Ben Franklin Quiz prize winners announced
The Tribune lists five prize winners from a national Ben Franklin Quiz with over 20 000 participants. Henry Young of Nyack wins $1 000, Albert Patterson of New York $750, Charles Montgomery of Hillburn $600, Miss Mabel Servis of Elizabeth $250, and Mrs Walter Mackey of Belleville $100.
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Nyack
Tribune
South Broadway
N. Y
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East 129Th St
New York
Charles H. Montgomery
Hillburn
Mabel V. Servis
Morris
Elizabeth
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Walter R. Mackey
Washington Av
Belleville
Tripwne
The
Union
Canada
France
Honolulu
Morning News Summary Signals Turbulent World Events
An assortment of items from Wilson mediation in Mexico to Near War tensions with Carranza looming. Reports mention murder after seven years, a car crash injuring Mrs. Flagler, a plot to annul a marriage, and Japan naming a ship America. Also coverage of elections, dynamite theft, and varied international topics from London theaters to Paris cave-ins. The page notes protests, labor shifts, and obituaries amid a global news mix.
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Wilson
Jones Trust
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Satin
Wife Kills Boston Lawyer in Carriage
Exeter dispatch reports Henry Folsom, a Boston lawyer, shot dead on a road to New Market. His wife, standing over the body with a revolver, confessed the killings saying jealousy and love drove her. She was jailed after a hearing and faces grand jury action.
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Stewart B. Rowe
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Dartmouth College
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Confesses Murder After Seven Years
Frank Burd, released of late, told in prison details of the 1907 murder of Manning Riley in Hunterdon County. His confession followed by which John Edward Schuyler, once condemned to hang, faces likely release as records match. The case dates back to January 20, 1907, when Riley was beaten to death with a fence paling on Upper Parker road.
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John Edward Schuyler
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Board of Pardons
Cobb in a police cell after Detroit shop fight
Joenton June to ty Cobb, Detroits center fielder, was arrested at W L Carpenter butcher shop after a fight with Harold Harding. Cobb drew a pistol, broke his right thumb in the clash, and will miss baseball for days. Harding claims Cobb assaulted him. Cobb sought an apology for insults to his wife.
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Ty Coub
Detroits
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Harold Harding
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Automobile death and abrupt double wedding shock Bogota
Hackensack resident F H Glassford was killed when his automobile overturned on Fort Lee road between Teaneck and Leonia, possibly due to a tire blowout at high speed. In Bogota, Carl Krieger died suddenly during a bowling session as a double wedding proceeded at his home, news of his death kept from the family until after the ceremony.
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Glassford
Carl Krieger
Bogota
Krieger
Man Crowns to Order Wine 8 Gone and Bathers Watch Demonstration
In New Rochelle a lung motor demonstration by Robert Lesser ends in tragedy as Thomas Taylor, a local student, cramps and sinks a quarter mile from shore. Charles Emerson of the US Volunteer Life Saving Corps rescues and Taylor is revived after the device is used.
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New Rochelle
Thomas Taylor
Charles Emerson
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
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Mrs Flagler Hurt In Auto Crash Near Harrison New York
Mrs John H Flagler and her two guests Rev and Mrs J B Stone were thrown from their car in Harrison New York near Purchase. A car owned by Sydney Bean and driven by Frederick Zietz crashed into the Flagler auto. Mrs Flagler and guests escaped with cuts and bruises. she was taken to a cottage where doctors said she was not seriously injured. Zietz faced charges for operating without a license as his car broke down earlier and Bean tasked him to finish routes. Mrs Flagler, returning from Heather Dell Farm, attended the National Committee on Prison Labor meeting and led a campaign on prison system ignorance and indifference. Page 5 continuation.
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Scenso
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National Committee On Prison Labor
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Villa in Nicaraguan? No, Mexican general leads toward Mexico City
Dispatches from Juarez report Pancho Villa consolidating power in the north as General Angeles joins his march south toward Mexico City. Carranza factions oppose, while Obregon and Gonzales reportedly move to preempt Villa and seize the capital. Villa signs as general in chief, signaling a shift in rebel leadership amid troop movements and rail disruptions threatening the advance.
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Carranza
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Guadalajara
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Monterey
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New York Tribune
Saltillo
Zacatecas
Torreon
Nine Die As Plane Hits Airship Over Vienna
A tragic aerial collision in Austria leaves nine killed when a military aeroplane strikes the envelope of a dirigible balloon during a staged air maneuver near Vienna. The airship Koertling bursts into flames, the balloon crashes, and all aboard perish. spectators witness the fatal spectacle as the doomed craft fall.
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Johann Hauswirth
Ernest Hofstetter
Bruer
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Hadima
Weber
Kammerer
Koenigaburg
Wilson Staves Off Mediation's End
President Wilson, through the Argentine Minister, has persuaded ABC mediators to keep seeking peace as he tries again to bring the Constitutionalists into the conference under mediator terms. Villa may send delegates if armistice is declared, while Carranza is deposed and Felipe Angeles named Mexico’s president, a move that complicates participation in the talks.
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