China Demands Mexico Pay 10 Million Indemnity
Mexico City reports China seeks 10 million dollars for massacre indemnity and property losses amid possible deployment of a warship to Mexican waters. General Reyes arrives to mixed reception as public opinion leans toward Madero.
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THE
NEW York ‘Times
Mexico City
China
Mexico
Legation
Reyes
Buena Vista
Europe
Vivas
Madero
Gen. Reyes
massacre blamed on both sides in Torreon and quake toll grows
A detailed Chinese government report condemns both Federals and rebels for the Torreon massacre with tales of brutal killings and looting. Separately, earthquake reports place known deaths over 150 with estimates up to 350, plus damage across Guadalajara Zapatlan Colima Tonilita San Andres and Colima towns.
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Mexico City
Torreon
Red Cross
Guadalajara
Church of
San Francisco
el Diario
el Veraldo
Zapatlan
Jalisco
Colima
Tonilita
San Andres
Tuxpan
Convention to name president within fifteen days
Mexico City reports a general convention of delegates from all parts of the country will be called within fifteen days to nominate candidates for President and Vice President ahead of the October 8 elections. Juan Sanchez Azcona may resign as private secretary to Francisco Madero Jr. to oversee convention arrangements and the campaign.
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Mexico City
Juan Sanchez Azcona
Francisco
Seamen's Strike Begins With Olympic Crew Walkout
A first move in the anticipated international seamen's strike began at Southampton as the White Star Line crew of the Olympic walked off. The St Paul lacks coal due to a Southampton porters' strike, threatening tomorrow's sailing. Organizers eyed June 18 for a global stoppage during coronation week, but recent developments reduce prospects for broad union support.
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NEW York Times
London
Southampton
White Star Line
Olympic
St. Paul
Seamen’s and Firemen’s
The
London Times
Firemen
Transport Workmen's Federation
Carters
Duke posing as French nobleman fools Rhode Island governor
Detective work reveals the charming visitor to Gov. Aram J. Pothier as a con man known by aliases Charles Francis and Charles Francois with a check-busting past in Boston. He spent hours with the governor at the State House and at dinner in Woonsocket while promising a five story factory plan for Woonsocket.
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Providence
R. I
Woonsocket
Aram J. Pothier
Philip de Clamecy
State House
Adelard Archamebeault
New York
Duke
Lorenzo de Nevers
Central Falls
Duke de Clamecy
France
Rhode Islander
Wee Tee
Washington
Pothier
Boston
Touraine
Paris Sale of Maud Rice Kann Collection Tops Millions
The Mau rice Kann collection of English and Dutch masters sold eighty two pictures in Paris for 544290 dollars. Rembrandt's Philosopher led at 54000, with Hal and Cuyp works and other portraits, landscapes, and genre pieces achieving substantial sums. Roosevelt-linked Van Rose veldt piece and Sir Thomas Lawrence portrait were among notable sales.
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Paris
Maurice Kann
Rembrandt
Franz Hal
Albert Cuyp
Jane Frazer
William Freber
Jan Steen
Gonzales Coques
van Roseveldt
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Lawrence
Glover
Jakob Rugsdahl
Tenier
Record Heat Tops Chicago A June Day
Chicago set a record heat mark as temperatures rose to 98.5 degrees at the Federal Building and over 100 on street thermometers. Prostrations were reported with no deaths. Mrs. Susan Miller drowned in Lake Michigan seeking relief from the heat. Officials forecast even hotter weather tomorrow.
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Chicago
Federal Building
Government Street
Susan Miller
Lake Michigan
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Ad Uses for Relief
An advertising blurb promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate to relieve summer discomfort including headaches insomnia nervousness and impaired digestion. The short claim describes benefits and urges use of the remedy as a remedy for these conditions.
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Horsford
Senator Clark Unveils $120,000 World Class Organ
Ex Senator W A Clark of Montana formally opened his $120,000 organ in his Fifth Avenue mansion New York, the largest chamber organ in the world. The instrument includes a hidden echo organ and 4 000 pipes, with 61 stops and four manuals. Organists from leading churches attended and tested the instrument amid lavish decoration and modern electrically controlled stop changes.
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W. A. Clark
Montana
Fifth Avenue
Seventy-seventh Street
Murray Harris Company
Los Angeles
Senator Clark
Arthur Scott Brook
Chicago
Leian Stafford
Memorial Church
Los A Angeles
Clark
Sherwood Forest
W. C. Macfarlane
St. Thomas's Church
R. Huntington Woodman
First Presbyterian Church of
Brooklyn
Daniel R. Phillippi
All Souls’ Church
Scott Wheeler
Church of the Holy Communion
Fr. M. Bowman
Calvary, Baptist Church
J. Christopher Marks
Church of Heavenly Rest
J. H. Anderson
Joseph Burt Tiffany
The
Steinway Company
Elizabeth Parks
C. Virgil Gordon
G. H. Federlein
Pirates Flee In Motor Boat In New Rochelle Chase
Six young men believed to be pirates escaped after a gasoline tank exploded aboard a motor boat at 1 am near Stoneberg's Ship Yard. They swam to Premium Point Park, then fled toward Long Island Sound in a black motor boat pursued by Oscar Stoneberg's crew. Harbor police and yacht clubs organized patrols to guard vessels valued around 2 million dollars ahead of summer regattas.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Stoneberg
Premium Point Park
Long Island Sound
Oscar Stoneberg
Glen Island
Margaret M. Leamy
Homestead Park
Leamy
Echo Bay
Manhattan
Huguenot
Neptune Harbor
Larchmont
Yvale Princeton Baseball Game Moves by Special Trains
Special trains via Pennsylvania Railroad run from New York and Hudson Terminal to Princeton for a Saturday game on June 10. Departure from New York Penn Station at 8:29 9:29 11:14 A M 12:05 and 1:05 P M. From Hudson Terminal at 12:05 and 1:02 P M direct to Princeton Lower Yard. Return after the game.
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Princeton
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Pennsylvania Station
Hudson Terminal
Hopes of Mexico in Bonsal’s Tomorrow’s Sunday Times
Stephen Bonsal offers his view on the Mexico crisis and the outlook for the republic under the new regime in a feature for Tomorrow's Sunday Times.
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Stephen Bonsal
Sunday Times
Pittsburg Coal Man Faces Arrests In Conspiracy Case
Three men identified as Thom as M. Latimer John Phillips and Henry R De Ridder were seized by New York police and sent to the Tombs on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. Pittsburg coal operator H H Stolzenbach reported links to a scheme involving 30 000 acres of coal land and bonds worth 12 million dollars. Bail set at 10000 each.
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Thomas McQuade
Pittsburg
Thomas M. Latimer
George M. Hosack
Howard Robinson
Stolzenbach
Diamond Coal Company
Phillips
West Virginia
New York
Latimer
de Ridder
Russell
Supt. McQuade
Murray Hill
Buckingham
Waldorf
McQuade
West
Barclay Streets
Steinert
Henry
Centre Street
de Steinert
Fire destroys two freight cars on Riverside Drive spur
Firefighters fought a blaze that destroyed two empty freight cars at the foot of 102nd Street on the North River, delaying New York Central freight and Riverside Drive traffic for forty five minutes. About 3000 spectators watched flames soar and police aided by bicycle patrols diverted traffic. No injuries reported in the collision between two cars on Riverside Drive and Central Park West. one family onboard escaped unharmed. Police later searched for two wives left on a Riverside Drive bus.
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New York Central Railroad
Riverside Drive
100Th
108Th Streets
102D Street
North River
Riverside Park
W. Jackson
Yonkers
Frank M. Allen
W. H. Harris
Central Park West
John Peck
Mr. Harris
Walter Bastle
Lansdon Cronen
Coxsackie
N. Y
Unfurling the Star Spangled Banner at Fort McHenry
The original Star Spangled Banner will be unfurled over Fort McHenry on September 12, marking the North Point battle anniversary. Eben Appleton, a descendant of Lieut. Col. George Armstead, holds the flag in New York, stored in a vault. President Taft may speak and a British warship may sail as a gesture of friendship.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Key
Fort McHenry
North Point
Eben Appleton
New York
Appleton
George Armstead
President Taft
Hest Trains to the Colorado Rockies From Chicago and St Louis
Trains depart morning and evening via Rock Island Lines to the Rockies. The Rocky Mountain Limited Mountaineer and Flyer offer service with tickets at 401 Broadway.
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Hest
Colorado Rockies
Chicago
St. Louis
Rock Island Lines
Mountaineer
Night dirigible flight over Times Square thrills crowds
Frank W. Goodale, a 22 year old balloonist from Bowling Green Ohio, piloted a torpedo shaped airship from Palisades Amusement Park to the Times Building and back in fifty minutes cruising 250 feet above Broadway. He faced a west wind and an engine clog near the Ansonia delaying the flight, drawing cheers from spectators on roofs and in autos as searchlights tracked his path. He pledged to attempt the record again.
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Salling
Broadway
Frank W. Goodale
Times
Palisades Amusement Park
Jersey
Goodale
Park
the Times
Hudson
Manhattan
Ansonia
Hotel Astor
Astor
Seventh Avenue
Htel
Ark
Bowling Green
Ohio
Charles K. Hamilton
Hamilton
Naval Training School
Newport
Palisades Park
Times Square
Excavators Return From Cyrene Mission After Murder
Rome reports the American archaeological expedition led by Prof. Richard Norton must return home after the killing of member H. F. De Cou. The murderers are at large while an Italian expedition continues excavations in Tripoli area.
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de Cou
Norton
Africa
Rome
Richard Norton
Cyrene
Marquis di San Giuliani
Chamber of Deputies
H. F. de Cou
German aviator Schendel dies in 6650 foot fall with mechanic
Herr Schendel and his mechanic Voss were killed when the Dorner monoplane crashed after reaching an altitude of 6650 feet in Johannistal Germany. The racer had set a 6504 foot German record earlier and was attempting to eclipse the world record with a passenger. The wreck buried the prow of the aircraft in the earth.
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Johannisthal
Germany
Herr Schendel
Voss
Schendel
Prizefight looting leads Hammond ban on bouts
Thirty empty pocketbooks were found on the arena floor after the Clabby and Brown bout, prompting Hammond police to ban any future fights. The looting mirrors recent incidents in Racine as more residents lost wallets and valuables during the event.
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Chicago
Owsley Sued for Divorce in Chicago
Louis L. Owsley, executor of C. T. Yerkes estate and brother-in-law to Mayor Harrison, is sued for divorce by Margaret S. Owsley. She alleges extreme cruelty including slapping, striking, kicking, and name-calling in front of guests. An injunction seeks to protect $250,000 in property. alimony is requested with expectations of settlement.
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New York Times
Chicago
Twins Wed Twins in Couple’s Double Wedding
A courtship lasting from April 1910 ends in a double wedding as Leland and Leland Tabler of Adrian Missouri marry Aita and Alma Moore of San Marcos Texas. The Tabler twins remain indistinguishable and so do the Moore twins, living in an identical two apartment bungalow. The grooms are 23 and the brides 21. both couples met on a Texas visit and plan life at the Tabler store in Adrian.
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New York Times
Kansas City
Leland
Leland Tabler
Adrian
Aita
Alma Moore
San Marcos
Texas
Tabler
Moore
Union Depot
4Io
San Marcos Normal School
Three Platoons Reinstated For City Police
After a conference with all police grades, Commissioner Waldo announced the city would restore the old three platoon system. If ready, it would begin Monday. if not, it would start as soon as arrangements were made. The plan splits each officer’s day into three eight hour shifts.
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Waldo
Dillon
Titus
Riot at Cleveland garment strike injures man and damages factories
In Cleveland on June 9, 5 000 garment workers demonstrated at the Lattin Bloomfield and Printz Biederman plants. A man was shot, several injured, and windows smashed as strikers clashed with police and strikebreakers.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Lattin-Bloomfield Company
West Forty-seventh Street
Printree
West Twenty-fifthtreet
Lattin-Bloomfield
Printz-Biederman
Mott & Chandon Imperial Crown Brut and White Seal
A vintage advertisement touts Mott & Chandon Imperial Crown Brut Cuvée A and Mott & Chandon White Seal Very Dry as superior to all others in quality and taste. It claims wide availability at clubs hotels restaurants cafes and dealers.
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Mott & Chandon
A. A. Mott & Chandon
America Keeps Polo Trophy Victory Hard-Fought
A large crowd of about 25,000 witnessed a hard fought polo match where the United States held a fast start and England remained a constant threat. The victory sparked a mighty chorus of cheers for both victors and vanquished as brilliant play unfolded on both sides.
Waterbury and English Triumph in Measured Ice Game
Milburn Whitney and Waterbury lead Meadow Brook in a lengthy match against English. Milburn and Whitney score twice each for safety, while J M Waterbury adds multiple goals. Referee Crane oversees play as penalties are issued for hooking and crossing by J M Waterbury.
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Waterbury
Meadow Brook
Capt
Edwards
Whitney
American Polo Team Defeats England For Second Cup
In a Meadow Brook Club match the American defenders won by one goal 4 to 3, securing the International Polo Cup for America for at least another year. The Meadow Brook Four led by Waterbury Whitney Milburn pressed England throughout, with Gov. Dix presenting the cup amid cheering crowds of 75 000 fans.
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Meadow Prook
America
England
Meadow Brook
Larry and
J. M. Waterbury
Harry Payne Whitney
Devereux Milburn
C. Cheape
A. N. Edwards
J. Hardress Lloyd
H. H. Wilson
Lieut. Edwards
Capt. Lloyd
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Kann
Strument
Vox Mystica of the
Echo Again
Ft. McHenry
Frank Goodale
Owsley
Yerkes
Victors
Benglish
L. S. G. Cheaper
A.noel Edwards
J. M
L. Waterbury
Wilson
Terre de Tt
Aee
Pippa
Socica
Gov. Dix
Ures
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