Stocks Force New Low Records Amid Broad Declines
Stocks dropped to record lows across the market with Standard Oil leading the losses by 40 points to 425 and American Tobacco down 9 1 2 points. Union Pacific Delware & Hudson and other majors fell while Interborough Metropolitan bonds slid, fueling broad panic and month end selling.
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Iran
Union Pacific
Oints
Delaware & Hudson
Orthern Pacific
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Wiinois Central
New York Air
Granby
Consolidated Gas
North American Company
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke
Traction Group
Interborough-Metropolitan
Wall Street
M'h
Ohio
R. T
Pacific
Central
Orth. Pacific
Qing
Bouth. Pacific
Steel
Steel Pf
Standard Oil
American Tobacco
Ico
Produce Exchange
Berlin
Notig
Girl Rescues Three Youths From Flushing Bay
A young woman aboard a rowboat helped three brothers stranded when their craft capsized near East Elmhurst in Flushing Bay. They were Hans 21 Christian 19 and Axel Peterson 16, of the sloop Mary of Boston. The rescuer kept her name secret and pedaled away.
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Flushing Bay
Hans
Christian
Axel Peterson
Mary
Boston
East Elmhurst
Axel
Brokers Blame Washington for Market Liquidation
Opinion across leading banks and brokerage houses assigns the liquidation trend to actions by Washington authorities and state legislature. Wall Street suspects no immediate business downturn justifying investor hesitation and lacks strong outside buying to steady the market amid last six months of decline.
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Financial District
Washington
Wall Street
Sis Sind
Water cyclist ends trip at Pleasure Bay after river voyage
John H. Mitchell of New York failed to complete his journey from Coney Island to Long Branch on his water cycle. He arrived at Pleasure Bay at 1 o clock after navigating the Shrewsbury River, fighting a strong tide and avoiding flats. Mitchell plans a future trip up the Hudson and down the coast to Jamestown Exposition, then ships the craft back to New York.
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New York Times
Long Branch
John H. Mitchell
New York
Coney Island
Pleasure Bay
Shrewsbury River
Highlands
Navesink
Seabright
Frank McLain
Mitchell
Cycle Mariner
Timms
Hudson
Jamestown
Patten Line
J. J. Hill Loses Control of Northern Pacific
Special to The New York Times reports that J. J. Hill and Great Northern stockholders have allegedly forfeited control of the Northern Pacific Railway. After years of influence, market declines and heavy borrowing supposedly eroded their grip as stock values plunged from highs near 100 to around 120.
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New York Times
Paul
Minn
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railway
Mr. Hill
Northern Pacifice
Hill
Italians Fight Over Woman Leaves Two Dead
In a late afternoon clash among Italians at a resort on Amsterdam outskirts, a woman sparked the fight. One participant was stabbed to death at the scene and another died shortly after, with a chaotic scene reported in Amsterdam New York.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
Sarah
Hughes Booms Worry Roosevelt Taft Outlook in New York
The New York Postmastership decision looms and a Taft boom is urged after two conferences. Taft and Roosevelt plans, with Woodruff and Barnes involved, seek to counter Hughes as Taft prepares for a three month Philippines trip and a nationwide campaign. The talk centers on Nassau Oyster Bay meetings and state committee dynamics amid heavy party maneuvering.
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Taft
Woodruff
Parsons
New York City
Meyer
Sagamore Hill
Murray Bay
Canada
Manhattan
Washington
Millbury
Worcester
Mass
Oyster Bay
Secretary Root
Columbus
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Missouri
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Philippines
Ked
Roosevelt
Root
Hughes
Timothy L Woodruff
William Barnes, Jr
New York State
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Fleischman Brothers
Cincinnati
Barnes
New York
Mr. Taft
New Bedford
Nantucket
Ae Woodruff
State Committee
Odell
Hugh
Troops Fire on Belfast Rioters Wounding Dozens
In Belfast on August 12 troops fired on a mob near the constabulary barracks in Cullingtree Road. One woman and two men were killed and many more wounded as rioters pelted police and soldiers with stones bottles and bricks. The clash continued past midnight with hospital overcrowding and extensive property damage.
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Belfast
Constabulary
Cullingtree Road
Falls
Grosvenor
Car kills Frederick Nye in Harlem street crash
Frederick Nye manager of The World’s comic supplement was struck by a Lenox Avenue car at 138th Street. He died from a skull fracture at Harlem Hospital. Motorman Frederick Gunnell was charged with felonious assault. A passenger, A C Dreyfus, was arrested for disorderly conduct after challenging the crowd.
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Frederick Nye
Comic Supplement of the World
West Fifty-eighth Street
Harlem Hospital
Nye
A. C. Dreyfus
West 140Th Street
Metropolitan Street Railroad Company
Gustave Thompson
Dreyfus
Thompson
Della Lesser
Gunnan
Runaway horse causes spectacular Claremont smash
A runaway horse drawing a hansom cab bolted at 125th Street and raced to the Claremont Hotel Riverside Drive. It crashed into three diners’ carriages, two cabs and four wrecked vehicles, injuring about fifty late diners in a dramatic street spectacle. Joseph Farrell escaped unhurt after being displaced from his empty Continental Stables cab.
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Claremont
Riverside Drive
Joseph Farrell
Sixth Avenue
Continental Stables
125Th Street
Farrell
Claremont Hotel
Nine Women Hurt in Street Collision at Smith Street
A Smith Street car bound for Coney Teland derailed by an obstruction on the track and crossed into a northbound car. Nine women riding in the two vehicles suffered minor injuries. ambulance surgeons treated them and they returned home. The line remained blocked for about thirty minutes.
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Smith Street
Coney Teland
Meyers Named Chief of Statistics for Public Service Commission
William J. Meyers has been appointed Chief of the Division of Statistics and Accounts for the Public Service Commission in the Second District. The appointment carries a salary of $5,000. Meyers holds a prominent role in Albany reporting on public utilities.
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New York Tames
Albany
William J. Meyers
Division of Statistics and Accounts
Public Service Commission
Mr. Meyers Ia
Armenians confess to Br and Boston murder plots
Armenian suspected Hunchakist members, Jalerian and Coosian already arrested. Manookian, Boyajian, and others confess to plots to kill four men including Tarshanjian’s alleged killer in New York and to seize daggers and pistols. Police seize daggers, poisons, explosives, and weapons. grand jury indictments expected.
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Alydos Maenockian
Boston
Leon Boyajian
Jerome
Woods
Hunchakist
Manookian
Andos Jalerian
Jim Chankalian
Order
Levon Boyajian
Y. Coofian
Vartavian
Krekorian
Manoukian
Tarshanjian
New York
Abides Manoukian
Boyajian
Jalerian
Coosian
Con
Hitle
East Forty-fifth Street
Boshosh Alletunkian
McCafferty
Carters
Grand Jury
Hampartzoomian
Tavshanjian
Italian laborer murdered in Stamford street attack
Santello fastansa, Italian workman for the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad, was found dying from a fractured skull on a Stamford street in front of his lodging house at 224 ce Street. Police suspect murder after noting finger marks on the neck. Bedmate Michael De Trete and Frank Derete, Alfred Cavaliere, and house keeper Hugo Modio are in custody as coroner's investigation begins.
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Stamford
Conn
Santello Fastansa
New York
New Haven
Hartford Rallroad
Ce Street
Sconac Sondaieaen
Michael de Trete
Frank Derete
Alfred Cavaliere
Hugo Modio
Gastansa
Hughes to Speak at Chautauqua Event in September
Gov. Hughes has consented to speak at Chautauqua in late August. He will visit the State Monument Committee on September 96 to attend the dedication of a statue to Major General George Sears Greene.
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Hughes
Chautauqua
New York Times
Albany
Tate Monument Committee
George Sears Greans
Harriman's Son Faints During Omaha Church Visit
Averill Harriman eldest son of E H Harriman fainted in an Omaha Episcopal Cathedral while accompanying his father and Union Pacific official Mahler. He was unconscious for about an hour, aided by Harriman's private physician, then moved to the Harriman train and reported all right as the party departed west.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Averill Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Mahler
Union Pacific
Harriman
Episcopal Cathedral
Lylé
West
McKee Father Heads to New York in Divorce Mediation
H Sellers McKee father of Hart McKee and president of the National Bank of Birmingham Pittsburg left for New York today and will sail for France Wednesday. He hopes to persuade his daughter's wife to drop divorce proceedings alleged against Hart McKee.
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New York
Pittsburg
H. Sellers McKee
Hart McKee
France
McKee
National Bank of Birmingham
Paris
Plan War on Trust in Mississippi Valley States Meet
Attorneys General from Mississippi Valley states gathered in St. Louis to plan a national conference aimed at coordinating enforcement of state anti trust laws. The meeting, at the request of Missouri Attorney General Herbert S Hadley, sought concerted action.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Herbert
Hadley
Missouri
Release sought for contractor Gaynor from Macon prison
An application was filed in Federal Court in Atlanta to grant John H. Gaynor, the contractor linked to the Savannah harbor frauds, a release from the Macon penitentiary. Gaynor is said to be dying of consumption and the petition awaits approval by the Department of Justice in Washington before reaching the President.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Macon
John H. Gaynor
Savannah
Gaynor
Department of Justice
Washington
Got Judge's Horse by Ruse in Stamford Theft
Thomas Fisher of Stamford was arrested in Bedford New York on charges of stealing Probate Judge H Stanley Finch's horse. Fisher allegedly seized the horse by false представение that the judge's son wanted it and later swapped it for another horse in Greenwich. Police in Bedford arrested him after cruel treatment of the animal. Stamford officers then took Fisher into custody for the more serious theft charge.
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New York
Stamford
Conn
Thomas Fisher
Bedford
N. Y
H. Stanley Finch
Fisher
Place
Runaway horse crashes through window in Stamford
Mrs Mary Murphy and four daughters were frightened when a runaway horse driven by John J O Connor bolted from its harness and leaped into the Elm Street home window. The horse damaged the veranda posts and the piano music rack before being subdued. Mrs Murphy suffered an eye injury from flying glass.
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Tom
New York
Timms
Stamford
Conn
Mary Murphy
Elm Street
Hartje seeks custody in Pittsburg divorce case
Augustus Hartje paper manufacturer goes to court to request custody of his two children. The children remain in the custody of Mrs Hartje and the judge did not rule today. No further developments were reported in the Hartje divorce case.
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NEW York Times
Pittsburg
Hartje &Ivorce
Augustus Hartje
Hartje
Fire damages three story building on West Twenty third Street
A fire causing 1500 dollars damage halted traffic on West Twenty third Street for about forty five minutes last evening. The blaze began on the second floor of the brick structure occupied by the Lion.
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West Twenty-third Street
Lion Water
Heat toll rises as Memphis swelters in 95 degree heat
Heat gripped Memphis Tenn today with a 95 degree thermometer reading after days of a tormenting heat wave. Three threshers died from prostration amid the scorching conditions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Thres Mien
Telegraphers Strike Expands Nationwide Over Company Attitudes
Telegraph operators across the United States walk out in protest after Western Union and Postal Telegraph actions. Canso Nova Scotia reports 90 percent of unionized cable workers joining. 61 percent of local New York workers at work with relay stations used to handle traffic. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Trenton and Montreal also affected as leaders claim progress toward victory.
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Los Angeles
Western Union Company
Haa Peer
Trams
Canso
Nova Scotia
Nll
West
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Postal
Associated Press
Companied
New York
Rostal Telegraph Company
Robinson
Stock Hill
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Washington
Cleveland
Cincinnati
New Jersey
Trenton
Montreal
Chicago
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Shrewsbury
Northern Pacific
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Dean Ecund
Rin
BR. Jerome
Jalerian Point
Tanatd
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Tae
Church
Mart McKee
Judge
Suet
Western Union and Postal Offices
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