Wilson plans New England tour to strike against Murphy
Gov. Wilson travels with Dudley Field Malone amid New York politics as he weighs entering the fight against Tammany Hall. Reports say he may visit New York and Bay Head with McAdoo and OGorman allies, while preparing to strike from New England points if a favorable opening appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Sea Girt
N. J
Dudley Field Malone
O'Gorman
New York
Gov. Wilson
O’gorman
William G. McAdoo
Democratic National Committee
Dix
Syracuse
Boss Murphy
Malone
Mr. McAdoo
Gov. Dix
TIMES
Tammany
Murphy
Wilson
Col. McCombs
New England
Federal
Chicago
Hudson County
Jersey City
Scranton
Penn
Doubts O Gorman Stand and Murphy Feud Framed
John J. Halligan, a lawyer and longtime Murphy foe, claims the alleged feud between Charles F. Murphy and Senator O Gorman is a frame-up to block Gov. Dix's renomination. He cites Murphy methods and cites J Sergeant Cram's opposition to Sheehan as proof of Murphy influence in Democratic politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Murphy
O’gorman
Dix
John J. Halligan
Broadway
Halligan
Murphy
Fifteenth
Tammany
William F. Sheehan
J. Sergeant Cram
Sheehan
United States
Cram
Tam
Despondent Man Jumps to Death From Berlin Column
In Berlin thousands witnessed Buettner jump from the 245 foot Column of Victory in the Tiergarten. He had a film contract and used a faulty parachute, plunging to the base and dying instantly. The crowd attacked the film crew amid suspicions of complicity.
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Taw
New York Times
Berlin
Buettner
Bomb Explodes in Elizabeth Street Barracks
Fifteen hundred tenants of The Barracks at 962 to 268 Elizabeth Street flee into the street after a powerful bomb detonates in the doorway of Giulo Rosati’s wholesale and retail store at 264 Elizabeth Street. The blast shatters windows, scatters residents, and injures no one seriously as police secure the scene and search for separated children. Rosati reports no warning and says he was not targeted. The Barracks, owned by the Astor estate, had moved Rosati's wholesale store there ten months prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Street
Giulo Rosati
Mulberry Street
Ciro Bullacali
Rosati
Twenty-third Street
Astor Estate
Sixty-first Street
Second Avenue
Roosevelt Bribery Claims Shake Ohio Delegates
Llewellyn Lewis, brother of former official Thomas L. Lewis, says Bull Moose leaders offered him 4000 to secure his brother as a Roosevelt delegate from Ohio’s Sixteenth District. He states the proposal was refused and accuses Roosevelts of resorting to aggressive tactics to win Chicago Convention support.
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Bull Moose
Ohio
Chicago
Jon R.hannen
Cleveland
Walter Brown
Toledo
Sixteenth Congressional District
Roosevelt
State House
T. L. Lewis
Lewis
Thomas L. Lewis
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers
Steel Corporation
Atone for brother by wedding Connell kin to woman misled
Boston Sept 22 In a peculiar act of atonement John Connell with parental approval marries the woman who five years ago believed herself the wife of Matthew Connell Jr the Lynn business man who recently pled guilty to bigamy and was fined in Dorchester court The bride learned she had married John Hensing a traveling salesman and was not wed to Connell The ceremony was performed at the Town Hall in Saugus Centre Justice Anenie Parker officiating Mr and Mrs Matthew Connell Sr stood with the couple The bride says she weds to atone and give the child the Connell name as the brother sought to repair wrongs done to her by a Connell.
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New York Times
Boston
John Connell
Matthew Connell, Jr
Lynn
Dorchester
John Hensing
Connell
Anenie Parker
Saugus Centre
Matthew Connell
Joan Connell
A Connell
Maine
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Margaret Emerson McKim
Smith Holling McKim
Reigate
Surrey
London
Mr. Vanderbilt
Ellen French
Francis Ormond French
Elsie French
Yale
Japan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Alfred
Cornelius
Grace Wilson
Alfred Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Miss French
Zabriskie Memorial
Newport
Isaac Fr. Emerson
C. Hazeltine Bassher
Baltimore
Emerson
Basshor
Capt. Emerson
Anne Preston McCormack
Shipping arrivals and expected sailings in Atlantic routes
Arrived vessels include SS Berlin Bremen on Sept 14 and SS Manchioneal Port Antonio on Sept 17, with the Altai and Iraqua arriving Sept 18. Marconi Wireless notes arrivals and a London to New York route on the SS Minnehaha, 318 miles east at 5 PM due 23rd. Atlantic Transport indicates delay or schedule details for the period.
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Berlin
Bremen
Altai
Iraqua
Manchioneal
Port Antonio
Marconi Wireless
London
New York
Atlantic Transport
French Luck Springs Through Sleeper Schedule
A fragment notes a sleeper schedule running every Wednesday and Saturday from Central Terminal at 12 40 P M via work Central Lines with contact at 6310 Madison. The text is garbled but indicates a passenger service timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Lick Springs
Central Terminal
Eework Central Lines
Madison
Vanderbilt heir Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt welcomes son
Baltimore reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt via cable from England. The Vanderbilts have a long court history with multiple marriages and divorces, including Mrs. Vanderbilt's 1908 divorce from Dr. Smith Hollins McKim and the family’s ties to the Emerson and Basshor households. The newborn’s arrival adds to a complex estate saga centered on the Vanderbilt estate valued at about 70 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Alfred. Gwynne Vanderbilt
Betchworth
Surrey
England
C. Hazeltine Basshor
Vanderbilt
Basshor
Isaac E. Emerson
The Situation in Mexico Dr. Rowe’s View From Mexico
Dr. Leo S. Rowe just back from Mexico shares findings in an interview. The Times previews his analysis in Next section with emphasis on political and social conditions observed during travel.
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Leo S. Rowe
Three Peeksill Girls Escape to Bronx Homeward Bound
In Peeks kill New York six hundred girls at St. Joseph's Home recount a daring escape by three twelve to fourteen year olds. Marie Jaeger Anna O'Hara and Betsy Barrett flee dormitory confinement hide ration lemon crackers and traverse fence to Peekskill Yonkers Ossining and the Bronx before returning to authorities for boarding back to the convent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's
Peekskill
N. Y
Marie Jaeger
Brook Avenue
Bronx
Anna O’hara
Newburg
Betsy Barrett
West 123d Street
Peekskill Station
New York Central
New York
Ossining
Yonkers
Jaeger
Wrestler Kills Actress and Then Dies by Self
Thomas Harry Hector, a wrestler, shot Lucile May in Vincennes Indiana restaurant. He then hanged himself in Knox County Jail. He had planned the murder for four months after she refused to marry him. Letters left include land deeds and money to his wife and brother James Davies.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Thomas Harry Hector
Lucile May
Helen K. May
Vincennes
Ind
Davies
Knox County
Bridgeville
Penn
Maricopa County
Ariz
Valley Bank of Phoenix
Nora
Tom
James Davies
Vancouver
B. C
Dumbwaiter accident claims janitor at 778 East 179th
Stephen Augustine, janitor for an apartment house at 778 East 179th Street, placed his head in a basement dumbwaiter shaft while pulling a heavy garbage load. The rope parted, the lift descended, and Augustine was crushed. He died later at Fordham Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Augustine
East 179Th Street
Augustine
Fordham Hospital
Diamonds Found in Congo by Belgian American Company
The Brussels report cites 600 diamonds found in tributaries of the Kassai River in the Belgian Congo. Discoveries were by Forestiére Miniégre Company, tied to Brussels Société Générale and Guggenheim and Ryan of New York, with another find by Tanganyika Concessions in Katanga and diamonds on the Mutendele River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
K Times
London
Brussels
Daily Mail
Belgian Congo
Kassai
Forestiére Miniégre Company
Congo River
French Cable Rates to Drop for Transatlantic Press Messages
Berlin dispatch reports a prospective reduction in German US cable press rates and notes the French Cable Company has been induced to lower its tariff on transatlantic press messages, signaling broader cost cuts for news transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Berlin
Germany
United States
Love Drives Lawyer and Woman to Death in Cliff Dash
In California a 22 year old lawyer Niles C Folsom and Thelma Bartee of San Diego die when Folsom drives an auto off a Topango Pass cliff. Bartee had tried to unite him with Ethel Jones, then chose to share his fate. Bartee left a letter detailing her love and a plan to end the tragedy.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Niles C. Folsom
Thelma Bartee
San Diego
Folsom
Topango Pass
Topango Canyon
Santa Monica
Miss Bartee
Ethel Jones
Jones
Fremont Older
San Francisco Bulletin
Auto crash injures Newport upholsterer on Catherine Street
David Cruikshank, an elderly Newport upholsterer, was riding on the rear of a motorcycle driven by his son when Augustus Jay’s car struck the pair on Catherine Street. Cruikshank suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. Jay halted to help, joined by Dr. Knapp. Reginald Vanderbilt and Preston Gibson arrived with a Vanderbilt car to rush him to Newport Hospital.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
David Cruikshank
Catherine Street
Augustus Jay
Cruikshank
Jay
Say
Harry J. Knapp
Muenchineer
Edward B. McLean
Washington
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Preston Gibson
Vanderbilt
Newport Hospital
Taxi Driver Flees After Brooklyn Collision Injures Two Women
Bertha Monovistto of 822 Fulton Street Brooklyn was struck by a taxi on Atlantic Avenue near Adelphi Street and knocked unconscious. Bertha Florist accompanying her was cut on the head and rushed to Cumberland Street Hospital. The taxi driver fled. the cab bore George E. Townsend of 8699 Eighteenth Avenue, Brooklyn, who was not at home.
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Bertha Monovistto
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Atlantic Avenue
Adelphi Street
Bertha Florist
Cumberland Street
Bertha Monovistio
George E. Townsend
Stolen Auto Wrecked After Escape Through Fence
Six men riding in a stolen car fled a pursuit in Red Bank and swerved off the road into a ten foot embankment at Shrewsbury. The crash left the vehicle on its side and Johnson and Fulton trapped beneath it before rescued. Authorities say William Jones of Asbury Park drove the car and faces a grand larceny warrant. Other named passengers include Arthur Lewis Newark and Byard Wyckoff Asbury Park, with two additional New York men.
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New York Times
Red Bank
Shrewsbury
William Jones
Asbury Park
Arthur Lewis
Belmont Avenue
Newark
Mainlan Fulton
Ocean Grave
Dr. Johnson
Byard Wyckoff
York
Johnson
Fulton
Their
Com
Italy's Peace Terms With Turkey Reported
Constantinople informant for The London Times says Italy proposes to keep the Ottoman Sultan as ruler in Tripoli and Cyrenaica with Turks overseeing moslem foundations and religious courts while Italians or Arabs run other administration. Full autonomy for the territories would be granted and troops withdrawn, allowing continued fighting or settlement. The Porte is discussing the proposal.
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NEW York Times
London
Constantinople
London Times
Italy
Tripoli
Cyraenaica
Porte
Newport Estate Sells Far Below Appraised Value
Real estate dealers note the Newport Kay Street estate once owned for 194000 sold for 15100 or less than the stable cost at auction. Col William R Hunter of the Newport Clambake Club bought it. Mrs Hunter is abroad and a decision on occupancy awaits her return.
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New York Times
Boston
Newport
William R. Hunter
Newport Clambake Club
Col. Hunter
Boy Sacrifices His Leg to Save Stranger in Gary
Gary, Ind. newsboy William Rugh will have his crippled left leg amputated to graft skin onto Miss Ethel Smith who is bedridden from severe burns. Doctors say the skin graft offers the only hope of saving her life and Rugh consented, saying his leg has never functioned for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
William Rugh
Ethel Smith
Pedestrian Ward Placed in Hospital Over Diet Claim
George H. Ward a known pedestrian was taken from his Middletown apartment to the Hubbard Inn hospital in serious condition from lack of nutriment He 74 years old and had claimed last summer to live on 26 cents a week Ward has walked to New York City and back to celebrate birthdays and his 26 cent diet included oatmeal crackers with pancakes occasionally Physicians say careful treatment will restore his health.
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New York Times
Middletown
Conn
George H. Ward
Hubbard Inn
Ward
New York City
Missionary Rovier to Lead Eskimo Conversion Effort
From Daw son comes news Father Rovier of the Catholic Church will be a missionary to thirteen blond Eskimo tribes discovered by Stefansson in Victoria Land. He travels with Father Leveaux, previously a Labrador Eskimo missionary, after wintering at Dismal Lake near Copper Mine River. Stefansson advocates Klein Schmidt’s Greenlandic as a universal education and Christianization tool now used in Baffin Land and for Canadian publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Tacoma
Wash
Dawson
Father Rovier
Catholic Church
Stefansson
Victoria Land
Arctic
Father Leveaux
Dismal Lake
Copper Mine River
Mackenzie
Leveaux
Kleinschmidt
Greeland
Siberia
Baffin Land
Canada
Heart Beats by Wire Demonstrated at Harvard Medical School
Cambridge Mass Sept 22 A device to monitor a patient’s pulse from miles away is on trial at Harvard Medical School similar to a London College method. After hand immersion in warm salt water electrical currents are sent to an instrument that records heart beats enabling distant observation. The system could educate medical students and distant physicians but would be too costly for ordinary patients.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Medical School
London Medical College
Percy KE. Brown
Harvard
Barnes Faction Tensions Surface Ahead of New York Republican Convention
Saratoga N Y Sept 22 The run up to the Republican State Convention features a clash between William Barnes Jr and other party leaders over platform and candidate control. Barnes asserts a principled stand against Roosevelt radicalism urging adherence to Rochester Chicago platforms while party factions argue for Hughes era policies and broader electorate appeal. The dispute signals an ongoing old guard vs reform split within New York Republicans.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
William Barnes, Jr
United States
Barnes
Rochester
Col. Roosevelt
Barhes
Republican Party
Mr. Barnes
Gov. Hughes
Old Guard
Hughes
Chicago
Progressive Party
Republican Party of the Nation
Democratic Party
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Harry Hector
Congo
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