Tschaikowsky Reveals Russian Justice Claims
Russian revolutionary Tschaikowsky recounts alleged government tactics to link him to crimes during his arrest and trial. He cites sealed pocketbooks, faltering witness testimony, and pressure to jump bail as signs of a weak case. He notes the impact of U.S. and British public opinion on his treatment and fears a harsher outcome without international scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Tschaikowsky
Russia
England
Tschaikowsky
Finland
Carnegie Hall
Alaydin
New York
America
New York City
Babushka
Azeff
Minister Rockhill Leaves Peking for Retirement
W. W. Rockhill the retiring American Minister to China departed Peking today accompanied by Mrs. Rockhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockhill
Peking
W. W. Rockhill
China
Insurgent Victory Reported From Fez Front
A courier reports Roghi forces have defeated Government troops near Fez. Paris notes France and America society elected Gabriel Hanotaux as first president and Vicomte de Breteuil as treasurer with a notable committee. Wellman plans another North Pole expedition leaving for Tromsoe with arrival at Spitzbergen by July 1. Lisbon reports arrests of workers tied to the King Carlos assassination case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Fez
Roghi
Paris
France
America
Gabriel Hanotaux
Vicomte de Breteuil
Tromsoe
Norway
Arctic
Spitzbergen
Lisbon
Carlos
Taxpayers' Protective Union Trails Political Actions
The union with 6000 members creates an Advisory Committee to decide if it will enter the municipal election this fall or remain a taxpayers protection group. It rejects being a mushroom political organization and notes many committee members have ties to existing political bodies. If politics calls, action would be incidental to its core aim of defending members' rights, with decisions guided by the Advisory Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Taxpayers’ Protective Union
Committee of One Hundred
Manhattan
John J. Amory
Gas Engine and Power Company
Constant A. Andrews
United States Savings Bank
J. N. Clute
8S. G. Cook
West Side Savings Bank
Cornelius Doremus
Germania Life Insurance Company
Louis I. Dubourcq
United States
Netherland Insurance Company
J. F. Durlacher
Associated Trades Credit Exchange
A. M. Feldman
Alfred Frank
James W. Gerard
Supreme Court
James P. Gilroy
George C. F. Haas
Philip Hauser
Musical Mutual .Protective Union
Clarence H. Kelsey
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Edgar J. Levey
Home Life Insurance Company
E. A. de Lima
Battery Park National Bank
Milton D. Lipper
William H. Lynn
Liberty Life Insurance Company
Henry M. MacCracken
New York University
F. de Sola Mendes
Douglass Matthewson
Samuel Schulman
George P. Seward
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Irving M. Shaw
Chelsea Exchange Bank
J. Ross Stevenson
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Calvin Tomkins
Ross F. Tucker
Concrete Products Company
Wilbur F. Wakeman
Gus Person Wern
Major S. White
City of New York Insurance Company
Henry A. Wise
Brooklyn
John A. Berry
Nathan S. Jonas
Citizens’ Trust Company
C. J. Obermayer
Greater New York Savings Bank
H. M. Randall
Montauk Bank
Anton A. Raven
Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company
Willard P. Reid
Williamsburg Trust& Company
Bronx
Albert E. Davis
J. Clarence Davies
Frank C. Decker
Francis N. Howland
Queens
Lindley Murray Franklin
Queens County Savings Bank
Samuel R. Smith
Bank of Long Island
Crowds on New Bridge After Two Accidents
Yesterday on the Queensboro Bridge two accidents marred a record crowds day with 250000 pedestrians crossing. Edward Farrell, chauffeur for Benjamin Bushman, fractured his right leg and sustained injuries when his car moved unexpectedly on the Manhattan approach. William Milligan, a bottler, was cut by glass from a breached electric arc light and treated at Flower Hospital.
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Queensboro Bridge
Edward Farrell
Benjamin Bushman
West Eightieth Street
Manhattan
Farrell
Flower Hospital
William Milligan
East Sixtieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Milligan
Explorer Mikkelsen Sails for Greenland Search
Copenhagen reports Captain Elmar Mikkelsen leads a Danish expedition aboard the Alabama to find Erichsen party bodies. Mylius Erichsen and Lieuts. Hagen and Breenland died in November 1907 returning from Greenland. Breenland’s body was said found in a crevice near a depot. others remained missing due to heavy snowfall.
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Erichsen
Copenhagen
Elmar Mikkelsen
Alabama
Greenland
Mylius Erichsen
Denmark-Greenland
Hagen
Breenland
Lieut
Trolle
Denmark
Ranger at Azores Arrives with 100 Boys Aboard
The United States training ship Ranger arrived at Horta on Fayal Island in the Azores from Boston after leaving June 7. She carries about 100 boys and plans a 15,000 mile cruise, remaining for a short stay.
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Horta
Island of Fayal
Azores
United States
Ranger
Boston
Robber and officer killed in a Oxford Heights clash
In Oxford Heights a constable Albert E. Miller 35 and burglar Frank Harding died in a 3 am fight at a railroad waiting station. Miller, shot and wounded in the arm and chest, held his bloodstained club as he died. Harding and a second man fled after a pistol battle as a 140-strong posse searched the area. Police traced Harding to Worcester and Webster with letters and tools on him.
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Oxford
Mass
Oxford Heights
Albert E. Miller
Frank Harding
South Milford
Miller
Irene E. Miller
Worcester
Springfield
Webster
William 5S
Harding
Hardington
Apine
Chandler Street
Canary Islands Earthquake Strikes Icod Area
A sharp quake and aftershocks hit Icod on the Canary Islands. City Hall barracks and several houses were demolished forcing residents to flee to fields. No casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Icod
Appeal for Fund for British Airship
The Morning Post has launched a public appeal to raise 100000 dollars to purchase and place a British dirigible at the nation’s disposal. Field Marshal Roberts Lord Milner and Lord Charles Beresford will serve on the advisory committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Morning Post
Field Marshal Roberts
Lord Milner
Lord Charles Beresford
Detroit Wins North American Skat League Convention
Detroit captured the next convention of the North American Skat League in Milwaukee. Louis Heymann of New York was elected director and no changes were made to the playing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Detroit
Louis Heymann
New York
American Bank in Peking Opens with 1902 Roots
The International Banking Corporation branch in Peking will open on Wednesday. Incorporated in 1902 in Connecticut, it has 3.25 million dollars in capital. Its New York head office oversees global branches with president Thomas H. Hubbard and directors including E. H. Harriman and Sir William C. Van Horne.
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Peking
International Banking Corporation
The
Connecticut
New York
Thomas H. Hubbard
George Crocker
Marcellus Hartley Dodge
E. H. Harriman
John J. McCook
Paul Morton
William Salomon
William C. van Horne
East
Crowds Heat up at Coney Island on Summer Day
More than 300000 visitors crowded Coney Island yesterday. Mrs May Held collapsed from heat near Surf Avenue and was taken to Coney Island Hospital. Newark youths John Becker and Isidore Radin were injured when their buggy was struck by a six car train at Park Place. Both were hospitalized and later sent home. About thirty small children were separated from mothers and sheltered at the police station. Supreme Court Justice Victor Lee toured the island and said there was nothing that should close it.
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Coney Island
May
Broadway
Brooklyn
Surf Avenue
West Fifth Street
Coney Island Hospital
Wesenberg
John Becker
Isidore Radin
Newark
N. J
Ocean Boulevard
Brighton Beach
Park Place
Flanagan
Becker
Radin
Boyle
Mullins
Supreme Court
Victor Lee
Coney Islan
Counterfeit Five Dollar Bill Warned in Citywide Notice
A citywide alert warns circulating a counterfeit five dollar silver certificate from 1899 Series Indian head. The notice details fake features such as a stout portrait, feminine likeness, weak eyes, and pale seal with a lighter blue numeral five, inviting vigilance at stations and businesses.
Plea for men of courage from Harvard bishop
Bishop William Lawrence urged Harvard seniors to forge courage and character to meet modern material forces with refined ideals. He warned against wealth hoarding and called for leaders to transform growth through service, personal devotion, and community uplifting.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
William Lawrence
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
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Tschaikovsky
Notes of Foreign Affairs
New Bridge
Explorer Mikkelsen
American Bank IN
Carl R. Keppler
Amy’. J
Surgery
Keppler
James S. Coward
Warren Street
Subway
Elevated
New York Banking Dept
Industrial Savings and Loan Co
St. & B’way
Bishop Lawrence
Harvard
Vogel Brothers
8Th Ave
Vogel Brothers AD
23Rd Street
James McCreery & Co
Auteuil
Chantilly
34Th Street
Sorosis Shoes
James McCreery
Axminster
Mourtouk
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
Seattle
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Rockies
Banff
Laggan
Field
Glacier
Canadian Pacific
Owen Sound
Fort William
Robt. Kerr
Montreal
Que
Allan Cameron
T. A
James McGreery & Co
B. Akman & CO
35Th Street
5Th Avenue
Cer
38Th Street
Victor Talking Machines and Records
Landay Bros
Tifeanes
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