Locomobile to Form Brass Band at Seaside Park
The Locomobile Company of America plans a brass band formed from factory employees at Seaside Park. Leader Peter Branchery will guide about twenty one musicians, with sixteen already enrolled, aiming for high proficiency and public performance to promote the firm. Musicians may play with other bands when not rehearsing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locomobile Company of
Ameri
Seaside Park
Peter Branchery
Amore
Rancherp
Locomobile
Ban Johnson to Look Into Deal Chase to Chicago
Detroit July 17 President an Johnson of the American League interfere in the Jake Stahl matter but he will personally investigate the trade between the New York and American League clubs. King Hal Chase Hollie Zeider and Johnson made statements as he travelled to Adrian for the South Michigan League pennant raising ceremony. Ty Cobb was to be back in the game tomorrow.
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Detroit
Mich
An Johnson
Jake Stahl Metter
New York
King Hal Chase
Hollie Zeider
Johnson
Deittedar
Adrian
Ty Cobb
City faces drug victim crisis hindering officials
City officials warn dope victims strain public charities and hospitals. They say there is no law to detain heroin and morphine users beyond short treatment, forcing many back to their habits and hindering long term recovery efforts. Authorities urge statutory authority to keep users under care until they break the drug habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Charities
Charities Department
Lakejaw
Body of Man Missing Five Weeks Is Found
In Montville Connecticut on July 17 the badly decomposed body found in a swamp is believed to be William O'Brien of Norwich who had been missing five weeks after suffering melancholia following his wife’s death. Four children live with grandparents in Norwich. Relatives will be notified when identification is confirmed and a funeral is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montville
Conn
Wm. O'Brien
Norwich
Jem
O’brien
O'Brien
Brontville
Séarthes
Niled
Mulhall Reveals N A M Plan To Censor Rep Platform 1908
Washington July 27 Martin Mulhall lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers continues testimony before the Senate lobby committee detailing his actions with Congressmen. Letters discuss Roosevelt backing Taft, Beveridge and Sherman law debates, taft opposition, and efforts to influence the 1908 Republican platform with notes on injunctions labor and payoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Lobby Committee
Roosevelt
Taft
Schwedtman
Manufacturers
Mulhall
Sherman
Cannon
White House
Watson
Heaven and Earth
Wall Street
Chicago
Maryland
Townsend
Michigan
Revie Leery
Aldrich’s
Senate
House
Ratarao
Nelson
Alexi
Beveridge
Hemenway
Carter
Aldrich
Emery
Portsmouth
Ohio
Haskims
Vermont
Wade
van, Cleave
Fischer's Apparatus Fails to Placate East Side Garbage Complaints
Charles C. Fischer argued that installed equipment at the garbage plant would reduce odor, but witnesses Norman, Leeds, and A. B. Lavery testified the odor last Monday was the worst in years. Judge William H. Cumley Jr spoke for East Bridgeport residents describing the odor as unclean and disgusting and urged action to protect health. Health Officer Hill reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Fischer
Hill
Fischer
Norman
Warrants Issued For Bridgeport Players In Sunday Game
The Pastors association secured warrants for seven Bridgeport players, manager Monte Cross, and secretary Hugh Reddy over a Sunday game at Newfield park against Springfield. Prosecutor DeLaney issued the warrants after prior arrests and fines, with some players exempted from complaints. Mayor Wilson voiced support for clean Sunday baseball and public demand for honest sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack” Denny
Bridgeport
Springfield
Newfield Park
Monte Cross
Hugh Reddy
Pastors Association
Ball Club and Association
Jack Denny
Pastors’ Association
Alexander DeLaney
Vandergrift
Shea
New Haven Directors Convene Over ICC Instructions
The directors of New Haven in New York met to address ICC findings on financial management. They review recommendations including severing ties with trolley lines and may issue a statement after the 1 pm meeting. The tone hints at lobbyist concerns and potential changes in policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Desolated Groom Steals Bridal Garment in Demand for Vows
Vassil Bobko of 812 Shelton Street admitted stealing a $15 wedding dress from Mary Lukatz of 119 Spruce Street after learning she planned to marry her Russian suitor. In Bridgeport court Judge Coughlin fined him $15 and costs. Mary, the fiancée, had broken off the engagement, and the former sweetheart vanished amid the scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassil Bobko
Shelton Street
Mary Lukatz
Spruce Street
Mary
Vassil
Bridgeport
Russia
Coughlin
Congressmen Sea Sub Trip Dives Into Naval Tour
Newport Rhode Island July 17 House committee on naval affairs led by Lemuel Padgett of Tennessee tested submarine craft at Narragansett Bay then inspected the naval training station naval war college and lunched with Capt. Wm. Rodgers. They also visited the battleship Wyoming flagship of Rear Admiral Charles Badger at the Atlantic fleet base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Narragansett Bay
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Narragansett Naval Station
Lemuel P. Padgett
Tennessee
Naval Training Station
Naval War College
Wm. L. Rodgers
Wyoming
Chas. J.badger
Commendations for Naval Officers by Sec Daniels
Washington July 17 Charles Tilton master of the naval auxiliary Neptune receives Secretary Daniels commendation for steering the collier to dock at Tortugas and tying alongside a drifting barge. The Navy Department also commends Acting Assistant Dental Surgeon Joseph D Halleck and Assistant Naval Constructor Paul H Fretz for aiding passengers after a June 19 railroad wreck on the San Francisco and Napa Valley line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles ©. Tilton
Naval Auxiliary Service
Neptune
Daniels
Tortugas
Fla
Navy
Jos. D. Halleck
Paul H. Fretz
San Francisco and
Napa Valley
D A R Memorial at Lighthouse Sanctioned by War Dept
Acting Secretary of War Breckenridge grants the Mary Clapp Wooster Chapter DAR permission to erect a memorial on Lighthouse Point near New Haven Conn to mark a Revolutionary War event. The memorial will feature a large cannon and mount with an inscription on the U S military reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Breckenridge
Mary Clapp Wooster
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
Lighthouse Point
New Haven
Conn
Consul Ellsworth Targeted in Mexican Dynamite Plot
Eagle Pass Tex July 17 United States Consul Luter Ellsworth at Piedras Negras reports a plot to dynamite the American consul and states his life is in danger. He sleeps at the army post and records of the consulate were moved to the American side for safety. Washington officials noted Carranza’s petition for recognition while insurgent support appears strong, raising questions about U S policy if recognition grants belligerent status to the insurgents.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
United States
Luter Elsworth
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Washington
Lfe
Ellsworth
State Department
Carrinsea
Huerta
Carrinsen
Huerte
Carins ®A
Carransea
Meeting of representatives on Mexican situation in Paris
A private message from NC Mexico Cnty says a Paris meeting yesterday among powers considered the Mexican situation, with no result disclosed. Berlin reports German foreign office denies demanding U S protection of foreign interests in Mexico, states no diplomatic action taken in Washington. It notes possible private talks between Count Von Bernstorff and Secretary Bryan, but claims any discussion was unofficial.
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Mexico
Cnty
Paris
Berlin
Germany
United States
Washington
Foreign Office
Count von Bernstorff
Bryan
Read Comrade Moore's Fort Wagner charge story
Comrade Charles E. Moore of Co B 6th Conn has written for The Farmer a stirring account of the assault on Fort Wagner which occurred 50 years ago tomorrow. Moore recalls the vivid happenings of those dark hours and his piece will appear in The Farmer tomorrow.
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Charles _E. Moore
Co.b
Two Die in Boiler Explosion Aboard British Steamer Fair Mead
New York July 17 The third engineer and a pump man on the British freight steamer Fair Mead were killed today by an explosion in the boiler room. The vessel had loaded a cargo of oil from the Standard Oil Company off Constable Hook New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fair Mead
Standard of Company
Constable Hogk, N.J
Railroad Grievances to Be Submitted to Arbitration Board
New York July 17 The general committee of one hundred of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors opened a session to discuss railroad managers demand to submit their grievances to the arbitration board set to settle the wage dispute The railroads would abolish guarantees and double compensation and cut pay by 20 percent for extra crews The unions vow to insist on arbitration for their own claims and urge public support for their position
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brotherhood of Railroad
Ser
rt.Rroad
Wrakermorn
Messra
Lee
Garretson
Steamer Diana Stranded on Barge Point Near Labrador Coast
The Newfoundland sealing steamer Diana with the Donald McMillan Crockerland expedition aboard stranded last night on Barge Point forty miles west of Battle Harbor in the Straits of Belle Isle. The Stella Maris was ordered to assist. details and extent of damage are unknown. The Diana sailed from Boston July 1 after supplying, with plans for a three year Crockerland stay under Donald B. McMillan, backed by the American Geographical Society and American Museum of Natural History.
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St. Johns
N. F
Diana
Donald McMillan
Crockerland
Arctic
Barge Point
Battle Harbor
Straits of
Belle Isle
New Foundland
Labrador
Quebec
Boston
Sydney
American Geographical Society
American Museum of Natural History of New York
Donald B. McMillan
Attorney General Light to Oppose Jones
Hartford July 17 Attorney General John H Light defended his stance on the State Dental Commission action to revoke Dr Arthur G Jones Bridgeport license. A Commission member said the move followed legal advice. Jones intends to challenge the action in court and the AG will represent state interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
State Dental Commission
Arthur G. Jones
Bridgeport
John H. Light
Light
Dr. Jones
Jones
Manufacturer's Wife Killed in Sanitarium
New York July 17 Mrs Tracy Lewis wife of a rubber manufacturer of Beacon Falls Conn eluded her nurse in a private sanitarium and either leaped or fell four stories to her death.
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New York
Tracy
Lewis
Beacon Falls
Conn
Sole Heiress Shown in Ruggl es Estate Proceedings
Probate court reveals Mary E Wilson as sole heir to estate of Diasie B Rug gles widow of Charles W Rugg les. Rumored fortune valued between 35000 and 1000000 will revert to Wilson as sole heir amid administration papers filed for mayor Clifford B Wilson. Attorney R G De Forest and H C Stevenson named appraisers with bond set at 20000.
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Diasie B. Ruggles
Charles W. Ruggles
Mary E. Wilson
Clifford B. Wilson
Witt
Mary Wilson
Charles N. Roggio
Middle Street
Father to prosecute man who missed son in NY incident
Torrington Connecticut July 17 12 year old Grant Cunningham missing from Brooklyn since July 1 was found exhausted at Grant Askining home near Torrington. Accusation centers on Frank Damato of New York who allegedly took several Brooklyn boys to Norfolk for berry picking. Cunningham Sr traveled to Norfolk to locate his son and pursue charges for inducing the boy to leave home. The boy was later reported in Vernon custody and then disappeared again, with authorities pursuing Damato.
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Torrington
Conn
Beg
Grant Askiing
Brooklyn
N. Y
Grant Cunningham
Frank Damato
New York
Norfolk
Damato
Mr. Vernon
Cunningham
Big drop in mercury cools midwest heat wave
Chicago July 17 a sharp temperature fall from 10 to 0 degrees at several points today ended the hot wave which had gripped the middle west for hours bringing relief to residents and outdoor workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
Girl Found in Danbury Located by Police
A sixteen year old girl named Gertrude Schiotte was taken into custody in Danbury at the New Haven police request. She had been missing from her home in New Haven for about two weeks and was located in Danbury. She was returned to New Haven.
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Danbury
Gertrude Schiotte
New Haven
Homer
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Spruce
SEC
D. A. R. Memorial
U. S
Eastern Railroads
Atty. Gen. Light
Mrs. Wilson
Mercury
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