Railroads push new freight rate increases nationwide
East and Middle West lines filed tariffs raising rates 2 to 31 percent with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Attorney General Wickersham remained undecided on further suits as the Senate delayed a railroad bill and as Western rates faced court injunctions.
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Wickersham
Washington
Mississippi River
East
Middle West
Senate
North
Atlantic
Pacific
New York Central
West Shore
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Seaboard
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
Commission
Missouri
Western Traffic Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justce
Mistissinoi
Belmont in Polo Accident at Meadow Brook Club
August Belmont was thrown from a pony during a Meadow Brook polo practice in Hempstead Long Island. He reportedly fractured a rib and sustained facial and body bruises but later dined with his wife at home. Belmont, a longtime polo enthusiast, had recently returned from a European honeymoon with Eleanor Robson.
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Meadow Brook Club
Hempstead
Long Island
Belmont
East 34Th Street
August, Jr
Morgan
Arthur Scott Burden
Bradley Martin
Hamilton Hadden
Mr. Belmont
August
Westbury
John Mann
New York
Eleanor Robson
Railroads Seek Lift on Freight-Rate Injunction
The Western Trunk Line Committee reports twenty five railroads, having halted rate increases, will request dissolution of the injunction. Continued on second page.
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St. Louis
Fron
Western Trunk Line Committee
Boston bars T. R. cartoons in Roosevelt book
Pittsburg publisher Raymond Gros reports Boston book buyers rejected his Roosevelt cartoon collection. Agents were driven from Boston by local booksellers who refused to stock any Roosevelt book, signaling low popularity for Theodore Roosevelt in the city.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Raymond Gros
Roosevelt
Boston
Mr. Roosevelt
T. R
Taft Gains Ground Says Supreme Court Justice
Justice H. Lurton of the United States Supreme Court said a strong wave of Taft sentiment is sweeping the country and critics are being confused. He arrived in Cincinnati and reported Taft as cheerful and confident. He was hosted at the Queen City Club with a reception by the county bar to follow.
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the Tribune
Cincinnati
Taft
Ce H. Lurton
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Taft
Justice Lurton
Queen City Club
Jockey Killed in Gravesend Race Tragedy
Jockey Fred Langan died after his horse Stalwart Lad crashed during the Gravesend race. He fell under the field and was crushed as others tried to help him. Langan, 18, from Brooklyn, rode for Richard F Carman and had just scored recent wins including Semprolus in the National Stallion Stakes.
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Fred Langan
Gravesend
Richard F. Carman
Oneck
Muff
Davis
Warwick
Lad
Langan
Mrs. Butwell
Jockey Room
Burwell
Coney Island
R. F. Carman
Jacksonville
Mr. Carman
Semprolus
Stanley Fay
Freishon
Cuban a peculiar death by own action in New York area
José Cirilo Chrivas, a member of a prominent Cuban family, killed himself at Muldoon's sanatorium near White Plains by strangling with a cord from his pajamas. He was 44, said to suffer a nervous disease, and left a wife and child. Coroner Ames O. Squire investigated. burial and family ties listed. an advertisement for Pennsylvania Railroad travel appears.
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José Cirilo Chrivas
Muldoon
White Plains
Chivas
Muldoon’s
Ames O. Squire
Ossining
Dhrivas
Quogue
Long Island
Harrison on-the-Sound
Dirivas
Ramon Dirivas
Maria Dirivas
F. F. Howard
No. 65
Worth Street
Manhattan
Twice Across Channel Flight by Captain Rolls in 90 Minutes
British aviation record roundup notes Captain Charles Rolls achieved a round trip of forty two miles across the channel in ninety minutes on June 2, 1910. Earlier attempts include Hubert Latham on July 19, 1909 and Louis Blériot on July 24, 1909. Additional crossings listed include Jacques de Lesseps May 21, 1916 and long distance feats by Louis Paulhan and Glenn Curtiss in 1910 with distances from London to Manchester and Albany to New York respectively.
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Rolls
Charles 8
Hubert Latham
Louis Bleriot
Jacques de Lesseps
Louis Paulhan
London
Manchester
Glenn H. Curtiss
Albany
New York
Charles S. Rolls
Baron Liangattock
Cambridge University
England
Great Britain
Wilbur Wright
le Mans
Louis Blériot
Count Jacques de Lesseps
Rolls crosses English Channel twice in Wright biplane
Dover reports Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls flies Dover to Calais and back in ninety minutes, covering forty two miles without landing. The feat follows Blériot and de Lesseps crossing the Channel, with Rolls praised for his machine and piloting in favorable conditions.
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Dover
Calais
Roosevelt Dinner With Cromer In London Honor Visit
Theodore Roosevelt and Lord Cromer dined with John St. Lee Strachey in London tonight. They sat on either side of the host and discussed Egyptian policy. Roosevelt plans a country visit tomorrow with notable guests including Sir Harry Johnston and Captain Robert F. Scott.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
Lord Cromer
Egypt
John St. Lee Strachey
the Spectator
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Guildhall
Arthur H. Lee
Harry Hamilton Johnston
Africa
John Burns
Robert F. Scott
George Trevelyan
Viscount Morley
Blackburn
Aero trip offer: Curtiss to fly Cyril Scott to Chicago
Telegraph reports an $18,000 fare to Glenn Curtiss for an airplane flight carrying actor Cyril Scott from Atlantic City to Chicago. Scott would reach the Lyric Theatre for the Lottery Man opening next Sunday. Curtiss may accept the Shubert offer to promote the show, with three days to complete the journey.
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Cyril Scott
Atlantic City
Chicago
The
Tribune
Glenn H. Curtiss
Lyric Theatre
Curtiss
Herbert C. Duce
Lyric and Garrick Theater
J. J. Shubert
Messrs. Shubert
Hot Wave From Southwest Heads Toward Coast
A hot wave from the Southwest is moving eastward through the Gulf states and is expected to reach the coast in two to three days. Cool, fair weather is forecast for the Eastern States until then. Hobart Oklahoma records 109 degrees the hottest day in seven years.
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Washington
Gulf States
Atlantic
Lake
Canadian
Hobart
Okla
Gaynor For Purer Plays By Telegraph to The Tribune
Boston June 2 Replying to Mayor Fitzgerald s request that he direct his influence toward suppressing the suggestive theatrical poster or the more cohesive influence of the indecent play Mayor Gaynor of New York writes that he will be glad to co operate in anything to elevate the stage He recalls his early theatre going days with Booth Barrett Davenport and Bangs in Julius Caesar and wishes the stage return to its former high estate.
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the Tribune
Boston
Fitzgerald
Gaynor
New York
Booth
Barrett
Davenport
Bangs
A Guggenheim in Jail for Third Speeding Offense
Edmund A. Guggenheim Yale student, son of Murry Guggenheim, was fined $100 and jailed for one day for a third speeding violation. He served less than an hour, entering the prison at about 4 pm after a 3 pm arraignment, then was discharged at the end of the day. His attorney Edward Carpel argued for leniency but the law requires a prison term for third offenses.
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Edmund A. Guggenheim
Yale
Murry Guggenheim
M. Guggenheim
Broadway
Guggenheim
Edward Carpel
Carpel
New York State
Auto hits skater as Dells ride in city
Jacob Dell sr. and Jacob Dell jr. were in a car on 124th Street near Madison Avenue when a 14 year old boy on roller skates named Louis Bischoff rode into path. The boy was knocked down and taken to Harlem Hospital where Dr. Richardson found his injuries not serious. Police recorded the car occupants and released them.
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Jacob Dell
Jacob Dell & Sons’ Piano Manufacturing Company
Jacob Dell, Jr
124Th Street
Madison Avenue
Louis Bischoff
Second Avenue
Harlem Hospital
Seemed To Like Poison Bartholomew Dillon
Bartholomew Dillon, 36, of 301 East 60th Street, visited his wife at 20 West 58th Street yesterday intending to kill himself. He ate a green chemical package, returned to his boarding house with his five year old daughter, and was pumped out after Dr. Evans said the overdose was his gluttony.
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Bartholomew Dillon
East 60Th Street
John McMahon
Dr. Evans
Presbyterian Hospital
Dillon
Evans
Rice at wedding fatal ends long medical battle
Mr and Mrs Asa Cummings of Binghamton New York were wed ten years ago friends showered them with rice a kernel lodged in the bride ear for a decade defying doctors three operations failed she went to Post Graduate Hospital for treatment brain fever developed and she died yesterday
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Asa Cummings
Binghamton, N. Y
Mother Jones Slips Into Critical Condition in Illinois
The noted agitator Mother Jones, prominent in labor strikes through the last decade, is reported to be seriously ill at a Cincinnati hotel after suffering a nervous breakdown a few days earlier. The article notes landmarks on the Hudson and references Day Line steamers.
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Cincinnati
Mother Jones
Hudson Ar
Ady
Hamilton Shows Startling Air Dares at Mineola Flight
Aviator Charles K. Hamilton staged a dazzling display at Mineola with three planes overhead, climbing to six hundred feet and performing loops and cross country dashes. He and Harmon and Baldwin flew in formation for about nine to twelve minutes, then Harmon vanished from sight while Hamilton searched for him, borrowing Harmon’s gasoline to continue the chase toward Meadow Brook Club.
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Charles K. Hamilton
Mineola
Hamilton
Aero Club
Aeroe
Thomas S. Baldwin
Clifford B. Harmon
Mr. Harmon
Meadow Brook Hunt Club
Captain Baldwin
Harmon
Paulhan
Jamaica
Garden City
Meadow Brook Club
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Mr. Wickersham
Meadow Brook
Banker
Gros
Justice Lorton
Great Bear
Jimmy Butwell
James R. Keene
S. Davis
Butwell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Stewart Rolls
Army Motor Reserve
English Channel
Count de Lesseps
France
Blériot
Sangatte
Aero Club of France
Wright
Cromer
Boy
Bride
Mother Jones,” Agitator
Ill
Greenwich
Conn
Sound
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