Syrian cabinet invites Sarrail to explain Damascus events
Paris reports the French cabinet in special session invited General Sarrail, the French high commissioner in Syria, to Paris to explain the Damascus crisis. Behrameck hinted at possible recall, while General Nollet is named as a potential successor to Sarrail in the Syrian post.
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Paris
Syria
Sarrail
Pars
Damascus
M. Behrameck
Interior
Sarral
Maurice Nollet
Berlin
Sarrall
Orphanage head held under bonds for assault charges
Wilson Johnson superintendent of the Long Island Baptist Orphanage was held in 25000 bail for the grand jury on criminal assault charges after examination before Magistrate Emperin in Coney Island court. Elizabeth Sullivan testified that Johnson posed as a prophet and gained confidences through his prophecies delivering horoscopes of the future. She said he approached her five times. Johnson's wife attended the hearing and backed his claimed innocence. Gilman, Manila FI, reported Moro outlaws burned echoes in Taraka Lanao, wounding two constabulary men in a battle.
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New York
Wilson Johnson
Long Island
Emperin
Coney Island
Elizabeth Sullivan
Johnson
Leading Man Returns for Pierre Premiere
John McDonald fully recovered from pneumonia returns to the lead in Pierre opposite Alma Rosan Ekinga at the presentation next Monday and Wednesday. He is well known in local dramatic circles and was active in the Players club during his Bridgeport High School years.
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John McDonald
Pierre
Alma Rosan Ekinga
McDonald
Bridgeport High Schoal
No New England quake danger says USGS official
Rutland Vermont reports that Arthur Keith of the US Geological Survey sees no indication of a severe quake threat to New England despite earlier warnings. He notes no property damage beyond shattered chimneys and broken plaster from the February quake.
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Rutland
New England
Arthur Keith
United States Geological Survey
Providence
Kirtley F Mather
Harvard
Keith
Syria revolt spreads as tribes move women and children to safety
Reports from Cairo on October 30 say the Syrian insurrection expands with Arab tribes from Aleppo Pilmyra and Deirezzar sending families to safety. Deirezzar reportedly in rebel hands. Rebels attack four villages north of Damascus and force evacuation by the French. New railway line built by the French is destroyed.
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Cairo
Syria
Aleppo
Pilmyra
Deirezzar
Damisau
Dutch Vessel Andijk Disabled in Mid Atlantic
Advices received in New York indicate the Holland American freighter Andijk was disabled in mid Atlantic and the American freighter American Merchant stood by. Radio from Captain Schuyler Cummings said no further details. Andijk sailed from Rotterdam October 19 with 50 crew under Captain J E Herbscheld.
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New York
Andijk
mid-Atlantic
Schuyler Cummings
Rotterdam
J E Herbscheld
Cornell Explains Reason For His Suit For 35000
John A Cornell Democratic leader outlined his suit against the city for 35000 in fees incurred for representing Edward Drew in a case about alleged tax valuation reductions. He said he protested the practice before state officials and only acted after a State Tax Commissioner inquiry. The case now proceeds in court with no city report from city attorney Delaney. Cornell will accept payment if the court rules in his favor.
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Edward Drew
John
Cornell
Lithuanian Hall
Common Council
Blodgett
Drew
Alexander Delaney
Supreme Court
Delaney
Prefers death to alimony in New York case
Henry Weiss an elderly man with two wives asked Supreme Court Justice MacCrate to sentence him to the electric chair to escape paying 35 a week alimony to Lena his 69 year old second wife. Weiss shouted Kill me judge Send me to the electric chair. The judge said he could not and urged clear payments.
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New York
Henry Wells
Supreme Court
MacCrate
Lena
Weiss
Secrecy Enshrouds Stillman Divorce Report Ambiguity
Rumors swirl over Mrs Anne A. Stillman filing for absolute divorce from banker James A. Stillman. Reports vary from Westchester filing to impending reconciliation, with no party confirming or denying details as counsel remains unavailable.
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New York
Anne A. Stillman
James A. Stillman
Fred K Beauva
Guy Stillman
Customs seize whiskey substitute in Boston Lubricating Oil plot
Customs men seized fifteen small kegs or about 158 gallons described as lubricating oil really whiskey. Shipment from Economy Lubricating Company of Boston to De Roller Carting Company, denied by the latter. Deputy Collector Fank Gallagher led the seizure and noted ongoing vigilance on Boston shipments.
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Rochester
Fank Gallagher
Economy Lubricating Company
Boston
de Roller ,Carting Company
Searting Company
Gallagher
West Point Cadets Arrive for Yale Army Game Visit
About 1200 cadets and a 100 piece band travel by bus from West Point to New Haven. They stop in Bridgeport and Derby for rest and a marching exhibition before a Halloween dinner hosted by Hawley Hardware. Yale and Army fans prepare for the big game with 60,000 visitors expected at the bowl. a Cadet victory would be their first since 1911.
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Merci B Stewart
Bear Mountain
Mahopac
Carmel
Brewster
Danbury
Redding Ridge
Bridgeport
Derby
New Haven
Robert T Hurley
Connecticut State Police
Danbury- Bridgeport
North Avenue
Nichols Turnpike
Masa
Barnum Service
Charles W Hawley
Hawley Hardware Company
Frank Malloy
Main Street
James & Neary
Judson Avenue
Weat Pointers
Yale
Army
Six Injured in Ten Crashes Here
A horse and wagon owned by Swift and Company bolted to avoid a car and crashed into a sidewalk. The vehicle struck by the car driven by Benjamin Bresler near 165 Spine Street caused the wagon to vault through a window. The horse and driver were uninjured. The mishap occurred about 9 45 in the morning. Paris dispatch notes Mexican consul in Milan stabbed by Waselatt partisans last week, with a similar attack on an American consul in Pisa some months earlier.
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Swift and Company
Benjamin Bresler
Spine Street
Paris
Milan
Waselatt
Pisa
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Taraka Lanao
John M’donald
King
Sofia
Bulgaria
League of Nations Council
Petrich
Morloff
Paria
M_ Brand
League
Commission of Inquiry
Stillman
Karolyl
United States
Morria
Urnst
Karoly
Europe
Mauretania
State Department
West Point
American Upholstering Co
State St
William <Eeham
Burnham
Ripper Board
Orate
Wepap Leridhiye
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