Captain of Koepenick Returns to New York City
Wilhelm Voigt the "Captain of Koepenick" is reported in New York as immigration inspectors seek to detain him at Ellis Island. Authorities note his 1906 Berlin caper and mention a Liverpool departure, with Voigt likely facing deportation. August Kopke and Albert Muller add local sightings amid speculation of a lecture tour.
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Herr Wilhelm Voigt
Koepenick
Berlin
William Williams
New York
Herr Voigt
Ellis Island
Quebec
Montreal
Germany
Keenerick
Jungfernheide
Dr. Langerhaus
Albert Muller
No. S09
East 124Th Street
Custom House
Muller
August Kopke
Terrace Garden
Voigt
Broadway
Williams
Liverpool
Marcer
Butler Arrested With Bugher Gems In Baltimore
Clarence Howlett, a longtime suspect in the March 27 theft from Mrs. Frederick Bugher, was captured in Baltimore while trying to sell a stolen gem. Police seized about $1540 in diamonds. Howlett confessed and used multiple aliases. He had worked as a butler at Mrs. Ludlow’s home during the time of the burglary.
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Baltimore
Clarence Howlett
Frederick Bugher
New York
Washington
Howlett
Daily Police Bulletin
Wilson
Oliver Reeves
Kenneth Freeman
Rogues
United States
Borher
Reid Sets World Record for Naval Vessel Speed
The torpedo boat destroyer Reid, under Lt. Doddridge, maintained 36 mph for four hours during a speed test off Pensacola in rough Gulf conditions. The new vessel, a recent completion, exceeded government requirements and covered sixty miles down the coast before turning back to the start.
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Pensacola
Fla
Reid
Doddridge
Gulf
Selling Senators in Mississippi Bribery Allegations Unfold
Mrs C J Neal of Jackson testified before the Mississippi state Senate accusing late Senator Dulaney and Senator Bilbo of a bribery plan tied to vote support for Percy over ex Governor Vardeman. She claimed a meeting was arranged and that payment would be linked to crop yields while acknowledging no crime in bribery. The inquiry focuses on possible corrupt influence among legislators.
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Jacke
Mississiggi
C. J. Neal
Jackson
State Senate
Dulaney
Bilbo
Percy
United States
Vardeman
Nell Amid
Billbo
Ivestigacu
Lilo
PASS A VETO RESOLUTION
London April 7 The House of Commons in committee adopted Premier Asquiths veto resolution by 339 to 237 The measure would disable the Lords from rejecting or amending a money bill while preserving existing Commons rights Lord Rosebery hosted a large dinner to discuss his proposed reconstitution of the Lords with leading peers
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
House of Lords
Lord Rosebery
Chill Strikes The City In Sudden Temperature Drop
New Yorkers faced a dramatic swing from warm to cold within hours as temperatures tumbled from 60 to 34 with winds rising above thirty miles per hour. Snow began around 1 30 this morning and officials forecast warmer, fair weather tomorrow, with only light snow on the updated plan for the baseball game.
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Tropics
Arctic Circle
New York
Severe storm hits Lake Ontario shores in Rochester area
A 40 to 50 mile gale blows on Lake Ontario. Mariners call it the worst spring storm in memory, with piers damaged and the tug Ralph driven back into harbor towing the coal laden barge Locke. Rochester sees a rapid temperature drop within twelve hours. Interlaken reports heavy snow squalls and brisk winds, with the mercury at 33 degrees above zero.
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Lake Mariners
Interlaken
Rochester
Lake
Ontario
Ralph
Locke
N. Y
Auto Kills Little Skater In Brooklyn Tragedy
Ten year old James Dillon of 271 Pacific Street Brooklyn was fatally struck while skating near his home. Chauffeur Alexander Fuller of 704 Fulton Street Brooklyn turned himself in at Amity Street police station after rushing the boy to Long Island College Hospital where he died shortly after. The car owned by Charles E Warren vice president of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company.
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James Dillon
Pacific Street
Brooklyn
Alexander Fuller
Fulton Street
Long Island College Hospital
Fuller
Amity Street
Bernard Gallacher
Buller Street
Charles E. Warren
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Man Killed in Auto Wreck on Queens Road to Springfield
Louis C. Hagenah a Jamaica and Cypress Avenues hotel keeper was killed when a car overturned after a rear wheel collapsed near Jamaica on the road to Springfield Queensborough last night. Chauffeur Ferdinand Hoffman aged 26 was seriously hurt and at Jamaica Hospital. Miss C Levy of East New York suffered a broken arm and shock. Mrs Magensth was bruised and hysterical upon learning of Hagenah's death. Great Bear Spring Water a6 é or case of 6 bottles.
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Louis CC. Hagenah
Jamaica
Cypress Avenues
Springfield
Queensborough
Ferdinand Hoffman
Jamaica Hospital
C. Levy
Weldon Street
New York
Magensth
Hagenal
Losing All Brothers Die in Missouri River Tragedy
Nels and Co. W. Olsen, Kansas City brothers, are believed to have killed themselves after massive losses in a broker age business. Their bodies were found on the Missouri River bank three miles east of Kansas City. The men disappeared January 28 after $75,000 in Board of Trade reverses. A revolver with two empty shells was found injected in one man’s hand. pockets held lender advertisements. Two fishermen recovered the remains. suicide and murder motive cited.
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Kansas City
Nels and Co
W. Olsen
Missouri River
Board of Trade
Lost baby pits note to cap. woman returns Georgie
A note tied to a three year old boy led police to East 57th street where two girls found him among older children. A lieutenant called it abandonment and Bellevue likely. A white woman then claimed the child, identifying him as Georgie, and took him home.
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East 57Th Street
Plese
Themmy
East List Street
Bellevue
Leutenant
Thommy
Georgie
French applaud Lowell as hall brings $137000 in auctions
Paris reporters note Prof Lowell’s lecture before the French Astronomical Society drew praise for eloquence but skepticism on Martian canal theory. In Mendelssohn Hall, Charles T. Yerkes collection fetched $595,250 the third night, totaling $1,526,675 over three evenings, led by Hals portraits and Rembrandts. Knoedler & Co. paid $137,000 for Portrait of a Woman, the top price.
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The
Tribune
Paris
Lowell
French Astronomical Society
Mars
Flagstaff
Deslandres
Meudon Observatory
Bizourdan
Paris Observatory
M. Flammarion
M. Antoniadi
British Astronomical Association
M. André
Lyons Observatory
the Tribune
Charles T. Yerkes
Mendelssohn Hall
Thomas E. Kirby
Frans Hals
Knoedler & Co
Gerard Ter Ford
Francois Clovet
Joost Vac Craesbecke
Alchemist
Cornelius Dusart
Rembrandts
Rembrandt
W. W. Seaman
Seligman & Co
Joris de Coulery
Philemon and Baucis
Scott & Fowles
Ed. Brandus
Westphalia
Meindert Hobbema
Seligmann & Co
Lion and
Hero
Rubens
H. Steinmeyer
Apostles
Philip Berolsheimer
Duveen Brothers
Siesta
Jan Steen
Kleinberger Galleries
Christ
Temple
A. Steinmeyer
Boors
Parks Closed to Autos In Boston Parkways
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald orders the Boston Park Commission to close park roadways to motor vehicles amid the State Highway Commission dispute over automobile fee funds. The move would block Commonwealth Avenue from Arlington to the Fenway and follows a request to the Metropolitan Park Board for a similar action.
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Tribune
Boston
State Highway Commission
Fitzgerald
Boston Park Commission
Commonwealth Avenue
Arlington Street
Penway
Metropolitan Park Board
Boston Park Board
Progressive candidate Woerren Grast jumps into Iowa governor race
Des Moines April 7. In a political surprise Woerren Grast of Coon Rapids announces as a Progressive candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. He opposes incumbent Governor B F Carroll as the field shifts in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Woerren Grast
Coon Rapids
Curamins
B. F. Carroll
Roosevelt Wedding Date Set for Eleanor Butler Alexander
Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander to wed Theodore Roosevelt Jr on June 2 at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church with a large reception at her uncle Charles B Alexander’s home on West 58th Street. Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt expected to arrive mid June aboard the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria or Kronprinzessin Cecilie.
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Eleanor Butler Alexander
Henry Addison Alexander
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
55Th Street
Williamsburg Trust Company Directors Pledge Personal Liabilities
William P. Reid reports the Williamsburg Trust Company directors declare assets exceed liabilities and pledge individual liability to guarantee full on demand deposits. The bank holds cash twice the required reserve to satisfy all possible deposit withdrawals.
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William P. Reid
Williamsburg Trust Company
Peruvian Volunteers Rush to Frontiers in War Fever
Lima reports a detachment sent to Piura near the Ecuadoran border as nationwide zeal to defend the republic grows. Fifteen thousand volunteers recruited in a single city, with generals Canevare and Borgeone offering service and women volunteering as nurses amid a bitter boundary dispute. Transports carrying troops and commanders sail to Turmbez.
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Lima
Peru
Piura
Callao
Canevare
Borgeone
Ecuador
Lanbayeque
Turmbez
Robbing Clergy Imposter Preys on Park Slope Homes
A self-styled clergyman robber targets houses near Mayor Gaynor’s Brooklyn residence in Park Slope. He has stolen items valued over 800 dollars from the Margaret building at Vanderbilt avenue and Plaza street and has struck nearby homes on Eighth avenue. A youth in minister garb was seen in the building hallway claiming to seek a fellow clergyman.
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Grand Avenue
Brooklyn
Margaret
Vanderbilt Avenue
Plaza Street
Brewery strike settled in Rochester as workers to return
The Brewers' Exchange announced that an agreement with five hundred striking employees has been reached. Workers will probably return to work Saturday. Terms are described as mutual concessions but not disclosed.
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Rochester
Brewers’ Exchange
Explosion Aboard Cairnrona Kills Child and Injures Dozens
An explosion on the British steamer Cairnrona off Dover wrecked the women’s quarters and caused a panic that left about twenty seriously injured and fifty with lesser injuries. Emigrants, mostly Russians, fled the burning ship as crew and nearby steamers Kanawha and Upland rescued hundreds. The ship returned to port for repairs as Dover officials aided survivors.
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Dover
England
Cairnrona
Dungenes
London
Portland
Upland
Kanawha
Cairnrena
Iice Louils
Battenburg
Prince and Princes of
Price of Chickens Soars at Chicago Market
Chicago April 7 chickens sold at 19 cents a pound in the South Water street market the highest price in the trade's history. Veteran trader John Foley cites scarcity and high costs as the main cause while buyers resist paying the normal 11 2 to 12 1/2 cent range despite the rise.
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Chicago
South Water Street
John Foley
Country Estate Fire Destroys All but Jennings House
A Bridgeport telegraph report notes a Fairfield estate fire destroying all outbuildings at Oliver Gould Jennings estate. The dwelling house survived while barns, cattle facilities, and granaries burned. Fire started in a cattle barn and spread, with volunteers and a private school aiding efforts.
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Oliver Gould Jennings
Fairfield
Tribune
Bridgeport
Conn
Standard of Capitalist
New York
Thhe West
Mom Jennings Ty
Europe
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Great Bear
Francois Clouet
F. van Mite Buwene Kooedler & Co
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Dauphine de Vienners
Amsterdam
Hans Holbein
Hermit
Gerard Dou
Philip “Perols
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