Anglo Franco Spanish Pact Leaks Shield Britain Spain
London reports reveal an Anglo Franco Spanish understanding tied to King Edward’s Cartagena visit. Germany stands isolated amid shifting alliances as Britain Spain and Italy pursue guarantees in the Canary Islands Balearics and Mediterranean with potential similar moves by Italy.
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London
the Hague
Edward
Cartagena
Germany
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Spain
Canary Islands
Mediterranean
Balearic Islands
Italy
Foreign Office
Franco Japanese pact outlined in Paris sits for deputies
Paris reports M. Pichon presented the Franco Japanese agreement to the Chamber of Deputies. He said it honors United States and German interests, pledges economic equality for all nations, and may precede a Russia Japan pact. The text guarantees most favored nation treatment for French in Japan and Japanese in Indo China until the 186? commerce treaty expires.
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M. Pichon
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Germany
Russia
Japan
Peking
Indo-China
French
France
China
Brady found after Ivy Cross expulsion
John J. Brady son of New York Supreme Court Justice was located in Boston by Holy Cross baseball players. He and fellow student Jurke were expelled from Ivy Cross College on June 4 after returning to campus. Brady confessed his identity and promised to face consequences, with the pair bound for home on the midnight express.
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Tribune
Worcester
Mass
John J. Brady
Justice Brady
Supreme Court of New York
Jurke
New York
Ivy Cross College
Holy Cross
Quincy House
Boston
Brady
Midnight Express
Umpire Beaten in New Haven Riot at Connecticut League
In New Haven on June 17 an umpire named Croker was beaten unconscious by a crowd of 309 spectators during a New Haven Springfield game. He forfeited the match after Captain Hayward refused a ball Croker had ruled out. Croker and others were attacked, with Mrs. Fitzpatrick fainting in the grandstand as Croker suffered serious injuries and resigned.
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New Haven
Croker
Hayward
Fitzpatrick
The Second Empire Train of New York Central
The New York Central promotes a fast daily train named The Second Empire leaving New York Station daily and arriving in Buffalo with stops at Albany Utica Syracuse Rochester Batavia detailing schedule and route.
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Roxburghe Jewel Case Stolen on Rail Journey
The Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe reports a theft of a jewel case containing gems valued at thousands of dollars from a train traveling from London to Doncaster on Saturday.
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London
Duchess of Roxburghe
Wedding to follow serious Washington car crash injuries
In Rock Creek Park near Washington Captain Horace Fairfax Morseby Browne of the British army and Miss Maud Vera Hanna were injured in a late day auto accident. Browne suffered a broken arm and facial bruises while Hanna endured bruises and minor fractures. Their chaperone Mrs Beulah Jacobs is in serious condition with multiple fractures and facial burns from the crash. The touring car was wrecked and the chauffeur survived unharmed. The couple’s wedding is scheduled for tomorrow at St Thomas Church.
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Washington
Horace Fairfax Morseby Browne
Maud Vera Hanna
Joseph H. Hanna
Cincinnati
Hanna
Georgetown University Hospital
American Captain Defies Canadian Seizure Off Magdalens
Dominion officials seek the American skipper Henry Arsenault of the Henry M. Stanley after a seizure at the Magdalens near Halifax for bait licensing. Arsenault sailed away unboarded as a prize crew arrived, prompting orders for a chase by the cruiser Canada.
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Ottawa
Dominion
The
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Halifax
Henry Arsenault
Henry M. Stanley
Delaney
Stanley
Arsenault
Customs House
Marine and Fisheries Department
Canada
Mutiny Delays Steamship Arconia En Route to Rotterdam
The Arconia of the Russian East Asiatic Line was delayed a day after a mutiny by firemen aboard. About 150 passengers sailed from Erie Basin with 20 new firemen. four jumped ashore, and 16 refused to work. Captain Balter halted for steam and lapsed to Tompkinsville for a boarding-house replacement and eventual resumption with a full crew. Captain Reed from the Mohawk aided with a distress signal but did not interfere. Two firemen were left ashore after refusing to work.
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Arconia
United States
Reed
Balter
Hughes Favorite Son in New York Says Calder
Representative William M Calder of Brooklyn arrived in Washington and voiced belief that Governor Hughes would be New Yorks favorite son at the next national convention. He said New York supports Roosevelt for President but would back Hughes if Roosevelt declines the nomination. Calder praised Hughes reform record and veto of the two cent rate bill. He asserted Taft is acceptable but New York prefers Hughes as its favorite son.
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Washington
William M Calder
Brooklyn
Hughes
New York
Roosevelt
Mr. Calder
Calder
Taft
Mrs Potter Palmer Engaged to Earl of Munster
London advices report the engagement of Mrs Potter Palmer to Aubrey FitzClarence Earl of Munster and Baron of Tewkesbury. The 45 year old bachelor is a gentleman usher to King Edward. Wedding planned in London in the fall with residences at Eaton Square and Brighton.
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Chicago
London
Potter Palmer
Aubrey FitzClarence
Earl of
Munster
New York Woman Alleges Swindling In Paris
Mrs. Blackson, wife of a New York hotel proprietor, claims Porter defrauded her of 20000 francs in Paris. The Public Prosecutor will open an inquiry into the matter.
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Paris
Blackson
New York
Porter
Ambulance Collision injures crew and passengers in city crash
An ambulance from Hudson Street Hospital, driven by William J. Humphrey with Dr. Elliott C. Burrowes on the tailboard, was struck by a northbound car at West Broadway and Worth Street. Both drivers sustained cuts and bruises, thirty passengers panicked, the horse died, and motor man John Waters, 24, of West 24th Street, was arrested.
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William J. Humphrey
Elliott C. Burrowes
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Worth Street
Franklin Street
John Waters
West 24Th Street
Burrowes
Steam and steel in a nine story blaze on Spring Street
Firefighters battled a stubborn blaze at 75 77 Spring Street where a standpipe malfunction forced live steam through hoses on the ninth floor. Captain Bill Clarke and firefighters Eagan Prusie were burned and treated, while engines 20 13 and 30 and Truck 9 fought the flames and stopped the standpipe. The building houses Glassenberg Son & Kahn shirtwaist makers and damages are estimated under 10000.
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Windsor Hotel
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Shea
St. Vincent's Hospital
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Glassenberg, Son & Kahn
Foraker Replies Negros Not Guilty In Brownsville Inquiry
Senator Foraker of Ohio released a written statement arguing the Senate Military Affairs Committee findings do not prove any 25th Infantry soldier participated in the Brownsville shooting. He asserts that citizen testimony largely repeats earlier accounts and the night’s darkness undermines eyewitness identification.
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Senator Foraker
Ohio
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
25Th Infantry
Foraker
Kansas Governor Donates Silver Service to Kansas on USS Kansas
On League Island Navy Yard Governor Hoch presented a silver service to the battleship Kansas in a lemonade only ceremony. Mrs Hoch and Kansas officials attended as Captain Vreeland accepted the gift on behalf of the ship and Navy Department. The service cost six thousand dollars.
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Philadelphia
Vreeland
Navy Department
New Brownsville Evidence Emerges From Travel
Gilchrist Stewart and Napoleon B Marshall report from Little Rock that they traveled from Browns ville and Matamoros to Washington with five new witnesses and claims the Brownsville shooting was not by the 24th Infantry soldiers. They say they faced danger disguising as civilians and know who bought the guns and what happened that night.
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Wilberforce
Tribune
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Gilchrist Stewart
Napoleon B. Marshall
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Washington
Matamoros
Mexico
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Heat Prostrations and Deaths Rise in City and Brooklyn
Heat blasts city and Brooklyn as five victims die or are disabled. Daniel Lennon 75 dies en route to Bellevue Hospital after collapse near 34th Street. James McClusky 728 Third Avenue overcome at 80th and Park. hospitalized. Brooklyn victims include Michael Grant 56 at 428 Third Avenue, George Toohey 24 at 653 Sixth Avenue. Lorenz Dobler 55 dies at 50 Sumner Avenue in Brooklyn. Weather Bureau notes warm wave and continued high temps, with 85F high and 67F low. Last week 1,145 deaths citywide, up from 1,250 in 1906 week. diphtheria and croup rise with 48 deaths.
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Third Avenue
80Th Street
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Brooklyn
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George Toohey
Sixth Avenue
Bushwick Hospital
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Sumner Avenue
Weather Bureau
Health Department
Five Boroughs
Robb sued for alimony in Philadelphia suit
Marie Gray Robb filed a suit for unpaid alimony from her divorced husband Thomas Hobb Jr. The case covers five months and follows his marriage to actress Janet Priest in New York last week. Robb is described as wealthy and from a prominent Philadelphia family.
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Philadelphia
Marie Gray Robb
Thomas Hobb, Jr
Janet Priest
New York
Robb
Naval officer in police court over Jim Crow streetcar breach
Fort Monroe Virginia June 17 Captain W J Pigman paymaster of the battleship Iowa was a prisoner in Hampton police court after refusing to take a seat when urged by a conductor on the Newport News Old Point Railway. He was arrested but bailed. Acting Mayor Richardson dismissed the case and advised him to heed conductors in the future.
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Virginia
W. J. Pigman
Iowa
Hampton
Pigman
Newport News & Old Point Railway and Electric Company
Richardson
Negro ex soldier dies after arrest in pay order case
Atlanta June 17 John Williams a Negro who claimed to be a corporal in the battalion that shot up Brownsville swallowed carbolic acid while under arrest on a charge of trying to pass a false order on the paymaster for pay as a soldier He died half an hour later The statement called for 50 dollars
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Tribune
Atlanta
John Williams
Brownsville
Kennedy Brothers Held Up Silk Loft Robbery
William Kennedy twenty two and Farry Kennedy eighteen of a Y M C A on East 86th street were arrested after confessing to a morning hold up at 463 Broome street. They bound and gagged victims Sidney Goldsmith and Harry Factor and took silks worth hundreds. Myer Karmitz twenty two of Baxter street was arrested for receiving stolen goods. Rosenthal Brothers Eichold silk manufacturers inhabit the loft and aided by stories upon questioning.
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Farry
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Sidney Goldsmith
Harry Factor
Broome Street
Kennedy
Myer Karwitz
Baxter Street
Rosenthal Brothers & Eichold
Goldsmith and Factor
Kennedys
Timber thieves to be prosecuted in Adirondacks
Lake Placid reports Attorney General Jackson is preparing to vigorously prosecute timber thieves who have operated in the Adirondacks for months. The probe may involve current and former state officials and Northern New York politicians. The Forestry Department could be overhauled due to failures to curb theft and to mismanage disputed land titles in exchanges with denuded southern lands.
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the Tribune
Lake Placid
Jackson
Adirondacks
New York
Herkimer
State Forestry Department
No Reassessment in Jersey City Court Reverses Ruling
Word from Trenton says the Court of Errors and Appeals filed a decision reversing the Supreme Court that upheld a State Board of Equalization order for a city wide re assessment in Jersey City. Railroads with terminals challenged last year’s assessments claiming unfairly high values. The State Board and Supreme Court had sustained that assessment.
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Court of Errors and Appeals
Trenton
Supreme Court
State Board of Equalization Taxes
State Equalization Board
State Board
Gates After Waters-Pierce Co
Tulsa June 17 rumors say John W Gates, largest Texas Oil Co stockholder, is negotiating to buy the Texas interests of Waters-Pierce Oil Co which was ousted from Texas by the courts. After all usher s the Scotch that made the highball famous. Advt.
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Tulsa
Ind. T
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Texas Oil Company
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Mayor Schmitz Removed as San Francisco Leaders Seize Control
Supervisors remove Mayor Schmitz and name James Gallagher acting mayor. Plan reorganization targets Police Department and Board of Works with mass dismissals. District Attorney Langdon and associates gain influence, aiming to force resignations from about fifteen supervisors. Joseph Dwyer is named as a possible successor, facing opposition.
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Schmitz
James Gallagher
Board of Works
Dinant
Gallagher
Board of Supervisors
Langdon
Rudolph Spreekes
Joseph Dwyer
Independence League
Spreckels
Behmita
Adams Express to Issue Distribution Bonds for Shareholders
Levi C. Weir announces a reduction in capital and a $24,000,000 collateral trust to be held for shareholders. Each share owned by June 27 entitles the holder to $200 face value of Adams Express Company collateral trust bonds payable June 1, with semi annual interest. Bonds issued in $500 and $1,000 denominations.
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Levi C. Weir
Adams Express Company
Board of Managers
New Prison Commission Nominees Sent to Senate
Governor Hughes nominated seven appointees to the new seven member Commission of Prisons created this year. The slate includes Charles F. Howard M D of Buffalo Richard L. Hand of Elizabethtown Francis C Huntington Nathan Bijur of New York Thomas W Hynes of Brooklyn Sarah L Davenport of Bath and Roger P Clark of Binghamton. All nominations go to the Finance Committee for confirmation. The prior three member board is replaced by the seven member body.
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Hughes
Senate
Commission of Prisons
Charles F. Howard
M. D
Buffalo
Richard L. Hand
Elizabethtown
Francis C. Huntington
New York
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Thomas W. Hynes
Brooklyn
Sarah L
Citizens Union
Harvard
Harvard Law School
New York City
William R. Huntington
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Ireland
Brooklyn Board of Education
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Kings
Plan New Steel Rail Design Talks in Pittsburgh
Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel and Carnegie Steel officials held a long conference in Pittsburgh on June 17. They discussed a new rail design and it was reported that Bethlehem and Carnegie, the world’s largest rail makers, agreed on the concept and would submit it to the American Railway Association rail committee.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Carnegie Steel Company
H. P. Rope
Bethlehem
Carnegie
American Railways Association
Schwab
Metz Under The River
Controller Metz and W S Hurley Rapid Transit Commissioner made a personal probe of the East River tunnel last night emerging unscathed after passing two airlocks with 12 and 30 pounds per square inch. Hurley felt faint in the second lock but both finished the inspection and Metz proceeded to Coney Island.
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W. S. Hurley
Rapid Transit
East River
Joralemon Street
Hurley
Coney Island
Dewey's Rich Old Port Wine Ad From New York Firm
Advertisement for Dewey's Rich Old Port Wine by H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. at 138 Fulton Street New York. Claims the wine strengthens the weak and overworked.
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H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Albany Deadlock Fails To Break Reapportionment Row
Albany June 17 no quorum in either house leaves reapportionment stalemate unresolved amid bickering over political potentiality. Sub committees map Manhattan districts from Battery to 19th Street, facing irregular shapes and future political impact as Woodruff and Parsons arrive to press Speaker Wadsworth.
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Tribune
Albany
Tully
Wadsworth
Senate
Woodruff
Herbert Parsons
New York County Republican Committee
Parsons
Herbert Paresons
New York
Mr. Woodruff
Manhattan Island
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New York County
Schoeneck
Merritt
Manhattan
Insurance Department
Battery
Broome Street
6Th Street
19Th Street
Harlem
Bronx
Assembly
Kings County
New York City
Raines Seeks Speaker in Albany Apportionment Talks
Albany June 17 The deadlock over Senate district apportionment and week’s adjournment prospects look brighter after talks between Senator Raines and Speaker Wadsworth. A possible compromise mixes Livingston County with counties in Raines's district and joins Senator Tully’s county Steuben with Allegany, possibly Yates, though details remain speculative.
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Albany
Raines
Wadsworth
Orleans County
Stevens-L'Hommedien
Livingston County
Senator Raines
Optometry Bill Sparks Statewide Hearing
Representatives from the State Medical Society and several opticians faced Governor Hughes to oppose Assemblyman West's measure to regulate optometry. The bill calls for a state commission to oversee the practice.
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Albany
State Medical Society
Hughes
Assemblyman West
Summer Time Table for LIRR Takes Effect June 2
The Summer Time Table of the Long Island Railroad with additional service will take effect June 2. Advertisement.
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