Jail Overcrowding At District Jail Sparks Reform Move
The District Jail houses about 600 prisoners in 446 single and 14 double cells with 270 cells overall. Warden Weber reports dire conditions including meager bathing facilities, no cell plumbing, limited exercise space, and mixed male and female occupancy. A Justice Department commission recommends renovations to install plumbing, create a main mess, and segregate sexes, while awaiting a congressional report.
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Commission
Congress
Weber
Department of Justice
Vis J Buen Kester
Fins
Stafford
John Joy Ldsen
RV Tedatll
Hus
Liuig
Prison Reform Views From a Jails Commission
A jail inspector argues against using prisons as punitive housing and urges Congress and the Justice Department to examine conditions. He supports detention for minor offenses and awaiting trial, emphasizing prisoner work, meals, and humane treatment while noting plans to visit other jails before reporting to Congress.
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Congress
Department of Justice
Thaw Defends His Checks In Bankrupt Battle
Poughkeepsie New York August 11 Harry K Thaw contends checks were paid except one to Litteton overdrawing May 2. He claims a friendly arrange ment stopped the check and asserts all other checks were paid. He notes his last check cashed July third and his bank balance is held for creditors. Daniel O Relliey, Thaws former counsel, says Thaw may cut Mrs Exelyn Thaws $1000 monthly allowance if bankruptcy continues, leaving no outside support for her.
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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
Mrs Webb on Trial Over Fraud Charge In Wisconsin
Alice L L Webb, divorced wife of Brodie L Duke a tobacco merchant, faces a Great Northern Hotel fraud case in Canago Wisconsin. Witnesses say Webb signed a check under stimulants when funds were withdrawn, with defense claiming misapprehension. Jurors told to deliver a sealed verdict tomorrow after judge Kersten’s instruction.
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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 traffic surge
The Illinois Manufacturers Association plans an agitation to prevent a car shortage as prosperity returns and West crop yields boost traffic. At their meeting, directors will push for timely rolling stock and repairs, arguing railroads must invest about 100 million dollars to handle peak loads without delays.
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Washingon
Chicago
Ilnneig
Association
Siou x Falls divorcee seeks work in New York
Mrs Daniel LeRoy Dresser, known for a high society background and a Vanderbilts link, plans to move to New York. She seeks a stenographer and typewriter job after winning a divorce, says she will start work at once. She will train for active business life and may start her own venture financed by earnings from the Long Island shore gale.
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Sioux Falls
Daniel LeRoy Dresser
New York
John Nicholas Brown
Dresser
Long Island
International Typographical Union Holds Tuberculosis Talks
The Colorado Springs delegate H Russent Wray spoke on tuberculosis treatment and the union printers home. Attendees debated next year’s convention site with invites from Minneapolis and St Joseph. Sessions with Stereotypers and Womans Auxiliary yielded little action before a Nantasket shore dinner.
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Boston
International Typographical Union
H Russent Wray
Camber of Commerce
Colorado Springs
Union Printers
Minneapolis
Gov Johnson
St Joseph
Stereotypers’ Union
Five Greeks Arrested for Black Hand Letter Plot in Harlem
Five Greeks were arrested in Harlem on concealed weapons charges after planning an attack at a location cited in a Black Hand threat letter. Basil Stirocoules, wealthy importer, and four companions were held after police spotted their loaded hip pistols. The group faced trial before Magistrate Steinert, with the Black Hand letter read in court.
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New York
Harlem
Basil Stirocoules
New Bowery
Basil
Amsordam Avenue
190Th Street
Duetm and
Nenster
West 152d Street
Pole
Tatgnel
Steinert
Basi Garthen
Stira Chilansos
Malison
Robbers Torture Woman in Washington County Home
Three masked men battered down a door at Miss Marla De Garmo’s house in Washington County. They bound and gagged De Garmo and her niece Miss Lizzie Hartman, robbed jewelry and cash, slashed carpets, ripped mattresses, and broke chests. When no large sum appeared they tortured the elder until she fainted. Hartman freed herself, found $1500 from timber sale had been overlooked by the robbers.
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Washington
Marla de Garmo
Miss de Garmo
Lizzie Hartman
Miss Hartman
Names of hotel guests and residents listed by city
A long OCR fragment lists many names and partial addresses under city headings such as BOSTON CHICAGO NEW YORK SHOREHAM and others. The text presents guests or residents including families and individuals with occasional titles, but no coherent narrative or dates. It reads like a hotel register or social directory with scattered last names and first names, sometimes with spouses, in cities across the United States.
Pittsburg Firms Foil Marked Robbery Conspiracy
An alleged conspiracy by mercantile employees to rob their employers has surfaced in Pittsburg with more than 50 000 dollars worth of goods stolen from six firms. Four men E. E., Jenkins, William Lindsay and two others are under arrest with confessions cited. A mysterious leader, never identified, dictated daily warehouse deliveries to his back door. The ring included trusted six year employees from each firm and varied disguises were used.
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Aug
E. E
Jenkins
William Lindsay
Ana
Takahira Praises OBrien At New York Luncheon
In New York August 11 a Japan Society lunch at the Astor Hotel drew Admiral Coghlan Senator Burrows and Ambassador Takahira. Coghlan urged a larger navy to preserve peace and prevent any nation from treading on our coat. Toasts to Roosevelt and Amity were exchanged as diplomats spoke of lasting friendship and amicable trade between the United States and Japan.
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America
Hotel Astor Today
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Japan Society of New York
Coghlan
United States
Burrows
Baron Takahira
Washington
O’brien
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Japa
Roosevelt
O Brien
Wei
No Union Label On Campaign Lithographs If Gompers Holds Ban
Special to The Washington Post says Taft and Bryan lithographs face a ban abroad unless the Federation of Labor head Gompers approves union labels. Orders for 100000 and 5000000 lithographs are paused as open shop contractors struggle to place the label. The Artists' Association application for federation membership was previously rejected.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Taft
Bryan
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Republican Campaign Committee
Democratic Organization
Poster Artists Association
Federation
Artists’ Association
Tia
Republican Committee
Frank Titchcock
Gov Smith Calls Georgia Extra Session on August 24
Governor Hoke Smith announces an emergency meeting of the Georgia legislature to consider key issues including the convict bill and anti lobbying measures. He directs the Senate and House to assemble in Atlanta on August 24 to act on pressing state matters. A boiler explosion at Breakwater Construction in Sachems Head Conn killed one and injured three.
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Atlanta
Gev Hoke Smith
Senate
Isha
Georgia Legisature
Boilet
Connecticut
Sachems Head
Conn
Gnemean
Breakwater Construction Company
Sailors and Maoris at Rotorua Damper in New Zealand Visit
Admiral Sperry and 200 officers join Prime Minister Ward in Rotorua for the opening of a grand bathhouse. Noncommissioned NZ garrison officers entertain the American and Australasian ships. Auckland reports a festive day with races at Ellerslie and a grand reception as the fleet plans parades and military talks in Melbourne and Sydney.
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Ward
Rotorua
New Zealand
Auckland
Ellerslie
Admiral Sperry
Cleve
Wari
Thermal District
North Island
Orphans’ Club
Melbourne
Sydney
A Pethebridge
Australian Council of Defense
Pethebridge
Australia
India
Canada
J C Hoad
Military Administration
England
London
Washington New Gateway Booklet Promotes Capital Growth
A Washington Chamber of Commerce booklet portrays the capital as a thriving industrial and commercial hub poised as the new gateway between the North and South. It highlights manufacturing growth, population rise, transport advantages, and educational and civic life while noting 13,000 free copies funded by advertising.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
National Capital
Iff Ims
Chamber of Commerce
George H Gall
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
Charles W Claggett
American Legatees Win in Rubens Will Case
In Paris Aug 1 the court upheld American courts had jurisdiction over Rubens will questions. Charles Rubens died in Paris in 1906 leaving $2,000,000 to New York friends Henry Heckelheimer and Julia Heidelbach. His nephews argued Rubens was actually Samuel Woog a Frenchman who naturalized in America and returned to France. They contended French law should govern Rubens estate.
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Paris
Rubens
Charles Rubens
New York
Henry Heckelheimer
Julia Heidelbach
Samuél Woog
America
France
Fekteheimer
Julia Heidelbech
Captain Mitchell Dies in Southampton After Rescuing Alabama Crew
Capt S Mitchell died in Southampton while commanding the British yacht Deerhound. He saved Capt Symes and several Alabama crew members after the Alabama fought the earsarge, landing the rescued men in Paris. Arthur Rane announced the death. Rane, a noted author and politician, was born in 1839 and led the Aurore as chief director, later representing Corsica in the French senate.
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Southampton
Eng
S. Mitchell
Symes
Alabama
Theearsarge
Paris
Arthur Rane
M. Rane
Corsica
Gen Rucker 96 Denies Death Claim From Insurance
Brig Gen Daniel Rucker retired, aged 96, confronted a New York Life claim declaring his death. He visited Washington Loan and Trust to refute the mortuary theory, noting a long Army career from 1837 and a Civil War record, including a Brevet Major General rank. One daughter was the widow of Gen Phu Sheridan.
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Rucker
Daniel Rucker
Mondiay
New York Life Insurance Company
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Gen Rucker
Phu Sheridan
Indians Praise Sherman in Choctaw Nation Dispatch
Utica reports Republican vice presidential nominee James Sherman received a congratulatory letter from Green Curtain principal chief of the Choctaw nation. Mass meeting resolutions praise Sherman as a faithful friend and note hopes for notification day on August 18. Sherman comments on removing a Bryan banner, urging the parade to give a cheer as it passes under the banner.
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Utica
James Sherman
Green M Curtain
Tuskahoma
Sherman
Bryan and Kern
Genesee Street
Woman Shot and Robbed on Magnolia Beach
Mrs W T Cornell of New York, a guest at Oceanside near Rafe's chasm, was attacked by a man who fired a pistol at her neck. He robbed her of a gold watch and $15, then tried to take rings. Two waitresses witnessed the assault and the assailant fled. Dr Warren found the wound not life threatening.
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W. T. Cornell
New York
Magnolia
Mass
Washington Post
W 'T Cornell
Oceanside Way
Rafe
Hill Hosts Scholars At German Dinner Meeting
Berlin August 11 Dr David Jayne Hill the American ambassador to Germany tonight hosted a dinner for delegates to the International Historical Congress and other scholars from foreign countries in attendance among them Harvard professors Lanman Munsterberg Haskins Yiancke Johns Hopkins Haupt Columbia Hirth Rome’s Jesse Carter Aberdeen’s William Rameau Brandl and embassy staff Dr Hill toasted Dr Koser president of the congress and Dr Koger replied praising Hill as a history maker and writer
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Berlin
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 vows to campaign nationwide after Chicago visit
Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition party presidential nominee, says he will tour every state speaking up to eight times daily until the election. He recounts a near drowning at a Lincoln Nebras ka YMCA pool and jokes about avoiding water except by the glass. He predicts victory would reflect well on American voters.
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Chicago
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
M. C A
Linegin
Nebr
Battleships Break Coaling Records at Auckland
Pacific fleet ships at Auckland New Zealand set new coaling marks. Georgia loaded 3779 tons in 12 minutes to reach 342 tons per hour, Rhode Island took 1710 tons in 4 hours 47 minutes averaging 3577 tons per hour, then Virginia surpassed both with 1667 tons in 4 hours at 4167 tons per hour and achieved the best hour record with 6569 tons.
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Pacific
Auckland
New Zealand
Georgia
Rhode Island
Virginia
Engineers Go to Honolulu for Fortifications Survey
The War Department orders Company A First Battalion of Engineers to depart San Francisco for Honolulu on November 5. On duty at Fort Mason, they will survey preliminary fortifications around Honolulu and Pearl Harbor as the government plans 24 large naval stations, then return to Vancouver barracks.
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War Department
San Francisco
Honolug
Fort Mason
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Vancouver Barracks
Ranger Gunboat Becomes Training Vessel at Cavite
The Ranger, a veteran gunboat, is placed in commission at Cavite, Philippines, to be sailed via Suez to the Atlantic coast and turned over to the Massachusetts State Naval School. The vessel is an iron and wood barkentine built before steel ships.
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Ranger
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Atlantic
Suez Canal
Nalutical School
Massachusetts
Adopiion
Unemployed East Side to Parade for Prosperity Congress
About ten thousand unemployed men from New Fork’s East Side plan a Friday parade during the Interstate Prosperity Congress. They will march through city streets to stop before the prosperity society’s assembly and seek attendance at benefits. Organizers expect many social workers to join, using local assembly rooms for preparation. The original banquet plan was dropped. the group aims to disrupt a session at the conference, with a focus on access to opportunities in Manhattan Beach.
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Wien
Interstate Prosperity Congress
United Commercial Travelers' Protective Association
J the Prosperity Society
Andi Ieee
Asp
Manhattan Beach
Pridas
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