Count and Countess Gizicki in Vienna Separation Suit
Vienna reports the Polish aristocrat Count Joseph Gizicki has filed for separation from his wife, former Chicago socialite Eleanor Patterson Gizicki. The couple, living apart in Vienna hotels, amid rumors of extravagant spending and gambling, with their child cared for by the count’s father. Patterson’s mother declined comment.
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Vienna
Gtzycki
Jeanor Patterson
Chicago
Joseph Gizycki
Eleanor Patter
Robert W. Patterson
Galicia
Russia
Jockey Club
Joseph Medill Patterson
Countess’s Child Healthy. Rumors of Estrangement Denied
In cheerful terms a message says the countess will see her baby tomorrow and the child remains in the country. The note disputes rumors of estrangement, noting Mrs. Patterson is in constant contact with her daughter and would have sent a different note if rumors were true.
Machinists Strike In Towan Replaces Quitters
Fifty strike breakers from Chicago arrived by special car at the Iowa Central shops in Marshalltown to substitute for machinists and helpers who quit after the company refused to maintain the old wage scale. The move may widen the strike to boilermakers blacksmiths and car men still at work.
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MarsHallttown
Iowa Central
Chicago
Northwestern Railroad
Carmen
Ira J. Hedrick Plans Eight Brick Apartments on Prospect
Permits issued to Ira J. Hedrick authorize construction of eight brick apartment buildings on Prospect avenue between 1120 and 1135. Each two story building features a groin area 40 by 45 feet with four apartments per building. Estimated cost is 58,500. Ground currently hosts several old structures.
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Ira J. Hedrick
Prospect Avenue
Gould Engagement Rumors Hover Before Departure
Prince de Sagan and Mme. Anna Gould remain at a Naples hotel and have offered no information on plans. They are believed to be arranging affairs to announce their engagement before departing Italy.
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Naprres
Prince de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Countess de Castellane
Italy
A Capitol for Porto Rico Chosen Designer and Plans
The Porto Rican capitol project in San Juan has accepted plans and will showcase architecture. Frank Edson Perkins of New York, former Penn University design professor, won the $5,000 prize for the best building design. The capitol will include apartments.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Frank Edson Perkins
New York
University of Pennsylvania
Not for a Franchise Arouses Municipal Ownership Views
Kansas City councilors debated franchise extension at a council meeting. The re organized citizens committee for water plant purchase seeks to push the issue. Mayor Cornell said the committee can recommend whether to grant a franchise.
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Kansas City
Kas
Citizens’s
Cornell
Chase
Metropolitan Water Company
Friends of Municipal Ownership
J. George M. Gray
Connell
Schaible
Srgn
Laughlin
Burnett
Sullivan
Otto Anderson
Patton
Anderson
John West
Oklahoma G A R Encampment Brings States Together
The first annual encampment of the G A R in Guthrie will run May 19 to 22 with the Oklahoma and Indian Territory departments to be consolidated. Kansas City national commander C G Burton will speak and Senator Warner may attend. Also scheduled are meetings of Spanish War veterans and Women’s Relief corps.
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Goutnerr
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
C. G. Burton
Kansas City
Warner
Spanish War Veterans
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the G. A. R
Sons of Veterans
Ryan’s Figures Denied In Rail Stock Water Claim
Slason Thompso n calls Thomas F. Ryans assertion that 95 percent of U S railroad stock is water preposterous after a special grand jury probe into Metropolitan Traction affairs in New York.
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Crtcaco
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
Slason Thomp
Capitol design for Porto Rico and water plant talks
The plan outlines a Porto Rico capitol grouping executive council senate house of delegates and supreme court around a central court with a domed pantheon style hall of fame. Separately Kansas City debates municipal ownership of the Metropolitan Water plant with condemnation steps to secure a city water supply amid franchise opposition.
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Executive Council
Senate
House of Delegates
Supreme Court
Pantheon
Rome
Language and signs of lending in American cities
A traveler laments pawnbroker and money lender signs in the United States. He notes misused words like lend and loan and contrasts them with the country’s generally high language standards, asking readers if such errors are deplorable.
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Lye
Lodge to be permanent chair at Chicago convention
Iowa schedule from Chicago outlines tentative Republican leadership choices for the presidential gathering. Senator Lodge is named permanent chairman with Senator Dolliver as temporary chair, citing Dolliver’s stump speaking skill and Lodge’s parliamentary mastery. Beveridge trails as unlikely temporary chair despite White House letters.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Chicago
Senator Dolliver
Dolliver
Congress
Beveridge
Indiana
Root
Roosevelt
Public protest trims meat consumption in Chicago
Public protest against high prices for fresh beef and mutton spreads in Chicago. Dealers report a 50 percent drop in meat sales over the last month as buyers substitute other foods, while cattle shippers to New York and the East report weak demand. The public’s move is seen as the only way to force lower prices, prompting concern among dealers.
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Cuiiaco
Chicago
New York
Black Hand Burns House After Extortion Letters
A Hoboken house owned by Robert J. Chilcote was destroyed by fire after Black Hand letters demanded money. The blaze erupted last night near the Allegheny County Workhouse with Superintendent Leslie and about a dozen prisoners assisting, but kerosene-soaked premises blazed uncontrollably.
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Pitrsavura
Robert J. Chilcote
Hoboken
Allegheney County
Leslie
Death of F. Sh. Cameron Carpenter Superintendent
Edward R. Cameron, 49, longtime Kansas City resident and 16 year Fowler packing plant carpenter superintendent, died this morning at Bethany hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at 2027 North Fourth Street with burial in Mount Hope cemetery.
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Edward R. Cameron
Bethany Hospital
Cameron
Kansas City
Kas
Fowler Packing Plant
North Fourth Street
Mount Hope Cemetery
Decoration Night Heralds Fleet Arrival in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara workers and residents prepare decorations along the boulevard and Plaza Del Mar as the U S battleship fleet is due in the channel at 4 PM. Cities from miles around send their people, crowds will watch the fleet, and shops close in celebration. A larger parade is planned for Monday as a general holiday.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Plaza del Mar
Public Buildings Bill Delayed Over Priority
Representative Bartholdt says the public buildings bill will not be reported until it gains day after passage priority. Leaders reportedly withhold the measure as leverage to push a currency bill, with an anticipated appropriation near 23 million dollars upon reporting.
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Wasuineoron
Bartholdt
Committee On
Princess Tsune to Wed Prince Takeda in Imperial Accord
The imperial sanction was announced in Toxo on April 25 confirming the marriage of Princess Tsune, the emperor’s eldest daughter, to Prince Takeda.
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Japan
Toxo
Tsune
Takeda
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