Weaver Plans Final Blow on Durham Seachine
Philadelphia June 16 Mayor Weaver tightens plan to destroy Durham Seachine with a council war inside the Historic Union. Key figures include Jphe Root James Gay Gordon Joseph F Auerbach and the Committee of Seventy advisors. Arrests anticipated tomorrow on sweeping charges including contract grabbing conspiracies impacting city contracts.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Hstoric Union
Jphe Root
James Gay Gordon
Joseph F. Auerbach
Deror
Eon
Root
Caven
W. Durham
James P. McNichol
Israel W. Durham
Jance P. McNichol
Public Works
Peter ©. Costello
Mr. Durham
Atlantic City
Durham
Daniel Jo McNichol
Qe McNichol Contracting
Elevator's Long Wall Traps Two Men in City Bank Building
A faulty elevator in the Citizens Central National Bank Building on Broadway fell twelve stories yesterday afternoon. Two men were aboard the car. one escaped without serious injury while Lynch, badly hurt with a broken right foot and internal injuries, was taken to Hudson Street Hospital. Attendant John Carson, who rode to the top then clung to the roof, escaped with minor injuries. Investigators withheld full details as officials denied an accident until evidence confirmed the drop. The building, owned by Shunk, houses transit and borough offices.
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Citizens Central Natio Bank
Broadway
Thijured Onan
Jons L. Lench
Wee Esker
Hudson Street Hospital
Lynch
John Carson
Wertethext
Lyne
Carson
Frves
Stgist
Fnally
Gulyty
Shunk
Strong
Rapid Transit
Tunneion
Borough Previaenn Shean
Worthless Mexican lands touted by Pan-American scheme
Twenty Salinas Cruz passengers aboard the steamer Newport report they were swindled by the Pan-American Land Movement Company promising lottery land in the Southern Republic. With offices in Kansas City, they paid three instalments but found the promised “prosperous city” to be a few huts near marshland and natives with little work.
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San Francisco
Salinas Cruz
Mex
Newport
Republic
Pan-American Land Movement Company
Kenses City
Banker Arrested For Speeding In Stamford
Stamford, Conn June 16 Chester Thorne banker from the Pacific Coast residing in New York No 135 Broadway was arrested by Special Officer Meese for violating the auto speed law. He posted 150 bond to appear in court tomorrow. Mrs Thorne accompanied him as the police say he traveled twenty five miles an hour over a measured course watched by officers.
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Stamford
Conn
Chester Thorne
Tenker
Pacific Coast
Essex
New York
Broadway
Sperial Omcer Meese
Morrocan Deadlock Causes Diplomatic Strain in Europe
Paris reports strained France Germany relations over Morocco with warnings against sensationalism. Officials deny ultimatums or secret pacts while Europe seeks a peaceful solution. Premier Rouvier shifts to Foreign Affairs. Merlon tipped as Finance minister. Motono meets in Paris on Washington peace talks.
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Paris
France
Germany
Morocco
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Presse
M. Delcassé
Europe
Rouvier
Council of Ministers
Elyste Palace
Loubet
M. Meriou
M. Merlon
Elyse Palace
Dr. Motono
Washington
Conferences at Fez Signal German Reform Plans
Fez reports indicate Count von Tattenbach Ashold has held multiple private audiences with Sultan as British Minister Lowther arrives. Germany ready to back Moorish reform and proposes taking over reform departments if a Moroccan international conference falls through. London notes Britain may join if France agrees, aligning with US stance. St Petersburg says Russia has not arranged any Morocco policy, but would join a united front if others do.
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Fez
Count von Tattenbach-Ashold
Gerard A. Lowther
Germany
London
Great Britain
France
Great
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Russia
Morocco
Takashtra
Chine
Japan
Roosevelt
Washington
Tokio
Peace Commission
Ambersador Caxsint
Takahiraé
Tia
Cate
Convict McCormack Trial Reveals Jail Turnkey Practices
Testimony at Henry McCormack’s forgery case exposes lax jail controls at Middlebury. J. W. Ketcham, a seven year federal inmate jailed for bank wrecking in Vergennes, acted as turnkey with access to keys and even a valet. McCormack contends he wandered away as doors were left open. Deputy Cobb notes keys kept in a bureau drawer and crooked wire could open doors.
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Middlebury
Henry McCormack
J. W. Ketcham
Farmers’ National Bank
Vergennes
McCormack
William H. Cobb
Ketcham
Miss May Irwin’s House Fire At 255 West 12dst
A firecracker through a broken basement window at 255 West 12dst ignited a blaze in Miss May Irwin’s three story house. Firemen extinguished the small fire with damage listed as not more than $40. The property is reported to be owned by Miss May Irwin and was closed on June 1. Pennsylvania Railroad announces new Asbury Park service starting June 25 with multiple daily departures and arrivals reflecting high grade equipment.
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West
May Irwin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Japan
Writ Russa
Ruraia
Cassini
White House
Washington
Plenis Potentiaries
Amy
Roosevelt
Ates
Russia
Tokio
Pacific
Yokohama
Vancouver
St. Petersburg
Harriman Home Alarm Burglary Foiled After Chase
Three youths plotted to break into E H Harriman’s East Seth Street residence. A chase ensued with Detective Kennedy and Policeman Blohn. one suspect, William Kennedy, seventeen, captured after gunfire. Two accomplices fled. another, George Miller, and a fourth, Albert Schulmerich, fourteen, later arrested for related thefts.
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E. H. Harriman
Seth St
St. Hegis Hotel
James Kennedy
St. Regis
Mthst
Blohn
Sath-st
Kennedy
Madison Ave
Sthave
45Th St
Harriman House
Harriman
Conroy
Albert Schulmerich
No. Shave
Lack of Silver in Panama Raises Monetary Crisis Fear
In Panama on June 14 a banking firm party to the April 20 New York monetary agreement and approved May 3 in Washington has repeatedly refused to supply silver to canal and railroad authorities. The stand risks triggering wider banker refusals, risking depreciation of the gold dollar and undermining the efforts of the United States and Panama governments.
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Panama
New York
Washington
United States
Captain Kirkman Declared Wreck After Army Sentence
A Fort Niobrara dispatch reports Captain George W. Kirkman of the 25th Infantry, dismissed and sentenced to three years at Leavenworth, is described as a physical and mental wreck. He mourns the suicide of his fiancée Mrs. Louis Chandler and fears joining her in the afterlife, with some friends doubting his sanity. The President approved the findings and ordered the punishment.
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Joy
TamUnt
Omaha
Fort Nicbsata
Nebraska
George W. Kirkman
25Th Infantry
Leavenworth
Kan
Lous B. Chandler
Kirkman
Hhis
Washington
Kaw
Excursion Boats Cygnus and Cepheus Collide in Fog
Two excursion boats Cygnus and Cepheus of the Iron Boat Company collided off Norton's Point in dense fog. Both carried about eighty passengers. damage was limited and repairs planned. Captains Van Schaick and Wise were exonerated. transit lines resumed service with Dreamland and Pegasus substituting briefly.
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Norton
Point Westernay
Cygnus
Iron Bteamboat Company
Erie Basin
Coney Island
Pier 1
Battery
Pegasus
Cephis
William van Schaick
Slocum
Jacob Wise
Keay Nagrison
Transitaaiboat
Tath
Fox Mone
Royal Mail May Enter Transatlantic Route Reported
London June 16 Royal Mail Steam Packet Company weighs a Southampton to New York passenger line with calls at Cherbourg and Plymouth The Associated Press cannot confirm the report John Lee of IMMC doubts truth Vernon H Brown of Cunard also skeptical He notes ships would be needed and current fleets are tied to own trades The Royal Mail line would need suitable vessels to enter the field and maintain service
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London
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Southampton
New York
Cherbourg
Plymouth
Associated Press
John Lee
International Mercantile Marine Company
English Channel
New-York
Feld
Vernon H. Brown
Cunard Line
Eid
New-York and
Bs Suce
Panama
Renee the Pee Tompany
Gmuminatanine
Raval Mail Steam Packet Company
Legislator Pingree Dies in Haverhill Street
Representative Melton A. Pingree, a Massachusetts legislator and three term member, collapsed and died on the main street of Haverhill while en route with his wife and daughter to the Academy of Music for a high school graduation. He was 44 and had been talked of as a candidate for Attorney General at the Republican State Convention.
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Haverhill
Mass
Melton A. Pingree
Massachusetts
Academy of Music
Haverhill High School
General Gomez Worsens with Likely Death Soon
Havana reports General Maximo Gomez’s condition has deteriorated since midnight. An earlier slight improvement faded as heart function is hindered by a hand surgery from May in Santiago. The Senate unanimously approved a $100,000 relief measure for Gomez.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
Orson
Santiago
Senate
House
Gomes
Peace talks seen delayed as great battle looms near
London dispatch notes certainty peace negotiations cannot begin for a month, with readings from The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post suggesting a Japanese forward movement and encirclement of General Linevitch. Reports detail Russian depots, rail movement north, and delays in public peace terms.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Tien-Tsln
Hua-Shu Pass
Linevitch
the Morning Post
Omoso
Kawamura
Yalu
Wreck After Stolen Auto Run In Yonkers Crash
J Rickert reports two men stole his car from Peerless Automobile Company garage on Thursday night with driver CT Edsall and another unknown. They abducted Mary Phelan and Mary O Connell from West 21st Street, drove to Yonkers, returned and crashed near Mosholu Parkway striking a trolley pole. All four were thrown clear. the women suffered head injuries, the men bruised. Edsall drove off without permission. Rickert will press charges.
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J. Rickert
West 101Th At
Peerless Automobile Company
CT. Edsall
Mary Phelan
Mary O'Connell
West 21St-St
Yonk
Edsall
Mr. Rickert
Trinity Clock Antics Echo In Wall Street Debut
In the financial district a dismantled Trinity clock is replaced with a new mechanism and gilded hands. On Wall and Broad streets a crowd watched as the hands moved forward and backward before settling to the correct time for the long term operation ahead.
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Old Trinity
Financial District
Trinity
Wall Street
Bear Chases Young Bicyclist in Sullivan County
Joy Te Leanard reports from Middletown New York June 16 summer boarders in Sullivan County face excitement as a surge of black bears roams the woods. George Raymond of Hurleyville was chased on a bicycle by a large black bear that nearly caught him before the road turned away. The bears generally scare people more than they threaten.
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Joy TeLeanard
Middletown
N. Y
Sullivan County
George Raymond
Hurleyvile
Blazing freight car fire sparks urgent train halt
An empty freight car caught fire between 47th Street and the North River. The conductor ordered a split and a rapid dash the blaze to 130th Street where fire engines could reach it. Flames fed by speed burned the car and nearby cars, but engines arrived to suppress the fire. loss estimated under $1,000. Also announced: night train from New York to White Mountains season schedule and express service details.
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47Th St
North River
130Th St
Finznex
New York
White Mountains
Ribane
Quebec
Grand Gentral Station
A. Rae
Commancog
Vestri
Fabyar
Jefferson
St. Albans
Springfeld
White River Junction
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Council of War
Cevator McNichol
Torresizle
Belmont
Kansas City Concern
New-York Centrales
Advt
M. Rouvier
England
Bank Wrecker
Vermont
Miss May Irwin
Harriman Home Alarm
Captain Kirkman
Afteas
Usmeics
Perth
Crasil
Royal Mail
Bay State
Gomez
Ted
Oyama
Teichira Goins
Takahira
Niagara Falls
Hirle Railroad
Pultea St
B'klw
Bruins
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