Scientist Warns Coal Crash Is Coming Soon
Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz told electrical engineers and students that coal reserves will run out, urging a shift to water power and electric transmission. He warned of warming winters without substitutes and urged career focus on electrical engineering in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Steinmetz
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
New York Electrical Trade School
Engineers
West
Ti Street
Massachusetts
Niagara
Cleveland
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Steinmetz
Dr. Steinmetz
Wealthy Armenian Killed in Brookline Ride Incident
Agop Garabedian, a 32 year old Armenian migrant, died after being thrown from a torse in Brookline while riding with a group of peers. He arrived from France six months ago and had previously lived in Constantinople with ties to a royal palace as a servant to the Sultan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garabedian
Brookline
France
Corstantnople
Royal Palace
Sultum
Drowns Despite Friend At Naval Academy Graduation
Midshipman Arthur Linford Lucas of Cleveland, a Naval Academy graduating class member, drowned after a canoe capsized near Annapolis. Midshipman Carl D. Hib bard, of Northfield, Minn., risked his life to try to save Lucas, nearly drowning himself. Lucas, over twenty, entered the academy in July 1894 and would have graduated with high honors on June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Arthur Linford Lucas
Cleveland
Naval Academy
Carl D. Hibbard
Northfield
Minn
Lucas
Hibbard
William Lucas
Crawford Road
Academy
Test of an aerodrome in Hammondsport May 17 1906
A preliminary trial of the White Wing aerodrome designed by F. W. Baldwin and built by the Aerial Experiment Association with Dr. Alexander Graham Bell as chairman was held in Hammondsport. The craft used wheels without steering gear on the ground and failed to stay on track leading to planned adjustments before flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammondsport
N. Y
White Wing
F. W. Baldwin
The
Aerial Experiment Association
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Selfridge
U.S. A
J. A. D. McCurdy
Glen H. Curtiss
Selfridge
Baldwin
Dr. Bell
Mr. Curtiss
Mr. McCurdy
Kittreys Launch Hits Hog's Back in East River Run
The naphtha launch Kittreys owned by Frank Bean ran aground on Hog's Back off Ward's Island during a trial trip. The bow plunged into the water while the stern rose high. Passengers including Bean, his wife and child, and five friends were rescued by the motorboat Old Glory and landed at East 90th Street. The craft was towed to Astoria for repairs.
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East River
Ward's Island
Frank Bean
No. 501
West 143d Street
Mr. Bean
Audubon Yachtlab
155Th Street
Hudson River
Port Washington
Long Island
Kittreys
Hoe
90Th Street
East Sith Street
Astoria
Bryan speaks to 15000 Norwegians in Chicago
William J. Bryan attended a Brand's Park picnic in Chicago where about 15,000 Norwegian Americans gathered for their national holiday. He avoided partisan politics, noted Chicago Norwegians lean Republican, and praised King Haakon while recalling his Norway tour from two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Chicago
Wiliam J. Bryan
John M. Johnson
Brand's Park
Mr. Bryan
Johnson
Bryan
Sweden
Norway
Haakon
Eight Hurt In Trolley Collision In Northampton
Seven injured when a passenger car collides head on with a work car on the Williamsburg line between Leeds and Williamsburg. Motorman Frank Emerick critically hurt. Mrs. Clarence Chase badly cut with possible internal injuries. Also injured are May Quinn Edward Morrissey Lawrence Morrissey George Dabineau Josephine Chase and Darden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Williamsburg
Northampton Street
Leeds
Frank Emerick
Clarence Chase
May Quinn
Edward Morrissey
Lawrence Morrissey
George Dabineau
Josephine Chase
Haydenville
Mr. Darden
Springfield
Woodruff Sees Roosevelt At White House In Brief Visit
Timothy L. Woodruff chairman of the New York State Republican Committee met with President Roosevelt at the White House for a short duration. He arrived from New York and departed shortly after a brief call on Senator Depew and remained away from public comment about the visit’s purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York State Republican Committee
Roosevelt
White House
New York
Depew
Executive Mansion
New Morse Company to Take Bank Assets
Charles W. Morse forms Morse Securities Company in Bath Maine with $10 million capital to acquire and hold bank securities. The plan centers on taking over assets of the National Bank of North America, once run by Morse, now in receivership under Charles A. Hanna, and paying depositors through dividends while liquidating remaining assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Bath
Morse Securities Company
National Bank of North America
Mr. Morse
Charles A. Hanna
Hanna
United States
Treasury Department
New York Clearing House Association
Panama
Washington
Murray
New
H. S. Carney
Arthur Braun
Primrose & Braun
No. 43
Exchange Place
Mr. Carney
Morse Steamship Lines
Harvest of Speeders Nets City Police Action
Suburban New York and much of Manhattan staged a wide speed crackdown. Kingdon Gould and several others were charged or fined for speeding, with numerous arrests across West Side streets and Long Island.
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New York
Manhattan
Kingdon Gould
Broadway
125Th Street
Gould
Bugher
Young Gould
Geisler
Bingham
Seventh Avenue
Sarah M. Staisny
No. 48
West 119Th Street
Central Park
116Th Street
Finnegan
Staisny
West 125Th Street
William Wilkinson
West 114Th Street
S. O. Reynolds
Pelham
New Rochelle
Arthur Bedell
Mount Vernon
Fred Newman
Eighth Avenue
Marks
Arthur Piel
Riverside Drive
Shore Road
West Side
Fifth Avenue
Long Island
John J. Parker
West 54Th Street
Benedict Einstein
East 66Th Street
William G. Frank
Hunter's Point
Thompson Avenue
Wiley C. Raymond
Jamaica
Frederick Keiser
Keiser
Leon Samuels
Providence
St. Nicholas Avenue
127Th Street
West 125Th
15Nd Street
Shot by a lawmaker in North Carolina melee
Waynesville May 17 Henry Abel prominent citizen of Waynesville was fatally shot by David L Boyd Haywood County representative in the General Assembly Abel is dying Boyd escaped and is believed in Tennessee mountains The shooting followed a Main Street fight between Leatherwood and Boyd's nephew Abel tried to intervene and Boyd fired twice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Waynesville
N. C
Henry Abel
David L. Boyd
Haywood County
General Assembly
Abel
Boyd
Tennessee
Leatherwood
Main Street
Thigh Fracture After Automobile Collision in Montclair
Leonard Cousins shoe maker of 177 Branfield Avenue Montclair N J was struck at Mail Street and Broadway by a car owned by Frank A Burrelle of Burrelle's Press Clipping Bureau. Cousins sustained a fractured left thigh and possible internal injuries and was taken to Hudson Street Hospital. Vincent Champlain driver of the car from Westerly R I was held at City Hall station on technical assault charges. Passengers in the car included Mr and Mrs Burrelle and a young woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Cousins
Branfield Avenue
Montclair
N. J
Mail Street
Broadway
Frank A. Burrelle
Burrelle
Carlton
Hudson Street Hospital
Vincent Champlain
Westerly
R. I
City Hall Station
Man Killed In Auto Collision In East Greenwich Road
Providence May 17 Three young men were injured in a collision on East Greenwich road near Hill's Grove Farm. Stephen Dodge of Providence died from a fractured skull at Rhode Island Hospital. Edward Conway of Pawtucket Heights had a slight skull fracture but is not believed to be seriously injured. George Whitaker of Roxbury Mass was only lightly bruised. Neither occupants of the other car were injured. Both cars were wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
East Greenwich Road
Hill's Grove Farm
Stephen Dodge
Rhode Island Hospital
Edward Conway
Pawtucket Heights
George Whittaker
Roxbury
Mass
SAY LA FOLLETTE PLANS STAMPEDE
A May 17 report from Janesville Wisconsin says Senator La Follette plans to stampede the Republican convention to Theodore Roosevelt to aid his 1912 prospects. He would attend via proxy and deliver a ringing Roosevelt speech to sway delegates away from Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Janesville
Wis
la Follette
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft
Automobilists Aid Their Victim Near Jericho
Tony Muskin an Italian twenty five was knocked down and run over by an automobile near Jericho on May 17. The car occupants took him to Mineola Hospital and promised to pay weekly expenses while he stayed but left without giving their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Hempstead
Long Island
Tony Muskin
Jericho
Mineola Hospital
Lodge Denies Stewart Report In Arizona Incident
Senator Lodge angrily rejected a Telegraph report claiming he ordered a textile of Colonel Stewart to Fort Grant Arizona. He said he never saw Colonel Stewart in his life and denied involvement in the Fort Williams launch incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Boston
Senator Lodge
Colonel Stewart
Fort Grant
Arizona
Stewart
Fort Williams
Auto driver dies after crash with truck in Brooklyn
Alfred Moyer of Brooklyn operated a car without a license and collided with a truck on Herkimer street. He suffered a fractured skull and died later at St. John's Hospital. Dr E P Porter and Frank Olsen were occupants in the vehicle.
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Alfred Moyer
Eighth Avenue
1Sth Street
Brooklyn
Moyer
E. P. Porter
Grenada Place
Herkimer Street
Albany
Troy Avenues
Frank Olsen
Prospect Avenue
St. John’s Hospital
Bomb Explodes Near Undertaker Shop in Tenement Row
A powerful bomb exploded in the rear room of an undertaker, A. Salomon, in a four story tenement at 1143 1145 First Avenue. Salomon, receiver for two Italian banks, had received threats demanding bank openings and deposits paid. No injuries reported but residents fled in panic as police detained three witnesses who saw a man flee moments before the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
Young Peoples Association
A. Salomon
Salomon
Stanton Street
East 63d Street
Cholera Claims Troops in Simla Outbreak
An outbreak of cholera spreads through Major General Willcocks's column forcing most white troops into cholera camps near Simla. Heat and lack of water heighten risk as 27 Munster Fusileers die. Mohmand clashes near Khapak Pass leave 10 British killed and 24 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
Willcocks
Khapak Pass
Dynamite Flare and Riots Hit Cleveland Street Cars
During the present street railway strike in Cleveland on May 17 dynamite exploded under multiple cars causing fires and frightening passengers. Police clashed with mobs of around 1000 at Wade Park and East 109th Street, and along East 55th Street cars were stoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Cleveland
Wade Park Avenue
East 109Th Street
Wade Park
Ansel Road
St. Clair Avenue
East 55Th Street
Bank Will Not Reopen in Pittsburg After Embezzlement
The Allegheny National Bank will not reopen as Controller of the Currency takes charge after ex cashier William Montgomery faces a $594000 misappropriation charge. Banks’ funds total about 1.5 million city funds and 590 thousand state funds. Bonds of surety companies protect against loss. city may face brief inconvenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank
William Montgomery
Treasury Department
Fatal St Louis Flood Rages Through City and County
A May 17 flood in western St Louis and nearby county covers several square miles. Three girls drowned as homes flood blocks deep. Families flee to upper floors. Des Peres River surged after a cloudburst near the Country Club. Power plant of the St Louis and Suburban Railway under water. Wellston lights out. Over fifty families displaced. rescue parties organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
St. Louis
Cty
Des Peres
Bicycle Suffered Serious Injuries in Bridgeport Collision
Stratford May 17 Andrew Mortensen aged 22 of 641 East Main Bridgeport on a bicycle was hit at Main and Broad streets by a car driven by A B Barkman of Tarrytown New York. Mortensen taken to Bridgeport Hospital with serious injuries Barkman arrested but released as not at fault.
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Stratford
Conn
Andrew Mortensen
East Main Street
Bridgeport
Main
Broad Streets
A. B Barkman
Tarrytown
N. Y
Mortensen
Mr. Barkman
Richmond Hill Woman Struck by Car. Driver Arrested
Mrs. George Carter aged 38 of No 8 Welling Street Richmond Hill Queens was hit by a car at Jamaica Avenue and Maple Street Richmond Hill yesterday afternoon and left in shock. The car owner driver Jacob Ochrig of No 538 Monroe Street Brooklyn was arrested and bailed to answer a charge of reckless driving.
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George Carter
Welling Street
Richmond Hill
Queens
Jamaica Avenue
Maple Street
Jacob Ochrig
Monroe Street
Brooklyn
Taft Praises Panama Canal Progress During Visit
Secretary Taft reported excellent health and spirits on his Panama trip. He toured Gatun dam progress, discussed land valuations, and noted labor improvements while avoiding election commentary. He predicted about three years to dig and spoke with Colonel Goethals and Governor Magoon during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
William
Prairie
Ashington
Taft
Panama
Rhett
Charleston Hotel
United States
Panama Canal
Goethals
Cule=bra
Canal Zone
Gatun Dam
Great Gatun
Magoon
Cuba
Richard Rogers
Mr. Taft
Gatun
New York to the Fore in Convention Seat Quarrel
The Republican National Committee shifts seat allotment to Chairman Harry S New and Secretary Elmer Dover as a disputed process begins. States including New York Rhode Island Indiana Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania press for front row positions amid expectations of major delegation placement and complaints of fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Chicago
Harry S New
Elmer Dover
Republican National Committee
New York
Rhode Iskard
Indiana
Illnois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Oho
Illinois
First July Fatality in East Orange
Morris S. Drake a 24 year old salesman died after a toy cap explosion at his home in East Orange New Jersey He was wounded in the head arms and chest and died an hour later at Orange Memorial Hospital Drake left a wife and a young child Emily Drake was his wife and he was known for making the caps for personal use the incident occurred on the Fourth of July
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orange
N. J
Morris S. Drake
Drake
Orange Memorial Hospital
Panic in Tenement Fire at Amsterdam Avenue
Fire swept a four story tenement at 1813 Amsterdam Avenue trapping residents as fire escapes blocked by boxes and flames cut stairways. A four foot short ladder delayed rescues until Fire Department Chief Walker arrived and all tenants were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam Avenue
Batterton
Walker
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NEW Morse Company
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Sith St
Undertaker
Montgomery
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