Fire deaths probe targets Chief Croker in Washington Street fire
A fire committee in the Washington Street blaze that killed two firemen concludes a majority report blames Chief Croker and Deputy Chief Binns. The Commissioner's action could lead to Croker and Binns being dismissed.
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Washington Street
Croker
Thomas Lally
Thomas R. Langford
John T. Howe
Rhinelander Waldo
Lally
Langford
Howe
John Binns
Waldo
Binns
Fire Department
Times
Bureau of Supplies
O'Keefe
Timothy Cottier
William F. Healy
Cotter
Healy
Sally
Tar Times
Chicago
Commissioner of Accounts
Binns Serted
Harlem
Ibeyond
Third Street
Bureau of Supplies and Repairs
James J. McCartney
injunction halts Croton Falls project over mine lands
An injunction from the Supreme Court restrains Water Commissioner Thompson from continuing work on the Croton Falls Reservoir if Croton Magnetic Iron Mines property remains in the territory. The owners seek 34,800,000 for land, a sum city would save by reverting to the old survey. The suit is brought by Charles H. Bull. ex-Commissioner Joe Deveperty acts as counsel.
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Supreme Court
Thompson
Aqueduct Commission
Croton Falls
Croton Magnetic Iron Mines
Charles H. Bull
Joe Deveperty
Japanese Put Out of Town in Snohomish County
In June in Darrington Washington a mob of about 100 white men forced thirty Japanese workers from the town where they stayed with United States Lumber Company employers. The Japanese later reached Seattle and met Consul Hayashi who said he would act based on confirmed facts.
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New York Times
Seattle
Wash
K. Hayashi
Darrington
Snohomish County
United States Lumber Company
Arington
Hayashi
Mrs Pierce Sued Over Furnishings and Ponies in Long Island Suit
Alice C R Pierce known in Meadowbrook and Warrenton Va faces a Supreme Court jury verdict for Patrick Jones claiming Furnishings and hay were removed from a Hempstead rental after she leased it furnished for 1907 1908. Jury awards 115 dollars with testimony detailing ponies and barn items.
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New York Times
Mineola
L. I
Alice C. R. Pierce
Meadowbrook
Warrenton
Tom" Pierce
Jones
Samuel V. Wood
Brinkerhoff
Hempstead
Houdin Halts On Niagara Wire Across Gorge
Houdin, a tight wire performer, attempted a 100 foot ride across Niagara Gorge from the New York bank toward Canada at an international carnival. The wire slackened, leaving him over the river center where he waved for help as firemen lowered him to a steamer. He reached shore safely after a difficult crossing witnessed by crowds.
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New York Times
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Houdin
Niagara Gorge
Victoria Park
New York
Joudin
Canada
Hi Cols
Flood Hammers Oberammergau as Ammer River Rises
Berlin reports Oberammergau flooded after cloudbursts in Bavarian highlands. Ammer River up four feet in 24 hours, cutting off rail and road links. American visitors’ cars drift in village garages and residents near the railway station are rescued. Theatre brook floods threatening Passion Play venue. Many visitors detained due to transportation breakdown.
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Ammer
Oberammergau
Inundation Hits Oberammergau Village
A telegraph from Oberammergau reports widespread flooding in the village with loss of furniture cattle grain and wood. Railway and postal services are abandoned but the theatre and hotels remain safe with no fatalities reported.
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Oberammergau
Berlin Flood Blocks Traffic and Floods Streets
A severe June cloud burst in Berlin caused widespread flooding with three foot water in main streets. Subways and outdoor dining areas were inundated and various transit services halted. twenty people were struck by lightning but none fatally. In Cologne the Ahr valley flood killed an estimated twenty and left eighty seven bodies recovered.
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Berlin
Cologne
Ahr
Eifel
Schult
Flood threat reaches Oberammergau visitors in play season
Boston families awaiting Oberammergau performances report floods blocking routes into the town. Walter Woods notes two Boston parties and several Chicago guests amid plans for the new open air theatre built at a cost of 1200005. The Passion Play runs from May 15 to Sept 25 with 4200 visitors expected at peak.
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New York Times
Boston
Oberammergau
Walter Woods
Collver Tours
Holt
Linton
Gordon
Newhall
Miss Kendal
Ken
Munich
L. Woodruff Joins Garden City Fire Department
In Garden City Estates a new fire department has formed with nearly all residents joining. The unit will be equipped with a hook and ladder and hose cart and is located a mile from Garden City. Members include Timothy L. Woodruff and others. four men will be on call at night.
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New York Times
Garden City
L. I
Garden City Estates
Timothy L. Woodruff
Howard 8. Jones
Cyril E. Marshall
Joseph M. Day
John M. Caidahen
John H. Mills
William Morrison
Rayd Rees
Andrew J. Robinson
Njamin S. Catchings
H. J. Garrison
Martin H. Day
Roosevelt and the Kaiser In Earnest Conversation Photo Feature
A full page reproduction on coated paper will present Roosevelt and the Kaiser in earnest talk as the centerpiece of the Special Roosevelt Pictorial Section. The issue will showcase the distinguished traveler and hunter’s complete trip in photographs forming a souvenir of the Roosevelt homecoming. Reserve next Sunday’s Times in advance.
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Roosevelt
Next
Times
Hunter
Drexel Son Opens Beaulieu Flying School in England
Anthony J. Drexel Jr. and partner start a flying school at Beaulieu near the New Forest under Louis Blériot’s tutelage. He has reached 1000 feet and flown nineteen minutes covering about fifteen miles. Reports say a large wedding gift from A. J. Drexel was exaggerated. Lord Maidstone’s sister’s marriage shows modest annual income around 5000 dollars.
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New York Times
London
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
A. J. Drexel
Maidstone
The
Daily Mirror
Beaulieu
New Forest
Drexel
Marjorie Gould
George J. Gould
Europe
MacArdle
Louis Blériot
Pau
M. Blériot
Lord Maidstone
Lord
Lady Winchelsea
Atlantic
Missing $18,000 in Cash From Mount Holly Bank
Mount Holly National Bank reported a cash shortage of $18,000 after two days of failed attempts to open the safe. Assistant Cashier Clifford Shelley Heller, linked to the bank and with access to the safe, is wanted on a warrant and has vanished since Sunday night. Cashier W. H. Lee says depositor funds are secure and bond covers $15,000.
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New York Times
Mount Holly
N. J
Mount Holly National Bank
Clifford Shelley Heller
Heller
Lee
Philadelphia
Fat juror fills two seats in court
In Pittsburg on June 14 juror N. J. Huffman weighs 485 pounds and must sit on two chairs in the box as the narrow jury bench limits his seating. The judge and crowd smile at the humorous predicament.
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Pittsburg
N. J. Huffman
Criminal Court
Huffman
Land Company Sues Bank Over Payment Dispute
Justice Blackmar directed a jury to a verdict of 6 cents in a suit by Independent Improvement Company against Metropolitan Bank of New York. The land firm sought $5000 for damages after the bank refused to accept a check as payment on a note of $277, which led to protest and the ensuing lawsuit.
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Mineola
Lil
Bremen steamer near Sandy Hook due at pier
By Marcon wireless from Bremen reports the vessel 425 miles east of Sandy Hook at midnight. It is due at its pier if not delayed, expected early tomorrow.
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Marcon! Wireless
Bremen
Sandy Hook
Dewey's American Ady Establishment Block East
A fragment notes Dewey's American business located half block east of H. T. Dewey & Sons Co with reference to Ady.
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Dewey’s American
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
A. Ady
Mrs Belmont Sued Over Strike Losses in New York
A New York suit seeks 50000 damages from Mrs O H P Belmont and several suffrage leaders for allegedly aiding the shirtwaist makers in a strike. Sitomer claims the Women’s Trade Union League and allied figures conspired to restrain trade and harm his business.
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O. H. P. Belmont
Inez Millholland
Carola Woerfhoffer
Elizabeth Dutcher
Hatters’ Union
Mrs. Belmont
Inez Milholland
Elizabeth Butcher
Elsie la G. Cole
Ida Rauh
Bertha Mailly
Mary Oppenheimer
Women's Trade Union League
Ladies’ Waistmakers’ Union
Solomon Schindler
Abraham Barroff
Duspkind
Clent
Walker Street
Sitomer
Dushkind
Barroff
Vassar
Schlang
Belmont
Anne Morgan
Hippodrome
Carnegie Hall
Mary Dreier
Up-State Graf ter Guilty
In Schenectady New York Aaron Huffmire one of five Supervisors in the graft probe was found guilty of presenting a fraudulent bill paid by the county. The verdict carries seven years in state prison a $1000 fine or both. Indictment for grand larceny in the second degree was dismissed after the jury reported.
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New York Times
Schenectady
N. Y
Aaron P. Huffmire
Huffmire
Attacks on Central Park Swans Reported
Swans in the lower lake of Central Park were found with bleeding necks, with five to six bodies seen by park visitors. Police had not received a report by 11:30 p.m. Last season Park Commissioner Stover had fenced nesting areas to deter trespass and boating near nests.
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Central Park
Arsenal
Stover
Taft Heads to Marietta for College Anniversary
President Taft with Secretary Norton and Capt. Archibald Butt leaves Washington at midnight by B and O for Marietta Ohio to attend the seventy fifth anniversary of Marietta College tomorrow afternoon. He will return to Washington early Thursday morning.
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Washington
Taft
Norton
Archibald W. Butt
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Marietta
Ohio
Marietta College
Dalzell Loses a Point in Primary Battle
Pittsburg June 14 Dr Robert J Black contesting nom ination of Congressman John Dalzell in the 30th district won a point today Judge Cohen issued a temporary injunction stopping the County Commissioners from certifying the June 4 primary results to the Secretary of the Commonwealth until the court decides if a district wide recount shall be conducted.
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Pittsburg
Robert J. Black
John Dalzell
Cohen
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Boas Opposes Ship Subsidy Testimony in Congress
Emil Boas of New York, head of the Hamburg American line in the United States, testified before the House Ship Subsidy Lobby Investigating Committee. He opposed subsidies personally while noting a Washington agent of his company, also president of the National Association of Piano Dealers, had supported such legislation. He denied any joint control or ownership with the North German Lloyd.
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Washington
Emil Boas
New York
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
House
National Association of Piano Dealers
Lloyd
Exports Led in May with Record Fall Below 1907 total
Exports from the United States in May reached 131.1 million dollars, second only to May 1907, while imports were 119.9 million dollars, the smallest May since August last year. The May trade gap stood at 11.22 million, and the eleven month excess since June 1910 totaled 178.99 million, with year over year gains of 71.59 million.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Cats Wanted at Gary
United States Steel in Gary seeks cats to combat rat infestations at the plant. Months of rodent problems resisted poisons and traps, a rat once tangled in a dynamo, halting blast furnace operations and causing substantial losses. Local searches for stray cats failed. an advertisement appeared in a local paper.
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Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Levy on Bristed Furniture in Newport
The furniture of Charles Astor Bristed, sold last Monday to James G. Wentz of New York to satisfy a Newport Savings Bank mortgage, has been attached by the Sheriff to satisfy local tradesmen and mechanics. The deputy and assistants took inventory this afternoon and the sale will proceed unless attorney Newton Adams can reach Bristed in Switzerland. If other Summer residents’ bills remain unpaid, similar attachments may follow.
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New York Times
Newport
R. IL
Charles Astor Bristed
James G. Wentz
New York
Newport Savings Bank
Newton Adams
Bristed
Switzerland
Husband Unburied Eight Years headline in Berkshire probate case
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on June 14 proceedings opened in the Probate Court before Judge Slocum as Mrs Mary A Mason of New York faces a will contest by sisters Mrs Lelia Henriques and Mrs Henrietta Trowbridge. Evidence suggests Mason neglected her husband Henry Mason for eight years after his death and sought to influence care with dolls and dressmakers while considering a marriage proposal to Dr M J Cavanagh. witnesses argued she was of unsound mind when drafting the Dec 10 will.
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New York Times
Pittsfield
Mass
Mary A. Mason
New York
Slocum
Lelia Oliver Henriques
Henrietta O. Trowbridge
Joseph C. Frein
Great Barrington
Gunsaulus Attacks Eliot Classics Omits Shakespeare Bible
In a Chicago convocation, Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus faults Charles W. Eliot five foot shelf for omitting Shakespeare and the Bible. He cites Abraham Lincoln's hypothetical five books: Shakespeare the Bible Washington Bunyan and the US Constitution. He argues those works should be in Harper Memorial Library.
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New York Times
Chicago
Harvard Classics
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Armour Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
Eliot
Shakespeare
Gunsaulus
Abraham Lincoln
New Harper Memorial Library
Washington
The
United
Hamilton’s Bold Flight Sets Aviation Record
Charles K. Hamilton completed a New York to Philadelphia round trip by air and back in one day, the first such two-city sea-to-land timetable flight. He faced propeller failures and delays, arranging improvised repairs and planning a Van Cortlandt Park exhibition once a new propeller arrives.
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Charles K. Hamilton
New York
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Hamilton
Reyburn
Gaynor
The
Public Ledger
Tum ‘Time
Wilbur Wright
Hudson-Fulton
Glenn H. Curtiss
Albany
van Cortlandt Park
Governors Island
Hammondsport
van Cortlandt
Curtiss
South Amboy
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Niagara
Ahr Valley
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England
Ding
Mt. Holly
Teeit
Spencer's
Brsight Toric
Maiden Lane
Dalzell
BOAS
Hamburg
Levy
York-Philadelphia
Smith
M. J. Seymour
P. L. Young
Charles Nyquist
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