Atlantic City Goes Dry on Sunday Amid Enforcement
The New York Times reports Atlantic City was completely dry as saloons closed under Gov Forts threat to call the Legislature for troops. Saloons lost about 150000 in revenue while resorts and nearby Somers Point and South Atlantic City also shut or stayed dry. Police posted bulletins and chiefs praised the orderly closure across Boardwalks and avenues with no unrest.
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New York Times
Atlantic
Woodruff
Arctic
Baltic Avenues
Baltic Avenue
Arctic Avenue
Rattler Trials New Suction Gas Engine at Sea
A London report says the HMS Rattler, an obsolete warship, hosts a Beardmore suction gas engine promising 50 percent more power per coal while needing no boilers or stokers. The experimental setup uses cooled gas from steam and air passing through a coal furnace, with the engine consuming only as much gas as required.
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William Beardmore Company
Takes Away House Doors and Blinds in Paterson
In Paterson New Jersey Mrs Mary Sherwood and her daughter occupy 297 Hamilton Avenue with no doors or window blinds since Aug 1 landlord William Otten began dispossess proceedings over rent. Otten removed doors and blinds after a clash over alleged mistreatment and coal bin lock. The Sherwoods, aided by counsel, plan to stay while legal action proceeds.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Mary Sherwood
Hamilton Avenue
William Otten
Edith Sherwood
Sherwood
Man Doorman Swims Half Mile With Two Boatloads of Passengers
Julius Leck a Delancey Street Police Station doorman swam from Blackwell's Island to the Cygnet Boat Club in thirty five minutes amid excitement from 500 spectators in East River Park. He towed nine rowers totaling about 240 pounds using an English side stroke against currents and passing vessels. He had little rest after an all night shift before the feat.
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Julius Leck
Delancey Street
Blackwell's Island
Cygnet Boat Club
East Eighty-sixth Street
Manhattan
Cca
East River Park
Bridgeport
New York Central Railroad
Leck
Runaway Horse Scatters City Streets Hurting Two
Joseph Pudnick aged 20 borrowed his brother s horse for a ride with his sweetheart. A car blocked the path and frightened the horse causing a wild run through Lenox Avenue East 110th Street and Madison Avenue injuring Mrs Kate Muskod and youngster Charles Weiner. Pudnick was badly injured when he fell. The horse was shot after breaking two legs.
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Joseph Pudnick
Fast 100Th Street
Fast 102d Street
Pudnick
Lenox Avenue
116Th Street
East 110Th Street
Kate Muskod
East 109Th Street
11Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Charles Weiner
East Mth Street
Madison Avenue
Dr. Aronson
Taft’s 400 Mile Ohio Journey Draws Large Crowds
Taft and Mrs. Taft arrive at Middle Bass Island after a 400 mile Ohio swing with fourteen speeches. Crowds along the line at Columbus Kenton Marysville Findlay and Bowling Green greet the Republican candidate, who weighs touring debatable states against a tighter Ohio focus. Taft plans fishing golf and talks with Ohio politicians during a week at the island.
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Middle Bass Island
Ohio
Taft
Mr. Taft
Toledo
Mrs. Taft
Columbus
C. T. Lewis
Middle Bass Island Club
Kenton
Marysville
Findlay
Bowling Green
Hitchcock
Vorys
Hot Springs
Congress
Middle Bass
Senator Foraker
Fort Meigs
Herrick
Garfield
Youngstown
Labor Day Excursions and Prices Listed
Niagara Falls trips priced at $9 with Mauch Chunk at $1.50 and Bellewood at $1. Lehigh Valley service noted as 1460-355 by way Ady. Local listings summarize excursion options and fares.
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Niagara Falls
Mauch Chunk
Bellewood
Lehigh Valley
Ady
London hotel crisis lifts shares in major London inns
London hotel securities fall in value as competition floods the market. Carlton Savoy Cecil Gordon shares trade far below par while executives warn overbuilding and excessive spending. George Cooke and Lord Bessborough say London is over stocked and no new hotels should be built for a decade.
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New York Times
London
New York Scunday Times
Carlton
Savoy
Cecil
Gordon Hotel
George Cooke
Lord Bessborough
Kaiser Pledges Peace at Strasburg Banquet
Emperor William declares Europe’s peace is secure and unthreatened by hostile agitators. He attributes security to princes and statesmen, the will of the peoples, and Germany’s land and sea power. He vows to maintain armed force without menace while pursuing progress.
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Strasburg
William
Europe
Germany
City Fire Destroys Large Part of New Orleans District
A major blaze in New Orleans center city Aug 30 swept across three blocks, destroying wholesale houses, plants, and small stores from Bienville and Chartres to Conti and Royal. Loss estimated at 1 to 2 million dollars as water supply and picnic-time crews hindered early efforts. The column lists several affected firms including Central Glass, Levy & Weiss, and Paul Gelpi & Sons, with liquor warehouses among the buildings burned and explosions accompanying the blaze.
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New Orleans
Bienville
Chartres
Conti ‘Street
Royal
Central Glass Company
George D. Scott
Heidenbrock, Levy & Weiss
Hoehn & Dieth
Kost Commission Company
Paul Gelpi & Sons
New Orleans Junk Company
Isador Keiffer & Cat Boots and Shoes
Thomas. Ll. Harris
Pequot Casino Burned in New London Harbor
The Pequot Casino on Pequot Avenue overlooking New London Harbor burned at noon, gutting the building with losses estimated at 15 000 to 20 000. Twelve New York guests escaped with their belongings as units assisted in recovery and insurance covered 25 000.
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New London
Cann
Pequot
Pequot Avenue
New London Harbor
Long Island Sound
New York
Pequot Casino Association
William Schall, Jr
Eugene T. Kirtland
New Double Fare To Coney Enforced On Surface Lines
Coney Island & Brooklyn Road collected two fares on its De Kalb Avenue Franklin Avenue and Smith Street lines last night. Dennis Sullivan said no trouble was expected though about twenty uniformed and as many plainclothes officers rode the cars. The second fare will be charged on Manhattan bound cars at Park Circle and on Coney Island bound cars at Kings Highway with police reserves at the scene. The Public Service Commission required twenty days notice before the rule took effect.
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Coney Island
Brooklyn Road
de Kalb Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Smith Street
Dennis Sullivan
Park Circle
King's, Highway
Sullivan
Kelly
Parkville Station
Saaion
Public Service Commission
Watchman Brady murdered on State Road near White Plains
Frank Brady watchman on the State Road between Tarrytown and White Plains was found slain in a brook with a fractured skull and a belt tightened around his throat. Sheriff Lane, suspect Pasquale Giovanni, an Italian, was arrested amid Black Hand vigilante rumors after evidence including bloodstains on Giovanni and a broken watchman’s club. Police linked a string of Black Hand crimes in Westchester as motive.
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New York
Whith Plains
N. Y
Frank Brady
Tarrytown
White Plains
Ouna Dean
Charles M. Lane
Black Hand
Prady
Brady
Mallory & Murraty
State Road
Knollwood Country Club
Pasquale Giovanni
Frank Hope
Peter Hope
Knoxwood Lane
Squires
Sheriff Lane
Knollwood
Nicole
Elmsford
Pasquale
Joe
Lane
Mane
Westchester County
North Castle
Scarsdale
Chappaqua
Bedford
Croton
Black Hand Society
Silver Lake Park
Manhattan
Central Avenue
Hartsdale
Demented Doctor Seized By Greenwich Authorities
Dr Clinton Allden Dodge of Philadelphia, brother a mining expert in Wilkes Barre, mother a Boston woman, was locked up in Greenwich to be moved to a private sanitarium. She arrived with him after a quarrel over a doll. She claimed prior confinement at Nyack and Poughkeepsie facilities, criticizing treatment there. He claimed a fortune and expertise in spinal diseases and caused a disturbance over three Simons being taken from him.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Clinton Allden Dodge
Philadelphia
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Boston
Sailors from President's yacht barred from dance pavilion
Sailors from the Sylph on the President's yacht were refused admittance at a public dance pavilion in Oyster Bay. Uniformed Navy sailors argued they could not be barred, but left after the attendant refused entry. Earlier, Mayflower sailors caused trouble leading the Navy to move that vessel to Whitestone.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sylph
Roger Williams
Innside Inn
United States Navy
Navy Department
Whitestone
Oklahoma Officials Targeted by Anonymous Threat Letters
Gov. Haskell and state officials received anonymous assassination threats on Labor Day. State Agricultural Superintendent Robert E. Lozier and Enforce ment Attorney Fred S. Caldwell also faced the threats linked to last week’s beer destruction in Oklahoma City. Caldwell is armed. detectives and secret service agents are tracing the letters to their sender.
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Haskell
Robert E. Lozier
Fred S. Caldwell
Oklahoma City
Caldwell
Lozier
Assessors Use Blue Book to Uncover Hidden Bonds
Pittsburg officials used the city blue book to probe wealthy women’s papers and uncovered about 1 million dollars in untaxed bonds and other assessable writings. Four thousand one hundred letters were sent to Pittsburgh society women, revealing long overdue taxes on paper assets.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Pittsburg Society
Oklahoma acts to revoke railroad license after court dispute
In Guthrie Oklahoma acting Secretary of State Leo Meyer revoked the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company's license to operate citing a state law that blocks transfer of a case from state to federal courts. Federal Judge Cotteral is set for October 5 hearing on the matter while Judge Lotteral had restrained enforcement of the order.
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Goode
Comanche County
Leo Meyer
Oklahoma
Motor Crash Near New London Injures Bicycle Rider
In New London Connecticut on August 30 a car driven by Yale graduate John H. Mallory collided with a bicycle carrying William Beebe after a curve between New London and Mystic. Beebe was hurled from the bike and left unconscious. he was taken to Dr. L. M. Allen in Mystic and then home, with his condition described as critical and internally severe.
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New York Times
New London
Conn
Fort Still
Mystic
John H. Mallory
William Beebe
Mallory
Yale
Griswold
Beebe
Auto Crash Near Egg Harbor Injures Four
J P Walker a Gloucester contractor and his mother are mortally and seriously hurt when his car overturns at Elwood near Egg Harbor while en route to Atlantic City. Walker and his mother sustain serious injuries with his wife and daughter severely hurt. A passing motorist ferries them to hospital after rapid aid at Dr Growell’s office. The crash occurs at the site of a previous Apperson Jack Rabbit accident.
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New York Times
Egg Harbor
N. J
J. P. Walker
Market Street
Gloucester
Elwood
Walker
Atlantic City
Rockefeller Gift Aims to Endow Southern Baptist University
John D. Rockefeller through the General Education Board offers Richmond College Virginia a 150000 gift on condition the state Baptists raise 250000 more. He envisions uniting Richmond College with a large women’s college under one corporation to create a major Southern university. Proceeds from current property sales fund new buildings and a 100000 gift will buy a new site.
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South
Chicago University
John D. Rockefeller
General Education Board
Richmond College
Richmond
Baptists
Virginia Baptists
Woman’s College In Law
Great Southern University
Rockefeller
Williams Alibi Questioned in Atlantic City Shooting Case
Atlantic City police grow convinced a revenge-seeking relative of Mrs Williams fired the shot that wounded Roberts. Williams’s alibi, tied to Baltimore cousin Talbot Williams, is undermined by new reports. Roberts lies dying. an ante mortem statement may shed light while Mrs Roberts backs the highwayman theory.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
W. &. G. Williams
Roberts
Will James
Wilson
Baltimore
Woodruff
Might
Williams
Alli
Paltimore
Pittsburg
Talbot Williams
Rowland Park
Atlantic City Hospital
Roberta
Mrs Williams Returns Home After Atlantic City Mystery
Baltimore reports focus on the Williams shooting mystery as Mrs. W S G Williams arrives with husband and children at their Long Green Valley home. Reconciliation followed, while detectives in Baltimore and Atlantic City pursue theories of a hold up robbery involving Roberts who carried large sums. Williams reportedly had guardianship action earlier in court and related marital strains.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Atlantic City
W. S. G. Willams
Long Green Valley
Europe
Williams
Jude Burke
Baltimore County Court
Thomas de Ford
Roberts
Mrs. Williams
John Olney Norris
Mr. Roberts
Norra
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