Three Shot Dead in Chinese Theatre at Doyers Street Fights
Police battled rival Hip Sing and On Leong Tong factions after a staged battle escalated into a mass shooting at the Chinese Theatre. Four men were found unconscious. two died en route to hospital, another died later, and a fourth remained in grave condition. Mock Duck was arrested amid the violence.
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Doyers Street
Hip Sing Tong League
Mock Duck
On Leong Tongs
Tom Lee
Hip
Sing Tong League
Bowery
Chatham Square
Houston Street
Elizabeth Street
John Young
Little Playhouse
Young
Tracy
Black
Bolt
Sergt. Eggers
Chinatown
Mott
Pell
Dovers
Hudson Street Hospital
Yuck
Lee
Dovers Street
Sing
Lee Yee
T. Yuck
Pell Street
Mott Street
Shanghai
Wah Lee
Bayard Street
Tongs
the Bowery
Gin Yun
Qu Leong Tongs
On Leong
Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Noted In Index
The page lists sections including Amusements on page 7 Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers on page 4 Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails on page 4 Society on page 7 Weather Report on page T Yesterday's Fires on page 2.
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Marine Intelligence
Rescue of Miss Tucker From Woods Near Rochester Me
Miss Mary A. Tucker a Providence schoolteacher missing since July 20 was found alive today in the woods of South Lebanon Maine near Blaisdell's Corner East Rochester. She was exhausted and emaciated but may recover. Four Cocheco mills workers located her. She wore new black shoes and had soaked clothing.
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Mary A. Tucker
Camp
Ossipee
South Lebanon
Blaisdell’s Corner
Rochester
Miss Tucker
Ast Rochester
Miss Thicker
Cocheco Woolen Mills
East Rochester
John Donovan
Croydon
N. H
Farris Acquitted in Alum Powder Bribery Case
State Senator Frank H. Farris was acquitted by a Jefferson City jury of bribery related to a 1901 Alum bill aimed at repealing the ban on alum in baking powder. The panel, after multiple ballots, returned a verdict with cheers from Senate leaders.
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Jefferson City
Frank H. Farris
Davis
Farris
Brooklyn Man Killed After Train Incident at Atlantic Avenue
William McGowarty of 554 Carlton Avenue Brooklyn was struck as he attempted to board a Manhattan Beach train at Atlantic Avenue station yesterday. He died last night at Bradford Street Hospital from the injuries sustained.
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William McGowarty
Carlton Avenue
Brooklyn
Manhattan Beach
Atlantic Avenue
Bradford Street
German Government Delays Concessions Ahead of Conference
The German Government has informed the Moroccan Government it does not seek concessions before the international conference. This position signals patience as talks proceed.
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Tangier
Morocco
The Twentieth Century Limited Fastest Long-Distance Train
The Twentieth Century Limited is described as the fastest long distance train in the world. It travels 18 hours between New York and Chicago aboard the New York Central Lines.
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New York
Chicago
Roosevelt Preaches On Brotherhood At Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt delivers a 30 minute sermon to about two hundred members of the Christian Brotherhood in Oyster Bay after omitting morning worship at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church. He cites texts from Matthew and Corinthians urging charity, tolerance, and practical religion. He greets the audience with handshakes and visits the pastor’s house afterward.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Christian Brotherhood of
Roosevelt J
Latta
Bowman
Church
First Corinthians
James
Christ Protestant
Piscopal Church
Paul Morton in Auto Smash on Eighth Avenue
Paul Morton chairman of the Equitable Life board and Mrs Morton were in a car that collided with an approaching southbound vehicle at Twenty fourth Street. The chauffeur tried to turn but struck the running board then the curb. Nobody was seriously hurt. Conductor Woodson suffered bruises and refused medical aid. The Morton party left in a cab, the touring car damaged about 500 dollars.
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Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
C. H. Keet
Washington
New Jersey
Rich Woman Throws Away $100 Bills on Ferry
Mrs Daniel Hardy and her husband and daughter arrived from Stroudsburg Penn and went to Christopher Street Ferry where she hurled $100 bills at bystanders. She claimed to be queen of the world and that President Roosevelt would protect her. Diamonds and other valuables were mentioned and the money was recovered. The daughter aged thirteen cited hotel gossip as upsetting her mother. The family previously lived at 153 West Sixteenth Street.
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Daniel Hardy
Ethel
Stroudsburg
Penn
Christopher Street
Bellevue Hospital
West Sixteenth Street
YONKERS Faiman: marvel as dislocated vertebra man improves
James Fagan of Hastings survived a dislocated third vertebra and a brain clot after a fall while repairing a stair. He returned home with assistance and regained most memory. Doctors fear surgery but hope full recovery as osteopathion works to realign the vertebra and remove the clot once strong enough.
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New York Times
Yonkers
N. Y
James Fagan
Washington Avenue
Hastings
Fagan
Dobbs Ferry
New York
President as Peacemaker Faces Uncertain Peace Prospects
London dispatch summarizes Roosevelt as a strong peacemaker whose efforts at Oyster Bay and the upcoming Portsmouth conference may or may not yield a just lasting peace between Japan and Russia. The American public grows less confident while observers note unofficial diplomacy and possible Japanese terms, with Witte denying a breakup or unlikely peace.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
the Times
New York
Oyster Bay
Tokio
St. Petersburg
United States
Portsmouth
Japan
Russia
M. Witte
Sakhalin
Two Drown at Sheepshead Bay
William Carlos 64 Pulaski Street Brooklyn drowned yesterday afternoon off Sheepshead Bay amid a fishing trip with three companions when their boat overturned in a strong tide. Rescue attempts failed for Carlos who was unconscious. Thomas Murphy 16 of 50 New York Avenue Brooklyn also drowned while bathing in Sheepshead Bay as Walter Malone 298 Herkimer Street recovered the body.
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William Carlos
Pulaski Street
Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay
Carlos
Thomas Murphy
New York Avenue
Walter Malone
Herkimer Street
Elevator Boy Sticks To Duty In Smoke Filled Hall
A small fire in a Ganoga apartment at 30 43 East Twenty seventh Street filled halls with smoke. Elevator operator Joseph Andrews remained at his post making trips through the shaft to aid residents escaping. Mrs Scherer and Mrs Duval were rescued from upper floors. Damage listed around $300.
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Ganoga
East Twenty-seventh Street
J. L. Altorn
Madison Square
Joseph Andrews
Scherer
Duval
Two Families Suffer in Brooklyn Trolley Crash
A Fifth Avenue trolley struck a wagon carrying two sergeants of the Eighty Fourth Battery and their children near Sixteenth Avenue and Eighty Sixth Street. Sergeants Murphy and Huebner were injured, with Huebner’s child Ernest Huebner severely hurt. The wagon occupants were taken to Emergency Hospital at Coney Island, where Ernest’s condition was listed as critical.
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Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Coney Island
Sixteenth Avenue
Sheepshead Bay
Fort Hamilton
Thomas Murphy
Jules Huebner
Eighty-fourth Battery
Ernest Huebner
Mildred Huebner
Huebner
William Murphy
Sergeant Murphy
Murphy
New Guns For Metz Forts
French correspondents at Metz report rapid progress on fort work likely to finish before September end. Longer range marine guns are being installed to control railway routes from Pagny to Nancy Conflans Longuyon and Verdun. Special trains bring projectiles for the new artillery nightly.
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London
Timess
NEW York Times
Paris
Metz
Pagny
Nancy
Conflans
Longuyon
Verdun
Boys Discover Auto Behind Fence After Break Down
Policeman Williams finds a handsome touring car behind a Tremont Street fence on One Hundred and Seventy six Street near Boston Road yesterday morning. The auto owned by J. Schultz of 131 West Fifty first Street had broken down during a night tour with three friends and was moved to conceal it.
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Williams
Tremont Station
One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Street
Boston Road
J. Schultz
West Fiftyfirst Street
Two Die in Naphtha Launch Explosion Off Staten Island
A naphtha launch owned by Robert Engle of Pearl J. exploded near Shooter Island in Staten Island Sound. Two men from Engle’s party of eight, Herbert Holbert and Jake Ve, both Paterson residents, died as the craft burned and sank after the blast while skirting Shooter Island. A third companion swam toward land but could not reach safety. The incident occurred about 9:30 PM as lighting was being prepared aboard the vessel.
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Staten Isla Sound
Robert Engle
Perel J
Mr. Engle
Staten Island Sound
Shooter Island
Shogter Island
Herbert Holbert
Jak Ve
Paterson
Staten
George W
Japanese Strike Force Concentrates 430000 Infantry in Manchuria
A Sep. 6 dispatch reports 430000 Japanese infantry and 1600 guns massed before Russian lines in Manchuria. It notes Gen Hasegawa's Korea detachment and an unknown special unit, with good weather aiding road conditions as the Castries Bay landing rumors unfold in St. Petersburg.
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Manchuria
Hasegawa
Korea
ST. Petersburg
Godzy#dani
Castries Bay
Hairpin Fix Sparks Car Journey on Main Street
Bloomfield New Jersey August 7 A fuse blows in a moving car on Main Street. A man borrows a hairpin from a woman passenger and uses it to reconnect the fuse. The device burns out but the car continues after volunteers supply more hairpins to keep power flowing.
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Vise York Times
Bloomfield
N. J
Main Street
Witte Kisses Conductor in Boston Arrival
M Witte arrived at Back Bay Station and rushed from his car to embrace Conductor A B Theria on the platform. He kissed the conductor’s forehead then returned to his car as officers assisted. At Hotel Touraine Witte did not receive a room and would not comment on plans to continue to Portsmouth. The rest of the party remained reticent.
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Boston
Ave
M. Witte
Back Bay
Nince
Ian Envoy
Keep
Rys
A. B. Theria
Touraine
Portsmohilh
Girl Pilot on Little Ferry At Classon's Point
John Winters of 822 East 147th Street was arrested for operating an unlicensed launch ferry between East 134th Street and Classon Point. The service is run by the Classon Point resort owner with boats reportedly owned by Winters' brother. One boat carries a 16 year old girl pilot known as gis Bimpson who wears a blue and white uniform and cap and assists her father at the engine on the Shandy.
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John Winters
East One Hundred and Forty-seventh Street
East One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Street
Classon's Point
Winters
Classon's Point Resort
Bimpson
AIDS CHAUFFEUR ESCAPES AFTER HITTING TEACHER
A touring car numbered 17859 knocked down 60 year old music teacher Anthony Reiss at One Hundred Second Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The driver W H Moulton fled the scene, claiming it was a bluff, then sped away as a detective intervened. Reiss suffered bruises but did not press charges.
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Amsterdam
Moutton
Reissen
Columbis
Aventis
Moult
Joseph Pittman
Messenger
Reiss
Witte Arrives Newport After Sea Travel Delays Portsmouth Plan
A dense fog forces the Russian envoy M. Witte to depart Newport by rail instead of sea. The Mayflower and Dolphin with fleets anchor offshore as officials adjust the Portsmouth peace conference schedule to Wednesday. Witte, wary of seasickness, agrees to travel part way by rail, meeting President at Oyster Bay and later reaching Portsmouth by train.
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Dolphin
Mayflower
Newport
M. Witte
Oyster Bay
Portsmouth
Peirce
Cherbourg
New York
Tub New York
Law
M Witte
Ruassin
Goston
Blebeck
Ivenson
Price's Neck
French E. Chadwick
Winslow
H. O. Havemeyer
Havemeyer
Baron Rosen
Admiral Chadwick
Boyle
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Leong Tong
Maine Woods
Missouri
Kaiser
The
Christian Brotherhood
Eighth Avenue Trolley
Sheepshead
Burnett
Adv
Linewitch
Vladivostok
Lonpox Times
Petersburg
Viadivostok
Hairfin
Witte
Sho Es
Little Ferry
Missimpson
Classon
Stranght
Driver
Komura
Newport, R. I
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