Protos at Chita Wins $1000 Trophy
The German Protos car led from Vladivostok and won the 1000 dollar trophy for first to reach Chita, despite an accident near Pogranitchnaya that cost the Thomas car the lead. The Zust car from Italy may have been destroyed near Imenpo, with the conductor reporting a gasoline tank fire.
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Newa
Paris
Vladivostok
Nerchinsk
Harbin
Pogranitchnaya
Baron Rheinvogel
St. Petersburg
Zust
Manchesuria
Parisio
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Imenpo
Protos
Thomas
Matin
New York
Transbaikalia
Viavostok
Trans- Siberian
Irkutsk
Trans-Siberian Alaskan Railroad Company
Boston steel firms unlikely to face indictment
Boston District Attorney French said evidence in the Boston agreement cases was insufficient for an indictment. Six leading structural steel and iron firms were named in the alleged bid racket to win city contracts. Seven officials tied to the firms were arrested and await a municipal hearing next Saturday. A federal investigation had been launched after a Finance Committee report.
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Boston
United States
French
City of
Finance Committee of
Chicago Aldermen Protest Council Treatment
Chicago aldermen protest the Arrangements Committee of the Republican National Committee for favoring Republican members with tickets while Democratic members feel the Council as a body was ignored. A special City Council meeting is set for tomorrow at 10 o'clock to address the issue.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
National Committee
To Believe Summer Exhaustion Take Horf ords
A brief note promotes a cooling refreshing drink described as invigorating for summer fatigue. It extols acid phosphate as an aid and highlights the beverage as appetizing and revitalizing.
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Horford
Metz Labor Turmoil over Prison-Made School Repairs
Labor union leaders accuse Controller Metz of blocking bills for non prison made materials used in public school repairs. A nine member committee will interview Metz to determine future steps and possible prison supply removal aims to favor union made goods, warning of winter furnace failures if prison products dominate.
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Metz
R. D. Tompkins
Consolidated Board of Business Agents
Tompkins
Committee of Nine
New York
Metz and Allies Face Rift Over Subway Project
Last night a serious dispute emerged between Controller Herman A. Metz Senator Patrick H. McCarren and ex Rapid Transit Commissioner William S Hurley over the Fourth Avenue Subway. Hurley and McCarren urged Metz to change his stance but Metz refused, producing heated talks and a widening breach among longtime allies. Turley declined to comment as Brooklyn politicians sounded surprised.
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Herman A. Metz
Patrick H. McCarren
Rapid Transit
William S. Hurley
McCarren
Mr. Hurley
Fourth Avenue
Hurley
Senator McCarren
Mr. Metz
Turley
Brooklyn
President and Roosevelt plans vacation to Oyster Bay
Washington dispatches report President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt will depart for Oyster Bay with their family next Saturday after favorable convention news. Taft weighs retreat options but will not confirm plans. Security detail set, Sagamore Hill prepared, with ten Secret Service agents assigned for protection.
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Oyster Bay
Secret Service
New York Times
Washington
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Cincinnati
White House
Long Island Country Place
Roosevelts
May Buy Cuban Lands For Pacification Effort
Secretary Taft and the President discussed the proposed purchase of 100000 acres of land in Santiago and Oriente Provinces Cuba along with houses and other property. The deal targets thirty cattle ranges at a reduced sum to pacify veterans and prevent squatters' dispossession as the Church regains control of its holdings. The option expires June 30 and involves a price around 535000, with further talks planned with Mgr Averse, Apostolic Delegate to Cuba.
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Washington
Taft
Santiago and
Oriente
Cuba
Catholic Church
Magoon
Mgr. Averse
Louise Dresser to Wed Again This Afternoon
Actress Louise Dresser, recently seen with Lew Fields and newly divorced from Jack Norworth, is to marry again this afternoon. Her bridegroom is Jack Gardner, who plays Jack Webster in The Yankee Prince at the Knickerbocker Theatre.
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Louise Dresser
Lew Fields
Jack Norworth
Jack Gardner
Jack Webster
the Knickerbocker
Aplanatic invisible Bright Glasses at Spencer's
Aplanatic invisible Bright Glasses near and set a vision at Spencer's 81 Maiden Lane. We a
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Spencer’s
Maiden Lane
Police Raid on West 33rd Street Gambling Den Nets Nine Inmates
A large raid on a West Thirty third Street gambling house led to the arrest of nine men described as inmates and three others as keepers and operators. Two roulette outfits and a telephone array were seized. Police broke through five doors and used two escape routes to corner players from nearby hotels, drawing a crowd of spectators.
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Fifth Avenue
Wae
West Thirtieth Street
Max Steinbruck
Murphy
Tenderloin Station
Holland House
Waldorf- Astoria
Tenderloin
Kinney
Washington Worthington
George Wilson
West Fiftyfourth Street
Edward Lynch
West Sixty-third Street
Frank Smith
West
Boomerang Flies in Bath NY Test Flight
Charles Oliver Jones piloted the dirigible Boomerang from Hammondsport, cutting ropes to rise in a gale. The craft traveled to Watkins, Monterey, and Cooper Plains before landing near Sayona, a tree causing a rent in the gas bag. The cigar shaped airship carries a trailer for gas refills and a 40 hp motor. speed reached seventy five miles per hour.
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New York Times
Bath
N. Y
Charles Oliver Jones
Glenn
Hammondsport
Mr. Jones
Morse pleads not guilty to two indictments in Supreme Court
Charles W. Morse appeared yesterday in the Criminal Branch before Justice Goff and pleaded not guilty to two indictments. One charges larceny, the other perjury based on his testimony before the Grand Jury and the Morgan J. O'Brien note transaction.
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Charles W. Morse
Supreme Court
Justice Goff
Grand Jury
Morgan J. O’brien
Two Vacation Tours To Thousand Islands Travel Ads
Two vacation tours to the Thousand Islands Quebec Saguenay and White Mountains depart July 1 with low fares covering all excuses. Special train to the N B A Convention Cleveland leaves June 27. Itineraries and parcel of L F Vosburgh G E P A New Central Lines 1216 Broadway New York Adv.
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Thousand Islands
Quebec
Saguenay
White Mounains
Leveland
L. F. Vosburgh
New Central Lines
Broadway
N. Y
White argues his own case in stock suit appeal
Stephen V. White, famed Wall Street figure, represented himself in an appellate division stock broker age suit over a $15,000 claim by Frances Sand. He defended his lack of counsel by noting his ledger woes and cited past legal help from Choate and Pierrepont. He likened Wall Street to Sisyphus and spoke of May 9, 1901 as a catastrophe shaping his sympathy for plaintiffs.
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Wall Street
Supreme Court
Ambassador Choate
United States
Edward Pierrepont
New York City
Choate
Frances Sand
John Sand
Ninth Street
Brooklyn
Stephen White
A. H. Borman
Steel
New York
Central
Homer
Stone,"’ Said Mr. White
Entering Catholic Church Changes Rev Fay's Faith
In Philadelphia on June 16 Friends report that Rev Sigournay W Fay renounced Episcopalianism and joined the Catholic Church after an appendicitis attack at Deal Beach New Jersey He was received by Rev Dr Norris at the church in Deal Beach Fay born and educated in Philadelphia was ordained in 1904 by Bishop Rafton Fond du Lac Wisconsin and previously served as Canon of St Pauls Cathedral Archdeacon of the diocese and professor of theology in the Episcopal Seminary at Winona is seeking to align with the Catholic Church following disputes over the open pulpit canon adopted at the last General Convention in Richmond.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Sigournay W. Fay
Deal Beach
N. J
Norris
Fay
Rafton
Fond-du-lac
Wis
Wisconsin
St. Paul’s
Ond-Du-Lac
Episcopal Seminary
Washotah
Bond Brokers Christensen & Co Face Nearly 1.5 Million loss
Special to The New York Times reports the Habili ties of Julius Christensen & Co., bond brokers, will total about 1.5 million dollars after their June failure announced in Philadelphia. The firm, with Drexel Building offices, suffered from a weak bond market and large traction securities, compounded by a Moritis/Mortis verdict of 82,921 dollars. Christensen and Nelson G. Hollister own most stock, and the firm had interests in Illinois Traction and Lowell & Fitchburg Electrical. Assignees may render assets enough to cover all claims.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Julius Christensen & Co
Drexel
Aew
Mortis Brothers
Julius Christensen
F. S
James H. Morris
Christenen
Christensen
Nelson G. Hollister
Illinois Traction Company
Lowell & Fitchburg Electrical Ompany
Miss Amy Mark Watson Dies At Ocean City
Miss Amy Mark Watson daughter of Mark W. Watson president of the Exchange National Bank of Pittsburgh died at the family summer home in Ocean City New Jersey from gas inhalation. Found unconscious Sunday night her father summoned physicians and nurses but her heart failed to withstand the gas and she never regained consciousness. The family believes the gas was turned on by mistake.
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New York Times
Ocean City
N. J
Amy Mark Watson
Mark W. Watson
Exchange National Bank of
Pittsburg
Miss Watson
Sevral
Double Tracks for Siberian Railway
Petersburg dispatch reports the government has adopted a plan tonight to proceed with double tracking of the Siberian Railway, signaling a major expansion move for the line and its operations.
Mecklenburg Calcium Chloride Ad Claims Health Benefits
An old advertisement touts Mecklenburg Calcium Chloride as a water purifier for the blood and a maker of youth, also promoting it as best water for skin diseases and claiming it is sold everywhere.
Platform Fight Begins in Taft White House Fight
In Chicago a thirteen member sub committee of the General Committee on Resolutions met in secret to draft the platform, backed by Roosevelt and Taft administration allies. The panel leans 9 to 4 for the injunction plank amid ongoing debates and hearings from diverse groups including women and immigrant representatives.
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General Committee
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Long
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Warner
Missouri
Clark
Wyoming
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Crane
Massachusetts
Spencer B. Adams
North Carolina
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Inter-State Commerce Commission
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Coe I. Crawford
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Seattle
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Taft
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Groner
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John Dalzell
Serena Payne
Senator Clark
Bielmeci
Resolutions
Auditorium Annex
Henrotin
Jane Addams
Bryant
Helen Taft Prize Winner Enter Bryn Mawr
Secretary Taft announced his daughter Helen Heron Taft won the Pennsylvania scholarship for Bryn Mawr College with the best Bryn Mawr entrance examination score. The $300 award funds her entry next September at Bryn Mawr after her Baldwin School graduation.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Helen Heron Taft
Baldwin School
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr College
Coal Plant Dynamited at Royal Mines in Butler Area
The Royal Coal Mines plant at Argentine near Butler Pennsylvania was destroyed by dynamite today. Loss exceeds $20,000 with the coal tipple wrecked and railroad tracks torn up. Forty six residences had shattered windows amid ongoing labor troubles. several arrests expected.
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Butler, Penn
Royal Coal Mines
Argentine
Speech Returns After Brother's Suicide Attempt
In Turner Maine Howard Roberts aged 28 who had been mute for two years suddenly regained speech after his brother Wood Roberts shot himself following a failed attempt to stop him. Within two days he spoke clearly with normal tone and recounted the event to his family.
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New York Times
Turner
Wood Roberts
Howard Roberts
Dog Crusade On Long Island
Long Island city notices the North Hempstead town Board of Health orders all unmuzzled dogs to be taken into custody after June 20 or destroyed if unclaimed within 48 hours. Violations carry a $5 fine or five days imprisonment or both. Owners may reclaim dogs by paying $3, with $2 to the catcher. Hunting dogs under owner supervision are exempt.
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New York Times
Mineola
L. I
Town Board of Health
North Hempstead
Roosevelt orders muzzling stray dogs in D C for rabies control
President Roosevelt directed Washington district Commissioners to muzzle all stray dogs for sixty days to curb a rabies epidemic identified in a Bureau of Animal Industry report from the Department of Agriculture released Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Washington
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Two women injured when big auto crashes in Connecticut
A large automobile traveling from Waterbury to Litchfield struck an axle on a Thomaston road near Thomaston, veered into a gutter and hit a stone wall. Mrs. C. B. Haskell of Washington DC suffered internal injuries while her cousin Miss S. M. Snell of Philadelphia sustained a badly wrenched arm. both are in medical care.
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Waterbury
Conn
Litchfield
Watertown
Thomaston
C. B. Haskell
Washington, D. C
S. M. Snell
Philadelphia
Old Age Pensions Bill Passes Second Reading
London June 16 The House of Commons tonight passed the second reading of the old age pensions bill without opposition. The measure is expected to undergo significant amendments in committee.
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House of Commons
London
Three More Spite Fences Rise On Central Park West
Architect John P. Voelker filed plans for three 25 by 40 foot fences to enclose the five story stable at 2 West Ninety first Street for owners Matilda Dreyfus Rosalie Abraham and Charles Keasy of adjacent houses. Each fence costs 650 dollars. The move follows earlier iron fences that blocked the stable from Central Park West views. The owner says the horses have no protest.
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John P. Voelker
Building Bureau
Matilda Dreyfus
Rosalie Abraham
Charles Keasy
West Eighty-ninth Street
West Ninetieth Street
Eighty-ninth Street
Central Park West
Manhattan
One Killed and Two Injured at River Steamer Launch
In Buffalo New York on June 6 a river steamer launching from Squaw Island into the Niagara River left its safe position. The boat moved in the wrong direction and struck the water, hurling three men head first into the hold. One man was killed, one fatally injured, and another badly hurt.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Squaw Island
Niagara River
Dewey’s Clarets and Old Burgundy Ad Enriches Blood
Ad copy for Dewey & Sons Co of New York promotes Clarets and Old Burgundy as meals enriching the blood. The 138 Fulton Street address is listed for the firm.
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DEWEY
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Ady
Taft-Controlled Convention Plans Unchanged Despite Claims
The credentials and resolutions committees continue to carry out the administration programme as Taft allies assert the convention is unfounded and plans remain unchanged.
Roosevelt Favored at Chicago Republican Convention
Chicago dispatch reports Roosevelt forces dominating credentials, with a Roosevelt based platform and a Taft ticket. The convention scene features bands and spectacle as Frank Hitchcock is slated to become National Chairman and the campaign strategy is set.
Taft Nomination Clue Sparks Vice Presidential Hopes
Delegates at the Republican National Convention await a probable Taft tied nomination for Vice President after War Secretary Taft is confirmed. The Roosevelt Taft faction keeps plans tight to avoid delegate entanglements, with a nomination possible by tomorrow night.
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New York Times
Chicago
Taft
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