Darrin Seeks Extra Funds for Hains Case Alienists
District Attorney Ira G. Darrin asked Controller Metz for an additional 15000 to hire expert alienists for the Hains brothers murder case in Queens. Metz cited no available funds before September 18, urging Darrin to apply at the Board of Estimate. Darrin plans to secure top experts, coordinate joint reports, and refute defense testimony while noting trial costs could reach about 20.66 dollars.
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Hains Brothers
Queens County
Shen Harry K. Thaw
Grenford White
Ira G. Darrin
Metz
Darrin
Britton D. Evans
New Jersey
McIntyre
Bayside Yacht Club
Hains
John F. McIntyre
Shay
T. Jenkins Hains
Bay Ridge
Mollie
Marie Louise Salmande
Heins
Peter C. Hains
Captain Hains
General Hains
Fort Hancock
Mr. Shay
Amuis
Butler
Butter
G. Waldo Smith
Flushing
Peter Hains
Clarence N. Pratt
Pratt
Sily
McIntyre Robbed and Police Probe Home Break-In
A garbled report describes an apparent robbery involving a McIntyre and mentions a vehicle collision the night before. An afternoon note from John F. McIntyre’s office says his city home at 1385 Hensinaigs axenus was affected, with unclear details and references to local figures the Hains brothers and Joseph A. Shay.
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Gome
Hains
Joseph A. Shay
John F. McIntyre
Hensinaigs Axenus
Army and Navy News: Artillery Quarters Crowded in Manila Plans
Washington reports no roast artillery companies will be sent to the Philippines this year due to lack of funds for barracks. Congress restricted coast artillery spending beyond continental limits, prompting possible new appropriation or legal changes. Promotions and orders issued across Army Navy and Marine Corps with numerous transfers, examinations, leaves, and port movements noted.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Philippines
Insular
Manila Bay
Coast Artillery
War Department
Congress
Continental
ARMY
Cornelius DE W. Willocox
General Staff
Army War College
Walter H. Gordon
Cla’ ‘Ce
Dentler
James H. Frier
11Th Infantry
Arthur Johnson
13Th Infantry
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Francis E. Lacey, Jr
1St Infantry
Romulus F. Walton
Cary A. Snoddy
Medical Corps
Laurence C. Brown
Wade H. Carpenter
Francis A. Halliday
Medical Reserve Corps
Robert K. Spiller
26Th Infantry
San Francisco
Vincent M. Elmore
5Th Infantry
Platteburg Barracks
Cube
Robert M. Blanchard
James D. Tilford
Cavalry
Hermone Hasseltin
6Th Infantry
Havans
H. L Roosevelt
1St Provisional Regiment Marines
F. J. Schwable
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Canal Zone
Panama
N. G. Burton
W. C. Blee
Sea Girt
T. Holcomb, Jr
E. A Greene
M'Reynolds
A. A. Radicot
T. D. Barber
E. A. Osterman
United States Legation
Peking
A. C. Kelton
J. Karmany
W. E. Noa
Navy Department
Names Given To Destroyers At Washington Navy Yard
Under presidential authority, new torpedo boat destroyers receive names. No. 17 Joseph B. Smith honors Lt. Smith who commanded Congress and died in 1862. No. 18 Roswell H. Lamson marks Lt. Lamson at Port Royal and Fort Walker. No. 18 Samuel W. Preston commemorates Lt. Preston killed at Fort Fisher. No. 20 Charles W. Flusser recalls Cmdr. Flusser killed near Plymouth in 1864. No. 21 Samuel Reid honors Capt. Reid who fought off British boats at Fayal in 1814 and received Congressional commendation.
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Washington
Joseph B. Smith
Smith
Congress
Merrimac
Roswell H. Lamson
Lamson
Port Royal
Fort Walker
Dupont
Samuel W. Preston
Preston
Fort Fisher
Charles W. Flusser
Flusser
Miami
Albemarle
Plymouth
N. C
Samuel ©. Reid
Reid
General Sones
Fayal
Rota
New York
Dewey Sails Dolphin for Portsmouth Dedication Trip
Admiral Dewey will hoist his flag on the Dolphin and sail from Washington to Portsmouth New Hampshire to attend a Farragut tablet dedication. He then travels to Newport Rhode Island for a General Board meeting and will be away about two weeks.
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Dewey
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Portsmouth
N. H
Admiral Farragut
Farragut
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Newport
R. L
General Board of the Navy
Sydney Hosts Welcome for American Atlantic Fleet
Sydney and New South Wales honored the American Atlantic battleship fleet with public receptions and illuminations. Five hundred sailors toured Newcastle and the Blue Mountains while crowds filled the harbor vistas and Town Hall dinner guests included Governor Sir Harry Rawson and Premier Charles Wade.
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Sydney
Newcastle
Blue Mountains
Admiral Sperry
Richard Poore
Australasian
New South Wales
Harry Rawson
Town Hall
Roosevelt
Charles G. Wade
Alfred Deakin
Commonwealth
Australia
Josiah Tattnall
Sperry
Great Britain
Panama Canal
White Australia and Pacific Power Shifts in Editorial
The Daily Telegraph editorial argues that Australia’s reception of an American fleet signals US resolve to dominate the Pacific as Europe withdraws. It notes Britain’s fading naval primacy, Japan’s rise, and US naval expansion. It suggests Australia may fund a navy within the British system and warns on Asiatic immigration as a manageable issue.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Pacific
Australia
United States
Europe
America
Britain
Japan
Australians greet US battleship fleet in Sydney harbor
Oyster Bay dispatch from Australia’s Governor General and government expresses cordial greetings to President Roosevelt as American battleship fleet visits Sydney. Roosevelt replies via British Chargé d Affaires, appreciating Australia’s hospitality and the goodwill toward the United States and its fleet.
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Oyster Bay
Sydney
Commonwealth of Australia
Sydney Harbor
United States
Roosevelt
Commonwealth
Great Republic
N. Y
Manchester
Mass
Republic
Australia
Roosevelt Quote on Peace as a Navy Asset
The quote asserts that peace for the American navy is not a menace to any power but an asset for securing world peace and justice. It reflects Theodore Roosevelt’s view of naval strength as a stabilizing force for international order.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Amoy committee sets YMCA quarters for fleet entertainment
The Amoy committee organizing entertainment for the American battleship fleet has prepared suitable YMCA quarters. Beards and McLaughlin of Foo-Chow, aided by American missionaries in Amoy, will oversee the local arrangements.
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Amoy
Young Men's Christian Association
Messrs. Beards and McLaughlin
Foo-Chow
Montana Battleship Undergoes Speed Trial in Maine
In Rockland Maine the battleship Montana completed a screw standardization trial, reaching two 21 knot top speed runs. The ship fell short of last April's 22.0 knot average due to a new crew. Ten measured mile runs included speeds from 12 to 21 knots with periods at forced draft. Coaling at Lamoine is planned tomorrow ahead of a deep draft test next week.
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Rockland
Montana
Lamoine
Magoon Confers With Wright In Washington Visit
Provisional Cuban Governor Charles E Magoon arrived in Washington and met the Secretary of War for an extended conference He plans to travel to Oyster Bay Tuesday and return to Cuba by September 1 He stated there is no expected difficulty in turning over the island to the Cuban government and praised Cuban conduct.
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Secretary of War
Adjutant General of the Army
Judge Advocate General
Army
Magoon
Wright
Washington
Charles E. Magoon
Cuba
Oyster Bay
Wider Open Shop Plan Prompts Typothete Split debate
A circular from New York Typothete leaders Robert Schalkenbach and Charles W. Smith outlines a broader open shop policy for the United Typothetes of America. It aims to include all printers, regardless of union contracts, while preserving support for open shop principles and allowing sustaining members without voting on policy.
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Robert Schalkenbach
Charles W. Smith
New York
United Typothets of America
United Typothetce of America
Chicago
Youths Fight Sleuths After West 140th Street Burglary
Two youths Joseph De Baum and Mayer Pear resisted Harlem detectives Myers and Donahue after an overnight burglary spree that included breaking into three apartments on West 140th street and stealing jewelry and silk from James Kenny at 210 West 140th street. The pair, tracked for over two hours, were captured at 142nd street and Seventh Avenue. They were injured in the struggle and jailed at West 125th Street station on burglary charges.
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West 140Th Street
James Kenny
Joseph de Baum
East 100Th Street
Mayer Pear
East 103d Street
Myers and Donahue
Harlem
142D Street
Seventh Avenue
le Baum
Pear
de Baum
West 125Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Donohue
Havana sewer contracts signed
Negotiations lasting over a month ended with contracts for Havana Cuba sewer completion and street paving. McGivney Rokeby and Cuban Engineering Company handle sewers, Uvalde Asphalt to pave. Cost projected at 16 million with 10 percent of republic revenue pledged. engineers to depart within a fortnight to start work.
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Havana
Cuba
McGlvney & Rokeby Construction Company
Cuban Engineering Company
Uvalde Asphalt Company
Roosevelt
Taft
Root
McGivney & Rokeby Company
Republic of Cuba
Roosevelt recounts Cleveland offer to coal commission in 1902
In The Outlook September issue Roosevelt presents the inside history of the Antrhacite Coal Commission and its disputed formation. He shows Cleveland was offered and accepted a place before the arbitration board shifted, recounting letters from Cleveland and his own notes on October 1902 efforts to end the strike and secure public relief.
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Roosevelt
Anthracite Coal Commission
Cleveland
Arbitration Board
Henry Loomis Nelson
George Harvey
Harper's Weekly
Washington
Fugitive Contractor John P Reid Dies by Own Action
Columbus reports John P Reid a London born contractor who committed death by own action after fleeing to England following an indictment for assault on his daughter. He was extradited on bail and had stood with a ten thousand dollar bond.
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Columbus
Ohio
John P. Reid
London
England
Reid
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G. B. Landenberger
Camp Perry
H. Williams
Naval Academy
Doherty
I. F. Dortch
R A. Whith
J. W
P. H. Torrey
C. B. Matthews
A. A. Radicot, Jr
Marine Corps
E. Lloyd, Jr
Wilmington
I. V. Gillis
Rainbow
E. L. M'Sheehy
Galveston
Naval Hospital, Yokohama
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Concord
Solace
Cesar
Shanghei
Wolverine
Sheboygen
Milwaukee
Yankee
Boston
Saturn
Justin
Honolulu
Third Torpedo Flotilla
Gardiners Bay
New London
Bellingham
Wash
Daniel Cain
Telegraph
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National Biscuit Company
Mr. Roosevelt
Princeton
Buzzard’s Bay
Champlin
Grover Cleveland
Mitchell
Mr. Cleveland
Carroll D. Wright
Wilson
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Grover
Washington, D. C
White House
Dore Roosevelt
New-York Tribune
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Shorty McCabe
Sewell Ford
Franklin Chester
Frank H. Sweet
Paul Leland Haworth
W. Herbert Dunton
Creighton M'Farland
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