Soldiers ejected from Coney Island hall over uniform
Two Coast Artillery Corps men from Fort Hamilton, sober and well behaved, were forced out of Sultzer's dancing pavilion on July 4 for wearing U S Army uniforms. An Eastern Division inquiry cited orders from "the boss" via a special policeman G Clark. Mayor Gaynor urged abolition of all special policemen, amid calls for a law prohibiting private employers from discriminating against soldiers or sailors in uniform.
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Fort Hamilton
Coney Island
Governors Island
United States Army
Gaynor
Army
G. Clark
Special Service
Waldo
Police Department
W. J. Gaynor
Rhinelander Waldo
Police
Cropsey
Banking and Trust
Interborough
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Baseball Park
Forst Hamilton
Timmes
Coast Artillery Corps
Sultzer
Clark
Albany
United States
District of Columbia
Federal Territories
Congress
E. T. Sultzer
Coney Island Athletic Club
Atwood Plans Chicago to New York Flight in August
Aviator Harry N. Atwood, winner of the Top Times Trophy for a Boston to Washington flight, arrived from Boston and announced a Chicago to New York leg to start August 5. He aims to cover about 920 miles at 90 to 100 miles per day, weather permitting, hoping to land at Governors Island around August 15 if conditions allow. The Times Trophy bronze sculpture, titled The Conquest of the Air, was showcased near the Times Building.
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Harry N. Atwood
Boston
Washington
Chicago
New York
Governors Island
Conneau
England
London Daily Mail
Atwood
THE
TIMES
Broadway
Atwood Receives New York Times Flight Trophy
Harry N Atwood was presented with the New York Times commemorative trophy for his Boston to Washington flight of 1911. He expressed great pleasure upon seeing it last night. For the Chicago to New York leg he will use a Burgess-Wright type machine identical to the Boston Washington craft, delivered this week. Plans for the Chicago New York flight are expected to be announced early next week.
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Atwood
Chicago
New York
Boston
Washington
Girls Rescued From River Near Highlands Pier
Lydia Curtis and Bertha Rex, two young women from this city, nearly drowned when their canoe capsized in the Shrewsbury River near the Highlands pier. Frank Hussey of New York and Chris Higgins of Red Bank rode in the canoe. The Sea Bird steamer’s wash capsized the craft, leaving the women unable to swim. Thomas Clusey rescued Miss Curtis after a struggle. Hans Alison saved Miss Rex by pulling her to shore. The women had been summering at Oceanic.
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Lydia Curtis
Bertha Rex
Frank Hussey
New York
Chris Higgins
Red Bank
Shrewsbury River
Highlands Pier
Sea Bird
Thomas Clusey
Miss Curtis
Hans Alison
Miss Rex
Oceanic
Missing Ensign Found In Morganton Sanitarium
Ensign Robert S. Young Jr of Concord North Carolina, missing two weeks from the torpedo-boat destroyer Perkins, is found at Broadoaks Sanitarium Morganton for nervous condition treatment. He arrived with his father from New York and will stay to rest. engagement to Bessie Merritt noted but not confirmed.
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New York Times
Charlotte
N. C
Perkins
New York Navy Yard
Robert S. Young, Jr
Concord
Broadoaks Sanitarium
Morganton
R. S. Young, Sr
New York
Ensign Young
Broad Oaks
Young
North Carolina
Bessie Haldane Merritt
Norfolk
Robert Simonton
Pringle
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Navy Department
Swed ish Iron and Steel Company Faces Half Million Swindle
The Swedish Iron and Steel Company announces a $5000 reward and an inquiry into a broad steel swindle. Two French operators used fake company names to induce large orders, often via altered dimensions or signed letters, targeting buyers from New York to Michigan.
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Swedish Iron and Steel Company
Platt Street
New York
N. Y
Race Street
New Orleans
New
Militia officer barred from Beach Casino entry
First Lieut William C Burroughs of the New Jersey National Guard says he was denied entry to the Beach Casino dance hall in Asbury Park while in uniform. He plans to sue the hall operators Mitchell and Fry for barring a uniformed guardman, a misdemeanor under New Jersey law.
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New York Times
Sea Girt
N. J
Beach Casino
Asbury Park
William C. Burroughs
Trenton
Mitchell & Fry
Burroughs
New Jersey Guards
New Jersey
Colorado Vacation Low Fares Advertised
Rock Island offers one night trains from Chicago and St Louis with morning and evening departures. Combines speed and comfort with booklets and tickets available at 40 Broadway.
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Colorado
Rock Island
Chicago
St. Louis
Allgor's Spite Fence Razed in Long Branch Rumson
In Seabright N J the infamous 12 by 150 foot spite fence on Rumson Drive was torn down amid resident relief. James M Allgor, jailed for six months on disorderly conduct and fined 200 for libel against locals, had earlier consented to removal via his son during a stay in Freehold Jail.
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New York Times
Long Branch
N. J
Seabright
James M. Allgor
Rumson Drive
Rumson
Allger
Seabright Bridge
Allgor
D. Halsey
P. Hall Packer
Frank Sac
Manon
Halsey
Freehold
MISS DURHAM ON ALBANIA AND ATROCITIES
The celebrated English nurse at the Albanian scene writes for The Times about the situation and atrocities committed by the Young Turks. Look for it in The Times Next Sunday.
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the Times
Nugent insults Governor Wilson at Avon restaurant
James R. Nugent, Democratic State Committee chairman, publicly called Gov. Woodrow Wilson an ingrate and a liar in a Avon restaurant. Militia officers present restrained from attacking him and reported the affair to their commander in chief. Delany of Atlantic City accompanied Nugent. several officers withdrew, others stayed. Nugent has opposed Wilson since last winter’s reform legislation.
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New York Times
Camp Wilson
Sea Girl
N. J
James R. Nugent
Democratic State Committee
New Jersey
Gov. Wilson
Avon
Wilson
Nugent
Bob” Delany
Atlantic City
Militia
Woodrow Wilson
Delany
Deiaby
Gen. Collins
Supreme Court
Republican Clique
Cost Of Raising The Maine Request For Additional Funds
Washington July 26 Congress will be asked by the War Department to appropriate 250000 more to finish raising the Maine in Havana Harbor bringing total expenditure to 900000. Havana July 26 a skeleton nearly complete but with slight identification found on the berth deck starboard side near the Maine it may be that of a warrant officer. About fourteen skeletons recovered with sixty more believed unrecovered as the central superstructure is destroyed with little hope of locating remaining remains.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Havana Harbor
Havana
Maine
Tobacco Trust Curtails Retail Openings in Atlanta
Counsel of the American Tobacco Company directed United Cigar Stores Company not to open retail stores in Atlanta at present. H. C. Greenlee reported to the Department of Justice that the trust sought six new stores after leasing buildings and fittings, prompting the protest.
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New York Times
Atlanta
American Tobacco Company
United Cigar Stores Company
H. C. Greenlee
Department of Justice
Greenlee
Widow of Five Veterans Seeks Five Pensions in Georgia
Atlanta July 26 A Walton County Georgia woman claiming to be widow of five Civil War veterans seeks five pensions totaling 60 dollars monthly. She says her first husband died early in the war and her second near its end with the three later husbands all Confederates.
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Atlanta
Walton County
Georgia
Malcolm
Pension for Mother Kennedy Ties Carnegie to Dreamland Fire
Mrs. M. E. Kennedy of Coney Island, known as Mother Kennedy, receives a $25 monthly Carnegie pension after writing about her wedding trip with John Wedensall, a Pennsylvania Railroad conductor. The widow, who sold souvenirs near Iron Pier Walk, recalls meeting Andrew Carnegie on a Latrobe train years ago and the Dreamland fire that left her nearly penniless.
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Kennedy
Coney Island
John Y. McKane
Andrew Carnegie
Margaret Major
Lewistown
Penn
John Wedensall
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wedensall
Altoona
Pittsburg
Culver Station
Mother Kennedy
Mr. Carnegie
Latrobe
Carnegie
Andy
John
New York
Acting Mayor Carmany Arrested In Bribe Case
Atlantic City Acting Mayor George W. Carmany was arrested on a charge of soliciting a bribe linked to a liquor license for a New York Avenue hotel. The arrest follows a hearing involving Councilman Henry Bolte Jr., and hotel owner J. T. Kilpatrick testified Carmany suggested paying $500 to Bolte to smooth license approval.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Simon Faber
Ayor
George W. Carmany
New York Avenue
Carmany
Stoy
Henry Bolte
Bolte
Georgia seeks to bar blacks by new voting test
In Atlanta on July 26 the Georgia House discussed a proposed constitutional change by Rep J J Slade to require “good character” and respect for womanhood as voting qualifications. Slade argued it would disfranchise all blacks regardless of education or property.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Georgia
J. J. Slade
Muscogee County
Friends of the Amendment
Murder in Palisades Woods Narrows to Suspect
A man believed to be Giusseppi Africa of New York was found dead in the Palisades woods near Fort Lee with three bullet wounds, suggesting murder or robbery. A notebook shows he lent $30 to a man named Trent on June 80, but no cash was found. The coroner initially suspected hemorrhage before recognizing gunshot wounds.
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Palisades Woods
Fort Lee
Giusseppi Africa
New York
Trent
Edward M. Shepard in critical condition once more
Edward M. Shepard's health deteriorated to a critical level last evening withDr. T. S. Henning in constant attendance. Doctors C R Butler and Abraham Jacobi joined the consultation this morning as Shepard rallied slightly.
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New York Times
Sage George
N. Y
Edward M. Shepard
T. S. Henning
Cc. R. Butler
Abraham Jacobi
Henning
Pr. Henning
Shepard
Bernstein Fights Duels After Paris Theatre Riots
Henry Bernstein the playwright dueled today with swords in Paris after Royalist Camelots du Roi riots forced his play Apres Moi off stage. Bernstein scratched his opponent’s forearm twice and was lightly wounded in the arm. seconds halted the seventh bout as Maurice Pujo stood in for Lacour who is jailed for assaulting ex-Premier Briand. Bernstein has recently fought Daudet and Tery in prior encounters.
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Paris
Henry Bernstein
Maurice Pujo
Camelots du Roi
Lacour
Bernstein
Pujo
M. Bernstein
Léon Daudet
M. Tery
Portuguese Leader Slain in Portuguese Church Clash
A church fight in Lobriga near Riga between Royalists and Republicans ends with Costa, a Republican leader, stabbed in the back. Gunfire and knives erupt. troops restore order. Reports cite four killed and fourteen seriously hurt, with many more injured or arrested.
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Lisbon
Lobriga
Riga
Senhor Costa
Quiter
New York Bride Rejects Tunnel Wedding for Denver
Miss Della Stevenson traveled from New York to be married 5000 feet underground in the Laramie Poudre tunnel and forfeit a 1000 dollar prize when she chose Denver for the ceremony. J B Alexander, her groom, is an electrician with the tunnel company.
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Fort Collins
Col
New York
Colorado
Laramie-Poudre
Della Stevenson
New York City
Denver
J. B. Alexander
Miss Stevenson
Blood richer at high altitudes findings on Pikes Peak
International medical scientists studying high altitude effects at Pikes Peak report 40 percent higher red blood cells at altitude, indicating purer blood. They find oxygen deficiency at high altitude triggers mountain sickness and that high altitude blood resists disease better. Researchers include Drs J A Haldane Gordon Douglas Yambell Henderson and E C Schneider from Oxford Yale Colorado College.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Pikes Peak
J. A. Haldane
Gordon Douglas
Oxford University
England
Yambell Henderson
Yale
E. C. Schneider
Colorado College
Fortune Hinges On Second Inferable Legal Tale
Coroner testimony in Saratoga answers whether Mrs. Charles F. Wells outlived her sister Mrs Eliza C. Grant by a minute after a fatal Raceville auto crash. Probate will settle the distribution of much of the 150000 dollar Grant estate with Wells a principal legatee. Local charities receive bequests and relatives are named including Mrs Little Peck Oneonta 1000 Vera Baker Oneonta 1000 Miss Anna Yewens Scranton 500.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Charles F. Wells
Eliza C
Grant
Raceville
Wells
Little Peck
Oneonta
Vera Baker
Anna Yewens
Scranton
Penn
Woman's Body Found in Hudson River Likely Mutilated
A torso of a slim woman was recovered yesterday by a New York Central tug captain and taken to Hoboken Morgue. The body likely rests in the water ten to eleven months, with head arms and legs apparently severed by a proeller. Identification seems unlikely.
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Hudson
New York Central
Hoboken Morgue
American Citizen Pays $20 to Federal Conscience Fund
A letter dated July 26 1911 from an American Citizen sent twenty dollars to the Federal Conscience Fund with a note to Collector Loeb New York stating I think I owe Uncle Sam twenty dollars and enclosing the payment.
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Federal Conscience Fund
Loeb
New York
Uncle Sam
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Ad Promotes Stomach Health
An advertising note urges use of Horsford's Acid Phosphate for stomach troubles. It claims to promote healthy activity in weak or disordered stomachs and associates the product with relief from ailments like headaches.
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Horsford
Taft Refutes Alaska Charges in Private Letter
President William Howard Taft denies Alaska-related accusations in a letter to a colleague. He calls the charges a bogus fabrication and states his brother holds no interest in Alaska.
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TAFT
Alaska
Charles P. Taft
Taft Defends Controller Bay Decision Against Morgan-Guggenheim Charges
President Taft submits a detailed narrative rebutting charges that Controller Bay land removal from the Chugach National Forest benefits Morgan-Guggenheim interests. He says no land was given away, no monopoly created, and lists legal safeguards including shore rights and public-use tracts. He dismisses allegations as misinformation and hysteria.
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Richard S. Ryan
Controller Railway and Navigation Company
Morgan- Guggenheim
Controller Bay
Morgan-Guggenheim Alaska
Richards. Ryan
Chugach Forest
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Alaska
Controller Bar
Morgan
Guggenheim
United States
Congress
R. S. Ryan
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Pennsylvania
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