Murphy Fights McCarren to Oust Brooklyn Boss Leader
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall and Democratic state chairman William J. Conners issue a sharp statement vowing no let up against Kings County boss Patrick H. McCarren. The fight centers on Brooklyn vice, police policy, and party leadership ahead of primaries and the statewide ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
William J. Conners
Patrick H. McCarren
Kings County
Murphy
Brooklyn
McCarren
Nator McCarren
Timminy Hall
Brooklyn Bridge
Tam
Manhattan
MetCiellan
Broonlyn
McClellan
New York
William McAdoo
Henry Haggerty
Hargeertz
McAdoo
McAvor
Haggerty
Hegeerty
Greater
Pny
Asto McCarren
Tammany
Edward M. Grout
Charles V. Fornes
Citizens Union
Hugh McLaughlin
Great and Fores
James Shevlin
Motor engineers may strike over wage cut reports
A report says electric zone engineers on the New Haven and New York Central railroads may strike over proposed wage reductions. The plan would cut pay from 2 1 per hour with 2 cents overtime to 550 for a twelve hour day. A meeting at 148th Street and 40 Third Avenue yielded no satisfaction as representatives of the roads were not pledged. Meetings set for tomorrow and Thursday are hoped to advance talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
New York Central
148Th Street
Third Avenue
Auto crash injures nine in Har Monsbore near Thosville
An automobile carrying nine Mittsburgers flipped at Har Monsbore while traveling fifty miles an hour. Eight people were injured. Driver B Badger and passenger Hetella Feldsman are seriously hurt. Minor injuries are listed for Miss Fielen Noid Bass James Rogers William Kelley Thomas ity and Lawrence Ecsuite.
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Thosville
Penn
Har Monsbore
Here
Badger
Mies
Hetella Feldsman
Fielen Noid
Bass
James Rogers
William Kelley
Thomas Ity
Lawrence Ecsuite
Blaze at Edgemere destroys Holmes Cottage
A fire at Holmes Cottage Edge mere last night drove about one hundred guests from their beds. Four alarms summoned fire equipment from Rockaway Arverne Hammels Rockaway Beach and Belle Harbor. The Edgemere Club Hotel was saved after catching fire from heat. Those displaced are sheltered in the hotel.
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Edgemere
Rockaway
Arverne
Hammels
Rockaway Beach
Belle Harbor
Edgemere Club
Frenzied Cat Rampage In East New York Injures Many
A crazed cat attacked residents across tenement streets in East New York. Several children and adults were wounded with bites and lacerations. hospital teams cauterized wounds and will monitor for rabies. The animal was killed and to be examined by health physicians. Victims include Solomon Kirchner ten, Yetta Mendelssohn fourteen, Carlman Bartt eight, Breda Sackewitch twenty six, Pauline Wolff three, Benjamin Btein five, Merer Sikelsky nine, Louis Kisheroff twelve, and others on Watkins and Belmont avenues.
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New York
Bradford Street Hospital
Pitkin Avenue
Department of Health
Solomon Kirchner
Belmont Avenue
Sackman Street
Yetta Mendelssohn
Watkins Street
Carlman Bartt
Hains Counsel Confer on Murder Case
Optimistic as they announced earlier that T Jenkins Haine had no part in the murder, Hains brothers’ counsel met at the Hotel Astor and have not decided on any defense for the captain’s brother. Captain Hanna plans to wear his uniform at today’s Flushing police court hearing. The writer, under contract to publish sea tales, continues literary work and has no intention of delaying. McIntyre said reconciling Captain and Mrs Hains is unlikely and her testimony is not seen as highly valuable to the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hains Brothers
T. Jenkins Haine
William E Annis
Hotel Astor
Annis
Hanna
Flushing
McIntyre
Hains
Albany Moves to Break Coal Monopolies Across New York
Attorney General Jackson files suits against major railroads and their subsidiaries over an alleged Donnelly act violation. The action seeks an injunction to dissolve a suspected cartel restricting anthracite production and fixing prices in New York. A referee will hear testimony August 31 in Albany with city inquiries planned in Albany Troy Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo.
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Albany
Jackson
New York
Supreme Court
Fitts
Edward Murphy
Troy
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Brooklyn Gang Warfare Ends in Wounding on Pacific Pier
William Walsh lies in Long Island College Hospital with a potentially fatal bullet wound after Angel Murphy and the Monk Fastman gang clashed with the Willard Club of Brooklyn. Murphy fired a revolver at Walsh in front of Columbia Street, while others suffered brass knuckles injuries during the attack. Murphy, 21, from Hicks Street, is jailed at Amity Street station as Walsh’s condition is monitored.
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William Walsh
Long Island College Hospital
Willard Club
Brooklyn
Angel” Murphy
Murphy
Baltic
Columbia Streets
Pacific Street
East River
Walsh
Columbia Street
Hicks Street
Remarkable Centenarian Couple Die Within Hours
Charlotta P. Reddick aged 112 and her husband died suddenly at home after a hearty supper. The Tribune notes the couple had only one quarrel, reportedly over a dab of whiskey on Mrs. Reddick's 114th birthday, per great grandchildren.
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Pittsburg
Charlotta P. Reddick
Louisiana Wins Battenberg Cup Race in Sydney Harbor
The Louisiana crew won the twelve oared Battenberg Cup race against Illinois aboard ships in Sydney N S W covering three and a half miles with a fifteen length margin. About 30 000 reportedly changed hands. Casualties included Cassidy from the Georgia who drowned after a boat capsized. Ranger Yankton and Ajax arrived and Rear Admiral Sperry declined Perth visit. Prendergast defeated Raff in ten round scheduled bout.
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Sydney
Illinois
Louisiana
Georgia
Cassidy
Woolloomoolinn Bay
Yankton
Ajax
Sperry
Perth
Fleet News in Sydney Attends Mass and Parade
Four thousand American sailors landed in Sydney with 120 including 134 officers attending high mass at the cathedral. A Town Hall dinner for 1,200 guests followed with ministers and officials present. Cardinal Moran presided and Toasts honored the King and President. The fleet will keep a touring kangaroo memento for the Connecticut.
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Sydney
N. S&s W
Cardinal Moran
America
Australia
Matthew C. Gleeron
Connecticut
Sperry
Lord
Northcote
Harry
Lady Rawson
Stevenson
Illinois
Halil
Richard Poore
Australasian
Centennial Park
Woolloomoolloo Bay
Burns Again Beats Squires in Thirteenth Round
Tommy Burns defeats Bill Squires in the thirteenth round to add a win in New South Wales. Burns collects ten thousand dollars plus nine hundred dollars for expenses in the bout.
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Burns
Squires
Braney
Tommy” Burns
Bill” Squires
Pacific fleet sails for Hawaii and Samoa under tow
Seven cruisers of the Pacific fleet commanded by Admiral W T Swinburne will depart San Francisco for a cruise to Hawaii and Samoa. Each cruiser will tow a torpedo boat destroyer over a 460 yard 10 inch rope line. The group, returning by December 4, follows a recent San Diego tow voyage.
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San Francisco
Pacific Fleet
W. T Swinburne
Hawaii
Samoa
San Diego
South Seas
Erie president s chauffeur held
Adolph Peteler twenty six of 510 est 70th street was arrested at 41st street and Seventh avenue while driving to meet President Underwood of the Erie who employs him as a chauffeur He claimed he needed to reach the ferry to take the president home but was charged with speeding He was paroled until the next day for examination by Magistrate Droege
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Peteler
70Th Street
41St Street
Seventh Avenue
Droege
Peteler
Hanna Grandson Arrested for Speeding on Staten Island
A 22 year old man, who claimed to be Karl Hanna and grandson of the late Mark Tianna, was arrested on Staten Island for speeding. He could not post a 190 bond and offered his gold watch and fob as security. He mentioned a photo of a young woman in the fob and asked it be cared for. Chauffeur John Moran of Henry S. Herman was also arrested for driving at 25 miles per hour on Richmond Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl H. Hanna
Mark Tianna
Staten Island
Hanna
Manhattan
Atlantic City
Stapleton
Chardier
John J. Moran
Henry S. Herman
East 84Th Street
Richmond Road
Dutch Hold Firm in Venezuelan Debate Over Castro
The Hague reports no public push for war over President Castro. Dutch efforts focus on diplomacy or arbitration as measures against Castro’s decrees linked to Curaçao trade. Netherlands plans a naval show of force with Gelderland, Heemskerk, Utrecht, Holland, and Friesland, while awaiting political guidance.
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The
Hague
Croud
Castro
de Reus
Ministry of Marine
Curacao
Holland
Alte
Peace Palace
Wilhelmina
Venezuela
United States
Foreign Office
Dutch Voices
National Historic Society
Amsterdam
Handeleblad
Amsterdam Exchange
Jonkheer J. Loudon
Japan
Gelderland
Jacob van Heemskerk
Caribbean
Utrecht
Kolland
Friesland
No Friction Over Fisheries Off Newfoundland Coast
The British warship Brilliant reports no friction in fisheries around Newfoundland after modus vivendi arrangements. She will not stay at Bay of Islands for winter and plans to sail to the Caribbean Sea in September. In London the Times notes Ain-ed-Dowleh remains encamped near Tabriz with no active movement since his arrival.
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Brilliant
Caribbean
St. John’s
N. F
Newfoundland
Bay of Islands
Caribbean Sea
London
Times
Tabriz
Ain-ed-Dowleh
Laborer injured in tunnel shaft fall at East 3d Street
Fordes Fenasconides, a Pennsylvania tunnel worker on East 3d Street, fell into an elevator shaft and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with a fractured skull. Fritz Metz, 309 East Sd Street, shot himself in Central Park after leaving letters to his wife and seven creditors. William Peters, Martin J. Condon’s chauffeur, waived examination in Jefferson Market court on speeding charges and was held on $300 bail after a Fifth Avenue chase.
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Fordes Fenasconides
Pennsylvania
East 3d Street
Bellevue Hospital
Fritz Metz
No. 309
East Sd Street
Central Park
101St Street
William Peters
Martin J. Condon
American Snuff Company
Jefferson Market
Fifth Avenue
Britain to launch two more Dreadnoughts this year
London reports that by year end two additional Dreadnought battleships will be launched, with improvements tested on earlier ships. The St. Vincent and Collingwood near completion will join the fleet in 1919, while Vanguard work proceeds to recover time lost over the armament limits talks.
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London
St. Vincent
Portsmouth
Collingwood
Devonport
Fife
Vanguard
Great Britain
Admiralty Favors Blohm & Voss Plans for New Dreadnoughts
The Admiralty has chosen the Hamburg firm Blohm and Voss for the new Dreadnought type battleships. The vessels will be built in St. Petersburg yards by Russian workers using Russian materials.
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St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Messrs. Blohm & Voss
Hamburg
Queenstown May Lose Traffic on Cunard Fleet
Queenstown reports indicate Cunard steamers westbound will keep calling for mails while Lusitania Mauretania Lucania and Campania may return to Liverpool via Cherbourg and Plymouth. If arranged a second weekly Cunard service will operate both eastward and westward. Medals presented to Wilbur Wright by Baron d Estournettes de Constant at Clermont Orleans. Local reception by agricultural society honors Wright brothers.
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Queenstown
Cunard Company
Lusitania
Mauretania
Lucania
Campania
Liverpool
Cherbourg
Plymouth
Cunard
Wright
Clermont-Orleans
Baron d’Estournettes de Constant
Wilbur Wright
Agricultural Society
Orville Wright
Local man found dead in tenement hallway
The body of Michael Lynch thirty years old was found in a hallway at No 24 Second Avenue early yesterday. He wore the uniform of the fife and drum corps of the Limerick Men's Benevolent and Social Society which had a midsummer night festival at Sulzer'soe River Park on Saturday. The society secretary said he did not know Lynch address.
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Michael Lynch
No. 24
Second Avenue
Lynch
Fife and Drum
Limerick Men's Benevolent and Social Society
Sulzer’soe River Park
Aviator Hilpert Survives Dramatic Fall at Dreamland
German aeronaut Charles Hilpert plunged about 150 feet into the Atlantic off Coney Island as his albatross like airship slid down the Dreamland chute. Lifesavers rescued him. he vows another launch while his mother watched in fear.
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Atlantic Ocean
Coney Island
Charles Hilpert
Dreamland
Hilpert
Rudolph Drealer
West Sth Street
German Army Balloon Corps
Fiy
Barber Held in Wife Death Near East 10th Street
Giuseppe Doldasarro Daldemasco a barber of 332 East 10th Street is jailed in the Tombs on suspicion of killing his wife. Tenants found him weeping over her body. Autopsy showed a lacerated lip bruises and asphyxiation but causation undecided. Neighbors cited frequent quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giuseppe
Doldasarro Daldemasco
East 10Th Street
C. Romano
West 17Th Street
Schultz
Deldemasco
Fire devastates Fulton Fish Market stalls on Beekman Street
A two hour blaze at the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan destroyed eight firms on the third floor. Fireboats New Yorker and Abram S. Hewitt aided the regular apparatus as the Beekman Street blaze caused about 30009 in damages. The eight burned stalls belonged to H. S. Stillman & Co Chesebro Brothers George T. Moon H. C. Gates Kingsland & Comstock Barnett & Keeney S. B. Miller & Co Eldred & Haley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Abram S. Hewitt
New Fulton Fish Market
Beekman Street
East River
H. S. Stillman & Co
Chesebro Brothers
George T. Moon
H. C. Gates
Kingsland & Comstock
Barnett & Keeney
5. B. Miller & Co
Eldred & Haley
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Brooklyn Red Light District
Blaze
Holmes Cottage
Brooklyn Gang
Warfath
the Tribune
Prendergast
Raff
Hawa
ERIE
Underwood
Mark Hanna
Washburn-Crosbys
City News
the Evening Post
School Information Service
Evening Post
Canada
the Inquirer
Vesey ST
Téméraire
Superb
St Vincent
Barber
Fulton
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