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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
2
Capt Baldwin outlines an endurance test for a new dirigible and aeroplane, including a one hour flight and rapid reascend. Farman discusses public flights, engine tech, and comparisons with Wright brothers, with his machine due on the Kroonland and first exhibitions planned for August at Brighton Beach.
Henry Farman the famed aviator arrives in Manhattan greeted by thirty Aero Club of America members who escort him by tug to his Brighton Beach flight base. Reporters pepper him with rapid questions on birthplace and future of airships while his wife Mrs Farman smiles and endures the bustle.
Amelia Stechel described a Saturday night abduction on 65th street and Fifth Avenue. She said two Italian men forced her to the water near 60th street, robbed her rings and purse, then pitched her overboard. She clung to a dredge rope for over ten hours before being found by two patrolmen.
Two armed Italians Pasquale Sapone and Giuseppi Calario clashed with a conductor on a North avenue trolley from Tuckahoe to New Rochelle. Passengers fled to police to testify as officers subdued them with nightsticks after threats with a stiletto and seized loaded revolvers, knives, and a razor.
George Peters and his two sons were jailed at West 1022 Street station for transporting three bears and a baboon without a permit while en route from Fort George to Newark. The animals caused a nightlong ruckus, tugging pipes and keeping prisoners awake, prompting talk of a formal complaint against the bears for noise.
Peter Backes, counsel for the State Excise Commission, says he will not test the Bishops’ law and would defend it if challenged. He helped draft the act and believes its constitutionality has already been sustained on three points by the Court of Errors and Appeals. He notes no interest in being retained to attack the law and dismisses reports of ties to Robert Davis.
Three hundred men and boys forced entry at St. George Cricket Grounds Hoboken to watch Hoboken versus Royal Giants. They argued the field was public park. police did not intervene. Councilman Foley and his lawyer entered without tickets, inciting crowd unrest as ticket takers were overwhelmed.
Two men, unidentified, were found drowned in separate incidents yesterday. One body recovered from the East River at 21st Street Manhattan with a knot tied around the neck. the other from Bath Beach Brooklyn with skull injuries. Coroner ordered autopsy. investigators consider murder.
Montclair officials pass an anti dust ordinance under a state act allowing street oiling or watering. Half the cost is paid by the town and half by property owners along affected streets. The town boasts it is the first in the state to use the measure to curb noise and dust.
In Fast Orange New Jersey Gustav Lind is jailed after delivering a basket of rolls to diners at Gustav Koopmann's restaurant. Charles E Menagh a local druggist is arrested for selling soda on Sunday. Bail posted and cases set for tomorrow.
Whan Chang a Corean charged with fatally shooting Durham White Stevens adviser to the Corean Emperor at Seoul. The March 23 killing occurred as Stevens was boarding a ferryboat to Washington. Chang wounded associate W N Chan before being captured and jailed awaiting trial.
In Hammondsport New York G H Curtiss made a 350 yard flight in the June Bug with a partial turn. Lt Selfridge of the 1st Field Artillery followed with three short flights around 160 yards each. On the second, touch and rise carried the craft about 160 yards from start then a further 100 yards.
The torpedo boat Gwin returned from Faulkner's Island in Long Island Sound where the Mayflower with President Roosevelt aboard cut down the lumber-laden schooner Menawa. The Gwin did not destroy the wreck but warned passing vessels. The Morris was then sent to guard the wreck.
Edward McCarthy seven, of No 28 Sixteenth avenue Newark, fatally injured watching a baseball game yesterday morning. Otto Bolz left fielder for the Ironsides struck the boy with a high fly. Bolz was arrested but paroled after witnesses said the accident was unavoidable.
Patrolman John Lane of Jersey City's 7th street station was shot by Gustav Larson while escorting Larson's wife to the home. Lane was wounded in the left chest, the bullet removed, and he rests at St. Francis's Hospital. Larson was arrested after the confrontation.
About six hundred Old Clothing Dealers gathered at New Henry Hall to protest General Bingham's order to curb noises they argue are essential to their trade. They plan to meet with Bingham and press their case as city officials and church leaders note a calmer streetscape and improved church attendance.
Jersey City saw an unusually quiet Sunday as the Bishops law and the vice and immorality act were enforced. Police watched saloons for beer while private detectives targeted other violations leading to arrests of a butcher and a haberdasher among others. Clerks' association detectives raided saloons including Hugh Meehan's on Washington street as Robert Davis signaled a constitutional challenge to the law. Monsignor Sheppard refused to comment on the recent announcement. The two year old law prompted surprise among its advocates and saloonkeepers claimed ignorance of any court challenge.
Raymond Coleman died at Brooklyn Hospital after burns from a fire started by Brunny Karowiewicz aged nine. Karowiewicz, held on homicide charges, faced arraignment in Children's Court as the suspect claimed innocence. The incident stemmed from a dispute over five cents, with police placing the suspect under $500 bail.
The Minneapolis, 280 miles east of Sandy Hook at 5 pm yesterday, is due to dock about 4 pm today. The Kroonland, 706 miles east of Sandy Hook at midnight Saturday, should dock around 7:30 am Tuesday. The Martha Washington, 253 miles east of Sandy Hook at 9 am yesterday, is expected to dock about 7:30 am today.
A fragmented notice notes a vessel event with times 11:08am to 1:00pm and references Monroe Norfolk Old DOM. Details are unclear but indicate a maritime schedule or selection.
The page lists July race times and ship departures including Kaiser, Bremen, Noordam, Liverpool, and Cunard liners. It notes ports such as Panama City Kingston Nassau and Norfolk, with various cruise and sail dates.
The list records multiple ships arriving and undergoing quarantine at Sandy Hook on July 29, including the Atheniana Br from Cienfuegos with sugar, Anapa Br from Liverpool with sugar, City of Atlanta with passengers and merchandise, La Touraine Fr from Havre with cabin and steerage passengers, Oregonian from Puerto Mexico, Hamilton from Newport News to Old Dominion, Rio Grande do Sul from Barbados, Sieglinde Ger with cargo and passengers, Frutera Nor with fruit, Pawnee from Philadelphia with merchandise, Grove from Boston, Massachusetts from England, Bradford Ger from Montego Bay, Clothilde Cuneo Nor from Port Antonio, and others, with wind and weather noted and several vessels listed as passed in quarantine or at the bar.
A fragmented shipping notice lists vessels with routes from Liverpool to New York Southampton St Louis and Cherbourg through Plymouth and Queenstown. Other entries mention Moville to California Prins Maurits York Port au Prince Havre and Amsterdam with several transatlantic legs and intermediate ports Port Spain Gibraltar and Kingston among others.
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