Gas Leak Kills Two in New York City Manhole
A gas main leak at a manhole of the New Ark Telephone Company on 45th street and eighth avenue caused two deaths and left nine rescuers, including policemen and firemen, overcome. Firefighters and officers battled through gas as they attempted rescue, with several men dying or revived at Roosevelt Hospital and nearby stations.
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Tenderloin
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Fitzgerald
Holihan James
Morris Street
Roosevelt Hospital
West 26Th Street
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ILXER
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Muldoon
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Fitzimmons
Consolidated Gas Company
23D Street
Amicable fix eyed in Honduras consular tangle
New Orleans dispatch from Puerto Cortez says talks are under way to restore the United States consular personnel at Ceiba after President Davila canceled exequaturs. Consul Drew Linard Vice-Consul Virg i Reynolds and Dr Allen Jamel may be reinstated as negotiations proceed. The president also dismissed the Ceiba commandant who misrepresented U.S. letters from insurgents. The American Minister to Salvador travels to Ceiba to aid the settlement.
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Puerto Cortez
Davila
Ceiba
Salvador
Bank loot suspect Montromery denied bail aid
Pittsburg, Aug 14. Bank examiner Folds says efforts by Montromery’s friends to gain bail have been checked and other informations will be filed if necessary to hold him. Montromery remains silent about accomplices in the Allegheny Nations Bank robbery of 12.0 thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg
William Montromery
Allegheny Nations Bank
Folds
Montromery
Commissioners at Winnipeg Hope for Joint Fisheries Laws
David Starr Jordan of Stanford University B W Everman chief of the fisheries bureau H M Storr secretary of the International Fisheries Commission and T Bastedo Canadian rep on the commission arrived in Winnipeg to help align fishery laws for Canada and the United States. They began inquiries at Eastport Maine and will draft regulations for both governments.
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Winnipeg
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford Junior University
B. W Everman
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
H. M. Storr
International Fisheries Commission
and & T. Bastedo
International Commission
Canada
United States
Eastport
Miss Bowne Not Home Denies Cordova Contact
Miss Julia Bowne is no longer in Asbury Park according to her mother who refuses to reveal plans. Cordova says he will seek work in Philadelphia to fund a move to Mexico where his family lives, while his wife avoids comment on divorce and their child remains in Asbury Park.
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the Tribune
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Miss Bowne
Philadelphia
Cordova
J. Ward Gamble
Penn's Grove
Mexico
Atlantic City
Ocean Grove
Lee Attacks McManus In Mass Street Meeting
William J. Lee, former counsel and rival for district leadership, denounces Thomas F. McManus and George Washington Plunkitt in a packed 47th Street and Eighth Avenue rally. He accuses a McManus Plunkitt coalition, cites Coke and snow contracts, and portrays himself as the only fighter in the Eleventh district contest.
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Tammany
11Th Assembly
George Washington Plunkitt
William J. Lee
47Th Street
Eighth Avenue
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McManus
Walter Comerford
John J. McDermott
Mr. Lee
Senate
George
Lee
Albany
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Death Avenue
New York Central
Jersey City
Hoboken
Yachts Crash In Buttermilk Channel Collision Near Governor's Island
The steam yacht Haida owned by Max Fleischmann collided with the Natalie of Robins Drydock in the Buttermilk Channel south of Governor's Island. Natalie nearly sank as three men escaped, one burned by escaping steam. The Guide aided the trio with life preservers. Ox towed the Natalie to Erie Basin drydock.
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Robins Drydock Company
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Governor’s Island
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William H. Todd
Reinhart
Joseph Anderson
Patterson
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Guide
Robins Company
Roosevelt criticized over barracks policy at Peace Union
Mystic Conn Aug 14 President Roosevelt and his military plans draw sharp criticism at the Universal Peace Union meeting in Peace Grove. Speakers urge restraint and warn a large armament risks piracy while urging honest treaties, amid debate over Japan and the Monroe Doctrine. Thirty-five people die in July in city transport accidents. 204 injured, 5,762 total incidents reported to the Public Service Commission, with 645 employees and 2,313 passengers affected.
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Roosevelt
Europe
Universal Peace Union
Peace Grove
William S. Hull
Swarthmore
Penn
United States
Public Service Commission
Bondhus Forgery Case Ends With One Year Sentence
Samuel T. Bondhus, a broker, was convicted of forgery in General Sessions before Judge Crain. The year sentence was handed down after his war record and service as a sergeant in the regular army and lieutenant in volunteers in the Spanish War were cited. The crime related to negotiations for the Incorporation of the Pitt Boiler and Manufacturing Company.
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Samuel T. Bondhus
Crain
Bondhus
Pitt Boiler and Manufacturing Company
China facing crisis on eve of revolution
Howard Richards Jr. returns from China and warns of strong revolutionary currents across the empire. He cites famine relief aid as fostering American Chinese friendship, notes potential peaceful transition around the Empress Dowager’s death, and highlights Japanese influence, student travel shifts, and the need for schools and engineers.
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United States
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San Francisco
Yale
Boone College
Wu-Chang
Mr Richards
Japan
Tokio
Mr. Richards
T. C. Yen
New York Law School
Manyang Iron Works
Washington
America
Accused Former Consul Faces Cruelty Charge
Hippoloto de Uriarto former Spanish Consul in New York and his wife appeared in Children's Court on a SPCC complaint. Gumersindo Vasquez a fourteen year old Cuban boy lived with them as witnesses described repeated beatings and fear. The court adjourned the case to August 21 and the boy was sent to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for care.
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New York
Jenkins
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Gumersindo Vasquez
de Urartos
Central Park West
Children’s Society
Justice Mayo
James W. Ridgway
de Uhartes
Crowd Follows Horse Thieves Chase Through Central Park West
Detectives Foley and McKilhargy pursued two horse thieves across Central Park area drawing a large crowd. The suspects Tomanio Castaglio age 21 of 2098 Second Ave and Giuseppe Geonore age 23 of 59 East Houston St were captured at West 100th Street station after a grocery wagon chase toward Amsterdam Ave, halted by revolvers.
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824 Street
West 100Th Street
Tomanio Castaglio
Second Avenue
Giuseppe Geonore
East
Houston Street
John H. Wolf
Columbus Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
Broadway
Hungry Man's Fight for Death on Brooklyn Bridge
Harman Rosenthal of West 45th Street attempted suicide during the Brooklyn Bridge rush hour, leaping onto the trestle. Patrolman Brown and bystanders restrained him. he was taken to Tombs court and held for trial after stating he had not eaten in 48 hours and wished to die. A farewell German card was found nearby.
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Rosenthal
Kernochan
Richard Hill
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Peter Tighe
Iifth
Creege
Jefferson Market Court
Chetta Cameron
Lebanon Hospital
Cornell
James
Mickey” McDonald
Forbus
James McVickar
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Shields
Robert D. Eastman
Chicago
Helen A. Robertson
Raid on Boardwalk Crap Game Amid Exposure Rumor
Telegraph dispatch reports Atlantic City gamblers raided in a store under construction on the boardwalk in front of Hotel Rudolf. Victims include Charles Price of Atlantic City Edwin Globe and Charles Lake of Chicago John Smith of Pittsburgh and Peter Hermann of Lowell Mass. They are jailed awaiting morning hearing.
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Atlantic City
Goldenberg
Rudolf
Charles Price
Edwin Globe
Charles Lake
Chicago
John Smith
Pittsburg
Peter Hermann
Lowell
Mass
Army Balloon Houses and Coast Defense Stations Planned
The War Department will ship the Baldwin balloon to Omaha where an aeronautical park and the first American fireproof balloon house near completion will shelter balloons and support aeronautics experiments led by Captain Charles De F Chandler. A million dollars is sought to establish coast defense stations at major ports and to equip explosive drones and aircraft.
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Washington
Army Balloon Houses
War Department
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Omaha
Army Aeronautical Park
America
Baldwin
Charles de F. Chandler
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Congress
Boston
New York
Norfolk
Charleston
Mobile
San Diego
San Francisco
Bremerton
The
Gardiner's Bay Drill Tests Naval Militia From Six States
Greenport Long Island August 14 seamen from six states gathered aboard a varied fleet for a week's practice drill afloat in Gardiner's Bay. The Yankee led the line with Prairie at the rear as vessels maneuvered with careful navigation. The Portsmouth drew the eye with full canvas while New Jersey sailors managed the ship well. No accidents occurred as captains averted collisions during close passes. After a day of hard work a scheduled sailing race was postponed to allow visits to submarine boats. The fleet will cruise again tomorrow and then disband.
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Long Island
Gardiner’s Bay
Yankee
Machias
Wasp
Gloucester
Prairie
Portsmouth
New Jersey
Naval training squadron departs port with battleships
Portsmouth New Hampshire August 14 the United States naval training squadron forms with battleships Olympia Nevada Arkansas and the old vessels preparing for duty.
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N. H
United States
Naval Training Squadron
Olympia
Nevada
Arkansas
Navy details 247 naval apprentices for Pacific coast ships
Under orders from the Navy Department 247 naval apprentices were detailed for service on war ships now on the Pacific Coast. The apprentices will sail to Norfolk Virginia and then travel overland to their assigned ships.
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Navy Department
Pacific Coast
Norfolk
MAY AVERT LACKAWANNA STRIKE
A mediation conference will be held in New York City next Monday between Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp and Lackawanna vice president Loomis to amicably adjust the dispute with the railroad's switchmen. Knapp wished to confer with President Truesdale but could not locate him. The proposal followed talks between the mediation board and switchmen's union representatives.
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New York City
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mediation
Loomis
Lackawanna
Ing
Truesdale
Board of Mediation
Switchmen’s Union Today
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association fund drives spark criticism
Calls for a five dollar contribution from Patrolmen for association expenses stir comment across city stations. Letters signed Patrolman allege misuse or political favors, while others blame upraised officials for vacation money or platoon restoration. An veteran officer notes election time prompts letters from nonmembers, arguing money supports less fortunate officers and families.
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Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Charter Revision Committee
Public Helps Conductors Steal in Jersey Warns Widespread Open Connivance
Colonel Hine of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey declares open connivance between the public and dishonest trolley car conductors. He says the company has been robbed of thousands in fares and cites warrants out for two conductors amid a broader investigation.
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Jersey
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
Traction Company
Newark official charges dishonesty in public aid system
Colonel Hine declares that rants for at least one hundred more will be asked for to aid conductors in cheating the company and thus making the public a party to the crime. The arraignment in Newark marks the start of the case against dishonesty.
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