Mutineers Give Up Ships to Roumania After Surrender
Reported in Kustenji Roumanian authorities accepted the mutineers surrender of the battleship Kniaz Potemkine and a torpedo boat. Russians to be conveyed to any frontier and freed. Roumania hoists its flag over the vessels to prevent Russian attack. Odessa fear and Russian fleet movements follow.
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Kustenji
Roumania
St. Andrew
Kniaz Potemkine
Black Sea
Russia
Kniaz
Roumanian
Angelescu
Dobruja
Pserouape
Scastern Naga
Odessa
Chouknin
ST. Petersburg
Admiralty
Foreign Office
Theodosia
Kruger
Naval Register
Batum
Poti
Alexander II
Libau
Caucasus
Associated Press
Girl Held as Jewel Thief in Philadelphia Social Set
Special to The New York Times reports a warrant for Emma Francis Potts of 1712 Wallace Street tied to a long chain of jewel thefts at social gatherings. Affidavits allege a ring valued at 700 dollars vanished from Mrs. F. Jardens at the Normandie after Potts visited. Other losses include a diamond brooch and rings totaling thousands, with Potts present at multiple scenes. A private detective agency has been hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Emma Francis
Potts
Wallace Street
Beton
F. Harper Jardens
Normandie
Miss Potts
Mrs. Jardens
Soldiers terrorize Westfield in mass militia riot
Westfield Massachusetts woke to hundreds of State Militia troops roaming and looting streets during a chaotic night. Provoost guards clashed with rioters including cavalry units firing volley after volley. Stores were stormed, cars seized, and civilians injured as troops restored order with harsh measures.
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Westfield
Mass
Bryan
Proeost Guard
Fifteenth
United States Cavalry
Hquor
Fifth Infantry
United States
Three Girls Rescued From Echo Bay Drowning Ordeal
In New Rochelle three fourteen year old girls Miss Mabel Thwaites Miss Ella Underhill and guest Miss Vivian Charles faced drowning in Echo Bay. Mrs Hugo Ziegfeld alerted bystanders cried for help as rescuers Joseph Downs and a second man swam to aid. Charles the only swimmer kept the others afloat until revived after fifteen minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Rochelle
Mabel Thwaites
Ella Underhill
Vivian Charles
Lansing
Mich
Echo Bay
Hugo Ziegfeld
W. E. McLaughlin
New York City
Joseph Downs
Miss Charles
Fatal fall from horse in Brooklyn claims life
Paul J Nichols a linen house salesman of 79 Lewis Avenue Brooklyn died after a horse he rode with John Wilson swerved at Greenwood Avenue and toppled him, fracturing his skull and crushing his chest. Mrs Nichols witnessed the accident and an ambulance took him to St Joseph's Hospital where he died.
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Paul J Nichols
Wilson fires Holmes in cotton reports leak case
Washington July reports that Edwin S. Holmes, assistant statistician in the Agriculture Department, was dismissed by Secretary Wilson amid an investigation into Richard Cheatham's charges of leaking cotton crop data. Victor N. Olmstead named acting successor as reorganization plans tighten controls and seal reports. Cheatham vows further action and possible prosecution, while Wilson seeks to restore trust in the statistics system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Edwin S. Holmes
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Richard Cheatham
Holmes
Victor N. Olmstead
Bureau of Statistics
Cuba
Mr. Wilson
Cheatham
Department
Rockefeller Hosts Italian Band On Lawn Concert
In Cleveland this afternoon John D. Rockefeller led an Italian boys band on his Forest Till estate lawn. The group played tunes from The Star Spangled Banner to waltzes as Rockefeller, bareheaded in summer attire, guided the tempo with his finger. Rain interrupted the half-finished program, but he invited them to return next Saturday for a guided tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
John PD. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Auto Crash Injures Two Women in City Collision
Miss Dorothy Higginson of East Forty first Street and Miss Lulu Lugress of Brooklyn were in a collision with a Victoria on Fifth Avenue near Fifty eighth Street yesterday afternoon. Both women fainted. Middleton the Victoria driver was thrown over the horses, which were cut about the legs. Higginson, aided by Douglass, revived Lugress who went home by cab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Higginson
East Forty-first Street
James Jackson
Higginson
Victoria
Lulu Lugress
Jefferson Avenue
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Miss Higginson
Miss Lugress
David Middleton
Buck
Miner Seeks Record Run to Europe on Special Train
Walter Scott, the Death Valley miner famed for his fortune, plans a multi‑city trip from Los Angeles to Chicago New York and Europe aboard a specially chartered train and steamer to set railroad speeds. Santa Fe offers to forfeit part of a $5,500 deposit if the 52‑hour Chicago to Los Angeles run is not beaten, aiming for a 45‑hour flat pace. The train, with three Pullman cars, departs Los Angeles tomorrow at 1 p.m. for a 2,205‑mile record attempt including mountain grades and stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Los Angeles
Walter Scott
Death Valley
Chicago
New York
Europe
Santa Fé Railway
Scott
Great Storm Hits Salvador Killing Dozens
Special to The New Fork Tres reports a brutal electrical storm in Salvador lasting three hours with near continuous lightning. In Nejapa a lightning strike killed eighteen of thirty sheltering laborers. In Sensuntepeque three men and two women died, with other fatalities across the republic bringing the total to thirty three. Thousands sought refuge in churches, none of which were struck.
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New Fork
Mazatlan
Republic of Salvador
Central America
Nejapa
Sensuntepeque
Republic
American Gift to Rescuer Promised by President
Karl Anderson master of the Norwegian steamer Themis will receive a pair of American made binoculars inscribed by the President for humane services in rescuing the captain and crew of the American schooner W. 9 Wallace Ward wrecked at sea on January 2, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Karl Anderson
Themis
United States
Wallace Ward
Directors Hold Train Meeting For New York New Haven Hartford
The New York New Haven and Hartford Directors concluded their July meeting aboard a special train. They departed Boston and traveled 568 miles through the eastern district, holding the session in transit aboard the railroad car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Boston
20th Century Limited Schedule Ad
The 20th Century Limited of the New York Central Lines leaves New York daily at 7:30 P M arriving Chicago 8 30 next morning Return trip departs Chicago via Lake Shore at 2 30 P M arriving New York 9 30 next morning Reservations advised to secure best accommodations.
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20Th Century
Chicago
20Th Century Limited
New York Central Lines
New York
Lake Shore
Adv
Lightning Flash Stuns Ten in Prospect Park
A bolt of lightning struck a large elm in Prospect Park Brooklyn during a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon injuring ten people sheltering beneath. Six were taken to hospitals including August Erliede and son John and the Harthwaites. all are recovering.
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Prospect Park
Brooklyn
August
Rose Erleide
Nineteenth Street
John
Richard
John Lewis
Pacific Street
George
Margaret
James
Charlotte Harthwaite
Ninth Street
Margaret Speer
Carroll Street
Long Meadow
Park
Kings County
Seney
Seney Hospital
Fifth Avenue
Erliede
Kings County Hospital
Harthwaites
Submarine Farfadet Crew Given Up in Tunis
All hope is lost for saving the Farfadet crew after the submarine sank near the Port of Sidi Abdukih, Tunis. Salvage work continues but the vessel has not been towed to port, and the crew did not answer at 6 20 PM. Families of the entombed men in Rizerta express despair as officials restrict details.
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Paris
Farfadet
Sidi Abdukih
Tunis
Ministry of Marine
Rizerta
Horse runs off with pay wagon on busy street
A horse pulling a pay wagon for Interborough Street Railway bolted after a passing car on Lind Avenue. The wagon rocked as pay envelopes flew into the street and the horse collapsed at Sedgwick Avenue, killing the animal. Police captured remaining envelopes and recovered most funds amid the commotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lind Avenue
Sedgwick Avenue
Hfe
Poisoned Candy By Mail In Paterson Case
Mrs Joseph Mustel of 221 Van Houten Street received a mailed candy box addressed to Miss Es Bird with a note saying For you and Fannie The unknown sender appeared to know the close friendship of Mrs Mustel and Miss Pannie Mardy who works in a laundry The women who ate the candy including Mrs Mustel her mother and sister became sick though none seriously ill A doctor said the candy contained poison but mild McAlister attended them and noted the poison it was mild with no serious illness reported The sender remains unidentified
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van Riper
Haas
Waldorf
Washington
New York
Secret Service
Holmes
F. A. Peckham
Miss Tiardy
ROW OVER A TREASURE HUNT
Armed men guard a Winchester Cemetery grave to thwart Frank Braid and associates from Chicago seeking over 1 million dollars in Civil War era gold coins. Braid sought digging rights from the Mayor but was denied. Board of Health gave guarded access with partial claims to department gains. Police set a guard amid authority clashes. Braid says a remaining clue rider exists from a sole surviving claimant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Memphis
Tenn
Winchester Cemetery
Frank Braid
Chicago
Braid
Board of Health
Frenchman killed by woman in lower Seventh Avenue
Emile Gerdrom a 42 year old Frenchman living at 142 West Twenty-eighth Street was shot and killed by Bertha Clsicle a French girl on Seventh Avenue near Twenty-fifth Street. Detectors nabbed the shooter who refused to discuss motive. The crowd halted street cars as the incident drew neighbors to the scene.
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Seventh Avenue
Emile Gerdrom
Twerty-eishih Street
Wommian
Twenty-fifth Street
Bertha Clsicle
Gerdrom
Central Office
Morton
Billifer
Martineau
Chiete
Seventh
Avery
Phirtidih Street
Claicle
Circus Tents Dashed by Storm In Warwick New York
A July storm hit Sawtere and Rich Brothers circus in Warwick New York tearing the menagerie tent and tipping animal cages. A lion and several monkeys escaped while some fled to Greenwood Lake hills. About three thousand evacuees escaped unharmed though Solomon Cohen suffered a broken back from a wagon fall.
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New York Times
Warwick
N. Y
Sawtere & Rich Brothers Circus
Hon
Greenwood Lake
Solomon Cohen
Home of Juliet Sold. Verona Buys Shakespearean House
Verona reports the house said to be Juliet’s residence, where she met Romeo, was sold at auction. Bids started at 1200 dollars and the City of Verona purchased the property for 2000 dollars.
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Juliet
Verona
Shakespeare
Romeo
Stage Robber Holds Up Warren to Meadows Route
A lone masked highwayman stopped a stage near Resort Station Idaho and forced the driver to open mail sacks. He robbed two passengers and the driver, taking about $1,200 in cash and valuables before fleeing.
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Meadows
Idaho
Warren
Resort Station
Holy Ghost Yacht Safe Arrives in Malta
A cablegram received at Shiloh reports the missionary yacht Curettet of the Holy Ghost and Us Society has reached Malta in the Mediterranean. It sailed from Freeport Missouri on June 4 with Rev. Frank W. Sandford aboard amid prior fears for its safety.
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Lisbon Falls
Shiloh
Siying
Curettet
Holy Ghost and Us Society
Malta
Mediterranean
Freeport
Frank W. Sandford
Ocean City bans scanty bathing outfits on beach
Ocean City New Jersey on July 8 reports Mayor Champion has ordered police to enforce a ban on scanty bathing costumes worn by people going to and from the beach. The policy aims to maintain modest attire at the resort.
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Ocean City
N. J
Champion
Butler Receives Oxford Honorary Degree at Convocation
A cablegram from this city reports that Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, received an honorary Doctor of Letters at a special Oxford convocation. The same day the University of Manchester conferred upon Butler a Doctor of Laws degree last Saturday.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Oxford University
President Butler
University of Manchester
Japanese Occupy Sakhalin Island in Bold Landing
Reports from St. Petersburg say Japanese troops landed on Sakhalin with a fleet covering the operation. The coast was defended by weak Russian forces, and the garrison burned government buildings before retreating. The action signals Japan may press for Sakhalin in peace talks.
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ST. Petersburg
Sakhalin
Meree
Chipivan
Korsakovsk
Liapunoff
Karsakovsk
Iamiraz J Norestyvensky
First Russian claim on Sakhalin and its tense history
The article explains Sakhalin as the first territory to join the Russian Empire after a war with Japan. It details Japan's long claim, the forced exchange of southern Kuriles, and Russia's penal settlement on the island. It notes the island’s value for fishing, coal, forests, and potential metals, plus its rugged terrain and sparse population.
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Sakhalin
Russian Empire
Far East
Islimd
Japan
Russia
Kurile
China
Manchuria
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Kustenii
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Paul J. Nichols
Cotton Association
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M. Haas
William Judd
Miner
Salvador
Roosevelt
New Haven
Bolt
Interbr
Ough Street Railway Company
ACOO
Paterson
Storm
Holy Ghost Yacht Safe
Oxford
Dr. Butler
Kursakovsk
Linevitch
Jupian
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