Mexico City Quakes After Heat Bring Widespread Destruction
Special correspondence describes a violent Mexico City earthquake that struck after a day of heat and political tension. Buildings collapsed, water mains broke, traffic disrupted, and streets filled with shocked residents and fleeing families as San Cosme barracks and the bullring suffered major damage.
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NEW York Times
Mexico City
Francisco Madero
Santa Maria
Rome
Madero
Maderon
San Cosme
San Francisco
Forecasting Thunderstorms Improves Vineyard Protection in France
Poitiers professor develops an apparatus using a swing-needle coherer and milliamperemeter to detect storms up to thirty miles away and track them for several hours. The device logs discharge data, aiding hail prevention efforts by farmers unsure of paragiéses effectiveness.
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NEW York Times
Paris
France
Poitiers
M. Turpain
Treasures of London City Silver Exhibited in Mansion House
The Egyptian Hall at Mansion House hosts a display of silver plate owned by London churches and city companies to aid the Hospital for Women in Soho Square. Highlights include the 1340 Grace Cup of the Barbers Company, the 1557 Gothic trophy, and the 1688 cover chalice from St Martin's Ludgate, with insurers valuing loaned pieces at about 500000 dollars.
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John Richmond
Ster
Emma
Jezabel
William Bisby
Carpenters’ Company
NEW York Times
London
City ‘Companies
Mansion House
City Corporation
Richard Warren
Barbers+ Comy
Henry VIII
Pepys
Mercers
England
Pembroke College
Cambridge
Trinity House
Thomas
Earl of
Cutlers
Clarke
Skinners
St. Martin's
Ludgate
St. Olave
Old Jewry
John Belgrave
Rules for Air Travel Adopted by International Ju ristic Aviation Congress
Paris June 6 The International Judicial Congress of Aviation approved resolutions on unrestricted aerial traffic with state security exemptions. Air vessels must have definite nationality based on ownership and head office location. Landing permitted on public spaces but not on fortified works. Damages from landings to be repaired. Explosives in war not banned by this Congress.
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NEW York Times
Paris
International Juristic Congress of Aviation
Congress
Remarkable 1815 Napoleon Portrait Found in Silesia
A curious portrait dated 1815, discovered in Grunberg, Silesia, uses dead bodies to form the face and a map as the vest. Blood streams from Napoleonic battlefields flow into the red collar, with the Emperor’s star shown as a spider’s web torn by Providence and the hat as the Allies’ eagles ready to strike.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Napoleon
Grunberg
Silesia
London Horse Show lauded as best ever by Americans
Special cable from London reports Edwin H. Weatherbee praising the Olympia Horse Show as unmatched, noting strong American showing led by the army team despite English officers dominating entries. Weatherbee details health, travel plans, and a Vanderbilt hosted supper with a gold souvenir for guests.
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NEW York Times
London
Edwin H. Weatherbee
Olympia Horse Show
Julian Morris
Olympia
Ascot
Weatherbee
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
George V.—Mary
King George
Vanderbilt
England
America
J. T. Hyde
A. B. Maclay
Robert A. Fairbairn
Judge Moore
E. T. Stotesbury
Rospigliosi Case Reopened Before Roman Ecclesiastical Tribunal
In Rome on June 17 the case of Princess Giuseppe Rospigliosi, formerly Miss Reid of Washington and later Mrs. Parkhurst of Bangor, Me., was reopened after the Sacred Roman Rota refused an annulment. The proceedings, ongoing about ten years, involve Pope Pius X and the Congregation de Propaganda Fide. The Princess’s attorney believes an annulment may now be granted. Also, American Ambassador Richard C. Kerens and Mrs. Kerens left Vienna for London to attend the coronation of King George and will sail for America in July.
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New York Times
Rome
Giuseppe Rospigliosi
Miss Reid
Washington
Parkhurst
Bangor
Congregation de Propaganda Fide
Cardinal Satolli
Pius X
America
a@gain
Kerens
Vienna
Austria
Richard C. Kerens
Austria-Hungary
London
George
Olympic and Titanic detailed as yet unnamed giant ships
London reports full specifications of the White Star Line giants Olympic and Titanic. Both vessels measure 45,000 tons with nine decks and vast first and second class accommodations. Olympic sails on its maiden transatlantic voyage next week, Titanic to be commissioned later this year.
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NEW York Times
London
Olympic
Titanic
White Star Line
Atlantic
Belfast
New York
Stewards and Victualing Department
Diaz Says Mexico Shows Ingratitude and Denies Dictatorship
Exiled Mexican former president Porfirio Diaz, aboard the Ypiranga, defends his leadership and rebukes Mexican ingratitude. He questions the claim of a military dictatorship, notes his army was reduced to 14 000 men, and says he sought only national tranquility. He plans to land in Havre and travel to Switzerland. The Temps reports Diaz also says the U S bears no responsibility for his resignation.
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Corunna
Spain
Porfirio Diaz
Republic
Mexico
Ypiranga
Fabra
Press Association of
Diaz
Vera Rug
Ypiranza
Santander
Havre
Switzerland
Paris
Temps
Saint Sebastian
Vigo
Treasury
Met Opera ties for Frau Matzenhauer in Berlin hire
Alfred Hertz returns to Berlin to finalize Frau Matzenhauer engagement for the next New York season. The Bavarian Royal Opera prima donna shared Berlin praise with Lilli Lehmann after Don Juan at the Komische Oper. American sopranos Miss May Scheider and Miss Maria Lasalle Rabinot starred in Rigoletto with George Baklanoff. Caruso plans a German tour begin September.
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New Yorke
Trimm
Berlin
Alfred Hertz
Metropolitan Opera
Frankforten-Main
Frau Matzenhauer
Bavarian Royal Opera of
Munich
New York
Gilda
May Scheider
Grand Ducal Opera
Kernsruhe
Maria Lasalle Rabinot
Chicago
George Baklanoff
Marie Rappold
Metropolitan Opera of
Caruso
Frankfort
Dippel Plans Exit From American Opera
Berlin reports that Andreas Dippel, manager of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, intends to quit his American career at the end of his present contract in 1913. He aims to become Director General of a leading German court opera after meetings with Count von Hulsen Haeseler in Berlin.
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New York Times
Berlin
Andreas Dippel
Chicago Grand Opera Company
America
Dippel
Count von Hulsen-Haeseler
Kaiser’s Royal Theatres and Operas
Ambassador White Reid Ill Sooner Than Expected
London report states Ambassador White Reid has been ill at his country seat during the week. No further details are provided on his condition or return plans.
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London
White
Reid
American Yachts to Anchor in Kiel Harbor for Regatta Week
German press reports America’s palatial private yachts Corsair Nahma and Utowana will anchor in Kiel Harbor for Kiel Week regatta starting next Tuesday. Kaiser’s guests will include visits by His Majesty and competition with German sonderclasse boats and American entries from Marblehead led by Protzen’s Wensee. The Nahma and Utowana are praised for luxury while Corsair is new to German waters.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
America
Kiel Harbor
Regateek
J. Pierpont Morgan
Corsair
Ogden Goelet
Nahma
Allison V. Armour
Kiel
Armour
Seebad-Anstalt
Krupp
Marblehead
Mass
Herr Protzen
New York Fourth of July Plans by Mayor’s Committee
The Fourth of July Committee of New York, led by Mayor Gaynor’s office, outlines five major celebrations across the five boroughs including parades, rallies, athletic meets, school events, and evening concerts with fireworks. They will distribute 100000 copies of the Declaration, 200 city flags to schools, and publish a historic points booklet, while seeking additional funds beyond a $50,000 initial appropriation.
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New York City
Beir Points
Five Boroughs
Greater
New York
Greater New York
Board of Aldermen
Isaac N. Seligman
William Street
Herman Ridder
Edward H. Hall
James S. Cushman
William A. Johnston
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