Airship for Navy Use At Fort Myer Tests Continue
Captain Baldwin builds a dirigible balloon for the army with Curtiss as engineer. A new propeller shaft is late, four control plane tips added, an extra rudder panel added for stability. If shaft arrives, flight with temporary shaft may occur. Captain Kimball and Lt Creecy observe, with Newberry to attend official trials.
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Sedan
Baldwin
Army
Fort Myer
Curtiss
Mr. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
W. W. Kimball
Naval Examining and Retiring Boards
Navy Department
Newberry
Navy
Kimball
Captain Baldwin
Santiago
Richard B. Creecy
Marine Corps
Elliott
Sympathy For Zeppelin Gains Wide Support In Germany
Friedrichshafen Aug 6 The German emperor conveyed deep regret to Count Zeppelin over the destruction of the airship at Echterdingen and urged him to continue. Public subscriptions pour in from cities across the empire, with sums totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars and a national committee in Stuttgart to fund new airship construction.
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Friedrichshafen
Wurtemberg
Count Zeppelin
William
Echterdingen
Germany
Berlin
Empire
Stuttgart
Prince von Hohen- Lohe-Langenbourg
Zeppelin
Possehl
Lubeck
Essen
Heidelberg
Cologne
Darmstadt
Government of
Hesse
Farman eyes new record flight at Issy standard
Henry Farman, delayed by yesterday’s storm at Brighton Beach, plans a public ascent tomorrow and a Sunday finale. He aims to beat his Issy record of 12 miles in 20 minutes 20 seconds, seeking a large U.S. site under Aero Club of America auspices, with a longer fuel supply and upgraded Antoinette motor.
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Henry Farman
Brighton Beach
Farman
Hotel Astor
Wright Brothers
Mr. Farman
United States
Issy
France
Aero Club of America
Bleriot
Delagrange
Rome
Wrights
Wright Ready to Ascend in Lemans Weather Delays Tests
Wilbur Wright postponed initial trial flights of his airship near Lemans France due to heavy rain. Though his left arm burns slow healing, he says his aeroplane is ready and may fly when he chooses. Hart O Berg notes Wright silent on exact flight date.
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Lemans
France
Wilbur Wright
Hart O. Berg
Europe
Wright Brothers
Wright
Mr. Wright
Berg
Germans Capture Three Balloonists After Landing Near Warsaw
News from Kattowitz reports three German military balloonists were seized by gendarmes upon stepping from their car near Warsaw in Russian Poland. The landing balloon was also seized, signaling a swift capture and disruption of the reconnaissance craft.
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Kattowitz
Russia
Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Tenants Protest City Rent Demand Over Demolished East Side Homes
Hundreds of families in Forsyth Bayard Chrystie and Canal streets east of the Bowery oppose paying rent as 250 doomed tenements near the Manhattan Bridge construction face dispossession. They cite looming demolition and lack of fuel for pumps, with dispossess hearings set today before Justice Dinnean in the 2d District court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Cohen
Forsyth
Bayard
Chrystie
Canal Streets
Bowery
Manhattan Bridge
Woman Driver Hits Old Man In Brooklyn Collision
Miss Jeanette Ruhl of 4688 Tompkins Avenue Brooklyn acted as chauffeur when her auto struck an elderly man while traveling down lower Broadway toward South Ferry just before midnight. She claimed loss of control of the stop lever and the car sped away until stopped two blocks later by Patrolman Fetscher. The pedestrian declined to give his name or press charges, and apologized to him before continuing. Vehicle number 52 242 New York, owner Arthur E Doller of St George Staten Island.
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Echterdingen
Friedrichshafen
Wneither
Evernfield and
Fruit Gardens
Stuttgart
Lower Broadway
South Ferry
Jeanette Ruhl
Tompkins Avenue
Brooklyn
Fetscher
N. Y
Arthur E. Doller
St. George
Staten Island
Navy squadron arrives for summer practice at Boston harbor
The Hartford frigate along with the Chicago Olympia Nevada and Arkansas cruisers forms the U S Naval Academy summer practice squadron and anchored near Boston harbor to remain about a week.
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Hartford
Chicago
Olympia
Nevada
Arkansas
United States Naval Academy
Boston
Engineer Davis Stops Port Jefferson Train After Rail Fault
Westbound Port Jefferson express on LI Railroad nearly derailed when engineer Davis halted the train within five feet of a displaced rail between Northport and Greenlawn. Conductor Frank Thompson aided by driving in loosened spikes. delay was about five minutes.
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Port Jefferson
Long Island Railroad
Davis
Northport
Greenlawn
Frank Thompson
Neglecting to Register Lands Garrahan Sentenced in Special Sessions
Peter Garrahan received three months in the penitentiary after being found to promote two corporations without County Clerk registration. He had a prior grand larceny conviction. Raymond Roshell, 19, of 211 East 12th Street, awaits trial on $1000 bail for allegedly stealing a pocketbook from Mrs. Rose Condon of Galveston. Antonio Macaluso, a law student at 109 West 55th Street, was discharged on stealing $89 from Mrs. Pamptinella after arraignment in Morrisania court. In the Tent Evangel at 57th Street and Broadway, Rev J Tolfree Parr will lecture on Eight Years in Darkest London. Luigi Solari of Hartfield Solari & Co. at 8 Wall Street was elected president of the Italian Chamber of Commerce.
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Peter Garrahan
Wyatt
Raymond Roshell
East 12Th Street
Droege
Jefferson Market Court
Louis E. Condon
Galveston
Tex
Antonio Macaluso
West 55Th Street
Carlischer-Hansen
Herrman
Morrisania
Rose Pamptinella
57Th Street
Broadway
J. Tolfree Parr
United Christian Endeavor Societies of
Great Britain and Ireland
London
Friendly Bet Not a Crime Says New York Supreme Court
Justice Gaynor of the Brooklyn Supreme Court discharged George B. Sterling, holding that an ordinary bet between friends on a golf result is not a crime. He ruled that registering a casual wager on a card is not criminal when not conducted as a business, and noted that only betting as a profession or against all comers constitutes wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
George B. Sterling
Salisbury Golf Links
Brown
Nassau County
Ephraim Hamm
Sterling
Hamm
Justice Gaynor
Stedeker
N. Y
Betting argument postponed in Brooklyn indictments
Attorneys Engeman Cavanagh and Fitzgerald failed to appear before Judge Dike as demurrers to indictments against the Brighton Beach Racing Association were argued. The motion to inspect grand jury minutes was adjourned to August 11. Stanchfield argued indictments lack plain acts, crime, and unconstitutional law citing Niagara Orleans racing bills vote.
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Brighton Beach Racing Association
William J. Engeman
John G. Cavanagh
Christopher J. Fitzgerald
John B. Stanchfield
Dike
Kings County Court
Mr. Stanchfield
Stanchfield
Niagara-Orleans
Showed love by shooting girl in street stand
John Daly a young truck driver shot Cynthia Ninie sixteen in a jealous fit on West 37th street. Cynthia and Tessie Ninfe and their mother Kate Ninfe were present when Daly bought a revolver with pawned clothes. Daly was jailed on felonious assault charges. Cynthia hospitalized but not seriously hurt.
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John Daly
Cynthia Ninie
West 37Th Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Daly
Ninie
Cynthia
Tessie
Kate Ninfe
Resists Arrest During Open Air Union Meeting
Millinery Workers' Industrial Union members faced disorderly conduct charges in Jefferson Market court after attempting to stage an open air meeting at Broadway and Bond street. Mary Papalsky denied permit, bit and scratched Patrolman Kraus, was jailed with friends Rose Feinstein and Milly Weilman. Papalsky's case continued for witnesses, others fined $2 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millinery Workers’ Industrial Union
Jefferson Market Court
Broadway
Bond Street
Mary Papalsky
No. 22
South 1St Street
Brooklyn
Kraus
Miss Papalsky
Rose Feinstein
Varet Street
Milly Weilman
Eldridge Street
Mercer Street
Fireman Jaeger Dismissed After Civil Service Revocation
John C. Jaeger of 518 6th street was removed from the Fire Department following a Civil Service Commission revocation. Records show May 15 arrest for petty larceny tied to an alleged order for three auger bits from merchant Charles Cordis. He pleaded guilty, was sentenced to the Tombs, released June 8 on suspended sentence, and two days later joined Engine Company 68 before the revocation was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
John C. Jaeger
No. 518
6Th Street
Fire Department
Jaeger
Harriet Siegel
Charles Cordis
No. 104
East 17Th Street
Hhe
Justice
O Brien Defends Public Works Contract Bid Rules
Commissioner O'Brien of the Department of Water Supply Gas and Electricity, restrained from awarding the 72 inch water main contract from Valley Stream to Amityville Long Island valued near two million dollars, denied claims that specifications favored the Gillespie company which bid lowest at 1 879 300 He noted Gillespie bid on a lockbar joint but says the specifications allowed four joint types and were not restrictive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Valley Stream
Amityville
Long Island
T. A. Gillespie Company
Gillespie Company
Patrolmen under fire after Dalmatian shot by officers
C J Fendt, a liveryman, complains to Health and Police over the shooting of his licensed Dalmatian by two patrolmen. He alleges brutality and seeks punishment. Health officials will investigate. SPCA head weighs legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Fendt
Health and Police Departments
Fendt
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Horton
Society
Mr. Fendt
Board of Health
Health Department
Bensel
Baker
Bingham
Wagstaff
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
No Room For Burned Man In Gouverneur Hospital
A fire at a candy store rear apartment on Columbia Street left David Balch badly burned. Debate over hospital admission ended with Balch returning to the scene and later leaving with friends. Rosie Cohen alerted rescuers after finding Balch unconscious behind a lace curtain and gas jet fire. Rose Singer treated Balch with sweet oil at her father Benjamin Singer’s shop.
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Gouverneur Hospital
David Baich
Columbia Street
Judge
Union Market
Weigel
Balch
Solomon
Rosie Cohen
Benjamin Singer
Rose Singer
Hospital Refuses Admission To Woman In Mineola
At Nassau Hospital in Mineola on August 6 Mrs. Arthur Lake of Huntington was refused admission for nervousness and a recent childbirth. Dr. Hunting ton arranged for admission but officials cited hospital rules. Mr. Lake grew angry at the station as the ambulance carried his wife away for a twenty mile drive home.
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Mineola
Long Island
Nassau Hospital
Arthur Lake
Huntington
C. W. Huntington
Lake
Old liner Umbria loses to Adriatic in transatlantic race
A transatlantic race at Sandy Hook saw the new White Star liner Adriatic beat the Cunarder Umbria by 39 minutes. The Adriatic completed the westward voyage in 6 days 18 hours 68 minutes while the Umbria landed first at the pier due to loading constraints. Passengers on both ships followed the race via wireless messages.
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Sandy Hook
Daunt’s Rock
Atlantic
Umbria
Adriatic
New York considers curb on tall buildings and traffic
A Building Code Revision Commission committee proposed height limits for New York skyscrapers. Options include zone or street width ratios, progressive tax per story, or flat limits, plus elevator capacity to clear tenants quickly. Proposals also urge restricting vehicular traffic on main south of Chambers Street during peak hours due to congestion from offices housing tens of thousands.
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New York
Thomas J. Brady
Building Code Revision Commission
Chambers Street
Hght
John Hill
Lower Broadway
Exchange Place
Doctors Oppose Pure Milk for East Side Infants
Nathan Straus plans a new East Side headquarters and infant care lab at 348 East 32d Street to provide pasteurized milk at five cents a quart and specialized feeding. Dr. Arthur R. Green, medical supervisor, says some East Side doctors discourage Straus milk, recommending store milk and condensed products instead, increasing infant risk.
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Nathan Straus Milk Distributing Philanthropy
East 32d
Old Place
Avenue
Straus
Heidelberg
Arthur R. Green
East Side
Green
Indictments Returned Against Clinton Election Inspectors
Plattsburg New York August 6 indictments were returned against Alfred Stone and J R Morrill inspectors of elections in Clinton for 1907. They allegedly failed to file election returns on election night and withheld them until the following day. Charlies K Halligan, indicted previously, faces similar charges with George Fitzpatrick providing testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburg
N. Y
Alfred Stone
J. R. Morrill
Hughes
Association
Charlies K. Halligan
George Fitzpatrick
Acme Car Entered for Vanderbilt Cup Race
Cordner and Flinn announce Acme will compete in the Vanderbilt Cup with an approaching ready racer built on Acme Sextuplet design. The six cylinder engine, 116 inch wheelbase, 36 by 4% inch tires, and 40 gallon fuel capacity are detailed. Driver selection may include Lewis Strang with a final confirmation in days. Box demand rises as grandstand seats sold for October events. Vanderbilt Cup commission controls parkway access and warns against unauthorized stands. American Automobile Association adds Oklahoma, expanding to 25 states. Show plans for the ninth international automobile show proceed with four designs under review. E Rand Hellander travels to arrange foreign exhibits. George Pope elected treasurer of the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordner & Flinn
American Automobile Association
Acme
New Cement Parkway
Savannah
Lewis Strang
A. R. Pardington
Long Island Motor Parkway
Parkway
Wiliam H. Hotchkiss
Oklahoma Automobile Association
Frederick H. Elliott
Grand Central Palace
American Motor Car Manufacturers’ Association
E. Rand Hellander
Europe
George Pope
Pope Motor Car
Pope Manufacturing Companies
Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
New York
H. H. Franklin
Association
Obituary Notice for a Boston Terrier Anna
Chicago aug 6 the death of anna a seven year old boston terrier winner of many first prizes in dog shows moves mr and mrs harry thomas to place an advertisement in the morning newspaper anna died of heart failure sunday 1908 the couple describe her as one of the most beautiful in the country
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anna
Harry Thomas
Thomas
IB & Morning Newspaper Today
Little Anna
Farmer Advertised for Rain in St Joseph Column
A Michigan farmer sent a notice to a Chicago newspaper personal column seeking rain. The letter dated August from St Joseph asks the advertisement desk to insert the request and includes a small payment.
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Chicago
Aug
St Joseph
Mich
St. Joe
Michigan
Parmer
P. S
Auto over embankment kills driver in Truxton
In Truxton a car driven by a chauffeur for Mr. Gladding a South Otselic banker plunged down a ten foot embankment. He was traveling alone from Cortland to South Otselic when he lost control while attempting to pass a bar.
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Syracuse
Aug
Hovey Hall
Gladding
South Otselic
Truxton
Corté Land
Ce Met
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East Side Houses
Naval Squadron
City News
Luigi Solari
Hartfield, Solari & Co
Wall Street
Italian Chamber of Commerce
Boarder
O'Brien
Mr.Crewe
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Robert Herrick
Frank Danby
Sally Snape
Gouverneur
Liutenant
Hospital
Code Revision Committee
Cortlandt Street
Maiden Lane
Manhattan
S6th
South Street
Clinton
Vanderbilt
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