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Newspaper

Kansas City Star

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1908

Page

3

Love Law and Balloons The Hawley Family Suit in New York

The case reveals early American ballooning as Jennie M. Levee formerly Miss Jennie M. Hawley faces a $74,698.50 attachment against her property at the request of brothers Alan R. and William Hawley. The attachment comes as the Supreme Court records progress on a memorial to Edwin Booth with a $25,000 sculpture by Frederick MacMonnies to depict Hamlet. In a separate note, wreckers uncover $11,500 in gold and bills hidden in a hermit William Jaynes hut near Hempstead, previously missing from the estate.

New York America Jennie M. Levee William Jaynes Hempstead S. 1 Jaynes

Afraonaut Hawley Brothers Seek Attachment in Sister Case

The Hawley brothers of William Hawley & Co seek court attachment on deposits and real estate to recover over 74000 due from their sister Miss Hawley now married to Charles Levee the French aeronaut They accuse her of departing New York to defraud creditors and evade service while the Levees honeymoon in Paris Wakehurst villa at Newport to reopen with James J Van Alen estate linked to the news

William Hawley New York Fifth Avenue National Bank East Seventy-seventh Street West Eleventh Street West Tenth Street

Tower Preparing to Leave Audience with Kaiser Returns

Bern April 16 Charlemagne Tower the American ambassador and Mrs Tower will leave Berlin for Dresden Tuesday to be received by King Frederick August of Saxony Spencer Eddy first secretary will return from Paris Monday and oversee affairs in Mr Tower's absence They will go to Switzerland in early May to relinquish their Berlin residence and plan a farewell audience with the emperor on his return from Corfu later in May Tower will visit Austria and Bavaria in late May.

Bern Charlemagne Tower Tower Berlin Dresden Frederick August Saxony Spencer F. Eddy Paris Switzerland Foreign Office Corfu Austria Bavaria

Illinois teacher given wedding gift ride on a rail

In Mount Vernon Illinois Prof O Bill Waters Franklin school teacher wed to Lena Chaney of Belle River in Belleville last April. Pupils seized him and hoisted him onto a rail as a playful wedding gift then rode him around the school yard before releasing him.

Mount Vernon, Inn O'Bill Waters Franklin School

Water Main Burst Floods St Louis Streets

A thirty six inch water main burst in St Louis early today creating a twelve foot deep hole on Hebert street at Rauschenbach avenue. The flood spouted six feet and spread two blocks tearing up asphalt and flooding cellars. It polluted a section of St Louis park with slime and mud as residents fled in alarm.

St. Louis Hebert Street Rauschenbach

Wakehurst at Newport to Reopen After Desertion

News from Newport states James J. Van Alen and his daughter Miss May Van Alen will arrive from Egypt in July to occupy Wakehurst again after nearly two years away. His son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Collier will join him for part of the summer.

Fire crews rush to scene as water supply is cut

Urgent telephone messages were sent to the street and fire departments after an incident, and after a time the water supply was shut off.

Joint in the Depot Causes Eighty-Year-Old to Object

An elderly woman at the Union depot protested a sign advertising "joints" in the ticket office area, insisting she believed such places had been closed in Kansas. A younger woman with her asked for clarification as the sign confused them.

Union Depot Kansas

Lost Esquimaux Tribe Expedition Under Way

Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson, physiology chair at Blees Military Academy, departed Macon for New York to join the American Museum of Natural History. He will lead an expedition to locate an unknown Esquimaux tribe on a small Arctic island. His associate in command will be named later.

Macon Rudolph M. Anderson Blees Military Academy New York American Museum of Natural History Anderson Museum Esquimaux Arctic Ocean

Norse Researchers Plan Two Year Arctic Expedition

Dr. Rudolph M Anderson and Dr Stefansson of the museum staff plan a two year voyage to study the isolated Esquimaux tribe. They will travel from New York to Edmonston then through the Mackenzie and Copper Mine rivers by whaling vessel to reach Herschel island and a small island beyond Prince Albert to collect language customs and artifacts.

Stefansson Far North Fsquimaux Esquimaux Hermit Kingdom Eee Anderson New York Edmonston British Columbia Mackenzie River Herschel Island Arctic Ocean Copper Mine Croise Prince Albert Island

Rockefeller Bible Class Aids Country Youth Visitors

John D. Rockefeller Jr presents a plan with the Fifth Avenue Baptist church to safeguard country youth who come to New York. A committee will announce arrivals, invite newcomers to join the Bible class and church work, and inform parents nationwide. Rockefeller seeks reelection as class vice president at tonight's meeting.

New Yor New York City John D. Rockefeller Jr Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Rockefeller

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