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New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1908

Page

22

Taft Heads to Ohio Then To Toledo For Island Visit

President hopeful William Howard Taft and his wife left Hot Springs for Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie after a quiet day of golf. Taft planned to address Civil War and Spanish American War veterans in Athens Ohio and then meet Fish Club members before returning to Toledo and Cincinnati headquarters.

The Tribune Mrs. Taft Charles Middle Bass Island Lake Erie Taft Athens Ohio Toledo Grand Army of the Fir Hot Springs Virginia Mountains Lelia S. Hickox Louisiana Cincinnati Virginia Hitchcock Bhose

Death of Marie Charles Gabriel Sosth Nes Comte de la Mochefeypeauld

The obituary notes the death of Marie Charles Gabriel Sosth nes Comte de la Mochefeypeauld and Duc de Doudeauville born September 1, 16%, once France ambassador to the Court of St James. He married in 1848 the Princesse de Polignac who died in 1855 and in 18 he wed the Princesse Ligne who died in 189%. He had five children, the eldest Charles Marie Francois Vis count de la Rochefoucauld born in 13 and who married the Princesse de la Tremoilie In Was.

Charles Marie Francois, Viscount de la

Mrs. Fanny Edwards Clifton Died In Yonkers Home

Mrs. Fanny Edwards Clifton died yesterday at No 7 Hamilton Avenue Yonkers in her sixty fifth year after about a year of illness. Born in Burnley England she came to the United States in 1828 and lived in Yonkers about eleven years. A noted concert and opera singer in England she married fellow singer Mr Clifton who died about seven years ago. She leaves three sisters Mrs Anderson of London Mrs Redfern Hollins and Miss Emily Edwards and two brothers Julian and Frederick Edwards of Yonkers.

Harry Clifton Hamilton Avenue Burnley England Fanny Edwards Clifton Yonkers Anderson London Redfern Hollins Emily Edwards Julian and Frederick Edwards

Ex Governor Eugene Semple Dies in San Diego

San Diego reports the death of Eugene Semple former Governor of Washington Territory from pneumonia. Semple, son of Justine Semple of Illinois, born 384 at the American Legation in Bogota Colombia, was appointed Governor by Cleveland.

San Diego Cal Eugene Semple Washington Territory Semple Justine Semple Tiinois Bogota Colombia Uic Cleveland Washington

Joseph H. Lewis Dies at 74 Noted Westchester Real Estate Figure

Joseph H. Lewis a leading Westchester County real estate man died yesterday at his Lawn avenue Elmsford home at seventy four. Born in Lee Massachusetts he moved to White Plains in 1866 and ran a Depot Square agency. He served fourteen years as Deputy County Clerk and was a Republican. He leaves a widow and daughter Mary H Lewis.

Joseph H. Lewis Westchester County Lawn Avenue Elmsford Mr. Lewis Lee Mase White Plains Depot Square Mary HT. Lewis

Civil War veterans D K Ellis Florreich and others pass away

The Civil War figures Rev. D K Ellis of Annville Pennsylvania died aged sixty eight born in Wales. Philip Florreich ex St Louis police and Fremont bodyguard died in St Louis. G C Cloud president of Hamilton County Bank McLeansboro Illinois died at sixty two in St Louis after long illness.

D. K. Ellis Monitor Ann‘ile Penn Wales Philip Florreich St Louis Florreich Frémont Grieder Camp Jackson Wilson's Creek General Lyon A G. Cloud Hamilton County Bank McLeansboro St. Louis

New York Firm Wins Contract for Louis Library

The Jon Pierce Company of New York renewed the contract to build a library in Louis. The project costs 1 572 207 dollars.

The Tribune Louis Jon Pierce Company New York Tia

Mauretania's Record Voyage Obstructed by Fog and Turbine Doubts

Fog and rough seas prevented the Cunard steamer Mauretania from setting a port record on the recent passage. Reports aboard claimed two of four screws powered the ship, later denied by Captain Pritchard. The voyage included notable passengers such as Charles Gates and actress Ethel Barrymore, while a medical case of appendicitis onboard was treated before docking.

Cunard Mauretania Aly Pritchard Charles G. Gates John W. Gates Gates Europe Taft United States Ethel Barrymore Frederick Pasenger Ethel Harrymore Lionel Ethel Queenstown Ralph Voorhies J. S. Emans Avenue Q Brooklyn A. W. Melville Sir Thomas Lipton Sir Thomas London Henry Howard Eastern Yacht Club Commutter Howard Kaiserlicher Yacht Club Germany Great Lakes William M. Chase Italy

Fifty Two Men Lost at Sea in British Steamer Dunearn Sinking

News from Tokio reports the Dunearn sank in a typhoon off Gote island on August 26 with 65 crew aboard. Only two survivors, engineer William Phillips and seaman John Landon, were rescued by the Japanese steamer Sakro. The vessel sailed from Hamburg for Nikolaievsk, carried 2200 tons, and was commanded by Captain J. Graham.

Tokio Gote Kiuhtu William Phillips John Landon Nikolaievsk Singapore Katratsu J. Graham Hamburg

Sultan May Visit Capitals Denied Berlin Trip Hinted

Constantinople Aug 73 An official statement denies reports the Sultan plans to visit Berlin now but notes nothing prevents a future abroad trip. A Union of Progress circular urges European and Asiatic provinces to respect authority and restrain demands as unrest surfaces.

Constantinople Berlin Turkey Committee of the Union of Progress

Foreign News Roundup from Kingston to Mexico City

Reports from Kingston Jamaica recount Beacon Ashore at Port Maria but refloated at tide. In Copenhagen two sailors died in a Hekla shell explosion during target practice. At the Vatican Pope inaugurates preparations for September athletic meet with global participation. In Manila Dominador Gomez arrested over opium law violation amid medical defense. Bolivia welcomes new American minister James Statesman. Mexico City notes gunboat Bravo’s friendly mission to Puerto Cortes, Honduras, per Washington.

Manila Dominador Gomez Gomez Mexico City Foreign Office Bravo Puerto Cortez Honduras Washington State Department

Fast Theatrical Train To Chicago Delights Touring Companies

A train carrying 130 theatre workers from New York arrived in Chicago at 7 55 am as the first theatrical train to match the Twentieth Century Limited speed on the Lake Shore. Performers from chorus to leads stepped into the Lake Shore station smiling and cooperative despite industry jealousies.

the Tribune Chicago New York Lake Shore

Theatrical News Highlights Movers In Chicago Tour

Frederic Thompson and Mariel Taliaferro lead the Polly of the Circus company by special train to Chicago arriving five minutes early. Mary Mannering joins Shubert management for five years and opens at Lyric Theatre in Glorious Betsy. José Van den Berg to host a testimonial at American Theatre. William Farnum signs with Liebler & Co to star in The Rene Case by Paul Armstrong. F Ziegfeld Jr aims to stage a dramatization of Upton Sinclair The Moneyc.

Frederic Thompson Mariel Taliaferro Chicago Polly The Shuberte Mary Maennering José van den Berg American Theatre

Heirs Entitled To Campaign Badges Rights

Washington dispatch reports that heirs may receive the campaign badges that deceased officers or enlisted men would have been entitled to, with the judge advocate general affirming the vested right passing to heirs. Navy moves to aid the Atlantic fleet include transports Creek and Crook with pallets of supplies to Cavite and the Philippines, while gray blankets for sailors are contracted to 50 000 pairs with delivery over eight months.

Tribune Bureau Washington Judge Advocate General Army Secretary of War Navy Department Cavité Philippine Islands Buffalo Seattle San Francisco Crook Philippines

Hazing at West Point Sparks Cadet Debate in New York

About 125 second class West Point cadets returning from furlough discussed Secretary Wright’s hazing action and the possibility of ending hazing at the academy for at least a year. They noted that future hazing might shift to the younger third class and endorsed the idea of upper class resolutions stopping hazing to mirror Annapolis’ successful approach.

West Point New York Academy West Naval Academy Annapolis

Lieutenant Hazzard Retired From Army Service

Washington August 28 First Lieutenant Russell T Hazzard Tth Infantry is retired after a court proceeding outlines the end of his service with the Army.

ARMY Russell T. Hazzard 7Th Infantry Guy B. G. Hanna Coast Artillery Corps Ith Company Wade H. Carpenter Coast Artillery James D. Watson Fort Howard Hugh & Brown Kurtz Eppley 10Th Sth Gulielmus V. Heidt 1Mh Edgar A. Myer 19Th Infantry James N. Pickering 1St Infantry Vancouver Barracks Presidio of Monterey School 12Th Cavalry Frederick T. Dickman 11Th Cavalry Camp Perry Sea Girt Fort Leavenworth Roy Walter Winton 26Th Infantry Frederick Colwell Phelps Coast Artillery Scorps James Luke Frink 18Th Cavalry John Burges Johnson Hospital Corps Edmund Russell Andrews Spencer Montgomery Smith Joseph Albert Rogers 9Th Infantry Walter Richard Taliaferro Casat Henry John Camm Uadron 34 Cavalry Max Robert Wainer Emmett Wilbur Smith 28Th Infantry Charles Thorpe Griffith Hazzard Washington Russell T Hazzard Tth Infantry

Army retirements for marital fraud case in Fort Wayne

Martial was ordered at Fort Wayne Michigan in January on charges he contracted a marriage at Walkerville Ontario under the pretense of divorce from a California wife and for alleged fraudulent financial transactions. He is retired from active service with one year’s pay.

Martial Fort Wayne Michigan Walkerville Ont California

Sims and Key to See President Over Battleship Plans

Commander William S. Sims and Lieutenant Commander Albert L. Key, the Senate Naval Affairs Committee witnesses on battleship plans, are expected to meet the President at Oyster Bay. They will discuss objections to the Utah and Florida designs, which were recently sent to the President with minor changes noted by Assistant Secretary Newberry.

Washington William S. Sims Albert L. Key Senate Naval Affairs Committee Oyster Bay Utah Florida Newberry Sims Key

Roosevelt to Approve Dreadnoughts Plans for Utah and Florida

President Roosevelt to approve plans for two new Dreadnought type battleships. Upon approval the Florida will be built at the Brooklyn navy yard and bids for constructing the Utah 20900-ton battleship will be issued to contract.

Washington Roosevelt Naval Constructor Brooklyn Navy Yard Florida Utah

Joy Sequel to Drive for St Helen's Home Event

Sixty two children—fifty one boys and eleven girls—rode a special car to St Helen's Home at Interlaken in the Berkshires for a two week visit. The Tribune Fresh Air Fund sponsors the Interlaken home, founded fifteen years ago by John E. Parsons, with Joseph H. Choate in attendance.

St. Helen's Interlaken Berkshires Lenox Stockbridge Richmond Furnace Curtisville Stockbridge Bowl Echo Lake Rattlesnake Mountain Monument Mountain John E. Parsons Helen New York Parsons

Ridgway and Blythe Stoppered in Speed Arrest

E J Ridgway editor and Samuel G Blythe were in a car halted by Police Officer Hughes in Long Island City. Chauffeur Lester Kress was arrested for speeding at twenty five miles an hour. Ridgway posted 190 dollars bail and claimed the speedometer showed eighteen miles an hour. The party continued toward Bellport after release.

E. J. Ridgway Everybody's Magazine Samuel G. Blythe Long Island City Bregels Hughes Lester Kress Jackson Avenue 4Th Street

State engineers dropped in western division shake-up

Rochester August 28 thirty more engineers chairmen and axemen in the western division of the State Engineering Department will be dropped from the payrolls within a week according to Fred erick Skene state engineer on account of slack work. Politics declares Mr Skene has nothing to do with the shake up that has already occurred in the western division.

Rochester State Engineering Department Frederick Skene Skene

President hosts private Sagamore Hill horse show in private audience

At Sagamore Hill a private exhibition compared desert Arab and Justin Morgan horses. President Roosevelt, two army officers from San Francisco, and many dignitaries watched Arab stallions Hamra Mason Euphrates Haleb El Bulad Beder and mare Abeyeh ridden by attendants. A Bredouin slave boy on Sied Abdalla wowed the crowd with a war spear display.

Aleshire Roosevelt Ethel Roosevelt Nicholas Longworth Cornelius Vanderbilt Homer Davenport Homer Clyde Davenport Peter B. Bradley Charles I. de Bevoise New York National Guard Brooklyn James S. Sherman William B. McKinley Henry C. Loudenslazar Hamra Mason Euphrates Haleb el Bulad Beder Abeyeh Sied Abdalla San Francisco

Six Airship Flights At Fort Myer

Navy interest in Fort Myer airship tests grows as Lt. Richard B. Creecy flies the Baldwin dirigible No 1. Six flights occur with Lt Lahm and Lt Selfridge piloting, others assisting. Creecy, new to flight, shows notable control. Wrights complete aeroplane assembly, first engine tests planned for Monday.

Washington Navy Fort Myer Richard B. Creecy Marine Corps Signal Corps Lahm Selfridge Foulois Creecy Captain Baldwin Orville Wright Dayton Brothers

Hale Back From English Banking Study Tour

Senator Eugene Hale of Maine returned home aboard the Mauretanian after studying England's banking system with the National Monetary Commission. He said the trip was preliminary and noted plans to visit Germany and France, with a year or more of work ahead.

National Monetary Commission Eugene Hale Maine Mauretania England Hale Lord Roethschild Lord Revelstoke Bank of England Germany France

Change in Illinois Theatre ownership announced

Al Hayman disclosed that he sold his Illinois Theatre stock in Chicago to William Harris while keeping his holdings in Al Hayman Klaw and Erlanger unchanged for fifteen years. Hayman described the sale as friendly and tied Harris to their other city operations for cohesive management.

al. Hayman Chicago William Harris Mr. Hayman Klaw & Erlanger Illinois

Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Gotham and Astoria

Notable guests checked into major hotels including Mrs. Lorillard Spencer at Gotham with Mrs. Casimir de Rham. J Taylor Fuvson and Horace A. Taylor from Richmond and Louisville. Granville Fortesque and Lady Templemore with Hon. Gerald Chichester in Washington. E M Bentley and George W. Knox at Victoria. A J Dull and A C Dinkey in Harrisburg and Pittsburg.

Gotham Lorillard Spencer Casimir de Rham Tuxedo Park Hoffman George H. Worthington Cleveland J- Taylor Fuvson Richmond Horace A. Taylor Louisville Holland Granville Fortesque Washington Lady Templemore Gerald Chichester A. W. Smithers London Victoria E_ M_ Bentley Rochester George W. Knox Niagara Falls H. Wheeler Waldo -Astoria A. J. Dull Harrisburg A. C. Dinkey Pittsburg

Weather Forecast Summary for Major Regions

A Washington forecast notes generally cloudy skies with little rain nationwide except Michigan peninsula upper Mississippi Valley and north Pacific coast. Warmer in lake region plains and central valleys with cooler Atlantic states, Saturday winds light to fresh in many coasts and areas. Local showers expected Saturday in the pining states Missouri upper Mississippi valleys and upper lake region.

Washington South Atlantic States Michigan Peninsula Upper Mississippi Valley North Pacific Coast Atlantic States Lake Region Central Valleys Plains States Pining States Missouri Upper Mississippi Upper Lake Region Ohio Valley Lower Lake Region Middle Atlantic States Mississippi River Northwest Missouri Valley New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic Coast East Gulf Coast West Gulf Coast Lakes European Grand Banks

Weather bulletin for New England andUpstate areas

Day partly cloudy warmer in the eastern portion. High seas and east winds. For New England fair to day warmer, Sunday fair and warmer. East to south winds. For Western Pennsylvania and Western New York fair and warmer today. Sunday likely showers with southeast to south winds.

District of Columbia Maryland Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania New York England Weather Bureau

Death notices from The Tribune republished in Tri-Weekly Tribune

Obituaries list several notices including Carter deaconess Syvil Carter of Yonkers New York and Craft Margaret Toffey widow of James Craft. Entries include Davis Dudley Williams Davis and Mackay Rev Donald Sage Mackay with funeral details in New York City Portland Maine and West Chester Penn. Others note Manning Richard Fisher and Runyon Albert Lathrop in Morristown New Jersey with interments and service times.

Craft Quaker Hill Margaret Toffey James Craft Davis Dudley Williams Davis Edward P Runyon Albert Lathrop Runyon George G. Runyon Morristown Istermene Evergreen Cemetery Paterson St New Brunswick

Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Harlem Trains and Carriage

Woodlawn Cemetery offers easy access from Grand Central via Harlem trains at Webster and Jerome Avenues and by carriage. Lots from 150 dollars. Telephone 4333 Gramercy for Book of Views or a representative. Office at 20 Hast tod St New York City Undertakers Prane F Campbell 2413 West 730 St Chapel Private and public ambulances Tel 1324 Chelsea.

Harlem Grand Central Station Webster Jerome Avenue Gramercy OmMce Tod St New York City Prane F. Campbell St. Chapele Chelsea

Tribune Subscription Rates and Delivery Options

Special Notices detail domestic and international subscription rates for The Tribune. It lists options by daily, weekly, tri weekly, and Sunday editions with varying durations and prices, and notes address changes and mail delivery details.

Tribune Oftem A& Egies United States Mexico Manhattan Bronx Cuba Porto Rico Mawali Philippines Bs. Uw

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