Balkan Crisis Deepens As Bulgaria Moves Toward Independence
London dispatches report Bulgaria may claim independence at Tirnovo with Ferdinand as Czar. Austria promises to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, prompting European powers to fear a broader Turko Austrian confrontation. Paris and Vienna trade notes on Berlin treaty implications and possible compensation pivots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Francis Joseph
Falliéres
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
Balkan
Tirnovo
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Falli¢res
Clemenceau
Pichon
Jemperor Francis Joseph
Count Khevenhuller- Metsch
Balkans
France
Berlin
Greece
Crete
Italy
Albana
M. Iswolsky
Vienna
Orient
Austria-Hungary
Fleet Outraces Hurricane Off Manila Bay
The Atlantic fleet rode out a hurricane that swept Manila Bay for twelve hours with winds near 100 miles per hour. Battleships steamed under way to Cavite as waves battered shore installations. several buildings lost roofs and power lines fell. Maine and Alabama sailed from Gibraltar for Horta, Azores.
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Manila Bay
Manila
Passig
Admiral Sperry
Connecticut
Kansas
Minnesota
Vermont
Virginia
Ohio
Cavite
Gibraltar
United States
Maine
Alabama
Horta
Fayal
Azores
Banker's Mother Killed in Broadway Runaway Crash
Mrs. Isabelle Van Cleaf 100 died after a horse bolted along upper Broadway chasing a fire engine. Her son John C. Van Cleaf Vice President of the National Park Bank was seriously injured. Both were thrown from the runabout at 132nd Street near the subway pillar. Mrs. Van Cleaf died on the operating table. John Van Cleaf was later taken to his Hawthorne Avenue residence.
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Upper Broadway
Isabelle van Cleaf
Hawthorne
West Forty-ninth Street
John C. van Cleaf
National Park Bank
Broadway
Dandy
Speedway
Boulevard Lafayette
Boulevard
West 145Th Street
153D Street
Broadway Alt
van Clear
van Cleaf
White
150Th Street
Sergt. Casey
McGough
Bien
130Th Street
Dr. Rubel
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Mr. van Cleaf
National Park
Mutual Bank
Montclair
Two Rembrandts Found in German Collections
Two Rembrandts discovered in Germany, one from Count Schail-Biancour’s Saxony collection shows Rembrandt’s mother with a book. deemed an early work. The second, in a Berlin family collection, depicts the degrees of Queen Candace by the Apostle Philip.
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Berlin
Rembrandts
Germany
Count Schail-Biancour
Saxony
Rembrandt
Candace
Philip
Ship La Campine Arrives at Antwerp With Dutch Sorti glese
The arrival reports show the steamship La Campine docking at Antwerp on September 14 carrying Dutch Sorti glese cargo. Detailed tonnage and voyage notes are not provided in the fragment.
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la Campine
Sortiglese
Antwerp
Taxicab Strike Turns Violent in New York
A strike by 500 New York Taxicab Company chauffeurs escalated into violence with Special Policeman Mahoney firing into a crowd. Charles Fitzsimmons, 16, was struck and rushed to Roosevelt Hospital with life threatening injuries. Police investigated while arrests followed a broader clash near Ninth Avenue and Forty-Eighth Street.
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New York
Charles Fitzsimmons
Ninth Avenue
Cannon
West
Fortyseventh Street
Charles Williams
Second Avenue
John Mahoney
East Thirty-sixth Street
Forty- Eighth Street
Eighth Avenue
Fortys Seventh
Forty-eighth Streets
Sixtythird Street
Broadway
Fifty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Mahoney
Williams
Fitzsimmons
Roosevelt Hospital
Dooley
West Forty-seventh Street
Arthur Sanders
East 125Th Street
Sanders
Penne
West Forty-seventh
Allen
Eight Dead In Mulberry Street Tenement Fire
In a four story tenement at 71 Mulberry Street a fire spread from the ground floor to the roof leaving eight dead: three men, two women, and three children. Firemen recovered several bodies and others were hospitalized amid a chaotic rescue as neighbors helped from the stairwells. The blaze began on the ground floor and the cause was not yet known at dawn.
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Mulberry Street
Dominick Fuchilli
Fuchillis
Jana
Hudson Street Hospital
St. Gregory’s Hospital
Frank Prunetti
Annelo Scatino
Charles Lentano
Baxter Street
Albert Bertine
Charles Baker
Lentano
Luigi
Francis
Nicholas
Curafis
Lentana
Mary Shallow
Nominated Foes of Bryan Decline Elector Roles
Two men named as Presidential Electors in the Ninth and Fourteenth Districts declined to serve. Ferdinand Strauss of Boston, president of Leopold Morse Company, says he supports Taft. Charles S. Davis of Plymouth says he could not support Bryan then and sees no reason to change.
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New York Times
Boston
Mr. Bryan
Ferdinand Strauss
Leopold Morse Company
Charles S. Davis
Plymouth
Strauss
Taft
Mr. Davis
Bryan
Auto Plunge Kills Two In Ashland Ohio
An automobile carrying five people bound for Gordon, Pennsylvania, plunged over an embankment into a railroad cut thirty feet below, killing Mrs. Peter Young and Hellen Young instantly. Injured are Peter Young, Sr., and two children, with severe internal and multiple fractures. The derailment occurred around 9 oclock as the party sought chestnuts. steering broke, railing gave way, and a Reading Railroad freight train narrowly avoided collision. Train crews aided the injured and sent them to a hospital.
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New York Times
Ashland
Penn
Gordon
Peter Young
Hellen Young
Peter Young, Jr
Charles Clark
Sordon
Reading
Autos collide on Broadway near Rockefeller estate in Mount Vernon
Two racing cars crash on Broadway at William Rockefeller's country place. Mr and Mrs F W Sparks of Brooklyn and Mr and Mrs John Gross of New York City are thrown out. women suffer severe head cuts. Cars lose two wheels. gears bent. Passengers taken to Tarrytown then New York. Cause cited as Gross attempting a cut across at high speed.
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New York Times
Mount Vernon
Broadway
William Rockefeller
F. W. Sparks
Court Street
Brooklyn
John Gross
New York City
Tarrytown
E. M. Brandt
New York
Grand Rapids Merchant Killed in Holland Auto Crash
Dick Brink of Grand Rapids died when steering gear failed on a hill near Vriesland and his car flipped into a ditch during a trip from Grand Rapids to Holland. Mrs Brink and four others escaped with minor injuries.
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Holland, Mich
Grand Rapids
Holland
Dick Brink
Vriesland
Fatal crash on River Road claims Weisbecker life
Charles Weisbecker, Harlem meat dealer, died at Englewood Hospital after a touring car driven by a chauffeur at 50 mph overturned near Edgewater on the River Road. His wife, Louis Ungerich and wife, and another passenger were seriously injured with skull fractures. the party included Ungerich Brothers contractor and an unnamed Times Square chauffeur.
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Charles Weisbecker
Harlem
Louis Wngerich
West 144Th Stet
Ungerich
Ingerich Brothers
Felix
Weisbecker
New Jersey
Fort Lee Ferry
Edgewater
Englewood Hospital
Mr. Ungerich
Jersey
Shirmey
The
Tir
Shirmey’s
Trudson Villa Inn
Deepttsil
River Road
Hudson Villa
Isadore Brazeman
Brazeman
Prize for Channel Flight Prize Offered by Daily Mail
Lord Northcliffe, preparing to sail to America on the Lusitania, arranged through The Daily Mail to offer 2500 dollars to the first person who crosses the English Channel by airplane in the current year. The prize aims to spur competition among Wright, Fatman, and Delagrange, who have each crossed more than twenty two miles.
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NEW York Times
London
Lord Northcliffe
America
Lusitania
Daily Mail
English Channel
Manchester
Wright
Fatman
Delagrange
Lawson Kicked by Horse In Egypt Carriage Accident
Financier Thomas W Lawson was thrown from a basket phaeton near North Scituate Egypt Mass while driving with his daughter Miss Bunnie Layyson. The horse bolted after a passing auto and Lawson was trampled and severely bruised, later transported home unconscious. His daughter escaped injury.
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Egypt
Mass
Thomas W Lawson
North Scituate
Lawson
Dreamword
Mr. Lawson
Bunnie Layyson
North Scituate Station
Cape Shore
New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mr Lawson
Miss Lawson
Night Riders Kill Three In Kentucky Fire Attack
Special to The New York Tymes reports at Hickman Kentucky fifty night riders attacked the home of David Walker at midnight. They whipped Walker after he cursed a white wombat and drew a gun on a white man. Fire was started, and Walker his wife and children were shot. The 5 year old daughter and a baby died. The mother died from a stomach wound. Three other children were fatally injured. The eldest son is missing, believed burned. Joseph Williams helped hold the horses.
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New York
Hickman
David Walker
Walker
Will
Joseph Willams
Oklahoma Governor Plans Legal Action Against Roosevelt
Governor Haskell says he intends to bring suits against President Roosevelt though he does not specify where. He notes sending two letters weekly to the President and reports raising about 6000 in Oklahoma for the effort, with contributions continuing at Guthrie at about 100 dollars daily for the Democratic National fund. Funds will be given to Hockman Ridder, treasurer of the National Committee.
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New York Times
Oklahoma City
Okla
Shawnee
Haskell
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Ciov
Oklahom
W. R. Jharst
Democratic National Fund
Guthrie
Hockman Ridder
National Committee
Cant Sell Speeches In Rutherford Records Seized
A New Jersey Supreme Court justice restricted sale of 1300William H Srafts election speeches records and a price cut. Edison Phonograph Co had claimed the sale violated its minimum 35 cent policy. Mossey Co auctioneers had advertised the records for sale and will return them to the owner.
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New York Tonics
Paterson
N. J
Edison Phonograph Company
Supreme Court
William H. Sraft
Rutherford
Mossey & Co
Edison Comparny
Mosley Company
Longworth Collects Clippings On Taft Roosevelt Plan
Congressman Nicholas Longworth while touring with James Sherman spent time reading newspaper clippings about his Rock Island speech advocating eight years for Taft followed by two for Roosevelt. He said papers played up the story and planned to mail clippings to Theodore Roosevelt, predicting the former president would be pleased.
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New York Times
Evansville
Ind
Nicholas Longworth
James S. Sherman
Rock Island
Taft
Roosevelt
Longworth
Mr. Roosevelt
Teddy
Debs Campaign Draws Massive Crowds in New York Town
Debs and supporters gathered at Grand Central and Hippodrome venues as 4000 to 5000 Socialists filled gates and aisles. Police were called to manage the crowd while Debs toured by rail and street, with red cloth squares and campaign literature selling amid fervent demonstrations.
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Engerle V. Debs
Pacific
Grand Central Station
Jon Des
Thusia
Debs
Mately
Fifth Street
Toy Place
Hippodrome
Ie Filyalk
Fim
Dng
Poem Fragments Highlight Station Management Space
Special poems were arranged by the station management and stretched through the area to keep space open for regular business activities.
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Czar
Turkey
Garded
George Villiers
Pendence
Porte
Emperor Francis Joseph
Foreign Office
J. C. van Cleaf
Forty-seventh Street
Edward Burgi
Ile
Forty-eighth Street
Burgi
Burg
Patr¢Oiman
Staton
Fifty-first Street
Fifty-third Street
Thomas Green
Third Avenue
William Gurney
141 West Six
Mulberry Street House
Massachusetts
Auto
Jin
WILD
Englewood
Pr. Brady
Fort Lee
Dr. Heger
Dr. Brady
Joseph Worland
Times Square
Worland
West 126Th Street
Arthur
Charles, Jr
Weisbeckers
Will Sue Roosevelt
Gov. Haskell
Edison Company
Taft Records
SEA OF Red
Dinher
Sue
Hay
Ihone
East Side
Fele
Sixth Avenue
Yer Hyim
Cer
New Haven
Ford Innes
Tebs
Pante
Forty
Forty Second Street
Grand Union I
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Tre
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