Injuries Mark Mineola Flight Of Harmon Amid Crowd
An early evening air show near Mineola ends with cufferd B Harmon’s plane crashing on landing. He escapes uninjured, though props and port planes suffer damage while Miss Inez Milholland flies a Votes for Women flag nearby. Glenn Curtiss and Hamilton’s plans loom as Curtiss critiques the daring maneuvers.
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Cufferd
B. Harmon
Mineola
Garden City
Mamikos
Captain Baldwin
Serman
Harmon
Curtiss
Enme
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Albany
Head Hunters Arrive In New York From Barnes
Fifty tame looking head hunters, called Dyaks, arrived aboard the steamship Indravelli from Barnes. They were taken to Ellis Island for medical checks to rule out contagious diseases, with about seven likely to be detained. The men appeared docile and wore bells on their fingers and rings on their ears as they prepared for Dreamland.
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Indravelli
Barnes
Ellis Island
Marine Hospital
Dreamland
Mayor Praises Street Cleaning Parade Effort
The Mayor complimented Commissioner Edwards and the Street Cleaning Department for their splendid parade showing on Friday. He praised the deputies and all department workers for their spirit, ambition, and pride in serving the city.
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Yeswriey
Edwards
Attractive but Bizarre Pipe Threat Draws Fire Witnesses
Willam Foran of 19 Jerome Street Brooklyn threatened three men with a briarwood pipe and forced their surrender after a pursuit to Fulton and Sackman streets. Police captured Richard Smith 18 John Boyd 21 and John Connors 31 with stolen shop tools, while a fourth man escaped. Foran aided by local school children prompted the arrest at Liberty Avenue station.
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Willam Foran
Jerome Street
Brooklyn
Briarwood
Foran
Oldham
Herkimer Street
Richard Smith
Covert Street
John Boyd
Somers Street
John Connors
Bradford Street
Refuses to Wed Is Shot Near Rutgers Place
Sarah Seroken of Pike Street obtained a warrant for her cousin Harry Cutler at Essex Market court and was shot by him on Jefferson Street near Rutgers Place. Cutler was beaten by bystanders and jailed on two felonious assault charges. the girl was in serious condition at Beth Israel Hospital with possible death risks.
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Sarah Seroken
No. 12
Pike Street
Essex Market
Harry Cutler
Jefferson Street
Rutgers Place
Cutler
William Klebalcky
Madison Street
Beth Israel Hospital
Frank
Klebalsky
Essex Market Court
More Hair Cuts as East Side Barbers Strike
The East Side Barbers Union initiated a June strike with fifty shops quitting work for a union wage scale. Clinton Hall hosted a union business agent stating thirty employers had settled with the strikers. Separately, Laundry Workers in 350 East Side laundries settled for an 11 percent raise and a ten hour day.
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East Side
Barbers’ Union
Clinton Hall
Clinton Street
Laundry Workers’ Union
Jews Expelled From Kiev Confirm 1471 Exiles
Authentic figures show 1 471 individuals expelled from Kiev by June 5. Of these 517 were allowed a short prep period before departure without restraint and 284 received passports valid only along the route to their destination. Two hundred eighty eight proved their right to residence.
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Kiev
Russia
Aviator Charles K. Hamilton Plans Van Cortlandt Park to Philadelphia Flight
Charles K. Hamilton the aerial performer aims to set a new world cross country flight record totaling about 117 miles per leg. He will depart Van Cortlandt Park by morning train to Philadelphia and return the same day chasing speed and distance in a biplane. A special Times ledgers charter will track his progress along the route with a raw time schedule.
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Charles K. Hamilton
Philadelphia
van Cortlandt Park
Hotel Astor
Mr. Hamilton
Paulhan
London
Manchester
Hudson River
Lower Manhattan
Pennsylvania Terminal
Jersey Meadows
Trenton
City Hall
New York Times
Philadelphia Public Ledgers
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Hamilton
Manhattan
Harry Block
St. Joseph
Retail Merchants’ Association
St. Louis
Juror Grows Lead in Havemeyer Sugar Case Trial
Arthur Donner and Henry Niese of American Sugar Refining Company aided Charles Heike on trial in the U S Circuit Court for conspiracy to defraud government of customs duties. Proceedings featured cross examination by special prosecutor Henry L Stimson and testimony about shipment weights and ledger practices. Trial to resume with more witness testimony and a likely jury decision forthcoming.
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Arthur Donner
American Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey
Henry E. Niese
Charles R. Heike
United States Circuit Court
Heike
Niese
Henry L. Stimson
Leask
Otto Schmelter
Havemeier & Elder
Mr. Leask
George Graham
Winfred T. Denison
Donner
Chester Woodward
Nassau Trust Company
Oliver Spitzer
Trust Company
Mr. Graham
Stimson
Woodward
Spitzer
Graham
H. O
G Graham
Martin
China seeks parliament in push by provincial delegates
Peking reports delegates from provincial assemblies, with merchant support, will demand the immediate convocation of a national parliament. The group vows no capitulation to Prince Chun’s program, though six eight members face death if the Regent delays. Merchants withhold stamp tax to back the cause, while spies monitor overseas Chinese leaders.
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Peking
Prince Chun
China
Australia
Philippines
Wood bids farewell in Buenos Aires during centennial visit
Major General Leonard Wood the U S government envoy to Argentina’s centennial celebration thanked President Alvear for the warm welcome. A guard of grenadiers lined the residence as Wood and Charles Sherrill boarded the Chester bound for Montevideo.
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Buenos Ayres
Leonard Wood
United States
Argentina
Albcorta
Intercity Airship Race Invitation Planned
The Wright brothers and Glenn H Curtiss may enter a New York to Washington airship race for a $20 900 prize. Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington aero clubs plus city businesses back the event with equal funding. Dr Alfred F Zahm to invite entrants and officials expect Hammond sport to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wright Brothers
Glenn H. Curtiss
New York
National Capital
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Aero Clubs
Alfred F. Zahm
Wrights
Curtiss
Hammondsport Aeronaut
Pennsylvania Railroad Travel Offers Comfort for Youths
The Pennsylvania Railroad promotes safe and comfortable journeys for young travelers with options like The Pennsylvania Special and The Pennsylvania Limited. Exclusive apartments, a ladies’ maid, refined service, and attentive staff accompany train departures from New York to Chicago and St. Louis. Terminal times vary with several daily departures. Ticket offices listed across Manhattan and Brooklyn through the rail network.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Special
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania Limited
Chicago Limited
St. Louis
St Louis
Madriz Sends Supplies to Greytown amid War
Washington reports President Madriz dispatching reinforcements ammunition mules and hospital equipment to Greytown. Consul Olivares at Managua notes rainy season hinders further operations and mentions Dr Irias and the Venus may have sailed Bluefields. State Department questions Irias view as two rebel victories prompt patience over fighting.
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Washington
Madriz
Greytown
State Department
Olivares
Managua
Irias
Venus
Bluefields
Irtas
Wright Optimistic on Flights From New York to Chicago and St Louis
Orville Wright in Dayton says flights from New York to Chicago and to St Louis are entirely feasible. He outlines a route via Hudson Albany Buffalo Mohawk Genesee valleys to Cleveland, then splits toward St Louis or Chicago while avoiding crossing the Alleghenies due to high altitude risks and emergency landing dangers. If conditions prove favorable, the machines will likely undertake the proposed flights.
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Dayton
Ohio
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Orville Wright
Hudson
Albany
Buffalo
Mohawk
Genesee
Cleveland
Allegheny Mountains
Zelaya's Relative Returns On Way To Nicaragua
New Orleans reports Louis Cousin a Zelaya brother in law crossed through the city a few days ago en route to Nicaragua under an assumed name. He reportedly came from Belgium where Zelaya is said to be staying and his return is viewed as signaling an important move by the government.
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New Orleans
Louis Cousin
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Ossies
Belgium
German Minister Resigns Over Colonies Tax Policy
Bernhard Dernburg, Secretary of State for the Colonies, handed his resignation to Emperor William after the Reichstag approved a plan to tax war contributions on companies operating in Africa. The tax aims to recoup more than 56 million in imperial spending to quell uprisings, and Dernburg argues it will deter investment and thwart development projects. The emperor has not yet decided on the resignation.
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Berlin
Bernhard Dernburs
William
Reichstag
Herr Dernburg
Africa
Louis Paulhan seeks dismissal of Wright patent suit
Louis Paulhan through manager Edwin Cleary filed an answer in the U S Circuit Court seeking dismissal of Wilbur and Orville Wrights patent infringement suit. The motion claims the invention is inoperative and that the Wrights abandoned the apparatus long before the alleged acts and used machines of different construction.
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Louis Paulhan
Edwin Cleary
United States
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Cleary
Wright
Paulhan
Wrights
Hague Court in Session Opens Newfoundland Fisheries Case
The Hague hosted the first session of the arbitration tribunal to rule on the Newfoundland fisheries dispute between the United States and Great Britain. President Professor Heinrich Lammasch presided as Sir Robert F. Finlay opened for Britain while Senator Elihu Root led the U S delegation. The case centers on divergent readings of the 1818 Newfoundland fisheries treaty.
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Hague
United States
Great Britain
Binnerhof
Heinrich Lammasch
Austria
Robert BR. Finlay
Elihu Root
Langlade shore finds two vessels aground in fog
In Langlade on the island of Miquelon a thick fog revealed two ships ashore. The three masted fishing schooner Winifred of Mahone Bay ran aground near Burin while seeking bait. it is expected to be a total loss. A smaller vessel Burin also went aground. both crews are safe.
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St. Pierre
Miquelon
Langlade
Winifred
Mahone Bay
N. S
Burin
United States Refloated Off Christiansand Norway
The Scandinavian-American steamer United States ran aground in a fjord near Christiansand on Saturday and was refloated today. She returned to Copenhagen after passengers were landed here and part of her cargo transferred to the steamer Holar while en route from Copenhagen to New York.
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Christiansand
Norway
United States
Copenhagen
New York
Holar
Brokers Cabby in Upset on Broadway Runaway
Thomas Keenan, a cab driver famed on Wall and Broad streets, was badly cut after his horse was struck by a passing automobile in front of 1 Broadway. The horse ran into a trolley, Keenan was treated at Fulton Street station, and the driver sped away toward Liberty Street. Richard Montgomery pursued the car and reported the license number as it disappeared at the 39th Street ferry house.
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Thomas Keenan
Wall
Broad Streets
No. 1
Broadway
Keenan
Fulton Street
Claxton
Volunteers’ Hospital
Liberty Street
Richard F. Montgomery
Bronx
Nassau Street
39Th Street
the Battery
Ferry House
Long Island Railroad Fights Street Closure in Hollis
In Queens County Court at Long Island City a dispute over Hamilton Street in Hollis pits the Long Island Railroad against local residents. The railroad argues its 1834 charter grants broad authority to close public roads, aided by a 1883 stockholder action extending privileges 250 years, while residents contest the impact on public highways.
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George III
Old Town
Jamaica
Long Island
Humphrey
Queens County
Long Island City
Hamilton Street
Hollis
Long Island Railroad
Queens
Halban
Psychic Research Suffer. Will of Warren B. Field Denied
Surrogate Ketcham of Brooklyn refused probate of Warren B. Field's will as invalid in form and execution. Field, a chewing gum manufacturer, died March 23 at 42 Garden Place Brooklyn. Mary H. McAllister, his sister, contested the will. Field's business was at 254 Pearl Street Manhattan. The will aimed to convert his business and real estate into cash to fund the Warren B. and Emma S. Field Trust, investing in 5 percent mortgages with quarterly income to the psychical society after a base $0 annual payment to Mrs. McAllister.
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American Society of Psychical Research
Surrogate Ketcham
Brooklyn
Warren B. Field
Garden Place
Mr. Field
Pearl Street
Manhattan
Warren B. and
Emma S. Field
Whitney Aims Arctic Hunt With Rainey on Boothic
New Haven June 6 Harry Whitney the hunter and Paul J Rainey of Cleveland sailed for Sydney N S W where they will join the Arctic ship Boothic chartered for a northern hunting voyage The trip remains strictly for hunting purposes and the Benthic will be commanded by Captain Bartlett who accompanied Reary on his North Pole expedition.
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New Haven
Harry Whitney
Paul J. Rainey
Cleveland
Sydney
C. E
Whitney
Bartlett
Reary
North Pole
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EAD
East Side Union
Here
Charles R. Heikf
Sugar Company
Mr. Woodward
Wood
Bulletin
TRIRS
Fenneyvanie Paticed
Fifth Avenue
Madison
Bros.way
Columbus Avenue
West 125Th Street
Mulberry Bennet
Dashennes Street
Steet
Court Street
Nostrand Avenue
Farousa Avenue
Annex
Newfoundland
Auto
Arctic
Edison
The
New York Edison Company
Duane
Green Mountains
Vermont
Lake Champlain
Montreal
Rutland R.R
E. J. Harper, Jr
Bretton
Woods
White Mia
White Mountain
le. N.Y
Bretton Weeds
Mount Pleasant House
Mount Washington
Anderson & Price, Mgrs
Bower
Bretton Woods
W. Willums
Columbus
West Site
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