Special Commissioner to Venezuela Named by President
Ex-Judge W. J. Calhoun of Chicago is appointed Special Commissioner to Venezuela. He is to investigate the Venezuelan situation, report differences with the United States and other powers, and assess American concerns about Venezuelan government conduct and the asphalt debt disputes. The mission aims to conclude before the President returns to Washington.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
W. J. Calhoun
Chicago
Venezuela
Calhoun
United States
Sagamore
Roosevelt
Cuba
Meckinley
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Judy Calhoun
Britain
Germany
Italy
Veneguela
Executive
Loeb
Cathoun
Bowen-Loomis
Francis K. Loomis
Hippie
Loomis
Caracas
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
South American
Washington
Calhoun to Probe Venezuela Asphalt Situation
President distrusts regular information channels after Bowen Loomis revelations and names W J Calhoun of Chicago to investigate the asphalt dispute in Venezuela. Calhoun, fluent in Spanish, will report directly, with tacit Venezuelan government approval and no antagonism from President Castro.
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New York Times
Washington
W. J. Calhoun
Chicago
Venezuela
Bowen-loomis
New York Police Board
Avery D. Andrews
Asphalt Trust
Powell, Loomis
Russell
Castro
Fleury
Willard Bean
Caracas
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
Francis V. Greene
New York
Curtis
Associated Press
W. FE. Curtis
Thre
Warner-Quinlan’ Company
Bermudez
Calhoun
Nothing Equals It The Twentieth Century Limited Train Ad
The Twentieth Century Limited, an 18 hour New York to Chicago train service, highlights the luxury and speed of the New York Central J Lines through the advertisement copy.
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New York
Chicago
New York Central J Lines
Adyv
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla Ye the Leader the World Over
Ad claims Burnett's Extract of Vanilla is the leading vanilla product worldwide with grandiose certainty and instruction to use no other.
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Burnett
Mystery Auto Plunges Into Steam Roller Killing Five Injured
A 40 horsepower car driven at high speed crashed into a steam roller on Jerome Avenue near Mosholu Parkway. Five occupants, two men and three women, were badly hurt. one woman had two ribs broken. They refused ambulance help and rode a Jerome Avenue car to New York. The auto, NY 15431 NJ 7305, remained on scene. owner listed as J R Giles of 101 Vose Avenue, South Orange, NJ.
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Jerome Avenue
Mosholu Parkway
New York
John Hoacher
Kemble Avenue
Yonkers
Hoacher
Fordham Hospital
Ob Jorome Avenue
New Jersey
J. R. Giles
Vose Avenue
South Orange
N. J
Welsh Miners Feast 126 Lives Lost in Explosion
Cardiff reports a firedamp explosion at United National Colliery No 2 Wattstown in the Rhondda Valley. About 150 men were in No 2 with 126 feared dead and 68 bodies recovered. rescue efforts continue as air currents are directed into the shaft amid hope fading.
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Cardiff
United National Collery Company
Wattstown
Rhondda
No. 1
No. 2
South Wales
Philadelphia man kills woman then himself in Atlantic City store
Edward Doughty of Philadelphia shot Meta Clyde in a Baltic Avenue grocery store and then killed himself with a bullet to the heart. The double tragedy occurred in front of shoppers and staff as police arrived to find both bodies. Doughty had followed Clyde after quarrelling earlier. he reportedly worked at a South Second Street frame factory.
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Atlantic City
Edward Doughty
Meta Clyde
Baltic Avenue
North Carolina Avenue
Doughty
South Second Street
Philadelphia
Amusements and notices headline list
Index to departments lists sections such as Commercial World Amusements Business Troubles Court Calendars Marine Intelligence New Corporations Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report and Yesterday's Fires. An advertise for genuine pebble eyeglasses at Spencer's on Maiden Lane.
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Marine Intelligence
Society
United Service
Weather Report
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Ahle Arrested in NY Stock Exchange Over $500 Offer
Charles P. Ahle, linked to the Society Editors’ Association, was arrested in the New York Stock Exchange by Detective Flood. He allegedly tried to extort $500 from Edwin Post by promising to suppress harmful materials about Post, using signatures and blanks for a claimed subscription set.
Say the Kaiser Is Defeated in Morocco Talks
Paris dispatch reports official circles noting satisfaction in Germany over M. Rouvier's reading of the notes on Morocco. Berlin press praises the speech but asserts Germany has not achieved all aims. They fault William II's perceived brutality and commend Prince Bismarck von Belkow for tact.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Germany
William
Prince von Bislow
Prince von Radolin
Three Hurt In Brooklyn Streetcar Crash
Shortly after midnight a rear end collision on Flatbush Avenue and Gates Avenue lines at King's Highway and Brighton Beach Road injured three riders. Mary Granze 31 Third Avenue Brooklyn Paul Hoffman 871 Douglas Street Brooklyn Emily Smith 38 St. Mark's Avenue Brooklyn were cut and bruised. An ambulance arrived but patients had already been treated and sent home. The crash was caused when the Flatbush Avenue car pole detached from the overhead wire and the Gates Avenue car struck the ahead vehicle as power remained on. About forty people were knocked to the floors in crowded cars.
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Flatbush Avenue
Gates Avenue
King’s Highway
Brighton Beach Road
Mary Granze
Third Avenue
Pbrooklyn
Paul €. Hoffman
Douglass Street
Brooklyn
Emily Smith
St. Mark's Avenue
Mrs Iselin Wins Hat Twice In New Rochelle Raff le
Mrs Oliver Iselin donated a French hat valued at 150 dollars for a Day Nursery fete raffle in New Rochelle. She won the prize herself in the first drawing and again in a second drawing held at Mrs Kedroz Kazanjian’s home. She will not buy any more chances.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
Oliver Iselin
New Rochelle Day Nursery
Iselin
Lawson's System Remedy Explained By Thomas W Lawson
Thomas W Lawson announces that press reports misstate his remedy to reform the system. He says selling stocks and withdrawing bank deposits are only incidental steps and that a broader business plan will be unveiled once the public is educated to it.
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New York Times
Fairbury
Neb
Thomas W. Lawson
Roosevelt Keeps Promise To Engineer For Government Post
In Denver on July 11 President Roosevelt fulfilled a five year pledge to Michael White an engineer on the Union Pacific Railroad. White who rode on the Roosevelt special in 1900 to accompany the future president was assured a Government position if he ever sought one and has now received a favorable offer.
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New York Times
Denver
Roosevelt
Michael White
Union Pacific Railroad
White
Hotel Clerk Missing At Metropolitan Hotel On Broadway
Hiram Kirk Jr twenty four year old night clerk disappeared from the Metropolitan Hotel at Broadway and Twenty seventh Street on June fourteen. He had worked there three years and his baggage remains in the room. Friends fear foul play and say he planned to marry soon. The Post Office Department also issued a fraud order against Koch Publishing Company of New York for misleading advertising of certain literature.
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Hiram Kirk, Jr
Metropolitan Hotel
Broadway
Twenty-seventh ‘Street
Kirk
Young Kirk
Hiram Kirk
Park Avenue
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
United States
Washington
Post Office Department
Koch Publishing Company
Ast
Seventy-eighth Street
New York
Java Street
Rooklyn
East
Twenty-fourth Street
Pennsylvania Special to Chicago Overnight Train
The Pennsylvania Special, an 18 hour train, departs New York at 3 55 and arrives Chicago at 8 55 A M the next morning via the Pennsylvania Railroad Adv answers inquiries about travel. The best route to Buffalo and Niagara Falls is the New York Central with six tracks and 20 daily trains and 2 cent mileage tickets good Adv.
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Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
New York Central
Three Men Reported Lost After Hudson Collision
A yacht was struck by a tramp steamer between Dobbs Ferry and Ardsley on the Hudson. Three men, possibly drowned, were later picked up by Swedish sailors and taken toward Hastings before succumbing to uncertain fate. The yacht Normandale, owned by C. W. Dumont of Northport, was built in 1891 and sank after the collision. Dumont, a club member and businessman, is identified as president of the American Law Book Co.
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Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Hudson
Dobbs
Ferry
Ardsley
South End
New York Central
Hastings
New York
Rudd
Yonkers
C. W. Dumont
Normandie
Northport
L.1
Normandale
CG. W
S. 1
Normiainil
Tie
Knickerbocker Yacht Club
Dumont
The
American Law Book Co
William Street
MaRS C M CELRICH S ROBBED Family jewels valued at 10047 taken
Newport reports the first jewel robbery of the season at Mrs Charles M Oelrichs residence on Kay Street. Jewelry including a diamond tiara and pearl and diamond ornaments valued at 10047 were taken. Entry alleged through a south Dutch window. servants denied knowledge as Mrs Oelrichs reportedly dined.
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New York Times
Newport
Charles M. Oelrichs
Kay Street
No Passes for Bonaparte Declines Railroad Free Travel
Navy Department states Secretary Bonaparte returned passes offered for free railroad transport. He thanks the senders but says his public position prevents him from accepting such consideration.
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Washington
Navy Department
Bonaparte
Prominent Banker Keith Dargan Dies After Suicidal Act
Keith Dargan former president of the Darlington Trust Company and South Carolina Independent Oil Company drank poison in front of his brother-in-law in Columbus Ohio and died. He left a statement admitting he had appropriated about $800,000 from the companies. The Dargan family is prominent in the city and the incident caused a major sensational stir.
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New York Times
Columela
Keith Dargan
Darlington Trust Company
South Carolina
Ooiu Company
Dargans
President Roosevelt Receives Inaugural Medal
President Roosevelt was awarded the inaugural medal designed by Saint-Gaudens in gold for his administration. The three inch diameter coin bears the president’s bust on the face and an American eagle on the reverse with the inscription Washington D. C. March IV MCMV. Only the President and Vice President received gold versions. Secretary Loch received a bronze copy as inaugural committee member.
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New York Times
Oyster. Bay
Roosevelt
St. Gaudens
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Washington, D. C
Loch
Twombly Rushes to Newport Dinner by Special Train
Hamilton Meek Twombly hurried to Newport for a dinner engagement. He chartered a special train over the Boston and Albany in Springfield, covering about 100 miles in 108 minutes and arriving at South Station with twelve minutes to spare.
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New York Times
Boston
Williams named to Maryland RNC seat replacing McComas
Postmaster General Cortelyou appoints Stevenson A. Williams of Bel Air to the Republican National Committee for Maryland to fill the vacancy created by Louis F. McComas resignation after his appointment as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of DC. Williams is a lawyer and former Maryland gubernatorial candidate and state senator.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Stevenson A. Williams
Bel Air
Republican National Committee
Maryland
United States
Louis FE. McComas
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Williams
State Senate
Willing to Be King in Norway Crown Row
Copenhagen July 11 It is understood Prince Charles of Denmark would accept the Norwegian crown if King Christian and the Danish government consent Some royal family members favor the move while King Christian opposes No decision will be announced until the king returns from Gmunden Austria next week
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Copenhagen
Charles
Denmark
Norway
Christian
Gmunden
Austria
Knox at Sagamore Hill for President's counsel
United States Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania arrived at Oyster Bay and went to Sagamore Hill by the President's carriage. He will spend the night there and return on an early train tomorrow. Knox declined to discuss his mission, though local talk links the Philadelphia situation with Roosevelt's interest.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
Philkinder C. Knox
United States
Pennsylvania
Sagamore Hill
Knox
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Weekend mountain outing ad for Glen Summit Springs
Weekend mountain outings advertised for Glen Summit Springs Pennsylvania. Inquire Lehigh Valley Railroad at 385 Broadway New York or 325 Fulton Street Brooklyn for details.
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Glen Summit Springs
Lehigh Valley RR
Broadway
New York
Fulton St
Brooklyn
New York Central Announces Fast Train Schedule
The Second Empire service departs Grand Central at 1:57 PM heading to Albany arriving 4:52 PM and continuing to Utica 6:47 Syracuse 9:00 Rochester 9:33 and Buffalo 11:10 PM. No excess fare. Ady.
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N. Y
Central
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Auto Hits Crosstown Car On Wet Forty Second Street
An empty electric hansom skidded on the wet pavement of Forty second Street and crashed into an eastbound car near the Public Library. Fifteen passengers were jolted. three men Lawrence Solomon Bartholemew Muller and William Byrnes suffered minor cuts from flying glass. Dr Frye of Flower Hospital treated them. police released the driver.
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Forty-second Street
New Public Library
Lawrence Solomon
Third Avenue
Bartholomew Muller
East Fifty-first Street
William Byrnes
East Fortyfourth Street
Frye
Flower Hospital
Indictments Rise in Milwaukee County Bribery Case
Milwaukee July 11 sixty seven indictments against twenty five individuals, mostly former county officials, handed down by the Milwaukee County Grand Jury in Municipal Court. Today's batch brings total indictments to 195, with more expected as probes continue, largely involving Supervisors and ex Supervisors accused of bribery of about 50 dollars in county contract awards for a hospital addition.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee County
Van Alen Drops Newport Voting Status
James J. Van Alen sends a letter to Newport City Clerk requesting his name be removed from Newport voting lists. He declares he will no longer be a Newport voter or Rhode Island citizen after nearly twenty years of participation in local and state Democratic campaigns.
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New York Times
Newport
James J. van Alen
Stevens
Rhode Island
van Alen
Grover Cleveland
Italy
United States
Edward
Lost and Found Advertisement Rates in The New York Times
The advert outlines Lost and Found rates in The New York Times. A 10 cent per line charge applies with a two line minimum and special time rates. Placement offers top position on the last page and a phone contact 4900-3sth for assistance.
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NEW York Times
Times Office
NEW Yok Times
Ady
Governor Higgins defends Equitable probe stance
Albany July 11 Governor Higgins voiced confidence in the Insurance Department and its head amid Equitable disclosures. He said no legislative action is warranted yet and that any missing testimony, including from a resigned director, could be compelled if legislature acts. Higgins noted attempts to provide transcripts to Jerome Mayer and Harriman case details, and urged full probing by Hendricks with possible new powers.
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New York Times
Albany
Gov. Higgins
Insurance Department
Hendricks
E.H. Harriman
Equitable
Jerome
Mayer
Harriman
New York
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