Missing Greenwich Bank teller halts quietly but costly
Hall, a 26 year old paying teller promoted a month earlier at Greenwich Bank in Herald Square, vanished July 3 taking about 350000 in funds. Directors kept details private to spare his ill wife. police not alerted yet as private detectives pursue leads. Bank covers shortage of 16.06 bond. public notices avoided to protect family. Directors expect to locate him, with few thousand recovered from the vault and the rest borne by the bank.
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Qwihir
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Greenwich Bank
Waiter Hall
South Brook
Peto
Hall
Charles E. Orvis
Morristown
N. J
Orvis
Mr. Orvis
Young Hall
Hall Coud
Jair 3
Bugs Raymond Off Eye Clash with McGraw in St Louis
Arthur Bugs Raymond pitcher for the New York Nationals and manager John J. McGraw argued at the ballpark in St Louis. Raymond returned with a discolored eye after a clash over his uniform. He refused to remove the uniform, then left the clubhouse after further exchanges.
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St Louis
Arthur
Bugs
Raymond
John J. McGraw
New York Nationals
McGraw
Family quarrel leads to kneeling penance in public
Chicago July 2 report details J Anderson of Waukegan compelling his wife to crawl on her knees several blocks to a church to confess alleged domestic issues. The bizarre scene centers on a family dispute and accusations of fault within the marriage.
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Chicago
J. Anderson
Waukegan
Auto Crash Head On Into Steam Roller At Mount Kisco
A chauffeur driven car returning from Empire City track collided head on with a stationary steam roller on a dark Mount Kisco street closed for repairs. Passengers Elliot C. Cowdin and Andrew Miller were thrown from the auto and seriously injured. the vehicle was wrecked. Both men were treated at home with Cowdin unconscious for hours. Miller, a Newcastle stable owner and Saratoga Racing Association official, is shown as a society figure.
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Elliot C. Cowdin
Andrew Miller
Mount Kisco
Cowdin
Miller
Mr. Cowdin
Mr. Miller
Death at eve of rail scandal upend by suspected burglar or self harm
Ira G. Rawn president of Monon road is found dead at Winnetka home on eve of a major railroad inquiry. Police and investigators weigh whether a burglar killed him or he shot himself. A second bullet found in fireplace ashes fuels debate while private detectives seek clues to motive and timing.
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Chicago
Ira G. Rawn
Monen Road
Winnetka
Rawn
Illinois Central
Walter L. Fisher
C. F. Hately
Lkely
Herman Schuettler
Mr. Rawn
Big gun explosion at fortress kills 17 soldiers
At Fortress Monroe Virginia on July 21 a breech block failure during target practice killed eleven Coast Artillery members and wounded six more. Captain James Prentice and Lieutenant George Hawes led a fearless rescue, while Lieutenant Van Deusen urged care for others. Investigators led by Colonel Townsley seek the cause, with top generals examining the scene and devices.
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Captain Prentice
Hawes
Prentice
van Deusen
Great coal contract by telegraph to The Tribune
Davis Coal and Coke Company secures from Bethlehem Steel a twenty year coking coal contract surpassing 60 million dollars. Executed by Presidents Schwab Bush and Davis, it begins after 600 ovens are completed with plans for 600 more. Yearly deliveries range from 730000 to 2900000 tons as required. Davis to invest 1.5 million dollars in properties to meet the deal.
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Tribune
Baltimore
East
Davis Coal and Coke Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Schwab
The
Steel Company
Bush
Western Maryland Railroad
Davis Company
Bethlehem Company
Starving Crew Fed At Sea By Banes Steamer
A famished and emaciated Dutch bark crew aboard Voorlichter, bound from Curacao to Hamburg, signaled distress. Captain Watts of the fruit steamer Banes rescued two boatloads of men after spotting the signal in calm seas 31 17 N 70 18 W. Provisions had run out due to prolonged calms.
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Boston
Watts
Banes
West Indies
Voorlichter
Curacao
Hamburg
Five Black People Killed by Deputy in Elliott Mississippi
Five Black individuals were fatally struck by Deputy Sheriff Sid Cauley during an attempted arrest in Elliott County Mississippi on July 21. Two others were mortally injured as the group advanced with pitchforks and other improvised weapons. An earlier arrest attempt ended when authorities withdrew amid similar threats.
Bryan May Bolt Ticket
Omaha reports growing belief that William J. Bryan may bolt the Democratic ticket and back Republican nominees in the fall. He campaigns solely on the county option measure, ignoring other arguments as the Democratic state convention is expected to oppose him. Nebraska papers say Bryan could easily back Republicans who advocate the same county option platform he supports.
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Tribune
Omaha
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Nebraska
Honest Weights Inspector Visits Chicago City
Chicago July 21 Clement J Driscoll Commissioner of Weights and Measures of New York arrived to review local methods. He met with John Kjellander the Chicago inspector. Mayor Gaynor hopes Chicago’s standards can be matched in New Xora.
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Chicago
Clement J. Driscoll
New York City
Taft Makes Peace At Bar Harbor
President Taft plans a noon speech on the Bar Harbor village green to meet year round residents amid initial tensions with the summer colony. The rescue of two Indians from a capsized canoe near the Mayflower yacht added a dramatic note to the President’s Bar Harbor visit. The day included a shore supper at Jordan Pond and a delayed Tariff Commission conference with H. C. Emery. The voyage featured a special Atlantic City rail advertisement for Sunday travel.
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Selectmen
J. E. Bunker, Jr
First Selectman
Eastport
H. C. Emery
New
Tariff Commission
Bar Harbor
Jordan Pond
Passamaquoddy Bay
Mr. Taft
Fire breaks out during circle meeting in Colonial Building
One hundred women of the Washington Irving Circle of Lady Foresters were frightened as a blaze in the Colonial Building on West 125th Street filled halls with smoke. Three women suffered hand lacerations from broken glass while reaching fire escapes. Firefighter-style escape work by Charles Braun and elevator operator Ben Johnson helped evacuate most. Eight Bertha Calman Aid Society members and ten Fraternal Conclave members escaped on upper floors. Estimated damage runs to $2000.
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Washington Irving Circle of
Lady Foresters
Colonial
West 125Th Street
Jennie Spitz
East 97Th Street
Esther Sharp
East 191St Street
Anna Goldsmith
East 148Th Street
Charles Brahn
West 111Th Street
Ben’’ Johnson
Bertha Calman Aid Society
Boys Play With Dynamite in Dover Tragedy
Three boys aged eleven to fourteen were badly hurt in Dover New Jersey after mixing dynamite cartridge scrap with a bottle and lighting it. One boy lost an eye, another suffered a severed arm, and a third had a severe head wound. A fifth boy escaped, while Mrs Eyre found sixteen caps on her son. The incident sparked warnings as doctors treated the injuries.
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Dover
N. J
Edmund Dalley
Albert Jacobus
Frederick Eyre
Germany
Dalley
Jacobus
Byre
Jack” Berthold
Hadley Needs Harvest Help For Wheat Threshing
Governor Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri, owner of a farm near Jefferson City, appealed to state officials and office seekers for volunteers to thrash his fifteen acres of wheat. Report says many offered to help and the task should finish by noon, leaving the afternoon for recreation. He offered an old fashioned log cabin dinner to his helpers.
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Tribune
Jefferson City
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Fatal devotion to duty at Pittsburg rail works
W H Fernell died during his mission watching seven thousand tons of steel rails for a government owned railway in New South Wales. The British observer, aged forty two, collapsed from heat while tracing each rail from ingot to completion. His sacrifice underscored strict inspection standards.
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Pittsburg
W. H. Fernell
New South Wales
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