Roosevelt Accused of Aiding Plotters in Egypt Policy
London dispatch reports Labour leader James Keir Hardie condemning President Roosevelts remarks on Egypt as impolite and harmful. The piece notes calls to recall Sir Eldon Gorst, the British Agent in Egypt, amid stock market opposition and nationalist tensions. Roosevelt meets Lord Northcliffe at Sutton Place with American visitors shown but not addressed.
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United States of America
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England
Central Park
New York
Roosevelt and Cromer Attend Spectator Dinner in London
Ex-President Roosevelt and Lord Cromer dined with John St. Strachey, editor of The Spectator, in London. They sat on either side of the host as Roosevelt continues his British visit. Tomorrow he visits Col. Arthur H. Lee’s country place with notable guests noted including Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston and Capt. Robert F. Scott. Roosevelt plans to spend Sunday with Sir George Otto Trevelyan and meet Lord Morley.
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Egypt
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Guildhall
Arthur H. Lee
Harry Hamiliton Johnston
Africa
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Board of Trade
Robert F. Scott
George Otto Trevelyan
Lord Morley
India
Roosevelt speech stirs Paris and London satire
In Paris the ex president Roosevelt’s Guildhall address is the talk of Americans and many French men. French papers echo veiled irony as they did in France. Critics privately call the speech impertinent for meddling in British Egypt policy. Perry Belmont hints he will comment further later, noting London Times’ polite summary.
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Paris
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London
England
America
France
Egypt
Perry Belmont
London Times
Explorers Find Pygmies in Dutch New Guinea Mountains
The Times reports British scientists discovered pygmy people at about 2000 feet in the Great Snow Mountains of Dutch New Guinea. The group averages 4 feet 8 inches and likely belong to the Negritos. Previously known pygmy groups inhabit Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula Smangs, Luzon in the Philippines.
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Philippine Islands
Luzon
Smuggler Lyon Fined Five Thousand Dollars
United States District Judge Rellstab fined Hiram R. Lyon of Minneapolis five thousand dollars for attempting to import two pearl necklaces at Hoboken. The duty was two thousand four hundred dollars, with Lyon and counsel expecting a two thousand five hundred fine. The judge emphasized that wealthy offenders must be deterred, and Lyon was discharged from bail after the payment.
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Minn
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Vreeland
Minneapolis
Grain men held for fraud in Albany
Gibson Oliver, treasurer of Durant & Elmore grain merchants and head of Oneonta Milling, and Henry C. Palmer, ex freight agent of the Delaware and Hudson, were arrested after a shortage in Durant & Elmore accounts. Oliver faces grand larceny charges. Palmer charged with a misdemeanor. Both pleaded not guilty and were bailed. Oliver allegedly helped borrow hundreds of thousands by manipulating bills of lading. he previously rose from office boy to firm member and served as Albany Board of Trade president.
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Oneonta Milling Company
Henry C. Palmer
Freight Agen
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Grain Company
J. B. Brownell
James H. Perkins
National Commercial Bank
Durant& Elmore
Albany Board of Trade
National Exchange Bank
Trial exposes contradicting witness in Kohler case
Cleveland June 2 on the third day of Chief Kohler's trial for immorality and drunkenness a key prosecution witness reversed prior claims stating Kohler did not order him to beat a reporter. The detective admitted Kohler spoke of a "boy needs a good beating" but asked him to disregard the remark.
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Six Juveniles Found Guilty in Assault on Jennie Reiner
Six of seven boys charged with an assault on Jennie Reiner near Seventeenth Heights were found guilty. The acquitted boy, James Murdock, 15, faced the jury as the trial concluded in Paterson, New Jersey.
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New York Times
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Louis Priore
Hamilton Murdock
Thomas Matthews
Alexander Turner
Albert Riley
John McQtady
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Graft Jury Indicts Fifty In Schenectady County
Fifty indictments for graft are returned by a jury in Schenectady under Gov. Hughes investigation. Ex sheriff Merritt Hammond, other current and former officials, and a plumber are among those charged. Bail set for June 13. many fugitives and warrants loom as cases proceed.
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N. Y
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Republican Board of Supervisors
Hughes
Coon van Kirk
Supreme Court
Philip Mulderick
Hammond
South America
Virgil K. Kellogg
Watertown
George A. Pepper
Charles N. Vanenberg
Irving 8. Vedder
James G. Hildebrandt
Aaron P. Huffmire
William H. Dunleavy
Fred Rolfe
Thomas W. Winne
Isaac L. Whitmyer
Myron Jacobson
John W. Hudson
John H. Peters
Board of Supervisors
William W. Davis
H. Robinson
Schenectady Illuminating and Mohawk Gas Companies
Anson P. Cady
Dies Playing Baseball at Prospect Park Parade Grounds
Civil war veteran John Halpin aged 64 collapsed while playing ball at Prospect Park Parade Grounds Brooklyn after throwing a pitch. He died of heart disease before an ambulance surgeon arrived. Halpin, a retired U S Navy member, lived at 608 Park Place and is survived by his wife and daughter.
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Brooklyn
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United States Navy
Carnegie International Art Exhibit to Tour Major Cities
Plans advance to bring Carnegie International Art Exhibit to New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and several Western cities. The traveling salon will showcase canvases from Pittsburgh exhibition as Mr Carnegie desires wider access by visiting eight large cities.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Carnegie
Pittebu Ponet Neention S Srasernie
Boy Kills Intruder On Porch Near Montgomery
In Middletown New York Elmer Frost a Montgomery County resident was shot and killed by 18-year-old Melvin Teed on the porch of Teed's home as Frost allegedly attempted entry. Teed was questioned then released on bail amid ongoing home intrusion concerns.
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Middletown
N. Y
Melvin Teed
Elmer Frost
Montgomery
Orange County
Frost
Teed
First Authentic Account Of Fairbanks Peak Expedition
The Times will publish next Sunday the leader of the expedition, Thomas Lloyd Sreyay, describing how his team reached the summit of the peak that baffled all other climbers. Readers are urged to order early.
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Jockey Langan Killed In Gravesend Race Disaster
At Gravesend yesterday a final race ended in tragedy as jockey Fred Langan fell from Stalwart Lad and died within a half hour. Jockey Butwell suffered injuries while Sydney Davis and Muff also fell in the pile up as crowding near the turn caused the mishap. Langan, a New York native apprenticed to Richard Carman, was noted as a promising young rider with recent win in the Nations Stallion Stakes at Belmont Park.
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NewarkCyclist Loses Arms After Trolley Collision
Eleven-year-old Dicycle Russell Phithmer of Newark collided with an eastbound Clifton Avenue trolley at Pestine and Avon Avenues while riding near his brother Charles Phithmer. Russell’s arms were severed under the trolley wheels. he was rushed to St Barnabas’s Hospital where doctors said recovery chances are slim.
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St Barnabas’s Hospital
Runaway horse crashes into Williamsburgh confectionery store
A horse tied to a carriage ran loose injuring four people and smashing a plate-glass window at 1780 Pitkin Avenue. The animal, driven by Daniel Jacobs for Dr Abraham Mandelbaum, trampled three pedestrians before entering Abraham Whit’s shop and thrashing the soda fountain area. Police captured and the horse was shot after severe glass injuries.
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Liberty Avenue
August Belmont Hurt Polo Injury in Hempstead Match
August Belmont fractured a rib when his polo pony fell on him at the Mead ow Brook Polo Grounds in Hempstead Long Island. He was treated by Dr John Mann and transported to his Manhattan home after the accident.
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West Thirty-fourth Street
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Weastbury
Mann
Bronx trolley blockade cripples Westchester line history
A broken power cable from the Westchester trolley line stopped service for two hours as Bronx River dredgers snagged and cut the line beneath water. Drawbridge remained open, sending locals to improvised ferries and forcing some to reverse to reach the Subway. A wrecking crew later spliced the cable ends to restore operation.
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Wage Increase Granted to Cincinnati Traction Company
An order today raises hourly pay by 1 to 8 cents for street car workers of the Cincinnati Traction Company. The raise benefits more than 21,000 employees and costs the company over $100,000 annually.
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Gardener Acquitted in Morgan Household Case
Glen Cove on Long Island June 2 Otto Frehling head gardener for J P Morgan Jr at Best Island home was acquitted after arrest prompted by the Society for the Prevention of Pro digraphy Nason Saletene Se Eat
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Best Island
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Hot Wave From Southwest Heads Toward East Coast
A southwest hot wave moves east toward the Gulf States and is expected to reach the coast in two or three days. Cool spells and fair skies are foreseen for the Eastern States until then. Temperatures hit 100 in Texas interior and 108 at Hobart Oklahoma the hottest in seven years.
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Pruger Named House Manager of Royal Automobile Club
Lewis Pruger former Savoy Hotel manager now appointed house manager of the Royal Automobile Club in London Pall Mall. Club to move to its new $1,250,000 premises by year end. membership estimated between 6,000 and 7,000.
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Slashing Attack On Bicycle Rider Shocks Harlem
Luigi Dominico, 2,070 First Avenue fruit dealer riding east on 108th Street near First Avenue, was stabbed in the abdomen by a hooded man on a bicycle who fled toward First Avenue. He uttered a defiant reply when questioned and was taken to Harlem Hospital. Detectives linked the victim to a past stabbing case and predicted death.
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McCombs
Baldwin for governor in Connecticut a Democrat nominee chosen
In New Haven on June 2 leading Democrats agreed to nominate ex Chief Justice Simeon Baldwin at the state convention by steamroller tactics. Henry Bishop of Bridgeport opposes Baldwin. Republicans face a split with Everett J. Lake and Charles A. Goodwin among those seeking the GOP nomination.
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Conn
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Charles W. Comstock
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Henry Bishop
Bridgeport
New Haven Railroad
Everett J. Lake
Harvard
Charles A. Goodwin
Yale
Folk outlines 1912 presidential principles in Missouri talk
Former Gov Joseph W Folk tells Missouri Democrats equal rights must guide government and graft and corruption must end. He calls for honest law enforcement, fair utility rates, state sovereignty, Western Hemisphere rim, income tax, direct Senate election, and curbing special interests from public life.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Joseph W. Folk
Democratic Party
Folk
Western Hemisphere
United States
Cuban aristocrat dies by strangulation at Muldoon’s Sanitarium
José Cirilo Di Rivas, a member of a prominent Cuban family, strangled himself with a silk cord at Muldoon’s Sanitarium near White Plains New York. Coroner Amos Squire said a Cuban-specific twist caused his death after he tied the cord around his neck. The death was kept secret until today. Di Rivas had recently returned from Europe after a nervous illness.
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White Plains
N. Y
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Muldoon
Amos Squire
Ossining
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Europe
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Aviators Make History as Planes Fly Together
Abroad Charles Stewart Rolls flew a Wright biplane from Dover to near gan gatte France and back to Dover in ninety minutes claiming fifty miles of air between points. In Hempstead Long Island three aeroplanes flew simultaneously the first such sight since the Los Angeles meet. Charles K. Hamilton did a five mile rescue flight for Clifford Harmon after an accident. Interest grows in the Chicago New York aeroplane race with a $25 000 prize. An early entry from J Mars in Topeka Kan awaits terms. Total aviation prizes reach $130 000 since Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
Charles K. Hamilton
Clifford B. Harmon
New York
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Tel
Topeka
Kan
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West
Mr. Mars
New York Tras
English aviator Charles Rolls crosses Channel twice in one flight
London June 2 The Hon Charles Stewart Rolls youngest son of Lord Llangattock crossed the English Channel twice in a Short Wright biplane from Dover to Sangatte near Calais then back to Dover completing a ninety minute flight covering over fifty miles. He rose at about 6 30 pm after calm winds and landed lightly in the Dover meadow where he started.
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