Jack Atkin Wins a Turf Classic at Belmont Park
Barney Schreiber’s Jack Atkin, a four year old son of Saint El Salado, won the seventeenth Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park. Weighed 128 pounds, he led early and held off Restizouche by two lengths with Don Creole third. The crowd near thirty thousand watched a fast one mile race as Schilling rode a disciplined, near flawless ride amid crowding at the start.
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Barney Schreiber
Jack Atkin
Saint el Salado
Belmont Park
James R. Keene
Don Creole
Restizouche
Spooner
Superman
Salvidere
McCarter
Schilling
Erewards
Kiamesha
Parner Schreiber
California
East
Mamed
Schreiber
Four Wright Aeroplane Flights At Kill Devil Hill
Manteo May 13 The Wright brothers aeroplane at Kill Devil Hill made four flights today with promising results The first flight went straight for three quarters of a mile followed by a longer controlled flight circling and covering about three miles The machine remained under steady control throughout and responded well to the pilots guidance
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Manteo
N. C
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Kill Devil Hill
Slaughter in Ekaterinoslav Jail After Riot and Bomb
May 13 report from Ekaterinoslav details a failed jail breakout sparked by a bomb. Prisoners attacked guards in the courtroom and kitchen. guards responded with volleys, killing 14 prisoners instantly and mortally wounding the rest. Dozens wounded. chief warden among the injured.
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Ekaterinoslav
Bryan Jr Narrowly Escapes Kidnapping Near Seabrooke
Galveston May 13 William Jennings Bryan Jr seventeen years old endured a narrow escape from kidnappers this week near Seabrooke in Harris County. Two Pinkerton detectives intervened to rescue the youth and thwart the ransom plot.
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Ity
the Tribune
Galveston
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Seabrooke
Harris County
Bridge Safety Debate Over Blackwell's Island Span
Ex city officials clash after Gustave Lindenthal proposes a model test to verify the Blackwell's Island Bridge design. Commissioner Stevenson and engineers defend safety, noting rechecked calculations post Quebec disaster. Henry B. Seaman supports testing, urging expert endorsement.
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Lindenthal
Tribune
Blackwell’s Island
Bridge Department
Stevenson
Ingersell
Henry B. Seaman
Public Service Commission
City Bridge Department
Department of Bridges
Commissioner Stevenson
M. Ingersoll
Gustave Lindenthal
The
Quebec Bridge
Blackwell's Island
Stevensson
Canadian Commission
Moisseiff
United States
Europe
Seaman
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Tribunes
Ingersoll
Quebec
Murder explained hired to kill butch er
Police arrest Pasqualle Lavaglia for a second time in the Perimo murder at the Third Avenue elevated station. Lavaglia, after a beating at St. Gregorys Hospital, implicated two others and said he and an accomplice were hired to kill a butcher employee named Whitey Miller. Oscar Mueller then connected to the case, claiming self defense after a confrontation with two Italians, leading to new arrests and a web of alleged conspirators.
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Pasqualle Lavaglia
Central Office
Thomas Perimo
Third Avenue
U7th Street
St. Gregory's Hospital
47Th Street
Pelics
Usth
Laveglia
Lavaglia
Perimo
Miller
Oscar Mueller
Urth Avenue
Brooklyn
Manhattan Central Office
Mueller
Kahn
Catharine Street
William Koenig
Marcy Avenue
L’ Steps
Bellevue Hospital
George Kaiser
AFGHANS READY TO FIGHT
Simla May 13 The British punitive force led by Major General Sir James Willcocks has reached Dand twenty miles north of Peshawar. The Mohmand tribesmen appear prepared to resist with women and children displaced to the hills. The Afghan Amir pledges punishment for holy war preaching and feet injuries for Afghans who join the invaders.
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Simla
Mohmand
James Willcocks
Dand
Peshawar
Ameer
Afghanistan
Pittsburg Bank Cashier Defalcation Reaches New Peak
National Bank Examiner William L. Folds reports the shortage of William Montgomery, former Alleghany National Bank cashier, has risen to 1,550,000. Montgomery, under guard, gave a fuller statement and hinted at arrests of others involved. The Clearing House announced Marine National Bank will no longer clear through Alleghany, shifting to Union National. The scheme involved spurious notes with misspelled or altered names of prominent businessmen.
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Pittsburg
Tribone
National Bank
William L. Folds
William Montgomery
Alleghany National Bank
Montgomery
Marine National Bank
Alleghany
Union National
Tornado Strikes Gilliam Oil City and Bollinger Louisiana
A tornado touched down in Gilliam Oil City and Bollinger Louisiana causing loss of life and heavy property damage. The storm began north of Shreveport and moved toward Little Rock Texarkana, with the center of activity tonight in Texas.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Gilliam
Oil City
Bollinger
Shreveport
Little Rock
Texarkana
Texas
Abduction Plot Foiled as Kidnap Scheme Unravels
A kidnapping attempt by conspirators aiming to seize Bryan failed when a boatman drinking on duty exposed the plan. Officers learned of the plot after landing at the camp, only to find the abductors had escaped. The ruse centered on luring Bryan to the bay camp, with a ship to transport him.
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Bryan
Death of Rear Admiral Rae Ends Navy Engineer Career
Washington mourns the death of Rear Admiral Charles Whiteside Rae engineer in chief of the heavy and chief of the bureau of steam navigation at the Navy Department. He died at his home this evening from a complication of diseases.
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Washington
Charles Whiteside Rae
Bureau of Steam Navigation
Navy Department
Senate Denies House Bill Restoring Motto On Coins
The Senate refused to amend and passed the House bill restoring the motto In God We Trust on United States coins. A Philadelphia hourly schedule note directs readers to Page 2 for New Jersey Central schedule. An advertisement notes 118 patrons praising JT.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
Philadelphia
New Jersey Central
President Confers With Governors At White House Meeting
A historic White House gathering of 44 state governors and national leaders focused on conserving natural resources. President Roosevelt praised the Inland Waterways Commission, urged a permanent state nation alliance, and vowed to act if Congress fails to perpetuate the commission.
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White House
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cleveland
United States
Congress
Waterways Commission
Hughes
William J. Bryan
America
Root
Roosevelt
Inland Waterways Commission
Stat
Supreme Court
Cabinet
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Brisort Park
Jamaica
Westchester Racing Association
Enelar
Sina
Cole
Darks
Bryan, JR
Pinkerton
Young Bryan
Bridge Safe
MR. Seaman
Treet
Dand- Ameer
Ews Company
Milliner
Martha S. White
Jack
Miss White
William Long
City Hall
Long
Miss Waite
DEWEY
Thewey & Sons
Fulton &J
New York
Law
Tripune
Guthrie
Okla
Norman
Franklin
Shawnee
Mardin
Chandler
Rear Admiral
Rae
Devising
Natural Resources
Glenn
North Carolina
Folk
Missouri
Marine Band
Edward Everett Hale
Israel
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