Forces lining up in primary fight
New York June 16 Governor Sulzer presses a statewide direct primaries campaign amid private talks with Edward B. McCall. Tammany leaders doubt gains, predicting only one upstate Republican vote may shift. Sulzer remains confident he will win as special session looms.
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New York
Sulzer
Edward B. McCall
Public Service Commission
Waldorf-Astoria
Mr. McCall
McCall
Charles Ff. Murphy
Murphy
Tammany
Ima
Aepublican
Slayer of Two Policemen May Name Accomplice Shillitoni
New York officials report slayer of Patrolmen William Sleaney and Charles Teare may reveal an accomplice. The suspect Oresto Shillitoni, known as the Paper Box Kid, was captured after a dramatic chase from Broome to Center Streets and is in custody with Lt Riley and detectives. Police expect him to name the associate.
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Shillitoni
Broome
Center
William AL Sleaney
Charles ‘Teare
John Stero
Dominick Riley
Gamberdella
Benono
Shilliton
Rich Inventor Ends Life With Gun in New York
New York report says Warl Mutter, a wealthy inventor and prominent German American, committed suicide in his West Fifty-ninth Street apartment. He attempted death by gun, then planned drowning if needed. Nurse Mary Forstoff discovered him as the windowed bath filled with water. His physician had been treating him for prolonged illnesses.
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New York
Warl Mutter
West Pifty-ninth Street Central
Mae
Mary Forstoff
Hutter
Norbert Stadtameier
East Sixtieth Street
Ue Rope
Otto Hensel
Mir Uttar
Last Days of a Recluse Inventor Amid Luxe Library Rooms
Report describes the inventor refusing to sign daily, despite encouragement from a nurse. A detective from West Forty Seventh Street Police discovers a sumptuously furnished library apartment with ornate rugs, tapestries, statues, and lavish furnishings as the case unfolds.
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Burges
La Follette Learns Boxing for Fitness Image
Wisconsin Senator La Follette known as Fighting Bob trains daily in boxing at the Y.M.C.A. as part of physical culture. He says he has shed about twenty pounds and finds the regimen beneficial.
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Wisconsin
Washington
la Follette
Neader
Bob
YOM G.A
la Pollette
Seven Die and Fifteen Hurt in St Louis Trolley Crash
Seven people are reported killed and fifteen injured when a Creve Coeur Lake street car, crowded with picnicgoers, loses braking control at an incline in St Louis County. The motorman failed to stop and the car rear ended the vehicle ahead.
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St. Louis
Remarries His First Wife After Divorce in 1908 and Alimony
Chicago reports W D Boyce, a wealthy publisher and traveler, rewarded his first wife Mary J Boyce in Ottawa Illinois on the way to a honeymoon in Alaska. He married Virginia Lee of Oak Park and later went to South America. A year ago Mary J Boyce obtained a divorce with alimony of 100000. Boyce had earlier attracted attention in 1906 with a bid to take over the U S postal business and guarantee one cent postage.
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United States
Wilson girls can sew at home with president’s daughters
Washington June 16 employees of a leading department store tell how the president’s daughters visited the shop to look at gowns Alterations were quoted at two dollars They replied that they could do the work at home since they knew how to sew
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Washington
Capital
Wilson
Policewomen at Beach in Newport Illinois
Two women appointed by Mayor William MacLeod to Newport police duty appeared at the Newport beach. Clad in blue military blouses and skirts with brass buttons and straw hats, they carried no clubs and have police powers equal to any Newport officer.
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Newport
Civic League
John Nicholas Brown
William MacLeod
Newport Beach
Mellen to Face Wreck Probers in Connecticut Hearing
At Stamford June 16 coroner and prosecutors study the New York Boston express wreck that killed six and injured many. They seek testimony from Mellen and Sauer, examine the brake system and the old parlor car, and consider the work book noting air brakes were no good.
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Stamford
Conn
Charles J. Dougherty
John J. Phelan
Carter
New York-Boston Express
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Charles Mellen
O. Sauer
Pullman Company
New York City
Mellen
State Public Utilities Commission
Phelan
Dougherty
New Haven
Benjamin Spock
Clayton M. Woodward
Mr. Woodward
Woodward
Weather Forecast Fair and warmer with light winds
Weather forecast calls for a fair day with increasing warmth. Tomorrow remains fair and warmer with light to moderate south and southwest winds.
Huerta Unable to Control Mexico Fails at Home
Washington reports from Mexico indicate President Huerta's government teetering toward collapse amid widespread outlawry and disorder. Federal forces are unable to restrain revolt as Felix Diaz and other rivals gain ground, with six of seven northern ports under constitutionalist control and a cabinet crisis deepening the crisis. The U S state department withholds recognition, citing insufficient protection for Americans and foreigners.
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Washington
Mexico
Huerta
Uuerta
Felix Diaz
Certato
United States
State Department
Bryan
Rail Bridge Fire Destroys Major Span Over Newark Bay
A night blaze destroyed 3500 feet of the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley bridge spanning Newark Bay between Bayonne and Newark. Freight traffic halted. A Maryland division freight train advancing through flames lost cars including a sheep car, cattle car, and thirty five potato cars.
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Newark Bay
Jersey City
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Bayonne
Newark
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New England
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Grand Theatre
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Tammany Men
Oresto Shillitoni
Wilson Girls
United States Weather Bureau
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Albany
Atlantic City
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New Orleans
St. Louis Penne
Face Wreck Probers
Charles S. Mellen
Cook’s Bee Hive
N. E. Cor
Coolaman Ave
Main St
Asbury Park, N. J
Carte
Tel
Presto
Stern's Bakery
Bohemia
Vienna
the Consolidated Gas CO
Jersey
MR. Henry Peck
Marth Sare
Vai
Henry JR
Abso Eis Mead
Henry Pack JR
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