New York Liner Collision with Pretoria Near Ambrose Channel
The New York of the American Line was struck by the Hamburg American liner Pretoria about 400 miles east of Ambrose Channel in dense fog. A 22 by 12 foot hole was torn in the New York’s port side aft of the bow. no one aboard was injured. Captain Roberts ordered engines stopped, then full speed as the ships separated. The Pretoria’s captain signaled to port, but miscommunication left both vessels on altered courses. The New York proceeded to port while awaiting further details as crowds gathered at the pier for news of those aboard.
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New York
Pretoria
Amumee
Dogge
Roberts
Ne York
George Carteret
Evening World
Tribune
Bator
Amb Cannel Light
Robarte
Morning News Fragment Maps Turbulent World Affairs
Fragmentary news brief notes a volatile Mexican situation with references to Carranza and Vera Cruz and international tensions. Other items mention political events in Canada, suffrage debates, and upcoming adjournments. The page also hints at social notes including engagements and cultural items amid a mosaic of short leads.
Lascurain as Mexico's provisional president debated
Niagara Falls June 13 Americans pressed to speed peace plan as rebels gain time. Delegates discussed Lascurain as provisional president and the transfer of authority amid mediators. Americans withheld judgment awaiting Washington names and further guidance from constitutionalists.
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George Griswold Hill
Niagara Falls
Ont
Mexico
Pedro Lascurain
Huerta
United States
Washington
Thene
Carranza
Wilson the Old Grad for a Day at Princeton Parade
President Woodrow Wilson visited Princeton for commencement as a playful old grad of the class of 1879. He walked with his peers, joined the alumni parade to the baseball field where Yale defeated Princeton 8 to 0, and thousands gathered from New York and Philadelphia to witness the lively celebration on campus.
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the Tribune
Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Washington
Grayson
Joseph P. Tumulty
A Halsey
Seventy-ninth Hall
Wilson
Tommy Wilson
Yale
New York
Philadelphia
Nassau
Tve
English Polo Team Crushes American Four in Meado w Brook Match
In Meadow Brook yesterday England’s Hurlingham Club overwhelmed the American Big Four 10 to 4 in the international polo clash before a crowd near 95 000. Captain Lockett scored five for England and Tomkinson Cheape and Barrett sparked the victory while Whitney watched from the sidelines. The Americans, led by Major Barrett, faced a decisive defeat that underlined England’s pole position in the cup race.
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G. Herbert Daley
England
Meadow Brook
Hurlingham Club
Lord Wimborne
Barrett
Whitney
Warner
Atlantic
Lockett
America
Larry Waterbury
Milburn
H. P. Whitney
Monte Waterbury
Home Forces
Malcolm Stevenson
Tomkinson
Cheape
Major Barrett
Texan Chastises Vaterland Gamblers in Hamburg liner incident
On the Hamburg America liner Vaterland second voyage to port gamblers were reported aboard during quarantine. A Texan accused a suspect of cheating and fought a man on deck with stewards and detectives called. About eight players, five accusers, and two captains were involved as officers investigated the disorderly scene. The ship docked after a fog delayed arrival, finishing the voyage in 6 days 1 hour 4 minutes at 21.90 knots.
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Vaterland
Robbins Reef
Governor’s Island War
Texas
H. von Meibom
Hans Ruser
Garrick
Weinthal
Rovers
Hoboken
Ruser
Waterland
Four Die in Hocking Valley Railroad Wreck Near Logan
Four trainmen were killed and another badly injured when two passenger trains collided near Logan Ohio on June 13. More than twenty passengers were hurt as a station agent failed to place the block for the northbound train, causing the collision on the Hocking Valley Railway.
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Hocking Valley
Logan
Ohio
Driver Shot During Robbery in Westchester Area
Patrick Hart delivery wagon driver for James Butler store shot by three masked men on Morris Park avenue as he resisted near City Island. Jerome Bell boy beaten. Hart badly wounded with one chest and two back bullets. Bell fled to store. Hart hospitalized at Fordham Hospital. Coexisting report notes a possible cyclone in Hendersonville Tennessee and Bowling Green Kentucky with unreliable telegraph wires.
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Patrick Hart
James Butler
Wreet Chester
Jerome Bell
City Island
Morris Park
Hart
Bell
Bendite
Westchester Square
Fordham Hospital
Butte Rioters Attack Miners Union Hall in Parade Fallout
Rioters led by the Industrial Workers of the World seized the Miners Union Hall in Butte after the parade clash, wrecking the interior and burning ballots. Alderman and acting mayor Frank Curran was seriously injured when thrown from a second story window. Union officers fled to the county jail as ballots and records were destroyed and ballot boxes discarded. The riot followed the Speculator Mine walkout over union card requirements, with four hundred workers resisting assessments for out-of-state benefits.
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Butte. Ment
Butte
Industrial Workers of the World
Western Federation of Miners
Union
Frank Curran
Miners’ Union
Speculator
Atrinera
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Calica
Parnses
Prince Fo
Albania
Lascurain
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Tommy
Herbert
Alwave
Tomkinsom
Sharp
Quaran
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Hendersonville
Tenn
Bowling Green
Union Hall
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