Mayor as Magistrate Opens Duffy Case Probe Against Bingham
McClellan sitting as magistrate will today examine charges raised by Justice Gaynor against Police Commissioner Bingham over the Duffy arrest. The mayor, asserting independence, says he will conduct the inquiry personally without city interference while Bingham accumulates evidence and awaits the decision. Justice Gaynor accuses police despotism. Bingham defends records and notes, while criticism from Magistrate Finn- Battery Dan follows the controversy.
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Gaynor
Supreme Et
Bingham
Duffy
Gaymor
General Bingham
W. B. Crowell
Justice Hoyt
Court of Special Sessions
Kahne
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Pingham
Justice Gaymer
Rogues Gallery
Finn
Dan
Cherubino Palermo
Abraham
Ex-Judge Dewey Sues for 876 Million Damages in Boston
Former Judge Henry S. Dewey opened a libel suit in the Superior Court seeking damages from Good Government Association officials. He alleged defamation linked to the 1905 mayoral campaign, aiming initially at 76 million, later raised to 476 million, naming defendants Minot Jones Little Nutter and Thayer. The case features testimony from Frederick Bolton and other politicians as Dewey plans to spend a week presenting his side.
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Boston
Salem
Henry S. Dewey
Superior Court
Good Government Association
Dewey
Laurence Minot
Eliot N. Jones
John Mason Little
George R. Nutter
Nathaniel N. Thayer
Frederick F. Bolton
Republican City Committee
International Council Adopts International Olympic Jury
Berlin June 2 The International Council of Olympian Games recommended an international jury to judge future events. The move arises from controversies at London 1908 and aims to place judging under international control rather than host nation rule. Swedish representative endorsed the plan during the session. Crown Prince Frederick William hosted a dinner for council members, speaking personally with each.
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Berlin
London
England
Crown Prince
Frederick William
Mississippi Mix-Up Delays Silver Service on Battleship
New Orleans June 2 report a mix of plans for presenting the silver service to the battleship Mississippi along the Gulf coast. Weather and miscommunication caused the ceremony to shift from Pascagoula shores to a casino there, while Louisiana officials received the honor aboard the ship. The battleship then set sail for Philadelphia.
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the Tribune
New Orleans
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Fremont
Pascagoula
Scranton
McCormick
Louisiana Naval
Sanders
Noel
Louisiana
TICK CRUSHES SCHOONER OFF ST JOHNS COAST
The Newfoundland coast ice has crushed the fishing schooner Louris Belle of Western Bay off St John s. Eight crewmen escaped in boats but one boat capsized with two men left adrift. They were rescued by a tug and brought to St John s after six others were found exhausted ashore.
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Newfoundland
Louris Belle
Western Bay
Suspension of Sealing Talks Reported Between Nations
A dispatch from Victoria reports negotiations at Washington between Canada and the imperial government and the United States for a several season suspension of pelagic sealing. Compensation for losses would be arranged for those affected.
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Toronto
Empire
Victoria
B. C
Washington
Canada
United States
Interborough Plans Include Dirigible Subways and Brooklyn Route
Interborough Rapid Transit and Interborough Metropolitan propose a $100 million extension with an express tunnel under Fifth Avenue and new routes to Brooklyn via bridges. The plan, backed by notable financiers, anticipates platform lengthening for ten car expresses and an arcade Broadway route from Union Square to Times Square pending Public Service Commission approval.
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Reinway
Fifth Avenue
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Public Service Commission
Times Square
Tlattery
Seventh Avenue
Grand Central Station
Bronx
Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Edward Hawley
Interborough Metropolitan Board
Frank Hedley
William R. Willcox
Commission
Edward P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Continuous Transit Securities Company
Broadway
Union Square
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Moses Taylor Pyne
Stuyvesant Fish
Stephen S. Palmer
August Hecksher
Albert R. Gallatin
John F. Rourke
Max E. Schmidt
Ripley
Chicago
Lake Michigan
New York City
Mr. Ripley
PEE Services Commision
Broadway Arcade
Board of Estimate Committee
Metz
McAdoo
Sixth Avenue
38D Street
Board of Estimate
Wilicex
McAdoo I
Planned for Atlantic From The Tribune Bureau
Washington reports a plan to defend the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida with a squadron of dirigible balloons. General James Allen orders plans and George Squier starts preliminary drawings. The system would use ellipses of 250 miles with balloon houses, harmonized with coast artillery, and involve larger balloons able to stay aloft longer. Congress may resist due to cost comfort with experimental aeronautics.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
Congress
War Department
James Allen
Signal Corps
George ©. Squier
Coast Artillery
Allen
United States
Department Aeronautic
Coast Artillery Corps
General Allen
Germany
Coke Merger Reported Between Frick and Independents
Pittsburg June 2 Henry C Frick has reportedly approached the promoters of an independent coke combination to pool interests The proposed independent group would be about 80 million dollars in capitalization and could rise to 150 million with Frick The deal hinges on Frick obtaining a controlling stake and a final decision is expected within ten days Mellon interests back Thompson in forming the independent arrangement amid historic Frick Mellon enmity and the possibility of a rate war
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Tritone
Pittsburg
Henry C. Frick
Independent Coke Combination
J. W. Bayleau
J. W. Thompson
Thompson
Frick
Mellon
Independent
Coke Combination
Middy to wed halted by Navy marriage rule
The Navy Department forbids marriage by midshipmen who have graduated but await commissions as ensigns, ending two years of constraint. At the Naval Academy gloom follows this regulation, with Hugh R. Vande Boe of Cleveland among those forced to delay his June 9 wedding, postponed to 1911.
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Tribune
Annapolis
Navy Department
Naval Academy
Hugh R. Vande Boe
Cleveland
Englishmen To Manage New Hotel On Fourth Avenue Block
An English syndicate plans to manage a twenty story hotel for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt on the Fourth Avenue block between 33d and 34th streets. The City Leasing Company leased the premises and will receive a hotel built at about 2.25 million dollars with annual rent around seven percent of cost plus ground rent of 850,000 dollars. Warren and Wetmore filed the hotel plans. The syndicate reportedly will assume all City Leasing Company obligations.
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Fourth Avenue
34Th Streets
Mr. Vanderbilt
City Leasing Company
Edmund L. Baylies
Charles D. Wetmore
William Astor Chanter
Warren & Wetmore
Buildings Department
Boston charter poised for third reading in Senate
The new Boston city charter is ordered to a third reading in the Senate today by a 25 to 6 vote. The bill has passed several House stages and is expected to reach the Governor by week’s end.
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City of
Boston
Senate
Pisgah Forestry Director Resigns Over Vanderbilt Lease
June 2 Asheville dispatch reports George W. Vanderbilt repudiated an $5,000 yearly lease of eighty thousand Pisgah game preserves to James A. Pugh and Chicago associates. Dr. A. Schenck, head of the forestry department, resigns effective November 1 due to lease refund terms and self restrictions.
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Tribune
Asheville
George W. Vanderbilt
Pisgah
James A. Pugh and
Dewey's Madeira and Sherry Wines Ad
Sherry before dinner Madeira after. H. T. Dewey & Sons, 155 Fulton St., New York. Advertisement for wines and spirits highlighting Madeira and sherry selections.
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Dewey's
H. T. Dewey & Sons
Fulton St
New York
Zeppelins Victory and Emperor Congratulate Zeppelin
Berlin June 2 The Emperor sent telegram to Count Zeppelin praising the return trip to Friedrichshafen with the provisionally repaired airship. He suggests the Berlin trip be undertaken on August 11 as he will be away for six weeks. The Zeppelin air ship arrived at Lake Constance and entered the floating shed after stopping at Goppingen.
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Berlin
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Güppingen
Lake Constance
Steel Firms Swap Ground for Plant Extensions
United States Steel Corporation and Republic Iron and Steel Company announced an amicable property exchange after months of negotiations. The deal trades land near Youngstown Ohio for a Sheren Pennsylvania site needed for a tube plant and an open hearth extension, with prices deemed too high previously.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Republic Irom and Steel Company
The
Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Ohio
Republic Company
Sheren
Penn
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Company
Collision Between Brougham and Auto In City Streets
A brougham carrying Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. De Young and daughter Florence collided with an automobile owned by Jack Loewer the brewer at Sth street and Seventh avenue. The De Young party attended the Broadway Theatre and the Stuyvesant Theatre party rider Frank Stires was en route to a garage. No arrests were made as the drivers argued responsibility and Mr De Young said the meeting was accidental. The driver William Todmore of 1229 First avenue was thrown from his seat and slightly injured.
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Sth Street
Seventh Avenue
Jack Loewer
West Sith Street
Loewer
Stuyvesant Theatre
West 88Th Street
Frank Stires
Michael H. de Young
Florence
Broadway Theatre
de Young
San Francisco Chronicle
William Todmore
No. 1229
First Avenue
Grande Pointe Hotel Burns Down On Harsen's Island
Detroit dispatch reports the Grande Pointe Hotel on Harsen's Island in the St. Clair River burned to the ground tonight. No further details on casualties or causes are provided in the readable text.
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Detroit
Grande Pointe Hotel
Harsen
Vanderbilt Gems Lost From Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt Bracelet
Newport June 2 The first Newport summer jewel loss is reported Mrs Reginald C Vanderbilt misplaced a diamond and sapphire bracelet said to be a wedding gift She is exercised over the loss The bracelet disappeared in Newport on Monday or Tuesday A reward is offered but not specified The exact value is unknown
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Newport
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Murder at Rockefeller Duck Farm in Tarrytown
Mrs A Tophie, a milk deliverer from Tarrytown, reports seeing a man dead on the road at dawn near John D Rockefeller estate Sleepy Hollow. She described a knife found later by police, with blood pools at the scene and a possible body hid on the Rockefeller fields. Police suspect Black Hand involvement among Italian workers on the duck farm.
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John D Rockefeller
Sleepy Hollow
A. Tophie
Tarrytown
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Estate
Trial of New Gun On Auto Truck At Lake Erie Test
Cleveland June 2 The Mec Clean Lissak automatic gun claimed largest in world fired three pound shells three and a half miles into Lake Erie at 259 per minute. Weighing nine hundred pounds the war car travels at 25 mph with crew of ten and can shoot while artillery unlimbers. The English government orders it for guarding the Channel and tests were planned before U S, Russian, and Japanese authorities.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
Lake Erie
English Channel
S. N. McClean
United States
Won in the Stretch Annapolis Naval Academy graduate
Luther Welsh of Kansas City will graduate among 174 in his class at the Naval Academy. He earned a midshipman appointment after overcoming a height deficiency by using a special instrument to extend his spinal column. Welsh also excelled in athletics and served as a drill commander during his four-year pursuit.
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the Tribune
Annapolis
Luther Welsh
Kansas City
Naval Academy
Welsh
Robbed D. G. Reid's Private Car in Jersey City
Charles S Sparman fourteen-year-old son of a Dillon South Carolina Methodist minister was arrested in the Pennsylvania freight yards in Jersey City charged with breaking into the private car of Daniel G Reid president of Rock Island Railroad and stealing about five hundred dollars worth of silverware four Winchesters a shotgun a Colt revolver a meat cleaver and clothing He said he and a Negro companion carried the plunder to the freight yards buried the silverware in ashes and hid the rest under lumber They slept in a passenger car and awoke to find the companion gone Police recovered the silverware suitcase and the boy said he ran away from home months ago traveling by rail.
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Charles S. Sparman
Dillon
S. C
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Daniel G. Reid
Rock Island Railroad
Young Sparman
Pearl Street
B and O Strike Imminent Over Piecework System
Baltimore June 2 The conference between Vice President Potter of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and officers of the machinists blacksmiths and boiler makers failed to yield an agreement The chief issue is extending the piecework system in the company shops It appears likely a general strike by about a dozen to fourteen machinists will be ordered within twenty four hours The B and O Southwestern will not be involved The stance of blacksmiths and boilermakers remains uncertain
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Baltimore
Potter
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Three Year Old Burned To Death In Gasoline Fire
In Byron Genesee County two children of Mr and Mrs James Lynch entered a gasoline house behind a hardware store and set oil on fire. Three year old Gladys Lynch could not escape and died in the blaze. The incident occurred June 2 in Rochester area local reporting.
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Rochester
James Lynch
Byron
Genesee County
Gladys Lynch
Two Hundred Hurt in Strike Riots
Philadelphia faced violent strike riots as strike breakers from New York operated transit cars. Two hundred injured, many hospitalized, cars set ablaze, police overwhelmed, and rioters blocked tracks across Kensington and surrounding districts.
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Philadelphia
New York
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
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Coke Merger Reported
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Pisgah Forestry
G. W. Vanderbilt
Zeppelin
Kaiser
Steel Companies “Swap
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Carz
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