Car plunges into North River amid tragedy on West 58th
A car carrying Mrs. C S Elebash and five friends veered off Seth street pier and sank into the North River. Four occupants drowned while Bauer, the driver, and Nolan survived after divers struggled in 25 foot depths. The scene drew spectators and police as recovery efforts continued through the night.
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C. S. Elebash
West R6th Street
Clarence G. Elebash
John Bauer
Maspeth
Long Island
Sith Street
Bauer
John Nolan
1Th Avenue
44Th
45Th Streets
John Colegan
West List Street
Virginia Knight
Adeline Berdon
Collins
Wil
Frank J. Gould
West 58Th Street
Elebach
Mason
Bebesh
B.H. Harned
Gould
Japan's Corean Rights Trial In British Court
Seoul June 15 M Miura the Japanese resident Governor of Seoul acted as prosecutor against E T Bethel a British subject arraigned in a British court under privy council order Bethel is accused of spreading sedition through a vernacular Corean newspaper The court with Judge F St Bourne and a Shanghai appointed prosecutor heard that Bethel's publications fueled Corea unrest Miura claimed Corean government answers to Japan Cross sought a jury trial which the judge refused asserting no Japanese control over Corea and that the Corean Emperor governs domestically
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Seoul
Bethel
Corea
M. Miura
Japan
M. Cross
Kobé
Cross
Four robbers driven off in Newark ticket exchange raid
Four armed men entered a foreign ticket exchange in Newark to rob clerk Emil Seidelberger. Three beat him with gun but fled after his cry. Patrolman Fitzsimmons captured Walter Merner. confession led to August Siver’s arrest. Nearly a hundred citizens joined the chase after Merner.
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Newark
Emil Seidelberger
Fitzsimmons
Walter Merner
Fairview Avenue
Merner
August Siver
Ferry Street
Seidelberger
Louisiana stays wet as house blocks prohibition referendum
Baton Rouge June 15 The Louisiana House defeated the Doussan bill 58 to 47 to postpone a statewide prohibition referendum during the current assembly. The Shattuck high license bill passed 82 to 25 setting local and state minimum licenses at 500 and 200 respectively, expected to boost annual state revenues by 250 000 to 300 000 dollars.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Shattuck
House
City Seeks Normal Life Amid Falling Deaths
Dr. Darlington New York Health Commissioner notes last week’s city death rate 15.25, down from 16.35 a year earlier, signaling a return to normal life. Decreases show in institutions and tenement houses, with fewer deaths under five due to medical inspectors’ work.
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Darlington
Fugitives Escape After Relocking Jail Doors
Two inmates Lewis Downing and Edward Williams slipped out of Lawrence County jail in New Castle after exploiting unlocked inner and fourth doors. They had hidden in the jail during a security check, gaining more than an hour lead as Sheriff and posse pursue.
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Tribune
New Castle
Penn
Lawrence County
Lewis Downing
Lewis Wendell
Pittsburg
Edward Williams
Pay-As-You-Enter Church Audit Replaces Collections
Worcester church officials report Bishop Beaver denied an auditing committee and ordered cash registers at St. Casimir's entrances. Parishioners will give dimes at the door as they enter. the bishop aims to simplify financial affairs cited by the new priest who arrived a week ago.
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the Tribune
Worcester
Mass
St. Casimir's Church
Beaver
Countess Fannie Von Moltke Arrives to Study Christian Science
Countess Fannie Von Moltke of Mecklenburg visits Boston to study Christian Science under Mrs. Eddy, plans indefinite stay and eventual teaching in Frankfort on the Main, noting five years of practice and rapid growth of the faith in Germany. Bulletins on the National Convention in Chicago will be posted at the Tribune Building at intervals starting this morning.
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the Tribune
Boston
Fannie von Moltke
Five Big Planks of Republican Platform Revealed
Chicago June 15 The five main planks titled on trusts anti injunction railroad rate tariff revision and currency are presented for convention deliberation They call for strengthened Sherman act amendments federal supervision over interstate corporations clearer injunction procedures tariff revision with automatic minimum and maximum rates and a currency reform plan tied to economic needs They urge continued protection for domestic industry and wage earners and favor a free exchange with the Philippines with sugar and tobacco limits
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Resolutions Committee
Republican Party
Congress
United States
Philippines
Young cashier held after gold theft at Potrero plant
A German, identified as John Herzfeld, former cashier for Mexican National Sugar Refining Co. at Potrero, Mexico, was arrested on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing 2500 in gold on June 9 and fleeing. A concealed weapon charge followed a pistol found in his overcoat. he claimed insight into a detective trap and mentioned a longtime acquaintance Alice Thornton.
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John Herzfeld
Mexican National Sugar Refining Company
Potrero
Mexico
Albert H. Lawrence
Broadway
Hughes Not To Quit Presidential Nomination
Albany June 15 Governor Hughes announces he will not withdraw his name from Republican presidential consideration. In a telegram to Congressman Herbert Parsons of New York Hughes says his position remains unchanged and no circumstance justifies directing withdrawal of his name. Parsons had urged Hughes to decide before the New York delegation meets at 11 tomorrow, noting support for a New York candidate for Vice President depends on Hughes’s decision.
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Albany
Hughes
Herbert Parsons
New York
Chicago
Auditorium Annex
Ill
Charles E. Hughes
Albany N. Y
New York County
Taft
New Yorker
Startled to His Death in Newark Building Accident
Antonio Albino, 35, of 289 Norfolk Newark, was instantly killed when lightning jolted workers on the roof of 191 South 7th street causing him to fall sixty feet into an air shaft. His brother Uberto narrowly escaped death as others pulled him away from the shaft’s edge after the fall.
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Antonio Albino
Norfolk Street
Newark
South 7Th Street
Uberto
Antonio
Hughes supporters push back at withdrawal demand
Members of the Republican Club voiced indignation at attempts to coerce Governor Hughes to withdraw his Presidential candidacy. He maintained he would not seek delegates or favors, urging supporters to follow the people’s will while staying consistent with his prior pledge.
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Governor Hughes
Hughes
Tribune
Charles H. Young
Chicago
Reuben Leslie Maynard
Parsons
William Greenwood
Ommen
Lightning Strikes House In Bloomfield Injures Woman
Lightning struck the home of Mrs J Fletcher Smith at 42 State Street this afternoon, stunning her, damaging the roof and chimney. Mrs Smith was unconscious for about half an hour, initially thought dead.
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Bloomfield
J. Fletcher Smith
State Street
How Thomas Got Bank Hamilton Purchase Case in Rhode Island
Newport Rhode Island June 15 Sensational testimony in Superior Court before Judge Mumford as National Bank of North America sues BE R Thomas to seize property, claims he bought the Hamilton Bank from Morse with 20000 borrowed from the bank and 100000 deposited by Provident Life Insurance Company via Morse controlled bank. The case goes to the jury tomorrow.
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R. I
Mumford
Superior Court of
Rhode Island
National Bank of North America
BE. R. Thomas
C. W. Morse
Thomas
Morse
Mr. Thomas
Hamilton Bank
Mr. Morse
Provident Life Insurance Company
Italian Stone Masons Union Adopts Weekly Work Rule
The Italian Stone Masons Union with about three thousand members enacts an emergency rule requiring contractors to hire the same men for one week only per contract, rotating to other members each following week to disperse work. The monopoly on foundation work prompts other unions to consider similar measures. bulletins from the National Convention in Chicago will be posted at the Tribune Building starting this morning.
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Stone Masons’ Union
Employment Day For Women In St Louis August 15
The Women's League of New York State plans a prosperity day to aid unemployed women, led by president Mrs Belle De Rivera. Aiming to match the employed men effort, they set August 15 in St Louis as the key observance. The Portland Board of Trade seeks cooperation to curb extremists influencing campaigns and disrupting business.
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Tribune
St. Louis
Woman's League of
New York State
Belle de Rivera
League
National Prosperity Association
Governor Dawson Diagnosed With Tuberculosis
Charleston West Virginia June 15 The physicians for Governor William W O Dawson have informed him that he has developed tuberculosis He left Charleston tonight for Asheville North Carolina where he will spend several months
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Charleston
W. Va
William W. O. Dawson
West Virginia
Asheville
N. C
Girl Found Unconscious From Gas In Ocean City Home
Miss Amy M Watson daughter of Mark W Watson of Pittsburg was found unconscious from gas yesterday in the family summer home at Ocean City New Jersey. She remains unconscious and hopes for recovery diminish. Her father a wealthy glass importer and former Pittsburg Club president, had returned with his wife and daughter from a world tour. Through rail tickets between New York and Albany on the Hudson River Day Line advertised.
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Ocean City
N. J
Amy Mark Watson
Mark W. Watson
Pittsburg
the Tribune
Amy M. Watson
Watson
Miss Watson
R. R
Albany
Hudson River
Convention Eve Bristles Over Platform Planks
Chicago June 15 The eve of the Republican National Convention sees speculation on a Vice President pick with General Woodford backing Seth Low. Pressure over anti injunction and Sherman law planks stirs debate. whispers claim Governor Cummins may be considered for VP though unconfirmed. Woodford aims for a Taft nomination unity, while Fairbanks is favored for second place.
Attack on Planks at Republican Platform Fight
Chicago dispatch reports a fierce fight over the GOP platform with Speaker Cannon leading opposition to anti labor and anti injunction planks. Key figures Tawney Littlefield and Senator Hopkins figure in plans to pack the resolutions sub committee as New Jersey Michigan Indiana Illinois Iowa Colorado New York and Pennsylvania delegations threaten coordinated opposition.
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Tawney
Hopkins
Crane
Massachusetts
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Michigan
Payne
New York
McCarter
New Jersey
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Committee On
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Iowa
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Cincinnati
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