Olympic Repairs to Take Three Months After Collision
The Olympic suffered extensive damage after a collision with the British cruiser Hawke off Cowes. Divers found heavy damage below the waterline, and patching will occur before sending the liner to Belfast. repair time is about three months. Passengers, including Louis F. Swift and Harry Payne Whitney, reacted with mixed views on responsibility as the ship was towed to Southampton. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester learned of Eugene Zimmerman aboard, while he described the incident as inexcusable on Hawke’s part.
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Southampton
Harold Sanderson
White Star Line
NEW York Times
Olympic
Hawke
Cowes
Atlantic
Louis F. Swift
Chicago
Europe
Mr. Smith
Harry Payne Whitney
Here
London
Duke and Duchess of
Manchester
Eugene Zimmerman
Duke
Zimmerman
St. Louis
Capt. Smith
Paris Divorces Mrs Wellman in Rapid Decree
Paris records reveal a July 26 decree by the Seine First Chamber granting divorce to Mrs Francis Lewis Wellman née Emma Juch from F L Wellman. The childless marriage began in Stamford Connecticut after illicit letters and a declared intent not to resume living together. The case cited Wellman’s defenses and costs assigned to him.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Francis Lewis Wellman
Tribunal of the Seine
Wellman
Emma Juch
Stamford
Conn
de Plano
Katherine von Wolff Spotswood
Dandridge Spotswood
Bank of England raises discount rate to 4 percent
London moves the discount rate from 3 to 4 percent to safeguard reserves ahead of autumn gold shipments. The Bank reports abundant money and a bullion stock near 215 million dollars while continental tensions and high rates abroad influence the decision. Paris and Vienna also lift discount rates to 3.44 and 5 percent respectively.
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London
Bank of England
Bank of Belgium Hikes Discount Rate to Five Percent
Brussels officials announced the Bank of Belgium raised the discount rate from 5 to 5 percent today. The move signals policy tightening as monetary authorities adjust toward greater borrowing costs.
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Brussels
Bank of Belgium
Trolley Car Overboard In Trenton Canal Rescue
A Trenton trolley car carrying seventeen passengers plus crew plunged into the Delaware and Raritan Canal after approaching Prospect Street Bridge. Motorman Chester A. Iron was the only injured, escaping hospital care. Iron swam ashore after aiding a door escape as passengers fled through rear exits. The car filled with water yet no serious injuries were reported.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Prospect Street
Trenton & Mercer County Traction Corporation
Delaware & Raritan Canal
Chester A. Iron
Cadwalader Park
Prospect Street Bridge
Weed Tea Fatal for Woman and Two Children
Mrs. Andrew Kramer and her two children in Perth Amboy New Jersey are dying after drinking a weed tea brewed for rheumatism. Dr Charles I Silk tended them through the night but the mother is not expected to survive. Neighbors had advised a decoction of field weeds as a remedy before the family’s illness began.
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New York Times
Perth Amboy
N. J
Andrew Kramer
Dewey's Pure Claret Wines Ad
A compact advertisement for Dewey and Sons Co offering Dewey's Pure Claret Wines as a digestion aid to accompany meals. Provides address 138 Fulton St New York for purchasing.
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DEWEY
Dewey & Sons CO
Fulton St
N. Y
Steel Trust Moves Toward Voluntary Dissolution
United States Steel Corporation seeks a plan to dissolve operations quietly to avoid government antitrust action, mirroring International Harvester. Attorney General Wickersham and Solicitor Lehmann may push a court decree to split the company, while shares plunge amid uncertainty and marketwide selling.
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New York Times
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
International Harvester Company
International Harvester Corporation
Steel Trust
Wickersham
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust
Lehmann
St. Louis
Department of Justice
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Cedarhurst
L. I
Supreme Court
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Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Roosevelt
Special House Committee
Andrew Carnegie
J. P. Morgan
Congress
United States
Stock Exchange
Elbert H. Gary
Broadway
Eee Arts
Gary
George Ade to Publish Fourth 1911 Model Fable Next Sunday
George Ade resumes his famed fable series with the fourth entry of the 1911 model to appear in next Sunday's Times, greeted with delight by his admirers who praise the revival of his early success.
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TIMES
Youth Confesses to Accidental Killing of Paul in Freight Car
Isaac Weiss, 16, admits to shooting a man he knew only as Dick during a robbery in a sealed freight car at Jersey City yard. He describes meeting Dick in East Ferry Street saloon, riding to Newark, and sleeping in a freight car where the fatal shot occurred. Police doubt the tale, citing inconsistencies and Weiss’s unsettled nerves.
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New York, Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Newark
Isaac Weiss
Rivington Street
Manhattan
Waverly
East Ferry Street
Weiss
Fourth Precinct
Carroll
West Thirty-seventh Street
Bronx
Plank Road
Passaic & Waverly
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lie
West Newark
Honiss
Passaic
Pastor Davis Sued for Fourteen Months Rent in Stamford
The Rev George E Davis pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church in Stamford Conn is sued by trustee George A Rogers for fourteen months rent Davis admits owing the rent but says his 800 yearly salary has been paid in installments and illness in his family has hindered payment He plans to leave next Sunday and join the Baptists as the church division grows.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
George E. Davis
George A. Rogers
Davis
Rogers
Mr. Davis
Methodist Protestant Church
Baptists
Banker Young Sued Over New Law and Accounting Request
Dr Emanuel Baruch sues George W Young demanding an accounting of all financial dealings by Young for Baruch. The amended complaint, filed after a new county filing law, accuses Young of bad faith and using Baruch’s assets for his own benefit while Baruch claims losses from stocks and guaranteed protection against loss. Young’s counsel says the amendments mirror the original filing and deny Baruch’s allegations.
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George W. Young
Mme. Nordica
George W. Young & Co
Emanuel Baruch
East Seventy-seventh Street
Supreme Court
Dr. Baruch
Dr. Baruch For An Accounting By Mr. Young
Mr. Young
Howard C. Dickinson
Young
James Russell Soley
Exchange Place
Mr. Soley
Dickinson
Soley
Robbins
Steuer
Post & Flagg
Wall Street
Washington Traction Company
Washington, D. C
Louvre Finds 32 Missing Sauvageot Paintings
After a Louvre search, 32 of the 42 Sauvageot paintings were recovered. Some canvases were in attics and others in offices of officials. The discovery followed an urgent order from the Ministry of Fine Arts after reports of vanished works.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Louvre
Sauvageot
Ministry of Fine Arts
Mackay declines $5 dinner welcome in Roslyn
Clarence H. Mackay head of the Postal Telegraph service says he prefers a simple welcome over the planned $5 a plate dinner in Roslyn L I. He has been abroad most of the summer and notes such a costly reception would embarrass him. The organizing committee is unsure how to proceed.
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New York Times
Roslyn
L. I
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Service
Mackay
Coffee and Sugar Hit New Price Records
Coffee on the exchange rose above 12 cents a pound for the first time in sixteen years and sugar gained about 2 points, with granulated at 6.75 to 7.50 cents and raw sugar from Cuba at 5.92 cents. An advance in refined sugar is anticipated.
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Coffee Exchange
American Sugar Refining Company
Cuba
Five Shot in Taxi Cab Ambush
Frank Mullen, a taxi driver of 852 East Thirty-second Street, is hospitalized in Bellevue with a thigh wound after five shots were fired from a black taxi carrying five men. He says the attack was unprovoked as the cab sped away after the ambush. Police pursued but lost the vehicle after it turned onto First Avenue. the rear light was out and the taxicab was traced to Avenue A and Twenty-third Street before disappearing.
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Frank Mullen
East Thirty-second Street
Bellevue Hospital
Mullen
Ryan
Thirty-second Street
First Avenue
Avenue A
Twenty-third Street
Appraiser Plans Sale of 1468 Abandoned Items
The Custom House law division schedules a sale on Oct 3 in the Appraiser's Stores seizure room Christopher and Washington Streets. Among items is a non dutiable Ameri can shotgun valued at 19 dollars and several other goods including moving picture films, a diamond brooch, a sea green gown, pink tights, cigarettes, and a steamer chair addressed to Lady Her bert at 511 Fifth Avenue.
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Custom House
Christopher
Washington Streets
Lady Herbert
Fifth Avenue
Canadian Reciprocity Defeated by Laurier Cabinet
Seven of Laurier's Cabinet defeated including Fielding the reciprocity negotiator. Borden wins in Halifax as Conservatives gain farmers against reciprocity. Burden to be premier leads big majority in new parliament committed against American trade agreement. Taft disappointed, says he hoped reciprocity would justify itself but accepts Canada's answer.
Taft Disappointed By Canada Reciprocity Vote
President Taft learned in Kalamazoo Michigan that reciprocity failed in Canada during a city dinner. He said the result disappoints him but notes both nations can continue trading as before and that a bargain requires two parties.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Taft
Canada
Liberals Defeated as Conservatives Win Canadian Election
The Liberal government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier was crushed in national elections. Conservatives claim a large majority, routing Laurier’s MPs including seven Cabinet ministers. Robert Borden to become Prime Minister. Laurier may resign within two weeks. Trade policy shift away from the United States toward Empire ties.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
United States
Canada
Dominion
Robert L. Borden
Halifax
Fielding-Knox
American Congress
Empire
Sir Wilfrid
Earl Grey
Laurier
Duke of Connaught
Cheng-Tu Relieved as Siege Ends and Gates Reopen
Cheng-Tu the Sze-Chuen capital relieved after weeks siege. Fifteen hundred troops arrive from Tibet as telegraph lines are repaired and foreigners stay safe. Washington reports the uprising near end with order restored at Cheng-Tu and peace returning.
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Tibet
Chung-King
Cheng-Tu
Sze-Chuen
Washington
Murdock
New Orleans
Han-Kow
Navy Department
International Famine Committee Holds General Meet
A general meeting of the International Famine Committee was held in Shanghat. The committee aims to urge the Chinese Government to undertake permanent famine prevention and to continue raising funds worldwide to aid famine and flood victims in Manchuria and other afflicted districts including Taiwan and Kwang-Tung.
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Manchuria
Eae
Kwang-Tung
Tanaketitans
Photographers Offer Home Portraits and Interiors in Chelsea
A local photo service advertises house, family, and interior photography in Chelsea area. The notice mentions a contact at Chelsea 2353 and names Underwood and Geleesen.
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Chelsea
Underwood & Geleesen
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