Vanderbilt Sets Pace For Racing Autoists On Long Island
William K. Vanderbilt Jr led a high speed practice on the Vanderbilt Cup course near Mineola clocking 28 minutes for 29.7 miles in a 90 hp Mercedes. Crowds watched from Krug's corner as cars skidded through a sharp turn. Officials planned ambulances and flagmen while sheriffs enforced speed limits amid a large touring-car audience ahead of the Oct 6 race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Long Island
Lakeville
Mr. Vanderbilt
Krug’s Corner
Mercedes
Jericho Turnpike
Mineola
Vanderbilt
George Robertson
Apperson
Joe Tracy
E. H. Belden
Frayer- Miller
Lee Frayer
Belden
Herbert Lytle
Pope-Toledo
Matheson
Jericho End
Grand Stand
Westbury
Jefferson de Mont Thompson
Racing Board
Garden City
Linehart
Nassau County Hospital
Gildereleeve
Thomas
Maxwell
Three Workmen Killed by Explosion Near Kenora
A premature dynamite explosion at a railroad camp near Kenora on the Winnipeg River today killed three workers. Foreman Nels E. Longhill, Lewis Peterson, and Charles Hanson died in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Kenora
Winnipeg River
Nels E. Longhill
Lewis Peterson
Charles Hanson
Amusements and Society Notices Notice
INDEX TO DEPARTMENTS Amusements Arrivals of Out of Town Buyers Financial News Weather Report Yesterday's Fires Society Mails pages listed by section and page numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial News
Weather Report
Classifieds Page Summary Circulation Snapshot
Advertisements list sections such as Amusements Auctions Deaths Furnished Rooms Help Wanted Hotels and Restaurants Instruction Lost and Found Marriages Summer Resorts and Travelers Guide across multiple pages. The note indicates page references for each category and items likely appear as short notices or ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers' Guide
Running Fight with Thieves Ends in Arrests
William Collins and Frank Kenney were captured after a running gunfight with revolvers following a $6 theft at John Hagen’s restaurant on Ninth Avenue. Evans and Renner pursued, Collins was caught. Kenney escaped briefly, later captured. Fennelly held for keeping a Sunday-open saloon. Both men are described as tilt-tappers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Collins
West Fifty-seventh Street
Frank Iterney
Gol West Fiftyfourth Street
West Forty-seventh Street
John Hagen
Ninth Avenue
Hagen
Collins
Evans
Fifty-fourth Street
Tenth Avenue
Renner
Kerney
Fifty-fourth
Fennelly
Kenney
Rogues
Mexicans Cheer Roosevelt on Independence Day
Mexico City marked its independence anniversary with elaborate decorations and a grand civic parade reviewed by President Diaz and other officials. Across the country tranquil celebrations continued in Monterey Saltillo San Luis Potosi Tampico Torrejon and many towns. Thousands cheered Presidents Roosevelt and Diaz in a historic show of cross border goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
Diaz
Corral
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Monterey
Saltillo
San Luis Potosi
Tampico
Torrejon
United States
Honduras
Guatemala
Salvador
Roosevelt
Boy Broker Charles A. Wilson dies after trolley suicide
Charles A. Wilson age 22 of 101 West Fifty second Street killed himself Saturday at Fort Lee by leaping under a trolley bound from Shadyside Ferry. He died an hour later at Englewood Hospital. Identified by his younger brother at McNally's Morgue. Once a Wall Street "boy broker" who made a fortune two years earlier, he later worked as a cashier for Baruch Brothers. His parents separated, he lived on West 141st Street, fell ill with typhoid fever, was treated at J Hoo Wright Hospital, and discharged home to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Wilson
West Fifty-second Street
Fort Lee
Shadyside
Englewood
McNally’s
Wilson
Wall Street
Baruch Brothers
New Street
West 141St Street
J. Hoo Wright
Theft Told by Wireless Aboard New York Liner
The American liner New York reached Sagaponack Long Island passengers yesterday after Captain Roberts sent a wireless plea for detectives to meet the vessel. Saloon passengers J. F. B. Johnson and J. Carroll Payne of Atlanta were robbed Thursday night. Johnson lost a $1,000 watch and Payne about $350 in cash. Detectives investigated but found no clue to the thief.
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New York
Sagaponeck
L. I
Roberts
American Line
Esas
J. F. B. Johnson
J. Carroll Payne
Atlanta
Johnson
Payne
Newspapers to adopt Simplified Spelling in Indiana cities
Indiana papers state the Star in Indianapolis Terre Haute and Muncie will begin using 189 simplified spellings from the Simplified Spelling Board and President Roosevelt on Tuesday morning in news and editorials. The remaining 111 words will keep old forms for now. The editor notes reforms must match public sentiment and usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Muncie
Star
Roosevelt
Suneys
Ady Credits Usher with Popularizing the Highball
The quote attributes fame to Usher for the highball and labels him as the Scotch chef behind the drink's rise in popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usher
$300000 Hipple Deal Involves Wainwright
Philadelphia reports that two checks for 250000 and 50000 to Joseph R Wainwright were found in the Real Estate Trust Company files. Receiver Harle says the loan backed by 5 percent bonds tied to Adolf Segal and Hipple involved an underwriting scheme. Wainwright initially denied funds but admitted he signed the note. The Trust Company of North America held the checks as collateral. suit to recover the money was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Joseph R. Wainwright
Presbyterian Church
Harle
Standard Iron, Mining, and Furnace Company
Adolf Segal
Wainwright
Hipple
Earle
Trust Company of North America
Beil
Segal
Mr. Bell
Harned
Mn Earle
Fire in Penn tunnels woodwork at Long Island City end
Watchmen at the Long Island City entrance of the new Pennsylvania tunnels sighted a fire in the telephone booth at 3 am. Defective insulation on telephone wires caused the blaze. the air lock vented smoke, masking the danger. Hanery Jatt ordered hose lines and the flames were put out quickly with no tunnel damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island City
New Pennsylvania Tunnels
Tube No. 1
Hanery Jatt
S. Pearson & Son
Long Island
Farmers lynch a black cotton picker in Falls County
About 100 farmers gathered at Rosebud Texas to hang Mitchell Frazier a 80 year old negro after a fight with Frank Hess a German farmer who was cut by Frazier. Hess died from his wounds and Frazier was executed near the town prison by a water-tank framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Mitchell Frazier
Rosebud
Falls County
Frazier
Frank Hess
Hess
Stripling
Long Island Rail Road Fall Schedule Takes Effect Wednesday
The Fall schedule for the Long Island Rail Road will take effect on Wednesday. Commuters should expect changes in timetables and service patterns across routes as the plan goes into effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island Railroad
Kite saves boy from deadly fall in city tenement
Four year old James Samton of 441 West Thirty-ninth Street nearly fell twenty feet from a fire escape while flying a large kite. The kite string wrapped his hand, acting as a parachute and slowing the descent until he loosened the twine near the street. He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital with a broken thigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Samton
West Thirty-ninth Street
Sammis
Roosevelt Hospital
Amundsen Returns to Seattle After Northwest Passage Claim
Captain Amundsen arrived in Seattle aboard the Saratoga from Nome and planned pursuit of magnetic observations at Sitka. He cited a three year data period and possible identification of the North magnetic pole while noting the loss of magnetic instruments. He also described aurora observations and a near complete zoological ethnological collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Amundsen
Northwest Passage
Saratoga
Nome
Chamber of Commerce
Government Observatory
Sitka
Jefferson
Rockefeller Mislates Illness Keeps He Home
John D. Rockefeller, felled by a renewed attack, did not attend church and stayed home in Forest Hill. He plans to visit Pocantico Hills next month and remain there through March before a Lakewood stay. Mrs. Rockefeller and Miss Spellman will stay in New York City this fall. He is always accompanied by secretaries Miss Howard and Miss Adams and dictates correspondence daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Lakewood
Mrs. Rockefeller
Miss Spellman
New York City
London Humor Skewers Brooklyn Trunk Label Scheme
London humorists lampoon a Brooklyn trunk label scam after a NY cable described a seller marketing labels for hotels and railways worldwide. An American girl asks for a single all purpose label priced at $1 five ahead to cover everything, a witty quip on travel fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
London
New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Trunk Labeler
Ritz
Jerusalem
Cabin
Autoist Kills Wheelman In Wisconsin Accident
Hartland Wis Sept 16 George Harling son of the railroad president drove his car into Alfred Overland a passing wheel man. Overland died at Bigelow's Hotel after being rushed by train to Nashotah with Dr Brown and a nurse aiding him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hartland
Wis
George Harling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Alfred Overland
Earling
Bigelow’s
A. J. Harling
St. Paul Road
Milwaukee
J. Horace Manchester Brown
Brown
Nashotah
Overland
Mexico to buy a railroad amid European talks
Mexico's Finance Minister Limontour travels to Europe seen as seeking government purchase of the Mexican Central Railway. Vice President Richards of the Mexican Central also heads to Paris, with the move viewed as key to regulating rail rates and avoiding discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Limontour
Europe
Mexican Central Railway
Richards
Mexican Central
Paris
Mongolia Ashore At Midway On Pacific Island Reef
The Mongolia of the Pacific Mail line stranded on a reef at Midway Islands after hitting Rabbit Island on Aug. 20. Passengers have been landed. rescue and salvage efforts are under way with supplies and wrecking gear requested from San Francisco. The Manchuria is being towed in. both ships are among several large trans Pacific vessels stranded recently.
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Honolulu
Mongolia
Pacific Mall Line
Midway Islands
North Pacific Ocean
Manchuria
Rabbit Island
Porter
Midway Island
Midway
United States
Thomas
Sheridan
Yokohama
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
James F. Smith
The
Philippines
Brooks Islands
Sand Island
Midway Reef
Welles Harbor
Philippine Islands
Camden
N. J
Auto strikes six year old boy at Broadway and 224th Street
Elwood McEnany cotton broker from Hotel Regent drove an automobile at Seventieth Street and Sherman Square that struck six year old Paul Frederesky of Spuyten Duyvil as he crossed Broadway at 224th Street. The boy was taken to Fordham Hospital in critical condition with a fractured leg and internal injuries. Police arrested McEnany after the hit and he claimed the boy ran into the car.
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Elwood McEnany
Regent
Seventieth Street
Sherman Square
Paul Frederesky
Spuyten Duyvil
Broadway
224Th Street
Fordham Hospital
Polselsky
Tremont
McEnai A
Taft
Mcfnany
Rosebrook Arrested in Brooklyn on Larceny Forgery Warrants
Fred E. Rosebrook, a Wallabout Market grocer living at 39 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, was arrested on grand larceny and forgery warrants from Winfield Kansas. The case stems from the J. T. Baden Produce Company assets misstatement of about 13000. Rosebrook claims innocence and plans to face the Kansas accusers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Rosebrook
Wallabout Market
Brooklyn
Washington Avenue
First National Bank
Winfield
Kan
W. A. Martin
New York
Gov. Hoch
Charles A. Botkin
Goniger
Rusty
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Rosebrook
Adams Street
James Rowland
Manhattan
St. John Place
J. T. Baden Produce Company
Martin
Kansas
Baden Company
Alexander Caught in Augusta Cotton Firm Default Case
Thomas W. Alexander head of Augusta's largest cotton firm was arrested by a Pittsburgh detective agency after vanishing two months ago with an estimated $200000. He agreed to return to Augusta without requisition papers. Losses hit three major Augusta banks including Georgia Railroad Bank which was owed about $160000. The bank offered a reward of 500 dollars for arrest or 1000 dollars if arrested abroad and brought back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Thomas W. Alexander
Pittsburg
Penn
Georgia Railroad Bank
Alexander
United States
Trouble Over Paris Lid Causes Demonstrations
In Paris on September 16 a compusory weekly rest day saw most stores closed but several defied the law sparking demonstrations. Police charged a mob of 409 in the Tenes district and 20 were arrested. other protests were quelled.
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Paris
Tenes
Rothermel Brother of Broker Found Dead in Philadelphia
Frederick L. Rothermel, partner and elder brother of William G. Rothermel the investment bond broker who died by his own hand six weeks earlier, was found dead at his Philadelphia home. Coroner orders investigation as circumstances mirror his brother's death. He appeared in good health at bedtime.
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Philadelphia
Frederick L. Rothermel
Wiliam G. Rothermel
Rothermel
Fifty forgers caught in Paris international bust
Police in Paris arrested fifty members of a counterfeit ring with broad links including Latin Quarter students whose parents hold official posts. The group used electroplated gold dust coins in ten and twenty franc pieces, with about 200000f passed in six months. The band operated also in England Germany and planned to expand to Chicago and Buenos Aires.
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Paris
England
Germany
Chicago
Buenos Ayres
Boy’s Brick Saves Grocery Fire at 826 Second Avenue
A boy threw a brick through the window of George Rupp’s grocery sparking smoke and a blaze that firefighters halted. Firemen found burning spices and pepper delaying them. losses ran about $300. Mice, matches, and old newspapers are blamed for starting the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rupp
Second Avenue
Boerm
East Fifty-first Street
Subway Blocked By Fuse Failure On Downtown Track
A fuse burned out in a train near Seventy-ninth Street halted downtown subway service for about thirty minutes yesterday afternoon. The disabled car, partly filled, was abandoned at Seventy-ninth Street. Crowds gathered at stations from Seventy-ninth to Fourteenth Streets as rails cleared and service resumed ten minutes after track signs went up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventy-ninth Street
Seventyninth
Fourteenth Streets
Grand Central Station
Fourteenth Street
Shaw to young men
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw arrived in St Louis and was met by State Republican Chairman T K Niedringhaus. He declined to discuss Missouri Republican county chairmen's endorsement of Roosevelt for another term, saying it would be improper now. He urged young men to vote for parties and not men, arguing parties stand for principles.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
T. K. Niedringhaus
Missouri
Roosevelt
Pope Pius X to Outline Condemning Syllabus on Americanism
Private dispatches from Rome indicate Pope Pius X plans a Syllabus of condemned propositions covering Biblical, social, disciplinary, and political matters. The 100-item document is said to address French events and to critique modern biblical interpretation by figures such as Houtin Loisy Fuzet and Schell, with the term Americanism defined ecclesiastically.
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Leo XIII
Pius X
Rome
New York
France
Abbés Houtin
Loisy
Mgr. Fuzet
Father Schell
Pius
Palma halts war in fear of Taft
Havana reports indicate Cuba sees relief as Roosevelt and Taft visits prompt a peace push. Montalvo talks with political prisoners after meeting Gen. Menocal, leading to a suspension of hostilities and renewed negotiations between parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palma
Taft
Mr. Taft
Cuba Moves to End Crisis as Peace Efforts Continue
Havana reports a government bid to restore peace without U S intervention before Taft and Bacon arrive. A decree by President Palma suspends offensive actions, directing defense only, amid renewed talks urged by Gen Menocal and Secretary Montalvo to meet Roosevelt's call for a truce and Cuban accord without outside help.
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Havana
Cuba
Taft
Bacon
Roosevelt
United States
Palma
Associated Press
Menocai
Montalvo
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Ance of Speed Laws
Indiana
Merchant
Kite
Boy
Capt. Amundsen
Pacific Isle
Broker
F. E. Rosebrook
T. W. Alexander
Augusta, Ga
Broker Rothermel
Brother
Boy’s Brick Saved
Pope Pius
Morgan
Tomas
Secretary of War
Roose
Velt
President Roosevelt
Secretary of Public Works
Antee
Menocal
José Miguel
Gomes
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