Hughes at Carnegie Hall rally supports anti gambling laws
Gov. Hughes campaigns for the Republican Presidential nomination while advocating state legislation to curb race track gambling. The audience, including church leaders, cheers as he urges direct government by honest representation and cites the Percy Gray law and constitutional principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Hall
United States
Hughes
Gov. Hughes
Tali Esen Morgan
Ocean Grove
Winifred Arnold
Percy-Gray
Court of Appeals
Rogers Denies Allegations in Union Pacific Merger Suit
H H Rogers answers Government complaint in the Union Pacific merger case, denying participation in any conspiracy and seeking damages for alleged injury to his character. He contends Utah court jurisdiction is lacking and that his stock purchases were investments with no unlawful motive. James Stillman also admits investments but denies unlawful purchases. Stillman became Union Pacific director on December 6, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Ciry
Utah
H. H. Rogers
Union Pacific
H. Rogers
James Stillman
H. Herriman
Jacob Schiff
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé
Southern Pacific
Rogers
Harriman
Stillman
Kuhn
Frick
W. A. Clark
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Oregon
Firebug Attempts Five Story Tenement Fire in Williamsburg
Two arson attempts last night at 220 Cook Street, Williamsburg, recalling a fatal blaze nearby. Residents guarded by police and plainclothes officers, as tenants stamp out kerosene-soaked rag fires beneath stairs. Fire Marshal Beers investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Street
Williamsburg
Humboldt Street
Gallagher
Stagg Street
Morris Creamer
Jed
Peter Kolinsky
Beers
Fire Hits Cigar Store in Times Square
A small blaze in the northeast corner store at Forty second Street and Broadway drew a large Times Square crowd before 11 PM. Stock was destroyed and damage estimated at 700 dollars. Chief Croker escaped a serious run in with an east bound streetcar when Rush swerved to avoid a collision. motorman Peter Ferron was detained but later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Times Square
Croker
Capt. Rush
Eighth Street
Peter Ferron
Rush
Ferron
Mercer Street
Fire Alarm Fails as Infant Escapes Blaze at West 139th
A heavy crash upstairs during dinner at 315 West 139th Street sparked a three floor fire. Gustave Gabriel rescued the six month old sleeping baby from the fourth floor front room as smoke filled the stairs. Damage amounted to $3000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Gabriel
West 139Th Street
Minnie Epstein
Gustave Gabriel
Gustave
Italian Ambassador Arrives in Chicago to Probe Black Hand
Baron Mayor des Planches the Italian Ambassador to the United States arrived in Chicago to study the Black Hand outrages. White Hand Society officers said he would stay a week to evaluate the situation as Italian merchants and professionals report extortion blackmail assassination and dynamite attacks resisted by police efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Des Planches
United States
White Hand Society
Grady and Frawley Seen Aiming for Congress in NYC
Reports from a reliable source say Sonny Murphy plans to place Senator Thomas F Grady in Congress replacing W Bourke Cochran while Senator James W Frawley is named for a Congressional nomination. Francis Burton Harrison likely loses renomination as part of the same maneuver amid Murphy Conner faction tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
Charles F.murphy
Thomas F. Grady
Congress
W. Bourke Cochran
James W. Frawley
Senate
Frawley
Francis Burton Harrison
Harrison
Murphy and Conners
Grady
Becaue
Murphy
Senator Grady
Cochran
Parents Free After Bail In May Irene Smith Murder
Easton Pennsylvania May 4 Judge Scott released Henry Smith and his wife and Mrs Mamie Bachman on bail of 3000 each for grand jury appearance in June on charges as accessories to the murder of May Irene Smith. Robert Bachman remains in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Easton
Penn
Scott
Henry Smith
Mamie Bachman
Grand Jury
Irene Smith
Robert Bachman
Court House
Smiths
Bachman
Alfred Smith
Benjamin Salt
Petersburg
Smith
Nazareth
California
Northampton County
Steal a Hat, Unaided? Lockwood Convicted in Hat Theft
Joseph Lockwood was arraigned in Special Sessions for stealing a Merry Widow hat from Adam Bacharach’s millinery at 12 West Thirtieth Street. Witness Miss Bacharach described the back room incident and the judge fined Lockwood sixty days in the City Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lockwood
Adam Bacharach
Eleven Men Lost at Sea in Oregon Storm
In Newport Oregon the steamer Minn e Mellon was driven by a Friday night storm onto the coast. A Saturday noon wave washed over the deck and cabin flooding the vessel. Eleven crewmen drowned, some during attempted boat launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Oregon
Minnee Mellon
Wright Brothers Patented Airship Deal In Paris
Paris May 4 Henry Farman and Leon Delagrange top French flight list plan to block the sale of the Wright brothers French rights. A contract with Lazare Weiller binds him to buy the American aeroplane patent for 160000 if the Wrights fly fifty kilometers in a closed space before 1909 ends, otherwise void if another aeronaut succeeds first. Weiller, already tied to auto interests, may market the Wright machine if they win the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Paris
Henry Farman
Leon Delagrange
France
Wright Brothers
Wrights
Lazare Weiller
Weiller
Boy Rescued From River By Quick-Thinking Rescuer
Six year old Willie Giggins sailed a raft in the Fast River near Eighty-second Street. The raft drifted with the tide toward Seventy-ninth Street. William Ohlwilder chased from the Dock Department pier and grabbed Willie from the raft at Seventy sixth Street. Willie was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital and recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilie Giggins
East Eighty-first Street
Eighty-second Street
Willie
William Ohlwilder
East Seventy Second Street
Dock Department
Ohlwilder
Seventy-ninth Street
Shore
Seventy Sixth Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Crane for Chairman Rivalry Sparks Republican Talk
Rumors spread among politicians that Senator W Murray Crane of Massachusetts might be offered the Republican National Convention chairmanship. The idea allegedly originated with Taft supporters as Crane has been anti Taft and active for the allies. Crane’s role in Massachusetts politics and uninstruced delegations fueled speculation amid factional maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Senator Crane
National Committee
Crane
Hughes
Senate
Lodge
Wettest Illinois town Benbow City blooms near Alton refinery
Benbow City, Wisconsin, near a Standard Oil refinery eight miles south of Alton, opens with eighteen voters and twenty three saloons. The town reports one saloon for every thirteen residents, plus seven brewery agencies. All licenses due next year are paid and the village starts with a $15,000 reserve. Liquor revenue yields $50 per person, boosting per capita wealth beyond any other U S town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Benbow
City
Benbow City
Standard Oil Company
Alton
Illinois
Dramshop
United States
Mrs Foley Defies Linemen Over City Pole Fight
In Long Island City on Fourth Street near East Avenue John Foley and his wife resisted a planned electric light pole. Foreman Vogel produced a permit but Foley and Mrs Foley stood guard on a flagstone guiding stones as police arrived. The pole was moved further down the street and the couple kept watch through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Street
East Avenue
Long Island City
John Foley
John
Herbert Vogel
Foley
Vogel
Magistrate's Court
Fifth Street
Deputy Crown Minister Shoots Self in New Brunswick Building
Frederickton May 4 Deputy Minister of Crown Lands William P Flewering killed himself in a government building as an expert accountant prepared to begin auditing his books. No shortage of accounts was found.
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Frederickton
N. B
William P. Flewering
Crown Lands
New Brunswick
Great Bea Spring Water Advertisement Claim
An advertisement touts Great Bea Spring Water as famous for its purity. The claim highlights the product as a recognizable staple in markets and promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bea
Prince Helie Sagan Plans Protestant Break Over Gould Marriage
In Rome on May 4 Prince Helie de Sagan pursues leaving the Catholic Church to wed Mme Anna Gould civilly and religiously after an annulment bid fails. A bicyclist pursuing the car provokes a comic ear-boxing by the prince before continuing their motor trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Rome
Hie de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Vatican
Gould-Castellane
Prince Helie
Mgr. Lombard
Rospigliosi
Parkhurst
Bangor
Maine
Mer. Lombard
Mme. Gould
Prince Helle
Midget Couple Plans Quick Brooklyn Marriage
In Brooklyn a 4 foot tall man and a 3 foot 9 inch woman appearing in a Coney Island show sought a marriage license. The groom announced he was chaperon and the bride to be sat on the clerk’s desk as they prepared to wed that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Scully
Staten Island
John Brandish
Lida Kimball
Coney Island
Body found in Clifton bay identified as Robert Snyder
Relatives confirm the drowned man is Robert Snyder found in Clifton bay Richmond last night. Jewelry including a gold watch chain and diamond ring missing. he worked for American Linoleum Company and was to be married soon. Coroner deems accidental drowning with no signs of violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Snyder
Clifton
Richmond
Snyder
Dongan Street
West Brighton
American Linoleum Company
Cahill
Drowne Seeks Divorce Over Alleged Domestic Strains
Henry E. Drowne of the Lawtie Mann Drowne woolen firm sues Louise A. Drowne at 147 West Thirty sixth Street for divorce claiming a $100000 stake in his firm and a 46 year marriage begun July 3 1889. He cites typhoid illness in 1903 his wife’s theatre habit and alleged associations with questionable people after she left him in 1904. She denies the charges through Hays Hersh of 115 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ee Drowne
Lawtie, Mann_& Drowne
Leonard Street
West Thirtysixth Street
Louise A. Drowne
Drowne
Shel
New York
Cleveland
Ohio
South Dakota
Hays & Hershfield
Broadway
Ordered Back to Arizona From St Augustine Barracks
Col William F Stewart the lone Army officer to command the abandoned St Francis Barracks resumed command in St Augustine after arriving from Fort Grant Arizona. He immediately handed over to Sergt Brown but was ordered to return to Fort Grant last night and depart this evening for the isolated Arizona post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fort Grant
Col. Stewart
Arizona
Hetty Green At The Plaza Arrives In New York
Mrs Hetty Green the reputed richest woman in the world is newly at the Hotel Plaza with her daughter Sylvia and a maid. They occupy an expensive suite after leaving Hoboken and she visits her office at the Chemical National Bank daily while dining in the hotel restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Green
Hotel Plaza
Plaza
Green
Hoboken
Sylvia
Mrs. E K Post Hurt In Subway Fall
Mrs. E K Post of the Lucerne Seventy ninth Street and Amsterdam Avenue suffered painful injuries and shock after a fall from a southbound subway train at the Sixty sixth Street station. Her son and others with her said the train door suddenly closed on her as she was disembarking and that the guard pushed her from the car at 8 20 last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Post
Lucerne
Seventy-ninth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Sixtysixth Street
Hargis Feud Claims Life in Kentucky Slaying
Ed Callahan is fatally cut by John Speyer in Crockettssville as Speyer is shot by Callahan's son Wilson Callahan. The feud tied to Judge James Hargis and the Hargis faction follows recent divorces and prior assassinations including Dr B D Cox and James Cockrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Crockettsville
Callahan
John Speyer
Speyer
Wilson Callahan
James Hargis
Hargis
Manicurist Sarah Papps Arrested in Brooklyn Robbery
Miss Sarah Papps a Flatbush manicure girl and hair dresser was arrested in a furnished room house at 310 State Street Brooklyn and jailed charged with stealing diamonds and jewelry valued at 2800 from Mrs. Benjamin H Knowles wife of a Stokes Knowles real estate partner. Tax policeman Charles H Hausler a friend of Papps was also arrested in connection with the alleged robbery.
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Sarah Papps
Avenue
Flatbush
State Street
Brooklyn
Adams Street
Benjamin H. Knowles
Stokes & Knowles
Charles H. Hausler
Papps
Bingham Visits Night Court In First Public Appearance
Commissioner Bingham attended the Night Court for the first time since it opened. He sat beside Magistrate Wahie for hours watching proceedings and praised the magistrate as holding his end well. He even tapped Wahle on the back in friendly acknowledgement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Wahie
Wahle
Kerr Estate Valued at Over One Million Dollars
The Kerr estate in Mineola Long Island files a transfer tax on a ten acre Great Neck property valued at 1 062 028 dollars. Widow Clive Grace Kerr inherits 307 690 dollars. Agnes Mary Kerr receives 64 925 dollars. sons Henry Grace Kerr and William Hamilton Kerr get 50 100 dollars each. Bonds in various firms form part of the deceased s assets and the personal effects include two dog pictures valued at 30 cents and a tea stand at 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
L. IL
Henry S. Kerr
Great Neck
Nassau
Clive Grace Kerr
Agnes Mary Kerr
Henry Grace Kerr
William Hamilton Kerr
Powers Decision Delayed On Kentucky Pardons
In Frankfort on May 4 Governor Wilson son said he would not announce his pardon ruling in the Caleb Powers and Jim Howard cases until Thursday. Militiamen patrolled the streets amid rumors of a Howard pardon and fears of threats from Goebel supporters, with troops ready to guard him.
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New York Times
Frankfort
Willson
Caleb Powers
Jim Howard
Howard
Goebel
Kentucky
West End Association Mulls Broadway Midway Greens Plan
At the West End Association meeting held at Hotel St. Andrew John C Colen reports the Park Department seeks an appropriation to tidy the grass plots in Broadway between Fifty ninth and Manhattan Streets. A related plan for West End Avenue floral harmonization is nearing implementation with decorative work among residents near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Association
St. Andrew
Seventy-second Street
Broadway
John C. Colen
Park Department
Fifty-ninth
Manhattan Streets
West End Avenue
Bell Cord Proves Lifesaving as Boy Is Hit by Car
Jed G. Lawrence, 17, of Tuckahoe, was struck by a Yonkers trolley while boarding. Conductor Nathaniel Hayes pulled the bell cord and applied a tourniquet, saving his life. Lawrence underwent amputation of his right leg and left foot but is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed G. Lawrence
Tuckahoe
Yonkers
Nathaniel Hayes
Lawrence
Lfe
New Jersey Central Schedule Noted on Page Eleven
Patrons praise the service as the timetable promises trains to Philadelphia every hour within two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New Jersey Central
Adv
Secrets at Jerome hearing expose ice trust ties
The King Committee accuses the American Ice Company of criminal price fixing and restraint of trade. Testimony names independents led by Welch Hagadern Scott and Mulford, and details a 1906 Grand Jury probe. Accountant MacNeille’s report shows the Ice Trust’s control of Maine and Hudson supplies and a 38.5 per ton price, with eight independents named in possible conspiracies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Pierce
King Committee
Metropolitan Street Railway
Hughes
Jerome
American Ice Company
Grand
Gram Jury
Jee Trust
James W. Osborne ci
UE Trust
Oler
Ice Trust
Jerdine
Mr. Oler
Grand Jury
William Welch
William Hagadern
John W. Scott
Charles Mulford
Glasgow Ice Company
John D. Schoonmaker
Mayer
Jackson
Hand
MacNeille
American Joe Company
Maine
Hudson
Wiliam Welch
Kiroe
Sland
Patrick H. Doherty
Hig Ite
Doherty
Pierce
Mr. Jerome
Kxilroe
Mr. Pierce
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Henry B. Towne
The
Merchants’ Association
Charles E. Hughes
U. P
Chief Croker
Cockran
Congres
Pennsylvania
Special Sessions
Oregon Coast
Taft
Sagan
Prince
Bicy
Clist
Rela Ves
H. W. Drowne
St. Augustine Post
Magistrate Wahie
Kerr Estate
Powers
Upper Broadway
Conductor
Hudson Supply
Price
American Lee Company
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