Forest fires gain threaten Adirondacks and Catskills
Thousands of acres of public and private forest land burn around North Creek and in the Adirondacks as a dry spell persists. Fire lines and water shortages hinder efforts. mills, farms, and the Garnet Mines area face danger while crews work day and night. Officials report some control in places yet warn conditions remain serious.
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North Creek
Millbrook
Johnsburg
Hudson River
Thurman
Adirondack State Park
Merrill
Robert Someville
Thirteenth Lake
Indian Lake
Cedar River
Colvin
Sugar Leaf
Eleventh
Indian Lake District
Indian Lake Village
Garnet
Barton and Hooper
Cold River
Here
Santa Clara Lumber Company
Maine forest fires largely under control after three days
Augusta Sept 21 Fire crews report that almost all forest blazes across Maine's timber lands have been brought under control. Strong winds and dry conditions had threatened homesteads and property but containment efforts near towns and farms reduced danger as of this afternoon. Local crews remain vigilant for hotspots and possible flare ups.
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Marinette
Wis
Foster City
Mich
Niagara
Faithorn Junction
Ingalls
Soo” Line
Faithorn
Calumet
Michigan
Lac Labelle
Bete de Cris
United States Ship Canal
Point Abbaye
Hebard & Son
Iron Country
Ashland
Lake Superior
Escanaba
Quinnez
Hermansville
Iron Mountain
Quinmer
Wausau
Adirondacks
Nrun
Aire Patrol
Delaware & Hudson Companys
Westport
Berex County
Ballston
N. Y
Ishawuare & Madsen Hiliroad
Catskill
Catskills
High Peak
Platterkill Clove
Jewett Mountain
Augusta
Cray Eile
Fire men check Scarboro blaze and curb threat
A fire at Scarboro was reported last night as the remaining serious blaze menacing property. Firefighters worked to contain it and by nightfall the danger appeared limited, with efforts successful in preventing spread beyond control.
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Scarboro
Death of Frances McCabe Triggers Brooklyn Police Confusion
The Bronx woman, 20, shot about a month ago by Samuel Mannes, dies prompting clashes between Brooklyn police and magistrates. Mannes, released on bail for attempted death by own action, faced conflicting charges as jail and court records misstate felonious assault status. Crooked work suspected. Dr Rosenthal vows to investigate.
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Frances McCabe
Hewett Place
Bronx
Brooklyn
McCabe
Samuel Mannes
West 98Th Street
Mannes
New Jersey Avenue
Connelly
Raymond Street
Frank
Brownsville
Geismar
Rosenthal
E F Moore Held in Bail Over Drugged Whiskey Charge
Architect E F Moore was arrested Sunday for possessing drugged whiskey and will face examination before Magistrate Corneil in Jefferson Market court tomorrow morning. Bail set at $2000. Detectives pursued letters found with Moore linked to a $4000 automobile for sale at $1.20.
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E. F. Moore
Corneil
Jefferson Market Court
M. Lowe
Newtown
Mass
Ditsch
Bodner
Cornell
Moore
Charles S. Rice
Blake & Rice
No. 1
William Street
Rice
Nathan M. George
Danbury
Conn
George
Bargain Aroused Suspicion In New York Drug Case
Newton Mass doctor Dr. Fred M. Lowe reported that an automobile ad led to a mail offer from a Europe bound owner. A typewritten note promised a very low price, alarming Lowe. He tipped New York police after a visit to a West 98th Street apartment suggested preparations to overpower someone with drugs.
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Newton
Mass
Fred M. Lowe
Edward F. Moore
New York
Europe
H. H. Rogers a Man of Leisure on a Weekend Trip
H H Rogers visited his Standard Oil office for the last time in weeks then sailed to Fair Haven Massachusetts with son in law Urban H Broughton. He avoided discussing the Bryan campaign fund and Wall Street, saying he is a man of leisure while Archbold runs affairs.
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H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Fairhaven
Mass
Urban H. Broughton
Europe
Standard Oil Company
Bryan
Democratic Party
Rogers
Wall Street
John D. Archbold
Ill Doctor Resigns Pastoral Post From Ill Health
The Rev. Dr. Frederick Campbell resigns as pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church Brooklyn due to persistent ill health. He moved to Cranberry Lake Adirondacks for recovery and had practiced auto suggestion healing in church parlors before stepping down. Campbell authored several astronomy articles.
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Frederick Campbell
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Campbell
Cranberry Lake
Adirondacks
First Place
Clinton Street
Hanging Averts A Lynch Mob In Kingston Missouri
Near Kingston Missouri a mob of several hundred armed men surrounded the jail overnight awaiting Governor Folk’s reprieve for Albert Filley. The delay ended at dawn with Filley executed in front of about fifty witnesses, and the crowd dispersed once the verdict was confirmed.
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Kingston
Folk
Albert Filley
Filley
HERRING OFFERS TO FLY WRIGHT IF NEEDED
A. M. Herring declared he would operate the Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer if Wilbur Wright cannot return from France and no other qualified man is found. He urged safer testing conditions and suggested Kitty Hawk or Illinois prairies for initial flights, citing the Fort Myer dangers from air currents and structures.
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A. M. Herring
Wilbur Wright
France
Wright Brothers
Mr. Herring
Fort Myer
Furniss
Herring
Aeronautic
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Thomas E. Selfridge
Niagara
Signal Corps of the Army
More Thaw Case Delay Impacts Jury Trial Hearing
The habeas corpus hearing on Harry K. Thaw’s request for a jury trial to decide insanity was adjourned to Saturday by Justice Mills in White Plains at the DA’s request. Thaw remains in White Plains jail as counsel seek affidavits to avoid costly commissions in England and France. If denied, Thaw may be returned to Matteawan. a transfer to New York County could be sought if a jury trial is granted.
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Harry K. Thaw
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
Jerome
Thaw
Charles Morschauser
Mills
Matteawan
Pittsburg
United States Court
England
France
Peabody
New York County
WaIts vainly in thaw case in Scranton
Federal Judge R W Archbald waited all day in his chambers for the Thaw contempt case to respond to the summons but no appearance occurred. Expectation of New York District Attorney representatives and a likely contest persisted with Thaw potentially liable again if his lawyers failed to appear. A later rule was anticipated in the week as attention shifted to bankruptcy proceedings.
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Scranton
Penn
R. W. Archbald
Middle District
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
New York
Pittsburg
National Bankruptcy Law
A. Peyer
William R. Blair
Thaw
C. Morschauser
Meeting at Bellevue Hospitals Board Denies Resignation
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals trustees met to discuss management issues amid rumors of irregularities. Dr. Armstrong has been on vacation since August 1 and extended leave. board members said no resignation has been requested and Armstrong is reportedly ill.
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Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
8. T. Armstrong
John W. Brannan
Board of Trustees
Armstrong
Dr. Brannan
John J. Barry
John G. O'Keefe
Dr. Armstrong
FARMER'S ASTHMA FOILS WRECKERS NEAR HARRISBURG
An alert farmer near White Hill, seven miles southwest of Harrisburg, spotted two men tampering with rails before dawn. Suffering asthma, John Ensminger waved a switch lantern and flagged the eastbound Norfolk express five minutes late. Investigators found half a dozen spikes loosened on fishplates. culprits fled and left no trace.
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Harrisburg
Penn
John Ensminger
White Hill
Ensminger
Norfolk Express
Wealthy St Louis testator and Lucas family member named in will
The document notes a residue to his six children and an apparent interpolation granting $5 to Mary C. Lucas, daughter of May C. Lucas born in 1877. The testator, head of the prominent Lucas family, was among St Louis's wealthiest residents, though the beneficiary's exact relation is not clarified.
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Mary C. Lucas
May C. Lucas
Lucas
St. Louis
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Data
Marine notes give sun and moon rise times, high water predictions for Sandy Hook and nearby stations, and wireless reports on ships Kroonland Teutonic Ryndam Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Vessels listed include Nantucket Lightship positions and distances east of Sandy Hook with expected dock times.
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Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Kroonland
Nantucket
Teutonic
Ryndam
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Clubhouse for Women Organized in Albany Charter Filed
The International Federation of Business Women, reorganizing the Business Women's Exchange, was chartered yesterday in Albany. Plans call for a downtown clubhouse worth 20000 dollars with 3500 square feet for lunch, reading rooms, an employment bureau, and education in industrial subjects. Seventeen charter members include Miss Mary B. Cleveland and Dr. Jane Clark Owen, with prominent backers among business leaders.
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International Federation of Business Women
Secretary of State
Albany
Federation
Business Women's Exchange
Fifth Avenue
Martha Washington
S. V. Penfold
the Business Woman
Maiden Lane
Nassau Street
Old Exchange
Mary B. Cleveland
Business Women’s Exchange
Jeanne Norton
New Thought
Carnegie Hall
Marcella C. Tennyson
Jane Clark Owen
Elizabeth Palmer
Motorman Fails To Break Parade At Chicago Heights
In Chicago Heights a motorman tried to push a streetcar through a Catholic procession honoring Bishop Paul Rhode. A crowd of over a thousand escorted the bishop to Calvary Cemetery while stones flew, windows broke, and ten men were arrested and later released on $500 bonds each.
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Chicago
Paul Rhode
Chicago Heights
Calvary Cemetery
Town Hall
16Th Street
Sovereign Lodge meets in Denver under Odd Fellows notice
Delegates of the Sovereign Grand Lodge I O F gather in Denver for the annual session. Government and city officials greet attendees at Brown Palace Hotel and the Audi torium before open remarks by Grand Master Newitt. Grand Sire Conway of Illinois presides briefly as executive sessions begin at El Jebel Temple. John L. Nolan of Nashville, Tenn., 56, longtime member, named to succeed Conway.
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Denver
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Brown Palace
A. A. Buchtel
Robert W. Speer
Joseph Newitt
Colorado Department of Odd Fellows
Grand Sire E. 8. Conway
Illinois
el Jebel Temple
John L. Nolan
E.S. Conway
Nashville
Tenn
Order
Maritime Voyages and Arrivals Across Ports
Record lists ships and arrival dates from multiple ports including United States Huelva Antwerp Rotterdam Holland Am London Trieste New Orleans Pac Bremen Gibraltar Meridian Middlesbrough Galveston Cherokee Turk’s Island Clyde Pallanza Hamburg Korea Libau Russian Valle Galveston Carmania Liverpool Cunard Teutonic Southampton White Star Esperanza Cristobal Graf Waldersee Plymouth Hull with September dates for each vessel.
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United States
Prinz Joachim
Dominica
Para
Huelva
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Holland
Nmndon
Trieste
New Orleans
So ‘Pac
Atte
Bremen
Russian E Valle
Galveston
Pacific
Carmania
Liverpool
Cunard
Teutonic
Southampton
White Star
Esperanza
Cristobal
Graf Waldersee
Plymouth
Hamb-Am Binh
Hull
Vessel sailings and arrivals list for multiple lines
A dense schedule listing ships, routes, ports, and times across multiple lines. Entries include Kaiser Wilhelm II Bremen Nieuw Amsterdam Nord America Iroquois Hamilton City of Atlanta Mauretania Oceanic Devonshire Alleghany Comal Jefferson Deutschland La Savote Mexico Hellenes Celtic Grosser Kurfirst P. di Piemonte Madonna Arapahoe Slavonia Kansas City Empress of Japan Mariposa Iyo Maru and others with port pairs, sailings, and timestamps, reflecting a busy transatlantic and Caribbean sail plan.
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Bremen
Ngl
Bermudian
Bermuda
Quebec
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Hol-Am
Nord America
Naples
la Veloce
Rio Grande
Tampa
Mallory
Iroquois
Jacksonville
Clyde
Hamilton
Norfolk
Old Dominion
City of Atlanta
Savannah
Mauretania
Liverpool
Cunard
Oceanic
Southampton
White Stor
Devonshire
Pernambuco
Alleghany
Inagua
Hamb-Am
Uwam Comal
Galveston
Jefferson
Old Dom
Deutschland
Hamburg
la Savote
Havre
Mexico
Havana
Ward
Hellenes
Argentina
Houston
Celtic
White Star
Lloyd
P. di Piemonte
Lloyd Lab
Madonna
Fabre
Arapahoe
Princess Anne
Old Dam- Slavonia
Kansas City
Want Crosstown Cars Again Petition Seeks Fulton Line Restored
Four hundred signers including Mallory Steamship and Maine Steamship Company urge Public Service Commission to reinstate the Fulton Street crosstown line halted June 1 by Metropolitan Street Railway receivers. Complainants allege great travel inconvenience between the two rivers in downtown. Public Service Commission requires Fulton Street Railroad Company to explain discontinuance by Thursday.
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Fulton Street Crosstown
Public Service Commission
Fulton Street
Mallory Steamship Company
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company
Central Vermont Railroad Company
The
Hartford and New York Transportation Company
Maine Steamship Company
A. & M. Robbins
W. H. Whittaker
A. de Ronde & Co
Milligan & Higgins Glue Company
Adams & Co. Manufacturing Company
Rustic Construction Company
Fulton Electrical Supply Company
Meyer's Hotel
Ottman Brothers
G. W. Stu
Five Years for New Yorker in Check Forgery
New Orleans reports Daniel F. Roche a New Yorker sentenced to five years hard labor for forging the name of C. P. Ellis & Co. to a $500 check last winter. The plea of intercessor William Hawkins of New York for Roche, urged by former employer Frank Clement of Middletown, N. Y., was rejected.
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The
Tribune
New Orleans
Daniel F. Roche
C. P. Ellis & Co
William Hawkins
New York
Roche
Frank Clement
Middletown
N. Y
Shipping News Arrivals and Sailings Reported
Shipping news lists steamer arrivals at the bar and quarantines from September events. Vessels include Steamer California Freeman to American-Hawaiian line, Steamer Finance Mowbray to Panama Line with passengers, mails and cargo, and Steamer Philadelphia Perry to Boulton Biss Catlett with 20 passengers. Also noted are Steamer Antilles Woodward to Southern Pacific Co with passengers, Steamer Neckar Trave to Bremen for both Baltimore and New York, and others sailing from ports such as Galveston Santos Rio de Janeiro and Georgetown to Clyde Line connections.
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Freeman
Puerto Mexico
Philadelphia
Hawaaiian Os Co
Bar
Finance
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Luckenbach
McLean
Arroyo
San Juan
Moise
el Dia
Mason
Galveston
Southern Pacific Co
Antilles
Woodward
New Orleans
Querantine
Nicholas Cuney
Nor
Jensen
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Tennyson
Allen
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Rio de Janeiro
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Italia
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Neckar
Ger
Trave
Bremen
Oetrichs & Co
Baltimore
New York
Frutera
Danielsen
Bhettze
Porto Ka
Morunt Evelyn
Benner
Fort Tampa
American Agricultural Chemical Company
H Bull & Co
Sandy Hook
Windber
Dow
Port Tampa
Manna Hata
Charles
Bel
Will of J B C Lucas Filed for Probate
St Louis reports the filing of J B C Lucas will for probate. The widow is bequeathed a life interest of one third in real estate and one seventh of personal property with further details noted in the filing.
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the Tribune
St. Louis
J. B. C. Lucas
Bequests Tied to Fourth Commandment Challenge in Syracuse Will
In Syracuse on Sept 21 a daughter of John Shandorf contests her father’s will which favors seven grandchildren if they honor the Fourth Commandment. The will omits another daughter and is probed in Surrogate's Court with objections claiming the testator lacked sound mind at execution.
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John Shandorf
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