Johnstone Sets 9714 Foot Altitude Record at Belmont Park
At Belmont Park the Wright roadster flown by Ralph John Stone achieved 9714 feet for a new world altitude record, surpassing the French mark by 528 feet. Claude Grahame White won the Gordon Bennett trophy and challenged Moisant to a Statue of Liberty round trip, with Moisant ready only if White contests in a 50 horsepower plane.
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New York
Ralph John Stone
Belmont Park
France
Henry Wynmalen
Holland
Johnstone
Attackers Stalk Aberdeen District Women Locally
The Aberdeen district endured four nights of attacks and robberies until last night when police saturation in carriages autos bicycles and on foot prevented a capture. Captain James Sullivan believes the young footpad is nearby after intensified patrols and unusual preparations failed to net him.
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Aberdeen
James Sullivan
Brookline Police Expand Auto Patrols to Prevent Fifth Robbery
Brookline line police escalate auto patrols to curb a fifth robbery, detailing intensified coverage across key corridors and scheduled shifts to deter crime as investigations continue and residents weigh safety measures.
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Brookline
Boy Escapes Down Spout From Roxbury Home
Stanislaus Kuziack an eight year old committed by the State Board of Charities escaped yesterday afternoon from a temporary home at 105 Winthrop Street Roxbury by sliding down a water spout while the matron was away. He was found about seven o'clock at Roxbury Crossing and taken to the station house wearing oversized pants and with a bleeding foot. The escape followed the removal of his clothes and a promised meal.
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Stanislaus Kuziack
Winthrop Street
Roxbury
State Board of Charities
Roxbury Crossing
Gompers backs Foss in Massachusetts Governor race
The American Federation of Labor committee urged electing Eugene N. Foss and defeating Governor Draper. Gompers released a statement urging Foss’s election after Foss pledged to sign the eight hour bill.
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Draper
Brockton
Boston
Eugene N. Foss
Organized Labor
Committee of
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Foss
Woman Fatally Wounded Collision in Weston
Mrs. Corrigan and her daughter were injured when an auto collided with their carriage at Central avenue and School street in Weston. Mrs. Corrigan, unconscious with internal injuries, faces possible death. her daughter suffered serious but non fatal cuts and bruises. The car from Worcester, driven by Thomas Brown with two Finnegan daughters aboard, lacked headlights as it cut around the corner.
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Weston
John Corrigan
Central Avenue
School Street
Thomas Brown
Accidents, Yale and Harvard pace busy early sports day
Accidents highlighted the first day of the bicycle race as Harvard’s subs showed good form against a second team. Yale impressed coaches with an improved showing while Dartmouth prepared for Amherst and Harvard. Boston Latin exits the basketball league. Barry was favored over Flynn in tonight’s bout. Two records fell at the indoor A A U championships.
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Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Amherst
Boston Latin School
Barry
Flynn
Man Sacrifices Life Saving Three Children on Tracks
Stephen Jones, a 55 year old Boston and Maine carpenter from Rialside Beverly, died after diverting three unconscious children from an express train near Chatham street grade. He shouted to scatter the children and saved them, but was struck by the locomotive himself. Witnesses saw the heroic act though the children's identities remained unknown.
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Lynn
Stephen Jones
Boston & Maine
Chatham Street
Jones
Rialside
Beverly
Taxes pour in as City Hall sees heavy crowd
City Collector Parker and staff collected 4,987,056 in taxes yesterday. Francis Welch contributed over 200,000, among the largest of the day. Today is the final day before six percent interest applies to all city debt, and the lower floor of City Hall was crowded during the five hour collection period.
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Parker
City Hall
Francis Welch
Girl Dies in Public Garden Suicide by Carbolic Acid
Marie Dewey a 16 year old colored girl drank carbolic acid in the Public Garden last night and died at City Hospital. Two marines on a nearby bench observed her act and called for help as she collapsed.
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Marie Dewey
City Hospital
Cook cheers Wellman’s act in Atlantic bid
The Times will print a cable message signed by Dr. Frederick A. Cook. It offers heartiest congratulations to Walter Wellman for his initial success in the attempt to cross the Atlantic by airship. If Wellman succeeds he will have achieved a goal of great value to mankind beyond the pole conquest.
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New York
the Times
Frederick A. Cook
Walter Wellman
London
The
Times
Feminine Stock Gambler Files Bankruptcy in New York
Mrs. Annie E. McKenzie former broker at 8 Exchange Place filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 5638.79 and no assets. The majority of creditors are women and the petition may reveal names of others who sought quick fortunes through stock speculation.
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Annie E. McKenzie
8 Exchange Place
McKenzie
Countess DeSwirsky Says She Taught Smoking for Pay
In San Francisco the Countess DeSwirsky recounts teaching three Newport society women to smoke for twenty dollars every half hour during four weeks. She notes the women could not learn the classic dance and lacked the music in the mind, though they were beautiful and flirtatious.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fire at Lancaster girls dormitory endangers twenty nine
Lancaster November 1 Twenty nine girls sleeping in Fisher hall dormitory of the State Industrial School for girls had a narrow escape when a fire was discovered shortly before 2 o'clock this morning.
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Lancaster
Fisher Iall
State Industrial School For Girls
Fireette: Girls Awake Others in Dormitory Blaze
A fire in a dormitory was found by one of the girls who woke the others. All escaped with no time to dress. The blaze remained confined to the third and upper stories, and the cause is not known.
Jurymen May Read the News During Trial
The U S Supreme Court ruled that a murder defendant’s constitutional rights are not violated when jurors are allowed to separate and read newspapers during the trial. The decision also covers a judge’s refusal to adjourn for evidence arguments.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Court rules coat demand not self incrimination
The court held that forcing the accused to wear a coat believed worn during the crime does not amount to compelling testimony against oneself. The ruling clarifies the distinction between compelled testimony and physical presentation in court. Page reference indicates continuation on Page 5 third column.
Mrs McKenzie Seen In Bankruptcy After Bucket Shop Probe
Mrs McKenzie claimed she had not been in business for a year and a half as creditors forced her into bankruptcy. A well educated, attractive 55 year old she ran a stock business on margin in Boston's financial district for about five years. Indicted in August 1909 for conducting a bucket shop at 8 Exchange Place she vanished, pursued by police, traveling to New York Houston Me and Presque Isle Me before offices there.
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Financial District
8 Exchange
McKenzie
Boston Stockxchange
8 Exchange Place
New York
Houston
Presque Isle
Boy Confesses to Burglaries in Vermont Trail
Herbert G. Wood of Barre Vermont a boy barely 17 was arrested by detective H W Morgan of Boston and confessed to a month of nightly burglaries. The trail from Barre to Montpelier saw small country stores post offices and homes broken into with regular breaks. Morgan traced the crimes catching Wood yesterday after the burglar fled and fell apart under examination.
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Montpelier
Herbert G. Wood
Barre
Vermont
H. W. Morgan
Boston
Morgan
Wood
Tracey
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