Rioting Strikers Strike Perth Amboy Battles
A wave of drunken rioting by 4000 Hungarian and Slav laborers swept Perth Amboy's streets after nightfall. Police were overwhelmed, three officers injured, three strikers shot, and vehicles and trolley service disrupted. Sheriff Bollschweiler requested aid from New Brunswick as 500 strikebreakers and 50 private detectives arrived to protect factories. The mob attacked the Smelting Company plant and Barber Asphalt, with police briefly fleeing and later regrouping under Mayor Garretson’s orders to close nearby saloons.
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Perth Amboy
Altert Bouschweiler
New Brunswick
Orcer
Patrick Burke
Bollschweiler
New York
American Smelting and Refining Company
State Street
Smelting Company
Barber Asphalt Company
John Machiski
Perth Amboy City Hospital
Martin Rockowitz
Charles Nichols
Morris, Quinn
Gutowski
Burke
Public Service Corporation
Chief Burke
Sheriff Bollschweiler
Morris, Jenson
Ferdinand Garretson
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
William Aronoff
Perth Amboy Yeaterdy
Chicago
Iass
Goodwill Hall
Smith Street
Arongit
Arthur A
Alios
Paris Study Claims Age Cure From Good Microbe
Prof Metchnikoff reports discovery of a glycobacter in canine bacteria to combat aging. He argues old age is an illness from intestinal decomposition and that acids can combat it. He describes needing a sugar producing microbe to fuel the good microbe and notes the glycobacter comes from dogs’ intestinal flora.
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Paris
Metchnikoff
Prof
Taft asks Congress for aid to volcano victims
President Taft sent a special message requesting a $100,000 appropriation for the Revenue Cutter Service to aid volcano victims near Kodiak Alaska. A Seattle report notes Katmai eruption threatens the government stock and water supply at Kodiak station, risking forage and grain losses.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Revenue Cutter Service
Kodiak
Alaska
Seattle
S. N. Snodgrass
Katmai eruption ash causes acid rain in Cordova Alaska
Six days after the Katmai eruption Cordova reports persistent volcanic smoke and ash. A heavy rain mixed ash with water forming sulphuric acid that irritates skin. Drinking water analysis shows sulphurics and doctors advise limewater. The transport Sheridan with infantry and Signal Corps may head to the volcano district to aid.
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Cordova
Alaska
Sheridan
Seattle
Thirtieth Infantry
Signal Corps
Volcano District
Welsh Wrecked Aeroplane at College Point Md
Early today a War Board investigated the Wright aeroplane crash at College Point Maryland. Lieut Hazelhurst and Welsh were killed as the test sought 2000 feet in ten minutes. The board found the accident resulted from the pilots overreversing under heavy load and no fault by the aviation detail. A separate inquiry was ordered by Secretary Stimson with Major Walter H. Gordon to report.
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New York Times
Washington
Secretary of War
Aviation
College Point
Hazelhurst
Seventeenth Infantry
Welsh
Wrights
George P. Scriven
Signal Corps
Col. Scriven
Lieut
Peaveneer
Te Corps
Stimson
Walter H. Gordon
Inspector General’s Department
Veto May Save Wood and Commerce Court
The Senate debated Army Appropriation conference amendments amid talks of a White House veto. President Taft objects to officer eligibility limits and a named commission, warning the changes infringe on the President's powers as Commander in Chief.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Martine
Lodge
House
White House
Taft
Army
Continental
United States
Harrison
Gen. Ainsworth
War Department
Conates Sr
Ainsworth
China
Orient
South America
Cable
Department
Supreme Court
Opposition Eyes Belisario Perras as Panama Prepares for Vote
Panama reports opposition leaders confident in Belisario Perras winning the presidency with about 80 percent of registered voters supporting him. A scare arose over a claimed government shipment of rifles and ammo for Diaz supporters, but calm returned as the American Supervisory Committee barred delivery until after the elections.
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Panama
Belisario Perras
Republic
Bome
Pedro A. Diaz
American Supervisory Committee
Col
H. A. Greene
Aecres
Mrs Allerton Celebrates 102nd Birthday in Newark NY
Mrs Lavinia Allerton aunt of Abel E Blackmar judge of the New York Supreme Court marked her 102nd birthday in Newark New York. She is regarded as the oldest woman in Western New York and remains in good health and appearance.
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Judge Blackmar
New York
Newark
N. Y
Lavinia Allerton
Abel E. Blackmar
Supreme Court of the Second District
New York City
Trowbridge
Blackmar
Allerton
New York State
Refuse Judges salaries in Senate recall vote
The Senate on June 12 voted 29 to 22 to strike the five Commerce Court judges from the government payroll, abolishing their salaries. Debate centered on constitutional limits and tenure, with conservatives arguing it violated the Constitution while progressives pressed for the recall measure’s enforcement.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Commerce Court
Supreme
Cummins
Iowa
Jug
Knapp
Inter-State Commerce Commission
E Fenaryeen
Archbald
Rioting Women Club Meat Shops in New York
Rioters led by a Manhattan Meat Boycott Committee attacked and looted butcher shops in Williamsburg and Manhattan, destroying meat with kerosene and clashing with police. Dozens of customers fled as women battled clerks, with police using clubs to disperse the crowds. The boycott aims to shift buyers to fish and vegetables while plans to extend the meat strike to Manhattan proceed.
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Williamsburg
New York
Fourteenth Street
Manhattan
Joseph Weinstein
Seigel Street
Weinstein
Samuel Bernstein
Gchdefer
Stagg Street
Gruber & Fletchner
Sarah Erdman
East Broadway
Manhattan Meat Boycott Committee
Wolf Tepper
Blake Avenue
Brownsville
Tepper
Liberty Avenue
Toppling Over a Medical Idol
Dr. Charles E. Woodruff of the U S Army Medical Corps argues that Russians rather than Japanese achieved notable sanitation and surgical feats in the Far Eastern War. He previews this view in an article for Next Sunday's Times.
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Charles E. Woodruff
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Times
Roosevelt backs woman suffrage in Republican plank
Roosevelt has endorsed woman suffrage and will push for an equal rights plank in the GOP platform. Judge Ben Lindsey met with Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill and confirmed the decision, citing Colorado's suffrage effort and good government examples as influence.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Col. Roosevelt
Ben Lindsey
Sagamore Hill
Hindsey
Roosevelt
Lindsey Wald
Colorado
Guggenheim
Evans
Washington
California
Lindsey
Linday
Miss. Maud
Bel
Roosevelt Attacks Taft Delegates At Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt denounces Taft backed delegates as thieves and bolts while urging a party unity stance. He cites California Arizona and Kentucky cases of alleged ballot theft, describes National Committee actions and threatens consequences ahead of the convention.
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Arizona
Taft
National Committee
Maricopa
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Taft-Bradley
Eee
Vorys
Prcoe
California
Taft-Barnes
New York
Taft-Amalgamated Coor
Montana
Taft-Kealsoe
Indiana
Taftuggenheim
Colorado
Gov. Johnson
Hac
God Ie Pann
Morgan Outbid Daughter In Houdon Portrait Sale
Paris June 12 A dramatic art auction tale emerges as J Pierpont Morgan outbids his daughter for a Sabine Houdon bust. Duveen acted for Morgan while Seligmann represented Miss Morgan in a fierce bidding war that reached $90,000.
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Paris
J. Pierpont Morgan
Houdon
Messrs. Seligmann
Duveen
Seligmann
Miss Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Earthquakes Shake South Cities Across Morning Hours
Distinct earth shocks were felt in Augusta Columbia and Savannah at 5 30 this morning. Three shocks lasted about fifteen seconds with the largest impact on hills and residences. In Savannah vibrations were east and west with light rocking of houses and swaying furniture. A separate report from St Louis notes seismographs recording two shocks with a main event at 6 53 and an origin about 1550 miles southwest.
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Augusta
Columbia
S. C
Savannah
ST. Louis
St. Louis University
Wife hears death shot in Bronx home tragedy
Mrs. Charles Davis and her twelve year-old son Frederick recounted the morning events at 1288 Webster Avenue in the Bronx. Davis, an ironworker out of work, apparently killed himself with a shotgun placed at the foot of his bed, the broomstick trigger balance nearby. The incident occurred as the family waited for him on the steps.
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Charles Davis
Frederick
Webster Avenue
Bronx
Freshmen in Car Hit Train Near Cambridge
Harvard freshmen in a touring car collided with a moving freight train on the Newburyport turnpike. James Greenough Jr. was taken to Thomas Hospital in Peabody after doctors removed his left foot above the ankle. Morgan B. Phillips, John C. Talbot, and Richard S. Emmett were treated at Stillman Infirmary. Phillips had two broken ribs and internal injuries feared. Emmett suffered a Pott's fracture. others contusions and bruises.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Middleton
Harvard
Newburyport, Turnpike
James Greenough, Jr
Greenough
Harvard Medical School
Thomas Hospital
Peabody
Boston
Morgan B. Phillips
Newton
John C. Talbot
Milton
Richard S. Emmett
St. James, L. I
Stillman Infirmary
Phillips
Emmett
Pott
Killed by fall in subway at Atlantic Avenue station
Robert McCaffrey a mechanical engineer in the Department of Bridges died at Holy Family Hospital Brooklyn from a fractured skull after slipping on stairs at Atlantic Avenue station. He lived at 534 West 152nd Street Manhattan and was returning home around 11 o clock when he fell. He was identified by letters in his pockets.
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Robert McCaffrey
Department of Bridges
Holy Family Hospital
Brooklyn
Atlantic Avenue
Mr. McCaffrey
West 152d Street
Manhattan
Dr. Byrnes
Massive Mexican Battle in El Valle Claims Many Lives
Juarez reports 175 Mexicans killed in a dawn attack as Federals and rebels clash in the heart of the Mormon colony at El Valle. Federals lose 90 killed, 26 captured and many wounded. 14 Federals sentenced to death await appeals at Juarez penitentiary. News from El Paso notes Gen. Oresco ordering movements toward Ojinaga, amid signals Campa may target the Northwestern Railroad corridor.
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New York Times
Juarez
Mexico
el “Valle
Juarez Military Penitentiary
Madero
EL Paso
Oresco
Chihuahua
Campa
Ojinaga
Sangrez
Minaca
Pearson
Taft Roosevelt Feud Bubbles Over Bribery Claims and Elector Plot
Chicago reports a heated preconvention clash as McKinley accuses Taft supporters of bribery to win Southern delegates while Roosevelt backers cry foul. Flinn and governors vow aggressive moves to block Taft, warning of electoral vote manipulation and party splits ahead of the nominating fight.
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New York Times
Chicago
William B. McKinley
Taft
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Arizona
California
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Mr. Taft
National Committees
Dixon
la Follette
Gov. McGovern
Wisconsin
Senator Root
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West Virginia
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National Committee En Frante
Latest Shipping Agt
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Subway
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Coliseum
Ross Flinn
Prania
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