Four-Track Freight Subway Proposed for Manhattan
Amsterdam company plots a four track freight subway to circle Manhattan and reach New Jersey. Wilgus, ex NY Central VP, touts wheel entrance to Pennsylvan ia West Shore and others, linking with Bronx lines via a tunnel under Forty Second Street and the Hudson to relieve congestion and cut navigation hazards, claiming up to 16 million dollars annual public savings. The plan, before the Public Service Commission, seeks construction without civic aid.
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Manhattan island
Amsterdam company
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Lehigh
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Amsterdam
Bride Regrets Hasty Georgia Marriage In Flight
Atlanta society was rocked when Mrs. Russell Thomas nee Silvey Speer wed her chauffeur. She and her mother left for New York and Europe. Thomas vows he believes she did not leave voluntarily, while his lawyers plan to seek an annulment alleging fraud in the marriage.
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Atlanta
Russell Thomas
Silvey Speer
W. A. Speer
New York
Europe
Spor
One Killed and Three Hurt in Street Car Crash
Cleveland Oct 1 John C McFonnell of Youngstown is in critical condition after a street car collided with the carriage he rode in during a wedding near Lucid Toights suburb. Driver Keen was thrown fifty feet. Miss Celia OMalley and another passenger were seriously injured. Will McConnell of John and Mrs. McConnell were also hurt as the car crushed the carriage before searchers located the wreck.
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John C. McFonnell
Youngstown
Ohio
Med Green
Willam L. McConnell
John
Celia O'MallW
Keen
Unmasking of the Big Battery in New York State
A Republican push to win New York votes unfolds with a high profile battery led by James S. Sherman and key figures like Charles Dawes and others. The strategy targets Taft’s standard, while funding remains tight as campaign forces arrive from Chicago to bolster the effort.
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New York State
New York
Bryan
Titchcock
James S. Sherman
Mairbanks
Root
Oscar Strauss
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Borah
Idaho
J. P. Dolliver
Town
Hirchenck
Redmond Mails the First Letter from Chicago to Ireland
John Redmond, Irish leader, after a monster meeting in Chicago, mailed the first letter to Ireland under the new postal rate. He and his wife head to New York to sail for Ireland early next week. A fund of 19000 dollars was raised at the meeting to aid the Nationalist party.
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Chicago
Irekind
John Redmond
Wen
Ireland
Redmond
New York
Ireland WNaionalists
Millions Are Chelterless After Mass Valley Flood
Bombay Oct 1 Between two and three million people are shelterless facing starvation and fever amid floods that wrecked Haidarabad and the Musi river valley. Relief expeditions can't traverse the mud until it dries. Haldarabad, population 400,000, is wrecked and many towns disappeared. Fever, disease and starvation threaten. casualties may reach 10,000, with many drowned. Also reported is a note that Herman Billik faces a hanging in October unless the U S Supreme Court intervenes.
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Haidaratad
Musi
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Balkans 10 Be As a Consequence of Threatened War with Turkey
London reports a Balkan land grab may follow the threatened Turko Bulgarian war. Bulgaria insists on keeping the Rumelian Oriental railway as Germany Austria and Italy fear shifting power. England warns of gravest consequences while Austria Hungary moves to annex Bosnia Herzegovina. Turkey may seek alliance with Greece if war erupts.
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Bulgaria
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Russia
tiny
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Austria
Itally
Hulgaria
Greece
Lord Rosslyn System Fails In Roulette Duel
London September 38 Sir Maxim and Lord Rosslyn settled their wager over a Monte Carlo style roulette clash at a Piccadilly club. Sir Maxim conducted play as in Monte Carlo while Rosslyn used his system with substantial dummy funds. After ten days of play the bank consistently won and Rosslyn’s bankroll drained, proving his method fallacious.
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Sir Maxim
Lord Rosslyn
Monte Carlo
Piccadilly
Word Rosslyn
English Negro is Clubbed to Death for Saying England Can Do Things
A letter from Roy Thomas on the Rhode Island describes an English laborer killed at Auckland after claiming the fleet could blow the Yanks out of the water. He was attacked and clubbed to death on the spot, with every bone in his body broken. The note ends with a wry quip about marriage.
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England
Findlay
Roy Thomas
Rhode Island
Auckland
New York Prep to Knife Colonel in Democratic Fallout
Chicago, Oct 1 A warning arises that Tammany may betray Bryan if he fails to carry New York in the coming election. National committee representatives claim evidence of plots to knife Bryan in New York City to derail his presidential bid. Bryan’s allies say his aggressive stance against corrupt forces has made him enemies among unscrupulous Democrats who may ally with Republicans.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
New York state
Tammany
Democratic party
Bryan
New York City
national committee
Citizens Tire of the Law's Delay in Arvonia
A desperate Arvonia posse of armed citizens has entered Buckingham county woods to pursue the Zimmerman Thomas outlaws amid threats to burn the town. Led by Rev Phimmer Jones they claim the band is fortified with supplies and capable of a siege.
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Richmond
Arvonia
Buckingham county
James
Slate rivers
Zimmerman- Thomas
Phimmer Jones
Arvyonia
Doctors defend tuberculosis inoculation on children
Washington oct 1 aroused by public criticism over inoculating ten charity patients at the children's hospital Dr Lawrence I Flick president tuberculosis congress defends Austrian physician Dr Detre. He says fluids used were sterilized extracts or watery solutions of human and bovine tubercle bacilli and the procedure was harmless, aimed at distinguishing sources of infection.
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Lawrence I
Flick
tuberculosis congress
Detre
man
Koch
Treasury Statement From Washington October 1 Declares Deficit
Treasury report shows receipts of 1,801,74 dollars and expenditures totaling 2,050,000 dollars. The balance indicates a deficit for the period, reflecting government revenue and outlay levels reported from the nation’s capital.
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Treasury
Washington
Lawson Seriously Ill In Boston Taft Favoritism Viewpoints
Boston Oct 1 Thomas W Lawson is seriously ill an announcement by his secretary A E McSweeney said an attack of infirmity. The report mirrors fears of a general breakdown among Lawson supporters as stock prices dip. Lawson’s secretary denied prior rumors while noting possible days at home as he recovers. In Stubborn consistency not a fault Lawson spends time at home explaining why Taft will be next president and outlining rival Roosevelt Bryan options. He argues Taft keeps the country steady while Roosevelt and Bryan would lift it too high or too far. Against present mood the public may see him steadying the nation.
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Patt
Nude Maniac Attacks Green Township Home
Gallipolis Ohio October 1 Charles Johnson a Green township farmer became violent at night and attacked Gotheard s house breaking in tearing apart furniture and setting fires. Families fled through windows as the intruder was subdued and jailed. Also Milford Conn October 1 robbers strike Bridgewater post office stealing $200 in money and stamps. Previously a safe breach yielded about $4 000.
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Charles Johnsan
Green township
G. M. Gotheard
Gothard
Johnson
Yegorden
Milford
Conn
Bridgewater
One of the rarest diseases known to science
Zoran Zien, 43, patient in the skin and cancer hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, is stricken with pemphigus foliacus, a disease likened to leprosy in its course. Doctors say no hope remains as the skin and tissues erode, with one arm already destroyed and skin loss continuing for five weeks.
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St. Liowis
Zoran Zien
Pemphigus foliaecus
Zigni
Countess G de Mebreno de St Pierre Missing in Africa
In a France born huntress tale, Countess G de Mebreno de St Pierre is said lost in central Africa after sending CAL Montgomery $1500 for a Mexico hunting trip. Montgomery’s cables confirm no word from her since the request.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Orl
G. de Mebreno de
central Africa
Allies of the Sugar Trust rally for Gomez win
General Castillo former governor of Santiago province says annexation supporters are allies of the sugar trust. He predicts Gomez will be elected, bringing peace and prosperity to the republic as Magoon administration educates Cali on governance. He asserts no election trouble and notes independence forces will have little effect.
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Qet
United States
sugar trust
Camitrio Castillo
Santiago
Liberal party
Iotel Imperial
Magoon
Cali
General Castillo
ebay
Independence Party
Gomez
perro
republic
Castilla
hilstoric Nasional
Tiavana
Balquiri
Railways unite to resist wage demands threatening island strike
A united front of Britain’s major railways plans to block pay hikes and shorter hours, signaling a looming nationwide railroad strike. Unions push for around a 22 percent wage raise with overtime pay, while railroads warn of ruinous costs. If triggered, up to 600,000 railway workers and many more in related trades could be affected, with potential parliamentary debate in October.
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London
Ovl
England
Leater
America
Priest Charged With Bribery In Murder Conspiracy
A Roman Catholic priest Rev. Vathor Wrankis Croclath, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, is jailed in solitary for allegedly bribing an accomplice to aid in an escape. He reportedly promised to send Vito Turciana a saw hidden in macaroni to influence testimony in the murder case of Accarato Santore.
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Vathor Wrankis Croclath
church of Our Lady of Sorrows
Accarato Santore
house of correction
Father Crociata
Vito Turciana
Three May Die From Freight Engine Explosion
Philadelphia Oct 1 engineer A M Muller and fireman D E Park both of Harrisburg and brakeman W T Rowland of Columbia were badly burned when a holler of a Pennsylvania freight engine exploded on the Trenton cut off today. All were severely scorched and may die from injuries.
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A. M. Muller
Harrisburg
D. E. Park
W. T. Rowland
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Trenton
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