Lakewood Hotel Shooting Ends in Fatal Chase
Frank Jankowski hotelman is killed while pursuing one of two burglars during an audience at a Lakewood hotel while Betty Hammond’s play The Happy Medium unfolds. A four-block chase ends with the fugitive wounded as police guard the jail. another burglar escapes.
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The
Tribune
Lakewood
N. J
Frank Jankowski
Manhattan
Betty Hammond
Bers
Howard Applegate
Jankowski
George Matthews
Walter Curtis
Bartlett Inn
Riot in Hudson River tunnels ends with arrests
In the Hudson River tunnels near Cortlandt and Greenwich streets last night, a clash among 20 to 30 Italians and tunnel workers left three injured and three arrested. Foreman separated fighters as patrolmen descended, with José Antonio, Oscar Carlson, and John Jardine detained and taken to the night court for a Tombs hearing. Antonio says Carlson struck first. others allege an axe was seized during the brawl.
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Hudson River
Cortiandét
Greenwich
Fetscher
Gallagher
José Antonio
Oscar Carlson
John Jardine
Church Street
Roberts
Judson Street
Antonio
Walsh
SiHeach
Tombs Court
Carlson
Mrs Longworth’s Peril as Officer Halts Runaway Horses
Washington, Dec 20. Mrs Nicholas Longworth, the President's daughter, escaped injury when a touring car sped past and frightened a pair of horses. Policeman John Catts leapt forward, grabbed the bridles, and steered the horses aside to stop them twenty yards from danger. Congressman Longworth later thanked the officer for his bravery.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Philadelphia Symphony
Playhouse
John Catts
Congressman Longworth
Fifty Men Entombed In Va Coal Mine Explosion
Roanoke Virginia December 29 reports say at least fifty miners were trapped after a blast at Lick Branch coal mine. Rescue teams recovered ten survivors and four bodies. A nearby connected shaft may also be affected and the cause remains undetermined.
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Lick Branch
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western
Chase Ends in Arrest for Grand Larceny
Two men named Joseph Mulligan and Emil Brown were arrested at First Avenue and 21st Street after a high speed chase of a Willis Cab and Auto Company vehicle on West 29th Street. Police say the thieves drove over forty miles per hour through heavy traffic and narrowly avoided collisions, with several children nearly struck during the attempted escape.
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Willis Cab and Auto Company
West 29Th Street
Joseph Mulligan
Emil Brown
First Avenue
21St Street
Automobile Company
Third Avenue
1St Street
Amsterdam Gas Company Pays for Unmetered Water Use
Commissioner John H. O'Brien announced Amsterdam Gas Company paid 18 000 for water drawn through an unmetered six inch pipe near its 43rd Street First Avenue plant. Water Inspector found the pipe, which would have supplied water at a high yearly rate. city can collect arrearages for up to six years. The company paid the bill a day later after investigation began.
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John H. O'Brien
Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Amsterdam Gas Company
Michael C. Padden
O'Brien
the Tribune
First Avenue
Blizzard Grips Britain Halting Railways and Roads
London reports a severe blizzard sweeping the United Kingdom with very low temperatures and high winds. Scotland and North Wales bury roads under deep snowdrifts while cross Channel services and telegraph lines halt. Many towns isolated, cattle losses feared, and trains trapped or delayed.
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London
United Kingdom
Scotland
Ireland
Northern Railway
North Wales
Cross Channel
Aberdeen
Two Men Drowned Near Croton Reservoir
White Plains report of Deputy Sheriff William Co. Forest of Tuckahoe and Joseph W. Doyle of Croton Falls drowning at Croton reservoir Purdy's Station. They were skating on Lake Titicus when Forest fell through ice. Doyle attempted rescue but ice broke and he disappeared. both bodies not recovered.
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White Plains
William Co. Forest
Tuckahoe
Joseph W. Doyle
Croton Falls
Croton
Purdy's Station
Lake Titicus
Forest
Doyle
TRY TO STEAL AUTO.
Edward Steinam a broker at Kishin Loeb & Co was attacked on 69th Street near Amsterdam Avenue as two bicycle riders tried to steal his automobile The chauffeur James Busser aided by Lieutenant Belton detained the two men John McDermott and Frederick Longenegger both electricians New York police charged them with attempting theft of an automobile
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Edward Steinam
Central Park West
Wall Street
Kishin, Loeb & Co
69Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Steinam
James Busser
Busser
John McDermott
Belton
West 68Th Street
Mece- Dermott
Frederick Longenegger
No. 23
Duffield Street
Brooklyn
Miss Marquand Engaged To Lt John Mellor
London announces Hetty Merquand daughter of the late Frederick Merquand of New York and granddaughter of George Ogston of Baltimore will wed Lt John Seymour Mellor of the 6th Rifles. The Seaboard Florida Limited advertises winter service via Jacksonville St Augustine Palm Beach Miami.
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London
Hetty
Frederick Merquapd
New York
George Ogston
Baltimore
John Seymour Mellor
6Th Rifles
Seaboard Florida Limited
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Palm Beach
Miami
Florida
Atlanta
Hirming
Consul Cheney Dead in Sicily Earthquake Report
Washington dispatch reports Arthur S. Cheney American Consul at Messina and his wife died in the Sicily earthquake. Vice-Consul Lupton states the consulate is destroyed and Cheney presumed dead. Lupton may have escaped. British warship aiding rescue. Consul Gale forwarded the message from Messina.
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Washington
Arthur S. Cheney
Messina
Sicily
State Department
Stuart Lupton
Amer
Malta
William H. Gale
Lupton
Gale
Illinois
Connecticut
Tennessee
Jospeh H. Pierce
Blast Fells Driver Near Broadway In Washington Heights
James Kenly of Alliegro and Spattone was killed by a stone from a blast on 164th Street near Broadway while driving a wagon. Reilly, another wagoner, was struck on nearby 164th Street as workmen for contractor Kane detonated an explosion. Police sought foreman Frank Lally but could not locate him. The blast shattered nearby windows.
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James Kenly
Alliegro & Spattone
West Iid Street
Broadway
Washington Heights
Reilly
164Th Street
Broundway
P. J. Kane
Frank Lally
Doctor performs tracheotomy in ambulance救
Bellevue Hospital ambulance surgeon Dr A J Steele was praised after performing a tracheotomy in an ambulance en route from the Post Office stables to Bellevue. The patient Charles Walker, a hostier of 29 1/2 Third Avenue, had been kicked in the neck by a horse, with crushed larynx. The doctor inserted a rubber tube to relieve choking. hospital admitting physician Dr Le Roy Smith credited the quick action for Walker’s likely recovery.
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A. J. Steele
Bellevue Hospital
Post Office
East 15Th Street
Charles Walker
Third Avenue
Walker
Steele
LeRoy Smith
Boy drinks whiskey as huckster brings unconscious child to police
In Glen Ridge New Jersey a ten year old boy lay unconscious from liquor after a huckster Nicholas Caruso claimed to have bought a pint of whiskey in Newark and left it on his wagon seat. The boy reportedly drank half the bottle thinking it ginger ale, prompting the arrest of Caruso who carried the child to the station. RAANS RESTAURANT Park Row Building New Years Eve Celebration Special Music.
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Glen Ridge
N. J
Lquor
McCarthy
Nicholas Caruso
Carello Aidona
Caruso
Newark
Calabrian Sicilian Earthquake Kills Vast Many in Messina Reggio
Reports from Rome describe an immense earthquake and tidal wave devastations across Calabria and Sicily. Messina and Reggio suffer massive death tolls with thousands dead and entire towns ruined. The rock of Charybdis blocks the Strait. the king and queen head to Messina for relief efforts amid feared pestilence and refugees fleeing with nothing.
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Messina
Sicily
Reggio
Italy
Palmi
Cassana
Cosenza
Bagnara
Monteleone
Ripesto
Seminara
San Giovanni
Scilla
Lazzaro
Cannitello
Strait
Charybdis
Strait of
Faro
Naples
Vittorio Emmanuele
Calabrian quake shatters Messina and devastates Calabria
News from Rome reports a catastrophic earthquake in southern Italy that destroyed Messina and parts of Calabria, killing thousands and leaving cities in ruins. British, Russian fleets arrived to aid, with ships converted to hospital roles and relief efforts escalating across Italy. Dispatches describe panicked refugees, pestilence fears, and international sympathy and aid mobilization.
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Scylla
Charybbdis
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Charles B. Hall
John T. Trowbridge
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Atlantic Acast
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Russia
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Globe
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