Spies Sought by U S Navy and Treasury Oversight
Naval officials marshal extraordinary efforts to detect foreign spies in the U S Navy. An inquiry into treasury payments reveals Piatt Andrew, Assistant Treasury Secretary, drawing two large pay envelopes. He serves on the Aldrich Monetary Commission at 8 000 dollars yearly in addition to his 5 000 dollar treasury salary.
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United States Navy
Treasury
Piatt Andrew
Uncle Sam
Aldrich Monetary Commission
Memorial rites mourn Civil War general Samuel C Lawrence
Personal General Samuel C Lawrence former director of large corporations and lieutenant grand commander of the Supreme Council Scottish Rite Masons died in Medford Massachusetts. Mrs William B Leeds rejected marriage offers from Prince Murat and other titled men abroad and returns to live here to raise her son as an American.
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Samuel C. Lawrence
Supreme Council
Fifth Massachusetts Infantry
Medford
Mass
William B. Leeds
Prince Murat
O'Toole and Rayson Pace Pirates and Giants Athletes Talk
Sporting The New York players say Martin O Toole the 22500 spitball flinger of the Pirates has no more on the ball than did Bugs Raymond another moist hearer of renown. Granting that the Giants and Athletics will hook up in the world series the first game will be played on October 13 whether in New York or Philadelphia by lot. McGraw says the odds on the Athletics ought to be about 6 to 5. Not that I think that expresses the relative strength of the two teams or that they'll beat us he explains but they are the champions and those are the odds a betting man ought to give.
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New York
Martin O'Toole
Pirates
Bugs Raymond
Giants
Athletics
Philadelphia
McGraw
Officials discuss not dissolving Tobacco Trust
General Officials of the Tobacco Trust announced that no dissolution plan offered was satisfactory. The Tenth Infantry ordered to Panama as first detachment of a brigade for the canal zone. Rockaway Beach fire endangers lives, burns two firefighters. Fort Monroe concussion breaks windows on motor ship Corsair. Federal suit to dissolve U S Steel ready to file. Governor Johnson attacks Taft at Long Beach NY. Booker T. Washington to travel Pullman to evade Jim Crow in Texas. USDA finds miracle wheat overstated. South Carolina troops to Spartanburg to quell riot in trolley strike. Dr Flexner says twenty bad medical schools driven out this year. Missouri Kansas Texas Railway shopmen strike. 1500 out. Mayor Johnson shot dead. grocer P We Zuber kills mayor with scantling. Hifi criticizes public schooling on reciprocity with Canada.
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Canal Zone
Rockaway Beach
N. Y
Seaside Park
Fortress Monroe
Corsair
Norfolk
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Hiram Johnson
California
Taft
Long Beach
L. I
Arizona
Booker T. Washington
Texas
Russells
New Jersey
United States Department of Agriculture
Cote—Blease
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Flexner
Carnegie Foundation
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
J. H. Johnson
Oakhurst
P.we Zuber
Canada
James J. Hifi
St. Paul
Fire chief dies from injuries at Broome Street blaze
Battalion Chief Devlin of the New York Fire Department died from injuries sustained fighting a Broome Street fire. A test will be conducted at Sandy Hook proving grounds on Maxims silencer with potential Army adoption.
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Devlin
New York
Edison Besieged by German Inventors Says He Is Treated Like a Trademark
The article reports Thomas A. Edison being besieged by German inventors with varied electrical devices. Edison quips that they treat him as if he were a trademark. It also notes other world news items from the period, including labor strikes and international tensions.
Steel Trust Would Not Dissolve in Face of Rumors
United States Steel Corporation affirmed it would not dissolve whether voluntarily or at government demand. J. Pierpont Morgan and Judge Elbert H. Gary signed the statement after a board meeting and council briefings. The note backed the legality of the company and Morgan indicated he would steer through the crisis as Wall Street watched.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
J. Pierpont Morgan
Elbert H. Gary
Francis Lynde Steteon
Morgan
Morgan Library
Thirty-sixth Street
Gary
United States Steel
Wall Street
Powder Trust
United States
Buckeye Powder Company
Delaware
Buckeye Company
Trust
Direct Primaries Called A Success Despite Light Vote
Frothingham and Foss secured easy paths in Massachusetts and New Jersey as direct nomination laws faced their first test. Voter turnout was low in New York City Trenton and large towns with about 650 percent of the vote in some areas. In Massachusetts the tally was light overall except for many Boston ballots. Foss and Frothingham named Democratic and Republican nominees for governor amid cautious optimism about the new system.
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Frothingham
Foss
Massachusetts
New York
New York City
New Jersey
California
Jersey City
Trenton
Boston
Elevate Undertakers Consider Mortican Name Change
At the New York State Embalmers Association convention in Syracuse Professor Horace Moll of Chicago urged changing the undertaker title to mortican to elevate the profession. Embalmers from across the state attended the meeting to discuss the proposed naming shift.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York State
Embalmers’ Association
Horace Moll
Chica- 80
Five Die in Desha County Jail Fight
Sheriff W D Preston of Desha County and Deputy Sheriff Barney Stiel were killed in a gun battle near Dumas Arkansas while attempting to arrest several men wanted in Little Rock. Three Black suspects also died in the clash.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. D. Preston
Desha County
Barney Stiel
Dumas
Preston
Stiel
Crucified Mexican by Chamula Indians at Acala
A resident of Acala in Chiapas, Wenceslao France, was crucified by rebellious Chamula Indians during a sack of the town. The report came via telegram to El Imparcial from Tuxtla Gutierrez, the state capital.
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Mexico City
Wenceslao France
Acala
Chiapas
el Imparcial
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Maine Gives Back Four Dead In Naval Disaster
Four bodies were recovered from the petty officers' room aboard the Maine after a bulk head cut off inflowing mud and water. The remains were unidentified at first, and workmen also found the four rear boilers still in place.
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Maine
Havana
Old and New World Briefs for the Busy
A collection of compact notices including Frank J. Dorlan pleading guilty to stealing $53,000 at the Hotel Manhattan. Calvary Baptist Church bids farewell to Dr. Robert S MacArthur after a long pastorate. Measles traced to a year of federal experiments and a virus in patient blood. Gov Wilson orders NJ Labor Commissioner to aid NY officials to settle the Lackawanna strike. Judge Grosscup says he was shadowed for two years and won’t resign. George A Kimmel’s paternity mystery unsettles Niles Michigan. Sugar prices rise with Arbuckles and American Company profits up by 14 million dollars since July 1.
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Frank J. Dorlan
Manhattan
New York
Robert Stuart MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
New York City
Gov
Crusade Stops Auto Speeding in South Jersey
Trenton correspondent reports Magistrate Cloud of Woodbury and Road Supervisor Warrick led a speed enforcement drive across South Jersey. About 100 machines were stopped near Westville. most drivers claimed to travel near 25 mph with few admitting higher speeds. The campaign aims to curb speeding and may shift to further court actions.
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Jersey
Cloud
Warrick
Trenton
Cloud of
Woodbury
Glassboro
Westville
Stone Road
South Jersey
Fiest
Honor Grand Old Man at Pennington Church Birthday
A Presbyterian Church service in Pennington honored Enoch Armitage Titus on his 90th birthday. Titus has been a member for 73 years and a ruling elder for 61. The town sent congratulatory letters from former pastors as Titus remains active in the Sunday school.
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Glider
Presbyterian Church
Pennington
Enoch Armitage Titus
W. Harrison Muir
Charles M. Titus
Samuel B. Ketcham
George H. Bucher
David Wells
New York
Foster
Trenton
William Allen
Haddonfield
Titus
Benjamin Titus
Mary
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