Auto Kills Doctor As Car Fails To Stop In Plainfield
Jonathan H Randolph a local contractor was struck by an automobile as he alighted from a trolley on West Front street Plainfield N J at 1230 this morning and died an hour later at Muhlenberg Hospital The driver Field Cooper of Westfield fled the scene and was arrested later on charges of homicide Police say Cooper was speeding thirty to thirty five miles an hour and made no effort to stop The incident led to an inquest and Cooper admitted being in Plainfield with an accident Also named are Mrs Sarah Robinson Nettie Robinson and Miss Schenck The coroner empanelled a jury and adjourned to tomorrow for the inquest Randolph about fifty unmarried prominent citizen in Plainfield and Cooper about twenty seven a New York asbestos manufacturer
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Painfield
N. J
Jonathan H. Randolph
West Front Street
Muhlenberg Hospital
Field Cooper
Westfield
Dunellen
Plainfield
Cooper
Kiely
Randolph
Charles Hendershot
Charles Hyde
Front Street
Jefferson Avenue
Daniel C. Main
Daniel MacDonald
Meurice Higgins
Repor
McTwneld
Sergeenterbaugh
Higgins
Sarah Robinson
Nettie Robinson
Sandford Avenue
Sehenck
Orchard Place
William de Camp
Westfiel
C. J. Fisk
AUTO OVERTURNS KILLING ONE AND INJURING TWO
Burlington reports a speed mishap on South Willard Street as Archibald J. Taylor dies en route to hospital after a culvert collision. Albert T. Henderson and Robert J. Ross sustain critical injuries. Separate incident: pedestrian George Alesiax severely injured by driver Frederick Pape. Coroner to draft a city speed ordinance for bicycles and vehicles. Ice drowning near Lake Koshkonong follows skating accident. Mabel Grown rescued with possible exposure risk.
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Burlington
Archibald J. Taylor
Albert T. Henderson
Robert J. Ross
South Willard Street
Taylor
Jones
Ite
Wis Dee
G.earl Cooper
Harvey Richards
Violet Blivins
Vannie Blivins
Lake Kosh
Mabel Grown
United States Atlantic Fleet Passes Singapore Harbor
The U S Atlantic battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry sailed through Singapore Harbor with the flagship Connecticut saluting the port while spectators aboard launches and small steamers escorted the ships. The Yankton relayed that the Manila voyage was uneventful and weather was calm.
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Singapore
United States Atlantic
Sperry
Yankton
Connecticut
Manila
Cruiser Fleet Off Salina Cruz Heads Southward
Washington dispatch reports that the armored cruiser fleet, sailing from Magdalena Bay December 1 after target practice, is off Salina Cruz Mexico at 3 p m New York time and proceeding toward La Union Salvador and then Panama. Secretary of the Navy Truman H Newberry received the advices via U S consular agent Warren W Rich at Salina Cruz.
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Washington
Truman H. Newberry
Secretary of the Navy
Warren W. Rich
United States
Salina Cruz
Mexico
New York
la Union
Salvador
Panama
Magdalena Bay
Storms Delay Transatlantic Liners at Port
Three belated transatlantic liners reached harbor after a winter sea passage. La Touraine from Havre faced NW winds and head seas with no mishap beyond seasickness. St Louis from Southampton arrived after weather delays, followed by Patricia from Hamburg in fourteen days. Arabic from Southampton and Kaiserin Auguste Victoria from Hamburg were delayed, with arrivals to occur today or Tuesday. Statendam and Finland, also due, expected late tomorrow.
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la Touraine
Havre
Southampton
St. Louis
Hamburg
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Sandy Hook
Statendam
Finland
Water main explosion disrupts Brooklyn streets and transit
A 20 inch high pressure water main on Washington and Johnston streets in Brooklyn burst during a test, sending a high water jet into the air, uprooting pavement, flooding the area and halting Coney Island and Brooklyn Rapid Transit lines. Water Department Acting Chief McKay blamed street settlement for the weakness and noted twelve thousand gallons flowed out in twenty minutes while only two hydrants were put out of service. The incident caused minor system impact overall.
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Washington and
Johnston Streets
Brooklyn
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
McKay
Water Department
Daughter of J. R. Bullock Dies by Her Own Action
Emma Russell Chesebrough, 39, wife of yacht designer Alfred Chesebrough, committed suicide in Bristol today by shooting herself twice in the head with a .22 revolver. She had suffered melancholia and insomnia. She is survived by her husband two children a sister Mrs. Samuel P. Colt and her mother Mrs. Emma Westcott Bullock.
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Bristol
Emma Russell Chesebrough
Alfred
Chesebrough
Scotland
Jonathan Russell Bullock
Samuel P. Colt
United States Rubber Company
Emma Westcott-Bullock
Boston
Boston Sermon Denounces Croker Banquet Judges
The Rev. Dr. A. A. Berle of Shawmut Congregational Church denounces Richard Croker and allied judges in a Dec 6 sermon. He laments Croker as corrupt in New York and notes the crowd’s warm reception when he appeared at a public playhouse, questioning the public reaction to a controversial figure.
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the Tribune
Boston
Richard Croker
A. A. Berle
Shawmut
America
France bars Castro an apology before landing
Paris December 6 French cabinet privately decides that if President Castro of Venezuela arrives at Bordeaux he must first offer a formal apology for France. The condition includes sending an official telegram to Paris and telegraphic instructions to Caracas to enforce an arbitral award. Venezuelan officials Castillo and Escalante travel to Santander to meet Castro.
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Paris
Castro
Venezuela
Hordeaux
France
Santander
Spain
Bordeaux
M. Taigny
Caracas
Domingo Castillo
Hamburg
D. Escalante
Liverpool
Dutch retaliation aim off Venezuela seizes Venezuelan vessels
The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant reports a naval demonstration off Venezuela is planned to seize Venezuelan gunboats and scout vessels, stop troop transport, and curb contraband trade with Curacao.
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Rotterdam
Nieuwe Rotterdamsch Courant
Venezuela
Curacao
Philadelphia man killed in tenement hall robbery
A man presumed to be George W. Long of Philadelphia was found dying in the hallway of 240 East 21st Street. He died before Bellevue Hospital surgeon arrived. Police believe beating and robbery occurred. $979 found in a pocket, with identifying marks from Philadelphia.
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George W. Long
Philadelphia
East 21St Street
Lackey
Bellevue Hospital
Burfeind
East 22d Street
Margaret Simmons
Herzfelder & Bros
G. W. Young
Thaw Sanity Campaign Report Reaches Pittsburg Society
Pittsburg dispatch notes that Mrs. William Thaw and Mrs. Copley Thaw, mother and sister of Harry Thaw, are pushing a public belief in his sanity. They cite a Thaw prison piece titled A Beginner in the High Alps, republished at their request amid social circles. Friends say they will not rest until Thaw is freed from the asylum.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
William Thaw
Copley Thaw
White
Thaw
Alps
Ver Wiebe Becomes Pro After Watch Gift Controversy
Harvard fullback Ernest Ver Wiebe received President Roosevelt’s praise for the Yale game and now faces a Harvard Athletic Association meeting over his inadvertent professional status. Somerville neighbors gave a watch and chain, with a larger purse of $50. he accepted unaware it would claim professionalism. He plans to return the money and seek Amateur Athletic Union relief.
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Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
Ernest Ver Wiebe
Harvard
Roosevelt
Yale
Harvard Athletic Association
Somerville
Ver Wiebe
Amateur Athletic Union
Harlem thief nabbed after all day stakeout and car chase
Detectives Brenner and Curtayne of the Harlem Detective Bureau arrest Solomon Stein of 114th Street after a long daytime vigil and a high speed pursuit on Second Avenue. Police say Stein is behind multiple Harlem burglaries, with stolen jewelry and $75 found in his possession. Notes show braceleted suspect confessed to pushing through Miles’s window and stealing a watch, money, and pins as part of years of heists.
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Brenner
Curtayne
Harlem Detective Bureau
Second Avenue
114Th Street
Solomon Stein
No. 208
East 114Th Street
Harlem
Stein
Bronx
Barnett
Harlem Bureau
Jimmy Marks
Third Avenue
Cortayne
Second, Avenue
Isaac Miles
East 102d Street
Miles
New York Police Department
Detective Bureau
Mulberry Street
GIVES LIFE FOR FRIEND
Alberta Beere twelve sacrifices herself to save schoolmate Elsie Byers from an oncoming Pennsylvania Railroad train in East Pittsburg. Alberta dies at home while Elsie, knocked forty feet, suffers severe injuries and may die. Alfred Beere, Alberta’s father, marks his thirty seventh birthday as the tragedy unfolds with Elsie among Alberta’s guests.
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Pittsburg
Alberta Beere
East Pittsburg
Elsie Byers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Byers
Alfred Beere
Alberta
Elsie
Three Drowned Near Boston In Ice Breaking Tragedy
In North Easton two girls Ethel eleven and Martha ten died after breaking through thin ice on a pond near their home. Their companions, two boys, were rescued. In Methuen George Slack Jr thirteen perished attempting to save his brother Arthur from Mystic Pond. Arthur was saved by John May who heard the cries.
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Boston
Ethel
Charles Anderson
Martha
John A. Anderson
North Easton
Methuen
George Slack
Arthur
Mystic Pond
John May
Opera Gowns in Bond Sealed Trunks Unopened Found
Leopold Tanco of Bogota and his wife arrived on the La Touraine with twenty one trunks to ship to Colombia in bond. They stayed in New York to attend opera houses and later discovered their opera gowns were hidden in the last trunk opened after customs checked the baggage.
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Leopold Tanco
Bogota
Brazil
la Touraine
Colombia
Bond
Mr. Tanco
New York
Touraine
Freighter D. M. Clemson Sinks in Gale On Lake Superior
Duluth reports the steel freighter D. M. Clemson with a 25 man crew sunk in a gale off lower Lake Superior. Tugs search the lake as it is believed all aboard are drowned. Captain S. R. Chamberlain of Duluth commanded the 5,000 ton coal laden vessel.
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Duluth
Minn
D. M. Clemson
S. R. Chamberlain
Clemson
Lake Superior
Electric Chair Autopsy Experiment Planned in New Jersey
Dr. Frank G. Scammel and Dr. Thomas H. Mackenzie will attempt to revive Essex County murderer John Mantasanna after electrocution on December 21 to test if the electric chair only stuns victims. If revival fails, an autopsy by Scammel will seek to determine whether death was instantaneous or delayed.
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Tribune
Trenton
N. J
Frank G. Scammel
Thomas H. Mackenzie
John Mantasanna
Essex County
BE. A. S. Spitzke
Philadelphia
Scammel
Mackenzie
Fought Sea Three Days Endures To Reach Boston
The schooner M. E. Eldridge from New York battled a three day storm. Sails blown away, hull leaking, and tons of water flooding the hold with clay cargo. Crew of five fainted from hunger but were saved by revenue cutter Gresham and towed to port where they were hospitalized.
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Tribune
Boston
Kelley
M. E. Bildridge
New York
Gresham
Eldridge
Oklahoma Banks to Unite for Deposit Guarantee
Guthrie December 6. Governor Haskell Lieutenant Governor Bellamy State Treasurer Menefee and Agricultural Board Chairman Connors travel to Muskogee to organize a banks only association to guarantee deposits and defend the program after ruling out national banks. The move follows a 300 percent rise in state bank deposits and a decline in national bank deposits. Liners Pass Blaring Navy Barge. The French liner La Touraine reports passing a burning U S Navy collier Barge No 28 near Havre on Saturday morning with no sign of life aboard and the fire gaining headway.
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The
Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Bellamy
Menefee
Connors
Agricultural Board
Oklahoma
Banking Board
Muskogee
Bonaparte
National Banks
la Touraine
Havre
United States Navy
Touraine
President Refutes Panama Charges in Foulke Correspondence
Roosevelt replies to William Dudley Foulke denying The Indianapolis News claims about the Panama Canal purchase. He states no records were destroyed. documents date to May 1904 and were publicly accessible. He clarifies the $40,000,000 paid to France, with no U.S. citizen receipt details.
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Hot Springs
Indianapolis News
Taft
Panama
White House
Washington
Mr. Foulke
Delavan Smith
Congress
United States
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Maine
Eben W. Martin
South Dakota
Albert Estopinal
Louisiana
Otto G. Foelker
Frank FE
Guernsey
Henry A. Barnhart
Indiana
Oliver Cicero Wiley
Alabama
Takang Plainfield
Mr. Cooper
J. Fisk
Burlington, Vt
George Alesiax
Harburger
Tigermen
Saputes
J. R. Bullock
Croker
Stranger
Pockets Simpty
Sayar
Chum
North Boston
Bay
Diplomat
Plan Deposit Guarantee Association
Douglas Robinson and
C. P. Taft
William Dudley Foulke
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