US Atlantic Fleet Battlestep Dunkers At Auckland Arrival
Sixteen battleships of the US Atlantic fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Charles S Sperry arrived at Auckland after a 33 day voyage from San Francisco with a six day Honolulu layover. The visit features ceremonies, parades, addresses by Prime Minister Ward and a week of festivities for the fleet. The city is decorated and schoolchildren gain a Michaelmas holiday as part of the welcome.
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Auckland
N. Z
Battleship Division
United States Atlantic Fleet
Charles S. Sperry
San Francisco
Honolulu
Usant
Powerful
Encounter
Pioneer
Admiral Sperry
Lord Plunkitt
New Zealand
William A Prickitt
Prickitt
Connecticut
Eet
Joseph George Ward
Queen Street
Great Britain
Board of Education
Joseph G
Atlantic Fleet Arrives Auckland After Storm
Rear Admiral Pillsbury hails the arrival of the Atlantic fleet at Auckland New Zealand as a great record. The fleet sped from Honolulu through a violent northeast storm at ten to twelve knots to reach Auckland on Washington time. Officials express immense gratification at the fleet’s efficiency and its handling of the sea test.
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Washington
Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Navy
Auckland
New Zealand
Honolulu
United States
Sperry
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Bronx Yacht Club Protest Over Bronx Parks Lease Denial
Members of the Corinthian Yacht Racing Union gathered at 13 Washington Avenue in The Bronx to denounce Park Commissioner Berry for denying renewals of clubhouse leases held by the cra at Pelham Bay. About 250 committees were formed to act plus plans for a large mass meeting of yachtsmen and supporters.
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Department of Parks of the
Bronx
Cra
Pelham Bay
Washington Avenue
Corinthian Yacht Racing Union
Berry
Department
Bayonne Organist Indicted in Grand Larceny Case
William J. Brewer an Bayonne organist and inventor was indicted by Hudson County Grand Jury on grand larceny charge. He disappeared from Bayonne April 19 as Radial Bearing Company secretary Luther G Gadd claims his acts harmed the firm. Brewer denies the charges saying he was ousted and not a fugitive. He now works as consulting engineer for the New York based Iream Bearing Company founded by his wife at Room 30 Liberty Building New York.
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William J. Brewer
Bayonne
Hadson County
Luther G Gadd
Radial Bearing Company
Brewer
Iream Bearing Company
Liberty Bulldfaz
New York
Hindu Applies for Naturalization Marks First in Town
Herelulu Aug mentions a Hindu applicant seeking naturalization to author Mies yesterday. This is the first such case recorded in the area.
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Mies
Marmola Tablets Offer Fat Reduction Claim
The article promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets as a safe, inexpensive weight loss aid for those seeking quick fat reduction without altering meals or leisure. It cites Detroit manufacturer Marmola Co and lists ingredients said to be harmless and wrinkle free, promising 12 to 2 ounces of fat removed daily with no effort.
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Detroit
Mich
Zayas Party Beaten In Cuban Elections
Havana dispatch reports Conservatives winning Santa Clara Matanzas and Pinar del Rio governors while Miguelistas take Oriente and Camaguey. Zaviasts lose ground as Alfredo Zayas ire fades from presidential race, with Gomez and conservative nominee MM leading. Bacon arrives en route to Santiago then Porto Rico.
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Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Miguelistas
Oriente
Camaguey
Zaryistas
Havana
Zavistas
Alfredo Zayas
José Miguel Gomez
Miguelista
Mario Menocai
Veterans Association
Domingo Leouona
Magoon
Robert Bacon
Santiago
Porto Rico
Sargent May Resign as Immigration Chief in Favor of Firemen Leader Role
Rumor in Washington says Frank Pierce Sargent, Commissioner General of Immigration, may quit the Commerce and Labor Department within a month to seek his old post as head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. His friends note he favors heading the union again and may run at its September convention, though no confirmation is available as he recovers from a recent illness.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Frank Pierce Sargent
Immigration
Department of Commerce and Labor
Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Roosevelt
Firemen’s Brotherhood
Oath of Night Riders Sways Jury in Jake Ellis Trial
Wiley Stewart testified in Murray Kentucky that night riders swear to secrecy and obedience. The oath binds members to obey captains and face death for betrayal, with the speaker invoking solemn divine witness.
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the Tribune
Murray, Ky
Jake Ellis
Wiley Stewart
Public Service Commission rejects rehearing on Brighton Beach line
Commissioner McCarroll declines a rehearing for Brooklyn Union Elevated Railway on four car local service. He finds no proof smaller trains suffice and opposes reducing service due to fall and winter traffic. He regrets the lack of increased Brighton Beach service and urges quick filing for additional trackage to serve Flatbush residents.
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Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Union Elevated Railway Company
Brighton Beach
Newkirk Avenue
King’s Highway
Brooklyn
Flatbush
Wives urged to strike in temperance talk
Mrs Florence Richards of Olio urged wives at the Lincoln Temperance Chautauqua in Austin to strike until they gain voting rights and refuse housework and childcare. She warned failure to act would force husbands to face consequences at home.
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Chicago
Florence Richards
Olio
Lincoln Temperance Chautauqua
Austin
Balloon designer James Templer visits New York on aeronautics tour
Colonel James Templer adviser to Britain's air department praises American and British balloon progress at the Waldorf. He cites Captain Baldwin's Fort Myer tests, argues for dirigibles as wartime engines, and plans a southern and western tour before meeting General Allen in Washington.
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Department of Aeronautics
Waldorf
England
Templer
Captain Baldwin
Fort Myer
Virginia
United States
Count Zeppelin
Colonel
Mauretania
Thomas S. Baldwin
Kentucky
Washington
Allen
United States Signal Corps
Baldwin
Heavy early Illinois primary voter turnout fuels party races
Chicago reports indicate a high primary turnout with sparks in Republican bids for Governor and U S Senator. Hopkins leads Foss for Senate with a small margin in early returns. Stringer tops Democratic Senatorial support. Deneen and Yates contest Governor amid Chicago Cook County figures showing Deneen ahead by about 4 000. Hamilton Lewis leads in Chicago for Governor with a large plurality expected.
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United States
Congress
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Foss
Stringer
Deneen
Yates
Stevenson
Pattison
McGoorty
Lewis
Cook Country
Cook County
Hiopkins
James Hamilton Lewis
CANNOT DEPORT MRS WARDWELL TO MOLOKAI
Washington officials say no law allows deportation of Mrs Wardwell the leper to Molokai. She is in Tombstone quarantine and violently insane. Her 86 year old husband General Wardwell is frail after cancer surgery. A petition to Governor Kibbey seeks clemency for Albert Cole to care for the couple.
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Aug
Washington
Wardwell
Molokai
Kibbey
Albert Cole
Yuma
Sinn Fein Branches Unite In United States Conference
A Sinn Fein conference in Buffalo elected a grand council with President Robert Temple New York and secretary Charles Noonan New York, with vice president Rev Peter Yorke Oakland and treasurer Joseph McGarrity Philadelphia. Envoys from Ireland plan a post election push to advance the movement in the United States.
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Sinn Fein
United States
Daniel F. Cohatan
New York
Robert Temple
Peter €. Yorke
Oakland
Cal
Charles Noonan
Joseph McGarrity
Philadelphia
Ireland
Huge tipple for Fernie mine in Crow's Nest project
A complete steel tipple for the Michel mine of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company in Fernie British Columbia, burned by forest fires last week, has been ordered from a Cleveland firm. The tipple will be the largest in America and the project will cost about 506000 dollars, with a special train needed to move it to the Canadian plant.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Aug
Michel
Crow's Nest Pass
Fernie
B. C
America
Baldwin Wins A Point In Airship Inspection
Captain Baldwin’s airship passed the construction inspection at Fort Myer by a signal corps board led by Majors Squier and Russell. Endurance testing showed about six miles at twelve mph with a new carburetor being prepared for the engine. If a twenty mph speed test and successful endurance occur, Baldwin stands to earn six thousand seven hundred fifty dollars.
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Army
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Foulois
Curtis
Hammondsport
Captain Baldwin
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Russell
Wallace
Lahm
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Frank P. Lahm
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Baron de Bode
Temple
A. M. Herring
New York
John McCurdy
Aerial Experiment Association
N. Y
Alexander Graham Beil
Lieutenant Selfridge
Farman Makes First Flight at Brighton Beach Track
Henry Farman achieves the first of three flights at Brighton Beach racetrack with the machine lifting eight to ten feet, then gliding at forty mph for about 600 yards in the third and most graceful display. Colonel James Templer of the British army congratulates the aviator amid a day of motor cycle races.
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Brighton Beach
James Templer
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Farman
Brighton Beach Racetrack
Walter Goerke
New York Cycle Club
William W. Ray
Aerial Navigation Co Incorporated In Boston
The Aerial Navigation Company of Boston was incorporated at the State House to run freight and passenger airship service between Boston New York and other points with capital stock of 50000. The incorporators are H. H. Bond of Boston and James L. Bruce of Waltham.
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Aerial Navigation Company
New York
State House
H. H. Bond
James L. Bruce
Waltham
Mr. Bacon Heads to Porto Rico on Mayflower Flight
Assistant Secretary of State Mr. Bacon will board the cruiser Mayflower at Guantanamo Cuba to travel to San Juan Porto Rico. The Mayflower arrived at Guantanamo yesterday and is likely to proceed to Port au Prince Haiti from San Juan as her present station.
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Bacon
Guantanamo
Cuba
Porto Rico
San Juan
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Saratoga Gas Concerns Enjoined In Springs Case
Deputy Attorney General Williams won six temporary injunctions from Supreme Court Justice Fitts prohibiting six gas concerns from pumping gas from the Saratoga springs. The orders, returnable August 14, target Geysers Natural Gas Company Natural Carbonic Gas Company Lincoln Spring Company New York Carbonic Acid Company Mary A Patterson and Harry M Levingston. The action stems from a Saratoga citizens committee petition and involves about 1 000 000 in property interests. Governor Hughes signed a bill this year banning pumping from the springs, whose constitutionality should be tested by these proceedings.
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Aug
Williams
Supreme Court
Fitts
Saratoga
Justice Fitts
Geysers Natural Gas Company
Natural Carbonic Gas Company
Lincoln Spring Company
New York Carbonic Acid Company
Mary A. Patterson
Harry M. Levingston
Citizens’ Committee
Hughes
Saratoga Springs
Nebraska Reclaims Million Acres From Public Domain
A report from the District Attorney's office shows 1,291,959 acres in Nebraska returned to public domain in three years since land fraud prosecutions began. The land, mainly in the western region, had been fraudulently fenced and is now open to homestead settlement after verdicts totaling ninety eight were obtained in related cases.
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Tribune
Omaha
District Attorney’s Office
Navy officers seek funds amid lobbying claims
Washington notes an investigation into the Association of Retired Naval Officers based in New York. Lieutenant Commander Morse signs letters soliciting contributions for a Washington law firm tied to former Secretary Hilary Herbert. Navy officials report some officers responded while others seek relief from intrusiveness. Movements list ships arriving and sailing including the Mayflower, Alabama, Maine, and others.
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Washington
Navy Department
Association of
Naval Omcers
No. 31
Union Square
New York City
Jerome E. Morse
New York
Congress
Hilary Herbert
the Navy
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Senate
Naval Committees
Capitol
Naval Committee
Morse
Charles A. Davis
Court Martial for Lieutenant G H Wyman at Fort Ethan Allen
Lieutenant G H Wyman stationed at Fort Ethan Allen Vermont faces a court martial on September 1 for charges not yet public. A preliminary session occurred at Governor's Island on Thursday led by Colonel George S Anderson chief of staff of the Department of the East. Wyman, a Spanish American War veteran, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in February 1997.
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Vermont
Governor's Island
George S. Anderson
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Department of the East
Wyman
Woman Hurt in Runaway Accident near Nelson County
Mrs. Wilhelmina Patterson of Chicago visiting family near Charlottesville state area was thrown from a buggy when harness broke between Shipman and Lovingston. She sustained serious injuries and was unconscious for hours. Another rider, Mrs. James Smith, escaped with a broken rib.
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Tribune
Oak Ridge
Wilhelmina Patterson
Chicago
J. Brinsley Coleman
Nelson County
James Smith
Shipman
Lovingston
General Electric Business Falls Off
General Electric reports gross orders for the first half of its fiscal year near 21000 dollars, down from 35000.40 the prior year, as few large orders arrived. Supply orders usually form about one third of gross sales.
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Tribune
Boston
General Electric Company
Roosevelt letter on boys play and fair play in Washington
Secretary Dr Curtis releases President Roosevelt letter to Washington youths urging balanced life of work and play. He champions manliness courage and fair play, warns against cheating, and notes success comes through perseverance after defeats, emphasizing cooperation and courtesy on playgrounds.
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Washington
Henry S. Curtis
Playground Association of America
Roosevelt
Boys and Girls of
Curtis
Drought Harms Michigan Crops Across State
The August state crop report notes severe drouth damage to corn beans potatoes sugar beets and pastures. Wheat is praised for excellent quality and above average yield while rye oats and potato crops show declines and overall prospects vary by region.
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Lansing
Mich
Aug. S
Drouth
Secretary of State
Black Hand Bomb Explodes in Rochester House
A Black Hand bomb exploded early today at a North Anies street house in Rochester occupied by Giuseppe Scene. No injuries were reported.
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Aug. S
North Anies Street
Giuseppe Scene
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