Miraculous parachute saves aeronauts in balloon race
In Schmargendorf Berlin the American balloon Conqueror burst at 4000 feet during an international race. Forbes and Post survived a ripped envelope as the silk formed a parachute, landing safely after the craft toppled into a house roof. The event interrupted by cheers as America I led the field.
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Berlin
Cable
A. Holland Forbes
Augustus Post
Schmargendorf
Great Britain
France
Germany
United States
Switzerland
Italy
Belgium
Spain
America
America I
James C. McCoy
Voghmann
Forbes
Friedenau
Mystery Bodies Bound by Wire Found in Jamaica Bay
Two well dressed adults were found floating in Jamaica Bay bound together with wire. Identifications pending. The bodies, discovered by fishermen, show arms linked around the other’s neck, suggesting a double death by mutual action. Police treat as a possible joint suicide or staged scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jamaica Bay
Man Confesses Over Long Distance Call in Check Forgery Case
An Indianapolis man identified as J. F. Prince is jailed in Danville Illinois after confessing by long distance phone to the Evansville Indiana police that he forged a hotel check. Prince initially denied guilt but later confessed and agreed to travel to Evansville for trial.
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Evansville
Ind
J. F. Prince
Indianapolis
Danville
de F Davis
Evans
Fleet sails for Turkish waters under Battenburg command
A four ship fleet including four cruisers and four torpedo boats departs Jetta Malta heading toward the Turkish island waters. Vice Admiral Prince of Battenburg commands the force as sailing orders assign the voyage to unknown maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jetta
Island of
Malta
An Sea
Prince of Battenburg
McG Holds Iowa Record Sale of 17200 Bushels Corn
S. S. McG of Boone county delivered 17,200 bushels of corn to Farmers Cooperative Elevator earning a check of 12,390 dollars. The prior largest single corn check was 7,026 dollars paid to a Jefferson man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Iowa
S. S. McG
Farmers C-operative Elevator Company
Boone County
Taft and Roosevelt to Confer in Washington Sunday
Cincinnati report notes Mr Taft and President Roosevelt will hold a consultation in Washington on Sunday October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Teddy
Cincinnati
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
Washington
Convicted by Vest Button in Wisconsin Murder Case
Appleton jurors found Paul Krause guilty of murdering his wife by hanging implied to be self inflicted until a vest button from Krause's vest was found near the closet. The coroner's discovery linked Krause to the crime despite threats. Krause received a life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton, Wis
Paul Krause
Krause
Roosevelt President of the World a goal of reform bureau
The International Reform Bureau based in Washington plans a world government with Theodore Roosevelt as President when The Hague establishes a global state. Rev. Wilbur Crafts notes campaigns to end racetrack gambling liquor in government buildings and curb opium trade while seeking funds and public support for reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
International Reform Bureau
Washington
Wilbur Crafts
Dr. Crafts
Theodore Roosevelt
Hague
Turkey
Roosevelt
Venezuela
Dr. Hale
Bureau
Death by Own Action in Moving Picture Clash at Tre Lon
A tradesman in Tre Lon committed suicide before a cinematograph machine, which was filmed in perfect detail. He loaded his revolver, sat before a mirror, and shot himself as police confiscated the rolls to prevent morbid spectators from viewing the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cable
Trelon
Auto Crash After Sneeze Delivers Narrow Escape
In Lennox Massachusetts a chauffeur sneezed causing loss of control and sending the automobile over a three foot embankment at Palmer. The machine turned turtle but the party escaped serious harm as it landed on a mossy riverbank.
Big Sums to G. O. P. New York Revealed
Official sources report Mrs. Russell Sage and Mr. Andrew Carnegie donated large sums to the Republican national fund. The exact amounts are not published but each is understood to be around $20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Special
Russell Sage
Andrew Carnegie
Republican National Fund
Land Registration Figures Reported at Tripp County Opening
Official registration figures show a total of 44,286 for the Tripp county land opening. Applications were deposited in person at Dallas and Gregory or mailed to those two points.
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Dallas
S. D
Tripp
Gregory
U. S. Fleet Seen in Mirage Over Honolulu
A remarkable mirage was seen above Honolulu showing a precise replica of the Pacific fleet. Reported in Honolulu, the formation appears to approach from Apia Samoa though the distance remains unclear.
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U. S
Honolulu
Pacife
Samoa
State detectives raid famous Indiana resort hotels end gambling raid
Indiana state investigators gathered evidence at French Lick and West Baden showing gambling apparatus and money risked on slot machines roulette and card games. Gov. Hanly ordered a raid seizing ten roulette tables three klondike tables three faro tables six poker tables and thirty four slot machines.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme
French Lick
West Baden
Orange County
Valley
Hanly
Dramatic reunion at midnight cafe in Chicago
In Vogelsang's Cafe Chicago a gray bearded man bursts in to proclaim Florence his daughter reuniting with his musician daughter after two years of absence. Florence recognizes her father as Dr Sherry H Manly of Spokane Washington amid cheers and a broken love affair, ending with a joyful family embrace.
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Chicago
Florence
Francisco Ramos
Vogelsang
Sherry H. Manly
Spokane
Wash
New York
Furness Withy Offers Profit Sharing Plan to Workers
London cable reports Furness Withy & Co proposes profit sharing on basis of virtual partnership or actual ownership for West Hartlepool shipyard workers. Sir Christopher Furness has given employees six weeks to decide. Offer cools tensions between capital and labor and draws national attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Furness, Withy & Co
West Hartlepool
Christopher Furness
M. P
Christopher
Great Britain
President Roosevelt Declines Campaign Speeches for Taft
Washington special reports President Roosevelt told Senator Hemenway he did not consider it necessary to speak in support of Mr. Taft. He said he had received many requests to go on the stump but would not accede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hemenway
Taft
Chicago
William J. Bryan
William H. Taft
Chicago Association of Commerce
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Taft
Great rejoicing in Japan over sailors reception rules
A Tokio dispatch reports Japanese authorities will bar dancing girls and liquor from receptions for the American battleship fleet arriving in Yokohama. Christians in Japan celebrate the change as a refinement of hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tokio
Japan
Yokohama
10000 Going Home to Vote In November Election
It is estimated that 10,000 government clerks will go home to vote in the November elections. The President will leave Oyster Bay at midnight the day before the election, vote early the next morning, and return that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oyster Bay
Oldest Voter Registered in Los Angeles at 118
A man in Los Angeles registered to vote claiming to be 118 years old making him the nation’s oldest registering voter. He recounts incidents from a century ago as part of his record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Bryan and Taft Meet in Chicago Banquet
William J. Bryan and William H. Taft shared a cordial dinner with the Chicago Association of Commerce audience. The event marked a rare nonpolitical pause between rival presidential hopefuls and drew a full Auditorium banquet hall.
Servian Crowds Demand War Over Bosnia Crisis
Patriots in Belgrade shout for war with Austria as King Peter and Crown Prince face pressure amid near certainty of conflict. Austrian troops mass on the frontier while Servia, Montenegro and Bosnia brace for potential fighting and popular proclamations stir fears of dethronement or assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgarde
Servia
Austro-Hungary
Peter
Greece
Albania
Austria
Dolma Tuzla
Bosnia
Pravda
Politica
Montenegro
Drina
Herzegovina
Long brothers convicted in Montana mob murder case
Walter and Milo Long of Wabash Indiana were found guilty of second degree murder for leading a night rider mob in Culbertson Montana that killed John A Hayes and his daughter. Milo received 13 years while Walter awaits sentencing as an appeal is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Walter
Milo Long
John W. Long
Wabash County
Culbertson
Mont
John A. Hayes
Longboys
Wabash
Montana
Hayes
Walter Long
Mrs Ella Flagg Young Denies Mental Sex Difference
Chicago principal Ella Flagg Young challenges psychologists by saying there is no sex difference in mind and that differences lie in the body. She asserts women and men share the same mental processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago Normal School
Woman Injured After Cannon Firecracker Misfire
In Lincoln Nebraska Mrs Sophia Brehm mistook a cannon firecracker for a candle and lit the fuse. The blast shattered her right arm and doctors fear she will not recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Sophia Brehm
Hardly Worth Saving
John Fitzpatrick of Philadelphia attempted suicide by gas after breaking an engagement. His sister found him in time to save his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Fitzpatrick
Maniac on bridge tower battles police amid crowd
On a Williamsburg bridge tower a 35 year old man armed with a razor fought three policemen in a perilous struggle. After a fall from the unguarded platform the maniac fainted and was subdued with the officers carrying him down 320 unguarded steps to the bridge floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Kratz
Williamsburg Bridge
Brooklyn
Kratz
Smith
Dowling
Jokers in Teddy's Family Commentary From London on Roosevelt
A Times London cable notes Nicholas Longworth’s joke about "eight years more of Roosevelt rule after Taft" and cites the World’s sympathy for Roosevelt. It describes a humorous son in law and a daughter who supposedly sharpens political rivalries, threatening to haunt Roosevelt’s popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
The
Times
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Taft
Longworth
Million Dollar Bet Claim Stuns Memphis Rally
G Howard Denby of New York announces a syndicate with unlimited funds to place up to 1 million dollars on Taft at odds of 500 to 200. He wagers he can bet any amount and plans to visit cities nationwide before election day, claiming over 100000 dollars already placed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
G. Howard Denby
New York
Taft
Denby
United States
Youth Confesses Secret Vault Theft at Chicago Firm
Edward Wiern, 19, confessed stealing $700 from the W. and D. Allen Manufacturing vault in Chicago. He had hidden inside the vault for four days without food or water, awaiting the deposit day, after being employed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward Wiern
W. & D. Allen Manufacturing Company
Penitentiary Farm Profits From produce and pork
Special Acting Warden C. G. Rawson reports the state penitentiary near Clarksburg paid expenses and yielded several thousand dollars in profit annually. This year’s farm products include 55 000 pounds of fresh pork 200 000 pounds of cabbage and 110 000 pounds of pumpkins.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
C. G. Rawson
State Penitentiary
Careless of the Doctor
Bloomington Illinois Mrs R G Smith sues Dr E Mammen for 5000 alleging a sponge was left in her wound after surgery necessitating a second operation to remove it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington, Ill
R. G. Smith
E. Mammen
We’ll Concede It. Chicago Health Dept Reports Dust Levels
The Health Department reports Chicago dust and soot in the air is three times higher than in London, based on the latest test results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Special
The
Health Department
London
Guerilla Warfare Planned Reported in Servia Balkans
Information reaches government that Servia plans to organize guerrilla warfare in Bosnia and Herzegovina with armed bands. Austria safeguards frontier. Peterwardein fortress tunnel near Hungary held by troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Servia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria
Peterwardein
Hungary
Children Aid Father Release In Indiana Grand Jury
In Indianapolis the Marion county Grand Jury discharged from custody David Frankel who faced charges of killing his wife to collect insurance. His eight year old son David, with his four year old sister, appeared at the grand jury door saying they came to ask for their papa. The children were in the grand jury room for a time while evidence against Frankel was described as not convincing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County Grand Jury
David Frankel
Frankel
David
Taft Picture Stir Sparks City Dem Rift
In Nashville Tennessee the Democratic headquarters moved from the Maxwell House after an ultimatum over Taft portraits in the lobby. Managers of the Democratic HQ demanded pictures of both candidates or none. Manager Hume defied the demand and the Democrats relocated their office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Taft
Maxwell House
Hume
Abruzzi-Elkins Engagement Reported Off
A rumor from Rome says the Abruzzi-Elkins engagement is off due to Miss Elkins refusing a religious conversion. No official confirmation is available, but an announcement is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Wedding Eve Tragedy Rocks Wadsworth as Bride-To-Be Is Slain
Miss Ora Lee was found dead beside the road two miles southwest of Wadsworth with a bullet to the temple. Sheriff Hugginson arrested Jay Razor, 25, who was to marry Miss Lee the next day, on a charge of murder.
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Wadsworth, O
Mississippi River landslide swallows freight cars
A Mississippi River bank collapse at New Orleans covers 300 feet by 200 feet, sending seventy five thousand dollars worth of railroad property into the river. Seven loaded freight cars and four lines of track slid away in a terrifying rush.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Seventeen Hurt in Football Game at Union and Wesleyan
In Schenectady New York Union and Wesleyan college teams played a fierce game. Seventeen players were unconscious during the match and five required hospital removal due to serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Union
Wesleyan
Mob hanges two men in Lula Mississippi incident
A mob in Lula Mississippi seized Jim and Frank Davis from jail and hanged them after they were charged with shooting John C Kendall a conductor for the Illinois Central Railroad. Kendall’s condition is reported as perhaps fatally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula
Miss
Jim
Frank Davis
John C. Kendall
Ilinois
Slain by Bolos Near Lubao in Pampanga Province
Charles H. Trotter an American, and Vicente Toledo and Jose Canavan Spaniards were killed last Wednesday near Lubao Pampanga by Filipinos. They were murdered with bolos and their bodies were badly mutilated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Cable
Charles H. Trotter
Vicente Toledo
Jose Canavan
Lubao
Pampagna
Ban on Gambling at Race Tracks in Japan
Tokio government bans all gambling on race tracks and will strictly enforce racing laws. The move has sparked a sensation and is believed to eliminate wagering on horse and other racing nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio Cable
Japan
Belgium Plans Grade Crossing Abolition Scheme
Consul Johnson of Liege says the project to abolish all 6125 grade crossings on Belgian railways could cost about 60 million dollars. The proposal is under consideration by the Belgium Minister of Railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Belgium
Consul Johnson
Liege
Chauffeur Swears Off Driving After Fatal Crash
In New York a Brooklyn chauffeur Edward S. Cornwall stood over a boy he had injured in an automobile crash and swore never again to drive. He solemnly raised his hand and took the oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward S. Cornwall
Brooklyn
Navy to Use Airships As Naval Auxiliary
Washington reports a plan to use aerial navigation to aid the navy with four proposed flying machines. Proposals for construction will be requested as part of the specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
Special
Naval Service
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West
Nora
Anad
East River
On Taft
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Elkins
Mississippi
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