Ismay questioned as lifeboat plans spark inquiry
In London the Titanic inquiry hears Ismay admit boats were insufficient and several crew refused muster duty. White Star risk factors include seamen availability and lifesaving design as Sir Rufus Isaacs presses on Ismay conduct.
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London
J. Bruce Ismay
Intenational Mercantile Marine Company
Rufus Isaacs
Mr. Ismay
Sir Rufus
Harold A. Sanderson
White Star Line
Sanderson
Naste
Oceanic
New York
Haddock
Ismay
Robert Finlay
Board of Trade
White Star Company
Thomas Scanlan
M. P
Seamen’s and
Duval de L'Epinoy pastel fetches record at Paris sale
At Georges Petit Gallery Paris the Doucet collection sale of eighteenth century French works broke records. Maurice Quentin La Tour’s pastel of Duval de L'Epinoy sold to Baron Henri de Rothschild for 120000, the highest price ever for a pastel, doubling expert estimates. Other top prices included La Tour portraits and Perronneau pastels, with Watteau studies and Fragonard works also selling for strong sums.
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New Yorkk Times
Paris
Doucet
Georges Petit Gallery
Boucher
J. B. Huet
J. M. Moreau
Marie Antoinette
Mme. Papillon de la Ferte
J. A. Portail
Baron Gunzbourg
Badouin
Louis G. Moreau
Claude Hoin
Mme. Dufresne
Prudhon
Hubert Robert
le Cours du Chimiste Sage A
la Monnaie
de Saint Aubin
Watteau
Mme. Grimod de la Reyniére
Marguerite le Comte
Perronneau
Abraham van Robais
Comte de Bartard
Belgium Faces Wider Riots as Socialists Urge Restraint
June 5 Brussels reports show the Labor Party council delaying a general strike while Walloon protests intensify. Socialist and Liberal appeals call for nonviolence and constitutional reform by Parliament, but violence spreads in Walloon provinces. Police clashes continue with injuries on both sides as unrest resurges in Brussels.
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Brussels
Council of the
Labor Party
Walloon
Great Library Sale Opens at Sotheby's Part II Auction
The Henry and Alfred Huth library sale at Sotheby’s began with rare items drawing high prices. Notable lots included a 1543 Seville edition of La historia del rey Canamor sold for 250 and a 1613 Carew edition of The Tragedie of Marian the Faire Queene of Jewry at 280. Other strong pieces included a 1572 Carmarden manuscript offered at 1,175 and a 1552-3 Las Casas set fetched 3240, with continuing sessions through June 14.
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London
Henry Huth
Alfred H. Huth
Sotheby’s
Marian
Lady Elizabeth Carew
Bright
Holgate
Corser
Shakespeare
Cressida
Carlo Magno Y de Los Doze
Francia
Seville
Nicolas de Piamonte
Richard Carmarden
Elizabeth
Bartolome de Las Casas
F. Bedford
Northwest
John Florio
Jacques Cartier
W. Pratt
Herbert
Richard
Lucrece
Bermudas
Summer Islands
Sic
John Capgrave
Marines land in Cuba as fleet heads to island
Washington reports the landing of 570 American marines at Caimanera and movement of the Atlantic Fleet to Guantanamo as U S plans to protect foreign plantations in Eastern Cuba amid a rising insurgency. Officials indicate possible intervention under the Platt amendment if order fails.
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New York Times
Washington
Cuba
Gomez
Caimanero
Guantanamo City
State Department
Taft
Knox
Osterhaus
Key West
Ohio
Missouri
Minnesota
Mississippi
Cuban
Kline
Guantanamo
Caimanera
Ater
Mitchell
Faducah
Santiago
Meyer
Nathaniel P. Usher
Karmany
Usher
United States
North Aeanos
Theuantanamo Sugar Company
Spanish-American Iron Company
Cuero
Juragua
Daiquiri
Tiago
Sea Grande
Havana
Olympia
Wood
Trunks and Shoes Offerings At New Travel Season
A lively display of trunks and shoes spans various prices as the traveling season begins. The Fifth Floor showcases a splendid assortment with styles differing by price to meet shopper needs.
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Likly
Hartman
Turn On the Electric Fan For Comfort In Any Room
A practical guide recommends turning on an electric fan to stay cool and comfortable in offices workrooms sick rooms or any space with electricity. Fans provide air movement aiding comfort without relying on air conditioning.
Why Not Tell It Right About Big Corporations
A call to corporate openness praises the role of large firms in global trade, agriculture, and infrastructure. It introduces Paul Latzke and a new Seven Advertising Company department in Chicago to produce frank, public education campaigns.
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Workers of America
America
Oklahoma
Yangtse Kiang
Himalayas
Trust
Europe
Indiana
Leven Advertising Company of
Chicago
Paul Latzke
Latzke
Public of America
Saturday Evening Post
Everybody’s
McClure’s
James J. Hill
Public Service Corporation
Seven Advertising Company
Randolph
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Insurrec
Tos
Gimbel Brothers
Pega So
Virginia
Fred Sterry
Hot Springs
New Homestead
Baltimore
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