Writ of habeas corpus issued for Harry K Thaw at White Plains
Granted by Justice Gaynor returnable at White Plains Thursday. Appellate Division in Brooklyn issued the writ asking Thaw be brought before Justice Mills at a White Plains special term. Morschauser represents Thaw in Poughkeepsie. Earlier decision refused writ on appeal from Justice Dowling. Thaw argued illegal Matteawan commitment pending sanity inquiry. Clerk served writ on Dr Lamb at Matteawan. Officials expect opposition from hospital and State Lunacy Commission.
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Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Matteawan
Justice Dowling
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Charles Morschauser
Matteawan Asylum
Robert B. Lamb
Amos T. Baker
State Lunacy Commission
Tin workers vote to strike at U S Steel mills
Ten thousand tin workers in United States Steel Corporation mills will walk out on the night of June 30. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company has announced it will not bargain after June 30. The decision was reached at a workers’ meeting with national executive board members and lodge delegates present.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
The
Amalgamated Association
Japanese Editors Charge Rights Violations in Honolulu Strike
Honolulu reports an international turn as M Negoro and four other Japanese editors face grand jury indictments over implied intimidation and riot acts tied to the labor strike on Oahu plantations. Bail set at 1.25 each. Negoro seeks 350,000 damages from the territory.
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M. Negoro
Tokio
William Henry
Negoro
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Shimpo
Taft Hosts Detroit Baseball Team at White House
President Taft welcomed the Detroit Tigers, American League champions, in the East Room with Rep. Denby presenting players led by Ty Cobb. Taft joked Cobb is twice as big as him to locals while Cannon dismissed baseball, saying he dislikes the national game and would skip Park games.
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Detroit
Taft
White House
Denby
Michigan
Ty Cobb
Augusta
Cobb
Sucusta
Spaaker Cannon
Tevenley
CY HALL CLOCK TAKES A REST
The city clock at City Hall halted for sixty eight minutes around 3 p.m. causing widespread disruption as residents relied on the clock for time. Borough President Ahearn was alerted and the contractor was contacted. the clock was to be wound Friday and staff feared further delays.
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John Lar
City Hall
Hell Park
Park Row
Kansas Farmer Sells Wheat At 139 A Bushel
Warren Watts, noted Kansas farmer, sold seven thousand bushels of wheat Saturday for 139 a bushel. A few offered 194 but mills paid only 130. He seeks one of the county’s largest tea crops famed for purity and fragrance for Salada Tea.
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the Tribune
Kan
Warren Watts
Watts
Rules for Her Lying. Woman Sues for Divorce in Atlanta
Mrs Emma Neal Douglas sues E Lee Douglas claiming domestic tyranny under a list of punitive rules. She accuses him of economic control demanding payment for meals in her room and guests, restricting theatre tickets, and refusing funds for a heavier coat while she suffered health decline. The plaintiff is a wealthy bank president's daughter with assets over 200000 dollars. the husband is a lawyer capitalist worth about 500000 dollars.
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Tribune
Atlanta
Emma Neal Douglas
E. Lee Douglas
Neal
Neal Bank
Douglas
Bullet Ends Reading Aims Fire As Youth Wounds Friend
Seventeen year old Frank Steinberg was shot in the abdomen when a revolver misfired during a dime novel reading at 247 West 35th Street. Chum William Williams fled and remained missing as Steinberg, in critical condition, was taken to New York Hospital. A 14 year old witness said Williams believed the pistol faulty and planned to flee to Central Park.
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No. 247
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Elizabeth Graham
Young Steinberg
New York Hospital
No. 36
West 44Th Street
Ulysses Moreili
Young Williams
Central Park
Hottest day hits city as heat wave nears peak
Manhattan residents saw a blistering sun as a warm front sent temperatures to a high of 84. Five people fainted from heat, one man nearly drowned at the North River when the water cooled him in the pier’s shade. A cold front from Chicago and Toledo moved east toward Grand Central Station, threatening today’s games at American League Park.
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Chicago
Lake City
Grand Central Station
Toledo
Cleveland
American League Park
James Adams
West Sith Street
Adams
Dist Street
North River
William Featherson
West 48Th Street
Five Prostrations Reported in Boston Heat
Boston records five prostrations due to extreme heat as the city endured the sultriest day of the year. Temperatures reached 86 degrees and rose higher at night while Boston stood among the hottest spots nationwide aside from Southern states. An advertisement for Dewey's Claret and Lauterne Punch promotes social event service by H. T. Dewey & Sons Co.
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H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Penny the Prize Horse Falls to Harlem River in Panic Run
A prized delivery horse named Penny sprinted from Lenox Avenue to 120th Street and into the Harlem River after a frightening encounter with a passing automobile. The horse and wagon were recovered after officers used block and tackle for over two hours. Penny was dead by the time surfaced. The incident caused chaos as bystanders, including schoolchildren and residents, fled in alarm. Penny had won a blue ribbon at Madison Square Garden last year and was valued at $500.
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West 141St Street
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Daniels
Third Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
Little Italy
Department of Charities
Harlem
Rosa Marale
John Moran
Donnelly
Harbor
McKeen
Department
Massachusetts Rates Go Up With New Message Details
Governor Draper approved a Massachusetts bill requiring time of sending and receipt to appear in every telegraph message. Western Union says the rule counts only intra state messages and does not affect inter state traffic. Clowry notes additional words will be charged but interstate routes remain outside the bill’s scope.
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Draper
Massachusetts
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Clowry
New York
Bil
Arms for Venezuelans Suspected Filibusters
Norfolk dispatch reports rifles and ammunition found packed as pianos in Franklin Virginia destined for Venezuelan revolutionists. Nanticoke and tug Despatch under revenue cutter watch, ships blocked. Washington orders seizure if they sail. Cargo linked to Mauser bundles from New York via Belgium. Albemarle Steam Navigation owner Pretlow confirms voyage to Orinoco with crew aboard.
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St. Louis
Franklin
South America
Nanticoke
Pamlico
Washington
Ation Belie
United States
Belgium
South Atlantic
the Tribune
Suffolk
Seminole
Albemarle Steam Navigation Company
Pretlow
James Tidmarsh
Sefior Arbelz
Gomez
Crazed Girl Escapes From Greenwich Hospital Strike
Greenwich Conn June 14 a fifteen year old girl escaped from Greenwich Hospital around 9 pm during a high school graduation reception and lawn fete. she wandered demented in the fields in a nightdress as townsfolk search the woods and rocks amid an approaching thunderstorm. authorities keep her name and last initial caser secret. she is said to be from a wealthy western Greenwich family. she was admitted this morning for nervous trouble and leaped from an open window unseen by attendants.
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Greenwich
Conn
Greenwich Hospital
Caser
Non-Inflammable Picture Films Shown By Kodak
Eastman Kodak Company announced a secret process for non inflammable moving picture films. A demonstration in Rochester revealed the new film undergoes baths filters and mixers and requires intricate equipment to manufacture. If these films meet promised safety they could greatly reduce explosions and fires in thousands of shows nationwide.
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The
Tribune J Rochester
Eastman Kodak Company
Navy Yard Lunchroom Opens for Workers
The navy yard lunchroom opened yesterday under the welfare department of the National Civic Federation. About five hundred men were served at tables for four each. Miss Anne Morgan led the effort to offer cheap meals, light reading, and smoking, with entertainment from phonograph selections. Prices were five cents for soups and meats with vegetables, five cents for desserts, and five cents for coffee tea or milk, bread included.
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Welfare Department
National Civic Federation
Anne Morgan
Pittsburg Car Firms See Big Ordering Wave
Telegraph from Pittsburg reports railroads have spent 30 million dollars since January 1 on new car equipment with six thousand cars sought at best rates for Western lines. Further orders could raise total to 36 million. Average steel car cost about 1000 dollars.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Dr James H Speer Hurt in Webb City Streetcar Crash
Webb City Missouri June 14 The Rev Dr James H Speer formerly of New York City and pastor at Lexington Avenue and 86th Street was fatally hurt in a collision between two streetcars and an automobile in which he rode He had come to Webb City to fill a local pulpit yesterday and recently left his Lexington Avenue church to go West due to his wife's illness He forwarded his address to the New York Presbytery in Olathe Kansas
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James H. Speer
New York City
First Union Presbyterian Church
Lexington Avenue
86Th Street
New York
East Poplar Street
Olathe
Kan
Britain Aids America In China Rail Loan Talks
London on June 14 reports Britain seeks amicable arrangement with American financiers over a 27,500,000 loan for the Hankow and Sze-Chuen Railroad in China. The Foreign Office has requested the memorandum with American views, to be sent to banks and proposed to fund the entire line with America’s share.
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Great Britain
China
Foreign Office
America
Burglar at Allegheny General Hospital Flees After Alarm
A burglar entered the nurses sleeping rooms at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburg and bungled his job. An alarm clock awakened twenty six nurses who rushed him, and he leapt from a second story window as dozens of hands reached for him leaving behind one sleeve and both tails of his coat.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Allegheny General Hospital
Two Killed in Franklin County Feud Shootout
Natchez Mississippi June 14 Dr A M Newman chancery clerk of Franklin County recently acquitted of killing Cornelius Prichard on April 26 was shot down in his buggy in Meadville this afternoon Silas Reynolds a young man near the vehicle was also killed Three men two of them Newman's sons were injured The shooting stems from the Newman Prichard feud that has haunted Franklin County for years After Newman and his sons were freed today a volley from the Butler Building killed the Doctor and wounded his sons Herbert Applewhite a lawyer was shot in the leg A witness named Boyd is suspected A company of the M N G was ordered to Meadville and arrived by 5 pm while other troops were countermanded at the last moment
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Tribune
Newman
Butler
Dr. Newman
Ernest
Lenox
Herbert Applewhite
Prichard
Boyd
3D Regiment
Brookhaven
Meadville
Wall
Baker
Natchez
Arkansas Governor Seizes Unfinished State Capitol
Governor Donaghey and two state commissioners entered the uncompleted State Capitol in Little Rock after breaking a contractor locked door. Structural engineers were left in charge while Caldwell & Drake, claiming ownership, contested the move as the project nears the million dollar mark and is only half finished amid years of political contention.
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Little Rock
Ark
Donaghey
State Commission
State Capitol
Caldwell & Drake
Columbus
Ind
George W. Caldwell
Arkansas
Governor Hughes Father III Stricken in Passaic
Rev Dr D C Hughes father of New York Governor Hughes fell dizzy and numb on June 14 at Lexington House Passaic after preaching twice at President Street Baptist Chapel. County physician said early test showed no serious illness and he should go home in a day or two.
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Tribune
Passaic
N. J
D. C. Hughes
Hughes
New York
President Street Baptist Chapel
Lexington House
Robert R. Armstrong
Waive Time Limit On Corporation Tax Debate
The Tribune reports Senate leaders agreed to waive a two year limit on Taft's proposed 2 percent tax on corporate net earnings and to add a constitutional amendment enabling a federal income tax. The move aims to secure passage by aligning with the income tax advocates and courting Republican support while deeming unlikely a states’ approval.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Taft
Congress
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Messrs. Cummins and Bailey
Cummins-Bailey
Monetary Commission
United States
Illumination in Subway Sparks Rush Hour Panic
At the 108th Street station a short circuit under a northbound express car caused bright flashes and burning insulation fumes. Passengers fled the crowded car, women screaming as alarms alerted officials. Track power was cut and motors isolated. the train resumed after about five minutes with minor damage.
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Sth Street
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