Daring New York Bank Hold-Up Ends Without Loot
In broad daylight on Canal Street three thugs tried to seize $43,000 from Jefferson Bank messengers using pepper spray and knives. A restaurant waitress and bystanders aided the victims as one thug was captured after a fierce scuffle. Two accomplices fled. lawmen pursue further arrests. Names of suspects and officers are listed in the report.
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New York Street
New York
Porchonsa
Cisetty
Pankc
Wang Thant
Leran Fa
Palieenen
Boleshan Ning
Jefferson Hank
Thair
Freom
Whaton
Houston Tiers
Canal Shrek
Samuel Idderman
Joseph UL Velsorhee
Pam Steve
Mae Wood Out of Tombs and Plans for Perjury Fight
New York May 23 Mae Wood or Mae Cerbering Wood faced possible perjury charges after bail was posted and she was released from custody. Her lawyers declare she intends to contest the indictment while denying false statements about a marriage to a senator.
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New York
Catherine Wool
Neire
Ste
Tangeworn
Marcelle
Platt
Hourse Kills Mad Dog in Sharpsburg Suburb
A horse owned by von Joarington of Sharpsburg intervened during a mad dog attack on children at play. The horse fatally injured the dog which lunged at bystanders. the dog later died after the horse pinned it.
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von Joarington
Sharpsburg
Thirteen strikers arrested in Cleveland riots
Thirteen miners strike rioters were seized today on charges of riot participation and property destruction in Cleveland. Two men are held for dynamiting cars, and Otto Poschke allegedly confessed to handling dynamite supplied by strike headquarters. The strike’s status and a May promotion on rail fares are noted amid the unrest.
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Ohi
Mreer Cir
Otto Poschke
Pawe
Tammany elects Daniel Cohalan grand sachem in split power move
The New York Tammany Society chose Daniel F. Cohalan as grand sachem to replace W Bourke Cochran, following a three month effort by Charles F. Murphy to remove Cochran. Cohalan sits closest to Murphy among leaders, with Murphy directing the succession after the rift.
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F. Cohalan
Bourke Cochran
Washington Post
New York
Tammany Society
Daniel F.cohalan
Order
W. Bourke Cochran
Charles F. Murphy
Sergeant Cram
Cohalan
Mr. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Cochran
Murphy
Mr. Cohalan
Or”Der
Lawyer Missing From Ship Bay State Passenger
William J. Mitchell a Boston lawyer who traveled on the steamer Bay State to Portland was reported missing. Officers believe he either fell or jumped overboard. A Superior Criminal Court case on forgery of a mortgage note against Mitchell was to begin today.
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Boston
William J. Mitchell
Bay State
Portland
Superior Criminal Court
Mitchell
Florida Monitor to be Bombarded in Test of Torpedo Net
Special to The Washington Post reports the Florida monitor will undergo gunnery and torpedo tests off Hampton Roads. Mock sailors will stand in the tower as targets while observers watch from tugs and scows. The test seeks to measure interior damage effects, with repairs planned after the bombardment.
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Washington Post
Nortok
Seleice
United States
Florida
Norfolk Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Naval
Esaneake
Navy Yard
Arkansas
Morris
Uplaws
Scasket
Itt Navy
Navy Department
Therban
Quimby
Fog Enmeshes New York Harbor With Ship Collisions
Dense fog shuts Eastern seaboard shipping as two coastwise steamers drift off course near Jersey shoals. The Clyde Line Seminole grounds near Long Branch with passengers aboard while life saving crews assist. A second collision tears a freighter side, causing panic aboard the Brennan and prompting rapid rescue efforts as liners anchor offshore awaiting daylight.
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Anchorage
New York
Sandy Hook
Point Pleasant
Long Branch
N. J
Bryhead
Mantoloking
China Menaces Japan Over Korea Frontier Move
A Russian dispatch reported China has sent 5 960 foreign drill troops from Ki to Tehentae to assert possession of Tehentae, with Japan taxing locals, claiming Korean territory. China disputes this, calling the incident highly provocative.
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Tperlat
Washington Post
St. Petersburg
Russian Manchuria
China
Tehentae
Pecs
I la
Cleveland Still In Bed Renewed Concern Over Former President
Special to The Washington Post from Takewood, NW dated May 25 reports renewed concern for former President Cleveland. He has not shown clear progress, remaining largely bedbound with wakeful nights and variable daytime sleep. Mrs. Cleveland plans to move their children from Princeton to the Cleveland summer home at Tamworth.
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Washington Post
Takewood
Cleveland
Winderstomi
Leas Olmes
Magoon Wages War on Gamblers in Habana and Neuva Paz
Havana May 23 The mayor chief of police city treasurer and nineteen others at Neuva Paz have been indicted and jailed on a charge of abetting gambling. Bail totals 390000. Indictments follow complaints by Gen Loynaz Del Castillo to Gov Magoon. Gamblers expelled from Havana during carnival then moved to Matanzas and other towns.
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Neuva Paz
Cuba
Havana
Loynaz del Castillo
Magoon
Hanava
Matanzas
White House reference sought over theft claim in Chelsea court
Frank Morris of Butte Montana and a Wild West show performer faced Chelsea Police Court after a fellow performer accused him of larceny of iron. Morris denied theft and urged Judge Cutler to contact the White House for direct Roosevelt confirmation that Gol Scott Morris is all right. The judge released him. no telegraph to the President was made.
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Brycia
Washington Post
Boston
Cutter
Chelsea
Roosevelt
White House
Gol Scott Morris
Frank Morris
Butte, Mont
Chessea
Earl Venner
Judge Cutler
No Babies for Oyster Bay Dogs to Be Killed for 2 Dollar Price
Before President Roosevelt’s summer visit at Oyster Bay the towns plan to kill all stray dogs in Oyster Bay Locust Valley Mill Neck Glen Cove Sea Cliff and Fast Norwich at 2 dollars per head. A dogcatcher will be appointed in each of fourteen districts and men scramble for the jobs.
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Washington Post
New York
President Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Ieland
Locust Valley
Mill Neck
Glen Cove
Sea Oll
Norwich
Nps
Giant Wave Tosses Ship Off Jamaica Voyage
The Norwegian steamer Joseph J. Curleo captained by Christian Amdt nearly foundered after a giant wave lifted the bow thirty feet and then dropped it. Captain Amdt believes a violent submarine eruption caused the phenomenon as the crew spotted hundreds of dead fish circling the vessel during calm seas off Port Antonio.
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Washington
New York
Joseph J. Curleo
Christian Aamdt
Antonifo
Jamaice
Amdt
Millions in Property Lost as Flood Drowns Towns
Four thousand people made homeless as floodwaters reach a record high. Thousands of acres submerged and hundreds of houses swept away. Towns inundated, with millions of dollars in property destroyed.
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Dallas
Tex
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Tragic floods strike Dallas and Texas towns
Floods and rioting devastate Dallas Fort Worth and Denison with deaths, homelessness, and widespread property loss. River overflows reach record highs. thousands displaced as waterworks and power fail and relief drives mobilize. Oklahoma and surrounding areas report submerged towns, wrecked rails, and gas outages amid escalating flood damage.
Yale Gets English Legacy in Blount Will Probate
London probate today admitted the will of Archford Henry Blount, who died a year ago, leaving Yale University the residue of his estate valued at about 441000 dollars. J A Barrett for Yale presented wineyses to show Blount was of sound mind at execution and until his oath. The mystery of why Yale was chosen remained unsolved. Blount made only one brief visit to the United States and had no real ties there.
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London
Henry Blount
Yale University
J. A. Barret
Yale
Blount
Yale Universary
United States
Fleet of 11 war ships charms Seattle harbor visit
Thirty thousand school children toured the fleet in Seattle harbor without incident as eleven vessels anchored from Smiths Cove to the harbor’s south end. Ohio departed for Bretsterton to load stores and return to San Francisco. Rear Admiral Sperry and officers were feted at the Rainier Club banquet.
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Seattle
Wash
Northwest States
Smiths Cove
Ohio
Navy Yard
Bretsterton
San Francisco
Rainier Club
Adwiral Sperry
Actior
Bank cashier commits suicide in Natchez
J. D. Davidson, 40, cashier of the Woodville Bank in Wilkinson County, drank carbolic acid today in Natchez Mississippi. He had reportedly speculated in cotton futures and lost heavily. The bank is not expected to be affected by his death.
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Natchez, Miss
J. D. Davidson
Woodville
Wilkinson County
Davidson
France Adopts Income Tax for Government Fund Investors
The Chamber of Deputies passed a clause by 349 to adopt an income tax on rentes. Prime Minister Clemenceau described the move as a question of conscience. The report mentions the government’s stance and ongoing debates.
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Paria
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Currency clash nears compromise on emergency bill
Capitol talks among Aldrich Hale Vreeland and Speaker Cannon edge toward a blended emergency currency measure. A proposal would mix the Aldrich and Vreeland plans with tighter security rules, extending $500 million in credit and allowing banks to obtain funds on state bonds.
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Hale
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Vreeland
Secretary of the Treasury
Expert examiner Julius Katz ends life after sacrifice
New York reports Julius Katz a former city medical examiner who killed himself with poison after sacrificing for his ill daughter. He faced stomach cancer and saved for an operation, only to exhaust funds when his daughter was taken ill. he had balanced Hebrew organizations’ books to a cent before the act.
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New York
Julius Katz
Katz
Two Bishops Elected as Methodist Conference Ends Ballots
The Methodist General Conference elected two bishops on the tenth and eleventh ballots, William A. Quayle of Chicago and Charley W. Smith of Pittsburgh, with 519 and 146 votes respectively. Edwin H. Hughes and W. Lewis also gained strong support as other contenders. The conference endorsed prohibition and the Anti-Saloon League by a large margin, while 19 lawmakers backed the minority. Professor Hinkley G. Mitchell of Boston University, deposed for heresy, won a high court appeal granting a new trial.
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Mitchell
Washington Post
Baltimore
Methodist General Conference
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St. James Church
Chicago
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Pittsburg Christian Advocate
Edwin H., Hughes
Dep University
Rev. W. Lewis
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Eugene Allen Noble
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Inday
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Anti-Saloon League of America
Hinkley G. Mitchell
Easton
Boston University School of Theology
Committee On Judiciary
Pro Mitchell
Abraham
Divorced Mme Gould to Retain Control of Property for Life
Mme Anna Gould and Prince de Sagan's marriage plans prompt legal wrangling over property. Court Boni de Castellane seeks custody rulings as ex husband. denial that a Hoboken ceremony occurred. rumors of a separation-of-property regime and life abroad. Separately, William Budenbender denies officiating any marriage. A separate note reports a murder insanity ruling for 18-year-old William Halstead Gray Jr.
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Mme
Anna Gould
Mme. Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Hoboken
America
France
Avenue Malakoff
Chateau Marais
Prince de Sagan
New York
Justice of the Peace
William Budenbender
Haboken
New Jersey
Mother Fourd
Syracuse
William Halstead Gray, Jr
Brennan Dispute Overshadowed by Morrow Apology At Hearing
Testimony at the district engineer inquiry features Brennan denying pay for dumping earth on Union Station plaza while a letter offered to cover removal costs and a $1000 fee for the privilege. Maj. Morrow apologizes for calling Brennan liar as Bieber relation and internal correspondence are scrutinized.
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P. J. Brennan
Engineer Department
Union Station Plaza
Brennan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bieber
Navy Yard
Mas. Morrow
Maj Morrow
Meiers
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Huber
Morrow
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Sidney Hieber
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