Wreckers cause Willoughby train wreck near Cleveland
An open switch tampered by wreckers derailed eastbound No 2 of the Nickel Plate at Willoughby. Six injured as speed was checked by soft dirt. engineer Joseph Fritz and fireman Charles Buch among the injured. Monkey wrench found beside the switch. lights showed clear track before the crash.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Cleveland
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Nickel Plate
Willoughby
Here
Fritz
Copenhagen Professors Reject American Panel at Cook Polar Review
University of Copenhagen professors directly involved in examining Dr. Cook's North polar records resist the National Geographic Society proposal to include an American committee. Rector Torp met with Prof. Stromgren and Dr. Pechule to discuss the plan, and Stromgren voiced strong opposition to non university participants in the initial examination.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
Cook
National Geographic Society
Torp
Stromgren
C. F. Pechule
Meteorological Office
University
Rancher Walter Stiles Testifies on Cook Mount McKinley Claim
Lewiston Idaho November 5 Walter Stiles a fifteen year Orofino rancher and Alaska prospecting traveler sworn to support Dr Cook s claim of climbing Mount McKinley He visited Tyonek in 1906 while Cook s party tried the ascent and spoke repeatedly with Cook and Barrill Barrill professed reaching the summit and described waving the stars and stripes from the peak. he was proud to be Cook s pole companion.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Walter Stiles
Orofino
Alaska
Cook
Mount McKinley
Stiles
Tyonek
Dr. Cook
Barrill
Kentucky Votes Down Tax for Road Building
Returns from over half the 119 Kentucky counties show defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment to fund good roads with a tax levy. A two thirds majority was required and most counties heard from voted against the plan.
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Louisville
Associated Press
Kentucky
Mysterious death of Nashville man shocks Colorado hotel scene
James Cox Jr. of Nashville Tennessee died in a Colorado Springs hotel under unclear circumstances. A woman is held as investigators probe the death after a bellboy was summoned and a physician arrived only after Cox had become unconscious. Autopsy found no poison, pending chemical analysis of tissue.
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Ated Press Dispatch
Colorado
Springs
Vol
James Cox, Jr
Nashvile
Tenn
Cox
Denver
Wright Aeroplane Accident During Army Practice
The Wright aeroplane crashed during a college park army practice. Lieutenants Lahm and Humphreys attempted a low turn and found the engine underpowered. The left wing touched the ground, breaking the right plane and skid. the engine is undamaged. Repairs are expected to take several days.
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Associated Press Dispatch
College Park
Wright
Lahm
Humphreys
Roosevelt death rumors circulate amid hunting trip
New York reports a wild rumor that former President Roosevelt was killed in Africa. Douglas Robinson rejects the tale, magazine editors and associates doubt the story, and London’s colonial office would hear of any mishap. Cable dispatches place Roosevelt on the Gausingishu plateau, returning to Londinia in about five weeks.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Bob
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Africa
Douglas Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Cable
Colonial Office
London
Gaus Ingishu
Londiana
Taft Reception in Charleston Amid Spectacular Welcome
President Taft arrived in Charleston amid a festive escort of militia and electric arches, greeted by crowds along main streets. He attended a Charleston hotel banquet with Mayor Rhett and expressed pleasure at visiting, while nearby a gun salute accident injured two workers.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Charleston
S&s. C
Taft
Union Station
Rhett
Savannah
South
Winchester May Seek Taxes on Burley Society Deposits
Winchester Kentucky considers suing the Burley Tobacco society for back taxes on bank deposits held in local banks. City Attorney Frank Haggard says the society owes thousands. offices moved to Lexington sparked tax anger. Editor Beatty calls the receivership filing the beginning of the end for management. Separate report from Nicholasville: a barn fire on Thomas Stafford’s farm, attributed by him to night riders after he refused to pool tobacco. property valued at 7000 with 3000 insurance.
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Winchester
Burley Tobacco Society
Lexington
Frank Haggard
Burney Tobacco Society
Commercial Tribune
Nicholasville
Thomas Stafford
Union Mills Pire
Stafford
Burley Society
Mrs Roosevelt Hosts Guests in Rome at Beausire Hotel
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt entertained about twenty friends at the Hotel Beausire in Rome this afternoon. Attending were J E Parrett and C S Wilson first and second secretaries Major Landis military attache and Commander Long naval attache of the American embassy. A rumor of an accident to former President Roosevelt in Africa was cabled from the United States but denied. Mrs Roosevelt had heard nothing about the incident.
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Rome
Associated Press
Theodore Roosevelt
Hotel Beausire
J. E. Parrett
C. S. Wilson
Landis
Long
United States
Roosevelt
Africa
Forbes Named Governor General to Succeed James Smith
President Taft selected W Cameron Forbes vice governor general of the Philippines to succeed James Smith as governor general. Smith's resignation has been accepted and will take effect November 11 after the leave of absence ends.
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Washington
Associated Press
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
Taft
James Smith
Insurance pact settles Gunness heirs claim in LaPorte
A Connecticut fire insurer agreed to pay $1,000 into LaPorte circuit court for the heirs of Belle Gunness, who perished with her children in her farm house fire on April 28, 1908. The heirs include two brothers in Norway and a sister in Chicago, while a Chicago children's home declined the bequest.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Laporte
Ind
Connecticut
Circuit ‘Court
Belle Gunness
Peonage Conviction Settled With 2500 Fine
In Asheville a U S district court judge fined Robert Christian 2500 dollars after he and two railroad contractors W L Smith and W A Perry were found guilty of peonage in Macon county dating to 1906. The case marked the first peonage indictment in the state.
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Asheville
N.C
Associated Press
United States District Court
Robert Christian
James E. Boyd
Christian
W. L. Smith
W. A. Perry
Macon County
Aero Club Head Opens Western Tour for aviation meet site
Cortlandt Field Bishop, re elected president of the Aero Club of America, plans a Western tour to pick a site for the next year’s international aviation meet. Cities including St Louis Chicago Detroit Indianapolis and Los Angeles have submitted offers. Balloon races will also be held in the same year with a city likely hosting both events.
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New . York
Associated Press
Bishop
Aero Club
Denver
Man Shoots Self In Montmartre Cafe During Death Waltz
In Paris Montmartre a man believed to be American or English killed himself in a cafe after the orchestra refused or finally played the waltz When Love Dies. He asked seven times for the song then ended his life with a pistol as the last note faded.
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Paris
Associated Press
Mont Martre
Dayton Fire Destroys FourStory Plant on Frept Street
A massive Dayton blaze destroyed a four story power building on Frept street near the United States government envelope plant. The estimated loss totals about 85 000 with insurers covering roughly half. Named affected firms include Mock Pure Food company Dayton Inner Tires Gem City Licorice W E Marsh Candy Ernst Mirror Plate and Coca Cola Bottling works.
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Comercial Tribune
Dayton
Navy
Frept Street
United States
Mock Pure Food Company
Dayton Inner Tires Company
Gem City Licorice Company
W. E. Marsh Candy Company
Ernst Mirror Plate Company
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Judge Tayler Decides Against Governor Run
Judge Robert W. Tayler of the Northern District of Ohio will not pursue the governorship, despite earlier signals of a candidacy. Close friends say he communicated to state leaders that he will not abandon his U.S. judgeship for partisan politics.
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Judge Tayler
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Robert W. Tayler
United States
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Judge Taylor
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland Street Railway
Kennedy millionaire leaves vast charitable bequest in will
John Steward Kennedy dies of whooping cough in New York and leaves over 25 million to religious, charitable and educational bodies nationwide plus about 35 million to wife, relatives and employees. Major beneficiaries include Presbyterian boards, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, Columbia University, and Robert College Constantinople. Many colleges and local charities receive smaller gifts.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
John Steward Kennedy
America
Presbyterian Church
Kennedy
American Bible Society
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Public Library
United Charities of New York
Columbia University
Robert College
Constantinople
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Presbyterian Church Extension Fund
Presbyterian Hospital
Presbyterian Board of Aid For Colleges
United Charities
Charity Organization Society
Yale College
Amherst College
Williams College
Dartmouth College
Bowdoin College
Hamilton College
University of Glasgow
Scotland
Uskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Hampton Normal School and Agricultural Institute
Presbyterian Board of Relief For
Wife of Big Four clerk pleads innocence in defalcation case
Mrs E Cook wife of a former Big Four clerk denied involvement in a $100,000 shortage tied to treasurer C L Warriner. She described her husband and Warriner as longstanding business friends and insisted he never received the money. Neighbors knew Cook as a wealthy, mysterious host who hosted lavish theater parties.
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Cook
Lessling Annex
Former Clerk in Case Casts Light on Warriner Bluff
Chicago man E B Cook, once a cashier under C L Warriner at the Big Four, is identified as a trusted insider alleged to have profited from shortages. The case traces Cook’s movements from Cincinnati to Chicago and New York, his ties to Mrs Ford Spoon, and a public tangle of libel and alienation lawsuits amid ongoing investigations.
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C. L. Warriner
Big Four
Cook
Warriner
Cincinnati
Lower River
Iease
Burnet House
Offiggs
Chicago
San Rafael
West Fourth Street
Ford Spoon
Mrs. Ford
Annex
Bidgood
New York City
Mrs. Cook
Governor Glasscock halts planned double lynching in West Virginia
Governor Glasscock returned from Gassaway pleased a potential double lynching was averted. Suspects, not yet identified by Mrs. Lockwood, may prove an alibi. Militia guarded Braxton county Jail at Sutton where Arthur Johnson and Scott Lewis, two Black men linked to Mrs. Lockwood’s assault, are held.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Chaseston
W. Va
Glasscock
Gassaway
Lockwood
Glasscoch
West Virginia
James I. Pratt
Arthur Johnson
Scott Lewis
Alfred Lockwood
Braxton County
Sutton
Prisoners Arrive Securely in Sutton County Jail
The special train carrying two African American prisoners and their guards reached Sutton West Virginia without incident and the inmates were placed in the county jail under guard.
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Sutton
W. Va
Associated Press
Kentucky lynching plot foiled by jail transfer
Earl Thompson a 16 year old negro who attacked Mrs Random Roberts in Grant county was held in Scott county jail after a threatening mob in Williamstown. To avoid lynching he was moved to a Georgetown bound train. Thompson had been in reform school at Lexington prior to this incident.
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Georgetown
Associated Press
Earl Thompson
Thompson
Reform School
Lexington
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