Roberts Shooting At Atlantic City Elicits Alibi Claims
Baltimore lawyer Williams says he was in Maryland on the night of the shooting and returned from Europe. Police report breakfast in Baltimore and plan to arrest Williams. Roberts remains in serious condition at City Hospital as investigations focus on the masked assailant and possible highway robbery motive.
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Atlantic City
W. S Cc. Williams
Baltimore
Charles EB. Roberts
Maryland
Europe
City
Roberts
Hotel Dichton
Brother
John Roberts
Charles Stewart
Williams
Mr. Roberts
Woodruff
Police Department
Mrs. Williams
Rhode Island Avenue
Hosital
Bighton Hotel
Johnson
Tribune
Charles B. Roberts, Jr
American Battle Fleet Arrives in Port Philip Bay Melbourne
The American battle ship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry anchored in Port Philip Bay after a voyage from Sydney. Welcome salutes fired as the Connecticut led the flotilla up the bay amid flags and cheering crowds. Officials visited on shore and Melbourne prepared with flags and celebrations.
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Melbourne
Sperry
Port Philip Bay
Sydney
Port Philip Heads
Anchorage
Queenscliff
Psyche
Connecticut
Cerry
Reginald A. J. Talbot
Victoria
Lumpers' union refuses coal for the Relief
Sydney reports the lumpers' union will not permit its members to coal the American hospital ship Relief. The union argues battleships are coal by their own men, so civilian crews should not coal the Relief. American sailors are handling the coaling now.
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Sydney
Lumpers’ Union
Engine Races Wild On Staten Island Passenger Rail Tieup
A Baltimore and Ohio wildcat engine sped through Clifton and Stapleton injuring no one as it struck a freight train near Stapleton station. The crash wrecked four cars and the engine, halted traffic on the Staten Island Rapid Transit for two hours while officials probe the unknown cause.
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Staten Island
Baltimore & Ohio
Clifton
Stapleton
Stapleton Station
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad
Holland May Ask Aid In Venezuela Dispute
The Standard Rome correspondent reports the Dutch government began negotiations to determine what diplomatic or other aid Italy will provide in the Venezuela dispute. Similar steps will be taken with London and Berlin.
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London
the Standard
Rome
Italy
Venezuela
Berlin
Dutch Battleship Jacob van Heemskerk Reaches Willemstad
The Dutch battleship Jacob van Heemskerk, sailed from Holland on August 11, was signaled off Willemstad at 4 PM and entered two hours later to be saluted by the fort. The Merida of the Real Line reached quarantine in Curacao after clearance was refused at Puerto Cabello, delaying two days.
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Willemstad
Jacob van Heemskerk
Holland
Merida
Curacao
Puerto Cabello
American Consul Halstead Proposes Tariff Cost Data
In Birmingham Australia on August 28 a number of large firms resent American Consul Albert Halstead for seeking cost of production and selling prices for the American House Ways and Means Committee. Halstead rebuts claims of probing trade secrets and notes both US parties favor tariff revision with likely duty reductions.
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Birmingham
England
Aus
Albert Halstead
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Halstead
United States
Arrival of American Fleet at Collins Street
A Melbourne scene shows the American fleet's arrival on Collins Street, Principal Thoroughfare. Copyright 1908 by Underwood & Underwood, New York.
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Collins Street
Melbourne
Australia
Underwood & Underwood
New York
Earle Out With Gun Amid Monroe Reunion Rumors
Reports say Ferdinand Pinney Earle and wife may have reconciled at the Young farm near Highland Falls after his jail release. Officials doubt any return to Monroe, while lawyers on both sides hint the charges against the artist may be dropped.
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the Tribune
Goshen
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Monroe
Young Farm
Highland Falls
Earle
Philip A. Rarity
Ravan & Merritt
Charles C
Rogers
Octoher Grand Jury
F. Kelly
Kelly
New York
Hin
Indictment of John H Tyson in Fatal Stamford Car Crash
John Hamilton Tyson son of a Tyson founder was indicted for second degree manslaughter in the death of Olaf Gunderson a steward of the Columbia Yacht Club struck February 2 in Amsterdam Avenue near 58th Street. Police learned the occupants included Miss Laurence Henry P Fox Dan and Mr McKenzie as they traced the run from Stamford to New York.
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John Hamilton Tyson
Tyson Ticket Agencies
Olaf Gunderson
Columbia Yacat Club
Youngs Tyson
Charles Ridgway
Tyson
Miss Laurence
Henry P. Fox
Stamford
Conn
Dan
McKenzie
New York
Amsterdam Avenue
Ssth Street
Gunderson
Ban on Belmont Park Betting Resumes Under Law Enforcement
Nassau County District Attorney Franklin B. Coles said he will enforce the anti-betting law when racing resumes at Belmont Park in October. Sheriff Joseph Foster will seek funds to hire deputies to ensure compliance. At Sheepshead Bay the Futurity may be halted if professional betting cannot be prevented by the Coney Island Jockey Club.
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the Tribune
Mineola
Long Island
Franklin B. Coles
Nassau County
Belmont Park
Coles
Joseph Foster
Sheepshead Bay
Coney Island
G P Rowell Die At Poland Springs After Prolonged Illness
George Presbury Rowell of New York a long time figure in newspaper advertising died at the Poland Springs House after a month long illness. He will be buried in Lancaster New Hampshire his boyhood home. Rowell founded George P Rowell and Co later published the American Newspaper Directory and Proutor’s Ink. He held memberships in major societies and clubs in New York.
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Poland Springs
George P. Rowell
New York
Poland Springs House
N. H
George P. Rowell & Co
Moston
American
Directory
Prouter’s Ink
Rowell
New England Society of New York
American Geographical Society
New York Historical Society
American Forestry Association
New York Chamber of Commerce
Society of Mechanics and Trades
Sciety
The
Sphinx, Union League and Merchants’ Clubs, of
Shahs Advisers Squabble With Ministers Over Bills
In Teheran the Shah's aides clash with the Council of Ministers after four bills were presented as royal commands. The council rejected the measures and resigned. Only Minister of War Naib-es-Sultan and Bogadundjeng remain openly loyal to the Shah.
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Teheran
Council of Ministers
Naib-es-Sultan
Bogadundjeng
Will Not Extradite Eglers In Murder Case
Governor Stuart refuses requisition for the Egler brothers from New York over the murder of their uncle S J Rosenbloom. Evidence deemed insufficient. Mrs Rosenbloom and daughter Eva post bond and return to Baltimore. son William to Camden to seek full body identification for burial rites. Camden reports burial based on clerk Friedman’s identification.
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Camden
Rosenbloom
Friedman
Mailbags Rifled on Canadian Pacific Train
Two outgoing mailbags were found alongside the Canadian Pacific tracks in Montreal with contents rifled. Forty or fifty bank checks valued over $10,000 were recovered from the pouches. The train was en route to Sault Ste. Marie and authorities withheld destinations.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Sault Ste. Marie
Electric service crippled again between New York and Stamford
Electric service on the New York New Haven Hartford line was crippled all day due to a generator armature flaw at Cos Cob. Trains were behind schedule with steam locomotives substituted on sections east from Tower 76 and west from Stamford to the New York Central lines.
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Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
New York, New Haven
Tower No. 76
Mount Vernon
Stamford
New York Central
Nearly 500 marriage offers reach Duluth woman
In Duluth Minnesota on August 28 1925 nearly five hundred men offered marriage to Mrs Anna Rowe after newspapers wrongly reported she was unmarried. She remains first in line for a Fond du Lac Reservation drawing opening September 15 seeking a husband.
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Duluth
Minn
Anna Rowe
Fond du Lac
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Five San Francisco rowers missing after bay voyage
Five young men from a San Francisco rowing club disappeared after starting a bay row in a racing shell yesterday afternoon. The missing are Bert Frye Owen Healy Frank Maguire Parker Ashford and Robert Haslet all residents of the city.
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San Francisco
Aus
Bert Frye
Owen Healy
Frank Maguire
Parker Ashford
Robert Haslet
Roosevelt invites two officers on African hunt
Austin Aug. 28 Captain William McDonald revenue agent for Texas and ex ranger and John Abernathy United States Marshal for Oklahoma accepted President Roosevelt's invitation to accompany him on his African hunt. They were with Roosevelt three years ago during the Comanches County Wolf hunt in Oklahoma.
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Tribune
Austin
Tex
William McDonald
Texas
John Abernathy
United States
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Comanchs County
Oslahome
Scientist Joins Harvard as Invertebrate Zoology Chair
Boston August 23 William Wheeler curator of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History New York has been named to the Harvard chair in the same field and resigns his post in New York He is recognized as an authority on ants in the scientific world
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the Tribune
Boston
William Wheeler
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Harvard
Prince Tarkhanoff Passes Away in St. Petersburg
In St. Petersburg on August 2% the renowned physiologist and biologist Prince Tarkhanoff died. The obituary notes his celebrated career and contributions to science.
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St. Petersburg
Prince Tarkhanoff
Town Washed Away in Mountain Flood Disaster
A cloudburst near Folsom New Mexico sent eight foot flood waters through the mining camp of Trinidad Colorado foothills killing at least 23 and likely dozens more. The Wenger family and several others perished. many residents remain missing as bodies are recovered from silt. Raton New Mexico also suffered major destruction with homes washed away and residents seeking shelter in churches.
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Folsom
Mount Caputin
Augusta Dead Sixty Flood Toll Attributed To Augusta
The Augusta flood receded as authorities counted about sixty deaths and 1.5 million dollars in damages in Georgia and nearby states. 22 bodies recovered in Augusta area, with reports of drownings among negro farm hands.
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Augusta
South Georgia
Carolinas
Swan
Chronicle
Board of Health
Fayetteville
N. Y
Cape Fear
Fear of Hughes Speech Affects Niagara County Fair Races
Owners threatening to pull horses from the Niagara County Fair at Lockport if Governor Hughes speaks there. The move aims to deter invitations and rally Niagara Republicans around Speaker Wadsworth for the governorship, reflecting county control by the Merritt Wadsworth faction.
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Niagara County Fair
Tribune
Buffalo
Aug
Niagara
Lockport
Niagara County
Merritt- Wadsworth Organization
Wadsworth
Mine Train Runs Away Down Slope at Warrior Run Colliery
At the Warrior Run colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company six miles from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a runaway mine car caused a collision with a coal car train. Five men were killed one may die and five were seriously injured in the wreck. Twenty workers were on the other train when the impact released the cable cone and sent all cars careening down the slope. The wreckage pinned many men beneath them and only six escaped injury.
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Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Warrior Run
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Man Throws Wife From Window During Festivities
Bridget Gleason recalled that her husband Michael Gleason, known as Mike, threw her from a second story window during neighbors’ revelry at their East 32d Street home. She survived uninjured. Mike Gleason was detained for intoxication.
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Mike
Bridget Gleason
East 32d Street
Hughes
East 33Th Street
Michael Gleason
Bridget
Gleason
Cayey Mayor Charged With Arson
San Juan Puerto Rico August 28 Heraclio Mendosa the mayor of Cayey was arrested on arson charges after a fire destroyed numerous Cayey buildings He had filed suit seeking 33000 from Palatine and London and Globe Insurance for damages and was held on 16000 bail
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San Juan
P. R
Heraclio Mendosa
Cayey
Mendosa
Palatine
London & Globe Insurance Companies
Hughes Day at Trumansburg Fair Portrays Governor’s Popular Support
Governor Hughes visited Trumansburg New York August 28 drawing a large crowd of farmers and officials. He spoke on farming education state work for farmers and patriotism defined as restraint from misusing state funds. Thousands cheered as he greeted supporters and stressed direct primaries and self government in a rural context.
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Tribune
Trumansburg
N. Y
Hughes
Tompkins County
Treadwell
Geneva
Buffalo
Syracuse
Albany
Jerome
Chatauqua County
Biggs
Trumansburg Fair Association
John W. Dwight
Sherman Moreland
Chemung
Bowden
Blood
Owen Cassidy
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