Indictments Hit Brighton Beach Track Officials
A Kings County grand jury indicted three Brighton Beach Racing Association and track leaders for ties to bookmakers. Bench warrants issued for Christopher Fitzgerald, William Enge man, and John G. Cavanaugh amid ongoing probes into racing corruption and Hart-Agnew violations. The panel plans further inquiries into Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach operations, with Judge Dike extending the term into late summer.
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Robert Elder
Kings County
Christopher Fitzgerald
Brighton Beach Racing Association
William A. Engeman
John G. Cavanaugh
Grand Jury
Dike
Hart- Agnew
Charles W. Hyde
Jacob Eilperin
Elder
Fitzgerald
Cavanaugh
Bookmak
Hyde
Kuhne
Langan
van Wagner
Justice Bischoff
Adams Street
Eliperin
White
Tighe
Kilperin
Charles J. McDermott
Supreme Court
Justice Scudder
Ejilper
Sheepshead Bay
Keeps List of Her Husbands in Nebraska Divorce Suit
Fremont Nebraska July 21 Mrs Phoebe Townsend is sued for divorce by her fifteenth husband AW Townsend a wealthy Dodge farmer. Townsend 52 from Council Bluffs Iowa with four living husbands and three dead ones. She has nine living husbands and six dead. Plea is extreme cruelty. She keeps a list to recall all husbands.
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Fremont
Phoebe Townsend
AW. Townsend
Dodge
Townsend
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Mine Explosion in Russia Claims Heavy Loss of Life
An explosion rocked the Alexievsky mines at Yusovo in European Russia this evening. The extent of the accident is unknown, but heavy loss of life is feared as dragoon units rush to the scene. Earlier in June a blast at the Rikovsky coal mine near Yuove killed about 250 workers.
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European Russia
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Rikovsky
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Canada Lumber Output Reduction Reveals Ontario Losses
Telegraph report from Terentia July 7 notes Ontario government faces revenue loss of 70.40 and wage losses of 55.9 with camp expenses cut by 220000 as tempering cuts shift lumber output. Decision expected to reduce bush cut from 50 to 7 percent. trade stagnation and U S competition blamed for downturn. American materials enter duty free and cross border operators sell at low prices, underselling Canadian mills.
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Terentia
Ontario
Sembernen
Cape Cod Cranberry Crop Plowed By Worms Threatens Poor Yield
Telegraph dispatch from Buzzard's Bay Massachusetts reports Cape Cod cranberry growers fear a crop failure this year due to breuth and fire worms devastating berries no larger than fine birdshot. Industry fears losses hit growers hard as pest damage escalates.
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Mass
Cranberry Growrh
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Cape
Auto Crash Injures Seven Near Pittsburg
State Senator William Flinn, his wife, daughter Edyth, and a Flinn sister, were badly hurt in a Highland Park car crash with Dr J J Buchanan’s party. The Buchanan party included two of his sons and two young women. No deaths expected. Flinn had earlier quit driving for two years due to risk of death from “automobile heart.”
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Tribune
Pittsburg
William Flinn
Flinn
Edyth
Highland Park
J. J. Buchanan
Buchanan
Senator Flinn
Modern John Gilpin Ride Ends in Stone Wall Crash
John Gilpin style ride ends in mishap as Barrington, Massachusetts, motorcyclist John McCarthy loses control a mile from the start. The machine sped to forty miles an hour from Great Barrington toward Canaan Connecticut, then back through Housatonic before crashing into a stone wall near the end. No serious injuries reported.
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the Tribune
Barrington
Mass
John Gilpin
John McCarthy
McCarthy
Great Barrington
Canaan
Conn
Housatonic
Sothern Divorce Suit Filed in Reno Court
Virginia Harned one half of famed acting couple Edward H. Sothern filed for divorce in Reno Nevada District Court. The sealed complaint provides no details while lawyers decline comment. It is unclear if Sothern will contest the case though Shubert office notes indicate no anticipated impact on his upcoming season.
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Nev
Virginia Harned
Edward H. Sothern
Cheney, Massey & Price
Nevada
Mr. Sothern
The
Shuberts
Mrs R L Stevenson in Auto Smash Near Casitar Pass
Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson and party survived a serious auto accident while traveling from Santa Barbara toward Mrs Stevenson's Mexico ranch. chauffeur Lloyd Osbourne lost control on a mountain road as a wheel struck a stump, throwing all three from the car. Mrs Stevenson sustained the gravest injuries but later regained consciousness as the party resumed travel by train.
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San Francisco
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lloyd Osbourne
Osbourne
Taft Banner Repeats Flyover at Lincoln Voters
At Lincoln Nebraska on July 21 the Taft banner was raised above traction wires in the same spot where it had been torn before the Bryan nomination. An American flag on each side signaled protection against vandalism as hundreds watched. Supporters predicted it would stay up through the campaign.
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Neb
Taft
Bryan
Omaha Balloon House Finished at Fort Omaha
The government completed a steel balloon house at Fort Omaha for military balloons. It is said to be the largest steel balloon house in the United States, 200 feet long, 75 feet high, weighing 25 tons and costing $100,000. Two airships are at the post and a hydrogen gas factory will be ready within a month, making Fort Omaha the balloon corps headquarters.
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Tribune
Omaha
Fort Omaha
Signal Corps of
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Balloon Corps
Officers Seek 43000 From State For Creedmoor Buildings
Albany July 2 regimental officers who built eleven houses on the Creedmoor rifle range on Long Island demand 43000 from the state for the buildings or about 4000 each The state by an act of the Legislature has turned over the rifle range of the State Commission in Lunacy as a new site for the Long Island State Hospital at Flatbush T E McGarr secretary of the commission in lunacy will go to New York Monday to meet the regimental officers to appoint appraisers to value the buildings
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Creedmore
Long Island
State Commission
Long Island State Hospital
Flatbush
T. E. McGarr
New York
President Roosevelt sails to Newport for naval design conference
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt depart Oyster Bay aboard the Mayflower for Newport where he will address the Naval War College officers and participate in a battleship design discussion. The conference aims at resolving disputed ship building points and marks a historic first for a sitting president in such a session.
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Newport
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War College
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Admiral Dewey
Naval War College
Naval
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Archie Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt
W. Emlen Roosevelt
T. H. Net
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
Quentin
Long Island Sound
Naval Training School
John P. Merrell
Sagamore Hill
Bishop Potter Dies Peacefully in Upstate NY
Henry Codman Potter seventh Protestant Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New York died at Fernleigh Cooperstown after weeks of illness. He sank quietly at 8:35 pm with family at his bedside. Death was due to embolism following liver and stomach trouble. Funeral plans were not fixed. services may be held in Cooperstown and a public service at Grace Church New York. The coadjutor Bishop Greer becomes head of the church.
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N. Y
Henry Codman Potter
Diocese of
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Fernleigh
Potter
Mason C. Davidge
California
Sarah Potter
Alonzo Potter
Edward
Clark
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F. Ambrose Clark
Charles H. Russell
William H. Hyde
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Europe
Cable
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London
Fernsleigh
Elizabeth Clark Potter
Clark Estate
J. E. Janvrin
M. I. Bassett
David H. Greer
Protestant Episcopal Church
Three Fire Victims Die From Live Wire Shock
In Altoona Pennsylvania during a tenement house fire two firefighters and one spectator were electrocuted by a live wire. Fire crews fought the blaze amid Hazards as emergency responders worked to control the fire and secure the area.
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Altoona
Penn
Chicago chosen as Taft headquarters and directing office
Colorado Springs July 21. The Republican National Committee with Chairman Frank H Hitchcock voted unanimously to set headquarters in Chicago rather than New York. Hitchcock will direct all Taft campaign work from Chicago including fund collection after returning there.
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Col
Republican National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Chicago
New York
Pike's Peak Summit
William H. Taft
Hot Springs
Missouri River
Pike’s Peak
Battles in Tabriz amid shifting royalist struggle
A Times report from Tabriz notes fierce fighting with about two hundred killed or wounded. Royalist forces under Rachin Khan reportedly reinforced the city, turning the tide after anti royalists had initial success, with communications cut and ongoing desultory clashes over several days.
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Tabriz
London
Times
Rachin Khan
the Times
Boat Fire Rescue Near Bailey's Island Details
Bernard McGowan, his mother Mrs. McGowan of Atlantic City, and L. L. Foster of Jersey City were saved from drowning when their burning boat forced them to jump overboard. A passing motor boat arrived within minutes and brought them aboard two miles offshore. Foster and Mrs. McGowan suffered serious burns.
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Tribune
Portland
Casco Bay
Mr. Foster
Mrs. McGowan
Wild West in Boston Gin Barroom Shootout
Three armed men burst into a Jamaica Plain barroom just before closing. They fired into the crowd, grabbed the tote, and fled. One man lay dead, another dying, and a third seriously wounded.
Mrs Peary Sanguine About Polar Quest
In Portland Missouri on July 21 Mrs Robert E Peary expressed strong confidence that her husband Commander Peary will reach the North Pole on his current expedition She praised the expedition as best equipped ever and said she has no fear for his safety while noting the Esquimans admire him greatly and would follow him to death if needed
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Portland
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Commander Peary
Esquiman
Plot to kill a king in Belgium alarms authorities
Brussels July 21 The Journal reports Belgian authorities are greatly alarmed by a rumor of a plot to assassinate King Leopold. Several anarchists have been arrested as the case provokes national fear and official vigilance.
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Leopold
Blast Kills Three at Cumberland Valley Railroad Work
Three men were killed and twelve injured in a premature blasting explosion at the Summit cutoff of the Cumberland Valley Railroad near Shippensburg Pennsylvania. The blast occurred while workers, allegedly ignoring orders, were placing fifty pound dynamite charges with iron rods, sparking a detonation.
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Shippensburg
Penn
Summit
Cumberland Valley Railroad
William T. Shaw
Mrs Stetson Engaged to Count Santa Eulalia
Philadelphia reported July 21 that Mrs. John B. Stetson widow of the late hat magnate is engaged to be married to Count Santa Eulalia Portuguese Consul in Chicago. Mrs. Stetson confirms the engagement.
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Philadelphia
John B. Stetson
Santa Eulalia
Chicago
Standard Oil Fine Appeal Decision Tomorrow
In Chicago on July 21 a three judge panel will issue the ruling on Standard Oil of Indiana’s appeal of a 29,240,000 fine imposed by Judge Landis after a six week trial. The indictments charged rebates on shipments from Whiting, Indiana to St Louis over the Chicago and Alton Railroad.
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Standard Oil Company of Indiana
K. N. Landis
Grosscup, Baker
Seaman
United States Court of Appeals
Whiting
Ind
St. Louis
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Taft Plans Oyster Bay Conference Before Cincinnati Speech
Taft decides to go to Oyster Bay to confer with President Roosevelt about his Cincinnati speech. He will travel with secretary, reach Sagamore Hill, and may stay the night as Roosevelt’s guest. The speech likely runs about twelve thousand words and will reflect vast campaign topics.
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Taft
Oyster Bay
Cincinnati
Mr. Taft
Sagamore Hill
New York
Manhattan
Representative Stemp
Republican State Executive Committee
Old Dominion
North Carolina
Georgia
National Committee
Joseph J. Gaines
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
Ohio
Gaines
House
Congress
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Frank B. Kellogg
J. H. Hoyt
Cleveland
Hitchcock
W. W. Powers
Rhode Island
Taft Notification Day Arrangements Realigned
Cincinnati July 21 The Taft notification day committee fast tracks preparations for the celebration. Delegations from Indiana Kentucky Illinois West Virginia and nearby states are expected. Taft and party at Eden Park 7 pm Tuesday with restricted traffic. A 25 gun salute for the President and 24 guns for Taft outlined. A flotilla of boats will signal the river event and a Niagara Falls fire effect planned from Eden Park. Platforms and reviewing stands are being built at Charles P Turk's home.
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Taft
Plains
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Kentucky
Ilinois
West Virginia
Eden Park
Petty
Island Queen
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