Fires Under Control After Destructive Week
Destructive eastern forest blazes were checked by heavy rain yesterday and last night. Fire wardens say drenched forests curb flames though smouldering persists at many points. Trudeau Cottage Sanatorium near Saranac Lake was reported safe. Communications outage hindered reports of missing residents after Sunday’s Long Lake West destruction.
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Trudeau Cottage
Saranac Lake
Long Lake West
Tupper Lake
Forest fires in Adirondacks checked by heavy rains
Reports from Whipple and Fox say last night’s rain halted the spread of fires across Saranac Lake Dannemora and Port Henry areas with most blazes out or under control. Fire wardens withdrawn in Saratoga County as rainfall quenches flames and forest damage is tallied.
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Albany
Adirondacks
James 5. Whipple
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Saranac Lake
Dannemora
Port Henry
W. F. Fox
Saranac Inn
Dreath
Whipple
Saratoga
N. Y
Saratoga County
May Take Teaw to Pittsburg Contempt Order Reported
Report from White Plains Court House said an order declaring Harry K Thaw in contempt would be served on Sheriff Charles M Lane of Westchester County today. Thaw would be moved to Pittsburg. Thaw’s counsel Charles Morschauser hurried to White Plains jail for talks. Justice Mills announced night sessions on October 12 for Thaw’s case.
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White Plains
Harry K. Thaw
Charles M. Lane
Westchester County
Pittsburg
Charles Morschauser
Thaw
Morschauser
Poughkeepsie
Justice Mills
License probe opens with pushcart license cases
Commissioners of Accounts begin public hearings at 10 33 a m to probe Bureau of Licenses after Mayor McClellan suspended John P Corrigan and Gaetano D Amato. Corrigan to testify first as sensational developments are urged and an arrest may follow at the hearings office 28 Broadway.
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Commissioners of Accounts
Bureau of Licenses
McClellan
John P. Corrigan
Gaetano D'Amato
Corrigan
cMoes
Broadway
Widow shot in apartment as children witness murder
Mrs Amelia Roach, 40s, was shot twice in the left temple and once in the jaw while sleeping with her children Bertram and Agatha at 401 West 53d Street. Her uncle Robert F Wood, missing, is sought after a quarrel over marriage and a revolver purchase. Police and witnesses describe a rapid pursuit and calls for Wood across ferries and stations.
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Amelia Roach
West 53d Street
Robert F. Wood
Rec Roach
Wood
James Curran
Dooley
Pisym
Surprise in Hart Case Divorced Nephew Claims Estate
The Hart will dispute centers on Estelle Hart who contends the estate of Benjamin Hart, who died last May in Paris, should exclude her as widow. An affidavit shows Hart obtained a divorce on May 1, 1883. Michael Hart, his nephew of New York, receives $100,000 cash and residuary income. Paris house and $25,000 go to Mme Gabrielle de Bie.
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Estelle Kitty Hart
Benjamin Hart
Paris
Hart
Michael Hart
Stewart & Shearer
Virginia
Rue de Galilee
Mme. Gabrielle Juliette Antoinette de Bie
New York Athletic Club
Mme
Isabel Hart Guilemin
Actress Lonsdale Missing After Breach Suit Move
Ada Louise Lonsdale, the plaintiff in a West Virginia breach of promise suit against Blaine Elkins for 100 400, has left her West 26th Street apartment with her trunk. Attorney Alfred Epstein said he knows nothing of her location or any settlement. He speculated she may have gone South to escape annoyance.
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Ada Louise Lonsdale
West Virginia
Blaine Elkins
West 26Th Street
Alfred Epstein
Mr. Epstein
Miss Lonsdale
Fire on Broadway at Harris Raincoat Co. builds scare and $150 damage
A third floor blaze at 827 Broadway in the Harris Raincoat Company building trapped workers and halted traffic for about fifteen minutes. Firemen rescued four delayed workers as flames spread from a discarded light to cloth. Estimated damage is $150. Registration days upcoming: Oct 5 6 10 and 12 from 7 am to 10 pm.
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Harris Raincoat Company
Broadway
Mercer Street
City’s Books Rebound In England Action by Aldermen
Aldermen in Bath, England vote to curb book binding contracts with Cedric Chivers of Bath and Brooklyn. They back a resolution restricting library binding expenditures to work performed under statute. Chivers, a Bath city council member, shifts large contracts by rebinding abroad.
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Cedric Chivers
Bath
England
Alderman Dowling
Chivers
Brooklyn
Mrs Hains Seeks Custody Amid Bay Side Tragedy
Boston Sept 29 Mrs Claudia L Hains wife of Captain Peter C Hains plans to tell her side tomorrow in the custody battle over their three children. A 2000 word deposition by Mrs Hains is to be read in Kings County Court while prosecutors prepare for the homicide case against the Hains brothers. The defense fights to keep papers from the motion and the couple’s reconciliation attempts are described as unfulfilling. Captain Hains is represented by Percy in the divorce context and Mrs Hains seeks $1000 counsel fees for herself and Norton. District Attorney Darrin plans to present the case Friday to the grand jury with three witnesses expected to testify.
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Tribune
Boston
Claudia L. Hains
Peter C. Hains
Bayside Yacht Club
Fred L. Norton
New York
Annis
John F. McIntyre
Hains Brothers
Claudia Hains
McIntyre
Hains
Darrin
Frank G. Wild
Captain Hains
Percy
Mr. McIn
John Hains
Chicago
Garretson
Flushing Supreme Court
Tyre
Queensboro Bridge name change approved by Aldermen
A unanimous Aldermen vote renamed Blackwell's Island Bridge to Queensboro Bridge pending mayoral signature. Alderman Walsh opposed a $20,000 Board of Estimate appropriation for bridge inspection, arguing it was a repeat effort. Messages from Mrs. M S Rowland on ticket speculation and street noise were referred.
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Blackwell's Island Bridge
Queensboro Bridge
McClellan
Walsh
Board of Estimate
M.S. Rowland
Brooklyn League
Eleventh Avenue Track Removal Association
Rowland
Death in Bellevue Prison Ward Sparks Coroner Probe
Coroner Shrady will investigate the death of Fred Yuengling in a Bellevue Hospital prison ward after a three hour delay in removal from the West Side court prison. Coroner’s Physician Weston said early removal might have saved him. Witnesses including prison keepers and ambulance surgeons are expected to testify. H K Ryan denied surgeons ordered the removal.
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Fred” D. Yuengling
Bellevue Hospital
West Side Court
Shrady
Weston
Yuengling
Upper Broadway
Clubmen Sued for Dues In New York Courts
Judgments entered in New York courts show the New York Athletic Club pursued former members for unpaid dues and refreshments. The list includes Frederick M. Hausling Adler Adolphus A. Jackson and others with amounts ranging from about 98 to 22 thousand dollars, the club stating the action was strictly business and meant to collect owed sums.
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New York
New York Athletic Club
Frederick M. Hausling
Adolphus A. Jackson
Samuel S. Jones
George F. Johnson, Jr
William P. Robertson
George B. Underwood
Edward T. Yeomans
Involuntary bankruptcy petitions hit small steamship agencies
Three involuntary petitions were filed in federal court against small steamship ticket and money transfer agencies. Polowe Mogilewsky & Werner at 391 Grand St faced claims of preferential payments. Leo Oppenheimer appointed receiver with a $50 000 bond. Debtor assets include about $3 000 cash and $15 000 in real estate and notes. Additional petitions target Domenico Vetrolle at 160 Mulberry St for steamship agency and banking activities with $75 in claims, and Eduardo Avallone at 181 Bleecker St for concealing property valued at $1 000 with $1 127 in claims.
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United States District Court
Polowe, Mogilewsky & Werner
Grand Street
Edward Maas
Leo Oppenheimer
Domenico Vetrolle
Mulberry Street
Eduardo Avallone
Bleecker Street
Wilgus plan returned as retainer is refunded
William J. Wilgus former vice president of the New York Central is withdrawn from advising the Public Service Commission after returning a $3,000 retainer. The PSC questions Central's compliance on Eleventh Avenue track policing and will review train operation at October hearing.
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William J. Wilgus
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
The
Central
Wilgus
Amsterdam Corporation
Broadway
Bassett
New York Central
Eleventh Avenue
20Th
60Th Street
Flood of Foreign Mail Expected With Rate Reduction
Post Office braces for a flood of letters as the new 2 cent rate for English letters takes effect tomorrow. Mails for the Baltic and Amerika close at 6 30 am while Campania mail closes Saturday. Clerks will be pressed into service to handle the surge. The rate applies only to letters. cards parcels and newspapers use different charges.
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Baltic
Amerika
Campania
Great Britain
United States
Fruit dealer killed by downed wire in storm on Staten Island
Michael Derosso a 30 year old fruit dealer collapsed after stepping into a live electric wire blown down by a storm on Vanderbilt avenue Staten Island. The full 1700 volt current killed him instantly. Derosso lived at Richmond Terrace Port Richmond.
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Michael Derosso
Vanderbilt Avenue
Staten Island
Derosso
Richmond Terrace
Port Richmond
Campaign Launched by Republican Women for Taft
The Republican women’s campaign for William Howard Taft opened at Hotel Martha Washington led by Mrs. J. Ellen Foster with Miss Helen Varick Boswell presiding. Clubs plan meetings and distribute fifty thousand campaign circulars urging voter registration and active participation among men and women alike.
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William Howard Taft
Martha Washington
J. Ellen Foster
National Women’s Republican Association
Helen Varick Boswell
Loving
Foster
Massachusetts
New York
Taft
R. C. Benedict
William Grant Brown
Miss Boswell
Union Square
Camp Taft
Russian coat suit for boys with left shoulder buttoning
The suit made from the real Russian coat buttons up the left shoulder and remains a favorite for small boys. The model is simple and smart, shown in serge with a leather belt, with many mothers choosing lightweight wool materials for variety.
Medals for Heroisma at Lifesaving Corps ceremony
Miss Dolly Stevenson twelve received a Lifesaving Corps medal for rescuing a playmate in Gravesend Bay near her home. Eighteen others including Elmer Earl Kress ten and Jacob Lederer nine earned medals for courageous water rescues. Mrs Ennie R Daily and several youths also honored as Alderman Doull presented medals in City Hall with applause.
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Dolly Stevenson
United States Volunteer Lifesaving Corps
Aldermanic Chamber
Doull
Dolly
Minnie Richard
Gravesend Bay
Minnie
Miss Dolly
Lifesaving Corps
Elmer Earl Kress
Elmer
Jacob W. Lederer
Florence Hartmann
Cromwell's Creek
Donald McCormack
Charles S. Martin
Clintom B Redding
Women at Moral Education Congress in London
Women play a prominent role at the International Moral Education Congress in progress at the University of London. Speakers include educationalists from Paris and Berlin, with women among government delegates such as Mme Kovalevesky. English participants include Miss Alice Woods Miss Ottley Miss J Cleghorn and Mrs Bryant D S who chairs the executive committee.
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University of London
Paris
Berlin
Mme. Kovalevesky
Alice Woods
Ottley
J. Cleghorn
Bryant
Crochet Lace Bargains At Shops At Bargain Counter
Crochet lace is prominently displayed in shops with prices within reach of all. Bargains include net fabrics at two yards per 2 with various widths and designs offered at lower costs, while women plan to make net waists using different widths available in stores.
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Nehasane
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