Canvass shows 90 percent of district favor Hughes renomination
Deputy County Clerk Robert A. Sharkey reports results from postal card canvasses in the 5th and 23d Assembly Districts indicating strong support for Governor Hughes. Returns show about 90 percent in favor in several districts, with mixed views on the Governor and calls for party unity to back Taft and Sherman nationally and Hughes locally.
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Kings
Es. A
Sharkey
Sth
Canarsie
Tribune
Taft
Sherman
Hughes
White Mountains
Maine
Catskills
Republicans
Woodruff
Health officer inspects Fort George gypsy camp noises
For two evenings a Board of Health representative examined Fort George amid concerns from Captain Kreuscher of the Weert street station about sanitary conditions at a gypsy camp near Fort George. Amusement venue owners reportedly agreed with police to close at midnight through the weekend.
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Board of Health
Fort George
Kreuscher
Weert
Black Hand Leader Telasi Arrested After $500 Ransom Plot
Clementi Telasi, a noted Black Hand leader from East 114th Street, was arrested at 113th Street and First Avenue while awaiting a $500 payoff. Liveryman Luigi Broncato, of East 110th Street, had received three threatening letters since July urging payment. Telasi resisted with a revolver but was overpowered by three detectives and jailed at East 104th Street station. he reportedly has a prior prison record.
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No. 337
East 114Th Street
First Avenue
113Th Street
Luigi Broncato
No. 410
East 110Th Street
Broncato
Williamsburg Bridge
Hroncato
Telasi
East 104Th Street
Aeronaut Barry Rescued After Parachute Plunge Into Hudson
Arthur Barry a twenty year old aeronaut from Boston faced a near drowning when his parachute landed midstream opposite 163d street in the Hudson River. A life preserver tied to the chute saved him as an auxiliary yacht reached him during a hour long struggle. Dozens of rowboats and steamers crowded the scene as onlookers rushed to assist.
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Tribune
Hackensack
N. J
Arthur Barry
Boston
Hudson River
163D Street
Palisade
Barry
Hudson
West End Boat Club
Church lands settled in Porto Rico after dispute
San Juan Aug 13 After settling disputes between the federal government and the Catholic Church over estates formerly owned by Dominican and Franciscan orders Robert Bacon Assistant Secretary of State sailed to New York The agreement gives the federal government control of the Santo Domingo Convent and adjacent lands plus the infantry barracks for 120000 Insular government to receive the market place San Francisco barracks and the insane asylum and surrounding land for 180000 in three installments The Church gains a chapel and sixty two acres near San Juan The case ends years of litigation across six legislatures with appeals to the US Supreme Court withdrawn and the church lands valued around 1 million are resolved
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San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico
Robert Bacon
New York
Congress
Santo Domingo
Insular
Market Place
San Francisco Barracks
Insane Asylum
United States Supreme Court
Canal Company's End Ends Long Canal Venture
Paris reports the liquidation of the old Panama Canal Company completed with a 1 percent final creditor payment and discharge decree. The 1878 concession led to a saga of bankruptcy, reforms, and international treaties before U S control was secured. Also noted are Dean Liberty Bailey's decline to chair Roosevelt's farm conditions commission and the impending release of J Frank Cordova from Trenton prison after a four year sentence for abandonment and assault.
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Paris
Panama Canal Company
Civil Tribunal of the Seine
Dean Bailey
Ithaca
Liberty L. Bailey
Cornell College of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Five
Oyster Bay talks politics and rail crossing safety plan
At Sagamore Hill a conference with President Roosevelt yields no change in Governor Hughes renomination. Ralph Peters proposes publicizing license numbers of speeding motorists to curb dangerous crossing behavior. The Long Island Rail Road notes high crossing protection, funds spent, and state efforts to eliminate grade crossings amid 6,793 total crossings in New York.
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Long Island Railroad Company
Peters
Merrick Road
Long Island Railroad
Long Island
New York State
Delaware & Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Erie
Lehigh Valley
New York Central
New York, Ontario & Western
Railroad Commission
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Republican State Executive Committee
W. W. Cocks
Saratoga
Hughes
Herbert Parsons
New York
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Francis Hendricks
Syracuse
Timothy L. Woodruff
State Committee
Congressman Cocks
John Baines
Messrs. Barnes
Hendricks
Parsons
Woodruff
New York State Committee
Barnes and Hendricks
Westbury
Parson
Barnes
Speeders Targeted by AAA in Eastern States
The American Automobile Association warns its twenty thousand members that drastic anti speed laws may be enacted in Connecticut and New York if speeding does not stop. G. K. Dustin of the Hartford Automobile Club says Connecticut’s model motor vehicle law could be repealed and replaced by an unwelcome law unless reform is achieved.
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American Automobile Association
Connecticut
New York
G. K. Dustin
Automobile Club of
Hartford
Conn
The Baltimore Sun backs Taft for President
Baltimore’s leading Democratic paper the Sun endorses W H Taft for president and signals the conservative wing of Maryland's party will rally to Taft. The Sun had opposed Bryan in 1888 and 1896 and aided reform movements against party machines in Maryland.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
South
W. H. Taft
Sun
Bryan
Free Silver
Gorman
The
Taft
Newfoundland Modus Vivendi With U S For 1908 Season
London reports a modus vivendi between Great Britain and the United States on Newfoundland fisheries. It states the notes exchange constitutes a satisfactory 1908 season agreement without a formal treaty. The accord aims to avoid friction until a full settlement, rooted in past disputes over fishing rights in Newfoundland and Canadian waters, reaches the Hague Tribunal.
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United States
Great Britain
Newfoundland
Morning Post Criticizes Government Over Newfoundland Fisheries Pact
In London Aug 14 The Morning Post urges strong government opposition to the Newfoundland fisheries modus vivendi and accuses Foreign Secretary Grey of yielding to American pressure. It notes arbitration remains pending and questions moral costs of disarmament and imperial partnership. The Times praises the pact as preventing a colonial clash and commends the government for tact and conciliatory conduct.
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London
Foreign Office
Newfoundland
Morning Post
United States
Edward Grey
the Times
American Schooner Dictator Seized for Customs Violation
The American fishing schooner Dictator, capt Wylde, was seized at Liverpool Nova Scotia for failing to report a port of entry after seeking bait and ice. Officers hold the vessel awaiting Ottawa instructions. Owned in Gloucester Massachusetts.
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N. S
Wylde
Port Morrien
Ottawa
Gloucester
Mass
Miss Ludwig Escapes to California Betrothal
Ethel Ludwig, abducted from Morris Illinois by her mother and uncle to block a Cali marriage to Dr. Frederick Fitzgerald, escaped in Chicago and appears bound for California. Pursuing relatives trail by a train, while Fitzgerald reportedly returned to California after failing to locate her.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Ethel Ludwig
Morris
Ill
Frederick Fitzgerald
Cooper Medical College
Palo Alto
Cal
California
Leland Stanford Junior University
Fitzgerald
Saratoga Hotel
Death of Miss Frances Sholes by Gas Fire
The body of Miss Frances Sholes, 22, daughter of C. G. Sholes of New York, was found in her Evanston home. Gas from an open jet near the bed caused death by asphyxia. Coroner's jury returned an open verdict amid letters suggesting possible self harm or accident.
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Tibune
Chicago
Frances Sholes
C. G. Sholes
New York
Chicago Avenue
Evanston
Cr. G. Sholes
Sholes Typewriter Manufacturing Company
Miss Sholes
Two Men Die In Auto Smash At Market And Van Ness
San Francisco reports Sergeant Major A. H. Belyea and electrician sergeant C. H. Jones of the Presidio military forces killed when their automobile was crushed between streetcars at Market street and Van Ness avenue. Jones drove in front of a car bound for the ferry station and, after nearly clearing the first track, was struck by an outward bound car flinging both men to the pavement with great force.
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San Francisco
A. H. Belyea
C. H. Jones
Presidio
Market Street
van Ness Avenue
Jones
Pelyea
Governor Hughes Lays Cornerstone in Plattsburg
Governor Hughes visits Plattsburg to lay the cornerstone of a new Young Men's Christian Association building funded by Loyal L. Smith with 125000 dollars added to 30000 raised locally. He praises community effort, loyalty to home towns, and the value of character in a democratic society. A luncheon and receptions follow at Cliff Haven and the local association offices.
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Tribune
Plattsburg
N. Y
Wad Hughes
Young Men’s Christian Association
Hughes
Cliff Haven
5Th United States Infantry
Young Men's Christian Association
Boomhower
Loyal L. Smith
New York
Clinton County
Old Town
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