Rebels Take City in Border Battle
Brownsville Texas reports a border clash as rebels under General Lucio Blanco seize Matamoros across the Rio Grande. Heavy fire lights the night while both sides sustain casualties. reports say Major Estafan Ramos wounded, U S cavalryman injured, and Matamoros mayor possibly killed. Fire and shelling devastate parts of Matamoros as rebels advance and seize key border crossings.
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Brownsville
Tex
Lucio Blanco
Tamvilipas
Matansoras
Mexico
Eschaseretg
Hidala Plaza
Tome
Matamoras
Estafan Ramos
Davis
United States Cavalry
Miguel Pur- Tagan
International Bridge
Browns Ieville
Santa Cruz
Matasnoras
Hidais Plaza
Plaza de Araman
Barrant
Blanto
United States
Rio Grande
Halle
Pat
Coms Msston
Burt
J. W. Johnson
Fie
Morning News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Legal Rows
Local items report Pas Sire Woodford's Auto killing a man and mayoral defence in Waldo as Wingate admits perjury. Columbia student named as new man, unions start active work today, many weddings noted, June class day at New York University, Ivy Day events at Harvard. A veto picture, silk shirt arrest, diamond robbery in Hatties Potlee, Tim plans Europe trip, Mack Arts useless in court, Booth leads arm trust dissolutions, Arizona alien law protest, Kenyon cites insidious lobby. Meat and flower pack on pree list, Hitchcork denies Harrison charges, Wood's plea for acquittal denied, Sylxer cuts Tammany payroll.
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Pas Sire Woodford
Fkitter
Waldo
Mins
Arizona
Kenyon
Hitchcork
Harrison
Wood
Svlxer
Tammany
Carpenter Falls Into Boiling Tar at School Construction Site
Archibald Siup, a Bronx carpenter, fell from scaffolding at a new high school on Long Island and plunged into a vat of boiling tar. Immersed to his armpits, he was rescued after twenty minutes and rushed to Far Rockaway's St. Joseph's Hospital. Five coworkers aided in the rescue as three gallons of lubricating oil were poured over him to ease the agony. His prognosis was poor.
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Archibald Siup
Carpenter
Elton Avenue
Bronx
Lawrence
Longig Island
St Joseph's Hospital
Far Rockaway
Simpson
Will join only Eugenists Dr Nehemiah Boynton Bars
Dr Nehemiah Boynton, pastor at Clinton Avenue Congregational Church Brooklyn, declares he will perform marriages only with a doctor's certificate of good health. He asserts he will not marry anyone he knows to be morally or physically unfit and compares the stance to his views on divorce.
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Nehemiah Boynton
Clinton Avenue Congregational Church
Brooklyn
Boynton
Turkey Leg and the One Step Menace to Posture
Philadelphia reports a fashionable ailment called sartorine or turkey leg, arising from excessive turkey trotting. Surgeons note severe strain of the sartorius muscle in socially prominent patients, left leg in men and right leg in women, with risk of permanent leg shortening if the trend continues. Dr John W Redman of Germantown cites possible lasting impact on future generations.
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Philadelphia
John W. Redman
Germantown
Man Rescued After Attempted Death by Own Action
In Boston on June 3 Ivans Zinn attempted suicide by rope in the Charles River area. Police intervened as bystanders and Officer William H. Hill acted to prevent a drowning. Zinn offered no motive beyond a private secret and was later detained.
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Boston
Ivans Zinn
Adout
Wiliam H. Hill
Nan
Yann
Card sharp on liner forced to give up 235 dollars
Passenger, accused of dealing himself aces from the bottom of the pit, is forced to refund his win of 235 dollars to a Carolina man after a shipboard gambling row. W G Meyer and M Meteger observe suspicious play as aces flutter from cards during the game and the loser demands return of money.
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Pasteenger
Carolina
W. G. Meyer
Meyer
Oil inquiry report on Standard Oil and tobacco trust
Washington date uncertain. McReynolds aides Morrison and Pagan report months of inquiry into Standard Oil dissolution and tobacco trade. cabinet meets consider launching contempt actions and new probes to ensure anti trust decrees are obeyed. McReynolds opposed plan for rapid disintegration but investigation continues as questions on control and pricing persist.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
McReynolds
Charles B. Morrison
Oliver E. Pagan
Department of Justice
Tobarco Trust
Standard Oil
Cabinet
White House
United States Supremo Court
Tobacco Trust
Wickersham
Tol:co
Mesers Morrison
Pagan
Messrs
Morrison
Bishop Lengel Weds Leah Young in Civil Ceremony
Reading Pennsylvania reports retired Bishop Henry M. Lengel, 69, and widow Leah Young, 60, married today by Alderman Miller of Lebanon. Lengel cited ministerial flaws as reason for civil rites. Lengel, former pastor, recently returned from California evangelistic trip. his first wife died in 1911 and Young has been a widow since June 1999. Lengel once drew attention in a dispute with late Bishop Potter of New York.
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Reading
Penn
Henry M. Lengel
Church of the Followers of God
Leah Young
Alderman Miller
Lebanon
Lengel
California
Lendel
Young
Potter
New York
Wingate admits driving car that killed man in New York
Mrs Stewart J Woodford, wife of the former US minister to Spain, was driving a car that struck and killed William Stumhausen in New York. A manslaughter charge was filed against Woodford and co-defendant Browne. Isidore Shivek later died from injuries after a separate Fifth Avenue auto crash. Miss Wingate, a self described white slave investigator, confessed perjury regarding statements about another man’s conduct.
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Mrs. Woodford
Miss Wingate
Acchema
Stewart J. Wood
United
Isidore Shivek
Weat Hoth Street
Fifth Avenue
Autome- Life
Mount Sinai Hospital
O'Clork
Hempstead
Mra
Ya Jackson
Wiliam J Browne
No. Mit
Wth Street
New York
Greene
Conn
Woodford
Browne
Bacon Wakeman
Fairfield
Frederick C. Tanner
Justice
Barnet Raff
Ft Wa
Isidore Schilvek
Lakeview Apartments
West 110Th Street
Buff
No. 123
West 118Th Street
Sehlivek
Ernistine Wingate
Stony
Swann
Wingate
Hut
Lord Coke
Puchsaugee
Jude Swann
Neurological Institute
No. Shs
East Ith Street
Miss Hull
Joseph Kale
Krotel
Mick Wingate
Ada Miller
West 10Th Street
James B. Reynolds
Raho
Jack Raho
Mayor Bitter in Waldos Defence Amid Inquiries
The mayor derides aldermen as false, defending police officials amid an inquiry. Letters from 1912 show accusations of overcharging by Becker and improprieties involving Sweeney and ward men. Witnesses claim a Harlem gambler boasted of protection, while Sweeney denies ward connections. The mayor says he bears the criticism with patience, trusting Providence.
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Mayer Gaynor
Waldo
Williams
Becker
W. R. Sheehan
Harlem
Sweeney
Duffy
Inspector Sweeney
Blackwell's Island
Four Pitiful Little Aldermen Target Waldo Row
Mayor Gaynor defends Police Commissioner Waldo denouncing four aldermen who backed his dismissal as pitiful and morally unfit. Curran committee members and Dowling face sharp criticism as the fight over the moving picture ordinance and Waldo's fate heats up. Waldo's staff gathers evidence to counter charges while the board braces for a heated committee vote next week.
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Curran
Gaynor
Waldo
Frank Dowling
Francis P. Kenny
James Smith
Becausr
Waide
Hamilton
Esterbrook
Dowling
Tammany Soor
Forks
Mitchel
Tammany
Downing
Shipley
Police
University of Pennsylvania Surgeon Accused of Animal Cruelty
A warrant was issued for assistant professor J Edwin Sweet of the University of Pennsylvania after Henrietta Ogden and Hertha Ogden swore affidavits alleging cruelty to animals in his university laboratory research. Sweet accepted arrest terms tonight but declined to discuss the charges, calling them frivilous. Authorities and others refused to name the magistrate who issued the warrant.
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U. of P
the Tribune
Philadelphia
J. Edwin Sweet
Universe of Pennsylvania
Henrietta
Hertha Ogden
Rth
Mth Street
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Liner search for missing Miss Warren sparks civil suit
A $200,000 civil suit was served on Dr. Carl Hess and Herr Doermes after a North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm voyage from Hoboken. Det detectives pursued Miss Anita Warren’s disappearance amid a planned marriage to Lyons Sunday school superintendent, while her father Oscar Warren seeks the return of his daughter. The case involves James Dobson of Jersey City and the Parden Fabriken Vormales Friedrich Hayer Company with ties to Philadelphia and New York. Detective actions included detaining Mrs Willis Jackson under mistaken identity.
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de Voe
Cow Survives 100-Foot Fall Inside Mine
In Plymouth, a cow owned by Mrs. Morgan Evans fell over a hundred feet into the Nottingham mine shaft. Miner Thomas Jacobs sighted two large eyes, fled, then returned with others to find a live cow unharmed. The animal was guided about a mile to an outlet and returned to its owner.
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Penn
Morgan Evans
Plymouth
Nottingham
Thomas Jacobs
Jacobs
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