Mundji Bey Takes Charge as Acting Turkish Minister
Mundji Bey, Turkish Consul General, received a cable ordering him to Washington to assume charge of the Turkish Legation as Acting Minister. He will remain here in a dual post, with Sidky Bey likely promoted to first secretary and Thomson Bey advanced. Mundji Bey plans to attend the August 22 constitution celebration and hopes for goodwill between the United States and the Ottoman Empire.
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Mundi Bey
Tevak Pacha
Turkey
Washington
Mehmed Ali
Legation
Mun@ji Bey
Robert Biécon
Mehmed Ali Bey
Constantinople
Jeeet Pacha
Izzet Pacha
Mundji Bey
Sidky Bey
United States
Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Ali Bey Faces Recall from U S Post
Washington reports Mehmed Ali Bey the Turkish minister admits he has been recalled by his government. Mundji Bey named Chargé d Affaires as a new minister arrival expected, amid defense of Izzet Pacha against Armenian massacre charges and remarks on past positions and graft accusations.
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Washington
Mehmed Ali Bey
United States
Turkey
Mundji Bey
New York
Izzet Pacha
Mehmed Bey
Jaret Pacha
Commercial Tribunal
Izzet Paeha
Firebugs Hit Brooklyn Tenements Amid Citywide Alarm
Acting Fire Marshal Brophy warns of an organized band behind several incendiary fires in Brooklyn. Early yesterday oil was poured in the Leonard Street hallway and at the janitor’s door, forcing evacuation as smoke drove residents downstairs. A second blaze on Stockton Street was quickly extinguished. Police fear a pattern after multiple fatal fires in the same area months earlier and residents plan nightly patrols. Across town in Ozone Park eight residents died in a separate early fire, with eight similar blazes reported there in a year.
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Brophy
Brooklyn
Leonard Street
Williamsbore
Max Bissman
Dechler
Stagg Street
Stockton Street
Flatbush
Osane Park
Ozone Park
Terminal Company Refuses City Offer for Ferry Lines
Acting Mayor McGowan said New York Terminal Company through Joseph Gavin refused the city’s six month loss settlement offer and seeks 150000 to run ferries to October 1. He disputed officials that ferries were not paying, promising figures to show the city could profit. Court orders bar shutdown. dissolution could prompt early service suspension.
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McGowan
New York Terminal Company
Joseph 3. Gavin
Ite
Metz
West Calis Haskell A King Debated by Attorney General
Attorney General West denounced Governor Haskell in a Supreme Court speech calling him a king for dominating all state offices and courts. The clash over prohibition and corporation law has lingered, with West vowing to take the case to the United States Supreme Court if needed.
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Guthrie
Okla
Whips Mr Ditrichstein in Stamford Alley Clash
Stamford August 11 Leo Ditrichstein playwright and manager was nearly whipped by Major Frederick Schavoie on Colonel Fitch’s staff after an anonymous letter to Ditrichstein’s wife sparked the confrontation. A bystander pulled the major away and Ditrichstein sustained a black eye and exhaustion. The playwright blamed a friend of the officer for the letter.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Leo Ditrichstein
Ditrichstein
Frederick Schavoir
Fitch
Connecticut Regiment
Mr. Ditrichstein
Major Schavoir
Catholic Societies Convene Highlights and Resolutions
At the National Convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies in Boston, Bishop Hendricks of the Philippines and Professor J. C. Monaghan spoke on mission work and natural resource conservation. The resolutions committee endorsed child labor limits, anti indecent literature, removal of religious tests, support for Catholic interests in the Philippines, clean politics, and a stance against divorce. Speakers included Bishop McFaul and Archabishop O Connell with others from Chicago Quincy Ill Sioux Nation and South Dakota.
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Boston
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Bishop Hendricks
Philippines
J. C. Monaghan
Agricultural Department of Washington
O'Connell
Hendricks
Monaghan
United States
Federation
60Th Congress
Bishop McFaul
Trenton
Thomas H. Cannon
Chicago
F. H. Heckenkemp, Jr
Quincey, Ill
William H. O'Connell
Joseph Horn Cloud
Phil Wells
South Dakota
Farman Planes at Center of Brooklyn Lien Dispute
Aviator Henry Farman threatens to return to France as his aeroplane is attached for a tent bill of about 120 dollars. Joseph Kowski files a mechanics lien at Brighton Beach to secure payment for a protective tent. Judge Rosenthal orders the attachment. Farman’s contract covers such expenses by the Aeroplane Company.
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Henry Farman
France
Joseph Kowski
West 8Th Street
Coney Island
Brighton Beach Racetrack
Alexander Rosenthal
Sun District Municipal Court
Third Avenue
58D Street
Brooklyn
Peter McBride
Farman
Aeroplane Company
Long Island
Thomas R. MacMechen
St. Louis
Aeroplane
Balloon Lands. Man Arrests Over Refused Return
Bloomfield New Jersey August 11 special. John Dey of Willow street refused to yield a balloon that landed in his yard. Aeronaut John Mack obtained a warrant from Justice of the Peace Basset Newark. Dey posted $1000 bond to appear before the grand jury on grand larceny. Damages claimed by David Devis James Foster for garden and fence harm from the balloon and from a mob.
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Bloomfield
N. J
John Dey
Willow Street
John Mack
Dey
Justice of the Peace
David Devis
James Foster
Secret meeting names Hammond as likely Dem ticket head
In St Paul on August 11 a closed gathering of Minnesota Democratic leaders reportedly selected Congressman W. S. Hammond of St James as the most likely candidate to head the Democratic ticket for governor.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
W. 8. Hammond
St. James
Det Nee
Train Wreck Near Glendive Kills One Fireman Injures Many
Two people died and about twenty were injured when the North Coast Limited on the Northern Pacific crossed a burned bridge west of Glendive Montana. The fireman and an unknown tramp were killed and an express messenger may be fatally hurt.
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Glendive
Mont
Aug. U
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
En Express
Ain
Thaw explains checks and bank status in jail statement
Poughkeepsie August Thaw, seeking a bankruptcy ruling, issued a jail statement disputing rumors that Pittsburg banks withheld payments on his checks. He detailed payments to lawyers, noted one overdraft, and said his balance is held for creditors at Union National Bank of Pittsburg.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Aug. K
Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburg
Mr. Littleton
Union National Bank of
Hartridge
U Mera
Gleason
Littleton
O'Reilly
Messrs. Hartridge and
Peabody
Roger O'Mara
Thaw
Dutchess County
O'Mara
Charles Morschauser
Thaw Bankruptcy Fight Targets Court Appointment
Attorney Daniel O'Reilly for Mrs. Thaw plans to seek Supreme Court appointment of a committee to manage Thaw's person and property as he contests bankruptcy. He argues the proceedings are illegal since lunacy bars bankruptcy. O'Reilly notes his fee and references other sums paid to rival counsel while rivals and investigators converge on Thaw's case.
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Harry K. Thaw
Daniel O'Reilly
Thaw
Hartridge
Greason
Roger O'Mara
Pittsburg
Stone
Jerome
Pittsigire
Mrs Cornell Robbed and Shot in Magnolia
In Magnolia Massachusetts police with Chief C. Marchant of Gloucester search the area for the assailant who robbed and shot Mrs. William T. Cornell of New York, a summer visitor. Mrs. Cornell rests comfortably. her wound is painful but not dangerous. Her daughter Mrs James M Kent and Dr Kent left to be with her mother.
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Magnolia
Mass
C. &. Marchant
Gloucester
William T. Cornell
New York
James M. Kent
Dr. Kent
Cornell
Bacheller Turns Real Estate Treasurer in New Venture
Greenwich Conn Aug 11 Irving Bacheller author of Eben Holden becomes treasurer of the Indian Joint Improvement Company a firm formed to develop and sell property near his Riverside home He transfers about thirteen and a quarter acres for 30 000 with use restrictions on docks stables bathhouses and boat houses Nelson L Johnson of New York and Alexander Grosset of Plainfield N J join as incorporators.
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Greenwich
Conn
Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden
Indian Joint Improvement Company
Asid
Nelson L. Johnson
New York City
Alexander Grosset
Plainfield
N. J
Newark Motor Boat Arrives in Providence After Week-Long Voyage
The 2 foot gasoline launch Juliet from Newark New Jersey arrived in Providence after a seven day voyage up the coast. Edgar Bross and Hugh Cairns crewed the boat with a four horsepower engine capable of about seven miles per hour. They kept to the harbor when tides were unfavorable and used less than a barrel of gasoline.
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Tribune
Providence
Juliet
Edgar Bross
Hugh Cairns
Newark
N. J
Car Cleaning Racket Stopped on West 63d Street
Metropolitan receivers and counsel notified the Public Service Commission that noise from car cleaning on West 63d Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues will cease. The line is now used around the clock and no cars are stored in the street there.
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Metropolitan
Public Service Commission
West 63d Street
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Canadian grain crop report shows Canada yields
Ottawa reports Census Bureau figures for Canada wheat at 130,263,000 bushels oats 269,254,000 barley 51,690,000 and hay 8,780,000 tons. July heat and drought reduced field crop conditions across the country.
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Ottawa
Ont
Census Bureau
Canada
Norfolk and Western Wage Cut Proposal Rejected
Roanoke Va Aug 11 The Norfolk and Western Railway Company wage reduction proposal was rejected by an almost unanimous vote. Labor leaders delivered the replies to the company. President Lucius E Johnson said the company would not reissue any wage cut offer.
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Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Lucius E. Johnson
Read
Fatal car crash in upstate new york claims life in Jamestown
An Ohio registered auto driven by an unknown Cleveland man struck a carriage two miles from Jamestown. John Brooks was badly injured and expected to die. Marvin Brokaw, his companion, sustained injuries but survived.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Ohio
Cleveland
John Brooks
Marvin Brokaw
Dominion liner Southwark aground near Forteau Bay
The Dominion Liner Southwark bound from Montreal to Liverpool runs aground at Bras Point near Forteau Bay in dense fog with many passengers, cargo and mails aboard. Wrecking tug Lord Strathcona is en route from Quebec, passengers evacuated by liner alongside, and the grounding lies about 660 miles from Quebec.
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Montreal
Quebec
Dominion
Southwark
Liverpool
Bras Point
Forteau Bay
Point Armour
James Thom
Dominion Line
Lord Strathcona
Banker's Auto Injures Four In Perth Amboy Crowd
In Perth Amboy New Jersey an automobile owned by Adolph Lewisohn of Manhattan struck a crowd after a Staten Island ferry arrival. Driver Edward Duffie and passengers James Pettit and Mrs. Ellis injured. four people including Deborah Ellis five and George Ellis eight hurt. Pettit held on reckless driving charge.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Adolph Lewisohn
Broadway
Manhattan
Staten Island
Lewisohn
Edward Duffie
James Pettit
McDuffe
Pettit
Deborah Ellis
George Ellis
James Ellis
Pleasant Plains
Richmond
Three Gavin Women Die In Building Fire
A gas leak ignited a blaze at 3:30 this morning on South Bebof f street in Wheeling, trapping three Gavin sisters in a milliner shop and home. Clara Gavin twenty seven Mamie Gavin twenty nine and Margaret Gavin twenty one perished. Mrs J S Gavin survived but severely injured and may die. Six others jumped from third story windows to escape the flames.
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Wheeling
W. Va
South Beboff Street
J. S. Gavin
Clara Gavin
Mamie Gavin
Margaret Gavin
Mrs. J
Gavin
Conspiracy to rob merchants rattles Pittsburg firms
In Pittsburg on August 11 authorities uncovered an alleged plot by mercantile employees to steal from their firms. Four men including E. B. Jenkins and William Lindsay are jailed. each had long trusted roles at different companies. A mysterious wagon-using head, changing disguises, is said to have led the plunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
E. B. Jenkins
William Lindsay
Despondent wife ending her life at age thirty six
Mrs Helen Minor wife of Edward H Minor connected with The Morning Telegraph shot herself no 19 Claremont avenue after long illness. She fired twice dying instantly. A letter to husband and another to Miss Kindred were found. Former stage actress Helen Marvin.
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Helen Minor
Edward H. Minor
Morning Telegraph
Claremont Avenue
Miss Kindred
Mrs. Minor
Canary
Helen Marvin
Judge Orders Inquiry Into Records In Night Rider Case
Circuit Judge Thomas P. Cook ordered Murray grand jurors to investigate his record and that of Commonwealth Attorney Denny B. Smith amid ongoing night rider prosecutions in Calloway and neighboring counties. The judge named accusers as witnesses while urging scrutiny of local officials and the bilis case. Bracken County officials defended their duty amid Governor Willson's accusations of inaction and cited tensions from troops on turnpikes and opposing interests.
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the Tribune
Paducah
Thomas P. Cook
Calloway County
Murray
Denny B. Smith
Trigg County
Willson
Bracken County
Bracken
Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
American Society of Equity
Business conditions improve for western grocers study says
A New York canvass of wholesale grocers bakers and confectioners reports Western business rebounding strongly through mid year with Far West especially upbeat. Eastern and Southern states see smaller signs of improvement while staples and luxuries fall modestly in some regions.
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Far West
L. Schepp & Co
New York
Middle States
East
Middle West
Mississippi
Texas
Steple
HAIL RUINS BAY STATE TOBACCO FIELDS
A sudden afternoon hail storm in Hatfield Bradstreet Whately North Hadley and Sunderland Massachusetts ruins hundreds of acres of tobacco. Loss estimated at 100000. Hatfield area is Massachusetts’ largest and second in New England. crop was nearly harvested and would have been heavier if intact. The 1908 crop promised to be the finest in years and most of the hail struck tobacco is a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Northampton
Mass
Hatfield
Bradstreet
Whately
North Hadley
Sunderland
Massachusetts
New England
Baron Seefeld Quits Rhode Island After Bail Release
Baron Fritz von Gordon Seefeld was arrested in Wakefield on a charge of attempting to evade a hotel bill at Narra gannsett Pier hostelry. He was released on bail from Providence County Jail after a thirty day sentence, appealed, and left the state.
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Tribune
Providence
Baron Fritz von Gordon Seefeld
Wakefield
Narragannsett Pier
Providence County
Receiver Named for Gold Hill Copper Co in Salisbury
New York creditors petitioned, placing Gold Hill Copper Co of Salisbury in the hands of B. B. Miller as receiver in Rowan County. The company is capitalized at 5 million dollars. For years it has been regarded as among the South’s richest mines. Chief creditor Newman, once company president, claims 352000 dollars.
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Gold Hill Copper Co
Salisbury
N. C
New York
Gold Hill Copper Company
Rowan County
B. B. Miller
South
Newman
REAL DAUGHTER 94 YE ARS OLD SISTER OF REVOLUTIONARY LINEAGE
Mrs Emily P Collins a real Daughter of the Revolution and early woman suffrage advocate marked her ninety four th birthday in Quincy Mass She was born in Bristol New York and educated at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary near Rochester She taught near Rochester before marriage to Charles of Detroit and later to Simon Collins of Rochester During the Civil War she served as a nurse and her son wore the Union colors She helped secure the first petition to the New York Assembly in 1875 for women's suffrage.
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Tribune
Quincy
Mass
Emily P. Collins
Bristol N. Y
Genesee Wesleyan Seminary
Rochester
Charles
Detroit
Simon Collins
Collins
New York Assembly
Once an Office Boy How J L Livermore Became Broker
Boston August 11 Sooner or later Wall Street draws great operators to New York and the Stock Exchange. Jesse L Livermore, born in Shrewsbury Massachusetts and raised in Worcester, rose from bucket shops to a $2590 capital on the New York Stock Exchange. He endured many losses, built wealth during copper and Union Pacific moves, and became a noted bull on wheat and cotton. A frugal man, he lives at 4 Riverside Drive New York with his wife aboard the yacht Venetia.
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Boston
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Jesse L. Livermore
Mr. Livermore
Shrewsbury
Mass
Worcester
Acton
of Paine, Webber & Co
Paine, Webber & Co
Stock Exchange House
Anaconda
Union Pacific
Livermore
Riverside Drive
Venetia
M. F. Plant
Wild ride for marriage license
Daniel Brown of Columbia and Laura H. Lauder of Petropolis Brazil raced by car from Ogontz to Norristown to obtain their license before the courthouse closed. They returned to the home of Arthur Scott, where the bride elect was a guest, and were married.
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Ogontz
Penn
Daniel Brown
Columbia, & C
New York Custom House
Laura H. Lauder
Petropolis
Brasil
Norristown
Arthur Scott
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Banker’s Auto
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Frederick D. Grant
John G. D. Knight
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BAY State Tobacco
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Rhode Island
J. L. Livermore
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