China Allows American Participation in $27,500,000 Rail Loan
Washington reports indicate China will share the $27.5 million loan for rail yard development with American banks and engineers. Secretary Knox pushed a protest to ensure American material and expertise are used, with Britain Germany and France open to U.S. involvement pending Peking approval. The State Department cites expected broad American benefits from investment and trade expansion in China.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
State Department
Peking
Conger
China
Knox
Bryce
Reid
London
Thas
Mitchell-Innes
Dam Breaks Claim Three Lives At Missouri River Dam
In St. Joseph Missouri a flood from the Missouri River broke the main Moth reservoir dam at the waterworks plant six miles north. Watchman John Lewis and James Liliges and his son John died after a twenty foot high wall of water swept them away. Lewis had lost two sons at the same place last year. Damage to the waterworks was heavy. In Washington D C Charles Salvey and William Hook ages nine and eight drowned while bathing in the eastern Potomac River. Ann Arbor Michigan saw Oswald Lippold and William Arnold drown in the Millrace while teaching Arnold to swim. William Cole was rescued unconscious.
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St. Joseph
City Waterworks
John Lewis
James Liliges
John
Lewis
Washington
Charles Salvey
Wiliam Hook
Potomac River
Ann Arbor, Mich
Oswald Lippold
William Arnold
Milwaukee
William Cole
Lippold
Cole
Arnold
Sembrich Bows Out On German Stage As Rosina
Berlin June 2 Mme Marcella Sembrich acts Rosina in The Barber of Seville to a delighted audience. She was called out about thirty times and showered with roses at curtain. She waved blossoms into the crowd and encore followed. She sang a Spring Song and other numbers with much enthusiasm, ending with a Polish song.
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Berlin
Mme
Marcella Sembrich
Rosina
Towers
Sembrich
Shem
Ien
Johanna
Montreal man funds tuberculosis treatment center plan
Montreal June 21 D Lorne McGibbon a leading businessman plans to spend 15.90 for erecting and equipping a unit for tuberculosis treatment at St Agathe in the Laurentians. He cites personal illness and cure in Adirondacks and wishes to help others less fortunate. The project follows his earlier rails line steamer advertisement and local civic interest.
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Montreal
D. Lorne McGibbon
Be &T St. Agathe
Laurentian
McGibbon
Adirondacks
Swordfish Fights Whale Near Nantucket South Shoals Lightship
Passengers aboard the steamship Esparta report a monumental ocean clash south of Nantucket South Shoals Lightship. A whale battled a swordfish believed foe, suffering mortal injuries as foam and blood colored the sea. the whale disappeared after a final plunge.
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Boston
Esparta
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Nantucket South Shoals
Women Reject Peace At International Council Meeting
Toronto June 21 The International Council of Women rejected most of the peace and arms control report. Frau Stritt of Germany argued against the movement while Germany Italy Sweden and Great Britain opposed the annual peace day. The only section carried supported general council principles. A strong drive to ban employing girls under fourteen in theatres was urged. Lady Aberdeen voiced support for suffragettes saying she could no longer stay silent after hearing women from around the world.
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Toronto
International Council of Women
Peace and Arbitration Committee
Frau Stritt
Germany
Italy
Sweden
Great Britain
Lady Aberdeen
Earl of Aberdeen
Ireland
Heat Claims a Victim as City Faces Record Heat
A retired glass dealer Abraham Solomons dies from heat prostration at 4 PM near his home on West 120th Street. Five heat-related cases are reported, several others overcome in the streets. Thermometer hits 90 in the afternoon with humidity easing later. cooler, possibly showery weather forecast for today.
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Weather Bureau
Abraham Solomons
West 120Th Street
No. 12
West
West 129Th Solomons
Abraham
Idvth Street
Heat Prostration Hits Newark Engineer in Jersey City Yard
Hugh Coughlan a 65 year old locomotive engineer from Newark collapsed from heat while on his engine at the Pennsylvania Railroad Waldo avenue yards in Jersey City yesterday. He is hospitalized marking the season's first heat case in the city.
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Hugh Coughlan
Newark
Pennsylvania Railroad
Waldo Avenue
Jersey City
Hottest Philadelphia Day Sees City Bake at 96 Degrees
June 21 temperature peaked at 92 on government thermometers but street readings hit 96, the season's hottest so far. Heat caused intense suffering with several prostrations reported as relief overnight was slight with near 90 degree readings.
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Philadelphia
Two Dead In Boston From Heat Wave
Boston records a brutal heat day with two deaths and three serious prostration cases at hospitals. Dozens more seek aid at drug stores and clinics as the temperature allegedly reached 98 degrees amid a nearly calm, stifling afternoon.
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Boston
Man Falls To Death From Sixth Avenue Elevated
A man believed to be Thomas King, about thirty five, jumped from the downtown Sixth Avenue elevated station at Worth Street around 6 pm yesterday and was killed instantly. Eye witnesses say he had sold flowers at Sixth Avenue and 29th Street and later at 110th Street and Manhattan Avenue. An elevated employee noted he walked with a crutch for half an hour before vaulting the rail. He struck the stone pavement, breaking nearly every bone. Dr Fitzgerald of J Hood Wright Hospital confirmed severe injuries. The body was taken to West 125th Street police station.
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Thomas King
Sixth Avenue
Woth Street
29Th Street
110Th Street
Manhattan Avenue
Elevated
Fitzgerald
J. Hood Wright Hospital
West 125Th Street
Wise to Sail for Paris for Panama Canal Libel Case
United States Attorney Henry A. Wise will sail June 30 to Paris to witness depositions and examine witnesses in the Panama Canal purchase libel case involving The World newspaper. Other counsel including John D. Lind say and DeLancey Nicoll will also travel. Wise and Nicoll may ride the same vessel. Five weeks leave to return early August, with travel days spent in Paris. Depositions will aid trials in Washington Indianapolis and possibly New York. Former officials Roosevelt Taft Root Morgan Taft Cromwell named as complainants.
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Henry A. Wise
United States
Europe
Paris
John D. Lindsay
Press Publishing Company
the World
Lindsay
DeLancey Nicoll
The
Lusitania
Wise
Washington
van Hamm
Joseph Pulitzer
Robert H. Lyman
Indianapolis
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Indianap News
Indianapolis News
Mr. Williams
Mr. Smith
Roosevelt
President Taft
Senator Root
J. P. Morgan
Charles P. Taft
Douglas Robinson
William Nelson Cromwell
Wheat and corn crop conditions in Kansas report
Secretary Coburn of the state board of agriculture releases a June 18 crop bulletin. Wheat condition near 72.3 percent suggests a large harvest, around 30,000,000 bushels, while corn stands at 5 percent—the highest since 1992. Harvesting has begun in parts of Kansas with good weather expected to speed progress.
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the Tribune
Topeka
Kan
Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Pittsburg Chinese Ordered to Wear Chinese Garb
In Pittsburg on June 21 mobs attacked Chinese students after a string of slayings. Hip Sing Tong and On Leong Tong leaders ordered all Chinamen in the city to wear traditional costume for safety. Detective Shevlin aided Yip Yuen and a group of five hundred pursued him into the Berger Building, where he was rescued.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Hip Sing Tong
Detective Bureau
Elsie Sigel
Carnegie Technical Schools
Yip Yuen
Shevlin
Berger Building
Borrelly Daniel Comet Discovery Shared in Paris
Paris observers announce a new comet found near the same time by M. Borrelly in Marseilles and by Mr. Daniel at Princeton. The comet will be named the Borrelly Daniel to reflect both discoveries announced at the Academy of Sciences.
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M. Borrelly
Marseilles
Paris
Paris Observatory
Academy of Sciences
Mr. Daniel
Princeton
Borrelly-Daniel
Nothing Official About Reyes Departure Rumor Grows
Bogota June 21 Nothing official has been made public regarding the departure of President Reyes from Colombia for Europe. The newspapers condemn the action of the President. The Acting President Jorge Holguin has the support of the people in the hope that he will re-establish republican practices in the country, which desires peace. Ite purity flavor and deliciousness stand unrivaled. All grocers sell Salada Tea Adot
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Bogota
Reyes
Colombia
Europe
Jorge Holguin
Two Chinamen captured in Sigel murder case near Amsterdam
Chinaman Chung Sin, roommate of Leon, found at West Galway ten miles from Amsterdam, N Y, to be brought to New York by Detective Forbes. Sun Leung, restaurant keeper at 782 Eighth Avenue, arrested and sent to House of Detention. A third Chinaman held at Schenectady. police still seek Leon. Authorities watch major cities for Leon with hope of quick capture. Lin described as Canton-born, 35, a cook, once lodging at 782 Eighth Avenue. Details indicate Leon may have exploited Sin, with escape plans toward Vancouver or Chinatown, aided by Chinese Free Masons if needed.
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Elsie Sigel
Chung Sin
Leon
West Galway
Amsterdam
N. Y
Forbes
Central Office
Sun Leung
Eighth Avenue
Harburger
Carey
Homicide Bureau
Sin
New York
Schenectady
William Leon
Harvey Kennedy
Lin
West 29Th Street
Paul Sigel
Elsie
Mabel Sigel
Canton
China
Canada
Chinatown
Chu Gain
Chu Gamn
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
B. C
West Shore Ferry
West 42d Street
West 47Th Street
Jersey
House of Detention
No. 782
Chinese Free Masons
Americans Accused in $800,000 Mexican Mine Fraud Case
Christopher J. King American Consular Agent at Lille and two American bankers in Paris faced charges in the Correctional Court for selling $800,000 in shares of a Mexican mine through misrepresentations and fraud. King contended the proceedings irregular. the court upheld the case and he said he would appeal.
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Paris
Christopher J. King
Lille
King
English meat ban off final England order from Armour Co
British government orders one million pounds of corned beef from Armour & Co for October delivery. It is the second large order since past beef scandals. Arthur Meeker calls the move a final seal of recommendation as England’s inspectors have visited U S plants and issued favorable reports.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Armour & Co
England
Arthur Meeker
A Woman's Long Ride Over 159 Miles For Record
Mrs Herbert Wadsworth of Avon rode to beat Roosevelt’s 120 mile day. Joined by Dr Grayson she completed 159 miles in sixteen hours, using eight horses. She traversed Conesus Lake twice and Geneseo once, with the route noting a detour past Batavia.
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Rochester
Roosevelt
Herbert Wadsworth
Avon
Washington
Roosevelts
Grayson
Wadsworth
Conesus Lake
Batavia
Geneseo
Mauretania Sets World Passengers Between New York and London Record
Cunard Line steamer Mauretania arrives in Liverpool at 10:15 p m after leaving New York on Wednesday. Disembarking Monday night makes five days eight hours total from New York to London. Sets new eastward record surpassing its own prior best. Total voyage 2933 knots at 25.58 knots average. Daily runs logged 592 606 699 692 and 524 knots.
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Liverpool
Cunard Line
New York
London
Queenstown
British Airship Fund Gaining Support for Purchase
London June 21 The War Office may accept a public gift for an airship as strong support arrives from R B Haldane and other public figures. A Parliamentary Aerial Defence Committee notes a plan to launch a new airship from Paris to London in summer. It features two propellers two 220 horsepower motors carries 25 passengers and speed 35 to 40 mph. The committee has an option to purchase for the nation.
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London
R. B. Haldane
War Office
Parliamentary Aerial Defence Committee
Paris
Beamanwife's disappearance shocks Newbern church
The Rev. Dr. R C Beaman of Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church revealed at the Newbern service that his wife has vanished, likely eloped. He had attended Trinity College in Durham on June 5, with notes suggesting she left with a male companion for Rocky Mount. He believes she eloped.
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Tribune
Newbern
N. C
R C. Beaman
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs Carstairs Gets Her Gowns In A Customs Row
Mrs James Carstairs returns home to Philadelphia after a trip abroad to find customs officers in New York declaring several Paris gowns dutiable. She insists the dresses were not dutiable as she wore them previously. She paid under protest and trunks are released to her.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
James Carstairs
New York
Corporation tax plan near ready
Washington June 21 report that the Taft amendment taxing corporate net earnings above 5000 dollars with 2 percent rate is near completion. The plan deducts bond interest from net earnings and requires detailed gross receipts and expenses filings. Senate timing hinges on White House conferences and tariff schedule progress.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Finance Committee
White House
Senator Root
Internal Revenue
Chamber
Root
Senate
Aldrich
Knox
Supreme
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