Wreck Engineer Did Double Work in Fatal North Haven Crash
Federal inquiry into the North Haven wreck of the Bar Harbor Express and White Mountain flyer concluded with findings of recklessness and a key confession. Engineer Augustus Miller admitted he had worked two engineers’ loads for the past week and took the fatal run after a sick colleague. The case also revealed the New Haven railroad's club cars for wealthy residents and ongoing inquest by Coroner Eli Mix as the railroad promises steel Pullman cars and safety improvements.
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New York Times
New Haven
Bar Harbor
Augustus B. Miller
White Mountain
Miller
Springfield
Stamford
Montonese
New Haven Company
New York
Larchmont
Portchester
New Canaan
North Haven
New Haven Railroad
Flliott
Eli Mix
New Haven County
Frank C. Shanley
H. W. Belnap
Shanley
Charles H. Murray
Frome
Dying Man Controls Car After Accidental Shooting
In Riverton New Jersey on September 6 motor man John Lawrence, mortally wounded by an accidental gunshot, crawled into the car front and drove toward Florence to seek treatment. Conductor James Hamilton demonstrated a revolver when the weapon discharged. Lawrence guided the trolley back to town to reach Cooper Hospital in Camden for care.
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New York Times
Riverton
N. J
James Hamilton
Florence
John Lawrence
Hamilton
Lawrence
Milton
Camden
Cooper Hospital
Stylish couple held in Cleveland linked to East jewel robberies
Cleveland police arrest George and Anna Ritchie a stylish husband and wife in connection with a series of jewel robberies worth over 300000 at Atlantic City Bar Harbor and Narragansett Pier Detectives believe the pair may tie to the East cases Bowen a St Paul business man aided the arrest after recognizing the woman while she wore removed jewelry and evaded capture in a hotel incident
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New York Times
Cleveland
Rumsey
Harriman
Hawan
Atlantic City
Bar Harbor
Narragansett Pier
Thelves
George
Anna Ritchie
Bowen
Superior Avenue
Los Angeles
Miss Jessie Wilson to Wed Francis B Sayre at White House
Announcement from Cornish New Hampshire reports Jessie Wilson daughter of the President will marry Francis B Sayre of New York in the White House on Tuesday afternoon November 25. Sayre is a deputy in the New York District Attorney office and a frequent summer guest at Harlakenden House.
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New York Times
Windsor
Cornish
N. H
Woodrow Wilson
Isabella L. Hagner
Jessie Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
New York
White House
Harlakenden House
Whitman
Williamstown
Mass
James F. Garfield
Williams College
Miss Wilson
Mr. Sayre
Senate Turmoil Over Tariff Bill Ends With Elimination of Pulp Duty
Senate proceedings extended late as Finance Committee chairmen pushed to adjourn without final passage of the tariff bill. The body adopted an increased income tax and a small cotton futures levy, while scrapping the countervailing duty on wood pulp and pulp wood amid Republican protests and Democratic support.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Simmons
Committee On Finance
Gallinger
New Hampshire
House
Lippitt
Rhode Island
New England
Poindexter
Ashington
McCumber
North Dakota
Finance Committee
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
New York
Smoot
Inent Republican
Utah
Norris
Hughes
Ada
Bureau of Corporations
Great Britain
Canada
Mr. Works
California
Wilson
Aise Root
Stone
Jerome Takes That Fight to Montreal
Jerome travels toward Montreal to contest Thaw detention as Thaw proclaims victory. Crowds jeer Jerome at Coaticook while Thaw boasts support and vows to fight on with legal counsel. Authorities weigh bail and continued court action as Jerome seeks to avoid looming charges and plan further moves through Quebec and Vermont routes.
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New York Times
Coaticook
Quebec
William Travers Jerome
Montreal
Harry Thaw
Jerome
Matteawan
Thaw
Grand Railroad
New York
Canada
Mr. Jerome
King's Bench
Miss Eleanor Wilson to Attend Athens Wedding
Eleanor Wilson daughter of President Wilson arrives in Athens Pennsylvania to witness the wedding of Miss Nellie Kintner and Charles Hellegs. The ceremony planned for noon at Trinity Church with the groom-elect’s bride to be aunt and Miss Kintner both former boarding school mates.
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Eleon
New York Times
Mira
Eleanor Wila
President Wilson
Athens
Penn
Nellie Kintner
Charlies Hellegs
Kintner
Miss Wilson
Trin- Athens
Miss Iting
Miss Kintner
F. D. Kinta
Buffalo
Sewell
Shipping News Arrivals and Routes Reflect Busy Atlantic Trade
Shipping notices record arrivals in New York and Southampton on August 30 and seek voyage returns. Details mention Chattanooga, manifesting freight and sea passage plans, with a noted price figure S24.55 and reference to September shipments and lithographic routing via Pa. route.
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New York
Southampton
Chattanooga
Among Players Prominent In New Theatrical Season
Listing shows prominent performers and leasing actors for home and touring shows, with details on theatre bills for 1913 1914 and features on entertainment, sport, and culture including a baby parade in Asbury Park and firemen entertainment across nations.
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Asbury Park
Mexican lieutenant killed by U S officers at Juarez bridge
Lieut. P Acosta of Gen Salazars federal command was shot and killed by U S Customs Inspector T F Jonah and Immigration Inspector Thomas N Heffron after opening fire at the Stanton Street bridge. The incident sparked military orders and tensions in Juarez and El Paso as American troops prepared for possible action and investigations continued.
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EL Paso
Texas
Lieut. P. Acosta
Gen. Salazar
Juarez
Stanton Street International Bridge
United States Customs
T. F. Jonah
Thomas N. Heffron
Acosta
Heffron
Pack
Jonah
Thirteenth Cavalry
Hugh L. Scott
United States
Fort Bliss
Salazar
Oleson
M. E. Diebold
Lieut. Acosta
Sheriff Seizes Two Synagogue Pew From Newark Grocer
Moritz L. Cohen of Columbia Cheese Company sues John Krichman for unpaid account and wins by default. A writ of execution targets Krichman’s pews in the Anshe Russia synagogue at 224 West Kinney Street Newark to satisfy a $62 judgment and costs. Attempts to locate personal or real property fail. pews are found as property in perpetuity.
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John Krichman
Jackson Street
Newark
Anshe Russia
West Kinney Street
Columbia Cheese Company
Ferry Street
Moritz L. Cohen
Second District Court
Krichman
Cohen
Noguchi Isolates Rabies Germ Shocking Medical Community
Dr Hideyo Noguchi of the Rockefeller Institute reports isolating and cultivating the rabies germ from brain tissues of infected animals. He describes granular and larger nucleated bodies appearing in culture, a finding praised by experts while acknowledging no immediate change to treatment.
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Hideyo Noguchi
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Noguchi
George Gibbert Rambaur
New York Pasteur Institute
West Twenty-third Street
Harrison
St. Louis
Pasteur
Inawashiro
Fukushima
Japan
Tokio Medical College
University of Pennsylvania
Statens Serum Institute
Copenhaen
Denmark
Imperialernment
Oune
Teri
Gatere
Government
Dome Ivania
Heinrich Ehrlich
How Tries to See Wilson at the White House
J Eads How known as the millionaire hobo visited the White House with a letter for Secretary Tumulty. The President had gone to golf and How sought congressional action on bills benefiting a Stamford, Connecticut concern.
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Wilson
New York Times
Washington
J. Eads How
Hobo
White House
Joseph
P. Tumulty
Congress
Wilson Almost Struck by Street Car Near White House
President Wilson and Dr. Carey Grayson narrowly escaped disaster when a trolley car neared as they crossed tracks. A vigilant policeman stepped in, signaling the car to halt within ten feet of the President who was unaware of the danger until a Secret Service agent alerted him.
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Washington
Wilson
Carey Grayson
White House
Grayson
Secret Service
Mrs Cottenet Robbed in Milan Jewelry Stolen
Mrs Rawlins Cottenet wife of the Metropolitan Opera Company secretary arrived in Paris and had her jewelry stolen last Monday in Milan. She left two jewel boxes in a satchel in her hotel room while settling her bill and the satchel with other baggage was moved to a cab by porters. On opening it aboard the train she found the jewelry missing worth several thousand dollars Milan police investigate.
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Marconi
New York Times
Paris
Rawlins Cottenet
Metropolitan Opera Company
Milan
Tennessee visitor falls asleep for 35 days in California
Wright Keeble from Tennessee slept thirty five days at his uncle R P Keeble’s home in San Jose after vanishing August 1. Doctors failed to awaken him as his parents sped from Tennessee to be with him, and he was found sleeping on hay bales at the uncle’s ranch.
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San Jose
Cal
Navy Ready Says Dewey Prepared For War
Pittsfield Massachusetts September 6 Admiral George Dewey asserts the navy stands more ready than ever for war and that the army offers no opinion on possible trouble while the Navy has never been better prepared for war.
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NAVY
Dewey
New York Times
Pittsfield
Mass
United States
George Dewey
Mayor Lunn Ordered To Show Cause For Court Contempt
In Schenectady on September 6 Judge Naylon ordered Mayor Lunn to show cause next Wednesday why he should not be punished for contempt of court after cutting down a tree in a main thoroughfare. Dennis Pawlowicz, whose tree was destroyed, filed the request. an injunction had previously barred the city from tree removal, though Lunn argued the order did not name him. The incident affected sewer construction.
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Schenectady
Naylon
Lunn
Dennis Pawlowicz
Brooklyn Woman Killed in Spencer Auto Crash
Mrs Mary E Gentleman of 3 723 Fort Hamilton Ave Brooklyn N Y was killed near Spencer Mass when a wheel collapsed and the front axle broke throwing her against a telephone pole Her neck was broken and she died before aid arrived The car was driven by her brother Isaac Welton of Brooklyn his wife two children Hazel and Alta his sister and Mrs J L Leonard of Auburndale were present all others escaped with bruises
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Spencer
Mass
Mary E. Gentleman
Fort Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Here
Gentleman
Isaac Welton
Hazel
Alta
J. L. Leonard
Auburndale
Ice famine hits Kansas and Missouri towns
Heat prolongs a drought as ice plants exhaust stocks and cannot meet sudden demand. Kansas City struggles to import ice after a major plant breakdown while St. Joseph and other cities face serious shortages. Abilene reports 105 degrees marking the fifty third day of heat.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
St. Joseph
Abilene
WITCHEL CALLS GAYNOR A DECOY IN FUSION RACE
A tense campaign scene unfolds as Mayor Gaynor gains Republican support while Mitchel accuses Gaynor of being a Tammany decoy. A canvass in the Thirty first District shows strong GOP preference for Gaynor over Mitchel, urging exit from the Fusion race to block Tammany Hall.
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Wiam J. Gaynor
John Purroy Mitchel
Adirondacks
Ma «Anor
Mr. Mitchel
Mr. McCall
Thirty-first Assembly
Mitchel Gaynor
Gaynor
Mitchel
Lyons
Samuel 8
Tammany Hall Way
Samuel S. Koenig
Republican County Committee
Koenig
Tammany
Charles S. Whitman
Fusion
Tammany Hall
Fusions
Gar
John
Joseph
Sin Service Reform Association
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Jacob Nicol
Sherbrooke
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New York State
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J. Jerome
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