Mauretanian Sets Speed Records on Long Atlantic Crossing
The Cunard Line steamer Mauretania reached Sandy Hook Lightship at 7 30 PM after a 2590 mile voyage from Daunt's Rock, averaging 24.56 knots and beating Lusitania's record by 0.03 knot. The ship set a world best for a single day with 635 knots and achieved 26 knots for 15 hours despite propeller blade loss, while fog and partial power delayed Nantucket Lightship passage. Officials face a tight schedule to depart New York on Thursday with coal bunkers and baggage handling occupying the day.
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Cunard Line
Mauretania
Sandy Hook
Daunt's Rock
Lusitania
Pritchard
Cunard
Nantucket
Liverpool
New York
Celt Wins the Brooklyn Handicap in record time
Celt the three year old son of Commando of Erin, ridden by Notter, edged the field to win the Brooklyn Handicap in record time. R Keene and trainer Jimmy Rowe hailed the ride as clever as Celt clocked a fast mile and a quarter in front of about 25 909 fans. The favorite, Celt, beat King James, Fair Pier, Don Creole and others as track conditions were dry but dead after a Saturday deluge.
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R. Keene
Brooklyn
Celt
Com
Maia
Erin
Jockey Club
Gates
Belmont
Fair Pier
Egg Coond
Sam Jester Robert
Rush Treic
John E. Madden
King
Pandelion
Gunfire
Notter
Colin
Commando
James BR. Keene
Jimmy Rowe
Supke
Montgomery
Condi
Fair Play
Don Creole
Re Vely. Montgomery
Name Change Decree For John Armstrong Chanler
Richmond June 1 The North Carolina Superior Court authorized John Armstrong Chanler to change his name to Chaloner hailed as first step toward resolving a multi state litigation over a 1.5 million dollar fortune. Chaloner says the change rights him from the stigma of the Chanler name and his sanity has been affirmed by Virginia and North Carolina courts as he seeks vindication in New York.
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Richmond
Superior Court of
North Carolina
John Armstrong Chanler
Chaloner
Chanler
Virginia
New York
Bloomingdale
O'Neil Denies Switch on Gambling Bill Support
Albany dispatch reports Senator O'Neil will stay firm with Governor Hughes on anti racetrack gambling measures. Foelker recovering in Staatsburg plans to attend next week’s vote. Racing interests push back, denying recent switch rumors while noting possible late shifts by other lawmakers.
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The
Tribune
Albany
Hughes
William T. O'Neil
St. Regis Falls
O'Neil
Staatsburg
Foelker
O’neil
Taylor
Europe
Senator Hill
Buffalo
Gilchrist
Brooklyn
Wilcox
Auburn
Balloon Chicago Leaves Quincy to Beat Pommern Record
The balloon Chicago with Charles A. Coey Charles H. Leichleiter and Captain G. H. Bumbaugh launched from Quincy at 6 PM sailing west at about two thousand feet after crossing the Mississippi River fifteen minutes after takeoff. They aim to beat the Pommern record set from St. Louis last year.
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Quincy
Ill
Chicago
Charles A. Coey
Charles H. Leichleiter
G. H. Bumbaugh
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Doctor Breaks Record On 468 Mile Rail Run
Dr John Murphy of Chicago sped to Pittsburg to reach Mrs Thomas L Crittenden, daughter in law of a former Missouri governor, in eight hours and thirty eight minutes on a special train. The journey included a long stop in Ohio after a man was fatally injured. Part of the Allegheny General Hospital was given up to the patient and relatives declined to discuss her illness.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
John Murphy
Chicago
Thomas L. Crittenden
Ohio
James B. Oliver
Allegheny General Hospital
Crittenden
Actor Drops Dead At Theatre Fire in Cleveland
Eugene Jepson a fifty year old New York actor and vaudeville lead died of heart disease in his dressing room as a theatre fire alarm sounded at Keith’s Theatre Cleveland. Audience members escaped safely while the orchestra continued and performers resumed after the blaze was controlled. Jepson previously appeared with Maude Adams in a varied stage career.
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Cleveland
Eugene Jepson
New York
Keith's Theatre
Jepsen
Maude Adams
One Wire for Twelve Keys Demand Telegraph Toll Cuts
Libson June 1 A French system for using alternating currents instead of continuous ones would let twelve instruments share a single wire. M Mercadier, inventor, announced the concept at the International Telegraph Conference promising toll reductions.
Barge capsizes on Amoor River drowning 89 prisoners
A barge carrying Chinese prisoners capsized in the Amoor River near Khabarovsk on June 1, resulting in eighty nine drownings. The accident is reported in the dispatches from the region.
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Amoor
Khabarovsk
Mrs Frank J Gould Loses Trunk
Mrs. Frank J Gould loses a trunk found between Trenton and New Brunswick on May 21 after a crash on the road. The trunk held dresses hats and shoes. A reward is offered for its return to 843 Fifth Avenue New York. Mrs Gould was accompanied by a chauffeur and a footman when the trunk fell from the luggage rack near Philadelphia en route to New York.
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New Brunswick
Trenton
Frank J. Gould
Fifth Avenue
New York
Platform Discussed Taft and Ellis Conference
Washington June 1 Taft and Wade H Ellis Ohio Attorney General held a long morning conference on the Chicago national platform with Burton and Burrows dropping in. Taft said he would favor a Roosevelt platform endorsing the President and Roosevelt’s guidance with a strong tariff revision plank. He opposes combinations in restraint of trade but seeks better Sherman Act enforcement. The plan is not to detail legislation in the platform. Congress should devise cures later.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Chicago
Representative Burton
Senator Burrows
Judge Ellis
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Cummins
Iow
Civic Federation
Republican Party
National Committee
Senator Crane
Massachusetts
Mr. Crane
Dolliver
Borah
Idaho
Senator Bourne
George A. Knight
California
Senator Long
Kansas
Register of the Treasury
William T. Vernon
Lusitania Sets New Eastbound Record to Queenstown
The Cunard ship Lusitania reduced the New York to Queenstown run by 2 hours 43 minutes, cover 2932 miles in 5 days 4 hours 30 minutes. She arrived at 2:05 AM and then sailed to Liverpool, beating her previous best of 5 days 7 hours 13 minutes.
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Lusitania
Liverpool
Goldsboro Reflags As Atlantida In Honduras Trade
The steamer Goldsboro, once under a British provisional registry, arrived May 16 at Puerto Cortez with farming gear and oil road equipment. It carried a $50,000 cargo for General Supply Co. agent F G Bailey. owner Meyer and Bailey also bought a 2000 acre banana farm at Tela for $20,000 and plan oil and coal prospecting. The British register was cancelled and the ship re registered Atlantida under the Honduran flag, heading to Tela.
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Honduras
Goldsboro
New York
General Supply Company
F. G. Bailey
Charles H. H. Meyers
Bailey
Meyer
Tela
Tey
Ient
Belize
Bluefields
Honduran
Atlantida
Law and Church Clash Forces Ban at St. Joseph's
In Scranton on June 1 Bishop Hoban barred all Catholics from worship at St. Joseph's Church after a Supreme Court decision upheld part of a congregation’s action to stop Hoban from acting as trustee of church property. The Bishop, citing Church law, removed Pastor Father J. J. Kirras to avoid disobedience of divine rule.
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Tribune
Scranton
Penn
Hoban
St. Joseph's Church
Supreme Court
J. J. Kirras
Better English in America Declares American Speech Superior
Berlin June 1 Professor Brandl of the University of Berlin argues against critics that educated Americans speak English as correctly as educated Englishmen. He blames England’s scholastic bias toward classics and notes Cambridge lacks a modern English chair. He cites Harvard English study and German at Philadelphia to prove America leads in modern language training and that nasal American phonetics are fading.
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Berlin
Brandl
University of Berlin
England
Cambridge University
America
Harvard
Philadelphia
Foxhounds Killings at Myopia Hunt Club Sparks Prosecution Threats
President George T. Angell of the Massachusetts Humane Society called the shooting of fifty two foxhounds by the Myopia Hunt Club an outrage. He offered $1 for evidence to convict any club member of mutilating a horse and said he is investigating the dog murder with plans to prosecute if evidence appears.
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the Tribune
Boston
Myopia Hunt Club
George T. Angell
Massachusetts Humane Society
Oldfield Retires From Auto Racing After Crash
Barney Oldfield drives last race claim after a severe accident. He has become a chauffeur for H W Whipple of Andover, a banker, and only car, a thirty horsepower vehicle, likely limited to thirty miles per hour. Oldfield cancels all racing engagements.
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the Tribune
Lowell
Mass
Barney Oldfield
Oldfield
H. W. Whipple
Andover
Dahlman Explains Nebraska Campaign Funds Use
Omaha mayor James Dahlman explains a New York claimed donation to Nebraska Democrats. He says Thomas F. Ryan via WF Sheehan provided $15,040 to fund the state race for Berge, not national or Bryan, and Roosevelt won the state by about 8,000 while Berge fell short by under 10,000. He asserts no money influenced Bryan and that he handled all funds locally.
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Omaha
Neb
James ©. Dahlman
Nebraska
New York
I-4
Thomas F. Ryan
Sheehan
Parker
T. S. Allen
G. W. Berge
Mr. Dahlman
Bryan
Roosevelt
Berge
National Committee
Ryan
Convicted Banker Nall Freed on Bond Pending Appeal
James M. Nall, convict in a conspiracy to defraud Elkville State Bank, released on a three thousand dollar bond after serving part of a five year sentence in Chester Penitentiary. W. B. Smith also faces release. both await Appellate Court review.
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the Tribune
Murphysboro
Ill
James 5. Nall
W. B. Smith
Elkville
State Bank
Chester
Smith
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Eugene S. Reynal
Lawrence Waterbury
Rainey
Rene la Montagne
MR. Chaloner
North Carolina Court
John A. Chanler
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Cleveland Playhouse
DEWEY
H. J. Dewey & Sons Co
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Taft and Ellis
Queenstown
Cunard Steamship Line
Baileys
Angell
Humane Society
Dahlman
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