Germany Maintains Morocco Conference Stance In Paris
Paris reports Germany replies to French Morocco vote with a firm call for a powers conference to regulate the issue, while seeking an amicable deal. Prince von Radolin meets Premier Rouvier, but no decision until Germany’s note goes to the Council of Ministers Friday.
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Paris
Germany
Morocco
Foreign Office
Prince von Radolin
Rouvier
Prince von Radulin
Council of Ministers
France
Charge of murder after arsenic found in stomach
Elgin Illinois June 2. Arsenic detected in the stomach of Mrs W H Durfree, whose death arouses suspicion against her husband Durfree. Authorities report chemical and microscopic tests confirm poison. Durfree rearrested without bail on murder charge. Investigations into his past reveal multiple marriages and further ramifications.
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Elgin, DL
W. H. Durfree
Chicago
Charles B. Hagelhurst
Durtree
Elgin
Durtres
Durfree
Protest on New Rates by Hudson County Arcanum Delegates
Six hundred delegates from Royal Ar canum councils in Hudson County gathered at Columbus Hall Jersey City to protest recent insurance rate increases. Twenty councils attended, with speeches opposing the new rates and questioning actuarial reports. Resolutions demanded lower, uniform assessments and challenged Supreme Court rulings on rate increases.
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Royal Armuma
Hudson County
Columbus Hall
Greenville
Jersey City
Les: Richt
Grand Council
Supreme Courts
New-York
Order
Widow credits coffee switch with heart health boost
A Michigan widow recounts years of heart trouble and nervous headaches. After avoiding life insurance due to a failing exam, she tried Postum Coffee substitute, noting immediate health improvements and eventual insurance approval. She praises Postum for restoring strength, appetite, sleep, and overall wellbeing.
Kang Yu Wei Arrives in New York to Warm Chinatown Welcome
Kang Yu Wei head of the Chinese Reform Association arrives in New York amid a throng in Chinatown. He meets President Roosevelt over Chinese exclusion and is promised less harsh treatment. Major George McVicker leads the 1st Chinese Regiment with American and Chinese flags. General Homer Lea attends as commander in chief of Chinese regiments in the United States. Kang says Roosevelt issued guidance for better treatment and language training for Chinese in America. He plans a fortnight stay, staying at the Waldorf Astoria after a reception at the Reform Association.
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Kang Yu Wei
Chinese Reform Association
Chinatown
Philadelphia
Washington
Roosevelt
1St
New York
George McVicker
Chinese Empire Herorm Association
No. 9
Mott St
Jersey City
Kang Yu Wel
Chu Kok Hean
Homer Lea
United States
Tribune
China
Keng
Kang
Manhattan
J. M. Singletor
Chingtown
Mr. Kang
Reform Association
Miettst
Waldorf-Astoria
Germans Defeat Rebel Chief Morenga in German Southwest Africa
Official dispatches report heavy fighting as Major von Kamptz’s force defeats insurgent Morenga after a 14 hour engagement along the Karlh River. Germans capture Narus stronghold on June 19, with 15 dead, 25 wounded, and 3 missing. Captain Stebert leads pursuit. Hottentots flee south. Separately, a denial refutes claims of Warmbad capture by Hottentots. Reichstag member Kunert sentenced to three months for insulting Chinese expedition soldiers.
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Berlin
Africa
Morenga
von Kamptz
Cape Colony
Karlh
Erckert
Stebert
Narus
Karib
Cape Town
Warmbad
Herr Kunert
Reichstag
Halle
China
Ohio Democratic Convention Opens With Preliminary Sessions
Delegations from across Ohio arrive in Columbus for the State Democratic Convention. The first business session is set for tomorrow with aims to finish in one day. Contests center on Governor and Supreme Judge candidates. Governor contenders include Sonn Wells of Canton and James M Pattison of Geauga? County along with McCain Hunter Heck Neal etc.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Judge
Sonn. Wells
Canton
Jona M. Pattison
Giermont County
Judes B. F. McCain
Dayton
Suoge S. M. Hunter
Newark
H. D. Heck
Cincinnati
L. T. Neal
Chillicothe
Operating Room Romance Ties Hopkins Doctor to Nurse
Baltimore observers report Dr. Richard H. Follis associate surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital will marry Miss Louise Riggs chief nurse in Washington tomorrow. They plan to sail for Europe from New York on Saturday. Riggs, a Johns Hopkins Nursing School graduate and daughter of a Washington merchant, recently resigned as chief nurse. The engagement grew from a friendship formed in the hospital’s operating room.
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Baltimore
Richard H. Follis
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Louise Riggs
Washington
New York
Europe
Miles Riggs
Post Office Force Increased by One Hundred Clerks
The Postmaster General authorized 100 additional clerks for the New York Post Office effective July 1, adding to 31 clerks and 10 laborers already approved. In other items, Lorenz of Toledo, Ohio, convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government, was remanded for transfer to state prison at Moundsville, W. Va, with a two year term and a fine.
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Washington
New York
Lorenz
Toledo
Ohio
Moundsville
Wva
August W. Machen
Groff Brothers
Chinese Boycott Grows Over U S Exclusion Policy
Chinese public sentiment in Peking sharpens as a boycott of American goods expands amid calls for a firm U S stance on excluding coolies from Hawaii and the Philippines. China proposes a Washington mission, but the American minister declines to engage. officials warn of elusive results.
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Peking
United States
China
Hawaii
Philippines
Washington
Rockhill
Board of Foreign Affairs
Viceroy Yuan
Pe-Chi-Li Province
Revolt in Russia Triggers Citywide Closures and Arrests
Reported riots sweep Russia with shops and Mauor stores closed. City quiet in Lodz as Polish papers condemn strikes. Prisons overflow and about 662 arrests in the last day, mostly Jewish. Officials expect a state of siege amid anticipated riots during mobilization.
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Lodz
Niece
Mobilization Orders Issued at Livonia Stations
Mobilizations have been ordered at Tsarskoe Selо and Volmar in Livonia. Reserves will be called to Moscow and St. Petersburg with care to minimize disturbance. Fifteen hundred men per day for twenty days to be drafted at Moscow. Grand Duchess Elizabeth plans gifts for the troops, with Romny Poltava following.
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St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe-Selo
Volmar
Livonia
Moscow
Elizabeth
Romny
Poltava
Russia Sets August For Peace Talks Start Date
St. Petersburg June 28 The Foreign Office confirms Russia has accepted the first ten days in August for the first meeting of peace plenipotentiaries. The exact date awaits the arrival of the Japanese representatives in Washington.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Russia
Washington
KILLS A CLAIM JUMPER IN Goldfield NEVADA
Goldfield Nevada June 27 Mrs Phoenix wife of a leading real estate man who owns all land between Goldfield and Columbia shot and fatally wounded Attorney Hayes of Goldfield after he refused to leave a lot he had jumped Hayes claimed legal right to stay Mrs Phoenix attempted removal by force then procured a revolver and shot him She was arrested and held without bail while drinking an ice cream soda.
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Goldfield, Nev
Phoenix
Goldfield
Columbia
Attorney Hayes
Hayes
Phoenix Addition
Phenix
Russians Hopeful Despite Pressure On Linovitch Front
Russian commanders forecast Linovitch’s retreat toward Harbin and Vladivostok as Oyama presses the front. Scattered rain hampers operations while Japanese forces feint to turn the wings. Front reports say Russians fall back south of the railway and in the Hai Lung Chen valley as prices weaken on the course fode.
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St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Linovitch
Harbin
Vladivostok
Oyama
Charge Filed Over Central Park West Building Collapse
Lawyer CH Harris announces sending a letter to Mayor McClellan blaming Buildings Superintendent Hopper for delaying investigation into the Central Park West collapse. The incident sent two workers from the tenth to the third floor. Coroner Scholer postponed the inquest to September as inspectors probe bracing, mortar quality, and responsibility amid a nearby ongoing construction.
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I. Henry Harris
No. 520
Broadway
McClellan
Hopper
Central Park West
Harris
Charles Dielmann
John Arrata
Scholer
Is Th-St
Riverside Drive
Isaac A. Hopper
Bureau of Buildings
Tao
Actor William Fielding Dies Aboard Brooklyn Jamaica Train
Actor William J. Fielding, 415 Beach Street Richmond Hill Queens, died of heart disease in a Jamaica bound train compartment from Brooklyn. A patrolman and two officers faced a bulky extraction, removing Fielding through a side window after the door could not be opened.
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William J. Wieining
Beach St
Richmond
Iil
Queens
Jamaica
Brooklyn
Mitchell
St. Mary's Hospital
Bir
Filding
Mr. Fielding
Albrecht
Fieldine
Rom
Fireman on Pilot Saves Child in Missouri Tragedy
In St Joseph Missouri June 2 a fireman George Poehl saved a three year old child from a freight train near Powell Nebraska. He grabbed the baby from the track but his leg was torn off above the knee as the train passed. He died from injuries after being brought to a hospital.
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St Joseph
Powell
Neb
George Poehl
St. Joseph and
Grand Island
Brekes
Peel
Boy Decamps With Cash Missing From Reid Youmans Firm
Police seek Henry Lipman fifteen after he vanished with two thousand eight hundred dollars in cash a one hundred dollar bill and a check. The boy lived with his sister Mrs Sadie Messenger worked for Reid Youmans Cubl druggists at 14 Nasmut. Gibson trusted him and he is named as the smuggler. He reportedly deposited two SLA bills one line bill and three hundred dollar bills then did not return. Gilson notified police though no warrant issued.
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Henry Lipman
East
Sadie Messenger
Reid, Youmans & Cubl
Nasmust
Gibson
St Frida
Gilson
China seeks role in Russo Japanese peace talks
Peking dispatch reports from The Associated Press that China desires representation at the Russo Japanese peace conference. A Riga policeman was killed during a striker demonstration. E. W. Nash is reported dying.
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Peking
Associated Press
China
Death of Smelter Trust President Edward Nash Looms
Omaha June 21 The death of Edward W Nash president of the Smelter Trust after a stroke is expected soon His condition is extremely critical and all family members are at his bedside Chicago specialists have conferred with his physician and the Nash family says hope is abandoned and death may come at any time
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Sy Telegraph
Tribune
Omaha
Edward W. Nash
The
Smelter Trust
Chicago
Nash
Paddy Roche No Art Critic Sparks Hotel Sale Gaffe
In San Francisco the Metro pole proprietor Paddy Roche sent a messenger to the Hotel Plaga furnishings sale to bid 55 for a large marine painting of a French war return. The canvas, insured for 2,000, ended up selling to Honest John Kelly for 71M, as Roche’s expected value for his estate seemed too low.
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Roche
John” Kelly
Man Recovers Lost Valise With $10,000 Drafts
A man identifying as James McManus of West Chester North Carolina reported at Central Union Station in Cincinnati that he found a valise containing $10,000 in drafts in a railroad car. He returned the suitcase to the conductor and then left for Louisville.
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Py Tennonars Roras Tewans
Cincinnati
James McManus
West Chester
N. C
Central Union Station
Louisville
Schultz
Louisville and Nashville
Behuits
Union Staton
Erie Dispute Settled In Piecework Talks At Erie Road
Settlement ends month long negotiations between Erie Railroad officials and the International Association of Machinists. About two thousand workers in ten shops gain a mixed system of piecework and part time schedules. The agreement was signed after friendly conferences and a referendum by the men.
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Erie
International Association of Machinists
James Wilson
New-York
International Aaso- Slaton
Siee
O'Connell
Swedes Threaten War Over Norway Settlement
In Stockholm the Riksdag formed extraordinary committees to consider a government bill seeking a settlement with Norway. Debates featured fiery speeches condemning the Norwegian Storthing and criticizing the Swedish Cabinet. Ministers argued against forced union and warned that war would aid neither side, favoring dissolution with minimal harsh terms.
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Stockholm
Riksdag
Norway
Senate
House
Storthing
Baron Kennedy
Herr Berger
Sweden
Ramstedt
No Bernadotte for Norway Rumor Denied by King
Stockholm June 27 King Oscar directs the Court Marshal to state that he does not approve the idea of placing a prince of the House of Bernadotte on the Norwegian throne. He will not consent unless the Riksdag unexpectedly demands a Bernadotte prince ascend the throne.
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Stockholm
Oscar
House of Berndotte
Norway
Riksdag
House of Bernadotte
Chauffeur's Prank Turns Fatal on Broad Street
Eyewitnesses report a deliberate attempt by a chauffeur to frighten pedestrians ending in the death of Eldon Garber, a five year old boy, after a high speed automobile struck him near Broad and Susquehanna during a concert. The driver allegedly accelerated and fled, pursued by police as two bicyclists gave chase.
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Philadelphia
Eldon Garber
Broad-st
Susqueheana
Garber
Westchester GOP delegates signal Ward reelection plan
In Weston at White Plains the Westchester Republican Convention by 239 delegates voted to cable National Committeeman William L. Ward informing him of his reelection as chairman of the county committee. The convention adopted a condolence message for Congrams Ban Norton B. Ota of Yonkers.
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Westchester
Weston
White Plains
Wiliam L. Ward
British Isles
Ban Norton B. Ota
Yonkers
Wood Arrives in San Francisco for Eastward Trip
Major-General Leonard Wood and his wife arrived on the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria, from the Orient, for a brief Eastward visit. He plans to go to Boston tomorrow and will host President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay later, denying political aims. Wood reports improving Philippines conditions, asserts Manila is healthy, and cites reduced operations after pursuing bandits. he notes possible railroad construction and hopes to meet Secretary Taft’s party in Japan.
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San Francisco
Leonard Wood
Pacific Mail
Manchuria
Orient
Samar
Jenerel Wood
Wa Lian
Espera
Fan Cools Subway At Brooklyn Briggs Station
Passengers cheered as a large electric fan was installed high on an iron post at the Brooklyn Briggs station. The eighteen inch propeller created a perceptible breeze, and officials said the new ventilating system proved effective on officers’ desks and was expected to improve air quality along the line.
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Brooklyn Briggs
Universal
Packers Wives Ordered Home From Europe to Testify
Chicago June 27 A federal order from the United States District Attorney calls Mrs Irving Want wife of the Swift & Co assistant treasurer and Mrs Richard Howes wife of another Swift official to return immediately from Europe to testify before the federal grand jury Both women are under heavy bonds.
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Chicago
Federal
United States District Attorney's Office
Irving Want
Swift & Co
Richard Howes
Swift
Europe
Federal Grand Jury
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Plain Dealer
Cleveland
the Macmillan Company
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