Vessels Crash The Zeelan In Port In Fog
June 20 4 serious naval disaster occurred when the Wilson liner Sappho rammed the British protected cruiser Sappho in fog near port. The Sappho was heavily damaged but the crew remained uninjured. the liner backed off to Dover and was towed for beaching and repairs.
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Sappho
Paneeness
Go-Angie
Dover
Warpip
Portsmouth
Paul
Isle of Wight
Wilson
Algiers
Zeeland Damaged In Dense Fog Collision Off Dover
The Red Star steam ship Zeeland bound from Antwerp to New York was badly damaged in a collision with an unknown vessel in fog east of Dover. The strike tore a hole in the starboard bow and pushed the anchor fluke through a hawse pipe. Passengers reported little panic among the ship’s ill officers and crew as boats searched for wreckage. The Zeeland continued to Dover and then Southampton.
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Suthampton
Red Star Steamland
Antwerp
New York
Dover
Zeeland
Southampton
Search for Erichsen's body in Greenland expedition
Copenhagen June 2 The government expedition under Elmar Mikkelsen sails to Greenland aboard the Danish steamer Tema to locate the Erichsen party bodies Mylius Erichsen leader and Lieutenants Hagen and Beenland perished in 1907 while attempting to return from the north coast by the inland ice Weather forced them back toward the coast during the summer of that year Lieutenant Trolle of the ship Denmerk says Broen Sleboty was found in a crevice near a depot and buried there The bodies of the others have not been found due to heavy snowfall
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Copenhagen
Myllus Erichsen
Denmark
Hagen
Beenland
Greenland
Trolle
Denmerk
Peary Reaches Pole Rumor Prompts Local Optimism
Local friends of Commander Robert Edwin Peary U S N report optimism that Peary may have planted the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole. They expect telegraphed confirmation by August or September if he succeeded, or plan further Arctic effort if not.
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Fabngton
Imimunder
Robert Edwin Peary
United States
Iree North
Peary
Greenland
United States Train Ship Arrives at Azores From Boston
A U S train vessel arrived at Azores after departing Boston on June 7. The ship carried about a hundred boys bound for a fifteen thousand obligation program and will stay briefly. A courier reaching Fez reports Roghi Romane forces defeating local troops.
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Azores
United States
Boston
Pim
Fez
Roghi
Romenae
Holyhead Route Fast Opens New Landing for Americans
The White Star steamship Cedric arrived at Holyhead from New York on June 12 and passengers and mails were landed for three special trains to London. The experiment, which may establish Holyhead as the regular landing point for American mails, is considered highly successful and could shift future departures from Queenstown. White Star plans to repeat the test with the Baltic and notes improved Liverpool trade potential if Holyhead handles outbound passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Holyhead
Euston
Liverpool
Queenstown
White Star
White Star Company
Mersey Docks and Harbor Board
Baltic
Taxpayers' Union Considers Political Action in New York
The Taxpayers' Protective Union of Greater New York led by John E. Connelly denies being an anti election adjunct and hints at possible political action. The advisory committee includes Marsh al S. Driggs Clarence H. Kelsey Edgar J. Levey E A de Lima Anton A. Raven George P. Seward Andrew T. Sullivan Calvin Tomkins Ross Tucker Wilbur F. Wakeman Irving M. Shaw and Rev J Ross Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Taxpayers’ Protective Union of
Greater New York
John E. Connelly
New York
Union
Marshall S. Driggs
Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company
Clarence H. Kelsey
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Edgar J. Levey
E. A. de Lima
Anton A. Raven
Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company
George P. Seward
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Andrew T. Sullivan
Nassau Trust Company
Brooklyn
Calvin Tomkins
Ross #.Tucker
Cleveland Democracy In Line Meeting In Harlem To Start Cam
The Cleveland Democracy plans a Monday night meeting at 272 West 125th Street in Harlem to organize a city committee and shape its campaign against Tammany Hall. William B. Selden will preside as the group opens new headquarters and vows to run a public trust oriented municipal fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Democracy
West 125Th Street
Agin
Tammany Hall
William B. Selden
Cleveland
Germany watching our meats in St Louis probe
The U S agriculture inquiry into East St Louis packing plants entered a new phase as German Imperial Commissioner Nikolas Kaumanns, registering as Kau manns Chicago, spent three days observing. He plans to report to Berlin, and if James F Harms’s charges are upheld it could justify curbing American meat imports.
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Tribune
St. Louis
Secretary of Agriculture
Germany
Kaumanns
Harris
He Marries the Family in Colorado Springs Ceremony
The Rev. G. W. Angiebarger of Colorado Springs will conduct the wedding for Mrs. Gertrude Carman Baty and her daughter Ethel in Denver on June 2. This marks the fourth time he has officiated for the Carman family, having united Mrs. Lena Carman to J. F. Gray twenty one years ago and Gertrude Carman to H. W. Baty nineteen years ago. The double ceremony will tie three generations together.
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the Tribune
Denver
G. W. Angiebarger
Colorado Springs
Gertrude Carman Baty
Ethel
Lena Carman
Japan's new line to Chile marks first South American voyage
A celebration in America marked the Toyo Kisen Kaisha first trip to South America. The Japanese government subsidized the service from Japan to Valparaiso and other ports with officials including the Japanese Minister and Chillan leaders in attendance.
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Yeshe America
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Eastern Steamship Company
South America
Japan
Valparaiso
South American
Chillan
Terday
Missing Corsair Crew Sought By Bear After 10 Days
Wireless reports from Katalla Alaska indicate the launch Corsair commanded by Captain Auer with seven men is missing for ten days. The revenue cutter Bear, about a hundred miles at sea on the Ko diak route, has been directed to search for the party.
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Katala
Alaska
Auer
Bear
Kodiak
Cordova
Taft pushes tax plan. tariff schedules take back seat
Washington dispatch notes President Taft urges a tax on corporate net earnings and a constitutional amendment to authorize an income tax, shifting focus from tariff schedules to revenue expansion. Republicans back the plan. Democrats worry and seek strategic gains as debate stretches into July with adjournment uncertain.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Congress
Tariff Congress
United States
Senate
House
Aldrich
Committee On the Judiciary
Senate finance schedule debate on trade and tax provisions
Trade in cotton ties and bagging will be debated along with petroleum and coal paragraphs. The pig and scrap iron item also prompts discussion. Southern senators want time to press free sulphate of ammonia and Aldrich aims to finish schedules by midweek, with possible delay on corporation tax and administrative features of the bill.
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Denver
Senate
Mr. Taft
Finance Committee
Congress
House
House Conference Committee
Conference Committee
Washington
Philippines
McCumber
Aldrich
Rescuers Overcome In Bay Launch Accident
Harry Wilson and Grant Raedy, brokers' clerks, sailed the 15 foot launch Alice near Grassy Point when it capsized. Dr. William H. Slater and Edward Schluter failed to reach them in time. both Raedy and Slater lost consciousness before Commodore A. A. Kimmell and Charles Bronick found them and revived the men.
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Harry Wilson
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
Grant Raedy
Alice
Anabas Club
Grassy Point
Broad Channel
William H. Slater
New York
Homecopathic Hospital
Edward H. Schlueter
Schlueter
Wilson
Dr. Slater
Raedy
A. A. Kimmell
Charles Bronick
Doctor Disease Victim
Philadelphia June 20 In Washington Dr Joseph Goldberger of the Marine Hospital service went with a blistered arm to study a straw disease that affected sailors aboard P A B Widener’s yacht Josephine after they slept on new straw mattresses His exposure to suspected infected mattresses led to the blisters and pimples developing on his arm as scientists seek to identify the malady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Philadelphia
P. A. B. Widener
Josephine
Joseph Goldberger
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Goldberger
Torpedo Flotilla Arrives at Newport Under Freeman
The Atlantic torpedo flotilla reached Newport New Jersey today under Lieutenant Commander Frederic N. Freeman after sailing from Hampton Roads. The fleet will coal up tomorrow and head to Provincetown on Tuesday for target practice. The first division includes Worden Blakeley De Long and Shubrick with Captain Freeman.
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Newport
Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla
Frederic N. Freeman
Hampton Roads
Provincetown
Worden
Blakeley
de Long
Shubrick
Willis G. Mitchell
MacDonough
Wilkes
Trade with the Philippines in 1908 imports and exports
Washington reports from the bureau of statistics show Philippines imports totaling 20,186,120 dollars in 1908. Free entries for railway construction total 1,747,312 dollars. U S exports to the islands reached 9,906,696 dollars, while imports from the United States to the islands excluding free entries stood at 5,101,536 dollars. Principal imports include cotton goods, rice, iron and steel, dairy, flour, leather, spirits, paper, chemicals, drugs, dyes, medicines, and wood. Experts amount to 32,001,072 dollars with hemp, copra, sugar, tobacco and their products prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Philippines
United States
Florida Fruit Growers Complaint With Interstate Commerce Panel
Washington June 20 a complaint was filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission against a single interstate carrier by the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Protective Association of Jacksonville Florida. It charges unfair and unreasonable transportation rates for Florida citrus and vegetables to northern and western states and discrimination in refrigeration charges. Previous complaints by the same association against various railroads are pending and scheduled for simultaneous consideration, with a decision unlikely before next fall after the commission's summer recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Protective Association of
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Commission
Patrolman shoots wrong man in street brawl report
Patrolman Michael Hynes of Flushing Avenue station halted a street fight between two Italians on President Street and Third Avenue. He arrested Tony Narda after a stabbing of Vincenzo Gallo in the head. Narda tried to stab the officer. the patrolman shot James Bregson, wounding his wrist, before subduing Narda. Gallo and Bregson received hospital treatment.
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Michael Hynes
Flushing Avenue
President Street
Third Avenue
Tony Narda
Vincenzo Gallo
No.91
Narda
James Bregson
No.1
Bregson
Hynes
Bergen Street
Dr. Wells
Seney Hospital
Gallo
Mayor Restores Pier Bands After Cut
The Musical Mutual Protective Union victory led to restoring pier bands at West 50th Barrow and East 50th streets. Mayor McClellan agreed to return five musicians to each band, reversing earlier reductions from twenty to fifteen pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Mutual Protective Union
West
S0th
Barrow
East Mth
Central Federated Union
McClellan
Aerial Honeymoon Balloon Lands Near Holbrook After 120 Mile Flight
Holbrook Massachusetts June 20 The balloon Pitts field carrying Mr and Mrs Roger Noble Burnham descended about a mile from Holbrook center at 420 this morning after a record flight from Pittsfield The craft covered about 120 miles in the air with a southeast course toward Boston passengers noting their elevation by paper drops The couple resumed their honeymoon after breakfast at Ralph Gilkeys yard where the balloon was packed and sent back to Pittsfield Piloted by William Van Sleet the ascent from Aero Park drew a large Pittsfield crowd"}
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Holbrook
Mass
Pittsfield
Roger Noble Burnham
Boston
Massachusetts
William van Sleet
Aero Park
van Sleet
Blue Hills
Boston Harbor
Ralph Gilkey
Aeronauts
Mr. van Sleet
Mrs. Burnham
New Yorkers Take Balloon Trip From North Adams
W. E. Coffin and his son Tristram of New York soared in the North Adams No. 1 with pilot N. M. Arnold. They ascended at 9 10 this morning and descended about two hours later in North Richmond New Hampshire covering roughly fifty miles. The voyage was featureless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
W. E. Coffin
Tristram
New York
North Adams No. 1
N. M. Arnold
North Richmond
N. H
Japanese Intervention Appeal in Jiji Editorial
Honolulu June 2 An issue of the Jiji the organ of Japanese strike movement calls for intervention by the Japanese government in the Hawaiian strike situation alleging unfair treatment by courts and by federal and territorial officers. Y Soga editor of the Jiji was indicted twice by the territorial grand jury once for conspiracy to incite riot and once for conspiracy to commit murder. He was released on furnishing $2 250 bonds to cover both indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Jiji
Y. Soga
Oldest Butler County resident dies at 102
Mrs. Mary Montjor Van dyke died near Clintonville at 102, the oldest woman in Butler and Venango counties. Born June 11, 1907, she married at 20 and left five children, thirty-five grandchildren, thirty-eight great grandchildren, and twenty-five great great grandchildren. She had smoked a pipe about three hours daily for the last seventy five years.
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Tribune
Butler
Penn
Mary Montjor Vandyke
Venango Counties
Clintonville
Butler County
Bank Robbery Ruse Uncovered in Illinois Bank
Stephen Moore sole officer of the People's Bank of Benbow City Illinois was arrested after confessing the reported robbery never occurred. John H. Guhman and Henry N. Barckers who negotiated certificates of deposit were also arrested. Moore says Guhman planned the scheme Barckers sanctioned it and only one third of the face value of the CDs was placed in the bank.
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St. Louis
Stephen Moore
People’s Bank of
Benbow City
Moore
John H. Guhman
Henry N. Barckers
Guhman
Barckers
Indictments for manslaughter at Northampton State Hospital
Indictments charging manslaughter were reported against two asylum employees Arthur Joslyn an attendant and Harry W Love a night watchman over the death of Thomas Szumna Chicopee mechanic at the Northampton State Hospital for the Insane He had been an inmate for a fortnight when he died June 10 Dr Christopher Seymour medical examiner lists peritonitis as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Thomas Szumna
Northampton State Hospital
Arthur Joslyn
Harry W. Love
Szumna
Christopher Seymour
Juror held without bail in Queens assault case
Wilbur C. Craft, juror in Captain Peter C. Hains trial, was detained by Magistrate Gilroy at Far Rockaway, awaiting the outcome of injuries suffered by Stephen M. Van Allen, a noted rifle shot, who alleges he was struck from behind. Van Allen is expected to recover.
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Wilbur C. Craft
Peter C. Hains
Flushing
Gilroy
Far Rockaway
Queens
Stephen M. van Alien
Craft
van Allen
Engineer and Fireman Killed in Bridge Plunge
A Great Northern Seattle express locomotive jumped Westminster Bridge crossing and plunged into the river. The engineer and fireman were drowned, with no passengers harmed.
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Vancouver
Great Northern
Seattle
Westminster Bridge
Wright brothers arrive in Washington for Fort Myer tests
The Wright brothers reached Washington and planned to reach Fort Myer by tomorrow morning for aviation tests. They will make minor machine changes, expect tests to start late in the week, and hope their Fort Myer aircraft will be faster and more reliable due to an improved ignition device. Orville and Wilbur anticipate one or two flights this week, with assembling and adjustments taking until Wednesday. They acknowledge fatigue from recent receptions and see renewed work as beneficial.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Wright Brothers
Fort Myer
Orville Wright
America
Public appeal to fund dirigible airship initiative
The Morning Post launches a public appeal for 100 dollars to buy and place a dirigible airship at the nation's disposal. Advisory committee members include Field Marshal Roberts Lord Milner and Lord Charles Beresford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandon
Acton
Morning Post
Field Marshal
Roberts
Lord Milner
Lord Charles Beresford
Talk on votes and equal pay at Marble Arch meeting
Mrs Harriet S Blatch addressed the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women at Marble Arch 215th Street and Broadway. She noted a voter future among women and cited Monny Eastman’s voting influence. Speakers urged equal pay for teachers, urging Mayor McClellan’s vetoes be overcome and highlighting women’s earnings gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Equality League of Self-Supporting Women
Marble Arch
215Th Street
Broadway
Mony’ Eastman
Sing Sing
New York
Frederick Nathan
National Consumers’ League
Grace C. Strachan
Miss Strachan
McClellan
Edwin Slesson
Leonora O'Reilly
Josephine Casey
EXPERT SWIMMER DROWNED NEAR LOCUST AVENUE DOCK
Philip Land fifteen an East 138th street errand boy disappeared after dives from a dock on the East River yesterday afternoon. Frank White his housemate followed and searched but could not find him. Land, an expert swimmer, was said to have cramps causing his sudden sinking. Police reported no witnesses besides White. The body was not recovered.
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Locust Avenue
Philip Land
East 138Th Street
East River
Frank White
Alexander Avenue
White
Land
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Ceptain Mikkelsen
NK Peary
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Tly
Futon St
Jamaica
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Harlem
Paign
East St. Louis
Rhode Island
Wickersham
Batley
MAYOR
G. Akman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
5Th Avenue
Orecon
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Huemaca
Pacific Northwest
VIA
Union Pacific
Wash
J. B. Defriest
Wrights
Capital
Harriet S. Blatch
Atamie Uil
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