Senate Draws Battle Lines Over Canadian Reciprocity Bill
Long Senate debate opens as Penrose reports the bill without recommendation. Heyburn reveals a 7 to 7 committee vote to report adversely, while Williams Stone and Kern back a favorable stance. Curtis and McCumber prepare opposing speeches as the chamber weighs free list and wood pulp provisions.
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Heyburn
Williams
Stone
Kern
Senate
Penrose
Finance Committee
Messrs
McCumber
la Follette
Wilda
Curtis
Dixon
Committee On Finance
Bailey
Missouri
Wiliams
la Fotette
Auctioning an Eligible Bachelor at Immaculate Conception
Special to The Washington Fat Philadelphia reports the German parish Church of the Immaculate Conception plans a June 21 lawn fete to auction an eligible bachelor who will marry the winning woman chosen by a drawing. Tickets cost ten cents to ten dollars, with proceeds to pay church debt. The bachelor’s identity is kept secret but described as of sound mind and able to support a wife.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Letiea
Washington Board of Trade Debates Incorporation Fight
Washington Board of Trade debates charter options amid calls to advertise the city as "the residential city of the United States." Key figures include Chapin Brown and Conrad H. Syme, with a substitute motion to avoid incorporation gaining support. The meeting also considers by law changes and plans to publicize Washington’s image while addressing playground purchases and milk aid for infants.
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Washington
United States
Washington Board of Trader
Congress
Chapin Brown
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Sinclair
Brown
Conurad H. Syme
Jim
Board of Trade
Syme
Chamber
William FB. Shannon
Charles Lancaster
D. J. Callahan
Gallinger
Fourteenth Street
Columbia Road
Oyster
Board of Directors
George M. Oyster, Jr
Prisoner Claims Kipling Name After Public Intoxication Charge
A Bloomfield New Jersey court inmate asserts he is Kipling, saying his writings made him famous and that others stole his name. The exchange precedes a thirty day sentence while the case notes his attempt at reform amid a humorous if tangled dialogue. A separate Buenos Aires report notes a Belgian syndicate backing an Argentine loan of 370 million.
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Washington Post
New York
Bloomfield, N. J
Radyard Kipeling
Kipling
Buenos Vines
Minster of
Nance
Ind
Messrs Bracht and
de Bruyn
Tossue
Women Seek District Voting Rights Amend Bristow Bill
District Woman Suffrage Association demanded equal rights for women in Washington urging amendment of the Bristow bill to allow female voters. They sent resolutions to Senator Gallinger and pressed for district support, with leaders pledging campaign push and District women mobilization. Senator Bristow favored ballot for women but wary of hindering the bill. Gallinger undecided. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley supported the movement and offered to testify for District suffrage.
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Washington
District Woman Suffrage Association
Bristow
Jann A. Leavitt
Jacob H. Gallinger
Senate District Committee
District of Columbia
Senate
Congress
United States
Leavitt
Helen R. Tindall
House
Kansas
Gallinger
Suffrage Association
Harvey W. Wiley
Dr. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Stanton Suffrage Club
Bread Trust Approved Merger Plan Stirs NY Chicago Brief
A June 12 dispatch reports United States solicitor general Miederick Lehmann giving unqualified approval to bakery mergers in two cities. George No Meissner of McKinney Bread says three months ago Lehmann learned of a plan to merge and asked for details. Parties would surrender stock to a shielding company to avoid antitrust issues.
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Washington Post
New York
St. Loui
Miederick W. Lehmann
United States
George No Meissner
McKinney Bread Company
Meissner
Lehmann
Gcetmann
Ed enforcement chief leads wedge to rescue officer
Police Commissioner Waldo charged into a hostile mob at Monroe and Clinton streets to help rescue Policeman Cordenell who was escorting a prisoner. Backed by Madison Street station reserves, Waldo waded into the crowd with bare fists and dispersed bystanders. Morris Goodman, a driver, reported gunfire at the scene.
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Hissioner
Washington Post
Police Commission
Ado
Joliceman
Monroe
Clinton
Madison Street
Morris Goodman
Barrett
Goodman
Woman killed by third rail in New Jersey incident
In Atlantic City area a woman, Mary Eliza Hill, died after climbing a wire fence and touching the charged third rail of the West Jersey and Seashore line. Two other witnesses fainted as fire flashed through the rail. A separate death occurred later when Ambrose Retth of Philadelphia was killed attempting to cross a bridge at Tunber Creek.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
West Jersey
Pleasantville
Baume Road
Westville
Ambrose Retth
Philadelphia
Tunber Creek
Threat to Take Chihuahua by Federal Troops in 1911
In Chihuahua City Mexico four thousand federal troops under three generals patrol the streets to prevent Gen Orozcos victorious army from entering. Orozcos forces push north along the railroad, while insurgents boast of field strength. Federal authorities free political prisoners including fourteen Americans and two Germans.
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Chihuahua
Mex
Mexico
Orozco
Sauz
Mexico City
Madero
Casa Grandes
Warning of a stronger quake expected after June 7 disturbance
Seismographic observatory in Mexico City warns of a likely quake stronger than the June 7 event within 4 to 30 hours. Colima volcano renewed activity, crater walls collapsed, waters flooded lower crater, and the second crater shows signs of renewed activity. Observatories report deep earth disturbances beneath the Valley of Mexico and prepare warning posters.
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Washington Post
Mexico City
Seismographic Observatory
Aguilar Observatory
Colima
Mexico
Observatory
Leaps from Train to Save Drowning Boy in Susquehanna
Special to The Washington Board Wilkes-Barre Pa June 13 Special to The Washington Board Brakeman Fred Stoker of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western leaped from a moving train into swollen river water to rescue a one year old boy who had fallen in while bathing The rescue occurred as the train neared the boy with the current strong and after a brief struggle the child was revived and brought to shore by Stoker.
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Susquehanna
Wilkes-Harre
Fred Stoker
Stoker
Fire in drying room at Relle vue Hospital contained
A half hour blaze raged in the top floor drying room of Relle vue Hospital New York June 12. Nurses activated automatic muster machines in wards to calm patients as firefighters fought the fire. Prompt equipment confined the blaze to the drying room, saving hundreds of patients from panic.
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New York
Rellevue Hospital
Hosfital
Bandits Raid Novorossiysk Bank for Loot and Death
Ten armed masked men raided the Novorossiysk branch of the Russian Bank of Foreign Commerce at 1 o clock, killing a policeman and wounding three bank employees. They seized 40,000 rubles and fled toward the mountains as troops pursue the robbers.
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Washington Post
St. Petersburg
Novorossiysk
Russian Bank of Foreign Commerce
Castro Gets to Haiti as U S Officials Watch
Exiled Venezuelan leader Gen Cipriano Castro travels aboard the German-flagged Haitian cruiser Consul Gros tuck under the alias Jacoby. U S officials note renewed efforts by European powers to prevent any uprising against Gen Gomez, with Castro’s movements tracked from Port au Prince to Port de Paix and possible transshipment thwarted.
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Venezuela
Gen. Gomez
Hatian
Washington Post
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Cipriano Castro
Canary Islands
Gomez
Petrel
Port de Paix
Italan
Castro
Jacoby
Simon
Gen. Castro
Losa
Torres
United States
lPort Au Prince
State Department
Grestuck
Port-de- Paix
Furniss
Department of State
Martinique
King's Son Held as Thief in Unclear Case
Special fares to California and return offered with a tourist sleeping car and berth on the Washington Sunset Route. A. J. Poston and G. A. 5 Fst. 165 Lape wt. 4 ve.
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California
Washington-Sunset
A. J. Poston
G. A
Aero Falls In Fog In Paris To Turin Air Race
German aviator Frey started from Rome toward Turin in the Paris to Turin race but encountered dense fog and a storm. His craft crashed into a ravine, breaking both arms and one leg, with injuries and heavy bleeding. A Red Cross party found him buried under the wreck near Monte Cimone and transported him to Rondgnone hospital. His wife was en route to Florence and expected in Rome soon.
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Turin
Red Cross
Viterbo
Frey
Rome
San Martino
Monte Cimone
Rondgnone
Accident in German Air Race Near Magdeburg
Karl Mueller of Germany crashed during a landing in Magdeburg while competing in the international aviation race. He fell about 12 feet, sustained a brain concussion, and was taken to hospital where recovery was expected.
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Magdeburg
Germany
Karl Mueller
Pier Club Raider Ousted at Narragansett Pier
John G. Cross the Harvard man who raided a fashionable gambling club at Narragansett Pier last summer is no longer constable. The town council declined renewal as Cross lost the election where opponents prevailed. He had obtained constabulary powers last spring and during the raid corralled three society men and women, guarding the gambling paraphernalia for nine hours.
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Washington
South Kingston
John G. Cross
Harvard
Narragansett Pier
Cross
Lightning Strikes Ventnor Trolley Twice In Deadly Blaze
A Ventnor City trolley car was struck twice by lightning tonight igniting flames that burned the car to its trucks. Conductor Clarke Oslar was severely injured but expected to recover, while nine passengers, including three women, were bruised or shocked but escaped serious harm. Motorman Gibbs, unaware of the strike during the storm, halted the blazing car after passengers alerted him. Oslar was later found lying beside the tracks a block away.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
M. J
Ventnor City
Clarke Oslar
Gibbs
Oslar
Trade Pact Up to Senate Trade Board
Trade pact discussion moves to the Senate Trade Board as critics mount. other items include Castro reaching Haiti and an aviator saved by helmet.
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Senate
Trade Board
Castro
Haiti
J. Barton Miller
Taft
Brother
Woran
Sager
King
Roosevelt
Knox
House
Sylvester
News of Alexandria
T—Society
Greoquan
Portugal ready for war with royalist cross into frontier
Lisbon reports Capt. Couceiro preparing to cross the Portuguese frontier. Col Harreto orders Fifth and Sixth regiments to Cazadores and others to Braga Villa Real with Maxim guns, gunboats on rivers, troops recalled, and a decree convoking the constituent assembly on June 1. Barreto warns royalists will be annihilated if they enter.
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Lisbon
Couceiro
Harreto
Cazadores
Braga
Villa ‘ Real
Barreto
Constituent Assembly
Forged to Save Company in Muskegon
Frank G. Jones, once Muskegon Chamber of Commerce president and head of the American Electric Fuse Company, was arraigned in police court on forgery charges filed by Old National Bank. Held on $12,000 bond, he cites forgeries totaling about $720,000 aimed at stabilizing the firm, with receipts benefiting the company rather than himself.
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Grand Rapids
Hich
Frank G. Jones
American Electric Fuse Company of
Muskegon
Muskegon Chamber of Commerce
Old National Bank
Jones
American Electric Fuse Company
Workman Heir to Fortune in Probate Surprise
Burlington N J June 13 Joseph Miller a shoe factory worker was summoned from his bench and informed he is likely sole heir to more than 250000 left by Mme Monchezi a rich cousin who died intestate in New York. For weeks lawyers searched for relatives of the dead woman widow of an Italian artist and Miller's claim was secured by a letter from a New York friend William D T Davis the civil war artist who resides here.
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Washington Post
Burlington
N. J
Joseph Miller
Mme. Monchezi
New York
Miller
William D. T. Davis
Albany Chemical Works Explosion Kills Man Missing in Albany
An explosion in the distilling room at Albany Chemical Works on Van Rensselaer Island kills one man, leaves another missing, and badly injures six others. Fire follows the blast, destroying much of the plant and threatening nearby oil storage. Authorities fear multiple fatalities among the injured.
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Albany, N
Albany Chemical Works
van Rensjeeeer Island
Standard and Texas Oil Companies
Frank F. Adams
John Flannigan
Henry Quinn
Lambert G. Bleecker
Wilson Brierley
John J. Flannigan
Patrick J. Burns
William Sherry
Burns
Sherry
Shirtwaist tragedy linked to self harm by child
In Bringeport a young girl Mabel Ross, a Clinton Avenue School pupil, ran from home after a dispute over a shirtwaist. Her body was later found in Mall pond, death ruled as self inflicted by drowning after she resisted wearing the garment.
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Washington Post
Mabel Ross
Clinton Avenue
Mall Pond
Cmg Committee
Miller Convicted Again Faces New Trial in Embezzlement Case
John Barton Miller was found guilty on all three counts of embezzlement and destruction of records by a Georgetown building association while serving as secretary treasurer. Bail set at 15000, with motion for a new trial to be filed. Miller vows to appeal to the Supreme Court if needed.
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Canada
John Barton Miller
Georgetown
Miller
George W. Ray
Justice Wright
Sam Hawkins
The&an
John E. Laskey
United States District Attorney
Ray
Supreme Court of the United States
Donald Milter
Laskey
Jackson
The
Building Association
Donald Miller
Martha Krumke
Ater
Henry BE. Davis
Miler
Mies Krumke
Wright
Pena’é Miller
Miss Krumke
Bianford
Ap- Teais
Sophomore Captures Wilburn Scholarship in China
A Chinese student, Huang Sn, age 18, earning the Wilburn scholarship, stands as the standout recipient among contenders. The article notes international participation and signals a high prize for top achievement.
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Tshneran
Chimin
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