All Liners Tossed in a Southern Gale Off Havana to New York
The Atlantic steamers Pretoria Orinoco and allies report a brutal cyclone near Cuba and Guantanamo. Captains describe gale force winds up to 100 miles per hour with ships rolling severely and crews warding off danger as passengers shelter below decks. Three sailors died repairing a water tank aboard the Colon.
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Pretoria
Hamburg
Royal Mail
Cuba
Langmaid
Kingston
Jamaica
Turk’s Island
Cape Maisie
Castle Island
the Alliance
Guantanamo
Celtic
Liverpool
el Siglo
New Orleans
Mineola
Vancouver
Punta Arenas
Schrotter
Langward
Pereira Mendes
Alliance
Colon
Jupiter
Hatteras
San Juan
Porto Rico
Caracas
Furst
New York
Hurricane strikes Colon ships stall as crew perish
The steamship Colon limped into port after a hurricane raked the harbor region. In the hold of the Panama bound vessel gases suffocated three crew members, and the ship displayed distress signals as it sought assistance. Investigators and harbor authorities began inquiries into the incident.
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Panama
Kentucky woman credits Postum with health turnaround
A Kentucky woman shares a long battle with nervous trouble and heart issues tied to coffee and tea. After swapping to Postum and brewing it longer for richness, she reports better sleep and overall health, praising Postum and urging others to try it. Her letter, attributed to Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich., appears as a genuine reader testimonial.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Well- Ville
Mauretania Held Up by Dense Fog Off Ambrose Channel
A fleet of steamers lay at anchor in the outer harbor as fog delayed the Mauretania and other ships. The Cunarder remained tied up overnight while a plan formed to avoid grounding. Passengers, including Otto Kahn and J L Griffiths, paced the deck awaiting clearance to land when conditions improve.
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Mauretania
Ambrose Channel
Celtic
White Star Line
el Siglo
Mineola
Otto Kahn
Robert Halstead
J. L. Griffiths
Liverpool
A. P. Bigelow
G. EB. Dodge
George Fawcett
Evelyn Fitz-Gerald
A. P. Hedgen
M. P
A. D. Juilliard
Bishop Jagga
Homecomers On The Celtic Return From Liverpool
The White Star liner Celtic arrived with a crowded cabin deck and a list of notables. Dr John H MacCracken Syndic of New York University met Scottish university presidents seeking a lecturer for the Deems Lectureship. Guests include W Bayard Cutting Olive Cutting Bishop Walker and many others returning from abroad.
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White Star
Mner Celtic
Liverpool
Europe
John H. MacCracken
New York University
Scotland
Deems
W. Bayard Cutting
Olive Cutting
W. D. Walker
Western
New York
Philip N.aronson
Harvey G. Beck
Josiah H. Benton
Charles F. Blake
S. Parkes Cadman
J. Douglas Bruce
Robert G. Thomas
Misa Violet Wescott
George W. Wickersham
Theodore Williams
C. Lennard Wooley
Carlyle P. Wright
W Bayard Cutting In Auto Crash At Pier
W Bayard Cutting of 24 East Seventy second Street was in an auto accident at the White Star Line pier after stepping from the Celtic. His car struck a truck, injuring Michael Foley who suffered several fractured ribs and was taken to St Vincent's Hospital. Cutting was shaken but uninjured.
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W. Bayard Cutting
East
White Star Line
Mr. Cutting
Celtic
Liverpool
Europe
Michael Foley
Perry Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Steamer Mineola Ends World Voyage
The Mineola arrived from Vancouver via Punta Arenas after a voyage chartered by Col. R. M. Thompson. From New York the steamer stopped at Gibraltar Marseilles Malta and Suez and carried about 200 of Thompson’s guests who traveled by rail from Vancouver.
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Mineola
Vancouver
Punta Arenas
Col. R. M. Thompson
Gibraltar
Marseilles
Malta
Suez
Col. Thompson
New York
Prisoner in Tombs Hangs Self Before Trial
Charles Knepple a 31 year old prisoner in the Tombs who faced trial for stealing sixty five pounds of opium from Lehn and Fink at 120 William Street hanged himself in his cell. He left a note asking forgiveness and saying liberty would lead him to the madhouse. Knepple's body was found suspended from a bed sheet with torn pillowcase belt and rope parts. He had been held since Sept 5 by Magistrate Walsh and lived at 158 East 15th Street.
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Charles Knepple
Jesus
Knepple
Walsh
East 15Th Street
Lehn & Fink
William Street
Rebate Telegram Tied to Standard Oil Antitrust Case
Kellogg, for the government, produced a telegram showing a Standard Oil agent authorized a three quarters of a cent a gallon rebate to cancel a rival shipment to Lincolnton North Carolina. Destruction of pre 1905 records by Standard Oil Kentucky official Collings cited. Hearing adjourned to Monday.
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Frank B. Kelloggs
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Kellogg
Standard Oil Company
North Carolina
C. P. Collings
Kentucky
Bureau of Corporations
Standard Oil Books
Collings
Maxon
Standard
W. B. Walters
Rockville
The
New Windsor
Metzel
Red C Oil Company
Walters
Mr. Kellogg
Lincolnton
N. C
Board of Estimate Meeting Delays Several Major Matters
The Board of Estimate held its first post vacation session and sent the East River Terminal Company four track Wythe Avenue proposal back to the Chief Engineer for Public Service Commission action. Bids for altering the Hall of Records totaled 105386 from George W Cobb Jr with tabulation to follow. A clash between Controller Metz and President Haffen over NY, Westchester & Boston Co leave to change its route ended with the decision to adjourn for two weeks as Borough President Gresser aligned with the Controller.
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Board of Estimate
East River Terminal Company
Wythe Avenue
Public Service Commission
George W. Cobb, Jr
New York Review to Quit Catholic Magazine
The New York Review a Catholic bi monthly issued from St Josephs Seminary Dunwoodie Westchester will cease after this week s number. Editor Father James F Driscoll cites low paid subscriptions and criticism of its advanced tone as reasons. He says no pressure from the pope was applied and Rector Father Lavelle corroborates.
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The
New York Review
St. Joseph’s Seminary
Dunwoodie
Westchester County
James F. Driscoll
Ysterday
Lepicier
College of Propaganda
Rome
Driscoll
Mer. Lavelle
St. Patrick’s
Inquiry for Vanderbilt Mental Condition in Brooklyn
Supreme Court Justice Blackmar appointed a commission in Brooklyn to take testimony on Edward Ward Vanderbilt the lumber merchant to determine his mental condition. The panel of Charles J. McDermott Dr. Edward E. Hicks and G. W. Tirrell follows an appellate reversal of a prior incompetency ruling tied to Vanderbilt and Mrs Mary Ann Scannel Pepper and relates to his daughter’s aspiration.
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New Lunac
Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
NUN Violet Buel Hyde Takes Dominican Vows at Hunt's Point
Violet Buel Hyde daughter of O P Buel and widow of George Merriam Hyde who disappeared and died in 1899 yesterday took full vows as a novice of the Dominican Monastery of Corpus Christi at Hunt's Point. She had lived in seclusion after her husband’s death and previously joined the Hunt’s Point nuns. Her maternal grandfather was Gen. Charles MacDougall and her brother David Hillhouse Buel chairs Georgetown University.
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Violet Buel Hyde
New York
Corpus Christi
Hunt's Point
Violet Buel
O. P. Buel
New York Corporation
Buel, Toucey & Whiting
George Merriam Hyde
Troy
Dominican Sisterhood
Mrs. Hyde
Gen
Charles MacDougall
David Hillhouse Buel
Georgetown University
James T. Hyde
Chicago Theological Seminary
Church Targets Bogus Nuns Preying on City Faithful
The Bureau of Catholic Charities led by Rev. Father D. J. McMahon hires a special investigator to trap and arrest fake nuns who solicit money under false pretenses. McMahon recalls being approached by two alleged nuns in East Twenty-first Street and arresting them after they produced a bogus credential. Vicar General Edwards was also contacted in a separate incident. The bureau urges caution and verification of credentials bearing Archbishop Farley’s seal and signature.
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Bureau of Catholic Charities
Father D. J. McMahon
Father McMahon
Farley
Missing Austrian Chairs Sell At One-Fifth Cost
Patrons of the Hotel Manhattan recall how a dozen elaborately carved eighteenth century chairs disappeared from a first floor dining room. The backs featured wooden leaves and animals that snagged waiters and patrons. The hotel later sold the chairs to an auctioneer for one fifth their original price after costly mishaps and staff losses.
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Hotel
Manhattan
Children Ablaze In Street From Flaming Newspaper
Two seven and five year old girls Helen Dalton and Winnie Hefferran were burned when a kerosene soaked newspaper was thrown from a tenement window. Mothers and neighbors beat out the flames, and Dr. James dispatched an ambulance to Roosevelt Hospital where both children and their mothers suffered burns.
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Helen Dalton
Winnie Hefferran
West Aired Street
Dr. James
Roosevelt Hospital
Three Suspicious Fires Lead to Arrest in West Side
Mrs. Anna Rome, wife of a janitor living at 48 West Ninety-fourth Street, was arrested after three early morning fires. Firemen extinguished the first blaze. the second caused no damage. the third in a basement at 963 Columbus Avenue involved waste paper burning. Rome claimed she sought her cat Snowball. Magistrate Barlow released her on parole after deeming intoxication, not arson, to be the cause.
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Anna Rome
West Ninety-fourth Street
West Side Court
West Ninetyfourth Street
Columbus Avenue
Rome
Snowball
Barlow
Newark to Burn Abandoned Contagious Hospital
The City of Newark will burn the old isolation hospital for contagious diseases when wind conditions favor the event. Officials have not decided a reuse strategy and rejected selling the structures, noting prior disinfection concerns.
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Newark
A New York City Fire Incident Ledger Yesterday
A list of fire incident times and locations across Manhattan and the Bronx shows numerous calls to addresses including 855 Ist Ave, 98th St Boston Chemical Co, 221 E 91st St, and 150 Clinton St. amounts vary with several entries noting small losses and others indicating larger claims like $1,500 at 139th St and Perk Ave intersections. The report catalogues responders, sites, and minor to moderate property damage across the city.
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P. Calssem
Clinton St. Louis
Leopo
E. 16Th St
E. 55Th St
Mrs. Kelly
E. 100Th St
Samuel Applebaum
Park Av
M. Sisler
E. 3d St
Samuel Roth
Charles Lehmier
Blumstein
Walton A
Norfolk
Landlord shot after accusing tenant of theft at Lakeside Inn
Henry A. Engelke, lessee of the Lakeside Inn at Rockland Lake, shot in the back by Henry F. Schroeder after obtaining a warrant for Schroeder's arrest on a furniture theft claim. Engelke’s condition described as not serious. Schroeder detained to await outcome of Engelke’s injuries.
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New York Times
Haverstraw
Henry A. Engelke
Lakeside Inn
Conyers
Rockland Lake
Griffith Scott
Fiorodora
Evelyn Thaw
Henry F. Schroeder
Nyack Hospital
Schroeder
West Shore
Engelke
Justice of the Peace
Vincent Eckerson
Eckerson
Raymond Brinkerhoff
Justice of the Peace Hart
New City
Bowery Mission to Remodel Coffin Factory as New Home
Architects Marshall L. and Henry G. Emery filed plans to convert the old five story coffin factory at 227 Bowery into a Bowery Mission building. The cellar and first two floors will be fireproofed with steel and concrete with an auditorium tiled and marble faced. The rear auditorium will house a kitchen and bread line along Freeman Alley. The second floor becomes a meeting room while the third holds a writing room and help room. Upper three floors will be light manufacturing lofts and the project will cost $20,000.
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Marshall L. and
Henry G. Emery
Louis Klopsch
The
Bowery Mission
Bowery
Chatham Square
Manhattan Bridge Plaza
Mission
Mission Kitchen
Freeman Alley
Mills Hotel
Mission Help
Talks of Negro Revolt in Havana Interview
Gen Estenez head of the new negro party says the real revolution must be fought in Cuba. He aims to nominate a full Presidential and Congressional ticket to secure negro representation. He warns of a vengeful, devastating struggle and compares risks to those faced by blacks in the United States where they are hunted.
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Havana
Estenez
New Negro Party
United States
Wreck on Neck Road Injures Driver and Passengers
A Sea Beach trolley No. 1022 carrying twenty passengers collided with a dirt hauling cart at the Neck Road yesterday afternoon. The cart was wrecked and its driver John Finnell thrown from the seat with a broken leg. Windows shattered and several passengers cut by flying glass. track blocked for an hour.
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Sea Beach
Neck Road
John Finnell
Made to Go to School Boy Ends Life
A 14 year old Mount Vernon boy, Silver Weill, hanged himself at his father's home 11 South Tenth Avenue. Despondent over being sent to school instead of working in a drug store, he had to quit a job at Stowel's and join school.
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Silver Weill
South Tenth Avenue
Mount Vernon
Louis Weill
Stowel
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