Wilson praises wool bill on Washington visit
Gov Woodrow Wilson returning from a West tour in Washington endorses the Democratic caucus action on the wool schedule and calls for a campaign of men and measures rather than parties. He predicts a broad move away from old party lines and favors initiative referendum and recall as tools for democracy.
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New York Times
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
William J. Bryan
Champ Clark
Gov. Wilson
F. P. Stockbridge
Martine
Baker
California
Far West
Dickinson
Missouri
Clark
Sims
Tennessee
Hughes
West
Kansas City
Wymore
Neb
Dr. Wilson
Wilson
Northwest
Vian
Iis
House
Democratic Party
Lincoln
Grace
Richard Lewis Har-greaves
Bryan
Democratic House
Woole
Consul General Hopkins Buys Fifth Avenue House for Baby
Russell Hopkins consul general of Panama buys 1 043 Fifth Avenue for his infant son John Randolph Hopkins born at the St Regis two months ago. Grandmother Mrs Lawrence plans 25000 in furnishings and a roof garden with a playground and private zoo. A bear cub is to arrive from the Rocky Mountains for the child’ s entertainment.
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Russell Hopkins
Panama
Fifth Avenue
John Randolph Hopkins
St. Regis
Irvington-on-Hudson
Lawrence
J. J. Lawrence
Plaza
Hopkins
Rocky Mountains
Coronation Ship Sails Delaware Heads To Sea For King George Ceremony
The battleship Delaware, largest war vessel in the naval review for King George coronation, sailed from Tompkinsville after loading final supplies. Salutes from passing craft greeted the ship as Rear Admiral Vreeland signaled thanks while the Celtic passed in Ambrose Channel.
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Delaware
Naval Review
George
Tompkinsville
Ambrose Channel
White Star
Celtic
Vreeland
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Western Exodus to London for Coronation
Chicago hotels brim with Western travelers bound for London to witness the coronation of King George and Queen Mary. Ships sailing from New York are fully booked for this week and next, with five thousand Chicagoans expected to attend per steamship officials.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
George
Queen Mary
London
New York
King and Queen Tour Zoological Gardens Inspect Coronation Gift
In London the King and Queen with their children visited the Zoological Gardens to view 200 newly arrived animals presented as a coronation gift from the union of South Africa. The royal party spent two hours exploring exhibits and feeding the animals, while the King and troops await further duties at Aldershot. A Chinese cruiser Hai Chi with coronation delegates arrived at Plymouth.
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London
Zoological Gardens
Union of South Africa
Aldershot
Hai Chi
China
Joig
Ching
Plymouth
Hammond in London for King's coronation
London dispatch reports John Hays Hammond Special Ambassador to the United States arrives with his family for the coronation festivities. He will stay at Stratton House until June 9 then travel to Paris for the event and related proceedings. In Constantinople John R. Carter departs for Paris as W. W. Rockhill awaits as the new Turkish ambassador.
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London
John Hays Hammond
United States
George
Constantinople
John R. Carter
Roumania
Straus
Paris
W. W. Rockhill
Turkey
Subway Smoker Fined After Down Town Platform Incident
Special Policeman John McBride stopped a man smoking a cigar at the Fourteenth Street Subway platform. The offender claimed the cigar was too good to throw away and gave the name James Murphy of Macdougal Street. Murphy was charged with violating the Sanitary Code and fined five dollars in Night Court.
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Fourteenth Street
John McBride
McBride
East Twenty-second Street
James Murphy
Lv Macdougal Street
Murphy
Will of Miss Marianna Sutterly Filed in Trenton
The will leaves Miss Marianna Clark Sutterly estate of 5000 dollars to her brother Edward Sutterly of Trenton. Jewelry goes to Miss Mary M. Smelzer of Kansas. The teacher drowned herself at Burlington last March and her body was recovered recently from the river.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Marianna Clark Sutterly
Burlington
Edward Sutterly
Mary M. Smelzer
Kansas
Auto Kills Cyclist and Injures Children in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn cyclist Ernest Succow was killed on Pennsylvania Avenue when hit by a touring car driven by Edward Hecker. Hecker fled the scene after the crash but turned himself in later. A mother, Annie Garlen, saved her children from a speeding motorcyclist by pushing them aside but was knocked unconscious. A separate incident involved ex Assemblyman Albert Lachman hitting three year old Rosie Putkoff. Lachman stopped and explained to police.
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Ernest Succow
Liberty Avenue
Brooklyn
New York
Annie Garlen
Bristol Street
Succow
Pennsylvania Avenue
Edward Hecker
Broadway
Charles Wuest
Atlantic Avenue
Hecker
East New York Savings Bank
Sutter Avenue
New Jersey Avenue
Samuel Marcus
Prospect Place
Brownsville
Frank Smith
Al8
Harmer Street
Bradford Street Hospital
Pitkin Avenue
Thatford Street
Louis Dizina
New Lots Road
Albert Lachman
Palmetto Street
Rosie Putkoff
Jeremy Street
Lachman
Auto crash kills girl in Worcester trip
In Massachusetts a car owned by John F. Qvarn swerved off the road after midnight trip with friends. Catherine Ryan died instantly while Margaret Ryan suffered a fatal spinal injury. Other occupants Frank Winchester C J Breen and Mrs. Roussian were only lightly hurt.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Margaret Ryan
Catherine
John F. Qvarn
Catherine Ryan
Qvarn
Frank M. Winchester
C. J. Breen
Detroit
William L. Roussian
Gesang Verein Freshinns Club
Lake Quinsigamond
Quarn
Chestntreet
Boy in bicycle crash on Fifth Avenue severely injured
A 15 year old riding north on Fifth Avenue near Fifty seventh Street suffered a fractured skull after losing control when his bike chain broke. A taxi driver Samuel Horowitz stopped and helped rush him to Flower Hospital where doctors reported internal injuries and a very serious condition. The boy, of Jewish appearance, had no identification.
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Fifth Avenue
Vanderbilt
Horowitz
Flower Hospital
Ahrens
Coronation Section to Feature Pictures and Articles
A special Next Sunday Times section will present varied pictures and authoritative articles by distinguished writers about the coronation of King George the Fifth, adding a notable feature to the publication.
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George the Fifth
Striking Penn Railroad Shopmen Fire On Barracks
Pennsylvania strike sparks shooting at Brownsville barracks on the Pittsburg division. Mrs Clara Bodek was shot through the head, a striker beaten severely, and deputy sheriffs rushed in as the strike threatens to spread toward Harrisburg.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brownsville
Pittsburg, Virginia
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
Pitcairn
Taaneuape Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Harrisburg
One Man Challenge Shocks Mutual Life Board Race
Chicago lawyer Sol Rosenblatt runs for a board trusteeship at Mutual Life, triggering a costly election process funded by policy holders. The 1907 law demands 100 signatures from policy holders, forcing ballots worldwide and stirring debates on election fairness and representation. The Times urges reform to curb excessive costs and complex voting procedures.
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Sol Rosenblatt
Chicago
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Board of Trustees
Hughes
Rosenblatt
Superintendent
Australia
Kamchatka
James M. Beck
Mutual
International Policyholders’ Committee
Samuel Untermyer
International Committee
Supt. of Insurance Kelsey
Board of Inspectors
Untermyer
Policyholders’ Committee
Administration
Perucee
Supt
Kelsey
NEW York Times
Six drownings in Utah Lake tragedy during party
A sailing launch Galilee capsized in a squall on Utah Lake drowning six partygoers including bride-to-be Miss Vera Brown and groom elect Edward B Holmes. Frederick Brown’s children Frank and Helen, and James W Raymond with his five year old son perished. Ten others were rescued after being in the water about ninety minutes.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Utah Lake
Galilee
Vera Brown
Edward B. Holmes
Frank
Helen Brown
Frederick Brown
James W. Raymond
Salt Lake City
Helmes
Frank Brown
Helen
Finds Hessian Rum Bottles at Fort Washington Site
R P Bolton reports finds at Fort Washington ruins near Fort Washington Park on the Hessian barracks slope. Among discoveries are bayonet pierced by a rifle ball two cannon balls chained together and two dozen rum bottles buried twelve feet underground with corkless necks.
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R. P. Bolton
Old Fort Washington
Fort Washington Park
Bolton
Jume
Derelict Airship Search Fails Off Toulon
The torpedo boat destroyer Pertuisane returned to Toulon, France, reporting a fruitless search for a derelict aeroplane seen about fifty miles offshore after being dispatched yesterday.
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Toulon
France
Pertuisane
Colorado Flyer Service Ad
An old Chicago morning and evening notice promotes a Colorado Flyer route offering morning service and a real estate address at 401 Broadway for inquiries and reservations. The fragment advertises dependable transit options likely serving Colorado with frequent trips and “Perfect service.”
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Colo
Rocky Maeters
Mountains
Chicago
Colorado Flyer
Mexican ambassador named to Washington from Vienna post
Gilberto Crespo Martinez was appointed Mexican Ambassador to Washington today. He will leave Vienna immediately to succeed Senor Zamacona. Felix Diaz resigned as Governor of Oaxaca and Sir Jesus Acevedo becomes provisional governor until elections. Diaz and Benito Juarez vie for the vacancy.
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New York Times
Mexico City
Gilberto Crespo
Martinez
Washington
Vienna
Senor Zamacona
Felix Diaz
Oaxaca
Jesus Acevedo
Benito Juarez
New Alaska Gold Strikes Reported Near Fairbanks and Yukon
A gold strike is reported on Indian Creek, a Kayakuk River tributary, 300 miles up the stream, with pay dirt struck in two places. Prospectors rush to the scene. Another strike on Long Creek opposite Melos along the Yukon yielded 5 to 15 cents per pan.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Indian Creek
Kayokuk
Long Creek
Yukon
Melos
Quentin Roosevelt Second at Groton School Honors
Quentin Roosevelt, son of Col. Roosevelt, tops his class at Groton School but downplays the prize. He says he does not study hard and prefers excelling in baseball and football over academics. The note comes from Cambridge, Massachusetts, dated June 4.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Quentin Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Groton School
Harvard appoints two asst instructors in Government and Economics
Hamilton Fish Jr of Garrison New York, former Harvard football captain and Harvard Law School student, is named assistant instructor in Government. Charles Evans Hughes Jr, son of Justice Hughes, is named assistant instructor in Economics.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Garrison, N. Y
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Harvard Corporation
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Justice Sughes
Four Die When Gasoline Launch Capsizes in Mississippi
Four men drowned and three rescued when a gasoline launch capsized in the Mississippi River near St. Louis. The dead include John A. Dietrich 16 August Masterbrook grocer Charles Tosch butcher and an unidentified man. Bodies not recovered. Overcrowding caused the accident as seven men sat in the stern and rushed forward when the craft dipped.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
John A. Dietrich
August Masterbrook
Charles Tosch
Mrs Carroll heads for African lion hunt voyage
Mrs Royal Phelps Carroll and her daughter Dorothea sailed from Newport with Mrs Carroll’s husband and a retinue of servants and natives to join a lion hunting trip in the African jungle. The trip continues the Carrolls long interest in big game after Paul Rainey’s expeditions.
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New York Times
Boston
Royal Phelps Carroll
Dorothea Carroll
Newport
Paul Rainey
Woman Artist Eliza Green Weds Huger Elliott
Miss Elizabeth Shippen Green, noted painter and illustrator, married Huger Elliott, director of the Rhode Island School of Design, at her Cresheim Valley country home Cogslea in Mount Airy. The ceremony drew few friends, and Green has long shared studio life with Violet Oakley and Jessie Wilcox.
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Philadelphia
Elizabeth Shippen Green
Huger Elliott
Rhode Islard School of Design
Cogslea
Cresheim Valley
Mount Airy
Nightlike Noon Storm Hits Toledo Electrical Wreckage
An electric storm in Toledo at noon caused heavy damage to telephone and telegraph lines as winds toppled poles east of the city. One house was struck by lightning with no injuries reported. Eleven minutes of rain dropped 1.4 inches and hail damaged plants while dense clouds darkened the afternoon.
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Toledo
Ohio
Miday
Mexico City
Beaumont Plans Rome to Turin Flight Despite Route Doubts
In Rome on June 4, reports say the Paris Rome Turin air race may drop the Turin leg due to scarce landing sites in the Apennines. Beaumont vows to fly to Turin regardless, start from Rome allowed before June 10, while Garros recovers from a shoulder injury and Vedrine aims to reach Rome for the Rome Turin segment.
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Rome
Apennines
Beaumont
Turin
Garros
Vedrine
Madero Riots Spread as Mexico City Fears Invasion
Riots across the republic grow in scale with Leon reporting 73 dead and over 100 wounded after hours of fighting that began at a jail. Maderist leader Canido Navarro restored order. In Cuernavaca 5,000 men were recalled after progress stalled. Wealthy Spaniards Enrique and Emilio del Rivero were killed near Puebla, marking foreign casualties.
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Leon
Guanasuato
Esters
Candido Navarro
Alberto Robles Dominguez
Madero
Manuel Asunsolo
Cuernavaca
Mexico City
Morelos
War Office
Tlalpam
Asunsolo
Cuernavaca Maderists
Anselmo Rascon
Federal District
Asansolo
War Department
Enrique del Rivero
Emilio del Rivero
Puebla
Hacie
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Auto
Girl
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Officeseeker
Mutual Life
Trustee Against Administration
Fort Washington
Cenor Crespo
Washington Post
Justice Hughes
Mississippi
Mrs. Carroll
Miss Green
Republic
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