Peace talk and naval visit hint at US Japan accord
Public peace statements emphasize good understanding between Japan and the United States amid Admiral Yamamoto’s visit. A luncheon with President Roosevelt and officials at Oyster Bay plus a tour plan to Philadelphia are outlined, while a separate road accident near Oyster Bay narrowly avoids disaster as a car skims a wagon on the edge of a banked road.
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Philadelphia
Yamamoto
Roosevelt
York
Partie
United States
Fatal collapse on Water Street kills four in Philadelphia
Fortunato Lagandi and Francesco Bruno died when floors collapsed in a building on Water street above Market being razed for an underground railway terminal. Two other men died from injuries and others were severely hurt as bricks and heavy timbers fell, trapping workers on multiple floors.
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Philadelphia
Fortunato Lagandi
Francesco Bruno
Water Street
Market
Lagando
Bruna
Eugenie Scutter
Israé) Jones
Japanese in Peril as Auto Narrowly Escapes Wagon
A perilous collision near Sagamore Hill involves a fast car nearly plunging into water while a group linked to President Roosevelt’s circle witnesses a dramatic escape. A Japanese delegation of farmers rides the Baltimore and Ohio Line trains, with weekend schedules noted and the Jamestown contest upcoming.
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New York
Amiral Yamamety
Saki
Sagamore
Grveril Farmers
Bank Messenger Arrested Over $1700 Robbery Claim
New York reports Henry J Wilson former First National Bank messenger was arrested after claiming he was robbed of 1716 in cash on July 1 while collecting for the bank. Notes and drafts totaling 520,000 allegedly stolen were returned to the bank. Wilson later surrendered but was detained for examination as authorities investigated his account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry J Wlson
First National Bank
Wilson
Wynne Faces Social War Over Consul General Rank
United States Consul General Wynne in London rejects grievances while American colony and social rivals push to settle his status. Reports indicate frustration at protocol gaps, with Ambassador Feld denying retirement rumors and Reid’s social role under scrutiny by peers and locals.
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Washington Vest Lomiun
United States
Wynne
London
Feld Han Veun
Uae
Europe
Generi
State Department
Tvondon
Reid
Winne
Sho
Mr Reid
Held
Indignant Ouida Bans Mention of Carelli Travel Fund
Special telegram from Viareggio reports Ouida, indignant, forbids any mention of Marie Carelli and urges subscriptions to aid Miss de Barnes in her declining years. The dispatch notes a controversial plea in press circles and mentions a 2 percent contribution pledge.
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Washington
Louise da la Ramee Oulday
Daily Mail
Viareggio
Marie Carelli
Miss de
Barnes
Bank Teller Sentenced in Minnesota Misappropriation Case
Philip Kemnen, a former teller at Tepito Nations Bank in St Paul Minnesota, was sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to misappropriation of funds. He was arrested in Seattle weeks earlier after leaving the bank and diverting 25000 dollars to Western travel, including trips to Atlantic City and other seaside destinations, with regular Friday and Saturday departures and Tuesday returns.
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St Paul Minn
Philip Kemnen
Tepito Nations Bank
Kempten
Seattle
Seashore
Hetara
Pennsylvania Ballroad
Atlantic City
Cape May
Widwood
Ocean City
Atlante City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wildwood
Osean
Shipping Disaster Off Massachusetts Coast Sinking of Nickerson Claims Three
In dense fog off the Massachusetts coast the White Star steamship Fomante struck the two masted fishing schooner Natale B Nickerson from Boothbay Maine, sinking it within a minute. Fifteen crew were rescued by the Romanic and brought to New York. Eleven remained aboard the Nickerson during the sinking as two lifesaving boats and a dory were lost. Three men, Burt Wylie and the two Greenheasts, are missing after a long search.
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Massachusetts
New York
Romanic
Dory
Seroll
New England
White Star Line
Boston
Natale B Nickerson
Booth Bay
Nickerson
Country Home Looted by Long Island Thieves
New York July 2 Country home of John Ann Young president of Windsor Trot Company at Glen Cove Long Island was entered by thieves and robbed of silverware valued at 2 dollars. The robbers, believed to be Long Island Sound pirates, also took several bottles of wine and apparently fled by row boat or small launch near Glen Cove and Sea Cliff after packing loot on shore. The gang is suspected to have occupied a small launch roaming the waters recently.
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New York
John Annn Young
Windsor Trot Company
Glen Cove
Long Island
Gang of
Jude
Sea Clif
Horseman Davis Sued by Wife for Divorce in Ohio
Special to Thomasowston Fot Cincinnati July 12 George Davis of Buffalo the famed horseman faces divorce suit from Blanche E Davis She alleges statutory offenses Two years ago he inherited 300000 from uncle George W Davis Toledo bank president Now he claims only 1000 and three race horses remain He is racing at Kenilworth and refuses alimony His sister Mrs Hugenle McKibben also faces a suit from George T Stallings wife for alienation of affections The cases hinge on estate and support disputes
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Thomasowston
Cincinnati
Ohio
George 3. Davis
Buffalo
Blanche E Davis
Davis
George W Davis
Toledo
Toledo Second National Bank
Hugenle McKibben
Alia
George T Stallings
Lumber Maw Disappears and Receiver Sought
Stockholders of Enterprise Lumber Company petitioned for a receiver after president and GM James W Myers vanished. Enterprise, a 3.5 million concern with multiple branches, faced a small fire at the main yard during proceedings. Nearby notes reference travel and a July departure from Washington.
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Enterprise Company
Washington Fort Cincinati
Ohio
James W Myers
Enterprise Lumber Company
Motor boat Oceanic survives perilous sea voyage
Edward Harmon Charles D. Kells of Jamaica Bay Yacht Club and Oscar P. Hesch of Bell Harbor Yacht Club arrived at Norfolk after a perilous trip from New York aboard the thirty foot Oceanic. They faced heavy seas and near destruction near the Chesapeake before steadying for the final approach to Hampton Roads Yacht Club.
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Bpnetal
Washington
Norfolk
Oceanic
Edward Harmon
Charles D. Kells
Jamaica Bay Yacht Club
Oscar P. Hesch
Bell Harbor
Hampton Roads
Six Die as Boat Goes Over Dam on Conewango River
Six persons drowned near Jamestown as a gasoline launch capsized while aiding another boat on the Conewango River. A motor failure sent the craft over the dam, leaving a list of victims including Sirona Best and daughter Violet, George Baker, Mra Milda Knox, and F Butts of Philadelphia. A Russell, Pa., dispatch notes a supper party at the Best cottage and the rescued visitors aboard the submerged craft.
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Jamestown
N.Y
Fusl Sell
Conewango
Sirona
Best
Violet
Warren
George Baker
Warren Pa
Milda Knox
Warren, Pa
F Butts
Philadelphia
Russell Pa
John Best
Conewango River
Russell Boat Landing
Mmphtha Imeh
Bomv
Murder Toll in New York Girl Branded as Elsa von Dessauer
Special to Tha Ven pen New York reports Coroner Shrady ruled Elsa von Dessauer died July 10 from a brutal beating with a vase on July 4 in an Amsterdam Avenue apartment. Sculptor Carlos, missing since, was named by authorities as a suspect amid a closed inquiry. Dr Arthur Beatty testified to extensive bruising noted on Elsa before death.
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Tha Ven
New York
Elsa von Dessauer
Cilos Hogs
Flv
Amsterdam Avenue
Shrady
Tne
Carlos
Lnw
Arthur Beatty
Aiea
West Eighty-siedth Street
Beatty
Thade
Mathilde von Dessauer
Elsa
Mathilde
Tosst
Drowning Tragedy on Beach Fork River Claims Four
Special to The Springfield worded report notes a boat outing on Beach Fork River. Jacob Pardue, Mrs. COW Noe, two daughters, Nellie Woe aged eighteen, Mary Comstock aged seventeen, and a fourteen year old colored boy drowned. Two young men survived, and search for other bodies continued.
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Springfield
Jacob Pardue
Cow Noe
Beach Fork River
Pardue
Misa Nellie Woe
Mary Comstock
Misa Comstock
Shock Kills Sick Woman at Fort Banks Target Practice
Mrs Huntee B Hartshorn of Beechmont dies at her home after suffering shock said to result from mortar fire during Fort Banks target practice yesterday. Fort Banks commandant Capt AH M Todd Jr noted no knowledge of Hartshorn's views and would have asked Washington to postpone if aware.
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Fort Banks
Boston
Huntee B. Hartshorn
Beechmont
AH. D Todd, Jr
Pleaded Unwritten Law Acquittal in Insanity Defense
BL Joseph of Massachusetts faced a trial with the unwritten law defense for the killing of George Mayhan. The jury acquitted, finding Teson insane at the time of the shooting and still of unsound mind, with Mayhan previously involved with Mrs Teson. The slayer to be committed to an asylum.
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Joseph
Raymond Teson
George Mayhan
Teson
Mayhan
Police Chief Hesse to Assume Duties Under Bonding Conditions
Segure police funds face scrutiny as Maj. Sylvester commends a systematic work method for the police department. Erwin EB Hesse, named successor to the absconding J Arthur Kemp, will assume duties under enhanced bonding for the chief clerk and assistants. Auditor Tweedale supports periodic examinations of trust funds to prevent loss. John J Gorman chosen as secretary to Maj. Sylvester. son of the late J J Gorman, appointed in 1898.
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Sylvester
J. Arthur Kemp
Congress
Erwin EB. Hesse
J Aethye Kemp
Police Department
Hesse
May Sylvester
Hs Police Department
Whch
Tweedale
John J Gorman
Capt. Boardman
Detective Bureau
Edwin & Hesse
Sylvester Mr Gorman
J J Gorman
Police
Mystery in Brewer's Death at Harlem Hotel
Special to The Post from New York July 11. Police probe the death of Henry Hachemeister of 149 East Ninety a Street brewer with Jeorge Ringler & Bro at Harlem Central Hotel 125th Street and Park Avenue. A woman companion who was in the room is missing. Hachemeister checked in under an assumed name and died after distress in Room 6B. Justice Zeller says it was natural death from heart disease Bright's disease and dropsy though foul play is suspected.
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Tha Wasnington
New York
Harlem Central Hotel
125Th Street
Park Avenue
Henry Hache|meister
East Ninety-a Crowd Street
Jeorge
Hachemeister
Toom
oMes
Justice Zeller
Me Hachemeister
12Th Street
Madison Avenue
Bright
Judge backs fines not punishment for rich offenders
Toledo judge Lindley W. Morris declares fines ineffective for wealthy defendants and orders six months in the workhouse for 21 lumber and bridge workers who pleaded guilty to Valentine anti trust charges. Nine brick dealers receive $1000 fines each as maximum penalty for the offense. Execution of sentences suspended for ten days. appeals planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Lumber Dealers’ Credit Association
Brick Dealers' Association
Lindley W. Morris
Common Pleas
Circuit Court
Cincinnati Balloon Flight Opens Aerial Experiments
Special to The Washington Cincinnati Ohio July 18 observers watched Leo Stevens secretary of the American Aero Club and noted airship constructor join Col Max Fleischmann Norman Kenan president of Cincinnati Gas Co for a test flight over Cincinnati. The balloon rose to 4000 feet sailing ten miles crossing the Ohio River and landing in Kentucky a minor mishap marked the descent. A second flight is planned with Mrs Fleischmann and Mr Kenan joining the operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington - Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnat
Leo Stevens
American Aero Club
Max Fleischmann
Norman Kenan
Cincinnati
Fleischmann
Kenan
Judge Richard Waite Dies in Toledo at 75
Toledo obituary reports Judge Richard Waite pioneer lawyer of the city died at his home aged seventy five from paralysis. He is described as a brother of Moert White, once a beat justice of the United States. In Brest France a later item notes the Countess de Trobriand, formerly Miss Mary Jones of New York, died at her daughter’s home Chateau de Kerstears Finistere. Her husband, Gen. Count de Trobrand, fought for the Union in the Civil War.
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Toledo
Ohio
Richard Waite
Moertson R. White
United States
Brest
France
Countess de Trobriand
Mary Jones
New York
Rodellec
Chateau de Kerstears
Finistere
de Trobrand
Four Negroes Waive Hearing on Train Hold-Up
Four men named John Jon n son Clarente Davis Joseph Johnson and Norman Toby all Negroes waived a hearing before Justice Nasr in Trenton Michigan on July 12. They were held for grand jury action on the charge of attempting to bolt up a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train near Lawrence Station yesterday.
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Weshingion Post
Trenton
John Jonnson
Clarente Davis
Joseph Johnson
Norman Toby
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lawrence Station
Justice of the Peace Nasr
Grand Jury
Twain Ends London Visit With Quiet Farewell
Mark Twain spent his last day in London quietly with morning callers, a visit to the National Gallery, and luncheon with Lord and Lady Portsmouth. He reflected on a gay four weeks in England, saying he would have stayed longer if possible and that plans for his funeral had been postponed. He doubted he would see England again and expressed nostalgia for the trip.
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London
Mark Twain
Thomas Kapton
National Gallery
Charles Holtroyd
Lord and Lady
Portsmouth
Englend
Rumors on Buenz in New York Consular Post Change
Rumors say Karl G Buenz, German consul in New York and privy councilor to Jegation, on three months leave may not return and could retire or move to another German foreign service post. Confirmation lacking. Buenz has served since January 3, 1960, with a district covering New York New Jersey Connecticut Vermont Maryland Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
New York
Kerl G Buensz
Privy Council of
Jegation
Germany
Buens
Consi
Chieso
New Jersey
Connecticut
Vermont
Maryland
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Virginia
District of Columbia
Attack on Roosevelt policy sparks debate at banquet
Galesburg July 2 President Theodore Roosevelt faced sharp criticism from Lt Gov Sherman at a banquet of the Bar Association. Sherman condemned federal power as dangerous and likened it to secession, calling for judicial changes to preserve state rights amid oil war claims and a Supreme Court ruling on Kansas versus Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Galesburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Lawrence
Sherman
Bate Association
Gov. Sherman
Judge Sherman
Roosevelt
Gay Sherman
United States Supreme Court
Kansas
Colorado
Supreme Justices
Secretary of State
Root
Utica
New York
Five Feudists Indicted in Coburn Murder Case
A Prestonburg grand jury indicted Joseph Fitzpatrick and four accomplices for participating in a feud linked to the murder of Andy Coburn. The suspects, who are at large near their home fifteen miles back in the Knobs, reportedly refuse surrender. Coburn was seated in court when Fitzpatrick allegedly approached and shot him three times in the back.
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Lexington
Prestonburg
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Fatal Machine Accident at Cortland Forging Company
Special to the Cortland paper reports Arthur Cranger killed at the Cortland Forging Company late today. He was on a running ladder placing a baton pulley when caught by spinning shafting and hurled to his death. His arm was found on a beam thirty feet away. he appeared about thirty five years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortland
Arthur Cranger
Delayed Summer Relief Noted By Boestorfs Acti Phosplate
fragmentary text references remedies and rents with odd phrases, mentions Baltimore, meters, tickets, Bondy night, and a possible political timing note tied to a congressional timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boestorfs
Baltimore
Meters
Vis Ponneys
Martalus
Sagt
Gibson Divorce Case Reveals 500000 Settlement Demand
Secret pretrial papers in Preston Gibson and wife’s divorce case show a renewed demand for a 500000 settlement prior to an uncontested decree. The hearing was expected to be brief with key testimony from Gibson’s valet and Thomas Nelson Page, while custody of their child Henry remained unresolved pending court action.
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Chicago
Preston Gibson
Binwits & Jong
Gibson
Thomas Nelson Page
Fudge J. M. Dickinson
Tale Forest
Oowentsia
Bis
Aleget
Ward
Henry Wiehe Gipson
Ito
Jans Lockwood Houcre
Gibeson
Page
Gtheos
Gibeon
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