Germany Breaks Moroccan Concert in Morocco Crisis
Paris dispatch notes Germany’s abrupt move in recognizing Mulai Hafid, breaking with the Algeciras act. French officials warn of potential crisis as Germany’s action clashes with France and Spain plans on safeguarding European interests in Morocco.
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Paris
Germany
Morocco
Algeciras
Musa Hafid
Dr. Wassel
Tangier
Fox
Mula Haflid
Wassel
Mulai Haf
Europe
Boudeaib
Clemenceau
France
Gemany
Spain
Mulai Hafid
America
Abd-el-Aziz
Mulal Hafid
William
Strassburg
Oudja
Mula Hafid
Mulai
Hafid
Eken Meitia
Wilhelmsstrasse Mula
Liberte
Liberté
D&s Debats
Plants as animals at Dublin on inherited traits debate
Francis Darwin, president of the British Association at Dublin, argued plants deserve animal-like status due to memory and response to touch. He claimed growth is a habit stored in cells and that acquired characters are inherited across generations, challenging traditional views.
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New York Times
London
Francis Darwin
British Association
Dublin
Association
Darwin
Slain Surgeon Frederick Rustin Found On Omaha Porch
Dr Frederick T Rustin a renowned Western surgeon was shot on his Omaha porch after returning from late election night. Initial suicide theory faded as no weapon was found with evidence pointing to murder. He was Yale trained class of 1895 captain of Yale baseball and survived by relatives including brothers Wilkins Henry and father Capt Charles B Rustin.
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Omaha
Neb
Frederick T. Rustin
West
Rustin
Austin
Dr. Rustin
Wilkins Rustin
Yale
Henry
Buffalo
St. Louis
Charles B. Rustin
Alaska
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Wives of Strikers Shot in Dunmore Riot
In Dunmore Pennsylvania a strike riot at No 1 Colliery of the Erie Company leads to State police shooting two wives on a porch. Mrs Adam Kay alko and Mrs Anna Kordlach are injured but not fatally as officers clash with strikers who hurled stones. County Detective Rafter investigates for possible arrests.
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Scranton
Penn
Dunmore
Adam Kayalko
Anna Kordlach
Kayalko
No. 1
Erie Company
W. W. English
Gerwin
Packville Barracks
Roberts Improves After Baltimore Shooting Incident
Charles B. Roberts, shot in a rolling chair with Mrs. W. S. Williams of Baltimore, is now able to sit up for several hours daily in Atlantic City. Hemorrhages have ceased and doctors expect recovery. detectives have no disclosed leads and police deny a threatening letter or an arrest in the cage.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles B. Roberts
G. Williams
Baltimore
Red Taxicabs and Coastbound fares advertised in improv text
A garbled ad fragment lists phone numbers and city references for taxicab services in New York and Columbus. It mentions Red Taxicabs and New York Taxncabs with an address at 355 Broadway, plus a Pacific Coast fare figure of 86 dollars from Lehigh Valley line context.
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Columbus
New York
Pacific Coast
Lehigh Valley
Broadway
Hudson Companies seek buyer for Sixth Avenue terminal plot
The half block on Sixth Avenue between Thirty second and Thirty third Streets, owned by Hudson Companies, is on the market. A department store lease is under consideration and a new building plan may alter Hudson and Manhattan subway routes. The site cost about 3 million dollars and carries a mortgage of 3 million with annual carrying costs around 400,000 dollars.
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Sixth Avenue
Hudson Companies
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
Hudson & Manhattan Company
Pennsylvania Station
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hufson
Hudson and
Manhattan Subway
Thirtythird Street
Thirty-second Street
Man Dies After Being Pinned Under Car At Dead Man's Curve
James J. Maher riveter was pinned two feet beneath a car’s track excavation on Fourteenth Street and Broadway. He waited twenty minutes before rescue. A nearby rail current and danger deterred coworkers until a wrecking crew arrived with rubber gloves. Both legs were crushed and amputated at New York Hospital, but he did not survive.
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Fourteenth Street
Broadway
James J. Maher
Riveter
Maher
New York
Will of Yonkers Alder Southwick Begrudges Widow
Ada P. Verman of Manhattan is named principal beneficiary in the late Alderman John H. Southwick s will filed in Westchester. The will leaves 10000 cash to Mrs Verman and 10000 to cousins, with the remainder to Frank B Mesick of Deal Beach New Jersey. Southwick and Lulu Dean were separated by divorce proceedings at his death.
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Ada P. Verman
Manhattan
John H. Southwick
Yonkers
Colorado Springs
Frank Millard
Westchester Ontil
Southwicks
Southwick
Rock Island Railroad
Yonkers man killed by horse in Lexington stable incident
Frank Kelly of Yonkers New York arrived with no stable of thoroughbreds for local trainers then was thrown and kicked by a colt while preparing to exercise it. He died instantly at Lexington Kentucky in the morning.
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Lexington
Frank Kelly
Yonkers
N. Y
Countess Gladys Széchényi in Safe Condition After Posh Stork Visit
News from Budapest reports Countess Gladys Széchényi gave birth last Friday after a fatigued auto tour. She and her husband, a reserve lieutenant, remain in seclusion as they prepare for Vesprimi manoeuvres. A telegram from Nelson O'Shaughnessy denies any danger or alarming reports about the Countess.
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New York Times
Buda-Pesth
Neues Pester Journal Today
Stork
Gladys Sz4chényi
Széchényi
Inlaw
Gladys
Buda
Vesprim
Earl Poulett Marries Gaiety Actress in London
William John Lydston Poulett seventh Earl Poulett wed Sylvia Lillian Storey of the Gaiety Theatre troupe in a Piccadilly church ceremony. The 25 year old noble is known for the organ grinder suit over his title. Brides is an 18 year old actress and ninth English musical comedy performer to wed recently.
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NEW York Times
London
William John Lydston Poulett
Earl Poulett
Sylvia Lillian Storey
Gaiety Theatre Company
Fred Storey
Neliie Farren
Hinton
Violet Wingfield
Piccadilly
President Roosevelt Attends Masonic Lodge Meeting
President Roosevelt, a third degree Mason and member of Matinecody Lodge No. 806, attended a lodge meeting at Oyster Bay with Secret Service in tow. He rode from Sagamore Hill amid villagers, a serenade from Fleet's Hall band, and active participation in discussions. Secretary Loeb returned from a Great Lakes vacation with fishing tales, and agricultural expert F. M. Mayer visited Sagamore Hill after touring China.
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New York Times
Oyster Lay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Matinecody Lodge
Sagamore Hill
Fleet's
Loeb
Great Lakes
Oyster Bay
Mr. Loeb
F. M. Mayer
Washington
China
Dangers Linger In Fog On Sandy Hook Route
In heavy fog the Sandy Hook route steamer narrowly avoided collisions with the Cepheus while crowded with passengers. The revenue cutter Calumet and other vessels also had close calls near Robbins Reef and Narrows as ships including the Barbares and Altonia faced risky maneuvers.
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Lower
Sandy Hook
New York
Atlantic Highlands
Cepheus
Martin
Calumet
Robbins Reef
Staten Island
Rachmond
Barbarages
Hiner Cayt
Bradley
Cunard
Altonia
Bremen
Protect Saratoga Springs Gas Pump Ban In Junction
Supreme Court Justice George H. Fitts issued ax injunctions against corporations in the spring water industry forbidding pumping gas from Saratoga springs. The order follows Deputy Attorney General Williams's application and upholds last legislature’s gas pumping prohibition.
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Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court
George H. Fitts
Saratoga Springs
Williams
James W. Houghton
Justice Fitts
Houghton
Atlantic City Labor Day 32-Hour Trains Schedule
Schedule details the 32 hour train service via New Jersey Central on Labor Day. An extra Pullman train departs Atlantic City at 6 30 P M for New York Newark and Elizabeth with timetable on Page 13.
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Atlantic City
New Jersey Central
Pullman
New York
Newark
Elisabeth
Jones Killed As Airship Burns In Maine Fair Crash
Charles Oliver Jones a Hammondsport aeronaut died after his dirigible Boomerang caught fire during a flight above the Maine fairgrounds. Witnesses including his wife and child saw the crash as 25 000 spectators watched. The craft burned and Jones died from internal injuries and a broken spine hours later. An autopsy was planned.
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Waterville
Charles Oliver Jones
Hammondsport
N. Y
Jones
Reddington
Death of Charles Jones, aeronaut pione er in Waterville accident
Charles Oliver Jones, a young aeronaut who pioneered airship ideas, was killed near Waterville. A Cincinnati native who joined Bell and others in experiments on Lake Keuka, Jones helped develop the June Bug, the sixth craft built by the group and a noted performer in early flight. He planned to join Lieut Selfridge at a Nova Scotia station to work on a new aeroplane.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
Charles
Oliver Jones
Waterville
Cincinnati
Alexander Grahma Bell
Jones
Lake Keuka
Nova Scotia
Lieut. Selfridge
United States Signal Corps
Wright to Fly Today at Fort Myer Flight Delayed by Track
Orville Wright awaits a clear track as carpenters fail to finish the wooden ramp for the first flight at Fort Myer. Weather may allow a short test tomorrow circling the parade grounds. A prior Signal Corps balloon ascent at Fort Myer landed 2.5 miles south of Pocomoke at 1 02 PM. Wilbur Wright in Le Mans faces weather delays harming health.
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New York Times
Washington
Orville Wright
Wright
Fort Myer
Signal Corps
Baldwin
Frank P. Lahm
Berlin
Foulois
Selfridge
Pocomoke, Mr
Cornell Students Fly Too
Cornell students John C. Buckhart of Portland and Oscar Trorlicht of Indianapolis completed their first successful flight at Varna near Ithaca New York. The airplane rolled sixty yards on rails then lifted to about fifty feet and maintained forty miles per hour for several miles before landing safely. Buckhart says a better engine could allow longer travels.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Varna
John C. Buckhart
Portland
Ore
Oscar Trorlicht
Indianapolis
Buckhart
Labor Day Getaway to Atlantic City by Pennsy via Rail
Seasonal package from Pennsylvania Railroad offers transportation and two nights hotel in Atlantic City for Labor Day weekend. Details show September travel with price around $10 or more depending on chosen hotel.
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Atlantic City
TOTR
Pennsyvania
Ates
Aév
Calumet and Hecla Declares 5 Per Share Dividend
Directors announce a quarterly dividend of five dollars per share payable Sept. 20 to holders of record Sept. 3 marking continued reduced payout after earlier larger 1907 dividends. The company has paid $107.35 million in dividends since 1871 on 100 million shares of par value.
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Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
Pacific fleet arrives off Honolulu in tow of destroyers
Honolulu September 2 The Pacific fleet anchored after 1 PM following towing trials of torpedo boat destroyers by fleet cruisers. Preble and Perry held their lines throughout the San Francisco to voyage with Whipple slowing once due to chafing. Remaining two tows parted once or twice on the voyage.
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Honolulu
Preble
Perry
San Francisco
Currency Overflow Forces New Vault Shelter
The Treasury's rapid currency preparation created an enormous money pile, overflowing vaults. An overflow vault opened in the Union Trust Building, where thousands of dollars are stored behind a guarded wooden line with guards on duty around the clock.
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New York Times
Washington
Treasury Building
Union Trust
Edward Bacon Drowned at Falmouth Heights
The body of Edward Bacon of New York, cousin of Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, washed ashore at Falmouth Heights. He was 41, son of Daniel Bacon, and had disappeared from Woods Hall last Thursday. Medical Examiner Milliken labeled the death drowning. Burial will be in New York City tomorrow.
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Falmouth
Mass
Edward Bacon
New York
Robert Bacon
Falmouth Heights
Daniel Bacon
Halley's Comet On Its Way To Sightings This Fall
Yerkes Observatory researchers in Williams Bay Wisconsin begin preparations to observe and photograph Halley's comet as it returns after seventy six years. Director Frost notes it may appear in September or October with a chance it may not be visible this year after eleven centuries of observation.
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Chicago
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Halley
Frost
11 Year Old Heroine Rescues Brothers at River
Vina Wood an 11 year old girl saved her 1 year old brother from drowning in Black River at Port Huron Michigan. As she tried to save a younger brother Clayton he slipped from her grasp and drowned while she endangered her own life to keep both boys afloat.
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Port Huron
Mich
Vina Wood
Clayton
Black River
Submarine disturbance blamed for mass herring deaths near Yaquina Bay
Newport Oregon reports sea captains claim a crustal disturbance or volcanic event disturbed the sea near Yaquina Bay. Thirty-five miles offshore lies a sea of dead herring while beaches stretch with rotting fish in large quantities. Capt. Anderson notes the Condor beaching and officials estimate about 1000 tons rotting on Yaquina Bay shores and similar amounts in four nearby bays.
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Newport
Yaquina Bay
Capt. Anderson
Condor
Seven drownings spark mass search around Deer Isle Maine
On September 2 residents and summer guests scoured Penobscot Bay for seven bodies from a sloop wreck. Captain Lemuel Haskell led the voyage. Henry B. Evans and Elizabeth Evans’s brother were among the survivors. Prof. Crawley and his children left for New York to assist in locating his wife, with no bodies recovered by evening. Weather hindered a thorough search.
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Deer Isle. Me
Penobscot Bay
Lemuel Haskell
Henry B. Evans
Elizabeth Evans
Crawley
New York
Special Labor Day Rail Round Trip to Atlantic City
Advertising rail offer for 2.50 to Atlantic City and back on Labor Day. Special train departs New York at 6 48 AM with stops at Newark Elizabeth and New Brunswick. Returns at 7 00 PM via Pennsylvania Railroad. Adv note mentions Handrick Hudson and Royal Outing Iv. Des. St. 940 v.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Newark
Elizabeth
New Brunewitck
Handrick Hudson
Taft and Foraker Share Toledo Platform
In Toledo on September 2, Taft and Senator Joseph Foraker spoke from the same platform at a Lincoln Club harmony meeting. Taft greeted Foraker warmly. Foraker defended their long friendship and the Ohio Senate bid, while Republican Chairman Hitchcock’s Kansas invitation rumors circulated. The event featured a hearty crowd, honors for veterans, and a tense delay before Taft’s remarks.
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Toledo
Ohio
William H. Taft
Joseph Benson Foraker
Taft
Roosevelt
Lyceum
Lincoln Club
Mr. Taft
Senator Foraker
Chio
Mr. Foraker
Senate
Foraker
Walter Brown
State Committee
Hitchcock
Republica National Committee
Kansas
Foaker
Brown
State of
Charles T. Lewis
Judge Taft
Middle ‘Lass Club
Senate Foraker
Henry Corbin
J. Warren Keife
James Hoyt
Cleveland
Grand Army
Lincoln Republican Club
Icoln Club
Lyceum Theatre
BM Taft
Frank Mulholland
Licola ‘Club
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