Coronation A Lesson Denies Stories Of Snobbery
London june 4 John Hays Hammond special ambassador to represent the United States at the coronation arrives with family. Frederick Townsend Martin says Americans face no snobbery and that spectatorship may boost patriotism. London preparations in progress with stands over streets and crowds, Taft’s brother to sit in Westminster Abbey, and U S officers entertained at social events around the city.
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Hammond
London
C. P. Taft
Westminster Abbey
U. S. Army
John Hays Hammond
United States
George
Frederick Townsend Martin
Martin
Ascot
King Civil
Paris
Mr. Hammond
Died notices from June 1911 desk issue
Multiple obituaries listed including Eckert English Emmerson Greenwell Hudon Lee Murphy Willson and others. Details cover dates June 2 4 5 6 1911 with last addresses Mount Vernon Arlington Arlington Cemetery and Congressional Cemetery. Funeral times from June 4th to June 8th and interment locations noted for several individuals.
King and Queen Visit 700 in London Zoo
King Edward and Queen Mary toured the London zoological gardens with their children, inspecting 90 new animals gifted by the Union of South Africa. The royals spent two hours viewing and feeding the exhibits, while the king plans to visit Aldershot with troops later in the week. Chinese cruiser Hai Chi and delegates arrived at Plymouth for the coronation festivities.
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London
Zoological Gardens
Union of South Africa
Aldershot
Hai Chi
China
Jong and
Ching
Plymouth
A J Drexel Buys Yacht for Coronation Review
A. J. Drexel has purchased the 591 ton steam yacht Goizekorzarra from Senor Ramon de la Sota. He is fitting her at Southampton to entertain friends aboard during the coronation naval review.
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Southampton
Washington Post
London
A. J. Drexel
Goizekorzarra
Senor
Don Ramon de la Sota
Battleship Delaware Sails to Rio Review
The battleship Delaware sails to represent the United States at the coronation naval review at Spithead. She will be the most powerful fighting ship at the event and will greet several incoming liners.
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Delaware
Washington Post New York
United States Navy
Coconation Naval View
Spithead
Fail to float yacht off Jutias Key after coal lightering
The steam yacht Virginia with F C Benedict and party remains stuck on Jutias Key. Merritt-Chapman tugs assisted after bunkers were emptied but the vessel has not moved. No injuries reported. hope lightening will enable afloat.
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Benedict
Virginia
Navana
F. C. Benedict
Jutias Key
Merritt-Chapman
Coral
Girl Escapes From House of Good Shepherd
Annie Braddock a 17 year old inmate at the House of the Good Shepherd escaped by scaling a high wall while other inmates played. Police searched the city but found no trace, suspecting outside help as an automobile may have waited to whisk her away. She did not return home and lacked funds, leading to fears she may be aided by unknown contacts.
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Annie Braddock
Georgia Avenue
House of the Good Shepherd
William H. de Lacy
Bener
Buries Parishioners Pies in Secret Garden Graveyard
In Tidioute Pennsylvania the athletic Rev. Murray Wrexler of Union Reformed Church buried parishioners pies and cakes in a garden pit for two years. His housekeeper Mrs. Dolan and sexton helped by digging a hidden pie graveyard each night until telephone workers uncovered the secret upon finding the buried treats. The minister faces trouble upon his return from Philadelphia.
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Sperial
Washington Co. Tidioute
Murray Wrexler
Union Reformed Church
Tidioute
Wrexler
Mr. Wrexler
Philadelphia
Samuel Goldheim Merchant Dies in Baltimore at 62
Samuel Goldheim a Baltimore and Washington merchant aged 62 died of heart disease after ten days illness at his home 2209 Brookfield avenue He was born in Trenton New Jersey and moved to the city over 40 years ago He belonged to King David Lodge A F and A M Royal Arcanum and the Loyal Association He is survived by wife Elizabeth and three sons Ralph Leonard and Isidor Goldheim Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm with Masonic Lodge conduct and Cheb Shalom Cemetery interment
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Eckert
Fourth Street
Ueinhardt
Elizabeth Eckert
English
Fred Reperth
Sixth Street
Minnie English
Heperth
Watter
Emeerson
Mount Vernon
X.Y. Jcditeh
Helen
J RB
Kate Paunding Emerson
Rich Avenue
Well
Ap Om
Columbus D
Serena M. Greenwell
Paris
France
Frederick
Keep
Lee
George T
Louise Herre Lee
Arlington
Willam
Northeas
Fim
Woodmen of the World
Arlington Cemetery
Willson
Kaldi Road
Mary
Teutledse Wilson
Baltimore County
R16
Washington Post
Baltimore
Samuel Goldheim
Washington
Brookfield Avenue
Goldheim
Trenton
N. J
King David Lodge
A. F. and
A. M
Royal Arcanum
Loyal Association
Elizabeth Goldheim
Ralph
Leonard
Isidor Goldheim
Masonic Lodge
Cheb Shalom Cemetery
Suffrage Flag Aboard Peak Climber Miss Peck
New York June 4 The Joan of Arc Suffrage League says Miss Anna Peck carried a Joan of Arc Suffrage League flag on her departure aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm. They claim she will plant the flag at the top of Peru’s highest peak, waving it during the voyage home.
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Washington Son
New York
Anna Peck
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Joan of Arc Suffrage League
Miss Peck
Peru
League
Miss Peak
Bay
Rockefeller Attends Church in Tarrytown First Time This Year
Special to The Washington Post John D Rockefeller visited the First Baptist Church in Tarrytown New York on June 4 for the first time this year. He appeared well and greeted the congregation after services. He noted he was glad to be back and wore a straw hat unlike his usual habit.
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Washington Post
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
First Baptist Church
Rockefeller
Mrs Marquand Tilon Steamer Arrives Ill at Sea
Mrs Marquand wife of Princeton art professor was sick during the voyage. On arrival the Cedric she was carried from the steamship to a train and then a carriage at Huston station for transfer to hospital.
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Marquand Tilon
Washington Post
London
Marquand
Princeton
Cedric
Huston Station
Derelict aeroplane search fails at sea near Toulon
The torpedo boat destroyer Portuisane was sent from Toulon to locate a derelict aircraft reported about 50 miles offshore. It returned today reporting the search fruitless with no wreckage found.
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Toulon
France
Portuisane
Woman chides highwayman on Virginia coast drive
In Norfolk on a Friday night Mr. and Mrs. Crell Billups of Norfolk and Mrs. William Smith of Baltimore were menaced twice by highwaymen while en route to Virginia Beach. The first shooter aimed a revolver but fled when both drivers carried firearms. Near Oceana the second assailant used insults which provoked Mrs. Billups to confront him. the chauffeur knocked away the weapon, and the group escaped despite a shot fired.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Crell Billups
William Smith
Baltimore
Billups
Oceana
College Out $90 000 Woman Held Key to Funds
Minneapolis report says University of Minnesota cashier Joseph Bren admitted placing university funds in a private deposit box. Mrs. Maude Eddington held a key and promised Bren’s wife to cease meeting. authorities see access to thousands in funds as a strong defense for Bren and Eddington amid a growing shortage.
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Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
University
Joseph D. Bren
Maude Eddington
Third Avenue South
George B. Vincent
Bren
Trever Arnett
University of Chicago
Northwestern National
Swindle on Training Ship at St Helena Station
Norfolk investigation leads to arrest of two petty officers on the training ship Frankun. They allegedly asked seventeen rookies for $5 each with a promise of selection for sea duty. One officer demoted. another held for general court martial as recruits paid to join the first draft.
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Norfolk
Reynolds
St. Helena
Frankun
Sill
Chicago and Northwestern opens vast new passenger station
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad opened its new passenger station in Chicago today. The terminal, covering 26 acres and costing 23 760 000 dollars, replaces the old Wells street station and is the second largest terminal in the world used by a single railroad. About 11 560 000 dollars were spent on real estate.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Wells Street
Record Sunday Swim at Saga Beach Sets Season Pace
Supt Hudson reports a record three hour session at Saga Beach with over 900 men and boys in pools. Many small boys face bans from registering and thus from bathing, prompting warnings that unregistered youths may seek the river with drowning risk. Bathing hours are posted with a schedule adjusting after June 24 to include morning sessions for boys.
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Hudson
Saga Beach
William B. Hudson
Hudgon
Rive
River
Dr. Hudson
Charlie Hudson
Potomac
Highway Bridge
Bay
Baccalaureate at Cathedral School for Boys Presided by Bishop Harding
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Harding presided at the Cathedral School for Boys baccalaureate on the grounds before 1000 guests. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Charles C. Pierce of St Matthew's Philadelphia. Commencement follows Wednesday at noon with six diplomas awarded to Bruce Lamond Augustine Todd Myron Garber King Stone Herbert Schoenfeld and De Koyen Williams of Omaha.
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Bishop Harding
Cathedral School For
St. Albans
Bratenehl
St. Alban’s
Charles C. Pierce
St. Matthew’s Church
Philadelphia
Bratenahl
T. Warner
J. McBride Sterrett
J. B.’ Craighill
St. Alban's
George 5. Dudley
A. M
St. Stephen's
J. Henning Nelms
Ascension
A. H. Marsh
E. L. Gregg
Bruce Lamond
Augustine Todd
Myron J. Garber
King Stone
Herbert Schoenfeld
de Koyen Williams
Omaha
Nebr
Forgetful 6 year old girl aided home by police
Mrs. Margaret Stewart, six years old and visiting 409 Tenth Street Northwest, wandered Washington streets after forgetting her address. She was directed to the Crittenton Home by a stranger and later returned home with police assistance. In Indiana she resides. Stockholm report notes warships open to visitors with Rear Admiral Badger and Charles H. Graves visiting.
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Margaret Stewart
Tenth Street
Washington
Crittenton
Police Department
Stewart
Indiana
Stockholm
Badger
Charles H. Graves
Navy Yard
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Arrived ships include New York Celtic from Liverpool Nieuw Amsterdam from Rotterdam California from Glasgow Queenstown Cedric from New York to Liverpool. Departures list Queenstown Mauretania for New York Arabic for New York Southampton Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm for New York.
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New York
Celtic
Liverpool
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
California
Glasgow
Queenstown
Cedric
Southampton
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
May Building Permits Decline From April In District
Building permits for May show a drop from April with a near half million decrease in total building operations in the District. Officials note slowing pace after a rapid early year surge, listing May permits by type including repairs and various structures, totaling hundreds of thousands in value.
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Hacker
la Hacksmith
Dynamite Spy Confession Disputed by Police Records
Police in Chicago and Cincinnati challenge John Delaney’s confession that he spied for John J. McNamara of the Iron Workers union and marked sites for dynamite. Records show no explosions in 1907 Chicago or Vine Street in Cincinnati, contradicting his claims of planned city-wide destruction.
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Muskogee
Okla
John Delaney
John J. McNamara
International Association of Structural Iron Workers
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ohio
Vine Street
Delaney
Packers Seek New Hearing In Antitrust Indictments
Chicago June 4. J Ogden Armour and other meat packers charged with conspiracy in restraint of trade file written arguments in US district court seeking rehearing on a motion to quash. They argue recent oil and tobacco rulings render Sherman act too indefinite for criminal enforcement and make the meat indictments insufficient. Handel Messiah sung by Metropolitan M E Choir under Arthur Clyde Leonard. Notables included Gretchen Wood Marian Larner Leroy A Gilder and James S Hicks.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
United States District Court
Federal Supreme Court
Handel
Messiah
M. E. Shareh
Arthur Clyde Leonard
Gretchen Wood
Marian Larner
Leroy A. Gilder
James S. Hicks
Misunderstanding Threatens District Contagious Disease Dept
Congress misinterpretation left the District health office unable to pay its contagious disease department staff. Health Officer Woodward says a fund of 32500 was restricted to 10 dollars for salaries, and with the amount exhausted the group may be disbanded if not corrected by June 9. Commissioner Rudolph confirms the limitation and the risk facing the unit.
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Congress
District Health Office
Department of Contagious Diseases
Woodward
Department
Rudolph
Health Office
Auto crashes kill two in separate accidents
In Worcester Massachusetts Miss Katherine Ryan and her sister Miss Margaret Ryan died and four others were injured when a touring car struck a telephones pole. In Austin Pennsylvania Mrs Jacob Swanson was killed and four children aged from 1 to 12 were seriously hurt when an automobile driven by her husband hit an iron girder on a bridge with Swanson escaping with minor injuries and a passenger Carl Freeland seriously hurt.
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Worcester
Mass
Katherine Ryan
Margaret Ryan
Austin
Jacob Swanson
Swanson
Carl Freeland
Health Office Records Noted Local Deaths and Ages
A list from Health Office records details names and ages including Joseph M. Carpenter 63 Leonhardt Eckert 79 Charles Hudson 10 Edward W. Collamore Jr. years Mary E. Willson 73 Stephen Alcorn 23 days Infant of Lewis B and Florence M Cook 1 hour Mary Ford Tubeculosia Hospital 23 Lucille Pattison 17 Louis Seigle 43 Leroy Jackson 11 Maria Parker Home for Aged and Infirm 61 Charles Brown 32 years and other fragments.
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Joseph M. Carpenter
Leonhardt Eckert
4Th St. mWw
Charles Hudson
15Th St. Nw
Edward W. Collamore, Jr
Newton St. Ne
Mary E. Willson
Kalorama Road Nw
Stephen ¥. Alcorn
11Th St. Se
Lewis B
Florence M. Cook
St. Se
Mary Ford
Tubeculosia Hospital
Lucille S. Pattison
16Th St. Se
Louis L Seigle
Snow Court Nn
Leroy Jackson
Maria Parker
Home For
Charles Brown
Green Court Nw
Stage Coach Runaway Kills Leisenring at Yosemite
Tourists aboard four mountain coaches in Yosemite Valley were fleeing a steep grade when front horses spooked. The driver steered into the car wall as brakes failed, tipping the carriage. Reuben B. Leisenring of Allentown was killed instantly. three Boston and New York passengers were seriously injured and seven others slightly hurt. Leisenring, 70, a leading Allentown businessman, was among the victims.
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Yosemite
Cal
Yosemite Valley
R. S. Lisearing
Allentown
Martha Webber
Boston
Diesenderfer
A. Jaeckel
New York
Wawona
Camp Ahwamee
Awana
Lisenring
Reuben
Leisenring
Leisenring & Walker
Cholera Rumor in Italy Prompt Official Health Note
Rome June 4 authorities issued an official statement denying cholera outbreak in Italy. They report health conditions throughout the country as excellent despite rumors of the disease in a particular area.
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Rome
Italy
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Joan of Arc League
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