World’s Events Tersely and Briefly Told
Representative Kinksad asks Congress to fund three freasnhougt battleships. Anti trust action to force Southern Pacific to relinquish Central Pacific ownership proceeds in Washington. Public health report condemns railroad stations as contagion sources and criticizes overheated playhouses. Imported bird plumage must be handed to customs at arrival. Navy commissions 304 midshipmen at Annapolis, largest class ever. Atlantic City hosts American Electric Railways convention with 6000 delegates. National Civic Federation to study social and industrial conditions amid labor troubles. Arctic exploration ships reach Alaska. landmass larger than Greenland sighted north of 102 E. The Athletics win World Series. Giants’ rally falls short in New York. Eyelone destroys farm buildings in Afton. two dead, one injured, nine horses burned near Parthold. Trainno.1 partly derailed at Columbus. fatalities feared. Mrs Tower sues over alleged marriage to Charlemagne Tower Jr. in 1911. Miss Ellen Doneley attacked in San Diego. Gamboa dike near Panama Canal blown. Gatun Lake waters flood Culebra Cut. New Haven railroad conflict with engineers worsens. Tornado near O’Neill, Nebraska, kills three. American Prison Association opens in Indianapolis. Fairbanks involved in Portage Land district dispute after deputy Sheriff’s ambush death.
International Cup Race Opens as Balloona Competes
Reported events cover Balloona's entry representing six nations in Paria for the International cup, the Volturno disaster with 521 survivors from 656 aboard after a mid Atlantic storm, and a string of international incidents. Also noted are the Chen bribery case against Yuan Shi Kai, a Milan bomb near royal sites with no damage, rescues of missionaries in Tsao Yang, and updates on hunger strike releases under the cat and mouse act affecting suffragettes.
Mexican Deputies Arrested After Warnings to Huerta
One hundred ten Mexican chamber of deputies who signed warnings to President Huerta over the disappearance of Senator Belisario Dominguez were seized by soldiers and jailed. Huerta demanded withdrawal of the resolution. deputies threatened to abandon the capitol for safety. Reports from Torreon stirred rumors of massacres of Spaniards amid rebel activity. Former Gov. Timothy Woodruff died after a paralytic stroke, while U S Senator Lodge’s gastric ulcer surgery recovery was announced as assured. Taft and Henry Stimson spoke at Philips Academy centennial. Arthur Bittner of St Louis convicted for patricide. Amundsen may use an airplane on his next polar expedition. Jesse McNamara and other film men in San Quentin. Mitchel resigns as collector of Port of New York. 15-year-old Charles Walk killed in San Francisco. Adolphus Busch dies in Prussia. W Hill ill in Portland while planning hunting trip.
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Chamber of Deputies of
Mexico
Huerta
Belisaro Dominguez
Chiapas
Chamber
Timothy Woodruff
Carlton House
Woodruff
Progressive Party
Minneapolia and Ships Rescue Volturno Survivors
A steamship Minneapolia with 30 Volturno survivors arrives at Tilbury while Havre reports 42 rescued by the Touraine. Grosser Kurfuerst sails toward New York with 105 Volturno survivors. Fire and explosions aboard the Volturno caused many deaths and dramatic rescue efforts by multiple liners.
Rescue Efforts Mount After Volturno Disaster
London reports the doomed Volturno sent its last message as flames drove the ship apart. Six lifeboats launched. two boats with 35 aboard escaped, four smashed with all aboard perishing. Rescue ships and liner crews rushed to aid survivors amid a dramatic, ongoing search for those rescued and awaiting transport to destinations in America and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Francis Inch
Carmanta
London
Carmania
Donegal
Scotland
Invents new diving device finds 600-foot depth claim
In San Francisco on October 14 two male lion dollars in gold from the Rio de Janeiro wreck were used to fund a German inventor’s diving apparatus. He claims it allows reaching 600 feet, tested by descending over 100 feet for an hour. Previous diver depths reportedly peaked at 92 feet.
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San Francisco
Old Weeck
San Francisco Bay
Rio de Janeiro
Currency reform topic opens national conference in New York
In New York on October 14 Senator Owen and Representative Glass led the opening session of the second national conference on currency reform under the Academy of Political Science. The main point of discussion was the Federal Reserve Act. Meanwhile in Paris five of 18 balloons from the James Gordon Bennett cup race passed Tours at dawn unable to be identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert L. Owen
Senate Committee of Currency and Banking
Carter Glass
House
Academy of Political Science
Paris
Department Store Burned in Columbus Fire Losses Large
Simon Loeb & Bro.'s department store in Columbus Missouri burned with contents destroyed and losses estimated around 100000 dollars. About 68000 dollars of value was destroyed in the furnace. The fire occurred October 14.
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Columbus
Misa
Simon Loeb & Bro
Ita
Abandoned Hope in Mexico Shapes U S Policy
Western Newspaper Union reports Berlin believes Mexico’s conditions require a German warship. Bertha, now a school ship, may be sent to guard Mexico’s eastern coast. In Washington, Wilson abandons hope for an October 26 Mexican election under constitutional law. Huerta’s moves spark a terror-like crackdown with deputies jailed and opponents disappearing.
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Union News Service
Berlin
Foreign Office
Mexico
Bertha
New England
Washington
Wilson
John Lind
Mexico City
Huerta
United States
Madero
Suarea
Witness Spirited Away Upends Chicago Trial
In Judge Walker court the prosecution charged that key witness Charles Tick, a clothing salesman and former manager of a Milwaukee Avenue store owned by Drasdorwitz, was spirited away by the arson trust. Tick disappeared October 7, leaving wife and child without word. detectives have searched without result.
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Chicago
Ill
Nathan Spira
David Drescherwitz
Walker
Chas. Tick
Tick
Milwaukee Avenue
Drasdorwitz
Child Welfare Discussed at 7th American Humane Meet
Rochester hosts the 7th annual American Humane Association meeting focusing on preserving childhood and preventing home conditions that produce delinquent children. The discussions center on national welfare and protective services for youths.
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Rochester
N. Y
U7th
Cincinnati Markets Prices on Grain Hay Poultry and Livestock
Market listings show mixed grain prices for corn and wheat, hay timothy and clover, oats standard grades, and assorted mixed lots. Livestock bids include cattle shippers and butchers, hogs at 8.05 to 8.70, sheep values up to 34.50, and hog and poultry figures by quality and weight across the Cincinnati market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Timothy
Timothy Sik
Weenl
Burning of the Volturno Aboard Ship Fire
Special radiogram reports on the Volturno burning at sea off Cape Race. Captain Francis Inch, blinded by fire, remained aboard to fight the blaze and was last to leave as the vessel's plates buckled. A thousand cases of gin stored under the after deck were damaged by heat.
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Cape Race
Grosser Kerfuerst
New York
Volturno
Davita
Groayer Kurfverst
E. Lioyda
Grosser Kurfuerst
Kurfuerst
Carmania
Finhguard
Barr
Liverpool
Eoard Company
N. F
Kroonfund
Francis Inch
Inch
Odd Mix Of Ads And Anecdotes From Berwick And Beyond
A jumble of ads and brief anecdotes covers diverse topics from a Gretna Green ceremony to signatures on paintings. It includes a Scottish border marriage tale, notes on artist signatures, a lady doctor praising Postum as a coffee substitute, and advertised tips for consuming Postum in regular and instant forms.
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Omar
Kentucky
Thad
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Kinksad
New Jersey
James W. Orr
Atchison, Kan
Meieynolds
Department of Justice
Auit
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
W. C. Rucker
Public Health Service of Washington
McAdoo
Daniels
Naval Academy
Ammapolis
American Electric Railways Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Seth Low
National Civic Federation
Socialist Party
Husaian
Talmyr
Waygatch
Wilkitsky
Siberia
St. Michael
Alaska
Greenland
Athletics
Giants
Plank
Philadelphia
Mathewson
Philadelphians
Afton
Wis
John Enegebreton
Parthold
N. 1
Columbus, O
Charlemagne Tower, Jr
New Haven
Conn
Georgeanna Tower
Gurdick
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Ellen Doneley
San Diego
Fal
Chaffee Grant
U.S. Grant, Jr
Grant
Himn
O'Neill
Neb
American Prison Association
Indianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
Portage Land District
Houghton County
Michigan
James Pollock
Balloona
England
Belgium
Switzerland
France
Paria
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Chen
Mounted Police
Milan
Italy
Tsao-Yang
George Holm
Herman Faulke
Bedford
Torreau
Mex
Torreon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sahane
Mis
William H. Taft
Henry L. Stimson
Philips Andover Academy
Andover
Mary
Arthur Bittner
St. Louis
Arthur P. Bittner
Bittner
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
John J
James J. McNamara
Los Angel
San Quentin
Cultava
John J. Atl
Rugent Newman
Myra Dietz
Maysville
Wsage
Cameron Dam
Joh Purroy Mitchel
Fusion
Port of New York
Charles Walk
Adolphua Tusch
Anteusger-Busch Brewing Association of
Langen Schwalbach
Prussia
Adolphus Busch
Buseh
Fours W. Hill
Great Northern Railroad Directorate
Portland
Ore
St. Paul
Garriel
Tilbury
Eng
Minneapolia
Havre
Maoer Touraine
Psssenters
Rotterdam
Lord Methuen
Canada
Senator Owen
Glass
Cincinnati
Bright
Dean
Indiana
Samuel Haley
Fortland
Ind
Bex Doan
Fostfe Amilaurn CO
Buffalo
Wey
Dian
Leach Sanatorium
Watson E.coleman
Wash Patentington
D.C
Hooks
Merantesdapuis
Ak A
North St
Helleyre
Thadh
FT. Mmach
Florida
Gretna Green
Berwick
Raphael
Sposalizo
Raphael Urbinus
Reynolas
Mra. Siddons
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