Two Ferries Jammed In Hell Gate Collision Panic At Riverfront
A collision at Hell Gate left the passenger Steinway and the tug Hudson fused bow to bow with no injuries reported. Passengers remained frightened as crews worked to separate the vessels and evacuate riders via a plank gangway amid river traffic and urgent Harbor police aid.
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Moon
Maxwell Rahn
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Three Months' Bride Death by Own Action
Battle Creek Michigan June 16 a newlywed wife of three months died by taking strychnine after her husband failed to find work. She was the adopted daughter of Dr J I Kellogg and had reconciled with him since the marriage. Dr Kellogg did not approve of the union.
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Uncle Sam's Boys Have a Hard Row to Hoe in China
Next Sunday's Tribune features Uncle Sam's Boys facing a tough challenge in China with a grim outlook for relief. The piece frames the mission as difficult and warns of obstacles ahead while highlighting the soldiers' resolve.
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China
American Museum Honors Dr Alvah H Doty for Hygiene Aid
Dr Alvah H Doty, health officer of the Port, received the American Museum of Safety medal for advancing hygiene and sanitation and fighting occupational disease. The award, announced by Professor Frederick R Hutton at the annual meeting of the United Engineering Societies, surprised attendees as Doty did not appear in person. A telegram forwarded the medal to Dr John Verane of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, with Albany’s outcome still unclear.
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AIH Lied Hospitale
Albany
Beaman
Hundred Dead in Wrecks Across Britain Amid Storms
A British storm season leaves hundreds dead and many ships lost. Ships vanish off Aberdeen and the Yorkshire coast as weather worsens. The British steamer Wistow Hall sinks with most crew drowned. only Captain Stoddart and three others reach shore after a brutal voyage from Tyne.
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Land
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Liverpool
Miss Edmonds In Hospital In Philadelphia
Philadelphia report says Miss Edmonds, fiancée of Rev Clarence T Richeson, awaits execution in Cambridge for murder of Avis Lingnol. She is said to be at the Dean Hospital on North 18th street for weeks, with hospital officials denying inmate status. Local physician confirms her presence. arrangements are private and details scarce.
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Aloukh
Manchus threaten massacre in Peking amid abdication crisis
In Peking a tense atmosphere prevails as Manchu loyalists threaten action if the throne abdicates. Yuan Shih-kai faces charges of double dealing while Empress Dowager and princes consider coronation issues. Foreign and Chinese forces brace for possible unrest as troops move toward Beijing.
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Nanking
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Agan
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Dh. Reeves
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Tien-Tsin
Tang-Shan
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Tellivh
Slander verdict awards ten thousand dollars in Morristown
In Morristown New Jersey on January 18 a jury awarded Miss Lucy Hulbert ten thousand dollars in damages in her slander suit against Willis G Arnold. The plaintiff claimed Arnold told several people stories about her character while he served on the township School Board to influence her as a candidate for Washington Valley school. The defense argued he acted in official capacity.
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N. J
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Willis G. Arnold
Arnold
Washington Valley
Fe Harry
Fs Glover
Aki Aie
Arno
Regan
Judge Black
Mind fugue roams as Rogers identified in New Bedford
A New York man named Chandler Rogers, who recently had brain surgery in Seattle, was found in the Emergency Hospital in New Bedford after a strange collapse in the public library. He has no memory of the last fourteen years and remains semi comatose and unable to speak intelligibly.
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New Bedford
Mass
Jan
Chandler Rogers
New York
Seattle
Ator
Governor Wilson in Detroit on Watterson controversy
Col Watterson described as a fine gentleman by supporters and critics alike as Governor Wilson faces a political flare up over the Harper Weekly dispute. Detroit figures including Dudley Field Malone defend Wilson while urging restraint as Wilson plans a trip to Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids.
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Wondrow Wilson
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Unstate
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Bo 0. Wend
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Geermor
Wilcon
Colonel Watterson
Harpers
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Ani
Dudley Field Malone
Wileson
Wihn
Ann Arbor
Grand
Teachers Hurt Coasting In Yonkers Sled Crash
Six young women teachers on a public holiday coasting run in Yonkers were badly hurt when a sled steered by Mrs Short crashed into a tree at the foot of a steep hill. Miss Short was struck on the head, Miss Guernsey and Miss Whitney sustained injuries, others were bruised. several were sent to hospital while the rest went home.
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Behoo
Yonkers
Germans Alarm English in Caribbean War Activity
A London dispatch from January reports German movements alarming the English audience. A Barbados island correspondent notes German ships from the cruiser Hertha surveying a proposed coating station site. A Trinidad correspondent says German vessels practiced night firing near Port of Spain and trained in Kingston Harbor.
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West India Committee
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Parta
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Caribbean Sea
Boston Mayor Opposes Brooklyn Garbage Plants Plan
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald returns from New York and voices strong objections to the Boston Development and Sanitary Company garbage plants in Brooklyn. He cites dirty depots, ash dust, and air pollution as nuisances, while noting a Boston plan would require all covered facilities.
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Bank forgery case shocks city outcry and arrest
RAND Mrs Charles W Morse a former New York banker released but not pardoned by the president and his wife has worked day and night for him. Lynn Watkins a note teller and John R Dowling a bank messenger signed a written confession of forgery and robbery. The amount involved is over 400 dollars and 6 000 dollars was found hidden in a coal pile at the bank this morning. The money was in a steel drawer in the vault and was discovered after the drawer was forced. The forgery involved two endorsements on a note by which Watkins borrowed 100 dollars. Dowling forged the signatures.
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New York
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Dane
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First National Bank
Watking
Dowling
Forcing Americans Out in Teheran Crisis
A Persian cabinet dispute over Americans in Tehran grows with foreign officials accused of coercion. Foreign Minister reprimands FR Cairns for direct talks with British, Russian, and American envoys, as Persians insist Americans must defend their rights over contracts while governments back their own nationals. The cabinet denies threatening to expel Americans and provides a copy of a letter from Moordard to Cairns, noting alleged signature inconsistencies.
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Rescue at Sea Ends Prisoner Held By Abalone Fisher
Hathaway of the City Engineer's office was held by a shell crevice as waves closed in. He clung with his hand trapped in an abalone crevice fifty yards from shore while companions searched and later freed him with an iron bar. He was rescued after two hours in rough surf and rising tide.
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Cal
Dan
Tey Hathaway
Shathaaway
Ralph Hlanson
Hathaway
Cmpanions
To Hold Court in His Home Justice Gerard Special Term
Crowded county courthouse forces Justice Gerard to sit at home for a special term. He sits at No 75 Fifth Avenue and uses Code of Civil Procedure Section 37 to conduct without a jury away from the courthouse. Advertisement for Antediluvian Whiskey by Luyties Bros of New York.
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Gerard
Fifth Avenue
Port Washington tragedy folds into fatal hill collision
Howard Goulds carriage with chaffeur William Hollant on Long Island crosses Old Hicksville Road and fatally strikes a sled rider Cyril Amens while another boy John De Mar is badly injured. Coroner Weeks orders an inquest. The Gould party cooperates, and two youths are taken to a sanatorium with serious injuries.
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Washington
Long Island
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William Hollant
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Gould
Riillroad
Cook
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Don
Holland
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Ruen
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Halland
Little Coaster Killed In Riverside Park Crash
About thirty or forty young boys coasted on a steep Riverside Park hill when a sled swerved and struck ten year old Tommy O’Hare. He crashed into a stone wall, suffered a fractured frontal bone, and died at Red Cross Hospital despite urgent help. No arrests were reported.
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Tommy
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Red Cross
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Morse Released but Not Pardoned
Washington reports state that on Attorney General and Surgeon General Torney recommendations President Taft commuted banker Charles W Morse's sentence to expire immediately. Morse, sentenced for misapplication of funds, is a free man but civil rights remain unrecovered. his condition is critical and may prove fatal within months. Morse's wife travels to obtain his commutation papers and expresses gratitude for the act, while officials note the decision hinges on mercy rather than a pardon.
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McPherson Oral
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Fort McPherson
Army Hospital
Atlanta
Wit Widen
Morse Freed as President Grants Clemency for Incurable Disease
Atlanta readers learn Charles W Morse gains commutation of his sentence from Washington. Morse expresses quiet relief as post surgeon informs him of clemency, though illness remains severe. He is to be moved to a hospital and likely to a Florida sanatorium before possible travel to Germany for therapeutic baths.
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