Looting of Italian War Ship Provokes Admiral Evans
Admiral Evans reports thefts aboard the Duke of the Abruzzi’s flagship during a reception at Hampton Roads. Personal items including a gold toilet set, brushes, and buttons vanished, with other ships suffering similar losses. He labels many culprits as American souvenir hunters and recalls prior incidents aboard ship imports in Boston and New York, urging tighter access controls for guests on war vessels.
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Admiral Evans
Metcalf
Norfolk
Ardmiral Evans
Iisted
Sike
Leo
Abougzl
Boston
Indiana
New York
America
Kiel
Germany
Varese
Hampton Roads
Duke of the Abruzzi Returns to Philadelphia for Reception
The Duke of the Abruzzi and his flagship crew arrive in Philadelphia for a reception. Americans are urged to resist souvenirs as the entourage tours the city and their uniforms are reviewed after repairs ordered in Washington. Admiral Evans will stay in Washington before mobilizing the Atlantic fleet in Hampton Roads around Georgia Day with about twenty ships.
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Varese
Abruzzi
Philadelphia
Washington
Admiral Evans
New York
Atlantic
Capes
Hampton Roads
Georgia
Roosevelt
Evans
Abruzzi Leaves Washington for Philadelphia and New York
The Duke of the Abruzzi departed Washington with aid-de-camp Capt. Ne grette as Italian Embassy staff and Postmaster General Merer bade him farewell in Philadelphia. He will travel to New York on the cruiser Varese, stay until June 7 at Hampton Roads, then cruise off North America’s coast for the summer before visiting Canada.
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Duke
Philadelphia
New York
Duke of the
Washington
Wederici Negrette
George von L. Merer
Varese
Hampton Roads
Canada
North America
DIES SELF-HYPNOTIZED VICTIM OF STRANGE EXPERIMENT
Andrew E. Simpson a 43 year old Southbridge Mass man died after three weeks in unconsciousness following a self hypnotic episode. He leaves a widow and two children. Simpson was a mechanic in charge of weaving rooms at Hamilton Woolen Mills and devoted his time to improving cloth manufacture devices.
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Washington Post
Southbridge
Mass
Poe
Robert Louis Stevenson
Andrew E. Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Sampson
Hamilton Woolen Mills
Explosion in Mott Street kills child in crowded area
May 22 New York police investigated a blast in a crowded Mott Street area. One child died seven others were injured, with two in critical condition. Initial theories point to an accidental discharge from an ash can amid Italian quarter festivities, though residents suspect the Black Hand.
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New York
Mott Street
Black Hand Society
Wife held him up over silk waist dispute in Bowling Green
Special to The Washington Post from Bowling Green Ohio May 22 Catherine B Kesslar of Bairdstown was arrested on a warrant sworn by her husband who claimed she was unduly extravagant He says she demanded a silk dress an imported raincoat and a silk waist He says when he began a check for the items she insisted on including the waist then produced a revolver and threatened him The husband fled to this city and filed the warrant. Cheap excursion to Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Berkeley Springs and Cumberland offered from Baltimore and Ohio station May 26 at 8 06 am Roundtrip rates listed for each destination. A day in the country at small expense.
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Washington Fes
Bowling Green
Ohio
Catherine B. Kesslar
Bairdstown
Kesslar
Kessiar
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Station
Washington, D. C
Emall
Washington Post
Stamford
Conn
W. J. Long
Roosevelt
John Hurroughs
Long
Burroughs
United States
Th. Long
Boeck
Pittsburg
Anonic
Steel Kings
United Sia of Steel Corporation
Mavis. Litt & Co
W Ho
Reveck
Pittsburgh
Boeeck
Maiden Lane
Courtland Street
Toreth
ASK REVISED TARIFF HEAR SECRETARY STRAYS
The National Association of Manufacturers backs tariff revision and more reciprocity treaties while urging the President to withhold approval of the German pact for now. The group plans a $1.5 million education push on factory combinations and endorses open shop and industrial education.
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Castle
New York
National Association of Manufacturers of the
United States
Committee On
Association
National River and Harbor Congress
van Cleave
Railway rebates ban marks sweeping reform in management
The text praises the immediate abolition of secret railway rebates by voluntary railroad action, deeming it the era’s most sweeping reform. It argues that power concentration is not evil its improper use must be regulated and calls for freedom for labor as workers seek to enjoy the fruits of steady industry free from class tyranny and onerous employer exactions.
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Mr. Straus
Bureau of Corporations
Enien Trust Co
Standard Oil Company
Enormous eagle killed in Germantown raid
Special to The Washington Post Philadelphia May 22 A taxidermist reports a massive seven foot wingspan eagle shot by neighbor George W White after it attempted to seize a calf The eagle attacked White, who struck it with a gun Then White killed the bird with a club and it lay three feet long Sanity notes say the bird seemed starved and may have been disoriented by a storm
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Philadelphia
Frank Lister
Germantown
George W. White
Sisters
White
Whitter
Lister
Nonunion Band Row Ties Naval Gun Factory Musicians
Columbia Lodge 174 of the International Association of Machinists denied backing the Naval Gun Factory Band after a Musicians Union resolution to expel the machinists from the AFL unless band members join the Musicians Union. The band began as an amateur group linked to Lodge 428, later funded by laborers at the gun factory who borrowed $1450 for instruments and later repaid.
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Naval Gun Factory Organization
Columbia Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Naval Lorge Hall
Fourth
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
Muscians' Union
American Federation of Musicians
Cleveland
Machinists’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Naval Gun Factory Band
E. G. Tucker
Lodge
Renounced faith drives Middletown woman to self drown
Mrs Nancy J Kyrk wife of Harvey Kyrk a prominent local farmer in near Fair Oaks tied a heavy weight around her neck and drowned in shallow water after renouncing her Methodist faith. She had been a devout Bible student who led home prayer meetings and reportedly began to regret her action weeks later.
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Washington
Middletown
N. Y
Nancy J. Kyrk
Harvey Kyrk
Fair Oaks
Boy testifies flagman caused Brooklyn trolley crash
In Brooklyn a ten year old boy testified that he signaled trains from a shanty and green lighted a track leading to a collision between a Brooklyn Rapid Transit I line and a trolley car on Eighty sixth and Bay Nineteenth streets. The flagman Edward Lowenthal was arrested for criminal negligence and held as victims’ condition worsens.
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Washington Post
New York
Eighty-Sixth
Bay Nineteenth
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid ' Transit ‘I
Edward Young
Young
Mighteenth Avenue
Edward Lowenthal
Lowenthal
Harkness
Dig at Mother's Grave Highlights Grief in Ohio
In Bowling Green Ohio a woman Mrs Greenfield is found by friends at midnight digging at her mother Mrs J P Cates grave in Beaver Creek Cemetery. She had been emotionally overwhelmed by her mother’s death after a year in an asylum and will be sent to the neighboring asylum.
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Washington Post
Bowling Green
Ohio
Mra Greenfleld
J. P. Cates
Greenfield
Fearful of growing Ugly Girl Vanishes From Home
Gertrude Mooney a pretty invalid girl of sixteen fled her New York home after fearing she would become deformed. She left 41 West Twenty fourth Street Monday evening, after a medical discussion and giving her last money to a coworker. Police and relatives seek the missing teen, last seen after asking to be left alone.
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New York
Gertrude Mooney
Gertrude
West Twenty-fourth Street
Mooney
128D Street
Madison Avenue
Ata Gertrude
Haywood Jury Delays as Sheriff Binds Sixty More Venire
Boise Idaho May 22 The Haywood trial stood still as Sheriff Hodgin and most deputies gathered an extra venire of sixty men after exhausting the last 100 drawn. The sheriff aims to finish by tomorrow morning and resume at 2 pm. Farmers face hardship as irrigation ditches must stay tended while jurors are summoned. Both sides review new panels and challenge qualifications.
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Boise
Idaho
Shad” Hodgin
Defense
Lagente
Talesmen
Wilmington Boy Vanishes In Brandywine Incident
The four year old Francis Malloy, son of James H. Malloy of 1462 French Street, disappeared after leaving home about 4 PM and last seen throwing stones into Brandywine Creek from the People's Railway Company bridge at Sixteenth Street. Police suspect drowning. mother fears the worst. An Italian man was seen talking with the boy on the bridge before disappearance as investigators probe the case.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Marvin
Francis Malloy
James H. Malloy
French Street
Brandywine Creek
People’s Railway Company
Sixteenth Street
Pennsylvania Road Petitions Test of 2-Cent Fare
Attorneys for Pennsylvania Railroad seek to halt penalties under the 2-cent fare bill, filing equity action in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court to enjoin Philadelphia county from enforcing penalties. The measure, passed April 6, takes effect October 1. rail and water-tour rates advertised to Jersey shore resorts and other destinations.
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Pennsylvania Road
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Common Pleas
Jersey Seashore
Adirondack Mountains
New York
New England
Canadian
Nova Scotia
Alleghany Mountains
G Street
Fivenue
New Jersey Avenue
C Street
Gould Backer McLaughlin Defies Bing ham in Divorce Scandal
New York May 22 Capt William W McLaughlin faces pressure to retire amid allegations of a conspiracy against Mrs Katherine Clemmons Gould He counters with a planned elaborate defense backed by wealth and legal support Detective Frank Peabody central to the Gould inquiry vanishes after seeking three days leave prompting a Baltimore telegram about a past Dawson Lonsdale marriage and a possible connection to the case
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Baltimore
Siz
Gould
New York Detective Bureau
Washington Post
New York
William W. McLaughlin
Bingham
Katherine Clemmons Gould
C Laughlin
Frank Peabody
Central Office
Detective Bureau
McLaughlin
Howard Gould
McCafferty
Peabody
Uptairs
Demity
Hanson
Mr. Hanson
Capt. McCalffferty
Pea
Weet Forty-seventh Street
Lawyer sues Mrs Yerkes Mizner for 20 percent cut
In New York May 22, lawyer Joseph D. Redding files in the Supreme Court to recover 20 percent of property from Mary Adelaide Yerkes Mizner widow of Charles Yerkes after her divorce from Wilson Mizner. He seeks an examination to specify the amount and value of recovered property before filing. Justice Truax reserved decision.
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Washington Post
New York
Yerkes
Redding
Europe
Pittsburg Heiress Victim of Fraud In Deep Society Scandal
750000 dollar fraud shocks Pittsburgh society as a heiress becomes a victim while engaged to a married man who borrowed 20000 dollars. J Edward Boeck a Boon companion of New York millionaires is indicted after his disappearance and ties to Senator Clark and the Guggenheims. Many society women mourn jewels entrusted to him.
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J. Edward Boeck
Boon Companion
New York
Senator Clark
Guggenheims
Beeck
Belmont Cricket Club
Philadelphia
New Yorke
Qone
Edwin W. Dayton
Thorty-ninth Street
Raeck
Mr. Dayton
Dayton
Deston
Boeck
Boeck indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses
The grand jury charges J Edward Boeck a Republican Club broker with fraudulently obtaining funds. A bench warrant is out and detectives worldwide are ordered to locate him and bring him to New York. Details describe his wealth, social links, and alleged victims including a Pittsburgh woman and jewel dealer Edwin W Dayton.
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Washington Port
New York
Monty
J. Edward Boeck
Republican Club
Bowl
Senator Clark
Montana
Charles Roosevelt
Ens
Slaugh
New
Miss Shonts to Wed Soon in Paris社
Paris May 22 Miss Shonts daughter of the former Panama Canal chairman plans marriage to Duc de Chaulnes likely in Paris late May or early June. Mrs Shonts and daughters arrived in Paris with the groom-to-be who arranged to soften aloof家 family stance. The Shonts stay quietly at a well known Paris hotel as Miss Shonts completes her trousseau.
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Washington Post
Paris
Miss Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Duc de Chaulnes
Theodore Shonts
Pars
Shants
Trousseau
Stabbed for a Jest in Baltimore Saloon
In Baltimore a huckster named John Lowrey was stabbed multiple times by Andrea Gueriglia a blind Italian shoemaker after Lowrey made a jest about his work. Gueriglia was led in by his wife and is under arrest. Lowrey's condition is described as grave with little chance of recovery.
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Baltimore
John Lowrey
Lowrey
Andrea Gueriglia
Waa
Gueriglia
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Balun
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Market Lonsdale
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Belvidere Hotel
Sholes
Peabody’s
Postal Telegraph Office
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Baltimore Detective Bureau
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Deyble O A Cote
William
Frank
Gettysburg
Pen Mar
Isavesi
Sues
Mrs. Yerkes-Mizner
Hina
China
Booch
M.dayton
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Cnaarseal Ec
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