Southern forts brace for warships attack in Chesapeake drills
Baltimore defenses ready for a nighttime wargame as Rear Admiral Dickins leads the fleet in Chesapeake drills. Forts McHenry Hunt Washington and others gird for potential cut of cables and wireless disruption while harmless mines guard water approaches.
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New York, Times
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Dickins
The
Bay
Department of the East
Coast Artillery
Artillery District
Chesapeake
Bar
Fort
Monroe
Etnies
Potomac
Washington
Hunt
Potomac River
Artillery
McHenry
Howard
Imistead
Carroll
Smallwood
Fort McHenry
James F. "Wade
Baltic More
Frank Thorp
J. D. C. Hoskins
Frederick Marsh
Capita Weubbard
P. M. Kessler
Signal Corps
Navy
Nuix
Sensmy
Mother's word frees Tammany captain at Tombs court
A mother’s testimony outweighed a wife and other witnesses in the Tombs Police Court, freeing John J. Farrell, a Tammany Captain of the Eighth Election District, from charges of false registration and illegal voting. His mother testified he was born May 19, 1883, countering a Board of Health certificate claiming 1884. The magistrate upheld the mother’s date.
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John J. Farrell
Tombs
Farrell
Tammany
Seventh
Inc IH
Board of Health
Wahle
Martha Farrell
Eighth Avenue
Wahle Sair
Fire Department to Reorganize Bureau of Combustibles
Fire Commissioner Hayes orders a committee to study methods conduct and efficiency of the Bureau of Combustibles. Deputy Churchill William Beggin and George E. Murray will lead inspections while current blasting contracts in the city and Long Island City prompt reorganization to handle expanded work.
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Hayes
Fire Department
Churchill
William T. Beggin
George E. Murray
Pennsylvania Terminal
New York Central Terminal
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Long Island City
the Battery
New York Tunnel Company
Bureau of Combustibles
Rhaetia Makes Maiden Voyage for Hamburg American
The new Hamburg American liner Rhaetia arrived from Hamburg on her maiden voyage. She will join the Hamburg American Line for now due to heavy west bound immigrant traffic and later enter South American service. Built at Vegesack, she accommodates 127 cabin and 900 steerage passengers.
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Hamburg
Vegesack
Notable Passengers Aboard the New York Excurison
Among yesterday mornings passengers on the American liner New York were Mrs. Paul Morton wife of Equitable Life chairman Miss Morton Senator William B Allison of Iowa Col and Mrs J B Hughes Dr Edward R Stitt USN John E Berwind and Miss Mollie Elliott Seawell the writer.
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New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morton
William B. Allison
Iowa
J. B. Hughes
Edward R. Stitt
United States Navy
John E. Berwind
Mollie Elliott Seawell
Bowen case prolonged as witnesses called in Taft era
Washington June 10 The Bowen Loomis case extends as Henry Unwine testifies about secrecy norms and asks Secretary Taft to summon newspaper men as expert witnesses. Unwine recalls Loomis ten thousand dollar check and names asphalt officials Atkinson Huntington and Cartland whom Taft has summoned for testimony.
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New York Times
Washington
Bowen
Unwine
Loomis
Taft
Atkinson
Huntington
Cartland
Mr. Taft
Miners End Yearlong Morris Run Strike Victory
In Elimra New York the Morris Run coal strike ends as miners ratify a settlement brokered by Secretary Wilson and Morris Run Coal Mining Company. The Altoona scale will be used and former workers return home. A strike breaker fired a shot injuring a striker. no fatalities.
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Elmira
N. Y
Morris Run
Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Morris Run Coal Mining Company
Freight rate complaint filed against railroads
Representatives of the Cincinnati Receivers and Shippers Association filed with the Attorney General a complaint against multiple railroads in the South alleging a restraint of trade by jointly fixing freight rates. The case claims rates are higher than in the North, discriminating against Southern shippers. The Attorney General took the matter under advisement.
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Washington
Cincinnati Receivers and Shippers’ Association
Department of Justice
Illinois Central
Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Louisville
Nashville
Ohio
Mississippi Valley
South
Patrick Hopeful Still
Albert T. Patrick learned the Court of Appeals upheld his first degree murder conviction for killing William Marsh Rice. He remained cheerful at Sing Sing as he planned a new trial bid citing newly discovered evidence and a pending motion.
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Johnson
Patrick's Life Hinges On Appeal Rerun Before Court of Appeals
Albany June 10 Ex Senator David B Till as counsel for Albert T Patrick will move for a re argument of the Rice murder conviction appeal before the Court of Appeals The delay in decision is seen as reducing chances for reargument If denied he plans to seek the United States Supreme Courtuppercase
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New York Times
Albany
David B. Till
Albert T. Patrick
Court of Appeals
Patrick
William Marsh Rice
United States Supreme Court
President Eliot Comments on Technology Merger Vote
Harvard President Eliot said the Technology Corporation vote negates any Harvard action for now as legal complications must be resolved. He noted small likelihood of immediate Harvard steps and that merger status remains practically unchanged by the vote. He declined to comment on Harvard sentiment.
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Boston
Eliot
Harvard
Technology Corporation
Harvard Corporation
Ku Klux Founder Coomes Dies in Norfolk at 68
Joseph Richardson Coomes a Confederate Army lieutenant and Rock Island prisoner who helped plan the Ku Klux Klan died at his Norfolk home. A Maryland native, he was captured at Centreville and escaped from Fort McHenry before being recaptured and sent to Rock Island. His wife was a cousin of General Robert E. Lee.
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Norfolk
Joseph Richardson Coomes
Rock Island
Ill
Coomes
Maryland
Centreville
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Robert E. Lee
Hotel Safe Robbery Claims $1 232 in Losses
Police report a hotel robbery in Los Angeles involving Mark Hammerschlag a New York businessman. A package containing $132 in cash $500 in drafts and $600 in jewelry was placed in the hotel office safe last Wednesday. Hammerschlag was a Knights of Columbus delegate at the National Council.
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Los Angeles
Mark Hammerschlag
New York
Hammerschlag
Knights of Columbus
National Council
Senate kills Frear bill to curb railway overcapitalization
MADISON Wis June 10 The Wisconsin Senate rejected the Frear bill aimed at stopping stock watering by railways without state consent. Gov La Follette urged the measure to curb overcapitalization.
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Bill la Follette
Madison
Wis
Senate
Frear
la Follette
Tragic Gas Case Ties Mother and Son in Despair
An eighty five year old mother and her son, facing financial hardship, planned a joint gas poisoning. The son attempted to persuade his mother to join him after locking doors and windows. He told an observer they would be found dead in the morning. The narrator found him half dead at six.
Mrs Hubbard to Lead Labrador Expedition from Halifax
Widow of explorer Mrs Hubbard plans a Labrador coast voyage to resume exploration halted by her husband. Her party includes five Americans, along with Indians and guides. Mr Wallace, linked to the former expedition, recently passed through en route to Labrador but would not join.
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Labrador
Mrs. Hubbard
Mr. Wallace
Mr. Hubbard
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Hill
KU Klux Founder
Jewell
Newark
Frederick Jewell
Halifax
N. S
Leonidas Hubbard
Broadway
34Th Street
al Nira
Gibson
Lisle
York
Marguerite
Pompadour
Dresden
Saks
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