Provident Life Stock Battle Draws State Insurance Chiefs
Policy holders of Provident Savings Life in New York and Colorado mobilize to block a proposed transfer of Provident Life stock to the Inter Southern Life Insurance Company of Kentucky. State and bank interests clash as Supt Kelsey and Colorado’s Rittenhouse scrutinize the deal amid questions of value and prior approvals.
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Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Colorado
E. R
O. F. Thomas
Inter- Southern Life Insurance Company of
Kentucky
Louisville
Royall Victor
Sullivan & Cromwell
Co. B
Provident Savings
Provident Life
Kelsey
Timothy L. Woodruff
Thomases
Woodruff
Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company
New York
H. ‘Wolfe
Inter-Southern Life
Provident Savings Life
Inter- Southern Company
Consolidated National
Mechanics and Traders
Metropolitan Trust Company
Inter-Southern Company
Insurance Company
Thomas
Coyle Syndicate
Philadelphia
Provident
State Insurance Department
Victor
Taft jokes about names and Yale memories with reporters
Taft, in Hot Springs, Va, jokes about being called Bill and recounts Yale days. He explains childhood names, a Farnam Hall room incident with his brother, and how classmates and 400 students called him Bill when he weighed 200 pounds.
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Hot Springs
Mr. Taft
Bill
Judge Taft
Yale
Willie
Cincinnati
Will
Harry
Farnam Hall
Python Terror Stuns Belleville Crowd at Park Escape
A 36 foot 400 pound East Indian python escaped at Hillside Park in Belleville New Jersey triggering panic among spectators. Animal trainer J C La Breque and Frank Gleason restrained the creature with a bag over its head while officers Gorham Gilman Hannan and Graham helped return it to the pit.
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New York Times
Belleville
N. J
New York
Hillside Park
J. C. la Breque
Frank Gleason
Bronx
Gorham
Gilman, Hannan
Graham
Ody
Gleason
Van Cortlandt Park Crowded After Subway Extension Opens
Thousands flocked to Van Cortlandt Park on a sunlit Sunday as the Broadway extension began service. The three baseball fields golf course and luncheon parties saw heavy use while Central and Bronx Parks also drew crowds. Railroads trolley lines and steamboats handled peak travel demand.
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van Cortlandt Park
Parks Club
Broadway
van Cortlandt
Subway
Central Park
Bronx Park
Lnes
Saratoga Police Ago Gambling Clubs Still Quiet
Saratoga New York August 2. Police had no official word that gambling clubs were open and county officials shared the doubt. Sunday brought quiet, with clubhouses closed and little business, while expectant proprietors anticipated a reopening.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
Salvation Army
Broadway
Commissioner King
Leaps From Ferryboat Drowns Chauffeur in East River
John Oakley a chauffeur of 322 First Avenue jumped from the ferryboat Babylon of the Long Island Railroad in midstream off East Thirty-fourth Street and drowned. Police say death by his own action though friends claim bravado. The boat was halted and a rescue boat lowered but Oakley sank before reaching him.
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John Oakley
First Avenue
Ramapo Club
Fuerr’s Park
L. I
Babylon
Long Island Railroad
East Thirty-fourth Street
East Thirty-fifth Street
Oakley
Gecktings
Reco
Legal tragedy at Bogota crossing leaves lawyer dead
A touring car carrying six men was struck by a westbound train at the Bogota New Jersey crossing. Donald Holmes, a Paterson lawyer, died. Five others injured include Curtis, Wallace Paul, James Shaw, W H Turner, and Harry Fernback. Doctors treated the injured. Turner survived to recount the crash.
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Susquehanna & Western
Bogota
N. J
Donald Holmes
Paterson
Curtis
James
Paul
Wallace C
Ellison Street
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Shaw
Turner
W. H
Fifteenth Avenue
Fernback
Harry
New York
Hackensack
Ricardo
TIMES
Swayzee
White
MacDonald
R. M. Curtis
North Jersey Country Club
Holmes
TWO HURT AS AUTO HITS CAR IN Yonkers COLLISION
An automobile owned by J C Sykes of 131 East Sixty sixth Street collided with a trolley car on South Broadway Yonkers around 6 PM. In the car were J C Sykes Mrs Sykes Frank Hiscock and two others. Mrs Sykes suffered a badly injured knee and Hiscock had a compound fracture with severe injuries. Dr Harold F Meeker aided victims and transported them to care facilities. The Sykes auto was badly wrecked.
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J. C. Sykes
East Sixty-sixth Street
Carriage Struck by Auto in Atlantic Highlands Crash
An automobile owned by William H. Orth of New York struck a carriage near Stone Church at high speed, overturning it and injuring three occupants, Mr and Mrs Albert C Murfitt of Red Bank and another passenger. The crash occurred as the carriage was at a curve.
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New York Times
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
William H. Orth
New York
Stone Church
Albert C. Murfitt
Red Bank
Longworths End Strike in Yellowstone Visit
Alice Roosevelt Longworth settled a hotel worker strike at Yellow Stone Park during a Denver trip by paying strikers to return to work. She offered $5 a day to the cooks, maids, and servers, avoiding arbitration and direct confrontation.
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New York Times
Denver
Col
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Yellow Stone Park
O'Neill
Longworth
Roosevelt
New Squadron Formed Under Admiral Arnold
Washington August 2 The Atlantic Fleet plans a new squadron formed from eastern seaboard ships and ships nearing commission. Rear Admiral Conway H. Arnold will command with the Iowa bearing his flag at target practice off Provincetown Massachusetts. The squadron will escort returning world circumnavigating fleets into New York Harbor and include the New Hampshire Idaho Mississippi Iowa Montana North Carolina Indiana and Massachusetts if ready.
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New York Times
Washington
Conway H. Arnold
Iowa
Provincetown
Mass
New York Harbor
New Harmpshire
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
Indiana
Massachusetts
Atlantic Fleet Passes Samoa Coast En Route to Auckland
The U S Atlantic fleet moved along the Samoa coast at Tutuila Island and Pago Pago with a view of islanders, then resumed course to Auckland at nine knots. The hospital ship Relief coal'd at Pago Pago, and the collier Ajax reached Suva.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
United States Atlantic
Auckland
New Zealand
Tutuila Island
Samoa
Annapolis
Pago Pago
Relief
Ajax
New Hampshire Returns from Quebec After Gale and Fog
The battleship New Hampshire, under Captain Cameron McRae Winslow and flag of Rear Admiral William S. Cowles, comes home from the tercentenary in Quebec. It faced dense fog en route and a severe gale near Nantucket Shoals, covering about 1200 miles at 12 knots before docking at Portsmouth, New Hampshire for its silver service. Admiral Cowles plans retirement soon and return to the Bureau of Equipment.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
New Hampshire
Cameron McRae Winslow
William S. Cowes
Quebec
Nantucket Shoals
Admiral Cowles
Lst
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Portsmouth
N. H
Submarine Flotilla Breaks Target Records in Gardiner's Bay
Newport R I August 2 The second submarine flotilla comprising the Octopus Tarantula Viper and Cuttlefish under Lieut Charles E Courtney has been smashing target records at depths of twenty to fifty feet. New periscope gear aids helmsmen and the subs’ value rises with additions. Undersea firing with Whitehead torpedoes reaches 1000 to 1500 yards against nets about 65 feet long. Full speed runs were made and further night and day drills are planned under Commander Marsh's training squadron.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Charles E. Courtney
Gardiner’s Bay
Marsh
Cavalry for Night Riders Organized in Lexington
A cavalry troop of young business and society men is formed in Lexington to patrol tobacco fields and deter night riders from burning or confiscating crops. Led by E. W. McLean and including a son of Gen. P. H. Johnson, the unit plans mounted patrols from its headquarters with chaplain De Verse, brother of Internal Revenue official Capers.
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New York Times
Lexington
P. H. Johnson
de Verse
Christ Church
United States Internal Revenue
Capers
E. W. McLean
Spain
Paris Prepares for Thirty Six Hour General Strike
Paris faces a planned twenty four hour general strike with unrest spreading through unions representing about 100000 workers including carmen travelers electricians printers and hotel staff. authorities mobilize 25000 troops to keep order as billstickers and newspapers report threats and attacks amid ominous protests in the Vigneux district and surrounding areas.
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Paris
General Labor Federation
Tomoorrow
Sabring
Vigneux
Electric Power Company
Roosevelt family attends church service at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt rides to Christ Church with Mrs Roosevelt and sons Kermit Archibald and Quentin. Warren S Young chief clerk arrives to assist during staff vacations. The Rev Karl Rieland delivers the sermon and is later invited to Sagamore Hill for afternoon entertainment.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Loeb
J. Young
Young
Karl Rieland
Grace Church
Manhattan
Ashburn
Rieland
Sagamore Hill
Revival in Southern lumber and industry boosts prices
The Southern Lumber Journal reports a broad revival across Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Prices for long and short leaf pine rise $1 to $3 per thousand feet as factories, mills, and railroads resume heavy orders. Banks hold ample funds and business activity sharpens nationwide, signaling a rapid return to normal conditions.
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New York Times
Wilmington
N. C
Southern Lumber Journal
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
South
United States
Roaches Vanish After Extermination at West 46th St Site
United Staintecting Co. reports roach infestation on West 46th Street addressed by contractor. Ad states extermination completed with service totaling $17 and outlines area cleanup and warranty terms.
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Dana
Nice
United Staintecting Co
West
46Th St
Hale Kaiser interview fuels European interest in America
Paris reports in Le Matin by Stephane Lauzanne detail Hale of The New York Times spending fifteen days with President Roosevelt. The Matin dedicates two columns to description and reprints dialogue from Hale's interview, crediting The New York Times and translating parts into French. The piece previews Lauzanne’s forthcoming book on America.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Europe
William Bayard Hale
Kaiser
Stephane Lauzanne
George
M. Lauzanne
America
Miss Mason Sleeps Outdoors, Promotes Open Air Health
In Newport New Jersey? New York Times reports Miss Ellen Mason of Rhode Island Avenue rests outdoors under a tent on her lawn to pursue the open air health fad. She keeps her cottage windows raised even in winter, illustrating believed benefits.
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The
New York Times
Newport
R. IL
Ellen Mason
Rhode Island Avenue
Miss Mason
Dutch cruiser Gelderland reports Venezuelan fort preparations
Gelderland from La Guayra, Venezuela, arrives at Willemstad. Its commander says a boat was sent ashore with an officer but communication was refused. He claims Caracas rejected letter bags to the German minister. Venezuela readies forts for defense. locals expect Dutch action.
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Willemstad
Curacao
la Guayra
Venezuela
Caracas
Holland
Obaldia Elected Panama President for 1910 1912
Panama reports that electoral boards in seven provincial capitals elected Senior Don José Domingo de Obaldia president for a term from October this year to 1912. Returns from Veraguas Corle Colon and Panama show a unanimous vote for Obaldia, former minister to the United States. The result excites his supporters.
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Panama
Veraguas
Corle
Colon
José Domingo de Obaldia
United States
Gibbons Visits Satolli in Rombe
Cardinal Gibbons met with Cardinal Satolli Prefect of the Congregation of Studies and Cardinal Martinelli to discuss American affairs including the Washington university. Tomorrow Gibbons with Bishops Foley and O Connell will visit Castel Gandolfo to see the American College villa. Archbishop Farley of New York has received warm catholics from high prelates for the New York Diocese centennial celebration.
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New York
United States
Harriman and family arrive in Chicago from Erie trip
The E. H. Harriman special pulled into Chicago at 6 pm on the Erie line. Harriman and his wife and children, along with Frederick D. Underwood, went to Evanston to stay with friends for the night while Underwood remains at the Chicago Club. No discussion of the trip’s purpose was provided.
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New York Times
Chicago
E. H. Harriman
Erie
Harriman
Frederick D. Underwood
New Cure for Lockjaw Reported by Magee Annex
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania the Pasteur Institute at Mercy Hospital announced a new tetanus cure using magnesium sulphate injected into the spinal column. Fourteen year old Harry Gilbert, hurt by a toy pistol on July 4, was discharged after three weeks of treatment begun with a 5 percent solution and increased to 16 percent.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Magee
Th Pasteur Institute
Mercy Hospital
Harry Gilbert
Gilbert
Wreck Ties Up Trains Near Rahway New Jersey
A coal train derailment on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Rahway New Jersey delayed thousands of Sunday excursionists for racing and seaside plans. Twenty six car train toppled twelve cars off the rails blocking all four lines until around midnight. Through trains rerouted via Lehigh Valley and local runs via Central of New Jersey.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Rahway
N. J
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Latest Shipping News Arrived Three Vessels
The port bulletin notes arrival of three ships at Rotterdam on July 25 with status updates and cargo details to follow.
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Wietterdam
Rotterdam
Forest Fireclaims 100 Dead Across Region
A massive forest fire has killed about 100 people as flames sweep across 100 miles threatening other towns. The smoke and heat drive evacuations from mountains and coal mines as authorities warn of further destruction.
Forest fires engulf Fernie region as Laurier appeals for aid
Wildfires in British Columbia and nearby areas rage after a month of smoldering, wiping out Fernie and Hosmer, threatening Sparwood Michel and other coal towns. An appeal to Sir Wilfrid Laurier for Ottawa assistance is sent as 100 square miles burn and 3,000 refugees shelter in open prairies. Rail bridges are destroyed, stock and coal piles burn, and the fire may reach Montana within hours.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Fernie
B. C
Hosmer
Olson
Sparwood
Michel
Wilfrid Laurier
Ottawa
Elk River
Crow's Nest Coal Company
Fikes Wood
C. Pp. R
Osceola
Montana
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
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