Fleet in Magdalena two days before time
San Diego March 12 The American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Robley D Evans enters Magdalena Bay two days ahead of schedule after a 13000 mile cruise from Hampton Roads. Target practice and fleet drills will follow before a coast voyage to San Francisco, with public receptions planned in California cities.
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San Diego
Cal
Robley D. Evans
Magdalena Bay
Redondo Point
Man-o'-War Cove
Pacific Coast
Hampton Roads
Naval Base of
the Pacific
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
James J. Jeffries
Admiral Evans Fleet Reaches Magdalena Bay Ahead of Schedule
Washington March 12 The arrival of Admiral Evans feet at Magdalena Bay was announced by the Navy Department to Gay. The fleet anchored inside on March 12 after a 11 days 20 hours voyage from Callao, two days ahead of time. The fleet is in good condition ready for service and target practice will start as soon as range can be established. The voyage provided opportunities for drills elevations and seamanship with no untoward incidents. See continued on seventh page.
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California
Pacific Coast
Magdalena
Lower California
Admiral Evans
Straits of Magellan
Callao
Pacific
Atlantic
Lees
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Maryland
Albany
San Diego
Boston
Princeton
Prebie
United States
Washington
Magdalena Bay
Navy Department
Evans
Hampton Roads
Magdalena Hay
Naval Smhials
Hugh Bonner Dead Fire Commissioner Dies in 1830s era context
Fire Commissioner Hugh Bonner died at 12:30 this morning at his West End avenue home after a brief illness due to Brights disease and pneumonia. He served 39 years in the uniform force, was appointed commissioner on February 10 after a Fire Department scandal, and previously led the Manila department as chief. He leaves Mrs. Bonner and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Bonner
Bonner
West End Avenue
Bright
J. W. Kelly
59Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Chief Croker
School of Instruction
Iss
Shay
United States
Manila
Philippines
Prison Water Theft Alleged From Sing Sing Pipe
Water Register Michael Padden alleged Sing Sing Prison stole city water for years via an unmetered 8 inch pipe between two metered 6 inch lines. Inspectors found irregular meter records and a hidden pipe supplying water, with potential back payments and legal options to cut off the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Clarence Padden
Water Register
Sing Sing
Water Department
Hannan
Mr. Padden
Padden
Anna Gould sails for New York under fictitious name
News from Cherbourg reports Mme Anna Gould fled France with her children aboard the Adriatic using the alias Miller. She originally booked passage on the Kronprinz Wilhelm but altered plans at the last moment to avoid Count Boni de Castellane, who had consented to their departure. A legal dispute between Prince Helie de Sagan and Boni over forged letters is noted, with Sagan’s location unclear.
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Anna Gould
New York
Miller
Snd
Count Boni de Castellane
Husbe
France
Mme. Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Paris
Adriatic
Cherbourg
Mme
Prince Helie
de Benevent
Yale Students Run Over Boy In Fatal Auto Incident
A racing automobile driven by Vance Shearer of New York City and carrying five Yale students struck and killed John J. Lynch, eleven, at Chapel and East streets in New Haven. Shearer was held on bail. Witnesses included Frederick W. Bellamy, Frederick W. Murray Jr., Arthur Whitehill, Thomas Hooker, Sidney Overall, with Hooker editor of The Yale News and Sverall a football team member.
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Tribune
New Haven
Vance Shearer
New York City
Yale
John J. Lynch
Chapel
East Streets
Shearer
Frederick W. Bellamy
Brooklyn
Frederick W. Murray, Jr
Arthur Whitehill
Newburs
Thomas Hooker
Hartford
Sidney
Menace of Just Satisfaction Looms Over Castro Venezuela
In Washington March 12, the Tribune notes looming U S action against Castro regime. Lodge to seek joint resolution authorizing force if Venezuela refuses US demands. Compares to 1858 Paraguay episode with Bowlin mission and a fleet to Buenos Aires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Venezuela
Castro
State Department
Congress
Lodge
United States
Republic of Venezuela
Republic of
Paraguay
Buchanan
James B. Bowlin
Secretary of the Navy
Buenos Ayres
Shubrick
Bowlin
Republic
United States and Paraguay Navigation Company
Mercantile Company
City Faces Suit Over Auto Crash Injuries
Henry VW Scheeler sues the city for 2000 damages claiming a Health Department car struck Mrs Agnes Scheeler on December 6 196 ill causing injuries that allegedly led to her death. Corporation Counsel will argue state authority shields the city from damages when officials in duty accidentally injure someone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VW. Scheeler
Health Department
Agnes Scheeler
Corporation Counsel
Captain Kirkman Loses Appeal in Leavenworth Case
The Federal Court of Appeals ruled today that Captain Kirkman of the United States Army, imprisoned at Leavenworth, must complete his sentence. The decision was reported by Telegraph to The Tribune from St Louis on March 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Jury finds first degree murder in Father Heinrichs case
In Denver on March 12 Giuseppe Alia was found guilty of first degree murder for fatally shooting Father Lee Heinrichs at St Elizabeth's Cuprch on February 3. The verdict carries the death penalty as mandated by the jury.
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Denver
Giuseppe Alia
Lee Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth's Cuprch
Hayti War Leader Freduque in New York Seeks Return
General J F Frederique of Hayti, veteran of two insurrections, now in New York, claims treachery by detective Hallen who lured him from St Thomas. He describes arms seized by U S Secret Service in a Brooklyn warehouse, says insurgents planned anew uprising with Hallen’s promised funds. He recites Firmin’s denial of any Roosevelt intrigue and hopes for renewed Haytian resistance.
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J. F. Frederique
Hayti
New York
Antenor Firmin
Gonaives
Frederique
St. Thomas
United States Secret Service
Brooklyn
Hallen
West Indies
Firmin
Alexis
Hyppolite
Legitime
Nord Alexis
General Firmin
Roosevelt
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Newth
Republic of
Halen
York
Nitrate Deal Ties Morgan Grace and Banks in Chile
A Chilean nitrate field sale valued at £2,500,000 to a syndicate of J. P. Morgan & Co., William Grace & Co., Baring Brothers, and the Anglo South American Bank includes ports, railways, and factories. The Granja property, linked to a government loan, marks a pivot to American-backed nitrate interests amid rising 1907 US imports. The industry is regulated by the Combinacion Salitrera, directing output to world demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chili
Republic
J. P. Morgan & Co
William Fr. Grace & Co
Baring Brothers
Anglo- South American Bank
Coloso
Aguas Blancas
Port Coloso
Antofagasta
Granja & Co
United States
Fire Claims Two In Tenement Blaze On Tenth Avenue
Michael Higgins perished from burns in a blaze at 688 Tenth Avenue third floor apartments owned by Michael Naughton. Laborer Thomas Culman was severely burned. Mrs Naughton and four others escaped. The five story tenement housed sixteen families and cause of fire remains unknown.
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Michael Higgins
Michael Naughton
Tenth Avenue
Thomas Culman
Higgins
Naughtons
Hughes Men in Missouri
St. Louis March 12 Resolutions endorsing Governor Hughes of New York for President were adopted by Republican conventions of Missouri th and twelfth districts. In the eleventh district delegates were elected un instructed while in the twelfth district delegates were elected and instructed for Hughes.
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St. Louis
Hughes
New York
Grant Gillespie
Goldburn H.wilson
John B. Owen
Charles B. Comfort
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Charles E. Hughes
Chicago
Ith
12Th
Taft
Walter S. Dickey
District Congress
State Committee
Bell Aeredrome Flies in First Public Heavier-Than-Air Flight
Hammondsport N Y March 12 Professor Alexander Graham Bell and the Aerial Experiment Association report the Red Wing making a two hundred foot glide then rising to about ten feet and sailing 319 feet at 25 to 30 mph on Lake Keuka. The craft, weighing about 560 pounds with engine and operator, uses a 40 hp eight cylinder motor and steel propeller. A tail failure ends the flight but officials call it a highly satisfactory first public heavier-than-air flight in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammondsport
N. Y
Alexander Graham Bell
Red Wing
Lake Keuka
F. W. Baldwin
Aerial Experiment Association
Thomas Selfridge
America
Death of a Mosby Man in Hempstead
John W. Munson a Civil War veteran on the Confederate side and former chief of staff to Colonel Mosby died suddenly of heart disease at East Meadow. He was sixty one, previously lived in Virginia where he owned a barge stock farm, moved to East Williston, and recently leased Barnum estate stock farm of one thousand acres at East Meadow. He leaves a wife and six children.
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Tribune
Hempstead
Long Island
John W. Munson
East Meadow
Mr. Munson
Colonel Mosby
Mr. Muncon
Virginia
East Williston
J. W. Barnum
Stockholders Demand Recovery From Union Pacific Directors
Formal demand filed by four stockholders seeks restitution of about 1.0 million dollars alleging directors including E. Harriman H R Rogers and J Stillman profited from sales of Illinois Central stock to Union Pacific. The petition cites alleged deals and losses totaling tens of millions and states the action is to disgorge unlawful profits rather than target Harriman personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Road
Albert C. Bates
Henry R. Buck
Connecticut
E. H. Harriman
H. H. Rogers
James Stillman
Union Pacific
Illinois Central
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Securities Company
Law Department
Mr. Harriman
Leonard M. Wallstein
No. 49
Wall Street
Board of Directors
Stuyvesant Fish
TWO U. P. PROTESTANTS IN HARTFORD
Hartford dispatch reports Henry Robinson Buck and Lewis A. Storrs among stockholders backing the Union Pacific demand. Buck is a civil engineer and Storrs an attorney who has held about 145 shares since the reorganization. Storrs says Hartford had little direct involvement though considerable work was done locally.
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U. P
Hartford
Tribune
Henry Robinson Buck
Lewis A. Storrs
Union Pacific
Storrs
Hertford
Mauretania Sets New Transatlantic Speed Record
Queenstown March 12 The steamer Mauretania beat her own eastward record by two hours and thirty six minutes arriving off Daunts Rock at 4 14 pm The voyage time is five days and .2 minutes Sandy Hook Lightship was cleared March 7 and total distance 2503 knots The average speed for the trip was 24 42 knots surpassing the previous 22 9 knot mark The Kaiser Wilhelm II and Lusitania figures are cited for comparison with a 627 knot westward run by the Lusitania establishing a new world record and a 4 days 13 hours 40 minutes westward voyage.
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Queenstown
Mauretania
Daunt’s Rock
Sandy Hook
Lusitania
Minete Atlantic
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Fampton Roads
MEAD
Rived Tan
Denas F
Santa Maria Bay
Cape Corsog
Entrada
Almejas
Lower
Stim
Kirkman
Alia
Gen
J.P. Morgan
Heads Syndicate
Boarder
Missouri
Tco
Bell Aerodrome
Great Bear
Advt
U. P. Stockholders Act
Liverpool
Cunard Steamship Company Stees
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