Russell Sails From Willemstad Amid Venezuela Tension
Willemstad May 10 William W Russell American Minister to Venezuela sailed today from here on the Caracas to the United States for a two month vacation. He left Puerto Cabello yesterday after a visit to the gunboat Paducah. Venezuelan officials were absent to bid him farewell marking strained relations. Plague disrupts La Guayra causing consul Moffat to remain isolated with dwindling supplies. Relief trains continue to run as deaths mount and unemployment soars.
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Russell Goodby
Thomas P. Moffat
la Guayra
United States
Castro
Chamber of Commerce
Caracas
Paris Voices Growing French Resentment Over Venezuela
Paris notes rising anger at President Castro for expelling eight French nationals from Venezuela. The Temps urges stronger action, regretting only breaking off relations previously, and hints Roosevelt should use the big stick to deliver a lesson to Venezuela.
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Paris
Venezuela
Castro
Temps
France
Puerto Cabello
M. Taigny
United States
Cullum
Roosevelt
Washington
Model of America yacht to be returned to New York Yacht Club
David F. Edwards, a former New York shipbuilder living in Toledo, owns the engines model of the yacht America that vanished from the New York Yacht House around the time the real vessel was built. A duplicate rests at the Toledo clubhouse. Edwards proves it is the original and plans to return it to the New York Yacht Club immediately.
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Toledo
David F. Edwards
New York
Toh House
Roedel
Cant See Child Dies After Custody Standoff
Rudolph Witte a Brooklyn bookkeeper shot himself in a hotel room after his access to his ten year old daughter was blocked by his ex wife who had custody since a 5 year old divorce. He had lived with cousin William F McMurray at 275 Crescent Street until the divorce and remarriage. He spoke to a friend before killing himself as Dr Plagemeyer arrived.
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Rudolph Witte
Tietjen
Ridgewood Avenue
Crescent Street
Brooklin
Witte
Willam F. McMurray
No. 275
Hielen
Dr. Plagemeyer
Bradford Street Hospital
Fires Ravage Williamsburg as Police Suspect Incendiary
Four fires broke out yesterday across Williamsburg. Three were cellar blazes started in rubbish piles with minor damage. A fourth fire at No 4 Grand Street put smoke into a firehouse courtyard injuring four Engine Company 121 men who recovered on the street. Residents in other buildings attempted to fight flames with buckets. A benzine container was found in a second floor hallway at No 11 Nostrand Avenue, with a kerosene bottle found in an adjacent hallway two weeks earlier. The series prompted police to suspect arson.
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Williamsburg
Orfer
Grand Street
Engine Company 121
Nostrand Avenue
James Costello
Theatre Shooting Sparks Panic in Majestic Scene
Mrs. Bert Swan fired six shots at her husband, the alligator tamer, during a Majestic Theatre performance. None hit. She claimed intent to shoot scenery, not him, and was arrested. The couple plans to travel to New York.
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Paul
Majestic Theatre
Bert S*en
Swan
Taft Leaves Panama After Talks on Canal Treaties
Secretary Taft completes conferences with Panaman leaders and officials on tentative treaty points involving Colombia the United States and Panama. An arbitration tribunal will settle land titles and valuations in the canal zone with Magoon as umpire. Taft plans to conclude canal business tomorrow and sail for the United States Tuesday morning.
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Panama
Taft
Amador
Arias
Senor Arango
United States
Mr. Squires
William Nelson Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
Colombia
Jurado
Roosevelt
Foot
Canal
Magoon
Cuba
Canal Administration
President Roosevelts Return from Pine Knot Visit
President Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and John Burroughs return to Washington after a Pine Knot outing. A special two car train brings them back at 8 15 pm met by Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Captain Frank McCoy. They are greeted by a large crowd and the President appears refreshed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John Burroughs
Pine Knot
Charlottesville
Ethel Roosevelt
Frank McCoy
Double tragedy at Apple’s Island cabin on Black Lake
In Watertown New York May 10 a buckshot blast from a window killed Jerry Apple during a card game at his cabin on Apple’s Island. Albert Crowder, a son in law, fled and was shot dead. Royal Dunning, the accused shooter, is arrested after wife gives news of the two killings.
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N. Y
Eard
Jerry Apple
Apple's
Black Lake
Apple
Albert Crowder
Crowder
Royal Dunning
Dunning Stoutely
Sabbath Observance Drive Aims Saturday Closures By Bakers
A New York Jewish group backed by Dukler Magain Abraham Synagogue moved to boycott Jewish bakers from South Street to 14th Street and the Bowery who refuse to close Saturdays. Participating bakers must post a $54 deposit. forfeiture for violations. The committee expects opposition but will push ahead, aiming to extend the plan to all East Side shopkeepers.
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New York
Dukler Magain Abraham
Attorney Street
South Street
14Th Street
Bowery
East River
Montgomery Lost in Stocks at Tonopah Extenson
William Montgomery, cashier of the Allegheny National Bank, faces defalcations of 469000. He reportedly bet on Tonopah Extension after Schwab acquired a stake, bought at a high price now fallen to one dollar a share. He allegedly loaned politicians money on unpaid notes, to be pursued by bank officials.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
May
William Montgomery
Allegheny National
Hank
Tonopah
Montgomery
Charles M. Schwab
Speeding chauffeurs nabbed in Vanderbilt party scare
New York and suburban police trapped speeders with a rope and stopwatch as Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt’s chauffeur was arrested on a 28 mph violation on the way to Mount Kisco. The arrest delayed a luncheon engagement, with Judge Glover granting a temporary parole. Other arrests followed in New Rochelle, New York City, and Queens, including motorists from Manhattan and Yonkers, some posting bonds or valued security to secure appearance.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Ardsley
North Street
Tompkins Monument
Corps of “Clockers
Herbert Ludwigsdorff
West 87Th Street
Manhattan
Broadview Park
Ludwigsdorff
Schiessinger
Tandwigsdorff
Thomas McGuerl
Pelham Manor
C. Scott
Rye
Buchanan
Manhatt
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Croix
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Central Bridge
Gibson
Walter Allen
Larrotx
Edward A. Lyons
West Séth Street
Licyele
Devanny
Broadway
170Th
Sidney Wormser
Jamaica
Gaston Plantinn
Nathan RB. Stearn
William R. Steinway
Steinway
Long Island
Hunter's Point
Queens
Frederick W. White
West Seth Street
Jackson Avenue
Long Island City
Augustus Woodward
West 2St Street
Louis Lockwood
West 125Th Street
Yonkers
Speeders
von Steenberg
Adolph Gottron
East Sith Street
Raymond F. Tiffany
State Street
Paterson
N. J
Louis S. Bostwick
Mth Street
Brooklyn
German Sailor Seeks Word on Farm Inheritance
Walter Hintz, a 24 year old German sailor aboard the ship Lawhill, arrived recently with 29 cents and has been unable to learn details of a 1754 dollar farm willed to him by his uncle. He claims his letters to Mrs Christian Albers in Holstein Ida County Iowa were misdirected while the Sawhill was in Hong Kong.
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Lawhill
Hong Kong
Hintz
Gustav
Germany
Christian Albers
Holstein
Ida County
Iowa
Texas
Attempted Wreck of Passenger Train Foiled
In Washington Pennsylvania last night a switching engine diverted a planned wreck on the Panhandle line between here and Mcdonald. An obstruction of a rail was placed across the track and wedged in place. The fast eastbound St Louis to Pittsburgh train struck the obstruction and was saved by the engine. Railroad detectives pursue a crew likely to face arrests.
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Pennn
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Panhandle
Pennsylvania
Here
Mcdonald
War on Merry Widow hats erupts in Boston mills arrests
The Massachusetts Audubon Society leads a campaign against hats decorated with plumage from birds. At least twenty milliners have been arrested. The drive is supported by Mrs. Jack Gardner, Caroline Hazard of Wellesley College, and Mrs. Arthur Cabot.
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Ity Telegraph
the Tribune Boston
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Jack Gardner
Caroline Hazard
Wellesley College
Arthur Cabot
Rock strikes smoking car injuring three on B and O east of Fairmont
A large rock rolled down a hillside near Hammond seven miles east of Fairmont as the Chicago and New York express on the Baltimore and Ohio passed early today. It crashed through the smoking car roof injuring three passengers.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Chicago and New York Express
Baltimore & Ohio
Hammond
Fairmor
Tour to Gettysburg by Ponnavhania Railroad
A May round trip from New York to Gettysburg offered by Ponnavhania Railroad. Tickets priced at S12.76 with agents in Adit for consultation.
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Gettysburg
Ponnavhania Railroad
New York
Adit
Governor Hughes Faces Deciding Session For a Second Term
Albany May 10 The extraordinary session set to convene tomorrow night may determine whether Governor Hughes seeks another term. Key bills include racing reform direct nominations and extending Public Service Commissions oversight to telephone and telegraph firms. Victory on gambling could presage broader success, while racing opposition could prompt calls for a fresh term to carry policies forward.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Public Service Commissions
Wallace
Niagara- Orleans
West Point graduate Bamford dies by own hand in Washington
Charles E Bamford late West Point graduate and former second lieutenant of the army shot himself in his Regent Hotel room in Washington after a letter requesting reappointment to the army was found. He was 26 unmarried and had been living with his Trenton parents. Lieutenant Bamford's death is ruled a suicide amid melancholia evidenced by notebook verses.
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Charles E. Bamford
Trenton
N. J
West Point
Regent Hotel
Bamford
Ainsworth
the Regent
War Department
Charles Exton Bamford
C‘harles Y. Bamford
FE Paso
Tex
National Guard
Adam Exton
Hamilton Avenue
City
Foelker Under Knife In Staatsburg Hospital
State Senator Otto G Foelker of Brooklyn underwent an appendectomy at his father in law Frederick Bodenstein's Staatsburg home. Dr L Prescott Grant and Dr Murphy operated. the surgeon said the operation was a success and Foelker should be out in ten days if no complications arise. Foelker voted for anti racetrack gambling bills.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Otto G. Foelker
Brooklyn
Frederick Bodenstein
Staatsburg
L Prescott Grant
New York City
Murphy
Urge Second Term for Governor Hughes Amid Racetrack Debate
Brooklyn leaders and officials express strong support for a second renomination of Governor Hughes if he is not nominated for President and if the anti racetrack bill fails at the extra legislative session. Calder Kracke and Prendergast argue broad party sentiment favors renomination to finish his reforms.
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Kings County
Hughes
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle
Tribune
Calder
12Th Assembly
Kings
Kracke
Wth
Parsons
New York County Committee
The
William A. Prendergast
Mughes
Launch Upsets Dooms Five in Mass Ocean Tragedy
A Newburyport crowd reports a naphtha launch capsized off Plum Island at the Merrimac mouth. Nine men from the city fell overboard. five Italians, Bernardo Parisso Pietro Milone Ricco Schena Joseph Colombo and George Piumbis, drowned. Captain George E Bailey and three others were rescued. Bodies drifted out to sea.
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Mass
Plum Island
Merrimac River
George E. Bailey
Bernardo Parisso
Pietro Milone
Ricco Schena
Joseph Colombo
George Piumbis
Captain Bailey
William Bailey
Frank Tague
Thomas Keenan
Parisso
Milone
Italy
Night riders strike tobacco farms in Indiana counties
Tobacco growers in Dearborn and Switzerland counties report raids by night riders who destroyed plant beds and warned against planting tobacco this year. Marauders believed to originate from Kentucky dug a grave in Henry Kaiser's beds, placed an old sword and matches inside, and threatened further destruction of outbuildings and machinery if crops were attempted. Bloodhounds will be used to trail the attackers.
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the Tribune
Indianapolis
Dearborn
Switzerland
Kentucky
Henry Kaiser
Kaiser
Insane Through Study At 47 In New Jersey
Asbury Park May 10 Thomas Henry Cochran a 47 year old man was declared insane and ordered to the state hospital at Trenton The proceeding was brought by Mrs Cochran sister of ex Senator William H Reynolds of New York She said study caused his mind to fail Cochran made a fortune in chewing gum wrote works on social and religious topics and composed several songs.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Thomas Henry Cochran
State Hospital
Trenton
Cochran
William H. Reynolds
New York
Typhoid Decimates Kyiv Prison Inmate Death Toll Rises
A Kyiv city prison reports a severe typhoid outbreak with over two hundred deaths and most inmates infected. Authorities withhold details as the epidemic spreads through the facility.
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Kieff
Burglary Suspect Caught With Plunder At East 49th Street
A man was found in the parlor of David Remsen’s home at East 49th street and Church avenue with cut glass, jewelry, silverware, and other valuables packed for removal. Neighbor report led police to the ground floor window, and Sergeants Blake and Kramer arrested Harry Upson of 92 Quincy Street who admitted nothing and is jailed on burglary charges.
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David Remsen
East 49Th Street
Church Avenue
Remsen
Blake
Kramer
Flatbush
Harry Upson
No. M2
Quincy Street
Governor Hughes Fights for Wallace in Niagara Falls Race
Telegraphed report from Niagara Falls on Governor Hughes touring the district to boost Wallace and attack McMahon, amid factional Republican rifts and anti gambling sentiment. Voters show mixed shifts as Hughes argues for a new era and political emancipation, with Wallace banking on last days sentiment and McMahon confident of county gains.
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Tribune
Niagara Falls
Senate
Hughes
McMahon
Wallaer
Bess
Orleans
Wallace
Niagara
Merritt-Wadsworth
Stevens-Porter
Mahoney
Stevens Republicans
Wadsworth
John A. Merritt
United Democrats
Urge Senator to Change Vote in Nassau County Meeting
Prominent Nassau County figures met at Hempstead Methodist Church to oppose a racetrack plan. Speakers included William J. Youngs United States Attorney Assemblyman William Miller and Rev O R Miller. A resolution commending the Governor’s action was adopted. Reference was made to Senator Carl Burr voting against.
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Tribune
Hempstead
N. Y
Nassau County
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Hempstead Methodist Church
William J. Youngs
United States
William €. Miller
O. R. Miller
International Reform Bureau
Carl Burr
Agaumas
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