Boston Riots Halt Subway and Streetcar Service
Boston on June 8 faced a citywide strike by elevated railway workers. Police moved 1400 officers into emergency duty as 20 cars were wrecked and service crippled from Cambridge to Malden. Dozens injured and arrests made as crowds blocked trains and crews were forced from cars.
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Boston
Mass
Boston Elevated Railway
Cambridge
Summerville
Malden
Melrose
Paine Memorial Hall
Castle Square
Dorchester
Roxbury
New Cambridge
East Cambridge
Six Direct Nation's Wealth Leaders Bank Trusts Revealed
Six men direct the policies of about a hundred major New York banks and financial bodies. Frank A. Vanderlip James G. Cannon Walter E. Frew Richard Delafield Otto T. Barnard A Barton Hepburn head key institutions and form the clearing house committee guiding the New York Clearing House association. The money trust includes J Pierpont Morgan Thomas F. Ryan Standard Oil group George F. Baker under scrutiny by a congressional banking panel. Samuel Untermyer and William Shearer led testimony in the four hour hearings.
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New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
James G. Cannon
Fourth National Bank
Walter E. Frew
Corn Exchange Bank
Richard Delafield
National Park Bank
Otto T. Barnard
New York Trust Company
A. Barton Hepburn
New York Clearing House
Chase National Bank
Clearing House Committee
New York Clearing House Association
Clearing House
Hepburn
Clearing House Association
Money Trust
Committee of Banking and Currency
National House of Representatives
J. Pierpont Morgan
Thomas F. Ryan
Standard Ofl
George F. Baker
Samuel Untermyer
William Sherer
Eri. H. Far- Tar
Arsen Pujo
Louisiana
Mr. Untermyer
Man Confesses Plan to Kill President Taft in Neenah
A man who said his name was William Gotch was seized in Neenah Wisconsin claiming he was en route to Washington to kill President Taft. He also boasted of campaigning for William Howard Taft's opponents and claimed ties to a Burmea residence.
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Neenah
Wis
Washington
Taft
William Gotch
Omen
Burmea
Waa
Beers Wean
US warns Gomez as 4000 troops held in readiness for Cuba
Washington reports a note to President Gomez demanding immediate suppression of the Cuban insurrection or US intervention. General Wood orders four transports and a rapid-departure plan from Newport News to New York and Savannah. Six divisions of troops including infantry and cavalry prepare for embarkation while marines and bluejackets stand by on Cuban soil.
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Washington
Gomez
United States
Cuba
Wood
Kilpatrick
Meade
Newport News
New York
McClellan
Sumner
Savannah
Tampa
Fifth Infantry
Plattsburg Barracks
N. Y
Twentyninth Infantry
Fort Jay
Fort Porter
Fort Niagara
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
Fourth Field Artillery
Signal Corps
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
Arthur Beaupre
Havana
Beaupre
Toledo
Acca
Santiago
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Mississippi
Osterhaus
Guantanamo Naval Station
Attempted assassination of Premier Tisza in Hungary
In Vienna on June 8 a former deputy named Kovacs, barred for riot activity, infiltrated the chamber and fired three shots at Premier Tisza from the press gallery. The attacker then killed himself as chaos erupted. Tisza was unharmed.
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Vienna
Premier Tisza
Chamber of Deputies
Kovacs
Count Tisza
Preas
Novaca
Boston Exec Council Grants Commutation for Mrs Cusumano
In Boston on June 6 the executive council voted unanimously to commute the death sentence of Mrs. Cusumano who was condemned for killing her husband.
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Boston
Statue 15 Unveiled at Washington Columbus Memorial
Ten thousand soldiers sailors and citizens join a 100000 strong procession from the White House to Stanton square for the unveiling of the Columbus memorial at Union Station. Italian Ambassador Susani Confalonieri releases the flag as Taft delivers a long address amid a 21 gun salute and a Willard hotel banquet.
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Taft
Union Station Plaza
Knights of Columbus
White House
Stanton Square
Columbus Memorial
Union Station
R. K. Evans
Knox
Mgr
Thomas J. Shahan
Catholic University of America
Victor J. Dowling
Supreme Court of New York
Marquis Susani-Confalonieri
United States
Marine Band
Christopher Columbus
New Willard Hotel
Daniel H. Burnham
Lorado Taft
Capitol
Bromwell Defends Order To Tear Pa Station
Milwaukee dispatch reports Tawney accusing Major Bromwell of demanding a signed Roosevelt order for an unusual task during the 1908 move to tear down the Pennsylvania Station. Bromwell testifies he acted on War Department instruction and a presidential memorandum noting the president’s authority and legal backing.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Tawney
Minnesota
Major Bromwell
Washington
Roosevelt
Bromwell
Pennsylvania Station
Navy Department
Bramwell
War Department
Pennsylvania
Columbia Confers Honorary Degrees at 468th Commencement
Columbia University awarded honorary degrees to a notable group at its 468th annual commencement. Chief Justice White, Princeton President Hibben, Congressman Underwood, and Colonel Goethals were honored. Goethals, Underwood, and White received doctor of science, while White and Underwood earned doctor of laws and Hibben doctor of letters.
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New York
Columbia University
Justice White
Hibben
Princeton
Underwood
Colonel Goethals
Goethals
Senate Naval Committee Reports Out Its Bill
The Senate Naval Committee reports a defense bill funding two first class battleships at up to 7.425 million each, two fuel ships at 1.44 million each, six torpedo destroyers up to 940000 each, a destroyer tender up to 1.315 million, eight submarine torpedo boats totaling 4.48 million, and a submarine tender up to 1 million. It proposes officer promotions for Annapolis graduates, revives admiral and vice admiral ranks, and urges a 1 million wireless system for global Pacific coverage.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
Pacific
Staff Corps
Annapolis
Panama
California
Guam
American Samoa
Philippines
Michigan Doctor Guilty Of Murder Verdict In Sparling Case
In Bad Axe Michigan on June 7 jurors found Dr Robert A MacGregor guilty of murder in a case tracing back to 1909 when farmer John Wesley Sparling died amid suspected poisoning. Three of Sparling’s sons, Peter Albert and Scyrel, died in subsequent years. Scyrel’s death in 1911 was blamed on liver cancer by the doctor but arsenic poisoning was later confirmed. Carrie Body Sparling wife of John Wesley and mother of the Sparling boys was arrested last October and awaits trial.
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Mich
Robert A. MacGregor
Dr. MacGregor
John Wesley Sparling
Peter
Albert
Scyrel
Scyrel Sparling
MacGregor
Sparling
Carrie Body Sparling
John Wesley
Roosevelt Leads In South Dakota Primary Returns
From Sioux Falls and Des Moines reports Roosevelt leads South Dakota GOP returns with Taft and La Follette also polling. Kenyon wins Iowa Senate seat. Wilson leads Democrats in SD with Gamble and Wickham contested. State delegates lines formed. Clarke, Proudfoot, Dunn among leaders in respective races.
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Wilson
Gamble
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Sioux Falls
Theodore Roosevelt
South Dakota
Taft
LaFollette
Roosevelt
Clark
New Jersey
United States
Thomas Sterling
Edward
Johnson
P. F. Wickham
Frank M. Byrne
Faulkton
Gvernor
George Egan
Chicago
Martin
Black Hills
Burke
C. H. Dillon
Yankton
Richard F. Pettigrew
Des Moines
Jra
W. S. Kenyon
Lafayette Young
D. W. Hamilton
Sigourney
P. Q G. Holden
George W. Clarke
Adel
Clarke
A. V. Proudfoot
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
J. T. Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
W. L. Harding
Sioux City
C. H. van Law
Marshalltown
G. A. Kenderdine
Iowa City
Berger moves to impeach judge over Oleson case
Wisconsin Representative Berger announces plans to push impeachment of United States District Judge Hanford after Attorney General Wickersham urges reopening the citizenship case of Leonard Oleson of Seattle. The judge canceled Oleson’s naturalization certificate for Socialist views.
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Washington
Wickersham
Leonard Oleson
Seattle
Berger
Wisconsin
United States
Hanford
House
Haward
Oleson
McNamara Brothers Lose Prison Credits in Conspiracy Case
James McNamara and John McNamara at San Quentin were stripped of credits after failing to perform assigned tasks in the Los Angeles dynamiting conspiracy case. James serves life, John fourteen years, both moved from jute milling to Warden Hoyle following warnings.
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San Quentin
Cal
James Br
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles
Hoyle
Germans go to Annapolis for June week naval visit
In Annapolis Maryland the naval academy hosts officers from a German warship squadron visiting Hampton Roads. Superintendent Gibbons plans a luncheon and building grounds tour as naval aviators demonstrate hydroaero plane displays for the foreign guests.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Hampton Roads
Gibbons
Garfield Tea A Remedy Worthwhile Promoted
A reader argues that a red faced man does not imply a beat and suggests Garfield Tea as a longstanding market remedy worth consideration.
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Garfield
Condensed Milkmaid Burlesque Joke Gag
A playful exchange imagines a child asking to attend a fancy dress ball as a milkmaid and receiving the pun filled reply about being a condensed milkmaid. The quip hinges on wordplay between condensed milk and a costume idea.
What She Wants A Modern House With quirks
A conversation between a client and an architect highlights a demand for a "modern" home. The client wants a living room too large to heat and a kitchen too small to cook in, seeking a stylish, contemporary design rather than specifics.
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Detroit Free Press
The Fog Lifts And Sends Sailors Plunging Overboard
In a San Francisco Chronicle item a tavern tale from old mariners recalls fog so thick off Newfoundland that sailors leaned on a deck rail and fell into the sea when the mist unexpectedly lifted. The humorous recollection ends with the captain noting the fog’s density.
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Newfoundland
San Francisco Chronicle
Law of Life in Rainy California
Two travelers walk in sunlit California when rain starts. One laughs at meter rates for water while the other laments paying $10 a day for climate. The exchange ends with the saying one man’s meat is another man’s meat bill.
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California
Slow Travel Moves Spokane to Oklahoma Rail Tale
A Tulsa youth seeks marriage with a daughter refused due to age. The father, a traveling man, jokes she will be older upon return from Pawhuska if kept away briefly, while a comment hints she may be an old maid by then.
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Oklahoma
Midland Valley
Tulsa
Pawhuska
Kansas City Star
The Worm's Way
A Philadelphia anti-vivisectionist recalls Stephen Coleridge and the English report on humane fishing bait. Coleridge ridicules the claim that a writhing worm shows pain, asserting the worm laughs at being tickled.
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Stephen Coleridge
Philadelphia
Coleridge
Mr. Coleridge
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