Miss Leneve Cleared of Accomplice Charge in Crippen Case
Crown failed to prove Miss Leneve knew of Crippen's intent or the murder. The trial, begun after their Canada flight, ended quickly with a twenty two minute jury deliberation. Leneve claimed innocence while her counsel noted Crippen's influence since she was sixteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown
Richard Muir
Miss Leneve
Dow Beotland Yard
Crippen
Canada
Montrose
Mrs. Crippen
Belle. Elmore
Alverstone
No Trace of Aeronauts Hawley Post Sailors Search
Ottawa reports continued uncertainty over the fate of Alan R. Hawley and Augustus Post crew of the lost balloon America II. The Aero Club of America search bureau notes rumors but finds no definite clues. Louis Spindler travels to Chapleau Ontario to chase a report of the airship sighting. a new search plan may involve the balloon St. Louis III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Alan R. Hawley
Augustus Post
Aero Club of America
Louis Spindler
Aero Club of St. Louis
Chapleau Ont
Woman pays black hand money to save daughter in Chicago
Mrs L Buffing paid black hand extortion after a $1000 legacy spurred threats to kidnap her daughter. Downer, linked to the plot, faced a US commissioner on charges of writing the letters and awaits grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ya L. Buffing
Downer
Grand
No Kissing Club Daughters Drink Wine Puff Pills
Sharon Pennsylvania reports that members of the No Kissing Club, daughters of prominent families, hosted a meeting in masculine dress with cigarettes and bottles labeled tea. The night ended with champagne and tobacco scents. several mothers note their daughters remaining confined to rooms.
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Sharon
Fair Club
Buch Avenue
Itta
Man shoots sheepman four times and saves his life
In Junta Colorado on October 21 William Hardesty foreman of the Rival Sheep company shot Peter Arnold a sheepman four times. One bullet severed an artery yet Hardesty stopped the bleeding and summoned a doctor. Officers arrived, Arnold refused medical aid, and the quarrel over range rights led to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junta
Colo
Peter Arnold
William Hardesty
Hardesty
Arnold
Oell
Pepe
Hare Desty
Old Captain Refuses to Desert Ship and Goes Down
New York, Oct 25 Fifty years at sea Capt E E Walls of the Holliswood a schooner refused to desert his sinking vessel in the Gulf of Mexico after being wrecked during a hurricane. He dictated a letter to his wife and urged his crew to save themselves as he stayed aboard. Captain Walls aged 65 had commanded the Holliswood for two years from Hollowell Maine. The Norwegian steamship Harold rescued seven men and a dog Tim as the wreck was abandoned. The revenue cutter Forward hunted for the Holliswood, which stayed afloat only a few hours after the Harold left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E. E. Walls
Holliswood
Gulf of Mexico
E. A. Berg
Harold
Berg
Tim
Walls
Maine
Perth Amboy
N. J
Walte
Hollowell
Forward
Key West
Devastating Italian quake and twister kill many
Naples reports a catastrophic disaster along the Bay of Naples with at least 260 confirmed dead and thousands homeless. A tornado, tidal surge, and Mount Vesuvius eruption are blamed as islands, coasts, and towns endure widespread destruction while communications fail and relief aid of 40 000 is mobilized.
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Naples
Bay of Naples
Gulf of
Balerno
Tachla
Procida
Ischia
Mediterranéad
Terre del Grace
Salerno
Vesuvius
Admiral Leonard
Marine
Tsehia
Minalda
Uesterday
Neaeitiel
Aviator Breaks Altitude Record In Snowstorm Flight
British aviator F. W. Bradley flies cross country twenty miles in 19 minutes 48 seconds while others in the event go missing in fog. American Capt. Thomas Baldwin in the Red Bug flies the course twice at up to 70 mph. Drexel sets American altitude record at 7 105 feet and plans to chase the world record of 9 186 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Bradley
Moisgant
Thomas
Baldwin
J. Armstrong Drexel
Walter Brooking
Atlantic City
Drex
Drexel
Henry Wynmalen
Paris
Brussels
Dix Attacks Opponent's Record in New York Gubernatorial Race
John A. Dix Democratic candidate for governor in Buffalo assailed his opponent Mr. Stimson for his record as a sugar trust prosecutor. Dix accused Stimson of resigning as district attorney with litigation unfinished and being hired as special counsel at a large salary. He argued wealthy sugar company leaders escaped punishment and credited Col. Roosevelt with disrupting business confidence and values.
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Buffalo
John A. Dix
Stimson
Sugar Trust
Sugypr
Col. Roosevelt
Man Captures a Gub Bear in Alaska Camp
William Barton of Scranton Pennsylvania arrived in Cheyenne with a six month old cub bear captured near Dawson Alaska. The mother bear had raided their camp for meat, and after a night watch the old female returned a second time, was shot, and the cub captured.
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William Barton
Scranton
Cheyenne
Alaska
George L. Barton
Mr. Barton
Dawson
Jilted suitor cuts throat after wedding invitation
Hjalmar Otteburg a Norwegian from Chicago slashed his throat with a razor at Lammente rooming house in Denver after learning his sweetheart will wed Carl Ferdinand Peterson and Halde Emelia Swanson at 114 Seminary Avenue Chicago on November 10. He was taken to the county hospital in a despondent state after the attack and demanded police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Hjalmar Otteburg
Chicago
Sid Otteburg
Carl Ferdinand Péter
Son
Halde
Emelia Swanson
Seminary Avenue
Otteburg
Henry Green
Polceman
Green
Rogmer
Otleburgh
Tidal Wave Devastates Gulf Coast Survivors Seek Aid
A Florida gulf coast report describes a hurricane tidal wave hitting Ten Thousand Inland. Drowning reported among women and children at Chokoloshee with survivors climbing trees to stay above floodwaters. Everglades notes crop ruin and destroyed businesses. seventeen bodies wash ashore at Hokepla. Provisions to be sent to Chokoloshee tomorrow.
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Tampa
Ponta Hasse
Gulf
Florida
Chokoloshee
Everglades
Hokepla
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