Mellon divorce case arrests stun New York as Curphey and Kirkbride held
English correspondent George Albert Curphey and JW Kirkbride were arrested in Manhattan on warrants from Pennsylvania, accused of obstructing justice and contempt related to the Mellon divorce. They were taken to the district attorney's office, arraigned at the Democratic Club, and granted bail of 2500 dollars each amid sharp exchanges with counsel. Curphey claimed ignorance of American law and said Mellon had referenced him as a co-defendant.
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Albert Curphey
TW. Quanride
Madison
Poe
45Th Street
George Gorden Battle
Atty Blakeley
Allegheny County
Pees
Mellon
Curphey
Kirkbride
London
Ritz-Carltonsore
Democratic Club
James Mulqueen
General Sessions
Iter
Carphey
Kirktride
Jaite
Maguire
Mulqueen
Mr. Battle
Norris Miller
Miller, Hornblower & Potter
New York
Thomas W. Churchill
Miller
Mae Io
Lagnorance
Mr. Curphes
George Contidine
Metro
Bole
Fred
Consiline Wald
Imp
Richard Butler
Pitsbury
MieGeorge Albert
Dorphey
Pixburs
Horn‘wer
Hornblower, Miller & Porter
Broad Street
New
Jattices Ho Beal
Mellen
Gort
Tinke
J. W. Kirkbride
Asek
Congressmen as Expert Fishermen to Share Best Catches
In next Sunday's Tribune a half dozen congressmen will discuss their top fishing success stories. The feature highlights their personal experiences and fishing techniques, spotlighting notable catches and the enjoyment they find in the sport.
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Tribune
Display of 10 Million Sparkles at Crystal Palace Exhibit
London records a Festival of Empire display featuring De Beers diamonds valued at over £2 million. The exhibit showcases the largest collection of precious stones ever seen in England, with stones loaned and valued above 8,100,000 pounds on view at Crystal Palace starting June 1.
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de Beers
Tehbhoe
London
de Beers Company
Crystal Palace
England
Reciprocity Vote Count Signals Senate Battle
Washington reports the Canadian reciprocity agreement has sixty Senate votes per the White House. The Root amendment is expected to be killed by a comfortable majority. President Taft’s advisers foresee a long debate and possible acrimonious clashes on the Root amendment, with a Republican-Democrat coalition likely to defeat it and two thirds supporting the bill itself.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Taft
Cold Storage Regulation Signed by Governor Dix
Albany June 15. State regulation of cold storage plants is provided for in Assemblyman Brennan’s bill signed by Governor Dix. The law requires marked goods and limits storage to ten months except butter at twelve. The State Health Department may inspect and regulate plants and issue rules. Warehousemen must file quarterly storage reports with the Health Department and cannot return food to cold storage once marketed.
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Albany
Brennan
Dix
State Health Department
Immigrant Toy Makers From Nuremberg Arrive at Ellis Island
Two Hamburg line toymakers from Nuremberg, George Nei and son-in-law George Deniz, arrived in Ellis Island aboard the Hamburg American liner President Pincoin. They ship about $400,000 in toys to America yearly and faced immigration questions. They carried around $5,000 in traveler’s checks and planned to return to Hamburg next week.
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Nuremburg
Pincoin
Mambure
Ellis Island
George Nei
George Deniz
Nelff
America
Toymakers
Ney
Hamburg
Jeum
Actor slays ball player in Albany shooting
Albany scene erupts as actor Mestea claims wife with Albany first baseman Brown. McStea says he confronted them after hearing his wife’s voice upstairs and was attacked, firing four shots. Brown died from two bullets to the chest and other hits. Wife held as witness. McStea under arrest. Brown, 26, with New York State League roots, had Albany ties since two years ago.
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Albany
Arthur Brown
Joan V
New Orleans
Pearltreet
Mestea
Mra. Brown
Brown
Mc Stea
McStea Wns
Rown
Wilkes-Barce
Testa Wasetall
Trenton Tri-State
Mexten
Tm Fotters
New Re
Mesten
Opera
Mildred Barre
Maine battleship Maine wreck reveals deeper destruction
Report describes the hull shattering collapse of the Maine with vast wreckage and rising water in the cofferdam. Pumps will lower water to reveal more of the forward section and possibly recover the missing officer Enslen Merett as searchers prepare for access to officers’ quarters.
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Havana
Maine
Colonel Black
Engineer Corps
Enslen Merettt
Jenkins
Arrest at Wife's Grave Ties Mayor's Kin to Forgery Case
Melrose Massachusetts June funeral ends with a dramatic arrest as Howard H. Gurney, son in law of Mayor Eugene H. Moore, is seized on forgery and uttering charges while a carriage nears his wife Irma Gurney's grave. The late mayoral daughter’s funeral prompted citywide business closings.
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Melrose
Mass
Howard H. Gurney
Iito
Gurney
Irma . Gurney
Eugene H. Moore
On Warpath Gun Drawn In Brooklyn Street Incident
In Neon Wyck off street Frooklyn Mrs Damiel varewien fainted in the street. George McManagle assisted and fought with her stepson Jnits. McManagle allegedly drew a rifle, police intervened, one shot fired, rifle unloaded, McManagle detained for attempted felonious assault.
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Fenel McManagle
Nestor
Managie
Bt Nestor
McManagie
Ivery
Managle
Butler Street
Foition
Steaight
Hailstorm Roars Over Williamsburg Bridge Plaza
A severe hailstorm confined to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza yesterday afternoon sparked thunder claps and sent hundreds to doorways. Rain and brief sunshine followed as hailstones ranged up to marble size, with flats of Flatbush Jamaica and East New York reporting showers nearby.
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Williamsburg
Bridge Plaza
Willamsburg
Bridge
Flatbush
Jamaica
East New York
Wiliamaburg
Infant as Co-Defendant in Bancroft Divorce Suit
In Wilmington Delaware June 1 the divorce suit of Madeleine du Pont Bancroft against her husband, [et al], is filed on statutory grounds. The complainant, 26, is the son of John Bancroft, secretary of Joseph Bancroft and Sons. The wife is the eldest daughter of Alfred L du Pont. A three weeks old child is named as co-defendant. The suit, heard at September term, continues a public dispute over paternity and separation with the couple having traveled abroad and the groom studying at Princeton and Heidelberg. The wife is in Atlantic City. Mancroft is at Minerva New York.
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Teteamph
Wilmington
Del
Etoft, Jr
Madeleine du Pont Bancroft
John Bancroft
Joseph Bancroft and Sons Company
Alfred L du Pont
du Pont Powder Company
Max Holb
Heidelberg
Tio
Bancroft Plant
Hoe
Heibler
Munich
Kanecroft
Minerva
N.Y
Atlantic City
Woman Struck by Auto Surrenders to Police
Mrs Hannon Rare of Yonkers was hit by a car as she stepped from a curb to board a trolley. The driver Robert Cushman of New York bakers company stopped, aided her, and surrendered to police. injuries reported as possible spine fracture and leg break.
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R. C. Cushman
Hannon Rare
Nadine Hill
Yonkers
Robert ©. Cushman
Dr Owens claims clew to Shakespeare manuscripts in Wye cache
Detroit scholar Dr Orville Owens says a river Wye cache near Chepstow Castle matches his cipher theory. He describes a circular stone structure beneath eight feet of clay, with tidewater covering several feet, and argues the cache could hold Hendry Shakespearean drafts and related papers.
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Owen
London
Orville Owens
Detroit
Rockefeller Sees Auto Kill Son at Home Station
John D. Rockefeller and family departed from Tarrytown for Cleveland as reporters crowded the Lake Shore Limited. In Brooklyn, twelve year old Charles Sommers was killed by a speeding automobile on Bedford Avenue near Heyward Street as his mother watched from an upper window. The car fled after the collision despite a patrolman’s efforts to stop it.
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Big-Carlton
Thomas O'Brien
East 48Th Street
Fitz-Carlton
Windsor Hotel
Ritz Carlton
Charles H. Hyde
Hoter
John D. Rockefeller
Lake Shore Limited
Tarrytown
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Taverytown
Pocantico Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefe
Willie Tucker
Stockefeller
Eyfou
Eope
Gulf
Denno
Rockefeller Pang
Whkefeller
Py Wiby
Dred
Rocketeer
Charles Sommers
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
English
Varnon Avenue
Heyward Street
Andrew Sommers
Park Avenue
Lehrich
Williamsburg Hospital
English Barred in Cuba Vote on English In Public Schools
The Havana House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill abolishing English instruction in public schools and rejected funding for Ming Abbie Phillips, longtime supervisor of English instruction. Supporters cited economy while opponents called it ingratitude toward the United States.
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House
Havana
House of Representatives
Torday
Davis Loses Divorce Suit in Los Angeles
Los Angeles June 1 Robert B. Davis a New York based millionaire baking powder maker failed to obtain a California divorce. Judge Munroe ruled he had not proven a California residence and his main accusation against Mrs Davis lacked substantiation. The court noted East coast residents could not secure divorces in Los Angeles that would be denied elsewhere.
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Los Angeles
Robert RB. Davis
New York
Nie W. Davis
Munroe
California
Lost in swamp after fifty six days missing man found
William D. Hanley, a prominent young local, was found near Marlboro and Westboro after fifty six days in a swamp with no food. He was barely conscious and unable to identify family until revived by four Metropolitan Waterworks employees. He had disappeared April 20 and recalled wandering swamp land, with little memory of events.
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Marlboro
Siass
Westboro
Willam D. Hanley
Hansey
Persuase
Williams Praises Subway Report in Brooklyn Transit Debate
Colonel Timothy Williams, president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, praised the McAuley report on subways and signaled readiness to accept the share offered if favorable to Brooklyn. He spoke at a Brooklyn League meeting, urging no delay or quibbling and asserting BRT will work with the city to meet Brooklyn’s transit needs.
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Timothy Williams
Brooklyn Rapid Transi Company
McAveny
Williame
Brooklyn League
Art Street
Theodore P. Shanta
Interborough
Subway
James J. Quackenbush
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Willams
League
George W. Brush
Rapid Transit Committee
Lionel Willams
Mr. Quackenbush
Frank Hedley
Jeral
Shonts
Quackenbush
Brush
Colonel Williams
City Club
John P. Geis
Mr. Shonts
Quickenbush
Brooklyn Rapids Transit
New York
Lower
Manhettan
Broadway
BOR. U
Manhattan
Wiliam
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Wye
Rocky Mountain Limited
Mountainese
Brogan
Ol King
Cieveta
Auto
Cuba
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New Yorker
Williams
Subway Report
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