Widespread Jamaica Floods Strain Island Railways
Fragmentary reports from Jamaica say storms and floods since Friday caused massive damage. The railway network is largely ruined, bridges and tunnels destroyed, and communications cut off. Banana plantations suffer heavy losses. ships wrecked and water supply damaged.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Holland Bay
United Fruit Company
Bradford
Port Antonio
United States
Eagle
S&eylla
Destructive hurricane hits Jamaica and Panama coast
A wireless dispatch from Guantanamo reports a hurricane striking northeast Jamaica from Wednesday to Thursday with unprecedented rainfall and massive banana crop losses. In Colon Panama heavy rains total 9 inches by noon with high seas. U S congressional party sails weatherily down the coast amid damaged cables and telegraph disruption.
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Key West
Fla
Naval
Guantanamo
Jamaica
Colon
Panama
United States
Bull Bay
Storm Wrecks and Havoc in Jamaica and Caribbean
Reports from Kingston indicate Jamaica suffered heavy damage as hurricane forces hit the region. The Wilhelm reported railways washed out telegraph lines broken and cables down while Eagle was damaged near Kingston and the Bradford wrecked on shore.
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West Indies
Jamaica
United Wireless
Prinz August Wilhelm
Kingston
Central and South American Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company
Isherman’s Point
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Copenhagen
M. Jebson
Hamburg
Gapt. Paulsen
Storm Hits Newfoundland Thirty Vessels Ashore
A three day hurricane strength gale drives thirty fishing vessels and schooners ashore along Newfoundland and secures several missing crafts. The steamer Portia sails from St John’s to search for the missing boats as crews brace for possible losses.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Newfoundland
Tropics
Portia
Kaiser's Honors To Duchess Of Hohenberg Spark Curiosity
Berlin reports the Kaiser gave the morganatic wife of Archduke Francis Ferdinand a high social distinction at a Potsdam state dinner. She sat beside the Kaiser at the main table with Archduke Ferdinand nearby as diplomats note the break with tradition. The gesture is seen as reinforcing Austro German ties and loyalty.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Hohenberg
Francis Ferdinand
Posdam
Greece
Potsdam
Duchess of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
House of Hohenzollern
Allance
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Jewel theft ends in ice box find at Queens home
Mrs Sadile Evans Wilson, wife of Volney Palmer Wilson, found $7,000 in jewels hidden in an ice box after burglars broke in through a window at 2053 Lexington Avenue Queens. About $200 in clothing was stolen. Nearby, F R Rosenberg at 1229 Park Avenue reported $600 in silver and jewelry stolen while family was out.
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Sadile Evans Wilson
Volney Palmer Wilson
Queens
Lexington Avenue
Deer Run Through Hartsdale Stirs Local Commuters
A young deer burst into Hartsdale streets near White Plains startling morning commuters. It fled from J A Dumont’s lawn toward the woods west of the Harlem tracks, evading hunters by leaping walls and fences. William Rockefeller’s Rockwood Hall estate is cited as a possible origin.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Hartsdale
Harlem
J. A. Dumont
William Rockefeller
Rockwood Hall
Scarbrough
Man Born in Germany Fails to Recognize Congress
In Chicago on November 12 Federal Judge Landis tested Heinrich Werle in naturalization questions. Werle, 13 years in the U.S., admitted he never heard of a Congressman or a Senator. The judge paused to allow Werle to study the principles of republican government before proceeding.
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Chicago
Landis
United States
Heinrich Werle
Judge Landis
Werle
Mrs Mackay Clears Resignation Rumor From School Board
ROSLYN L I Nov 12 A report that Mrs Clarence H Mackay resigned from the Board of Education was denied by several board members. Mrs Mackay has stood by duties and supported school instruction and equipment amid rumors of departure.
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Mackay
Roslyn
L. I
Clarence H. Mackay
Board of Education
Boy Bandits Last Shot For Himself Ends Bank Robbery
Earl Bullock a seventeen year old from Lawrence Kansas and his 15 year old companion robbed Kaw Valley State Bank of Eudora Oct 11 and Oct 12 police killed a man and Bullock shot himself as posse closed in. Bullock wore a leather band with a diamond ring indicating a plan to marry.
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New York Times
Eudora
Kan
Earl Bullock
Lawrence
Bullock
Kansas City
William McKay
Jacksonville, Fla
Harry Wilson
E. E. Wilson
Fred Starr
Kaw Valley State Bank of
McKay
Starr
Wilson
al Smith
Kaw
John Millock
Millock
Lawrence Youth William McKay Informs on Bullock
William McKay, 15, told District Court Clerk Henry Asher in Lawrence that he followed Bullock in Jacksonville and Kansas City after being enticed with dinners and checks to cash. He described Bullock as a bank robber who offered him familiarity and travel.
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Fla Bullock
Bullock
Kansas City
Ordering Tomorrow's Times Features in Advertised Notice
Advertisement urges readers to prepaid copy of the next issue to secure tomorrow's notable features. It directs readers to place orders with newsdealers promptly to ensure delivery.
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Tomorrow’s Times
Woman killed on Fifth Avenue by stage coach
Mrs Harriet C Jones wife of Frank C Jones of 3 West Seventy fourth Street was struck on Fifth Avenue between Thirty fifth and Thirty fourth Streets by a stage of the Fifth Avenue Stage Company. Chauffeur Patrick Nierney was arrested on a homicide charge after the victim died at New York Hospital. The crash drew a large crowd and occurred during heavy traffic as Mr Jones identified the body at the West Thirtieth Street Station.
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Fifth Avenue
Harriet C. Jones
Frank Cozenove Jones
West
Seventy-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue Stage Company
John Harrell
Jones
Leighton
New York Hospital
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-fourth Streets
Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Jones
Patrick Nierney
Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Nierney
Pacific Avenue
Brooklyn
Thirtieth Street
McCahill
George B. Lamar
Bank of the Republic
Frank C. Jones
Pauline Jones
Florence Jones
Frank Cazenove Jones
W. A. Underhill Brick Company
Cereo Company
New York Lubricating Oil Company
Okonite Company, Limited
Auto hits boy in Bronx. Davis candidate tied to incident
E A Davis of 912 Kelly Street, fusion candidate for Alderman, caused a fatal incident by striking 7 year old Harry Rodbell at 80 Kelly Street. The boy suffered a fractured skull and was taken by chauffeur George Maillard to Lebanon Hospital, where he was reported in critical condition.
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E.A. Davis
Harry Rodbell
Kelly Street
Bronx
E. A. Davis
George Maillard
Mr. Davis
Lebanon Hospital
Realty swindler held in Pittsburg case in 1900s
A. B. McCarthy, alleged brother of Brooklyn real estate chief Charles McCarthy, was arrested in Pittsburg on charges of false pretense. He is accused of selling by false promise lakefront lots near Southampton Long Island to about a thousand Western Pennsylvania residents. A woman helper escaped custody after the arrest while a detective posed as a relative. Police say the Metropolitan and Suburban Real Estate Company had a federal fraud order. the mails were then barred from use.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
A. B. McCarthy
Charles McCarthy
Metropolitan and Suburban
Thirteenth Avenue
Fifty-fourth Street
Brooklyn
McCarthy
Pennsylvania
Southampton
L. I
Anna Neusbaum
Chestnut Street
North Side
Frank Morgan
Neusbaum
Morgan
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Arrives at Hamburg Port
The SS Kaiserin Augusta Victoria arrived in Hamburg on November 4, signaling a notable shipping milestone with arrival details from the latest port report.
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Hamburg
Flamingo Express to Florida Resorts Daily
The Flamingo-Quickest Florida Train runs daily from New York at 10:25 A M arriving in Jacksonville at 1:30 P M. It provides through service to all Florida East Coast Resorts via Seaboard Air Line. Address: 1,183 Broadway, City.
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Florida
Los. N. Y
Jacksonville
Florida East Coast Resorta
Ing
Seaboard Air Line
Broadway
City
Black Hand suspect Ig nazio Lupo faces creditors in bankruptcy office
Ignazio Lupo, once linked to the Black Hand and the barrel murder, returned to New York to meet creditors. In Olney's bankruptcy office he explained his absence, alleged Black Hand extortion, and described funds raised to pay debts, including mortgage money and payments to agents.
Robbery Charge Against Pair Arrested in Paris
Herbert Clark, a Londoner, and Jeannette Villiar, 22 from Chicago, were arrested in Paris on charges of robbing Mme. Marthe Le Blanc of jewels valued at 6000 francs. They allegedly lured her home after meeting at a music hall, while police say a hatchet and knife were left behind and the jewels were found with Clark. The pair are described as members of an international thieves’ gang.
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New York Times
Paris
Herbert Clark
Jeannette Villiar
Chicago
Mme
Marthe le Blanc
Rue Laferriere Montmartre
Mme. le Blanc
Clark
Train Hold Up Near Plainfield Strips Man
George F. Hendricks of South Bethlehem was robbed on a Lehigh Valley train near South Plainfield Station. A revolver pressed to his face forced him to surrender his watch rings and a purse containing over a hundred dollars. The thief fled as the train neared the station. Hendricks reported the crime to Newark police.
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New York Times
Plainfield
Lehigh Valley Railroad
George F. Hendricks
Bethlehem
Penn
Mr. Hendricks
South Plainfield Station
Hendricks
Newark
Warm November Day Shatters Boston Weather Record
Boston reports 73 degrees by 1 PM and 76 by late afternoon, highest November reading from the Weather Bureau. Open cars on the streets and early spring flowers in suburbs signal an Indian Summer. Forecasters warn a cold wave may arrive from the Northwest soon.
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Boston
New England
Heavy Snow Falls Across Colorado and Southwest
A heavy wet snow blanketed Colorado, Southeastern Wyoming, Southern Utah and Northern New Mexico and Arizona on November 12. Pueblo and Colorado Springs logged six inches with heavier accumulations in the mountains while telegraph service was impaired but rail transport reported no delay.
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Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Coal and Iron Combine Merges Dominion Firms
Montreal reports the success of preliminary talks toward merging the Dominion Iron and Steel Company with the Dominion Coal Company. A syndicate has bought enough stock from James Ross, president of the coal firm, to gain control. The combined capital approaches seventy million dollars. Details of the merger remain to be finalized.
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Montreal
Dominion Tron and Steel Company
Dominion Coal Company
James Ross
Government Wins Naval Battle in Nicaragua Action
Government forces defeated revolutionists in a naval clash near Nicaragua with three steamers and artillery captured. Several rebels were killed. Greytown was reoccupied without fighting and its troops move toward Bluefields by water and land.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Greytown
Bluefields
Big Tim Sullivan III Illicit Hearts of Tammany Sidelined
Big Tim Sullivan chief in Tammany circles was rushed from a train in Hot Springs Arkansas after catching a cold on the New York journey. He suffered a severe bout with a stitch in the side and possible pleurisy, prompting doctors F W J and J M Kellar to examine him and place him under careful watch for developments.
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New York Times
Hot Springs
Ark
Big Tim” Sullivan
Tammany
New York
Sullivan
J. M. Kellar
Oage
Joker Starts a Strike at General Electric
In Schenectady New York 1100 GE workers are idle after a Polish foundry laborer who teased molders by sand defects and grease smeared tools was beaten by a coworker. He was given a permanent leave and negotiations over his reinstatement continue as workers fear a longer stoppage.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Foundrialog
Molde Add Coi
Coulers
Getting Higher In Sugar Fraud Under Way
Investigation into sugar fraud intensifies with new leads and court filings. Authorities pursue key suspects as officials allege violations across multiple firms. Public records show ongoing probe into pricing schemes and supply chain irregularities.
Trust Refinery Head Taken in Sugar Fraud Case
James F. Bendernagel, former general superintendent at the American Sugar Refining Company’s Williamsburg refinery, is arrested on an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the government via false sugar import weighing. The probe targets higher-ups as part of a nationwide customs clean up led by Treasury officials.
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James F. Bendernagel
American Sugar Refining Commpany
Williamsburg
Bendernagel
Washington
Veagh
Treasury Department
New York
Loeb
United States
Republican Club
New York Custom House
Congress
Sugar Trust
Oli Spitzer
Wiliamsburg
Thomas Kehoe
Jean M. Voelker
Edward A. Boyle
Jobs R. Coyle
Patrick J. Hennessey
Washington B. Thomas
American Sugar Refining Company
John James
William Fleming
Thomas
Amareican Sugar Refining Company
Trust
Wise
Stimson
United States Attorney General
Cuba
Williamsburg Pier
James F. Hailigan, Jr
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