Paris club sues founder over gambling and debts
The Travelers' Club of Paris, housed in Hotel Pavia, sued Albert Miles after his 1905 dismissal for card playing with nonmembers and drinking. The case revealed internal debts, deposits, and alleged gambling schemes. a settlement offered $6,250, while investigations noted missing funds and questionable accounts. The hearing adjourned with questions about guarantees and leadership.
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New York Times
London
Travelers’ Club of
Paris
Pavia
Champs Elysées
Court of the King’s Bench
Albert Miles
Miles
Lord Rosslyn
Lord Grimthorpe
Lord Howard de Walden
van der Byl
Royal Navy
Thee
Justice Grantham
Howard de Warden
Fire at Harrow School confined to Somerville House
Fire alarm in London reports Harrow School on Harrow-on-the-Hill. flames confined to Somerville House which burned down. Forty boys were housed there. all students were in the speech room for a lecture and no injuries occurred.
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Somerville House
London
Harrow School
Harrow-on-the Hill
Somerville” House
Warm welcome for Dr Hill at Paris reception
Dr and Mrs David Jayne Hill met Prince and Princess Radolin at Ambassador White’s reception. The German ambassador praised Berlin as a future, warmer home for Hill. Observers say Hill’s reception helps passage of funds to buy official residences abroad for US ambassadors. Paris regret over Tokyo’s Berlin property bid for Ambassador Tower’s residence.
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Paris
David Jayne Hill
Princess Radolin
Ambassador White
Prince Radolin
France
Hill
Berlin
Congress
United States
Washington
Ambassador Tower
Portugal Votes Tomorrow in Key Chamber Elections
Lisbon reports April 5 balloting for 146 deputies amid government push for fair counts. Republicans claim sweeping gains in major cities and warn of disorder if repression follows. Queen Maria Pia’s health declines after February tragedy. Italy invite rejected due to royal marriage terms and annual allowance.
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Chamber of Deputies
Oporto
Braga
Aveiro
Portugal
Maria Pia
Carlos
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
American Banker Killed on Turkish Train
The State Department reports an American citizen, likely Kansas bank president B. Warkentine of Newton, killed on a train from Damascus in Turkey. A Syrian, who was travelling with him and arrest, says the shooting was accidental while he was examining his pistol. The banker and the Syrian were in adjacent compartments.
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State Department
Leishman
Constantinople
Kansas
Damascus
Newton, Kan
Turkey
B. Warkentine
Kansas State Bank of
Newton
British Premier Campbell Bannerman Seeks Resignation
London reports brighter prospects for Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as he contemplates stepping down from the premiership. A public resignation could come within days as talks with King Edward VII and ministers unfold, with portfolio shifts likely among Morley Lloyd George and McKenna amid rival claims.
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Biarritz
Edward
John Morley
India
David Lloyd George
Board of Trade
Reginald McKenna
Board of Education
Foreign Affairs Notes From Across the Sea
The Brazilian cruiser Benjamin Constant sails from Callao toward Honolulu and Japan, serves as a schoolship, with crew to train in jiu jitsu. In London, Miss Moffitt fails to halt a court case, seeking evidence from America amid an adjournment. An April Bow Street order seeks a diamond formula document from a Paris bank. A Belle of Scotland explosion in Cdgao injures one and kills another. In Tokyo, the prince Arisugawa’s nephew dies after appendicitis complications following surgery.
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Peru
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Honolulu
Japan
London
Prince Victor of
Thurn and Taxis
Austria
Josephine Moffitt
America
Warrington’s Court
Miss Moffitt
Bow Street
Henry le Mourne
le Moyne
Paris
Julius Charles Wernher
de Beers Mining Company
36 Die As Cruiser Rams Torpedo Boat
At night off the Isle of Wight the British cruiser Berwick collided with torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, sinking the Tiger and killing 36 aboard including Lieut Middleton. The forward half disappeared instantly. the after section floated briefly as divers search for bodies.
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Lieut. Middleton
Tiger
Isle of Wight
Berwick
Home Fleet
Portland
William E. Middleton
Mrs Roosevelt Leaves for Washington
Mrs. Roosevelt and her party departed New Orleans by a special Louisville and Nashville train for Washington to arrive Sunday. She visited historic sites and shopped in the old French quarter while in New Orleans. The boys fished in semi salt water near the city and joined a Gulf Coast night coon hunt in which no coons were caught.
Lumbermen fined for restraint of trade in Toledo trial
In Toledo on April 3 a group of twenty lumbermen convicted of conspiracy under antitrust laws faced fines from 5 to 1 dollars. John S. Puck pleaded ill health and asked mercy, claiming the prosecution brought him near death. The judge fined Puck five hundred dollars.
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Chico
Kumier
Common Pik
John S. Puck
Puck
Pucik
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