Two platoon patrol system restored by Police Chief
Police Commissioner Bingham ordered the return to the two platoon patrol system effective tomorrow at 6 am. He cited Board of Aldermen funding failures and rising demand due to resorts and summer calls. Officers gathered in protest, resenting Mayor McClellan and accusing him of breaking promises to voters.
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Bingham
van Wyck
Yochlan
McClellan
Board of Aldermen
Grant
William R. Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Albany
Hearst
General Bingham
Greene
General Greene
Plot Against Japan Arrests in Seoul Reported
London dispatch from Tokio via The Daily Telegraph says a Korean vice minister of the interior a privy councillor and a lieutenant general were arrested in Seoul over a plot said to seek Russian troops to expel Japan and seize Hando Province. Overtures reportedly purely Corean with no Russian involvement.
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London
Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Seoul
Corea
Treasured Iron Box Said to Await Discovery
In Louisville on June 19 the Rev. G E Scott digging in his garden struck an iron box. He unearthed it to a depth of twenty feet before the box ceased moving. Another attempt will be made tomorrow to recover the box which is said to contain treasure.
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Ly Telegraph
the Tribune
Louisville
G. E. Scott
West Kentucky Street
Papa
Kean
Clare and
Vale
James Lenapan
Freddie
Joseph Sager
Elmer Rhoades
Sager
Taylor
Sulzberger
Farmers harvesting fresh fish in flood district
Ruubester reports floods in the Cinde district yield an unusual harvest as farmers irrigate crops yet reap fresh carp by the Cozens. The note adds that floods, while damaging crops, provide an unexpected fishing bounty for local harvesters.
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the Tribune
Ruubester
Cinde
Trepos off Saved Again in Palace Murder Plot
In St. Petersburg on June 19 a circulated circumstantial report claimed a well dressed woman masquerading as Princess Narishkin attempted to kill General Trepoff, the palace commandant, drawing a revolver before it was seized. Police denied the story.
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St. Petersburg
Trepoff
Princess Narishkin
Fight in Eighth Regiment Sparks Court Martial Claims
Major William H. Romer faces multiple charges including disrespect to a superior officer and disobedience after an arrest order. Major Robert Edwards Jr. accuses him amid regimental faction tensions. Roe, National Guard commander, handles the matter at Peekskill as Romer allegedly refused orders en route to Creedmoor and continued duties.
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William H. Romer
James H. Jarvis
Sth
Robert Edwards
Romer
Charles F. Roe
National Guard
Peekskill
Edwards
Creedmoor
Major Edwards
Jarvis
Borough Board Passes Sweeping Poster Ban Ordinance
A resolution by Borough President Coler, unanimously approved by the Board of Aldermen, bans posters and displays of indecent prints or depictions of criminal acts. Coler cited complaints from women about images of murders and robberies harming youth morals.
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Coler
Board of Aldermen
Met Museum to Withdraw Twenty Five Sculptures
Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art plan to remove about twenty five early sculptures by American Italian and German artists from exhibition and place them in storage. Acting director Dr Edward Robinson noted several works would be relegated to the storeroom while others may be lent to Columbia University New York University and various museums and schools for decorative use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edward Robinson
Columbia University
New York University
Invasion of Ecuador Sparks Protests in Quito
Guayaquil reports Peruvians invaded a eastern Ecuador region recently submitted to King Alfonso of Spain arbitration. A protest meeting was held in Quito and a crowd gathered before the Chilean and Brazilian legations showing sympathy for Chile and Brazil. Police blocked a crowd heading to the Peruvian legation.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Alfonso
Spain
Quito
Chile
Brazil
Man claims kidnapping plot in city police station
A man posing as lawyer George Ellisot Flemming bursts into Tenderloin Station seeking police aid for alleged kidnapping of clients Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bliss at Shanley's. He claims a $75,000 Long Island Railroad damages suit to be heard at Mineola. Bliss says four men have tailed him. he once worked for the Sun and now McClure's.
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George Ellisot
Flemming
East 59Th Street
Tenderloin
Sergeant McCann
E. W. Bliss
No. 7
West 26Th Street
Shanley’s
Broadway
80Th Street
McCann
Long Island Railroad
Mineola
Bliss
Sun
McClure
O’rourke
Wines
Sergeant Price
Stenton House
Price
Kidnaper Kean Sentenced To Twenty Years Hard Labor
Philadelphia reports John Joseph Kean, abductor of seven year old Freddie Muth, sentenced to twenty years of hard labor in solitary confinement at Eastern Penitentiary. He may receive a reduced term if behaving. The case drew a crowded court and strong local emotion as Freddie recounted his return home.
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Philadelphia
Eastern Penitentiary
John Joseph Kean
Freddie Muth
Kean
Sulzberger
Liberty
Cherry Hill
Dickens
Eisenbrown
Muth
Mystery at Stenton mansion deepens in Bronx murder case
Detectives uncovered a secret chamber in the Stenton house containing old silverware, jewelry, dry goods, and two deadly sandbags. They seized a hidden trunk of initialed silver, a furor of toiletry items, and a wall of trunks, while Mrs. Stenton, suspected of knowing more, refused to cooperate amid harsh questioning. A bankbook shows a $45 balance with Henry Clews & Co, the last entry dated 1552.
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Stenton
Bronx
Alice C. D. Kinnan
Sergeant Price
Price
Miller
Kinnan
McDonald
Connolly
Heffernan
O'Rourke
Vines
Mrs. Kinnan
Chase
Miller House
Alice
Henry Clews & Co
Royal Castle Flooded In Bohemia Rescue by Archduke
Vienna dispatch reports a Tuesday night flood at Konopischt Castle in Bereschau Bohemia belonging to Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his family. The archduke organized a rescue party as waters rushed in. Damage was heavy and sixteen lives were lost.
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Saa
Vienna
London Tribune
Bereschau
Bohemia
Konopischt Castle
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Chinese Attack Wounds American Medical Agent in Hong Kong
Dispatches from Hong Kong report Chinese forces attacked Dr. Horne, medical representative for an American insurance company at Turgan, severely injuring him and lightly wounding his assistant Forbes Eadie.
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London
Hong Kong
Horne
Turgan
Forbes Eadie
Clémenceau Opposes Socialist Expropriation Plan
Paris June 19 M Clémenceau Interior Minister in the Chamber of Deputies rejected M Jaurés and the Socialist plan for state directed expropriation and all industries as government monopolies. He urged a peaceful evolution and fusion of capital and labor, and the chamber voted to placard his address 365 to 78.
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Paris
M. Clémenceau
Chamber of Deputies
M. Jaurés
Chamber
France
Clémenceau
M. Doumer
Creusot
MM. Lockroy
Millerand
Clementel and
Klotz
Natal Rebels Routed In Bantustan Skirmish
Mapumulo Natal June 19 A convoy of five wagons was attacked by rebels but escaped after a two mile pursuit. A 60 man security force met 500 rebels preparing an ambush. After an hour and a half exchange the rebels fled with sixty dead.
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Mapumulo
Natal
Unknown hero saves Swiss fisherman Swansea offshore
Thousands along the Atlantic City boardwalk cheered as Ande Swansea, a Swiss fisherman, nearly drowned when his launch swamped off the outer bar in a nor'easter. A well dressed stranger dove into the surf, swam out and back to rescue him as life guards failed to note his struggle, then vanished before identification.
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The
Tribune
Atlantic City
N. J
Ande Swansen
Swansea
Mutiny Ends in Fatal Stabbing Aboard Bark L Argentine
Fifteen new hands say they were forced to work aboard the bark off Stapleton Staten Island. Second mate William Rice was mortally stabbed by Leonard Rittingham after a dispute over yardarm duties. Rittingham is under arrest for attempted murder. witnesses say several crewmen are held as witnesses. The bark waited for a crew and is to sail this afternoon.
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Stapleton
Staten Island
William Rice
Leonard Rittingham
Marine Hospital
Rittingham
Rice
Salvador May Declare War on Guatemala
Mexico City reports insurgents deny any decisive Guatemalan victory. General Toledo is eight leagues inside Guatemalan land, awaiting a favorable moment for a push. Pineda may emerge from Peten forests to dash for Quesaltanango where Cabrera's force holds a large garrison. Salvador advices say the government will declare war openly on Guatemala.
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Mexico City
Toledo
Pineda
Peten
Quesaltanango
Cabrera
Salvador
Guatemala
Hen theft at Riverton headlines religious irony
In Riverton Connecticut on June 19 a thief entered George Ransom’s hennery during Sunday services and stole fifty of his fifty-eight fowls. This marks the fourth such theft linked to his churchgoing pattern, prompting a wry note that "Cheer me, George, there are more hens."
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the Tribune
Winsted
Conn
Riverton
George Ransom
Ransom
George
Meat Inspection Bill Passes House Pushes For President
Washington June 19 The House endorsed the President's meat inspection drive by an almost unanimous vote. The Agriculture Committee's amendment to the Agricultural Appropriation bill was adopted and sent to confer with the Senate. Key figures included Wadsworth and Proctor as leaders of debate with Lodge and Adams opposing government-paid inspection. The measure, aimed at reforming the packing house system, faces Senate debate and possible conference.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House of Repreesentatives
Committee On Agriculture
House
Wadsworth
New York
Agricultural Committee
Adams
Wisconsin
Senate
Conferrees
Proctor
Lodge
Williams
Mississippi
Olmsted
Columbia
District of Columbia
Secretary of Agriculture
Chicago
United States
St. Louis
Kansas City
Fort Worth
St. Joseph
Lamb
Virginia
Mr. Williams
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Welcher
Japan
Russia
Major Romer
Aldermen
M. M.A
Peru
Detroit
Weert Shore Railroad
West Shore Ticket Agrut
Advt
Harlem River Bank
Canada
Mrs. Stenton
Old House
Royal Castle
Archduke Heads Rescue Corps
Insurance Company
House For Inspection
MR. Wadsworth
Packers
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