Empress of Ireland Collision Victims Funeral Planned
Quebec reports the first public funeral for nine crew members of the Empress of Ireland Storstad collision. A royal commission will determine responsibility with hearings to begin June. Identification chaos arises as many bodies are badly mutilated and features altered, causing mistaken identities.
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Quebec
Storstad
Napoleon Durin
Canadian Pacific
Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery Band
Essex
Royal Commission
Adolph Routhier
Court of the Admiralty of
Ezekiel McLeod
Age
Admiralty Court of
New Brunswick
George L. Vaux
British Board of Trade
Montreal
Poor seamanship blamed for Empress of Ireland disaster
Boston June 2 Andrew Furuseth president of the International Seaman's Union of America faulted crew training and organization for the Empress of Ireland wreck. He argued liability limits for ship owners reduced safety focus and that over half of the nearly thousand deaths could have been prevented with a competent crew and orderly emergency procedures.
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Boston
Mass
Andrew Furusethof
San Francisco
International Seaman's Union of America
Furuseth
Surviver recalls Empress of Ireland disaster at Salvation Army
Kenneth McIntyre told Salvation Army headquarters in New York there was no panic after the collision. He described how the first to reach the deck guided others to life preservers and that no husband and wife were separated by the disaster. He leaped overboard before the final plunge and later met Major Atwell, who shared the same worry.
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New York
Salvation Army
Kenneth McIntyre
McIntrye
McIntyre
Major Atwell
Major Agwell
MelIntyre
Memorial Services in Chicago For Po of Ireland Losses
Memorial services will be held in Chicago Friday night for Salvation Army members who died in the sinking of the Po of Ireland. A call for the meeting was sent today by Colonel French territorial secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Salvation Army
Po of
Ireland
San Antonio Club seeks national cup for Indianapolis speedway winner
The San Antonio Automobile Club launches a nationwide drive to raise about 10000 for an exquisitely moulded cup to honor the American car winning at Indianapolis. A 509 donation seed will be placed with a leading motor journal, with subscriptions invited from clubs and motorists nationwide. The move aims to boost American manufacturers in a race long dominated by foreign cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Automobile Club
United States
St. Anthony
Herman G. Hays
Carl G. Fisher
Indianapolis Speedway
Concrete bridge contracts awarded in Bexar County
County commissioners let contracts totaling 121,830 for nineteen bridges over main county waterways. Thomas C. Nelson sections win several low bridges including Castroville crossing and Austin Salado, while Topeka Bridge & Iron Co secures west and part of south contracts with high bridges like Culebra Leon and Bergs Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Thomas C. Nelson
Castroville
On Creek
Fredericksburg-Leon
Austin-Salado
Seguin-Salado
St. Hedwig-Salado
New Sulphur Springs-Salado
Nelson
Gonzales-Salado
Topeka Bridge & Iron Company
West
South
Culebra-Leon
Pearsall-Leon
Pearsall-Medina
Somerset-Leon
Somerset-Medina
Berg's Mill
Corpus-Losoya
June Week At Naval Academy Marks Record Attendance
Annapolis Md June 2 The naval academy saw its largest visitor turnout in history during June Week. The official visitors board a Senate two member and House naval affairs committee three member panel reviewed the midshipmen with a seventeen gun salute and will hold a meeting today. The committee helped present awards to prize winners at the dress parade. The top three graduates were Edward Eltsberg Colorado first, Edward L Cochrane Pennsylvania second, and Noel Davis Utah third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Naval Law
Senate
House Naval Affairs Committee
Edward Eltsberg
Colorado
Edward L. Cochrane
Pennsylvania
Noel Davis
Utah
Real estate transfers list in Rockport area
Florencio Ygiacion and wife transfer two acres on Rockport road to James Watson for 68.70 dollars. W. E. Tuttle sells west half of lot 1, range 2, district 1 on Gevers street for 260 dollars. Frederick Anderson sells one half interest in lot 7, block 343 on North Santa Avenue for 6500 dollars to May Anderson. Mrs. Alice James transfers one half interest in lot 7, block 343 on North Santa Rosa Avenue to May Anderson for 500 dollars.
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Florencio Ygiacion
James Watson
Rockport Road
W. E. Tuttle
D. A. Tuttle
Gevers Street
Frederick Anderson
May Anderson
New City
North Santa Avenue
Alice James
News City
North
Santa Rosa Avenue
Park Site Given to Houston by Hermann Trust
Mayor Campbell calls a mass meeting at the city auditorium this Saturday to accept from George H. Hermann the deed to 285 acres of South End land valued at over five hundred thousand dollars for a city park. An additional ten acres will fund a charity hospital to be endowed by Mrs Hermann, to be named George R. Hermann free hospital.
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Houston
Tex
Campbell
City Auditorium
George H. Hermann
South End
Hermann
Hermann Park
George R. Hermann Free Hospital
Bank Officers Elected Nominees for Reserve Bank Directors
Sixty bankers from seven states in Federal Reserve District No 10 gathered in Kansas City on June 2 to nominate eighteen candidates for the district's reserve bank directorate. Six directors will be elected by postal ballot from the nominees.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Court orders thread makers to keep apart
Federal Court in Trenton NJ dissolves the American Thread Company and related firms for conspiring to restrain interstate and foreign commerce in thread. The two groups named are enjoined from enforcing agreements and forbidden from acquiring property to corner the thread market. Agreement includes American Thread Company Thread Agency English Sewing Cotton and others in one group and Spool Cotton Company J and P Coates types in the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Thread Trust
American Thread Company
Trenton
N. J
The
Thread Agency
English Sewing Cotton Company, Ltd
Spool Cotton Company
J. &. P. Coates, Ltd
Clark Thread Company
Clark Mile-end Spool Cotton Company
George A. Clark & Bro
J. & P. Coates
Rhode-Island
James Chadwick & Bro., Ltd
Jonah Brook & Bros, Ltd
Thomas Glen-Coates
James O. McClark
James William Clark
Walter P.neel
Robert B. Symington
James Valentine
G. Bion Allen
United States
Poster Advertisers Convene in San Antonio Texas
The Poster Advertisers Association holds its annual convention at the Gunter hotel in San Antonio starting Tuesday afternoon. About 80 members are expected to attend by nightfall despite railroad washouts. Officers include A A Edwards president J O Bell secretary and Joseph Howard treasurer with a board of directors from Waco Denton Galveston Houston Fort Worth and Beaumont.
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San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Bollard of Directors
Texas
National
A. A. Edwards
Waco
J. O. Bell
Denton
Joseph Howard
Galveston
W. E. Holland
Beaumont
M. L. O. Andrews
Houston
Mitchell Greenwall
Fort Worth
Automobile Licenses Listed for Detroit Oakland and Mitchell
License records show No 5222 for Detroit electric owned by Mrs R B Love of 405 East Park Avenue No 52283 for Oakland owner H A Darman at 315 East Houston and No 5224 for Mitchell Bach Brothers located at 105 Duval Street.
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Detroit Electric
R. EB. Love
East Park Avenue
Oakland
H. A. Darman
East
Houston &J
Mitchell
Bach Brothers
Duval Street
Marriage Licenses Listing Includes Multiple Couples
Walter Neibert and Bertie Connors appear among marriages. Robert G. Schermerhorn and Juanita Da are listed, alongside Inbau and Lillian H. Zimmermann iott Everett Shiner and Virginia At Witham. A Vollbrecht and Olive Carmen, Arthur Charles Bart and Mildred Boyer, Charles E ag and Mrs. Red Nesvig, Mantes Ponce and Maria, William Pinckney Colemans and Florence Annie Yeamans are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rare Co. Inbau
Lillian H. Zimmermann
Iott
Everett Shiner
Virginia At- Witham
A. Vollbrecht
Olive Carmen
Arthur Charles Bart
Mildred Boyer
Charles E.ag
Red Nesvig
Mantes Ponce
Maria
William Pinckney Colemans
Florence Annie Yeamans
Building Permits Filed for Two Dwellings in Palo Pinto and Arlington
R. H. Florian secures permit for an eight room dwelling on Palo Pinto street valued at 2200 dollars. O. S. Kinsley obtains permit for a five room dwelling on North Arlington court valued at 1000 dollars. The item ends with a humorous house painter exchange from the Philadelphia Press.
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R. H. Florian
Palo Pinto Street
O. S. Kinsley
North Arlington Court
Telltale Tips and Trials in a Buffalo Commercial Note
A Buffalo Commercial page excerpt shows a string of witty exchanges and domestic quips. The dialogue riffs on shocking lines about fidelity money and drinking delusions with humorous aside about legal banter and card games. It reads like a collage of period wordplay and social satire.
Huerta Family Rumors Circulate Amid Mexican Crisis
Rumors claim Senora Huerta and four sons boarded the Hamburg American steamer Ypiranga in Veracruz, with reports of a Puerto Mexico stop and large funds drawn. Officials deny confirmation as Mexico edges toward constitutional order and foreign mediation faces local resistance.
Carranza Statement Draws Criticism Amid Mediation Rift
The Durango issued protest criticizes Niagara Falls mediators while Villa, en route from Juarez to Chihuahua City, reaffirms loyalty to Carranza. Constitutionalists argue they are already conquering and poised to form a provisional government as Huerta’s regime weakens.
Constitutionalists Debate Candidacy and Caps on Punishment
Commentary quotes constitutionalists dismissing threats of capital punishment and insisting on fair political participation for candidates. The discussion centers on who should be allowed to run and what penalties are appropriate in political conflict.
Semi-Official Note Published In Mexico City
In Mexico City on June 2 a semiofficial note about the mediation conference at Niagara Falls appeared in El Imparcial. It states that peace conferences are on the right track and conciliation must respect Mexican sovereignty and dignity, with the public to be informed in two or three days.
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Mediation Commission
Niagara Falls
Mexico
Huerta
Niagara
Carranza
Mexico City
Peace Commission
Pro Ional
el Imparcial
Mexican General Huerta Stance Sparks Mediation Clash
Rafael Zuburan head of the Car ranza agency says Mexico City dispatches claim Huerta wants Constitutionalists to join mediation. He argues the Constitutionalists have nothing to mediate with and would only meet him at the point of the sword.
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Huerta
Sword’s Point
Washington, D. C
Rafael Zuburan
Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
Funston preps to block 300000 Constitutionalist pesos
In Vera Cruz on June 2 Brigadier General Funston plans measures to stop a 300000 peso load of Constitutionalist bank notes from entering circulation. Businessmen expect rejection of the currency though any circulation could disrupt the exchange rate near 275 Mexican per dollar. The USS Texas will sail for Puerto Mexico to relieve smaller vessels on duty there.
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Vera Cruz
Funston
United States
Texas
Puerto Mexico
Trade Quiet In Tampico As Refugees Reach City
The US transport Hancock brought 270 refugees who were moved to the collier Lebanon and landed in Tampico. Most are men tied to oil yards hoping to resume work, but oil operators fear resuming activity due to Mexico’s unstable climate and mediator talks at Niagara Falls, with currency scarcity cited as a major hardship.
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Tampico
Mex
Brownsville
Tex
United States
Hancock
Lebanon
Mexico
Niagara Falls
Local business notices affect nearby operations
A fragmented passage indicates broad impact on commerce in the area. The text hints at regulatory or public action affecting nearby businesses, with emphasis on the surrounding district and local stakeholders.
German Fines On Steamers Ypiranga and Bavaria Explained
Berlin reports no instructions from the foreign office regarding fines imposed on the German steamers Ypiranga and Bavaria for landing at Puerto Mexico with arms and ammunition for General Huerta. The matter was conveyed to Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ypiranga
Bavaria
Puerto Mexico
General Huerta
Foreign Office
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Ammunition Shipment Held Up in New York
Five hundred tons of ammunition ordered by the Mexican Constitutionalists arrived in New York from Bridgeport but will not be allowed to leave the port. Customs officials indicated clearance papers would be refused for vessels bearing arms to Mexican factions until instructions from Washington are received.
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New York
Bridgeport
Conn
Washington
Deputies Arrest Drivers for Speed Violations on South Loop
J. J. Carpenter and J. J. Cusack, motor deputies, fined Robert Brookover and H. Somnitz five dollars plus costs for speeding. A complaint against R. E. Schultz for speeding is pending. Justice Ben Fisk warns heavier penalties on repeat offenses as deputies say traffic violations drop with patrols.
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J. J. Carpenter
J. J. Cusack
South Loop
Robert Brookover
H. Somnitz
Ben Fisk
R. E. Schultz
Justice Fisk
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Bertie Connors
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Juanita da
Jay Frank
Philadelphia Press
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Buffalo
Ret Ypose
Senora Huerta
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