Tragedy As Car Plunges Into North River Killing Five
A touring car owned by Mrs C S Elebash crashes off a pier into the North River near Stith Street killing four passengers and the driver Bauer. Rescue divers pull bodies from the water as a crowd watches. Bauer later said he tried to stop the car. no one else faces charges yet.
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West Sith Street
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Brooks
John Bauer
Maspeth
Long Island
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Itl
Jece Bauer
John Nolan
Mhh Avenue
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John Colegan
West List Street
Virginia Knight
Adeline Berdon
Coleman
12Th Regiment
Tenth Avenue
Gier
Ees
Beth Street
Rauer
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Sopenh Leckson
4Th Street
Brooklyn
Nolan
Cumberland
Autome E
Roosevelt Hoseg
Japan's Corean Rights: Bethel Sedition Trial in Corean
Seoul reports M Miura, the Japanese Seoul Governor, prosecuting E T Bethel a British subject in a British court under privy council order. Bethel faces sedition charges for a vernacular newspaper believed to inflame Corean disturbances. Cross the Kobé lawyer seeks jury trial. Miura claims Corean government exists under Japan with troops in the country.
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Bethel
Corea
M. Miura
Japan
M. Cross
Kobé
Cross
Newark Robbers Foiled in Foreign Exchange Hold Up
Four men armed with revolvers entered a Newark foreign ticket exchange to rob clerk Emil Seidelberger. Three beat him. his cry sent neighbors and Patrolman Fitzsimmons to pursue. Walter Merner confessed, leading to August Siver’s arrest. all fled amid a widespread chase by hundreds of citizens.
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Emil Seidelberger
Fitzsimmons
Walter Merner
Fairview Avenue
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August Siver
Ferry Street
Seidelberger
Louisiana stays wet despite referendum bill vote
Baton Rouge La June 15 The Louisiana House of Representatives defeated indefinitely postponing the Doussan bill for a state wide prohibition referendum by 58 to 47 The Shattuck high license bill passed 82 to 25 raising minimum local licenses to 500 and state licenses to 200 The measure is expected to add 250000 to 300000 in annual state revenue
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Louisiana
House of Representatives
Shattuck
House
City Sees Return to Normal Life Amid Lower Death Rates
Health Commissioner Dr. Darlington said New Yorkers are returning to normal life as last week’s city death rate fell to 15.25 from 16.35 a year earlier. The drop in deaths relative to population was 167 with an actual decrease of 124, led by institutions and tenement houses. Fewer deaths under five years old were noted due to medical inspector work among tenement dwellers.
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Fugitives Escape Locking Doors at Lawrence County Jail
Two inmates Lewis Downing alias Lewis Wendell of Pittsburg and Edward Williams of New Castle escaped from the Lawrence County jail after they locked the inner and fourth doors by night. They fled while the sheriff’s wife observed the locked doors and reported no immediate escape. The six convicted murderers, another man accused of murder, and three felons remained inside as the duo gained over an hour on pursuers.
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Tribune
New Castle
Penn
Lawrence County
Lewis Downing
Lewis Wendell
Pittsburg
Edward Williams
Pay as you enter church plan approved by bishop
Worcester Mass June 15. Parishioners of St Casimir's Church were told by the new priest that Bishop Beaver refused their bid for an auditing committee and ordered cash registers at church entrances. Visitors must contribute dimes at the door as they enter and watch their money recorded to end financial tangles in the parish.
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Worcester
Mass
St. Casimir’'s Church
Beaver
Countess Fannie Von Moltke Arrives to Study Christian Science
Telegraph report from Boston states Countess Fannie Von Moltke of Mecklenburg has come to study under Mrs. Eddy. She plans an indefinite stay and will return to Frankfort on the Main to teach the faith once ready. She says she has practiced Christian Science five years and believes the faith is taking hold in Germany. Bulletins on the Republican National Convention in Chicago will be posted at intervals in front of the Tribune Building starting this morning.
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Fannie von Moltke
Mrs. Eddy
Frankfort-on-Main
Germany
Chicago
Tribune
Young Cashier Held In Grand Larceny Case
A German youth, identified by police as John Herzfeld, former cashier for the Mexican National Sugar Refining Co. at Potrero, Mexico, was arrested on a grand larceny charge after allegedly stealing 2500 in gold from the company office on June 9 and fleeing across the border. Police also charged him with carrying a concealed weapon after a pistol was found in his overcoat. He reportedly claimed he would have killed himself if aware a detective was close. He wore diamond rings and held loose precious stones, and said he left Mexico City with a woman named Alice Thornton who abandoned him in Cincinnati.
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Mexican National Sugar Refining Company
Potrero
Mexico
Albert H. Lawrence
Broadway
Hughes not to quit as Hughes stays in race for Presidency
Albany June 15 Governor Hughes will not withdraw his name from the Republican Presidential nomination. He replies to Congressman Herbert Parsons of New York saying his position remains unchanged after careful consideration that no emergency exists to justify withdrawing his name. Parsons asked for a decision affecting New York County delegates ahead of the state delegation meeting at 11 o clock tomorrow.
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Hughes
Herbert Parsons
New York
Chicago
Parsons
Auditorium Annex
Charles E. Hughes
Albany N. Y
New York County
Taft
New Yorker
Startled to His Death in Newark Air Shaft Accident
Antonio Albino, 35, of 289 Norfolk Street, Newark, was instantly killed when lightning spooked workers on a roof at 191 South 7th Street causing him to fall sixty feet into an air shaft. His brother Uberto narrowly escaped the same fate as others pulled him from danger after the fatal shock.
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Norfolk Street
Newark
South 7Th Street
Uberto
Antonio
Hughes Supports Voter Will Amid Withdrawal Pressure
Members of the Republican Club defend Governor Hughes against efforts to induce him to withdraw his candidacy for the Presidential nomination. Hughes says he will use his name if there is popular sentiment but will not seek delegates or favor supporters. Club leaders and allies back his stance, noting delegates are accountable to their constituents and that the governor’s course remains consistent with his governorship.
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Lightning strikes house on State Street injuring resident
Bloomfield special report June 15 describes a lightning strike at 42 State Street hitting the home of Mrs. J. Fletcher Smith. The afternoon incident stunned Mrs. Smith, damaged the chimney and roof, leaving her unconscious for about thirty minutes and initially feared dead.
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J. Fletcher Smith
State Street
How Thomas Got Bank and Bought the Hamilton
Newport Rhode Island June 15 sensational testimony in Rhode Island Superior Court before Judge Mumford. National Bank of North America sues B R Thomas over relations with C W Morse to reclaim control of Thomas property and liquidate prior claims. Thomas recounts buying the Hamilton Bank from Morse with 60000 borrowed from the National Bank then under Morse. He also details borrowing 50000 from Morse via Provident Life Insurance deposit of 100000 with the National Bank. Case set for jury deliberation tomorrow.
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Superior Court of
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Thomas
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Mr. Thomas
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Italian Stone Masons Union Sets Weekly Job Rotation
The Italian Stone Masons Union with about three thousand members enacts an emergency rule allowing contractors to hire the same men for one week on a contract, then swap to other members the next week to spread work. The rule, in force for two weeks, is widely followed as the union controls foundation work. Other national groups may adopt similar measures at upcoming meetings in Chicago.
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Stone Masons’ Union
Five Big Planks of Republican Platform Outlined
The article lists five key planks for the Republican platform drafted for the national convention. It details revisions to the Sherman anti-trust act, a tightening of anti injunction measures, tariff reform with automatic rate triggers, railroad rate laws with enhanced ICC powers, and a flexible new currency system framed as an emergency Aldrich-Vreeland measure.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Resolutions Committee
Republican Party
Aldrich- Vreeland
Employment Day for Women Here
The Women's League of New York State plans a prosperity day in St. Louis on August 15 to aid unemployed women, aiming to mirror the National Prosperity Association's work for men. The National Prosperity Association notes similar calls for business-stabilizing cooperation from Portland's Board of Trade to muzzle extremists in parties.
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St. Louis
Woman’s League of
New York State
Belle de Rivera
League
National Prosperity Association
Governor Dawson Diagnosed With Tuberculosis
Charleston June 15 Governor William W. O. Dawson of West Virginia has been diagnosed with tuberculosis by his physicians. He left Charleston tonight for Asheville North Carolina where he will spend several months for treatment and rest.
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W. Va
William W. O. Dawson
West Virginia
Asheville
N. C
Girl Found Unconscious From Gas in Summer Home
Miss Amy Mark Watson, daughter of Mark W. Watson of Pittsburg, was found unconscious from gas at her family summer home in Ocean City New Jersey. She remained unconscious and feared not to recover. The incident drew high society attention as the Watsons recently returned from a world tour. her father is a wealthy glass importer and former president of the Pittsburg Club.
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N. J
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Mark W. Watson
Pittsburg
the Tribune
Oceanity
Amy M. Watson
Watson
Miss Watson
Mixed feelings as RNC meets on eve of convention
On June 15 Chicago reports a tense eve of the Republican National Convention with debate over platform planks such as anti injunction and Sherman act changes. Rumors swirl about vice presidential picks with Woodford backing Seth Low and Fairbanks as a possible second place choice while unity efforts unfold.
Attack Some Planks in Republican Platform Debate
Chicago dispatch reports heated contest over anti injunc tion and labor exemption planks at the Republican National Convention. Cannon allies threaten floor speech against draft while taft administration insists no exemptions. Subcommittee packing and state delegations advance opposition to the anti injunction clause.
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Cannon
Union League Club
Committee On
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Farmers’ Alliance
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