Mayor Weaver and streetcar repeal clash in Philadelphia
City council committee debates repealing ordinances granting streetcar tracks to four companies linked to Philadelphia Rapid Transit. Mayor Weaver vetoed similar bills amid protests of theft and corruption. Arrest of councilman Caven adds to tense fight over rights to use city streets and future hearings proceed with police oversight.
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Philadelphia
Jmre Jn
Aland
Sturins
Ces
Rye
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Republican Organization
Preinganees
Weever
Faye
Thomas J. Ryan
Select Council
City Hall Committee Debates Bills Amid Tense Session
Police were summoned from the central station on the sixth floor to the committee room on the fourth floor. After clashes, the committee voted 15 to 11 to refer the bills to the city solicitor for an opinion by noon Thursday.
First gun fires in defense of Washington at Fort Hunt
At Fort Hunt Virginia on June 14 a fort battery opened fire at 11 o clock on a presumed enemy squadron cruiser type vessel approaching Marshall's Point three miles below the fort. The target showed as an enemy by a signal from a searchlight. After six minutes Fort Washington's 12 inch batteries joined the action but no reply came and the ship was not seen to be destroyed.
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Fort Hunt
Washington
Fort Washington
Texas
Hartford
Fort Moore
Chesapeake
Scores and results from baseball and league games
Scattered scores from the National and American Leagues show varying results. Philadelphia defeated Brooklyn, Chicago beat Boston, Detroit edged New York, and St Louis split with rain. also minor league results from Louisville St Paul and Milwaukee with Kansas and Columbus contests.
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Pitshure
Toecston
Alth Va
New York
Philadelphia
Tdrooklyn
Chicago
AD Beston
Cleveland
Praiadelphia
Detroit
York-St. Louis
Tetcan Association
Lanolis
St. Paul
AY Kascheville
Milwaukee
Fatal wreck on Southern rails near Golden Gate
A Southern Railway special train derailed about a half mile east of Golden Gate Missouri on June 14. Fireman J. O. D. Johnson died and engineer William Gratz, Henry Lancaster, and Albert Stuyes, Leander Thomas, W. C. Pesler were injured as the engine left the track and rolled over. The derailment buried the fireman beneath wreckage while the cars piled over the trestle.
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St. Louis
Souther
Golden Gate
J. O D. Johnson
William Gratz
Henrys Lancaster
Enidian
Albert Stuyes
Arkansas
Leander Thomas
W. C. Pesler
Cotton Belt Railroad
Freman
Divorced Husband Kills Ex Wife and Man in Mississippi
In Aberdeen Mississippi on June 14 Harvie Balding shot and killed his divorced wife and Harvie Hill near Carson. Balding, divorced last January from the woman, had remarried. He went to the divorced wife’s home, found Hill there, and killed both. He escaped and has not been captured.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Harvie Balding
Harvie Hill
Carson
Miss. Balding
Balding
Hill
Nan Patterson Plans Return to Stage After Critics
Nan Patterson prepares to return to the stage after a recent confrontation with hostile women critics in Pennsylvania. She declares, Yes I am going to try the stage again, for it is my profession. June 14 New York report.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Pennsylvania
Nan
Three Roumanian Workers Injured in Highland Mill Tank Blast
Three Romanian laborers were injured when a charged carbonated water tank exploded in the Highland mill of the Republic Iran and Steale company. One man is expected to die as the tank, found in a scrap pile, was being cut with steam shears without realizing it remained charged.
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Torre Ifante
Dane
Iran and Steale Company
Trial Nearing End in Crawford Letter Satchel Case
The defense in the Crawford case has rested its defense. The prosecution in rebuttal has one witness remaining. The defendants allegedly conspired with Machen and Lorenz to defraud the government through a contract to supply letter carriers satchels to the Post Office Department.
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Washington
William G. Crawford
August W. Machen
George E. Lorenz
Post Office Department
Tragic Accident Claims Mother in New York Dinner Scene
Irving Blood, 22, accidentally discharged a rifle in the Florida town home killing his mother Mrs Wesley Blood instantly after dinner. The incident occurred during family time as the firearm discharged by the son. Local authorities reported no foul play suspected.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
Irving Blood
Mra
Wesley Blood
Florida
American Window Glass Company Sells Indiana Factories
Hartford City Indiana June 14 The American Window Glass company offers ten Indiana window glass plants for sale indicating the trust will not use blowers again. Plants at Greenfield Pendleton Ellsworth Frankton Anderson Redkey Dunkirk Fairmount include eight pot and two tank factories.
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Hartford City
Ind
American Window Glass Company, Or Trust
Indiana
Greenfield
Pendleton
Eiwomt
Frankton
Anderson
Redkey
Dunkirk
Fairmount
Sneath Glass Company
Lung
His Own Executioner: Barker Chooses to Hang Himself
Frank Barker, condemned for the murder of his brothers Daniel and his wife, awaits execution at the Nebraska penitentiary. The Nebraska Supreme Court set the date for Friday June 16. Barker told Warden Beemer he will operate the trap himself using an electrical device, pulling the lever to trigger the hangman’s noose.
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Lincoln
Neb
Frank Barker
Daniel
Nebraska Penitentiary
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska
Beemer
Barker
Ff Baerker
Gu‘ity
Darker
Indiana G A R department commander candidates named
Massison Indiana June 14 veterans discuss the race for department commander with four nominees listed J M Barlow Plainfield M D Tarkett Greensburg Jerome Musser Anderson and J C Bozarth Valparaiso The election is set for Thursday Madison will choose senior vice commander with local posts undecided A possible encampment move pits Marion Lafayette with Lafayette leading Fort Wayne also seeking it
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Marion
Lafayette
Ordés
Lafayetts
Fort Wayne
Death by Own Action of Sensitive Girl in Indiana
Rosa Wick, fifteen, an orphan living with John Wothke in Clinton township, La Porte County, died after ingesting rat poison a week earlier following a quarrel with the nine year old daughter of her benefactor who had insulted her. She died after illness including heat related dehydration. the truth only came out as she neared death.
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Laporte
Ind
Rosa Wick
John Wothke
Clinton Township
Missionaries Return After Five Years in Asia
Miss Emma Martin a physician and Miss Lizzie Martin a teacher returning from five years as M E church missionaries in Japan and China. They barely escaped the Boxer turmoil reaching Pekin in time to avoid massacre, and on the voyage home they passed in plain view of the Russian fleet during its 4 to be an nihilated.
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Otterbein
Ind
Femma Martin
Lizzie Martin
M. E. Church
Japan
China
Pekin
Evansville Man Arrested in Centryville Assault Case
Evansville IndianaFrank Hiesson wanted on a Centryville assault charge was arrested in Posesville. The incident occurred four weeks ago and his victim is reported to be in critical condition.
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Evansville
Ind
Frank Hiesson
Centryville
Fortune in Mussel Shell Pearl Found by Fisherman
Clinton Indiana June 14 Willem Meadows a Montezuma fisherman found a mussel shell with a pearl valued at 1.00.
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Clinton
Ind
Willem Meadows
Montezuma
New Grounds for Divorce in Lincoln Ward
Lincoln Nebraska June 14 a farmer near here named John Nord was granted a divorce by his wife citing his refusal to bathe more than every four months and to wash his face or comb his hair. The court ruled this conduct a valid ground for divorce.
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Lincoln
Neb
John Nord
Here
Nord
No Extra Session of Congress Reported by Officials
Washington June 11 reports quote several members of Congress saying President Roosevelt has practically abandoned plans for an extra session to tackle the railroad rate question.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Mrs Elizabeth Simpson Dies at 103 in Evansville
Evansville Indiana June 14 Mrs Elizabeth Simpson who celebrated her 103d birthday last March is dead at her home in this city.
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Evansville
Ind
Elizabeth Simpsohn
Woman leaps from window in dream burglary scare
Miss Matilda Joachim of Minneapolis leaped from a third story window after dreaming a burglar with a butcher knife menaced her. She suffered a broken arm and leg and internal injuries, now at St. Mary's hospital, intermittently unconscious but expected to recover.
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Minneapolis
Matilda Joachim
St. Mary's Hospital
Miner Ed Larson killed in Dunn mine accident
Iron Mountain Michigan June 14 Edward Larson an employee sent down a shaft in the Dunn mine was decapitated in a ghastly accident. He had just finished a small job and tried to jump into a passing cage. Unaware of the danger passengers ignored his call and his head was severed by the cage as it moved.
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Iron Mountain
Mich
Edward Larson
Dunn
Suit Filed for 500 Damages Over Porous Plaster Burn
Mrs Emma Klein widow sues plaster manufacturers for 500 after claiming a plaster burned her neck and bosom. She says the injury prevents her from attending social functions in gowns cut low as expected by convention.
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New York
Emma Klein
Uninvited Guests End Prize Fight in New Rochelle
Police broke up a prize fight near New Rochelle with six officers firing more than thirty shots. They captured thirty six prisoners including a principal in the fight. About 150 spectators fled by autos as the barn crowd dispersed in a wild scramble. The purse was 250 dollars and mob violence followed the confrontation.
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New York
New Rochelle
Ineal
Jewels Missing From Mrs Cheney's Apartment
Mrs John Vance Cheney reports a casket of jewels worth several thousand dollars stolen from her New York apartment. The casket, hidden for some time, was not found after a thorough search as she prepared to depart for Europe. Police have no clues and Mrs Cheney refused to reveal the gems' value.
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New York
John Vance Cheney
Newberry Library
Chicacy
Cheney
Great Britain and United States Refuse Moroccan Conference
London reports that Britain will join any Morocco conference only if France approves. The United States backs France, saying such a conference is not the best path for urgent reforms in Morocco.
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London
Great Britain
Morocco
France
United States
Gambler's Vengeance Athenian Premier Stabbed
Theodore P Delyannis the Greek premier was stabbed at the chamber of deputies entrance by a professional gambler named Gherkaris. He died three hours after the 5 PM attack as authorities detained the assailant who blamed the premier's gambling house crackdowns for the killing.
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Athens
Theodore P. Delyannis
Greece
Gherkaris
Chamber of Deputies
Delyannis
Lead and bullion theft case shifts to lead value
The St. Louis report notes bullion valued at $25,000 stolen from a car in East St. Louis and tied to three convicts now in the penitentiary. Police say the lead, worth about $200, traveled from El Paso Texas to the U S customs house in Chicago, following the smelting company route.
London Awaits Next Step in Peace Negotiations
London reports anxious anticipation as British officials and embassies await news from Washington, St Petersburg, and Tokyo. Japanese circles show pessimism over Russia accepting Japan’s terms to settle the Far Eastern question. Debate centers on suitable plenipotentiaries and a meeting location. meeting in disputed territory is favored.
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London
Washington
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Russia
Japan
Stay Granted in Briggs Murder Case at Chicago Court
Jocko Briggs, slated for execution next Friday for the Hal Peterson murder, has a one week stay from Judge Barnes. The stay cites defense counsel neglect and aims to ensure proper consideration under the law.
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Chicago
Jocko” Briggs
Hal Peterson
Barnes
Priegs
Railroads Must File List of Passes and Related Items
Madison Wisconsin reports the assembly passed a bill requiring railroad companies to file with the state railroad commissioners a list of passes milkeye hooks and related items.
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Madison, Wis
Assembly
Cure for Rabies Found in Radium Rays
Turin reports Professor Pizzoni of Bologna University has cured an advanced rabies case by exposure to radium rays.
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Turin
Italy
Pizzoni
Bologna University
Incendiary Orator Punished in Nice
Leon Martel secretary of the local labor exchange was sentenced to three months imprisonment for praising the Lamb's execution at Paris on May 31, describing it as an act of courage.
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Nice
Leon Martel
Labor Exchange
Alfonso
Paris
Archduke Joseph of Austria Dear in TEletype Note
The telegram notes Archduke Joseph of Austria as dear. The Chicago teamsters strike has nearly faded from attention. Miss Alice Roosevelt returns to Washington from Cincinnati. Governor Lafollette signs Wisconsin railroad rate commission bill. The premier of Greece is assassinated by a gambler opposing gaming laws. Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild dies in Vienna. Gordon Belcher is shot and killed near his home in Wyoming County West Virginia by an unknown assailant.
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Chicago Teamsters
Alice Roosevelt
Washington
Cincinnati
Lafollette
Wisconsin Railroad Rate Commission
Greece
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild
Vienna
Gordon Belcher
Wyoming County
W. Va
Negotiations for Far East Peace Proceed Amid Uncertainty
Washington reports a cautious view of talks between Russia and Japan on ending the war. No formal hitch yet, but progress may delay final action as plenipotentiaries are named and venue choices discuss a common meeting place. The White House remains the communications conduit between Moscow and Tokyo.
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Washington
Far East
White House
Takahira
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Russia
Aps
Japan
Nicholas
Paris
The
Hague
Murderer Escapes in Glen Carbon
August Margel, a 35 year old Russian miner, is charged with shooting Josie Heller and wounding her father Frank Heller after he refused Margel permission to court his daughter. No trace of Margel has been found.
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Glen Carbon
Ill
Margel
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