First Flight Plans for Baldwin Airship at Fort Myer
Washington July 20 The big gas bag of Captain Baldwin is to be hoisted and tested at Fort Myer with a first flight expected by Monday. Lt Lahm will travel to New York for Farman flight Saturday and return to oversee tests. Officials debate Langley aircraft as a relic and potential future experiments.
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Washington
Thomas S. Baldwin
Fort Myer
Baldwin
Frank P. Lahm
New York
Farman
Captain Baldwin
Smithsonian Institution
S. P. Langley
Wright Brothers
A. M. Herring
Langley
James Allen
Army
Cyrus Adler
Vangley
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
Theodore Rooseevit
Gay
Signal Corps
Stop Border Fights Across Mexican Border Extradition Debate
Washington July 4 The United States struggles to extradite offenders alleged as political yet in reality criminal across the Mexican Texas border. Officials say revolutionaries who raid Mexico and seek refuge in the U.S. should be extradited as felons, with President Roosevelt open to special counsel to enforce neutrality laws. Both governments are alarmed and vow drastic steps to end this activity on U.S. soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Oyster Bay
Creel
Roosevelt
Mexico
PREPARE FOR MEXICAN OUTBREAK
Official announcement in Ciudad Juarez says a thousand extra Mexican troops will be sent from Mexico City and distributed between now and September 15 Mexican Independence Day. One hundred rurales have moved from Quaretaro toward Casas Grandes as the revolution rumor grows. A Comstock dispatch notes Texas rangers patrol the border after clashes between revolutionists and Mexican troops Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
el Paso
Tex
Ciudad Juarez
Mexico City
Quaretaro
Casas Grandes
Comstock
Texas Rangers
Government Insures Employes Under New Labor Law
Washington July reports that next Saturday thousands of government employees will gain accident insurance under a new labor statute. The Bureau of Labor has issued detailed regulations guiding claims, requiring employee filings with proper certificates from a physician and superior official, to be sent to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor
Theas
Law passes to aid federal workers in hazards
A new government liability law offers federal laborers in manufacturing establishments arsenals navy yards canal work and other hazardous assignments wage protection. Injured workers receive regular pay for up to a year or until healing while widows children or dependent parents get yearly benefits if death occurs. Compensation denied for self caused injuries or misconduct and only if disability lasts over fifteen days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Panama Canal
Fight for Great National Forest
The Appalachian National Forest Association board and officers elected J. A. Tompkins of Charlotte North Carolina as president. Tompkins linked to Southern cotton mills and state papers. The election signals renewed Southern effort to establish a vast national forest in the Appalachian and White mountains with headquarters set in Washington and plans to campaign energetically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Appalachian National Forest Association
J. A. Tompkins
Charlotte
N.C
Tompkins
South
Appalachian
White Mountains
Bloodhounds Track Insane Man in Vermont Murder Case
Four bloodhounds moved from Poughkeepsie to Rutland to aid in locating Elroy Kerr, a Waterbury asylum escapee suspected in Delia Congdon’s July 24 East Wallingford murder. State officials and Rutland deputies traced Kent’s suspected movements to Nineveh, Shrewsbury, amid a statewide manhunt and reward offer.
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Poughkeepsie
N. J
Manning Cleveland
Rutland
East Wallingford
N. Y
Rutland County
Elroy Kerr
Waterbury
Delia B. Congdon
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 up the matter with President Roosevelt tomorrow. Wright will visit the New Jersey National Guard encampment at Sea Girt and Oyster Bar. He will spend tomorrow night and part of Saturday with President Roosevelt.
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Washington
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippine Islands
Wright
Roosevelt Tomorow
Philadelphia
New Jersey National Guard
Sea Girt
Oyster Bar
Roosevelt
Teal Pond murder inquest ends in New York state
The inquest into Hazel Drew's death at Teal Pond, starting July 11, ends at the courthouse. Parents identify clothes from the body, while relatives maintain earlier statements as real estate dealer Henry Kramroth and hotel owner Christopher Crape offer alibi and party accounts amid lingering rumors. Coroner to announce findings stating death by unknown person or persons.
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Tror. N
Hazel Drew
Teal Pond
R. EB. Carey
John Drew
Minnie Taylor
O'Brien
Miss Taylor
Christopher Crape
Gravesend Man Identified After Bay Death
Owen McCarthy, 34, a Beaver Street box factory superintendent, was identified by his home host Mrs. Silas J. Reid and reporter Mentor Edwards. Reid says McCarthy, last seen leaving for a country vacation, carried up to $200 but only a penny stamp was found. coroner cites fatal axe blow and body cast into Gravesend Bay. police seek suspects.
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Gravesend Bay
Bay 24Th Street
Bath Beach
Owen ©. McCarthy
Beaver Street
Silas J. Reid
No. 128
West 12Th Street
Mentor Edwards
Manhattan
S. J. Reid
Reid
McCarthy
Brewer
Boy crushed to death on canal incline in Newark
Fourteen year old Bernard Rudden of No Wilsey Street was fatally crushed on a cradle carrying Morris Canal boats over Newark High street hill. As the cradle topped the incline he tried to jump off but fell between the wheels and died before reaching City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Rudden
Wilsey Street
Newark
Morris Canal
High Street Hill
City Hospital
Cloakmakers Plan Strike Despite Tailors’ Denial
The cloak makers union, despite the brothers’ claim of no general walkout this year, prepares to strike. About twenty five thousand workers ready to sew their wares, seeking higher wax wages averaging six dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Tailors
Cloakmakers’ Union
Arrest Japanese Cook on Roof of Sacred Heart Academy
Police found a Japanese man posing as George Kimme, a cook for Mr. Dougherty of Riverside Drive, on the roof of the Academy of the Sacred Heart at West 79th Street. Sisters heard footsteps. locals alerted police from rear building. He claimed drinking, denied robbery, held as suspicious person. Authorities note no Dougherty at Riverside addr or matching name.
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George Kimme
Dougherty
Riverside Drive
Academy of the Sacred Heart
West 79Th Street
West 78Th Street
Academy
Wakarusa Wreck Kills Engineer as California Limited Wrecks
A Santa Fe California Limited train No 3 wrecked at Wakarusa near Topeka at noon. Engineer H S Rosetter died and Mrs Regina Pardee of New York suffered internal injuries after being thrown against an arm rest. Injured included Mrs Cora M Nelles R W McDonald W J Jones Jr six postal clerks fireman eight dining car workers and two Pullman conductors. Train was traveling fifty miles an hour and defect in a truck is suspected to have caused the wreck. The tender ran along ties for 800 feet before striking a switch throwing the engine around and dumping several cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 for Montclair Area
The Passaic Valley Drainage Commission reports surveys near Chatham to Singac and on Rockaway and Whippany rivers to remove hundreds of obstructions. They aim to clear channels, reclaim thousands of acres, and fund work by selling ponds to valley property owners after a late August meeting.
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Montclair
Passaic Valley
Singac
Speer
Commission
New Denver and Rio Grande Co Formed in Utah Incorporation
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company, uniting the D R G and Rio Grande Western with subsidiaries, filed articles in Salt Lake City. Capital stock laterity listed at 85 0 0 M, with two old shares exchanging for one new, extensive retirements, and a diverse board including E T Jeffery and Stephen Little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company
Denver & Rio Grande
Rio Grande Western
Salt Lake County
New
Denver & Rio Grande Company
E. T. Jeffery
New York
H. Schlaacks
Denver
Stephen Little
J. W. Gillaly
Joseph F. Vails
New Company
George J. Isonld
Lakewood
N. J
N. J. Winston &. Pierce, of New York; Amos H. Caley
New Jersey
Howard Gould
Arthur Coppell
Fanwin Gould
Cmpanies
Pope Company Reorganized in Hartford and Westfield
The Pope Manufacturing Company undergoes reorganization with new capitalization of 2 1/2 million dollars in preferred stock and 4.6 million in common. The firm, in receivership since August 13, 1907, will buy all property and operate factories in Hartford and Westfield. Creditors are to be paid in full from cash on hand and anticipated payments, with stockholders of two classes asked to approve the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Eaton 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 a creek at Eaton last night. He left a note on his desk directing the local manager to the location of his body. No cause can be as signed for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Frank Litzenberger
Eaton Lumber Company
Eaton
Fire on 23rd Street Tracks Heats Cars To Twisted Rails
A street blaze blocked the 23d street cross town line between Fifth and Sixth avenues at 10 last night as flames erupted from a manhole. A leaking gas main and crossed electric wires fed the fire while Engine Company 14 fought it helplessly. Cars briefly sped through the blaze before officials halted the perilous passage. Gas workers cut the supply as the fire burned down, leaving tracks red hot and bent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Engine Company 14
15Th Street
McManus
Consolidated Gas Company
Lumber suits filed against yellow pine lumber trust
Missouri Attorney General Hadley filed two suits in Jefferson City and St Louis Circuit Court to curb a yellow pine lumber trust. Kansas and others filed similar actions in Topeka, Guthrie, and Austin. Pleadings allege price fixing, output limits, and restraint of trade by numerous corporations and individuals. A 25 member committee had canvassed a $60,000,000 lumber combination, but later said unified action was not feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Yellow Pine Lumber
Herbert S. Hadley
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Topeka
Guthrie
Okla
Austin
Tex
Chicago
August Eberhard Indicted For Aunt's Murder
August Eberhard was indicted by a Bergen County grand jury in Hackensack for the July 18 murder of his aunt Mrs. Eberhard in Rochelle Park. He pleaded not guilty, waived trial by jury, and a September 14 trial date was set with counsel provided. He reportedly confessed to luring his Austrian-born aunt and cousin, planning to marry the cousin, stealing 2500 dollars, burying items, and shooting himself in the knee before capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eberhard
Thomas Hackett
Englewood
Austria
Rochelle Park
Chicago
Dayton Colonel Catrow Charged With Manslaughter
A warrant was issued in Dayton Ohio charging Colonel Herbert Catrow with manslaughter after he struck Eugene Sullivan an elderly laborer with a fast moving automobile. Catrow a millionaire resident of Miamisburg and former Republican candidate for Congress withdrew from the race after the accident drawing notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Herbert
Catrow
Eugene Sullivan
Miamisburg
Congress
District Attorney Sims and Wilkerson Return for Rehearing Motion
Chicago July 34. DA Eawin W Sims and first assistant James H Wilkerson returned from a conference with Attorney General Bonaparte on the Standard Oil Indiana case. They began drafting a motion for a rehearing to overturn Judge Lantis’s $29,240,000 fine set aside by the Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eawin W. Sims
James H. Wilkerson
Bonaparte
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Court of Appeals
Landis
Aggrieved Wife Creditor Forces Bankruptcy Plea
William Grier a salesman of 40 Clinton Street filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. His only asset is property valued at 19 dollars. His sole creditor is Charr Friend of 145 Fourth Street Manhattan with liabilities listed at 2134.96 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grier
Clinton Street
United States District Court
Charr Friend
4Th Street
Manhattan
Portuguese ministers face arrest bill in Portugal chamber
In Lisbon the chamber passed a second reading of a bill by Deputy Costa demanding arrest and impeachment of Premier Franco's cabinet members. Costa accuses the ministers of responsibility for the February assassination of King Carlos and the Crown Prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Chamber of Deputies
Costa
Franco
Senhort Costa
Carlos
Portugal
Stallion Attacks Senator Martin at Albemarle Show
Senator Thomas S. Martin of Albemarle was attacked by a stallion at the Albemarle Horse Show in Charlottesville today. The horse struck him with its hooves as he passed the gate to the ring, but he escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Charlottesville
Thomas S. Martin
Albemarle
Woman Gagged by Arsenic Rag Attack in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas on July 30 Mrs N Pettit was attacked by a man who beat her almost senseless and forced a rag soaked with arsenic into her mouth. He tied her to a bed with wire and placed matches in her mouth so movement would ignite them. Her husband arrived two hours later and freed her. She remains in precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
School Teachers Hurt In Wreck At Maysville
Brown County Ohio teachers on an excursion to Maysville Kentucky boarded streetcars for a ride a car on a trestle forty feet high jumped the track and struck a telephone pole wrecking the car Miss Rouse of Sardinia and Miss Gilefel of Ripley Ohio were badly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Brown County
Ohto
Rouse
Sardinia
Gilefel
Ripley
Ohio
General Wright's Son Breaks Leg in Memphis Fight
Semmes Wright, son of General Luke E. Wright, is hospitalized with a broken leg after a nighttime alleyway clash in Memphis. An unidentified man toppled him during the scuffle and fled the scene.
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General Wright
Chicago
Memphis
Semmes Wright
Luke E. Wright
Wright
Iron Mountain Railroad Fined For Unequal Passenger Accommodations
Baton Rouge Louisiana July 0 A 2000 fine was imposed on the St Louis Iron Mountain Southern Railroad by District Judge Brunot for failure to provide negro passengers accommodations as good as those for whites. The State Railroad Commission brought the case to enforce equal accommodations for both races.
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Iron Mountain Road
Baton Rouge
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad
Brunot
State Railroad Commission
Annual Baby Show at Happyland Ends with Crowded Farewell
A Staten Island annual baby show draws more than two hundred families to Happyland. Amid oohs and cheers, twins from the Otten family win special prizes, while Francis Schmidt as Uncle Sam and other infants are judged for prettiest, smallest, and best decorated carriages. Mothers console, celebrate, and depart as tired babies fill the wagons and trolleys.
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Happyland
South Beach
Staten Island
King Baby
Sweet Peace
John
Rebecca Otten
Rebecca
Lillian
Sophy
Oscar
Theo
George
Lydia
Ottens
Mrs. Otten
Tne
Uncle Sam
Incle Sam
Francis Schmidt
Sam
Francis
Elizabeth Koch
Agnes Moran
Lili Hansen
Lil
Fatty
Willie
Johnnie Hicks
Otten
Evelyn Healy
Wiltshire Feast Prompts Toast To Young Master
Report from Wiltshire details a grand estate feast for a squire's heir marked by hearty cheers and a farmer James Pump's rustic toast. The article contrasts old country wit with a note on African drum signals and a German submarine telephone tech that detects shoals of fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiltshire
England
James Pump
Sound detecting fish finder on fishing boat
An inventor describes a device linking a microphone on a fishing boat to a telephone receiver via insulated wires and a battery. The microphone, hanging in water, picks up sounds caused by fish passing the case. Different species produce distinct noises, such as whistling from herrings and a towling-like sound from endfish.
Teja Singh lecture praised reform and Sikh origins
An orange turbanned boy guides visitors to Teja Singh's lecture room at Hamilton Halls Columbia. Singh, thin and educated in England, described the evolution of India from the fourteenth century to today, condemning caste and suttee while praising modern reforms and Sikh teachings. He warned against pro Indian apologists and outlined early Sikh philosophy and the Punjab kingdom.
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Hamilton
Columbia
Teja Singh
Mr. Singh
Cambridge University
England
Nipling
India
MacMethan
Singh
Punjaab
God
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D. A. Tompkins
Vermont
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Cook
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Passaic
NEW Denver & Rio Grande CO
Pope Company Reorganized
Hart
Ford and Westfield
August Eberhard
Senator Martin
Africa
Delmonice
Curacao
Curacae
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