Canvass predicts Hughes renomination in Kings district
Deputy County Clerk Robert A. Sharkey, longtime leader in the 5th Kings District, cites postal card returns from three election districts and 23d Assembly District showing 85 to 90 percent support for Governor Hughes. He notes independents and organization Republicans may align behind Hughes, while Taft and Sherman get priority for the national ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Sharkey
Kings
Hughes
Sharkey
Reuben E. Haskel
Sherker
5Th Assembly
Sth
Canarsie
Mr. Sharkey
Tribune
Taft
Sherman
Repubblicans
White Mountains
Maine
Catskills
Woodruff
Health officer at Fort George reports sanitation and noise concerns
For two evenings a health board inspector surveyed Fort George after Captain Kreuscher complained about sanitary shortcomings near a gypsy camp and noisy resort activity. Local amusement proprietors reportedly agreed with police to close venues at midnight through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Fort George
Kreuscher
1634 Street
Black Hand Leader Telasi Arrested After lure for $500
Clementi Telasi, known as a Black Hand leader, was arrested at First Avenue and 113th Street waiting for a victim to pay him $500. Liveryman Luigi Broncato had received threatening letters signed Black Hand starting July 3. Telasi resisted with a revolver but was overpowered by three detectives and jailed at East 194th Street station.
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Clementi Telasi
No. 337
East 114Th Street
First Avenue
113Th Street
Luigi Broncato
No. 410
East 110Th Street
Broncato
Williamsburg Bridge
Telasi
From Sky into River Aeronaut Narrowly Survives Hudson Rescue
Arthur Barry a twenty year old aeronaut from Boston made a dramatic landing in midstream opposite 163d street after an ascent from Palisade Amusement Park. His manager tied a life preserver to the parachute to prevent drift toward the river. An auxiliary yacht from the West End Boat Club and numerous rowboats and steamers aided as Barry battled exhaustion in the Hudson River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Hackensack
N. J
Arthur Barry
Boston
Hudson River
Barry
Hudson
West End Boat Club
Church Lands in Porto Rico Sold after Dispute
After protracted disputes between the federal government and the Catholic Church over estates once owned by Dominican and Franciscan orders, an agreement provides the U S will control the Santo Domingo Convent and infantry barracks lands for 120 000, with the insular government receiving market place, San Francisco barracks, and the insane asylum lands for 180 000 in installments. The Church gains a chapel and 62 acres near San Juan, disposing of the last church land claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
United States
Canal Company’s End Marks Panama Project Collapse
The Panama Canal Company liquidation is complete after 24 years, with a 1 percent creditor payment and discharge decree. Ferdi nand de Lesseps led the original concession in 1878, but bankruptcy and scandals followed until a U.S. takeover under new terms. The United States secured rights for $40 million after legal obstacles with bondholders and stockholders were resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Panama Canal Company
Civil Tribunal of the Seine
Colombia
Société Civile Internationale du Canal Interocéanique
Isthmus
Ferdinand de Lesseps
United States
American Congress
Republic of Panama
New
Publicity to curb LI speeders at crossings plan
Long Island Rail Road President Ralph Peters proposes publicizing the license numbers of reckless drivers caught at crossings. Stationed inspectors will time cars crossing, record speed and occupants, with owners’ names published to deter speeding. The article notes extensive crossing elimination and safety efforts already undertaken by the railroad and state.
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Ralph Peters
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
Roosevelt hosts Sagamore Hill conference on New York nominating race
At Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay August 13 President Roosevelt met with W W Cocks and three state Republican leaders to review Governor Hughes renomination. They debated convention strategy with Cocks noting no decisions yet and support for leaving nominations to the convention. Additional dignitaries included Ambassador Francis Pinchot and Fisher who stayed for policy briefings and reports.
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Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Republican State Executive Committee
W. W. Cocks
Saratoga
New York State
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
Messrs
Barnes and Hendricks
Westbury
Long Island
Barnes
Charles S. Francis
Troy
Austria
Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
Walter I. Fisher
Conservation of Resources Commission
Ben Greet
Francis
United States
Austria-Hungary
Messrs. Pinchot
Fisher
Nassau Hospital
Mineola
Archibald
Kermit
Ambassador Francis
Walter L. Fisher
Appeals to Speeders
The American Automobile Association warns its twenty thousand members against rapid legislation in several Eastern states, especially Connecticut and New York, if speeding continues. G. K. Dustin of the Automobile Club of Hartford says Connecticut may repeal its model motor law unless reform is achieved.
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The
American Automobile Association
Connecticut
New York
G. K. Dustin
Automobile Club of
Hartford
Conn
Clinton County
Old Town
Republic
Baltimore Sun backs Taft for President in Maryland
The Baltimore Sun the leading Maryland Democratic newspaper endorses Taft for president. It notes past stances against Bryan and free silver, praises fights against Senator Gorman, and signals the conservative wing of Maryland’s Democrats aligns with Taft, limiting Bryanite support in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
South
W. H. Taft
Sun
Bryan
Free Silver Movement
Gorman
Taft
Newfoundland Modus Vivendi for 1908 Fisheries Pact
London announces a modus vivendi between Great Britain and the United States on Newfoundland fisheries. The accord, exchanged notes, avoids friction for the 1908 season without a fuller treaty, while the long standing dispute over rights in Newfoundland and Canadian waters remains to be settled at The Hague.
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United States
Great Britain
Newfoundland
Morning Post attacks policy on Newfoundland fisheries
London editorials condemn the governments modus vivendi with the United States as yielding to American pressure. The Times notes the renewal avoided, praising patient, tactful handling but warning on imperial colony relations and moral ideals amid armament and partnership worries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Morning Post
United States
Newfoundland
Edward Grey
Times
American schooner Dictator seized for customs violation
The American fishing schooner Dictator, Captain Wilde, was seized at Liverpool for violating Canadian customs rules after sailing without reporting. The vessel, owned in Gloucester, Massachusetts, arrived for bait, sought ice, and was held awaiting instructions from Ottawa.
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Liverpool
Wilde
Port Morrien
Ottawa
Gloucester
Mass
Miss Ludwig Escapes In California Betrothal Flight
Chicago reports Ethel Ludwig, snatched from Morris Illinois to stop her marriage to Dr. Frederick Fitzgerald, escaped today. She heads toward California to wed her betrothed as her mother pursues by train. The couple met at Stanford. the escape followed rapid mobility between Morris, Chicago, and the Saratoga Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Chicago
Ethel Ludwig
Morris, IL
Frederick Fitzgerald
Cooper’ Medical College
Palo Alto
Cal
California
Leland Stanford Junior University
Fitzgerald
Morris
Ludwig
Cornelius Reardon
T. A. Bray
Saratoga Hotel
Mystery surrounds death of Miss Frances Sholes
Chicago August 13. Frances Sholes twenty two daughter of C G Sholes of New York was found dead in bed at her mother’s Evanston home. Gas asphyxiation apparently from an open jet near the bed. Letters found on the floor suggested self harm or accident. Coroner’s jury returned an open verdict unable to determine whether suicide or accident caused the death.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Frances Sholes
C. G. Sholes
New York
Chicago Avenue
Evanston
Sholes Typewriter Manufacturing Company
Miss Sholes
Two Men Die in Auto Smash at Market and Van Ness
In San Francisco on August 13, Sergeant Major A. H. Belgvea and electrician sergeant C. H. Jones, attached to the Presidio forces, were killed when their car was crushed between streetcars at Market street and Van Ness avenue. Jones attempted to clear a track when an outward bound streetcar struck, hurling them to the pavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
A. H. Belgvea
C. H. Jones
Presidio
Market Street
van Ness Avenue
Jones
Pelyea
Hughes Day in Plattsburg Opens YMCA Cornerstone
Governor Hughes lays the cornerstone of a new YMCA building in Plattsburg New York after a day of civic pageantry. He visits the Catholic Summer School at Clift Haven and addresses locals, with Loyal L. Smith funding the project through a 125000 gift plus 30000 raised.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Hughes
Young Men’s Christian Association
Clift Haven
5Th United States Infantry
Young Men's Christian Association
Boomhower
Loyal L. Smith
New York
Clit Haven
Talbot Smith
John J. Walsh
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Brooklyn
Middle West
Lincoln
Neb
William Lush
Great Bear
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Black Hand
SKY
Mr. Bacon
Canal Company
Panama
Dean Bailey
Ithaca
Liberty L Bailey
Cornell College of Agriculture
Five
L. I. Road
W. W.cocks
Sperry
Admiral Sperry
Auckland
New Zealand
Executive Council
Dominion
Mont
Spokane
Wash
Anheuser-Busch
Philadelphia
NEW Jersey Central
Foreign Office
the Morning Post
Miss Ludwig
Dr. Fitzgerald
Tion
Catholic Summer School
Munghdivus Cannaten
Quan Oa
Auxiliary
Christian Association
Lfe
Executive Chamber
John F. O'Brien
W. B. Mooers
John Shea
Lake Placid
L. L. Shedden
Eckersley
W. Witherbee
Port Henry
Cliff Haven
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