Gettysburg Veterans Return in Heat Aided Revisit Scene
Special to The New York Times from Gettysburg June 29 veterans from the North and South fill the ground of 1863 battle as Gen. Daniel Sickles revisits the field. Heat and camp life raise concerns for health and ambulances run busy.
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New York Times
Gettysburg
Round Top
Culp’s Hill
Devil's den
Peach Orchard
Seminary Ridge
Army of the Potomac
Army of
Northern Virginia
Grant
Chickamauga
Samuel G. Dixon
Pennsylvania
Tie
Brown
Kimball
Livermore Falls
John H. Reynolds
Port Chester
N. Y
John Collins
Elmira
Edger Fitch Post
Pennsylvania State Hospital
Daniel E. Sickles
New York
Wilmerding
Joseph H. Twitchell
Hartford
Charles E. Ives
Richard Ives
Hartsdale
Sickles
Rogers House
Longstreet
Carr
Wheat Field
Rogers
Josephine Miller
Marconi
Rome
Naples
Germany seeks Unger steel clad airship for government use
Gustav Unger says the German Government is negotiating to acquire his steel clad airship. Described as wind resistant at 48 meters per second with six screws for axis turn, it features steel tube framework, nickel sheet caps, six machine guns, and an 11 000 pound lift. Length 460 feet, cost about $100 000.
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New York Times
Berlin
Gustav Unger
Unger
35000 Marooned at Rockaway Beach by Train Fire
A fire on a six car B R T elevated train en route to Manhattan caused 35000 excursionists to be marooned at Rockaway Beach. The rear car burned after crossing the Jamaica Bay trestle, with passengers fleeing as flames spread to the trestle and nearby marshy areas. Efforts to move crowds by trolley failed to meet demand, and service was tied up in both directions.
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Rockaway Beach
Manhattan
Long Island
Jamaica Bay
Rockaway
Jamaica
Sea auto rides on air in Boston harbor
Albert Hickman’s Sea automobile the Viper V attracts yachtsmen who watch its water-collecting hull. The inverted V bottom traps air and uses spray as an air cushion, letting the craft ride on compressed air and reach speeds over thirty miles an hour.
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New York Times
Boston
Albert Hickman
Monument to Roosevelt Proposed in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama a movement aims to raise a monument to ex President Theodore Roosevelt for his action approving the United States Steel takeover of the Tennessee Coal and Iron and Railroad Company. Funds are being donated in the industrial center to honor Roosevelt for preventing a Southern firm's failure and invitations are extended to George W Perkins and Frank A Munsey for the unveiling.
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New York Times
Birmingham
Ala
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
South
George W. Perkins
Frank A. Munsey
Perkins in Labor Debate at Sagamore Beach
The sociology conference at Sagamore Beach opens Tuesday for three days to debate the labor problem from capitalist and workers perspectives. George W. Perkins and Arturo M. Giovannitti will be among the debaters, representing the two extremes in the labor question. The first speaker will discuss The Workers' Fair Share and the opposing speaker Constructive Side of Syndicalism.
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New York Times
Boston
Sagamore Beach
George W. Perkins
Arturo M. Giovannitti
LW. W
Lawrence
DROWNINGS MAR SPORT ON SUNDAY
A day of multiple drownings and near drownings marked Sunday in New York harbor and surrounding waterways. Frederick A. Slade, 16 Reade Street VP of Lockwood Manufacturing, drowned after falling from a 50 foot motor boat the Devil near Forest Brew Grove. Companions Burdette and Reedy, unable to swim, jumped in and were rescued as Commodore William Ross and family aided. Several other incidents occurred as rowboats and tugs stirred rough water with victims in Hoboken Jersey City and Manhattan.
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New York
Devil
Frederick A. Slade
Lockwood Manufacturing Hardware Company
Reade Street
Andrew Burdette
Clarence Reedy
William Ross
Tower Ridge Yacht Club
Zoe
Hudson
Forest Brew Grove
Jersey
Hastings
Mr. Slade
Burdett
Reedy
Slade
Commodore Ross
William Ross, Jr
Young Ross
Mr. Ross
Zoo
Burdette
Cook
Yacht Club
Me” Bekoad
Southern Boulevard
Juanita
Frank Rushlein
Rosie
Louisa
John
Jose
Antonio Beteale
Mulberry Street
Manhattan
Frank Consect
Mott Street
Jersey City
Harry Warnburg
Ferry Street
Hoboken
Newark Bay
Danforth Avenue
Etta Silon
Adams Street
Anna Ryan
Clinton Street
Samuel Juntley
Newark Street
Warnburg
Paul
Winfield Avenue
Juntley
Miss Silon
Ned Warnburg
Haysteriet
Sud
Tlandt
Vankees Park
Broadway
Tomnila
Santa
Scoville
Ater
McCormick
Ase
Ernest Leffmann
McCarthy
Neighbout
English Explorer’s Harrowing Brazil Journey Told
A. H. Savage Lander recounts his arduous trek through uncharted Brazilian wilds with perilous escapes and severe hardships, as featured in next Sunday’s Times.
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A. H. Savage Lander
Brazil
TIMES
Surfragettes Storm Downing Street Banner Protest
Thousands of Surfragettes march on Downing Street banners raised by protesters from Traf-Squ and allied groups. Organizers tout a show of solidarity for a cause and call for attention to policy demands amid a noisy demonstration.
Bryan Hastens 10 Defend McReynolds
Secretary Bryan defends Attorney General McReynolds amid calls for resignation over delays in California trials of Caminetti and Diggs and fraud cases related to customs. Bryan says no resignation needed and criticizes calls on Wilson and Caminetti, noting reasonable continuances and defending officials' motives.
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New York Times
Washington
Bryan
McReynolds
California
Caminetti
Diggs
Smith and Bruce
Wilson
the Commone
Herran
Read
the New
Sr. Wilson
Caminet
New York World
Labor
United States
McNab
Tram
Secretary of State
Department of Justice
Philadelphia swimmer faces brutal ocean challenge
Durborow, a Philadelphian amateur champion, attempted a grueling swim from Charlestown Light to Boston Light. He battled flood tides for nearly 4 hours, maintaining high stroke rates before succumbing near Flynn's Knoll. He refused nourishment, citing exhaustion and the advancing tide as insurmountable factors.
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Webb
Romer Shoal
Alexander Brown
Uni Eer
Charlestown
Boston
Durborow
Governors Island
Brooklyn
Swinburne Island
Flynn
Durbarow
Passaic River Tragedy Claims Two Swimmers
In Wallington and Belmont Creek near Passaic two youths drown after attempting to swim across the river. Jeremiah J Savage 19 a bank clerk from 110 Lincoln Street Passaic disappears in the Passaic River after setting out with two companions. Victor Danetti 17 drowns in Belmont Creek near Orchard Grove park while Grand View Danetti 281 Shore Place Grand View cramps and sinks near his location.
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New York Times
Passaic
N. J
Wallington
Jeremiah J. Savage
Savage
Lincoln Streets
County Bridge
Victor Danetti
Belmont Creek
Orchard Grove Park
Grand View
Townsend's Body Found Near Kansas City
The body of George Townsend, Chicago railway promoter and brother of Rep Edward Townsend, was found washed ashore on Goose Island in the Missouri River six miles west of Kansas City, Kansas. He disappeared from a hotel last Tuesday and left a note saying he intended to leap into the river. His cremation planned and ashes scattered over the Kansas City area interurban line roadbed.
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Kansas City
George Townsend
Edward W. Townsend
New Jersey
Goose Island
Missouri River
Kan
Clay County
St. Joseph
Townsend
Mrs. L'Huillier Perishes in Rooftop Fire Accident
A fire after a passer by threw a lighted cigarette into Riverview Court awning in the 149th Street Broadway area burned Mrs. Marie L'Huillier, 73, a widow, who was alone in her first floor apartment. She attempted to close the window and her clothing ignited. Neighbors and doctors attended but she died about 6 pm. Her son William D. L'Huillier and Dr. H. S. Holland assisted as the blaze was extinguished.
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Riverview Court
Broadway
149Th Street
Marie L’huillier
L’huillier
H. S. Holland
William D. L’huillier
Holland
John W. Jam Ti
L.huillier
Sylvia Pankhurst Militant Suffragette Record
Sylvia Pankhurst daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst is a 22 year old militant suffragette. She has been jailed since 1906 and twice arrested in taxi reconnaissance and Downing Street clashes. In February she received two months for window smashing, released after hunger strike. She wrote about force feeding and authored The History of the Suffragette movement.
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Sylvia Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst
London
Miss Pankhurst
Mr. Asquith
Downing Street
Zelle Emerson
Jackson
Mich
Lava Flows From Vesuvius Create Naples Alarm
Naples reels under rising lava flows from Vesuvius as residents fear a major eruption. Reports from Rome indicate widespread anxiety and anticipation of further pyroclastic activity.
Turmoil Deepens at Tehatalja Amid Civil War Rumors
Constantinople dispatch reports persistent rumors of wounded arriving and telegraph failures indicating crisis at Tehatalja. Details are scarce as authorities withhold information.
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Constantinople
Tehatalja
Two Belgian Conductors Accused of $100000 Jewel Theft
Two railway ticket collectors in Ostend have been arrested and charged with extensive rail jewelry robberies over more than eighteen months. They allegedly confessed to stealing valuables worth $100,000. A Brussels jeweler is jailed as their alleged confederate.
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Felix Robertson
Texas
A. Q. West
Georgia
T. W. Castle Man
Louisiana
Lee
Seminary Ridge
Carr
Wilcox
Perry
Barksdale
Buford
A. P
Ostend
Brussels
Diamonds Stolen from Vandam Factory Strong Room
In Antwerp on June 29 diamonds valued at $60,000 were stolen from the strong room of Van dam's diamond cutting factory. Thieves forced the factory door and the strong room door and then the safe. Two thirds of the safe contents were left. The diamonds were Edward Vandam's personal property, owner of a New York factory. He remarked the loss with a phlegmatic line.
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Antwerp
Vandam
Edward Vandam
New York
Heat Kills 10 in Chicago Amid Severe Heat Wave
The sixth day of extreme heat raises Chicago death toll to forty with ten deaths reported and hundreds of prostrations. Temperatures near 90 degrees persisted as lake breezes offered little relief. Many sought lake cooling while drownings were noted in Chicago and Joliet where four deaths occurred and seven more were near death.
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Chicago
Joliet
Ill
Heat to ease in Plains then cool wave to follow
Weather Bureau weekly bulletin forecasts extreme heat ending in the Plains States by Monday or Tuesday with a cool wave moving eastward. East of the Mississippi will stay warm early in the week, then moderate after midweek. Below normal temps expected in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Slope with generally light rainfall. An advancing disturbance brings local thundershowers across the central valleys by Tuesday and reaches the Eastern States by Thursday.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain
Pacific
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Sun Crumbling Icebergs Reported Along Iceberg Path
Halifax reports all icebergs in the usual voyage lane are crumbling under the sun. The U S cutter Seneca and the Miami patrol the area for the American sealing and salvage service with mail call here. Seneca heads to Boston and Miami is expected to return soon.
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Halifax
United States Revenue
Seneca
Boston
Miami
United States
Peer's Heir for Harvard
The Harvard faculty will include the heir presumptive to Earl Russell, the Hon. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, coming from Trinity College Cambridge to teach philosophy. Mrs. Russell is Miss Alys Smith of Philadelphia, daughter of R Pearsall Smith.
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New York Times
Boston
Harvard
Earl Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell
Trinity College
Cambridge University
Transatlantic Steamers Reported By MarconiWireless
Arrived ships Rochambeau from Havre on June 21 and Minnetonka from London to New York yearned for miles east of Lagos. Tuskland bound for Lagos departed June 24 according to Atlantic Transport Line radar notices.
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Rochambeau
Havre
Boston
Tuskland
Lagos
Marconi Wireless
Minnetonka
Atlantic Transport Line
London
New Y
Senator Fall Faces Mexico Revolt Charges and Defense
Special to The New York Times reports Senator A. B. Fall of New Mexico, on the U S Senate committee probing American roles in Mexican revolutions, denies links to revolutionists and a $200,000 check claim. He urges nonintervention and arms for rebels, while his investments in Mexican mines and ranches are noted.
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New York Times
Washington
A. B. Fall
New Mexico
Senate
Mexico
Mexico City
Fall
Dougie Wie
Mexicanernment
Huerta
Congress
Mexican Republic
Felix Diaz
Victoriano Huerta
Madero
Pascual Orozco, Jr
Senator Fall
United States
Senate Committee
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Stor Fall
Pall
Chihuahua
Sherburne G. Hopkins
Ington
Font
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Gettysburg Railway Company
Gen. Sickles
Germany
SEA Auto
Viper
T. C
T. R
Steel
J. W. W. Leader
N.Y
Lehigh Valley RR
Marsport
F. A. Slade
Lockwood Manufacturing Company
Scare
South America
Mark
Traf
Bryan Hastens
M’reynolds
a_i
Capt. WE
Sandy
Eveters
Withal
Sandy Ho
Philadelph
Bev
Fin
Julius Kahn
San Francisco
Attorney General
House of Representatives
Treanaie Wireless Teleto
Jane
Sy Jrorst
Down Street
Asaith
Lloyd-George
Trafalgar Square
Free Speech Defense Committee
Men's Federation For Women’s Suffrage
East Erd
The
Women’s Social and Political Union
Nelson Monument
Sylvia
Pankhurst
Whitehall
Laura Geraldine Lennox
Lennox
Tydmpu
Pera Fiat
Wall Street
Vesuvius
URAEY
Pthread
Marcon
Hawara’ ‘Vandamn
York City
Rocky Mountains
Revenue Cutter Patrol
Peer
Senator
Hopkins
Rial
Junta
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