Cambridge Prof Burke hints at radium life effect
Cambridge scientist Prof John Butler Burke reports experiments with radium in bouillon that produced mysterious living like objects. He cautions the result may show vitality rather than proof of spontaneous generation and plans further tests to define what radiobe objects are and if they arise from radium.
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John Butler Burke
Cavendish Laboratory
Cambridge
Burke
Sims Woodhead
Pathology
W. Saleeby
America
Woodhead
Saleeby
Prof. Woodhead
Herbert Spencer
Trinity College
Dublin
Mason College
Birmingham
Owens College
Manchester
United Kingdom
Forgery Scandals Taint Gaskill Estate in Philadelphia
Disclosures reveal certificates for small stock lots raised to hundreds, wounding banks and trust companies by 750000 to 1000000 dollars. Benjamin K Gaskill died four weeks ago leaving no will, with two accounting records exposing 6000 or 400 share inconsistencies in Philadelphia Traction and United Railways of New Jersey. The scheme involved gilt edged securities used as loan collateral, with at least six banks noting fraudulent holdings. The Stock Exchange warned against accepting Gaskill estate certificates.
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Benjamin K. Gaskill
Gaskill
Benjamin, Ho Gaskill & Co
Philadelphia’ Traction Company
United States Steel Corporation
C. Miller & Co
Philadelphia Traction Company
The
Stock Exchange
Philadelphia Traction
Traction Company
United Railways of
New Jersey
Frankford and Southward Street Railway Company
Manufacturers’ Club
Stock. Exchange
Fought to honor Gomez burial amid Havana unrest
In Havana on June 20 the funeral of Gen. Maximo Gomez ended with disorder as youths pressed the gun caisson and crowds battled to approach the procession. President Palma, diplomats, and cabinet members were present as mounted police charged outside the cemetery and rural guards restored order before sunset burial.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
Central Park
Palma
Fifth Avenue Bank Declares 160 Percent Dividend Payout
The Fifth Avenue Bank will pay an extra 120 percent dividend on July 1 to stockholders of record June 23, in addition to the regular 25 percent quarterly dividend. The two year return reaches 160 percent and is the largest bank dividend in New York. The bank shows $1,769,500 in undivided profits and $10,706,900 in deposits.
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Fifth Avenue Bank
New York
Chemical National
Firemen Shocked At Brooklyn Apartment Fire
Firemen and team of fire horses were jolted by an electric shock at a four story double apartment house on De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn yesterday afternoon. A steel ladder contacting an electric wire knocked them down and shocked the truck horses one of which fell to the pavement. The blaze began in the cellar and the crew worked to extinguish the fire as the building burned.
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de Kalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Steamer Ma Arrives Quenstown Reported by Wireless
Queenstown reports the steamer Ma from New York, bound for this port, was tracked by wireless early this morning. Jessie Liverpool, a graphic from the scene, notes the development of the arrival news.
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Queenstown
New York
Jessie Liverpool
Classified Index Ad Highlights Beavers Eyeglasses Ad
The notice lists departments and page references for a city newspaper including Commercial World Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Marine Intelligence New Corporations Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterday's Fires and an advertisement for Beavers eyeglasses at 12 Majden Lane New York.
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Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Japanese Move On Vladivostok in 1905 War Dispatch
London reports Japan presses toward Possiet Bay near Vladivostok with transports moving from Gensan while both sides brace for decisive blows. Japanese forces advance 400 miles from Mongolian frontier to Northern Korea as Russians retreat into Mongolia. News notes air possible Japanese victories and strategic maneuvers amid armistice doubt.
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Korea
Mistchenko
Liaoyangwopeng
London
Linevitch
Oyama
Hasegawa
Kawamura
Niagata
Vladivostok
Harbin
Morning Post
Daily Telegraph
Tokio
Manchuria
Liangkiang
Uru
Yanktse
Hongkong
Wei-hai-Wei
Shantung Province
Lianhuapao
Teikaton
Hailincherig
Nadolaroff
Linevitch Pleads for Chance to Restore Russian Prestige
Dispatch from St Petersburg reports Gen Linevitch pleading for another opportunity to lead his army to victory and restore Russian arms prestige. Shakharoff seeks mobilization measures. armistice talks appear stalled, while Japan advances. President Roosevelt is seen as only slimly able to influence peace plenipotentiaries.
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ST. Petersburg
Linevitch
Shakharoff
Peterhof
Linovitch
Roosevelt
Japan
Husband and wife scene ends with fatal shot at home
Edward W. Crane 27 was shot in the back of the head on a second floor at 16 Williams Place East New York while alone with his wife Nellie Crane 30. He lies unconscious at Bradford Street Hospital likely dying. Police question Mrs Crane who claims accident and she is locked up.
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Edward W. Crane
Nellie Crane
Williams Place
East New York
Crane
Bradford Street Hospital
Herbert Greene
Liberty Avenue
Pittsburg Sizzles as Heat Wave Kills Twenty
Special to The New York Times reports Pittsburg endures a deadly heat wave with twenty dead and fifteen prostrated. Temperatures reached 92 yesterday and 88 today amid furnace heat in mill districts. A brief evening shower offered little relief and the City Physician notes the fever outbreak has been wiped out in Pittsburg.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Woman Sues Over Bribery Claims Against Harvester
Mrs. Rodney B. Swift, owner of 225 International Harvester shares, files a Chancery bill accusing the company of bribing three state legislatures, funneling funds to labor leaders, and dodging taxes by aiding campaign funds for tax officers. She alleges a Joliet Prison binder twine plant and notes $15,000 to labor leaders to avert strikes, plus $5,000 spent to defeat bills in Kansas and South Dakota. Swift had previously sued the company for $80,000 in stock.
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New York Times
Chicago
Rodney B. Swift
International Harvester Company
Chancery Today
Illinois Assembly
Joliet
Bankrupt fugitive Gustave Jacoby Jr is captured in Chicago
Gustave L. Jacoby Jr., nephew of New York cigar dealer Gustav Jacoby, was arrested in Chicago on a New York contempt charge linked to voluntary bankruptcy. He allegedly sold cigars for $1,200 and traveled, claiming the money was lost in horse racing. Bond set at $1,500. he remained jailed after failing to find a bondsman. Attorney Otto Droege located him while he worked in a Chicago cigar store.
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New York Times
Chicago
Gustave L. Jacoby, Jr
Gustav Jacoby
Morningside Avenue
New York
United States
Jacoby
Otto Droege
Reform Reaches Deadwood as Gambling Bans Begin
Deadwood and surrounding mining towns in the Black Hills district report all gambling houses closed by mayoral and county orders. The measure ends a long era of gambling in the area, transforming Deadwood into a town without gambling.
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New York Times
Deadwood
Black Hills
Young Princeton Student Rescued After Midnight Drowning
A Baltimore born Princeton student James B Smith, 23, nearly drowned in Atlantic City surf at midnight. New Yorkers E Millard and Sydney Sherin rescued him and he was revived at hospital. He gave the name John Smith and kept silent about his presence. letters found in his pockets fuel speculation a jilted romance led him to the water tonight.
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Atlantic City
N. J
James B. Smith
Baltimore
Princeton
E. Millard
Sydney Sherin
John Smith
Improved Schedule to and From New Jersey Coast
New timetable announced beginning June 25 linking the New Jersey coast with Pennsylvania Rail Road routes. Emphasizes fast trains at convenient hours and superior service with modern connections for smoother travel.
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New Jersey Coast
Pennsylvannia Railroad
Equitable Leaders Ousted James W. Alexander and James H. Hyde
Paul Morton announced the resignations of Equitable Life President James W. Alexander and Vice President James H. Hyde ten days after his election as chairman. Morton cited no reasons and said an internal investigation by two accounting firms was underway. Hyde allies indicated his goal was relief from duties while stock transfers to Thomas F. Ryan proceeded, with Hyde and supporters staying active in the society. The announcements followed a pending state report by Hendricks and a pending court action over the society’s charter and profits.
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Paul Morton
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James W. Alexander
James H. Hyde
Mr. Morton
Morton
Alexander
Equitable Affairs
Samuel Untermyer
Mr. Hyde
Boston
Yonkers
Mr. Untermyer
Ilyde
Untermyer
Thomas F. Ryan
Hyde
Slyde
Star Chamber
Hendricks
Albany
Financial District
Supreme Court
Greenbaum
Herbert G. Tull
Philadelphia
Equitable Society
Equitable
Justice Greenbaum
Maddox
Brooklyn
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla Prepared from Selected Beans
An advertisement proclaims Burnett's Extract of Vanilla is prepared from carefully selected vanilla beans. Ady.
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Burnett
Ady
Hooker Loses Fortune in Fredonia Bank Collapse
Albany June 20 Justice Hooker faces trial by the Legislature on misconduct charges as reports say his family fortune vanished in the Fredonia National Bank failure. The bank, founded by Chauncey Abby, Mrs Hooker’s grandfather, and led by him until his death in 1804, closed its doors yesterday.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Justice Hooker
Fredonia National Bank
Chauncey Abby
Mrs. Hlooker
General Charles W. Darling Now Seriously Ill
Gen Charles W Darling of Utica New York is very ill at the Fifth Avenue House in Asbury Park where he had rooms for the season. He was stricken with apoplexy on Sunday and his condition has grown grave. Relatives have been summoned and are with him. doctors express little hope of recovery.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Charles W. Darling
Itica
N.Y
Fifth Avenue
Gov. Lubbock Struck Paralysis in Critical Condition
Ex Gov Frank H Lubbock aged eighty nine is in critical condition after a paralytic stroke. He served on Jefferson Davis staff in the Civil War and accompanied Davis at his capture. Lubbock married his third wife about three years ago.
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New York Times
Austin
Frank H. Lubbock
Jefferson Davis
Mr. Davis
Baseball accident kills Brooklyn woman
Police probe death of Mrs. Sarah Swanbeam 58 of 810 Classon Avenue after a baseball struck her head while she watched boys play near DeKalb Avenue and Graham Street on June 12. She collapsed at home and died from brain concussion.
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Classon Avenue
Brooklyn
Sarah Swanbeam
Stokes-Pastor Wedding to Happen at Noroton Conn
The marriage of J G Phelps Stokes to Miss Rosé Harriet Pastor will be July 1% at the Stokes country home in Noroton Connecticut. The Rev Anson Phelps Stokes will perform the ceremony with relatives present. The couple plans a European tour including a visit to Miss Pastor's birthplace village in Russia before resuming settlement work on the east side.
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J. G. Phelps Stokes
Anson Phelps Stokes
Miss Rosé
Harriet Pastor
Noroton
Conn
Mr. Stokes
Russia
Miss Pastor
Diamond Robber Sought After Maiden Lane Theft
Maiden Lane investigators hunted a Hungarian diamond mounter who vanished with gems valued at 400 dollars after two days of work. Rumors linked Tiffany gem thefts though police clarified he is not the Tiffany robber. The Jewelers Association and Board of Trade distributed a nationwide description.
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Maiden Lane
Tiffany
Jewelers’ Association and Board of Trade
More bookmakers arrested at Delmar track
Three men Ehrlich Ixent and Miller were seized at the Delmar race track by Deputy Sheriffs for violating the anti pool selling law. They posted bonds of 1000 dollars and paraphernalia was seized as evidence. Ehrlich faced a prior similar charge in Justice Stobie's court, continued to Tuesday.
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New York Times
St. Louis
Delmar
George Ehrlich
E. B. Ixent
K. Miller
Ehrlich
Justice Stobie
Cornell appoints Lovell as Dean of Civil Engineering
President Schurman announced the appointment of Prof. I J Lovell of Columbia as Dean and Director of the Cornell College of Civil Engineering. Alumni from Civil engineering gathered in reunion at TPHACA to protest the appointment by petition signed by thirty prominent alumni. Lovell is in Morris Connecticut supervising Columbia Summer School of Engineering. Columbia students defend his popularity and executive ability.
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New York Times
Tphaca
N.Y
Schurman
Cornell University of
I. J. Lovell
Columbia
Cornell College of Civil Engineering
Prof. Lovell
Civil Engineering
Lovell
Morris, Conn
Columbia Summer School of Engineering
Cornell
Cunard Caronia Cannot Land at Queenstown
A gale at 10 PM prevented the Cunard liner Caronia from New York from landing mails and passengers at Queenstown, forcing the ship to continue its voyage to Liverpool.
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Queenstown
Cunard
Caronia
New York
Liverpool
Police Chief Warns Boys Against Firecrackers Before Fourth
Police Commissioner McAdoo warned boys cannot fire firecrackers before the Fourth, promising severe punishment for offenders. The statement emphasizes early enforcement of public safety rules and deterring fireworks misuse.
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McAdoo
Bowen Dismissed and Loomis Reprimanded in Taft Inquiry
Washington reports Secretary Taft’s full investigation into the Bowen Loomis matter ends with Herbert W. Bowen dismissed from the Diplomatic Service and Francis Boat Loomis receiving a strong rebuke. Bowen anticipated resignation but chose to deny misconduct. Loomis faces censure for interfering in Venezuela business. Taft's findings and the President's reply detail the disputes, including correspondence and alleged misdeeds, and suggest Loomis' embassy prospects may be dim.
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New York Times
Washington
Herbert W. Bowen
Diplomatic Service
Francis Boat
Taft
War Department
Bowen
Loomis
Venezuela
Bowen-Loomis
Bill
Llerbert
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Novoe
Vremya
Mongolia
Chengkiatun
Chicago Arraigns Harvester Company
Gustave Jacoby, Jr
Reform
Morocco
France
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Adirondacks
Hooker
Fredonia Bank
C. W. Darling
Gov. Lubbock
Jeff Davis
Mr. Loomis
Mr. Taft
President Roosevelt
Department of State
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Russell
Colombia
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Venezuea
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Fast Orange
Bowen Were Accusing Mr. Hay
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