Queen Mary Trains for Stafford House Chairs Bargain
Queen Mary visited Stafford House with Duchess of Sutherland to view Chippendale chairs up for sale. The Duchess held a £150 reserve and the Queen balked at a discount, offering to gift or pay the full price. she eventually bought the two chairs for £150 after negotiations, marking a notable royal bargain.
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London
Stafford House
Queen Mary
Duchess of Sutherland
William Lever
Two Noble Women Guests Stop Terra Nova Cheer
Mrs Evans widow of the Scott expedition casualty and Miss Woods cousin of Captain Oates attended a Cardiff reception for Terra Nova officers and crew. Commander Evans said the cheers were withheld to honor Lady Scott and Mrs Wilson aboard the ship.
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New York Times
London
Evans
Woods
Oates
Cardiff
Cardiff Exchange
Lady Scott
Romney Portrait Sold for Record Sum Not Going to America
Paris report says Romney’s portrait of Lady de la Pole sold at Christie’s last Friday for 206850 dollars to Ernest Duveen on behalf of Lord Michelham. The New York Times learns the work will stay in Europe, with Duveen purchasing for Michelham.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Romney
Lady de la Pole
Duveen Brothers
Christie’s
America
Ernest Duveen
London
Lord Michelham
Herbert Stern
Tango party at Sunderland House not held by Duchess
Inquiries by The New York Times correspondent indicate Frederick Townsend Martin overstated tango dancing at Sunderland House. The Duchess of Marlborough did not host a tango party. Mrs. John Astor organized such an event.
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New York Times
London
Frederick Townsend Martin
Sunderland House
Duchess of Marlborough
John Astor
Foreign Office denies Graves interview claim
Francis D. Ackland, Under-Secretary, told the House of Commons in London that the spy Karl Graves had no interview with Sir Edward Grey. He repudiated Graves’ assertion as untrue and denied any knowledge of Graves by the Foreign Office.
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New York Times
London
Foreign Office
Francis D. Ackland
House of Commons
Karl Graves
Graves
New York
Sir Edward Grey
Aeronauts Rescued After Balloon Race Wreck
Emile Dubonnet and Welby Jourdan were rescued by a tug twenty two miles south of Ventnor after their balloon sank in a long distance Paris to London race. They clung to wreckage until saved.
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London
Emile Dubonnet
Welby Jourdan
Paris
Ventnor
Isle of
Himpeg
Steamer Menelaus Rams Car Ferry at Swinemunde
Greek steamer Menelaus rammed a car ferry carrying a train of passengers across the Swine from Swinemunde. The collision sent the ferry crashing toward the beach but the vessel managed to beach safely. reports describe a tense half hour as rescue efforts began and passengers were evacuated.
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Swinemuende
Menelaus
Swinemunde
Tributes to E. D. Morel crown Congo Reform crusade
London June 16 final meeting of the Congo Reform Association drew a representative crowd including Sir Gilbert Parker Sir Conan Doyle Anthony Hope John Galsworthy archbishop of Canterbury and other dignitaries. Morel received national tribute for years fighting Congo slavery. He said Congo atrocities ended native freedom restored rubber tax abolished trade free and concessions companies weakened. He claimed six world legislatures forced to act and Europe must join in the cause.
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New York Times
London
Congo Reform Association
Gilbert Parker
A. Conan Doyle
Anthony Hope
John Galsworthy
Canterbury
Winchester
Earl of Cromer
Lord Channing
Earl of Mayo
E. D. Morel
Lise
Congo
Earl of Aberdeen
Mr. Morel
Henry Johnson
Europe
Denies Hypocrisy Claim From Divorce Case
London reports Liberal MP Elot Crawshaw Williams resigned after being named as co respondent in a fellow member's divorce suit. He defends public life over private morality, saying he denounces laws enabling private profit from public misery but did not condemn domestic matters, and politics should focus on national legislation.
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NEW York Times
London
Elot Crawshaw Williams
Leicester Mail
Yellow Press
Pankhurst freed again as Cambridge library damaged in protest
About 3800 volumes at St John’s College Cambridge were mutilated with a “Votes for Women” card found by the ruined shelves. Mrs. Pankhurst was released from Holloway and moved to a nursing home in a weak condition after a brief hunger strike. A King’s Bench judgment ordered £1,423 damages to 93 West End tradesmen for window smashing. St John’s, founded 1511, houses an extensive library of over 85,000 printed books and 400 manuscripts.
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New York Times
London
St. John’s College, Cambridge
West End
St. John’s
Cambridge
Peterhouse
St. John’s Hospital
Margaret Beaufort
Henry VII
Coverdale
Marquis of Northampton Dies in Acqui Italy at 62
The Marquis of Northampton died suddenly in Acqui Italy at age 62. A gifted musician with a powerful voice he also pursued knitting embroidery and wood carving as hobbies. A carved door from his workshop will hang in his Northampton mansion. The Marquis was linked to a romance involving Prince Leopold and Mary Baring with Victoria favoring the match.
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Tos
New York Times
London
Marquis of Northampton
Acqui
Italy
Northampton
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Queen Victoria
Mary Baring
Miss Baring
Archduchess Isabella Becomes Vienna Hospital Nurse
Archduchess Isabella, who wed Prince George of Bavaria in 1912 and fled before her honeymoon, has after annulment taken up hospital training in Vienna. She plans to join the Red Cross afterward.
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New York Times
Vienna
Isabella
Prince George of
Bavaria
Red Cross Organization
Stefansson Ship Karluk Loaded for Arctic Expedition
The whaler Karluk was loaded today in Victoria for Dr Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Arctic expedition and is expected to sail tomorrow with Nome, Alaska, as its first port of call. British Columbia Premier Sir Richard McBride and Speaker PD M Everts visited the vessel. Decathlon prizes at Stockholm went to Swedes Wieslander Holmer and Lemberg after a disqualification adjustment.
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Victoria
B. C
Karluk
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Arctic
Nome
Alaska
Richard McBride
British Columbia
PD. M. Everts
New York
Stockholm
Sweden
James Th
Lausanne
Wieslander
Holmer
Lemberg
Militant tactics not binding on world suffrage leaders
In Budapest the International Woman Suffrage Alliance congress under Carrie Chapman Catt declined to commit the body to militancy. It urged that orderly reform supports women’s vote and protested opponents who use militant methods to block suffrage worldwide.
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Budapest
Congress
The
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Alliance
Arms for Mexican Rebels Sailed From Havana
A large schooner loaded with rapid fire guns and ammunition sailed from Havana for Mexico last Friday night. The vessel under Vicente Segura and Alfredo Rodriguez was bought in New Orleans and carried several Mexican revolutionists aboard. Reported from Oaxaca that four Mexican newspaper men were executed by rebels.
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Havana
Mexico
Roberts Hails Poloists After British Defeat
Lord Roberts sends a cable to Capt. R. G. Ritson praising the English polo team for their splendid fight and upholding British sportsmanship after defeat by American opponents on Saturday in London.
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New York Times
London
Lord Roberts
R. G. Ritson
Tragic American Woman Found Dead in London Flat
Mrs Violet MccKenna Hudson of Chicago was found dead in her St George's Mansions flat in Vauxhall Bridge Road London. The coroner’s inquiry will examine death by gas fumes from the stove. a scribbled note indicates she revoked wills and left legacies to friends including an Oxford undergraduate.
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New York
London
Violet MccKenna Hudson
Chicago
St. George’s Mansions
Vauxhall Bridge Road
Westminster
Hudson
Prices at Christie’s London sale of Oppenheim collection
At Christie's in London on June 16 the Oppenheim collection of French furniture and art saw notable bids. A pair of Louis XV I commodes in oak with mahogany veneer and ormolu mounts sold for £2750, bought by Seligmann. A Hébst porcelain group of a lady and gentleman realized £367, while an Italian faience bust of a Golden Fleece knight went for £121. A pair of Courtville vases with ormolu sold for £262.
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New York Times
London
Christie’s
H. M. W. Oppenheim
Seligmann
Courtville
Ex Premier Becomes London Police Assistant Commissioner
Basil Thomson, Inspector of Prisons, appointed successor to Sir Melville Macnaghten as Assistant Commissioner of the London metropolitan police. Thomson, son of the late Archbishop Thomson of York, had a varied career including Fiji Native Department headship and serving as Premier of Tonga at age 29.
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New York Times
London
Basil Thomson
Melville Macnaghten
London Metropolitan Police
Thomson
Archbishop Thomson
York
Oxford
Fiji
Tonga
Massenet Monument Planned in St Etienne
St Etienne votes to erect a monument to Jules Massenet the Paris based composer who died last summer. The Massenet Monument Committee appeals to residents of St Etienne the Forez department and all French music lovers to support funding for the tribute.
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ST. Etienne
Jules Massenet
Paris
French Republic
Massenet
Department of
Forez
Canal Fortification Gun Arrives Soon for Panama Canal
The large Pacific fortification gun for the Panama Canal is due to arrive this week. The steel foundation, cast locally, is ready for placement after around the clock work by shifts.
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NEW York Times
Panama
Pacific
Panama Canal
Americans Rout Rebels Moros on Mount Dagas
Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing leads American forces in Mindanao as they rout the Moros on Mount Dagas with six Americans killed and seven wounded. Details from Jolo report a hand to hand ascent and fierce night fighting.
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John J. Pershing
Department of Mindanao
Washington
War Department
Jolo
Pershing
Patrick Moylan
Philippine Scouts
Mount
Bunga
Manila
Mount Dagsag
World’s Need of Trees in Global Reforestation Call
Paris June 16 Minister of Agriculture Clementel warned of grave danger to the world if reforestation is not properly organized and tree destruction continues. He opened the International Foresters' Congress with 700 delegates including Mr Wolfe of the United States. Clementel announced France will devote 200000 dollars to reforestation efforts.
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Paris
Clementel
International Foresters’ Congress
Woolf
United States
M. Clementes
Man of Views Shaping Great Building Enterprises
A fragment discussing how leaders with broad views adopt others ideas to enhance construction. It argues that major national projects succeed only when guided by such widened perspectives and authority over building phases.
Perkins Ready to Testify in Harvester Case
George W. Perkins of New York arrived in Chicago to testify for the International Harvester Company. He is not expected to be put on the stand until minor witnesses finish their testimony, likely tomorrow or Wednesday. Perkins also visited the United States Steel plant at Gary Indiana.
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Harvester
New York Times
George W. Perkins
New York
International Harvester Company
The
Harvester Company
Mr. Perkins
Perkins
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Ind
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