British cabinet exonerated but Isaacs urged to resign
Marconi Transatlantic Dispatches report Parliament's inquiry largely clears the ministers in the Marconi affair yet hints Sir Rufus Isaacs should take responsibility. Libs and Unionists clash over impropriety while Lloyd-George and others face questions of resignation and apology amid looming House debate.
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London
Marconi
Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry
Robert Cecil
House of Commons
Spicer
Rufus Isaacs
Marconis
Booth Falconer
Falconer
England
Marcon
Postmaster General
Marcon! Company
Mr. Lloyd-George
Thomases
Lord Robert Cecil
Lord Murray
Lloyd-George
Asquith
St. Stephen's
the Weekly
Sir Rufus
Romney Portrait Sells for Record Price at Christie’s
At Christie’s London sale the Romney Portrait of Anne, Lady de la Pole, drawn from Sir Frederick Arundell de la Pole, sold for 206,850 dollars. The Duveens won after a heated bidding duel with Agnew, setting a new art price record in England. The work, a full length Romney from 1756, is famed among collectors and tied to notable houses including Morgan and Frick.
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Christie's
Oppenheim
Hobbema
Emerson
David Teniers
Duveens
Romney
Anne
Lady de la Pole
Frederick Arundell de la Pole
Rembrandt
Bathsheba
Agnew
Duveen
Raeburn
Sarah Radbard
Charlies Wertheimer
Caroline
Viscountess of
Clifton
Elizabeth Spencer
Teniers
Scott & Fowles
Francis Horner
Joshua Varneck
A. Davis
Knoedler
Dorothy Nevill
Hoppner
Hogarth
Westers
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Duke of Wellington
Wertheimer
Dainsborough
Dr. Mars
Gen. Hartley
Grant
Col. Clitheroe
Alma-Tadema
John William de la Pole
Shute House
Axminster
Duveen Brothers
Fifth Avenue
Europe
J. P. Morgan
Henry
Frick
Morgan
Suit Over Air Collision in Paris Aviation Meet
Paris court hears a dispute from a 1910 aviation collision. Thomas of the Antoinette monoplane seeks 19100 damages from Capt. Davis who sought 20000 from Thomas and the Antoinette firm. An expert found both pilots partly responsible and a verdict is due next week.
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New York Times
Paris
Thomas
Davis
Antoinette
Moors Ambush French in Morocco Amid Fierce Fighting
Special cable reports heavy fighting as French forces under Col Mangin suffer 64 dead and 109 wounded near Kfiga in the Tabla region. Spanish warship incidents include General Concha crew rescue by Lauria with 63 saved, 3 missing, 9 captured, and a Spaniard commander killed. Spain expands offensive from Tetuan Alcazar Arzila with reinforcements.
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London
Morocco
Chronicle
Paris
Mangin
Tabla
Marrakesh
Kfiga
Madal
Reina Regente
Tetuan
Alcazar
Arzila
Spain
Private coach class winner in London seacane Marathon
Judge William H. Moore of New York won first prize in the private coach class and Alfred G. Vanderbilt of New York won first prize in the road coach class in the seacane Marathon from Hyde Park Corner to Richmond tied to the Richmond Horse Show. Roger W. Babson of Massachusetts was elected a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. Maurice H. Thatcher and Mrs. Thatcher left Panama for Colon en route to the United States.
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London
William H. Moore
New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Hyde Park Corner
Richmond
Roger W. Babson
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Royal Statistical Society
Panama
Maurice H. Thatcher
Panama Canal Zone
Woman Tames Fierce Tribe Miss Coope Mission School
Annie Coope an American woman and the first English speaking missionary allowed to stay among the San Blas Indians returns to Colon for supplies. She has taught several hundred Indian children English at the Nirgana mission since February 12, the first time a white person was permitted to remain in their country overnight.
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Miss Coope
San Blas
Middies Guests at Kiel Regatta Week
The United States training ship Illinois with 250 naval cadets will be at Kiel for regatta week ending June. Cadets will be guests of the German Navy with elaborate entertainments arranged under Commander Boy-Ed. The Illinois will visit Maerwik, the German Annapolis, for athletic contests with German middies.
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New York Times
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United States
Illinois
Kiel
Boy-Ed
Washington
Germany
Maerwik
Baltic
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Clara E. Laughlin
Sheep Presse
State of New York
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School of
Tianee
Greenhat School of Music
Florsheim
Greenhut
Siegel Cooper
Copenhagen
Aon Ee Gelke Bee
Reilly
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