Taft May See Flights As Wrights Prep For Trials
President Taft may witness Wright brothers flights at Fort Myer while Orville and Wilbur finalize the aeroplane with the motor installed. The trials center on a five mile cross country course with a balloon end marker and time signals by telephone to both ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Fort Myer
Fort
Orville Wright
Allen
War Department
Bierrot
Farman
France
Aero Cub
Baldwin
General Allen
Army
Signal Corps
A. M Herring
Former evangelist Driggs rearrested in Bronx theft case
The Rev Dr George Driggs a noted evangelist was arrested in The Bronx on charges of stealing a broken box of cigars from Wilsons drug store at Witch street and Willis avenue He was examined at Alexander avenue police station by Dr Mooney from Lincoln Hospital and may be arraigned in Morrisania court He was caught after fleeing with thirty eight cigars and found with surgical tools and syringes in his pockets While editing a religious paper in New Orleans he broke down and continued revival work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Driggs
Bronx
Wilson
Witch Street
Willis Avenue
Mooney
Lincoln Hospital
Driggs
Alexander Avenue
Morrisania
Walter Cleary
Cleary
138Th Street
Kreutzer
New Orleans
Tablet Unveiling on the George steamer marks Revolution ties
General Stewart L Woodford and Charles S Whitman will speak at the bronze tablet unveiling aboard the North German Lloyd steamship George on the New York voyage today at 1 p m. The 18 5 by 28 5 inch tablet honors the American Revolution and is presented by Mrs William Cummings Story. Little Miss Lyman will unveil it, with Captain Wettin and Gustav H Schwab accepting for the ship and company. A luncheon for about a hundred guests followed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart L. Woodford
Charless. Whitman
George
Lloyd Line
New York State
Miss Lyman
Samuel L. Munson
William Cummings Story
Wettin
Gustav H. Schwab
Murder Confession Tales From Night House Trunk Scene
Testimony reveals Sin's reluctant answers as Leon and Chu Gain appear in connection with Elsie Sigel's murder. Details describe handkerchief blood, trunk in closet, rope near trunk, and Sin's fear while Leon planned to ship the trunk to Europe. Interpreters note jealousy and Gee Kong Tong ties as investigators press for truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Elsie
Sin
Carey
Chung P. Sin
West 29Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Quan Wick Nam
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Nam
Gee Kong Tong
China
Ward
Chung Sin
Harburger
Forbes
Amsterdam
No. 38
No. 16
Pell Street
Wanted for Murder in New York City 1909
Police describe Chinaman, thirty, 5 feet 4 inches, 125 pounds, smooth face, black hair, deep set eyes, high cheekbones. He wears American dress, may have Chinese costume and a possible false queue. Possesses a gold hunting case watch, a gold watch with two birds design, and a fleur de lis locket. Report sightings to police. Serial No. 587% File No. 790 June 19, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Waltham Movement
W. L
Waltham
No help from Sigels in hunt for Elsie Sigel murder
Police press on in the Elsie Sigel case despite family resistance and secrecy. A new description and photograph of Leon circulates nationwide as arrests of Chinese men yield little. Reginald Sigel refuted a Schenectady identification and police monitor Vancouver bound arrivals to prevent Leon’s escape. Officials say they expect to trap the killer within days.
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Sigel
Elsie Sigel
Sigels
Chinatown
Paul Sigel
Leon
Schenectady
Chu Hop
Reginald Sigel
Revelstoke
B. C
Vancouver
China
Washington
Chinese Masons Aid Search for Leon Nationwide
A translated letter, deemed crucial by police, led to a secret aid order from Chinese Masons with headquarters in Indianapolis. They ordered all branches to intensify the search for Leon and hand him over to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Indianapolis
Tenants Union to Protest Ice Price Rise in New York
The Tenants Union led by Cornelius Donovan plans a mass meeting in Union Square early next week to address rising ice costs for tenement dwellers. Union officers claim middlemen are shrinking ice chunks despite plentiful supplies found at depots along the Hudson. Our agents inspected depots from Poughkeepsie north to confirm ample ice and will explain the situation with the union report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenants’ Union
Cornelius Donovan
Union Square
Union
Hudson
Law
Pooughkeepsie
Arrests in Court and Auto Charges Hit Harlem Scene
John H. Springer, proprietor of the Grand Opera House, appeared in Jefferson Market Court after his chauffeur was arrested for speeding. The chauffeur fled to Brooklyn on similar charges. Coroner Harburger set 5000 bail for Mandelbaum in the death inquiry of Patrick Dunn, run down by a car. Boots Darnell faced Harlem Court on a 3000 bail for operating at twenty mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Springer
Grand Opera House
Jefferson Market Court
Patrick Dunn
Harlem
Mandelbaum
Charles E
Boots”) Darnell
John W. Gates
Broadway
Harlem Court
Taxicab Breaks Boy's Leg in Crowded Crossing
Fourteenth year old Christopher Cosmos of 165 East 78th Street was struck by a taxicab at Fourth Avenue and 26th Street, breaking his left thigh. The driver, William Quinn of 161 West 62nd Street, fled but was captured and jailed on a technical assault charge.
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Fourth Avenue
26Th Street
Christopher Cosmos
No. 165
East 78Th Street
William Quinn
No. 161
West 62d Street
East Side Tuberculosis Exhibition Opens Tonight
A mass meeting at Educational Alliance East Broadway and Jefferson Street opens an exhibition on tuberculosis. Isidor Straus presides with Commissioner Robert W. Hebberd and Dr S A Knopf speaking. English and Yiddish lectures scheduled nightly through July 1.
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Educational Alliance
East Broadway
Jefferson Street
Isidor Straus
Robert W. Hebberd
Department of Charities
S. A. Knopf
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Wrights
Woodford
George Washington
Edgar Beecher Bronson
Roosevelt
Satan
Tribune
Mr. Bronson
British East Africa
Sin Went
the Room
Captain Carey
Lin
Chu Gain
Kennedy
29Th Street Place
Harvey Kennedy
Chung P
A. B. Meyers
Gain
Hackettstown
N. J
Port Arthur
Oriental Club
Mott Street
Sam Leung
Yee Kim
Chin Song
On Wing
Giegerich
Joe J. Kay
No. 782
Jerome
Chung Lin
Stahl
House of Detention
Eighth Avenue House
Mulberry Street
Leong Lum Or
Leon Ling
Leong Chon Wing
William L. Leon
Niagara Falls
Fauch Chunk
Ecurwoo
Lehigh Valley
Glen Onoko
Mauch Chunk
Bellewood Park
Rand
Sisall
Daiy
Eee
Itrom
Lehigh Valley Ticket Offices
Franklin St
Liberty St
Park PL
Fifth Ave
234
26Th St
Pennsylvania Perries
St. Desbrosses St
Cortlandt St
Hegeman & CO
Kinsman Drug CO
Reeder Bros
Park Avenue
33Rd Street
Riker’s
6Th Avenue
23Rd Street
H. W. ST. John & CO
Pean
New York
Brooklyn
Boy
East Side
Dolland Bros
Knightsbridge
London
Germany
Griinfeld
Leipziger Street
Berlin
Wcwa Mills
Landeshut
Silesia
M’manus
West Side Civic Club
West Side Young Men's Christian Association
Joseph O. Hammitt
The
Citizens Union
New York City
McManus
Vichy
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