WEED STRAPHANGERS HEDLEY ON THE STAND AT HEARING
Frank Hedley, general manager of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, testified at the Public Service Commission merger inquiry that schedules favored profit over public needs. He said trains are planned to carry many passengers with some trips not paying, and acknowledged ongoing overcrawding at 149th Street and 158th Street stations. The hearing explored transfers, identification slips, and revenue protections, with next testimony planned from further executives.
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New York City Railway Company
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Mr. Carnegies Big Gift To Hospital Fund
London reports Andrew Carnegie has deposited forty thousand dollars in the Bank of England as an unconditional contribution to the King Edward Hospital Fund. He urges the money be used effectively, with preference for reform measures and broader good.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Bank of England
King Edward Hospital Fund
Belmont Tunnel Opens After Shields Joined
Bel mont tunnel south tube shields were joined yesterday and the remaining earth between walls will be removed today. The project began in September 1915 and, aside from a delay over a franchise legality decision in November 1915, work has moved quickly. Traffic is expected in October. Concrete walls and sealed plates in the south tube will finish in a few weeks at Degnon Contracting Co. The north tube air pressure is being reduced after tests for leaks, and a trip through the north tube is planned once the south tube opens.
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Degnon Contracting Company
Dramatic incident in Lords as eviction bill passes
London August 6 Lord Clanricarde confronted the evicted Irish tenants bill during the Lords second reading. He denounced the measure as the apotheosis of robbery while sipping contents from a pocket phial as the house watched in chilly silence. The debate lingered while opposition leaders signaled amendments in committee.
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House of Lords
Lord Clanricarde
Ireland
Mistook Brunette for Negress in Jim Crow Car
Irene Flowers, eighteen, a Caucasian passenger, was ordered by Jerome Caldwell, a car conductor, to sit in the Negro compartment. Her father, jeweler M. W. Flowers, filed a $5,000 lawsuit against the Alexandria Electric Railways Company seeking damages for the misclassification incident.
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Jerome Caldwell
Irene Flowers
Rockefeller Predicted To Live Past Ninety Four
Cleveland telegraph report cites Dr. H F Biggar stating John D Rockefeller will reach beyond ninety four, claiming he has been born twice physically and is now fourteen years old in growth. The physician notes Rockefeller’s recovery cost five million dollars and involved a month of diet and exercise away from business.
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H. F. Biggar
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Forest Hill
Lfe
Goulds S ister in law evicted from Jefferson homestead
Isabella Miller, sister in law of Jay Gould, was evicted from the former Joseph Jefferson home at Hohokus after foreclosure. Furniture moved to nearby Join Herdan farmhouse. she resisted removal with scissors and wept as the home was cleared. The property sold for 17900 after February auction. she had contested the sale and faced exclusion from Gould funeral services and estate.
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Jay Gould
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Hohokus
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Railroad motor makes record in Omaha to North Platte race
Union Pacific gasolene motor car No 10 beat the Overland Limited in a 290 mile race from Omaha to North Platte. The motor left half an hour after the Overland yet finished twenty five minutes behind the train after trailing it all the way. It reached speeds up to sixty five miles an hour and heads to Denver to operate between that city and Carr one hundred miles north in place of a regular passenger train.
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Austrian man shoots wife over burglary claim
Atlanta news reports H. B. Krumholz, an Austrian, shot and killed his wife early today, mistaking her for a burglar. The couple woke to noise, then Krumholz fired after getting a light and discovering his wife was elsewhere in the room.
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Lawson Welcomes Grandchild in Winchester
By telegraph from Boston dated August 6 Thomas W Lawson becomes a grandfather as Arnold Lawson and his wife welcome a nine pound girl born at their Winchester home.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Arnold Lawson
Winchested
Fraudulent transfers probe exposes straw bond ring
The arrest of Dry Dock Hotel owner John Bough and Patrick Moore uncovers a major straw-bond scheme aiding bail bonds fraud. Register Gass admits inability to detect forged transfers, citing lack of discretionary power and staff, while noting new notarization rules offer limited safeguards.
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Tribune
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Glen Cove
Long Island
Jack the Smearer Arrested as Dirt Thrower at Opera Gowns
Indianapolis reports William R. Gadd, an art student aged thirty-two, arrested for the crime of Jack the Smearer. He admits three years of following the practice after a streetcar incident where he dirtied a woman's gown. The item ends with an advert for Great Bear Spring Water claiming its purity.
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William R. Gadd
Jack the
Plan Combined Attack in Trust Prosecutions
Jefferson City Mo Aug 6 Announcement by Attorney General Hadley that Attorneys General of the Mississippi Valley will meet in St Louis next Monday to plan concerted action in prosecuting suits against many trust and railroad companies Committees will be named to select a site for a later general meeting of all state Attorneys General including more states
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L. and N Railway Moves Case to Federal Court
Birmingham August 6 announcement says the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, subsidiary of Louisville and Nashville, filed at Gadsden Alabama to remove a case from state courts to federal court. Action not yet acted on.
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Louisville & Nashville
Gadsden
School Steward Held for Forgery in Garden City
Duncan C. Sayres, steward of St. Paul’s Cathedral School at Garden City Long Island, was arrested on a secretary’s complaint charged with forgery. The case notes mixed school books and past injuries from a boiler explosion, with pending arraignment before Justice Gittens in Hempstead.
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the Tribune
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British War Hero Deportation Ends In Canada Return
Bugler Walter Woodrow known in service as Walter Dunne, famed for warning the British at Colenso during the Boer War after saving a detachment, is set for deportation by the Canadian Immigration Department. He was arrested in February for stealing an overcoat and jailed at Portage la Prairie. Monday release precedes shipment to England as an undesirable character.
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Reprimand for Trumbo at Fort Monroe court martial
A court martial at Fort Monroe Va found First Lieutenant George A F Trumbo not guilty of conduct unbecoming but guilty of conduct to the prejudice of good order for writing a letter calling Earl Sims a deserter. The sentence: reprimand by reviewing authorities and two months confinement at the station. Major General Grant, approving, says the sentence is inadequate and should deter repetition.
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Department of the East
Kann Collection Sold to Duveen Brothers for 5 Million
London reports Duveen Brothers bought the Rodolphe Kann collection of paintings and art treasures for 5 million dollars. The purchase confirms earlier Paris dispatches that J. P. Morgan eyed the collection, with the Duveens having previously acted for Morgan in major art purchases.
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Mr. Morgar
Rescue of Congressman Waldo at North Pond
A group of Waterville men rescued Congressman George E. Waldo of Brooklyn after his canoe capsized near North Pond. With strong winds and rough water, Waldo clung to his craft for twenty five minutes before a launch reached him and brought him aboard and ashore safely.
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George E. Waldo
Brooklyn
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North Pond
New Yorkers Die in Italy After Gambling Losses
Naples Aug 6 A New York couple Mr and Mrs Buckingham who traveled from New York died by their own hand after taking poison at Castellamare. The tragedy followed severe gambling losses at Monte Carlo as the motive.
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Russian loan plan tied to naval rebuilding at Swinemunde
A St Petersburg dispatch says Emperor William and Emperor Nicholas discussed a proposal for Russia to negotiate a 262.5 million loan in Germany. The loan would be used exclusively to rebuild the Russian navy, with warship orders placed only in Germany.
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Swinemunde
Battle on Car Top as Detectives Stop Train Robbers
Detectives Trainor and Ryan of the New York Central Railroad spotted two robbers on a freight train at Spuyten Duyvil. They fired, wrestled on the top of the 20 mph train, one robber fell. Later four arrests were made on another freight train. NYCentral losses last week totaled 200 to 300 dollars from freight-rail robberies.
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McCabe Faction Aims to Oust Conners as State Chairman
Albany Aug 6 Friends of Democratic State Committeeman P E McCabe say a meeting will be called early next month to oust Finger Conners as state chairman. The move stacks to nominate two Court of Appeals candidates while removing Conners. McCabe and Senator McCarren have pressed to challenge Conners amid Albany headquarters clash.
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Governor Harris Struck by Pneumonia at Encampment
Governor Andrew L. Harris of Ohio was diagnosed with pneumonia while attending the state encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans in Cincinnati. He was moved to the Toledo state hospital for care by Dr. Love, with friends alarmed by his age but reports tonight say he is resting comfortably.
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Ohio
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Body of St. Gaudens Cremated in Massachusetts
The body of Augustus St. Gaudens, the sculptor who died at Cornish New Hampshire on Saturday, was cremated today at Mount Auburn Cambridge Mass per his wishes. The ashes were sent back to Cornish where funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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Railroads Accept Two-Cent Fare Law in Wisconsin
By Telegraph to The Tribune. Waukee, Aug. 6. Railroads operating in Wisconsin have decided to accept the two-cent fare law without contest.
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Waukee
Wisconsin
Darrow Offshore Support Change for Pettibone Trial
Clarence Darrow will not represent the Western Federation of Miners at the Pettibone trial in Boise on October 1. The Denver firm Richardson & Hawkins will take his place, with F F Richardson stating the executive board will meet to finalize the contract for his firm.
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Casablanca Shelling Sparks Fierce Street Fights
Tangier August 6 official account describes French forces under Moorish fire. Marines landed, bayonet charges followed, many Kabyles killed, French wounded twelve, no French deaths. Galilée and Du Chayla shelled Casablanca while Don Alvaro de Bazan blockaded. Dispatch notes two thousand shells fired, hundreds of Moorish dead, consulates protected, and Franco Spanish note prepared.
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Morocco
Moorish Pacha Surrenders Moroccan Towns Reported
A Tangier dispatch says the Pacha at Casablanca has surrendered the town and that foreigner protection guards will land soon at Mogador Rabat Saffi and Mazagan. The Spanish battleship Numancia sails from Ferrol via Cadiz to Morocco and more troops may come from Ceuta and Melilla.
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Melilla
Casablanca Battles Trigger Naval Fire In Tangier Report
A semi official dispatch from Tangier describes French forces at Casablanca landing a guard to protect the consulate, being fired on, and responding with bayonet rounds plus shelling the Arab quarter and beach. Six sailors and an ensign wounded. European quarter spared. Italy demands reparation for Italian deaths and injuries.
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