Dynamite Bomb Sent to Mr Taft
A mailed infernal machine addressed to President Taft was found at the White House. Assistant Secretary Sherman Allen opened it and extinguished a burning fuse, narrowly averting disaster. The six pounds of dynamite could have destroyed the executive offices. Secret Service investigates who sent the device.
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Washington
Tatt
White House
Sherman Alen
Secret Service
Taft
Sherman Allen
Mien
Ma Allen
United States
Allen
Confessions of a Modern Mrs. Ponce de Leon
Lillian Russell presents a feminine themed feature on staying young and beauty. An unconventional tip suggests eating raw onions as part of her sensible methods. The piece promotes upcoming Magazine Section content in the Tribune.
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Mrs. Ponce de Leon
Lillian Russell
Tribune
American Boat Seized Off Vancouver Island
The American gasoline launch Benita from Seattle was captured after a running fight with the fishery protection cruiser Newington off Vancouver Island. Many shots were fired from both vessels. The Bonita, pursued and towed into port, is held awaiting confiscation as a prize.
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Victoria
Boc
Benita
Seattle
Vancouver Island
Newington
Local police missouts and campaign headlines mix with arrests
Local news items outline police search results with no new arrests and political notes on party activities. The report mentions gamblers leaving, a court case involving Mrs Hosenthal, shoplifting charges, and labor cabinet protests.
May win yet as state orders new Mount Pleasant vote
John D. May win yet Adbams outlines that the New York State Education Department nullified Irving Bryant’s board seat in Union Free School District No. 3 Mount Pleasant Westchester County. A new election is ordered after ruling a defective ballot should have credited Ellen Millon the same votes as Bryant, affecting the outcome. Millon had support reportedly from John D. Rockefeller.
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Adbams
Irving Bryant
Board of Education
Union Free School District No
Mount Pleasant
Westchester County
Ellen Millon
Bryant
John D. Rockefeller
State Department
Millon
Oelrichs Stops Runaway Horse Near Children
Hermann Gehlens Oelrichs leapt from Vincent Astor's automobile to curb an untied horse racing toward a group of children on Thames Street at dusk. Astor slowed, Gehlens secured the mare by its neck, saving the kids as onlookers warned them away, then all returned to their farewell visit.
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Newport
Lower Thames Street
Hermann Gehlens
Vincent Astor
Mr. Astor
Oerrichs
Mr. Gerrichs
Miss Magaret F. Andrews
Free Smokers Bill Passes House With Revenue Loss Indicator
Washington reports a House passed bill granting free "smokers" weekly to tobacco workers, quarters of employees, and tobacco manufacturers. Royal F. Cabell estimates the measure would cost the federal Treasury about 20,000 dollars annually and possibly 600,000 dollars from non taxed nose cigars, plus potential fraud incentives requiring costly espionage. The Treasury Department may oppose the bill in the Senate.
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Washington
House
Federal Treasury
Royal FB. Cabell
Internal Revenue
Cabell
Internal Revenue I Bureau
Treasury Department
Senate
Banker's Wife Held on Charge of Shoplifting
Libby R. Guerin of Summerville South Carolina wife of Joseph A. Guerin president of Rochester Bank faced a petit larceny charge in Jefferson Market Court. Flora Porter a Broadway department detective testified Guerin took three dress pins a cuff set and a net of cuff pins valued at 125 7H and 28 cents respectively without wrapping and left the store with them. Guerin testified she paid the money and claimed store methods differed from those in South Carolina.
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Heloise Guerin
Summerville, & C
Joseph A. Guerin
Ueborchester Bank
Sant Ball
Petit Special Sexstone
Magietrate Murgliy
Jefferson Market Court
Misa Flora Porter
Broadway Department
Mrs. Guerin
Ryde
South Carolina
Astor Place
Subwa Station
New York
Atlantic City
Huyler Candy Maker Left Two Million Estate
The will of candy maker Huyler shows a estate valued at about two million with real estate appraised at 408,020 and personal holdings including New York Central stock. His widow Mrs. Nora Muster holds a life interest and his sons continue the candy business. The report notes large stock holdings in plans and charitable bequests to institutions like Syracuse University. A brief mention of modest Hyde Park belongings and a public notice about the distribution follows.
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Soloman Goldenkrang
Surrom
Mate
Jom
Huyter
Hhiyters Nies
Candy Man
Hayle
Iran
von Rake
LM. Cornet
Hepler
Prospect Basin Mining Company
Huyler
Huyler Corporation
New York Central
Hoyler
Chief Points in Case Yes Terday
Police made no further arrests though they promised to get the murderers soon. Grand Jury heard several witnesses. Counsel for Shapiro and Libby gave their story of events leading up to the murder. Comminer Waldo blamed courts and district attorneys for not closing gambling houses. Mayor Gaynor will conduct an investigation to satisfy himself whether there is a system. District Attorney Whitman blamed police for allowing assassins to escape. Lieutenant Becker denied charges made in Rosenthal's statement before he was shot.
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Shapiro
Libby
Comminer
Waldo
Gaynor
Whitman
Becker
Rosenthal
Jack” Rose
Dora Gilbert
Charles B. Plitt, Jr
East Side
Tenderloin
Drop Kills Balloonist in Quincy Mass
Lawrence Stafford seventeen from Dorchester died attempting a parachute jump at Houghs Neck Quincy May. His parachute failed to open after he started from a hot air balloon and he fell into shallow water in view of hundreds. Body found in mud with many broken bones. Stafford family linked to parachute experiments. father died in 1910 and mother killed during a parachute jump at Revere Reach.
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Aqulney
Mass
Lawrence Stafford
Quincy
Hough
Stafford
Revere Reach
Asquith Eludes Women Starts for Dublin After Outwitting Suffragettes
Premier Asquith travels to Dublin evading suffragette attention. He left Downing Street, appeared in Wolverhampton with his daughter, then disappeared in a motor car. Police and suffragists await his arrival in Dublin at nine o clock tomorrow evening. A large welcome by torchbearers and bands is planned.
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Dublin
London
Asquith
Downing Street
Wolverpton
Lemonade Draws Crowd at Midweek Prayer Service
In Plainfield, New Jersey, the Congregational Church held a midweek prayer meeting where Rev. Charles L. Goodrich announced free lemonade, served by churchwomen, as a cooling aid to worship. The pastor plans to continue the plan during warm weather, per attendees.
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Tribune
Plainfield
N.J
Charles L. Goodrich
Congregational Church
Suspected Men Elude Police In Rosenthal Shooting
Police made no new arrests in the Rosenthal shooting at the Metropole early Tuesday. Libby and Shapiro were charged with homicide and jailed in the Tombs. Shapiro claimed Rose hired the car, with Itzky as another possible passenger, while Webber named three others. A district attorney inquiry and witness testimonies follow, with the mayor ordering a probe into gambling links and police connections.
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Herman Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Libby
Rose
Shapiro
Metropole
Itzky
Third Avenue
14Th Street
43D Street
Webber
No New Arrests but Dougherty Optimistic on Rosenthal Case
Police probe into Herman Rosenthal s shooting at the Hotel Metropole stalled as detectives search for principal suspects. Deputy Commissioner Dougherty and Inspector Hughes offered no arrests but remained hopeful of quick action. Rumors of Be’s death were unconfirmed, while gamblers and associates reportedly fled the city amid witness concerns. Dougherty denied a gambler killer theory and emphasized pursuing the right men with limited details to avoid spoiling plans.
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Herman Rosenthal
Hotel Metropole
Dlictars
Rosenthal
Dougherty
Hughes
Polics
Charles Be
Hwa Ra
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Priso Shahid
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