Autoists Save Chippewa Crew From Gale Off Montauk Point
Capt. Macbeth and 24 crew members of the Clyde liner Chippewa were rescued by motorists near Montauk Point after a long battle with high seas. The ship ran aground ten days earlier, and despite pumping efforts the vessel began taking on water. The breeches buoy line was finally completed after four gun shots, with all aboard brought ashore safely and drenched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macbeth
Montauk Point
Caleb Hedges
Charleston
S. C
Boston
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Hiedges
Hedges
Southampton
William Post
Frederick Post
William Titus
Scott Libby
East Williston
L. I
David L. van Nosten
Viola van Nosten
Great Neck
Emmett Woodruff
Flushing
Wrecking Company
Six Mast Schooner Ashore in Vineyard Sound
The six masted schooner William L. Douglas of Crowley Transportation from Baltimore to Boston with 5900 tons coal lies hard and fast in Vineyard Sound near Lucas Shoal in twenty three feet of water. Lighters will be sent from Boston to remove the cargo.
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Vineyard Sound
Vineyard Haven
Mass
William L. Douglas
McLean
Crowley Transportation Company
Baltimore
Boston
Lucas Shoal
Former Episcopal nuns join Catholic Church in Philadelphia
Miss Par dee known as Mother Edith and Sister Marina now enter the Catholic Church at the Convent of the Blessed Sacrament in Cornwells. Archbishop Ryan officiates. they receive conditional baptism and confirmation and will make their first communion tomorrow. Sister Eliza, descendant of Missouri governor, also among the converts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Miss Pardee
Mother Edith
Episcopal Sisters of St. Mary
Peekskill
N. Y
Miss Bullock
Marina
Mother Katherine Drexel
Dr. McGarvey
Mother Katharine Drexel
St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
Sisters of St. Mary
Sister Eliza
Sister Marina
McGarvey
Eliza
Edith
Cornwells
Kemper Hall
Kenosha
Gov. Phelps
Missouri
Girl Dies From Hydrophobia After Dog Bite
Florence Kirkman six years old, daughter of Ralph Kirkman, died at Kings County Hospital from hydrophobia six weeks after being bitten on the right hand by a spotted mongrel dog. The wound was cauterized by a druggist but dizziness and convulsions followed, leading to her death yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Kirkman
Ralph Kirkman
Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn
Florence
Livermore Adds to Fortune In Stocks Soaring
Newport Rhode Island July 19 Special says John R Livermore sailed for New York on his steam yacht Venetian after a large and lucky stock deal on Saturday. The talk in clubs centers on his 25 thousand shares bet and a Missouri stock with possible gains in Brooklyn Gas as part of his recent profits.
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New York ‘Times
Newport
R. I
John
Speculative activity and stock trades noted at exchange
Total Stock Exchange transactions on Saturday were under 375 400 shares. Only United States Steel Union Pacific and Reading sold more than 25 04 shares. Brooklyn Gas moved 450 shares. John R Livermore and J Brandt Walker once cited as top speculators in cotton and grain are now in brokers suits for unpaid balances.
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Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Union Pacific
Reading
Brooklyn ‘Gas
John R. Livermore
J. Brandt Walker
Cotton Exchange
Lawyer Arrested for Extortion in Bronx
Abraham Van Der Noot, a young lawyer of 257 West 111th Street, was arrested at Third Avenue and 149th Street by Bronx detectives for allegedly promising to derail a grand larceny case against Alfonso Witherell in exchange for 150 dollars. Witherell had previously arrested Theodore Rinsberg for a stolen sewing machine. Van Der Noot, held at Tremont Station, allegedly took five ten dollar bills as part payment.
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Abraham van der Noot
West 111Th Street
Third Avenue
149Th Street
Tierney
Remey
Bronx
Alfonso Witherell
East 177Th Street
Witherell
van der Noot
Tremont
Theodore Rins
Olby
Tiérney
Abraham Ae der Noot
Park Ow
Roosevelt to confront navy turmoil at Newport conference
President Roosevelt and a gathering of top naval officers meet at the Navy War College in Newport to probe criticisms of the North Dakota and Delaware battleship designs. A possible shakeup of naval bureaus looms as officials fear a major clash over construction plans and authority.
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New York Times
Washington
Navy Department
Navy War College
Newport
North Dakota
United States
Roosevelt
War College
Naval
Caspar F. Goodrich
William
Cowles
A. R. Couden
William Swift
E. HW. C. Lutze
Royal R. Ingersoll
Aaron Ward
Charles J. Badger
David W. Taylor
Richard H
Commander Key
Delaware
Florida
Utah
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy
Naval Board
Sealing Agents Marooned on Pribilof Islands
Friends of Special Sealing Agents Judges and Clark fear they will be marooned on the Pribiloff Islands as government relief plans falter. Judges has served two years in the attic and Clark over a year. Japanese poachers in Alaskan waters strain revenue cutters, delaying transport to the mainland for connection with a regular steamer. A patrol presence is deemed necessary to protect seal herds. Provisions may hold until relief is possible, but time is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Judges
Clark
Pribiloff Islands
Alaskan
United States
Zust Strikes Bad Roads In World Car Race
Antonio Scarfoglio, Daily Mail correspondent, reports from Krasnoyarsk that floods have ruined roads from Nidji Udinsk, making travel near impossible. The Zust car has covered 2,526 miles since Vladivostok with 5,600 more to Paris, after four days of perilous driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
London
Antonio Scarfoglio
Daily Mail
Zust
New York
Paris
Krasnoyarsk
S.rfoglio
Nidji Udinsk
Tomsk
Scarfogue
London Daily Mail
Irkutsk
Vladivostok
Society Women Fight Fire At Stamford Estate
Mrs Hopkins wife of L D Hopkins of New York and her sister in law Miss Hopkins with two New York guests helped douse a forest fire near a Stamford summer house. Fire raged from noon to 6 P M and threatened the residence and outbuildings before wind shift aided containment. Local fire wardens and officials arrived to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Hopkins
L. D. Hopkins
Madison Avenue
New York
Miss Hopkins
Stevens and
Campbell
Michels
Port Chester Apple Orchards Wiped Out Under San José Scale
Inspector Niles of the New York State Department of Agriculture decrees destruction of many fine orchards in Port Chester including those of Hobart J. Park and Mrs. Homan Clark. San José scale has infested nearly all trees, with Park spending about $5,000 on spraying. Notices demand immediate removal of diseased trees. a further inspection is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Port Chester
N. Y
Hobart J. Park
Park & Tilford
Homan Clark
Niles
New York State Department
Agriculture
San José
Park
Sixteen year old girl charged with grand larceny
Mary Rosenberg aged 16 of 638 Norfolk Street was arrested at Rockaway Beach for grand larceny. Bernard Bass of Bass & Lechinsky, poultry brokers at 307 Johnson Avenue Brooklyn, said their books were short 1100 dollars. At Adams Street station she denied theft and was locked up for a morning hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rosenberg
Norfolk Street
Rockaway Beach
Bernard Bass
Bass & Lechinsky
Johnson Avenue
Brooklyn
Adams Street
Bass
Masked intruder seen on fire escape near West Fifty-ninth Street
Mrs T S Pentegast awoke at 2 am to a masked man on the fire escape from an adjacent building. Bellboy George Brown alerted police after she called for help. Police searched the building. no burglar found while guests at the nearby Hotel Plaza were roused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Pentegast
West Fifty-ninth Street
George Brown
Marron
Hitchcock Meets Western Leaders In Colorado Springs
Frank H Hitchcock chairman of the Republican National Committee meets Western state and territorial leaders in Colorado Springs to plan cross state campaigning. He avoids forecasts, pledges help for doubtful states, and aims to shift Western resources to Taft and Sherman efforts. A Denver delegation seeks a Western HQ. Salt Lake City may be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Col
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Hitchcock
W. S. Sturgis
Arizona
Charles Cavender
Colorado
William RR. Borah
Idaho
David W. Mulvane
Kansas
Thomas C. Marshall
Montana
Victor Rosewater
Nebraska
Solomon Luna
New Mexico
James Kennedy
North Dakota
Cash M. Cade
Oklahoma
Ralph E. Williams
Oregon
Thomas Thorson
South Dakota
Cecil A. Lyon
Texas
William Spry
C. B. Loos
Utah
Robert L. McCormick
Washington
George R. Paxton
Wyoming
Herbert R. Torney
George Stone
California
John F. Vivian
James H. Brady
Fletcher Maddox
William Hayward
George F. Turrittin
Nevada
H. O. Bursum
New
Mexico
L. B. Hanna
Charles E. Hunter
W. M. Cake
W. C. Cook
Wesley K. Walton
A. E. Statter
Gramm
Charles W. Burdick
Senator Warren
Taft
Sherman
Denver
Salt Lake City
Bryan Silent On Wheat Prices and Corporate Power
Lincoln July 19 Special to The Times Mr Bryan declined to answer how predatory corporations harmed farmers as wheat rose to cents a bushel since 18% and freight from Chicago to New York fell from 46.1 to 11.30 cents. He praised Taft on campaign fund limits and urged disclosure of all individual contributions above a reasonable minimum before election. Omaha Mayor Dahlman rushed to Lincoln. Ohio delegate Thomas also visited Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
TIMES
Chicago
Taft
James Dahlman
Omaha
Thomas
Ohio
Veiled Murderess Recalled in Libel Settlement
Troy report recalls Hen rietta Robinson known as the veiled murderess who was convicted for poisoning two people and died in Matteawan Asylum. The story, later traced to Lady Charlotte Wood Elliott, prompted a libel suit by the Minto family in Canada. The Troy Times issued a retraction and paid $1 in settlement.
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New York Times
Troy
New York
Henrietta Robinson
Matteawan Asylum
Charlotte Wood-Elliott
Lord Minto
William Francis Augustus Elliott
Troy Times
Sheriff Wells
Minto
Canada
Tammany Delegates Meet Mrs Longworth in Yellowstone Park
Denver reports that Tammany Hall delegates to the Democratic National Convention touring Yellowstone Park ran into Mrs. Longworth and her husband. The group included Tom Smith Peter Dooling Peter Schmuck James Oakley and Frank Goodwin. They cheered and shook hands, grateful for the unexpected encounter.
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New York Times
Denver
Col
Tammany
Yellowstone Park
Longworth
Tom Smith
Tammany Hall
Peter J. Dooling
New York
Peter Schmuck
James Oakley
Frank Goodwin
Tammany Braves
Mrs. Longworth
Noisemakers Arrested and Pushcart Vendors Fined
Samuel Rubin of 174 Forsythe Street was arraigned in Night Court for singing song sheet snatches on Rivington Street. Magistrate Cornell questioned under Commission Bingham’s suppression order, fining Rubin while four Fort George noise cases were discharged. Pushcart vendors Louis Kapas of 1301 Avenue A and Morris Hershman of 104 Junior Street, Brooklyn, were fined $2 each for crying wares loudly on Fort George Avenue.
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Samuel Rubin
Forsythe Street
O'Neill
Eldridge Street
Rivington Street
Cornell
Bingham
Patronnin O'Neill
Fort George
Louis Kapas
Avenue A
Morris Hershman
Junior Street
Brooklyn
Fort George Avenue
Sailor Dies of Heat Aboard Alma in Gravesend Bay
Arthur Cropper a Y M C A clerk at Bath Beach collapsed and died from sunstroke while aboard the sloop Alma with George and William Miller on Gravesend Bay. The Bensonhurst doctor attributed the death to heat. Cropper planned to join the Bensonhurst Yacht Club next Thursday.
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Arthur Cropper
Bath Beach
Alma
George
William Miller
Gravesend Bay
Cropper
Arma
Miller Brothers
Bensonhurst
Bensonhurst Yacht Club At the Foot of Twenty-fourth Avenue
Bensonhurst Sanitarium
Bensonhurst Yacht Club
Peary Sends Message From Roosevelt Crossing G St Lawrence
Commander Peary reports the artic-bound Roosevelt crossed the Gulf of St Lawrence and neared the Straits of Belle Isle tonight. The message from Point Amour via Cape Ray notes arrival at Point Amour Sunday night with fine weather, a good run, and a clear night ahead.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
Belle Isle Straits
Roosevelt
Straits of Belle Isle
Feary
Point Amour
Cape Ray
N. F
Point Ampir
Peary
Commander Peary
Forteau Bay
Labrador
Turkish Troops Rebel in Monastir District
Rumor says 7 440 Turkish soldiers rebel in Monastir and 22 000 more are ordered to the scene. Officers of the Third Army Corps threaten to kill all generals in Macedonia if officers awaiting court martial for aiding the Young Turkey agitation are not freed, and the army will march to Constantinople to demand the constitution.
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Constantinople
Monastir
Third Army Corps
Macedonia
Bet nearly costs life in soda cracker wager
In Montclair New Jersey Barton Longman challenged George Wallen to eat two large cracker packages in thirty minutes with no squids to swallow. Wallen finished the first quickly but choked on a second cracker. Dr W J Bull cleared the obstruction and saved him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Montclair
N. J
Barton Longman
George Wallen
Wallen
W. J. Bull
Cars Crash In Mount Vernon injuresSeveral
Two New Rochelle trolley cars collided on First Street Mount Vernon as they slowed for a crossover switch. The switch malfunctioned the hour 1 pm. Several people in both cars were severely hurt as one car was thrown before the other.
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New Rochelle
Mount Vernon
First Street
Woman Murdered Found on Railroad Near Hackensack
Police investigate the murder of a woman found dead in a lonely railroad spot near Hackensack. Authorities are examining the scene and reviewing nearby surveillance for clues.
Woman murdered on New Jersey railroad tracks near Rochelle Park
Mrs. Ottilie Eberhard, a Viennese widow visiting New York, was robbed of 2300 dollars and killed on the New York Susquehanna & Western tracks near Rochelle Park, two miles west of Hackensack. Her daughter Ottilie Mberhard survived after bullets grazed her head and body. police seek Augustus Eberhard, her fiancé and suspect.
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Ottilie Eberhara
New York
New York, Susquehanna & Western
Rochelle Park
Hackensack
Ottilie Mberhard
Augustus Eberhard
Tie
Rovchelit Park
Hackensaick
Dunn
Ti Mund
Amsterdam Avenue
Ernest Koester
Bergen County
Central Avenue
Charles Wunder
Germain
Passaic Junction
Rochelle
Park- Wunder
Halian
Eberhard
Sherhard
Manhattan
Inn Street
Edgewood
Jersey
Ebérhard
Paterson
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Auto Party
Ryan
Livermore
Scarfoglio
Hotel Plaza
Disinfecting Co
West 45Th
Orado Springs
Tammany Men
MT. Vernon
Ottilie Eberhard
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