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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
1
Wright, the aeroplane inventor, completed a two kilometre flight in 1 minute 43 seconds after two false starts. Thousands witnessed the ascent as he dodged trees and nerves, with praise from M Delagrange and Leon Bollée, while photographers and rights tempers filled the scene.
United States Judge Emory Speer, awaiting a decision on appointing a receiver for the Savannah Augusta and Northern Railway, has issued a temporary injunction preventing sale or mortgage of the line. The W. J. Oliver Construction Company claims $235,000 and bankruptcy. The railway, extending from Savannah to Chattanooga, lists W H Irwin as president with directors Morgan J. O Brien and Henry J. Pope.
John Anderson of Little Falls Oregon broken leg in two places was found on Mount St Helens. Seattle Mazamas climbers improvised a sleeping bag stretcher and slid him four thousand feet to their camp where medical aid was given. Doctors say the rope assisted descent saved his life.
Telegraph report from Pittsboro notes members of the Order of Rail Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railwaymen demand passes for themselves and families. The dispute grows after President McCrea’s negative stance and General Manager Atterbury’s prior offer to grant annual passes to longer-tenured employees and passes for shorter-tenured workers. The president is said to have countermanded that order.
A Tonopah & Tidewater passenger train derailed after a washout near Shoshone Nevada. A cloudburst measured feet of track washed away and a later explosion or fire followed as the train plunged. Fireman and engineer were killed alongside W. E. Moore a passenger.
Lieutenant Commander Louis A A N Beattie of Aus Beattie is in a minor hospital in a Milons condition after a horseback accident. Commander Kaiser and Mrs Were visited Port Madison and rode horses last week. The horse stepped into a newly filled hole, causing the animal to fall and Kaiser’s head to strike Sound, leaving a scalp wound from forehead to crown.
Allentown August 10 Judge Trexler refused to continue Gerret B Linderman a former wealthy resident in contempt proceedings over allegedly taking 5100 000 from the Rathbun estate and ordered commitment to Lehigh Jail A further continuance to September for bankruptcy proceedings was denied
An advertisement asserts Sudweiser is the most popular beer worldwide and notes dealer margins are thin due to supplier costs, while sales exceed those of a rival brand. The text suggests broad recognition and aggressive market positioning.
Five people died and eighteen were injured in a head on collision between two Westernhip Company limited cars on the Sidney to Piqua line at 6 30 pm. The dead include William Bailey and C M Humelhauser. George Robinson of Sidney and other residents named. The northbound car was on time while the southbound lagging car was speeding. The wreck occurred near the Shelby County Infirmary. The cause is not yet known. A Baltimore man named George Hax associated with a grain firm is probably among the injured.
Dispatches from Constantinople confirm Mehmed Ali Bey, Turkish minister at Washington, has been recalled amid Turkish government reorganization. Reports say ambassadors and ministers may be removed from Paris, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Washington, Madrid, and Belgrade as the cabinet reshapes.
The Times correspondent reports in a dispatch from Tabriz that Sunday’s street fighting led to Royalists reestablishing power. Casualties on both sides are described as the severest suffered to date.
An insane man and Patrolman Sanders exchanged gunfire in Jersey City last night. The suspect James Durkin, 27, of Providence, claimed intent to bathe in the canal and sleep in a freight car. Durkin shot himself in the hand. Sanders struck him, then both pursued as Durkin fled toward Canal Street. Patrolman Pladdy intercepted the suspect at Varick Street.
Baltimore officials seek clarity on the Democratic plank promising depositor cash. Columbus Shriver, Metropolitan Savings Bank president, asks Bryan for details and receives word an explanation will come later. Shriver doubts taxing well managed banks to aid poorly run ones.
In Duluth Minnesota on August 10 Miss Anna Rowe eighteen years old waits near the United States land office for nearly five weeks to secure a reservation opening at Fond Du Lac. She plans to become a farmer and is equipped with residency materials.
Mrs. W T Cornell of New York was shot in the head and robbed on a nearly deserted stretch near the Ocean Side Hotel at Saratoga. She recalled a single assailant, fled with her pocketbook watch and rings, and was treated for a skull fracture. Police expect an arrest.
Automobile owner James L. Smith of Huntington collided with a wagon on Broadway Hicksville shortly before midnight. Smith and three companions were hurt but not seriously and taken to Grand Central Hotel for treatment. Ex Judge Steinert and family awoke to help as Smith’s car veered right to avoid the wagon. Injuries included ankle sprain for Smith, cuts for Loomis, facial cuts and broken ribs for Thomas O Keefe, and a hip injury for William O Keefe. wagon driver Walter Jones was uninjured.
Four people were killed and eight injured in a rear end collision on the Chatham Wallaceburg Lake Erie Railway near Chatham. Two passenger cars collided as the rear car struck the front while taking a passenger at the city limits. Victims include William Broomhead. William Donovan jun. James Pleasance and Michael Pleasance. Injured include Mrs Daniel Donovan and two Donovan children. Others listed: Fields and Henry, plus two unknown men.
John Ungvary a respected botanist in South Norwalk Austria, experimented with mushrooms. He gave toadstools to his chef who prepared them for dinner. Five family members became violently ill and are seriously ill. doctors say the cooked fungi caused poisoning.
At eight miles from Painesville Ohio a steam automobile exploded injuring several passengers. Mrs Mary Bowden aged 65 and Mrs Rose Beckwith aged 43 were killed instantly. Frederick Beckwith 45 was possibly injured and Bessie Beckwith 16 was bruised and burned. The car traveled from Windsor to Painesville when the blast occurred.
In St. Johns Michigan a car driven by Mrs. D Griffin of Ovid veered over a thirty foot embankment into a sand pit. Four women were pinned beneath the capsized vehicle as responders freed them. Mrs. Griffin suffered two broken ribs while others escaped with minor injuries. The party included Mrs. Fred Cleveland and her daughter Mamie Cleveland of Palmyra New York.
Mrs. Augustus Eisen wife of a Western mine owner and Miss Florence Hayes of New York arrived in Cincinnati by a 20 horsepower auto from New York where they began on August 1. They planned a tour of Kentucky and a possible extended Southern expedition. They reported rapid last 125 miles, rain damaged roads and many moonshiner stories but no real danger.
Utica dispatch notes plans for Sherman notification day on August 18 include withdrawing a Bryan and Kern banner over Genesee street. Sherman, informed of the move, said it would be courteous and show goodwill if parade groups cheer as they pass beneath the banner.
In Cody Wyoming on August 10 a domestic tragedy from a marriage arranged through a matrimonial agency ends with Judge A B Swanson shooting his wife Rose Browning Swanson as she slept and then killing himself. The event occurred in Ishawoo near the Yellowstone forest after a thirteen year residence and a two year marriage to a St Louis woman. The crime was preplanned including a letter stating the motives for the double killing.
Cedar Point Ohio August 1. Mob riotized as Florence Gibson, claimed hypnotic subject Bundha Kupperow, was exhumed from a grave amid shouts of fraud and gunfire. Reporters leapt into the grave. searches found a claimed earth hole and a tent guard with a revolver. The Hindu maintains the girl had no food for nine days.
Boston report says Mrs Anna Borden age seventy seven of No 3 Batavia Street has claimed the mountain climbing championship for women of her age after climbing Mount Monadnock to the pinnacle with a young party while declining help. She says mountain climbing is more exciting than automobiling and plans another ascent next summer.
Eight men died and nearly twenty are injured when a boiler exploded at the York Rolling Mill in York Pennsylvania. The mill had been closed for repairs and two dozen workers were nearby, with debris damaging the plant and nearby Broomall Schmidt Steacy Company property. A horse standing miles away was killed. all injured are expected to recover.
The State Department will directly engage Honduras to resolve issues from canceling the exequaturs of American consul and vice consul at Ceiba. Ambassador Dodge will go to Tegucigalpa for talks, as Washington disputes Honduras actions and awaits results with interest.
Washington dispatch notes Iowa Republicans are united for Taft though divided on local issues and the Senate question. W P Hepburn, longtime Interstate Commerce Committee chair, says he will not pursue Senate life, prefers his House role, and recalls being urged to run before Dolliver’s era. He is 75 and expects no early move.
The safe in the Paymasters Johnson and Cope office at the naval training station was robbed of 1.80. John Dalton, a 22 year old sailor from Louisville and former yeoman class member, disappeared after shore leave Saturday night and is suspected as the entry for the break in. A general search is underway.
Walter A. Clarke a six year old heir to a large estate was decoyed from his Brooklyn home last Saturday. His aunt guardian Mrs. Margaret Murray appealed for a general alarm after the child was seen boarding a Court Street car with a stranger. The guardian suggests the father, absent two years, may be involved. Mrs. Clarke died in Rahway, N J when the child was young, making him heir to the estate.
Minnesota Labor Commissioner Williams says harvest work in North Dakota and Minnesota will attract at most about one thousand workers, rejecting Philadelphia’s plan to send five thousand. He condemns the idea of flooding the Northwest with large labor contingents as criminal and municipal burdens.
Patrick O Lane was arraigned in the night court on a vagrancy charge after being found exhausted and badly bitten by mosquitoes in deep grass near Hoe avenue and Witch street in the Bronx. Patrolman Spitz reported locals had seen a destitute sick youth in the lot since Saturday night and with no food for days. He received supper and was sent to the workhouse.
Taft and party arrive by special train at Hot Springs Virginia after visiting White Sulphur Springs. He dedicates time to correspondence and golf with Senator Bourne and General Edwards. Swisher arrives for West Virginia conference with Elkins and Hitchcock aides. Taft declines direct involvement. Discussion centers on West Virginia ticket prospects and potential Democratic control implications.
Boston Aug 1 Thomas Wentworth Higginson noted author and Oldline Democrat opposes Bryan and will support Taft for the Presidency. He declined a Democratic National Committee invitation to speak for Bryan and said he would give several addresses for Taft. He said Taft is not perfect but far more trustworthy and superior.
Rome Aug 1 Monsignor Farley Archbishop of New York is slightly indisposed due to stomach trouble from climate and diet. The attending physician in Rome found the ailment not serious and advised the Archbishop to seek a cooler climate northward at once.
Senator Robert M. La Follette prepares a Milwaukee based reform weekly after breaking with backer Senator Stephenson of The Milwaukee Free Press. A canvass for ten thousand guaranteed subscribers is under way before the launch of the new publication modeled after Bryan's Commoner.
John W. Gates cabled from Kollstadt Germany that he would not accept the Congressman nomination from the southeast Texas district despite a Democratic selection. He will contribute to national and Texas Republican funds and believes Taft’s victory necessary for the country.
Berne August 10 reports that the Alpine climbing season set a grim record with fourteen fatalities and two serious injuries in July alone among mountaineers. The toll for the year to date underscores mounting danger on high Alps routes as authorities caution climbers to take extra precautions.
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