Russians Take Power In Parliament Famine Debate
In St Petersburg June 25 the lower house moved to control famine relief funding, adopting a near unanimous resolution to place relief measures under parliamentary oversight. M Stolypin defended government actions while critics alleged misuses. a subsequent debate called for relief through public establishments and agrarian commission oversight amid protests demanding resignations. Prices strengthened with 4s unchanged and Fives at 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Petersburg
Representatives Almst
Russia
M. Stolypin
Interior
Radiegal Group
Prince Iveff
M. Alladin
Mouromtseff
M. Schepkin
Bialystok
Tauride
I. M. Stolypin
Gurko
M. Durnovo
M. Auddin
M. Roditcheff
Constitutional Democrats
Toll
Re Mer
Agrarian Commission
Rudiger
Bader
Gen- Tal Bader
Novoe Vremya
Ming
Volleys in Warsaw Strike Detectives in Outskirts
A band of terrorists armed with revolvers attacked three detectives near Warsaw on June 25. Two detectives were killed and one wounded before an ambulance arrived and doctors attempted to assist.
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Warsaw
Wounded detective killed as two men fire on scene
Two assailants approached and fired twice wounding a detective who died. The gunshots drew Cossacks and infantry to the street. soldiers barred the area and fired several volleys, injuring several passing workmen.
Alarm of Autocrats in St Petersburg Mont
Government fears army linked peasant agitation and moves to halt peasant meetings and the peasant league. Police ban a slated convention in St Petersburg and block communes from electing deputies. Widespread Jewish appeals for protection against anticipated attacks unfold amid unrest.
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St. Petersburg
Peasant League
Dreyfus Injustice Stance Noted In Supreme Court
Paris June 25. Procurator General Baudouin argued before the Supreme Court that Dreyfus is innocent and Major Esterhazy is guilty. He urged quashing the proceedings without a retrial.
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Paris
Baudouin
Dreyfus
Supreme Court
Esterhazy
Rescue at Sea Aboard Vega Crew Rescued in Mid Atlantic
The Norwegian bark Vega sprang a leak and crew of ten plus Captain Gabrielsen were rescued in mid- Atlantic by the Leyland Line steamer Bohemian near Tunis en route to Miramichi. After rescuing the crew, the Vega was set on fire.
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Liverpool
Leyland Line
Bohemian
Gabrielsen
Vega
Tunis
Miramichi
N. B
Mid- Atlantic
British Army Supplies Withheld Over Meat Brand Probe
London reports that the War Office will withhold all issue to the army of American preserved meat brands until Lieutenant Colonel Hobbs returns from the United States with a findings report. Financial Secretary Mr Buchanan announced the decision in the House of Commons on June 25.
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London
Buchanan
War Office
Haldane
House of Commons
Hobbs
United States
Young and Jonas Case Opened at Guild Hall Court
London June 25 opening of the prosecution for the Treasury in the case of Mark Anthony Young and Henry Jonas managers of the American Mining Milling and Smelting Syndicate arrested June 18 on conspiracy to defraud by selling valueless shares. Treasury counsel said frauds appeared evident. ads claimed Alaska to Mexico mines and extraordinary profits. Bail set at 25000 for Young and 5000 for Jonas.
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London
Treasury
Guildhall
Mark Anthony Young
Henry Jonas
American Mining
R. D. Muir
American Mining, Milling and Smelting Company
Alaska
California
Montana
Utah
Colorado
Mexico
Muir
France
England
Young
Jonas
Harbor purchase to be taken over by insular government
San Juan Puerto Rico June 25 the insular government will assume full control of the harbor purchase from the New York and Porto Rico Steam Ship Company. It will acquire the pier and construct warehouses on additional piers to expand port facilities.
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San Juan
P. R
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Adcock Faces Manslaughter Charge At Old Bailey
London June 25 The Old Bailey will hear the case of Dr George Robert Adcock charged with manslaughter of Major Whyte. A Christian Scientist, Adcock testified at the inquest he ordered washing of an old sore rather than antiseptic treatment, a choice criticized as negligent by prosecutors.
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London
Old Bailey
George Robert Adcock
Major Whyte
Adcock
Bulgarian government approves Neophylos as Varna Metropolitan
Sofia reports that the Bulgarian government sanctioned the appointment of Monsignor Neophylos as Greek Metropolitan of Varna after the Patriarchate of Constantinople sought ratification. Neophylos had arrived June 16 but was held aboard until approval was submitted, with formalities promised for the future.
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Sofia
Monsignor Neophylos
Varna
Patriarchate of
Constantinople
International Red Cross Conference Plenary Sessions Begin
Geneva June 26 delegates to the international Red Cross conference decide to hold plenary sittings beginning June 27 under M Odier Swiss minister to St Petersburg as president. Reports from committees on convention objects will be received. Sessions expected to last a week as diplomatic corps and local authorities host receptions for delegates.
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Geneva
M. Odier
Switzerland
St. Petersburg
Mutual Life policyholders seek ticket truce and reform
The International Policyholders' Committee and the Mutual Life Policyholders' Association consider cooperation on a single policyholders' ticket to defeat the current management. Leaders note no intent to obstruct the other, while planning a July 9 meeting to organize.
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International Policyholders’ Committee
Mutual Life Policyholders’ Association
Bernard N. Baker
Baltimore
Mutual Life
John DeWitt Warner
Mutual Life Policyholders' Association
International Committee
Mutual Life Administration
Suffragettes Seek Court Testimony From Prime Minister
London reports militant suffragists aim to force Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Lloyd-George to testify at the adjourned June 27 hearing into the Cavendish Square disturbance. Asquith not compelled. summonses sought for Campbell-Bannerman and Lloyd-George to explain their roles and speeches endorsing actions.
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London
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
Board of Trade
David Lloyd-George
H. H. Asquith
Miss Hillington
Miss Kenney
Cavendish Square
Mr. As
King Haakon visits foreign warships in coronation tour
In Trondhjem on June 25 King Haakon conducted a round of visits to foreign warships and presented coronation medals to officers. He boarded the German cruiser Prinz Adalbert greeted by Prince Henry of Prussia, then the French cruiser Amiral Aube welcomed by Admiral Bayle, followed by Dutch British and Danish ships and the British royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
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Trondhjem
King Haakon
Prinz Adalbert
Prince Henry
Prussia
Amiral Aube
Admiral Bayle
Victoria and Albert
Selfridge and Waring dry goods firm to open in London
London dispatch reports H G Selfridge of Chicago forming Selfridge and Waring a dry goods corporation with 5 million dollars capital. The store will occupy Oxford Street, aim to open in September 2007, and resemble Marshall Field’s but about half the size.
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London
H. G. Selfridge
Chicago
Selfridge & Waring
Oxford Street
Marshall Field
Uhal
Bingham After Money Drama with City Aldermen
Police Commissioner Bingham faced the Board of Aldermen finance committee over demanding appropriations for the Police Department. He denied alleging a deal with aldermen on Inspector Smith’s retirement and said the two platoon order was necessary. He sought funds for three inspectors, cleaners, doormen, horses, and additional force, with revenue bonds possibly postponed to the budget.
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Bingham
Board of Aldermen
Police Department
Smith
Alderman. Diemer
Davies
Mr. Davies
Police Chief vows arrests as cities crack down on Fourth fireworks
Police Commissioner Bingham warns patrolmen to arrest street firework offenders after injuries on 52d Street and a Paterson boy's deadly lockjaw scare. He blasts street vendors for selling dangerous shooting matches and orders action to stop sales and prevent public danger ahead of the Fourth.
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Bingham
52D Street
Ninth Avenue
New York
Francis Murphy
Paterson
N. J
Murray Hill
General Bingham
Manhattan
Lift Tragedy on 18-Story Build Kills One Injures Two
At 25 West 85th Street a lift crash in a new Engineers' Club of America building injures Patrick Joyce severely and Michael Ward lightly, with Thomas McGagh dying at New York Hospital an hour after the accident. The lift, a temporary freight device, dropped after trespass by Ward and McGagh.
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Engineers’ Club of America
West 8Sth Street
Thomas McGagh
New York Hospital
Patrick Joyce
Michael Ward
Avenue A
Joyce
West 25Th Street
Ward
McGagh
Prison for procurers in importation case
Judge Thomas sentenced Louis Paint to four years and Joseph Touchard to three years hard labor in Kings County penitentiary for importing young Parisian women for immoral purposes. Paint interrupted trial claiming guilt. Touchard had brought only one woman. The victims were respectable Paris workers lured by promises of high wages.
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Paris
Thomas
United States Circuit Court
Louis Paint
Joseph Touchard
Paint
Kings County
Touchard
Singing teacher in contempt over alimony in divorce case
Supreme Court Justice Scott held J Armour Galloway in contempt for failure to pay alimony of five dollars weekly to Clara A. Galloway. The pair, married in Parsons Kansas in 1890 and later moving to New York, faced claims of bigamy involving Anita Rio.
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Supreme Court
Scott
J. Armour Galloway
Clara A. Galloway
Galloway
No. & East 66Th Street
Parsons
Kan
Galloways
New York
McLean
America
Anita Rio
Miss Rio
Jersey City
German Editors Visit Windsor Castle
London June 25 German editors toured Windsor Castle and placed a wreath on Queen Victoria’s tomb. They dined in the orangery and sent a telegram to King Edward thanking him for the invitation, noting his absence.
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London
Windsor Castle
Queen Victoria
Edward
Ossining Election: McAlpin Ticket Defeated by Local Bloc
In Ossining the Municipal Ownership League ticket led by General Edwin A. McAlpin was swept aside in a three commissioner contest, as Democrats William E. Barlow and William H. Coleman and Republican Carroll H. Stevens won by about 400 votes. The vote also tested a charter change to reincorporate under general village law and bond for sewer and street improvements.
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Municipal Ownership League
Edwin A. McAlpin
Ossining
William E. Barlow
William H. Coleman
Carroll H. Stevens
George F. Secor
Henry C. Nelson
Smith Lent
M. F. Rowe
Edward B. Sherward
Board of Trustees
Leslie Oy
Pee
Municipel Ownership Agress
Edgar Ryder
Henry Gerlach
Charles Mitchell
New York County Judges Committee Narrows Nation Names
A judiciary ticket committee in New York County met over three hours at Joseph H. Choate’s office on Wall Street with Alton B. Parker presiding. Thirty five members discussed about three hundred names, receiving equal input from lawyers and laymen. The panel plans ten Supreme Court candidates, two for the Court of General Sessions, and one for Surrtte, aiming for independent nomination without party conferences.
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New York County
Joseph H. Choate
Wall Street
Choate
Alton B. Parker
Charles C. Burlingham
Orgaa
Supreme Court
Court of General Sessions
Surrte
Bronx Civic League protests Melrose Avenue bids
The Bronx Civic League sent a letter to Controller Metz protesting Borough President Haffen's plan to bid for Melrose avenue repaving from 14th to 1631 street with iron flag block pavement. It argues the current road is in good condition and warns of unwarranted public waste.
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Bronx Civic League
Metz
Haffen
Melrose Avenue
Borough of the
Bronx
149Th Street
Iith Street
Webster Avenue
Henry A. Gumbleton
Deny Filtration Charges in City Suit
Philadelphia June 26. Answer filed in equity suit against D. J. McNichol & Co denying unlawful combination excessive profits or defrauding the city over filtration contracts. The McNichols deny all mayoral imputations calling them politically motivated and aimed at spite. suit seeks about 5 million dollars.
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Philadelphia
D. J. McNichol & Co
James P. McNichol
Israel W. Durham
Anastasia McNichol
McNichol
Deniel J. McNichol
John M. Mack
William C. Haddock
Peter Costello
Public Works
John W. H. Hill
Senator McNichel
D. J. McNichel
Strike Fight in Ohio heats up mining dispute
Dillonville Ohio June 25 six Negro cooks employed by United States Coal Company guarded and fired upon in a ravine near the Bradley mine. Company guards returned fire exchanging about a hundred shots. One guard seriously wounded and his wife shot in the shoulder. Sheriff Vorhees summoned expected to arrive. First trouble since three weeks ago ambuscade that sent troops. More trouble feared ahead ahead of Wheeling miners operators conference amid rising tensions.
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Dillonville
Ohio
United States Coal Company
Bradley Mine
Vorhees
Wheeling
Many motorists held for speed violations across courts
Nine chauffeurs faced Magistrate Walsh in West Side court, eight in Harlem before Magistrate Steinert, and four in West Chester before Magistrate Mayo for speeding on Sunday. Several suspects discharged or fined, with others held on $200 bail. police urged continued pursuit of speeding motorists on the upper West Side.
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Walsh
West Side
Steinert
Harlem
Mayo
West Chester
Long Island
Riverside Drive
105Th Street
Kolman Erbier
West 42d Street
John Boyer
West 58Th Street
Joseph Warren
West 2Th Street
Seventh Avenue
45Th Street
Francis Timms
Fifth Street
Broadway
91St Street
Clifford Carvey
West 16Th Street
110Th Street
William Falkson
West 145Th Street
102D Street
Otto Nestickel
West Sth
William Robertson
West Lth
66Th Street
David Menthcar
West 1Éth Street
Gist Street
Otto Rothengater
Oliver Light
St Nicholas Avenue
Lee Campbell
West Wth Street
Edward Lund
Robert Hariig
East 12Th Street
John Garbett
West 46Th Street
Thomas Odeon
Daniel Appleton
Eurl Parker
West Tist Street
Robert A. Deoler
Pelham Parkway
Deoler
Europe
George Scott
East 68Th Street
H. B. Jones
West Bth Street
EE. & Richardson
West 34Th Street
Jerome Avenue
Bingham
Sweeney
Upper West Si
Mineola
Max S. Grtfen
Manhattan
Edward Sheehan
Henry “Ause
Sheehan
Jericho
Flushing
Healey
Salteny
Cold Spring Floor
Kxman
Lee Jacobson
Henry Taggart
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Young and
Jonas Case
San Juan Harbor
G. R. Adcock
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Peabody
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McClintock
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Insurance Grand Jury
Andrew C. Fields
Fields
Truesdale Committee
Thomas E. Drake
National Association of State Insurance Commissioners
Association
Chila
Thomas D. O'Brien
St. Paul
the Association
Washington
Drake
District of Columbia
H. B. F. Macfarland
Board of Commissioners
James V. Barry
Michigan
Carlos S. Hardy
Knights of Pythias
William B. Joyce
National Sure
Suffragettes Militant
Finance Committee
Engineers’ Club
Windsor
Block Island, R. I
Long Island Railroad
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Monteuk Point
Brock Tendom Nn
Brents
Oe Teland
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New Peru
E.R
Hanover Sq
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New York St
G Pass
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Ossining Downs
Lawyers Committee
Rocers, Prer & Company
Eclipse
Calanan
Abslute Mailedom
Telshag CO
L. J. Callanan
Vesey St
Dillonvale
Vichy
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