Explosion and steel rain injure many near subway bore
A powerful explosion at a riverfront power house supplying air compressors for a subway tunnel project at 163d street and the North River injured more than a dozen people. Eyewitnesses describe beams and corroded steel raining down on a crowd gathered at the West End Yacht Club clubhouse, with several workers rushed to J. Hood Wright Hospital. Police arrested the injured engineer Barry and a clerk James L. Keaveny on felonious assault charges as investigators name LB McCabe & Bro. the contract bore team and John B. McDonald the property owner.
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Fort George
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Edward FR
Amato
Jobe
7Th Ave
Estuboss
Paciel
Edward
Somgan
Joseph
Altemsia
Elward
West End
169Th-St
New York Central and
Hindeon River
West End Yacht Club
A. Selfriz
John Farrell
Patrick Ryan
Barry
Morgan
Freman
Adam Marshall
Delamater
Burbsn Yaken
129Th St
J. Hood ‘Wright Hospital
Severance
Halpin
James L. Keaveny
John B. McDonald
Subuy
LB. McCabe & Bro
Russian Forces Break Japanese Attack Near Liao-Yang
A June 16 report from Manchuria details Russian columns repelling cavalry advances at Su Mien Cheng and Liao Yang Wo Peng, with heavy Japanese losses and Russian casualties totaling about 215. A wider note from St. Petersburg says lines harden near Liao Yang Chung Keng as peace talks loom.
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Su- Mien-Chong
Ta-Sin-Mo-Tun
Sou-Cha-Tzu
Su-Mien- Cheng
Kang-Piu
Tien- Chia-Wo-Peng
Kang- Ping
Luo-Yang-Wo-Peng
Lo-Chusa-Pou
Liao-Yang-Wo-Peng
Mistchenko
Liao-Yang
St Petersburg
Manchuria
Liao-Yang- Chung-Keng
Liao River
Fakemen
Linevitch
Chang-Tu-Fu
Si-Ping-Hai
Linovitch
Godzyadanl
Iselin Suffering Nervous Breakdown at All View
Yachtsman Oliver Iselin III remains at his All View home on Premium Point New Rochelle under specialist care for a nervous breakdown. Reports say the death of his father Adrian Iselin worsened his condition. When fit, he may travel to Germany. he has avoided New Rochelle since returning from Atken two months ago.
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All View
Premium Point
New Rochelle
Mr. Iselin
New-Hochelle
Atken
Adrian Iselin
Eens
Germany
Firefighter Rescued After Hazardous Fumigation Man Hunt
Pittsburg June 18 The Pittsburg Shelter House fumigated by burning sulphur caused smoke alarms. Engine 3 arrived as Lieutenant John Martin rushed inside and climbed three floors seeking the fire. He collapsed on the third floor and was saved by Captain Joseph Schloss who carried him down the fire escape. Martin is hospitalized with pure air supplied.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
John Martin
Joseph Schloss
Martin
Five De Dietrich workers escape across Bronx crossing wreck
Five men from the De Dietrich Motor Car Company narrowly escaped death when their stock touring car was struck at the Fordham Landing crossing in The Bronx by a New York Central express and a following freight train. They leaped clear as the trains passed, escaping unharmed despite the car being torn to scrap.
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West 34Th St
New York Central
Fordham Landing
Bronx
New Haven
Harlem
Kingsbridge
Broadway
Fordham Road
Sedgwick
Fordham Heights
Fordham Landing Pier
Donovan
Highbridge
Sedgwick Ave
Four Hurt At Crotona Park Game
Four spectators were injured at a Crotona Park ball game between Interborough employees and Alderman Murphy’s team. A foul ball knocked Louis Dallinger unconscious, a ball strike to John Humboldt in the solar plexus left him serious, John McDermott suffered an epileptic fit, and Henry Stern overheated. Four ambulances were summoned, nearly triggering a panic among about four thousand onlookers. Murphy’s nine led 17 to 6 when play resumed, with Fordham Hospital reporting the injuries.
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Crotona Park
Fordham Hospital
Interborough
Arthur Murphy
East Gihst
Louis Dallinger
John McDermott
van ‘Nest
Henry Stern
Stre. Murphy
Frick to Give One Million Toward Pittsburg Memorial Hall
Pittsburg June 18 old soldiers plan a memorial hall costing not less than 2.509 million dollars. It is understood H C Frick will contribute 1.0 million toward the fund. A delegation asked him to raise the goal to 2.5 million and he replied to set at 2.5 million and you can count on my share.
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Pittsburg
H.C. Frick
Mr. Frick
Mr. Fricklyn Boon
William plans Far East peace conference, Daily Mail says
London reports that Emperor William is forming powers to convene an international conference to settle Far Eastern affairs, according to The Daily Mail's Paris correspondent.
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London
the Daily Mail
Paris
William
Governor Higgins Returns to Albany Before Session
Albany June 18 Governor Higgins came back to Albany after a fortnights trip to the West and Cambridge Springs and will stay for an extraordinary legislative session called for noon next Wednesday. He spoke little on the Equitable matter or Hendricks report, saying only that he and Hendricks had discussed some phases of the report. Hendricks meanwhile left for Syracuse and will likely return tomorrow, with the full report not yet ready for publication and possibly not until Tuesday.
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Albany
Higgins
Cambridge Springs
Penn
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hendricks
Mr. Hendricks
Tuthbert W. Pound
Syracuse
Equitable
Boston grafters hold record in public buildings costs
Boston officials report that city public buildings run at a high per capita cost. Harvey S Chase in the Mayor's office provides figures showing Boston at M cents per person, population 600000, compared with New York 20 cents and Philadelphia 11 cents. The piece notes fictitious names on rolls and syndicates for carpentry and wiring, plus a disinfectants monopoly.
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Boston
Harvey S Chase
Public Buildings Department
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Baltimore
Brooklyn Baby Injured When Five Year Old Drops Toy
Esther Jacobson 5 drops iron toy horse on eight month old sister Martha from a window causing a skull fracture. Neighbor Tessie Creamer was holding the baby on the porch when the accident occurred at their Huntington Street home. Doctors at Long Island College Hospital report the child will probably die.
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Esther Jacobson
Huntington St
Brooklyn
Martha
Tessie Creamer
Esther
Miss Creamer
Long Island College
Squadron Sails to Honor Dead John Paul Jones
Rear Admiral Sigsbee's cruiser squadron ships from North Atlantic group to carry John Paul Jones' body to France. The Brooklyn Chattanooga Tacoma and Galveston left for Cherbourg to arrange embarkation ceremonies, with the body to be placed aboard the Brooklyn at a flag draped catafalque on deck for the voyage to Annopolis.
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North Atlantic
John Paul Jones
France
Brooklyn
Chattanooga
Tacoma
Galveston
Naval
Tompkinsville
Cherbourg
Sigstee
Deadly cigarette spree ends in canoeing death
Delrose Massachusetts June 18 Philip Weller twenty three of East Watertown died after smoking five boxes of cigarettes from midnight to 4 p m while canoeing with friends. He fell from a landing into water and died instantly from heart disease as companions pulled him from the pond. Medical examiners attributed the death to heart failure aggravated by cigarette use during the excursion.
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Ny Telegraph
the Tribune
Delrose
Mass
Philip Weller
East Watertown
Weller
Perley
Jack
Heath
ALL TRAIN RECORDS GO Buffalo June 18 Twentieth Century trains
Buffalo June 18 The Twentieth Century from Chicago eastbound arrived twenty five minutes early after leaving Cleveland covering 186 miles in 143 minutes. The Twentieth Century Limited from the east arrived exactly on time at 1147. Engines changed in three minutes and the train handed to Lake Shore at 11 50 for Chicago. The eastbound flyer ran fifty minutes under schedule to Cleveland reaching here seventy five minutes less than allotted.
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Chicago
Cleveland
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Lake Shore
Twentieth Century Limited
Union Station
Elkhart
Ind
Toledo
Ohio
Grand Central Station
la Salle St
Century Limited Fastest Long Distance Train Debuts
The Twentieth Century Limited sped from Chicago to Cleveland in record time, arriving ahead of schedule. Crowds lined the route from Chicago to Toledo as the train set swift mile posts, with Engine No. 5,003 and the “Flying Dutchman” steam ahead on the final legs toward Cleveland.
No Menace to France German plan for conference explained
Paris reports a semi official version of the Rouvier Radolin talks. Germany outlines the conference scope and limits to avoid menacing France or undermining Moroccan prestige. Britain signals loyal support but requires clear definition of the conference scope before participation.
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Berlin
Prince von Radolin
France
Morocco
Rouvier
Paul Cambon
Great Britain
Lord Lansdowne
Alliance weakened by press reports on Morocco dispute
Paris dispatches quoted in a semi official Paris newspaper suggest Britain does not fully back France in the Morocco dispute. German observers see this as a tactic to pressure France toward the International conference. Prince von Radolin's dispatches to Hamburg were sent to the Emperor.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Morocco
Germany
Prince von Radolin
Hamburg
A B Also an Able Swimmer Rescues Boy From Drowning
Arthur J. Barry of the Granite State dives from the transport into the East River to save nine year old Theodore Regenstruck who fell between a bulkhead and a scow at East 28th Street. Barry pulls the boy to the pier, Bellevue doctors treat him, and Barry returns to the ship. The rescuer refuses to comment on the incident.
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Granite State
East River
Arthur J. Barry
A. B
Theodore Regenstruck
Young Regenstruck
East
Barry
Regenstruck
Bellevue
Allenst
Bunker Hill Battle Plan Found in Quebec Map
A Boston man recovered a British officer’s plan of the Bunker Hill battle from Quebec. Harvard’s Professor MackVane says the map details June 17 operations against Charlestown Hill redoubts, the New Fort position, and lists land and naval forces with British regiments and numbers.
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Quebec
Bunker HM
Bunker Mill
Mack Vane
Harvard
Charlestown Hill
Bunker Hill
Russians in Mongolia base alarms in Asia
London dispatch cites a Daily Telegraph Tokyo correspondent reporting a Russian cavalry base at Pedue Mongolia. Peking fears Russia may seize Mongolia after Manchuria expulsion. A Yinkow telegram notes rising cholera and dysentery in Harbin with about 100 deaths daily.
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Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Pedue
Mongolia
Peking
Russia
Manchuria
Yinkow
Harbin
British Ambassador protests sinking of St Kilda by Russian ship
Sir Charles Har Ginge, Britain's ambassador, presented the case of the steamer St Kilda sunk June 5 by the Russian auxiliary cruiser Dnieper to Foreign Minister Count Lamsdorff in St Petersburg. Russia promised to investigate, says deorganization of Far Eastern naval forces may explain the isolated incident, and assurances remain valid.
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St Petersburg
Charles Har Ginge
St Kilda
China Sea
Count Lamsdorff
Count Lamsdoeff
Russia
Ministry of Marine
Dnieper
Riot in prison at Reval ends after early dawn force
A riot of about two hundred prisoners at Reval prison broke out late last night over alleged maltreatment and was quelled at 1 am with troops from the garrison. Rioters including women damaged furniture and windows and attempted escapes but exits were held. Offenders were logged today.
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Reval
Ohio rejects marriage by telephone for out of state brides
Teletype report from Pittsburg dated June 1 notes Ohio Probate Court bans telephonic marriage licenses. Justices in Columbus County cannot grant licenses to Pennsylvanian brides or grooms unless the bride or groom resides in Ohio. Several would-be couples from Pennsylvania faced denial after the rule change.
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Ohio
Probate Court of
Columblama County
Gretas
Bate
Order of
East Liverpool
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