Mystery of a New York Tragedy A Mrs Carter Dies By Self Inflicted Wound
A Crime-Riddle Unfolds Near Red New Yorker as Mrs Grace Hoffman Carter allegedly shoots herself after alleged threats and quarrels with her husband John Jay White. Police report reveal Mrs Carter, living at 14 West Twenty-ninth Street, was a noted animal lover and social figure connected with New York clubs. Mrs White, summoned from Harbor, rushed to the house as coroner and undertaker records describe the fatal act and subsequent investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thin City
Wan Mire Grace Hoffman
Dain, Hoffman
Racinet
New York Athletic
Mra White
Har Har
Bor
Wes I
Stra Carter
RS Cynyerie Teanuary Ton
Mrs Carter
Noreely
Mrs White
Drs Carter
Gorener Deeley
Wote
Nurars
Lelnne
Gatabio Arent
Roosevelt Split Deepens in Presidential Contests
The Washington Post reports mixed views on Theodore Roosevelt and Taft as conservative sentiment grows in the West and plains states. Roosevelt’s forest reserve policy and Japanese handling divide opinion, while Taft gains strong showings in early ballots and some West Coast support. A proposed shift toward a conservative candidate emerges, with broader calls for policy continuity and Housecleaning. Also, the International Tuberculosis Congress accepts Washington, D.C. as host for next year’s meeting.
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Taft
Vepechal
Washington Post
Chicago Tribune
Theodore Roosevelt
Rocky Mountain States
Tafthan
Hughes
Cannon
Knox
Clalifornia
Nevada
Colorado
Washington
Wyoming
Oregon
Montana
Dutaide
Futlawe
Roosevelt
Cortlyou
Foraker
Ney Delf
Roosevalt
Far West
Taft Art Hughes
Renounced at Altar as Miss Crouse Escapes From Suitor
Miss Belle Crouse daughter of Rev NP Crouse of Stanhope NJ faced her frantic lover Percy Bissell at the parsonage in Asbury Park after he seized a revolver and demanded marriage. The clergyman intervened and Miss Crouse escaped with her parents to Ocean Grove, while Bissell was taken away by a policeman as the drama ended with her safety and Bissell’s flight suspected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Bissell
Mise Belle Cromse
Asbury Park
N J
Belle Crouwe
NP Croune
Stanhope NJ
First Methodist
Olivi
C MC «Giffin
Misa Crousé
Mia
Bissell
Isata
Wan
GiMa
Hia
Misa Crowee
Gil
Quoan Grove
Bloselt
Mle Crouse
Stanhope the Crouses
Sppeare
Bingell
Stantopa Premytorian
State Normal School
Treston
Qeean Stave
Lubbub
Allstaihope
Alpnolt
Crouses
Ocean Grove
Miss Crouse
Earthquake Panic Sweeps Residents in Aftermath
A powerful earthquake struck causing panic as residents fled into the streets. Shocks rattled homes and tremors were felt across the area with a forecast of more to come. Fire, no serious damage, and a large storage room sale in the aftermath are noted.
Typewriter Inventor Hammond Appears At Lunacy Hearing
James Barnett Hammond, inventor of the typewriter and Civil War correspondent, faced a sanity hearing in New York as his brother Thomas seeks to prove him incompetent due to liquor use and overindulgence. Hammond testified to his wartime reporting and his idea for a multilingual typewriter now nearing perfection. two physicians testified Hammond sane.
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Vendlegran Post
New York
James Barnett Hammond
Supreme Court
Davie
Hammonds
Thomas
Thi
Savara
Hammond
Obsolete fittings to be replaced on battleship Nebraska
Special to the Washington Post reports Seattle September 20 that the electral fittings for the battleship Nebraska built there will be torn out and replaced with improved appliances. The lane for the Nebraska’s electrical fittings was drawn six years ago and is now considered obsolete. Six months’ work is planned to bring the ship up to date.
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Washington Post
Seattle
Nebraska
Eddy Heirs May Lose Gift of 125000 Withheld
Trustees seek court direction on whether Christian Science leader Mary Baker Eddy's son George and other beneficiaries must forfeit interests in a 125000 trust. Concord, Sept 9. Filings allege contest to Eddy’s will and trust provisions amid disputes over annual payments and final distribution, with questions on trustees duties and potential avoidance of litigation.
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Christian Science
Concord
Mary Baker
Christian Seience Church
George Wi
Mary Baker Glover
Streeter
Inviog C Tomlinson
Archibald McClellan
Boston
Pourdasa Tater
Eddy
George Gover
Teunteen
Rioting at Hoboken Democratic Convention in Washington Hall
In Washington Harvest Hoboken Hoboken Democratic convention erupted into a brawl between factions. Police struggled to stop the melee as delegates fought with sticks and chairs, then split into rival conventions with two sets of city tickets.
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Pacial
New York
Hoboken
Odd Fellows Hall
Washington
al Fient
Ste
Chafra
Aali
Elty Teketa
Pattek J Ceffin
Maurice J Stack
Hla
Griffin
Bob Davie
Hudson
Binck
Tanty
Staten Island Woman Leans On Porch For Safety At Home
Mrs Lourie Avent, living on Davi Avenue in West New Brighton, keeps a pistol under her pillow and a rifle by her side on a front porch sofa each night. She fears enemies will burn her home or harm her and says she will shoot anyone entering her premises. Avent has two children and has faced court summons over alleged neglect.
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Staten Island
New York
Mra Lourie
Davi Avenue
New Brighton
Aira
Avente
Airs Avent
Eduot
Ty Prem Jess
Press Club Women Confer in Public Library Hall
The Women National Press Association holds a meeting discussing the forthcoming International League of Press Clubs convention in Birmingham Alabama. Delegates including Mrs Cromwell and Mrs Rich mingle as plans for receptions and luncheons in Washington are outlined. Belva Lockwood serves on the ILP board.
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Womans National Press
Public Library
International League of Press Clube
Birmingham
Womans National Press Association
League of American Pen Women
Washington
Javomans National Press Association
Mra
Effen
Cromwell
Adeline T Portgan
Josephine
Rich
Hannah B Sperry
Ruth Mo Gr
Dog Awaits Dead Master Near Shademoor
A drowning victim Albert Doehne of Madisonville, aged, whose body was recovered in the Little Miami River near Shademoor. A dog was seen with a man following the bank days earlier and clothes like those worn were found on the shore. An envelope addressed to A Doehme in Madisonville identified the youth.
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Doehme
Madisonville
Taft Family Visit In New York At Holland House
Special to The Washington Taft reports Charles P Taft proprietor editor of the Cincinnati Times Star and brother of William Taft Secretary of War is touring Canada and the New England States with his family. They will stay in New York a few days but Taft would not discuss politics.
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Homerman
America
Washington Fort
New York
Eugene Zimmer
Cincinnati
Duchess of Mayschester
Liverpool
Kimobolton Tanneregee
Kylemore Castles
Ireland
England
Amierica
Accra
Namper
Tios
Zimmerman
Washington
Taft
Newark
Charles P Taft
Cincianati Times
William Taft
Holland House
Canada
New England States
Army Men In Ast Fight T Within Smoking Room On Transport
War Department reports a court martial will be convened aboard the transport Logan in San Francisco following a fight between Captains Jomen I Lindsay and Ferry B Wygant of the Thirteenth Infantry while quarantined at Narvi nes. Lindsay struck Wygant during a drinking session causing uproar. Col Loughborough had both officers arrested. Some officers allegedly had good records. Lindsay is noted as a Illinois native with a long service history. Wygant rose from private to captain in the same regiment.
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War Department
San Francisco
Logan
Philippines
Eit
Jomen I. Lindsay
Ferry
Thirteenth Infantry
Loughborough
Lindsay ix
Ilinois
Fourteenth Infantry
Eleven Die As Cage Plunges In Michigan Mine Disaster
A mine cage at Jones & Laughlin Steel Company in Negaunee Michigan plunged down sixty one feet injuring and killing miners. Seven men died at once and seven more fatally harmed with bodies found in a single mass. Rescue crews worked amid frantic crowds of families as officials noted the accident caused by a failed brake on the hoisting drum during the day’s first descent.
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Minera Speeda
Jones
Laughlin Steel
Negaunce
Mich
Rouginus
Pero mm
Prichs
Minera
Dorothy Russell III Hospital Visit for Minor Operation
Dorothy Russell III, daughter of Lilian Russell and heiress of the White Hen Company, was taken to a Cincinnati hospital on Sept 20 for a minor operation after falling ill upon arrival in the city earlier in the week. Her mother was notified and telegraphed care instructions, with Lilian Russell planning to arrive next week to prepare for the premiere of her new racing play Wildfire.
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Cincinnati
Wellbington
Cincina
Dorothy Russell
White Hen Company
Lilian Russell
Alnger
Mhyaleisa
Lilien Russell
Emma Goldman barred from entering the United States
Acting Immigration Commissioner Murray said he knew nothing of a plan to keep Emma Goldman, the Russian anarchist, from reentering the country after attending an international anarchist congress in Amsterdam. The report notes discussions suggesting she be barred as an undesirable.
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New York
Emma Goldman
Amsterdam
Murray
Tod Sloan to wed actress in New York ceremony
Invitations issued for the wedding of Jamee Todhunter Tod Sloan and actress Sulla dan Gerson known for a role in the Dairy Maid in the Dolis Maida at the Criterion. The ceremony is planned for tomorrow at Chesapeake Beach with a large reception to follow.
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New York
Jamee Todhunter
Tod Sloan
Sulla Dan Gerson
Peges
Criterion
Morro
Poe
Verdict Finds John J Phillips Shot In Home
The coroner jury in Cleveland reports John J Phillips banker and broker was shot in the neck by someone inside his residence on September 2. The verdict states the death resulted directly from the gunshot wound. The burglar theory was negative, and a new information to reopen the inquiry arrived as the foreman prepared to sign. Mrs Phillips remains underbond as the grand jury weighs charges.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John J Phillips
Gnd
Burke
Acton
Phillips
Grand Jury
McCarren Sued Over Child Support Claim
New York Sept. 2 A guardian Winslow Birnic sues Senator Patrick H H McCarren alleging he promised support for a child born August 35 38 in lawful wedlock and seeks damages for unpaid weekly support and home costs The complaint states the child was born to a common law marriage and that McCarren had paid little of the promised sums
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New York
Mary Alter Dison
Patrick HH McCarren
Patrick Henry McCarron
Dixorachif
Winslow Birnic
Ehld
Telephone Consolidation Looms as Major Stocks Decide
Stockholders face a pivotal vote as Chesapeake and Potomac, Bell Telephone Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania Telephone plan a consolidation. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company would control the merged entity, with debt repayment moved to the new firm. Details on stockholder approval and timetable remain undisclosed.
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Chesapeake and Potomar
Bell
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Igidneten
Ball Telephone Company
Chegapauke and Potomac Company
Bettel
Noth Thn Chese
Peake and Potomac Company
Philadelphia Company
F Ho Bethel
Uwee Compania
American Techone: and Telegraph Company
Ldo
Washington
New York
Vate Howacon
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chesapeal and Potomac Teephones
Tiwan
Chesapeake
Parumas
Chesapeake and Potomac
Pas
Oil Trust Stockholders List Appears With Values
A fragmented OCR list names stockholders connected to oil trusts, including John D Rockefeller and Rockefeller Jr, Flagler, Harkness, Pratt, Whitney, and others. Entries show varied holdings in hundreds to thousands, with estates and assignees noted alongside sums such as 42 000 and 49 900. The item resembles a ledger of shareholder stakes and heirs amid the era’s corporate interests.
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John D Rockefeller
D Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeler
Witham Rockefeller
O M Markness
O H Payne
Hom Flagler
Annie L Flagier
Misa AC Flagler
Henry Harkness Flagler
Flagler Hospital
Rogers
Hom Rogers, Jr
WW Rogers
John BD
Archbold
Vohn Foohinson
Ghariex Pratt
D M Harkness
Jennings
James A Bostwick
Charles Lockhart
Benjamin Brewater
Charles M Pratt
L . Leayard
Payne Whitney
Folger
Daniel O Day
University of Chicago
Titford
Warde
Whitney
Larcwrestry
Bayne
Rockefeller Affidavit Details Major Standard Oil Ownership
A New York report outlines John D Rockefeller’s holdings in Standard Oil of New Jersey, noting a decline since 1911 dissolution and reporting a loss of over 31 million to shareholders. It also covers a government probe into an export pact with independent refineries and a list of several Pennsylvania and Ohio refineries involved in the alleged agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I New Jersey
Jota
Rockefeler
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
John D Rockefeller
Standard Oil Trust
Cmpany
Rockefeller
HAMA
Wesley Ho Tiford
Standard Oi
Frank B Kelloge
Reineries
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Usee
iStandards Export Department
Tiford
Kellogg
Witners
Standard Oil Comany
New York
Tilford
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John Jay
Mre
Carter Wall
Loring
PO Neon
Ystrauning
Merritt Company
Benth Avenue
1St Street
White
Min Carter
John Jay White
Johm Jay Mhie
Teank
Allan White
Mary
Viola White
C. Kore
Keech Loew & Co Wallaire
Wilt
Mwapa Perarchive
Vienna
Lawrence Flick
Henry Phipps Institute of Philadelhia
Conan
Yoor
Weney Karnlyou
Pistol Point
Inheritante
San Bernardind
Bannernanona
Mab
Hammond IS
Battle Sip
Dalthpore
Satria
Kania Ra
Press Club
Charles Taft
Strong
Baltimore
Sida
Country
Teplunge
Iro
The
Dena
Charles Kenn
Alfred J ‘Wills
Joseph Rodda
Matt Lind
John Ahg
John Chert Thomas
Antonio Curto
John Johnson
Sam Stevens
John Nakki
John Kelvist
Alfred Jewell
George Sebistono
Thomas Rate
Tn Sesalt
Mtuhowen
Dorothy Russell III
MAY
Jolla Sanderson
Chesapeake Beach
Howse
Wcarren
Boy
Lad
Senator
Chesapeake and Potorone Company
District of Columbia
Maryland
Martingbor
Pieemont
Bell Telephone Compras
Trtadelphia
Pennsania Teephone Company
Me Btater
Baltimore and Return
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Rockefelter's
Ol Trust
Chicago University
Standard
OIL Trust
John
Rokfeller
Standart
University of Chiago
Standard Olstock
OH Refining Company
Coraopolis
A. D Miller & Bons
Seneca Oi Works
Warren, Pa
Corn Planter Refining Company
Warren Pa
Conewango Refining Compiny
Qlade of Works
fCr
Warren Refining Company
Emlenton
Leet Smith
Clarendon
Lake Carrera Refini ¢ Company
Neville Island
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