Choate Praises Roosevelt Mediator at Union League Dinner
Ex ambassador Joseph H Choate hailed Theodore Roosevelt as a mediator in remarks at a Union League Club banquet. About 350 guests, including Cornelius Bliss and Elihu Root, attended as choate lauded the president and King Edward VII amid flags and formal addresses.
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Joseph Hi. Choate
Union League Club
Banuet Hall
United States
Great Britain
Choate
Roosevelt
Edward VII
Virginia
Taft
Morton
Washington
Court of St. James’s
Theodore Roosevelt
Cornelius N. Bliss
Sir Percy Sanderson
Senator Depew
Elihu Root
Louis Stern
A. W. Evarts
Edward T- Bartrett
Cephas Prainerd
W. Murray Crane
G. M. Dodge
Henry C. Frick
Franke Hiecock
Henry E. Howland
Thomas H. Hubbard
Thomas Towrs
Warner Miller
Darius O. Mills
John A Stewart
Nevada X. Stranahan
Benjamin F. Tracy
Bliss
Greater
New York
Joseph H. Choate
Mr. Choate
England
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Gen. Sherman
Union League
Mr. Smith
Depew
Amusements Pure Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers
A brief item notes fresh arrivals of out-of-town buyers enhancing local amusements scene. Details on names and venues are limited in this fragment.
Dnieper Sinks British Steamer St Kilda in China Sea
The Dnieper, formerly the St Petersburg, captured and sank the British steamer St Kilda in the China Sea with contraband on board. The St Kilda, owned by Rankin Gilmour & Co, sailed from Hongkong June 4 for Yokohama with 3518 tons of cargo.
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St. Petersburg
Malacca Straits
St. Kilda
China Sea
Rankin, Gilmour & Co
Hongkong
Yokohama
Black Sea
Bosphorus
London
Malacca
Algiers
House of Commons
Smolensk
Rion
Harlan Aids Crawford At Post Office Conspiracy Trial
At Criminal Court No 1 Washington Justice Harlan telegrams' evidence is used to bolster William G Crawford's character in a high profile postal graft case. Justice White Hagner testified, while prosecutors seek possible acquittal from witnesses and defense rests amid new disclosures in Crawford's trial.
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New York Times
Washington
William G. Crawford
Bristow
Justice Harlan
United Owford State Supreme Court
Indorsinget
Justice White
United States Supreme Court
Crawford
Hagner
District Bench
Kentucky
A. S. Worthington
Worthington
Harlan
West
Supreme Court
Machen
Lorenz
Beach
August W. Machen
Post Office Department
George E. Lorenz
Arthur M. Burnham
Gardiner
Jekyll Hyde Charge Against T P Wickes
The Grand Jury indicts Thomas P Wickes in a complex false arrest suit tied to 1902 schemes involving a phantom Lewis Jarvis and letters pressured by Wickes. Weston Grinnell and Park Avenue figures figure in a long legal saga with multiple trials and verdicts.
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Weston
Gun Contracts for Midvale Washington
The Navy Department awards gun and mount contracts for the New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Montana. Bethlehem Steel wins four 12 inch guns at 51 644 dollars each and eight 8 inch mounts at 19 990 dollars each. Midvale Steel Company secures thirty two 6 inch guns at 2 860 dollars each, twelve 7 inch guns at 14 355 dollars each, eight 5 inch guns at 17 142 dollars each, and thirty three 6 inch mounts at 7 588 dollars each.
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Washington
Navy Department
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Montana
Bethlehem Steel Company
Midvale Steel Company
Roma Passes Nantucket Shoals Lightship Amid Atlantic Relay
The steamer Roma en route from Naples to New York was reported by wireless telegraph that it passed the Nantucket Shoals Lightship at 6 30 o clock last evening, confirming its progress across the Atlantic.
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Roma
Naples
New York
Wireless Telegraph
Nantucket Shoals
Through Sleeping Cars to Detroit and Mt Clemens
Lehigh Valley Railroad advertises daily service from New York leaving at 5 40 P M with Sunday 4 25 P M. Tickets priced at 35 5 and 1 234 Broadway New York or 825 Fulton Street Brooklyn for travel to Detroit and Mt Clemens.
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Detroit
Mt. Clemens
Lehigh Valley R. R
N. Y
B’way
Fulton St
B’klyn
Fast Train Record Beat The Lake Shore Chicago To Buffalo
The Lake Shore train ran 596 miles in 453 minutes to set a new Chicago Buffalo record. Four Pullmans pulled by a prairie-type locomotive. officials included W H Marshall and H S Starrs. East division routes showed speeds from Elkhart to Toledo in 114 minutes and Cleveland to Buffalo in 150 minutes. Average speed, with pace allowances deducted, was 70.9 mph.
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New York Times
Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Shore
Chicago
Air Line
W. H. Marshal
H. S. Starrs
D. C. Moon
J. J. Bennet
E. A. Handy
Spee
Elkhart
Toledo
Cleveland
Subway Workers Burned In Broadway Branch Explosion
An explosion in the feed wire gallery of the Broadway branch at One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street stunned electricians James Murtha and Peter Griffin while insulating wires. Look-out Michael Sexton escaped danger as smoke filled the gallery. They were taken to Hood Wright Hospital with severe facial and hand burns. A separate fuse incident at 6 p.m. caused a five-car train to halt. lights went dark and passengers panicked before service resumed.
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James Murtha
Columbus Avenue
Peter Griffin
East Eighty-fourth Street
Interborough Company
Broadway
Subway
One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street
Michael Sexton
Sexton
Bertram
Aew Hood Wright
One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street
Auto distanced robbers in high speed exchange
On June 13 a group of six desperadoes attempted to stop a party carrying 40 000 in receipts at Ranch 101 Sunday morning. The auto transporting the cash sped away, turfing the pursuers with gunfire. no one was hurt and the bandits’ leader fled as the car outran them and lost its speed regulator.
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New York Times
Bliss
C. T
Ranch 101
Ponca
George Miller
McGowan
Thomas
Henry Phipps Buys Prime Fifth Avenue Corner Lot
Henry Phipps purchased the southeast corner lot at Fifth Avenue and Eighty-seventh Street for about $225,000, a record price for the area. The buyer’s identity was initially withheld, and the purchase appears to position Phipps to influence future development facing his mansion nearby. Adjacent properties include Lewis Cass Ledyard’s new house to the east and John S. Phipps’ holdings further along the street.
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Henry Phipps
Fifth Avenue
Eighty-seventh Street
Mr. Phipps
Young Violinist Arrestee Charged With Grand Larceny
Daniel Wishnewsky a young Russian violinist who recently played Carnegie Hall was arraigned in Harlem Court on grand larceny charges. He had performed at a musicale hosted by Mrs Louis Larkin of 1268 Park Avenue where jewelry vanished after guests departed. Police allege pawn tickets for similar items were found on him during a search.
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Edward Weston
Weston Electrical Company
Jersey City
Ashbel Parmley
D. Grinnell
Vermont Medical School
Lewis Jarvis
Jarvis
James W. Osborne
Weston
the Waldorf
Raynor
McConville
Central Office
Grand Central Station
Grinnell
Dr. Grinnell
Paul de Hart
de Hart
President Mellen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Daniel Wishnewsky
Carnegie Hall
Harlem Court
Louis Larkin
Park Avenue
Wishnewsky
Gordon
New York Central Unveils Fast Train Schedule
The second empire fast train departs Grand Central at 2 30 P M and reaches Albany at 5 20 P M Utica 7 14 Syracuse 8 23 Rochester 9 56 and Buffalo 11 30 P M No excess fare advertised.
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New York Central
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Greek Premier Delyannis Murdered Over Anti-Gambling Crackdown
Athens reports Theodore Delyannis, Greece’s popular premier, fatally stabbed at the Chamber of Deputies by gambler Gherakaris in retaliation for anti gambling measures. About 20,000 mourners trailed the body to his home as police restrained a mob seeking vengeance. M. Gounarakis acts as provisional premier.
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Yannis
Greece
Gherakaris
Chamber of Deputies
Delyannis
Red Cross
George
Tatoi
Athens
M. Gounarakis
M. Delyannis
Kalavryta
Turkey
Driscoll Linked to 400 Strikes in Labor Payoffs
John C. Driscoll, secretary of the Associated Teaming Interests, testifies tomorrow before the Grand Jury with documentary proof that over two years he settled more than 400 strikes using money with labor officials. He cites fees from 160 to thousands, totaling about 50 000, claiming no money moved through his hands. He also notes a 30 000 stake in the Montgomery Ward & Co. teamsters case. a bank book he showed allegedly matches payments. Delivery in Chicago runs near normal with police on trucks amid the ongoing strike presence.
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Dr. Grinnell
Weston
William S. Devery
Devery
Mr. Weston
McConville
Wickes
Grinnell
Thomas C. O'Sullivan
Justice Truax
Osborne
Dugro
Betts
Kingston
Greenbaum
Jarvis
O'Sullivan
Tewis Jarvis
New York
Jerome
Commodore
Senator O'Sullivan
Palm Beach
Fla
New York Times
Chicago
John C. Driscoll
Grand Jury
Driscoll
Montgomery Ward & Co
Teamsters
Escape by leap from train shocks Poughkeepsie report
John Wood of Pine Plains evades jail by leaping from a speeding train near Standfordville. He vanished into brambles and a searching posse, led by Deputy Sheriff Stickles, continued after him while Stickles narrowly escaped drowning.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
John Wood
Pine Plains
Wood
Poughkeepsie and
Standfordville
Harry Stickles
Woods
Stickles
Oyama Attacks Russians In Manchuria War
Telegraph reports from St Petersburg and Tokyo describe intensified fighting on the Russian left in Manchuria. The Russian War Office warns of a possible general engagement as Japan presses an advance near Mandarin Road and Kud River with infantry cavalry and artillery.
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Grams
Manchuria
Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Linevitch
Mandarin Road
Kud River
Liauchouitehen
Kandaohe
Chinese Boycott of American Goods Grows
In Tientsin on June 13 the Chinese guilds push a daily boycott of American products. The move appears to deepen hostility toward U S manufacturers as local papers refuse ads for American goods.
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Tien-Tsin
Bourne Plans $500,000 Fifth Avenue House
Frederick G. Bourne will erect a new residence at Fifth Avenue and Fifty second Street opposite the Vanderbilt mansion. Estimated cost is $500,000 with a 50 by 125 foot plot on the Langham Hotel site. Architect Ernest Flags prepared the marble faced facade plans.
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Frederick G. Bourne
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-second Street
Vanderbilt Mansion
Langham Hotel
Ernest Flags
Mrs Reid Loses Suit Over Extension to Madison Avenue Home
Justice O Gorman grants a permanent injunction forbidding enlargement of Mrs Whitelaw Reid's Madison Avenue residence. Ex U S District Attorney Edward Mitchell, who secured the injunction, owns a Fiftieth Street dwelling with access to a rear courtyard through a vacant lot partly owned by Mrs Reid.
Midshipman Vertrees Drowns Off Newark At Hackett's Point
Midshipman Louis L. Vertrees of Bushnell a third classman drowned while swimming from the cruiser Newark off Hackett's Point about seven miles above Annapolis He was twenty one years old The Newark is taking part in army and navy exercises in Chesapeake Bay and efforts to recover the body were under way.
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New York Times
Annapolis
Louis L. Vertrees
Bushnell
Newark
Hackett’s Point
Naval Academy
Vertrees
Chesapeake Bay
Easier Cries Amid Fatal Third Avenue Street Car Accident
Albert Guttmann aged about ten living at 914 East 119th Street was killed when a Third Avenue street car struck him at 123rd Street. He cried easier as the truck moved and died soon after at Harlem Hospital. Motorman Patrick Bauer was arrested and released on bond.
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Albert Guttmann
East One Hundred and Nineteenth Street
One Hundred and Twenty-third Street
Harlem Hospital
Dimmick
Patrick Bauer
Rioting at Brest-Litovsk Triggers Military Rule
Soldiers looted stores as Jews defended property in Brest-Litovsk causing casualties and troop retaliations. The town lies under military occupation amid rumors of a general strike as authorities warn crowds to stay away and say troops may fire if disturbances occur. Change of time for New York Central Lines from June 18 announced.
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Warsaw
Poland
Brest-Litovsk
Far East
New York Central Lines
How Roosevelt Tried to End the Far East Conflict
The Foreign Office reports President Roosevelt asked for a private audience to convey U S friendship to Russia and to aid a pacific settlement. The Emperor welcomed the initiative and Russia expects talks with Japan on peace terms. Tokyo’s timing remains unclear.
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Imperial Court
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Republic
St. Petersburg
Okie
Washington
America
Tokio
Mukden
Shanghai
The
Gazette
France
Poland
Lithuania
Listok
Bompard
Paris
Meyer
Count von Alvensleben
Foreign Office
Lamsdorff
Nicholas
M. Witte
Manchuria
Talk of a peace hitch in Far East talks
A note of pessimism appeared in Washington on June 13 as diplomats discussed Far East peace negotiations. Current reports indicate no tangible progress or breakthrough has occurred and mood remains doubtful.
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Washington
Far East
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Thomas P. Wickes
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