with Ismay. Stein asserts Taft sent him to Germany to silence the tale after Senate testimony, provoking crowd curiosity in Huntington.
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Taft
Commercial Tribune
Huntington
Aind
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Ismay
J. Gus Stein
Smith
Germany
Washington
Stein
Baltimore
Senate
Gift From God Found As Adopted Daughter At Sea
A six month old baby girl found in a flower basket aboard the steamship Czar en route to Russia. Rev. Korchinsky and wife of Brooklyn plan to adopt, naming her Dominica after the clergyman’s mother. The mother offered no identifying details.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Korchinsky
Brooklyn
Russia
Dominica
Mr. Korchinsky
Grandparents Earn Baylor Degrees In Same Commencement
Aco Texas June 12 Among Baylor University graduates are William Porter and his wife the likely only grandfather and grandmother to complete college with their grandchildren in attendance Leeland Rook Bosqueville their grandson and Mrs Matilda Porter of Waco witnessed the ceremony Porter aged 50 a Kentucky native and his wife 45 from Tennessee taught Lena in San Antonio before moving to Waco for Baylor studies
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Commercial Tribune
Aco
Tex
Baylor University
William Porter
Leeland Rook
Bosqueville
Matilda Porter
Waco
Porter
Kentucky
Tennessee
Lena
San Antonio
Tapes
Robbers Steal 388 From Shirkieville Business
In Terre Haute on June 12 masked men robbed a blind pig in Shirkieville taking 388 from the cash register. Owner Jess Atores reports a miner crowd in the room lined against the wall while two robbers level revolvers. The scene sparked denials of major outlawry in the area.
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Commercial Tribune
Terre. Haute
Ind
Aeree
Shirkieville
Jess 4Ceres
Snirkievilie
Lightning Bolt Cures Boy’s Step at Jamaica Jamaica
New York reports Thomas William Brown Jr. walked for the first time this week after a lightning strike near his Jamaica Long Island home. His parents credit the bolt with curing his lifelong inability to walk despite normal legs.
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New York
Thomas William Brown, Jr
Jamaica
Long Island
High cost of living ends harems in Turkey says editor
Ahmed Emin Bey editor of The Constantinople Ikdam, visiting Chicago, says rising living costs squeeze wealthy Turks and halt new additions to harems. He notes even the rich cannot sustain luxurious veiled consorts as prices soar.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Turkey
Ahmed Emin Bey
Constantinople
Ikdam
Emin Bey
Wilson to Visit California for Exposition Project
Robert S. Hudspeth of Jersey City said President Woodrow Wilson his wife and three daughters may travel to California in coming months. Hudspeth chairs the New Jersey Building commission chosen during Wilsons New Jersey governorship to select the site for the Panama-Pacific Exposition project in San Francisco. He noted one of the President daughters probably Miss Jessie would lay the corner stone. Los Angeles June 12 Mrs.
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Woodrow Wilson
California
Robert S. Hudspeth
Jersey City
N. J
Hudspeth
New Jersey
San Francisco
Jessie
New’ Jersey
Losoon
Paris Doctor Claims Thoracic Operations Easier
Dr Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute reports thoracic cavity operations can be done as easily as abdominal ones. He notes animal experiments show the heart resists interruption for five to ten minutes, while the brain is more delicate and should not be stopped longer than three to four minutes.
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Paris
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Beaujon Hospital
Carrel
Husband Treated Dog as Bed Partner in Indiana Divorce
Mrs Elva M Gresham sues Benjamin C Gresham for divorce in Superior Court saying he barred her daughter from sharing their bed and kept a dog there instead He allegedly told her to divorce and claimed he preferred the dog to both of them The couple wed in November 1911 and separated in January 1912 She left for her parents and believes her husband is in Kentucky
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Elva M. Gresham
Benjamin CO. Gresham
Greshams
West Point Class of 1913 Graduates At Ceremony
West Point N Y June 12 Secretary of War Garrison addressed the class of 1913 ninety two Americans and one Cuban were graduated on the campus before the battle monument He urged new officers to extend sympathy to enlisted men and wage constant warfare against arrogance intolerance narrowness and injustice.
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Battle Monument
Garrison
War Department
Wiles of Book Agents Cost Him Big Fortune
J Macy Willets, a society man, loses about 250000 after being swindled by book agents led by Henry B Sewell. Sewell, indicted for grand larceny, was arrested in Los Angeles as a detective heads west to fetch him. The scheme began in 1940 via a Mr Von Welden, agent for George Barrie & Son, who pitched rare books and opportunities to speculators.
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Secial Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
New York
Macy Willets
West Fifty-second Street
Criminal Courts
Henry B. Sewell
Los Angeles
Sewell
Willets
Lincoln National Bank
Park Avenue
von Welden
George Barrie & Son
Columbia
Moskowitz
Pershing Captures Moro Trenches In Fierce Manila Fight
American forces under Brigadier General John J. Pershing stormed Moro trenches at Jolo on June 13, killing six and wounding twelve. Moros fought fiercely, many preferring death over capture, as Pershing pursues disarmament and peace across the southern islands.
Wood Seeks Report on Moros Campaign
Washington June 12 Major General J Franklin Bell is called by the War Department to prepare an immediate report on Pere gings operations against the Moros in Jolo Island. News says several American soldiers were killed or wounded with early fears about the Sultan of Jolo’s possible treachery. General Wood doubts the treachery report but plans to rely on the Sultan's proven loyalty.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Genserel J. Franklin Bell
Army
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Pereshing
Jolo
Wood
Sultan
Philippines
Pomerene Receives Doctor of Law Degree at Mt Union College
The commencement exercises at Mt Union Scioto College in Alliance Ohio conclude with United States Senator Pomerene of Canton receiving the honorary Doctor of Law degree. Russell H Conwell of Philadelphia serves as the commencement orator delivering the address.
Ton of fish left in drydock at Great Lakes Works
In Ashtabula Ohio on June 12 a drydock at Great Lakes Eng Works was pumped out for the steamer Yorkton and a ton of carp remained in the dock. Many carp weighed twenty five pounds each.
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Great Lakes
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