Belmont tunnel ownership revealed in Interborough hearing
William M. Ivins of the Public Service Commission established that the Interborough Rapid Transit Company owns the Belmont or Steinway tunnel. Paul Cravath for IRT stated outright ownership, as commissioners probe tunnel inclusion in the Interborough Metropolitan system and potential fare implications.
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William M. Ivins
Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Belmont
Steinway
Shonts
Ivins
Belmont Tunnel
Paul D. Cravath
Intercrough Metropolitan
Queens County
Interborough
Three Die In Jackson Auto Truck Collision Near Suttons Crossing
A westbound car on the Detroit Jackson and Chicago electric line struck an automobile carrying five Jackson residents at Suttons Crossing near Jackson. Bernice Oliver, Mrs. Emily Pulver, and Mrs. Levi Palmer were killed, while R Adelbert Oliver was fatally injured and Mrs. R A Oliver suffered less serious injuries. The victims were family and guest of Mr Oliver who drove the car. Mrs Palmer died en route to hospital.
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Jackson, Mich
Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Electric Railroad
Jackson
Sutton’s Crossing
Levi Palmer
Emily Pulver
Bernice Oliver
R. Adelbert Oliver
R. A. Oliver
Mr. Oliver
Mrs. Pulver
Mrs. Oliver
Mrs. Palmer
Auto Takes a Plunge in Westchester Pond Crash
A large touring car carrying Mrs. T. W. Hall her daughter Miss Hall Miss Anderson and a chauffeur plunged thirty feet into Buresch's millpond near Bedford Westchester County after the chauffeur misread a cross road The occupants were buried under the wreckage in five feet of water but escaped with minor injuries The party was treated at Gouverneur Morris's Old Bedford home before returning home.
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T. W. Hall
Miss Hall
Hall
New Canaan
Conn
Bedford
Buresch
Auto Tour Party In Catkills Crash On Hill
A 60 horsepower Manhattan car carrying twenty people rolled into a ditch on Livingston Hill near Greendale station while returning from the Catskills. Chauffeur Hopkins suffered a fractured arm. passengers escaped serious injury. The party included Dr. Carl Limbarth of Brooklyn and Dr. Schroeder a Brooklyn dentist. other members left for New York after the accident.
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Tribune
Catskill
Manhattan
Catskills
Greendale Station
the Hudson
Carl Limbarth
Brooklyn
Limbarth
Livingston Hill
Hopkins
Schroeder
Fred T. Ealand
New York
Auto dust blamed for sore throats in Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor physicians report an epidemic of sore throats affecting over two hundred residents. They suspect car dust as the cause and note the illness is severe but short, usually clearing by the second day. Health Officer Wells seeks measures to stop the outbreak. no deaths reported.
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the Tribune
Sag Harbor
Long Island
Wells
Blame Placed On Rumbaugh In Laura Matthews Case
Miss Tillie Green, nurse with Laura Matthews to Colorado, testifies after funeral that Rumbaugh caused Matthews death indirectly and possibly killed himself from remorse. She says he sent a telegram to Mr. Coey stating Laura killed herself because of him and urged sending money. Matthews's body was buried in Kansas City.
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Ly Telegraph
the Tribune
Kansas City
Tillie Green
Laura Matthews
Colorado
Rumbaugh
Mr. Coey
Laura
Miss Matthews
Farmers Drive Out Negroes in Owensville Indiana Riot
Twenty five African American workers brought to Owensville to dig a ditch were assaulted by white farmers. Attacks with stones and clubs left five injured while four white men were arrested and bailed. Supplies for the camp were improvised as local residents refused provisioning.
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Tribune
Owensville
Ind
Corean Prince Warns City on Japanese Rule
Prince Tiyong Oui Yi of Corea, visiting New York to oppose Japanese rule, warns that Corea will not yield independence. He describes threats to his life from an inflammatory postal card and pledges continued resistance, with plans to travel to Washington and speak on Corean affairs.
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Prince Tiyong Oui Yi
Corea
Broadway Central Hotel
Prince Tiyong
New York
Japan
Hmit
Tivong
Washington
GOLD LEFT IN YUKON STILL TO BE TAKEN
The Canadian government, after surveying Yukon gold districts, estimates about 64.9 million dollars in gravels still to be won. Areas like Upper Bonanza Hills and Klondike River gravels yielded 119 million to date. remaining totals vary by creek and hill, with new discoveries possible though not likely large.
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the Tribune
Ottawa
Yukon
Bonanza Hills
Klondike River Hill
Hunter Creek Hills
Eldorado
Bonanza, Bear
Hunter Creeks
Bathers Rescued From Drowning In Atlantic City Whirlpool
Eleven bathers including four New Yorkers and seven Philadelphians were pulled from a foot of Ohio avenue whirlpool by Lifeguards Priestly Kulp and Heard. Victims named include George Watkins Charles Miller William Williamson Katherine Laird Nathan Greenbaum and Dr and Mrs William Morrison and Mr and Mrs F T Mercer. Crowds on the boardwalk watched as guards saved each party and the group later returned home.
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Tellerari
the Tribune
Atlantic City
Ohio Avenue
Priestly
Kulp
Heard
George Watkins
Charles Miller
William Williamson
Katherine Laird
Nathan Greenbaum
G Walthmeyer
William Morrison
New York
Mrs. Morrison
Vardaman Shows More Strength In Senatorial Race
Telegraphed update from Jackson Mississippi reports Williams backers concede a 4000 vote lead shrinks to about 3000 with eleven counties yet to count. Vardaman claims a final lead near 1000 as county managers pledge to pursue a fair count and assert his election.
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Jackson
Miss
Williams
Vardaman
Marcelin Albert Released in Montpellier Bail Move
Marcelin Albert and fellow Argeliers committee members were freed on bail today in Montpellier after arrest in connection with the winegrowers agitation. The release follows昨日 reports of ongoing political pressure around the uprising with authorities detailing no further charges at this time.
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M. Ferroul
Argeliers Committee
Montpellier
Marcelin Albert
Evicted Tenants Bill Clears Commons and Moves in Lords
London August 2 The Evicted Tenants bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons and its first reading in the House of Lords signaling progress for tenant protection legislation.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Ban on Scottish Hibernians fuels city anxiety
The Tribune reports that Archbishop of St Andrews circulated a church notice condemning the Ancient Order of Hibernians and reminding clergy that the Holy See condemned the group on December 14, 1882. In New York, priests and Hibernian members react as Scottish suppression rumors spread.
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Scotland
St. Andrews
Ancient
Holy See
Vatican
New York
Tribune
Heirarchy
Archbishop Farley
Father Kennedy
Boston
Monsignor McCready
Holy Cross Church
Monsignor
McCready
William L. Livingston
Orbeen Scotland
Gabriel's and Organization
Underground Marseilles Rhone Canal Plan Approved
The Minister of Public Works in Paris in August approved a 7 km tunnel canal to connect the Rhone valley with Marseilles. The project, to bypass high hills by a 66 by 42 foot waterway, will excavate about 2 186 000 cubic metres at an estimated cost of 40 million dollars, making it the largest tunnel by earth moved.
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Minister of Public Works
Paris
Department of Ridges and Roads
Rhone
Marseilles
Simplon
Marseilles- Rhone
Woman Sues United Railways for 200000 After Husband’s Death
Mrs Kathleen Winchester sues for 200000 damages over the death of her banker husband killed after a buggy collided with a trolley pole. He fell before a passing car while returning from an outing. The couple were prominent in club and social circles.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Kathleen Winchester
United Railways
Winchester
Dog’s ghost roams River Street in Suffern
In Suffern New York residents report nightly barking and daytime yelping from the grave of Dr. Gilbert Johnston’s dead dog. Most neighbors want the body disinterred claiming the phantom dog disturbs sleep and frightens the street, though only one neighbor corroborates the noises.
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Suffern
N. Y
River Street
Gilbert Johnston
Neis
Woman Dies After Contact With Light During Laundry
Mrs Genevieve Halsgrove at the midway house on Pike's Peak was killed instantly when she touched a wet washing machine and an incandescent lamp to switch it off. The fatal electric shock occurred after she finished washing and screams were heard. The incident was reported from Colorado Springs Colorado.
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Lone Tribune
Colorado Springs
Col
Genevieve Halsgrove
Pike's Peak
Graf Waldersee Grounds On East Edge Of Main Ship Channel
The Hamburg American line steamer Graf Waldersee from Hamburg grounded for an hour late last night on the east edge of the Main Ship Channel about a mile north of the Southwest Spit while entering port at 11:15. Moving slowly, she touched bottom, jarred, then settled in mud but was floated unassisted after sixty minutes and proceeded to Quarantine. Most passengers were asleep and unharmed.
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Hamburg-American Line
Graf Waldersee
Hamburg
Four Die In The Water Off Staten Island Shore
A catboat with four people aboard capsized in Staten Island Sound near Kreischerville after hitting wakes from passing steamers. Two men W H Gray and Homer Reed from Orange and a young woman, all negroes, drowned. A man believed to be Albert Dupont drowned while swimming near West 57th Street. Police dragged for bodies. two rescued negroes were taken to the Jersey shore and then to Elizabeth.
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Kreischerville
Staten Island
Albert Dupont
Eleventh Avenue
42D Street
North River
West 57Th Street
W. H. Gray
Garrett Street
Orange
Homer Reed
Barrow Street
New Jersey
Jersey
Elizabeth
Tottenville
Chinatown Shootout Stuns Boston Factory District
A dozen or more New York Chinese men linked to Hep Sing Tong opened fire in Oxford Place Chinatown wounding three and killing seven. Police captured Nim Sing and Hong Woon, both NY residents, and charged them with manslaughter. seven other Chinese suspects were detained. The incident follows alleged cross city Tong tensions linked to a Philadelphia outbreak.
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Boston
On Leong Tong Society
New York
Hep Sing Tong
Chinatown
Nim Sing
South Station
Hong Woon
Oxford Place
Hotel thief caught by quick-witted guest in Boston
Englewood New Jersey resident Miss Lillian F. Platt traced and trapped famous hotel thief Kirk Jones in the Act of rifling a trunk at the Hotel Touraine. Jones admitted his identity after officers showed his Rogues Gallery record detailing prior stints in Memphis and other cities.
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Boston
Englewood
N. J
Lillian F. Platt
Kirk Jones
Crook
Platt
Hootel Touraine
Kirk
Jones
Rogues’ Gallery
Memphis
South Bend
Dallas
Cleveland
Bryan stronger than ever in Nebraska as Bryan leads
Senator Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee said Bryan is the only serious Democratic presidential candidate. He noted Nebraska would likely instruct its delegation to support Bryan at the national convention and that Bryan is stronger with his party than ever.
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Tribune
Omaha
Robert L. Taylor
United States
Tennessee
Epworth Assembly
Lincoln
William J Bryan
Nebraska
Omaha Doctor Sues Express Company Over Lost Harvard Diploma
Dr. Many George H. Whitesides of Omaha sues Adams Express Company for 320000 damages after Harvard University did not issue a duplicate diploma lost in transit. The diploma sent to Lincoln for registration never reached Omaha, hindering his medical licensure in Nebraska.
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Tribune
Omaha
Harvard University
Adams Express Coi
George H. Whitesides
Express Company
Whitesides
Lincoln
Harvard
Nebraska
Ohio to Fight U S Bitter But Legal War
Ohio moves to reclaim pension funds from federal control in a case over estates of inmates at national soldier homes. The dispute centers on whether state law or federal authority governs unclaimed assets and may reach the U S Supreme Court, with potential sums between 250 000 and 350 000.
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Ohio
United States Supreme Court
United States
District
Department of Justice
National Home For
Dayton
Montgomery County
United States Treasury
Johann Hoffman
St Deyton
Thompson
United States Circuit Court
National Home
Hoffman
Alabama Revokes Southern Railway License to Do Business
Alabama Secretary of State Frank N. Julian has cancelled the Southern Railway license for violating Senate Bill No. 86 of 1907. The action automatic upon removal of a state suit to federal court and does not reflect a direct clash with federal orders. Officials in Montgomery and Montgomery dispatches confirm no official statement from the railway beyond the cited legal action.
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Iy Teteshah
Montgomery
Ala
The
Southern Railway
Alabama
Frank N. Julian
Secretary of State
United States Court of the 6Th Circuit
Thomas G. Jones
Middle Alabama
Circuit Court
Talladega County
J. D. McNeel
Julian
Bill SG
Stat
Wash
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