City Strife Over Ashcart Strike Worsens Tally
Garbage piles mount in tenement districts as a drivers strike halts most pickups. Dr. Darlington says no immediate health danger but conditions worsen. 200 carts work instead of 670 to 680. State Labor Board and city officials push for settlement while violence and intimidation rise.
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Brooklyn
Bronx
Board of Health
State Commission of Labor
James J.bealen
Craven
Murphy's Hall
Forty-ninth Street
Eighth Avenue
McClellan
East Side
Timothy
Lehane
Henry
Madison
Monroe
Samuel Lee
Third Avenue
First Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Quinn
East Twenty-second Street
Paul Connors
West Nineteenth Street
Bny the
Health Department
Bookmaker Loses $6850 at Brooklyn Bridge Platform
Peter Worth of Brooklyn reports a wallet with 6850 vanished yesterday afternoon while a crowd waited for a race train. George Howard, alleged by police to be involved, was arrested but later released on 2500 bail after a search failed to recover the money. Worth carried a 7000 wallet in another pocket for his betting business.
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Peter Worth
West Seventh Street
Brooklyn
George Howard
Worth
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Michael J. Reagan
Sergi. Fitzgerald
Howard
Fourth Street
Taft to buy church property in Cuba Havana diocese
Secretary Taft, following Roosevelt directives, orders the purchase of all Havana diocese church property in Cuba for 1 499 550 dollars with a 25 percent rent deduction applied via a complex expropriation plan. Cuba protests price. Magoon to proceed, with Santiago diocese values unclear and not enough data to decide on option.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Gov
Magoon
Cuba
Havana
United States
William Redding
Santiago
Three Leopard Cubs Reunite With Sparrow Toy at Central Park Zoo
Three baby leopards Nicholas Teddy and Alice were removed from their mother for weaning. Alice three months old initially lived in a small cage after rough play by the others. A sparrow entered the cage and interacted with Alice as she showed unusual gentleness.
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Central Park Zoo
Nicholas
Teddy
Alice
Knights of Pythias
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Sepeeeeny
Lt Snyder
Park 700
Two Cent Rate Enjoined in North Carolina Case
In Asheville on June 20 the U S Circuit Court issued an injunction against the two cent rate law passed by the North Carolina Legislature. Jo Pritchard announced plans to continue injunction efforts in related cases as Southern Railway and Atlantic Coast Line pursue the challenge.
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Asheville
N. C
United States
Southern Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
North Carolina Corporation
Jo Pritchard
Virginia Ex-Judge Loving Acquitted In Estes Murder
A Nelson County jury found ex Judge William G Loving not guilty of murdering Theodore Estes son of Sheriff M K Estes following a April 22 shooting at OsK Ridge The verdict came after two days of closing arguments with defense contending insanity and unwritten law while prosecution argued deliberation and intent The courtroom echoed with emotion as Loving his wife and daughter embraced amid mixed reactions from spectators
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Houston
William G. Loving
Theodore Estes
M. K. Estes
Nelson County
Loving
Virginia
Thomas F. Ryan
Young Estes
Osk Ridge
Estes
Judge Loving
Foreman McCraw
Commonwealth
Wood Bouldin
Barksdale, Moore
Lee
John L. Lee
Lynchburg
Bouldin
Bouldinke
I. Estes
M. Estes
Theodoretes
Eodore Estes
Miss Loving
Mills Found Guilty in Cherokee County Murder Trial
Spartanburg D C June 23 William H Mills convicted of the murder of Frank Deal in Cherokee County three months ago with a recommendation to mercy. Mills claimed Deal had ruined his life over a dispute about stew and noted the case at Gaffney.
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Spartanburg
D. C
William H. Mills
Frank Deal
Cherokee County
Mercy
Gaffney
Mills
Deal
H Sabia
Euwrition
Arabic's Narrow Escape From Ice Lined Voyage
The White Star liner Arabic arrived from Liverpool after a fog filled voyage with near iceberg warnings. Capt. T. P. Thompson reported dead reckoning navigation at times and a close pass by a hidden iceberg echoing with each whistle. Arrival also includes notable passengers from Minneapolis and a touring party returning from Europe.
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Liverpool
T. P. Thompson
Ruth Haynes
Minneapolis
G. W. Lavagea
Mossbacher
Clara C. Smith
Fire Devours Big Asbestos Plant in Brooklyn
A major blaze at the H. W. Johns Manville asbestos factory at the foot of Thirty-ninth Street Brooklyn destroyed two thirds of the plant. Firefighters from multiple companies battled flames after tar spilled from a pot and spread rapidly. Total damage estimated at about $25,000. Fireboats Seth Low and New Yorker aided water attack. third alarm issued as flames neared the ferry.
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H. W. Johns-Manville Company
Thirty-ninth Street
Brooklyn
Seth Low
New Yorker
Thirty-ninth Street Ferry
Bay man rescued after Gravesend Bay drowning attempt
William Farran of Brooklyn was capsized in Gravesend Bay while rowing alone. Spectators Edward Riley and Bernhardt Tuthill swam to assist as Farran clung to the boat. Tuthill struck Farran with an oar to subdue him, then Farran was rescued.
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William Farran
Bay Twentieth Street
Bath Avenue
Brooklyn
Gravesend Bay
Farran
Edward Riley
Bay Twenty-sixth Street
Bernhardt Tuthill
Bay Twenty-second Street
Tuthill
Features of Today’s Times Page
A collage of headlines and notes on murder trials unwritten law Balmaceda Kaltmayer yacht accident cancer research martyr Korea The Hague protest Wright defending soaring Hancock response to wife murder Kaiser socialism Paris exodus London society Coventry Godlina procession Twain doctor’s degree St. Petersburg thieves terrorize headlines
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Balmaceda
Allison V
Armour
Kaltmwer
Hague
Japan
Wilbur Wright
Rev. & W. Hancock
Ion of the Kaiser
Paris
London
Coventry
Godlina
Mark Twain
St. Petersburg
Keene Stables and Regattas Highlight Busy Season
Travers Island hosts the opening of the American Tennis Team Abroad with big yachts in New Rochelle regatta. Harvard beats Yale in a deciding baseball game as oarsmen encounter difficulties in a Long Island regatta. Cincinnati defeats St. Louis in the fourteenth inning amid broader notes of Good Roads work on national lines and Easterly yacht activity.
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Keene
Travers Island
New Rochelle
Prise A Cresdmoor
Harvard
Yale
Cveneeee
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Evolution of New York and British perspectives in 19th century writings
A fragmented collection notes on Yale president Hadley discussing Christian honesty, British interviewers by Mark Twein, and essays on New York from visiting Britons. It references railroads, public safety, women in work, Gaeribald centenary plans, and assorted literary commentary with garbled text.
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Hadley
Yale
Mark Twein
New York
Charles J. “Bonaparte
C. D. Gibeon of America
Gaeribald
Ita
College
Georss Mange
Army scandal unfolds as Tucker case draws attention
Washington reports an official War Department inquiry into alleged misconduct by Lieut. Col. Tucker, chief paymaster in Chicago, following a complaint by his wife Mrs. Tucker, daughter of Mrs. Logan. The matter centers on his attentions to a Manila school teacher and its fallout across the army.
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New York Times
Washington
War Department
Taft
Cullom
William F. Tucker
Col. Tucker
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Tucker
John A. Logan
Department
Manila
Philippine
Philippines
Platt
Manila Times
Myrtle B. Platt
There is something wrong in the army says Gen Bell
Leavenworth Kansas June 29 Major General J Frankin Bell chief of staff told officers today that there is a feeling there is something wrong in the army An effort will be made to correct it Washington worded this when he spoke at the graduation exercises of the infantry and cavalry school the signal school and staff college
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Leavenworth
Kan
J. Franklin Bell
Washington
Alimony Obligation Enforceable Despite Service Delays
Appellate Division holds that alimony payments cannot be evaded by delaying service of the divorce judgment. Clara L. Gunn secured a 100 dollar weekly alimony decree against Arthur E. Gunn on May 14, 1906. Service came Jan 7, eight months later, and accrued alimony of 320 dollars. contempt motion was denied below but reversed on appeal.
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Appellate Division
Clara L. Gunn
Arthur
Gunn
Lighting Charges Cut Across New York State
The State Commission on Gas and Electricity ordered reductions in lighting charges to take effect September 1. Buffalo Gas Company will lower gas rates from 1.00 to 0.85 per thousand cubic feet. Vernon area electricity rates drop from 20 to 0 cents per kilowatt hour. Several other utilities including Westchester Lighting Company and Rockland Light and Power face adjusted outside rates.
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Albany
State Commission
GB Gas and Electricity
Buffalo Gas Company
Baratogs
Vernon
Westchester Lightpany
Rockland
Licht and Company
Govies Village
French Naval Disaster Reportedly Hits Jaureguiberry
Reports from Toulon say the French squadron from Marseilles collided near Toulon between the battleship Jaureguiberry and torpedo destroyer Purtuysane claiming sixty killed or wounded. Later notes mention Dardle and Dartle sinking with Admiral Foy unaware of a confirmed detail by 6 P M.
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Toulon
Marseilles
Jaureguiberry
Mount Vernon Commuters Plan Boycott of Harlem Road
One thousand West Mount Vernon taxpayers threaten to boycott Harlem Road over a fare increase to $5.60 monthly. They will switch to elevated trains and trolleys and seek a $5 monthly rate with the New Haven Hartford line, hoping to force concessions from President Mellen. A similar protest may spread to White Plains and other Harlem Line towns.
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Taxpayers’ Association
West Mount Vernon
New York & Harlem
John H.cordes
Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mount Vernon
New York
Cordes
Harlem Road
Harlem Company
White Plains
Arrest in Priest Murder Ties Suspect Arrested in Marseilles
A cable from Marseilles via American Consul General Skinner reports Boghogs Farkain, also called Paul Sarkisian, arrested and accused of involvement in Kaspar Vartarian's death. McCafferty links him to the trunking of the Armenian priest found at 33 West Thirty-seventh Street, with two accomplices named Sarkis Ermoyian and John Mooradian.
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France
McCafferty
Detective Bureau
Kaspar Vartarian
Skinner
Marseilles
Earthquakes Rumors Sweep Portsmouth With Repeated Shocks
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on June 29 tremors rattled houses throughout the day. Residents mistook the quakes for naval gunfire at first but 100 shocks were recorded by sunset with the heaviest tremors between 5 15 and 6 45 P M as windows rattled and bric a brac clattered.
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Portsmouth
N. H
New Immigrant Tax Beat by New York Arrival
The American liner New York reached its pier at 8 30 last night coming up the bay from Quarantine through fog and rain to land passengers and beat the new immigration tax. The ship carried 700 steerage passengers saving 1400 dollars. Russian Consul N de Leodygensky met the ship with a Custom House official for a personal discussion with N Grunwald. John Hicks United States minister to Chile was aboard en route home for vacation. The voyage from Southampton was uneventful.
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New York
N. de Leodygensky
Law Department
Custom House
Hera & Long
N. Grunerwald
Runerwald
America
John Hicks
United States
Chile
Kelamazoo
Mich
Southampton
Clandestine Emigration Agency Shipping Roubaix Weavers
Authorities uncover a secret emigration operation shipping Roubaix weavers to Paterson New Jersey and Lawrence Massachusetts to boost competing products. Courts probe the case as investigations proceed. Cammert's Head Captive in Turin. Eurico Alfano, head of the group, is noted in Turin dispatches.
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Lille
Roubaix
Paterson
N. J
Lawrence
Mass
Cammert
Turin
Une
Eurico Alfano
1584 Miles In 24 Hours Record Set
A record for distance covered in a 24 hour period was unveiled as 1584 miles with the highest speed on record. The feat marks a historic automotive achievement as no man had previously covered such distance in the same time frame.
New Brooklands Track Aces Highspeed World Record Ride
At Weybridge on June 29 1907 F Edge in a six cylinder Napier motorcar set a record by covering 1581 miles 1310 yards in 24 hours with an average of 66 mph. Two relay drivers aided him as speed peaked above 72 mph and tires required quick changes amid cheering crowds including Napier family members. The car described as a touring model, Edge believed a racing car could hit 85 mph for a full day.
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