American fleet delayed by storm reaches Yokohama
Japanese entertainment plans shift as the American battleship fleet arrives late after a severe storm off Luzon from Oct. 12 to Oct. 13. One crewman drowned, lifeboats lost, and repairs made. Diplomats report greetings exchanged. Yokohama events postponed including a Fuji ball aboard the Mikasa. The fleet will depart Oct. 25 with escorts.
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Connecticut
Virginia
New Jersey
Wisconsin
William Fuller
Rhode Island
A. Gladden
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Saito
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Soiva
Tatsuo
Murakami
John A. Dougherty
Train
American Commission
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W. A. Newcombs
Japan
Thomas J. O'Brien
Walking delegate Gill jailed for attempted extortion
John Gill of the Bronx was arrested by Detective Flood and held on $2000 bail on a charge of attempted extortion. The Cerra Realty boss Antonio Cerra had reported Gill trying to extract $510 from a Belmont Avenue project. Gill offered a forged contract demanding wages to bricklayers, but Cerra refused and a later meeting led to his arrest.
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Oakley Avenue
Bronx
Cerra
Gill
Strchel
Gil
Mr. Cerra
I. A. Cerra
Cerra Realty and Construction Company
Belmont Avenue
German balloon Plauen crew saved after sea drift
In a North Sea rescue, the German balloon Plauen was found by a trawler 240 miles from Spur Head. Aeronauts Hackstetter and Schreider survived the ordeal. Schreider is in a serious condition, while Hackstetter recovered with minor effects.
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England
Berlin
North Sea
Hackstetter
Schreider
Spur Head
Plauen
Hergesell
Foertsch
Oster-Warne
Hanover
Girl confronts barefoot burglar in Stamford sickroom
Miss Sadie Williams, daughter of James B Williams, surprised a barefoot burly black burglar in her father’s sick room. After a struggle the thief fled down stairs and escaped through a window. Police waited all night for him to return for his shoes. no theft was confirmed. Williams has suffered paralysis since March and a nurse was nearby.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Sadie Williams
James B. Williams
New York
South Street
Miss Williams
Tie
Ani
Father
Williams House
Chanler Presses for Broad Governing Reform in NY
Democratic nominee Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler spoke to a large Commercial Travelers’ League crowd on lower Broadway about Gov Hughes and the race for governor. He argued a governor should serve all people, enforce laws evenly, and govern New York with breadth beyond village interests. He avoided answering Hughes’s race track gambling question and added tour stops in Yonkers Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, urging voters to judge him by his record and plans.
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Commercial Travelers’ League
Lower Broadway
Stughes
Crooks
Gov
Tilughes
Chanler
Yonkers
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
Gov. Hughes
Mount Vernon Theatre
Pullman Seat Rates Reduced Across Nation
Pullman Company filed a nationwide schedule sheet reducing seat rates in every Pullman parlor car. General Manager Richmond Dean called the new book a readjustment and convenient reference with some general reductions beyond the small seat rate cut.
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Chicago
Pullman
Pullman Company
Richmond Dean
Germany Affirms Aid to Austria in Balkan Crisis
Vienna reports Emperor William promised not only diplomacy but military backing to Austria-Hungary if needed. Berlin also weighs possible Austrian naval action in Turkish waters amid protests over Austrian goods in Turkey. Bulgaria rejects indemnity to Turkey and moves to administer the railroad lease while denying mobilization. Paris quotes Turkish diplomats as opposing the conference plan and warns of Turkish reactions to the powers' stance.
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Herr von Tschitsky
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Bosnia and
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Germany
Emperor William
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Berlin
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Young Turkey Party
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Diplomatic Settlement Avoids Duel Over Press Dispute
In St Petersburg on October 16 Count Lerchthold met Acting Foreign Minister Teharykoff and averted a potential clash between Prince von Fuerstenberg and the Russian side. The dispute arose after Novoe Vremya challenged the Prince’s statements, risking his resignation and formal complaint to Baron von Aehrenthal. The Russian Foreign Ministry disavowed responsibility for the publication's campaign.
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Count Lerchthold
M. Teharykoff
von Fuerstenberg
Prince von Fuerstenberg
Novoe Vremya
Marconi to Sail for England on Caronia
William Marconi, who has spent weeks studying the Marconi wireless system, will depart for England this morning aboard the Cunard liner Caronia. Today marks the anniversary of the first transatlantic wireless dispatches sent to The New York Times.
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Marconi
England
Cua
Caronia
NEW York Times
Ferencz Molnar Prominent in SUNDAY AMERICAN Series
The SUNDAY AMERICAN previews Ferencz Molnar as a brilliant new Hungarian novelist in tomorrow’s issue. A big red Megaphone promotes the paper and a free ticket offer valid at 190 leading moving picture theatres nationwide.
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Ferencz
Molnar
To-Morrow
AMERI
Sunday American
Adv
Duke of the Abruzzi to Sail for United States
The Duke of the Abruzzi plans a soon departure to the United States amid secrecy. He has bought jewelry, possibly wedding gifts for Miss Katharine Elkins, and additional orders await fulfillment. A Washington note dismisses links to a $4000 mystery package as unrelated to the Yove affair.
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Milan
Abruzzi
Miss Elkins
New York Times
Washington
Zeme
Adams Express Company
Frince
West Virginia
American Girl Elopes from Florence to London with Craig
Miss Jayetta Morgan daughter of J L Morgan of Florence eloped with W P Craig from Marion North Carolina. A chaperone and authorities intervened in Europe but the pair sailed for America aboard a ship. A pursuing father raced to New York to prevent the voyage.
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Jayetta Morgan
J. L. Morgan
Florence
Craig
Asheville
M. C
Italy
New York
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Je Taergat
Marion
N.C
W. P. Craig
America
Morgan
Miss Fayetts
Europe
Startled Stranger Dies on Pier After Customs Question
William Denzel, about 48, collapsed and died on the Hambridge American Line pier after a customs inspector asked him about his pocket contents. Denzel, recently back from Europe aboard the Deutschland, died of heart weakness. He lived at 2040 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia. The overcoat held only small, duty-free trinkets. Body sent to Volk's morgue, Hoboken. wife notified.
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William Denzel
Hambrre- American Line
Denzell
Deutschland
South Fifth Street
Philadelphia
Europe
Denzel
Volk
Hoboken
Denzells
Acquits Woman Autoist From Speed Charge Near Port Jervis
Miss Hazel MacKenzie daughter of the late James Mackenzie of New York was acquitted of exceeding the ten mile speed limit at Sparrowbush near Port Jervis. The trial questioned whether the constable s stop watch or the car s speedometer showed the correct speed and noted warnings that State laws were being enforced. Local automobilists attended the jury trial before Justice William H. Gregg.
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New York Times
Port Jervis
N. Y
Hazel Macenzie
James Mackenzie
New York
Sparrowbush
Theodore Weiss
MacKenzie
Glen Spey
Sullivan County
Aileen Mackenzie
Mildred MacKenzie
Ellen Fink
Justice of the Peace
William H. Gregg
Hend'r Hudson Football Special at West Point
West Point area schedule note lists football specials on Oct 17 and Oct 24 with final outings and day line advertisements guiding readers to the events.
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Hudson
West Point
Steamboat Collision In North River Injures None But Near Misses
A New York Day Line steamer the New York and the Flannery tug collided in the North River near Thirnell Street. One fireman aboard the Flannery is missing. captain of the Flannery arrested for intoxication and criminal negligence. The New York sustained minor damage and proceeded to its pier. the Flannery headed to West Fiftieth Street for towing.
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New York
William H. Flannery
Flannery
North River
Thirnell Street
Thomas M. Farrell
Stephen O' Brien
A. H. Harcourt
Peshrosses Street
Har‘sourt
Harcourt
Grinder
Warcourt
Airariee
James Chartes
Pau Dougherty
James Simms
Deckhanis
Wis
West Thirty-sixth Street
Brien
Farrell
Sixtieth Street
Brooklyn
O’brieny
West Fiftieth Street
Isman the Real Estate Man Beats Attacker at Penn Square
Felix Isman a Philadelphia real estate operator and theater manager beat a man who allegedly insulted his wife Mrs Isman on Broad Street near South Penn Square. Police intervened and both men were taken to City Hall where Magistrate Beaton fined George Chapman of Germantown $11.59 for disorderly conduct.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Felix Isman
City Hall
Beaton
Mr. Isman
Ismen
Isman
Mint Arcade
Emery Auditorium Gift to Ohio Mechanics Institute
Mrs. Mary M. Emery donates 500000 to the Ohio Mechanics Institute to fund a new Emery Auditorium. The building serves as a home for the institution and will host music lectures symphonies and entertainments for Cincinnati residents. The gift memorializes her husband Thomas J. Emery, a Cincinnati capitalist.
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Mrs. Emery
Cincinnati
Ohio Mechanics’ Institute
Uni
Mary M. Emery
Emery
Roosevelt to Visit England and Paris After Africa
The Times reports President Roosevelt will travel to England early in 191N after Africa. He is to deliver the Romanes lecture at Oxford and receive a DC degree, with possible Paris Sorbonne address. Mrs Roosevelt may join at Khartoum. White House confirms plan is under arrangement.
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Roosevelt
England
Tie
Oxford
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Rooseylt
Paris
Ang
Sorbonne
Washington
London
Mrs. Roosevelt
Khartoum
Upper Nile
Roosevelt Refers Sanders Case to War Dept
President Roosevelt has referred an open letter from First Sergeant Mingo Sanders of the Twenty-fifth Infantry to the War Department. Sanders seeks permission to re-enter the army after a two year discharge for alleged participation in the Brownsville riot. Secretary Wright has not yet acted.
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Cpt
Roosevelt
War Department
First Serst
Mingo Sanders
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Texas
Sanders
Ins
Wright
Burglars' Annual Profits Reported by City Agency
The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation reports New York burglary and larceny losses exceed 14.8 million dollars annually with over 5,000 dollars per year in, and only seven percent of stolen jewelry recovered. It notes arrests average about 11 and convictions 42, with burglary and larceny cases potentially rising above 50,000 due to many people at work.
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Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation
New York City
Quackenbush
Corporation
Capt Cody's Airship Falls at Aldershot
In Aldershot England Capt F B Cody American aeronaut in British service failed a flight in an army aeroplane. After reaching about twenty feet the craft crashed to the ground and was wrecked. Cody escaped uninjured. In Paris Cortlandt Field Bishop of the Aero Club of America arrived from Aix les Bains denying reports of illness.
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England
Cody
Paris
Night Rider threat targets Plaquemine planter Cooper
In Plaquemine Ea Orts 16 Ey Cooper a prominent Marin souin planter receives a notice from an anonymous organizer called Determination. The letter orders Cooper to assemble trusted neighbors and post this warning on all guns while threatening violence if cotton prices drop below 15 cents. Investigators have not identified the sender.
Thermometer Peaks at Record Warmth in October
The Weather Bureau reports 83 degrees as the thermometer rose through the day making October 16 the warmest since 1807 before cooling next day. A man named William Peel collapsed while applying for a job at the Third Avenue Railroad offices on 65th Street and Third Avenue and was taken to Presbyterian Hospital.
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Weather Bureau
William Peel
Bosihar
Peel
Third Avenue Railroad
Third Avenue
Pierce
Presbyterian Hospital
Spreckels Intervenes to Save Heney from Recall
Rudolph Spreckels of San Francisco met with President Roosevelt and assured that Francis J. Heney will not be recalled from his DOJ post. Heney led the efforts that removed Mayor Schmitz and ousted Abram Rent as political boss, while pressure seeks transfers to corporate cases.
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New York, Times
Washington
Rudolph Spreckels
San Francisco
Froosevelt
Francis J. Heney
Department of Justice
Heney
Schmitz
Abram
Pacific
Mr.Heney
Spreckels
Morse Trial Reveals Dummy Loans and Bank Abortions
Court testimony shows hundreds of thousands paid in clerks notes tied to dummy loans linked to ex banker Morse. Bank examiner Edward P. MM and others discuss stock receipts, market effects, and transfers as the US case unfolds, with references to North America and American Ice.
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America
United States
Charles
Alfred Ul
Ameries
Edward FP
North America
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