Chicago to Take Up Divorce Question
The Chicago City Council plans discussion on matrimony and divorce with Alderman Brittan aiming to block quick divorces by proposing a state bill. Key provisions include a one year delay before filing detailed divorce causes and a felony for obtaining a divorce in another state without a year of residency. Father Benne Schrum supports the proposal.
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iIt
Benne Schrum
St. Michael's
Alderman Brittan
Pather
Estranged husband kills wife and takes own life
Stephen Scott fatally shot his wife at boarding house 135 West 21th Street then killed himself. Mrs. Scott, widow of a son of Coroner Harburzer, left two young daughters Blanche and Hazel. A man named Starr was reportedly waiting at the house when the tragedy occurred.
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West 21Th Street
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Genjamin Paulr
Harburzer
Blanche
Hazel
Blanche Scott
Starr
Chase on West 67th street ends with capture of intruder
A man posing as Thomas Malone, a plumber, was chased across roofs and stairs through West 67th street buildings after burglarizing the Harlem police court chief clerk’s apartment. Shot in the arm, he was captured in a cellar at No 134 West 67th. Missing items included a $50 gold watch and a fraternity pin. the pin was found with the intruder’s hat.
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West 61St Street
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Harlem
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Minnie Cummings
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Cummings
Judge Upholds Mental Anguish Act in Ivey Case
Federal Judge Jacob Trieber sustains Arkansas Mental Anguish Act. M Ivey of Hot Springs seeks damages from Western Union for non delivery of a telegram to an Indiana undertaker, delaying the transfer of his son's body and causing a burial in Terre Haute. The ruling affirms state law under Arkansas legislative act of 19%.
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Hot Springs
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State Board sets Buffalo special franchise valuations
Aspeny November 7 The State Board of Tax Commissioners completed tentative valuations for Buffalo special franchises totaling 22 509 875 an increase of 1 151 percent over last year's final valuations Comfortable Route to Savannah Savannah Line ad urges winter travel with Standard service Office 317 Broadway
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Hedges Named Assistant Treasurer of the United States
Job E. Hedges a New York lawyer has been chosen for Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York to succeed Hamilton Fish who resigned and will serve in Congress. The President will announce soon. Hedges is a longtime Republican with a record in law and public service, previously secretary to Mayor Strong and a city magistrate. He was born May 10 1862 in Elizabeth New Jersey and is a Princeton and Columbia Law School graduate.
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Tenderloin Resorts Shut as New Inspectors Take Charge
New leadership at West 30th street Station under Inspector McClusky and Captain John O Brien prompted a midnight shutdown of nearly all unlicensed resorts. At 11:55 p.m. plainclothes and uniformed officers entered each venue, lingering until lights dimmed and doors locked. The closures follow a city-wide shake-up of inspectors and captains last Friday, with no incidents reported.
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West 30Th Street
THO BROKERS ARRESTED FOR MAIL FRAUD IN MEXICAN MINE PLOT
Louis A Prines of the Hotel Gregorian and Joseph W Labaree of West 34th street were arrested by Post fce Inspectors at Fifth Avenue address. They were charged with using the mails to defraud in a raid on George W Emanuel & Co private bankers offices. They claimed to be stockbrokers and offered stock in a Dos Estrellas mine in El Oro Mexico with a 29 percent dividend guaranteed by an international banking house.
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West 34Th Street
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Fifth Avenue
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el Oro
Mexico
Students Riot Over Victory Sparks Jail Storming Bid
A thousand Illinois University students clashed with police while trying to storm the city jail to free two prisoners after a football victory over the University of Iowa. Police Superintendent George Morton and student R. W. Boswell were among the 20 injured.
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Tllinois University
George Morton
R. W. Boswell
University of Iowa
Walker Opera House
Prince Frederick William Tours in Zeppelin Flight
From Friedrichshafen and Donaueschingen on November 7, Crown Prince Frederick William flew with Count Zeppelin in the airship. The voyage began at 11:20 with cold northerly winds, moving toward Donaueschingen where Emperor William would arrive from Austria. The airship followed the imperial train, circled the castle, and the crown prince sent a letter to his father before returning to Friedrichshafen.
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Count Zeppelin
Donaueschingen
Baden
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Austria
Prince von Furstenberg
Robbery at Embassy Residence in Paris
Burglars ransacked the American Ambassador Henry White's Paris residence on Thursday night. A large quantity of valuables was stolen while Mrs White and Miss White stayed at Chevreuse château. Servants on the third floor slept through the break in as the intruders scattered contents of boxes and bureaus. Jewelry including gold bracelets and pearl necklaces were among the stolen items.
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Henry White
United States
Dartmouth Hands Princeton 10 6 Defeat At Polo Grounds
Dartmouth defeated Princeton 10 to 6 at the Polo Grounds in a hard fought football battle. Pishon directed the winner with a late forward pass to Schildmiller for a touchdown after Princeton briefly led in the second half. Crowd of about 15 thousand witnessed a brisk, well contested game with Dartmouth’s defense and ends breaking up Princeton advances.
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Kennedy
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Tibpett
Germany's envoy here von Bernstorff chosen
Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff, German envoy to Egypt, selected by Emperor William to replace the late Baron Speck von Sternburg as ambassador to America. Born 1862 in London, he has served in Berlin, London, Cairo, and other posts and is noted for his dispatches improving German sentiment. He is described as tall, slender, with a dead mustache, fluent in English, and a witty after dinner speaker.
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United States
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Berlin
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Egypt
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America
Edward Luckemeyer
New York
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Germany
Prince August William
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Washington
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Bismarck
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Dresden
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Alexandra
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Luckemeyser
France
Ernst von Bernstorff
Amerika Riedese
Zu Eisenbach
Travellers
Marlborough
Century Magazine drops Kaiser interview from publication
The Century Company and William Bayard Hale announce withdrawal of Hale's interview article on the German Emperor. Hale says he requested withdrawal due to recent circumstances, and the Century Company agreed.
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William Bayard Hale
Century Magazine
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Gales Sweep Schooner Myra W Spear Afloat After Haulash
Captain Simmons reports his schooner Myra W Spear endured two hurricanes on a West Indies voyage. Departed August 2 for Baracoa, struck off San Salvador September 13 with lumber washed overboard and lifeboat lost. Schooner ran ashore near Baracoa September 29. crew rescued by lifesavers and refloated at high water the next day.
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Baracoa
San Salvador
Deafness Cure Offer From Ear Specialist
A Kansas City ear specialist promises two months of medicine free to prove his method cures deafness head noises and catarrh. Send request to Dr. G M Braunman at 1233 Walnut St Kansas City Missouri for details and trial treatment.
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Walnut St
Kansas City
Student Heller to Join Roosevelt on Africa Hunt
Edmund Heller of Riverside a UC Berkeley student says in a letter that President Roosevelt invited him to accompany the president on the Africa hunting trip next March. He details the planned party, travel route, roles, and the year long expedition from British East Africa to Cairo. The Tribune in Washington reports no official confirmation of his engagement.
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Roosevelt Leads Five Mile Tramp for Officers Fitness
President Roosevelt led a party of about sixty through Rock Creek Park in a five mile walk. The group included Generals Bell Murall Murray and Wotherspoon and Secretaries Garfield and Bacon. He spoke recently at the college about officer fitness and rugged outdoor exercise.
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Day Praises Taft In Interview On Board Ship
Boston November 7 Chan cellor James R Day of Syracuse University spoke by interview aboard the steamer Cretic en route from New York to the Mediterranean ports. He said Taft would steady business interests and end attacks by the present administration predicting a rapid return to rational conditions under Taft. He praised Archbold as liberal minded and urged more public discussion of Standard Oil letters noting the firm has been too close mouthed and that Archbold has since acknowledged the need for openness.
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James R. Day
Syracuse University
William H. Taft
John D. Archbold
Cretic
New York
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Day
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John D. Archbebd
Standard Oil Company
Dewey's Sauterne or Moselle White Wines Ad
Dewey's Sauterne or Moselle Elegant White Table Wines offered by H. T. Dewey & Sons Co at 133 Fulton Street New York in an advertisement.
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Explosion Shatters Clare Arms Apartment House
A gas leak caused a blast at the Clare Arms on Broadway and 124th street last night. Forty seven families escaped as flames spread through three floors. Miss Etta Ramney was badly burned and treated at J Hood Wright Hospital. Passers by suffered injuries from flying glass while residents fled to the street.
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124Th Street
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Virginia
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Rainney
Dutch Revoke 1804 Treaty With Venezuela
Willemstad Nov 7 The treaty between Holland and Venezuela has been revoked by Holland following its ultimatum that President Castro's May decree must be revoked by Nov 1 or the 1804 protocol would be void The Curacao government is ordered to declare Curacao free for weapons trade and will not interfere with revolutionary movements The 1894 Hague protocol aimed to restore friendship after a nineteen year rupture Venezuela dropped claims while Holland agreed to curb conspiracies and filibustering expeditions
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Castro
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Curacao
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Hague
Garcia
Restored His Sight After Brain Operation
A novel procedure by Dr. J. Thompson Schell at Northwestern Central Hospital restored the sight of J. H. Carter. One eye was useless while the other had minimal use. The operation opened the brain by removing two tiny buttons at the skull base and draining cerebrosinal fluid to relieve optic nerve pressure. The result was wholly successful.
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Philadelphia
J. Thompson Sehell
J. H. Carter
Northwestern Central Hospital
Ohio train robbers foiled on No 18 at Columbus
In Columbus a bid to rob Big Four train No 18 from Cincinnati was thwarted when a porter spotted two men on the dining car. Harry G. Emmit, 38, of East Mound Street, is believed dying after a knife wound to the conductor. A suspect named Patrick Mahem, claimed from Cleveland, was arrested.
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Cleveland
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