Work Forged Deeds Ties Bail Syndicate Across Cities
A fraud ring forging real estate deeds for fake bail bonds expands from New York City to Connecticut and New Jersey. Investigators tie the scheme to a Manhattan core with about six men, notarized deeds cross Bergen Queens and Hackensack, and a key figure John Roagi faces continued hearings. Authorities pursue forged transfers involving Eleventh Avenue properties and several victims, with one case filed in Supreme Court to void a deed.
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State
Connecticut
New Jersey
Queens County
Karl R. Miner
Hackensack
Gails Today
Vee
Manhattan
John Roagi
Steinert
Tombs Court
Eleventh Avenue
Perongine
Charles Edgar Appleby
Rane
Bergen County
Charles Fiack
David Benas
Benas
Frat m ‘Street
Miner
District Attorney's Office
Bough
Theles A. Herman
Maconn
Chanler Loses Point On Lunacy Protection Order
In U S Circuit Court Judge Hough refused to grant a restraining order shielding John Armstrong Chanler from Supreme Court lunacy orders and a custody committee. Chanler had sought protection before trial set for October fearing seizure if within Supreme Court jurisdiction. Sherman had been appointed over his estate, later escaped to Virginia where state courts deemed him sane.
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United States Circuit Court
Hough
Mr. Chanler
Supreme Court
Thomas T. Sherman
Chanler
Bloomingdale
Virginia
Mr. Sherman
4 Great German Canal: Hamburg to Brennen Scheme Considered
A plan for a 75 mile ship canal between Hamburg and Brennen is under study with hopes of adoption. It would shorten routes by connecting Bremen’s Wümme waterway to the Elbe via Tolstedt Moisburg and Este, avoiding the Elbe to Cuxhaven and Weser to Bremerhaven. A prior attempt seventy years ago failed due to lack of funds.
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Cuxhaven
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Bremerhaven
Bremen
Consul General Sues Over Cabrera Libel Dispute
Sefior R Bengoechea the Guatemalan Consul General in New York filed criminal libel charges against President Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala. Editor Cesar Zumeta of La Semana was jailed in the Tombs on charges tied to publication of a story accusing Cabrera of imprisoning 160 men. Zumeta waived examination and was held on $109 bond for trial as the dispute over the presidents actions and a possible duel threat played out in court.
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Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Cesar Zumeta
la Semana
Sefer Bengoechea
Cabrera
Sefior Zumeta
Rome
Caligula
Sefior Bengoechea
Steinert
Recovery From Tetanus Follows Wounding On July Fourth
Jacob Pileski, 29, of 250 Ferguson street Newark, injured by a blank cartridge in the right hand on July 4, is expected to be discharged from St. Michael's Hospital this Saturday. Jaw locking followed the wound, treated with anti tetanic powder after wadding was removed. He was fed through a nostril tube, later regained normal eating, with only slight jaw stiffness remaining. The case is noted as a remarkable recovery given his advanced condition when treatment began.
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Jacob Pileski
Ferguson Street
Newark
St. Michael's Hospital
Pileski
Chicago Directory Reports Healthy Growth in 1907
Chicago’s new 1907 directory, issued tomorrow, estimates the population at 2,367,000, up from 1,698,575 in 1900 and 2,010,000 in the prior directory. The city gained 66,500 people in the last year, described as normal growth, with 737,400 names listed, 21,300 more than last year.
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Tribune
Chicago
United States
Falmouth Bowlder Dedicated To Mariner Memorial
In Falmouth Massachusetts a giant thirty five ton bowlder was dedicated as a memorial to the town’s hardy mariners. Governor Guild attended the ceremony and a reception followed with Rear Admiral C H Rockwell as a speaker. An historical pageant traced three centuries of Falmouth history before the bowlder was unveiled.
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Mass
Governor Guild
Gosnold
C. H. Rockwell
Public Service Inspectors Tour New York Central Electric Zone
Public Service Commissioners for 24 districts, led by Frank W. Stevens, along with New York Central officials, inspected the railroad electric zone from Wakefield to Croton. The tour highlighted safety at dangerous grade crossings in Mount Vernon and White Plains, future right of way plans, station crossings, elevated tracks, and substation developments, with Mount Vernon protest concerns noted.
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New Hamburg
Martin S. Decker
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H. A. Stahl
Wilgus
Mount Vernon
Joseph S. Wood
August C. Thoma
Wood
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Commission
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Wakefield
Park Avenue
Mott Haven
North White Plains
White Plains
Harlerm
Yonkers
New York City
Tuckahoe
Bay State Senators at Odds
Boston Aug 7 Senator W Murray Crane stays in New York and will skip the Dorchester Young Men's Republican Club outing amid widespread notice His absence sparks talk Lodge will attend with Postmaster General Meyer Governor Guild Lieutenant Governor Draper and S O Bigney of Attleboro who seeks a Republican National Convention delegate Republicans say Crane’s absence signals no more than a rift with Lodge over the Tait campaign
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New York
Dorchester Young Men's Republican Club
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Guild
Draper
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Attleboro
Senator Crane
Tait
Four Die At Crossing In Bankers Train Crash
At Corlies avenue crossing in Allenhurst New Jersey a Pennsylvania fast train struck a surrey carrying a man Thomas Edwards and three Norwood House servants Loretta Grace Jennie McDonald and Hannah Murphy. All four were killed instantly. Coroner McDonald and Prosecutor Nevins ordered a formal inquest.
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New York & Long Branch
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Long Branch
New York
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Surrey
McDonald
Bradley Beach
Nevins
Death by Own Action Shocks Pennsylvania Governor Hopeful
Pittsburg reports George Wallace Delamater, the lone Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor, shot himself in his Diamond Bank Building office. Grief over family losses and financial reverses cited. he had invested in steel railroad ties and faced insolvency after bank failure. Delamater once served as Pennsylvania elector for Garfield and had a varied career including law practice in Oregon and Washington before returning to Pittsburg.
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George Wallace Delamater
Pennsylvania
Diamond Bank
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State Senate
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Meadville
Oregon
Washington
Girls Hunt Strike Breaker Through Bayonne Streets
A large crowd of striking shirtmakers chased Mr. Freedman, a strike breaking agent, through Bayonne streets. Freedman outran the mob, leaping fences as he fled across several blocks under warm weather while workers watched and pursued him for hours.
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Freedman
Levine & Co
Vanderbilt Chauffeurs Arrested for Speeding in Newport
August 7 report from Newport notes Rowland Arthur, chauffeur for Alfred Vanderbilt, fined 20 at a Newport District Court session for speeding. Reginald Vanderbilt’s driver claimed he carried medicine to a sick person at the Vanderbilt farm in Portsmouth and was discharged.
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R. L
Alfred G
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Middletown
Rowland Arthur
Alfred Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Farm
Portsmouth
Long Suffers Relapse Amid New York Trip
Ex Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, who fell ill while driving from Boston to Buckfield, Me., shows only a slight relapse. Doctors say his condition is not immediately dangerous but less favorable than earlier. Mrs Long stays at his bedside with a trained nurse. In Cleveland, Lord Louis Armitage Rivers and Mrs Cornelius S Van Wagoner wed at First Presbyterian Church with Rev Henry Seymour Brown officiating.
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Portland
John D. Long
Boston
Buckfield
Gilbert M. Eliott
Alfred Mitchell
Cleveland
Lord Louis Armitage Rivers
Durham
England
Cornelius S. van Wagoner
Isaac Arbuckle
Henry Seymour Brown
First Presbyterian Church
East
Longworth Hopes Philippines Exit Soon With Free Trade
Honolulu August 7 Congressman Nicholas Longworth told Commercial Club luncheon he hopes the Philippines will not be with us long and urged free trade with the islands. He said free sugar would not injure Hawaii and called for a square deal in commerce.
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Honolulu
Nicholas Longworth
Commercial Club
Philippines
Hawaii
Three Drown At Hunt's Pond Near Newton New Jersey
Three youths and young woman drowned at Hunt's Pond near Newton. James Johnson of Jersey City, Harriet Slinkard and Helen Bloomer of Brooklyn were bathing on a raft when they disappeared. Their bodies were recovered later with no rescuer present to aid them.
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Hunt House
Mother Saves Boy From River On Erie Barge
Mrs Mary Thureson wife of Captain Edward Thureson of the Erie Railroad barge 21 at 19th street and the East River made a daring rescue last night when her five year old son Alexander fell overboard. The boy rose twice as tide ran strong and mother plunged in catching him on the second rise. Two men aboard threw a rope and pulled mother and child to safety. Bellevue Hospital doctor revived the boy while a crowd of about two hundred cheered the rescuer.
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Edward Thureson
Erie Railroad
19Th Street
East River
Alexander
Bellevue Hospital
Cuddeback
Thrilling drownings averted in Peconic Bay rescues
Two rescues occurred after a yacht capsized near Greenport. Miss Julia Preston of Jersey City and Clifford Squires of Syracuse University survived after waves from the steamer Shinnecock capsized their boat. both credited for swimming and seamanship. Captain Ross Skidmore of Point o Woods life crew saved the Horan family from a drifting launch near Fire Island, towing them back to port after the craft became unmanageable.
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Peconic Bay
Greenport
Julia Preston
Jersey City
Clifford Squires
Syracuse University
Shinnecock
Preston
Squires
Ross Skidmore
Point O' Woods
Horan
Great River
Drowning Suspected of Albany Engraver at Atlantic Hotel
Louis Brokman an Albany engraver was believed drowned while bathing at the Atlantic Hotel grounds in Long Branch New Jersey. His sister Mrs Sarah Weiseman of New York saw him at 1 pm and he was reported missing by 5 pm. He had been a hotel guest for a week and his body was not recovered.
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the Tribune
Long Branch
N. J
Louis Brokman
Albany
Atlantic Hotel
Sarah Weiseman
New York
Brokman
Man in Hotel Belledaire shoots self after illness note
Abe Oppenheim cab manufacturer attempted suicide in his Hotel Belledaire room on Broadway and 77th street. He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital in serious condition after a bullet wound to the temple. He claimed it was accidental, with partners and doctors unable to determine motive.
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Belledaire
Broadway
77Th Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Ethel Saxe
West 68Th Street
Oppenheim
Fifth Avenue
27Th Street
Harry J. Hearn
Brinsmade
Cooke and Levins
West 6Sth
Albert Saxe
Saxe
A. D. Oppenheim
Ahearn
Bad cooking linked to crime says health official
Dr C H Irion New Orleans August 7 declares that per cent of crime world wide results from bad cooking and 75 per cent of infants under five die from preventable diseases He urges women to pass an examination before marriage and criticizes maternal care knowledge centuries old in the lecture report
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New Orleans
C. H. Irion
Married Aboard Schooner Yacht Whim Off Block Island
A secret wedding was held aboard the schooner yacht Whim at Block Island with Harry Saylor and Miss Anna L. Searbury of New York marrying by Rev. Dr. Harris Roberts. The Whim arrived at Newport with few details about the ceremony. Also notes reduced railroad fares to Hot Springs, Arkansas for the International Typographical Union events, August 12 to 17.
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Newport
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Block Island
Harry Saylor
Anna L. Seabury
New York
Harris Roberts
Charles H. Dale
Hot Springs
Pennsylvania Railroad
International Typographical Union
Arkansas
Telegraphers Strike Los Angeles Walk-Out
Seventy five Western Union telegraph operators in Los Angeles walked out after John Ryan was discharged by District Superintendent F H Lamb. The strike mirrors a San Francisco stoppage as operators demand Ryan’s reinstatement and express concerns over Mrs Sadie Nicholls who aided the San Francisco action. National CTU chief S J Small seeks arbitration and humane treatment as the strike looms over Pacific coast lines.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
John Ryan
F. H. Lamb
Ryan
San Francisco
Sadie Nicholls
Oakland
S. J. Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
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Neil
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Small
Brooklyn Transit Ties Up After Bridge Crash At City Hall
A Fifth Avenue elevated train jumped the track at City Hall Brooklyn, leaving cars wedged for two hours and causing crowding on the bridges and station areas. Other lines also faced delays, including Culver routes and a Music Hall special. A Coney Island train halted midline led to passenger duress and a guard allegedly dragging a girl from the car. she fainted and did not immediately recover, with no charges filed.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
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Sands Street
Coner Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
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Myrtle Avenue
Church Street
Brighton Beach
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New York
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St. Mark's Avenue
St. Mark’s Avenue
Mrs Mackay Wins Election Fight For School Trustees
Rosin Long Island Aug 7 Women actively ran a school trustee election with Mrs Clarence H Mackay and allies winning decisively. Highland opposition sought to replace two pro Mackay trustees Ralph Tubby and W A Craft with Thomas Fagan and John H Lambert. final vote Tubby 279 Craft 283 Fagan 4 Lambert 158 total 423. Mackay supporters claim victory after a long dispute over a new schoolhouse project.
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Long Island
Clarence H. Mackay
Roslyn Highlands
Highlands
Mackay
Ralph Tubby
Board of Education
W. A. Craft
Thomas Fagan
John H. Lambert
Possible Oil Fine Looms Over Stand ard Rebating Case
United States Judge Hazel will travel to Jamestown to receive indictments against Standard Oil and Vacuum Oil for rebating. New indictments are reported alongside two existing counts. Demurrers were overruled last year. if found guilty, maximum penalties could reach 2 940 000 dollars.
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Tribune
Buffalo
United States
Hazel Wil
Jamestown
Standard Oil Company
Vacuum Oil Company
Hazel
Standard Oil Cuts Gasolene Price Notice
The Standard Oil Company reduces wholesale gasolene price by 1 cent 4 gallon to 13 cents per gallon. Greenslade Oil Company matches the cut. Kerosene unchanged at prior price.
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Standard
Detroit
Standard Ol Company
Greenslade Oi Company
Theosophist Leader Plans New School Colony Near Newburyport
Talegraph reports from Boston that Katherine Tingley known as the Purple Mother of the Point Loma Theosophist colony plans to establish another school and colony near Newburyport, inviting Inner childhood home roots to influence the project.
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Boston
Katherine Tingley
Point Loma
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