Auto crash injures ex banker and horse owner Thomas
In Lone Branch, Aug 14, E R Thomas a former banker and racehorse owner was seriously hurt when his automobile struck a carriage at Cedar and Ocean avenues. The carriage horses were killed, Thomas broken leg and multiple contusions, chauffeur arrested. Carriage owner Emiel Seelig and New Yorkers in the carriage escaped serious injury.
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Lone Branch
XN. J
E. R. Thomas
Cedar
Ocean Avenues
Mr. Thomas
Emiel Seelig
West 54Th Street
New York
Hyman Cohen
New Yorker
William Murray
Mr. Cohen
Tobias Holman
Cohen
Miss Cohen
Mr. Holman
Connelly
Cedar Avenue
Thomas
Holman
S. P. Lewis
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
Autos Crash Head On In Park Avenue Collision
A head on crash between a car owned by the American Garage Co and one owned by Philip Richard Diamond of 424 East Sith street occurred at With street and Park avenue last evening. Diamond was pinned under the burning car with internal injuries that may prove fatal. Six occupants were injured, three seriously, including Diamond and his brother Leonard. The other car carried five people, all hurt lightly, and two women fled the scene. Diamond was taken to Presbyterian Hospital. others were treated there. The northbound Diamond car was struck while crossing 70th street as the American Garage car swung around the corner.
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American Garage Company
Philip Richard Diamond
East Sith Street
With 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
Taylorville
George Richardson
Bloomington
East Washington Street
Blindness Follows Baby's Finger In Eye Injury
Mrs Clifford Barker an evangelist's wife from Eastport New York was brought to the mainland by sailboat after her year old child blinded her by pressing a finger into her left eye. Inflammation spread to the right eye causing total blindness though doctors hope eyesight may be restored with treatment.
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the Tribune
Eastport
N. Y
Clifford Barker
Democratic county conventions pick delegates in state race
By Telegraph to The Tribune Minneapolis August 14 delegates elected in many counties with Johnson favored by influential supporters. Hennepin county backed the former candidate while Bryan workers led at several conventions.
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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. Surgeons pronounced the operation successful and his condition satisfactory. He had cut short a Maine vacation at Sebago Lake and returned to Boston yesterday with Mrs Guild accompanying him.
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Boston
Curtis Guild, Jr
Charlesgate Hospital
Back Bay
Sebago Lake
Maine
E. P. Joslin
James G. Mumford
S. J. Mixter
Guild
Mumford
Balloon race debuts with three craft in North Adams to Amherst flight
North Adams No. 1 piloted by A D Potter with A Holland Forbes and daughter Natalie won the first point-to-point balloon race in the United States, starting at 1 pm and landing at Lyman Sanderson’s farm in West Whateley at 2:50 pm. Greylock, piloted by Dr. Roger M. Randall with Clarence Wildman, reached Ashfield at 2:30 pm, twelve miles from Leeds. Heart of the Berkshires, from Pittsfield Aero Club, finished at Amherst at 8:30 pm, six miles from Whateley station.
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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
Prosecutions Planned Over Democratic Petition Signers
Chicago dispatch reports a move to prosecute hundreds of Democrats who signed primary petitions and then voted Republican ballots to defeat Governor Deneen. Attorney Harry L. Shaver will index petition signers from the 6th and other districts and compare with pollbooks to prove violations, with penalties up to 190 dollars or a year in jail.
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Tribune
Chicago
Deneen
Harry L. Shaver
Springfield
6Th
Congress
Erie Train Leaves Rails in Arden Accident
A Mountain Express train 42 on the Erie Railroad ran off the Arden track at fifty mph and lay on its side on the ties. The New York commuters aboard were bruised but largely without serious injuries as spreading rails were blamed. Nearby Ontario & Western milk train collision caused panic at South Fallsburg with wrecked cars but no injuries aboard.
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the Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Mountain Express
Erie Railroad
Arden
New York
Ontario & Western Railroad
South Fallsburg
Breaks Out of Richmond Jail on Staten Island
A prisoner escaped yesterday from the new Richmond jail on Staten Island, despite guards and a modern design. Police and Sheriff Joseph Barth deputies search island wide for Frederick Colin, formerly of 158 West 238th Street Manhattan, who was arrested last June for motor boat theft and grand larceny. He was remanded after a trial ended with a hung jury. Also noted, Colonel John W. Vrooman, 1891 Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, sick from suspected stomaine poisoning after contaminated clams, returned to his Herkimer home for care.
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Richmond
Staten Island
Joseph Barth
Frederick Colin
West 238Th Street
Manhattan
Colin
John Schmidt
West New Brighton
Stphen D. Stephens
John W. Vrooman
Herkimer
Vrooman
Secretary Wright to announce cadet hazing matter next week
Washington reports that Secretary Wright will not discuss the status of the eight West Point cadets pending further information from Colonel Scott, the Military Academy superintendent. He expects to act after receiving the data, likely by Monday.
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Washington
Wright
West Point
Scott
Military Academy
Railroad workers plan mass meeting to oppose hostile legislation
St Paul August 14 railroad employees from St Paul and Minneapolis in all branches announce a Sunday mass meeting to organize all workers in a united effort to combat hostile railroad legislation. The event aims to unify unions and channel opposition through coordinated action across lines.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Illinois race riot troops move on Springfield
A mob rampages through Springfield Illinois attacking Black residents after an assault on a white woman. Governor Deneen orders two militia companies and multiple cavalry troops from Peoria Bloomington Pekin to restore order. A 14 year old boy Toulis Johnson dies amid clashes as rioters loot Negro shops and wreck Loper's restaurant.
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Springfield
Trl
1St Cavalry
Deneen
Peoria
Bloomington
Pekin
Harry T. Loper
Illinois National Guard
Lopers
Ath Infantry
Loper
Toulis Johnson
Deputies Chase Croomb Alias Buttercup To Pensacola
A posse of deputy sheriffs left Pensacola at 5 PM aboard the Louisville and Nashville line to fetch George Croomb alias George Buttercup, arrested in Milton for an assault on Mrs Edward Macair. If identified as the culprit he faces possible lynching or worse. Pensacola is in strong, tense uproar.
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Mobile
Pensacola
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
George Croomb
George Buttercup
Milton
Fla
Edward Macair
Tetanus from blackjack fatal in Staten Island case
Philip Tully of 516 East 18th street died at Bellevue Hospital from lockjaw after being struck with a blackjack weeks earlier at a New Dorp dance. He identified his assailant before death, leading police to arrest 40 year old 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 Clementine Hozier in London wedding
London reports Winston Spencer Churchill President of the Board of Trade will marry Clementine Hozier daughter of the late Sir Henry Montagu Hozier secretary of Lloyds. The wedding is expected at St Margaret’s Westminster in about a month. Hozier's father was a noted soldier and war correspondent and 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 Hozler
Earls of Airlie
Last undertaker leaves Carver as deaths vanish
In Carver Massachusetts population 2500 the town’s last undertaker moved away today leaving none remaining. Six months ago there were six undertakers and six months ago there had been no deaths in town. For the period including 19 7 the total deaths were sixteen.
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the Tribune
Carver
Mass
Sherman health recovered after trip to Wolf Island
Utica August 14 James Sherman Republican candidate for Vice President returned tonight from the St Lawrence where he stayed with Walton Clark of Philadelphia at his Wolf Island camp for several days of fishing and outdoor recreation He is now vigorous in health and saw no visitors on his trip New York Philadelphia via New Jersey Central 2 Hour Train every hour 7 AM to 6 PM see schedule Page Sleepers on midnight trains open at 10 o'clock.
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J. S. Sherman
Utica
N. Y
James §. Sherman
St. Lawrence
Walton Clark
Philadelphia
Wolf Island
Sherman
New York
NEW Jersey Central
Page
Theatre trust case federal action asked
The United States government was asked to probe a supposed theatrical trust led by New York managers Klaw & Erlanger Charles Frohman and others. W F Thomas, Washington theatre entrant, accused a combination of stifling competition and blocking new venues. Justice officials awaited further evidence before action.
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Tribune
Washington
American Stage
Theatrical Trust
United States
Russell
Department of Justice
W. F. Thomas
New York
Klaw & Erlanger
Charles Frohman
B. F. Keith
Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Russell
W. M. Roadstorm
Attorney General's Office
Roadstorm
Imperial Hotel
William Morris
Morris
Theatrical “Trust
Trust
Thaw petition in bankruptcy delayed in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on August 14 Referee William R. Blair postponed the first meeting of creditors in the Thaw bankruptcy after no appearance for Harry K. Thaw. Receiver Roger O'Mara was absent, having traveled to Poughkeepsie and Philadelphia. Unconfirmed reports say an obstacle involving Eastern creditors may derail the plan to bring Thaw to Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
William R. Blair
Roger O'Mara
Poughkeepsie
Philadelphia
Thaw Case Postponed Yet Again Amid Outing
In Fishkill New York August 14 the Thaw trial was adjourned for the eighth time to 4 p m. Thaw enjoyed a trolley ride and a five mile Mount Beacon tour while Dr John P Wilson testified briefly about Thaw’s mental condition based on visits to him at the jail in Poughkeepsie. The cross examination was delayed again due to the absence of a court stenographer and rescheduled for Tuesday at 10 19 a m. Thaw was returned to the Poughkeepsie jail.
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Tribune
Fishkill
N. Y
Wilson
Poughkeepsie
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Mount Beacon
John P. Wilson
Woman's Record Climb
Lima reports Miss Annie S. Peck of Providence reached 25 000 feet on Mount Huascaran aided by two Alpine guides. The feat, begun in 1898 with the Matterhorn ascent, surpasses prior world records and follows a prior failed attempt at 17 500 feet due to guide cowardice.
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Miss Peck
Mount Huascaran
Lima
Annie S. Peck
Providence
Peck
New York
Mount
Huascaran
Hemisphere
W. W. Graham
Himalayas
Matterhorn
Sorata
Bolivia
Peru
Lake Titicaca
Venezuelans May Rise In Panama Report
In Panama on August 14, Venezuelan colonia members expressed gratification over reports of a strengthening revolutionary movement. Two commissioners from Los Andes arrived with news of support for General Rolando and opposition to President Castro. General Nicolas Rolando denied involvement, 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 Committee
A New York Republican executive panel denied plans to block Joseph H. Choate from permanent convention chair and designate Secretary Root as chair. The move followed Choate's Hughes support remark. State Chairman Woodruff denied the story, saying formal selection rests with the convention committee and Choate was asked in advance to prepare his speech.
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Republican State Committee
Joseph H. Choate
Root
Choate
Woodruff
Hughes
State Committee
Parsons
William Barnes ,Jr
Albany
William L. Ward
John T. Mott
Oswego
J. Sloat Fassett
Mr. Choate
Biddle Challenged by Chicago Society Pugilists
Philadelphia August 14 George Lytton secretary of the Chicago Athletic Club challenges A J Drexel Biddle Philadelphia society pugilist to settle the heavyweight gentlemen class championship. Biddle is away from home. his last notable bout was beating Jack OBrien at Merion Cricket Club on April 4 and being knocked out in the fourth round.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Chicago
George Lytton
Chicago Athletic Club
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Philadelphia Society
Plea to Remove Foreign Troops From Peking
London report from The Times correspondent in Peking notes Tang Shao Yi aims to secure withdrawal of foreign troops from Peking. The piece adds Chinese expect the United States to join in the request regardless of European powers’ decisions.
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London
the Times
Peking
Tang Shao-Yi
Board of Foreign Affairs
United States
School treasurer shortage hits Will iam Sherman
George H. Peters, an expert accountant of Paterson New Jersey, reports to the Little Falls township committee that school fund treasurer William Sherman has misappropriated $8800. Sherman vanished two months ago as scrutiny began. Loss covered by bonds. Justice Keys issues arrest 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 Honors Elihu Burritt Monument
About a thousand residents gathered in Great Barrington Massachusetts for the sixth annual Home Day. A monument to Elihu Burritt the learned blacksmith was unveiled with speeches by Hamilton Holt of New York and others. General Funston arrives to command at the Army Service School traveling by freight with aides from Lawrence.
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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 anticipated at Het Loo
In Apeldoorn on August 14 an anticipated royal event is reported as Queen Wilhelmina remains at Het Loo castle near the city. The announcement signals significance for the Dutch royal family and national interest.
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Apeldoorn
Wilhelmina
Het Loo
Taft Gains Baltimore Sun Backing and North Carolina Appeal
Hot Springs Va Aug 14 The Baltimore Sun pledged support for Taft defying party lines boosting his Maryland eight electoral votes and signaling influence in the South. North Carolina Republicans push for Cox and Taft urges clean business candidates while party divisions flare over Governor candidates and railroad policy. Taft also plans to promote Republican clubs nationwide with John Hays Hammond leading youth and foreign-born outreach.
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Tribune
Hot Springs
Baltimore Sun
William H. Taft
Maryland
Taft
Virginia
Carolinas
Leutenant
Arthur L Vorys
Commonwealth
Bryan
Baltimore
North Carolina
Centennial Association of
Greensboro
G. S. Bradshaw
G. Daniel
J. E. Cox
High Point
Bradshaw
Craig
Horn
Kitchin
Glenn
Raflney
Supreme Court
Southern Railroad
Cox
Judge Taft
Coe
South
Mr. Cox
Parker
Mr. Taft
Cincinnati
Messrs
Daniels
John Hays Hammond
Vorys
Snell Smith
Hammond
National League of Republican Clubs
New York City
Taft Cluba
Borzelieri
Buffalo
New York League
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Arnold C. Scherr
Mr. Vorys
Mr. Scherr
National Committee
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Long Branch
Oxner
Minnesota
GOV. Guild
Illinois
ERIE
J. W. Vrooman
Illionois
Thug
W. Spencer Churchill
Daugh
Ter
Sir H. M. Hozier
Theatre “Trust” Case
Marc Klaw
New Rochelle
Abe” Erlanger
United Booking Offices
Imperial
United
Mr. Morris
Theatrical “Combination
Mr. Roadstorm
Woodruff Scouts
Biddle
Windy City
China
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