Jail Overcrowding at District Jail Triggers West Wing Plans
The District Jail houses about 600 prisoners in 446 cells with 14 rings for women. Warden Weber seeks to repurpose the west wing for female inmates, citing dire bathing and sanitary conditions, no in-cell plumbing, and crowded cells. A justice department commission report and congressional action anchor ongoing plans to renovate, expand facilities, and segregate sexes more effectively.
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Commission
Congress
Weber
Department of Justice
Vis J Buen Kester
Fins
Stafford
John Joy Ldsen
RV Tedatll
Prison reform views on jail conditions and prisoner care
A speaker argues against using the facility as a punishment center. He suggests detention for minor offenses and pretrial witnesses, urges improvements by the Department of Justice and Congress, and notes prisoners should have work and meals, with officials planning site visits before reporting to Congress.
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Congress
Department of Justice
Thaw Defends His Checks Amid Bankruptcy Fight
Poughkeepsie New York August 11 Harry K Thaw defended his finances amid his murder trials and bankruptcy proceedings. He acknowledged paying most checks but admitted one overdraft to Mr Littletton, saying funds were covered later. O Relliey, Thaw’s former counsel, warned that Thaw may need to cut the $1000 monthly allowance to his wife Evelyn if bankruptcy continues, noting little outside support.
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Poughkeepsie NY
Harry K Thaw
Union National Bank of Pittsburg
Daniel O Relliey
Harry K Thaws
Tnals
Pittsburg
Exelyn
Thaw
Wiliam Thaw
JURY TRIAL BEGINS OVER MRS WEBB CHECK FRAUD CASE
Alice LL Webb ex-wife of millionaire tobacco merchant Brodie L Duke faces trial on defrauding the Great Northern Hotel with a supposedly fraudulent check. Witnesses say Webb was ill with pleurisy and under stimulants when she signed a check from an account with funds reportedly withdrawn. Witnesses assert Webb was confused and unable to distinguish the bank, while her defense contends misapprehension led to the payment. The case was given to jurors with a sealed verdict expected tomorrow.
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Canago
Wis
Alice LL Webb
Brodie L Duke
Great Northern Hotel
Kersten
Mrs Webb
Sen
Whch
Sime
Ilvien M_ Helpes
com _panion
Webb
James Perk
Railroads urged to prepare for crop surplus traffic
The Illinois Manufacturers Association plans action at its Friday meeting to press railroad officials to renew rolling stock and repairs. They warn that a return of prosperity and heavy crop movement could overwhelm lines unless equipment is refreshed and delays reduced. Their stake is preventive agitation to avert a repeat of past shortages and slower service.
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Washingon
Chicago
Ilnneig
Association
Seeeks a Job in New York for Mrs Dresser After Divorce
Sioux Falls Aug 11 Mrs Daniel LeRoy Dresser, who won a divorce, prepared to head for New York to start work as a stenographer and typewriter. A relative of the Vanderbilts and Brown family, she noted she has never cared for society and plans to train for active business life. The windfall on the North Shore of Long Island brought several thousand dollars, aiding her plan to begin business ventures.
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Sioux Falls
Daniel LeRoy Dresser
New York
John Nicholas Brown
Dresser
Long Island
Convening of Typographical Union Discusses Tuberculosis Controls
Boston August 11 Favorable action on forming a committee to investigate remedies for tuberculosis affecting union members and opposition to annual conventions in favor of a five year cycle dominated today by debates at the International Typographical Union meeting. A paper by H Russett Wray praised Colorado Springs treatments and the printers' home. Delegates eyed next year’s convention site with invites from Minneapolis and St Joseph as sessions included Stereotypers and Women’s Auxiliary with limited business, followed by a Nantasket shore dinner trip.
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International Typographical Union
H Russent Wray
Camber of Commerce
Colorado Springs
Union Printers
Minneapolis
Gov Johnson
St Joseph
Stereotypers’ Union
Typegraphical Union
International Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers’ Union
Nantasket
Five Greeks Held Over Black Hand Threat Letter Plot
Five Greeks arrested in Harlem on concealed weapons charges after traveling to a promised meeting place to answer a threatening Black Hand letter demanding $1,000. Basil Stirocoules, a wealthy importer, led the group with four companions as police intervened before an alleged confrontation near Amstrong Avenue and 190th Street. The magistrate ordered them held for trial.
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Harlem
Basil Stirocoules
New Bowery
Basil
Amsordam Avenue
190Th Street
Tuird Avenue
Constant Leva
Te Coffee Street
Peter Couls
James Street
Toln
Robbers Torture Woman in Washington County Home
Three masked men battered the door of Miss Maria De Garmo’s remote house in Washington County yesterday morning. They bound and gagged De Garmo and her niece Miss Lizzie Hartman, stole jewelry and cash, ransacked rooms, and tortured the women when no large sum appeared. Hartman freed herself, and a timber-trade payment of fifteen hundred dollars was found missing after the assault.
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Washington Paruy
Maria de Garmo
Miss de Garmo
Lizzie Hartman
Miss Hartman
Names of hotel guests listed by location and affiliation
A long list of guests and accompanying affiliations appears by city. The items include numerous surnames, first names, and organizations such as National, Willard, and various hotels or hostels in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and other places.
Pittsburg Conspiracy of Merchants Ring Exposed in Theft Ring
An alleged conspiracy among mercantile employees is blamed for stealing over 50 000 worth of goods from six firms. Four men E. E Jenkins William Lindsay and two others in custody confess to sufficient crimes. A mysterious ringleader orchestrated daily thefts via a back door wagon pickup, often changing appearance to avoid recognition.
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Aug
E. E
Jenkins
William Lindsay
Ana
Takahira Praises OBrien At New York Luncheon
In New York on August 11 a Japan Society luncheon at the Hotel Astor drew Rear Admiral Coghlan and Senator Burrows among guests for cordial talks with Ambassador Takahira and Ambassador OBrien. Coghlan urged a larger navy to secure peace and deter any nation from treading on our coat.
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Japan Society of New York
United States
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Baron Takahira
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O’brien
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Japa
Roosevelt
O Brien
Wei
No Union Label On Taft Bryan Campaign Lithographs Ban
Special to The Washington Post reports Taft and Bryan lithographs may be barred from distribution unless the Federation of Labor approves union labels. Orders for 100000 and 5000000 prints await label approval as litho shops remain open shop. Gompers is urged to intervene. contractors fear losing the contract.
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Bryan
Gompers
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Republican Campaign Committee
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Republican Committee
Frank Titchcock
Georgia Gov Smith calls extra session for August 24
Georgia Governor Gev Hoke Smith announces an extra legislative session to convene in Atlanta on August 24 to address urgent measures including the convict bill and anti lobbying reforms. The message notes legislative difficulty at the upcoming session and urges both Senate and House to attend.
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Sailors at Rotorua as American fleet meets New Zealand hosts
Admiral Sperry leads 200 officers and enlisted men for a Rotorua visit after a bright Ellerslie race meeting for the Atlantic fleet. They join Prime Minister Ward and MPs for a Magnificent bathhouse opening ceremony, while Maori tribes perform war dances for the visitors.
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Washington New Gateway booklet extols capital as manufacturing hub
A Chamber of Commerce prepared illustrated booklet presents Washington as a growing industrial and commercial center and a prime gateway between North and South. It highlights transportation advantages, population growth, educational and civic life, and opportunities for new business ventures, with 13 pages of advertising and 13,000 free copies produced under committee leadership.
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National Capital
Iff Ims
Chamber of Commerce
George H Gall
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
Charles W Claggett
American Legatees Win Rubens Will Case
Paris court upholds American jurisdiction in the Rubens will dispute. Charles Rubens died in Paris in 1906, leaving $2,000,000 to New York friends Henry Heckelheimer and Julia Heidelbach. Rubens’ nephews argued he was really Samuel Woog, a Frenchman naturalized in America, and that French law should govern. Heirs contended French law applied. Heckelheimer and Heidelbach argued the American will governs due to where drawn.
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Rubens
Charles Rubens
New York
Henry Heckelheimer
Julia Heidelbach
Samuél Woog
America
France
Fekteheimer
Julia Heidelbech
Captain Mitchell Dead in Southampton after rescue at sea
Captain S Mitchell died in Southampton while commanding the British yacht Deerhound. He reportedly saved Captain Symes of the Confederate frigate Alabama and several crew members after its engagement with the earsarge, and landed the rescued men in Paris. Arthur Rane announced the death. Rane, a writer and politician, noted Mitchell's role as chief dutcher of the Aurore and Corsican senator.
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Eng
S. Mitchell
Symes
Alabama
Theearsarge
Paris
Arthur Rane
M. Rane
Corsica
Gen Rucker 96 Denies Death After Insurance Notice
Brig Gen Daniel Rucker retired at 96 received notice from New York Life that he was dead under mortality tables. He visited the insurer to disprove the claim, noting a long army career from 1837 and Civil War service. His daughter was the widow of Gen Philip Sheridan.
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Daniel Rucker
Mondiay
New York Life Insurance Company
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Gen Rucker
Phu Sheridan
Sherman Receives Choctaw Nation Congratulatory Letter
Utica dispatch reports Republican vice presidential nominee James Sherman received a congratulatory letter from Green M Curtain principal chief of the Choctaw nation. The message included resolutions from a mass meeting at Tuskahoma praising Sherman as a faithful friend of the Choctaw people. Sherman urged that a Bryan and Kern banner be treated with courtesy and a cheer should rise as parade units pass under it.
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Utica
James Sherman
Green M Curtain
Tuskahoma
Sherman
Bryan and Kern
Genesee Street
Woman Shot and Robbed at Magnolia Beach Mass
Mrs. W. T. Cornell of New York guest at Oceanside hotel was attacked on the beach near Rafe's chasm by a man who shot her in the neck and tried to steal valuables including a gold watch a purse with $15 and rings. Two waitresses saw the assailant flee as bystanders aided the wounded woman and Dr Warren reported the wound not fatal.
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W. T. Cornell
New York
Magnolia
Mass
Washington Post
W 'T Cornell
Oceanside Way
Rafe
Hill Host to Scholars at Berlin Dinner
Dr David Jayne Hill American ambassador to Germany hosted a dinner in Berlin for delegates to the International Historical Congress and visiting scholars. Attendees included Charles Rockwell Lanman Hugo Munsterberg Charles H Haskins Kuno Yiancke Paul Haupt Frederick Hirth Jesse B Carter Sir William Rameau and others. Dr Hill toasted Dr Koser, president of the congress, while Dr Koser praised Hill as a history maker and writer.
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David Jayne Hill
Germany
International Historical Congress
Charles Rockwell Lanman
Hugo Munsterberg
Charles H Haskins
Kuno Yiancke
Harvard University
Paul Haupt
Johns Hopkins University
Frederick Hirth
Columbia University
Jesse B. Carter
American Classical Institute
Rome
Wiliam Rameau
Aberdeen
Koser
Brandl
American Embassy Star
Hill
Congress
Koger
Chafin Pledges Prohibition Rally Tour and Return
Eugene W. Chafin the Prohibition party presidential nominee arrives in Chicago for a brief stay then plans to visit every state and speak up to eight times daily until the election He recalls his near drowning at Lin ge Neb and jokes about avoiding water except by the glassful He says it would be foolish to doubt his election prospects and believes a strong public choice is needed to avoid a party crisis before voting ends
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Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
M. C A
Linegin
Nebr
Beating Coaling Records by Pacific Fleet Battleships
Three battleships attached to the Pacific fleet at Auckland New Zealand set new coal loading marks. Georgia took on 3779 tons in 12 minutes, Rhode Island 1710 tons in 4 hours 47 minutes, and Virginia surpassed both on June 26 with 1667 tons in 4 hours and an overall record of 41.67 tons per hour while Virginia also achieved the fastest single hour loading of 65.69 tons.
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Auckland
New Zealand
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Rhode Island
Virginia
Engineers Go to Honolulu for Fortifications Survey
The War Department orders Company A First Battalion of engineers to depart San Francisco on November 5 for Honolulu. They are to perform a preliminary survey for fortifications around Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, where a 24 large naval station is planned. After completing work in Hawaii they will return to Vancouver barracks.
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Honolug
Fort Mason
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
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Vancouver Barracks
Training Boat Ranger Commissioned at Cavite to Reach Massachusetts
The gunboat Ranger, one of the Navy’s oldest vessels, has been placed in commission at Cavite in the Philippine Islands. It will be sailed to the Atlantic coast via the Suez Canal to join the Naval School of the State of Massachusetts. The Ranger, an iron and wood barkentine, was built before steel ships. A board of officers led by Col Valery Havard, Maj Guy L Edie, and Capt Walter D Webb will review medical examining boards for disqualified medical officers. Ruggles replaces O'Hern. Maj Colden L'H Rugpgtes of the ordnance dept now serves as professor of ordnance and gunnery at the United States Military Academy, with Lieut Col Edward P. Hern Land attached to the Alaska Signal Corps. By presidential direction, land at Tanana near Fort Gibbon, Alaska, is reserved as a military reservation for the Signal Corps.
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Orphans’ Club
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Melbourne
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Australian Council of Defense
Pethebridge
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J C Hoad
Military Administration
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Suez Canal
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Guy L Edie
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Colden L'H Rugpgtes
Ordnance Department
Watertown Arsenal
Watertown
Mass
United States Military Academy
Edward P . Hern
Alaskan Signal Corps
Tanana
Fort Gibbon
Alaska
Signal Corps
Unemployed East Side to March for Prosperity Congress
About ten thousand unemployed men from the East Side plan a Friday parade as the Interstate Prosperity Congress opens. They will march to the building housing the prosperity society, halt, and request participation in the benefits. The original banquet plan at Manhattan Beach was scrapped. the action centers on a session of the congress.
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New Fork Ang
Wien
Interstate Prosperity Congress
United Commercial Travelers' Protective Association
J the Prosperity Society
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