Deserter Hartlove Ada Gorman Mystery in Louisville
In Louisville a man calling himself Charles Joseph Magnus or Hartlove, claiming to be Ada Gorman’s husband, faces Navy deserter charges. He admits past aliasing, records show he married Ada Gorman in Louisville on September 6, and officers recover $18 in dollar bonds and cash. Authorities say Magnus Hartlove enlisted in 1907 and deserted from the Dolphin, with investigations tying him to the Gorman family and a Washington church marriage, while his wife remains elusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Charles Joseph Magnus
Ada Gorman
United States
Arthur Pue Gorman
Maryland
Gethere
United States Navy
Magnus
Hartlove
Gorman
Seelbach
Hartieve
Navy
Gays Mecmus
Washington
Magnus Farmerly
No. S8
Chestnut Street
Baltimore
Arthur Pue German
Howard County
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Georgianna Kappler
Magness
Miss Gorman
Louisvile
Navy Department
Charles Joseph Hartlove
Louisvile Hartrove
Dolphin
Themas
Horse Runs Wild On Speedway During Runaway Incident
A spirited horse attached to a light run bolted on the Speedway yesterday after near-misses with a firing runaway. Driver Andrew Cone was thrown but guided the horse as Patrolman Anthony Troll attempted a grab. The runabout overturned, and the horse escaped toward 188th street before being halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Cone
Mr. Cone
Anthony Troll
Highbridge
Leons Anderson Enjoys Ricksha Ride Amid Strike
Miss Leons Anderson of the Marvel Company at the Casino Theatre could not obtain a taxicab during the strike. A Japanese riksha rider Mori Toku provided a carriage and runner, transporting her from Lyric Theatre to the Casino without a bump or jerk. She praised the ride as delightful and urged others inconvenienced by the strike to hire rikshas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leons Anderson
Marvel Company
Casino Theatre
Finricksha
Mori Toku
Lyric Theatre
Leona
Mics Anderson
Finricks
Gashouse Firemen for Navy Reserve Plan
At the American Gee Institute convention in West 2th Street engineers building, gashouse firemen endorse forming a reserve corps of stokers and coal passers for the Navy. Admiral Evans backs the plan, noting about twenty thousand workers exist. Congress members show interest and national aid will be sought, with recommendations to be presented at the National Gas Association Congress in Ricego on December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wey
American Gee Institute
Engineers
West 2Th Street
Dewer
Robley D. Evans
United States
Evans
Naval Reserve
Congress
National Gas Association Congress
Ricego
Louis Wants Big Balloon Race In St Louis
Louis, Oct 2 The St Louis Aero Club via Secretary Kearney sent dispatches to the Aero Club of England proposing that the 18 balloon race for the James Gordon Bennett Cup be moved to St Louis. The local group cites the long distance from oceans and danger from sea piles as reasons, noting that five starters in the Berlin race fell into the sea and warning of similar risks if the race were run from England.
Leo Stevens Ascends From Canton Sky Test Flight
Canton Ohio October 2 The balloon Air America carries Leo Stevens of New York pilot and Canton business men John G Rommell J H Kenny William G Schwind and W L Stolzenbach as passengers. A strong breeze lifted the balloon northwestward for a long flight. The craft landed near Oberlin at 40 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Stevens
Canton
Ohio
York
John G. Rommell
J. H. Kenny
William G. Schwind
W. L. Stolzenbach
Air America
Oberlin
Trial of Dr Samuel Armstrong Involves Book Transfer And Soap Purchases
Bellevue hospital trial resumes as Dr Samuel Armstrong faces a charge of transferring a set of The Index Medicus books to his brother in law for sale to the board. A new phase asserts hospitals overpaid for two cent soap by nine cents a pound, with over 2500 spent in recent years. Trustees, save Brannan, attend as three hours of questioning unfold. Armstrong suspended since October. Decisions hinge on potential reprimand, and soap probe will be pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel T. Armstrong
Bellevue and Allied Hospital
Bellevue
Armstrong
John W. Brannan
Board of Trustees
Mr. Brannan
Samuel Sachs
Arm Strong
Mr. Tobin
Brannan
Adirondacks
Dr. Armstrong
Star Chamber
Skipper Up a Tree Off Long Island Reef
The schooner Eclipse owned by Captain Albert Darm of Bridgeport runs aground off East Neck Long Island. Her two crewmen are missing and Darm is described as deranged. A barefoot man seen near a hotel claimed the crew fled after the skipper went crazy chasing him with a boathook. The vessel was later found ashore with no one aboard, suggesting a hurried abandonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eclipse
Albert Darm
Bridgeport
Conn
East Neck
Long Island
Darm
Spice
Northport
New York
Port Eaton
Huntington Bay
John Murphy
Wife Sues George Allen England for Kidnapping Boy
Mrs. England sues Harvard author George Allen England for divorce alleging he kidnapped their seven year old son at a Maine summer camp. The suit names James S. Rose as co respondent in a counter suit filed by England. The alleged kidnapping occurred while she walked away from the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Boston
George
Allen England
Harvard
Tornado Kills Four Injures Eighteen Near Tucumcari
A tornado in Tucumcari vicinity New Mexico last night killed four and injured eighteen. J Owens family home crushed killing eight year old daughter. wife and twelve year old son seriously hurt. Hartford and Quay Valley shanties wrecked. area about sixty miles swept bare. A separate cloudburst near Gale Oklahoma caused river rise and property damage with no deaths reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fl Paso
Tex
Tucumcari
N. M
J. & Owens
Hartford
Thomas Jones
J. C. Hawkins
Claim
Quay Valley
T. C. Williams
Shawnee
Okla
Gale
South Canadian
Cros
Attempted bombing of East 11th Street tenement
A midnight blast shattered the ground floor hallway of 484 East 11th Street, likely from a small bomb planted by a rival of Pasquale Discardi. Tenants fled in nightwear as plastered walls loosened. Discardi reported receiving Black Hand style letters and a $1,000 demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 11Th Street
Sth Street
Pasquale Discardi
Mellor Wins Newark Marathon Ahead of 160 Runners
Samuel H. Mellor Jr. of the Mercury Athletic Club Yonkers won the fifteen mile Mara thon at Newark in 1 hour 47 minutes, about twenty minutes behind the American record. J. J. Daly of the Irish American Athletic Club finished second, a block and a half back. John J. Hayes, the Olympic winner, started the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Mellor, Jr
Mercury Athletic Club
Yonkers
N. Y
Newark
Mellor
J. J. Daly
Irish-American Athletic Club
Manhattan
John J. Hayes
Inmate Fatally Stabbed at Rhode Island Reform School
Providence Oct 21 Harold Mansfield an inmate at Lockwood Lock Island State Reform School was probably fatally stabbed in the head and abdomen by fellow inmate Antonio Oliver. The motive is believed linked to information Mansfield gave to the headmaster about Oliver. Oliver is held for the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Harold Mansfield
Rhode Island State Reform School
Lockanosset
Antonio Oliver
Mansfield
Oliver
Davy Johnson Seeks Details in Supreme Court Debt Case
John Hall McKay, sued by Davy Johnson owner of Roseben and other horses, for an alleged debt of 83.5 cents, obtained a Justice Truex order to Johnson to file a bill of particulars detailing how the debt was incurred the claim’s nature and when and where it occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hall McKay
Supreme Court
Mars Cassidy Forfeits Bail In Speeding Starter Case
Mars Cassidy, a race-track starter, failed to appear in starter court yesterday for speeding around a corner. Magistrate House forfeited a $5 cash bail left at West 152d Street station. Cassidy was arrested for turning the corner at 151st Street and Broadway too sharply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars Cassiday
Magistrate House
West 152d Street
Cassidy
151St Street
Broadway
New Haven Board Reelects Mellen President of Rail Line
New Haven directors reelect Charles S. Mellen as president. Officers named include Charles F. Brooker vice president John G. Parker secretary and Augustus S. May treasurer. Directors’ votes numbered 592,284 shares from 978,957 outstanding. Mellen notes Boston & Maine stock sale details and forecasts improved business from January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Charles S. Mellen
Charles F. Brooker
John G. Parker
Augustus S. May
William Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
George MacCulloch Miller
Nathaniel Thayer
C. F. Brooker
G. J. Brush
I. Dever Warner
F. W. Cheney
Edwin Milner
William Skinner
D. Newton Barney
Cc. S. Mellen
H. McK. Twombly
Robert W. Taft
J. H. Whittemore
Elton
Hemingway
James McCrea
A. Heaton Robertson
F. F. Brewster
H. K. McHarg
E. D. Robbins
Lewis Case Ledyard
C. M. Pratt
Amory A. Lawrence
George D. Watrous
New England Investment Company
Watrous
Mr. Mellen
Mellen
Coal Hearing Resumes In Government Suit
Testimony in the government suit against the so called Coal Trust continued in the Federal Building. G A Richardson of the Erie testified about coal movements to tidewater, freight charges, and estimated waste. He described contract terms with Hillside and Delware Hudson and noted miners seek higher wages and shorter hours when prices rise. The hearing will resume tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Trust
Federal
G. A. Richardson
The
Erie
Hillside Coal Company
Delaware & Hudson
Tidewater
Richardson
Hillside
Samuel T. Peters
Williams & Peters
No. 1
Broadway
Hillside Company
Pennsylvania Coal Company
New York
Two Drown While Struggling In Sound Gale Rescue
Charles Prindle of Sharon and Howard Welsh of West Haven were picked up by the steamer Richard Peck near Morris Cove after a northeast gale drove them from a small skiff. Prindle died soon after rescue. Welsh, employed by the railroad, survived. Welsh had bought gear for a trip across the Sound and dragged Prindle through crashing waves before signaling the Richard Peck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Cove
Richard Peck
Charles Prindle
Sharon
Conn
Howard B. Welsh
West Haven
Prindle
Welsh
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
West Haver
Prindie
Whitridge Provident Plan Gains Traction for Four Railways
Frederick W. Whitridge as receiver reports over 3 percent of workers across four traction firms have joined his proposed provident association. The Third Avenue Railroad, Union Railway, Dry Dock Battery & East Broadway, and Forty second Street Manhattanville & St Nicholas lines will contribute half of member dues toward the fund if eight percent enroll by October end. Each worker pays five cents monthly for sick death benefits and a pension fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Whitridge
Provident Association
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Union Railway Company
Dry Dock, Battery & East Broadway Railroad Company
Forty-second Street, Manhattanville
Electrification of Illinois Central Tracks in Chicago
Chicago stockholders approve electrifying all Illinois Central Railroad tracks within city limits. The change from steam to electricity must proceed with all reasonable dispatch. Directors also urged incoming railroads to minimize smoke and dust nuisances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Road
Chicago Man Denies Killing Mrs Thompson In Habeas Case
Charles McCormick Clawater testifies under oath that he used the name Raymond when with Frances Gilmor Thompson before her death, denying direct knowledge of the crime. He admits meeting her, identifying her photo, and says the room key he held opened both doors, noting his own room at the Hamilton house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles McCormick Clawater
Lyman C. Mann
J. H. Raymond
Frances Gilmor Thompson
Clawater
Mann
Raymond
Thompson
Milwaukee Free Press
Philadelphia North American
Auburn Gold Mining Company
Mystic
S. D
Lockhaven
Penn
Fanny” Thompson
James D. Coffin
Lake Butler
Fla
Coffin
Prohibition Party
Women on Battle Line at Suffrage Convention
Buffalo hosts the fortieth annual National American Woman Suffrage Association meeting. Anna Shaw declares renewed vigor and possible militant action. Resolutions praise Britain, advocate equal pay, eight hour workday, child labor laws, and women’s votes for home protection. Initiatives for referendum, a children’s bureau, peace budget, and international friendship are urged. Reports from state presidents and various committees are read. convention adjourns sine die. Rabbi Wise and Carrie Chapman Catt address a public meeting on women’s rights and citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
National American Woman Suffrage Assocition
Anna H. Shaw
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Congress
Bureau of International Peace
Berne
Federation of Labor
South Dakota
Alice M. Pickeler
Tennessee
Martha Allen
Utah
Emily S. Richards
Washington
Emma Smith DeVoe
West Virginia
Harriet B. Jones
Friends’ Equal Rights Association
Mary Bentley Thomas
College Equal Suffrage League
Maud Wood Park
Massachusetts
Oreola Haskell
New York
Lucy Hobart Day
Maine
Lucretia L. Blankenburg
Philadelphia
Lucia Ames
Anna Cadogan Etz
Pauline Steinem
Toledo
Committee On
Henry B. Blackwell
Stephen 8. Wise
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Suffrage Association
Rabbi Wise
Manocracy and the Fight Over Equal Suffrage
The passage defends opposition to equal suffrage as a defense of democracy labeling opponents as resisting fanatical agitators and viewing the Declaration of Independence as incendiary. It asserts that calling the era male dominated is the true name of the regime and highlights figures like Samuel Adams Washington and Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Adams
Washington
Hancock
Kingston Fire Insurance Claims Compromise Offer
British fire insurance firms offer to settle Kingston losses at 8 percent with no adjustment and costs. The policyholders committee refuses and seeks 8.5 percent plus 5 percent in costs. Claims total over 5 million dollars. Final reply awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Court of Appeals
Baffling Moroccon Epidemic Alarms Rabat Officials
A virulent contagious disease has broken out in Rabat Morocco and Moorish authorities have been urged to implement strict quarantine measures. Minister Gummere at Tangier is reporting updates to the State Department on the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rabat
Morocco
Gummere
Tangier
State Department
Trunk Disappears From Auto on Trip to Buffalo
London Ontario October 21 a trunk with gowns and jewels valued at 5000 belonging to Mrs Russell Alger Jr was lost or stolen while en route from Detroit to Buffalo with Mrs Williams. trunk strapped to rear of car searched in vain at the hotel. Clinton Massachusetts October 21 Mrs Margaret Clement and Arthur King of Clinton were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of pedlar George Azeen at Mrs Clement's home. Clement says the pedlar attacked her. she gave her revolver to King who helped her after screams. Washington October 11 new money printed and circulated last fiscal year totaling 1 297 360 000 and 75 986 333 sheets of postage stamps were prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ont
Russell A. Alger, Jr
Clinton
Mass
Margaret Clement
George N. Clement
Arthur King
George Azeen
Pedler
Clement
Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ralph
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Rickasha
Louis
Skipper
Wife Sues
George Allen
England
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Mellor, JR
Jersey
Reform School
Davy” Johnson
Mars Cassidy
New Haven Road
Whitridge
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company Incorporated
Sterling
Fulton St
Col. Hanover Pl
Brooklyn
Mrs. Alger
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!