Vanderbilt Auto Contest Ends As Car Crashes. Grant Wins
Homery of Heath wins the Vanderbilt Cup in 4 22:42 aboard an Alco car, finishing 278.08 miles in a dramatic sprint from eighth to first. Matson and Harroun win secondary events, while a fatal crash near East New York claims William Burnett and injures two others en route to the race. Sixteen starters, few finishers, and cautious regard for safety mark the day on Motor Parkway Long Island.
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Chalmers-Detroit
Fiat
Young Grant
American Locomotive Company
Bert Dingley
Vanderbilt
Mercedes
Spencer C. Wishart
Atlas
Ulmer Knox
Matson
Massapequa
Joe” Matson
Martin Doorley
Maxwell
Arthur Lee
Ray Harroun
Marmon
Columbia
R. W. Wilcox
Marion
Munson
Moon
Phil Weiss
New York
National Cemetery
William Burnett
Three Women In Astor Case Move Delayed
New York November 1 Absence from the city on other business has delayed Attorney Charles H Young referee in the divorce suit begun by Mrs John Jacob Astor from closing the case and making his recommendations to Judge Mills at White Plains The action is said to have been commenced Three women names are said to have been mentioned by Mrs Astor in her testimony Muriel Alya Alice Astor the seven year old daughter will live with Mrs Astor and Vincent the 17 year old son with Col Astor
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New York
Charles H. Young
John Jacob Astor
Mills
White Plains
Woman cremated, three men arrested in Idaho mountains
Spokane reports three men Logan Hilton and a man nicknamed Tennessee Dick were arrested near Cedonia after parts of a woman’s body were found in a smoldering fire in the Huckleberry mountains. The woman, unnamed, worked at the Hergesheimer ranch and accompanied a man named Jagan from Logan’s ranch toward Blue Creek. Logan allegedly shot her and moved the body to the fire. Austria rules cremation illegal as it conflicts with Christian burial norms in Vienna.
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Wash
Arres
Cedonia
Huckleberry Mountains
James Logan
G. Ti. Hilton
Tennessee Dick
Hergesheimer
Jagan
Logan
Blue Creek
Austria
Vienna
Supreme Court of the Empire
Railroad commissioners to hear Indianola branch complaint
Des Moines Nov 1 The state railway commission will record the train service complaint against the Q Railways Indianola Charlton branch with a stenographer and subpoenas for witnesses from Indianola Ackworth Milo Lacona Oakley and Charlton The hearing follows a trip over the line and aims to verify patron complaints and establish a schedule of two passenger trains daily with connections at Indianola and Charlton Representatives from the towns will accompany the special train and point out defects The commission will announce arrival times in advance via the Commercial club for notice to residents Tom Boylan will release the schedule in time for town notifications
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Des Moines
State Railway Commission
Q” Railway Company
Indianola
Charlton
Ackworth
Milo
Lacona
Oakley
Phig
Commercial Club Committee
Tom Boylan
Railway Commissioner's Office
Commercal Club
Ben Murrow Cleared of Des Moines Farm Killings
Des Moines officers announced Ben Murrow, a Navy man listed as 1-B, was cleared by the grand jury in the September 29 killing of his brother Charles at the Murrow farm near Des Moines. The coroner's jury had accused him but the grand jury declined the charge. Nellie Reynolds the actress faced grand jury action over alleged diamond theft but was released from county jail after two months. The grand jury returned seventeen indictments before discharge by Judge Miller. Harvey Fitch faces assault charges against Albert Smith, and Thomas A. Lonsdale is indicted for breaking and entering freight cars.
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Des Moines
Navy
Ben Murrow
Charles
Murrow
Nellie Reynolds
Miller
Harvey Fitch
Albert Smith
Thomas A. Lonsdale
Writ Granted in Ware Case by Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines Nov 1 Judge McClain of the Iowa supreme court granted a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Leroy Ware former Corydon Banker. The writ is returnable November 10 for a hearing in Des Moines. Ware remains a prisoner at Fort Madison after a telephone conference with Judge Johnson of the board of control.
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Des Moines
McClain
Iowa Supreme Court
Leroy Ware
Corydon
Fort Madison
H. M. Towner
Supreme Court
Ware
Arden Sanders
Johinson
Board of Control
Dismiss Mahbray Suits in Bluffs Court
In Council Bluffs Iowa on November 1 eight plaintiff suits against J OG Mabray and others were dismissed after a motion to compel cost bonds. In Kansas City Missouri on November 1 Thad deus Wilson, 22, a Garnett Kansas school teacher, was arrested for allegedly sending two men to demand 5000 from R A Love, a local lumber dealer.
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Mahbray
Council Bluffs
J, OG
Mabray
Kansas City
Thaddeus Wilson
Garnett, Kas
Twofu
R.A. Love
Greeks In Battle Over Salamis Mutiny Aims To Suppress
In Athens on November 1 a naval clash at Salamis lasted about twenty minutes. Rebels led by Lieut Tibaldos faced field batteries and warships from Scaramanga, with torpedo boats retiring to safety as fire eased. One Sphendona torpedo boat was hit. rebels numbered around 200. Premier Mavromedalis vowed forceful suppression, urging reforms while offering amnesty if officers returned to duty.
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Salamis
Themistocles
Scaramanga
Tibaldos
Kniaz Potemkine
Odessa
Black Sea
Crete
Chamber of Deputies
Mavromedalis
Two Detectives Chase Robbers At Century Electric
Chicago reports detectives Burton and Fee fired over 20 shots during pursuit of two suspects after an attempted burglary at Century Electric Company on West Jackson and Canal. The chase lasted four blocks until the fugitives surrendered near St Patrick church at Desplaines and West Adams. Citizens alerted police after a light in the office drew attention.
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Chicago
No. 1
Crescent Electric Company
West Jackson Boulevard
Canal Street
St. Patrick Church
Desplaines
West Adams Streets
Burton
Fee
Desplaines Street
Jimmy
Brooklyn Faces Water Shortage Over Unpaid Contractor
New York date November 1 city authorities are warned that Brooklyn will endure a water famine unless the city promptly pays a contractor owed 130000 for supplying one tenth of Brooklyn’s water. He has closed his pumping station to force payment.
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Brooklyn
New York
Needle Traverses Body in Left Ankle Case
Los Angeles report states Mrs. TR. W. Force, a noted club woman and probation officer, had a needle removed from her left ankle ten months after it entered her right foot. The unusual incident highlights medical curiosity and personal resilience in the city.
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Los Angeles
Cal
TR. W. Force
Hunt for woman in big swindle
Chicago November 1 authorities search for Mrs Sarah A Bowen believed to lead a directory swindle gang that has netted about half a million dollars. Bowen and husband Arthur A Bowen are fugitives as two gang members were convicted for swindling the London Automobile Supply Company of 800 dollars. Various victims include N P Barnes 200 dollars Western Methodist Book Concern 1800 dollars Moneyweight Scale Company 800 dollars and E C Cook & Bro 300 dollars.
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Chicago
Secorch
Directory
Sarah A. Bowen
Arthur A. Bowen
Emmanuel Goodhart
Melville B. Kline
Michigan Avenue
Western Methodist Book Concern
Moneyweight Scale Company
E. C. Cook & Bro
Bowen
Reid Kent
Kent
Klein
U. S. Meets Its Food Demand Declares Strong Imports
Washington reports the agriculture department asserts the United States is meeting its food needs. For the fiscal year farm product imports valued at 540 million dollars, down from 1906 by 14 million and from 1907 by 87 million. Nine years into 1900s less than half of imports came from farms. In Sheridan Wyoming, ten militiamen were ordered to Basin amid arrests of five men in the Tensleep raid over threats of lynching after the killing of three sheepmen.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Sheridan
Wyo
Basin
Pacific Fleet Arrives at Manila Bay Ahead of Schedule
Pacific Fleet under Rear Admiral Sebree reaches Manila Bay two days early after a smooth voyage from Honolulu. The arrival marks a timely incursion into the Luzon area with the fleet in port for operations and resupply.
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Pacific Fleet
Manila
United States Pacific Fleet
Sebree
Manila Bay
Honolulu
Shallow Channel Favored by Army Engineers Awaiting Congress
New Orleans November 1 report on the Mississippi river improvement debate. Secretary Dickinson says the War Department executes laws and cannot initiate new projects. He stresses a comprehensive, properly funded plan guided by expert opinion, warns against hasty, imprudent undertakings and notes substantial funding already spent.
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New Orleans
Dickinson
Sir Edmund Monson Dead Dies at 70 in London
London reports the death of Sir Edmund John Monson a veteran diplomat who served as British ambassador to Paris from 1896 to 1904 born in 1834. He held posts as an attache in Washington and Hanover and served as envoy to Belgium and Vienna before Paris.
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London
Edmund John Monson
Paris
Edmund
Washington
Lord Lyons
Hanover
United States
Denmark
Belgium
Vienna
Three Burned to Death in Ontario Fire
Bridge Ont Nov 1 The house of A McLoughlin a bookkeeper was destroyed by fire. McLoughlins wife and her two children were burned to death.
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Bridge
Ont
A. McLoughlin
McLoughlin
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