E R Thomas Injured In Auto Crash At Cedar and Ocean
E R Thomas a former banker and racehorse owner, injured when his automobile struck a carriage near Cedar and Ocean avenues in Branch New Jersey. The carriage occupants died. Thomas and his chauffeur were hurt and the chauffeur jailed. Witnesses say Thomas drove at sixty mph. a prior legal history and investigations noted.
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Horace Johnston
Thomas
Lee
Daniel Connelly
Thomes
Emiel Seelig
West 54Th Street
New York
Hyman Cohen
William Murray
Mr. Cohen
Tobias Holman
Cohen
Miss Cohen
Cedar and
Ocean Avenues
Mr. Holman
Johnston
Lakewood
Convent Avenue
130Th Street
Harry Thies
Crane
Orlando F Thomas
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
National Bank of North America
Newport
R. L
Charles W. Morse
Auto crash on Park Avenue injures six at 7th Street
A head on collision between a car owned by American Garage Co and Philip Richard Diamond’s vehicle at 7th Street and Park Avenue left six injured. Diamond and Leonard Diamond were hurt with Diamond pinned under the burning car and taken to Presbyterian Hospital.
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American Garage Company
Philip Richard Diamond
East Sith Street
7Th Street
Park Avenue
Diamond
Leonard Diamond
William J. Finneran
East 51St Street
David Drennan
East 51St Sreet
Otto Link
East 58Th Street
Walter S. Story
McClellan
East 67Th Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Roome
70Th Street
Blind Baby Causes Woman to Lose Sight in Both Eyes
Mrs. Clifford Barker, wife of an evangelist, was visiting at Moriches lifesaving colony when her year old child pressed a finger into her left eye. The eye swelled, inflammation spread to the right eye, and she was brought to the mainland by sailboat in a bid to restore sight.
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the Tribune
Eastport
Clifford Barker
Democratic County Conventions Name Delegates in Minnesota
By Telegraph to The Tribune democratic county conventions across Minnesota named delegates to the state convention. Many delegates supported Johnson for governor and Hennepin County rallied for him as Bryan workers played a prominent role in the meetings.
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Tribune
Minneapolis
Johnson
Hennekin
Bryan
Governor Guild Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Boston August 14 Governor Curtis Guild Jr was operated on for appendicitis at Charlesgate Hospital Back Bay Boston following a vacation at a Maine camp at Sebago Lake The operation was successful and his condition was reported satisfactory Surgeons Dr Mumford Dr Mixter and Dr Joslin attended with Mrs Guild accompanying him Two doctors were called in consultation and the Governor was treated immediately for the condition at the private hospital.
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Boston
Curtis Guild, Jr
Charlesgate Hospital
Back Bay
Sebago Lake
Maine
E. P. Joslin
James G. Mumford
S. J. Mixter
THREE BALLOONS RACE IN NEW ENGLAND FIRST POINT-TO-POINT
North Adams Mass August 14 Balloon North Adams No 1 piloted by A D Potter of Greenfield and carried passengers A Holland Forbes and daughter Natalie won the Forbes cup in the first point to point race in the country. The balloon landed at Lyman Sanderson farm West Whately five miles from Haydenville at 2 50 P M The Greylock piloted by Dr Roger M Randall with Clarence Wildman landed at Bryant farm Ashfield at 2 39 P M twelve miles from Leeds The Heart of the Berkshires started last and landed Amherst at 8 30 P M near Whately station within six and a quarter miles of its destination.
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North Adams
Mass
A. D. Potter
Greenfield
A. Holland Forbes
Natalie
North Adams Aero Club
Lyman Sanderson
West Whateley
Haydenville
Greylock
Roger M. Randall
Clarence Wildman
Bryant Farm
Ashfield
Leeds
Heart of
The
Berkshires
Aero Club of
Pittsfield
Amherst
Whateley Station
Prosecution Move Targets Democrats Who Voted GOP
A Chicago telegraph report says prosecutors plan wholesale action against Democrats who signed Democratic primary petitions and then voted Republican ballots to defeat Gov Deneen. Attorneys will compile a card index from petitions in the 6th and other districts to compare with pollbooks, aiming to prove violations of primary law. Penalties include a $190 fine or a year in jail, with hundreds of prosecutions anticipated from about 25,000 petition names.
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Tribune
Chicago
Deneen
Harry L. Shaver
Springfield
6Th
Congress
Erie Train Falls From Rails At Arden
Erie Mountain Express 42 derailed near Arden while traveling fifty miles an hour. Cars scattered across the ties, passengers thrown from seats and bruised but few require care. Ontario & Western milk train crash at South Fallsburg caused a panic. passenger train unharmed with no injuries.
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Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Mountain Express
Erie Railroad
Arden
New York
Ontario & Western Railroad
South Fallsburg
Prison Break From Richmond Jail Stuns Staten Island
A prisoner escaped yesterday from the new Richmond jail on Staten Island despite high security. Police and Sheriff Joseph Barth’s deputies search the island for Frederick Colin, once held on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing a motor boat from John Schmidt of West New Brighton. Colin’s Manhattan home was at 138 West 38th Street. He was awaiting a new trial after a prior jury deadlocked. Also reported, Colonel John W. Vrooman, 1891 Republican Lt Governor candidate, left Herkimer with a nurse due to stomaine poisoning from contaminated clams, his condition improving but still weak.
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Richmond
Staten Island
Joseph Barth
Frederick Colin
West 38Th Street
Manhattan
Colin
John Schmidt
West New Brighton
Stephen D. Stephens
John W. Vrooman
Herkimer
Vrooman
Cadet Decision Next Week Is Delayed
Secretary Wright said he will not announce the status of eight West Point cadets reported for hazing until next week. He has yet to receive from Colonel Scott the information on which he plans to act, likely not before Monday.
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Washington
Wright
West Point
Scott
Military Academy
Railroad workers plan mass meeting to unite against hostile bills
St Paul August 14 railroad employees from St Paul and Minneapolis across all crafts will gather Sunday afternoon to organize a united front against incoming railroad legislation and to coordinate a broader effort to oppose the measures.
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St Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Springfield Illinois riot as troops quell mob violence
A violent mob in Springfield Illinois attacks Black residents after an alleged assault. Governor Deneen orders additional militia and cavalry from Peoria Bloomington and Pekin to restore order. A 14 year old boy Louis Johnson is found dead after a deadly night of looting arson and gunfire while two white men are shot.
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Springfield
1St Cavalry
Deneen
Peoria
Bloomington
Pekin
Harry T. Loper
Illinois National Guard
Lopers
Ath Infantry
Loper
Louis Johnson
Deputies Seek Croomb in Milton Assault Case
A Pensacola telegram reports deputies left at 5 p.m. by the Louisville and Nashville line to bring back George Croomb alias George Buttercup, a negro held for last night's assault on Mrs Edward Macair. Lynching and possible burning are feared if he is identified as the attacker, with great excitement in Pensacola.
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Mobile
Pensacola
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
George Croomb
George Buttercup
Milton
Fla
Edward Macair
Tetanus From Blackjack Fatal In New Dorp Dance
Philip Tully of 516 East 18th Street died in Bellevue Hospital from lockjaw after being struck with a blackjack weeks earlier at a New Dorp Staten Island dance. He wrote a statement for surgeons before dying, and police arrested John Callahan of 99 Varick Street as a suspicious person.
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Philip Tully
East 18Th Street
New Dorp
Staten Island
Bellevue Hospital
Tully
John Callahan
Varick Street
Churchill Engaged to Daughter of Sir Henry Hozier
London reports Winston Spencer Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, will wed Clementine Hozier, daughter of the late Sir Henry Montagu Hozier. The ceremony is expected at St Margaret's, Westminster, in about a month. Clementine is praised as an accomplished London socialite. her father was secretary of Lloyds and a noted soldier and war correspondent. her mother is a daughter of the Earls of Airlie.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Clementine
Henry Montagu Hozier
Lloyds
St. Margaret's
Westminster
Miss Hozier
Earls of Airlie
Last undertaker leaves Carver as deaths vanish
By Telegraph to The Tribune. Carver Massachusetts August 14 The last undertaker in the town of 2500 moved away today leaving only five others who were here six months ago. In the past six months there has been no death in the town. For 1907 the total deaths were sixteen.
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the Tribune
Carver
Mass
Sherman’s Health Recovered After Wolf Island Stay
Utica August 14 James S Sherman Republican candidate for Vice President returned tonight from the St. Lawrence where he has been guest of Walton Clark at his Wolf Island camp. He fished outdoors and saw no visitors his health is vigorous. New York Philadelphia via New Jersey Central two hour train schedule advertised.
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J. S. Sherman
Utica
N. Y
James S. Sherman
St. Lawrence
Walton Clark
Philadelphia
Wolf Island
Sherman
Theatre trust case prompts federal action
Washington reports the first federal scrutiny of the American theatre industry as W F Thomas accuses leading New York managers including Klaw and Erlanger Frohman and Keith of forming a restraint of trade to monopolize the business Thomas seeks to build a Washington theatre and alleges attempts to block bookings while Attorney General Russell awaits further evidence before action Roadstorm in New York to hear the complaint and investigate if warranted. managers express calm and deny organization existence.
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Washington
Theatrical Trust
United States
Russell
Department of Justice
W. F. Thomas
New York
Klaw & Erlanger
Charles Frohman
B. F. Keith
Thomas
Mr. Thomas
W. M. Roadstorm
Attorney General's Office
Roadstorm
Imperial Hotel
William Morris
Morris
Theatrical “Trust
Trust
Marc Klaw
Tribune
New Rochelle
Abe” Erlanger
United Booking Offices
Imperial
London
United
Mr. Morris
Theatrical “Combination
Mr. Roadstorm
Thaw Petition Delayed In Pittsburgh Bankruptcy
In Pittsburg on August 14 Referee William R Blair postponed indefinitely the first meeting of creditors for Harry K Thaw as no appearance was entered. Receiver Roger O Mara was absent traveling between cities and a plan to bring Thaw to Pittsburgh faces possible Western creditor obstacles.
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Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
William R. Blair
Roger O'Mara
Poughkeepsie
Philadelphia
Thaw Case Delayed Amid Outing To Mount Beacon
The Thaw trial in Fishkill New York was postponed for the eighth time as of August 14 with adjournment to 4 p m. Thaw enjoyed a trolley ride and a five mile Mount Beacon tour while Dr John P Wilson testified about Thaws mental condition after visiting him at the jail three times for about an hour each. Cross examination was postponed due to lack of court stenographer and next session set for Tuesday at 10 00 a m with Thaw again in jail in Poughkeepsie.
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Tribune
Fishkill
N. Y
Wilson
Poughkeepsie
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Mount Beacon
John P. Wilson
Woman's Record Climb Reaches 25000 Feet on Huascaran
Miss Annie S. Peck of Providence signals arrival at an altitude of 25000 feet atop Mount Huascaran in Peru. Accompanied by two Alpine guides, she previously failed 17500 feet due to guide cowardice and now surpasses any prior height by a climber. The feat shadows Graham's 23900 foot Himalayan record.
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Miss Peck
Mount Huascaran
Lima
Annie S. Peck
Providence
Peck
New York
Mount
Huascaran
Hemisphere
W. W. Graham
Sorata
Bolivia
Peru
Lake Titicaca
Venezuelans Hopeful as Panama Reports Revolt Gains
In Panama Aug 14 Venezuelans in the city express satisfaction with reported gains by rebels. Two commissioners from Los Andes brought news of a strong revolutionary movement led by Rolando, with allies of Castro opposing him. General Nicolas Rolando denies knowledge, saying he is in New York and a man of peace.
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Panama
Los Andes
Venezuela
Rolando
Guayana
Matos
Castro
Nicolas Rolando
New York
Choate Tale Denied By State Republican Leaders
The Republican State Committee debated a report that Joseph H. Choate would be denied as permanent chairman and that Secretary Root might be named. State Chairman Woodruff said Choate was invited to speak and had accepted, with no plan to prevent his presiding at the convention.
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Republican State Committee
Joseph H. Choate
Root
Choate
Woodruff
Hughes
State Committee
Parsons
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
William EL. Ward
John T. Mott
Oswego
J. Sloat Fassett
Mr. Choate
Biddle Challenged by Chicago Society Pugilist
Philadelphia report says George Lytton, Chicago Athletic Club secretary, challenged A. J. Drexel Biddle to settle the heavyweight gentlemen class title. Biddle is away. his last ring feat was a fourth round knockout of Jack O'Brien at Merion Cricket Club on April 4.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Chicago
George Lytton
Chicago Athletic Club
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Philadelphia Society
Mr. Biddle
Jack” O’brien
Merion Cricket Club
Plea to remove foreign troops in Peking
The Times correspondent reports Tang Shao Yi aims to urge withdrawal of foreign troops from Peking. He notes Chinese expect the United States to join any decision, regardless of European powers.
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London
the Times
Peking
Tang Shao-Yi
Board of Foreign Affairs
United States
School Treasurer Shortage Shocks Paterson Township
George H. Peters reports to Little Falls township committee that William H. Sherman, school fund treasurer, misappropriated 8800 dollars. Sherman disappeared two months ago amid requests for an audit and bonds cover the loss. Justice Keys issued a warrant for embezzlement.
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Paterson
N. J
George H. Peters
Little Falls
William H. Sherman
Sherman
Justice Keys
New Marlboro Home Day Dedicates Burritt Monument
About one thousand locals attended New Marlboro's sixth annual home day in Great Barrington. A monument honoring Elihu Burritt the learned blacksmith was unveiled, with Hamilton Holt of New York and others delivering speeches. General Funston arrived Leavenworth to take command of the army service school after traveling on a freight train from Lawrence, with aides in tow.
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the Tribune
Great Barrington
Mass
New Marlboro
Elihu Burritt
Hamilton Holt
New York
Funston
Leavenworth
Kan
Frederick Funston
San Francisco
Army Service School
General Funston
Aids
Lawrence
Limited
Heir to Dutch throne expected in royal event
Apeldoorn reports Queen Wilhelmina remains at Het Loo castle as anticipation grows for a future succession event within the Dutch royal family. The Aug 14 dispatch notes royal residence status amid rumors of a forthcoming heir announcement.
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Apeldoorn
Wilhelmina
Het Loo
Taft Gains Maryland Backing and Southern Hope
The Baltimore Sun declared support for William H. Taft, boosting expectations of electoral votes and GOP strength in Maryland Virginia and the Carolinas. Taft aides hailed the Sun’s stance as broadening Republican appeal among conservatives and educated Democrats. A Greensboro NC centennial delegation urged Taft to speak at the October celebration and discussed North Carolina’s political climate including Governor Glenn’s railway stance and labor concerns. Taft also reviewed plans with John Hays Hammond to build Republican clubs nationwide, focusing on youth and foreign born voters, and prepared for West Virginia proceedings with Arthur Vorys.
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Hot Springs
Baltimore Sun
William H. Taft
Maryland
Judge Taft
Virginia
Carolinas
Leutenant
Arthur L Vorys
Taft
Commonwealth
Bryan
Baltimore
North Carolina
Centennial Association of
Greensboro
G. S. Bradshaw
G. Daniel
J. E. Cox
High Point
the Sun
Bradshaw
Craig
Horn
Kitchin
Glenn
Supreme Court
Southern Railroad
Cox
Coz
South
Parker
Nebraskan. Mr. Taft
Cincinnati
Messrs
Daniels
Mr. Taft
John Hays Hammond
Vorys
Snell Smith
Hammond
National League of Republican Clubs
New York City
Borzelieri
Buffalo
New York League
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Arthur I. Vorys
Arnold C. Scherr
Mr. Vorys
Mr. Scherr
National Committee
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