Socialists Win First Diet Seats in Prussia Elections
Berlin June 3 Socialist gains mark a milestone with five new Diet members, four from Berlin and suburb and one from Hanover district. Campaign targeted Radicals as most viable opponents while voter turnout remained low and familiar ministers joined the third class voting.
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Berlin
Prussia
Fve
Hanover
Diet
von Billow
Beseler
Radical Union
Charilottenburg
von List
University of Berlin
The St Paul Collision At Isle of Wight Admiralty Case
The British Admiralty sues the American Line owners over the St Paul collision with the Gladiator off the Isle of Wight on April 3. Claims allege negligent navigation, improper signaling, excessive speed, and failure to heed signals. Cross actions accuse Gladiator crew of improper helm and lookout. Witnesses describe disputed maneuvers. hearing adjourned to tomorrow.
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St. Paul
John Gorell Barnes
Admiralty
Isle of Wight
Gladgier
S. Paul
Lumsden
Gladiator
Mainguy
Gladigter
London
Trinity House
St Paul
Lums
St. Paul's
Bowyer
Solent
Paul
Mulai Hafiz Confiscates Wives Threatens Sale of Spouses
A dated dispatch reports Mulai Hafiz confiscating the wives of General Bagdani and his brother and threatening to sell them unless immediate submission is sent. The note notes Bagdani consulting the Moroccan Foreign Board and seeking diplomatic aid. Other items cover disorganized forces in Rebat and a May battle near ghere with heavy casualties on both sides.
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Bagdani
Mesumez
Mulai Hafiz
Moroccan Foreign Board
Rebat
Abb-el-Aziz
Mogador
Ghere
Incses
Russian Naval Censure Moves to Duma Action
In St. Petersburg on June 2 the Committee of National Defence approved a series of interrogations into the Ministry of Marine’s disorganization and alleged negligence. Resolutions call for immediate reform and censure, centered on the ten gasoline torpedo boats bought from Lewis Nixon of New York, deemed unsuited for combat. Nixon defends the buys as necessary to deter Japanese acquisition and touts vessel performance, endorsing tests in the Black Sea and Baltic and highlighting a midwinter Atlantic crossing.
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St. Petersburg
Ministry of Marine
Committee of National Defence
Lewis Nixon
New York
Germany
Black Sea
Baltic
Czar
Cronstadt Gazette
Oregon
Florida
American Detained at Lille Over Belg ium Extradition Case
Charles von Milevich of 127 South Fulton Street Philadelphia has been jailed in Lille for two weeks on an extradition warrant from Tournai Belgium accusing him of robbing his father-in-law of 400 francs in Frasnes Belgium in early May. Lille authorities deny access to his wife and American consular contact, while a confession from his sister-in-law is cited. Ambassador White and Paris officials protest. Philadelphia sources refute knowledge of the man or address given.
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Charles von Milevich
South
Fulton Street
Philadelphia
Tournai
Belgium
Frasnes
von Milevich
C. J. King
Mr. King
Mlle
Laurence Noules
America
Ambassador White
Mason
Paris
Notes of Foreign News Update From Global Dispatches
In Baku a Swede named Wurten hid thirty bombs and arms. search resistance left a lodger dead and Wurten’s wife and daughter wounded. Belfast reports the Rotterdam liner’s trial at eighteen knots and June 13 New York voyage start. St Thomas retracts plague claims. Port of Spain reports one fatal case with two suspect cases. Guayaquil notes plague under control with forty two new cases since May and nineteen deaths. Honolulu notes the Breckens prizefight case dismissal. Manila reports gov mining expert Harry Ickis and guard killed by Moros in an April 1 hut attack. Ickis was from Creston Iowa.
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Wurten
Belfast
Mholland-American Line
Rotterdam
Southampton
New York
St. Thomas
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Guayaquil
Manila
Harry Lt. Ickis
Moros
Ickis
Creston
Iowa
Panama election to be peaceful says Arango
Panaman Minister to the United States Jose Augustin Arango, back in the city, stated there is no danger of insurrection after the coming Panaman presidential election. He cited U S commission work on registration lists as easing violence risks by Liberals and noted only routine poll disorders might occur. The United States aims to ensure fair conduct. The electors vote July 12. the president is chosen August 1. Amador will not seek reelection. Ricardo Arias leads the government ticket against General J Domingo Obaldia. both are Conservative with Obaldia also backed by Liberals.
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United States
Panama
American Commission
Sefior Arango
Amador
Ricardo Arias
J. Domingo Obaldia
Washington
Conservative
General Obaldia
Liberas
Cuban women active in political campaign visit governor
Sefora Zaponet, president of the Ladies' Liberal Club in Santiago de las Vegas, met Governor Magoon to announce the first active political role by Cuban women. The club pioneered women’s engagement and aims to spread similar groups islandwide, with Magoon commending electoral purity and predicting positive effects.
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Havana
Sefora Zaponet
Ladies’ Liberal Club
Santiago de Las Vegas
Alfredo Zayas
Magoon
Cuba
Santiago
Tariff revision plans outlined by Payne and committee
From The Tribune Bureau Washington June 3 Representative Serena E Payne left for Auburn North Carolina for two or three days before heading to the Chicago convention as a delegate. He says no committee meeting will occur before the election though empowered to summon one. He will gather data from departments to prepare for a tariff revision. He declines full view of the Ohio tariff plank but accepts a revision is needed while remaining cautious on vice presidential choices. Payne is a friend of James Sherman and would back him.
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Washington
Serena E. Payne
Auburn
N. C
Chicago
Payne
Ways and Means
Congress
Ohio
Hughes
James Sherman
Utica
President Roosevelt Narrowly Survives Steep Rock Creek Ride
Washington June 3 President Roosevelt escaped a serious accident while riding in Rock Creek Park with Mrs. Roosevelt. On a new young horse the animal reared twice and fell backward into the creek. The President slipped from the saddle and landed beside the horse but was uninjured. He remounted and rode about an hour and a half before returning to the White House. The incident was witnessed by carriage occupants who spread rumors later denied by the White House. The President wore khaki and the two regular riding horses were sick.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rock Creek Park
White House
Honorary degree for W S Paine at GWU commencement
Willis Seaver Paine president of the Consolidated National Bank of New York and F J W Skiff director of the Field Museum of Natural History received the Doctor of Laws at George Washington University commencement in Washington on June 3. Paine was honored for his contributions to banking law and his strong commitment to education.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
George Washington University
Willis Seaver Paine
Consolidated National Bank of New York
F. J. W. Skiff
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Mr. Paine
Aeronauts Aid Weather Bureau Forms For Balloon Research
After correspondence with Professor Alfred J. Henry of the United States Weather Bureau, Aeronautics editor Ernest La Rue Jones reports the bureau printed forms for aeronautics experiments. Aero clubs are urged to collect ground readings during ascensions and coordinate with nearby stations. Records should note surface wind direction and speed, cloud type, temperatures at cloud boundaries, and timing of sand release or valve use. Copies go to the Weather Bureau, aero clubs, and aeronautics journals.
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Alfred J. Henry
United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Ernest la Rue Jones
Aeronautics
Weather Bureau
Henry
Aero Clubs
Aero Clavs
Pierce May Fight Return To Texas
St. Louis report says Henry Clay Pierce of Waters-Pierce Oil Company may resist Texas efforts to extradite him for trial on a false swearing charge. Attorney H B Priest notes Pierce would likely be acquitted if tried in Texas, though Texas aims to convict regardless of innocence. Pierce is in New York on a $40 000 bond signed by Priest. Local authorities can act only if he returns to Missouri.
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St. Louis
H. B. Priest
Henry Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Pierce
Texas
New York
Priest
Young Boys Race Off Battery In Tuesday Swim Meet
About two hundred spectators watched Joey Oliver win the first of three swimming races off the Battery last night. The young contestants, not over fifteen, swam from the Hudson stern at Governor's Island to the Staten Island ferry pier as Ellis Island carried five hundred immigrants and workers toward the Battery. One man nearly toppled overboard while watching the finish.
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Joey” Oliver
Battery
Juley” Morani
Hudson
Governor's Island
Staten Island
Ellis Island
Jovy
Barge Office
Lowepap
Will of Mrs Adelaide Willets favors maid over kin
By the provisions of the will of Mrs Adelaide Willets of Roslyn Long Island filed yesterday in Mineola a faithful servant receives more money than her brother and sister. The will leaves Thomas Taber and Gertrude Kirk each 1500 dollars and to maid Rose Goldstein 1000 dollars outright plus income from 5000 dollars for life while Walter R Willets gets the residue.
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Adelaide Willets
Walter W. Willets
Roslyn
Long Island
Mineola
Willets
Thomas Taber
Gertrude Kirk
Rose Goldstein
Walter R. Willets
Encouraging the Soldier and Navy Orders From The Tribune
An enlisted man who became a commissioned officer and returned to enlisted status may wear the emblem of worthy service from his first enlistment. The War Department supports this to encourage soldiers. The piece lists Army and Navy officer transfers, resignations, leaves, and midshipmen detachments, with vessel movements and ships placed out of commission.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Philippines
Secretary of War
Department
Octopus Finishes Trials At Sea For Torpedo Boat
Newport R I June 3 The board of inspection says the submarine torpedo boat Octopus performed far stronger than expected during a 24 hour high speed surface trial. The craft arrived at the torpedo station wharf after exceeding the contract 24 knot first period and 20 knot second period.
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R. L
Board of Inspection
Octopus
Washington
Inspection Board
Morawetz Will Not Resign From Rail Board
Victor Morawetz did not resign as chairman of the executive committee of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. He will remain at least until July, postponing the resignation to the July meeting. Only routine business was done. President Ripley forecast worse railroad earnings before improvements, planning to stay on. The crop outlook appeared promising.
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Victor Morawetz
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Morawetz
E. P Ripley
Ripley
Death by own act ends bank defalcation case
Charles T. Muir, paying teller at the Corn Exchange branch on West 42d Street, shot himself after confessing a five year theft of about $9,066. He was promoted from receiving teller days before the discovery, and died at Bellevue Hospital after initial treatment at Roosevelt Hospital failed to admit him. He left letters blaming himself and noting a shortfall across five years, with his wife and two young children left destitute. Authority and coworkers questioned how the shortage escaped notice until the promotion.
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Charles T. Muir
Corn Exchange
West 42d Street
Bellevue Hospital
Roosevelt Hospital
Bellevue
Muir
George H. Frew
Teller
Frew
Bridge Piers Endanger Children in Jamaica Avenue
A letter to President Gresser from Public Service Commission Commissioner Bassett warns that Long Island Railroad bridge abutments in Richmond Hill Jamaica Avenue encroach on the roadway leaving no sidewalk space. A double track trolley line and busy traffic force children crossing under the bridge into danger near a nearby public school. Commissioner Passett proposes opening an unbuilt street on the map to avoid the hazard. Also announced is the retirement of E A Morrison & Co from 893 Broadway with stock bought by James Mercery & Co to be sold at both stores.
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Borough of Queens
Bassett
Public Service Commission
Jamaica Avenue
Richmond Hill
Long Island Railroad Company
Passett
E. A. Morrison & Co
Broadway
James Mercery & Co
Coral Block Taken to Museum Exhibition
The world’s largest reef coral, recently acquired by Dr. B. E Dahlgren in the Bahamas, arrived at the American Museum of Natural History yesterday. Captain Joshua Siocum sailed the twelve-ton yawl Spray solo around the world to deliver it for display.
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B. E Dahlgren
Bahamas
American Museum of Natural History
Joshua Siocum
Coral reef treasure arrives at American Museum in New York
Dr. B E Dahlgren collected a two ton madrepore coral from Andros Island Bahamas and delivered it to the American Museum of Natural History. Director Herman C Bumpus announced the specimen, weighing two tons, rings like Neptune's harp when struck. A Bahaman native helped crate and float it to the Spray, near the reef's edge.
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Dahlgren
Bahamas
Andros Island
Slocum
Slocam
Fischer sues bank and Weidenfeld over stock pledge
George E. Fischer seeks repayment of a $6 loan from Camille Weidenfeld pledged with 90 shares of Butte Mountain Copper stock as collateral at American Exchange National Bank. He alleges the bank has failed to return collateral and has challenged motions to vacate examination orders in Supreme Court before Justice Bischoff.
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American Exchange National Bank
Camille Weidenfeld
Butte Mountain
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
Fischer
Weidenfeld
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