New York Central Restores 18 Hour Twentieth Century Schedule
The New York Central announced the Twentieth Century Limited would revert to its old eighteen hour schedule between New York and Chicago after a Lake Shore investigation and Ohio officials found speed did not cause the Mentor wreck. President Newman said the change reflects independent findings and safety certainty.
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New York Central Railroad
Swreck
Mentor
Ohio
Lake Shore Road
Lake Shore Company
New York
Chicago
H. Newman
New York Central
TIMES
Newman
Century Limited
Lake Shore
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. €.Morris
Ohio State Commissioner of Railways
Limited
Central
Neviman
Airs Marshall
Mr. Brown
Walcors
Train Wreck Inquiry in Mentor Blames No Employers
A conference of Lake Shore officials in Cleveland examined blame for the Twentieth Century Limited wreck at Mentor. Participants included General Counsel J. S. Jerome General Superintendent H. S. Crane Assistant General Superintendent D. C. Moon and General Claim Agent F. V. Whiting along with about thirty employees of the road.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Century Limited
Mentor
Lake Shore
Wee
Marshall
Gena
J. S. Jerome
H.S
D. C. Moon
F.V. Whiting
Index to Departments and Page References
Amusements and arrivals of out-of-town buyers listed by page. Marine intelligence and foreign mails on page 8. Society notes on page T. Weather report on page 7. Yesterday's fires reported on page 2.
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Marine Intelligence
Society
Weather Report
Italian witnesses examined after wreck probe
Italians were examined and their testimony taken down in shorthand. The switch lamp was also brought in and thoroughly examined. General Superintendent Storrs said they expect in a few days to locate Aspeanaece who is to blame for the wreck. Railroad men spoke of possible employee blame, and officials aim to test such stories. High officials believe the switch was thrown by an outside train wrecker.
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Storrs
Aspeanaece
Speed not cause of Twentieth Century Limited wreck
Columbus reports that State Commissioner of Railroads Mor ris and Inspector Jackson found the accident not due to excess speed. The wreck near Mentor involved fully built cars and engine, with a wide open switch cited as a factor. The investigation continues for further details before final remarks and possible restoration of the eighteen hour New York to Chicago schedule.
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New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
CC. Morris
Mentor
Twentieth Century Limited
W. O. Jackson
N. Arthur
New York
Chicago
TIMES
Collingwood
Two Wrecks Same Operator At Mentor and Ashtabula
Special to The New York Times reports Cleveland June 20 that Fireman Gorham says telegraph operators at Mentor stations routinely throw switches to clear freight trains for approaching passenger service. He identifies Minor, operator at Mentor, as also the operator at Ashtabula when a passenger wreck occurred months earlier. The described wreck circumstances mirror those of the Twentieth Century Limited.
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New York
Tates
Cleveland
Ohio
Gorham
Leemers
Mentor
Iic
Ashtabula
Twentieth Century Limited
Lodz Massacre Sparks Protests and Strikes Across Poland
June 25 reports from Lodz describe Cossacks killing a Jewish family and a cab driver, with protesters urging General Shustow to protect civilians. Workers plan a mass strike. factories close as 12,000 flee the city and liquor stores are looted to fund socialist causes. Warsaw and surrounding areas see proclamations for nationwide shutdowns and street protests.
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Lodz
Baluty
Warsaw
Social Democratic Party of
Poland
Lithuania
Praga
Ogrodowa
Car Scoops Baby From Under Streetcar Front
Loretta Kenney, two, was dragged under a northbound streetcar at Morningside Avenue and One Hundred Twenty-fifth Street. Motorman Bernhard Mahoney and Conductor Edward Guyman freed her after a lengthy lift. she sustained only scratches and was taken to hospital. The mother declined to press charges.
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Loretta Kenney
Morningside Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Loretta
Bernhard Mahoney
Edward Guyman
Mahoney
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
McGlynn
McKeon
Sullivan
McGrath
J. Hoon Wright Memorial Hospital
Gen T L Watson III Ill From Blood Poisoning At Black Rock
Gen Thomas L Watson III a New York City broker lies dangerously ill at his Summer home in Black Rock Bridgeport. Blood poisoning developed after a cut on his ankle while at the New York Athletic Club baths. His leg is affected and amputation may be necessary.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Thomas L. Watson
New York City
Black Rock
Norwegian steamer George Dumois saves crew after collision
The Norwegian fruiter George Dumois, captained by Sorensen, collided with the schooner Clara. E. Bergen, sailing from New York June 15 to Charleston, sank, but her crew were saved by the Dumois. The Bergen was en route from Bangor to Baltimore.
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Cape Henry
George Dumois
Sorensen
Clara. E. Bergen
Edwards
Dumois
Bergen
New York
Charleston
Steamship passages near Sandy Hook captains report
The steamship Baker from Port Antonio passed Sandy Hook at 11 19 last night. The Savannah liner City of Columbia from Savannah passed Sandy Hook at 11 27 last night.
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Baker
Port Antonio
Sandy Hook
Oelock
Savannah
City of Columbia
Salads Poison 300 at Masonic Picnic in Lansdowne
Special to The New York Times reports about a Lansdowne Illinois Masonic picnic where about 300 people were poisoned after eating salads. No deaths so far, doctors in East St. Louis and Belleville rushed to treat the ill. Investigations show the poisoning came from salads stored too long in galvanized iron cans.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Lansdowne
East St. Louis
Belleville
The Purity of Burnett's Vanila Questioned
A brief note claims no pure food commission ever questions the purity of Burnett's Vanila. The statement implies confidence in the product but offers no corroborating details or official actions. The source presents a declarative stance without supporting evidence or dates.
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Pure Food Commission
Ady
Tragedy as Two Die Touching Live Wire in Hopewell
Live electric wire accident in Hopewell claims the lives of Walter Ewing a New York telegraph operator and Wesley Davidson of Hopewell. Ewing and Davidson walked with a party including his fiancée and mother when Ewing attempted to move a live wire with sticks. both men were killed as a coil of wire shocked them. A dog was nearby and also shocked. two women in the party suffered shock but survived.
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New York Times
Trenton
Walter Ewing
New York City
Wesley Davidson
Hopewell
Ewing
Fire devastates Nashville retail district causing large losses
A major blaze in Nashville's Fifth Avenue and Union Street shopping area caused damage estimated between 500000 and 630000. The Palace department store housing Harris Brothers and Jacobus Brothers burned, with multiple adjoining buildings including the Manix, Kress & Co. site, and several occupied by Woolworth affiliates, decorators, and dining establishments sustaining fire and collapse damage.
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Nashville
Tenn
Palace
Harris Brothers
Jacobus Brothers
Fifth Avenue
Union Street
Norman Kirkman
Manix
Nashville Dry Goods Company
Kress & Co
Brown Heirs
W. Wright Brothers
Decorators
Cash Grocery Store
R. W. Turner
Cumberland Baking Powder Company
Aldred Steam Dye Works
Jerome Sands
Dr. Briggs
Woman's Exchange
American Dye Cleaning
de Pierri
Brothers’ Dancing Academy
Whitworth Heirs
Real Estate Man Is Shot at Jamaica Home
Emil Reiselt a 50 year old Brooklyn real estate broker was killed by a rifle shot at the Jamaica home of his son in law George Oswald on Hempstead Road and Springfield Avenue. Police call it death by own action but the family suspects accidental shooting as Reiselt examined the rifle.
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Emil Reiselt
George Oswald
Hempstead Road
Springfield Avenue
Jamaica
Mr. Reiselt
Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn
Oswald
Reiselt
NEW GERMAN EMBASSY SITE IN WASHINGTON
The German Government has purchased a site opposite the French Embassy in northwest Washington to house a new embassy. The 300 by 195 foot lot on S Street Sheridan Circle will host a stone building reminiscent of Sans Souci or Potsdam castles. Plans and costs are undecided. Ambassador and Baroness Speck von Sternburg depart July 6 for Bremen for three months.
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Washington
Sheridan Circle
S Street
Potsdam
Berlin
Speck von Sternburg
Bremen
Toughs Fight On Weehawken Ferry Albany
Rowdies caused panic on the Albany en route to West Forty-Second Street ferry. Special Officer Knapp arrested the gang leader after Constable Dorsch aided. Two offenders forced under a bench. one escaped. Suspect identified as Patrick Dunn.
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Weehawken
Albany
Knapp
Dorsch
West Forty-seventh Street
Patrick Dunn
Virginia Woman Gone in Adirondacks Mystery Thinly Veiled
Miss Mary Rogers of Leesburg Virginia disappeared from the Andrew Baker cottage near Saranac Lake after arriving for lung treatment. A rescue search by volunteers and later bloodhounds from Dannemora was organized as two bare footprints appeared outside her room. Justice Smith began John Doe proceedings and Willoughby N. Smith, a Baltimore lawyer, was subpoenaed. Rogers had been under care of Dr. Morrison Brown and nurse Miss Jenney.
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New York Times
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Mary Rogers
Andrew Baker
Robert Louis Stevenson
Adirondacks
Justice of the Peace
Willoughby N. Smith
Baltimore
Miss Rogers
Miss Jenney
Washington
Mr. Smith
Riverside Inn
Morrison Brown
Leesburg
Justice Strong
John Doe
Alexander Rogers
Leespurg
Virginia
Maryland
Warning to Diplomats in Bowen Loomis Case
The State Department publishes the full Bowen Loomis correspondence in pamphlet form and mails copies to Consuls, diplomatic representatives, Senators, and Representatives. It aims to instruct diplomats that the President will not tolerate conduct shown in the case and hints at a possible House Foreign Affairs investigation next winter.
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New York Times
Washington
Bowen- Loomis
State Department
Congress
Loomis
Venezuela
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
President Roosevelt Skips New York Route on Home Visit
Oyster Bay plans to welcome President Roosevelt are altered as he will sail from Bridgeport on the Sylph and land at the Emlen Roosevelt dock rather than pass through the village. He may meet Oyster Bay residents before July 4, possibly on the holiday, and Mrs. Roosevelt is due to arrive soon.
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Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt
New York
Bridgeport
Conn
Emlen Roosevelt Dock
Sagamore Hill
Australia to invite Taft on tour
Melbourne June 25 The Commonwealth Government has decided to invite Secretary of War Taft and his family and Miss Alice Roosevelt to extend their tour from the Philippine Islands to Australia Assurance is given that the Secretary and his party will be cordially welcomed by all classes.
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Melbourne
Commonwealth
Taft
Alice Roosevelt
Philippine Islands
Australia
New York Central Fast Train Schedule Ad
The Second Empire announces a rapid New York Central service leaving Grand Central at 1 57 P M arriving Albany 4 52 Utica 6 47 Syracuse 8 00 Rochester 9 33 Buffalo 11 10 P M. No excess Fare.
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N. Y. Central
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
German port concession at Azerud in Morocco
The Morning report from Tangier says the Sultan of Morocco has granted a concession for a port at Azerud, at the mouth of the Wad el Kus River near the Algerian frontier, to a German company.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Tangier
Morocco
Azerud
Wadl el-Kus
Russians Sink English Ship Ikhona Near Hong Kong
The Ikhona, a British India Steam Navigation steamer, was sunk by the Russian cruiser Terek on June 5, 150 miles north of Hong Kong. Crew landed at Singapore by Dutch steamer Perlak. The vessel carried mail and rice from Rangoon to Yokohama.
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Dia Steam Navigation Company
Ikhona
Terek
Hong
Rangoon
Yokohama
Jibuti
St. Kilda
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Tetartos
Knight
Alexander Worn Out at Saranac Inn in June
J W Alexander former President of Equitable Life Assurance Society arrived at Onteora Park Adirondack retreat in New York. Family says he is not seriously ill but worn out and desires quiet for a fortnight with no visitors.
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New York Times
Saranac Inn
N. Y
J. W. Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Adirondack Place
Onetora Park
New York
Paris Banker Georges Rodrigues Drops Self to Death
Paris reports banker Georges Rodrigues committed suicide after heavy losses in the recent rentes decline. The bank’s liabilities are stated at about 2,000,000 dollars, with Rodrigues reportedly distraught over the financial downturn.
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Paris
Georges Rodrigues
British cruiser Carnarvon Severs Steamer Coblenz in Fog
In fog off Cape Prior near Ferrol Spain the British cruiser Carnarvon ran down the North German Lloyd steamer Coblenz at 4 this morning. Coblenz damaged and leaking. passengers transferred to the cruiser which towed her. Coblenz to go to drydock. minor damage to Carnarvon. Coblenz sailed from Santos May 31 and Pernambuco June 9 bound for Bremen Antwerp via Lisbon Oporto.
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Ferrol
Spain
Carnarvon
Coblenz
Cape Prior
Santos
Pernambuco
Bremen
Antwerp
Lisbon
Oporto
Woman Hangs From Window Sill as Police Nab Husband
In Newark at 2 Nesbit Street a woman named Mrs. William Sutcliffe hung by her fingertips from a second story sill. Police McMurty and Fagin forced entry, saved her, and arrested her husband, who denied the accusation but fought police.
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Newark
N. J
McMurty
Fagin
Nesbit Street
William Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe
Swam a Mile to Wed on Grindstone Island
George Cooper of Syracuse swam a mile to reach Grindstone Island to catch a train to his bride to be Jeannette Williams of Syracuse. A shore dinner was held on Gypsy Island before he was left behind with a note saying no wedding tomorrow. He returned to fetch his clothes and head to the mainland for the ceremony.
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New York Times
Clayton
N. Y
St. Lawrence
George Cooper
Syracuse
Thousand Island Park
Grindstone Island
Cooper
Jeannette M. Williams
Gypsy Island
Norwegian steamer sinks Gloucester schooner Columbia
The Norwegian steamer Sverre reported to have run down and sunk the Gloucester fishing schooner Columbia about two miles off Low Point just after 2 am. Captain Van Amburg and eighteen crewmen escaped with only their clothes, the vessel sinking within minutes after a breach midships. Sverre carried coal from Sydney Harbor and returned after rescuing the survivors.
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North Sydney
C. B
Sverre
North Sydney Harbor
Columbia
Low Point
van Amburg
Sydney Harbor
Equitable Agents Seek a Voice in the Board Proposal
Equitable Life Assurance Society general agents who visited during the Hyde dispute have returned and questioned the mutualization plan. Agents seek influence by guiding policy holder votes to elect directors with stockholder support, potentially shifting board control toward policy holders while the plan reserves representation for stockholders.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Alexander~ Hyde
Equitable
Motor Trains On Track For Long Island Electrification
Rapid progress on Long Island Railroad electrification could see eight five car electric trains running between Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn and Jamaica in about two weeks. A tentative July 4 holiday start for heavy crowds is discussed but not announced. The Subway station work is accelerating with steel frames in place and a temporary Atlantic Avenue yard shed handling crowds.
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Long Island
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
Jamaica
Atlantic Avenue
Two Hurled From Auto In Brooklyn Collision
A mother and her son were injured when a trolley car struck their automobile at Franklin Avenue and Prospect Place Brooklyn. Mrs Sarah Williams and Ernest Williams of 272 Bainbridge Street suffered contusions and lacerations and were treated at home and at St Johns Hospital, while R Gluck of 1856 Fulton Street escaped with a severe shaking up.
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Franklin Avenue
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
R. Gluck
Fulton Street
Sarah Williams
Ernest Williams
Bainbridge Street
Ocean Parkway
Coney Island
Polish Composer Awarded $7000 Settlement After Injury
Ignace Paderewski, traveling by train from Syracuse to Auburn before sailing for Europe, has received a full $7,000 settlement of his injury claim.
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New York Times
Buffalo
N. Y
Ignace Paderewski
Syracuse
Auburn
Europe
Thieves Strip Flats in Washington Heights District
In the last two weeks several flats in Washington Heights have been robbed. Two stores, including one near the West One Hundred and Fifty-second Street Police Station, were hit. Victims include James Lindsley of 425 West One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Street and T A Stewart of 467 West One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Street.
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Washington Heights
One Hundred and Fifty-second Street
James Lindsley
West One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Street
T. A. Stewart
Burglars and Defaulters Ad Protectors Ad
National Surety Co at 35 Nassau Street offers protection against burglars and defaulters, advertising security and surety services for homes and businesses.
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National Surety Co
Nassau St.—Ady
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T. L. Watson III
Illinois
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Hunt
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Sultan
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Kong
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