Roosevelt Advises Britain on Egypt in Guildhall Address
In London on May 31 Roosevelt urged British leaders to quit Egypt if they cannot restore order, or stay and accept Civilisation’s duty. He spoke bluntly at Guildhall to Cabinet members and dignitaries, drawing intense attention and applause from an audience including Balfour and Grey.
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Roosevelt
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Egypt
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Mr. Roosevelt
America
British Empire
Mert
Roosevelt scolds England on Egypt policy at London
The Associated Press report notes Theodore Roosevelt delivering a sharp rebuke to England at Guildhall during the London ceremony. He praised British rule in Egypt but said recent events after the assassination of Premier Boutros Ghali showed errors by the British government and urged repairs to fulfill their duties in Egypt.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
Egypt
United States
England
Roosvelt
Boutros Pecha
A. Leo Stevens
A. R. Hawley
Augustus Post
Byron R. Newton
Jerome Fanciulli
Stanley Y. Beach
Israel Ludlow
Florida
Joseph Seymour
Charles M. Manly
William J. Hammer
James M. Beck
Paris
Beck
Mr. Curtiss
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Brown
Curtiss
Hudson Maxim
The
Aeronautical Society
Samuel H. Valentine
Aero Club of America
Walter C. Howe
Department of the East
John Jacob Astor
Don C. Seitz
Adolph S. Ochs
C. J. Edwards
Aero Club
No Resentment Toward Roosevelt Speech London Press
London papers react to Mr. Roosevelt's Guildhall address with banter and restraint. Editorials praise Anglo American solidarity, question imitation, and note mixed reactions from Standard Telegraph Daily News while only Daily News condemns the speech as a breach of international manners.
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Roosevelt
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Chronicle
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Washington
Standard
Telegraph
Daily News
Gardener Arrested in Fox Terrier Death at Glen Cove Home
Otto Frehling, head gardener for J. P. Morgan Jr., Glen Cove, was arrested after a complaint by the Long Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A terrier died after alleged poisoning with strychnine. autopsy confirmed the toxin. Frehling demanded a jury trial, set for tomorrow.
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Glen Cove
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Long Island Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
U. S
Westervelt
Luyster
Oyster Bay
Frehling
Swearing In Of Surveyor Henry Postponed
General Henry Overlooked for confirmatory credentials and Senate approval, delaying the swearing in as Surveyor of the Port. Deputy Smyth acts in interim after June 1 start date set. Henry has visited the Custom House and awaits officials.
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Nelson H. Henry
Loeb
General Henry
Washington
Senate
Kenry
National Guard
James S. Clarkson
Smyth
Henry
Custom House
Lawyer Isidore Richter Jumps Before Third Avenue Elevated Train
A crowd watched Isidore Richter a lawyer of 152 Delancey Street jump in front of a Third Avenue elevated train at Tremont station and die instantly as the train passed. Motorman Elmer Patton collapsed from shock. Relatives say Richter had recent surgery for an abscess and mental state may have been affected.
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Isidore Richter
Delancey Street
Third Avenue
Tremont
Elmer Patton
Richter
Alexander Avenue
Spreckels Brothers Plan Nationwide Reform Drive
Rudolph Spreckels of San Francisco arrives in Chicago with a reform program aimed at cleansing politics, business, and labor. He and brother Claus A. Spreckels of New York will meet Chicago leaders to discuss the movement launching tomorrow with travels to New York and Europe before a wider campaign starts in September.
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Chicago
Rudolph Spreckels
San Francisco
Claus A. Spreckels
New York
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Europe
United States
Prizes Announced for New York to St Louis and Chicago Flights
Two large prizes were unveiled for intercity aeroplane trips: $30,000 for a New York to St Louis flight and $25,000 for a New York City to Chicago route. Mayor Gaynor announced the St Louis prize at a Curtiss dinner, while The New York Times and Chicago Evening Post underwrite the Chicago prize. Conditions for the routes will be set after expert study with aviators.
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St. Louis
Chicago
New York Times
Chicago Evening Post
Gaynor
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New York
Veteran Falls at Tomb While Visiting Grant Sarcophagus
George W. Curtis eighty five a Grand Army man visited Grant's Tomb and viewed the sarcophagus then slipped on the stairs near the bottom. A bystander called for aid and a doctor from J Hood Wright Hospital treated him saying he would be well in a day or two.
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George W. Curtis
Grant
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Shake-up in Alabama Legislature after election
Montgomery May 1 reports a dramatic shift as only eleven of 105 legislators are to be re elected. Two preachers win nominations, Democrats field few candidates in three counties, Republicans likely to win unopposed. Republicans plan a full state ticket at July Birmingham convention with prohibition as leading issue.
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Ala
Alabama
Birmingham
Prohibition
Pessimists Criticised By House Chaplain
Washington May 31 The House chaplain Rev Henry N Couden criticised pessimists muckrakers and demagogues in opening prayer. He prayed for reformers real statesmen and patriots to lead the nation toward greater attainments amid alarmist rhetoric in press platform and pulpit.
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Washington
Henry N. Couden
Airship Treaty Aims to Regulate International Air Traffic
Washington May 21 The United States and Mexico are negotiating a treaty to regulate aerial navigation. It would require registration of all aeroplanes and air ships, like ships and cars. Unlicensed international traders could be treated as smugglers or pirates, with possible Senate ratification this session.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Knox
Senior de la Barra
Senate
Congress
Earle Affinity Case Delayed Over Italian Marriage Law
Justice Fitzgerald will not affirm referee Foley's report in the marriage annulment suit of Julia Kuttner Earle against Ferdinand Pinney Earle. The issue hinges on whether the Venice 1908 marriage to Earle, while his first wife divorced in France, is legally recognized under Italian law. The court postpones ruling to study Italian marriage and divorce law before acting on Foley's findings.
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Justice Fitzgerald
Joseph A. Foley
Julia Kuttner-Earle
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Earle
Emilie Fischbacher Earle
France
New York
Riot Feared as Foreigners Warned in Nanking
Shanghai reports Chinese warships with troops deployed toward Nanking amid fears of an outbreak against foreigners. Foreign residents have been warned. Chinese soldiers at Nanking to be replaced by Shanghai force, deemed less trustworthy for urgent needs.
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Nanking
Shanghai
Watson Back in the Fold Returns to Democratic Party
Augusta Georgia May 31 Thomas Watson once a Democratic member of Congress and twice nominated by the Populist party for president announces his return to the Democratic party. He urges longtime political friends to defeat Thomas W Hardwick for re election to Congress and signals he will stay in the party.
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Thomas &. Watson
Congress
United States
Thomas W. Hardwick
United States backs Estrada claim in Nicaragua crisis
Washington May 31. Secretary Knox orders Commander Gilmer to act to enforce US policy in Bluefields amid a near crisis as Madriz forces seize American ships. The Adelaide and Esfuerzo cargo are at stake. US demands restoration or compensation and warns both factions. Possible hostilities loom.
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Washington
Knox
Navy Department
Gilmer
Bluefields
United States
Madriz
Estrada
Binefields
Adelaide
Esfuerzo
Esfuerza
Secretary of State
Rodriguez
Niua
Nicaragua
Left $10,000 in Street After Baseball Scores
Lemuel Larson paymaster for a large firm nearly lost ten thousand dollars when his satchel sat by the street while he boarded a car reading Cincinnati’s double wallop by Pittsburg. John J. Celto of 6546 Penn avenue found the satchel and handed it inside. Larson later recovered the money.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Lemuel Larson
Cincinnati
John J. Celto
Penn Avenue
Larson
Sixteen Mile Pile Of Cards Estimates By Durand
Washington May 31 The Census Bureau has begun enumerating the population from individual census cards. Director Durand said complete city tallies would be announced within a fortnight. He estimated that stacking all one card sets could reach sixteen miles high, based on a U S population near 100 million. Rail tickets between New York and Albany are accepted on Day Line steamers. Advt.
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Albany
Washington
Maxim
Census Bureau
RE. Dana Durand
New York
Advt
Millionaire Parsons Accepts City Post as Queens Deputy
Frederick J Parsons, affluent coffee magnate and son in law of A S Calhoun, resigns private enterprise to become deputy water commissioner for Queens. He joins reform efforts led by Commissioner Thompson to reorganize and expand Queens water service amid rising demand.
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Frederick T. Parsons
Thompson
Queens
Parsons
A. S. Calhoun
Calhoun, Robbins & Co
Front Street
Queens County
No. 114
Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
Douglas Point
Douglaston
Douglaston Civic Association
Charles C. Wissel
Walter Bennett
A. S. Robbins
Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club
Crescent Athletic Club
Downtown Association
Oakland
Clarence Robbins
Bemis
Salvation Army Driver Arrested Over Missing Watch
George E. Cobbens reports the theft of a $400 gold watch and chain from his East 4th Street home. David L. Walsh, Salvation Army driver, confessed after detectives questioned him at his home and admitted pawning the stolen watch. The case sparked a hunt by Detectives Marron and Kenny.
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East 4Th Street
David L. Walsh
Salvation Army
Walsh
Coblens
Kenny
Freight Rate Increase Halted by Sherman Law Action
Hannibal Mo May 31 Twenty five Western railroads were temporarily restrained by Judge Dyer from enforc ing or making a general advance in interstate freight rates set for June 1 The government petition claims the rate hikes were anti competitive and violate the Sherman antitrust law The restraining order targets lines including Missouri Pacific Chicago Northwestern Chicago Rock Island Pacific Burlington Quincy Wabash Milwaukee St Paul Minnesota Chicago Great Western and others in a wide regional rail network.
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Western
United States
David P. Dyer
St. Louis
Chicago
E. P. Ripley
Atchison
George Wickersham
William S. Kenyon
Charlies A. Houts
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
The
Wabash Railroad Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago & Altoun Railroad Company
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Missouri, Kansas &Texas Railway Company
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Company
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