Detective Gegan Tricks "Con" Men In Green Goods Swap
Detective Gegan and accomplice Wilber trapped two suspected swindlers James McVicar and Charles Forbes after posing as a Belleville farm dealer. The pair agreed to sell counterfeit green goods to Ruthuff, leading to their capture at a Brooklyn saloon. The suspects confessed ties to the Gondalfs and faced postal law charges.
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Geran
Walker
New Britain
Gegan
Belleville
Mich
James McVicar
MacDougal Street
Brooklyn
Charles T Forbes
Grenoble
Manhattan
Broadway
Weeks
Wilber
Gondalfs
Louis E. Ruthuff
Walter E. Mayer
Ruthuff
McCaffert
New York
Greengoods
Rathoff
Grand Central Station
Warner
Lyons
Forbes
McVickar
Belgium and United States press for Congo reforms
Brussels reports U.S. and Britain urged Belgium to end forced labor and improve native conditions in the Congo. Belgium’s reply accepts arbitration on concession disputes and pledges to extend commercial rights to Americans, with land reform planned after annexation. The Hague dispatch notes Venezuela-Nederlands tensions and a Dutch consul case in Caracas.
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Brussels
United Fates
Great Britain
Belgium
Congo
United Etates
Mnnte
Howver
Doctor reports Abe Hummel thriving in Paris return hoped
Dr. Philip Matz of Blackwell's Island, who went abroad with Abe Hummel soon after the penitentiary release, arrived on the Rotterdam yesterday. He says Hummel is living in Paris with a new lease on life, is in good health and spirits, and plans to return to New York in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Matz
Blackwell's Island
Abe” Hummel
Holland-America
Rotterdam
Mats
Hummel
Paris
Dr. Matz
New York
Prelim flight of Baldwin balloon postponed at Fort Myer
A large Fort Myer crowd gathered for Captain Thomas S. Baldwin’s first preliminary military dirigible test. The flight was postponed to tomorrow due to late adjustments, though engine tests proved satisfactory. Secretary Wright General Bell and General Allen attended, with Lt. R. B. Creecy arriving to study aeronautics potential for the Marine Corps.
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Washington
Fort Myer
Thomas S. Baldwin
Baldwin
Signal Corps
Wer
Wright
Bell
Allen
R. B. Creecy
Marine Corps
Elliott
Shipyard Lock-Out Threatens National Strike
Stettin August 3 Eight thousand ship riveters are locked out at the Vulcan yards over overtime pay and extra hours. The dispute delays several warship builds as the Ironmasters' Association plans a 69 percent furnaces output cut next Saturday to force a settlement. If unresolved, a proposal to the German National Federation of Metal Workers may close all empire works.
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Stettin
Vulcan
Ironmasters’ Association
German National Federation of Metal Workers
Empire
Japanese Finances Signal Turning Point for Trade and Debt
A Tokyo dispatch reports Japan's improving economy with easier money supply and a shift in foreign trade balance. Bank of Japan loans reduced by 40 million yen, treasury bills sold instantly, and a good silk crop with rising grains. Government bonds issued in 1964 to be redeemed in October and December with 20 million yen drawn October 15.
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Japan
America
Bank of Japan
Treasury
Japan Plans to Rank Third in World Navy by 1911
Berlin dispatch reports the German Naval League estimates Japan will hold third place among world navies in 1911. It cites expansions under 1907 plans, including three new battleships and several armored cruisers, with additional ships proposed for 1910 11.
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Berlin
German Naval League
Japan
Aki
Kurama
Ibuki
Bay State Gas Receiver Dismissed in Delaware Court
In the U S Circuit Court Judge George Gray dissolved the receivership of Bay State Gas Company of Delaware and released receiver George Wharton Pepper. Pepper must turn over $643,763.89 minus 15,008 plus his $3,000 fee and all books and papers to the company. litigation began in 1898 with receivership in 1903.
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Wilmington
Del
United States Circuit Court
George Gray
Bay State Gas Company of
Delaware
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Unti 1503
Izzet Pacha Escapes to Maria Steamer
Constantinople August 3 There being no extradition treaty between Turkey and Great Britain Britain declines to surrender Izzet Pacha former sub secretary to the Sultan who escaped Constantinople and sought refuge aboard the steamer Maria to visit a Mediterranean port and has allowed the Maria to proceed The Youn Turks laugh at the spectacle and several ministers are reported to have Tosinned The Adrianople mutiny was unimportant.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Great Britain
Izzet Pacha
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
Ping Izzet Pacha
Adrianople
President to Sultan congratulates Turkey on constitutional move
Ambassador Leishman in Constantinople has been authorized by the State Department to convey the President s congratulations to the Sultan of Turkey for the adoption of a representative government The President hopes this step will aid permanent peace and prosperity in the Ottoman nation and expresses sympathetic interest in the new constitutional development.
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Washington
Amsador Teishman
Constantinople
State Department
Calle
Leishman
Turkey
Sultan Welcomes Army Corps Delegation in Constantinople
A three hundred strong deputation from the 2a Army Corps arrived from Adrianople to pledge loyalty to the Sultan. Minister of War Omer Pachdi Pecha and chief of staff Shekir Pacha met the troops as they marched to Yild Palace. The Sultan appeared at a window, saluted the soldiers, and ordered them to convey greetings to their comrades.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Omer Pachdi Pecha
Shekir Pacha
Yild Palace
Turkish troopship Aleppo ashore at Corfu rocks
The Lloyds agent at Corfu reports the Turkish troopship Aleppo is ashore on the Serpa rocks with a bad position.
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London
Lloyds
Corfu
Aleppo
Serpa
River Plate Trade Shippers Agree on Minimum Rates
Hamburg reports that all German and British shippers active in River Plate trade have united to set a fixed minimum rate. The agreement aims to stabilize freight charges and prevent underbidding in the South Atlantic cargo market.
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Hamburg
Berlin Budget Receipts Fall Short by 14 Million
Berlin reports that imperial receipts for the first quarter of the new budget year, starting April, are 14 million dollars below estimates, complicating the Treasury's effort to balance the budget without resorting to loans.
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Berlin
Fever of City's Children Dying In Health Drive
The city reports a 5.33 point drop in the weekly child death rate from last year, totaling 16.62. The Health Department credits a cooperative Summer Care of Babies conference and unity of effort across East Side and poorer districts for fewer infant deaths. William H. Allen notes 172 babies could still be saved if citywide gains continue. Tenement house deaths show a sharp drop from 965 last year to 648 this year in the last week of July.
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East Side
William H. Allen
Brooklyn
Health Department
Balloon Reaches Six Miles Up In 30 Below Record
Readville Mass Aug 3 The Blue Hill Observatory received from Silvernails N Y the sounder balloon sent up from Pittsfield Mass by H H Clayton Tuesday. It reached six miles altitude with a temperature over 30 degrees below zero the greatest height yet for New England sounders. Similar experiments at St Louis last year reached ten miles. The small balloons carry an aluminum instrument box recording temperature and wind in the upper air.
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Readtille
Mass
Blue Hill Observatory
Silvernails
N. Y
Pittsfield
H. H. Clayton
New England
St. Louis
Eliot Did Not Publish Harvard Telegrams, Secretary Says
Cambridge August 8 Harvard University secretary reports President Eliot treated both telegrams as private communications and after publication telegraphed President Roosevelt to say the test data had not been obtained from Eliot's office.
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Cambridge
Mass
Eliot
Harvard University
Roosevelt
Harvard Corporation
Farman Rises 28 Feet at Brighton Beach Flight
Henry Farman made three straightaway flights at Brighton Beach racetrack yesterday afternoon. The first flight covered about four hundred yards eight feet above ground. The second stretched to about six hundred feet, and the third reached twenty five to twenty feet high. The machine averaged thirty five miles an hour and performed graceful glides as crowds cheered. Dr. A. Lawrence Rotch and James Means observed, wind from southeast seventeen miles per hour decreasing later in the day.
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Henry Farman
Brighton Beach Racetrack
Mr. Farman
Johnny” Dunn
Farman
Rotch
Etzhi
Zeppelin Airship Inflating For Trial Ascension
The Zeppelin airship in Friedrichshafen will be inflated tonight with a trial ascent likely tomorrow if all goes well. Count Zeppelin may launch a long trip immediately after this test, without waiting for imperial commissioners or military officers assigned to observe the maneuvers.
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Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Hughes to Attend Plattsburg Cornerstone Ceremony
Governor Hughes announced plans to travel to Plattsburg on August 1 to participate in the cornerstone laying of the new Young Men's Christian Association building. He will also visit the Catholic Summer School at Cliff Haven and appoint Walter N. Gill of Kingston as Ulster County Surrogate, succeeding Charles S. Davis who resigned.
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Saranac Inn
N. Y
Hughes
Plattsburg
Young Men's Christian Association
Cliff Haven
Walter N. Gill
Kingston
Ulster County
Charles S. Davis
Saugerties
Gill
Republican Party
Rail fares challenged as excessive for short rail trip
The Interstate Commerce Commission faces a complaint from the Iowa Railroad Commission accusing the Dubuque and Duluth Bridge Company and four railroads the Illinois Central Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Great Western of charging 3 cents for a passenger trip between Dubuque Iowa and East Dubuque Illinois a distance of about one one eighth miles.
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Washington
Dubuque
Iowa
Dubuque, Ill
Railroad Commission of Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Approves New York City post office plans
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop approved the plans of McKim Mead & White for the New York City post office. After approval by the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Interior, detailed plans will be prepared, with bids likely to be called within six months.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Winthrop
McKim, Mead & White
New York City
Secretary of the Interior
Acting Controller Recommends Banking Law Changes
Washington August 3 The Acting Controller of the Currency Thomas P Kane today transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury for submission to the National Monetary Commission his recommended amendments to the national banking laws The forty printed pages cover the suggested changes based on experience and practical operation of the laws by the Controller's office.
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Washington
Thomas P. Kane
Secretary of the Treasury
National Monetary Commission
Congress
New Dominican Era Signals Stable Finances Under Caceres
Washington reports a June letter to General Edwards from W. E. Pulliam noting Dominican Republic financial gains under President Caceres. The budget for 1908 09 projects a record income of 3 948 306 with customs bolstering revenue, while public works expand agriculture immigration education and communications. The government now operates railways and wireless stations with improved interior policing and reduced extraordinary expenses.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
W. E. Pulliam
United States
Republic
Pulliam
Caceres
Customs Affairs
Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Haiti
Cuba
Porto Oe
Spain
Santo Domingo
Monte Cristi
Puerto Plata
Santiago
Ferrocarril Central Dominicano
Department of Interior and Police
Public Debt Statement Shows July 31 Increase in Washington
The monthly public debt report states debt at July 31 totaling 958 million 809 thousand 823 dollars, minus cash in the Treasury, with an increase cited from July. Details list interest bearing and non interest bearing components and cash reserves including gold, trust funds, and national bank deposits, offset by outstanding certificates and notes.
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Washington
Treasury
National
Treasury of Philippine Islands
Welcome for American Fleet at Auckland Sparks Peace Ties
The US battleship fleet, later to reach Auckland, is welcomed by New Zealand. An address highlights British and American unity for world peace and Pacific security. Admiral Sperry is praised for Hague peace work, with a gift album prepared for President Roosevelt and a ceremonial casket inscription.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Auckland
N. Z
Charles Sperry
New Zealand
United States
Nom
Zealand
Roosevelt
Theodore
Sir Aea
Itinerary of the Pacific Fleet to Samoa and return announced
Washington reports the Itinerary of the Pacific fleet sailing from San Francisco to Samoa and back. The fleet includes divisions led by West Virginia and Tennessee with torpedo flotillas, plus supply and collier ships. Planned dates span August to December with visits to Honolulu Pago Pago Magdalena Bay and Apia.
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Washington
San Francisco
Samoa
West Virginia
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
California
South Dakota
Truxton
Hull
Whipple
Hopkins
Perry
Prebie
Stewart
Solace
Collier
Justin
Honolulu
Pago Pago
San Diego
Magdalena Bay
Apia
Sailors Clash With Negroes in Virginia Town Riot
In Norfolk and Berkeley Virginia on August 3 clashes erupted between United States sailors from nearby St. Helena naval station and local African American residents after a dispute over corn theft. Police intervened as threats of lynching surfaced and hundreds of sailors gathered outside Berkeley and central stations.
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Norfolk
United States
Berkeley
South Norfolk
St. Helena Naval Training Station
Naval
Central
Army and Navy Orders and Ship Movements Reported
Washington August 2 The Tribune Bureau lists Army orders changing officers including Captain Lytle Brown moving to Louisville and Lt Walter Baker to Savannah district arms. Navy reports vessel movements with arrivals at Gardiner's Bay and sailings from Baltimore Newport News and Honolulu to various destinations.
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ARMY
Corps of Engineers
Lytle Brown
Washington Barracks
Louisville
Harry Burgess
Office of Chief of Engineers
Washington
Walter ©. Baker
Coast Artillery
Artillery District of
Savannah
William © Wood
4Th Field Achlevy
Jefferson Barracks
Louis Farrell
5Th Infantry
Mde
Nashville
Thomas L. Cole
T. M. Potts
Bureau of Navigation
Montana
Scorpion
F. L. Oliver
Franklin
L. A. Cotten
Naval War College
Navy Department
Mississippi
Bradford
Provinesstown
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Honolulu
Panama
Tacoma
Newport News
Guantanamo
Newport
Gardiner's Bay
Sheridan Officers Start Roosevelt Test Ride
Fort Sheridan officers above captain rank began a ninety mile endurance ride to fulfill a Roosevelt ordered test. Brigadier General W H Carter leads the party with Lt Cols Bixby Hobbs Robinson Kniskern Filler and Majors Ducat Riche Lewis Chatfield Judson Munson Mott De Slaughter and King among the travelers.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Roosevelt
W. H. Carter
Department of the Lakes
Bixby
Hobbs
Robinson
Kniskern
Filler
Ducat
Riche
Lewis
Chatfield
Jud~son
Munson
Mott
de Slaughter
King
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Caracas
M. Hellemand
Netherlands
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Elijah
Csium Cereal Company; Limited
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Glenn Curtiss
Pictorial News Company
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Yeijiro Ono
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Morales
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Lems & Qonger
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SEBI
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Navy Yard
Boston
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