King Opens Olympics Rain Delays London Ceremony
Rain dampened the Olympic opening at Shepherd's Bush with crowding figures down. The event proceeded after showers, the 1.5 metre race produced fast times led by Sheppard and Sullivan, while Hallows set a new distance record. King Edward attended with royal family as nations marched past, Americans prominent in the parade and cheers for the United States and colonies echoing through the stadium.
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London
Ries
Shepherd's Bush
Che Biediast
Royal Box
Melvin W. Shepperd
G. Butterfield
P. Sullivan
Canada
Lightbody
Sullivan
M. F. Hallows
Oxford
Hallows
Sheppard
Halstead
E. L. Coe
University of Michigan
E. V. Loney
England
Coe
F. H. Riley
Yar
Sweden
Greece
Duchess of
Connaught
Duke
Duchess
Austria
Amert- 2
Garres
Chicago Athletic Association
United Jam
America
United Kingdom
Hungary
Mike Murphy
Brighton Ril
Mony Har
Turkey
Lora Desborouch
Trepsy
Bie
Royal
Jorn
Ralph 5
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Lee Talbott
Irish-American Athletic Club
New Times proprietors named in The Chronicle report
The Chronicle reports the new owners of The Times as Lord Rothschild Lord Cromer and Lord Northcliffe with the latter holding a controlling interest. The London note appears in the July 14 edition of The Times.
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London
The
Chronicle
the Times
Lord Rothschild
Lord Cromer
Lord Northcliffe
Girl shoots father to save family in Delmont
Edward Polhamus, angered by drink and family troubles, attacked his wife and two daughters in Delmont. Sixteen year old Sarah drew a pistol and fired twice, wounding him as Helen Polhamus, postmaster, arrived with a revolver. Polhamus collapsed. he stated you have killed me. Mrs Polhamus crawled to the street. neighbors found her unconscious. Helen surrendered to a justice of the peace.
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Millville N. J
Edward Polhamus
Delmont
Polhamus
Sarah
Helen
Pothamus
A. T. Demarest Dead at 67 From Ptomaine Poisoning
Greenwich Conn July 13 Aaron T Demarest president of A T Demarest Co carriage and automobile maker died tonight at the Kent House from ptomaine poisoning after dining at a clambake at Yale his grandson Francesco Whitmore had just graduated he had been ill for three weeks but was expected to recover funeral arrangements have not been made
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Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Aaron T. Demarest
A. T. Demarest & Co
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Kent House
Demarest
Yale
Francesco Whitmore
Mr. Demarest
Porto Ricans Prisoners In Ceuta Seek Release
Governor Regis H Post received a petition from twenty Porto Ricans confined in the Ceuta Spanish penitentiary asking government steps to liberate them. The issue traces to 1882 1898 releases with seventeen described as political prisoners and had been raised by the Porto Rican Legislature in 1902 with Secretary Hay potential action that lapsed.
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San Juan
P. R
Regis H. Post
Ceuta
Africa
Spain
Gibraltar
Porto Rico
House of Delegates
Hay
Bellevue Wall Collapse Threatens Bellevue Hospital Wards
A 140 foot high brick wall near Bellevue Hospital collapsed during demolition work on the United Electric Light Company site, sending dust and fright through Ward 44, Ward 54, and Ward 36. No injuries were reported as workmen escaped minutes before the total failure, with looming risk if winds shift.
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28Th Street
29Th Street
Bellevue
Bellevue Hospital
United Electric Light Company
First Avenue
East River
35Th Street
Dr J W Simpson shot mother in law in Northport case
Dr James W Simpson whose 1907 murder trial of his father in law Bartley T Horner ended in acquittal was shot and possibly fatally wounded while attempting to enter the Northport home where his mother in law and wife live. Mrs Horner arrested on felonious assault and bailed by Mrs Simpson.
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James W. Simpson
Bartley T. Horner
Northport
Long Island
Simpson
Geoge M. Furman
Suffolk County
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
John P. Heyen
Dr. Heyen
Dr. Simpson
Hawkins
Long Island City
Do. B. Partridge
Harrington
Mr. Horner
Rowland Miles
Cleveland City Council bans private Fourth of July fireworks
By a 21 to 7 vote the Cleveland City Council passes an ordinance prohibiting private celebrations with firearms or fireworks on Independence Day, while reserving the right to authorize an official city display in public parks. The measure follows ten deaths in this year’s observance.
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Cleveland
Death by self-inflicted gas, C H Ostrander
Charles H. Ostrander longtime Westchester Fire Insurance counsel and former law partner of W Bourke Cockran died by inhaling gas at his Mount Vernon home. He had health issues and spells of melancholy. Ostrander and Cockran once studied law together while Ostrander taught school. He was found by relatives after door was forced open. He leaves a wife and two daughters. Cockran expressed shock at the death.
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Charlies H. Ostrander
Westchester Fire Insurance Company
W. Bourke Cockran
Mount Vernon
Cochran
Tuckahoe
Ostrander
Motor Boat Explodes During Speed Test Off Alpine New Jersey
Patrick Daly of the Hudson Rowing Club New York owned a motor boat that blew up and burned in the Hudson River near Alpine New Jersey around 11 p.m. John Donnelly of New York was thrown into the water and burned. he was rescued, treated in Yonkers hospital, and later identified that gasoline tank exploded without warning after a prior speed test showing 24 mph. The vessel valued at 3000 dollars was a total loss.
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Patrick Daly
Hudson Rowing Club
New York
Hudson River
Alpine
N. J
John Donnelly
West 127Th Street
Poughkeepsie
Palisades Park Commission
Yonkers
Donnelly
Burglar Breaks Wall Between Flats At 708 East 9th Street
Two men arraigned in Essex Market Court for burglary after breaking through a wall between a vacant flat and Julius Friedman’s at No 708 East 9th Street. They allegedly stole women’s and men’s suits, a fur muff, and cutlery valued at 250 dollars. A screwdriver found by Friedman tied to the janitor’s property. Bail set at 2009 dollars each.
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Essex Marget
Julius Friedman
East 9Th Street
Friedman
John James
East $Th St
William Saunders
Avenue C
Barlow
French Reform Bills Postponed by Parliament
Paris reporters say the French Parliament adjourned today delaying debate on the income tax old age pensions and restoration of the death penalty until the autumn session.
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Paris
Storms Damage Orange County Frail Towns
A violent storm resembling a tornado swept through the lower Orange County area near Pine Island late yesterday. Homes and structures were wrecked including Charles Faulkner’s house where Mrs. Faulkner was found injured in the cellar near the kitchen oven. Barns, sawmills, an icehouse, and a hotel were destroyed and extensive crop losses occurred across three hundred acres of onions and many peach trees.
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the Tribune
Middletown
Orange County
Pine Island
Charles Faulkner
Hall
Evie
WASP'S STING KILLS WOMAN IN WINSTED
In Winsted Connecticut on July 13 Mrs. Jennie Andrews a widow was stung on the arm by a wasp and died twenty minutes later. Authorities suspect a weak heart contributed to the fatal reaction.
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Winsted
Conn
Jennie Andrews
Fortune Left to Charity in Chili by Senator Varela
Santiago de Chile July 13 Senator Federico Varela noted philanthropist and one of Chili's wealthiest men died today. He left the bulk of his fortune to charity.
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Santiago de Chili
Federico Varela
Chili
Modest clam yields $1 050 pearl
Portland July 13 James Louden a fish ped ler returns from Rockland with a freshwater clam pearl as large as a marble sold today for 1050 dollars. The item ends with an ad for H T Dewey Sons Co offering lunch and beverages at 138 Fulton Street New York.
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the Tribune
Portland
James Louden
Rockland
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Boston Heat Wave Eases as Humidity Drops
The day in Boston on July 13 saw a high of 914 degrees with low humidity providing relief. Several cases of heat prostration were reported at the rel er hospital amid the heat spell.
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Froston
Reller Hospital
Heatwave Claims Four Lives as Crowds Flock to Brooklyn Beaches
Four people die and nearly twenty prostrations occur amid 90 degree heat and high humidity in Brooklyn as crowds flock to beaches. Victims include George Ireland sixty one, Edward Limgo one day old, Gertrude Walters one, Ellen Ward thirty five. Weather for today expected cooler with possible local rain.
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Ireland
George
Rogers Avenue
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway
Bedford Avenue
Limgo
Edward
29Th Street
Walters
Gertrude
Onne
Henry Street
Ward
Ellen
Linden Street
Weather Bureau
Governor Fort Thrown From Horse at Sea Girt Parade
Governor Fort was thrown from his horse during schooling at Sea Girt with Colonel Austen Colgate and Major Wilbur F. Snyder Jr. watching. The Kentucky bred animal rose on its hind legs and tossed him after several attempts, but he remained unhurt and remounted to continue riding around the camp.
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Governor Fort
Kentucky
Austen Colgate
Wilbur F. Snyder, Jr
Guard Mount
Thirty Men Drowned in Santander Gale Wrecks Fleet
Heavy gales along the coast of Santander cause wrecks of three fishing vessels and drown more than thirty men. No reports yet from several boats that were out at sea, raising the loss tally as rescue efforts continue.
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Santander
Spain
Lovers quarrel ends in double shooting at home
Veronica Meene an eighteen year old stenographer and her lover William Wilde twenty one shot each other at her East 12th Street home after a picnic dispute. Wilde then shot himself. Both were dying at Belle vue Hospital in a critical condition.
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Veronica Meene
East 12Th Street
William Wilde
Avenue B
Bellevue Hospital
Wilde
Joseph Meene
Tragedy killer chauffeur in Hutchings crash raves
Frederick Glow, chauffeur in the Hutchings car train crash that killed the owner, his wife, and child, is held for testimony as a raving suspect. He has been treated medically and now shows partial improvement. Funeral services for the three victims were held at the Hutchings home with a flowered triangle coffin arrangement, and a special train will take the bodies to Brooklyn for burial at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Eastport
N. Y
Frederick Glow
William R. Hutchings
Long Island
Sheriff Loper
Hutchings
Centre Moriches
Glow
Shannon
Grace Church
Fells Death Watch Attempt at Canon City Prison
Giuseppe Alia, condemned killer of Father Leo of Denver, seized a moment when a guard was distracted and the cell door unlocked to assault the gate and seek liberty. He was quickly overpowered by death watch guards and the deputy warden was removed from the cell as the door was resecured.
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Tri Tribune
Canon City
Col
Giuseppe Alia
Father Leo
Denver
Liberty
Alia
Debs to stump country on special train
The National Socialistic Committee plans a two month nationwide trip with Eugene V. Debs aboard a special train to 210 cities. No Pullman cars will be used as Debs will not ride in one. The run covers coast to coast.
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the Tribune
Milwaukee
National Socialistic Committee
United States
Eugene V. Debs
Dels
Taft Begins Speech Drafts Comparing Platforms
Hot Springs Virginia July 13 Taft starts writing his speech accepting the Republican nomination for President in Cincinnati July 28 He studies Republican and Democratic platforms and will review past acceptance speeches He plans to seek leaders' views and key topics including injunctions He will play golf daily and has invited Arthur Vorys to Ohio campaign duties He will attend Germantown courthouse dedication but not give a political speech
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Hot Springs
Cincinnati
Taft
Warner
Mr. Taft
George Ingalls
M. E. Ingalls
Chauffeur Saves Mrs Gould From Collision at Greenwich
Mrs Frank Jay Gould narrowly escaped harm when her chauffeur swerved to avoid an oncoming racing car at a sharp Shore Road curve in Greenwich. The other car, number 54769 N Y, driven by an unnamed New York man, wrecked. the chauffeur received minor bruises and Mrs Gould remained unhurt.
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the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Frank Jay Gould
Greenwich Hotel
Shore Road
Gould
N. Y
Automobile Register
Howard 5
Bellard
Huntington
Long Island
New York
Johnson Will In Probate Triggers Prolonged Dispute
Boston January 13 probate of Mrs. Caroline E Johnsons will in Suffolk County Court unveils a multi million estate fight. The estate valued around two million dollars largely located here with two thirds in this state. The will places the estate in trust paying income to three daughters Mrs H Chatfield Taylor Mrs Caroline W Emmett and Miss Johnson for their lives. Upon their deaths the estate reverts to the nephews and nieces. The daughters threaten to contest the will.
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the Tribune
Boston
Caroiine E. Johnson
Suffolk County
H. Chatfield Taylor
Caroline W. Emmett
Miss Johnson
Johnson
Theatrical Manager Stricken With Tetany Again
Matthew Mesher theatrical manager living at the Hotel Albany was discharged from Bellevue Hospital after a tetany attack. He collapsed again at Dorsey Wolford booking office in the Knickerbocker Building and was returned to Bellevue Hospital. Doctor Beeuwkes described tetany as a nervous disorder akin to tetanus but not often fatal. He manages Walr H. Wood in a Melo drama tour in the West.
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Matthew Mesher
Albany
Bellevue Hospital
Dorsey & Wolford
Knickerbocker
Broadway
Mesher
Pacific Coast
Bellevue
Beeuwkes
New York Hospital
Walr H. Wood
West
Eighteen Hurt In Train Wreck Near Texarkana
Eighteen persons were seriously injured in a collision between two passenger trains on the Texas and Pacific Railroad thirty miles south of Texarkana. The accident occurred yesterday morning, and officials say an overtak ing of a train order caused the crash.
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Texarkana
Ark
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Five Miles of Ore Track Washed Out in Rain
Cloudbursts near Rathbone Steuben County washed out five miles of ore tracks last night delaying traffic fifteen hours. One thousand men worked all night making repairs. Local crews and railway officials coordinated to restore service and reroute trains as quickly as possible.
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Rochester
Rathbone Steuben County
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