Tokyo Involvement Rises From Honolulu Japanese Strike
The indictment of seventeen strike leaders sparks an international episode as Japanese editor Negoro files a protest with Tokyo over alleged unlawful office search. Sheriff admits seizure without warrants, others jailed on charges of intimidation and riot threats.
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M. Negoro
Jill
Tokio
William Henry
Negoro
Y. Sogo
J. Tasake
K. Kawamura
Nippu
Jiji
Honolulu
Oahu
Ewa
Waisina
Kahuku
Jai
M. Nogoro
Shimpo
Taft Receives Detroit Baseball Team at White House
The Detroit Tigers, American League champions, were greeted in the East Room by President Taft. Ty Cobb was introduced by Rep Denby of Michigan, and the President joked about Cobb’s size. Speaker Cannon voiced disdain for baseball, noting he attended Utica’s charity game and enjoyed leaving early due to a bad mood.
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Washington
Detroit
Taft
White House
Denby
Michigan
Ty Cobb
Cannon
City Hall Clock Stops. Borough Chief Notified
The City Hall clock ceased at 3 99 p m upsetting many residents who rely on it for guidance. Borough President Ahearn was alerted and his secretary contacted the contractor in charge. Night custodian John Lar said no action was taken until the clock was wound nine minutes later, with workers expected to return at dawn.
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Geck
Ahearn
John Lar
City Hall
Hall Park
Park Row
Kansas Farmer Sells Wheat at 1 39 Bushel
June 14 report from Kay Fact Center notes Warren Watts, a county farmer, sold seven thousand bushels of wheat Saturday for 1 39 a bushel. A bid of 1 96 was turned down as mills offered lower rates. The sale is described as one of the county's largest grain deals.
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The
Tribune
Fact Center
Kay
Warren Watts
Iity
Watts
Thaw Granted Writ of Habeas Corpus at White Plains
Justice Gaynor signed a writ of habeas corpus for Harry K. Thaw returnable at White Plains on Thursday. The Appellate Division in Brooklyn had earlier refused a prior writ after a sanity inquiry dispute. Authorities at Matteawan and the State Lunacy Commission are expected to oppose the new proceedings.
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Gaynor
White Plains
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
Rules for her living spark divorce suit in Atlanta
Mrs Emma Neal Douglas sues E Lee Douglas for divorce, alleging a regime of constraint and petty penny pinching. She claims he dictated meals and guests, refused funds for needs, limited theatre tickets, and even controlled tipping and servants’ expenses, leaving her health in tatters.
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Tribune
Atlanta
Emma Neal Douglas
E. Lee Douglas
Neal
Neal Bank
Douglas
Boy Shot by Friend in West 35th Street Flat
Frank Steinberg, 17, a De Witt Clinton High School student, was shot in the abdomen when a revolver discharged during an evening reading session with his friend William Williams at 247 West 35th Street. Steinberg was taken to New York Hospital in grave condition. Williams fled and remains missing.
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Frank Steinberg
de Witt Clinton
William Williams
West 35Th Street
Williams
Steinberg
Elizabeth Graham
Young Steinberg
New York
No. S68
West 44Th Street
Ulysses Moreili
Hottest Day Yet As Heat Shocks City Fans
Manhattan resident Mr. June Weather revealed a true summer face after two weeks in disguise. Heat strode across the city with a 84 degree high and 64 low, while a cold wave warned of rainless Chicago and possible chill at the ballpark. Five people fainted from heat, one clerk near the North River nearly drowned after slipping into the water at the pier.
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June Weather
Manhattan
Chicago
Lake City
Grand Central Station
Toledo
Cleveland
American League Park
James Adams
Westpith Street
Adams
Dist Street
North River
William Featherson
West 48Th Street
Five Prostrations in Boston From Heat Wave
Boston reports five prostrations due to extreme heat as the city endures the sultry day. Thermometers reached 86 degrees with night temperatures around 75. Boston stood as one of the hottest cities in the nation, aside from the Southern states. Dewey's Claret and Lauterne Punch advertised for social events.
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Boston
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Prize horse Penny plunges off pier to death in Harlem chase
A bay delivery horse named Penny panicked at Lenox avenue and 121st street when an automobile siren startled him. He crashed through 129th street to the Harlem River, leapt into the water, and sank. Police divers towed Penny and the wagon from the river after two hours of effort. the horse died on impact. Penny had won a blue ribbon at Madison Square Garden last year and was valued at 590 dollars. Driver Harry Daniels and helper Peter Donnelly were involved. Daniels escaped injury by leaping from the wagon.
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121St Street
129Th Street
Harlem River
Harbor Squad
Madison Square Garden
Penny
Harry Daniels
West 141St Street
Peter Donnelly
Daniels
12Th Street
Isaac Mautner
West 163d Street
Periny
Lexington Avenue
Sergeant Donnelly
East 126Th Street
Donnelly
Third Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
Little Italy
120Th Street
Department of Charities
Harlem
Rosa Marale
John Moran
Harbor
McKeen
Department
Massachusetts Rates Rise After Governor Approves Message Tag
Boston June 14 Governor Draper approves a bill requiring time stamps on messages sent within Massachusetts. Western Union president Colonel Robert Clowry says the extra words will be counted as part of each message and will apply only to intrastate messages. He notes interstate New York to Massachusetts routes remain outside the bill.
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Boston
Draper
Massachusetts
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Clowry
New York
Arms for Venezuelans Suspected Filibusters
Reports from Franklin Virginia describe rifles and ammunition found packed in piano boxes and shipped as pianos from New York to St. Louis and back to Franklin. The Nanticoke and tug Despatch are under revenue cutter surveillance as potential filibustering vessels bound for South America, with US marshals ready to act. Officials report the Nanticoke's cargo likely coal while asserting deep sea capability for the Despatch.
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New York
St. Louis
Franklin
South America
Nanticoke
Pamlico
Washington
United States
Belgium
South Atlantic
the Tribune
Suffolk
Seminole
Albemarle Sound
John A. Pretton
Albemarle Steam Navigation Company
Pretlow
James Tidmarsh
Orinoco River
Kates & Co
Lester Arbelz
Gomez
Crazed Girl Escapes From Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich June 14 Five hundred townsfolk and visitors search for a fifteen year old girl who escaped from Greenwich Hospital about 8 p m She wanders de mented in the fields wearing only a nightdress amid a high school graduation reception and lawn fete A storm looms and authorities keep her name private indicating she may be from a wealthy family Her nervous condition prompted an emotional escape.
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Greenwich
Conn
Greenwich Hospital
Caser
Non inflammable picture films announced by Kodak
The Eastman Kodak Company announced a secret process for non inflammable moving picture films. A demonstration showed the film undergoing baths filters and mixers with an intricate apparatus required for production. If the films live up to claims displays across the country could become safer from explosions and fires.
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the Tribune
Rochester
Eastman Kodak Company
Navy Yard Lunchroom Opens
The navy yard lunchroom opened yesterday under the welfare department of the National Civic Federation. Five hundred men were served at tables for four each. Miss Anne Morgan led the effort to create a cheaper, quality food option with smoking allowed and literature in the room. Entertainment came from phonograph selections. Prices were five cents for soups, meats with vegetables, and coffee, tea, and milk. bread with meals. pies and puddings also five cents.
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Navy Yard
Welfare Department
National Civic Federation
Anne Morgan
Pittsburgh steel car orders spike at six thousand cars
The Pittsburg district steel car shops received an inquiry for six thousand cars to be used on Western rails with orders expected next week. Railroad car equipment spending since January 1 has reached 30 million dollars and may rise to 36 million, with average car cost around 1000 dollars.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Tin workers set to strike nationwide on June 30
Pittsburg telegraph report says ten thousand United States Steel tin workers will walk out the night of June 30. American Sheet and Tin Plate Company refuses to bargain after June 30. Strike decision made at a workers meeting tonight with national executive board members present and representatives from thirteen lodges. The formal notice will be issued tomorrow when the meeting resumes.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
The
Amalgamated Association
Rev Dr James H Speer Fatally Hurt In Webb City Crash
Webb City Missouri June 14 Rev Dr James H Speer formerly of New York City was fatally hurt in a collision of two streetcars with an automobile in which he rode. He had come to Webb City to fill a local pulpit yesterday and recently left his pastorate at Lexington Avenue and 86th Street. His forwarding address was sent to the New York Presbytery at Olathe Kansas.
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Webb City
James H. Speer
New York City
First Union Presbyterian Church
Lexington Avenue
S6th Street
New York
East Poplar Street
Olathe
Kan
Britain Aids America In Hankow Railroad Loan Talks
London reports Britain desires amicable finance terms for a 27.59 million dollar Hankow and Sze-Chuen Railroad loan in China. The Foreign Office has asked for the memorandum with American views to be circulated to banks. An agreement might cover the full line with America securing her share.
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London
Great Britain
China
Foreign Office
America
Burglar Escapes After Alarm Wakes Nurses at Hospital
A burglar climbed into sleeping nurses rooms at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburg early today. He bungled the job, knocked over an alarm clock, waking twenty six nurses who immediately grabbed him as he fled from a second story window, leaving behind one sleeve and both coat tails.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Allegheny General Hospital
Two Killed in Meadville Feud Shooting
Natchez July 14. Dr A M Newman chancery clerk of Franklin County recently acquitted of killing Cornelius Prichard on April 26 was shot dead in his buggy at Meadville today. Silas Reynolds also killed. Three men injured including Newman's two sons Ernest and Lenox. Lawyer Herbert Applewhite leg wounded. Feud fallout seen as motive with witness Boyd suspected. National Guard and district attorney responded. militia sent to scene before orders were halted.
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Tribune
Natchez
Miss
A. M. Newman
Franklin County
Cornelius Prichard
Meadville
Silas Reynolds
Newman
Newman-Prichard
Butler
Dr. Newman
Ernest
Lenox
Herbert Applewhite
Prichard
Boyd
3D Regiment
Brookhaven
Wall
Baker
Arkansas Governor Seizes Capitol Building
Governor Donaghey and two state commissioners took possession of the unfinished Arkansas State Capitol after breaking through a locked door. Caldwell & Drake of Columbus Indiana claim continued control. The project, costing nearly one million dollars and only about half complete, has long been a political dispute.
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Little Rock
Ark
Donaghey
State Commission
State Capitol
Caldwell & Drake
Columbus
Ind
George W. Caldwell
Arkansas
Governor Hughes’s Father Stricken in Passaic
The Rev. Dr. D. C. Hughes, father of New York Governor Hughes, was taken ill at the Lexington House after preaching at President Street Baptist Chapel. He experienced dizziness and left-side numbness but recovered enough to breakfast and was said to be able to go home in a day or two following examination by County Physician Robert R. Armstrong.
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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 Amid Tax Debate
Senate leaders concede to President Taft promises to drop the two year limit on a proposed 2 per cent tax on corporate net earnings and to add a constitutional amendment authorizing a federal income tax. The move aims to favor the income tax camp over Cummins Bailey while buoying Taft’s legislative leverage. The President plans further signals through a special message if sentiment shifts, and allies expect the measure to pass with a solid majority.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Taft
Congress
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Messrs. Cummins and Bailey
Cummins-Bailey
Monetary Commission
The
United States
Illumination in Subway Sparks Fright at 13th Street
During the evening rush at about six, a northbound express at the 13th street station suffered a short circuit under a car. Brilliance from the current and burning insulation fumes caused passengers to flee. Subway workers shut off power, cut out the motors, and the train proceeded after a delay of about five minutes with slight damage reported.
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3D Street
Subway
Sth Street
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