Cyprus S Shooders: Steamer Cyprus Founders in Lake Superior
The steel steamer Cyprus owned by Lackawanna Transportation sank in Lake Superior about 7:45 p.m. on its second ore cargo trip. Twenty-two aboard, including Second Mate J C Pitt, perished. only Pitt survived after clinging to a life raft until shore. Nine bodies recovered, others missing. Crew list includes F B Hagen, J Smith, J C Pitt, J Norcross, and W Dundon among known aboard.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Cyprus
Lacka- Wanna Transportation Company
Secord
Lake Superior
Reco Park
Grand Marais
Pitt
Deer Park
Huyck
White Fish Point
F. B. Hagen
Sheridan
John Smith
Cleveland
J. C. Pitt
Norcross
Govanda
Six Die in Fire at Gloversville Household Tragedy
A Gloversville family fire kills Solomon Frank 40 and five of his daughters aged 21 down to 10, plus the fiancée Dora. The mother and two infant sons escape. Fire blamed on a defective chimney after a wedding party for the second daughter. The bodies were found in their beds, indicating futile escape attempts.
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Gloversville
N. Y
Solomon Frank
Dore
Sarah
Dora
Rose
Minnie
Mary
Frank
Marine officer dies by own action near Annapolis
Second Lieutenant Jas N Sutton USMC died by suicide with a revolver after returning from a Naval Academy hop in Annapolis Maryland. He was from Portland Oregon. Lieutenants K R B Adams of Morrisburg Pennsylvania and E P Rolker son of the navy chief engineer were slightly injured trying to disarm him. One pistol was taken from Sutton before he shot himself.
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Annapolis
Jas N. Sutton
United States Marine Corps
Naval Academy
Tris
Sutton
Portland
Ore
KR. B. Adams
Morrisburg
E. P. Rolker
Rolker
Navy
Railroad has to quit after Southern suspension
The Virginia and Southwestern Railway which was sold to the Southern Railway for 10 million dollars last June has suspended operations amid new rate fears. The line says abandonment is necessary because the Southern fails to provide funds for improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Virginia and Southwestern Railway
Beld
Southern Railway
Ratiaw
Ito
Southern
Global Trade And Policy Rumors From 1910s Echo
The report surveys a wide range of issues including Germany's treasury surplus Canada selling, Pacific Kanenss tariff moves, and France bullfighting growth. It notes Alaska fears, Greece establishing a Washington regation, English agriculturists opposing cattle embargo, and London emigration schemes. The Mexican Ambassador emphasizes Root's U.S. visit amid Paris crowds protesting Soleiliant escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Canada
Canalan Pacific
Kanenss
France
Polar Explorer
Alaska
Greece
Washington
England
America
London
United States
Root
Mexico
Paris
Four Kimberton Pals Die In Pottstown Train Crash
Four persons from Kimberton are killed when Reading Express from Philadelphia to Pottstown strikes their car at Keim Street crossing. A. Wayne Emery survives with serious injuries. Velva Reese, Mrs. Reese, and Jacob Reese die. Little Velva torn from mother, bodies carried on cowcatcher. crossing known as a deathtrap.
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Pottstown
Kimberton
Phoenixville
Reading Express
Philadelphia
Pottoville
Keint Street
A. Wayne Emery
Jacob Reese
Reese
Emery
Joseph March
Keim Street
Reading
Ald Excent
Mr. Emery
Improvements Halted in Pennsylvania Railroad Project
President James McCrean of the Pennsylvania Railroad and board members left Pittsburg for western inspections. He said the planned improvements costing over $3,000,000 are suspended due to money stringency and investor lack of confidence in funding railroads and other industries.
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Pitsburg
James MecCrean
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
McCrea
Pennsylvania
Nnes
Automobiles tragedy kills Lyong merchant near Morenci
Arthur Onweller of Lyong, Ohio, died in a crash five miles east of Morenci, Michigan while on his first ride in a new car. His wife and five children were present. Mrs. Onweller and a son were seriously hurt with internal injuries and a broken arm.
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Morenci
Mich
Arthur Onweller
Lyong
Ohio
Airship Test a Success by Charles Oscar Jones Glyes
In Bath New York Charles Oscar Jones demonstrated a heavier than air flying machine at Hammondsport before twenty scientists including New York Aero Club members. The craft uses fan shaped sails for stability runs on a gasoline engine and reportedly reached fifty miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath, N. Y
Charles Oscar Jones
Hammondsport
New York
Remarriages Forbidden Vote By General Convention Bishops
The House of Bishops at the Episcopal General Convention in Richmond Virginia voted against a stringent rule barring officiating the remarriage of divorced persons. The move preserves broader allowances for remarriage within the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Bishops of the Hiscopal General Convention
Richmond
Street Board Aide Sentenced For Payroll Padding
Springfield Ohio George F tuffer a former member of the Board of Public Service was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for padding payrolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio
George F Tuffer
Board of Public Service
Wih
Oliphant Firm Director Charged With Grand Larceny
George I. Brouwer, residential manager of James H. Oliphant & Co in New York, charged with grand larceny and held on 30000 bail. He allegedly stole about 100000 amid Wall Street speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Oliphant & Co
George I. Brouwer
New York ‘Stock Exchange
James H. Oliphant & ‘Co
Wall Street
President Ripley Reports Abandoned Improvements
President Ripley of Ateluson road announces in the annual report that all improvements have been abandoned amid unfriendly public chalifes and general discontent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
Ateluson Road
Unf
Union Strikes and Labor Moves Across North America
The document reports widespread labor activity including sympathy strikes by twelve thousand dock workers in New Orleans supporting cotton screw workers seeking higher wages, a strike by 500 longshoremen and teamsters in New Orleans, and efforts by various trades to form or support labor councils and eight hour day demands across the United States and Canada. It notes the Seattle Labor Temple Association paying a ten percent dividend, a proposed labor temple for Greater New York unions, and the American Federation of Labor engaging in carriage and wagon maker parization efforts. It mentions the Britannia based Associated Blacksmiths Society of Great Britain founded August 1837.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Longshoemen and Teamsters
New Orleans
Distret Councilf
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Aum
American Federation of Labor
United States
Seattle
Wash
Labor Temple Association
Associated Bhielksmiths' Society of
Great Britain
Boardinghouse Union Sets New Rate in West Springfield
In West Springfield a meeting of boardinghouse proprietors formed a Union and voted to raise board from 5 to 6 a week effective immediately. They cited the “full dinner pail” and large coffee pails as reasons. A separate rate for school teachers was rejected. Boarders may pay the higher price or move out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springheld
Mase
Wes Springfield
Wie Hee
Charles Clark, Jr
Mark Hanna
Wntch
Hanna
West Springfield
Personal crisis reports among German schoolchildren rise
Berlin reports a spike in personal crisis cases in Prussian schools prompting a government inquiry. From 1880 to 1903 there were 1124 cases, averaging 54 yearly, with most under fifteen and boys far outnumbering girls. Causes include fear of punishment, exams, mental derangement, and moral faults.
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Berlin
Germany
Ministry of Education
Fay
Lord Rothschild Warns of Financial Unease in London
Lord Rothschild, head of the banking house, says stocks are low as governments attack capital. He blames unsettled money markets on policy debates like old age pensions and land reforms, cites Roosevelt’s railways remarks, and doubts near term price rebounds while investors hoard cash.
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London
Lord Rothschild
Roosevelt
United States
Ankl
New York
Wheat Production Totals Report From Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department reports corn condition on October 1 at 78 percent, down from 80.2 last month and 90.1 in 1906. Spring wheat yields average 13.1 bushels per acre versus 13.7 in 1906 and 14.7 in 1905. Overall sprite and winter wheat production reaches about 625,567,000 bushels.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
Atene
Teressia
Murrow
Lima
Cal
Reese
Jersey
Niagara
Delaware
Boy Goes to College After Earnest Schooling
Peter Murray of Buena Vista is listed as going to college in Washington Pa. He is a student at Jefferson Academy Canonshars. Teachers describe him as one of the most diligent pupils who worked hard from youth to support himself.
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Bikeye
Washington
Peter Murray
Buena Vista
Alon
Hig
Ile
Jefferson Academy
Canonshars
Man
College Grid Stars Migrate to Coaching and Punting Roles
Carl Flanders joins Yale New Haven staff strengthening Indians last season. Yale and Princeton managers Foster and Wheeler are Ill School products. Stein of Syracuse University backs shows long passes in practice. Hackett, West Point halfback and referee, now in business in Pittsburgh. Waters Wrightington Minshall Hallowell ex Ususard stars pursue tennis. Macklin and Regan expected to punt for Pennsylvania this season. Minnesota loses seven veterans from last year’s squad.
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Carl Flanders
Newhaven
Yale
Princeton
Foster
Wheeler
Stein
Syracuse University
Thase
Petard
Lieutenant Hackett
West Point
Usineos
Pittsburg
Bert. Waters
Edgar Wrightington
Cait Minshall
Jack Hallowell
Ususard
Macklin
Regan
Pennsylvania
Beamnon
Uns Quakers
Claven
University of Minesota
Women in the Day's News Terse Highlights
A German obgeuver says home tire gain for clubs while Maria Ruef Udler criticizes New York clubwomen. Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt survives a Newport auto wreck uninjured. English novelist Maore Glyn seeks an American hero. Eighty two percent of U S paper box workers are women. Annie Besant lectures in Europe after returning. Cedric brings 600 young women to New York. Mrs Mary Pasquan offers skin sale to Pellevue for food. Finland Parliament includes nineteen women. five teachers, two doctors among them.
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Maria Ruef Udler
New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Newport
R. I
Maore Glyn
United States
Annie Besant
Theosophists
England
Europe
Cedric
New York City
Mary Pasquan
Pellevue Hospital
Finland
Fiva
Eid Ao Mumber
Tragic Du Pont Powder Plant Blast Ravages Town
A series of explosions at the Du Pont Powder Plant and the ensuing magazine blast killed well over fifty residents, injured hundreds, and razed most structures in Fontanet Indiana. The disaster echoed across Indiana Ohio and Illinois with shattered windows, collapsed walls, and extensive destruction as relief trains ferried injured to Terre Haute Brazil and Crawfordsville.
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Fontanet
Ind
Pleces
du Pont
Coal Bluz
Big Four
Ohio
Ilinois
Terre Haute
Crawfordsville
Brazil
Ife
T Own
Walker's Stealings Paid in Connecticut Baptist Convention
The Connecticut Baptist convention discussed the disappearance of William F. Walker of New Britain, former treasurer who fled with more than 55 000 dollars of convention funds and 665 000 belonging to the Savings Bank of New Britain. Walker has never been found and the convention’s overall loss was reported as complete. A prayer was offered for Walker, noted as a leading Baptist figure in the state.
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Putnam
Conn
Connecticut Baptist Convention
Wiliam F. Walker
Newt Britain
Savings Bank of
New Britain
Walker
Navy to equip Atlantic fleet with wireless phones
Navy plans wireless telephones on all ships as Rear-Admiral Evans fleet departs for the Pacific. Government discussions discuss tonnage dues, emigration limits, and merchant and rail operations.
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Gonaparine Hat
Robley J. Vans
Thumpton Roads
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Cleland Davis
Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
Connecticut
Navy Department
Atlantic
James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Department
North Carolina
Washington
Southern Railway
Europe
America
Widow Cassie Chadwick Dies in Columbus Penitentiary
Cassie Chadwick, once dubbed a brilliant swindler, died in the Ohio State Penitentiary. Her long criminal arc involved loans from Oberlin National Bank and other lenders, with bogus securities totaling millions. Her schemes implicated bankers and notable men, sparking speculation about her true identity.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cassie I. Chadwick
Chadwick
Leroy 5. Chadwick
Cleveland
Oberlin National Bank
T. Beckwith
H. B Spear
First National Bank
Conneaut
Chadwick deposition in money dealings with Pittsburg millionaires opened
Posthumous public access to Cassie Chadwick's deposition related to defrauded Pittsburg financiers including J. W. Friend and I. N. Hofstatt. The sealed record was ordered opened by the Superior Court after Mrs. William J. Jutte appealed, risking publicity of assertions about securities valued over $1,000,000 and a claim that Chadwick gained up to $800,000 from Pittsburg residents.
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Pittsburg
Cassie Chadwick
Pitusburg
J. W. Friend
William J. Jutte Sgainst
I. N. Hofstatt
Prohibition Cuts US Tax Districts in South and Plains
Prohibition has slashed internal revenue in the South prompting consolidations of collection districts. Georgia and South Carolina will merge into one district with Micah Jenkins at Columbia handling all work. Georgia’s collector will be dismissed and Georgia becomes dry after January while parts of South Carolina keep liquor sales under dispensary laws. Oklahoma and Arkansas likely to share one district with the Arkansas collector.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
South
Georgia
South Carolina
Micah Jenkins
Columbia
S. C
Oklahoma
Arkansee
Arkansas
Rockefeller Gift Funds Harper Memorial at University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller gave the University of Chicago 600 700 to build the memorial library dedicated to William Rainey Harper, the first president. The total Rockefeller gifts to the university reach 28 000 000. Comparisons place Girard College second, Stanford third, Harvard fourth, and Columbia fifth in wealth among U.S. colleges.
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Chicago
John DD. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
William Rainey Harper
Rockefeler
Girard College
United States
Leland Stanford Junior University
Harvard
Columbia
Reynolds Bank Fails at Valdez Alaska
The Reynolds Bank in Valdez Alaska headed by H D Reynolds of Boston has failed. It is believed that 700000 dollars will cover all New England shares. Reynolds enterprises have been active in New England especially among churches and schools. An excursion of teachers clergy and professionals toured Alaska last year to see investment costs.
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Austin L. Crothhzy
Maryland
Jeter
Ferdinand P. Earle
Europe
A. I. Kroeber
University of California
Root
Hightick
Sloosevelt
Francee
Offeer
Garneral Plequart
Parker
Roy Farna
Berard Vaughan
My Ovemon
Hinata Hussar
Budapest
Boston
Reynolds Bank
Valdez
Alaska
H. D. Reynolds
New England
UN Dispatch A
Seattle
Reynolds
New York City
L ‘Ndly
Wall Street
Taft Welcomed in Shanghai by Diverse Merchants
Secretary Taft was warmly welcomed at Shanghai by Chinese, American and foreign merchants. A stentorian dinner followed with no speech on U.S. policy, while the host country expressed hearty desires for the empire's welfare.
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Taft
Shanghai
America
China
City Sets Food Prices In Rome Regulation
Rome authorities plan price controls as Italy faces high living costs. A 2x commission will fix maximum retail prices for provisions and prohibit sales above those levels under penalty of closing stores.
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Rome
Italy
Santa Fe Road Guilty: Rail Charge Verdict Reached
Los Angeles jury finds Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company guilty on all counts accusing shipment rigging. Maximum possible fine reaches 1,100,000 with minimum 66,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Prohibition Meeting Seeks Whisky Elimination in Alabama
At a Montgomery gathering tied to Rev. Bob Jones revival, about 1300 men pledged to act against whisky in the state and county. Also reported is the death of Sir Henry Hawkins, Lord Brampton, in London.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bob Jones
Sir Henry Hawkins
Lord Brampton
Fluency Hawe Kins
London
New Jersey Legislature Closes After Long Session
The One Hundred and Thirty-first Legislature adjourned at Trenton after a six month session with key measures facing votes in the closing hours. Debates centered on rate making for the Public Utilities Commission and direct primaries, with party splits over vesting power and amendments contested by Democratic Assembly members.
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Shrce Die
Trenton
Civil Service Commission
United States
Publc Athietes Commission
Senate
Colby
Democratic Assembly
Conference
House
Alexander
Hudson
Klewert
Passaic
Sullivan
Barber
Mercer
Great West Coal Company Formed at Port Arthur Ontario
New Canadian Coal Enterprise and Consul J E Jones of Winnipeg report the creation of the Great West Coal Company at Port Arthur Ontario. A large coal tract in Alberta is purchased with 12 000 acres claimed as top Northwest coal land. The company seeks a charter for a Great Western Railway extending from Calgary through the coal fields to the international boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Canadian Coal Enterprise
J. E. Jones
Winnipeg
Great West Coal Company
Port Arthur
Ontario
Janes
Alberta
Northwest
Great Western Railway
Whielf
Calan
Farmers Hooot Wall Street
A New York City survey notes no immediate end to farmers strong times while Wall Street slows. It cites a $6.8 billion farm wealth this year and rising cocoa bean prices boosting chocolate costs, with farmers pledging price floors for wheat and cotton.
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Steamer Founders
Maite Pitt
Janes N. Sutton
Railroad
Southwestern
Express
AUTO
NEW Auto
Charles Oscar Jones Glyes
Standard Oil Company
Carson
The
Banking House
du Pont Powder Company
Vietins
Crilsp
Baptist Convention
Maine
Sugar Trade Journal
Cristy
Auto Industty
Late News BY Wire
Samuel Gompers
Subig Bay
Philippines
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Silvertown
Havana
Cuba
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Ohio Wood
Hawaii
Magoon
Hagulo
Philippine
James H. Wiggins
Democraats
Rhode Island
August Afartie
Hartye
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Management
Samuel Cook
Glenn
Carolina
Ut. Tucker
National Assembly
Persii
Saloniki
Turkey
M. Coromilas
Viscount Sayashi
Motono
M. Kurino
Briand
Marie-Joseph
Strasburg
Kiel
Wilfrid Laurier
W. T Stead
Hague
Beoul
Myeror
Japan
Korea
Toldo
Pacific
Antwerp
Yvans
Plehtnique
Sultan Abd-el-Aziz
Algeciras
H. G. QO
Bax-Ironside
Venezuela
Santiaco Do Chile
Columbus Penitentiary
Oberlin
Mrs. Chadwick
NEW Rockefeller
Hill
Santa FE
California
Rebuthyagy Caye
Prohibition
Fie
Alabama
New Jersey
Mary A. Wright
First Baptist Church
Burlington
Samuel J. Atkinson
Robert Seymour
Joseph Wildermuth
Bessie Newkirk
Alloway
Salem
Wildermuth
Wescott
Henry A Dix
Millville
Dix
Bridgeton
Vineland
Carmel
Joseph Dufford
Fourth Street
Morrison
Harry Westervelt
Orange
Newark City Hospital
Orange and Broadstreete
Newark
Westervelt
Harrison
Holy Name Societies
Alfred Gentill
Park Avenue
Fi Fe Bald
Thos F. Noonan
Avenue C
Bayonne
Noonan
Howard Peterson
William Scott
Montclair
Scott
Pitman
Patrick Tiernan
Ewing
Mercer County
Revenly Presbyterian Church
Arthur Philips
Hartsville
William H. de Forest
Crescent Avenue
Summit
Catherine Pancoast
Lane Pancoast
First Presbyterian Church
Bordentown
Newfield
Albert Seaman
Williamstown
Rammell
G. E. Pierson
Woodbury County
Otliers
Minnesota
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