Evans at watershed visit previews Ashokan dam site
Rear Admiral Evans toured Brown's Station in the Catskills as the MacArthur Brothers and Winston Company advance the Ashokan Reservoir project. The foundation grows with rock blasting and quarry work to impound 170.09 billion gallons over 30 012 acres while the village of West Shokan may be rebuilt higher.
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Brown
Catskills
Ashokan
Evans
MacArhhur Brothers & ‘Winston Company
Winston
Esopus
Admiral Evans
Fifth Avenue
Cross’ River
Katonah
Croton
The
Tribune
Brown's Station
Lake Mohonk
Reid
West Shokan
Kingston
Board of Water Supply
Catskill
Garnisheeing City Employees Pay Under New Law
The garnishee law took effect this month increasing work for Controller Metz and the finance department. Judgments may be obtained in bad debt cases and dozens of city salaries are being garnished. Shylocks purchase debts, obtain judgments, and send executions. one attorney reportedly holds 148 city employee judgments. Police and firemen are among those affected and bosses have been notified.
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Metz
Finance Department
Detective Promoted Scheme in Pocket-Picking Case
Emil Goldstein and Peter Williams were arraigned in Essex Market police court on pocket-picking charges. The arresting detective, Patrolman Robert J. Hickson, allegedly promised the complainant a job to testify. Magistrate Breen discharged the prisoners for lack of evidence.
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Emil Goldstein
East 9Th Street
Peter Williams
7Th Street
Essex Market
Charles Anderson
Bleecker Street
Robert J. Hickson
Detective Bureau
Anderson
Hyman Rosenschein
Rosey
Breen
Hickson
Two Italians Mobbed by Large Crowd in East New York
Lamplighters Albert Bonestre and Girard Cisaro were beaten by about two hundred people after an unprovoked attack on Charles Watts. Police intervened, arresting the two men on assault, disorderly conduct, and weapons charges.
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Welsbach Company
New York
Charles Watts
Sheridan Avenue
Liberty Avenue
Albert Bonestre
Girard Cisaro
Cisaro
Watts
Bonestre
Springfield Rioter Convicted in Race War Case
Roy Young pleaded guilty to burglary larceny arson and riot for setting fires to black homes during the race riot. He claimed age fifteen and was sent to the Pontiac Reformatory by Judge Creighton. Indicted mob leader Abe Raymer moved to quash murder indictments. George Richardson, tied to the riots, was released from Bloomington jail.
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Tribune
Springfield
Ill
Roy Young
Young
Creighton
Pontiac Reformatory
Abe” Raymer
Scott Burton
William Donnegan
George Richardson
Hallam
Bloomington
Bill Monroe Now a Widow in Bid for Shelter
Desperado Bill Monroe, after two weeks evading officers in New York and New Jersey, posed as a widow to solicit aid from farms near Middletown. Disguised as a woman at the county fair, he was identified then vanished again as officers closed in.
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Middletown
Tribune
N. Y
New Jersey
Bill Monroe
Deyo
New Paltz
Secretary Straus Sees Prosperity For Taft Campaign
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Straus of Commerce and Labor predicts strong public confidence in Roosevelt and a big Taft vote. He plans business-focused speeches, naming cities and times, arguing the Roosevelt administration navigated the panic and spurred recovery.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Taft
Woodbury Institute Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed yesterday against the Woodbury Derma tological Institute by the Jergens Company Meyer Phillips and William Pellett. Claims total about 19 12723 with Jergens at 18 96333 for goods sold and delivered. Pellett seeks 858 for notary services and Phillips 128 10 for printing. The Woodbury firm lists offices in New York Philadelphia Chicago and St Louis with assets around 5000 and expected contract proceeds of 6000. Merchandise on hand toilet preparations has been sold to Andrew I Netden.
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John H. Woodbury Dermatological Institute
Andrew Jergens Company
Meyer Phillips
William Pellett
Jergens Company
Pellett
Phillips
Woodbury Corporation
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Andrew I. Netden
Devotees of the Derby and its enduring allure
A Westminster Gazette retrospective on the Derby shows devoted fans who attend for decades, noting figures such as Pavo the Morning Post chief, James Weatherby, the Duke of Queensberry Old Q and Lord Palmerston. It traces Derby Oaks origins to the Earl of Derby and mentions early bookmakers, riders, and historic betting norms.
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Epsom
Pavo
Morning Post
James Weatherby
Colonel
Cadland
Lord Rosebery
Ladas
Duke of Queensberry
Old Q
Diomed
Lord Palmerston
Earl of Derby
Charles Greville
Vauxhall Clarke
James I
Solomon
Westminster Gazette
Expensive Baby Alexis Heir to the Russian Crown
The three year old Alexis, heir to Czar Nicholas, receives an annual appanage of £4000 with running expenses covered until age fifteen. Much funds life insurance premiums and lavish security costs guard him, including high premiums on the Crown Prince and heavy spending on guards and police amid fear of kidnapping.
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Alexis
Nicholas
Council of State
Crown Prince
Russia
Ministry of Finance
Standard Oil in Unfair Competition Hearings
Testimony on alleged unfair competition and price cuts continued before Referee Franklin Ferris in the new Custom House Building. Key witnesses included Collings of Standard Oil of Kentucky denying field wagons aimed at suppressing independent trade and recounting rebates as a general oil trade practice. The hearing adjourned with cross examinations and a resumed session planned for Tuesday morning.
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Standard Oil Company
Franklin Ferris
Custom House
Illinois
Kentucky
Rosenthal
Standard
Collings
Standard Oil Company of
Standard ’S
Atlanta
Central Oil Company
Washington
Wottons
People's Oil Company
The
People’s Company
Record Oil Company
Caulley
Alabama
Kellogg
Ferris
Stein
Vincennes
Ind
Niets Oil Company
Niets
Alabama Oil Company
H. C. Wattons
Harlem Burglar Suspects Arrested In Neighborhood Raid
Three men were arrested by Harlem detectives on suspicion of ties to recent burglaries. Thomas Starke Will iam Gaffney and Stephen Rehm denied criminal links but appeared in Harlem court held on $1000 bail. Investigators recovered jewelry worth nearly a thousand dollars and wine from a trapdoor in a vacant East 121st Street flat. Rehm had been discharged from the House of Refuge three months earlier.
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Harlem
Thomas Starke
East 118Th Street
William Gaffney
East 1224
Stephen Rehm
Elton Avenue
The
Bronx
East 121St Street
Starke
House of Refuge
Rehm
Assaulted lamplighter dead in Yonkers strike fallout
Gregorio De Silva, a lamplighter, died at his Mount Vernon home after a beating by striking workers in Yonkers last Tuesday. Michele de Paolo Pacifico de Marco and Crescenza de Marco are under arrest in connection with the assault. De Silva, who had refused to join the strike, was attacked on McLean Avenue, then reported the incident and walked home.
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Gregorio de Silva
Yonkers
Mount Vernon
Michele de Paolo
Pacifico de Marco
Crescenza de Marco
de Silvo
McLean Avenue
Death by own action in Ashland House in Ashland
Edwin Gage a travelling salesman was found asphyxiated in his Ashland House room at 24th street and Fourth avenue A gas tube end lay in his mouth a note directed to Dr J C Whalen of the McCutcheon Building The man about fifty five years old tall slim with gray hair was last seen Thursday night by the hotel watchman Dr Whalen a chiropractor identified the body as his brother in law stating despondency after his wife s death five years ago and heavy drinking contributed to the death
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Edwin Gage
Ashland House
24Th Street
Fourth Avenue
J. C. Whalen
McCutcheon
84Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Gage
Wheien
Secret minimum cotton price set by Farmers' Union
In Fort Worth on September 4 the National Farmers' Union selling committee agreed on a secret minimum price for cotton. The price could be 12 13 14 or 15 cents and will be shared only with union members who must not sell for less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
National Farmers’ Union
Neill
Chicago Great Western Meeting Reelects Directors
At the annual stockholders meeting in Chicago Ansel Oppenheim and T. H. Wheeler were reelected for three years. Ker D. Dunlap of St Paul succeeds H. B. Fletcher as director. No quorum was present to elect officers.
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Chicago Great Western Meeting
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Chicago
Ansel Oppenheim
T. H. Wheeler
H. B. Fletcher
Ker D. Dunlap
St Paul
Cleveland Furnace Company resumes large operation
Clevelands Furnace Company, after months idled since April, opened with 500 workers. President Croxton says production will reach 8 percent above normal by January 1, with orders already sufficient for a six month run at 400 tons per day.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Furnace Company
Croxton
NYC urged to adopt tougher fire laws for safety
The head of a major fire insurance firm urged stricter building regulations for New York City and the nation, arguing Europe’s approach reduces property loss. He noted insurers faced a hard year, with high-profile fires in Chelsea and New Orleans influencing caution, but foreign underwriters would not withdraw from America.
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New York City
Europe
San Francisco
Chelsea
Mass
New Orleans
West crops prosper while forests threaten streams
Secretary James Wilson reports strong Western crop prospects and rising farm incomes due to better farming practices and soil care. He warns forest removal dries streams, hurting Colorado and Utah beet sugar, irrigation, and power prospects, urging forest conservation for water security. He also notes Western support for Taft and plans a Republican speaking tour.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
James Wilson
West
Mountain West
Colorado
Wilson
Utah
Taft
Roosevelt
New England
Transoceanic routes and schedules amid wartime mailings
Fragmented list shows multiple mail shipments and departure times in September. Routes include Australia New Zealand Fiji Japan China Korea and North Pacific via Seattle Vancouver San Francisco and Victoria with several marked 6 30 pm slots and special handling to Samoa New Caledonia and Hawaii.
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Abitead
Secadan
Australia
West
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Vancouver
Victoria
Manuka
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Samoan Islands
India
Seattle
Suverie
San Francisco
Mongolia
Philippine
Beverle
Ands
B. Tacoma
Bellerophone
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures at the Bar
Maritime list records numerous steamers arriving quarantined or at anchor, including the Pennsylvania Hamburg line with 747 passengers, the Bermudian to A E Outerbridge with 137, Julia Luckenbach to Insular Line, La Provence to C G T A with 545 cabin and 646 steerage, Cedric to White Star with 672 cabin and 342 steerage, and Yor others with mdse mails. Also notes ships leaving quarantine or passing Sandy Hook and Hook in inshore traffic along with onward destinations and lines.
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Pennsylvania
Ger
Schmidt
Hamburg
Bermudian
Fraser
Bermuda
E Outerbridge & Co
Mdise
Cienfuegos
Ekermann
Tampico
New York and Cuba Malls
Delaware
French
Philadelphia
Clyde Ss Co
Mdse
Hird
Nor
Gunderson
Hillsboro
N B
C K_ Williams
Donald Steamship Co
Sandy Hook
Jefferson
Dole
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Steamship Co
Highlands
Bristol City
Cary
Bristol
Newport
Swansea
James Arkell & Co
Moise
Bar
la Provence
Poncelet
Havre
Compagnie Generale Transatilantique
Cedric
Bartlett
Liverpool
Queenstown
White Star Line
Kansas City
Dreyer
Savannah
Ocean Steamship Co
Merida
Robertson
Vera Cruz
PoetMdecaniary Cowie
Colon
Panama Railroad Steamship Line
Hook
Protagonists Debate Identity in Humorous Exchange
A puzzling exchange features a speaker addressing Michester Chichester and contrasting a sister Richester. The dialogue shifts as a character named Richester appears, adding confusion and comic tone to the scene.
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Michester Chichester
Richester
Richester Sichester
Puck
Royal Authors Across Europe Write Books as Hobbies
A survey notes many royal figures pen works beyond their duties. Carmen Sylva of Romania is prolific in poetry and drama, while Italy's king writes on coins and his wife is a poet. German Emperor and Crown Princess also publish, Spain’s queen wrote a drama, Portugal’s queen writes novels, and other royals like Prince Victor Napoleon and Archduke Ludwig publish travel and memoirs.
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Europe
Romania
Carmen Sylva
Italy
Spain
Henry of Battenberg
Portugal
Emperor
Japan
Victor Napoleon
Archduke Ludwig of
Austria
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Item
Sunrise and sunset times with moon age and high water marks listed for Sandy Hook Gov Island and Hell Gate, indicating tidal details for the day. The section provides morning and afternoon high water times and related observations.
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Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Ships’ Positions and Expected Docking Times Reported
The Lucania lay southeast of Fire Island at 8 06 last night and will dock about 7 30 this morning. The Umbria was 214 miles east of Sandy Hook at 1 pm yesterday and will dock about 7 30 this morning. The Blitcher was 700 miles east of Sandy Hook at 4 55 am yesterday and will dock about 7 30 tomorrow. The Rotterdam was 787 miles east of Sandy Hook at 12 45 pm yesterday and will dock about 8 pm tomorrow.
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Lucania
Fire Island
Umbria
Sandy Hook
Rotterdam
Steamer Movements From Foreign Ports Reported
Shipping list notes sailings from Queenstown Liverpool and New York routes including Celtic Arablo Mororan and Koenig Albert. Vessels depart for New York via Cape Town Natal Genoa and Cherbourg with arrivals and routings to Hamburg Rotterdam and Be.
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Queenstown
Celtic
New York
Liverpool
Arablo
A Mororan
Dunblane
Cape Town
Port Natal
Santos
Italian Prince
Natal
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
Naples
Koenig Albert
Ger
Genoa
Nia Blgmouth Badae Nnm
Deutschland
Cherbourg
Graf Waldersee
Rotterdam
Ryndam
Hull
Gallieo Ek
Middlesbrough
Thornley
Palermo
Pike di Premonte
Tal
Newark
Southampton
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Hamburg
Her
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Savoy
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40Th Street
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