Consul Prepared to Stab His Wife in Oakland
John C. Allen deputy United States counsel at Monterey said he planned to kill his wife with a butcher knife to avoid a Mexican mob. He recounted that a mob surrounded their home shouting death to the gringos as American Marines arrived in Vera Cruz and that Mrs Allen urged him to stab her if the mob attacked.
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Oakland
Cal
John C. Allen
United States
Monterey
Coahuila
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Allen
Mona Lisa theft suspect sentenced in Italy case
Florence Italy June 5 Vincenzo Peruguio who stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in Paris today received one year and fifteen days imprisonment after the court accepted his plea of extenuating circumstances.
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Vincenzo Peruguio
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Ritchie to Meet Welsh July 4 in London Fight
Willie Ritchie and Freddie Welsh will clash in London on July 4 for the lightweight title in a twenty round bout. Ritchie’s party sails to England next Wednesday aboard the Aquitania with Eugene Corn as referee. Ritchie to receive 15000 dollars plus 50 percent of gross receipts and film and advertising rights valued at about 20000 dollars.
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Willie Ritchie
Freddie Welsh
London
Ritchie
Billy Gibson
New York
England
Eugene Cornwill
Plan campaign to disable Feds in baseball plot
New York June 5 A secret meeting of the national baseball commission is to be held to plan a campaign against the Federals. The Johnston decision victory will be pushed. Attorney J C Toole, chief council for the triumvirate, said a conference is expected soon to map a wholesale blockade of big league talent.
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National Baseball Commission
J. C. Toole
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Hoots replace sparks in Welsh mine signaling
In Winsdor Colliery South Wales a new signaling system uses blast hooters on all main hauling engines on the east side. A wire pull along the roadway sends the signal via a compressed air column to the engineman. No sparking danger is claimed with the system.
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South Wales
Steel wheels strongest in Michigan wheel tests
Experiments on the Riehte testing machine at the University of Michigan show steel wheels withstood a lateral pressure of 8940 psi before failure, while wood wheels collapsed at 4500 psi and wire wheels failed at 4000 psi with spokes breaking yet no nipples pulled through the rim.
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Heat Records Across Kansas and Surrounding Areas
The hottest day of the season hit Kansas City with a 92 degree reading yesterday. Temperatures climbed to 94 in Leavenworth and Concordia, 97 in Manhattan, 91 in Topeka, and 85 in Atchison. Bartlesville, Oklahoma, reported 101 degrees.
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Atchison
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Okla
Witty Quotations Note Social Pressures
A sharp remark on how men accept advice poorly and how looks affect judgments. The speaker jestingly contrasts the ease of accepting counsel with the disdain toward unattractive appearances, noting it is not the fault of the ugly person.
Markets Open Dull as Declines Lead Early Trading
New York stocks opened dull on June 5 with most prices slipping. Union Pacific and Lehigh Valley fell about one percent while New Haven faced pressure, opening lower and retreating on scattered sales. By midday the market showed technical strength but late trading was at a standstill before closing firmer.
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Lehigh Valley
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Money Rates Reported On Call and Sterling
Money on call 1%%, time money 3% for 6. Pee prime mercantile 3% to Bar Silver London 25% d. New York 56% c. Demand sterling 4.88.80 to .85.
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Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Cattle receipts 400 with steady market. steers 6.00 to 9.00. cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.00. Calves 6.00 to 10.00. Hogs receipts 2,500. market steady to 5c higher. bulk 8.10 to 8.25. heavy 8.20 to 8.27. medium 8.10 to 8.25. light 8.60 to 98.20. Sheep receipts 3,000. market 19 to 25c higher. lambs 7.50 to 9.40. ewes 4.50 to 5.25. stockers and feeders 3.00 to 7.00.
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Chicago Livestock Prices at Union Stock Yards June 5
Hogs receipts 16 000 market firm and mostly 5c higher. Mixed and butchers 8.00 to 8.32. Good heavy 7.95 to 8.30. Rough heavy 7.80 to 7.95. Light 8.00 to 8.32. Pigs 7.20 to 7.95. Cattle receipts 1.00 market slow and steady. Beeves 7.25 to 9.25. Cows and heifers 3.70 to 8.75. Stockers and feeders 6.35 to 8.25. Texans 6.80 to 7.85. Calves 7.25 to 10.35. Sheep receipts 8 000 market steady to strong. Native 5.40 to 6.25. Western 5.50 to 6.35. Lambs 6.50 to 8.40. Western 6.60 to 8.60.
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Chicago Produce Prices Reported June 5
Chicago markets show butter extras at 26 percent, firsts 22 to 24 cents, dairy extras 21% to 23c. Eggs prime firsts 18% to 18 cents, ordinary 17% to 17c. Cheese Twins 13% to 14c, Young Americas 15c. Potatoes 85 to 90 cents, new $1.30 to $1.40. Live poultry fowls 14 to 14.5c, ducks 13 to 13.5c, geese 10c, broilers 28 to 32c, turkeys lie.
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Chicago
Grain Prices in Minneapolis Chicago and Duluth Reported
Minneapolis barley traded from 46 to 58 cents while flax moved from 1.57 to 1.60 dollars. Chicago barley ranged 52 to 66 cents and Duluth flax was reported at 1.61 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Chicago
Duluth
Chicago Cash Grain prices on wheat corn and oats
Chicago grain prices show No 2 red wheat at 95 to 96 cents, No 2 white corn 72 to 73 cents, No 3 yellow corn 71 to 72 cents, and various other bid ranges for hard and spring wheats, oats and other corn grades with fractions.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Review Wheat and Corn Begin Firm on Cables
Chicago grain traders opened firm as Liverpool cables and strong foreign shipments buoyed wheat and corn. July wheat pared gains in forenoon trading while corn rose about 4 cents with shorts buying heavily.
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Chicago Grain Review
Chicago
Liverpool
Shorts
Guard fountain for Rockefeller arrives at Tarrytown
In Tarrytown New York armed guards join those already guarding against I W W activity to protect a forty ton stone fountain destined for John D Rockefeller at Pocantico Hills after reports of a threat to destroy it. The fountain was carved from a 200 ton block and is seen as a target by free speech advocates. Eleven I W W members jailed in White Plains are to be transported to face Judge Moorehouse.
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N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Maine
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
White Plains
Roosevelt campaign for governor announced in New York
New York June 5 Theodore Roosevelt and supporters launched a straight bull moose clean up campaign for governor of New York state. Blank petitions were sent to every county chairman for immediate circulation, signaling a probable fall ticket unless Roosevelt directly opposes it.
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Theodore Roosevelt
New York State
American Defender Favorite In New York Trials
The American cup defender is a 6 to 5 favorite in today’s Wall Street betting for international races. Four hundred to 500 is placed on Resolute to win the elimination series. Vanitie, which spilled two sailors in rough seas yesterday, was anchored off City Island as attention focused on its top sail. Resolute and Vanitie will race the third trial off Larchmont tomorrow, with Defiance entering trials next week.
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Wall Street
Vanitie
City Island
Resolute
Terrible hurricane roars over western Japan
June 5 Tokyo reports a powerful hurricane sweeping western and southern Japan. It is believed to have drowned hundreds of people as fishing boats were sunk along the coast and many buildings toppled. Nagasaki area suffers the main damage.
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Tokio
Japan
Nagasaki
Rail talks reveal motive behind freight rate hikes
In a pointed critique, the piece links rising freight costs to railroads expanding borders around stations. It suggests public justification is tied to maintenance but hints at broader strategic aims. A cryptic phrase notes a widowed figure linked to themes of green and turf in rural efforts.
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Way Station
Grain futures drift as July gains and September hold
In forenoon trade July shows additional fractional gain while September sustains early advance. Oats ease slightly though other grains stay firm. Recent heavy rains improve oat belt conditions. Provisions ease in a quiet market with further sag as afternoon trade ends. Wheat futures ease modestly in late trading.
Carranza Cabinet Named As Constitutionalists Claim Victory
In Torreon on June 5 officials said the new Carranza cabinet had been chosen and would be announced by the first chief on arriving in Saltillo. Seven posts listed with Zubaran Capmany, Calderon, Angeles, Bonillas, Arredondo, Cabrera, Villareal named. Zacatecas fighting favors constitutionalists while rail access south of Zacatecas is cut, hindering federals' retreat.
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Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Saltillo
Public Instruction
Carranza
Gubernacion
Rafael Zubaran Capmany
Fomento
Fernando Iglesias Calderon
Northland Steamer Runs Aground Aboard Bartlett Reef
The Maine Steamship Company vessel Northland ran aground at Bartlett's Reef twelve miles from New London on the Long Island Sound. This morning she loaded 75 passengers onto the wrecking tug Tasco for transshipment to Portland, after which the Northland had departed New York for Portland last night. The ship struck around midnight.
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Conn
Bartlett’s Reef
Long Island Sound
Maine Steamship Company
Northland
Tasco
Portland
New York
Fire hits ancient Breadsall church in Derby England
Militant suffragettes burned the Nor man era Breadsall church in Derby early today. Relics were destroyed including a priceless chained Bible once secured to the chancel for centuries to prevent theft and mutilation.
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Eng
Breadsall
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