Intervention in Cuba Seen Likely as Insurrection Grows
The New York Times reports strong indications that U S intervention in Cuba will be proclaimed soon. An insurgent commander Antonio marcha inci threatens to hang foreigners who do not evacuate within twenty four hours and to burn houses and coffee plantations if consuls do not decide on property. Reports from Consul Holliday and Gen Monteagudo describe rising guerrilla activity in the Cobre region and promises of protection for workers as internal turmoil deepens.
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New York Times
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Cuba
Gomez
Knox
Ferrera
State Department
Havana
Beaupré
Pronunciamento
Julio Antomarchi
Revolutionary Army
Independent Colored Party
Antomarchi
Holliday
Santiago
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Cobre
Palma Soriano
Polic
Monteagudo
Strugs
United States Army
Laborantistas
Guantanamo Western Railway
Cubar
Macarigas
Ttage
Catan Legation
Li Teen
Bomb scare at Brooklyn station ends with smoking skull
A man handed a package to a Brooklyn police lieutenant thinking it held a bomb. A youth later dropped the container into water as a precaution, and it was opened to reveal a plaster skull with the warning Let Us Smoke Now and tobacco inside. The sender was Arthur Derrich of 954 Jefferson Avenue.
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Ralph Avenue
Brooklyn
Lieut. Carey
Arthur Derrich
Jefferson Avenue
Polceman
Derrich
Senator Stephenson Presents Taft with Woodsman’s Horseshoe
Washington reports Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin handed President Taft a relic from his days as a woodsman. A horseshoe found embedded in a beech tree in northern Wisconsin, cast in English iron, was bought for ten dollars by a timber cruiser and now given to the President.
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New York Times
Washington
Senator Stephenson
Wisconsin
Taft
Stephenson
Ike
Expect Astor at Harvard for Fall Return
Dean Henry F. Hurlburt of Harvard will allow Vincent Astor to complete his course without losing the prior year’s credit. Astor’s freshman year was interrupted when his father, Col. John Jacob Astor, perished on the Titanic. Classmates anticipate his return in the Fall after exams he forewent this Spring.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Dean Henry F. Hurlburt
Vincent Astor
Harvard
Col
John Jacob Astor
Dean Hurlburt
Young Astor
Nevada to Shoot Murderer Under New Law
Reno reports that Andrew Mircovich, an Austrian, will be executed by shooting on June 23 under Nevada’s new criminal code allowing the condemned to choose the method. The law specifies three riflemen firing at the heart with two loaded cartridges and one blank.
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New York Times
Reno
Nev
Nevada
Andrew Mircovich
Tonopah
John Greggory
Prize Dogs Die in Fire At Two Bronx Stores
A blaze late last night in the store of Joseph Wellman at 580 Westchester Avenue and the adjacent grocery at 626 St. Ann's Avenue in the Bronx killed prize dogs and many rabbits and birds. Capt. Derby the bull dog escaped as Patrolman Horan alerted occupants, including John J. Uck and family on the floor above. The fire spread to Julia Burgenelli’s barber shop at 628 St. Ann's Avenue. Fireman Fitzpatrick sustained a wrist injury from shattered glass. Building damage listed as 2 dollars.
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Joseph Wellman
Westchester Avenue
John J. Uck
St. Ann’s Avenue
Derby
Horan
Uck
Julia Burgenelli
St. Ann's Avenue
Fitzpatrick
Engine Co.3
Lebanon Hospital
Italians Seize Bu Sheifa Island Landing under Battleship Guns
Advices from Tripolis report Italian forces led by Gen. Camerana have landed successfully at Bu Sheifa in the Gulf of Sidra. The landing occurred under the protection of the battleship Re Um! and follows the expedition’s operations near Tripolis.
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Rome
Tripolis
Camerana
Bu Sheifa
Gulf of Sidra
Bomb Explodes in Burlington Polish Neighborhood Killing and Blinding Residents
A powerful explosion and ensuing fire devastate three houses in Burlington New Jersey's Bor dentown Avenue area. The blast severely injures a man and leaves a woman blind as clashes erupt between Polish residents and others. Firefighters and police guard the burned site while investigators suspect an assassination attempt on Louis Grosky, a local opposition leader.
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New York Times
Burlington
N. J
Bordentown Avenue
Louis Grosky
Grosky
Olice
Tony Winisky
Then & Search
Theunicipal Seay Hospital
Balaski
Frank Beuht
Garage dynamited in Farmingdale Illinois
The garage of Henry F. Sands at Hempstead and Babylon Turnpikes was blown up early today destroying six teen cars and damaging nearby buildings. No arrests. $50,000 in damage. Thieves later stole two gasoline motors, fifteen tires and tools worth about $3,000.
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Farmingdale
IL. I
Henry F. Sands
Hempstead
Babylon
William H. Kuever
Kuever
Adolph Barusch
Ohn S. Green
Charles N. Wysong
Abraham Furman
Justice Green
Furman
Borhood
Sands
Tornado Toll Rises Across Kansas and Missouri Counties
June storm across Bates Johnson and Henry counties leaves twenty seven dead and many injured. Kansas City area suffers fatalities amid widespread destruction as relief efforts mobilize from Windsor Warrensburg and Sedalia. Weather Bureau forecasts show more unsettled conditions and regional temperature shifts.
No life found near Mount Katmai after eruption
Cordova reports relief tug Redondas found no signs of life on the mainland near Shelikof Strait around Mount Katmai. The temporary death toll for nearby villages, estimated at about 200, heightens fear that the eruption destroyed the coastal settlements. Efforts to contact Kodiak and other stations have failed.
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Cordova
Alaska
Redondas
Karluk
Shelikof Strait
Mount Katmai
Afo
Bat Regmans
Olympic Athletes at Stockholm Highlighted in Times
A page of snapshots features male athletes who will compete for the United States at the Stockholm Olympic Games. The section aims to showcase those in action and build anticipation for next Sunday’s Times pictorial.
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Stockholm
NEXT
TIMES
Roosevelt Seeks Victory as Bolters Rally and Taft Fights
Chicago June 16 Colonel Roosevelt after talks with campaign managers faced reporters and dismissed talk of a bolt. He expected victory in the convention though warned of a fight over credentials. Timothy Woodruff pledged support, and Roosevelt noted Georgia Taft delegates shifting sides with a letter from five delegates.
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New York Times
Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
Congress Hotel
Roosevelt
Credentials Committee
Taft
National Committee
Timothy L. Woodruff
Kings County
Woodruff
Texas
Washington
Georgia
Roosvelt
Church Steeple Crashes on Mass, Killing Two
In Zanesville on June 16 a 75 foot church steeple blew over in a wind storm, crushing two, fatally injuring two more, and injuring many others as 600 worshippers were hit. Damage to St. Thomas's Church estimated at 40000 dollars. A storm damaged hundreds of homes, left over fifty families homeless, and toppled chimneys and walls as it moved eastward. In Pittsburgh a separate wind and electrical storm caused multiple injuries and at least two deaths across Washington County and parts of West Virginia.
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New York Times
Kansas City
Bates County
Johnson and Henry Counties
Merwin
Adrian
Creighton
Cass County
Leeton
Johnson County
Sedaling
Henry Cameron
Gibson Groves
Fred Groves
Frank Corey
Bryce
Howell
Johnson
Albert Corey
Alexander
George Reed
Montgomery
Ellsworth Clark
Lee Parker and Stevens
Dan Carlos
Kern Gray
Max Spilskofsky
Gibson
Kansas City Southern
Fidelity Trust
Drexel
Haves
Windsor
Warrensburg
Sedalia
Washington
Great Lakes
Northwest
Weather Bureau
Middle West
Eastern States
Far West
Zanesville
St. Thomas's Catholic Church
Thomas Skinton
John F. Dinan
Father Roach
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Eastein
Ohio
West Vi Ja
Washington County
Penn
West Virginia
Married Chicago mother earns high school diploma at Englewood
Mrs. Lamak Hammond, wife of Ira C. Hammond Tillionis Central Railroad inspector, will receive a high school diploma after completing a four year course in three years. Known as Miss Hammond, she aged to appear 20 and hoped to study law at the University of Chicago.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Lamak Hammond
Englewood High School
Hammond
Taft HQ Exposes Bribery Claim With Cook Affidavit
Taft headquarters released an affidavit from Rev. F. H. Cook of Louisiana denying any deal with Roosevelt agents. Cook states a man named Thompson offered $1,000 to switch support, but Cook refused and will vote for Taft. The Roosevelt proxy remains unidentified.
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New York Times
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
F. H. Cook
Louisiana
Roosevelt Camp
Roosevelt Decries National Committee Action as Damaging Party
Col Roosevelt issued a strong rebuke to the National Committee claiming federal patronage and moneyed interests influenced state delegations. He cited Texas and Washington as examples of stolen delegates and warned the convention must repudiate such actions to save the party.
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Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
National Committee
Taft
Mhe
Texas
Washington
Justice Hughes Emerges as Compromise Presidential Candidate
In Chicago on June 16 supporters of Justice Hughes circulated discussions among delegates and leaders. William H. Hotchkiss of New York led the movement, claiming Hughes would unite factions and carry New York, while noting Hughes had not endorsed the effort.
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Chicago
Justice Hughes
United States Supreme Court
New York
William H. Hotchkiss
Mr. Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss
Col. Roosevelt
George B. Agnew
Gov. Hughes
Albany
Archie Roosevelt Seeks Harvard Entrance Amid Cambridge Visit
Cambridge Mags June 16 Archie Roosevelt third son of ex president Roosevelt is taking his entrance examinations for Harvard and is staying with friends in Cambridge Kermit Roosevelt his brother plans to receive his degree this year but has been away from college for five days Friends say Kermit in Chicago with their father will return to Cambridge to get his degree next June. commentators note the family expects him to complete the college course this term
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mags
Archie Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Harvard
Kermit Roosevelt
Kermit
Chicago
Wenal College
Taft Narrowly Seen With Delegates at Roosevelt Drive
Chicago report indicates Taft may hold a slim majority on first ballot with 590 of 1078 votes, while Roosevelt claims over sixty-two delegates. New York delegates shift include Timothy L. Woodruff and James March headed toward Taft, Brooklyn group pledges to Taft, and internal claims battles loom as convention nears.
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Woodruff
March of New York
Roosevelt
Taft
McKinley
Taft Forces
James
New York Times
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
New York State
James March
Thirteenth
March
Francis Hendricks
Barnes
New York State Committee
Hendricks
Brooklyn
Prendergast
Holtzman
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