Arrests in Gould divorce case for subornation
Police arrested Julia Fleming and Henry S. Mousley on subornation charges tied to the Gould divorce case. Miss Mabel MacCauslan, a milliner’s apprentice, was approached to swear to a false affidavit with a rumored unnamed accomplice named Bessie Van Doran or De Voe. The trio faces arraignment before Magistrate Corrigan at the Tombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Fleming
Eeamstress
Lincoln Hotel
Henrys
Mousley
Moussey & Hart
Liberty Street
District Attorney's Office
Smyth
Mabel D. MacCausan
Helen Kelly Gould
Frank J. Gould
Beery
Cornelius J. Sullivan
Gould
Mr. Smyth
Bessie van Doran
Bessie de Voe
Glenmore
Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Miss MacCausian
Moussey
Raynes
Fleming
Ben Teal
Mr. Teal
Wyoming
21Th Street
Smith cites Brown removal from Georgia railroad post
Atlanta July 20 Governor Hoke Smith forwards to the Georgia Legislature a special message explaining the 1907 removal of Joseph M Brown from the State Railroad Commission. Smith argues Brown opposed rate cuts and sought to undermine the commission, citing a sealed letter episode and pending railroad litigation as justification. Brown is the governor elect after defeating Smith in the Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Joseph M. Brown
State Railroad Commission
Mr. Brown
Mr. Smith
Railroad Commission
Georia
Brown
Smith
Pittsburg Faces Surge of Suicides In Local Crisis
Pittsburg and nearby areas confront a self destruction epidemic as twenty one people die by their own hand since July first and about twenty four more attempt suicide. A public safety conference with Lang and health officials discusses prevention and moral responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Public Safety
Lang
No trace of murderer in Hazel Drew case
Troy July 20. There is no trace of the murderer of Miss Hazel Drew whose body was found in Teal's Pond. Investigations continue with officers working day and night and public interest high. Rumors of an arrest circulate as detectives probe possible motives and mislaid letters hint at unknown correspondents. A club found near the pond is being examined as a possible weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy, N
Hazel Drew
Teal's Pond
Teal’s Pound
Miss Drew
O'Brien
Albany
Altamount
Frazel
E. ®. Cary
Teal’s Pond
Carys
New York Central Railroad
New York
Saratoga
O’brien
Walker on way home from Mexico to face bank theft charge
William F. Walker the escaped New Britain Savings Bank treasurer arrived in Hartford in custody of police chief E F Egan en route to stand trial. He confessed to the crime but denied looting the full 565000 and said he would repay every dollar through mining interests gained in Mexico. Bank official E N Stanley questioned his statements as unreliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
William F. Walker
New Britain
Mexico
Walker
New Britain, Conn
E. N. Stanley
New
J. H. Pease
Ensenada
West
Croatians Accuse Banker Of Not Forwarding Sent Funds
Croatians from across the United States testified at the District Attorney’s office that Frank Zotti, a Croatian banker, failed to forward money they sent to relatives in Croatia. Victims, many from mining towns, reported amounts from 4 to 100 dollars. Zotti, arrested on grand larceny charges, posted bail and claimed innocence, blaming a conspiracy and asserting his solvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Frank Zotti
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Utah
Zotti
John Dorzan
Cobalt
Canada
Croatia
Greenwich Street
Esperanto Flag Raised At U S Congress In Chautauqua
Chautauqua N Y July 20 The first national congress of Esperantists in America opens with M Esmond Privat of Geneva Switzerland presiding The American Esperanto Association hosts the gathering with many affiliated groups attending Messages of greeting arrive from the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition and Dr H W Yemans of the Philippines The first Esperanto flag was raised on the college green amid elaborate exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
N. Y
America
M. Esmond Privat
Geneva
Switzerland
American Esperanto Association
H. W. Yemans
Philippines
Boy Steals $10,000 in Courtroom Stunt
A 13 year old boy stole a briefcase containing stocks and bonds valued at $10,000 belonging to John Burford of Chattanooga Tennessee. The theft happened inside the federal building during a United States Court trial. Police learned of the incident today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Burford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Federal
Young lovers wed to avoid summer trip abroad
Claudia Randolph Johnson, nineteen, and fiancé L Mae Gregor Bond, twenty three, married last Saturday in Hackensack after her father Julien B Johnson tried to send her to Europe. The couple, meeting two years ago, hope to travel abroad once Bond gains vacation from his newspaper job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Claudia Randolph Johnson
L. MaeGregor Bond
Frederick Bond
Sir Henry Apartments
Cortelyou Road
East 16Th Street
Platbush
Julien B. Johnson
Orange
N. J
Southern Cotton Oil Company
No. 24
Broadstreet
Manhattan
Mr. Johnson
Bond
Claudia
MacGregor
Newark
Hackensack
Herbert Dennison
Report on Milliken Brothers receivership and business plan
Receivers for Milliken Brothers filed a court report covering June 197 to June 198, showing a $531,973 surplus, receipts of $3,285.94 and disbursements of $2,696,621. Tonnage during the period totaled 33,800, down from 34,670 year over year. The report notes ongoing bridge and structural work and recommends continuing operations pending a reorganization, arguing shutdown would hinder recovery and harm goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliken Brothers
Hough
United States District Court
Peary Arrives at Belle Harbor on Roosevelt
Commander Robert Peary on the Roosevelt arrived at Belle Harbor Labrador yesterday on the way to the Arctic. Telegram says arrived six o clock this morning and that whale meat was used at Cape Charlie s. Weather fine and all well. PEARY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Peary
Arctic
North Pole
Belle Harbor
Labrador
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Cape Charlies
Peary
Czar Decorates F. S. Hastings on yacht Helenita
Acting for the Czar, Baron Albert Schlippenbach awarded Frank S. Hastings the Order of St. Stanislaus aboard the steam yacht Helenita on Long Island Sound. Gould hosted the ceremony as commodore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, where Hastings serves as rear commodore and promotes Russian composers to American audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Schlippenbach
Frank S. Hastings
Order of St. Stanislaus
Baron Schlippenbach
Hastings
Russian Symphony Society
Long Island Sound
Frank Jay Gould
Helenita
Gould
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
Manhunt for Farmhouse Assailant Near Essex Mass
A mob of about one hundred farmers and Essex chief John Gilbert search hills and woods for a man who assaulted Mrs Josiah Low in her home and ransacked the house. Mrs Low is in critical condition after repeated blows with a brass pipe. a former farmhand suspected two weeks ago is believed involved. Two suspects detained and a third arrested in Hamilton. regional authorities assist the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Mass
John Gilbert
Fesex
Josiah Low
Llow
Charles Harding
Gilbert
Mrs. Low
Low Farm
Low
Hamilton
Men Donate Blood in Lethal Operation Death
Henry Sandon fifty eight of 130 Guernsey street Williamsburg died at Felloque Hospital during a blood transfusion operation. An arm injury from machinery weakened him and two men offered blood to save him Landon's daughter Mamie unable to donate due to weakness Harry Van Winkle offered blood and the procedure began but Sandon died as his heart still received Van Winkle blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sandon
Guernsey Street
Williamsburg
Felloque Hospital
Quintard Iron Works
Landon
Mamie
Harry van Winkle
Sandon
van Winkle
Husband Becomes Blood Donor To Save Wife
Mrs Annie Bradley of 13 Clover Street Newark New Jersey was saved from death by a pint transfusion from her husband Patrick Bradley at St James Hospital Newark. Doctors said both were doing well last night and the operation made her recovery practically certain after severe hemorrhages. The procedure followed last rites and was undertaken after months of blood loss and a decision Friday to transfuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Bradley
No. 13
Clover Street
Newark
N. J
St. James's Hospital
Patrick Bradley
Senator Knox's Brother Dies in Los Angeles
Pittsburg reports the death today in Los Angeles of Thomas Budd Page Knox brother of U S Senator Philander C Knox Born Brownsville Penn seventy seven years ago He ran a Los Angeles drugstore since 1871 Death followed a surgical operation Ten days ago Senator Knox planned to sail for Europe but will not alter plans Body to be brought to Brownsville for burial after the senator's fall return
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Los Angeles
Thomas Budd Page Knox
United States
Philander C. Knox
Thomas Knox
Brownsville
Penn
Knox
Europe
Reception plan for Henri Farman at Brighton Beach
The Aero Club of America sent a wireless message to aviator Henri Farman as he travels from Antwerp aboard La Touraine. Farman is due Friday and a reception program at Brighton Beach racetrack will start next week. A reception committee of about sixty includes John Jacob Astor General James Allen Captain Thomas S Baldwin Gutzon L M Borglum Captain Charles de F Chandler U S A Octave Chanute Max C Fleischman Charles R Flint Alfred L Seligman William K Vanderbilt Jr Harry Payne Whitney and the Wright brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Club of America
Henri Farman
Antwerp
la Touraine
Aero Club
Farman
Aeronaut
Brighton Beach Racetrack
John Jacob Astor
James Allen
Thomas S. Baldwin
Gutzon L. M. Borglum
Charles de F. Chandler
Octave Chanute
Max C. Fleischman
Charles R. Flint
Alfred L. Seligman
William K. Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac For Today
Sun rises 4 47 am and sets 7 26 pm with moon age 23. High water times listed for Sandy Hook Gov Island and Hell Gate, am and pm tides. Noordam wireless report says vessel was 342 miles east of Sandy Hook at 7 am yesterday and likely to dock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Noordam
Five Rescued in East River Near 49th Street
Five young men returning from North Beach in a rowboat were swept by waves from the steamer Maine of the New Bedford Line in the East River off 49th street. Charles Adams of the East Seth street lifesaving station and the Wheeler tug crew rescued them before lifeboats could be lowered. The rescued are John Nolan and John Morrison of East 29th Street, John Murtha and John Fox of East 21st Street, and Richard Cooney of East 28th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Beach
Maine
New Bedford
East River
49Th Street
Charles Adams
East Seth Street
Wheeler
John Nolan
East 29Th Street
John Morrison
John Murtha
John Fox
Laurel Wreath For Singers From Munich Visit
The Brooklyn Arion Choral Society was warmly welcomed by Munich officials including Mayor von Borscht. A banquet followed with a toast from a royal goblet, and the Arions were honored by placement in the Golden Book as their Exposition Hall concert drew strong applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society
von Borscht
Arion Society
Saengerbund
Fuehrer
Exposition Hall
New Line to Newport and Island Routes Launched
The Frank Tourist Company opens a new service from Fall River to Newport Block Island James town Conanicut Island and Worcester. Initial trip occurred Saturday. second trip today. Summer sailings set for Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. from Fall River Line pier No 18 North River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Block Island
Jamestown
Conanicut Island
Fall River
City of Worcester
Frank Tourist Company
Broadway
North River
Miss Ethel Wheeler sails to China as missionary
Everett P Wheeler confirms his daughter Miss Ethel J Wheeler will sail from Vancouver on August 5 to join the Haakow Mission in China for a three year term She plans to teach both poor and upper class girls and will fund her own expenses The article notes her quiet nature and contrasts plans with a wider missionary gathering at the Church Missions House in New York City with other missionaries headed to Alaska Philippines Japan Mexico and more The scene closes with a farewell at 735 Park Avenue where her father Everett P Wheeler a prominent lawyer and reform figure bids her adieu
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett P. Wheeler
Ethel J. Wheeler
China
Church Missions House
Fourth Avenue
Holy Communion
Miss Wheeler
Art Students’ League
America
Europe
Bishop Roots
Wuchong
Ethel
Hankou
New York
Brooklyn
New York City
Christ
A. Elizabeth Beverly
Baltimore
Episcopal Board of Missions
Barnard College
Beverly
Haakow Mission
Charles W. Peabody
Florence G. Langdon
Alaska
Murray Bartlett
Philippines
Japan
Mexico
Marion S. Mitchell
Shanghai
Church Missions
Park Avenue
GLEANINGS On child labor and playground laws in states
The notice notes Pennsylvania employs 22 percent of its knit goods workers as children versus 3 percent in New York. It mentions a Boston movement to tax billboards as a public nuisance and Massachusetts new playground law mandating a playground for every 10 000 residents in cities of 10 000 or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Boston
Massachusetts
Hawaii Guam and Philippine Islands Transport Schedule
The notice lists US transport routes from Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippine Islands via San Francisco with a Tahiti and Marquesas Islands leg on the Mariposa departing August 1 at 6 30 PM after the July 31 6 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Guam
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Mariposa
Shipping News From Port of New York July 20 1908
Arrivals include Steamer Captain Bennett to United Fruit with fruit and Bar arrival at 4 am. Joseph J. Cuneo also with fruit from Port Antonio. African Prince left quarantine for South Africa. Norwich with fruit from Port Antonio. Proteus with passengers from New Orleans. Manna Hata with moise from Baltimore. Coamo with 78 passengers and mails to New York and Porto Rico Ss Co. Carib with passengers to Clyde Ss Co. Minnehaha with 128 passengers to Atlantic Transport Line. Amelia with fruit to Atlantic Fruit Company. Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm with 839 cabin and 637 steerage, mails and noise. Pennsylvania Railroad steam lighter to PRR. Sandy Hook reports wind SW clear sea. Sailed: Jefferson to Norfolk and Newport News and other listed liners to various destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Nor
Olsen
Port Antonio
United Fruit Company
Joseph J. Cuneo
Aamadt
Cuneo Importing Company
African Prince
Anderson
New Orleans
Paul F Gerhard & Co
South Africa
Norwich
Smith
The
Bar
Proteus
Hopner
Southern Pacific Company
Moise
Manna Hata
Charles
Baltimore
New York and Baltimore Transportation Line
Coamo
Dalton
Ponce
Arecibo
Mayaguez
San Juan
New York
Porto Rico
Carib
Devereaux
Georgetown
Wilmington
Clyde Ss Co
Min
Pennsylvania Railroad Company No
Stone
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sandy Hook
Jefferson
Norfolk
Newport News
Suriname
Barbados
Demerara
Camping
Antwerp
Verd
Rio de Janeiro
Hawthorne Attack Suspect Confesses to Assault on Child
Sheriff Lane holds William T. Horton aged 33 in White Plains after Hawthorne residents pursued him Saturday night. Horton, employed by Grace Farm School of the Children's Aid Society to teach farming, admits to attacking Mildred Duncan near the Catholic Church. He is married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Lane
White Plains
Hawthorne
William T. Horton
Mildred Duncan
Horton
Grace Farm
Children's Aid Society
Klaw and Erlanger engage writers for coming season
Pauline Phelps and Marion Short are added to Klaw and Erlanger's list of engaged writers. They will co author with David Belasco on a drama titled A Mountain Boy set in the Kentucky mountains. The duo also collaborated on A Grand Army Man and Sunset Clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Phelps
Marion Short
Klaw & Erlanger
Kentucky
Miss Phelps
Miss Short
David Belasco
Bowery Mission Sends Over Twelve Hundred Laborers Out
More than thirteen hundred men have been sent to country districts by the free labor bureau of the Bowery Mission in response to farmers appeals for field laborers. Farmers especially in the West fear crop destruction due to labor shortages, and the mission began relief efforts months ago with a steadily increasing number of men sent out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Labor Bureau
Bowery Mission
West
Transpacific Steamship Routes and Schedules
Destination and steamer listings show multiple routes from New York via Seattle and Vancouver to Asia Pacific ports. Services include ships via San Francisco and Victoria to Japan, Corea, China, and Philippine Islands with July sailings and 6:30 pm departures. Additional via Lord Sefton to New Zealand and Australia, plus Hawaii, Samoa, and Caledonia connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine
York
Seattle
Shawmut
New Zealand
Australia
Samoan Islands
Caledonia
San Francisco
Lord Sefton
Hawaii
Philip
Philippine Islands
Vancouver Andictoria
Merchant shipping movements to New York from July dates
A fragment lists multiple ship passages with origins and destinations. Entries include London and Antwerp departures to New York, and vessels bound for Cherbourg Bremen and Yokohama via Plymouth Naples Trieste Genoa Port Said Vetzow See Bremen with dates in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
See - Bremen
Wetzow
Ger
New Osa York
Plymouth
Genoa
Romanic
New York
Naples
Trieste
Panvenia
Port Said
Verona Gero
Yokohama
No Places For Boys In Adoption System Says Expert
A reformer argues girls are favored in adoption, detailing how agencies laxly place out children and fail to protect their interests. She cites cases of girl placements with dangerous risks and notes state laws to monitor agents, while urging careful selection and supervision to safeguard each child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Europe
Martha P. Falconer
Philadelphia House of Refuse
School of Philanthropy
Indiana
Illinois
Maritime passenger and cargo routes listed with ports
A scanned notice lists ships and routing details including July dates, ship names such as Barbarossa, Lusitania, Martha Washington, Deutschland, and Severtay. It shows connections between New York and European ports like Cherbourg Rotterdam Hull Plymouth and Antwerp, with origins including Bremen Libau Hamburg Boulogne and Bombay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Lousiana
Ital
New York
Cherbourg
Barbarossa
Ger
Bremen
Philadelphia
Southampton
Lizard
Toronto
Hull
Plymouth
Patricia
Hamburg
Boulogne
Russia
Russ
Libau
Newark
Cardiff
India
Martha Washington
Selby
Deutschland
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Brow Head
Lusitania
Queenstown
Liverpool
Cape St Francis
Severtay
Durban
Auckland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank J
Drew
First National Congress
Chautauqua, N. Y
M. Privat
Boy
Bag
Explorer
CZAR
F. S. Hastings
POSSE
Basset, Mass
Senator Knox
Marine Intelligence
Cherokee Macoris
Clyda
Zulia Curacao
XY & PR
Marowyne
M. der Gros Bremen
NG Lloydennyson
Lamp & Holt
Cearense Parc
Seratog
Havana
Ward Hudson Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Ayala Boulogne
Holland-Am
Colon
Panama
Campania
Cunard
Maracas
Grenada
Oes
Trinidad
Hamb-Am
Bordeaux
Havre
Wucheng
Shipping News
Port of New York
Bowery Helpers
Transpacific
Walla
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Lloyd
Peninsular
Azores
Drumcairne
Argentina
Rio
Algonquin
Jacksonville
Clyde
Colorado
Tampa
Mallory
Kansas City
Savannen
Savana
Mauretania
Pring Sigismund Haytl
Dockra
Barber
Comal Eugenia
Galveston
Monroe
Old Dominion
la Provence
French
Moro Castle
NG Lioyce
Hag
Kabinga
Colombengapore
Manila
Calentia
Braunfels
Algiers
Bombay
Christiansand
Copenhagen
Colombo
Jeserte
Strombus
Madras
Ecutta
Epinner
Franklyn
Dum
Shorty
McCabe
Tribune
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