Paterson Strike Pageant Draws 15000 At Madison Square Garden
A massive I W W produced show starring 1029 Paterson strikers in six scenes drew an estimated 12 000 to 15 000 attendees at Madison Square Garden. The pageant depicted the Paterson silk mill strike from dawn to current idle mills with 1 200 scenery cost and a post show parade through New York.
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Madison Square Garden
Haywood
Paterson
New Jersey
America
Haywood Organization
New York
Harburger
W. W
Fourth Avenue
Paterson Silk Mill
Lackawanna
Hudson County
N. J
New York City
Industrial Workers of the World
Paterson Silk Mills
Aterson
Moren
I. W. AW. Pro-Gramme
L W. W
Garden
Marseillaise
Fifth Avenue
Unitarian Pastor Plans Free Speech Sermon in Hackensack
The Rev. James A. Fairley of Hackensack Unitarian Church will preach on why the church supports free speech. Trustees agreed to host Elizbeth Gurley Flynn and Carlo Tresca to speak to silk mill strikers if street speaking is blocked. Police Chief Bunn warned agitators would be arrested for inflammatory remarks.
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New York
Industrial Workers of the World
Paterson
Patrick Quinlan
Haywood
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Carlo Tresca
Quinlan
Theodore Kaefeli
New York Times
Hackensack
N. J
James A. Fairley
Unitarian Church
Sewell Ford
Bunn
Paterson I W W rally fails to appear in Union Square
A planned Union Square Park open air meeting by Paterson strikers and I W W leaders did not occur as heavy rain drove the crowd indoors. The Weekly Issue editor Alexander Scott, jailed for publishing a critical editorial, defended free speech and vowed to appeal to higher courts.
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Paterson
Union Square Park
Industrial Workers of the World
Bill” Haywood
Pat Quinlan
Carlo Tresca
Passaic
Alexander Scott
Scott
Tech
Passaic County
United States
Russia
Ite
Ini
Lford Garrison
Gary
Teak & Seesenays
Supreme Court of the United States
Sulzer Doorstep Speech Sparks Queens Primary Clash
Governor Sulzer spoke at Flaherty's Casino in Long Island City amid Democratic quarrels in Queens over direct primaries. The event followed by postponed boxing bouts and drew attention from Borough President Connolly and ex Boss Cassidy as factions maneuver for influence with ex-Gov Spriggs and John M. Phillips backing favorable moves.
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Queens
Gov. Suizer
Queens County
Flaherty
Queensboro Bridge Plaza
Long Island City
Gov. Sulzer
Democratic Organization
Albany
Sulzer
Connolly
William R. Hearst
Clarendon
Highty-sixth Street
Riverside Drive
Casino
Joe Cassidy
Cassidy
Townsend Scudder
Willett
John M. Phillips
Phillips
Archibald E. Spriggs
Montana
Spriggs
Broadway
Capitol
Waldorf-Astoria
Harvey
Quinn
Independence League
Samuel H. Ordway
Gresser
Queens County Grand Jury
Mr. Connolly
Asino
Tomenany
John M. Phillips Association
Mr. Phillips
Two Hammerstein Stars Engaged for New York Season
Paris dispatch reports Arthur Hammerstein signed two leading artists for his New York season. Mme Doria, formerly prima contralto, has now developed a dramatic soprano voice and will take contralto roles in New York. Henry Weldon, basso profundo, joins from Brussels and London engagements. this marks his first appearance in New York. His wife is Mrs. Smith, sister of Christian I. Shannon of Pittsburgh.
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Paris
Arthur Hammerstein
Mme. Doria
Hammerstein
New York
London
Fremstad
Henry Weldon
Admiral Hughes
Washington
Monnale Theatre
Brussels
London Opera House
Mrs. Smith
Christian I. Shannon
Pittsburgh
Evelyn Thaw Appears in Hippodrome Review
Evelyn Thaw makes her first appearance in the Hippodrome review Hullo Ragtime in London. Her role is brief with two dances as part of the program not listing her name on the card.
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London Hippodrome Review
London
Evelyn Thaw
Hippodrome Review
Attacks on American Customs Rise in French Journal
Paris dispatch says L Information denounces U S tariff methods and urges abolishing chicanery in Congress tariff debates. It cites Rhode Island Congressman’s high protection campaign tied to speculative dealings and criticizes unmasked maneuvers before the Ways and Means Committee.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Financial Journal
L’information
Congress
House Committee of Ways and Means
L'Information
Chamber of Tulle
Calais
Rhode Island
Committee of Ways and Means
Ambassador Page Walks in London on His First Day
The New York Times correspondent notes Ambassador Page walking alone in the Strand, protesting limits on his liberty to walk in England. He says he expects to view houses next week and plans to move into the Coburg Hotel before his wife arrives.
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New York Times
London
Ambassador Page
Strand
Cambridge
St. Pancras Station
Coburg
New Venezuelan rulers named in government council reshuffle
Willemstad Curacao June 7 new members fill vacancies after Caracas flight. Jose Gil Fortoul becomes council president and vice president of the republic. Garcia and Linares named first and second vice presidents. Galindo named secretary. Gen Pulido reportedly imprisoned. Penalosa and Baptista fled Caracas, later denied flight.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Government Council of
Venezuela
Caracas
Jose Gil Fortoul
M. Garcia
Sefior Linares
Sefior Galindo
Jose Manuel Hernandez
el Mecho
New York
Government Council
Pulido
Juan Vicente Gomez
Juan Pablo Penalosa
Leopoldo Baptista
Penalosa
Page Speech Pleases London's Pilgrims Banquet
Walter H. Page the American Ambassador wins praise in London editorials for his first English speech at a Pilgrims banquet. Westminster Gazette lauds his public speaking and bond building, Pall Mall Gazette notes cordial reception, The Evening Standard says friendly ties are clearly recognized.
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London
Walter H. Page
England
Westminster Gazette
Page
United States
Pall Mall Gazette
Rage
Leasants
Century Bank Branch Authorized in New York Office
State Banking Department superintendent Van Tuy has approved Century Bank opening a ranch office at 135 Fifth Avenue New York, near No. Greenwich Street, Albany reporting consent.
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Century Bank
New York Times
Albany
van Tuy
State Banking Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
Greenwich Street
Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage
Sir Almroth Wright discusses his upcoming book arguing women should not be the political equals of men. He links militancy to a form of insanity and cites census data showing 1,178,317 more women than men in Britain. Wright criticizes US race issues and calls for changes in British divorce laws.
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London
Sir Almroth Wright
England
William Osler
Constables
Sir Almroth
New York Times
Portland Place
Times
Great Britain
America
Liberal Blunders Portend Defeat in Insurance Battle
The piece surveys Liberal woes as Lord Murray of Elibank faces questions over Marconi shares and reforms. It notes Unionists withdrawing support from the insurance act’s compulsory provisions, calling for explanations, and predicting electoral impact amid a broader critique of compulsory thrift and self reliance.
Miss Lamotte to sail for London join militant suffragettes
Ellen Lamotte chief of Baltimore City tuberculosis nurses has secured extended leave from the Health Department and plans to sail June 21 for London to join the militant suffragettes. She has long supported equal suffrage and says English women are doing magnificent work and she wants to participate firsthand.
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Baltimore
Ellen Lamotte
Baltimore City
Health Department
London
Lamotte
England
Sue
New York College of Dentistry Commencement Held at Carnegie Hall
The forty seventh annual commencement exercises of the New York College of Dentistry will be held at Carnegie Hall at o'clock. Students and faculty prepare for the formal ceremony marking the college’s graduation milestones.
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College of Dentistry
New York College of Dentistill
Carnegie Hal
Cecil Chesterton Guilty Verdict Reported
London June 7 a verdict of guilty was returned against Cecil Chesterton brother of G K Chesterton the author at the Central Criminal Court in a sensational case pending details from the court follow as the judgment nears in this prominent legal matter
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London
Cecil Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
Central Criminal Court
Chesterton fined for libel against Isaacs over wireless contract
Chesterton was fined 500 pounds plus costs and to be imprisoned until the fine is paid after a ten day trial for libel against Godfrey Isaacs managing director of the Marconi Company. Isaacs was accused in The Eyewitness and The New Witness of corruption in government wireless contracts. The judge praised Isaacs, noting the cruelty of the defendant and the harm to his employment.
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London
Cecil Chesterton
Godfrey Isaacs
Marconi
Lord Murray
Elibank
Weetman Pearson Company
Rufus Isaacs
Lloyd George
England
Colombia
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Sphinx
Iaacs
Chesterton
Marconi Company
Mr. Isaacs
Mr. Isaac
Weather Bureau staff suspended for Moore campaign ties
Thirty one Weather Bureau employees were suspended or had salaries reduced for backing Willis L. Moore in his bid for Agriculture Secretary. Nineteen further cases are under investigation. among the suspended are H. J. Heiskell and D. J. Carroll. Secretary Houston ordered the action after Justice Department evidence tied promotions to political activity.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Willis L. Moore
Moore
Lawsuit Seeks Park Plan On Long Beach Estate
Edward N Townsend and Oscar Rhodes sue the Estates of Long Beach led by ex Senator William H Reynolds in Nassau Supreme Court to force fulfillment of a 1909 contract to buy 500 acres for a public park from the Atlantic to Great South Bay East of Nassau Hotel. They allege park site now crowded with buildings and rents collected from tenants.
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Mineola
L. I
Long Beach
William H. Reynolds
Long Island
Edward N. Townsend
Oscar Rhodes
Supreme Court
Reynolds
Hempstead
Atlantic Ocean
Great South Bay
Nassau Hotel
Rhodes
Townsend
Convict Cleared After Four Months In Prison
John Walsh, a Long Island contractor, was released in Philadelphia after four months of a one year sentence for an alleged offense. He claimed he entered the home of William Rose by mistake seeking a friend while drunk, and his wife found witnesses to prove his innocence after his conviction before Judge Carr in February.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
John Walsh
Long Island
Walsh
Carr
William Rose
Callowhill Street
Rose
Quo warranto suit seeks Nickel Plate Illinois operation
Special to The New York Times reports in Chicago on June 7 that quo warranto proceedings launched by State's Attorney Hoyne challenge Nickel Plate's right to operate in Illinois. The case notes foreclosure and sale of the line to a Creditors' Committee, its transfer to Chicago and State Line, a lease back to Nickel Plate, and alleged failure of NY Chicago and St Louis to obtain city operating rights.
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New York Times
Chicago
Hoyne
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad
Nickel Plate
Illinois
Chicago and State Line Road Company
New York
Curran Seeks Full Police Report Transfer to Esterbrook
Alderman Henry H Curran head of the investigating committee plans to visit Alderman O G Esterbrook at 300 Lewis Ave Brooklyn with the full report today Esterbrook, ill, could not attend Friday when section three was reviewed Curran wants no rush on Tuesday and aims to keep the report non political presenting it in a week for action He says it will stand or fail on its merits.
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Henry H. Curran
Police Department
O. G. Esterbrook
Esterbrook
Lewis Avenue
Brooklyn
Alderman Curran
Board of Aldermen
Explosion at Amsterdam Cleaning & Dyeing Co injures worker
An explosion in the basement tank at 580 Grand Street wounded James Britt, an engineer for the Amsterdam Cleaning & Dyeing Co. He suffered burns to hands and scalp while the blast prompted a panic on the factory floor as employees fled and the owner Louis Rosenberg aided fire suppression. Police recorded damage estimates.
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James Britt
Amsterdam Cleaning & Dyeing Co
Grand Street
Britt
Prissene
McGaudy
Dr. McLeash
Louis Rosenberg
Ieee
Yerkes Estate Finalized After Long Legal Battle
The estate of Charles T. Yerkes ends seven years of litigation with a new appraisal. Net New York estate is placed at $511,067 and cross estate at $4,140,770, affecting payments to widow Mary Adelaide Yerkes, two children, a niece, and several institutions. Bequests include $100,100 to Chicago University and multiple philanthropic gifts, while some items are abandoned.
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Charles T. Yerkes
New York County
Bowers
Nagle
Fowler
New York
Central Trust Company
Chicago Consolidated Traction Company
Chicago Passenger Railway Company
Colonial Trust Company
Fifth Avenue
East Sixty-ninth Street
Mary Adelaide Yerkes
Haries T. Yerkes
Stet Fifth Avenue
Cook County
Illinois
Yerkes
Louis S. Owsley
Consolidated Traction Company
W. W. Gourlay
Thirles E. Yerkes
Bessie L. Rondinella
Ethel Link Yerkes
Louis 8
Owsley
Mary B. Cook
Emma Weaver
Chicago University
Bronx Hospital
Yerkes Art Colpn
New York City
Driver held after child killed by ice wagon incident
Jennie McCormick a 3 year old was run over and killed by a Knickerbocker Ice Company wagon near 317 East Thirty first Street. Alfred Wilkie of 342 Fourteenth Street Whitestone was arrested after a witness described the event at the curb with the horse drawn wagon proceeding toward the East River.
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Jennie McCormick
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Wilkie
East River
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Hoboken
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Sdaywood
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Flaherty's Casino
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Almroth Wright
the Spectator
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Lord Robert
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