National Art Department Proposed With Cabinet Rank
A movement to create a national department of fine arts in Washington is outlined with plans for a cabinet member leading the effort, an Athensum, a national gallery in Washington, and galleries in other cities. Senators Newlands and architect leaders back the proposal, seeking $5,000,000 in federal funding and broad control over public buildings art education and museums.
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Newlands
Washington
Department of Fine Arts
Plana
Athenaeum
Thv
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Aves
Nevada
P Trowbridge
New York
Gabinet
United States
National Department of Fine Arts
Skashington
Mallarias
Department
Ane Arts
Spanish War Minister Dead and Political Shifts The
Spanish war minister dies after a stroke as Prime Minister Maura loses portfolio early January. Reports mention Gen Lena replacing ministerial roles, with references to Melet and Lov amid cabinet reshuffles and health crises. Bordering notes touch Savannah, Cooperstown, Toledo, and bank references in a fragmented dispatch.
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Premer Maura
Lena
Miniarat
Maura
Jackson Blow
Cooperstown
Toledo
Tragedy as Two Brothers Hit by Trolley Car
In Camden near Federal and Cammer streets, brothers John Ptram aged forty and George Ptram aged eight were struck by an inbound trolley shortly after 4 PM. John died at once, George suffered severe head injuries and concussion, both rushed to Cooper Hospital and later to Camara morgue.
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Pat Vedine
Vaano
Camden
John
Grorge
Ptram
Caoper Hospital
West Palmyra
Ptram Jost
Gil
John Pfrom
Eas
Five Assayers Arrested in Ore Theft Case
Police report five assay workers arrested after 1500 pounds of ore valued at about 50000 dollars was recovered. Ore allegedly stolen from a facility near Florence, with investigators noting surveillance indicated the thefts.
Rockefeller Maneuvers Baffle Chicago Extradition
Federal case against John D Rockefeller spurs Chicago officials to seek his appearance in Findlay Ohio court or extradition. Reports place him hiding near Pocantico Hills or Pittsfield with guards, while two men claim to have seen him at a villa. Local witnesses describe a tightly guarded estate, patrols, and a Prohibition style watch setup.
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Pittsfield
Ohio
Washington Post
Cleveland
John D Rockefeller
Chicago
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Rockefeller
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Findlay
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Rocketfeller
Cook County
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Radical
Tarrytown
Pocantlea Hills
Father Ténnon
Church of the Magdalen
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John D Rockefeller, Jr
Pittefield
Pitta
Masa
Joseph Cardiner
William Harrison
Taconic Farm
John D. Rockefaller
bin Daughters Vila
Gardner
Onvia Lake
Mr Rockefeller
Carl
Harrison
Mr. Rockefeller
Jake
Mehta
Electric Lgke Company
Prentice Villa
Butlier
Prentice
New York
Pope enters retreat and praises Ury portrait
Rome reports Pope enters a weeklong retreat and will not receive. His last audience featured Mgr Kennedy of the American College with A M Ury of New York, who painted a praised portrait of the Pope. The Pontiff expressed delight and asked for an autograph photograph and a gold medal. the portrait will be sent to America.
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Mgr Kennedy
American College
A. M. Ury
New York
Pope
Vatican
Pius
Ury
Ametice
Baron Rosen at Magnolia Summer Embass y Site
The Russian ambassador Baron Rosen arrives by car for a summer posting at Coolidges Point Magnolia. A boat accident near Columbus results in two drownings as A C Thompson and Newton Gavitt from Alton perish in Big Darby Creek after a capsizing boat incident.
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Masa
Rucalan
United States
Coolidges Point
Magnolia
Baron Rosen
Columbus
Ohio
A C. Thompson
Newton Gavitt
Alton
Big Darby Creek
Scientific Hell Sermon by Rev Zed Copp at Bethany Chapel
Assistant pastor and probation officer Rev Zed Copp delivered a sermon titled A Scientific Hell arguing that the sun fits biblical hell as a scientific necessity. He claimed Hell is not made for man, but the damned incur it through deliberate wrongdoing and that the universe imposes a fixed gulf between heaven and hell.
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Gian
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Hggn
Chan
Plan to stop begging in Saltille Mexico
A Mexican commission will investigate beggar practices in Saltille and advise federal authorities. The plan aims to compel able bodied beggars to earn a trade, with existing law restricting begging to certain days already in place.
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Saltille
Mexico
Demurrage Negotiations Seen for New Haven Boston Line
New Haven Connecticut June 3 A high railroad authority says talks will open soon between New York New Haven and Hartford and Boston and Maine to nullify or readjust the per diem demurrage agreement with the American Railway Association The plan would raise the demurrage rate for detained foreign cars from 25 to 5 cents per day starting tomorrow This could lead to withdrawal from the association The demurrage charges and the New Haven system now total about seven thousand hours daily and would be doubled The Boston and Maine face a similar situation The issue affects foreign cars that must stop within the interior system territories and is complicated by Connecticut four day free demurrage which reaches into nearby New England states
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Conn
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Boston and Maine Corporation
American Railway Association
Boston and Maine
Connecticut
New England
Striking cigar makers face factory shutdown threat
Havana Jones reports striking cigar makers rejected the trust's wage increase offer. Factories may close and workers could be discharged in thirty days. Corp. Green of the Eleventh Infantry survived a wounding by a policeman at Holguin as army officers condemn police use of revolver amid a drunken disturbance. The Cuban police are blamed for quick shooting in early trouble.
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Jones
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Green
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Holguin
Santiago
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Bandago
Tacoma
Commissions In Control Form To Meet And Organize
Albany N Y June new State public service commissions will assume, formality, the duties of their office to-morrow, when they will meet and organize. The first district greater New York commission will meet in New York City, the second up-State commission in Albany. The public service commissions law, which went into effect at midnight, abolishes the State board of railroad commissioners, the State commission of gas and electricity, the State inspector of gas meters, and the New York City board of rapid transit railroad commissioners. Titles performed by these boards and additional sweeping measures have been transferred to the new commissions, each consisting of five members.
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Public Service
Greater
New York Commission
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State Commission of Gas and Electricity
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New York City Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners
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Fiva
Hughes Gains Ground In Indiana for National Nomination
A dispatch from Indianola, Iowa, dated June 3, says Hughes’s support in Indiana is growing and may sway conservatives toward him. National Chairman Harry New is believed to back Hughes as a more available candidate than Fairbanks or Taft, while New’s friends deny active involvement. An effort is also reported to replace Congressman Watson with a rival candidate for governor, creating a direct split with the Fairbanks machine.
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Washington
New York
Dlepatch
Indianandlla
Hughes
Fairbanks
Gay Hughes
Iindiana Republicana
Harry New
Parrbanks
Fairbarths
Taft
New
Watson
No Voters At Election In Beslers France
The commission to succeed municipal officers, who resigned after rioting from the wine growers demonstration on May 19, also resigned. The government ordered elections, booths were set, but both candidates and veterans boycotted and the booths were removed after six hours.
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Beslers
France
Vetera
Germany seeks entente with United States through diplomacy
Berlin by Daily Mail correspondent says Germany aims to ease political isolation by courting American goodwill. Report notes high officials and figures such as Towar Carnegie and Prof Burgess at Bonn University as focal points in urging a German American alliance, with Kaiser's attention drawn to Americana.
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Washington Post
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Berlin
Daily Mail
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United States
Americana
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Kiel
Burgess
Bonn University
Prince August Wilhelm
Old Battle Ships Out Atlantic Fleet Stronger
The Indiana and Town fleet units retire from the Atlantic Fleet at midnight, replaced by four new battleships Vermont Kansas Iowa may rejoin later. The repositioning strengthens the fleet to include Connecticut Missouri Georgia and New Jersey among others with divisions potentially expanding to include Nebraska Mississippi Idaho Wisconsin.
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Thomas
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Davia
Ilinois
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Ohio
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Ver- Sint
Kansas
Minnesota
Cupolas for conductors on Mexican Central trains
The Mexican Central Railroad plans to add cupolas to all baggage cars on passenger trains between terminals. General Manager Hudson orders the change to let conductors monitor the train while in motion without leaning out of windows or standing on the platform. the cars will resemble regular freight cabooses.
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Saltido
Mexico
Mexican Central Railroad
Hudson
Weather conditions and war news from Washington
The record notes June as the coolest in seventy years with cool spells in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic, near 100 degree highs elsewhere, and unsettled showery trends. Mexican forces reportedly capture a spy, with a Guatemalan frontier case prompting war talk and safety fears in Ocos and Champerjee. Desolation and fear described in Diario reports from Guatemala fronts as soldiers march and civilians endure abuse. Local weather data for Washington and surrounding regions included.
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Washington
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Lake Region
United States
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Wold Jones
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Mortis
Mischseloot Valley
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Lia Ohio Valley
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New York
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Laks
Missiasippi Valley
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Mexico
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Guatemala
South Atlantic
Seasion Plana
Reg Giutuerly
West Gulf
Ezequel
Vari Saenz
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Saenzwenthar
Grand Banks
el Diario
Patroh
Runaway Elevator Tale From New York City
A visitor recalls a terrifying runaway elevator episode in a fourteen story New York building. The car plunged from top to bottom with four passengers, none speaking, until a safety device saved them. The frightened elevator conductor nearly collapsed and had to be helped away.
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New York
B. H. Lewis
Maxwell
Caine
Washington
Pheta
Harpers Ferry
Inauguration Service At National Cathedral Draws Thousands
Thousands attended an outdoor patriotic evensong at the National Cathedral site near Mount Saint Alban for Independence Day. Rev Dr Randolph McKim led with a sermon linking church history to national progress, as Marine Band provided prelude music and clergy processed to the Mount Sinai cross. The service was described as beautiful, with an annual open patriotic gathering announced by St Alban’s rector for the Sunday before Independence Day.
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Peter and Paul
Mount St Alban's
Randolph McKimnes
Marine Band
C_C Pierce
J H Dicknelt
Uraiea
St Alban's Church
Muatoiana
Mount Sinai
McKim
St Alban's
George Bratenahl
Hungry Thief Defense in The Washington Post Story
A young man arrested Saturday afternoon on Sixth Avenue for theft stood trial in Jefferson Market Court. Accused of taking a copy of The Cherokee heritage, he offered no defense. The 3000 value book was worth 33. The suspect, claiming to be a Princeton man named John Simple, said hunger drove the act and that he planned to sell the book to buy food. He denied knowledge of others involved.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Jefferson Market Court
Princeton
Polis
John Simple
Fia
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