Captain Inch Hero of Volturno Disaster
The Volturno tragedy is told through survivor and rescuer accounts. Captain Inch, though blinded, is praised for courage guiding lifeboats to safety aboard the Grosser Kurfürst while others hesitated. German officers note Carmania’s slow response and stories mention a New York tank steamer rowboat aiding survivors.
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Inch
Volturno
New York
Uranium Line
Yeampl
Edward Lloyd
Cunard
Duesselmann
Frick Gives $14 Million Gift To Son At Marriage
Baltimore reports Henry Clay Frick provided $14,000,000 in gifts to his son Childs Frick on the marriage to Frances Shoemaker Dixon. Before the ceremony Frick settled $12,000,000 on his son and immediately after the ceremony presented a $2,000,000 check to the bride.
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Frick
Baltimore
Henry Clay Frick
Pittsburg
New York
Childs Frick
Frances Shoemaker Dixon
Isaac H. Dixon
Addams Declines Pankhurst Lecture Committee
Miss Jane Addams of Hull today said she would not serve on the Pankhurst lecture committee in Chicago. She explained her view that suffragist militancy is a fundamental mistake and she will not participate in the welcome to Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst.
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Chicago
Pankhurst
Jane Addams
Hull
Emme
Ine Pankhurst
Wilson Presented With Shillelah
Representative Ansberry of Ohio donated a shillelah to Wilson saying the stick had been used in many a brawl at Donnybrook fair and would whip recalcitrant legislators into line. He claimed it would bring contrition to hot headed opponents.
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Ansberry
Ohio
Donnybrook Fair
Senator Hare Accuses Bribery in Extra Session
Senator John L. Hare a Lexington independent Democrat says he was offered 2500 to stay away from the extra session. He did not name anyone and a committee was appointed to investigate the claim in Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
John L. Hare
Lexington
Senate
Hare
Suffragettes Attack Royal Procession at Connaught Nuptials
London reports suffragettes attacked the carriage of King George and Queen Mary as Prince Arthur of Connaught wed the Duchess of Fife at St James Palace. Margaret Sterling tried to push a votes for women petition. police intervened amid a hostile crowd. Copies were tossed at the Queen Mother Alexandra and the Queen of Norway. The ceremony drew vast royal and diplomatic presence, including Walter Hines Page.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Prince Arthur of Conneaught
Duchess of Fife
St. James Palace
Margaret Sterling
Alexandra
Norway
Walter Hines Page
England
Wilson and Underwood Agree on Tariff Discount Plan
Washington Oct 15 Friends of the administration say President Wilson and Leader Underwood have an understanding about the 5 per cent tariff discount on imports brought in on American ships. Underwood believes the United States can end treaties providing for reciprocal overseas commerce and the President seems to share that view. The President reportedly supports a ship subsidy but prefers helping American ship owners through the discount provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Witon
Underwood
United States
Suffragettes Sentenced in Glasgow Fire-Setting Attempt
London report notes Margaret Morrison, an artist, and Mrs. Smith, a prominent doctor, were each sentenced to eight months in Glasgow Court of Sessions for trying to burn a Glasgow suburb mansion once linked to Sir John Muir, a former lord.
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London
Margaret Morrison
Smith
Court of Sessions
Glasgow
John Muir
Cincinnati Man Describes Grosser Kurfürst Rescue Heroics
Pernhardt Freudenstein of Cincinnati recounts the Volturno disaster and the Grosser Kurfürst crew's bravery. He recalls sailors fighting giant waves, freeing and sheltering passengers, with 108 lives saved and Kaiser Wilhelm II signaling admiration as the ship passed.
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Cincinnati
New York
Pernhardt Freudenstein
Foreign Trade Department
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Freudenstein
Volturno
Ofice
Remero
Rumored Impeachment Storm Clouds Governor Brewer
In Jackson Mississippi on October 15 a rumor swirls that Governor Earl Brewer faces impeachment. Supporters say a Texas publication accusing him of transporting a woman of questionable character sparked the fight. They attribute the plot to Brewer’s crackdown on graft and prosecutions of prominent men.
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Jackson, Miss
Earl Brewer
Texas
Brewer
Europe
Freight Rates Advanced by Eastern Railroads
Washington Oct 15 Freight tariffs propose a five percent increase by major eastern lines including the Pennsylvania New York Central Erie Baltimore and Ohio Reading Lackawanna Lehigh Valley The preliminaries are complete and the rise is suspended for ten months pending investigation no date for hearings has been set
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Washington
Eastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Eastern
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Erie
Baltimore & Ohio
Reading
Lackawanna
Lehigh Valley
Cowe
Fire Menace at Longview Hinted During Inquest
At the Longview Asylum inquest into the death of William Lewis 33, killed by Charles Hall a brass fire plug nozzle was removed from the strong ward. Dr Walter List testified nozzles were taken off since the incident and would take five minutes or more to replace if needed. Coroner Foertmeyer urged a safer method to prevent a repetition given the crowded ward conditions.
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Willam Lewis
Charles
Hall
Longview Asylum
Walter G. List
Foertmeyer
Oth Hall
List
Americans Win International Air Race
Paris reports the balloon Goodyear piloted by Ralph H. Upton and Ralph Dr. Preston won the international Jamessworden Bennet aeronautic cup. The final competitor Frankfurt from Austria with Lehnert et Séngeal landed near Saint-Main on the English Channel. Captain H. E. Honeywell led another American balloon to second place, Italy placed third under Signor Pastine.
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Paris
Goodyear
Ralph H. Upton
Ralph Dr. Preston
Frankfurt
Austria
Herr Lehnert
Séngeal
Saint-Main
English
Gecr
H. E. Honeywell
Italy
Tattoon
Signor Pastine
Miss Wilson May Turn Playwright
New York reports the Nash Sisters Florence and Mary offer Eleanor Woodrow Wilson ten thousand ninety dollars plus regular royalties for a play suitable for their co starring purposes. Wilson is seriously considering the proposal.
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New York
Nash
Florence and Mary
Eleanor Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow. Wilson
Miss Wilson
Diaz in Danger of Assassination Arrives in Havana
Havana reports Gen. Felix Diaz faces a plot by Mexican conspirators to kill him on arrival. Diaz is en route from Europe to Mexico and is expected to land Friday evening on the steamer Corcovado.
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Havana
Felix
Diez
Europe
Mexico
Diaz
Corcovado
Bull Moose Party Ballot Ban In Maryland Lawsuit
Marylands Bull Moose party suffered a legal setback as Attorney General Poe ruled its state candidate names could not appear on the official ballot next election due to failure to file nomination certificates within the required deadline.
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Baltimore
Bull Moose Party
Maryland
Poe
Casi- Gate
Guilty verdict on first article of Sulzer impeachment
Albany reports a secret vote in the Court of Impeachment finds Governor Sulzer guilty on Article I of the impeachment. A preliminary roll call shows 39 to 38, with Senator Rampeberger initially for Sulzer then reversing. The vote is not final and a formal verdict may follow.
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Sulzer
Albany
N. J
Bulzer
Senator Rameperger
Buffalo
Vgie
Duncan W. Peck
Cullen
Miners Trapped as Death Pit at Universal Colliery
In Caraift Wales a blast at Universal Colliery left 368 miners entombed after a fire rekindled. By nightfall 49 bodies were recovered and 29 miners alive were located in a far gallery. Rescue operations continue as hoped for more survivors.
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Caraift
Wales
Universal
Col. Pearson
Aldrich Attacks Currency Bill as Socialistic
Former Senator Aldrich denounced the currency bill favored by President Wilson at a national conference on currency reform in New York. He called the Glass-Owen measure unsound and revolutionary, charging it with socialistic aims and undue Bryan influence.
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New York
Aldrich
Wilson
Congress
Hotel Astor
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Germany Sends Two Warships to American Waters
Berlin reports the protected cruiser Vineta and the Hertha were ordered to proceed to American waters amid disturbances in Mexico.
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Germany
Berlin
Vineta
Hertha
Mexico
Mexico City Cabinet Declines Wilson Note Amid Huerta Standoff
Mexican officials reveal at a cabinet meeting the decision to ignore President Wilson’s note. Huerta’s government questions whether passports will be issued to Nelson O Shaughnessy and imprisons deputy Enrique Enrile amid a broader revolutionary plot claim.
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Mexico City
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Wilson
Huerta
Wikaton
Mohene
Tov
United States
Enrique Enrile
Mexican Crisis Deepens as Huerta Moves Elections Date
Washington reports indicate President Huerta will proceed with electoral regulations despite U S opposition. Nelson O Shaughnessy in Mexico City sent Washington the decree laying out rules for elections for president vice president and congress. Tensions rise as Huerta clings to power amid U S hostility and threat of rupture between the nations.
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Washington
Huerta
Mexico
Wilson Ukes
State Department
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
México City
Congress
United States
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Longview
Bull Moose
Money Bill
Auer
Utter
May
O’shaugh
Nessy
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