Parental Restraint Ends in Boston Schoolgirl Reunion
Adele Boas disappeared after leaving her mother on 81st Street in New York. She worked in a Boston lunch room with Mrs. Elizabeth Upton and later with Mrs. A M Poor. After a long unauthorised trip she admitted her identity to Det Wilber, ending a tense search. Her family praised the stunt as a test of self reliance.
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Adele Boas
81St Street
Columbus Avenue
West &S8th Street
Boston
Elizabeth FE. Upton
Adolph Helchor
Uelchor
Inspector McCafferty
Hartford
Willimantic
Watts
Helchers
Wilber
Murphy
Stamford
August G. Seibert
Adele
Arthur E. Boas
S6th Street
Grand Central Station
Big South Station
Sevier Street
A M. Poor
Main Street
Sullivan Square Elevated
Elizabeth A. Upton
Manhattan
Mrs. Poor
Helcher
Miss Boag
Connecticut
Ett
Explosion sinks submarine boat Foca at Naples
An explosion on the submarine boat Foca at Naples killed seven men and injured several others. The blast, caused by benzine, forced the vessel to sink at her pier to avert further explosions.
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Naples
Foca
Bones of Fitz-RandolphUnearthed at Princeton Campus
A laborer at Princeton excavating for Sage dormitory uncovered a skeleton believed to be Nathaniel Fitz-Randolph the donor of the original campus. Fitz-Randolph born 1703 helped locate the College of New Jersey in 1756 and funded land for Nassau Hall. The family will remove the remains and Woodrow Wilson wrote an inscription for a tablet to commemorate him.
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Princeton
N. J
Nassau Hall
College
Fitz
Woodrow Wilson
Justice Dickey's Car Involved in Brooklyn Pedestrian Crash
Frederick Weiss of 54 Ralph Street Brooklyn was struck by an automobile owned by Justice William D Dickey of the Supreme Court and driven by Patrick Gallagher at Twenty second avenue and Ocean Boulevard. Weiss, delivering a parcel, was only slightly injured and refused medical aid. He blamed no one and offered to drop the incident. Justice Dickey identified himself to Weiss and warned of possible action if pursued.
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William D. Dickey
The
Supreme Court
Patrick Gallagher
Frederick Weiss
Ralph Street
Brooklyn
Twenty-second Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
Weiss
Justice Dickey
Benson Avenue
Bensonhurst
May Pass Amendments and Debt Limit Fight in Senate
Albany reports a tense Senate session with bitter exchanges as amendments to Public Service Commission law and a debt limit measure faced procedural hurdles. Advocates vow to push a special rule to allow votes, while letters to the Rules Committee pressured leaders amid fears of an extra session. The adjournment resolution was moved with sine die timing, as internal debates over printing and morgue delays stirred further contention. Dewey advertisement notes grape juice claims.
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Tribune
Albany
Public Service Commissions
Senate
Lee
Wadsworth
New York City
Rules Committee
Assembly
Newcomb
New York
McCarren
Earthquake Leaves Portugal City with Twelve Thousand Homeless
Lisbon reports twelve thousand homeless after a severe quake. Camped on countryside, victims face hunger and famine as authorities struggle to provide care for hundreds with serious injuries.
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Lisbon
Gambling on Kaiser Wilhelm II Prompts Police Escort
A Hoboken dispatch reports Captain Coeppers of the Kaiser Wilhelm II sent a wireless plea for detectives to meet the liner on arrival to curb professional gamblers aboard. The captain, famed for curbing card sharps, previously pushed gamblers from the Kronprinz Wilhelm smoking room. The Kaiser Wilhelm II, six hundred fifty miles east of Sandy Hook, was due to dock at 6 30 pm.
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Hoboken
Cooppers
Bremen
Coeppers
Kronprinz
Ecard Sharps
Cueppers
Hobeken
Sable Island
Sandy Hook
Flour Prices Tumble in Chicago Wheat Slide
Wheat fell three cents today and flour price cuts followed. Miller announces a 20 cent drop to 3660 from last Saturday, with prices now 1 cent below the May wheat peak. The public reflects the squeeze on bread costs as trade divisions adjust to the new market.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Board of Trade
Wall Street
War College on Ride from Washington to Richmond
Officers of the War College at Washington Barracks will ride to Virginia next week led by General Witherspoon. The route mirrors Ulysses S. Grant’s 1864 march from Washington to Petersburg via Fredericksburg Wilderness and Seven Pines. About a hundred in the cavalcade. the ride lasts about a week and may coincide with President Taft’s Petersburg visit.
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the Tribune
Richmond
the War College
Washington Barracks
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Wilderness
Seven Pines
Petersburg
Taft
Westminster University fires entire faculty and president
In Denver on April 26 a dispute between Westminster University trustees and faculty over salary cuts led to the dismissal of President Joseph L. Weaver and the entire faculty. The move follows their suit for back pay.
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Denver
Westminster University
Joseph L. Weaver
Weaver
Megargee laments conditions on US Army transports
Philadelphia April 26 Stanleigh Megargee son of M W Megargee and once noted horseman writes from the transport Thomas now carrying Troop I from San Francisco to Manila criticizing aboard gambling and drug selling. He reports whiskey at 250 a quart through the steward with backers handling up to 10000, pies sold by the baker at 25 cents charged to the mess, and soldiers paying high prices for morphine from hospital staff amid a culture of extortion and Monte Carlo style gambling through the voyage.
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The
Tribune
Philadelphia
Stanleigh Megargee
M. W. Megargee
12Th
United States Cavalry
United States Army
Thomas
San Francisco
Manila
Monte
United States
Train For President To Be Owned By U S Government
Washington April 26 A bill introduced by Representative Dwight of New York would authorize a complete railroad train for the exclusive use of the President. It appropriates 60000 dollars to the Secretary of War to contract for hauling and 25000 dollars for travelling expenses for the President and companions.
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Washington
Dwight
New York
United States
Bronx druggist liable for 398 402 in Ergot Ty sol misfill
A Bronx druggist Edward F Miller at 712 Tremont Ave was found liable for 398 402 in a Supreme Court verdict after Mrs Mary Dreyer sued for 10000 damages. The jury awarded 8000 to Mrs Dreyer and 460 to her husband for medical costs from the erroneous filling of two prescriptions containing tysol labeled ergot leading to illness two years later.
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Edward F. Miller
Tremont Avenue
The
Bronx
Supreme Court
Mary Edith Dreyer
Bathgate Avenue
Taxicab injures lawyer in Times Square accident
Alexander M Campbell a lawyer of 207 West List Street was struck by a speeding taxicab at Broadway and 46th Street after leaving a theatre. He suffered a possible skull fracture and internal injuries with poor prospects for recovery. Witness William Sullivan at 149 West 46th Street identified the cab number 66163 NY, licensed to C G V Company at 1849 Broadway.
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Alexander M. Campbell
West List Street
Broadway
46Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Campbell
Times Square
Smith
Flower Hospital
William Sullivan
West 46Th Street
N. Y
C. G. V. Company
Count von Bellestrem killed in auto crash near Kattowitz
Count Gus tav von Bellestrem died when his automobile struck a tree in Kattowitz Prussian Silesia on April 26. He was forty two. Baroness von Furstenburg and her two children were thrown from the car but uninjured. An advertisement for Salada tea follows.
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Kattowitz
Prussian
Silesia
Gustav von Bellestrem
Baroness von Furstenburg
Count von Bellestrem
Carnegie Gift Funds Expansion At City Laboratory
Andrew Carnegie has donated 15000 toward expanding the Carnegie Medical Laboratory to an L shaped wing fronting East 26th Street and First Avenue. Noted scientists Dr Herman M Biggs and Dr William H Park are affiliated with the institution and city health labs. A second gift of 2000 from the widow and daughters of Dr Glover C Arnold establishes a yearly surgery prize for the top graduate in surgery at the University and Bellevue.
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Carnegie Medical Laboratory
Andrew Carnegie
East 26Th Street
First Avenue
Herman M. Biggs
City Health Department
William H. Park
City Research Laboratories
University
Bellevue Medical College
Carnegie Laboratory
Glover C. Arnold
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
Parliament Plans to Depose the Sultan in Constantinople
April 26 dispatch from Constantinople reports a likely abdication of Abdul Hamid under EC canons with Sheik-ul-Islam guiding the process. mention of Mohemmed Rechad Effendi as heir, Schefket's forces at the Yildiz siege, arrests across the palace staff, and ongoing military and political maneuvering as the new government forms.
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Sheik-ul-Islam
Sultan
Abdul Hamid
Mohemmed Rechad Effendi
Yildez
Constantinople
Schefket
Imperial
Schefker
Beshimtash
Commission of Inquiry
Galata
Softas
Salonica
Porte
Palace of Justice
Tewfik Pacha
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White
Allds
Finance Committee
Cullen
Judiciary Committee
Dewey’s
H. Dewey & Sons Co
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Portugal
Kaiser Wilhelm
Lloyd Line
WAR College
Grant
Presbyterian College Goes
Grafton
Mr. Dwight
Carnegie
Parliament
Rechad Effendi
Sheike
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Mohemmed Rechad
Effendi
Selamlik
Church
of Union and Progress
Mahometan League
Tional Assembly
Chamber of Deputies
General Schefket
General Schefker
War Office
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