Fire devastates Taunton plants $150000 loss
Fire from two Taunton factories, the White Warner Company and the Union Stove Lining Company, destroyed six buildings and 10 acres of property, with an estimated $150000 in damages. Out-of-town aid from Brockton Fall River New Bedford and Providence helped prevent spread to nearby plants. Two hundred fifty workers lose jobs at White Warner with plans to reopen an old Tremont street shop until a new plant is ready.
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Taunton
White- Warner Company
Union Stove Lining Company
West Water Street
White-Warner Company
Weir Stove Company
New England
Brockton
Fall River
New Bedford
Providence
White-Warren
White Warner
White Warner Company
Tremont Street
Druggists suffer injuries in WelIesley collision
J Arthur Bean a prominent Som erville druggist had both legs fractured and F A Hubbard a Newtonville druggist was thrown to the street when the automobile they rode in collided with another driven by Water Commissioner W H Vaughan of Wellesley in Wellsley square yesterday afternoon.
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J. Arthur Bean
Somerville
F. A. Hubbard
Newtonville
W. H. Vaughan
Wellesley
Wellesley Square
Druggist Party In Auto Collision Near Wellesley Square
A party of druggists returning from Worcester including Bean Hubbard and drivers Finneran and Cram were in a collision with Commissioner Vaughan’s fast moving car at Washington and Central streets in Wellesley Square. Murphy of Woodward Drug Co and others were present as witnesses. The impact occurred despite Finneran’s emergency braking.
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Bean
Hubbard
Worcester
James Murphy
Woodward Drug Company
Tremont Street
Boston
J. M. Cram
Hillside Street
Everett
J. F. Finneran
Washington and
Central Streets
Wellesley Square
Commissioner Vaughan
Finneran
Vaughan
Warships to Vera Cruz amid rising danger to Americans
Washington officials warned of imminent danger to Americans in Vera Cruz Mexico after rebels captured the city Beekman Winthrop acting Secretary of the Navy ordered the cruiser Des Moines on a tour of Mexican ports to return to Vera Cruz to protect nationals
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Washington
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Beekman Winthrop
Des Moines
Washington Sunset Route Passenger Ad Opens Berth at $9
Advertisement notes a standard or tourist option with a daily schedule except Sunday. It lists a berth at $9 and a connection between 12 Milk street and 332 Washington streets on the Washington Sunset Route.
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Washington
Washington Streets
Short War in Balkans Predicted After Declarations
Greece formally declares war on the Porte and sends greetings to allies as Servia and Bulgaria have already declared. London reports two factors may shorten the conflict winter conditions and financial strain.
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Balkans
Greece
Athens
Constantinople
London
Turkey
Balkan States
Balkan War Developments and Early Naval Actions
Bulgaria and Turkey struggle to raise loans in Paris and New York as the European conference stalls. Greece celebrates a naval victory at Preveza and moves four destroyers from Liverpool toward Epirus while awaiting reserve troops aboard the steamer Macedonia.
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Bulgaria
Paris
Turkey
New York
Greece
Balkan
Montenegro
Belgrade
Athens
Prevesa Strait
Gulf of Arta
Epirus
Newcastle
Liverpool
Algiers
Macedonia
Marconi Loses His Right Eye After Accident
In Rome on October 17, William Marconi had his right eye removed by Dr. Bayardi of Turin after serious injuries from a September automobile crash near Borghetto. He was treated at the Spezia naval hospital where swelling delayed examination until optic nerve was found affected. A Tuesday consult deemed removal necessary to save his remaining sight.
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Rome
William Marconi
Bayardi
Turin
Marconi
Borghetto
Naval Department
Spezia
Threat to Shoot Governor Wilson in Wilmington Opera House
A large police presence was deployed as an Italian man threatened to shoot Governor Wilson during his speech in Wilmington Delaware. The governor and party were unaware of the threat though authorities acted to protect the event.
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Wilson
Wilmington
Del
Opera House
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Wires Thanks To Taft After Wounding
President Taft received telegrams from Theodore Roosevelt and his wife thanking him for sympathy after the colonel was wounded in New York. At Mercy Hospital Chicago Roosevelt lay calm through a day of observation with no major changes in condition. Doctors debated how long he must stay and whether he might leave for Oyster Bay early next week if progress continues.
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Beverly
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Ettor Case Witness Testimony Sparks Court Disturbance
In Salem Judge Quinn had to intervene as Ettor counsel John Mahoney attacked government witness James F. Donahue. Mahoney pressed if Donahue was part of the prosecution and if he had urged Ettor’s arrest on Lawrence street corners.
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Salem
Quinn
John P. S. Mahoney
Ettor
Lawrence I. W. W
Giovannitti
Caruso
Judge Reminds Mahoney On Courtroom Demeanor During Interrogation
During a tense interrogation Judge Quinn warns Mr. Mahoney to avoid personal confrontations with the witness. The witness, tied to a Boston newspaper in Lawrence during the strike, is accused by Ettor of having advance knowledge of dynamite planting. The prisoner smiles broadly in response to the claimed prejudice.
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Ettor
Mrs. Edna Hutt Granted Divorce in Desertion Case
In Reno on October 17, Mrs. Edna Hutt, once praised by husband Henry Hutt the illustrator as more beautiful than Venus, was granted a decree of divorce on grounds of desertion in District Court.
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Reno
Edna Hutt
Henry Hutt
Venus
Divorce Ends Three Year Strife Of The Hutts
After years of domestic trouble starting in 1909 and a New York separation suit in January 1911 Mrs. Hutt gains divorce. She cites cruelty drunkenness and abuse by Harrison Fisher and B Cory Kilvert and is awarded alimony of 100 dollars monthly for the couple's child Richard Henry Hutt.
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Hutt
New York
Richard Henry Hutt
New York Court
Christine Mechling
Harry m. Mechling
State rests case as Becker trial moves to defence
New York, Oct. 17. The State rests after Justice Goff rules against using Becker’s bank deposits to imply a money motive. Defense to begin today. Becker, a New York Police lieutenant, faced graft and murder allegations tied to Rosenthal exposure fears.
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New York
Becker
Goff
Jack Rose
Rosenthal
Justice Goff
Becker Case Wins Favor with Becker and Lawyers
Becker and his lawyers with Mrs Becker expressed immense pleasure over the decision. They feared unimpeachable evidence showing the lieutenant depositing 1000 monthly during his association with Jack Rose would sway the jury. Mrs Becker appeared relieved, smiling for the first time since the trial.
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Becker
Jack Rose
New England Weather Forecast Brief
Forecast for New England calls for fair conditions on Friday with warmer temperatures, except in the extreme south portion. Saturday will be fair with moderate south and southwest winds.
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Boston
Washington
New England
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