Patten Stops July Wheat Slide With 3 Million Bushels Bought
Chicago April 15 Patten as a bull leader saved July wheat from a rout by buying 3,000,000 bushels for July delivery in the final trading minutes. May and July hit new highs earlier, then fell sharply. Patten’s actions steadied prices as fears of a corner faded. He defended his strategy against critics and noted no single market control over US wheat.
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New York Times
Chicago
James A. Patten
Western Union Building
Bartlett-Patten
Patten
Shorts
Pattey
Bears
Winnipeg
Washburn-Crosby Company
Minneapolis
Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. Patten
Lawson
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Gulf
French Silk Makers Plan $10 Million Plant Here
D A Gillet and Jean Duplan sailed for France aboard the Provence. Duplan said French interests will establish a $10,000,000 silk manufacturing plant here and already arranged a cooperative tying Paterson dye works. He noted the move aims to avoid tariffs and expand French silk operations in the United States.
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France
Provence
D. A. Gillet
Jean Duplan
Hazleton
Penu
Duplan
Gillet
Three new warships to carry Liberian Commission to Africa
Washington reports that three swift warships will transport the Liberian Commission to Monrovia. The group includes W. Morgan Shuster, George Sale, and Emmett J. Scott with a mixed racial composition noted. The Chester will lead, with Birmingham and Salem assisting, amid internal friction and diplomatic explanations.
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New York Times
Washington
Africa
State Department
Navy Department
W. Morgan Shuster
Philippines
George Sale
Georgia
Emmett J. Scott
Booker Washington
George A. Finch
Department of State
Frank A. Flower
S. A
Chester
Birmingham
Salem
Mr. Scott
Sale
Mr. Shuster
Wireless recall aids Bermuda passenger transfer to ship
B W Walker of Hamilton Bermuda received a wireless message about his son’s illness while aboard the Bermudian. Captain Fraser coordinated with the Prince George to hold for a transfer, then Walker was whisked to the Prince George by small boat. The Bermudian reached pier safely as three Brooklyn brides departed in celebratory attire.
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B. W. Walker
Hamilton
Bermuda
Fraser
Prince George
North River
Rector Street
Christopher Street
Burton T. Bishop
Bishop
Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn
Grace Reve Tuthill
H. H. Pittinger
J. B. Bristol
Trusted Clerk Held for $25,000 Theft
Addison S. Beardsley longtime head bookkeeper for Leonard J. Carpenter & Co. was arrested on charges of larceny totaling about $25,000 to $30,000. Detectives traced a scheme of falsified entries using cash and checks to cover thefts, with Beardsley confessing en route to custody. The firm initially discharged him and later alerted authorities as the extent became clear.
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Addison S. Beardsley
Leonard J. Carpenter
Beardsley
Flood
du Vivier
H. M. Hall
Upper West Side
Fitzsimmons
Brooklyn
Ball Park
125Th Street
115Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
District Attorney’s Office
Air trip for girl of six sails for Havre
Cortlandt Field Bishop president of the Aero Club of America sails for Havre on the Provence with Mrs. Bishop and their daughter Beatrice. He aims to survey European aeronautic progress and aid American developments. He plans to visit Rome to view Wright brothers results and to present Alfred Le Blanc a medal for best endurance test with a dirigible balloon. Beatrice will accompany him on her first ascent.
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Cortlandt Field Bishop
Aero Club of America
Havre
Hner
Bishop
Europe
Atlantic
Fulton
Rome
Wright Brothers
Alfred le Blanc
Trust Fund Embezzlement Case: John Sykes sought on $30,000 charge
Trenton New Jersey April 15 detectives with warrants search for John Sykes a prominent local lawyer and Methodist lay preacher on embezzlement charges involving 30 000 in trust funds as executor of James Brooks estate Sykes reportedly confessed to misappropriating remaining funds and is missing his wife denies knowledge and prior fraud allegations followed disbarment proceedings later withdrawn
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
John Sykes
Sykes
Methodist Church
Charles G. Cook
James Brooks
Cook
Buchanan & Buchanan
Denial by Mrs MacMonnies on Separation Rumors
Paris dispatch reports Mrs. Frederick MacMonnies denying that her split from husband stems from artistic rivalry. She cites incompatibility of temper, confirms divorce last November on desertion technicals, and says they remain friends. She will supervise the children’s education and visits to the father as he wishes. Mr. MacMonnies lives at Giverny, Normandy.
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New York Times
Paris
Frederick MacMonnies
Rue Harlay
Cité
Seine
Chauffeur Found In Court After Visit To Night Session
Magistrate Herrman invited friends to a Night Court session at 9 30 PM. The group included Herbert Scheftel and J Wittengirt with wives. Chauffeur Bernard Lehman of 120 West 112th Street was found in a cell and discharged with a warning after admitting being on the wrong side of Broadway.
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Herrman
Herbert Scheftel
J. Wittengirt
Scheftel
J. S. Bache & Co
Cleaning Up Washington Streets By Women Volunteers
Washington on April 15 observed a street cleaning drive led by Mrs. F. V. Coville and Mrs. Robert M. La Follette. Women supervised children aided by pennies and dimes, as boys chased scraps of waste paper across town.
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New York Times
Washington
F. V. Coville
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Twentieth Century Club
Coville
Crawford Will Leaves $10,000 to Wife in Italian Probate
Francis Marion Crawford dies April 9 in Sorrento Italy. His will names executor Arthur Terry of Short Hills NJ and provides $10,000 to Elizabeth C. H. Crawford. Rest of estate divided into shares for Crawford children Harold, Eleanor, Clare, and Bertram with income until age 25 then principal. No real estate. personal estate about $10,000. Probate filed by Townsord Avery Button at Nassau Street.
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Francis Marion Crawford
Sorrento
Italy
Crawford
Arthur Terry
Short Hills
N. J
Townsord, Avery & Button
Nassau Street
Elizabeth C. H. Crawford
Harold F. M. Crawford
Penang
Straits Settlement
Malay Peninsula
Eleanor B., Clare
Bertram Marion Crawford
Saint Agnesio
Columbia Professor Tufts Killed Testing Bayonne Wires
Adjunct physics professor Frank Leo Tufts of Columbia University died testing electric light wires in Bayonne New Jersey. He was alone when the 4400 volt shock struck him tossing his body from a pole. Neighbors and a physician confirmed death and news reached Prof Edward Hallock at a club dinner. Tufts 35, married three years, had studied at Antioch Harvard and Columbia and served as tutor, instructor, then adjunct professor since 1905.
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Frank L. Tufts
Columbia University
Bayonne
N. J
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
Prof. Tufts
Avenue E
Forty-fourth Street
William Frazer
Frazer
William Ware
Tufts
Love
Edward John Hallock
Department of Physics
Columbia
Hallock
Arctic Club
Mrs. Hallock
Elmore
West 124Th Street
Police trap a house hunter in Englewood swindle
Rev James M Farr of Christ Memorial Church advertised a Summer rental in Englewood New Jersey. A man calling himself John Moore of Albany claimed to be Farr's brother and was arrested after Detective Snyder and Corporal Cornelli posed as Dr Farr to trap the suspect. Police say the suspect George Moore of Millstone No 4 has prior larceny record and his rogues gallery photo exists.
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James M. Farr
Christ’s Memorial Church
West Thirty-sixth Street
Englewood
N. J
John Moore
Albany
N. Y
Dr. Farr
Lexington Avenue
Mr. Farr
Cornelli
Church Club
Jacob Snyder
Farrs
George Moore
Mills Oter No. 4
Rogues
Fire Chief Callahan Hurt In Plaza Laundry Fire
Deputy Fire Chief Callahan was seriously hurt when a ladder collapsed during a fire at the Plaza laundry at 204 206 East 105th Street. He fell to the second floor and was hospitalized at Harlem Hospital. Firemen rescued a dozen or more tenants. no other injuries were reported.
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Callahan
Plaza
East 105Th Street
Etna and Stromboli Eruptions Reported From Naples
A Naples dispatch says Mount Etna is erupting with showers of cinders over Catania and residents fleeing. Stromboli is also said to be active. Earlier reports of Etna’s eruption were denied by later dispatches from Catania received in Rome.
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Catania
Paris
Naples
Mount Etna
Stromboli
Ban on Plaza Services by Mrs Eddy Shocks Followers
Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy founder of the Christian Science Church orders a temporary ban on Sunday services in the Hotel Plaza grand ballroom until the Mother Church sees fit. She was enraged by prior announcements and public disclosure of the movement’s aims and told organizers to halt further action until review.
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Mary Baker G. Eddy
The
Christian Science Church
Plaza
Mother” Eddy
Roosevelt Sails to Aden on Adventurous Arabian Stop
The Admiral carrying Theodore Roosevelt and his party reached Aden on April 15. Roosevelt explored the city with Vice Consul George M. Gordon, while others hunted local birds. The ship then set course for Mombasa, with plans to call at Mogadiscio on the return voyage.
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Aden
Arabia
Theodore Roosevelt
Mogadiscio
Italian Somaliland
Red Sea
Suez
Frederick C. Selous
Roosevelt
Naples
Naples. Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Selous
Mr. Roosevelt
Ghosts Tie Up A Mine In Harwich Town Turmoil
In Harwich a mining town near Pittsburg, Montenegrin miners refuse to work, claiming ghosts of dead miners interfere with labor. Americans continue mining. deputies patrol as families are evicted from company houses. Fears of dynamite and a potential explosion persist amid tense confrontations.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Harwich
Coa Company
Queen Mother Joins Queen Wilhelmina at The Hague Palace
The Queen Mother settles at the palace in The Hague to await confinement of her daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The move marks a royal transition as events unfold in the Dutch court.
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Whlihelmina
German Patent Treaty Ratified
The Senate today ratified the new patent treaty between the United States and Germany, formalizing an agreement on intellectual property protections and cooperation. The action marks a milestone in bilateral trade and innovation relations between Washington and Berlin.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Germany
Dewey's Pure Grape Juice Purifies the Blood
An advertisement for Dewey and Sons Co. promotes Dewey's Pure Grape Juice as purifying the blood and very nourishing. The 5 percent solution is linked to the New York address 138 Fulton Street.
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DEWEY
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Turkey Faces Many Revolts and Threatened Capital
The Third Army Corps is ordered to march from Salonica as unrest grows across Turkey. The old order is said to be at risk if restoration does not occur.
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Salonica
Mutiny and unrest sweep Constantinople and provinces
Reports from Constantinople describe a widening crisis as mutiny erupts at Medina and unrest spreads to Drusid and Diarbekir. Kurdish and Arab uprisings threaten the region while Albanian troops approach Uskub. The Third Army Corps looms, and private soldiers govern the capital amid fear and confusion.
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NEW York Times
Constantinople
Medina
Drusid
Diarbekir
Turkish
Armenia
Arabia
Macedonia
Albania
Uskub
Second Army
Saloonica Ready for War As Young Turks Plan March
Saloonica expresses calm as the Young Turk Committee mobilizes thousands to march on Constantinople. Twenty battalions of the Third Army Corps are mobilized, rail cars prepared for troop transport, Jazie Bey leads 10,000 volunteers, and business halts across the city.
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Salonica
Monastir
Third Army Corps
Janina
Albania
Vilayet
Constantinople
Turkey
Young Turk Committee
Jazie Bey
Naval Commander Lynched After Palace Gunfire
Arif Bey, leader of the battleship Assar-I-, was lynched in Constantinople after commanding forces that fired on the Sultan's palace during a failed coup in April. Local authorities reported the mob action followed his rebellion against the palace and government.
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Constantinople
Arif Bey
Assar-I
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