Taft May Be Called as Witness in Ward Suit
William H. Taft may testify in the Supreme Court trial of J. Q. A. Ward versus members of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland over 32500 dollars for breach of contract on an equestrian statue of General Philip H. Sheridan to stand in Washington. Ward claims the contract was with the Army of the Cumberland, not Mrs. Sheridan, and denounces a commission decision as the cause of rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam H. Taft
J. Q. A. Ward
Supreme Court
Society of the Army of the Cemberland
Philip H. Sheridan
Washington
Ward
William H. Taft
Wetmore
Senate Library Committee
Henry ©. Corbin
John A. Dutton
Hurry & Dutton
William Street
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Congress Commission
Henry ©. Hodges
Mr. Dutton
Justice Bischoff
Knockout Drops Reported In Cigarette Robbery Method
Detectives at the old West 2th street station report a new knockout drop scheme used to rob via a cigarette. Victim Gapano Brescia, 17, of 407 East 17th street, says he accepted a cigarette after a park meeting on August 20 but lost consciousness. Police arrested George Mascopule of 138 West 29th street, who allegedly supplied the cigarette. The cigarette butt is being analyzed.
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Old West 2Th Street
Gapano Brescia
No. 407 East 17Th Street
Brescia
Madison Square Park
Sway
Old West Sith Street
Summers
Horan
George Mascopule
No. 138
West 29Th Street
Mounted Men Fire Two Towns in South Dakota Raid
Aberdeen reports a mysterious raid by mounted men destroying business sections of Lowry and Alaska mill towns along the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. A bank, general store, and pool hall burned at Lowry while six buildings burned at Alaska. Authorities suspect horse thieves and say the fires began at midnight and 3 39 a m with riders seen fleeing.
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Aberdeen
Lowry
Akaske
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Missouri River
Alaska
Corset steel saves woman in West Orange drive
Mrs. Edward H. Graves of South Orange escaped serious injury when a stray bullet fired by Harry L. Folsom tore through her car. The bullet was deflected by the corset steel and struck the left side, causing a bruise. She, with her five month old child and nurse, was taken to Essex County Country Club for examination by Dr. Ralph H. Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Orange
N. J
Edward H. Graves
Scotland Road
South Orange
Broad Street
Llewellyn Park
West Orange
Harry L. Folsom
Wildwood Avenue
Graves
Essex County Country Club
Ralph H. Hunt
East Orange
Three More Arrests In Car Death Case
Three arrests were made in connection with the killing of an unidentified woman on an Amsterdam avenue car she was pushed in front of by two robbers. Arrested were Frederick J L Morse of Boston, William J Solon of Chelsea, and James Lambert, both named with ages and addresses. John Dunn, also held earlier, was sent to the House of Detention while the car’s motorman and conductor remained in custody.
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Amsterdam Avenue
Frederick JL. Morse
No. 15
Duna Street
Boston
William J. Solon
Hawthorne Place
Chelsea
James Lambert
West 150Th Street
John Dunn
West 20Th Street
Debs barred from firing on Red Special to Lemont picnic
Chicago dispatch notes Debs, Socialist candidate for president, faces railway managers opposition if he tries to work as fireman on the Red Special to the Lemont Socialist picnic. Advertisers say Debs will don jumper and overalls as stoker, with ticket price raised to cover his participation. Officials insist he will not be allowed to take charge of the locomotive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Lemont, Ill
Debs
Chicago & Alton Railway
Lemont
Vanderbilt Begins Patent Suit Over Circular Tank Car
Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York filed suit in the United States Circuit Court at Trenton New Jersey seeking a permanent injunction against the American Car and Foundry Company. He accuses the firm of infringing his patents for a circular tank car and asserts he solely owns these patent rights.
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Trenton
N J
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
United States
American Car and Foundry Company
Metropolis system cuts losses by pruning unprofitable lines
Receivers report drastic action to cut rents and abandon losing routes in the Metropolitan and Third Avenue networks. A tabulation shows transfers reduced from 61.6 percent to 31.5 percent after ending the transfer-exchange. The Fulton Street and Belt Line routes are dropped or restructured to restore solvency amid ongoing Public Service Commission scrutiny.
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Third Avenue
Natural
New York City
Fulton Street Road
Crosstown
Adrian H. Joline
Glas Robinson Receivers Cor
Public Service Commission
14Th Street
Iffith Street
Travis H. Whitney
Replies to Druggists on Pharmacy Board Election Methods
Clarence Bigelow and Dr. Walter Bensel defend current rules for selecting and inspecting the Eastern Board of Pharmacy. Bigelow argues for society-based elections and against political control or popular vote. Bensel supports the present election, inspection, and registration system as cost effective for the Health Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence ©. Bigelow
Eastern Board of Pharmacy
Tribune
Controller Metz
Charter Revision Commission
Metz
Mr. Higelow
Mr. Bigelow
Incorporated Pharmaceutical Societies
Bigelow
Walter Bensel
Health Department
Gillespie Company Sues for Contract as Court Narrows Suit
Justice Pound rules T. A. Gillespie Company must be joined as party defendant in Willis Holly's suit to stop John H. O'Brien from awarding the 72 inch water main contract from Valley Stream to Amityville. Holly contends Gillespie won despite not being the lowest bidder, alleging the Commissioner favored a monopoly and the "lock bar system" exclusive to Gillespie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie Company
Six Residents Overcome by Smoke in Flushing Hotel Fire
A fire confined to Clarence Lewis’s second floor room at Stapleton House, Lawrence Avenue, Flushing, yesterday morning. Police opened the hotel and rescued Lewis the proprietor and his wife, plus Mr and Mrs Richard Stapleton Mr and Mrs Frederick Frank Edwin Gavin and William Hartman. Mrs Frank was taken to Flushing Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lewis
Stapleton House
Lawrence Avenue
Flushing
Lewis
Richard Stapleton
Frederick Frank
Edwin Gavin
William Hartman
Frank
Flushing Hospital
Plans High Speed In Aeroplane By A M Herring
New York aeronaut A M Herring denied plans to fly from here to Washington on a trial of his government bound aeroplane. He may test near Fort Myer then carry it to government grounds, cautions on wind speed, and notes the machine needs steady air and complex balance controls. He would train two army officers to operate the craft if accepted.
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A. M. Herring
New York
Washington
Fort Myer
McCafferty Blasts Wilkie and Flynn over Counterfeit Probe
Inspector McCafferty of the Detective Bureau criticized claims by Chief Wilkie and Captain Flynn of the federal Secret Service regarding the Williams counterfeiting and burglary ring. Williams, arrested in Newark, said he preferred being caught locally and noted a betrayer who tried to blackmail him for a Waterman robbery share. He hinted at health issues and looming consequences in New York if returned.
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McCafferty
Burea
Wilkie
Flynn
Federal Secret Service
George Williams
Newark
Inspector McCafferty
Secret Service
Willams
New York
Holland America liner Statendam arrives with Kroonland
The Statendam and the Kroonland, both cross Atlantic liners, were within sight of each other en route. The Kroonland beat the Dutch rival to Sandy Hook by forty minutes after quarantine delays. The Statendam carried twenty two women who won a Paris trip in a Western newspaper voting contest.
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Statendam
Kroonland
Red Star Line
Atlantic
English Channel
Red Star
Sandy Hook
Paris
R. M. Egan
Springfield
New York
Chicago
Parta
Big Steel Plant Changes Hands In Brackenridge
The Allegheny Iron and Steel Company controlling interest at Brackenridge was sold by Captain Alfred Hicks to Harry E. Sheldon and Leechburg investors. Hicks reportedly received $500,000 cash and a note for the remainder. The Brackenridge sheet mill has continued operations with orders booked to sustain activity for about a year.
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Leechburg
Penn
Allegheny Iron and Steel Company
Brackenridge
Pittsburg
Alfred Hicks
Harry E. Sheldon
Kirkpatrick & Co. Mills
Hicks
Lawson Illness Forces Move From Youngs Hotel
Thomas W. Lawson III of Boston was taken ill last Friday evening in his apartment at Youngs Hotel and was not moved to Dreamwold until tonight. Physicians refuse to disclose the nature of his illness.
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the Tribune
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Young’s Hotel
Minister in the Tombs: Young Reverend Arrested for Pett Larceny
The Rev Emil Hagen formerly of Vienna, a Dutch Reformed preacher in New York, is jailed in the Tombs after stealing his roommate A Stanowitzs suit to preach at a Newark church. He faces sentencing in Court of Special Sessions within days.
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Emil Hagen
Vienna
Hagen
New York
Dutch Reformed Church
Young Men's Christian Association
Second Avenue
A. Stanowitz
Lord Avenue Reformed Church
Newark
Mr. Hagen
Stanowitz
Court of Special Sessions
Belgian mine expert arrives to inspect U S coal pits
Victor Watteyne, Belgian mine expert and Belgian Bureau of Mines chairman, arrived aboard the Red Star liner Kroonland as a guest of the American government. He joins a three member commission including Captain Desbrough and A Meisner to assess American mines and propose safety improvements funded by a new Congressional grant. Watteyne notes Belgian mortality is about one in a thousand versus higher U S rates.
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Victor Watterne
Bureau of Mines
Kroonland
Mr. Watterne
Captain Desbrough
America
A. Meisner
Germany
SSG
Congress
Watteyne
Stowaways Foiled by Wireless on Atlantic Run
The Atlantic transport Minnetonka reports two stowaways found aboard the liner Minneapolis after leaving London. A wireless relay sent orders to return the pair to port. The Minnetonka towed a small boat carrying the stowaways aboard, while the Minneapolis returned six high school boys who had disguised as cattle tenders seeking the Olympic Games in London.
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Atlantic
Minnetonka
Minneapolis
London
Minnesota
Traffic policeman arraigned for pistol threat in Water Street incident
Frederick Struss of 46 East Sid street a traffic squad member faced Tombs court before Magistrate Cornell charged with aiming a pistol at marble dealer Frank Sanfillipe of 6 James street. Sanfillipe testified a crowd gathered near Water Street and James Slip where the officer allegedly brandished a revolver and grabbed the man’s purse before fleeing into a car. Struss claimed he was at Coney Island with his wife on Saturday and was released for examination.
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Frederick €. Struss
East Sid Street
City Hall
Tombs Court
Cornell
Frank Sanfillipe
James Street
Sanfillipe
Water Street
James Slip
Sanfillipo
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Taft
Sheridan
South Dakota
Alten
Illinois
Vanderbilt
P.S. C
Metropolitan
Dacombe
Hudson River
Mohawk Valley
Lake Erie
New York Central Lines
20Th Century Limited
Grand Central Station
125Th Street
Broadway
Mre
Fifth Avenue
Columbus Avenue
West Tibia Street
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
Vosburgh
Madison
Dorando
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
Eastern Pharmacy Board
Justice Pound
Holly
O'Brien
Mr. Herring
M'Cafferty
Thomas W. Lawson III
Tombs
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