West Points Titus First to Scale Peking Wall Medal Day
Cadet Calvin Pearl Titus, famed for scaling the Peking wall, receives a medal from President Roosevelt at West Point as part of a centennial celebration marked by “Presidents Day” and “Centennial Day” with a vast turnout of officers, alumni, and cadets. The ceremony follows a major parade and review, highlighting Titus’s meritorious conduct in China.
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Memorial Hall
Roosevelt
America
Military Academy
United States
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McCalmont
French
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Root
von Witzleben
German Empire
Lichtenfelden
Miles
Brooke
Howard
Mills
Bingham
Rivers
Calvin Pearl Titus
Congress
14Th Infantry
China
Academy
Peking
Colonel Mills
Thurber Cuba reciprocity probes spark political clash
Washington dispatch reports F R Thurber of New York testified before a Senate Cuba relations sub committee. The dispute centers on funding from Henry Havemeyer and the Sugar Trust used to promote reciprocity with Cuba. Supporters say delays won’t derail reciprocity action while critics frame the probe as political maneuvering. The investigation examines General Wood's handling of island revenues and Thurber’s role as a paid adviser.
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Washington
F. RB. Thurber
New York
Thurber
United States Export Association
Oxnard
Senate Committee
Cuba
Tellier
Sugar Trust
Teller
Senate
House
Congress
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Connecticut
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Leonard Wood
Henry O. Havemeyer
Roosevelt
Wood
General Wood
War Department
Thurter
Expert Association
Mr. Havemeyer
Messrs
Have- Meyer
Havemeyer
Tammany Rites End in Repudiation of Croker Leadership
The advisory committee of Tammany Hall declared Richard Croker not the leader and will not return to power. Louis F. Haffen, backed by David B. Hill, delivered the ultimatum, prompting a formal statement approved by Haffen and read to the public. The move aims to unify the organization and bolster Democratic prospects in New York County.
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Richard Croker
Louis F. Haffen
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Haffen
Croker
Albany
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
Thomas F. Smith
Democratic
Lewis Nixon
Finance Committee
New- York
Smith
Mr. Haffen
Hill
Tammany Organization
Tammany
Undertakers charged with extortion over burials
Commissioner Homer Folks reveals a syndicate of undertakers exploiting poor families by charging two fees for veteran burials and using false burial certificates. Four undertakers were arraigned in Yorkville court with $1,000 bail. Others named Campbell Hoffman and Passe. Folks aims to end morgue abuses and let families choose their undertaker.
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Folks
East Eighty-ninth St
Joseph J. Murphy
First-ave
Yorkville
Cornell
Forks
Murphy
John B. Mulvihill
Holy Cross Cemetery
Mulvihill
Lexington Ave
Krotel
E. D. Levy
East
New York
Charles W. Passe
United States Shipbuilding Company Plans Revealed
Announcement yesterday outlines a New Jersey incorporation to consolidate Union Iron Works Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass Crescent Ship Yard Crescent and other plants. Capital stock 20 million plus 16 million in bonds. Paris and New York subscriptions start June 18. projected profits over 5 million with annual earnings 2.225 million.
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United States Shipbuilding Company
New Jersey
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Company
Bath
Crescent Shipyard
Samuel L. Moore & Sons Company
Elizabethport
N. J
Eastern Shipbuilding Company
New London
New London, Conn.; the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Wilmington
Del
Canda Manufacturing Company
Carteret
United States
Europe
Trust Company of the Republic
Paris
New York
Henry T. Scott
Union Tron Works
John S. Hyde
E. W. Hyde
Lewis Nixon
Crescent Ship Yard
Charles R. Hanscom
Irving M. Scott
Charles J. Canda
Horace W. Ga
Asia
Latin America
England
Germany
United
Oil Fuel a Success at Morse Works in Brooklyn
Morse Iron Works and Drydock in Brooklyn uses crude Texas oil to fuel boilers replacing coal. The plant plans eight tank steamers to supply oil, with one boiler already burning oil and others to follow, promising lower costs and no smoke.
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Morse Iron Works and Drydock Company
Fifty-sixth St
Brooklyn
The
Tribune
F. E. Morse
Mr. Morse
Standard Oil Company
Port Arthur
Tex
J. M. Guffey
Mr. Councilman
Chicago
Tragic West Side Death of Mrs Walton at 4:30 PM
Mrs Elizabeth Walton 61 of River side Drive died after a fall on West Seventy seventh street. Witnessed by Officer Crosby heart disease listed as cause. Wife of George Walton and mother of William. funeral set at 2 30 pm tomorrow then burial in Toronto.
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Riverside Drive
George A. Walton
West Broadway
West Seventy-seventh St
Crosby
West Sixty-eighth-st
Walton
Toronto
Canada
St. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church
West Seventy-sixth St
Ladies’ Auxiliary
William
J. O. Wilson
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