Wireless telephone breakthrough claimed by Pierre Delange
London experts report a new device by Pierre Delange that eliminates diaphragm vibrations in receivers, using a thin latinum wire to sense air waves. It promises easier long distance talk and portable use, with Scotland Yard ready to pilot a installation as experiments prove successful.
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New York Times
London
Pierre Delange
Uuteh
Delange
Th& New Youre Timwea
Esland
Scotland Yard
Mr. Delange
Pittsburgh Man Found Dead in Bay Near Governors Island
Patrolman Birnes of Harbor Squad A recovered a body drifting in the bay off Governors Island. The deceased appeared about four years old, four feet tall with a dark complexion. A signet ring and a key tag bore initials and the note 43,050 from Duquesne Registry Company Pittsburgh. Identity could not be established in Pittsburgh inquiries.
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Pittsburgh
Birnes
Harbor Squad
Governors Island
G. N
Duquesne Registry Company
Pennsylvania
Villa Beaten in Mexican Crisis Amid Red Cross Aid
President Wilson seeks peace as telegraph talks tie Villa and Diaz Lombardo at Chihuahua. Carranza offers no overture while Villa supporters push for reconciliation. Red Cross moves corn and beans to Mexico City from Galveston for famine relief. refugees and support crews prepare to depart. Combat ends with Villa’s forces driven north of Leon. Leon occupied and trains and artillery captured. railroad reconstruction ordered to Vera Cruz.
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Wilson
Villa
Diaz Lombardo
Chihuahua
Nur Liorente
Suk Sting Eo
Scond
Carranza
Villista
Revolutionary Movement
Mexico
Red Cross
Galveston
Texas
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Carranza Lines
Devol
Funston
American Railway Association
Angeles
Leon
Verarus
Obregon reports major victory against Villa and Angeles forces
General Obregon of the Carranza army reports a significant victory and the capture of Leon as well as all Villa trains and artillery. The dispatch notes defeat of Generals Angeles and Villa and states the achievement as important.
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Vera Cruz
Angeles
Villa
Leon
Obregon
Carranza
Vic
Widow A Death By Own Action In Waldorf
Mrs Desmond Stewart of Tonawanda New York widow of a Boer War officer was found dead in her Waldorf Astoria room. Coroner physician says cyanide poisoning though no bottle was found. a six ounce bottle was recovered. She had been in New York about two months and left unpaid bills.
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Desmond Stewart
Tonawanda
N. Y
Ladysmith
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Edward T. Ray
Stewart
John Watson
Moore
Wardorf
West Thirtieth Street
Buffalo
Charles Plowright
Lexington Avenue
New York
James Mullhall
James Mulhall
Anna Walker
South Norwich
Fires Ravage Adirondacks Across Wide Areas
In Utica New York on June 6, fires swept the Adirondacks for a week, causing thousands of dollars in damage. New blazes appeared near McKeever Ragged Lake Parmelee estate Mountain View Cranberry Lake and Brandreth Lake. Fire near Ragged Lake has burned nearly 500 acres. Mountain View blaze covers about four square miles.
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Utica
N. Y
Adirondacks
McKeever
Nelson Lake
Ragged Lake
Parmelee Estate
Mountain View
Malone
Cranberry Lake
Brandreth Lake
Carranza Reports Obregon Victory Over Villa Forces
General Carranza told The New York Times that General Obregon routed Villa and Angels near Leon after May 31. Villa’s 42,000 were opposed by 38,000 Obregon troops, with Villa’s flank cutting communication to Vera Cruz and rail lines blocked to trap Villa. The capture of Maycotte and the retreat of Angeles followed, with Obregon maintaining reinforcements at Queretaro and plans to prevent Villa’s flight ahead.
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NEW York Times
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Carranza
Obregon
Villa
Angeles
Leon
Silva
Murgia
Michoacan
Guanajuato
San Francisco
Maycotte
Atalasco
Torreon
Coascalientes
Chihuahua
Queretaro
Zapatistas
Columbia Seeks Life for Century Old Yew Trees
In Morningside Heights Columbia University battles aging century old yew trees near the library. After four of six were cut earlier, carbon dioxide gas trials were halted as the east tree showed no green growth by Commencement Day and officials await one final week before a formal ruling.
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Morningside Heights
Pete Schmidt
Columbia
England
New York
New York Medical College
Hooale Botanical Gardens
Forty-ninth Street
Madison Avenue
Old Columbia College
Bloomingdale Asylum
Columbia University
Bloomingdale
Spencer
Asylum
Pete
University
George Quarrie
Morningside
Father Spencer
Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds
Seoe
Mexican Leader Forecasts Peace After San Luis Potosi
Carranza predicts pacification within months, with few bandits remaining after the capture of San Luis Potosi. says he will not answer the Wilson note until his formal reply is ready and Mexico will enter a new era of peace and prosperity.
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Villa
San Luis Potosi
Carranza
Mexico
Wilson
Refugees to Leave Capital From Mexico City
A party of refugees will depart Mexico City tomorrow. Men ride horseback while women and children travel in baggage automobiles. William Gavin leads the escort from the city to Puerto Mexico with Consul Silliman coordinating and General Carranza expected to provide aid.
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NEW York Times
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
William Gavin
Puerto Mexico
Silliman
Carranza
Carranza Officials Arrive in Washington to Unite Mexico
Rafael Nieto, Sub-Secretary of the Treasury under Carranza, arrived from Vera Cruz aboard the Morro Castle with Major Albert Salinas and Gustavo Mireles. Nieto warned that any US intervention would trigger war with United Mexico, claiming Carranza’s faction has won over many Huerta generals.
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Rafael Nieto
Treasury
Carranza
Washington
Vera Cruz
Morro Castle
United States
United Mexico
Nieto
Albert Salinas
Army Aero Corps
Gustavo Mireles
Sailors attack girls near Forty third Street and Twelfth Avenue
A party of girls returning from a New Jersey picnic were assaulted by a dozen sailors at Forty third Street and Twelfth Avenue. Miss Margaret Mulhern 10, was seized as others fought the assailants. Police arrested three intoxicated sailors, language noted through an interpreter.
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New Jersey
Forty-third Street
Twelfth Avenue
Margaret Mulhern
West Forty-fourth Street
Edward Beatty
West 170Th Street
Duffy
Burns
West Forty-seventh Street
Charles Mulhern
Margaret
Walter de Weil
de Weil
Iiner Chamond
Gabriel Blanchard
Yvon Jannezet
Louis Scheric
China as Tammany Tutor in Bashford Sermon
Bishop James H. Bashford spoke at Madison Avenue Methodist on China’s need for education and reform. He warned that Tammany Hall could learn corruption tactics from China while praising Christianity as unifying China and lifting it toward world leadership. Chi Cheh Nieh attended as visiting Chinese Commission vice chair.
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James H. Bashford
China
Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Madison Avenue
Sixtieth Street
Chi-Cheh Nieh
Bashford
Tammany Hall
Mexican military advance nears capital amid railways control
The report says forces under Carranza control the National Railways and have repaired lines to Vera Cruz, with an armament factory open there. Troops move toward Mexico City as Zapata and Villa factions may switch sides, while aviator W Leonard Bonney joins Carranza's corps and nineteen nuns flee to safety.
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Ranza
Mexico City
Pueblo
Irolo
Zapatistas
Zapata
Villa
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Mireles
W. Leonard Bonney
New York
Morro Castle
Manuel Calvo
Mexico
Order of Jesus and Mary
Merida
Washington
Eduardo Iturbide
General Iturbide
Francisco Carbajal
Huerta
Federico Gamboa
Senor Gamboa
Coal Tar Finds Diverse Uses Across Industry
A century of experiments turned coal tar from waste into a mainstay of modern industry. It yields dyes, medicines, flavors, perfumes, and solvents, fuels pavements, preserves wood, and drives the synthetic color boom led by aniline and alizarin.
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Frederick Accum
Macintosh
France
Holland
Big orderly day at Coney as 300000 flock to sea fun
More than 300000 visitors thronged Coney Island as cloudy skies and two evening showers did not dampen revelry. BRT trains ran full, Iron Steamboat line ferries carried crowds, and police reported no arrests or trouble, crediting strict closing-hour enforcement.
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Coney Island
Thomas H. Murphy
John Linden
Coney
Body of Keich child found as mother remains missing
In Ossining New York on June 6 a body identified as Mrs William Keich's elder child was found floating in the Hudson near Rand McNally dock after she fled with her children on Memorial Day. Police and boatmen searched the river for the second child while the mother was recovered later. The father says the family faced illness and despondence prior to the departure.
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New York Times
Ossining
N. Y
William Keich
Water Street
Hudson
Rand & McNally
New York Central
Ansalem Kelly
Nustand
William Reich
Becker Wife Visits Death Row Husband Before Appeal
Mrs. Charles Becker, whose husband awaits execution for the Rosenthal murder, visited him at Sing Sing and said he was cheerier after the Court of Appeals affirmed the guilty verdict. She plans a conference with lawyer Martin Manton as he prepares a habeas corpus appeal to the United States District Court this week.
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Charles Becker
Sing Shast
Herman Rosenthal
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Pasquale Grand Opera Company Returns From Havana
Members of the Pasquale Grand Opera Company arrive in New York after performing in Havana for the National Theatre opening. Musicians report Titta Ruffo earned $5,000 a night leaving little for fees while about seventy five chorus and orchestra members criticise Cuban support for grand opera.
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Pasquale Grand Opera Company
Havana
New National Theatre
New York
Cuba
Manuel Calvo
Titta Ruffo
Ward Line
Morro Castle
Gran Opera
National Theatre
Theatrical Notes from the Modern Drama League and Broadway Scene
Hedwig Reicher will guest at the Modern Drama League dinner at The Sign of the Torch discussing Modern Drama and the Freie Bühne. Galsworthy reading by Mariel Hope follows. 500 Fur Seal Trade Association members plan to attend Chin Chin at the Globe tonight. David Warfield leaves for eleven weeks in San Francisco. Columbia hosts first public screening of Coffey Flynn fight films at Brighton Beach, with burlesque shows. May Hobson joins Vitagraph for A Night Out. Mice and Men film adaptation in progress with Marguerite Clark. Campfires Club members attend hunt pictures at Lyceum. private view of lion and rhinoceros charges. Broadway Association hosts theatre party for Hotel Martinique staff at Broadway Theatre.
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Hedwig Reicher
Modern Drama League
East Nineteenth Street
Modern Drama
Freie Buehne
Galsworthy
Mariel Hope
American Fur Seal Trade Association
Globe
David Warfield
San Francisco
Coffey-Flynn
Brighton Beach
Columbia
May Hobson
Vitagraph Players
Madeline Lucette Ryley
Forbes-Robertson
Annie Russell
Famous Players Film Company
Marguerite Clark
Miss Russell
Gertrude Elliott
Campfires Club
Lyceum
Hunt Pictures
Lady Mackenzie
Africa
Jron
Greenwood Lake Glen
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Death House
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Broadway
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Fifteenth Street
Bayley & Sons
Cassidy & Son
Farber Fulper Pottery
Com
Handel Company
Homelight Co of America
Kathedian Bronze Co
Mildred Richardson Kelly Macbeth Evans Glass Co
Will & Bau
J M McDowell Mastich
Graham Edward Miller & Co
Mountain Community, Inc
National Metalizing Co
Nat'l X-Ray Reflector Co
Charles Parker Co
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New York Edison Company
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