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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
2
The necroplane completed a second turn, veered toward a shed, and crashed, scattering dust while Mr. Wright escaped unharmed. He blamed lack of practice and promised daily flights to improve control ahead of official tests. Speed around forty miles per hour and a distance just under a mile were noted. the machine broke in two but may be repairable by tomorrow morning.
Le Mans Sept 3 Wilbur Wright, the aeronaut, made a ten minute flight at 75 feet altitude covering six miles. A later attempt failed due to motor trouble as the machine bumped ground three times in four hundred yards. French experts were astonished by Wrights ability to rise again after touching down, a key point for the prize requiring independent takeoff.
Count Zeppelin announced in Friedrichshafen his plan to form a corporation under the law to manage the German peoples funds for airship construction. He urged the city council to grant incentives to keep the plant at Friedrichshafen, with the fund not to exceed 750000 dollars.
Three women told Lieut. O Neill a woman was being murdered at 305 West Nineteenth Street. James Foster admitted buying the woman from her husband for $3 and confessed to stabbing and slashing Mrs. Lillian Fay who lay wounded at St. Vincent's Hospital with a bruised face and broken nose.
E H Harriman at Pelican Lodge near Klamath Lake Southern Oregon has accepted invitations from Oregon civic bodies to speak and will depart for Portland today. E E Calvin VPGM of Southern Pacific travels with him, Harriman reported in good health while enjoying the summer woods.
Frederick Cooper Hewitt of Owego dies aged 69 leaving between 5 and 8 million dollars. He leaves 2 million to the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1.5 million plus residuary interest to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and 500,000 to Yale University. Other gifts total 200,000 to New York charities, with relatives receiving modest sums. Executed March 21 with two codicils, estate valued largely in art and real property.
The Tony Pastor will and a codicil dated January 21 1899 were filed in the Surrogate's office. Executor Abraham H Hummel and executrix Bertha Hummel are named with bequests including a gold watch a diamond studded medal and mementos for Bertha and Miss Adele Pastor. Henry Pastor receives 2000 Henry S Sanderson 500 and a gold watch. Residue goes to Josephine Pastor with contingent division among heirs and $10000 to the Actors Fund of America. The Evergreens Trustees get 1000 for cemetery lots.
In General Sessions Judge Crain ordered the release on own recognizance of Louis Roberts and James Yates after their burglary trial ended with a hung jury. Witnessed by a starving mother and three children, the judge re convened court, discharged the prisoners, and donated a $10 check plus public donations to Roberts to care for his family.
The victim of a streetcar on Amsterdam Avenue at Ninetieth Street on August 24 is identified as Agnes Howard, 40, of 510 Amsterdam Avenue. Benjamin Dolaro of the American Motor Machine Company said he knew her for years and last saw her days before her death. Police say she fell under the car, not held up by thugs.
Nels Arvidson of Comstok Sweden an 80 year old sea captain 6 feet 3 inches tall marries widow Eliza Wilms 49 a housekeeper after license issued by Alderman Kav anagh in the City Hall basement. They list 458 West 166th Street as their address.
Mundji Bey, Turkish Consul General in New York and Chargé dAffaires in Washington, told a Cooper Union mass meeting that Jews would be welcomed by the Turkish government with equal liberties and protection as Muslims and Christians. A following resolutions praised Turkey, praised the constitution, and supported establishing a Jewish state in Palestine as part of the Ottoman Empire.
The Nautical Schoolship Newport under Capt. L. H. Evernard reached Greenport New York yesterday with 100 New York cadets after a voyage from late May. It visited New London Plymouth England and Gibraltar on the way out and stopped briefly at Madeira Islands on the return journey.
Mrs. Mary Wallace janitress of a four story building at 1286 Second Avenue detected kerosene odor and found soaked board floors under oilcloth on the second third and fourth landings. She notified Capt. Cooney of East Seventh Street Station about the suspected arson attempt.
New details reveal Dr. Rustin led a double life with a city residence and a separate suite, and he supported a woman, identified as Mrs. Rice or Leona Bonnell, who was last with him before the murder. Life insurance on Rustin lapsed, a inquest is planned, and interviews with his widow are tightly restricted.
Emory Storrs 23 appeared before Magistrate Herrman charged with burglary after a Saturday arrest with William Anderson in Samuel Reuben’s 148 West 111th Street flat. Detectives say the duo admitted four other robberies and loot was recovered. Storrs claimed to be the son of late lawyer Emory A. Storrs and pleaded for reform with bail set at 1000 dollars.
The Marquis de Campo Nuevo, just days from release after two six month terms for hotel beatings, was re jailed on a $39 larceny warrant from former partner Joseph T. Balsac. Bail set at $1,000 for Essex Market Court appearance. Balsac alleged the Marquis took $39 intended to pay a mortgage for Louis Schloss.
Edgar A. Whitney a builder and alleged Parkhurst Society agent was arrested at his 138 Liberty Street office on three grand larceny charges. Bruno Kamerer of 316 East Sixty-sixth Street said he was lured to Whitney by an ad then to a cement factory in Brooklyn where Whitney claimed ownership. Kamerer paid $1,000 and received a weekly allowance plus a share of profits, only to learn Whitney had an option rather than ownership.
West Forty-seventh Street Patrolman Joseph J. Finneran admitted to Deputy Commissioner Hanson that he demanded a dollar from a woman after chasing boys from a saloon hallway on August 25. The case referenced prior conduct with a cousin on Crete Avenue and a prior dismissal from the Metropolitan Street Railway for labor organizing activity. Decision reserved in the proceedings.
W G McAdoo, president of Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, reports tunnels from Jersey City Pennsylvania Station to New York Hudson Terminal are 1,200 feet from completion. Work under Cortlandt and Fulton Streets progresses day and night with 90 percent of caissons done. Completion hoped in the early part of the coming year.
Labor Day marks the last summer holiday with a long weekend by rail. The Pennsylvania Railroad will maintain its summer schedule to Long Branch Asbury Park Atlantic City Cape May and other New Jersey resorts, offering easy access for Greater New York residents. Ticket agents provide fare and service details.
Boston police say actor Chester Jordan confessed to murdering his wife Honorah Jordan in Somerville during a jealous quarrel. He allegedly hacked the body, hid the torso in a trunk at a Hancock Street boarding house, then planned to dump the parts overboard but was delayed by a steamship schedule.
Creditors of A. O. Brown & Co. read political stakes in the silence of temporary receiver Charles E. Littlefield. Unlike rivals, he has given no public statement since taking charge. Observers expect a wave of Wall Street bills when the Legislature convenes, seen as Democratic revenge for Hughes race track measures, with Littlefield preserving a Republican stance.
In Poughkeepsie New York on September 3 the motion to move Harry K. Thaw from Dutchess County Jail was denied. The sheriff argued the jail is unsafe for an insane prisoner and would prompt trips to Fishkill Landing. Judge Morschauser cited judicial comity and the absence of a required proceeding to reassign Thaw.
A pamphlet touts a new 15 minute treatment claimed to instantly relieve rheumatism digestion headaches neuralgia and all pains by rubbing the device on the sore area. It pledges no removal of garments and advertises broad cosmetic and health benefits while offering a free booklet with no obligation to buy.
Detectives Fitzsimmons and Flood arrested Dr. George Glucksman at his Bronx home on a bench warrant charging illegal practice. Frances Benzery acted as decoy. He was arraigned before Judge Crain in General Sessions Part I and held on $2,000 bail.
Justice of the Peace Samuel Engler officiated a rapid ceremony at 57 Newark Street Hoboken as Harry and Alma Allen of Philadelphia and Randolph L Beifus of Philadelphia wed Essie Moore of Camden onboard the steamship Amerika just as the last gangplank was raised.
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