New German Chemical Gun Appears For Police Use
The New York Tribune reports a pistol like device that fires a chemical cartridge producing a blinding choking vapor rather than a bullet. The weapon holds five cartridges and is intended for police and security work to capture criminals without fatal force, though effectiveness against armed suspects remains debated.
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New York Tribune
William 2 Flynn
United States
Ycret
Nolder
Death of Daniel H Burnham in Heidelberg
Daniel H Burnham, architect of the 1893 Chicago world’s fair, died in Heidelberg and was cremated there. He suffered acute intestinal catarrh and diabetes for fifteen years. He had stayed at a hotel with his wife, daughter, and son-in-law. A Washington Architectural Club meeting will pass resolutions mourning his death. He is known for the Union Station project in Washington and was born in New York State, relocating to Chicago after childhood. He had traveled to Germany for health reasons, dying Saturday.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Daniel H Burnham
Chicago
Heidelberg Cemetery
Washington Architectural Club
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Mr Burnham
Washington
Inion Station
New York State
McKinley School Alumni Outing to Marshall Hall
McKinley Manual Training School Alumni Association plans its annual outing today at Marshall Hall. Members will enter athletic events, ride the river on the Macalester steamship at 10.30 a.m., and return for trips at 2.30 and 6.30 p.m.
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McKinley School
McKinley Manual Training School Alumni Association
Marshall Hall
Macalester
Simple graduation dress bans in Washington schools
Washington education leaders push plain white dresses for graduates, banning low necklines, short sleeves, false curls, and jewelry to spare poorer pupils embarrassment. Board members insist simplicity enhances beauty, study focus, and affordability, with support from Superintendent Davidson and President Oyster.
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Washington
Board of Education
Schoola Davidson
Publc
James F. Oyster
Mr. Oyste
Married Life The Third Year In The Urner Home
Helen anxiously faces her husband Warren as he plans a California business trip that could keep him away for an unknown length. Their quarrels escalate over separation, with Helen proposing to accompany him and Warren insisting he does not know how long the trip will last. Their tension centers on trust, independence, and a restless marriage.
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Mabel Herbert Urner
Warren
Helen
Jove
California
Buffalo
Bradford
San Francisco
Winofred
George
Taniter
Slaughter of Birds by Japanese Halted by U S Government
A long report details Japanese hunters decimating Laysan Island birds for plumage and cage trade. It covers 250000 albatross killed, nests, wings stored in a guano shed, and the U S proclamation establishing a Hawaiian Islands Reservation with wardens and revenue cutter patrols to protect the birds including albatrosses and red tailed tropic birds.
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Rene Barks
New York American
Mariner
Pacific Islands
United States
Lagaan Island
Japan
Thistle
Honolulu
Laysan Island
Hawaiian Islands
Lasan Island
Coleridge
Agaih
Huge Columbus Statue Unveiling At National Museum
Ten thousand tickets requested for the Columbus statue unveiling reception at the National Museum. Brig. Gen. RK. Evans to marshal the parade with a roster of Army and Naval aides including Capt. George V. Moseley and Lt. Commander Needham J. Jones among others.
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Columbus
Vistors
National Museum
Rudolph
Ticketa
RK. Evans
George V. H. Moseley
U. S. A. Army Aids
Berby W Herron
Market Hesitancy Grows As Election Sounds Caution
In New York trading, stock speculation remained subdued as the presidential campaign is seen as a factor limiting general business. Railroads continued to order equipment, signaling cautious buying due to high costs, crop damage reports, and ongoing trust investigations. Berlin eyes a month-end squeeze, with global credit strains adding to cautious bets in bonds and new issues.
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Wall Street
New York
Europe
London
Berlin
Iron Production Sees Labor Shortage and Strong May Output
New York June 2 Iron production faces labor shortages at blast furnaces coke ovens and mines with foreign workers drawn to Brazil. May output surpassed April as total May contracts for railroad equipment exceeded 2 million tons with US Steel booking about 1.45 million tons. Rail orders included 90 thousand tons of rails for the Minnesota Central 3 thousand cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad and 6 thousand tons of bridge work for the St Paul.
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New York
Brazil
United States Steel Corporation
Minnocis Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Paul
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Soch
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W. J. Flynn
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Ellen Spencer Munsey
Mre Massey
Henry Blair
William D. Hoover
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Sol
Biological Survey
State University of Town
Ther University
Iron Production Limited
Washington and Southern Bank
G Street
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Robert J. Wynne
C. Mullikin
Thos. P. Morgan
I. B. Dalrymple
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C. Muliikin
Robt
H. Chapman
Chas. M. Pepper
Alan P. Hume
H. Ridenour
Thos. J. Morgan, Jr
J. Wynne
Union Savings Bank
Trust
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District of Columbia
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Fifteenth Street
Mutual Life Tmruranca
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Southern
Wwe
Johnson Brothers
J. Maury Dove Company, Inc
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Gover
Selwin Tait
Washington Post
China
America
Sun Yat Sen
Sun
Harry Stoner
James Hopper
S. Wendell Mitchell
Mr. Hopper
van Suydam
Berton Braley
Frederic Dorr Steele
Hesketh Prichard
Percy E. Cowen
Donald Gardner
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