Lakewood Hotel Shooting Ends in Fatal Chase
Frank Jankowski a popular Lakewood hotel man was killed during a pursuit of burglars at the Manhattan Hotel as an audience watched Betty Hammond's "The Happy Medium" show. A second burglar fled. a posse and police guard the jail. Jankowski’s death came amid a four block chase that led to the villa grounds of Howard Applegate.
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Tribune
Lakewood
N. J
Frank Jankowski
Manhattan
Betty Hammond
Howard Applegate
Jankowski
George Matthews
Hellboy
Walter Curtis
Bartlett Inn
Young Men's Christian Association
Matthews
Curtis
Riot in Hudson River tunnel among sandhogs ends with arrests
A fight deep under Cortlandt and Greenwich streets drew 20 to 30 Italian and mixed nationality tunnel workers. Three injured, three arrested as officers descended to separate the combatants. José Antonio Oscar Carlson and John Jardine jailed for a court hearing after head wound was treated.
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Hudson River
Cortlandt
Greenwich
Fetscher
Gallagher
José Antonio
Oscar Carlson
John Jardine
Church Street
Roberts
Itudson Street
Antonio
Walsh
Tombs Court
Carlson
Allere
Mrs Longworth's Peril as Runaway Horses Narrowly Missed
Washington dispatch reports Mrs Nicholas Longworth, wife of the President's daughter, escaped injury when a touring car rushed by near a theater. Policeman John Catts grabbed the bridles of frightened horses, steering them aside to stop them twenty yards later. Congressman Longworth sought out the officer to offer thanks.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Philadelphia Symphony
Playhouse
John Catts
Congressman Longworth
Fifty Men Entombed in Virginia Coal Mine Blast
Roanoke Virginia December 29 At least fifty men are reported trapped by a coal mine explosion at Lick Branch with ten rescued alive four dead as rescuers work. Mines connected on the other side of the mountain may also be affected and the cause is not yet known.
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Roanoke
Lick Branch
Norfolk & Western
Blizzard grips Britain as railways halt in snow
London reports a severe blizzard sweeping the United Kingdom, especially Scotland and Northern Ireland. Forty eight hours of low temperatures and strong winds have disrupted rail and streetcar services, isolated towns, caused exposure deaths, and halted cross Channel traffic and outdoor labor. Snowdrifts several feet deep block roads and railways, farmers suffer cattle losses, and trains like the Scotch express near Aberdeen are stranded with passengers spending the night on board.
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London
United Kingdom
Scotland
Ireland
Northern Railway
North Wales
Cross Channel
Aberdeen
Consul Cheney Dead Likely in Messina Earthquake
Washington dispatch reports Arthur S. Cheney American Consul at Messina and his wife perished in yesterday's Sicily earthquake. Vice-Consul Lupton says consulate destroyed and Lupton escaped. British warship aiding rescue. Cheney born Illinois, appointed 1907.
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Washington
Arthur
Cheney
Messina
Sicily
State Department
Stuart Lupton
Ameri
Malta
William H. Gale
Lupton
Gale
Arthur S. Cheney
Illinois
Connecticut
Tennessee
Jospeh H. Pierce
Auto Thief Captured After High Speed Chase
Willis Cab and Auto Company car seized on West 28th Street and chased across miles. Suspects Joseph Mulligan and Emil Brown arrested at First Avenue and 21st Street on grand larceny charges. Chauffeur blocked escape by stopping the car, chase risked dozens of collisions and endangered children.
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Willis Cab and Auto Company
West 28Th Street
Joseph Mulligan
Emil Brown
First Avenue
21St Street
Automobile Company
Third Avenue
1St Street
Two Deputies Drown At Croton Reservoir Incident
Information from White Plains reports Deputy Sheriff William C. Forest of Tuckahoe and Joseph W. Doyle of Croton Falls drowned at Croton reservoir Purdy Station while skating on Lake Titicus. Forest broke through ice and Doyle attempted a rescue but both disappeared beneath the ice before aid arrived. bodies not recovered.
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White Plains
William C. Forest
Tuckahoe
Joseph W. Doyle
Croton Falls
Croton
Purdy’s Station
Amsterdam Gas Company Pays Fine for Unmetered Water Use
John H. O'Brien announced Amsterdam Gas Company paid 1815 for water supply via an unmetered six inch pipe near 43rd Street and First Avenue. Inspector Hannan found the pipe. water could have cost over 30 a year. The city can collect arrearages up to six years. The company paid the bill a day later.
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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
TRY TO STEAL AUTO IN BROKER ATTACK NEAR 69TH ST
Edward Steinam broker for Kishin Lieb and Co. and his chauffeur were attacked while two bicycle riders attempted to steal Steinam's automobile near Amsterdam Avenue. One attacker claimed to be John McDermott and hit Steinam. the other, Frederick Longenegger, attacked the chauffeur. Lieutenant Belton arrested both suspects at West 68th Street station.
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Edward Steinam
Central Park West
Wall Street
Kishin, Lieb & Co
69Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Steinam
James Busser
Busser
John McDermott
Belton
Walsh
West 68Th Street
McDermott
Frederick Longenegger
No. 23
Duffeld Street
Brooklyn
Driver killed by street blast at Broadway work site
James Reilly of Alliegro and Spattone was hit by a stone from a blast on North Street near Broadway yesterday. He died en route to Washington Heights Hospital. The blast also shattered nearby windows as police sought foreman Frank Lally.
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James Reilly
Alliegro & Spattone
West Lid Street
Broadway
Washington Heights
Keilly
4Th Street
P. J. Kane
Frank Lally
MISS MARQUAND ENGAGED TO LIEUTENANT MELLER
London reports Hetty Merquard daughter of the late Frederick Merquard of New York and granddaughter of George Ogston of Baltimore will marry Lt John Seymour Meller of the 60th Rifles soon. The Seaboard Florida Limited resumes service January 4 with year round Florida trains via Jacksonville St Augustine Palm Beach and connections to Atlanta and Birmingham.
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London
Hetty
Frederick Merquard
New York
George Ogston
Baltimore
John Seymour Meller
60Th Rifles
Seaboard Florida Limited
Jacksonville
Augustine
Palm Beach
Florida
Plerida
Flerida
Atlanta
Birming al Line
Doctor Performs Tracheotomy in Ambulance Rescue
Dr. A J Steele Bellevue Hospital ambulance surgeon was praised after performing a rapid tracheotomy in an ambulance near No 623 East 15th Street to save Charles Walker who was kicked in the neck by a horse. Walker, a hostler of No 28 Third Avenue, revived as the rubber tube opened the windpipe before reaching hospital.
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A. J. Steele
Bellevue Hospital
Post Office
East 15Th Street
Charles Walker
Third Avenue
Walker
Caruso Brought In After Boy Drinks Whiskey
In Glen Ridge New Jersey a ten year old boy, unconscious from liquor, was found by Sergeant McCarthy as Nicholas Caruso, a huckster, carried Carella Cardona into the police station. Caruso said he bought a pint of whiskey in Newark and left it on his wagon seat. The boy, mistaking it for ginger ale, drank half the bottle. Ad at Haans Restaurant Park Row Building. Dew Leaves Eve Celebration. Special Music.
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Glen Ridge
N. J
McCarthy
Nicholas Caruso
Carella Cardona
Caruso
Newark
Italy Earthquake Toll Tops One Hundred Thousand Dead
Rome reports estimate at least 100000 killed across Messina Reggio and Calabria after a massive quake and tidal waves. Destruction blocks the Strait, with ruined towns, unburied bodies, and fear of pestilence while aid efforts mobilize and royal figures travel toward Messina.
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Messina
Reggio
Rome
Sicily
Italy
Palmi
Cassana
Cosenza
Bagnara
Monteleone
Ripeste
Seminata
San Giovanni
Scilla
Lazzaro
Cannitello
Strait
Pestilence Feared After Calabrian Sicily Quake Toll
In Italy, calamity in Calabria and Sicily after yesterday’s massive earthquake left Messina in ruins with fires and many deaths. Reggio and ports across the strait reported destruction as ships and fleets assist. relief efforts mobilize amid fears of pestilence.
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Trinacria
F. King
Boston
Suffolk County Superior Court
Jarden
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Scylla and Charybbdis
Britain
Portland
Charles B. Hall
U.S. A
Steily
John T. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Naples
Amsterdam
Workman
Flying Rock
Miss Marquand
Augusta
Charleston
Summerville
Penn
Atantic Coast Line
Juth St
Calabria
Strait of
Mes
Sina
Cataaim
Reggie
Lam
Great Britain
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Russia
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Florence
M. Titton
Globe
Sappho
the Sea Sud
Denly
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