Russian Imperial Train Wreck Officials Cite Locomotive Defect
A Berlin dispatch claims an assassination attempt on the Russian Emperor and family near Tschudnoff. London reports no confirmation. St Petersburg officials say the wreck was due to a locomotive defect, injuring three railway workers.
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St. Petersburg
Berlin
Tschudnoff
Tsarskoe- Selo
Ibishineff
Charles of
Romania
Kustendje
London
Russia
ST Petersburg
Kishineff
Scotch train in deluge at Carr Bridge disaster
A passenger train plunged through a culvert into a torrent near Carr Bridge Scotland killing three women and risking a dozen more. Storms across Scotland and northern England caused the undermined culvert to collapse with coaches sinking. several survivors and injured were rescued, including a New York man who saved himself by gripping a tree.
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London
Carr Bridge
Inverness
Scotland
England
Perth
Eidvert Amt
Beatie
New York
Cranford
Irish Get American Guns Landed for Nationalists
Dublin reports large quantities of rifles and ammunition landed on the Connemara coast during the night for the Nationalist volunteers. Vessels suspected of smuggling have refused signals, torpedo boats are ordered to patrol the coast, and the rifles are said to be of the latest American pattern.
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Dublin
Connemara
Confessed Slayer of Florence Dove Brought to Jail
Jacob Taylor aged 21 confessed to the May 4 hillside murder of Florence Dove near North Braddock. Police linked a blood-stained handkerchief found in his room to the crime as hundreds of steel workers and constabulary hunted for the killer in the North Braddock area.
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Pittsburgh
Jacob Taylor
Little Florence Dove
North Braddock
Elizabeth Bleneck
Taylor
William Taylor
Braddock
Jacob
Dove
Florence Dove
Heiress Weds in Secret at Geneva Country Home
Miss Helen Morton daughter of Mark Morton married Roger Bayly of Delaware Virginia on a Tuesday afternoon at Col George Fabyan’s Geneva Alabama country home. The ceremony was kept private witnesses were few lawyers and family attended after a discreet honeymoon departure. Col Fabyan provided the venue and Canon Moore officiated the service.
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Spedal
New York Times
Chicago
Helen Morton
Mark Morton
Geneva
Roger Bayly
Delapane
Lake Forest
George Fabyan
Bayly
Col. Fabyan
Canon Moore
Ge- Merve
Miss Morton
M. Bayly
Fabyan
Morton
Jane Morton
Joy Morton
Mastv Ie
Hyndford Ashore as Typhoon Approaches near Legaspi
The British freighter Hyndford, expected in Manila June 21, is reported ashore in Albay near Legazpi. A powerful typhoon is advancing from the south, raising grave concerns for the vessel and crew.
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Manila
Hyndford
Albay Tauk
Legaspi
Victor Herbert Returns Aboard the Imperator
Special Cable reports Victor Herbert fully recovered from appendicitis and aboard the Imperator sailing from Southampton. James K. Hackett plans a California University theatre engagement in September, while George J. Whelan may return to London in a few weeks. H. M. Walker outlines a $4,000,000 Thermos financing deal and Germany’s rapid industrial progress.
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NEW York Times
London
Imperator
Southampton
Victor Herbert
George J. Whelan
United Cigar Stores
H. M. Waltker
Thermos Company
New York
Germany
Europe
America
James KK. Hackett
Theatre of California University
Versailles Palace
Monsieur Beaucaire
Paris Chamber Suspends Session Over Disaster Row
In Paris on June 18 President of the Chamber of Deputies Paul Keschanel suspended the chamber amid Socialist protests over the rainstorm caused street collapses. Minister Renault said a thorough inquiry is underway with results due after several days as deputies criticized underground works. The session was postponed to June 26 amid continued clamor and desk beating.
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Paris
Chamber
Glasgow Dock Fire Destroys Kingston Dock Area
A blaze at Kingston Dock in central Glasgow destroyed the dock structures and vessels, with official damage estimated at 1,250,000 pounds. Quays undermined and collapsed into the water, cranes and iron girders sank, sheds burned, and four schooners plus hundreds of barrels of seal oil and other products were lost. A man dumping hot ashes caused a spark that ignited creosote on a schooner, fueling the rapid spread of flames.
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Glasgow
Kingston Dock
German Foreign Minister marries Countess at Arnsburg Castle
Gottlieb von Jagow, the German Foreign Minister, wed Countess Luitgarde Ernestine zu Solms-Latubach at Arnsburg Castle. He is 51 and she 41. Jagow, born in Berlin, has held multiple diplomatic posts including ambassador to Italy and secretary of foreign affairs since 1913. The countess hails from a mediatized Hessian noble family seated at Arnsburg near Lich.
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Frankfort-On-The-Main
Germany
Gottlieb von Jagow
Berlin
Karl G. FE. von Jagow
Louise A. Ch. Freiin von Gayt
Bonn
Int
Hamburg
Munich
Rome
Luxemburg
Italy
Foreigen
Luitgarde Sernestine v
Scelms-Laubach
Hesse
Laubach
Arnsburg
Lich
Giessen
Lassen Eruption Lights Lassen Peak Amid Haze
In Redding California at noon today the eighth Lassen eruption since May 30 was seen despite thick haze. The summit vent plus a new south slope crater erupted smoke. the new vent was reported two days earlier and a power-house telephone noted dense smoke from the south slope. In Valdez Alaska more volcanic disturbances were reported with powdery yellow material covering Prince William Sound shores, unlike Mount Katmai ash.
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Redding
Cal
Lassen Peak
Jassen Peak
Valdez
Alaska
Prince William Sound
Sound
Mount Katmai
Vaterland Sets Speed Record on New York Europe Run
Wireless dispatches from Commodore Ruser report the liner Vaterland breaking a speed record between New York and the Continent. June 17 voyage reached 504 knots at 23.80 knots per hour and a recent run of 560 knots at 24.16, averaging 25.05 knots over two days. All on board are reported well.
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Vaterland
Commodore Ruser
New York
Hamburg-American Line
Golfer Windeler Arrives with Broken Leg on Franconia
Special Cable reports American golfer G. Herbert Windeler arrived in New York on the liner Franconia with a broken leg from an accident while practicing athletics aboard the voyage.
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Franconia
Cabie
Tims
Liverpool
G. Herbert Windeler
Sperry Gyroscope Stabilizes Waterplane in Aeroplane Tests
Paris reports American inventor Sperry and his son demonstrated a 40 pound quadruple gyroscope system aboard a Curtiss waterplane near Bezons. The device uses electric power from the engine to stabilize elevation and lateral balance, automatically correcting pilot errors and initiating a safe descent if speed drops.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Bezons
Sperry
Mr. Sperry
Seine
Sperrys
Commandant Barrés
Capt
Charles
French Army Air Corps
M. Maurin
Renard
Messina Transvaal Development Company hits scandal hit
British firm alerts that suspension of the Canadian Agency and Chaplin Milne Grenfell & Co has damaged its finances. After Arthur Grenfell and J B Samborn resigned from the board, an internal audit shows failures affecting over 1,250,000 dollars.
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NEW York Times
London
aAnother Company
Chaplin, Milne, Grenfell & Co
Messina Transvaal Development Company
Arthur Grenfell
J. 8. P. Samborn
Repairs Complete on New York Liner After Pier Collision
The American liner New York, struck last Saturday by the Pretoria, has finished repairs and will sail today at 10 A M with nearly 400 cabin passengers. Captain Allan Luckhurst praised the work as excellent, noting the hole is nearly invisible and credited the W. J. Kennedy Company and Tietjens Lang for the fitting and plating. The second cabin has been converted into a ballroom with the ship's orchestra providing music.
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New York
Pretoria
Allan Luckhurst
W. J. Kennedy Company
West Twenty-third Street
Tietjens- Lang Company
Hoboken
Spite, Says Mrs Alden Denies Charities Charges
Mrs Cynthia Westover Alden of New York founder of the International Sunshine Society defends against New York State Board of Charities charges that funds were misused and that the society lacks legal right to operate Bensonhurst Hospital and Sanitarium and the Summit New Jersey Home For Blind Babies. The board reports a deficit of 23674 in the sanitarium division over eight years while other departments show surpluses.
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New York Times
Monroe, Mich
Cynthia Westover Alden
New York
International Sunshine Society
New York State Board of Charities
Sunshine Society
State Board
Bensonhurst Hospital
Summit
Lords Hear Appeal Over Sefton Park Mansion Case
In the House of Lords in London on June 18 the appeal was begun against last year’s $25,000 ruling for Lord Decies against Holland Hannon Cubitts overcharges and poor workmanship in rebuilding his Sefton Park mansion. Legal costs from related actions total an estimated $150,000 to $200,000, about twice the original bill, with a large team of King's counsel set to argue over the weeklong hearing.
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New York
London
House of Lords
Lord Decies
London Builders
Holland, Hannon & Cubitts
Sefton Park
King’s Counsel
Turkey replies conciliatory in Greek-Turkish tensions
The Turkish government replies to the Greek note with a conciliatory tone and urges Greece to restore order while avoiding specific demands on reinstating Greek emigrants or property. Morgenthau sends Hoffmann Philip to Smyrna to assess risks to Americans as Asia Minor unrest grows. Refugees from Macedonia populate the Asiatic coast as Turkish authorities bolster defenses amid warnings from Servia of potential war.
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Constantinople
Greece
Turkey
Cireece
Henry Morgenthau
United States
Hoffman Philip
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Macedonia
Chios
Mitylene
Gulf
Servia
Porte
London
Ince
Germany
Mussulmans
Private ship opens canal for diplomats voyage
The Santa Clara of the Pacific Atlantic Steamship Company became the first privately owned vessel to pass through the canal. It carried members of the Diplomatic Corps and other notable people through the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel locks this afternoon. The ship moored at the Pedro Miguel wharf and will sail to Balboa tomorrow.
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Panama
Canal
Santa Clara
Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company
Miraflores
Pedro Miguel Locks
Diplomatic Corps
Pedro Miguel
Balboa
Black Hand Extorts Brooklyn Family in $500 Threat
Giuseppe Marone received a Black Hand demand to pay 500 dollars or his Johnson Avenue home would be blown up and his wife and children killed. He was accosted near Johnson Avenue and Humboldt Street by two men, one armed with a revolver and the other with a stiletto. They fled, were caught within hours, and jailed on charges of attempted blackmail and Sullivan law violations.
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Giuseppe Marone
Johnson Avenue
Brooklyn
Marone
Timen
Humboldt Street
Stage Street
Ags Athom
Bernardo
Maiead
Calgera Tatera
Marcy Avenue
Tatera
Mairead
Upset in Gravesend Bay Rescue of Two Brooklyn Men
Joseph Williams of 342 Fifty-seventh Street and John E. Mor riney of 6207 Fifth Avenue narrowly escaped drowning when their canoe capsized in Gravesend Bay. They started at Emmons's pier, Coney Island, and were 400 yards from the Atlantic Yacht Club when the wave overturned them. They clung to the canoe for about 30 minutes until James Bradley, a Coney Island boatman, spotted them and rescued them in his launch.
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Joseph Williams
Fifty-seventh Street
Brooklyn
John E. Morriney
Fifth Avenue
Gravesend Bay
Emmons
Coney Island
Atlantic Yacht Club
James Bradley
Panama Treaty Row Sees Push to Probe Canal Purchase
Senate debate over the Colombia treaty grows as a Southern Democrat asks President Wilson to withdraw the pact for a select committee inquiry into Panama Canal Zone acquisition. The move targets Theodore Roosevelt and Cromwell, seeks disclosure of offficial conduct, and ties regret language to restoring friendly ties with Colombia.
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New York Times
Washington
Colombia
Senate
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
William Nelson Cromwell
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hannis Taylor
Legation
State Department
Taylor
United States of America
Republic of Colombia
Payamia
Roosevelt
Gasoline problem threatens Porte Atlantic flight
Lieut. Porte faces fuel limits in Curtiss flying boat for the Pearsall prize attempt. Tests show 9.6 gallons per hour at 60 mph, with 300 gallons possibly insufficient for the St Johns to Azores leg. pilots must manage heavy engines and cramped cabin in rough seas while awaiting rescue options.
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New York Times
Hammondsport
N. Y
Glenn Hi. Curtiss
Rodman Wantamaker
John CC. Porte
Pearly Mall
Soo
Atlantic
Azores
Curtiss
Europe
Welch Minous Accothier Boa
Trent Porte
St. Johns
Vigte
Plymouth
Porte
Vige
Serpe Place
Ocean
Blease Attacks The Times In Orangeburg Speech
Gov Cole L Blease addressed Orangeburg accusing The New York Times of misrepresenting a letter he wrote to bolster his Senate bid against Wilson Sauthite. He alleged The Times and other papers back Smith, cited supposed letters, and claimed that Smith, linked to Wall Street, favors cotton futures regulation while profiting.
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S.C
Cole L. Blease
New Your Times
Senate
Wilson T. Sauth
Tte
Tratee
Wall Street Journat
Ollies Weekly
New York Sum
Smith
Times
New York Times
Cam
Tee Cho
Wall Street
Senter
Listurbanes
Pie
Hamel's Monoplane Out of Contest
London report states that Martin and Handasyde cancel the transatlantic flight on Hamel’s monoplane built for Gus Hamel. MacKay Edgar, who aided the venture, reluctantly decides not to proceed with the project citing unresolved risks and delays.
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Hamel
New
London
Messrs
Martin and
Handasyde
Gustav Hamel
MacKay Edgar
Saks Selections Stay Stocked Beyond The Peak
Saks proclaims record clothing sales this season and claims top notch stock replenishment to meet demand. The ad touts continuous availability, efficiency, and wide selection with persistent style and service through the season.
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