Lipton challenges for 1908 America's Cup from Royal Irish Yacht Club
The Royal Irish Yacht Club sent a challenge via steamer Umbria announcing Sir Thomas Lipton as owner of the challenger Shamrock IV for the 1908 America's Cup. New York Yacht Club, informed by cable, plans a special meeting to appoint a challenge committee and discuss race conditions under the new measurement rules.
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Richard C. McMahon Smyth
Royal Irish Yacht Club
Umbria
Liverpool
Sir Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Cable
George A. Cormack
Smyth
Roral Ulster Yacht Club
Commodore Ledyard
Aurora
Isle of Wight
Thomas Lipton
Committee On Challenge
Ocean Courses
Queen
Sir Thomas Lipton Hadesterday
Sir Thomas
Nat” Herreshoft
Reliance
Columbia
Defender
Herreshof
Pittsburg Automania Spurs Driving Ban Talks
Pittsburg authorities faced rising auto accidents and deaths over two weeks and moved to prohibit future races. Police Superintendent Thomas A. McQuaide blamed a speed mania among owners, citing a coroner’s jury faulting city repairs on Grant Boulevard after Frank Armstrong’s death.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Thomas A. McQuaide
McQuaide
Frank Armstrong
Grant Boulevard
No Panic in Sight Says Mutual Life Official
Charles A. Peabody president of Mutual Life Insurance Co said there is no ground for a panic in the county’s financial situation. He noted yields 6 or 7 percent are not ideal but a panic is far off. Peabody, a director of Astor Trust Gallatin Bank and major railroads, cited political and commercial forces as tight money causes and did not expect normal rates this fall.
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Charles A. Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Peabody
Astor Trust Company
Gallatin National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Illinois Central Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
The
Mutual Life
Prentice to Retire From State Assembly
Ezra P. Prentice will not seek re election in the 25th Assembly District citing time needed for his law practice. Republicans urge reconsideration but Prentice says conditions have changed and he cannot run this autumn. He is a strong Hughes supporter and Albany veteran. Niagara Falls excursion advertised by Erie Railroad.
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Ezra P. Prentice
Prentice
Mr. Prentice
Assembly
Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Albany
Hughes
Abstract of Lusitania's Log From Liverpool to Sandy Hook
The Lusitania records its eastbound and transatlantic progress from Liverpool to Queenstown to Daunt's Rock then Sandy Hook Lightship. Distances, daily miles, and total time show a 6 day 2 hour 30 minute voyage with an average speed of 23.01 knots. Other records include Lucania Deutschland and Kaiser Wilhelm II with speeds up to 23.58 knots.
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Liverpool
Queenstown
Daunt’s Rock
Sandy Hook
Liverpool Bar
Bar
Lucania
Deutschland
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Appellate Court Allows Recovery of Premiums in Fraud Case
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court Third Department held that if an insurer commits fraud at policy inception, the policyholder may rescind and recover all paid premiums with interest, with the defrauding company bearing the loss. The Moore case against Mutual Reserve Life centered on false 1891 financial reports and misstatements. The decision sets a precedent likely to reach the Court of Appeals, possibly with a bond requirement for the insurer on review.
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The
Tribune
Elmira
N. Y
Supreme Court
Third Department
Saratoga
John Moore
Elmira Telegram
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company of
New York
Justice Lyon
Lyon
Moore
York
Mr. Moore
Insurances Company
Mutual Reserve
Court of Appeals
Smith
Soleillant spared by French president in murder case
Paris reports President Fallières commuted a death sentence to life imprisonment for Soleillant who killed a girl aged twelve. The case fueled petitions for abolition of capital punishment as a government bill to end it advances in the Chamber of Deputies. Meanwhile a separate report from Oregon notes a wreck at Dillard Station killing five Japanese and injuring five others as a northbound train collided with a construction train.
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Paris
France
Falliéres
Soleillant
Chamber of Deputies
Roseburg
Oregon
Dillard Station
Long Acre wins permits to lay wires in Manhattan and The Bronx
After exhaustive state appeals the Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company secures permits from John H. O'Brien to lay high tension wires through Manhattan and The Bronx. Company promises cheaper light, rapid expansion, and aims to compete with Edison interests.
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Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company
John H. O'Brien
Manhattan
Bronx
Long Acre
Edison
Court of Appeals
Manhattan Transit
Second Avenue
John €. Sheehan
Long Acre Company
Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company
Subway
Empire City Subway Company
Automatic Independent Telephone Companies
O'Brien
Sheehan
New York
Pettibone in Critical Condition After Hospitalization
Boise Idaho Sept 13 George A Pettibone charged with complicity in Governor Steunenbergs murder was taken to the hospital in critical condition an operation likely needed There will be no further prosecution of the case at present
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Boise
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Elkus In Auto Smash With Streetcar In Stamford
Abram I. Elkus, New York lawyer, touring with relatives, collided with a westbound trolley on Main Street. The car struck a delivery wagon after the impact. hood and radiator were crushed, a trolley board section ripped off. No injuries reported among Elkus party or trolley passengers.
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Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Abram I. Elkus
New York
Main Street
Elkus
Ahearn Hearing Continues As City Club Charges Heard
Albany Sept 13 Governor Hughes in the executive chamber continues the City Club charges against Manhattan Borough President John F. Ahearn. Several witnesses sworn and the hearing will extend to tomorrow and likely Monday. Ahearn to testify. Martin W Littleton denies the charges and defends with various figures. The report of the Commissioners of Accounts is offered as evidence and objected to but admitted for cross examination purposes. The session adjourned at 10:30 p m with Ahearn’s defense to resume tomorrow.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
City Club
New York City
John F. Ahearn
Manhattan
Ahearn
Martin W. Littleton
Cr. H. Strong
Commissioners of Accounts
Littleton
Busy schedule for Governor Hughes over next two months
Governor Hughes returns to Albany and faces a crowded slate of engagements through September and October. He will attend fairs in Tompkins and Dutchess counties, travel to Gettysburg for a monument dedication with a high‑level party, and participate in New York Day at Jamestown.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Orsego County
Tompkins County
Dryden
New York
Gettysburg
Chanler
John Raines
Wadsworth
Frederick D. Grant
Dutchess County
General Sigel
Jamestown
New York Model Claims Captivity Aboard Newport Boat
Miss Francis of New York an artist's model says she was held captive for three weeks on the power boat Marquita after it left Fort Washington. Newport police recovered her late tonight and the boat owner Mr Barnes and Captain Sibley left the vessel earlier. A second woman was ashore at New Haven due to seasickness and the trio’s three Japanese crew remained aboard.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. L
Miss Francis
New York
Fort Washington
N. Y
Mr. Barnes
Sibley
Osborne to Be Reappointed to Public Service Commission
Albany reports that Thomas L. Osborne of Auburn will be reappointed to the Public Service Commission for the 2d District. The announcement states the reappointment could occur tomorrow after Osborne's planned call on the Governor as he returns from Europe.
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Osborne
Albany
Thomas L. Osborne
Auburn
Europe
Public Service Commission
Lusitania Sets Record Pace On Maiden Transatlantic Run
The Lusitania, 32 000 tons, steamed from Daunt Rock to New York in five days fifty four minutes, drawing crowds off Quarantine and a wave of whistles. Passengers and crew praised performance though some noted vibration and slow dining due to inexperienced staff. Ernest H. Cunard called the ship superb with engines steady, predicting Mauretania’s maiden voyage later.
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Cunard Simer Lusitania
Sandy Hook
Daunt Rock
Ireland
la Provence
J. P. Morgan
Lusitania
Thomas W. Lawson
New York Harbor
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Vernon H. Brown
Watt
Home Office
Senate
London
Ernest H. Cunard
Line
New York
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Pier
North River
Challenge
Usher
Automanta
C. A. Peabody
Niagara Falls
Erie Railroad
Falls
ERIE
Transatlantic
America
Pettibone
Rams
Great Bear
Mr. Hughes
Power Craft
Deutsch
Hamburg
E. H. Cunard
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