Gold bullion theft on Yukon steamer replacement with lead
Gold bars valued at 57,500 dollars were stolen in transit from Fairbanks to Seattle aboard the Humboldt. Lead was substituted in the strong box and discovered at the Seattle assay office after customs checks at Dawson. The shipment weighed 250 pounds and was insured. previous similar thefts have occurred on the route.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington- Alaska Bank of
Fairbanks
Dexter- Horton National Bank of Seattle
Humboldt
Yukon
Dawson
Alaska Pacific Express Company
Express Company
United States Assay Office
Assay
Consignee
Skagway
Bobby Miller
Tanant River
White Horse
Miller
Woman in Hotel Diner Goes Insane in Brooklyn
A woman dining alone at the Hotel Clarendon in Brooklyn caused a panic by shrieking and leaping from her chair. She was calmed by staff and ambulanced to Kings County Hospital, later identified only as Ellen Messenger, 30, from New York, with no papers or money found.
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Hotel Clarendon
Fulton and
Johnson Streets
Brodoklyn
Washington Street
Manaster Stark
Pabst
Brooklyn Hospital
Kings County Hospital
Ey? Watch
George V Rewards Old Nurse With Welsh Home
Special to The New York Times reports King George V has summoned Mrs Ann Roberts, his former nurse, to spend her last days in comfort. He bought her a home in Ectheeda North Wales and she will move there after living in Poultney Vermont where she visited her brother Thomas Edmunds. Her background traces to Bethesda London where she rose to royal service. Her own infant died soon after birth, a fact not disclosed to her at the time.
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New York Times
Poultney
George V
Ann Roberts
Ectheeda
North Wales
Thomas Edmunds
Vermont
Roberts
Bethesdaam
London
Buckingham Palace
Queen Alexandra
Tale of a Coney Plot at Mardi Gras Week
An aged night watchman reported a plot by former resort waiters to set Coney Island ablaze during Mardi Gras week. Police relayed the tip to the Fire Department which planned extra precautions including two firemen at each plug and a high pressure system. About 200 additional officers were to patrol for incipient fires, and investigators doubted the seriousness of the claim after questioning the informant.
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Coney Island
Iman
Fire Department
Sightseeing auto kills tailor on Delancey Street
Samuel Cohen a tailor was struck on Delancey Street near the Williamsburg Bridge by a sightseeing car driven by Clifford Miller and died thirty minutes later at Gouverneur Hospital. A mistaken address led police to inform Cohen’s wife Mrs Morris Cohen at 47 Avenue B before learning he was alive at Montgomery and Madison.
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Samuel Cohen
Delancey Street
Manhattan
Williamsburg Bridge
Clifford Miller
East Second Street
Gouverneur Hospital
Avenue D
Union Market
Avenue B
Ida Abenow
Cohen
Morris Cohen
Gouverneur Hosital
Christopher Rubin
The
Lashina
East Side
Benevolent Society
Rubin
Avenue D, S
Auto crash in Nahant kills two. two others escape injury
In Nahant Massachusetts Albert E Hanna 28 of Lowell and Mrs Fannie Reed wife of Charles Reed of Colby Hill Nahant died when the automobile they rode in crashed into an electric light pole opposite the Life Saving Station. Chauffeur Hanna was killed and Mrs Reed suffered a fatal skull fracture. Charles Reed and his son Dana 14 survived. The car owned by John D Pilling of Lowell and Boston.
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Nahant
Mass
Albert E. Hanna
Lowell
Fannie Reed
Charles I. Reed
Colby Hill
Herman Stegeman
Jamaica Plain
Nahant Road
United States
Dana
Hanna
John D. Pilling
Boston
Reed
Mr. Reed
Contractor Killed by Auto in Fort Lee
Andrew Bower a Fort Lee New Jersey contractor was killed on Central Avenue when an automobile owned by ex Alderman Michael Tully of New York City struck him. The car driven by Robert Williams was a short distance from Tully who was with a party including a son and daughter. Police released Tully after he promised to return if needed. A physician said the mud guard of the auto caused the fatal injuries claiming they would have been impossible at under sixteen miles per hour.
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Andrew Bower
Fort Lee
N. J
Central Avenue
Michael Tully
New York City
Tully
Robert Williams
Tracey
Fairview
Mr. Tully
Bower
Auto Kills Cyclist in Oyster Bay
P H Cheshire an electrical contractor of Oyster Bay was killed when struck from behind by an automobile on Spring Street. Louis Titus of Glen Cove, who drove the car, surrendered to Constable Townsend and will be held for the inquest. The auto was reported moving about twenty miles an hour at impact.
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Oyster Bay
P. H. Cheshire
Louis Titus
Glen Cove
Charles Townsend
Cheshire
Spring Street
Titus
Pardee Daughter Dies In Auto Accident Near Marin
Miss Florence Pardee eldest daughter of ex Gov George C Pardee of California was killed when her car went over an embankment at Lorte Madera and she was thrown out and died shortly after.
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San Rafael
Cal
Florence Pardee
George C. Pardee
California
Touring Club Scouts Warn Drivers On Boston Post Road
Four Touring Club of America scouts warned nearly four thousand outward bound and two thousand inbound motorists about a speed trap between Mamaroneck and New Rochelle. The effort halted violations of the Callan bill requiring drivers to slow or stop when streetcars disembark. No arrests occurred in that locality.
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Touring Club of America
Boston Post
Mamaroneck
New Rochelle
Fred Elliott
Touring Club
Cavalieri Chanler Divorce Talk Quietly Courted
Mme Cavalieri Chanler declines to discuss future divorce prospects as she recovers from surgery. She says she has received no money from her husband and plans to sing in Boston with a limited American schedule before possibly performing in St. Petersburg. She envisions a repertoire including Bohème Tosca and Manons and studies the Alda role.
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Mme. Cavalieri
America
Boston
Henry Russell
St. Petersburg
McKinlay Guest of Taft at Burgess Point
President Taft hosts Representative McKinlay of California at Burgess Point Beverly for a few days to discuss the Far Western situation. McKinlay, recently defeated for renomination, has campaigned for the administration and insurgents and may receive a Federal appointment or further talks with the President. The Tafts hosted Judge Robert Grant for lunch and later visited Senator Lodge.
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New York Times
Beverly
Taft
McKinlay
California
Burgess Point
West
Maine
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Judge Robert Grant
Nahant
Grant
Mr. Taft
Senator Lodge
Six Year Old Hero Rescues Baby From Runaway Horse
Arnold Rampony a six year old of Barnes Avenue The Bronx saved his baby sister Lillian from a runaway horse dragging a runabout yesterday afternoon The horse veered past the children Blanche fled to the curb but Lillian remained The boy raced to the sidewalk and bore the infant to safety as the horse swept by and then vanished down Barnes Avenue without causing further harm
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Arnold Rampony
Henry Rampony
Barnes Avenue
Bronx
Lillian
Blanche
Arnold
Barnes
Avenue
Togo Tourists Visit Pittsburg
Togo visitors inspect a middle aged brunette city official and observe iron boiling as part of a visit to Pittsburg. The piece notes the city population 321,616 and mentions the mayor during a preview for next Sunday's Times.
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Times
Home of Alchemist Seized by Sheriff in Scranton
Scranton, Sept. 11. Dr. Frederick W. Lange, famed for claiming to transmute base metals into silver, faces public sale of his home and office building if a $60,000 Reading Trust judgment is not paid. Louis A. Lange, secretary of a prominent building and loan association, is missing. officials deny accounting irregularities. The Dickinson death linked to inhaled fumes during a demonstration prompted scrutiny.
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New York Times
Scranton
Penn
Frederick W. Lange
Reading Trust Company
Dr. Lange
Louis A. Lange
New Schiller Building and Loan Association
United States
Louis Lange
Charlies C. Dickinson
New York
Dickinson
Carnegie Trust Company of
Doctors
Dickingon
Lange
Mr. Dickinson
New York City
Feinberg
Winterbottom
Schultz
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Mrs Vanderbilt denies bullet wound reports about Vanderbilt
The New York Times correspondent was authorized to deny rumors that Reginald C. Vanderbilt suffered a bullet wound instead of typhoid fever. Doctors Knapp and Flint and friends spoke against the sensational story. Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt, returning from Frederick Gebhard's funeral, said the reports are false and that Vanderbilt is doing well and should be about soon.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
NEW York Ties
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Harry Jennings Knapp
Austin Flint, Jr
Frederick Gebhard
Vanderbilt Farm
Portsmouth
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Mayor Gaynor Spends Day Close to Home in St James
In St James Long Island on September 11 Mayor William J. Gaynor stayed near home most of the day. He did not undertake extended walks or venture to the Sound for a short trip, as some friends had encouraged.
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ST. James, L.I
William J. Gaynor
Flight by Loraine Across Irish Sea Sets Record
Actor-airman Robert Loraine flew from Holyhead across the Irish Sea to near Howth Head Ireland covering fifty two miles a new record. He landed in the sea and swam ashore with minor damage to his biplane and no injuries to himself. The craft was later hoisted aboard a steamer and the voyage inspired his upcoming London stage role The Man From the Sea.
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NEW York Times
London
Robert Loraine
Holyhead
Wales
Irish Sea
Howth Head
Ireland
Irish
Dublin Bay
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Howth
Bailey
Loraine
Paris Offers $20,000 Prize For Paris Brussels Flight
Paris authorities announce a $20,000 prize for a French aviator to fly a passenger from Paris to Brussels and back during the city officials visit to Brussels on September 26. The prize aims to showcase aviation progress and encourage a record flight during the event.
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Brussels
Paris
Dirigible's rudder breaks over Topeka flight
In Topeka on September 11 Harry Ginders piloting a Strobel dirigible had the rudder fail. The craft spun at extreme angles before a safe landing. The drag rope snagged a big tree and the airship settled into a smaller tree near an open street. Ginders escaped injury.
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Topeka
Kan
Harry Ginders
Ginders
Quimby Injured In Wright Biplane Fall At Babylon
Frederick J. Quimby Vice President of the Tangiers Development Company was injured when his Wright biplane fell forty feet near the Wyandotte Inn on Long Island. He dislocated his left shoulder and was bruised but not fatally hurt as he avoided trees and clipped the inn’s flagpole before crashing. The plane sustained structural damage though the engine and steering gear remained intact.
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Babylon
L. I
Frederick J. Quimby
Tangiers
Wright
Thie
Mr. Quimby
Wyandotte Inn
Harvard Aviation Field Extend Atlantic Meet
A quarter of a million people have passed through Atlantic’s Harvard Aviation Field in the past week. Management extends the meet two days and brings it to a close Thursday night instead of Tuesday. Continued on Page 2.
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Boston
Harvard Aviation
Atlantic
Eight Soldiers Drown Crossing Philippine River
Manila report says Lieut. Whitmore of the Constabulary two corporals and five privates were drowned today while crossing the Rio Agno Grande in the Philippines. The incident occurred as the unit attempted movement in the field.
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Manila
Lieut. Whitmore
The
Constabulary
Rio Agno Grande
Ramsey's Friends Seek Roosevelt Interview Over Penitentiary Bribery Case
Friends of W. W. Ramsey ex-President of the German National Bank of Pittsburg tried to reach Col. Theodore Roosevelt at the Fort Pitt Hotel. Roosevelt declined to meet Ramsey, who is serving 3 1/2 years in Riverside Penitentiary for bribing Pittsburg Councilmen.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
W. W. Ramsey
German National Bank of
Riverside Penitentiary
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Ramsey
Fort Pitt
Col. Roosevelt
Chinamen Found in Hay Bale Charged With Immigration Evasion
In Springfield Massachusetts a yellow hand and broken English plea led to the discovery of four Chinese men hiding in baled hay in a Boston and Maine yard. They were arrested on immigration evasion charges after being found weak from lack of water. The hay originated near Burke New York and the case was handled by United States Commissioner John L. Rice.
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Springfield
Mass
Boston & Maine
Burke
New York State
Rutland
New Haven
Conn
United States Com
John L. Rice
President Taft Urged to Attend Church Every Sunday
The Rev George Thayer of Cincinnati visiting Manchester by the Sea says the President is practically compelled to worship. He notes Taft has shown more interest in church matters since taking office and argues a high official must set a good example for Americans to attend church. He warns that without such example the nation might rise against a nonchurchgoing leader.
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New York Times
Manchester-By-The-Sea
Mass
Aeed
George Ae Thayer
Cincinnati
Taft
Thayer
Albany Prisons Deemed Unfit and Condemned
A report to the State Prison Commission calls the Albany County Penitentiary an unfit de grading place for prisoners and out of harmony with modern penal methods. It also condemns the Albany County Jail and urges building a new modern jail separate from the penitentiary.
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Albany, WN. Y
Albany County Penitentiary
State Prison Commission
Quick
Albany County
Italian Grocer Delivers Suspected Bomb to Detective
Lieut. McKirby of the Brooklyn Detectives accepted a package from Nicolo Marcheso at his Park Avenue home. Marcheso claimed the item was a bomb connected to Black Hand extortion threats demanding 31,000. The seven inch fuse bomb measured a foot by seven inches and was turned over to authorities for safety.
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Lieut. McKirby
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Nicolo Marcheso
Park Avenue
Brooklyn
Mardeso
McKirby
Marcieso
Marceso
Bureau of Combustibles
Help for Clara Morris evictions averted by funds pledged
Friends and admirers of actress Clara Morris near Yonkers reported progress to save her home from eviction. They had $15,000 of the $20,000 mortgage covered and expected the remaining $5,000 before banking hours. Thomas L. Feltner organized the Clara Morris Holding Company and issued stock. The property is valued at $50,000.
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Clara Morris
Yonkers
William Randolph Hearst
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Westchester County
Hammer
Thomas L. Feltner
Wall Street
Clara Morris Holding Company
Eleven Die in Jersey City Tunnel Collapse
A cave in at the old Erie Railroad Tunnel in Bergen Hill Jersey City Heights killed eleven workers and injured eight as a demolition crew opened a new cut. Rescue teams used midair medical boxes and priests performed rites amid the debris while investigators probe for possible negligence.
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Bergen Hall
Jersey City Heights
Jersey City
Hudson County
St. John's Roman Catholic Church
P. W. Smith
Erie Railroad
Millard Construction Company
Philadelphia
Erie
Garven
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Assay Office
WOMAN
Clarendon
A. E. Hanna
AUTO
Miss Pardee
Towing Club
Cavalieri
York Reports
Mme. Cavalieri Chanler
Robert Winthrop Chanler
Robert
Mr. Chanler
Eke
Togo
Alchemist
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Mayor Gaynor
Biplane
Quimby
Curtiss
Cleut. Whitmore
Philippines
Albany
Friends
V. Aol
Erie Tunnel
Bergen Hill, N. J
Bauman
Joseph
Summit Avenue
Coleman
Edward
Laidlaw Avenue
Colenzono
Vincenzio
Bi Ycara
Fifth Street
Feehan
James
St. Paul Avenue
Hallisy
William
Oakland Avenue
John
Baldwin Avenue
Martini
Louis
Frederick
Hoboken Avenue
Truane
Angelo
Soonieeen
Bloss
George
Newark Avenue
Jersey
Eas
Bonenatto
Pietro
Bergen
West New York
St. Francis Hospital
Cartellio
Ray Eg
Delilamo
Johnstone
W. S
Palisade Avenue
Jersey City Hospital
Lewis
Monmouth Street
Reid
Wales Avenue
Christ Hospital
Muckers
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