Whisk Broom II Captures Suburban Handicap Record
Whisk Broom II sprinted 1 1/4 miles at Belmont Park to win the Suburban Handicap in a world record 2:00 flat carrying 150 pounds. Lahore placed second with Meridian third as Nightstick set the early pace and the crowd roared at the new mark that eclipsed Broomstick’s 1904 record.
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Belmont Park
America
Merry Payne Whitney
Whisk Broom II
Broomstick
Audience
Smith
Fleet Little Broomstick
Brighton
Mr. Barretto
Nightstick
Matt Allen
James Th Keene
Tom Huesley
R. T. Wilson
Whisk Broom
Roseben
Delirium
Meridian
G. M. Miller
Lahore
Carman
Whitney
Wilson to Gettysburg Will speak July Fourth at reunion
President Wilson will attend the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on July Fourth and deliver a brief speech to veterans. He canceled a planned rest trip to New Hampshire to participate, following a conference with Representative A Mitchell Palmer.
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Washington
Wilson
Gettysburg
Tentz
Pennsylvania
Tumuilty
New Hampshire
A. Mitchell Palmer
Congress
Palmer
Munsey Praises Gaynor During London Vacation
Frank Munsey arrived in London for a vacation and plans rest at Carlsbad before returning to New York to back Mayor Gaynor in reelection. He said Gaynor is the strongest candidate and more capable than Whitman, praising his courage amid police investigations and joking about his support for two heavenly causes in one year.
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NEW Yrk Times
London
Frank Munsey
Paris
Munsey
Carlsbad
New York
Gaynor
New York Times
Whitman
Pages Ape the Senate in Mock Session at Capitol
A playful Capitol scene features eighteen pages aged 12 to 16 acting as Senators with Joseph O'Toole presiding in Vice President Marshall's role. The mock bills include prohibiting fire water and a bull pup relief, while a boy named McCoy leads opposition and calls for a Maxim silencer on him.
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New York Times
Washington
Juhe
Senate
Capitol
Joseph O'Toole
Marshall
McCoy
Charles P. Higgins
Bulldog Stops Bullets in Laundry Hold-Up
Two youths entered Isidor Malley’s laundry at 33 Convent Avenue and threatened him with a gun. His bulldog Buster charged the assailants, taking a bullet himself while saving Malley. Neighbors pursued the robbers. the dog is recovering under veterinary care with Malley’s conditioning.
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Convent Avenue
Buster
Malley
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West Virginia Coal Miners Seek Biweekly Pay and Short Ton
C J Wittenberg president of the Pocahontas and New River Coal Company reports soft coal miners in the New River fields plan potential strike on Tuesday if talks fail. They demand pay every two weeks and payment by the short ton of 2000 pounds instead of the standard 2240 pound ton, among other terms.
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New River
West Virginia
C. J. Wittenberg
Pocahontas & New River Coal Company
Jealous Sculptor Fires at Party Wounds Five Then Kills Self
A jealous sculptor waited outside Miss Irene Mahoney’s East 105th Street home as guests departed, firing five shots and mortally wounding William Grogan and injuring Irene Kiernan and her sister Helen. Barbiero then shot himself, dying at the scene. Harvey Dickinson survived. Barbiero lived nearby and had worked on monuments for Piccirilli Brothers.
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Eighty-eighth Street
Avenue A
East 105Th Street
Battista Barbiero
Miss Mahoney
Mahoney
Helen
Barbiero
Mr. Grogan
Irene Kiernan
Arthur J. Eagan
East 180Th Street
Hearle
East 104Th Street
Ward
O Dell
Grogan
Bette Halbier
Balbiero
East 165Th Street
Piccirilli Brothers
Maine
Harvey Dickinson
Madison Avenue
William Grogan
Mary Grogan
mob of 100 swarms Williamsburg office over unpaid salaries
police found about 100 men and women outside the Boston Manufacturing Company office at 36 Broadway in Williamsburg. they paid deposits of 10 to 75 as security for selling washing compound and claim salaries and commissions were not paid. david chavlin, listed as president and treasurer, was detained on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Clymer Street
Williamsburg
Broadway
Boston Manufacturing Company
John Ruppel, Jr
David Offenberg
David Chlavin
Trust buster Fowler to stay on in Justice Department
James A. Fowler, assistant to Attorney General McReynolds and noted trust buster, will not resign on July 1 but will remain in the Department of Justice until a successor is chosen. G. Carroll Todd, special assistant to the AG, is also mentioned as a potential replacement in the coal trust prosecutions and Union Pacific merger talks.
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Washington
James A. Fowler
McReynolds
Department of Justice
G. Carroll Todd
Coal Trust
Union Pacific
Paper shields cause crash on New Jersey road
In Red Bank New Jersey on June 28 D T Oakley of Orange driving with his wife in a car struck a culvert after being blinded by small paper shields tossed by factory workers in a passing stage. The crash left both occupants shaken and the vehicle wrecked.
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New York Times
Red Bank
N. J
D. T. Oakley
Five Universities Oarsmen Humbled by Syracuse
Pictorial section highlights early summer sports at the regatta with Syracuse overpowering five university crews. Includes photo features and notes on notable athletes, plus a look at the busy editorial and magazine pages covering Gettysburg, politics, and cultural topics.
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Syracuse
Waldo Smith Dies After Clams Poisoning in Bayside Long Island
G Waldo Smith retired merchant and Bayside yacht club commodore died at 81 2 after eating clams in Cape May New Jersey and travelling home. He served as Bayside National Bank vice president and held roles in the Chamber of Commerce New York Produce Exchange and several grocers associations. He rebuilt the Bradish estate and was long active in Methodist work. His wife two daughters and two sons survive.
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Bayside Yacht Club
Bradish Avenue
Little Neck Bay
Bayside
L. I
Cape May
N. J
Mr. Smith
Eighth Avenue
Forty-second Street
John S. Sills
Fortysixth Street
Smith & Sills
Smith
Long Island
Smithtown
Babylon
Southampton
Admonishes Admiral Ends Navy Dispute Inquiries
Secretary Daniels issued admonitions to each officer after settling the quarrel between Rear Admiral Robert M. Doyle and Captain John Co. Quinby. Doyle accused Quinby of inebriety in endorsing Quinby’s fitness report. Quinby sought a court of inquiry, which was held at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
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New York Times
Washington
Daniels
Robert M. Doyle
John Co. Quinby
Doyle
Norfolk Navy Yard
Quinby
Norfolk
Secretary of the Navy
Calabrian Earthquakes Spark Panic After Shocks
Reports from Calab ria and nearby regions describe strong earth tremors causing widespread panic. Troops and Red Cross teams rushed to Roggiano Gra vina Mongrassano and San Benedetto as residents fled homes and crouched in open fields.
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Cozenza
Calabria
Sicily
Red Cross
Roggiano
Gravina
Mongrassano
San Benedetto
Heat Wrecks Fast Train Near Fulton Indiana
Heat caused rails to spread and a Chesapeake & Ohio passenger train derailed near Fulton, Indiana. Twenty five injured, two Pullman cars and a diner overturned, no fatalities. Victims include George Gordon of Richmond Virginia and Boast Mapenese of Jonestown Virginia among others. all treated at Peru hospitals and expected to recover.
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Ind
Chesapeake & Ohio Road
Fulton
Here
George Gordon
Richmond
Gordon Smith
Charlottesville
W. E. Bell
McDonald
Est McMannis
Shannon City
Iowa
R. C. Cosby
L. A. Briggs
Chicago
Paul Phiel
Muncie
Government coal shipment reaches Katalla from Bering River fields
Sealed in the ship load was 700 tons of coal mined by the Government party in the Bering River coalfields. The vessel arrived at salt water in Katalla last Thursday night, as reported via cable from Cordova.
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Seattle
Bering River
Katalla
Cordova
Robbery at Udall and Ballou Jewelers on Fifth Avenue
Diamonds and other gems valued at about 400000 were stolen from a safe at the Udall and Ballou jewelry store at 574 Fifth Avenue. Detectives swarmed the scene after a Friday basement fire, with no sign of forced entry. It remained unclear whether the theft occurred before during or after the blaze as guards and managers puzzled over how the safe was opened.
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Fifth Avenue
Central Office
Dougherty
Henry F. Barthman
Mr. Barthman
Henry Kirby
Police
Inspector Faurot
Detective Bureau
Canada
Kirby
Emily Elizabeth Lucy
F. Oliver Udall
Udall
Udall & Ballour
Francis Er
Henry A. Kirby A
Mr. Udall
I W W Rally Breaks Up in Clinton Street Hall
A clash erupts at 8 Clinton Street as young attackers interrupt a Seltzer Water Bottlers union meeting of the I W W. Firearms discharge into the air injure none, and police arrive to end the brawl with invaders absent. Simultaneously another union gathering across the street, the AFL unit, continues undisturbed.
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Clinton Street
Seltzer Water Bottlers’ Union of the Industrial Workers of the World
Seltzer Water Bottlers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Bouquet for Rockefeller at Mrs. Beecher Home
John D. Rockefeller called on Mrs. M. A. Beecher at her Cleveland area home near Chagrin Falls during a summer visit. He arrived with friends, exchanged greetings, drank water from an old well, and wore a bunch of home grown sweet peas. They reminisced about old times during a one hour chat.
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Cleveland
Mary
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Mrs. Beecher
Forest Hill
Tragedy at Belmont Park as boy dies on picket fence
John Wiemas a 16 year old from Jamaica Long Island fell from a tree at Belmont Park while cherry picking and hung from a fence piercing his neck. Surgeons said immediate release would not have saved him. Spectators were shaken as bystanders finally freed him after ten minutes.
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John Wiemas
Rockaway Road
Lincoln Avenue
Jamaica
L. I
Belmont Park
Wiemas
Hempstead
Slit skirts trigger Louisville police order
Louisville June 28 Chief of Police Lindsey issued a blanket order for the arrest of wearers of slit skirts lacking undergarments. He says such dress is a disorderly act and that women exposing the limb will be arrested if no undergarment is worn. He notes some women may face Police Court trials.
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Louisville
Lindsey
Donation drive fills skin graft demand after Husted explosion
Buffalo reports 70 volunteers including women and scouts have offered skin for grafts. A 200 strong rowing club unanimously offered services. Two more victims died today, raising the death toll to 17.
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Buffalo
Pope Prays at St Peter's Tomb in Ancient Rite
Rome June 28 The Pope descended to St Peter's to pray on the Apostle's tomb in keeping with the ancient tradition. Doors to the basilica were closed at sunset. Accompanied by his court, he moved from Raphael's Loggia to the Chapel of the Sacrament and was greeted by the canons who paid him homage.
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Rome
St Peter's
St. Peter's
Basilica
Raphael
Oil Ouster Suspended by Missouri High Court
Missouri Supreme Court allows Standard Oil Company of Indiana to continue business in Missouri after ouster. Court retains jurisdiction over the case and implies the state anti trust actions and related legal questions remain unsettled as it reviews the ouster and compliance issues.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Missouri
Supreme Court
U S Senator Accused of Aiding Rebels Faces Prominent Interests
Photographs of letters he sent to revolutionists are claimed to be in Washington. The national lawmaker is alleged to have promoted shipments of explosives to rebels and holds notable interests in Republican circles.
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U. S
Mexico
Department of Justice
Washington
Pascual Orozco, Jr
Huerta
Americans in Mexico Alarmed by BaCon Speech on White Men Taking Arms
Reports from Mexico City describe U S Sen Albert B Fall denouncing Huerta as a traitorous assassin and urging repeal of the arms embargo. In the Senate Sen Augustus Bacon urged white men to take up arms to restore order, alarming Americans in Mexico City and prompting many to leave the capital.
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New Mexico
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Victoriano Huerta
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Mexico
Augustus O. Bacon
Georgia
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Republic
Bacon
Mexico City
Senate
Washington
American Smelting and Refining Company
Senator Fall
William Aiden Smith
Michigan
Fall
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