Hague Subject Unwelcome Says Powers Avoid Discussing Aliens
The Argentine proposal for a permanent Hague conference to fix rights of persons domiciled abroad will sharpen debate at the next Hague meeting. It could clash with calls to permanency and periodic gatherings, as great powers resist binding themselves to continuous discussions of delicate international questions. The article notes U.S. citizen issues abroad, the passport act, and State Department views on assigning foreign residents to their adopted countries while preserving protection for Americans engaged in foreign business.
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Congress of Nations
Buenos Aires
State Department
Moat
Washington
The
Hague
South
Central America
Europe
Western Hemisphere
Congress
United States
South America
America
Wild Night Automobile Race Ends in Crash in Greenwich
Two New York youths, John Johnson and Samuel Graham, members of the Belle Haven summer colony, were arrested for speed law violations after a high speed race on the Boston Post Road. Their collision with a cab hurt the horse driver and two women, demolishing the cab and wrecking Johnson’s auto. The horse was shot to end its suffering.
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Washington Post
Greenwich
Conn
John Johnson
Samuel F. Graham
New York
Belle Haven
Connecticut
Boston Post Road
Field Point Road
Graham
Johnson
William Turner
Makes Family Help Horse in Fresno Cruelty Case
The Humane Society hunts for Jackson a Fresno area farmer accused of extreme cruelty to his wife and twelve year old daughter forcing them to pull a wagon with an emaciated horse. Thomas Morgan witnessed Jackson tying the women to the animal and using straps to force them to walk beside it. When Morgan intervened Jackson ordered him to mind his own business. An officer has been dispatched to locate the alleged abuser.
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Washington
Fresno
Cal
The
Humane Society
Jackson
Thomas Morgan
Morgan
Seek to Stop Art Fraud In New York Customs Action
New York authorities move to curb art fraud after reports of overpriced paintings and fake works. Investigations focus on importers and a female consignor linked to a $50,000 painting said to originate from London or Paris. Inspectors will restrict viewings as they pursue fraudulent sales in foreign paintings.
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Washington Post
New York
Treasury Department
Edward 8. Fowler
London
Paris
Hecht
Fine Arts
Col. Fowler
Americans in Auto Crash in Paris Injures Mrs Steindler
Mrs Edward Steindler of New York seriously injured when a racing car at thirty miles an hour struck the first American car in Bois de Boulogne on route to Versailles. Mr Steindler slightly hurt and a courier injured slightly. two companions uninjured. Steindler to prosecute racer Dooley.
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Edward Steindler
New York
France
Washington Post
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
Versailles
Steindler
Pra Catalan
Broadway
Westth Street
Hotel Elysee
Wreck on Southern Pacific in Texas Kills and Injures Many
A eastbound train No. 8 derailed near Dozier two miles west of San Antonio after traveling at thirty five miles per hour. One killed, many injured, some fatally. Victims include W B Jacks of Sanderson and Mrs Emma Aldrich of Big Springs. the chair car carried most victims. Cause under dispute between wreckers or defective steel. aid delayed until dawn.
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San Antonio
Tex
Dozier
Southern Pacific
W. B. Jacks
Sanderson
Emma Aldrich
Big Springs
Neltie Aldrich
Chester Aldrich
May Dis
Sarah Rector
Yoakum
F. H. Ball
el Paso
Tez
Ball
C. A. Lewis
Maud Lewis
D. A. T. Wallon
Alpine
Charles C. Conley
United States
Jose Castano
Seventeenth Street
New York
Robert Ross
Corpus Christi
N. E. Carter
F. Gates
Pittsburg
John J. Mobler
Washington
S. H. Sherod
Sarah Haukeman
Fifth Birmingham hold up victim dies in hospital
James F P Mosley a farmer was found unconscious in the Birmingham suburbs with a broken neck from a behind attack. Police say highwaymen nicknamed the gum shoes are terrorizing outlying districts in a robbery spree with five victims, two of whom died.
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Birmingham
Washington Post
Ala
James FP. Mosley
Mosley
Crison
Diad
Balloonist Dies After 700 Foot Fall in Rome Review
During a royal troop review in Rome a military balloon rose to height stated as seven feet in error during a maneuver. A storm struck the bag causing a lightning flash and massive explosion that sent the balloon car crashing to land a mile away. Capt. Vilivelli survived briefly, died at a hospital, as King Victor Emmanuel and officials visited the scene and hospital.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Selena
Vilivelli
Burgess Fines Brother in Pittsburg Disorderly Conduct
Pittsburg Pa June 2 Burgess Patrick J Kelley of Glassport borough fined his brother Peter Kelley fifty dollars and costs plus a ninety day jail term after testimony showed Peter, once Glassport police chief, created a rampage at the lockup and nearly demolished the jail.
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Pittsburg
Washington Post
Burgess Patrick J. Kelley
Glagssport
Peter Kelley
Glassport
Peter
Ama Ore
Peter the Limit
Peter Pal Py
Thorp May Succeed Corey's Post at United States Steel
G G Thorp of Chicago, superintendent at Gary Ind for U S Steel, is named as a possible successor to W Ellis Corey. Backing includes W P Snyder, whose own bid for the presidency surfaced in a broad steel deal. Thorp's rise began with a Clarion plant success, then Illinois Steel, then Gary.
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Gary
Pittsburg
G. G. Thorp
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Ind
W. Ellis Corey
Thorp
W. P. Snyder
Steel Corporation
Snyder
Clarion
Crucible Steel Company
The
Iihnois Steel Company
Titian Painting Found in St Louis Claim Believed Master Work
Howard Sells of St Louis claims to have identified a painting bought for under 100 dollars as Titian's St Jerome from about 1531. He traces the work through a 1900 donation in Honduras and a 1629 disappearance, citing a San Geronimo link and a letter from Julius Ady supporting the attribution.
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St. Jerome
St. Louis
Howard Sells
St.Jerome
Titian
Sells
al ‘Lison K. Stewart
Honduras
Stewart
Frederigo Gonzaga I
Mantua
Charles I
England
Cortes
Gonzaga
San Geronimo
Julius Ady
Senator Burkett Threatens Clean Out Hoodlums
In Central City Nebraska during a June commencement address US Senator Elmer J. Burkett scolded a gallery full of boys eating peanuts. He warned he would summon men to purge the gallery or do it himself, sparking sharp local criticism for an apparent temper outburst. A special report from Omaha notes the incident drew public rebuke.
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Omaha
Nebr
Central City
United States
Elmer J. Burkett
Taft and Garfield to visit Oklahoma in August
Secretary of War Taft and Secretary of the Interior Garfield promised to visit Oklahoma in August. Taft plans a speech under the Republican banner, while Garfield will deliver two nonpolitical talks at Muskogee and Oklahoma City outlining future Indian citizenship policy. Garfield also pledged several speeches in the Republican state campaign.
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Guthrie
Okla
Taft
Interior
Garfield
Oklahoma
Gov
Frantz
Washington
Republican Party
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
Priest Falls In Street In New York
The Rev. Henry Van Renesalaer, a Jesuit and assistant rector at St Francis Xavier's Catholic Church, was taken to New York Hospital after collapsing unconscious on Broadway near Fourteenth Street. He had just celebrated a Corpus Christi mass at St. Francis Xavier's before heading uptown for a Knights of Columbus service.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry van Renesalaer
St. Francis” Xavier's Catholic Church
New York Hospital
Broadway
Mags
St. Francis Xavier's
Operator halts wreck by derailing freight near Kalamazoo
Edward Egan, tower operator at the crossing of the Michigan Central and Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroads near Kalamazoo Michigan, diverted a runaway freight train into a ditch to avert a collision with a Grand Rapids and Indiana passenger train. Four freight cars derailed but no one was injured.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Edward Egan
Michigan Central
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Towerman Egan
Iridiana
French Seamen Strike Halts Vessels as Officers Refuse to Sail
Paris June 2 The nationwide seamen strike continues with officers and crew deserting ships, while bluejackets lent to owners fail to restore sailings. Vessels from Marseilles and Havre face refusals to navigate, with authorities delaying acceptance of captains papers. Port cities report ships unable to sail, with unions instructing no compromise and police restoring order after actions against sailings.
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Paris
France
Marseilles
Hamburg-American Line
Havre
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Nantes
Isly
Weston Plans Long Walk From Portland to Chicago
Special report notes Edward Pay son Weston at nearly sixty nine claiming vigor to walk from Portland Maine to Chicago in less time than he did forty years ago. He previously covered 100 miles from New York to Philadelphia in under 24 hours to prove his fitness.
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Washington Post
New York
Edward Payson Weston
Portland
Chicago
Weston
Philadelphia
Fifth Avenue
Four Lost in Sound Sufferings Ends in Survivor Return
Howard Ruth of Brooklyn survived a disaster off Norwalk when the 23 foot Belle overturned in heavy seas. He clung to the craft by rope as four companions, Jacob Auth Otto Pfleger August Jaeger and George Glasser, were swept away or drowned. Ruth, hospitalized in New Haven, gave a vivid account of the perilous crossing from Brooklyn to New Haven and back via Bridgeport before rescue.
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Long Island Sound
New Haven
Conn
Howard Ruth
Brooklyn
Wyoming
Belle
Norwalk
Auth
New Haven Hospital
Edward Auth
Rose Street
Jacob Auth
Safety Signal Company
Liberty Street
August Jaeger
Otto Pfleger
George Glasser
Ruth
Jaeger
McGoodrich
Orth
Bridgeport
Navy sponsors organize ship christeners group
Miss Mary Campbell of Birmingham and Lorena Pinnock of Salem are leading a new naval sponsors society for women who christened U S Navy ships. Campbell seeks Congressman Underwood to gather names of all sponsors and establish the organization. The group will include sponsors of ships such as Washington Montana Colorado California Nevada Florida Kearsarge West Virginia Georgia Maryland Virginia and older vessels.
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Washington Post
Boston
Masa
Mary Campbell
Birmingham
Ala
Lorena Pinnock
Salem
United States Navy
Campbell
Underwood
Washington
Montana
Colorado
California
Nevada
Florida
Kearsarge
West Virginia
Georgia
Maryland
Virginia
Navy
Judge Townsend Dead in New Haven Shocking Loss to Circuit
Judge William Kneeland Townsend of the Second Circuit United States Court died at his New Haven home from consumption. He had continued to perform court duties during winter but suffered a violent hemorrhage two weeks earlier during a visit by Elihu Root at Yale.
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Connecticut
Washington Post
New Haven
Conn
William Kneeland Townsend
Second District
United States Circuit Court
Townsend
Elihu Root
Yale
Large fly-whe el explosion at Tarentum power plant kills engineer
Pittsburg June 2 a bursting flywheel at Creighton Power Plant Tarentum Pa instantly killed Frank M Geiger engineer of New Kensington seriously injured Calvert Hazlett his assistant and hurt several other employees The building wrecked and Allegheny County streetcar service to Tarentum suspended twelve hours until repair officials said the accident caused extensive damage and power loss
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Pittsburg
Creighton
Tarentum
Frank M. Geiger
New Kertsington
Falls Power for Towns in Ontario Government Contract
The Ontario government closes a contract with Niagara Generating Company to supply Western Ontario towns with 25,000 horsepower at 10.40 per horsepower per year. Transmission lines will be erected across the province, signaling a broader push for government control of Niagara power. Adam Beck and municipal ownership advocates back the plan to curb commercialism and keep power cheap, aiming for eventual government control of falls production.
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Niagara Generating Company
Toronto
Ontario
Niagara Falls
Adam Beck
M. P
Niagara Power
Ends of the World Predicted By York Prophet
York Pa June 2 Lee L Spangler known as the Last of the Prophets warns of doom in nineteen months claiming no seasons will remain and sunspots will darken the sun by late 1908. He predicts earthquakes hitting major cities and great wrecks and distress before the end.
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Washington Post
York
Lee L. Spangler
Spangler
Ingalls May Seek Senate Endorsement in Ohio
Cleveland leaders expect M B E Ingalls of Cincinnati to gain endorsement at the Democratic State convention for the U S Senate with Northern Ohio backing seen as crucial. Mayor Edward J Dempsey of Cincinnati also discussed as a potential candidate amid county support questions.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
M. BE. Ingalls
Cincinnati
United States Senate
Ingalls
Johnson
Cuyahoga
Dempsey
Bryan
Roosevelt
United States
Ohio Banker Drowns as Flood Swallows Creek Bridge
Franklin Ohio June 2 Fred Moory vice president of the Franklin National Bank and city councilman drowned this afternoon in a swollen creek. His wife was rescued but in critical condition. High water had washed out the bridge and they tried to ford the stream.
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Franklin
Ohio
Fred Moory
Franklin National Bank
MORGAN SEES AREZZO ART ON ITINERARY IN ITALY
J Pierpont Morgan arrived in Arenzo Italy from Perguia and visited churches and antiquities before leaving for Florence. Alfred Lee Tyler founder of Anniston Alabama and noted Southern capitalist died at the Waldorf in New York at age seventy three from Brights disease. He leaves a widow and two daughters. The notices mention banking and savings accounts with Union Trust Co. services.
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Florence
Arenzo
Italy
New York
Alfred Lee Tyler
Anniston
Ala
South
Waldorf Tonight
Bright
Col. Tyler
Norwich
Conn
Daniel ‘Pyler
Jonathan Edwards
Prominent Kansas Attorney Falls to Death After Mystery of Poisons
Lucien H. Perkins, 51, secretary of the State board of bar examiners in Lawrence Kansas, died after falling from a roof. Investigators note financial pressures, recent lavish entertainments, and inquiries into deadly poisons as Perkins sought information for a forthcoming bar examination. He left a wife and three children.
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Lucien H. Perkins
State Board of Bar Examiners
Washington
Lawrence
Kans
Ufe
Coutier
Perkins
Medical Department
University of Michigan
Perfins
Massachusetts Mutual
New York Mutual
Clark
Topeka
Battle Over Strip of Land in Cedarhurst LI
A dispute over a land strip north of Cedarhurst station led to an organized attack by about 150 Long Island Railroad workers. Vandewater says his barn was lifted and deputies forced back as he claims ownership based on an oral understanding that the land would revert if the railway ceased use.
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Washington Post
Cedarhurst
L. I
James H. P. Vandewater
Long Island Railroad
Vandewater
Long Island
Far Rockaway
Jamaica Junction
Springfield
Denars
Trailroad
University Jubilee Ends in Baltimore with Baccalaureate Sermon
Baltimore marks the 100th anniversary of the University of Maryland with a baccalaureate sermon by Bishop Luther L. Wilson of Chattanooga. A formal procession gathered university representatives, visitors, regents, faculty, and alumni in caps and gowns at Mount Vernon Place M E Church. Japanese cruisers Tsukuba and Chitose arrived at Sheerness for a two week stay with planned entertainments for officers and crew.
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Baltimore
University of Maryland
Mount Vernon Place
M. KE
Luther 8. Wilson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles Street
Sheerness
London
Cruzeera Tsukuba
Chitose
Sheerynesa
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