United Wireless case expert witness before grand jury
Federal grand jury inquiry continues into United Wireless Tele group with witness William White from De Forest Wireless. Postoffice Inspector Mayer and Assistant U S Attorney James Jenes probe alleged mail fraud as executives face arrest, while White defends actions and urges stockholders to stay calm amid legal maneuvers.
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White
de Forest Wireless Telegraph Wep
United Wireless Tele
Dowas
Federal Grand Jury
Mayer
Federal Positiins
Robert
United States
Jenes
Post Office
Qpie
Geomet
W. Tompkins
Wilson
and & S
Jersey City
Bedee
Grand Jury
Gsard
Marshal Henkel
Federal Building
Fabour
Havana Bullfights Bill Advances in House
Cuba news reports a bill to revive bullfights with a 30 year exclusive Monte Carlo style concession near Camp Columbia. The measure aims to draw tourists to Havana as the House completes budget work showing a claimed $5 million surplus before sending the bill to the Senate.
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Camp Columbia
Havana
House
Senate
Come Back Home to Wed
Morgan Martin Pattison of Superior Wisconsin and Mildred Mary Eaton of New Haven married at the bride’s mother’s home after a delay caused by the need for parental consent. The ceremony, performed by Dr W W Leete, prevents Pattison from returning to Yale next year due to married status.
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The
Tribune
New Haven
East Haven
Yale
Morgan Martin Pattison
Superior
Wis
Mildred Mary Eaton
George F. Eaton
Escape of Baptist clergy from mob in Avellino after Italian earthquake
American Baptist mission party escaped a thousands strong mob in Avellino during the earthquake turmoil. James P. Stuart reported to Premier Luzzatti that Catholics and Baptists clashed and authorities urged retreat. Stuart postponed return as tensions subsided.
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Rome
Avellino
Luzzatti
James P. Stuart
St. Louis
American Board of Baptist Missions
Italy
Stuart
Airship Line for Newport Plans Transcontinental Run
Telegraph reports Newport to Narragansett Pier air service via dirigible line. Zoolisc Dirigible Airship Co backs the project with Joseph F. York in Newport to discuss aerodrome stations at both ends with a local contractor.
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Tribune
Newport
R. L
Narragansett Pier
Zoolisc Dirigible Airship Company
Joseph F. York
Two Detectives Face Charges Over East Side Shoplift Case
Inspectors ordered formal charges against John Maddock and Charles Landers, once plainclothesmen, now patrolmen, alleging irregular arrest methods in a Grand Street shoplifting case. The men were suspended and await trial as Inspector Russell and Magistrate Cornell probe the conduct with Assistant District Attorney Leo overseeing.
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John T. Maddock
Charles Landers
Allen Street
Schmittberger
East Side
Walsh
Maddox
Sanders
Bronx
Russell
Detective Bureau
Cornell
Essex Market
Maddock
Landers
Beckie Brenner
Esther Cohen
Lena Liter
Lena Levy
Maddock and Landers
Grand _ street
Farkus
Essex Market Court
Leo
Mane Fergus
Charles
Rough Riders Gather at Buckingham Hotel For Homecoming
Soldiers from the Rough Riders mingle with locals at the Buckingham Hotel as they recount war memories. J. B. Carroll from Brownsville explains his past as an orderly and defends his record while others praise Colonel Brodie and Guilford Chapin. Warren Crockett from Yonkers, recovering from surgery, reconnects with comrades after eluding hospital guards to join the group. A baby girl named Theodora becomes a humorous point of chatter aboard the train. Governor Hughes addresses Roosevelt greet duties through Adjutant General Verbeck.
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Buckingham Hotel
J. B. Carroll
Brownsville
Tex
Mr. Carroll
Warren Crockett
Yonkers
Georgia
Yonkers Hospital
Crockett
Hughes
Roosevelt
Verbeck
Young Aldrich Ill With Typhoid in New York
Richard S. Aldrich III son of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island is gravely ill with typhoid fever at Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Doctors say the attack is severe but without complications and recovery is expected. He is a Yale graduate from the class of 1906 and Dr. John S. Thacher attends him.
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Richard S. Aldrich
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Aldrich
Yale University
Senator Aldrich
New York
John S. Thacher
No. 20
Westth Street
Aldrich
Victor Herbert and party Escape Boat House Fire
Composer Victor Herbert his wife daughter and Mrs Aida Johnson Young were at their Lake Placid camp when a boiler at their boathouse exploded after a motor boat engine backfired. The blaze wrecked the building and a $2300 motor boat, uninsured, with total losses around $4000. Young Herbert escaped unharmed.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
Victor Herbert
Aida Johnson Young
Herberts
Clifford Herbert
Princeton
Young Herbert
Herbert
Conference on Lords veto power discussed by Asquith and Balfour
In London on June 16 the Prime Minister and A. J. Balfour agreed to hold a conference on the Lords veto. Planned attendees from the government include Asquith Earl of Crewe Lloyd George and Augustine Birrell. Opposition will be represented by Mr. Balfour Lord Lansdowne Earl Cawdor and Austen Chamberlain.
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London
Mr. Asquith
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
House of Lords
Earl of Crewe
Lloyd-George
Augustine Birrell
Mr. Balfour
Lord Lansdowne
Earl Cawdor
Austen Chamberlain
Eliot Ahead of Roosevelt for Harvard Overseers
Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus, tops Harvard overseers nominees by graduates. Theodore Roosevelt is second. Ballots were cast by postal ballot from all states and territories except Indian Territory, plus insular possessions and foreign graduates. Foreign ballots include Canada 33, Great Britain 13, France 10, Germany 9, and others. Massachusetts leads U S representation with 2,396 ballots, New York 1,059, Pennsylvania 251. Six vacancies exist, five for six-year terms and one for a two-year term.
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Boston
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt
Union
Indian Territory
Insular
Philippine Islands
Canal Zone
Canada
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Mexico
Cuba
Panama
Denmark
Japan
British West Indies
Switzerland
Hungary
Belgium
Norway
Turkey
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Mrs Vanderbilt Hosts Lawn Fete For Church Benefit
Mrs Reginald Co Vanderbilt acts as advance agent and general manager for a lawn fete to benefit St Marys Church Portsmouth. The event will be held at Alfred G Vanderbilts Oakland Farm early next month with posters in colors of the stables promoting the fund across Middletown Portsmouth Newport Jamestown and Narragansett Pier.
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the Tribune
Newport
FA. II
Reginald Co. Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Oakland Farm
St. Mary's Church
Portsmouth
Vanderbilt
Middletown
Jamestown
Narragansett Pier
Killed in the Subway at 91st Street Station
Richard Auerbach, furrier and Readograph Company director, leapt from the Broadway local at the 91st street platform about 6:30 PM. He was identified by letters found on him and by a locket of his mother. Police say he may have acted accidentally amid recent family bereavements.
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Dé Forest
United Wireless
Ete
Tem
Sorid
Total
de Forest
Wireless
Materialix
Ht White
Richard Auerbach
Mercer Street
West End Avenue
91St Street
Auerbach
Symington
J. Hood Hospital
Bigley
West 129Th Street
Josephine Auerbach
Readograph Company
No. 8
East 14Th Street
Edward A. Auerbach
Indictments in Cotton Inquiry Spark Federal Action
Federal grand jury found true bills in the cotton bull pool case and indictments will be issued for conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman Act. Investigators led by Clark McKercher and Oliver Pagan pursued witnesses across states as warrants await service.
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Cottes Bull Pool
Federal Grand Jury
Clark McKercher
United States
Oliver Pagan
Wickersham
Circuit Court of the United States
William P. Brown
F.B. Horne
New Orleans
Mr. Patten
Eugene P. Scales
Texas
Department of Justice
Pepper Convicted of Petty Larceny in Schenectady Graft Case
George A. Pepper once in charge of road construction was convicted of petty larceny after a six hour jury deliberation in Schenectady N Y in connection with a grand larceny graft probe The New York Central and West Shore summer timetable takes effect June 19 adding increased service to summer resorts.
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Schenectady
N. Y
George A. Pepper
New York Central
West Shore
Explosion disrupts bathhouse crowd on Orchard Street
Eight men at Elias Berschleiser's baths No 32 Orchard Street fled into the street when a steam pipe burst in a hot room. They sought shade in doorways and later returned in borrowed clothes. One rubber was struck in the face by debris and taken to Gouverneur Hospital in mild condition.
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Orchard Street
Elias Berschleiser
Gouverneur Hospital
Doctor Herman Marcus Death in Atlantic City
Atlantic City reports Dr Herman Marcus a leading local physician died by his own hand after months of nervous breakdown and melancholia. He drank a solution of carbonate of soot and was found dying as rail tickets between New York and unspecified lines were mentioned in the fragmentary note.
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Atlantic City
Herman Marcus
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