Two Aviators End Flight With Crashes In Sound Crossing
Clifford Harmon and Stanley Beach attempted to fly across Long Island Sound from Garden City to Greenwich. Beach crashed at a cliff edge after barely lifting off. Harmon, with a new Gnome engine, failed to gain lift and landed early near Roslyn, later planning a renewed cross‑country attempt with engine changes.
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Long Island Sound
Clifford B. Harmon
The
Aero Club of America
National Council of the Aero Club
Stanley Y. Beach
Beach
Bridgeport
Harmon
Garden City
Greenwich
Conn
Country Life In America
Roslyn
L. I
Warman
France
Charles Ix. Hamilton
Glenwood
Hamilton
Sea Cliff
Malard
Ae Hamilton
Meepee
Philadelphia
Curtiss
Thomas A. Baldwin
Baldwin
President offers Hadley Yale chair on railroad stock probe
The President proposed to Yale President Arthur T. Hadley the chairmanship of a new commission to investigate railroad stocks and bonds and to supervise them under the Interstate Commerce Commission. Hadley weighs how the role would affect his Yale duties while Wickersham and Nagel plan to meet the President to discuss the appointment. The President also announced his Maine cruise is not a search for a new Summer capital and Taft will keep Beverly as a Summer home.
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Beverly
Mass
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Hadley
Connecticut Railroad Commission
Wickersham
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Alaska
Bar Harbor
Maine
Taft
White House
Lubec Bay
Harmon removes mayor in Newark lynching fallout
Gov Harmon suspends Mayor Herbert Atherton and Licking County Sheriff Linke after the lynching of Detective Etherington. J N Ankele becomes vice mayor and reshapes Newark police to enforce laws, with Chief Hindel and Captain Swank installed. A special Grand Jury will probe the events as arrests follow rioting.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harmon
Herbert Atherton
Newark
Linke
Licking County
J. N. Ankele
Etherington
Ankele
Zergeibiel
Robert Bell
Charles Hindel
Charles Swank
Ciry
Easles
Embezzlement Charge Shocks Louisville Fidelity Trust
Auguste Rooke assistant secretary at Fidelity Trust Company arrested on embezzlement charges. Officials estimate a shortage near 600000 with funds diverted from the clearing system to manipulate stocks in Louisville Chicago and New York. Rooke, a longtime employee and Toledo Railway and Light director, is held on bail.
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New York Times
Louisville
Auguste Rooke
Fidelity Trust Company
Chicago
Rooke
New York
John W. Barr, Jr
Toledoailway and Light Company
Tefft Weller Sold to Claflin in 72 Percent Cash Deal
The Tefft Weller Company of 330 Broadway closes after 64 years in business. H B Claflin Company buys stock at 72 percent of invoice price, with assets exceeding liabilities by about 1.096 million dollars. Claflin plans a large dress goods sale and many Tefft Weller staff join the Claflin group.
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Tefft-Weller Company
Broadway
H. B. Claflin Company
A. D. Juilliard
A. D. Juilliard & Co
Cornelius N. ‘Bliss
Bliss, Fabyan & Co
William de F. Haines
Lawrence & Co
C. J. Bausher
C. L. Bausher & Co
Woodbury Langdon
Joy, Langdon & Co
Tefft- Weller Company
William B. Ellison
H. B. Clafin Company
Ces
Claflin
Adea
George C. Clarke
John N. Beach
Hamlin, Stone & Tefft
United Dry Goods Companies
Associated Merchants’ Company
James McCreery Company
Twentythird
Thirty-fourth Street
Stewart & Co
Baltimore
Posner Brothers
C. G
Quaker Leader Questions Hymns at New Jersey Meeting
Dr C Edward Janey chairing the General Conference of Friends at Ocean Grove New Jersey criticizes Methodist hymn singing and suggests a Friends committee select alternative music. He cites hymns like Jesus Lover of My Soul Onward Christian Soldiers There is a Fountain Filled with Blood as examples not aligned with Friends beliefs.
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New York Times
Ocean Grove
N. J
C. Edward Janey
General Conference of Friends
Jesus
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Submarine Collision Damages Gunboat Castine Off Provincetown
Off Provincetown Massachusetts on July 11 the gunboat Castine was rammed by the submarine Bonito during a patrol. Castine with eighty crew reached shore after flooding compartments. no injuries reported. Bonito sustained only armor denting and railing loss. Ensign Sloan Danenhower commanded Bonito. Castine was led by Lieut Ralph A Koch. Division commander Lieut Donald C Binghem and other submarines not returning for hours.
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Provincetown
Mass
Castine
Ralph A. Koch
Sloan Danenhower
Donald C. Binghem
Brokers Caught by Cable Fraud Targeting Stock Orders
A New York fraud uncovered fake Amsterdam cable orders to buy International Mercantile Marine preferred stock on the Stock Exchange. An initial 800 shares caused a $2,500 loss after the price fell, and subsequent 1,500 share prompts spread to several houses. Investigations traced cables to Amsterdam via telegraph entries, with suspicions on a former bank clerk but not confirmed.
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Stock Exchange
Amsterdam
International Mercantile Marine Preferred
New York
Disconto and Effecten Bank of Amsterdam
Amsterdam Bank
Oyens & Co
Dutch Telegraph Department
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
Block Exchange
Capps resigns from Naval Bureau amid policy rift
Washington July 11 Captain Washington Lee Capps head of the Bureau of Construction and Repair since 189? announces resignation to take effect October 1 Secretary Meyer forwards the notice to President Taft with a recommendation for acceptance citing disagreement with reorganization policy and urging transfer to other duties.
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Washington
Washington Lee Capps
Naval Establishment
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Meyer
Taft
Navy Department
Capps
Dying of X ray Burns Tells of Kassabian Case
Philadelphia July 1 Dr Mihran K Kassabian a leading X ray operator lies dying at Jefferson Hospital from X ray burns said to be skin cancer from repeated exposure. Reports note left arm glands enlarged after initial burns and an operation by Dr J Chal Costa. The disease worsened despite treatment and a chest operation, with the patient collapsing and being moved to a hospital room.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Mihran K. Kassabian
United States
Jefferson Hospital
Kassabian
J. Chal Dea Costa
Jefferson Medical College
Kassybian
Sleepy Hollow High Finance Case Files in Westchester
Alvin N. Itterly of Tarrytown sues in New York Supreme Court seeking an accounting of Peabody Clay Company and a receiver. He accuses the George Peabody estate trustees of collusion to wreck the company while alleging overstatement of capital stock and undervaluation of assets.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
Westchester County
Supreme Court
Alvin N. Itterly
Tarrytown
Peabody Clay Company
Charles Peabody
Henry C. Little
George Peabody
Itterly
Shadowed and Shot Dead in Bayonne Street
William Perich an East Indian employed by Tidewater Oil in Bayonne asked police for protection. An hour later two shots rang out near Police Headquarters wounding Perich. Sergi Reilly saw a man with a revolver held to another man’s head. the assailant fired but trembled and fell. John Deiva an East Indian laborer was injured. The two men, city workers, had quarreled over money earlier.
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William Perich
Tidewater Oil Company
Bayonne
Perich
Sergi
Reilly
Bayonne Tal
Ijured
John Deiva
Fuller Leaves One Million Dollar Estate To Heirs
Chicago July 11 The will of late Melville W Fuller Chief Justice of the United States filed in the Probate Court directs an equal division of his estate among his children and direct heirs. The estate is valued near 1 000 000 including realty valued at 300 000 and to be held in trust for the heirs during their lives. The will was executed in Washington on February 10 1916 and names S B Gregory Chicago lawyer and Merchants Logan and Trust Company as executors.
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Chicago
Melville W Fuller
Supreme Court of the Unitedstates
Pro Bate Court
Gregory
Logan and Trust Company
Washington
Georgia Senate ratifies Federal income tax amendment
The Georgia Senate voted 23 to 18 to approve the Federal income tax amendment. The House debate continues with strong opposition but expected ratification by a large majority. Accusations of paid lobbyists seeking to defeat the measure are denied by opponents in both houses.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Senate of Georgia
House
Fire Sweeps Campbellton In New Brunswick Village
Fire at Campbellton New Brunswick destroyed the Richards Company shingle mill and spread through the town cutting wire communications. Intercolonial Railway station freight shed Great Northwestern Telegraph office destroyed along with Presbyterian and Baptist churches and several hotels. No lives reported. Campbellton lies on the Intercolonial railway line in Restigouche County near Chaleurs Bay. Population 2652 in 1901.
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John
N. B
Campbellton
Richards Company
Intercolonial
Great Northwestern Telegraph Office
Newcastle
Arlington, Minto
Lounsbury Furniture
Opera House
Restigouche
Chaleurs Bay
Brunner Reaches 56 Years in Wall Street Assay Office
Cyrus Brunner completed his fifty sixth year as a Government employee in the Assay Office on Saturday. He joined the office from the Philadelphia Mint in 1854. His long service was recognized by colleagues who presented a purse of gold on behalf of the staff through Chief Clerk George Cummings.
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Cyrus Brunner
Wall Street
Philadelphia Mint
Full Dalzell recount begins in Pittsburg district
After weeks of wrangling over the Thirtieth District result a recount of all 172 ballot boxes was begun late today. Supporters of Dr. Robert J. Black contend the recount will show him to have a large majority over Dalzell potentially near 1,000 votes.
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Pittsburg
Congress
Dalsell
Robert J. Black
Dalzell
Transfer Tax Paid On Vanderbilt Heir Estate
Albany July 11 The executors of Hamilton McK Twombly son in law of the late William H Vanderbilt paid 35000 to the State Treasury this day as part of the transfer tax on the estate and will receive a 5 percent rebate From another executor was received a 10000 check from the estate of the late Lela H Cadman of New York
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New York Times
Albany
Hamilton McK. Twombly
William H. Vanderbilt
Twombly
Lela H. Cadman
New York
Mrs Cleveland Letters Charged But Postage Free Under Law
Washington July 11 The Postmaster General announces that letters mailed by Mrs Frances F Cleveland and Mrs Mary Lord Harrison will be transmitted free of charge per a last session act. Postmasters are told to apply the exemption to letters addressed to them.
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Washington
Frances F. Cleveland
Cleveland
Congress
Bees Refuse Eviction Aboard Alleghany Liner Voyage
Capt Meissner recounted a swarm of bees that settled on the forward davits of the Hamburg American liner Alleghany at Port de Paix on June 23. Despite hoses and attempts to move them, the bees remained aboard until the ship sailed, later docking at St Mare and OGTR before the queen led the swarm ashore with followers trailing.
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Alleghany
Meissner
Port de Paix
Anoturney
Girl Struck by Lightning in Totowa Death Looms
Miss Lilian Scott seventeen daughter of Elmer Scott of 59 Manchester Avenue Totowa is dying after a belt of lightning struck the Scott home last night. She was closing a window when the bolt hit the roof causing fire and extensive damage with burns on her neck breast right side and back.
Mysterious Flight After Gould Bride's Quiet Wedding
Mrs. Helen Kelly Gould wed Ralph Thomas at 540 Park Avenue amid a media frenzy. Pursuing detectives, a taxi chase, and the return of Gould children dominated a day of spectacle as onlookers watched the couple flee, while questions about custody and church sanction lingered.
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Helen Kelly Gould
Ralph Him Thomas
Park Avenue
Frank J. Gould
George S. Webster
Brick Presbyterian Church
Gould
Kelly
Mrs. Gould
Miss Kelly
Mr. Thomas
Hallman
Mrs
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Sleepy Hollow High Finance
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Fuller
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