First Flight Monday For Baldwin Airship At Fort Myer
Washington reports the inflating of Captain Thomas S. Baldwin’s larger gas bag will begin tomorrow at Fort Myer and the balloon will be housed in a tented shed. By Monday, barring accidents, Baldwin plans his first flight, as tests overseen by Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm progress amid debates over Langley machine precedents and aeronautical plans.
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Washington
Thomas S. Baldwin
Fort Myer
Baldwin
Frank P
Fort My Lahm
New York
Farman
Langley
James Allen
Cyrus Adler
Chine
Smithsonian Institution
William Thaw
Harry Kendall Sible
Theodore Roosecrretary
Navy
United States
Potomac
Theodore Gent
Gay
Ciznal Corps
Army
P. Lerring
Stop Border Fights Extradition Policy Draws Fire
Washington July 3 Inability to extradite offenders for alleged political crimes on the Mexican border irritates U S efforts to curb revolutionary activity along the Texas line. President Roosevelt backs possible special counsel to enforce neutrality law and extradition, insisting rebels who cross into Mexico and return should be treated as felons. The United States and Mexico vow drastic action to suppress such operations on U S soil.
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Washington
United States
Oyster Bay
Creel
Roosevelt
Mexico
PREPARE FOR MEXICAN OUTBREAK
Official word from Ciudad Juarez states a thousand extra troops to be deployed on the border between now and September 15. One hundred rurales move from Queretaro to Casas Grandes area. Texas rangers patrol west along the border after reports of clashes with Mexican troops.
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Tribune
el Paso
Tex
Ciudad Juarez
Mexico City
Quaretaro
Casas Grandes
Comstock
Texas Rangers
Government Insures Employes Under New Labor Act
Washington reports that starting next Saturday government employees will be insured for line of duty accidents under the new labor statute. Regulations by the bureau of labor outline claim forms and filing procedures, requiring medical certificates and supervisor endorsement before submission to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
An¢É
Government liability law for U S laborers enacted rules
A new liability law requires that any United States laborer in manufacturing, arsenals, navy yards, river and harbor work, Panama Canal, or similar hazardous posts who is injured in the line of duty shall receive ordinary wages for a year or until recovery. If death occurs the yearly wage goes to the widow, children under sixteen, or dependent parents, with exceptions for negligence or misconduct and if disability lasts less than fifteen days.
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Congress
United States
Panama Canal
Tompkins elected president of Appalachian National Forest group
In Washington on July 30 the Appalachian National Forest Association elected J. A. Tompkins of Charlotte North Carolina as president. Tompkins, tied to the cotton mill industry and regional papers, signals renewed Southern push to create a great national forest in the Appalachian and White mountains. The group established headquarters here and plans an energetic campaign.
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Washington
Appalachian National Forest Association
J. A. Tompkins
Charlotte
N.C
Tompkins
South
Appalachian
White Mountains
Bloodhounds Used in Vermont Manhunt for Elroy Kerr
Vermont authorities have enlisted four bloodhounds from Poughkeepsie to追 track Elroy Kerr, an escaped state asylum inmate suspected in the murder of Delia Congdon in East Wallingford. State Attorney Robert A. Lawrence led deputies into Nineveh Shrewsbury area after evidence linked Kerr near Rutland County search zones.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Manning Cleveland
Rutland
East Wallinsford
Rutland County
Elroy Kerr
Waterbury
Delia B. Congdon
East Wallingford
Kent
Robert A. Lawrence
Nineveh
Shrewsbury
Wright Starts to See President
Washington July 30 W Cameron Forbes Vice Governor of the Philippine Islands on a six months leave of absence had an extended conference with Secretary Wright about Philippine affairs. Wright will take the matter to President Roosevelt tomorrow after visiting the New Jersey National Guard encampment at Sea Girt and Oyster Bay with Roosevelt tomorrow night and part of Saturday.
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Washington
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippine Islands
Wright
Roosevelt Tomorow
Philadelphia
New Jersey National Guard
Sea Girt
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Teal Pond Murder Inquest Ends In New Clues
The Teal Pond inquest into Hazel Drew's death closed in Troy New York after testimony from her parents and others. Witnesses included real estate dealer Henry Kramroth who denied camp rumors and hotel proprietor Christopher Crape who described a late night automobile visit. The coroner will release findings tomorrow likely indicating death by unknown person or persons.
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Troy, N
Hazel Drew
Teal Pond
R. B. Carey
John Drew
Minnie Taylor
O’brien
Miss Taylor
Henry Kramroth
Albany
Kramroth
Alps
Christopher Crape
Gravesend Body Identified As Box Factory Foreman
The body found in Gravesend Bay near Bay 24th Street was identified as Owen C. McCarthy, 61, superintendent of a Beaver Street box factory and a boarder at 128 West 12th Street. Coroner says death from an axe blow fractured the skull, body dumped in the water after the attack. McCarthy left for a month’s country vacation.
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Gravesend Bay
Bay 24Th Street
Bath Beach
Owen C. MctCarthy
Beaver Street
Silas J. Reid
No. 128
West 12Th Street
Mentor Edwards
Manhattan
S. J. Reid
Reid
McCarthy
Brewer
Boy crushed on canal incline in Newark tragedy
Bernard Redden fourteen of No Wilsey Street was crushed to death in Newark yesterday while riding a cradle on the Morris Canal incline at High street hill. He fell between the wheels as the cradle topped the incline and died before reaching City Hospital.
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Bernard Redden
Wilsey Street
Newark
Morris Canal
High Street Hill
City Hospital
Cloakmakers Plan Strike Despite Union Denial
Cloakmakers union prepares to strike amid wage demands. Tailors’ brotherhood says no general walkout this year. Fourteen years since a major cloakmakers strike, about twenty five thousand workers ready to leave their tables for higher wages averaging 35 dollars a week.
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Brotherhood of Tailors
Cloakmakers’ Union
Japanese Cook Arrested on Roof at Sacred Heart Academy
Police say a Japanese man who claimed to be George Kimme, a cook for Mr. Dougherty of 145 Riverside Drive, was found on the roof of the Academy of the Sacred Heart at 168 170 West 79th Street. Witnesses reported movements above the classrooms and alerted officers. He claimed to have been drinking and denied attempting theft, and was held as a suspicious person. No Dougherty resident matched the name at Riverside Drive.
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George Kimme
Dougherty
Riverside Drive
Academy of the Sacred Heart
West 79Th Street
West 78Th Street
Academy
Twenty Hurt In Wreck At California Limited Crash
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe train No 3 California Limited wrecked at Wa karusa Kansas fifteen miles south of Topeka. Engineer H S Rosetter killed. Injured include Mrs Regina Pardee Mrs Cora M Nelles R W McDonald W J Jones Jr six postal clerks fireman eight dining car staff and two Pullman conductors. Train at fifty mph. likely truck defect caused tender to jump track.
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Tribune
Topeka
Kan
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
California Limited
Wakarusa
H. S. Rosetter
Regina Pardee
New York
Oakland
Cal
Cora M. Nelles
Los Angeles
R. W.mcdonald
Leavenworth
Extending Passaic Drainage Plans in Montclair
The Passaic Valley Drainage Commission reports surveys are underway to reclaim thousands of acres above Singac by clearing obstructions from the Passaic River bed and its main tributaries the Rockaway and Whippany rivers. Property owners may be asked to buy bonds to fund channel cleaning and a late August meeting will outline the plan.
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Montclair
Passaic Valley
Singac
Commission
Speer
Denver and Rio Grande Railway Formed in Salt Lake City
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company files articles creating a new corporation combining the Denver and Rio Grande, the Rio Grande Western and subsidiaries. Capital stock stands at 88,000 shares of $1 each. Officers include FE T Jeffery president and H Schlaacks first vice president. Directors include George Gould and Winston Pierce. Much stock to be retired or exchanged for new shares. old shares retired or swapped at two old for one new.
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Salt Lake City
Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company
Denver & Rio Grande
Rio Grande Western
Salt Lake County
New Denver & Rio Grande Company
FE. T. Jeffery
New York
New Jersey
Howard Gould
Arthur Coppell
Fanwin Gould
Pope Company Reorganized in Hartford and Westfield
A reorganization of Pope Manufacturing Company was completed in Hartford on July 30. New capitalization totals 2.5 million dollars in preferred stock and 4 million dollars in common stock. The firm will buy its property and operate plants in Hartford and Westfield Massachusetts, after receivership since August 13, 1907. The plan, drawn July 15, gains approval from Hallgarten banker Harry Breener, Metropolitan Life treasurer Frederick Ecker, and August Heckscher. creditors may be paid in full from cash on hand and anticipated new contribution. The proposal seeks consent of first and second preferred stockholders before sale of assets.
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Hartford
Conn
Pope Manufacturing Company
Westfield Mass
Harry Breener
Hallgarten &Co
New York
Frederick H. Ecker
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
August Heckscher
New York City
Treasury
Lumber Owner Dies By Own Action In Creek
Dayton Ohio July 30 Frank Litzenberger owner of the Eaton Lumber Company killed himself by wading into the creek and firing a pistol. He left a note naming his local manager on where the body would be found. No motive is given for the act.
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Dayton
Ohio
Frank Litzenberger
Eaton Lumber Company
Eaton
Fire disrupts 23d Street crossing line
A fire in conduits along 23d street between Fifth and Sixth avenues blocked traffic at 1 AM. Flames shot from a manhole as gas main leaks and crossed wires fueled a blaze watched by about a thousand people. Fire crews from Engine 14 were overwhelmed. gas cut off by Consolidated Gas workers gradually quelled the blaze. Tracks became red hot and distorted.
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Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Engine Company 14
18Th Street
McManus
Consolidated Gas Company
Lumber suits filed to restrain yellow pine trust
Missouri Attorney General Hadley filed two suits seeking to break up a yellow pine lumber trust. One suit asks the Missouri Supreme Court for a quo warranto. the other seeks a circuit court restraining eleven corporations and twenty individuals from entering into a price fixing and output restricting agreement. Similar actions were launched in Kansas and planned for Oklahoma and Texas. A lumber manufacturers committee had proposed a 300 million dollar combination, later said not feasible.
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the Tribune
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Yellow Pine Lumber Trust
Herbert S. Hadley
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Topeka
Guthrie
Okla
Austin
Tex
Chicago
August Eberhard Indicted For Aunt Murder
August Eberhard was indicted by Bergen County on murder charges related to the July 18 death of his aunt in Rochelle Park. He pleaded not guilty before Justice Parker and a trial was set for September 14. He has confessed to luring his aunt and cousin, stealing 2500, fleeing to Chicago, and injuring himself during capture.
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Eberhard
Ottilie
Hackensack
Bergen County
Rochelle Park
Koester
Parker
Supreme Court
T. W. St
Catrow Charged With Manslaughter After Crash
Cayton Ohio July 30 A warrant charging Colonel Herbert G Catrow with manslaughter was issued for his arrest. Catrow a Miami township millionaire and former Republican candidate for Congress struck Eugene Sullivan an elderly laborer at high speed. He withdrew from the race after the accident amid notoriety surrounding the case.
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Cayton
Ohio
Herbert G. Catrow
Catrow
Eugene Sullivan
Miamisburg
Congress
Oil case rehearing urged after appeals court voids large fine
Chicago July 39 District Attorney Edwin W Sims and first assistant James H Wilkerson returned from a conference with Attorney General Bonaparte on the government case against Standard Oil Company of Indiana and began drafting a motion for a rehearing by the Court of Appeals which set aside Judge Lands's fine of 329240000.
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Chicago
Edwin W. Sims
James H. Wilkerson
Bonaparte
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Court of Appeals
Aggrieved Woman Creditor Leads Bankruptcy Case
William Grier a salesman of 40 Clinton Street filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. He lists assets of 1 dollar and liabilities of 2154 dollars. His sole creditor is Mrs Chayr Friend of 145 Fourth Street Manhattan, who previously obtained a July 1 judgment for breach of promise of marriage.
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William Grier
Clinton Street
United States District Court
Chayr Friend
4Th Street
Manhattan
Portuguese ministers face arrest impeachment vote in chamber
In Lisbon the Chamber of Deputies passed the second reading of a bill by Deputy Costa demanding the arrest and impeachment of Premier Franco's Cabinet ministers. Costa accuses them of responsibility for the February assassination of King Carlos and the Crown Prince.
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Lisbon
Chamber of Deputies
Costa
Franco
Senhor Costa
Carlos
Portugal
Stallion Attacks Senator Martin at Albemarle Show
Senator Thomas S. Martin of Albemarle was injured when a stallion kicked him as he passed through the gate at the Albemarle Horse Show. He escaped serious injury according to telegraphed report from Charlottesville.
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Tribune
Charlottesville
Thomas S. Martin
Albemarle
Man Attacks Woman in Hot Springs
Mrs. N Pettit was attacked by a man in Hot Springs Arkansas. He beat her almost insensible then forced a rag soaked with arsenic into her mouth bound her to a bed with wire and tied matches in her mouth to ignite if she moved. Two hours later her husband released her she is in precarious condition.
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Hot Springs
Ark
School Teachers Hurt In Kentucky Streetcar Wreck
Brown County Ohio teachers on an excursion to Maysville Kentucky boarded streetcars for a ride when a tresser forty feet high car jumped the track and struck a telephone pole killing or injuring passengers. Miss Borse of Sardinia and Miss Gilefel of Ripley were badly hurt.
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Maysville
Brown County
Ohio
Borse
Sardinia
Gilefel
Ripley
General Wright's Son Breaks Leg in Memphis Fight
Semmes Wright, son of General Luke E. Wright, was hospitalized in Memphis with a broken leg after a night altercation with an unidentified man. The clash started when the two men bumped in a narrow alley. Wright toppled to the pavement as his assailant fled the scene.
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Chicago
Memphis
Semmes Wright
Luke E. Wright
Wright
Railroad fined for unequal passenger accommodations
The St. Louis Iron Mountain Southern Railroad was fined $2000 by District Judge Brunot in Baton Rouge for failing to provide equal accommodations to Black passengers. The State Railroad Commission had urged the ruling, seeking parity with white traveler amenities.
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Baton Rouge
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad
Brunot
State Railroad Commission
Annual Baby Show at Happyland Spoils the Parade for Twins
The annual baby show at Happyland Staten Island draws over two hundred babies with John and Rebecca Otten and their thirteen children the center of attention. Judges award prizes for prettiest babies and decorated carriages while exhausted mothers lament the winners, as families depart aboard crowded trolley cars.
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Theain
Happyland
South Beach
Staten Island
King Baby
Queen Baby
Sweet Peace
John
Rebecca Otten
Rebecca
Lillian
Sophy
Oscar
Theo
George
Lydia
Ottens
Mrs. Otten
Mr. Otten
New York State
Elm Park
John Otten
Uncle Sam
Francis Schmidt
Sam
Francis
Elizabeth Koch
Agnes Moran
Lili Hansen
Lili
Fatty
Willie
Johnnie Hicks
Otten
Evelyn Healy
Wiltshire Feast Marks Squire’s Coming Of Age
A large Wiltshire estate feast celebrates the squire’s heir as James Pump, an elderly farmer, raises a tankard to toast the young master. The story blends parish humor with a note on African drum signaling and a German submarine telephone innovation for fish detection.
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Wiltshire
England
James Pump
Device on fishing boat detects fish by sound
An insulated wire setup links a microphone on a fishing boat to a telephone receiver and battery. When fish school pass, taps against the microphone case produce detectable sounds. The inventor claims the device can identify fish species by their noises, herrings whistling in numbers and codfish sounding like tapping.
Teja Singhs Lecture At Hamilton Hall Draws Crowd
An orange turbanned boy led attendees to Teja Singh lecture room in Hamilton Hall. Singh, thin with a tall turban, defended Sikhism and criticized caste and suttee while tracing India's evolution from medieval times to the present. He argued reforms rise against Islamicate oppression and colonial influence.
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Hamilton Hall
Teja Singh
Mr. Singh
Cambridge University
England
Columbia
Nipling
India
MacMethan
Singh
Punjaab
God
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Pope Company Reorganized
Westfield
August Eberhard
Senator Martin
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