Governor Fort calls special session to deputize militia in Atlantic City
Atlantic City August 27. Governor Fort signals extraordinary measures to enforce Sunday liquor laws, proposing a state militia deployment if needed. Atlantic County Grand Jury defies indictments for Sunday rum selling, with foreman Salus declaring the jury represented the people and refused to indict. The scene at Mays Landing court ends with the jurors discharged and Fort facing a potential clash over martial law and duty.
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Supreme Court
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Edward Williams
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New York Sports
Smith E. Johnson
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Banker Strangely Shot on Atlantic City Boardwalk
Mystery surrounds the attempted assassination of Charles B. Roberts, president of the National Supply Company, who lay in serious condition with a bullet in the liver at City Hospital. A masked shooter on the Boardwalk fired at the rolling chair carrying Roberts and a Baltimore woman, then escaped as police investigated.
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William C. Willams
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Butler
Revolt Sweeps Persia Across Western Provinces
Teheran reports a wide uprising in western and southern Persia led by the Constitutionalists. Kurdish and other tribes seize government offices, towns like Kerman fall, and hundreds die in battles. Insurgent leaders plan a temporary government and demand a reconvened parliament, while the Shah struggles for troops.
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Fire threat at Fisher's Island hotel ends with troop aid
Destruction of Mansion House and many cottages near the big hotel livery stable was averted by a detachment of the 131st United States Coast Artillery from Fort Wright arriving around 8 PM. The Ferguson Company owned the hotel and stables, while guests evacuated trunks to a nearby marsh as fear of collapse spread.
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Mrs Margaret Daly Vokes Dies After Illness
Mrs Margaret Daly Vokes, sister of the late comedian Dan Daly and member of the Daly acting family, died at her husband Hap Ward’s home in Lynnfield after months of illness. Her death surprised the family as Ward and his partner prepared to open in Worcester tonight. She was a capable comedienne known for playing the unlettered but shrewd country girl in musical farce.
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Strangeness as Man Claiming to Be Comstock Visits Kingston
A stranger in Kingston, claiming to be Anthony Comstock, visited Forsythe & Davis art dealers and sent an agent to remove the painting The Bath from display or close the store. Forsythe & Davis and Undershell's Dumond refused. The painting reportedly drew no local objections. The man promised to return to enforce action but did not yet return. Great Bear Spring Water ad follows.
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Anthony Comstock
Forsythe & Davis
Undershell
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Flood recedes in Augusta after record height and fires
Flood waters in Augusta Georgia receded this afternoon from a peak of forty feet, rivaling the 1888 catastrophe. Losses range from 750 000 to 1 million dollars, with ten to fifteen deaths mostly among Black laborers. Mills idle for months, power and gas disrupted, and many areas needing aid as rescue and recovery begin.
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Aicusta Herald
Britain's Patent Law At International Conference
Stockholm August 27 delegates from around the world discussed Great Britain's new patent act and its impact on foreign nations. US Patent Commissioner Edward B Moore warned that many states may protest and seek retaliatory measures, risking exclusion from benefits unless Britain yields. American manufacturers fear disrupted machinery supply tied to British patents as pressure for modification grows.
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International Congress For the Protection of
Edward B. Moore
United States
Todat
England
International Patent Union
Washington
Great Britain
International Congress
Congress
Germany
Joner Moore
Law in Force to-day expands foreign patent rights
The new patent act effective today allows Britain to revoke foreign patents after a reasonable interval unless the article or process is manufactured in the United Kingdom. Many foreign firms, mainly German and American, have started sites in Britain. Estimates suggest up to 125 million pounds will be invested to manufacture formerly imported goods, with about eight thousand foreign patents affected.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
Alfred Jones
Threat to President Roosevelt Framed by Blackmail Attempt
Bordeaux reports Camille Marquet of the military ambulance corps told a court martial he demanded $2000 from President Roosevelt on behalf of "My Society" for services during the election. He warned of a scandal unless paid, but received six days' imprisonment with first-offenders' protection.
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Portugal
President Home Again After Jordanville Visit
President and Mrs Roosevelt return to Sagamore Hill from Jordanville New York where the President spoke at a village library opening funded by Douglas Robinson Harriet Wolryche Whitmore and Mrs Robinson. They traveled by rail to Hoboken then Sylph to Oyster Bay amid light rain.
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Baseball Fight Closers in Pennant Race
Crowds pack streets as New York and Chicago push for the National League title with a close race after Chicago’s win and Pittsburgh also victorious. The Associated Press plans full box scores for games involving the three leaders sent to Cuba nightly. detailed game accounts on page 8.
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Cuba
Flood Losses Mount Across South Carolina
River swell and rail disruption drive multi state losses into millions. In Columbia area damage tops 30,000 with bridges wiped out and dozens of rail lines severed. Drowning toll rises. crops destroyed including corn and cotton. Laurens and Spartanburg report hundreds of thousands in private damage and numerous bridges gone.
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Sam Holland
Wallace Sheppard
Laurens County
John Davis
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Spartanburg
Southern
Charleston & Western Carolina
Ambulance Surgeons Injured in Brooklyn Streetcar Crash
Lawrence Aitkin an ambulance surgeon at Long Island College Hospital was thrown from an overturned ambulance after a crosstown streetcar struck it at Columbia and Carroll streets Brooklyn. He treated William Steiger at Amity Street police station before an associate surgeon dressed his injuries. The Maloneys drivers James and Joseph suffered dislocations and fractures. Steiger was sent to Kings County Hospital.
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Long Island College Hospital
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Two WV Women Injured In Auto Crash On Rail Line
Webster Springs reports a motor car collision near the Holly River Addison Railroad injured Miss Sweet Mollohan daughter of Wesley Mollohan and Miss Scherr daughter of Arnold Scherr State Auditor and Lincoln Governor candidate. Mollohan lost a leg. Scherr broke an arm and other injuries. driver Lee Gorrell slightly hurt.
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Meat Prices Slump In Omaha Packing Houses
Prices of fresh meat fall across beef pork and mutton with next week expected further cuts. Sirloin steaks drop to 15 cents a pound from 20 to 25, ribs to 15 from 18, pork chops to 12 from 15, boosting South Omaha packer activity by about 109 percent as grass fed cattle move to market.
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West Side Dark After Lamplighter Strike
Upper West Side from 120th to 159th streets plunged into darkness as lamplighters from Welsbach Street Lighting Company failed to appear. Police reserves patrolled streets with recent robberies noted as Harlem Gas Company workers tried to light lamps without proper tools, relying on candles and matches to ignite gas.
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Miss Lillian Smith Inherits 61000 From California Estate
Shenandoah Iowa August 27 Miss Lillian Smith a kitchen girl at a local boarding house has fallen heir to sixty one thousand dollars from the estate of Charles P Fair late of California Mrs Fair was an aunt of the girl Her father Frank Smith of Lamar Missouri inherits two hundred thousand dollars from the same estate
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Italian murder suspect arrested in Havre extradition hold
Carlo Cioppi arrived on the La Bretagne from New York and was arrested at the request of the Italian Charge dAffaires. He is charged with a Naples murder and remains in Havre prison awaiting extradition formalities.
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American thief caught in Paris with stolen gems
Paris police arrested Benedict Lupraska of San Francisco for long running jewel thefts in Paris. He and a female accomplice planned a bold robbery at a jeweller, the woman feigned fainting while Lupraska pocketed gems. The total value of recent robberies is estimated above $50,000.
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Benedict Lupraska
San Francisco
Kite causes trolley snag on Avenue C in Bayonne
A small boy flying a kite on Avenue C Bayonne tangled the string with a trolley pule wheel. The reel-like action wound the string tight until the kite struck the car top. The motor short circuited and power shut off. the motorman needed to unwind the string before the car could move.
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Governor Hughes Addresses Masses at Dunkirk Fair
Governor Hughes spoke before an estimated ten to twelve thousand at the Chautauqua County Fair and pledged to enforce laws and uphold honest governance. He urged the electorate to support rightful candidates, emphasized the state’s duty to all citizens, and promised to do what is right if elected to continue as governor.
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Chatauqua County
Colonel Treadwell
Buffalo
Fair Grounds
Governor Hughes Backed by Erie County Leaders in Buffalo Dinner
Governor Hughes was the guest of Erie County leaders at a dinner in Buffalo and received pledges of support for his renomination. Attendees included Postmaster Frederick Greiner Congressman Alexander Ansley Wilcox H A Meldrum John Lord O'Brian Senator Hill and Clark H Timmerman. Speakers urged working for Taft and Hughes as the Governor planned to depart for Trumansburg the next morning.
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John Lord O'Brian
Senator Hill
Clark H. Timmerman
Cayuga Favors Hughes For Governor And Officials
The Taft-Sherman Club of Cayuga County with about two thousand Republicans unanimously resolves to support Charles E. Hughes for Governor Serene E. Payne for Congressman and Benjamin M. Wilcox for State Senator. The resolution praises Hughes for state reforms in gambling and other measures and notes Wilcox’s past opposition to the anti racetrack gambling bill. Governor Hughes was invited to attend the Kings County Grand jury dinner.
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Hughes
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