Miss Morgan Speaks at Navy Yard Restaurant Opening
Financier's daughter Anne Morgan addresses about three thousand at the formal opening in Building No 14 Navy Yard Brookyn New York. The event, under National Civic Federation welfare eyes, features music and speeches by Capt J B Murdock Rear Admiral Goodrich and John Mitchell with Mrs Archibald Alexander in attendance.
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Navy Yard
Brookyn
Welfare Department
National Civic Federation
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Miss Morgan
J. B. Murdock
Captain Murdock
Navy Department
Westere T
Patee
Wash‘ington
America
Murdock
Goodrich
Caid
ILOTTES JILTS Spreckels Jr. in sudden breakup
Miss Mary Adele Case announces to the Knickerbocker crowd that her engagement to Claus Spreckels Jr. is broken. She says she ended it after his father objected to her singing on stage and declares she will pursue opera, vowing independence and Western moves with her career.
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Mary Adele Case
Knickerbocker Hotel
Claus Spreckels, Jr
Mr. Spreckels
Claus
Sivari Cateer
Winslow Torpedo Boat Aground Off Morehead City
The Winslow with Massachusetts Naval Reserves aboard ran aground near Morehead City while en route to sea from Beaufort. Efforts to refloat the small torpedo boat have failed as engineers work to repair disabled engines.
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Morehead City
N. C
Beaufort
Winslow
Massachusetts Naval
Bryan for Prohibition Seeks Defeat of Liquor Interests
William J. Bryan declared he will oppose beer and whiskey interests after the next fall election. He urged a post election Democratic conference to plan campaigns for next year, saying the liquor question will be a major issue and that he will participate to prevent party control by liquor interests.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Boy Hit by Auto Dies After Parade of Events
Ten year old Chester Giffen of 158 West 24th street was struck near 240 West 22nd Street and died later at New York Hospital from hemorrhages. Police initially let the driver go. The car owner was Daniel Freedman of 57 West 45th Street and chauffeur Ralph Garney of 155 West 49th Street, who may be produced.
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Chester Giffen
West 24Th Street
West 22A Street
Loeb
West 20Th Street
New York
Young Giffen
Monroe
New York Hospital
Giffen
Daniel R. Freedman
West 45Th Street
Ralph Garney
West 49Th Street
Freedman
Bacon as Ambassador to France Named by Washington
Paris reports from Washington say ex secretary of state Robert Bacon has accepted the ambassadorship to France and will succeed Henry White by year end. Bacon initially refused, preferring White remain, but Taft's decision to replace him led to acceptance amid official and business circles noting White's valued experience for tariff negotiations.
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Associated Press
Paris
Washington
Robert Bacon
France
Henry White
Bacon
White
Taft
Ambassador White
Mme
American Chamber of Commerce
Italian man narrowly survives mob lynching attempt
An Italian man identifying as John Barratta, 43, a shoemaker of East 16th Street, was beaten by him and his mob as residents witnessed him assaulting a second Italian. Two women Miss Annie Collins and Mrs Mamie Stevenson intervened and were attacked. police stopped the mob after seventeen officers arrived, Barratta was locked away for felonious assault.
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John Barratta
East 16Th Street
16Th Street
Annie Collins
Mamie Stevenson
Barratta
Miss Collins
Vane Paca
Jack London Reports Ill Health and Snark Sale Plan
In a May telegram from Honolulu novelist Jack London writes of five diseases, two relieved by Sydney operations, still suffers malarial fever and a disabling nervous disorder. Doctors cannot explain the remaining ailment and London says he hopes to sell the Snark and return home promptly.
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Tribune
Honolulu
Jack London
Goodhue
Sydney
London
Miss Yoakum’s Friends Arrested After Station Confrontation
S W Bennett an attorney and brother in law of railroad president B F Yoakum along with S Russ and Charles B Creeson were held justified in police court after a quarrel at a railroad station with policeman Eugene Wahrmund. Bennett failed to move his auto triggering the clash and the officer’s club was used before Wahrmund resigned.
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San Antonio
Tex
S. W. Bennett
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island
Frisco
S. Russ
Charles 8. Creeson
United States District Attorney
Eugene Wahrmund
Bessie Yoakum
New York
Mrs Eddy Completes Public Reply Amid Newton Visit
Boston dispatch reports Mrs Mary Baker Eddy alive and in the flesh as newspaper men observe her at her Beacon Street home in Newton. A statement from Eddy is read aloud while her carriage is shown. church directors appoint new officers at a Mother Church meeting.
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the Tribune
Boston
Delia M. Gilbert
Mother Church of Christian Science
William P. McKenzie
Stephen A. Chase
Fall River
John V. Dpittemore
New York
William B. Johnson
Mary Baker G. Poldy
Mother Church
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Mrs Gilbert Attacks Christian Science Leaders in Boston
Mrs Della M Gilbert accuses Boston leaders of secrecy and seeks reform, saying she will expose alleged errors and reorganize the Christian Science Church on more modern lines. J W Dittemore states the incident is closed as discussions continue.
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Della M. Gilbert
Christian Science Church
Boston
J. W. Dittemore
Committee On Publication
New York
Mrs. Gilbert
Mrs. Eddy
Concord
Dittemore
David B. Ogden
Hawley’s Transcontinental Rail Plan Accelerates
Edwin Hawley and associates push a through continental route by linking the Chicago and Alton with the Kansas City Mexico and Orient system. The plan envisions a Newport News to Topolobampo line, with Orient access to Chicago and Toledo, while Hawley aims to take control of the Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville line via foreclosure.
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Edwin Hawley
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Hawley
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Company
Hawley Lines
Atlantic Seaboard
Newport News
Pacific
Topolobampo
Mexico
Orient
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Chicago
Toledo
Chesapeake & Ohio
Cincinnati
Louisville
Toledo, St. Louis & Western
The
Tribune
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
Kansas City
Orient Road
Hamburg-American
Alton
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Hong Kong
Port Stilwell
Hawler- Stilwell
Harriman
Continent
Pacific Ocean
That City
San Angelo
Tex
United States
England
Holland
San Francisco
Mexico & Orient Railway
Arthur E. Stilwell
Kansas City, Pittsboro & Gulf Road
Kansas City Southern Railway
E. H. Harriman
John W. Gates
Stilwell
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Gulf of California
Europe
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Road
George Crocker
Gould
George J. Gould
Russell Harding
Missouri Pacific
R. ©. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Bulgar Turkish Fight on Frontier Lasts Eleven Hours
A Salonica dispatch reports an eleven hour clash on the Bulgarian Turkish frontier between Bulgarian and Turkish frontier guards with casualties not yet known. The incident occurred near the border, inside the contested area, and details remain scarce.
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Berlin
Salonica
Frankfurter Zeitung
Suffragette Vandal Defaces Premier Asquith Portrait
A Royal Academy portrait of Premier Asquith by S. J. Solomon was defaced in London as a figure pasted a label reading Votes for Women. The incident highlights wartime suffrage tensions and protests targeting prominent leaders.
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Royal Academy
London
Premier Asquith
S. J. Soloman
French naval plan funds twelve great battleships
Paris June 7 The cabinet approved a naval programme totaling 600 million dollars to be spent over ten years. The plan includes six Danton type battleships, six République type battleships, and four Gambetta type armored cruisers.
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Paris
Funston Fights Burglar in Fort Leavenworth Quarters
Brigadier General Frederick Funston, commandant of the army service schools at Fort Leavenworth, confronted a burglar in his quarters after an intruder emerged from a closet. The man fled unharmed, and Funston fired three shots after arming himself from under his pillow. The general said he believed the intruder intended to rifle his pockets.
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General Funston
Five hundred injured from powder magazine explosion in Cracow
A Cracow dispatch reports five hundred wounded and three killed after a lightning strike ignited an army powder magazine. Three soldiers died, fifteen hundred projectiles scattered into a crowd at the station. hundreds of homes damaged. hospitals crowded with injuries. In Kingston Jamaica a dynamite blast at railway stores fatalities and injuries occurred.
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London
Cracow
Poland
Kingston
Jamaica
Detroit broker Adams Holden dies by own action
Detroit June 7 Adams M Holden of Fred S Osborne Co. committed suicide at his home. The firm suspended operations temporarily as Osborne faced uncertainty about his own position and the Ennis Stoppani failure in New York. Holden had worried over the Ennis Stoppani accounts, though his death was unexpected.
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Detroit
Adams M. Holden
Fred S. Osborne & Co
F. S. Osborne
Mr. Osborne
Mr. Holden
Frankfort
Osborne
New York
Ennis & Stoppani
F. S. Osborne & Co
Holden
Ennis & Stoppan
Thomas A. Ennis
United States
Alexander
Ennis
Aged teacher robbed at West 31st street room
Lieutenant Dempsey at the West 30th Street station handles a report by Nicholas Rossignelli an elderly modeling instructor at Cooper Institute. He says burglars entered his room at No 158 West 31st street stole silver medals foreign coins and valuable papers. Detectives assigned to the case.
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Dempsey
West 30Th Street
Nicholas Rossignelli
West 31St Street
Rossignelli
Cooper Institute
Abram S. Hewitt
Institute
National Academy of Sculpture
Marseilles
France
Senate completes cotton schedule in tariff bill
The Senate finished the cotton schedule of the tariff bill, restoring the Dingley rates on hosiery and reducing duties by about 20 cents a dozen from the House figure. Debate followed on Finance Committee amendments as Democrats clashed with Republicans over Chicago platform pledges and party discipline.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Penrose
Scott and
Gallinger
House
Dolliver
Chicago
Senator Stone
Missouri
William J. Bryan
Bailey @rd Money
Bryan
Stone
Bailey
Missourian
Bailer
Big District
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Francis H. Cabot
J. Borden Harriman
Everit Macy
Orden Hammond
Charles B. Alexander
Pierpont Morgan
Nicholas Murray Butler
Joseph Medill McCormick
Jeannette L. Gilder
Midzuno
Seth Low
William Fellowes Morgan
Samuel Gompers
Joseph F. Valentine
E. S. Garrison
Charles F. Meyer
B. J. Greenhut
Spreckels Boy
Miss Case
Dewey’s
Prohibition
Miss Yoakum
Christian Science Leader
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Mary Baker Eddy
Mrs. Gilbert - Scoffs
Oceans
Alton and
Mexico & Orient
Colonel Clowry
Western Pacific Road
Charles F. Ayer
Henry A. Bishop
Bridgeport
Lord Monson
Enrique C. Creel
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Frontier Guards
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Hewitt
Dingley
Denver
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Money
Mississippi
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Arkansas
Mr. Clarke
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