Arrests in would case subornation of perjury charged
Detectives arrested Julia Fleming and Henry Mourles on subornation of perjury charges in a Gould divorce case. A sick unnamed woman and a milliner aide Miss MacCauslan were involved. an affidavit was allegedly forged with a deeds jurat. The trio faced Magistrate Corrigan in the Tombs as inquiries continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Fieming
Lincoln Hotel
24 Street
Henry 5
Mourles
Mousier & Hart
Co. & Liberty Street
District Attorney's Office
Ars
Smyth
Ee Survell
Mabel D. MacCaus
Helen Kelly Gould
Frank J. Gould
Beery
Cornelius J. Sullivan
Gould
Mr. Smyth
Bessie Ven Doran
Bessie de Vor
Glenmore
Sth Street
Seventh Avenue
Miss MacCaustan
Mousier
Miss Mac Causian
Fleming
Ben Teal
Mr. Teal
Wyoming
S5th Street
MacCauslan
West 111Th Street
Mousley
Corrigan
Tombs
Hoke Smith Moves to Remove Brown From Railroad Board
Atlanta July 20 Governor Hoke Smith sent a special message to the Georgia Legislature detailing his reasons for removing Joseph M Brown from the State Railroad Commission. Brown, governor elect, had opposed rate cuts and faced pending rail actions. Smith cites allegiance to the commission and a sealed letter episode as grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Joseph M. Brown
State Railroad Commission
Mr. Brown
Mr. Smith
Railroad Commission
Brown
Smith
Brow#n
Grone
Pittsburg Faces Self Destruction Epidemic In City
July 29 Pittsburg reports a spike in suicides with twenty one deaths since July 1 and many attempted overdoses. A public safety conference with Police and health officials discussed prevention, noting limited municipal power and urging moral guidance from churches and clergy to deter self harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Lang
No Trace Of Murderer In Hazel Drew Case
Troy July 20 There is still no trace of the murderer of Miss Hazel Drew whose body was found in Teals Pond. The investigation remains shrouded in mystery with officers working day and night and public interest high. A theory of death by own action has gained attention though officials hesitate to rule out murder. Fragments of letters and a club found near Teals Pond are being studied as potential clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy, N
Hazel Drew
Teal's Pond
Teal’s Pound
Miss Drew
O'Brien
Findin
Albany
Altamount
Hazel
E. ®. Cary
Teal’s Pond
Carys
New York Central Railroad
New York
Saratoga
Walker on way home after extradition from Mexico
William F. Walker exTreasurer of New Britain Savings Bank arrives in New Britain in custody of Chief of Police E. F. Exan. He confesses to aiding a bank loss but denies looting $565,000, claiming he cannot recall details and intends to repay the bank. Bank official RE N Stanley questions Walker's statements as unreliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
William F. Walker
New Britain (Conn) Savings Bank
Mexico
Ensenada
New Britain
E. F. Exan
Walker
New Britain, Conn
RE. N. Stanley
West
Croatians Tell of Banker Not Forwarding Money Sent
About fifty Croatians from across the United States filed stories in the District Attorney's office alleging Frank Zotti did not forward moneys sent to relatives in the homeland. Amounts ranged from four to four hundred dollars, with many miners among the complainants. Zotti, jailed on grand larceny charges after a failed bank, was released on bail and claimed a conspiracy aims to ruin his business while maintaining his innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Frank Zotti
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Utah
Zotti
John Dorzan
Cobalt Canada
Croatia
Greenwich Street
First American Esperanto Congress Opens at Chautauqua
The first national Esperanto congress in America opens in Chautauqua New York with M Esmond Privat of Geneva Switzerland presiding. The gathering runs daily to July 25 and includes the American Esperanto Association and affiliates. Messages arrive from the Alaskan Yukon Pacific Exposition and Dr H W Yemans of the Philippines. The Esperanto flag is raised on the college green in a ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
N. Y
America
M. Esmond Privat
Geneva
Switzerland
American Esperanto Association
H. W. Yemans
Philippines
College
Boy Steals $10,000 In Courtroom Theft
A thirteen year old boy stole a suitcase containing stocks, bonds, and other securities valued at $10,000 from the federal building in Chicago while John Burford of Chattanooga Tennessee attended a United States Court trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Burford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Federal
Eloping Ends Father’s Plan for Europe Trip
Claudia Randolph Johnson aged nineteen and fiancé L Mac Gregor Bond twenty three wed hastily after pleading for freedom from a threatened summer in Europe. They married in Hackensack by Rev Herbert Dennison after meeting in Newark and plan a deferred European trip once Bond’s vacation arrives. The couple now stays with Mrs Bond Sr in Flatbush while awaiting travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Claudia Randolph Johnson
L. MacGregor Bond
Frederick Bond
Sir Henry Apartments
Cortelyou Road
East 16Th Street
Flatbush
Transatlantic Steamship Company
Julien B. Johnson
Orange
N. J
Southern Cotton Oil Company
No. 24
Broadstreet
Manhattan
Johnson
Bond
Claudia
MacGregor
Newark
Hackensack
Herbert Dennison
Report on Milliken Brothers receivership and continued operations
Receivers of Milliken Brothers filed a report to Judge Hough covering June W0 1907 to June 24 198. It shows a $591 973 surplus and receipts of 3 25.5 cents with disbursements of $2 096 621. The report notes ongoing bridge and structural work, a drop in tonnage from 34 670 to 22 80, and says current work supports two more months of operation. It urges authorization to continue the business pending a reorganization plan to preserve value and avoid impairing goodwill through shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliken Brothers
Hough
United States District Court
Peary Reaches Labrador After Whale Meat Stop
Commander Robert Peary on his quest to the North Pole arrived at Belle Harbor Labrador aboard the Roosevelt. A telegram from Belle Harbor states arrival at six this morning and that the party took whale meat at Cape Charles. Weather is reported fine and all well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Peary
Arctic
North Pole
Belle Harbor
Labrador
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Cape Charles
Peary
Czar Decorates F S Hastings On Long Island Sound
Acting for the Czar, Baron Albert Schlippenbach awarded Frank S Hastings the Order of St Stanislaus aboard the Helenita on Long Island Sound. Hastings, president of the Russian Symphony Society, promotes Russian composers to the American public, with Frank Jay Gould aboard as owner of the yacht Helenita and commodore of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Schlippenbach
Franks. Hastings
Order of St. Stanislaus
Baron Schlippenbach
Hastings
Russian Symphony Society
Long Island Sound
Frank Jay Gould
Frank Jay Gould's Steam Yacht Helenita
Gould
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
Violent assault on Mrs Low triggers mass posse in Essex
In Essex Massachusetts on July 20 a hundred farmers led by police chief John Gilbert searched hills and woods for a man who assaulted Mrs Josiah Low and robbed the Low home. Mrs Low, in critical condition after being struck with a brass pipe, identified the assailant as a former farm employee. Two suspects were detained and later released. a third man was arrested in Hamilton as authorities from neighboring towns joined the hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Mass
John Gilbert
Frsex
Josiah Low
Llow
Charles Harding
Gilbert
Mrs. Low
Low Farm
Low
Hamilton
Man Dies During Blood Transfusion Scheme at Hospital
Henry Sandon age 58 of 130 Guernsey Street Williamsburg died in Felloque Hospital during an operation to transfuse blood. An arm injury from machinery weakened him after three weeks. His prospective son in law Harry Van Winkle and Mamie Landon offered blood but Sandon died as the transfusion began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sandon
Guernsey Street
Williamsburg
Felloque Hospital
Quintard Iron Works
Landon
Mamie
Harry van Winkle
Sandon
van Winkle
Husband Gives Blood to Wife in Newark Hospital
Mrs. Annie Bradley of 13 Clover Street Newark New Jersey was saved from death by a pint blood transfusion from her husband Patrick Bradley to her veins at St James Hospital Newark. Both husband and wife were reported doing well last night and her recovery considered practically certain after recent hemorrhages. The operation followed last rites and was performed yesterday after the decision to transfuse to save her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Bradley
No. 13
Clover Street
Newark
N. J
St. James's Hospital
Patrick Bradley
Senator Knox's Brother Dead in Los Angeles
Pittsburg reports the death of Thomas Budd Page Knox in Los Angeles after surgery. He was 77, born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and ran a Los Angeles drugstore since 1871. Senator Philander C. Knox plans a European trip as scheduled, with burial to take place in Brownsville after his return in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Los Angeles
Thomas Budd Page Knox
United States
Philander C. Knox
Thomas Knox
Brownsville
Penn
Knox
Europe
Welcome to Farman as Aero Club plans receptions
A wireless message to Henri Farman from the Aero Club of America greeted the aviator as he nears New York aboard La Touraine. He is expected Friday and Brighton Beach racetrack receptions will begin next week with a committee of about sixty including Astor, Vanderbilt, Whitney, Flint, Wrights and other notable figures to oversee social events of his visit.
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 Harbor Areas
Sun rise and set times along with moon data. High water tides listed for Sandy Hook Gov Island and Hell Gate. Wireless report notes Noordam 342 miles east of Sandy Hook at 7 am yesterday expected to dock about 9 am today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Noordam
Five Rescued In East River From Swamped Rowboat
Five young men returning from North Beach narrowly escaped drowning when their rowboat was swamped by swells from the steamer Maine of the New Bedford Line in the East River off 49th Street. Charles Adams of the East Sixth Street lifesaving station and the Wheeler tug crew rescued them before lifeboats could be lowered. Names given include John Nolan John Morrison John Murtha John Fox and Richard Cooney of East 2nd and East 28th streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Beach
Maine
New Bedford
East River
49Th Street
Charles Adams
East Sith Street
Wheeler
John Nolan
East 2Th Street
John Morrison
Laurel Wreath for Singers in Munich Visit
The Brooklyn Arion Choral Society was welcomed by Munich officials including Mayor von Borscht. Dr Fuehrer spoke at a celebratory banquet as the Arions received a gold book inscription and a royal goblet toast. The Exposition Hall concert drew strong applause and a wreath ceremony capped the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society
von Borscht
Arion Society
Saengerbund
Fuehrer
Exposition Hall
New Line To Newport by Frank Tourist Co Service Steamer City of Worcester
Frank Tourist Company establishes coastal service from Fall River to Newport Block Island and James Town via Conanicut Island aboard City of Worcester. Initial trip completed Saturday with second run today. schedule set for summer departures each Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 2 p m from Fall River Line pier No 19 North River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Block Island
Jamestown
Conanicut Island
Fall River
City of Worcester
Frank Tourist Company
Broadway
Line Pier
No. 19
North River
Missionary to China Miss Wheeler sails for mission work
Everett P Wheeler recalls his daughter Miss Ethel J Wheeler who will sail from Vancouver on August 5 to join Haakow Mission in China for a three year term. She plans to teach children of all classes and fund her own expenses. Other missionaries head to Alaska the Philippines Japan Mexico and China hosts the largest group bound for China with Miss A Elizabeth Beverly joining her.
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
Christ
A. Elizabeth H Beverly
Baltimore
Episcopal Board of Missions
Barnard College
Beverly
Haakow Mission
Charles W. Peabody
Florence G. Langdon
Alaska
Murray Bartlett
Philippines
Japan
Mexico
Marion Ss. Mitchell
Shanghai
Church Missions
No. 73
Park Avenue
Gleanings on Labor and Legislation in Northeastern States
The note contrasts child labor in Pennsylvania knit goods with New York figures, cites a Boston movement to tax billboards as a public nuisance, and praises Massachusetts for a new playground law. The act requires cities with 10,000+ population to vote on establishing one playground per 10,000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Boston
Massachusetts
Transpacific Shipping Schedule Fragments
Partial timetable reads Hawaii Guam and Philippine Islands via San Francisco on July 31 at 6 30pm aboard US Transport. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands via San Francisco on August 1 at 6 20pm aboard Mariposa with wremaeecess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Guam
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Mariposa
Wremaeecess
Japan
Corea
China
Poilippise
Seattle
Shawmut
New Zealand
Australia
West
Sancisco
Lord Sefton
Philips
Merica
Hawthorne Attack Suspect Confesses to Child Assault
Sheriff Lane holds William T. Horton at White Plains after Hawthorne residents sought him Saturday night. Horton, 33, married, worked at Grace Farm School run by the Children's Aid Society to teach boys farming, has confessed to attacking Mildred Duncan near the Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Lane
White Plains
Hawthorne
William T. Horton
Mildred Duncan
Horton
Grace Farm
Children's Aid Society
Klaw and Erlanger Hire Two Writers for New Drama
Pauline Phelps and Marion Short join Klaw and Erlanger as engaged writers for the coming season. They will co author with David Belasco the Kentucky set drama A Mountain Boy following their works 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 A Thousand Workers To Farms
More than thirteen hundred men have been dispatched to country districts by the Bowery Mission free labor bureau in response to farmers pleas for field laborers. The West faces crop threats due to labor shortages and the mission’s efforts have steadily grown since they began supplying help several months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Labor Bureau
Bowery Mission
West
Shipping News Port of New York July 20 1908 Arrivals and Sails
Port of New York reports multiple arrivals including Steamer Captain Bennett from Port Antonio and Steamer Joseph J. Cuneo with fruit, plus several other vessels. Departures note steamers bound for Norfolk Barbados Demerara and other ports. Weather at Sandy Hook calm seas and southwest wind at 9:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Nor
Olsen
Port Antonio
United Fruit Company
Joseph J. Cuneo
Ramadt
Cuneo Importing Company
African Prince
Anderson
New Orleans
Paul FP Gerhard & Co
Pyle
South Africa
Coamo
Delton
Ponmee
Arecibo
Mayaguez
San Juan
New York and
Porto Rico
Moise
Bar
Carib
Devereaux
Georgetown
Wilmington
Clyde Se Co
Minnehaha
Layland
London
Atlantic Transport Line
Amelia
Jacobson
Atlantic Fruit Company
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Ger
Dahl
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
Oelriche & Co
The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company No 14
Stone
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sandy Hook
Jefferson
Norfolk
Suriname
Barbados
Demerara
Ta Camping
Antwerp
Verd
Bahia
Rio de Janeiro
Steamers at foreign ports update list
Shipping notes report several steamers arriving or sailing from New York to European ports. Vessels include Minnetonka Vaderland Kronprinz Wilhelm Hohannic Punventa Luetzow Verona and St Leonards with routes through Cherbourg Antwerp Plymouth Genoa Naples Trieste Yokohama and Bremen with July dates and via ports in Europe and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Luisiana
Ital
New York
Cher
Barbarossa
Ger
Bremen
New
Philadelphia
Southampton
Shork
Toronto
Hull
Firmouth
Patricia
Hamburg
Boulogne
Russia
Libau
New Carci Oly
India
Bry
Ema
Martha Washington
New Seilly
Rotteréas
Amsterdan
Brow Head
Lusitania
Queenstown
Verpool
Cape St Francis
Invertay
Durban
Auckland
London
Minnetonka
Dover
Vaderland
Berg
Antwerp
Plymouth
Kronpring Wilhelm
Cherbourg
St Leonards
Aufeld
Moltke
Plymouth Formburk
No places for boys in child adoption debates
An advocate from the Philadelphia House of Betusa discusses global attitudes toward daughters versus sons, noting American mothers prefer girls for adoption. She warns agencies laxly place older children for labor, citing past abuses by churches and charities, and urges strict safeguards, home visits, and protective laws to prioritize the child’s interests over parents or agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Europe
Martha P. Falconer
Girls
Philadelphia House of Betusa
She
Lfe
Indiana
Illinois
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First National Congress
Chautauqua, N. Y
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POSSE
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Senator Knox
Marine Intelligence
Toest Macoris
Clyde
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Wm. der Grosse
Lird
Tennyson Seeee
Rans & Holt
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Para
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Ayala
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Mallory
Columbus
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Atrato
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Panama
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Trinidad
Ase
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Bordeaux
Yomen
Wucheng
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Sania
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Hayt
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Havre
French
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Coton
Colon
Shipping News
Port of New York
Shorty
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