Queen Mary Enjoys Tango Night At Ken Wood Ball
Queen Mary and King George honored Grand Duke Michael with dinner at Ken Wood Hampstead then attended a ball for his daughters. Maurice and Florence Walton wowed with tango, buck dance, and other modern numbers, prompting encores and warm praise from the royal party.
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Tis New York Times
London
Queen Mary
King George
Michael
Countess Torby
Ken Wood
Hampstead
Countess Nada
Zia Torby
Maurice
Florence Walton
New York
Anastasia
Mauree
Wood
Grand Duke Michael
M. Maurice
St. the
Nada
War of Movies in London Hinges on Keystone Case
The New York Motion Picture Corporation and partners failed to uphold an interim injunction in the Appeals Court. Transatlantic Film Company appealed a ruling barring reservation of Keystone productions as Keystone works. The court found insufficient proof of exclusive claim, and the injunction was dismissed.
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NEW York Times
London
New York Motion Picture Corporation
Western Imports Company of
New York
Transatlantic Film Company
Transatlantic Company
Keystone Company of America of
Keystone Productions
Mutual Film Corporation of New York
New Cinematograph Film: Polish Edison Demonstrates Broad Film
Kasimir do Proszynski demonstrated a new cinematograph camera at the Royal Photographic Society meeting in London. He described broad film printed on sheets with sixteen frames per line, backward and forward, claiming one sheet equals about 100 feet of standard film and costs only 16 cents compared to about 55 dollars for 100 feet.
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NEW York Times
London
Kasimir Do Proszynski
Edison
Royal Photographic Society
M. Proszynski
Canal Locks In Fine Trim For Any Vessel Size
Panama tests show canal locks and towing locomotives in perfect condition for passage of vessels of any size. Gov Goethals is satisfied as cargoes over 6000 tons have moved through since May 18 and earnings reach 7356 dollars by June 10. Panama Railroad bears tolls and collects them from shippers.
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NEW York Times
Panama
Gov. Goethals
Panama Railroad
Paris Chemists Charged Over Morphine Sales Case
In Paris a court heard two chemists sold morphine to users. A young woman received fifty tubes weekly from one chemist and, after finding that insufficient, obtained 150 tubes from the other in a single week. One defendant cited a doctor’s dubious prescription urging continued use or other drastic options. Both men were fined 100 dollars.
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NEW York Times
Paris
M. Juvin
Daudet Wounded in Paris Sword Duel
Léon Daudet a noted duellist was wounded in the forearm in a private sword duel at Neuillf with Jacques Roujon son of Henri Beesche the late Secretary of the Academy Fine Arts Roujon challenged in defense of his father’s name over articles in Daudet’s Action Française Roujon and Daudet were the only people present.
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Paris
Léon Daudet
Neuillf
Jacques Roujon
Henri Beesche
Academy Fine Arts
Roujon
Daudet
Action Française
Ribot Cabinet Falls as Paris Roils in Political Crisis
Paris newspapers report Prime Minister Alexandre Ribot's cabinet collapsing after a failed vote of confidence. Radical and Socialist forces demand military service law repeal, while the Treasury teeters and a $190 million loan is arranged to cover three years of service. Demonstrations surge along Paris boulevards as Versailles looms for a presidential election.
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Paris
M. Alexandre Félix Ribot
MM. Viviani
Doumergue
Peytral
Dupuy
Deschanel
Poincaré
Chamber of Deputies
France
Ribot
Versailles
Senate
Chamber
M. Poincaré
M. Caillaux
M. Jaurés
Europe
M. Ribot
Treasury
Turkey
Italian Rioters Routed as Troops Quell Naples Violence
Rome reports Italy largely quiet after a general strike caused rioting in Naples Ravenna Forli Parma. Anarchists blamed for vandalism in Ravenna including the Constitutional Club. Troops and police restored order while train service slowly resumed. Two deaths noted in the clashes.
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NEW York Times
Rome
Naples
Ravenna
Forli
Parma
Italy
Ancona
Constitutional Club
Victor Emmanuel
Helena Whic
Ciancio
Bologna
Forti
Florence
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Lucci
Signor Salandra
Paris Chamber votes split over military service law and new Cabinet
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies split over the three years military service law and a disapproved Cabinet. The military service measure failed 306 to 262 while the Cabinet disapproval passed 374 to 187. Defections by thirty non radical Republicans aided the overthrow. President Poincaré considers Viviani to form a new ministry with Combes pressed by Radicals.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber
Liey
Gener
Albert Dalimier
Louis Jean Fuegh
Chamber of Deputies
Re Ublicans
Poincaré
M. Viviani
Combes
City panel confines New York Telephone appraisal to local phones
A New York regulatory panel decides the appraisal will cover only New York City telephones for the state inquiry into rates. Officials advance plans to hire engineers and accountants after an appropriation of 100000 is signed, with input from civic groups and city representatives.
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New York Telephone Company
New York City
Commission
Metropolitan Life
Martin S. Decker
William Temple Emmet
John L. Swayze
Frankie Polk
Glynn
Polk
J. F. Duhamel
Brooklyn
Decker
Badio Service Comm
Central Park Concert Tonight Announces City Opera Host
Park Commissioner Ward announced a concert in Central Park this evening at 8 on the Mall. Adolph Rothmeyer will conduct a 52 piece orchestra. Rothmeyer has led Sunday night concerts at the Metropolitan Opera House for three seasons. A second concert is slated for tomorrow afternoon on the Mall.
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Central Park
Ward
Adolph Rothmeyer
Rothmeyer
Metropolitan Opera House
Poem and Posy for Police at City Headquarters
Two Grace Church Nursery girls Marie Jocelyn and Julia Amato visited Police Headquarters with Rev. Urbano and a nurse. They offered a poem of thanks to traffic policemen and presented Inspector Schmittberger a bouquet. The bouquet was later sent to Detective Ernest F. Seyler at St Vincent's Hospital, wounded during an arrest.
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Grace Church
Fourth Avenue
Francisco G. Urbano
Schmittberger
Police
Marie Jocelyn
Julia Amato
Ernest F. W. Seyler
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Page outlines American democracy and immigration in London speech
Ambassador Page at the Royal Institution discusses American democracy as an amalgam of northern European stock, its mobile social structure, and cautious treatment of wealth. He rejects the idea that riches grant political advancement and notes many wealthy Americans could not reach public office.
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London
Ambassador Page
Royal Institution
Page
United States
Christie's Sells Coaching and Hunting Pictures in London Auction
A Christie’s sale in London lists coaching scenes by FH Aiken and C Cooper Henderson, hunting pictures by J F Herring Sr and Pollard, plus works by Sartorius Bonington Jacque Degas Nasmyth Graham Rousseau Corot Mauve. Prices range from 336 to 1365 dollars.
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New York Times
London
Christie's
London and South
London and Leeds
London and Dover
London and Devonport
London and Yeovil
London, Exeter and Yeovil
London and Hull
London and Ipswich
FH. Aiken
C. Cooper Henderson
J. F. Herring, Sr
Newmarket
J. Pollard
Pollard
J. N. Sartorius
Les En
Militants Fire Church and Parade of Protests in London
Militant suffragettes attempted to burn the ancient Church of St. Margaret's at Chipstead near London aided by oil soaked lighters but the fire was extinguished with little damage. In West End London militants heckled audiences with leaflets on women’s torture by forcible feeding while police intensified raids on their homes and offices in Kensington and Westminster.
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London
St. Margaret's
Chipstead
William H. Stone
West End
Wome
Kensington
Westminster
Emmeline Pankhurst
Westminster Abbey
Greece warns Turkey stop expulsions amid rising tensions
In Athens Premier Venizelos warned in the Chamber of Deputies that Greek refugees surge from Turkey risks war. He cited thousands of refugees and threatened actions if persecutions continue, while Greece and Turkey trade accusations over Thrace and Salonica. The government ordered the Bourse closed amid uncertainty as naval reserves are called and international diplomats monitor the crisis.
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Greece
Turkey
Venizelos
Chamber of Deputies
M. Venizelos
Macedonia
Tricoupis
Asia Minor
National Bank
London
Near East
Thrace
Salonica
Constantinople
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Vickers Sons & Maxim
Barrow-in-Furness
England
Germany
Daily Telegraph
Aivalik
Bucharest
Romania
Islamic Society
Balkans
Balkan
Brazil
Americans 7 to 9 Favorites in Polo
Heat weakens English mounts as Capt. Cheape recovers from injury. American team leads with 7 to 9 favorites in polo standings amid hot weather.
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Cheape
Barrister Says Law Must Change Over Militant Suffragettes
Butler Aspinall, a noted English barrister, arrives from Liverpool en route to Canada. He says altering prisoner hunger strike laws would require a short act of Parliament to relieve jail governors of responsibility in special cases, to allow suffragettes to starve themselves.
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Butler Aspinall
K. C
Liverpool
Canada
London
Mr. Aspinall
England
Lords
Commons
Murder Charge Placed in Panama Family Slaying
William Reid, a Costa Rica arrival in Panama City, is charged with the murder of a Panamanian family of five at Bocas del Toro several weeks earlier.
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NEW York Times
Panama
William Reid
Costa Rica
Bocas del Toro
Lee on July 4 Committee Forms Athletic League
Martin W. Littleton, chairman of the mayoral Fourth of July committee, names William J. Lee to head the Athletic League replacing James F. Sullivan who attends an athletics conference in Lyons, France. The celebration centers in parks with band concerts games and children’s festivals. Gov. Glynn, Mayor Mitchel and Rep Champ Clark plan to speak at City Hall Park at 10 A M. Medals and silver cups prize athletic events and baseball finals. Lee invited thousands of his baseball players to participate at the Polo Grounds on Flag Day June 1.
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Martin W. Littleton
William J. Lee
James F. Sullivan
Lyons
France
Gov. Glynn
Mitchel
Champ Clark
International Polo Match England vs America at Meadow Brook
England and America prepare to meet in the inaugural international cup game at Meadow Brook at 4 PM. Capt. H A Tomkinson and Capt. Leslie St Clair Cheape lead England while Rene La Montagne, Lawrence Waterbury, and Devereux Milburn headline the American lineup with strong support from the Waterbury brothers.
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Rene la Montagne
J. M. Waterbury
Devereux Milburn
Lawrence Waterbury
C. CC. Shunney
Malcolm Stevenson
H. ©. Phipps
Louis E. Stoddard
Josmuia Crane
Loston
Keith EB. Markham
Float Uiipwer Be
H. A. Beather
Frank Forrester
America
Spencer Fish
Frank S. Dravo
England
W. Struther Joars
Meadow Brook
Hurlingham
Harry Payne Whitney
Long Island
Herbert
The
Polo Association
Lakewood
Althouse
Leslie St. Claire Cheape
Lord Wimborne
Capl Checape
Capt. Cheape
Vivian Lockett
H. A. Tomkinson
F. W. Barrett
Waterburys
Lawrence
Devereaux Milburn
Rene la Montasi
Whitney
Frpm
Toe Parseleerad
Penney Reed
Sein Nty
Tris
Beaudies
Daily Mail Praises Americans For Postponing Polo Match
London reports editorial praise from the Daily Special Cable noting that polo was chosen to be postponed over a domestic bill. The piece highlights sentiment from editors praising restraint and sportsmanship among Americans and the attention drawn by the postponed match in New York.
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New York
London
Daily Special Cable
Courtesy and sportsmanship mark postponement of a match
Mail pays tribute to American authorities for postponing the first match. The piece notes Wimborne's team could win tomorrow with Cheape in the field, while praising American generosity, teamwork, and effort regardless of outcome.
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Wimborne
Love Letters Enter Jury in Hartford Suit over Kidnapping
Mrs. Mzabel A. C. Holman seeks $00,000 damages from Rev. Cranston Brenton, alleging kidnapping in a conspiracy with Dr. Paul Waterman and Oliver Smith. Letters written during Holman's marriage to Brenton were admitted as exhibits by Judge Thorman. Notary documents and Brenton family witnesses testified as part of the proceedings.
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New York Times
Hartford
Mzabel A. C. Holman
Frederick Ernest Holman
Cranston Brenton
Yonkers
Hlartford
Wiv
Brattleboro
Holten
S. Jh. Tawton
Nearmen
H Brentons
Givetta H. Brenton
Laura Brenton MacDonald
Thorman
Wells
F. Ernest Holman
County of Knox
City of Rockland
Elizabeth Alden Curtis
Frederic Ernest Holman
Not Tailors by Proxy They Sell Saks Clothes Direct
The article argues against proxies and intermediaries, claiming true tailoring comes from in house labor. It emphasizes direct contact with authority and asserts Saks clothes are made by the house, delivering a personal metropolitan touch and superior tailoring and style.
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Saks
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