Hainses Well guarded jail breaking feared
A lengthy report details warnings from letters tied to the murder of William Annis by Captain Peter C. Hains. The District Attorney fears escape attempts from the Long Island City jail as the brothers await trial and guards tighten surveillance amid grand jury plans for September.
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William
Annis
P. C. Hains
Queens County
T. Jenkins Hains
Annis That Captain Hains
Long Island City
Captain Hains
Darrin
Old Town
Flushing
Cooner
Peter C. Hains
Martin W. Littleton
Europe
Thomas F. McIntyre
Hains
Percy
General Hains
Provident Meeting Planned in Louisville Next Week
Louisville report says officers and directors of the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society will meet in Louisville next week Floyd Day a Kentucky lumberman financed the deal giving Arthur Langham control of the stock He claims Inter Southern Life Insurance Co sought to take over Provident but failed due to a charter technicality The plan would continue the Provident's estate under the old company Meigs
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Tribune
Louisville
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Floyd Day
Kentucky Lumberman
Arthur Langham
Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company
Provident
New York
Chafin Nominated for Presidency by Prohibition Party
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago received formal notification of his Prohibition Party nomination for the Presidency in Chicago. Professor Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg delivered the address and presented the platform adopted at Columbus. Speakers included Clinton W. Howard and Dan R. Sheehan, with remarks on party unity and opposition to liquor traffic.
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Chicago
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburg
Samuel Dickie
Albion College
Albion, Mich
Scanlon
Scanion
Chafin
Columbus
National Committee
Mr. Chafin
Clinton W. Howard
Rochester
Felix T. McWhirter
Dan R. Sheehan
Illinois
Hitchcock in Albany Talks on Hughes Nomination
Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, returned from Utica to Manhattan Hotel and will be at national headquarters today. He discussed campaign questions with Secretary Root and Congressman Sherman, while Albany leader William Barnes, Jr. left Utica with Hitchcock and voiced opposition to Governor Hughes.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Utica
Sherman
Manhattan
National Headquarters
Hitchcock
Root
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Hughes
Barnes
Fight in Kings Settled By Secret Meeting
State Chairman Woodruff helped end a rare primary clash in Kings County. A Brooklyn Republican split between Alderman William A. Wentz and ex-Naval Officer Robert A. Sharkey agreed to a conference after organizing opposition, with leaders Jesse Fuller and Charles Weber set to meet.
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Woodruff
Kings County
6Th Assembly
Robert A. Sharkey
Brooklyn
William A. Wentz
Henry Weismann
Sharkey
Mr. Woodruff
Jesse Fuller
Alderman Wentz
Charles Weber
Senator Foraker Talks Busy Schedule and Taft Ties
Senator Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio visited the Waldorf and traveled from Northeast Harbor to Washington. He declined to discuss Ohio politics, citing vacation and unfamiliarity with recent events, and said he hoped to attend a gathering at Middle Bass Island during Taft’s first September visit, though prior plans may prevent it. He denied any rift with Taft and offered no comment on the Negro vote.
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Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Waldorf
Northeast Harbor
Washington
Middle Bass Club
Middle Bass Island
Put-in-Bay
Lake Erie
Norman E Mack to Open National Headquarters Today
Norman E Mack sent word he might be expected today as the Democratic National Committee headquarters near opening. John A Mason, state committee secretary, is to officiate at the formal opening and the use of several rooms engaged by the national committee. William J Conners, state chair, may arrive today, amid a Gains Governor boom for Congressman Sulzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman E. Mack
Hoffman House
Democratic National Committee
John A. Mason
State Committee
National Committee
William J. Conners
Conners
Congressman Sulzer
Mr. Sulzer
Hearst
Buffalo
Minnesota Congressman Tawney Announces Chicago HQ Opening
Congressman Tawney of Minnesota announced that the Republican National Congressional headquarters will open on September 1 in the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago. The plan signals a new center for national campaign organization.
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Chicago
Tawney
Minnesota
Republican National Congressional
Auditorium Hotel
Woman Ties to Die by Laudanum and Music
Mrs. Lillie Lau of York Pennsylvania drank laudanum and asked a family member to play a graphophone. The odor alerted others and she was rushed to a hospital where she may recover. Grief over a friend's recent death is blamed for the attempt.
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the Tribune
York, Penn
Lillie Lau
Burns and Squires Ready for London Fight
Sydney reports great interest in the forthcoming bout between Tommy Burns of America and Bill Squires of Australia. Burns traveled from London for the encounter, with a record gate of 375,000 expected.
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Sydney
Tommy” Urns
Pugilist
Bill” Squires
Australia
Burns
London
Army owns Baldwin dirigible after training officers at Fort Myer
The U S Army takes ownership of the Baldwin military dirigible balloon after Captain Baldwin trains three signal corps officers Lahm Foulois and Selfridge to his contract, while Orville Wright is expected Thursday with the Wright brothers’ aeroplane due by the 28th to Fort Myer.
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Washington
United States Army
Signal Corps
Lahm
Foulois
Selfridge
James Alien
Captain Baldwin
General Allen
Lieutenant Foulois
Lieutenant Selfridge
Baldwin
Fort Myer
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers
Wright Plans 50 Kilometer Flight At Le Mans Field
Wilbur Wright has leased Au jours field seven miles from Le Mans to extend his experiments. He finished repairs on his aeroplane and sent it to Auvours. The flight is expected to resume Thursday with five captive balloons arranged in a pentagon at seventy five feet as distance guides.
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le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Aujours
Wright
Auvours
Army Balloon's Long Trip From Tegel Returns At Dawn
Berlin August 18 news reports a military steerable balloon that left Tegel at 10 pm and returned at dawn after about five hours aloft. It steered to Neustadt and averaged twenty miles per hour. Details remain secret as army aeronauts study warlike conditions.
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Berlin
Tegel
Neustadt
New York Aeronaut Killed in Park Accident
Arthur Lane, an aeronaut from New York, died after a fall at a Buffalo amusement park. While clinging to a trapeze bar about twenty five feet from the balloon, a strong breeze carried him against a theatre building. He lost his hold and fell thirty feet to the ground.
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Buffalo
Arthur Lane
Lane
New York
Riverside man seeks death in crowded city street
Armond Wenk of Riverside New Jersey attempted suicide by firing a pistol loaded with blanks in front of the Flatiron Building at Fifth Avenue Broadway and 234th Street yesterday afternoon. Police and traffic squad officers wrestled the gun from him as shoppers froze in alarm. Bellevue Hospital ambulance found no wound. Wenk is confined to the psychopathic ward. a letter indicated intent to die by own action.
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Armond Wenk
Riverside
N. J
Flatiron
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
234D Street
Kurtzer, Grey and
Reid
Bellevue Hospital
Wenk
Bellevue
Inventor Finnell Ends His Life in New York Apartment
Harry L. Finnell, Oakland born inventor of a chemical rubber process, died by his own action yesterday in his second floor New York City apartment at West 102nd Street. Ernest Chernikow, once US representative at San Salvador, had been his partner. Chernikow left for Europe hours earlier. Finnell had been ill for five years, cared for by Miss Elizabeth Williams and attended by Dr. J. W. Amey who said the case showed incipient paresis but had improved recently.
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Harry L. Finnell
Oakland
Cal
West 102d Street
Ernest Chernikow
United States
San Salvador
Chernikow
Europe
Finnell
Elizabeth Williams
J. W. Amey
West
Amey
Cornell Club Seeks New Home After Lease Attempt
The Cornell University Club at 58 West 45th Street seeks a new home after an unsuccessful bid to lease Cyrus W. Field house at 123 and 125 East 21st Street and 1 Lexington Avenue. The property, across from Stanford White's former house now Princeton Club, was redecorated by White at a cost of 450000 and is valued around 750000.
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Cornell University Club
West 45Th Street
Cyrus W. Field
Henry W. Poor
Gramercy Park
21St Street
Lexington Avenue
Atlantic Cable
Stanford White
Princeton Club
Mr. Poor
Williamsburg Man Dies After Prolonged Resuscitation
Oscar Culver was revived at Eastern District Hospital Williamsburg after three minutes without vital signs. Dr Michael Jaffer used low dose strychnine under the heart and artificial respiration, restoring breathing and pulse before Culver died yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Culver
Eastern District Hospital
Williamsburg
Culver
Michael Jaffer
Jaffer
Lion Kills Bear in Coney Island Battle
A dramatic fight between the lion Baltimore and a Russian bear in the Bostock enclosure at Coney Island ends with the bear dead. Despite earlier chaos and gunfire from trainer Rinaldo, Baltimore exploits an open den door to maul the bear until death.
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Baltimore
Coney Island
Rinaldo
Harvesters Riot Spreadover Winnipeg Escapade
About fifteen thousand harvesters from Eastern Canada arrived in Winnipeg in three days. Special trains carried looters who pillaged stores in small towns, threatened occupants with revolvers and bowie knives, and insulted women. A woman fired on them, wounding several, while daylight attacks on section men drew gunfire and thrown missiles. A cow was dragged to death from a car, and at a wayside station a man was hanged but lowered to safety.
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the Tribune
Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Lowell Trial Trip Shows New City Steamer Satisfactory
The trial voyage of the Lowell, the city Department of Public Charities steamer named for Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell, drew over a hundred guests as Commissioner Robert W. Hebberd and builders Frederick A. Verdon Co. tested the six hour run. Launched May 25, the vessel will be accepted around September 1 before entering commission, to ferry charity beneficiaries, city employees, visitors and supplies.
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Lowell
City Department of Public Charities
Josephine Shaw Lowell
Robert W. Hebberd
Commissioner of Public Charities
Frederick A. Verdon
Charity Organization Society
State Board of Charities
Two Italians killed as locomotive cylinder head bursts
Philadelphia authorities report an express Pennsylvania Railroad train near Bristol overturned workers on the roadbed. Francisco Bolando died instantly and Antonio Rogo died after severe injuries. Five others were seriously hurt as steam scalds and bruises followed the blast during a 50 mph run.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bristol
Francisco Bolando
Antonio Rogo
Coal operators refuse raise in check-off collections
Pittsburg Aug 18 Coal operators in the Pittsburg district refused to raise the check-off from six to six cents a month. They informed union officials and warned they would stop collecting if trouble arose. Miners leaders plan a meeting tomorrow where a strike may be declared.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Knapp Attaches Car Over Dog's Death in Connecticut
Greenwich Connecticut aug 18 Fred H Knapp undertaker attaches the automobile of Mrs F C Shitemore daughter of A T Dema rest New York carriage maker who died last month for five dollars damages for killing his English setter The owner contends the dog was in its rights on the highway and the auto was on the wrong side of the road Connecticut law grants animals highway rights akin to people
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Greenwich
Conn
Fred H. Knapp
F. C. Shitemore
A. T. Demarest
New York
Connecticut
White and Black Miners Clash in Illinois Mines
In Springfield area amid riot tensions, white miners at Woodside and Tuxhorn mines refuse to work with Black coworkers. An examining board questions miners about armed groups while a grand jury considers assaults including Mrs. Mabel Hallam’s case. Governor Deneen orders troops back to Chicago.
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Springfeld
Ill
Woodside
Tuxhorn
Clark
Springfield
United Mine Workers
Deneen
Chamber of Commerce
E. A. Hall
E. L. Chapin
Halk
J. W. Scott
Altgeld
Scott
North 8Th Street
Wells
Mabel Hallam
George Richardson
Hallam
Richardson
1St Infantry
Chicago
Egg Harbor Mayor Returns After Absence
Egg Harbor reports William Mall, former Mayor and Postmaster, has returned after weeks away amid sensational accusations. He claims he carried only 15 dollars, not 15,000, and says he visited Switzerland after a brief stay at Tuckerton. Mall asserts he is still legally Mayor but will not seek office, planning to resolve his affairs.
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Egg Harbor
William Mall
Mall
Tuckerton
Switzerland
Mall & Dey Carriage Company
Drowning of Cincinnati Doctor in Big Tupper Lake
Dr Joseph Eichberg of Cincinnati drowned today at Big Tupper Lake during a fishing outing with a party that included his brother in law Mr Kuhn and guide John Champney. The boat capsized while landing a large pickerel. the guide dived twice to reach the doctor but could not save him. Eichberg was a guest of H M Levy of Cincinnati who owns a camp on the lake.
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Tupper Lake
N. Y
Joseph Eichberg
Cincinnati
Big Tupper Lake
Eichberg
Mr. Kuhn
John Champney
Firemen Killed as Floors Collapse in London Building
Three firemen died and a fourth was badly hurt when the floors of a burning building collapsed in London Ontario. The dead are Lawrence Clark Fire Chief and McQuain and J Cockburn firemen. The loss is reported as heavy with ongoing danger to crews.
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London
Lawrence Clark
McQuain
J. Cockburn
Jellico Turmoil Forces Negroes from Campbell Camp
Widespread expulsion of black residents begins as bands of white miners and mountaineers drive negroes from Campbell’s mining camp near Anthras. Sheriff fortifies Anthras. notices ordering exit within three days issued to negroes across ten camps within thirty miles. Governor Patterson and Adjutant General coordinate with Colonel Spencer as troops stand by.
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Tribune
Knoxville
Tenn
Campbell
Anthras
Jellico
Huddlestone
Jellicoe
Patterson
Brown
Cary F. Spencer
Cobbler Attacks Doctor During Ambulance Ride
Dr. Mary Crawford of Williamsburg Hospital fought off a demented cobbler after he attacked her in an ambulance. Herman Pomerantz, 34, was overpowered by police and taken to Kings County Hospital. He lived with his wife and three children at 187 Harrison Avenue Williamsburg and had shown erratic behavior for weeks.
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Mary Crawford
Williamsburg Hospital
Kings County Hospital
Herman Pomerantz
Harrison Avenue
Whtliamsburg
Eye Test for R R Men by New York Central Officials
A New York conference of railroad executives adopted a policy requiring all Central lines train operators to pass physical exams and have eyes tested. The ruling applies to current workers and future applicants, with leaders from multiple roads present. Freight rates and wages were deferred pending election results, and a committee was formed to review the liability law.
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Paul Smith
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Central
W. c. Brown
New York Central Lines
Brown
Sydney Decorated For Fleet Visit In New South Wales
Sydney prepares for the arrival of the American fleet with elaborate entertainments and festive displays across Macquarie George and Martin Place. The program includes receptions dinners balls garden parties and a military review as ships approach and a wireless dispatch notes the fleet’s position near Sydney with seas and speed updates.
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Sydney
N. S&s
New South Wales
Macquarie Street
George Street
Martin Place
Pitt Street
N. S&s W
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Peter C. Hains, Jr
T. Seaking Hains
Fort Haneck
Frederick J. Norton
Houghton
St. Michael's Cemetery
Sandy Hook
Fort Hancock
Philippines
Fort Hamilton
Barnes and Hitchcock
National
Senator Foraker
Democratic
Burns and Squires
ARMY
Dirigible
Jersey Man
Cornell Club
Lion
Bear
Den
Charities Department
Woman Doctor
Maniac
R. R. Men
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