Marconi Shares Crash A Liberal Fuelled Scandal
London dispatch reports a row in the House of Commons over Home Rule and party funds tied to Lord Murray's American Marconi shares. The inquiry reveals that May purchases were made for Liberal Party funds, while April buys were linked to private trust arrangements.
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Rufus Isaacs
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Girl Fends Off Burglar In Yonkers Home
Elinor Nims, 17, of Yonkers, woke to breaking glass at 1:30 a m. She shouted to frighten off a burglar, alerting neighbors who helped summon police. The Nims home had prior break ins with jewelry stolen valued at $350.
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Norman G. Nima
Livingston Avenue
Yonkers
Miss Nimg
Yonkers High School
Nims
South Yonkers
Kimerson
Cooley
Runaway car injures woman on Fifty third Street
Detectives from West Forty seventh Street Station seek the chauffeur after a southbound automobile struck Miss Elizabeth Butler of 794 Ninth Avenue as she crossed Fifty third Street at Ninth Avenue. The car fled the scene despite witnesses. Butler suffered a fractured right hip and dislocated right wrist and was hospitalized at Polyclinic. Witnesses Owens and Smith identified the vehicle number NY 51 246 and James P. O'Brien of 167 West 123rd Street is listed as owner.
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Elizabeth Butler
Ninth Avenue
Fifty-third Street
Polyclinic Hospital
Schoenberg
Patrick Owens
West Fiftyeighth Street
Lawrence Smith
West Fifty-third Street
N. Y
James PD. O'Brien
West 123d Street
Ashokan engineer killed in train collision
Curtis H. Peters, chief mechanical engineer for Winston & Co, died when his car was struck by the Rip Van Winkle flyer at Browns Station. Peters misjudged train positions as he crossed Ulster and Delaware tracks to clear a new Browns Station division. The express hit his automobile, sending it 200 feet into a ditch. Peters died at the scene. The hood was found on the locomotive pilot at Phoenicia, twenty miles away.
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New York Times
Kingston
Curtis H. Peters
Winston & Co
Ashokan
Browns Station
Peters
Ulster & Delaware
Mr. Peters
Titanic survivor Cadet Nye promoted to Captain at Salvation Army
Cadet Elizabeth Nye, a Titanic survivor aboard the Carpathia, is promoted to Captain by Commander Eva Booth at Salvation Army headquarters. The promotion lifts a marriage constraint with Capt. George Darby of the National Staff Band, noted among sixty four graduates including six colored cadets. Their first expedition will head to Washington under Adjutant J. N. Roberts.
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Elizabeth Nye
Salvation Army
Eva Eoth
Cupid
George Darby
Darby
Carpathia
Nye
Salvato
Booth
Salvaton Army
West Fourteenth Street
Washington, D
J. N. Roberts
Costly Strike Boosts Death Costs on Long Island
Long Island monument workers including epitaph chisellers vault constructors and tombstone cutters pressed for higher pay amid a new union the International Monument Workers Union. Cemeteries Evergreen Cypress Hills Salem Fields and Mount Zion face potential disruption as quarrels over daily wages continue. The group seeks 4 a day matching vault builders demand while tombstone engravers push for 4 to 5 23 a day amid rising costs of dying.
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International Monument Workers
Unsen
Cypress Hills
Salem Fields
Mount Zion
Dowling Seeks Union Reinstatement to Resume Work
James P. Dowling of 152 Last Forty second Ltcent appealed to Justice Crane in Queens County Court to compel Local No.4 of the Entered Union of Long Island City to reinstate him so he can work and support his wife and children. His attorney urged speedy action saying Dowling was suspended three months ago and has since been unable to obtain employment. Justice Crane said he would hear the case at his convenience and union representatives indicated the reinstatement request would be contested.
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Ecuador
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Wrechington
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Hitchin, Collier
Decker
Lobby Searchlight On Ex Legislators For Special Interests
The Senate Lobby Committee questioned many individuals labeled lobbyists as it examined efforts to influence the Tariff bill. Senators Reed of Missouri and Walsh of Montana testified there was organized pressure by vested interests seeking tariff changes, aligning with President Wilson’s charges.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Reed
Missouri
Walsh
Montana
Overman
Wilson
Congress
Murphy sought in Cohalan inquiry amid lobbying debate
Tammany Hall leader Murphy was urged to testify about Connolly Cohalan dealings as the Bar Association weighs a probe. Witnesses described how Irish groups and politicians discussed the matter at Belmon t Hotel and other venues amid allegations of city contract influence.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
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John A. Connolly
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Patrick Gallagher
Thomas Kelly
Peter J. Brennan
John T. Treacy
Peter Lennon
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Justice Conalan
A. B. Cruikshank
Einar Chrystie
Mr. Chrystié
Bar Association Committee
Hotel Belmont
Patrick J. McNulty
Mr. Murphy
Thomas Gileran
Timothy Healy
Teaching the College Man the Art of War
Gen Leonard Wood outlines an unusually interesting government experiment planned for the coming summer. Read full details in next Sunday’s Times.
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Leonard Wood
Zeppelin Airship Flies to Vienna Amid Imperial Visit
Count Zeppelin with the Sachsen dirigible visits Vienna at the invitation of Emperor Francis Joseph. The airship traveled 430 miles from Baden Baden at over 50 mph, landed at Aspern Fields after saluting at Schönbrunn Castle, then prepared to depart for Berlin and Leipzig amid a large military reception and an approaching storm.
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Count Zeppelin
Sachsen
Vienna
Aspern Fields
Berlin
Leipsic
Tides Hit Longport Causing Property Damage and Delays
Heavy tides along Longport washed out bulkheads undermined homes of Frederick Klein and Henry Henrici, and ripped a store foundation from William H. Church. Two women and Char en were rescued via a makeshift gangway. Atlantic City rail line trolley pole fell, blocking the line to the island’s lower end and disrupting Longport rental service.
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N. J
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Frederick Klein
Henry Henrici
Philadelphia
William H. Church
Charen
Twenty-fourth Street
Bribery at Wood Trial Recalls Juror Incident
Boston June 9 The man accused of attempting to bribe juror Morris Shuman in the Wood dynamite case will be arrested today. The grand jury heard twelve witnesses including Minnie Shuman and hotel staff at the Hotel Davis. Judge Crosby awaits further evidence before the Wednesday Superior Court hearing.
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New York Times
Boston
Morris Shuman
Wood
Shuman
Minnie Shuman
Crosby
Henry F. Hurlburt
Andrew Leehar
Andrew F. Alvice Ertves
Joseph Queen
Benjamin Friedman
Jacob Milstein
Patrick Jordan
Edmund J. Martin
Hotel
Davis
Nathan Soderson
Dorchester
Sam Ginsburg
Abe Rabenowitz
Mr. Pelletier
Grand Jury
Superior Court
Col Rusell B. Harrison Faces Replevin Suit in Indiana
In Indianapolis on June 9 Col. Russell B. Harrison Mexican Vice Consul in Indiana and former VP of the Home Builders Company is named defendant in a replevin suit. He is accused of obtaining five shares of stock by fraudulent means from contractor D W Durflinger in 1911 to claim status as a stockholder and press receivership against the company after leaving it. The case follows a June 4 receivership ruling where the Home Company prevailed. Foster Co Shirley, president of the Home Company, led the contractor’s defense and contended Harrison lied to obtain the stock.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Russell B. Harrison
Indiana
Home Builders’ Company
Home Company
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Foster Co. Shirley
Col. Harrison
Day School for Grown-Ups Opens on Chrystie Street
Two unusual facts mark the new day school at 186 Chrystie Street. Forty-something adults, mostly married with large families, attend under Mrs. Victor Schwarz who previously taught in Constantinople. The Federation of Oriental Jews of America plans more classes to teach the language to elderly men.
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Fort J
Victor Schwarz
American College For Girls
Constantinople
Juda Matalon
Rivington Street
Isaac Abravaya
Juda
Joseph Gadalecia
Federation of Oriental Jews of America
Gibson's Foot Poisoned In Jail Conflict
Burton W. Gibson, alleged slayer of Mrs. Rose Szabo, is confined in Orange County jail with a foot blood poisoning blamed on an insect bite. Mrs. Gibson visited him yesterday as two juries previously disagreed on his case and prosecutors decide if he will be tried a third time.
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New York Times
Goshen
Burton W. Gibson
Rose Szabo
Gibson
New York
Orange County
Escape hides in Ulster jail post by pretending detective
Kingston June William Smith convicted in a livery robbery case escaped Ulster County jail last night by sliding down the dumbwaiter shaft to the kitchen area. The prisoner had been serving a sentence for robbery of William Shafer of New York City.
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Kingston
William Smith
William Shafer
New York
Ulster County
Arrival of SS Minneapolis in London May Thirty First
Shipping news reports the SS Minneapolis arriving in London on May 31. The vessel’s arrival confirms continued transatlantic service and port activity.
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Minneapolis
London
Poisoned infant death shocks New York home
Infant Anna Sorenson died after exposure to irritant poison, with autopsy revealing needles in liver and stomach. Coroner Schaefer sought a former maid named Alice, alleged to threaten the family, amid evidence of a deliberate poisoning aimed at the infant on Sunday evening.
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Anna Sorenson
Herman Sorenson
New York Herald
Jamaica Avenue
Woodhaven
Gherards Avenue
Gustave J. Schaefer
Queens
Mary Blabes
Mr. Sorenson
Jeanette
Little Warren
May Blanes
Sorenson
May Blades
Mrs. Sorenson
Schaefer
Charles Wuest
Brooklyn
Wuest
Shackleton Hints at New Antarctic Expedition
Sir Ernest Shackleton told an Evans lecture at Queen's Hall that science demands exploration of the South and that other expeditions would head to the faraway South, signaling his own possible return to Antarctica.
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New York Times
London
Sir
Ernest Shackleton
Evans
Queen's Hall
Shackleton
Plot To Involve Monks Shocks Italian Town
Four town councilors of Somma Vesuviana near Naples were imprisoned for ten months and fined $100 each after conspiring against Franciscans. Using forged photographs they leveled grave charges against the monks. Three women involved in the plot were also fined and imprisoned.
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Marconi
New York Times
Milan
Somma Vesuviana
Naples
Public Service Commissioner Eustis Undergoes Appendectomy
Public Service Commissioner John E. Eustis underwent surgery for appendicitis yesterday at Hahnemann Hospital located at Park Avenue and Sixty-seventh Street and was reported to be improving. He was driven to the hospital from his Bronx home on Sedgwick Avenue at 1985 after several days of illness, with the operation performed by Dr. Clinton L. Bagg of West Forty-sixth Street.
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John E. Eustis
Hahnemann Hospital
Park Avenue
Sixty-seventh Street
Sedgwick Avenue
Bronx
Clinton L. Bagg
West Forty-sixth Street
Street Car Crash Injures Bloomingdale Doctors Aide
In White Plains New York on June 9 a street car struck Dr George Amsden s car on Mamaroneck Avenue. Mrs Amsden and Miss Nellie Maloney were seriously hurt with a possible skull fracture and broken shoulder. Dr Amsden and chauffeur W J Galens suffered serious injuries with arm fractures and internal injuries feared.
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N. Y
George Amsdem
George Amsden
Bloomingdale Asylum
Mamaroneck Avenue
Amsdem
Nellie Maloney
Asylum
W. J. Galens
Quits Stormy Pastorate at Elmhurst Church
In Scranton on June 9 the Rev G E Barnes resigned after factional strife at Elmhurst Presbyterian Church. He had announced he would stay to finish the fight amid a plot he says drove his daughter from a borough school post. The new church has not opened and elders withheld the keys, with Barnes’s political support for Woodrow Wilson cited as a factor.
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New York Times
Scranton
Elmhurst Presbyterian Church
G. E. Barnes
Elmhurst
Barnes
Woodrow Wilson
Jest Fall
Vanderbilt Man Not Present In Trenton Court
Police Judge Naar fined eight automobilists $25 each for speeding after the Princeton Yale game. He noted rain and guests needing shelter influenced leniency but warned heavier penalties ahead. Five offenders, including Reginald Vanderbilt of New York and W Whit ney Ball of Philadelphia, failed to appear and may forfeit $50 bonds.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Naar
Yale
Reginald Vanderbilt
New York
W. Whitney Ball
Philadelphia
Bureau of City Property
Boys made 200 student deputies for street cleanup
Two hundred pupils from Public School 188 at Manhattan and East Houston Streets were named volunteer deputies of the Street Cleaning Department. Shields and certificates signed by Commissioner Edwards were distributed, with Deputy Commissioner Simons outlining duties. The East Side Protective Association led the initiative with Harry H. Schlacht as secretary, and more schools will host talks next week.
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Manhattan
East Houston
Shields
Edwards
East Side
Ruben F. Simons
East Side Protective Association
Harry H. Schlacht
Simons
Health Department
Schlacht
State Authority to Set Railroad Rates Upheld in Ruling
The high court reaffirms state power to fix railroad rates while Congress power remains dormant until interstate commerce is affected. Confiscatory pleas fail except for Minneapolis and St. Louis Road case offering new evidence. Justice Hughes rules valuation must reflect only market, not hypothetical, appraisals.
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Hughes
Northern Pacific Railway
Minne
Supreme Court Lets States Set Intra State Freight Rates
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld Minnesota and similar state powers to fix within state freight rates even when indirect effects touch inter state commerce. The decision rejects confiscation claims and discusses valuation and future inter state commission rulings, with implications for Missouri Arkansas and Texas cases pending.
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