Coney Island Sees Record Summer Crowd and Disruptions
Crowds flood Coney Island as sunshine draws visitors, with express trains at two minute headways and platforms crowded. Police battle pickpockets counterfeiters and rowdy crowds aboard trains while Luna Park and Steeplechase Park report record turnout and new show plans amid limited space and fashion headlines.
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Coney Island
Surfavenue
Bowery
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
West End
Culver Station
Luna Park
B6th Street
Fifth Avenue
Coney Island Road
O’brien
Secret Service
Frederic Thompson
Female Barkers at Coney Island
Women will gain public speaking roles at Dreamland as lecturers in all shows opening Saturday. The Progressive Womens Suffrage League selects the lecturers and arranges transport by auto. Mary Coleman and Lydia Kingsmill Commander lead the organizing committee with suffragists meeting them at Riccadonna Hotel. A mass meeting will follow on Dreamland pier to plan a July convention.
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Coney Island
Dreamland
William A. Ellis
Progressive Womens Suffrage League
Mary Coleman
Lydia Kingsmill
Riccadonna Hotel
Dreamland Pier
Brooklyn Clerk Found Dead After Fall Or Assault
Harry Akins a 37 year old clerk of No Dean Street was found in Sands Street near Washington Street with a crushed skull. Police doubt whether he fell from the elevated structure or was killed by thugs after alighting from a Coney Island train. His week’s pay and some jewelry were missing as investigators begin a case.
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Harry Akins
No. @ Dean street
Sands Street
Washington Street
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Appointed Delegation for Clinton's Body to Kingston
Kingston committee selects Mayor Crane D G Atkins J H Everett S D Coykendall Judge A T Clearwater and B M Brink to travel to Washington and accompany the body of George Clinton first Governor of New York to Kingston on May 3.
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Kingston
N. Y
Citizens’ Committee
Washington
George Clinton
New York State
W. P. Crane
D. G. Atkins
Board of Education
J. H. Everett
Board of Trade
S. D. Coykendall
A. T. Clearwater
B. M. Brink
Fixed Honest Title Examination Fee Announcement
The notice promises a single low fixed charge covering an exhaustive title search from the Indians to the present date. It asserts charges are based on purchase price and no surprises will appear on bills, with prior examinations sometimes affecting the fee.
Fort George Opens Quietly Amid New Season Crowds
The Broadway subway and Third Avenue line bring holiday crowds to Fort George with raindrenched revelers. Paraded street life, park amusements, and lively concerts marked the season opener as police and guards kept order and vendors offered snacks and drinks.
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Broadway
Dyckman Street
Fort George
Uptown
Third Avenue
Coney Island
Old Fort
Urchins
Manhattan
Fort
Amsterdam Avenue
Marcel
Fort Georger
Paradise Park
Interborough
Police raid Chinatown nets fourteen Chinamen in two gambling busts
Police swept two fantan dens in Manhattan's Chinatown capturing fourteen Chinese men. Authorities recovered 2758 dollars in cash plus dominos and markers. Seven suspects were chased down, six charged with aiding gambling, one owner charged with running the house. The raids disrupted a Sabbath gathering as residents watched.
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Chinatown
Inspector Russell
Mott Street
Leo Song
Dovers Street
Captain McNally
Elizabeth Street
Pell Street
Chim Sam
No. & Mott Street
Massachusetts plans 900000 for gypsy moth wartime program
Massachusetts seeks a 900000 appropriation to fund this year’s campaign against gypsy and browntail moths. Archie H Kirkland, state insect pest supervisor, reports 80000 parasites released from Melrose Highlands experiments with 20000 more ready, aiming to suppress the moths under USDA and state guidance.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Archie H. Kirkland
Melrose Highlands
United States Department of Agriculture
New England
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Confession Reported in Shepherd Farm Slayings
Frank Zastera, a farm hand, is reported to have confessed to killing William B. Shepherd, his wife Josephine, and servant Jennie Bendy. Details describe the sequence of shootings at the Shepherd home and subsequent searches for money.
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The
Tribune
Freehold
N. J
Frank Zastera
William B. Shepherd
Josephine
Jennie Bendy
Cosgrove
Sylvester
New York
Joseph McDermott
Zastera
Astern
William Wall
Shepherd Farm
Mr. Shepherd
Shepherd
Texas Republican Conventions Across Texas Endorse Taft
Multiple district Republican meets across Fort Worth Austin Floresville Sherman Conroe Yoakum Dallas and other Texas cities endorse Taft for president and instruct delegates to the national convention. Delegates include Sam Houston C C Littleton William W Hite J D Lolliver and J M Sloan with alternates named. some gatherings split over Terrell election law wording.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Taft
Sam Houston
C. C. Littleton
Weatherford
A. L. Cole
Frath County
C. 8. Taylor
Tarrant County
Austin
Chicago
Fairbanks
William W. Hite
Travis County
J. D. Lolliver
Hays County
W. D. Madson
L. W. Franklin
Floresville
15Th Congress District
Roosevelt
Edward Lassater
Fulfurrias
E. Nolte
Seguin
C. J. Martin
Kinney
J. N. Miller
Nueces
Sherman
C. A. Burke
van Alstyne
W. M. Griffin
McKinney
R. H. Crabb
Leonard
Askridge
Wolf City
Conroe
J. M. Sloan
Navasota
J. M. Adkins
Harris County
E. W Atkinson
Grimes County
Spencer Graves
Fort Bend County
Yoakum
Sth
M. Hughes
Wharton
A. E. Laessing
la Grange
Dallas
C. W. Starling
A. B. Gardenhire
Rockwall County
R. Stokes
J. W. Lowry
Negro Republicans to hold mass meeting at Cooper Union
Negro Republicans plan a mass meeting at Cooper Union on Tuesday evening May 3 to pledge loyalty to Republican principles and candidates. Bishop W H Derrick will preside with ex Governor Pinchback of Louisiana among the speakers.
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Cooper Union
Republican Party
W. H. Derrick
Pinchback
Louisiana
Fitzgerald in Gouvernorship Race
Ex mayor John M Fitzgerald to run for governor next fall after John B Moran withdraws Moran. George Fred Williams reportedly ready to back Fitzgerald over any conservative candidate.
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Tribune
Boston
John M. Fitzgerald
John B. Moran
George Fred Williams
Fitzgerald
Saionji Kept in Power Amid Election Returns in Tokio
Tokyo and provinces report incomplete results from Friday elections but predict a substantial Constitutionalists majority and continued cabinet stability. Premier Saionji may reconsider resignation after Elder Statesmen intervention. Ito urges restraint and focuses on budget relief.
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Tokio
Marquis Saionji
Prince Ito
Marquis Inouyé
Yalu
Japan
Manchuria
Chien- Tao
Wrights Will Contest Abroad
Wilbur Wright declines to discuss Farman's challenged overseas for a five thousand dollar aeroplane contest. He traveled from Kill Devil Hill to Manteo and plans to sail to New York, with Orville slated to depart camp soon. The brothers prepare to enter foreign competitions and later return for Fort Myer trials in August.
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Norfolk
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
London
Henry Farman
Ohieans
France
Farman
Mr. Wright
Manteo
Kill Devil Hill
New York
Wright Brothers
Furness
Fort Myer
Virginia
German Market for Gold shows import doubts and rate shifts
Berlin learns of 3 million dollars in New York gold engagements for Germany as exchange profits loom. Berlin financiers doubt continued American gold imports, noting higher exchange rates and a potential discount rate cut if the Bank of England relaxes.
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Berlin
New York
Germany
America
Paris
German Imperial Bank
Australia
Imperial Bank
Bank of England
Wall Street
Farman Offers 5000 Dollars to Match Wrights
Paris and Henry Farman, now in Paris, says he will provide 5000 dollars for a match with the Wright brothers and more if needed. He deems the Wrights skilled but questions U.S. reports of four miles in fifteen minutes as inexact. Farman's machine can stay aloft twenty four minutes at eighty kilometers an hour and he expects a new hour record after ongoing modifications. He plans experiments next week near Ghent.
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Paris
Henry Farman
Wright Brothers
United States
Bill to award Dr Barbosa gift to honor Hague services
In Rio de Janeiro on May 17 a bill was introduced in the Chamber of Deputies proposing a $300,000 gift to Senator Ruy Barbosa for his role as a delegate and his defense of Brazil at the recent Hague peace conference.
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Rio de Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Ruy Barbosa
Senate
Brazil
Hague
Chinese Labor Riot at Elbola Mines in Lower California
Report from Mexico City cites a serious riot at Elbola copper mines where about three hundred Chinese contract workers protested conditions. Troops escorted the mob to the coast and shipments were sent to Mazatlan and Manzanillo for work on coast plantations. No lives reported lost.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Elbola
California
China
Mazatlan
Manzanillo
Castro Visits Aragua and Carabobo Towns
President Castro left Caracas to visit Aragua and Carabobo provinces today. Customs authorities will not clear any vessels from Puerto Cabello for Curacao on this date.
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Puerto Cabello
Castro
Caracas
Aragua
Carabobo
Curacao
Corea Sees Improving Conditions and Reinforcements
Seoul May 17 Conditions across Corea are improving with about five thousand gendarmes to be deployed in outlying districts as armed bands harry farms. Prince Ito stresses respecting citizens and trains four thousand Corean police under Japanese officers. Four hundred new telegraph offices to aid military communication. The opening of Chemulpo to foreign trade attended by Prince Ito and officials. Americans expect open trade avenues under competitive methods.
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Seoul
Corea
Prince Ito
Chemulpo
Japan
Sammons
Trade Agreements on American Rights in Japan and Korea
Negotiations between the United States and Japan on conventions for protecting American commercial interests in Japan and Korea have progressed to a satisfactory conclusion. Papers move from Tokyo to Washington as final signatures are hoped. The dispute over American rights has lasted three years, with Ambassador Thomas J. O'Brien pressing the matter through many talks leading to a mutually regarded settlement.
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Tokio
United States
Japan
Corea
Washington
Thomas J. O’brien
French Occupy Boudenib After Shelling North Africa
Official dispatches from General Vigy report French forces occupying Boudenib, Melai Hassen’s stronghold, after a heavy artillery shelling. About six thousand tribesmen dispersed, abandoning camps and stores. French losses were three killed and nine wounded. Submissions followed the occupation across the region.
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Paris
Vigy
Algeria
Boudenib
Melai Hassen
Brazil to buy Washington embassy site
Rio de Janeiro reports a bill for 200000 dollars to be introduced in the Chamber of Deputies. The measure would procure a property in Washington for the Brazilian embassy as a permanent home.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Washington
Emigrants to United States taxed on return
Budapest reports that despite a prior warning, emigration continues. The Interior Minister now forbids return free of tax for Hungarians who left for the United States since January 1.
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Budapest
America
United States
Hungary
Japanese luncheon hosts U S Admiral in Yokohama visit
Rear Admiral Joseph N Hemp hill and the American squadron visiting Yokohama were received by the Emperor in the morning. Attendees at the Shiba Palace luncheon included Princes Arisugawa and Fushimi, Admiral Togo, and Baron Saito the Minister of Marine. A British squadron is also visiting Yokohama.
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Tokio
Joseph N. Hemphill
Yokohama
Shiba Palace
Arisugawa
Fushimi
Togo
Baron Saito
Juggler of Bancourt Preys on Bankers by Posing as Newsboy Relative
A young con man travels to banking offices posing as the brother of a newsboy to solicit loans. He tells a tale of his supposed sibling's hardship and asks bankers for money, briefly receiving pennies before vanishing. The ruse ends as the fraudster departs the district.
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Wall Street
Bancourt
Edyth Walker Praised as Isolde at Covent Garden
London critics hail Edyth Walker’s Isolde at Covent Garden on Saturday as possibly the finest London performance. Queen Alexandra attended and applauded the singing.
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London
Edyth Walker
Isolde
Covent Garden
Queen Alexandra
Funeral Mistake Leads to Wrong Man Buried
In Laconia New Hampshire a misidentification caused a man to be buried with Knights of Pythias rites two months ago. The true William H Sharpe a foundry foreman disappeared March first and a corpse registered as William Crane of Portland Missouri was found dead March twenty three in Portsmouth. The identified body is now found in the Winne Pesaukee River and will be moved to Sharpe’s grave.
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Laconia, N. H
William H. Sharpe
Sharpe
Winne Pesaukee River
Laconia Car Company Works
William Crane
Portland
Portsmouth
Laconia
Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Court order in Passaic Steel receivers case
Judge Lanning in the U S Court issued a rule for cause to be shown on May 5 why the Passaic Steel Company receivers should not cease operating the plant. The $6,000,000 concern has run at a loss the last four months. Receivers report assets about $1,000,000.
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Trenton
N. J
Lanning
United States
Passaic Steel Company
Otto T. Hess Dead From Complications at 33
Otto T. Hess of Hess Churchill Harlow law firm died yesterday at his home from a bundle of diseases. He was 33, a Columbia Law School graduate, admitted to the bar in 186 he joined Hornblower Miller Potter then practiced redacted. He leaves a wife, Miss Henningham Watkins Spillman of Richmond and one child. He belonged to the Lawyers City New York Athletic clubs and the Bar Association.
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Otto T. Hess
Hess, Churchill & Harlow
Broadway
S0th Street
Hess
Columbia University
Hornblower, Miller & Potter
James W. (Shore
Henningham Watkins Spillman
Richmond
Lawyers
City and New York Athletic Clades
The
Bar Association
Transatlantic Travellers Arrivals From Abroad Listed
A list of passengers arriving yesterday from abroad includes Lentors and family, J Cheatham, Mrs Olive Hotlereber, Henry, Mr and Mrs EW Jackson, Baroness de Creare, Alfred Chepin, Charlis Dan eythaert, Dr and Mrs Arthur Peth Meret, Throckmorton, and Monsignor 3d M Meret. Also noted are Mrs KE Stewart and Mrs E Wheeler among Havre and Southampton departures.
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Sv Lentors & Mr
Mra. Bt
Bao Dena Mayr J. Cheatham
Olive Hotlereber J. PD
Henry
EW. Jackson
Baroness de Creare
Alfred Chepin
Prom Som Thampton
Charlis Dan
Eythaert
Arthur Peth Meret
Throckmorton
Ami
Eioyd Parker
Prom Havre
KE. Stewart
E. Wheeler
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Ee Guarantee Trust
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Sway, N.Y
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Gypsy Moth
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Fifth Ave
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B. Akman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
St. Avrhur, New York
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Palace
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Tichenor-Grand Co
6Ist Street
T. M. Stewart
West Ist ST
Columbus
Ellis Island
Knights of the Brush
Mike
Conners
Pat” Collins
Battery
Joe
Tony” Mariana
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Governor’s Island
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