Lusitania Sets Maiden Atlantic Run Record in Five Days
The Lusitania of the Cunard line arrived in New York on her maiden voyage with a time of five days and fifty-four minutes from Queenstown, beating the previous Queenstown to New York record by six hours twenty-five minutes but not surpassing the hourly speed marks held by Kaiser Wilhelm II and Deutschland. Officials praised the engine performance, noted the ship burned less coal than expected, and the arrival drew a clamorous harbor salute with passengers including Robert Balfour M P and Mrs. Potter Palmer among the notable travelers.
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New York
Lusitania
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Lloyd Line
Watts
Sandy Hook
Ambrose Channel
Fairway
Lucania
E. H. Cunard
Line
Cunard
Mauretania
Vernon H. Brown
Usitania
Duncan
Plymouth
Marine Observatory
Singer
Broadway
Manhattan
Bay
Robert Balfour
M. P
Potter Palmer
Robert Goelet
Richard Croker
Europa
Atlantic
Liverpool
Great Western
Lloyd
Southampton
Paris
St. Paul
Cherbourg
France
Kaiser
Hamburg-American Line
Deutschland
Kronprinz Wilhelm
La Provence Breaks Havre to New York Record
The French line steamer La Provence set a new trans Atlantic record from Havre to New York finishing in six days one hour and twelve minutes beating the prior mark of six days two hours and fifteen minutes. The voyage averaged 22.08 nautical miles per hour over 3140 miles.
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New York
Havre
Hanly Refuses Signatures on Vincennes University Bonds
Indianapolis Sept 13 Governor Hanly declined to sign 120000 dollars in bonds voted by the legislature to pay Vincennes University claims The move prompts university officials to seek to compel signature or Supreme Court action to validate the bonds without executive approval
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Vincennes University
Supreme Court
Deputy Health Officers Report Deaths to County Health Officer
Under a new law effective October 1, deputy health officers in Allen county will report deaths directly to County Health Officer Dr. EB M VanBuskirk in this city. Previously reports were sent to the state board in Indianapolis.
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Allen County
EB. M. ‘VanBuskirk
State Board
Indianapolis
Lipton to again challenge for America's Cup in 1908
Sir Thomas Lipton announced in London that he will attempt to regain the America's Cup for Great Britain in 1908. The challenge goes to the New York Yacht Club in the name of the Royal Irish Yacht Club and is expected to sail to New York aboard the St Paul. Lipton delayed action until the eleventh hour to avoid giving American challengers extra prep time.
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London
Sir Thomas Lipton
Great Britain
Sir Thomas
New York
British Isles
Royal Irish Yacht Club
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
Whch
City Wins Restraining Order Over Telephone Pole Wires
In Fort Wayne a superior court restraining order blocks Home Telephone and Telegraph from interfering with upper cross arms on company poles needed for the city lighting plant’s distributing system. The city seeks to remove or relocate wires under a franchise provision allowing municipal use under company supervision.
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City of
Fort Wayne
Home Telephone and Telegraph Company
W. J. Hosey
Hosey
Lennon, Schwartz and Brosius
Board of Public Works
Great Northern Train Held Up by Bandits
The Great Northern Oriental limited train No. 1 was halted near Rexford Montana by two masked robbers who looted registered mail from the sacks and fled after three safe charges failed to yield cash. Authorities offer a $10,000 reward for the capture and conviction of the robbers described as men around 30, one tall about 5 feet 11 inches, the other shorter, wearing black clothes and hats.
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St. Paul, Minn
Elliott
Great Northern Express Company
Associated Press
Great Northern Oriental Limited
St. Paul
Rexford
Mont
Great Northern Railway Company
FE. E. Ward
Heroic Rescue As Dorchester Sinks Fannie S Groverman
In Craney Island channel the Dorchester rammed and sank the pungy schooner Fannie S Groverman. Four men escaped, with 15 year old Ross Robbins swearing bravery by swimming to a rescue boat and cutting the tow rope to save his brothers and John Lawson who survived and was hospitalized.
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Norfolk
Higgins
Rhode Island
Dorchester
Providence
Craney Island Channel
Elizabeth River
Fannie S. Groverman
Gloucester County
Virgina
W. T. Robbins
Silas
Ross
John Lawson
Lawson
Ross Robbins
Johnson
Robbins
Taft Sails for Philippines Amid Farewell Farewell
Secretary of War William H Taft sailed for the Philippines aboard the Minnesota at 1 o clock yesterday. He spoke to the state medical association this morning and appeared in good spirits as locals waved farewell from the docks. In Logansport drug clerks petition proprietors to close at 9 pm.
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Seattle
Wash
William H. Taft
Philippines
Minnesota
State Medical Association
Gillie breaks discus mark at Robison Park event
George Gillie, captain of the Ohio State track team last year, extended his own record to 115 feet at the Caledonian athletic program meet at Robison Park. Gillie led in multiple events including discus, hammer, and pole vault while teammates Gillie Romy Casterline and Dick contributed strong showings.
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George Gillie
Ohio State University
Caledonian
Robison Park
Cay
George Casterline
Jack Gillie
William Romy
Peter Gillie
George Casterne
Jack Dick
Ice Cream Quality Meets Standards Across State
State chemist reports Fort Wayne samples sent to Indianapolis tested above eight percent fat. Some cities like Terre Haute show more ice cream failing to meet the standard.
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Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Terre. Haute; S
Afada
Train Races into Whirlwind as Car Roof Is Torn
Reading, Pa. Sept 13 Passengers on the Reading express to Pottsville faced a remarkable ordeal when, six miles north of Reading, a windstorm tore the roof from one car at fifty miles an hour. The impact felt like a brake application as darkness and heavy rain followed. The train stopped at Leesport and passengers were moved to a different car.
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Reading
Pottsville
Leesport
Citizens Deputies to Present $2 Day Bills
Businessmen sworn as deputy sheriffs during Bass foundry trouble plan to bill the county about $2,000 for their on duty work at the rate of two dollars daily. The county commissioners have not yet officially acted, though aware of possible claims. Avilla public schools reopen next Monday with W. S. Harsh as principal and a staff led by Miss Orpha Van Kirk and O F Stiffney across grades.
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Bass Foundry
Avilla
W. 3. Harsh
Orpha van Kirk
O.F. Stiffney
Jennie Sedgwick
Libbie Stewart
Mystery death in Bloomfield man ends self description
Homer Casey was found dead in his buggy in a barn near Bloomfield Indiana and a note in his pocket said a heart pain was costing him his reason and that he would rather die than suffer it again. Casey was to marry Miss Anna Stone last night. He had been a traveling salesman for a Chicago tailoring house.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Homer Casey
Casey
Anna Stone
Ben
Chicago
Woman Confesses to Murder After Leaving Family
In Columbus Ohio on September 13 Edith Thornton Carson a Black woman tells a police officer Ive killed a man and leads him to an upper room where A A Manly lies dead with two bullet wounds She admits shooting while asleep in remorse over leaving her husband and family She faces first degree murder charges.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edith Thornton Carson
Tenderloin
A. A. Manly
Manly
Royal Yacht Grounding Near Hango Finland
News from St. Petersburg reports the imperial yacht Standart grounded off Horsoe near Hango Finland with Emperor Nicholas and Empress Alexandra aboard. No official statement has been issued and media are forbidden to publish details under penalties. The royal party evacuated to the Asia for safety while Alexandra may be dispatched to Horsoe.
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St. Petersburg
Standart
Horsoe
Hango
Finland
Associated Press
Emperor Nicholas
Empress Alexandra
Cragin
Despaich
Asia
Alexandra
Curb Federal Court Power Prompts Governor Backing Constitutional Amendment
Lincoln authorizes move to strip federal courts of power to enjoin state officials from enforcing state laws after a restraining order blocks a new grain rate schedule. Governor Sheldon argues injunctions have overreached, calling for a constitutional change. A separate notice from Bluffton, Warren area lists a matrimonial want ad by Josiah Stump, 40, bachelor, seeking a wife.
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Lincoln
Neb
Munger
Railway Commission
Sheldon
Josiah Stump
Warren
Bluffton Raed
Ind. R. F. D
Stensland Given Full Term For Forgery In Joliet
Paul O. Stensland former president of the collapsed Milwaukee Avenue State Bank must serve the full term in Joliet penitentiary for forgery. The pardon board denied his pardon and he is set to serve eight years and three months with possible good time for conduct.
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Chicago
Stensland
A General Assault on the Moorish Forces
Allied Franco Spanish troops attacked the Moorish camp at Tedert in casablanca forcing a rout. The bombardment destroyed the camp and left many dead. French casualties were one dead and six wounded. Paris confirmed the success with one killed and six wounded on the Franco-Spanish side.
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Casablanca
Taddert
Paris
Picquart
Drude
Tedert
Hurring
Vanderbilt Declared Incompetent by Brooklyn Jury
Edward W. Vanderbilt aged Brooklyn merchant was found incompetent to manage his affairs by a sheriff's jury after allegations he was misled by spirit communications from his wife Mrs Pepper Vanderbilt. The verdict, 12 to 3, followed testimony and a panel of a physician lawyer and banker.
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New York
Edward W. Vanderbilt
Brooklyn
May S. Perm Per
Vanderbilt
Pepper-Vanderbilt
Veterans of Seventy-fourth Indiana hold Warsaw reunion
More than one hundred veterans of the Seventy-fourth Indiana volunteers gathered for the annual reunion in Warsaw. Goshen was chosen as next year’s meeting site and officers were elected: President John C. Myers Goshen Vice President Charles E. Thompson Goshen Second Vice President S J North Milford Secretary W F Peddycord South Haven Mich Treasurer Asbury Cook Warsaw. The Fort Wayne contingent included James Roy Co E John Hallien Co Z William Fogwell Co C William Kiperk Co C.
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Seventy-fourth Regiment
Indiana Volunteers
Warsaw
Fort Wayne
James Roy
John Hallien
William Fogwell
William Kiperk
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Stlamer
Losmtiania
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Craft
Taft
Logansport
Proprietora
Gillie
Negress
Hnland
Czar, Czarina
Nebraska
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
General Drude
Edward W. Vanderbelt
Cashmoun Street
Parmery Peart
Caen Tee Gonz Stern
R. Bupket
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