Six in Auto Plunge to Death at Chicago River Bridge
A car carrying about six people plunged from the Jackson Boulevard Bridge into the Chicago River at 10 39 p m. It overturned and all occupants drowned. A man and a woman surfaced briefly before sinking. Police and divers searched for bodies and identities as witnesses described the fatal moment. Dr Adolphus Bertling and others witnessed the tragedy from nearby.
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Tribune
Chicago
Jackson Boulevard
James Hyland
Hyrland
Poiceman
Hyland
Adolphus EF. Bertlng
Ashland Boulevard
Bertling
Welock
Dr. Bertling
RUN DOWN BY AUTO INJURES BROOKLYN MAN
Brooklyn police reported an auto accident on Saturday night that may prove fatal for William Thearson of 744 Myrtle Avenue. He was struck while crossing Livingston Street west of Nevins Street, dragged to his home, and later conscious but in critical condition with brain concussion, a fractured rib, and a broken left wrist. The driver fled the scene and was not identified.
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Brooklyn
William Thearson
Myrtle Avenue
Livingston Street
Nevins Street
Reerdon
Cumberland Street
Reardon
Boy Loses Leg After Broadway Car Runover
Eleven year old Michael Ig70 of 167 West End Avenue was run over by a southbound Broadway car near 12th Street night. The front wheel crushed his left leg and it was later amputated at Luke's Hospital. Professor Reimer and A W Potterfield aided by applying a tourniquet, as bystanders watched a skateboarder ride along the running board before the collision.
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Michael Ig70
West End Avenue
Broadway
Luke's Hospital
Reimer
Columbia College
A. W. Potterfield
Tero
Ezzo
Joseph Verris
Ike
Man Named Higgins Arrested After Six Mile Auto Chase
William M Higgins of 518 West 125th Street was arrested after a six mile pursuit on the Boston Post Road for speeding at 50 mph and for allegedly possessing a fictitious chauffeur license. Sergeant Nerney and Patrolman Zea pursued. Higgins was held on $100 bail.
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William M. Higgins
Weer 125Th Street
Boston
Teol
Nerney
Zea
Alee
Miggins
Samuel M. Jervis
No. 1
Well Street
Mameroneck
Boston Post
Reid
Shenebent Helf
Pelham Manor
Maine
Higgins
Riot at Prater Trotting Race Sparks Chaos
In Vienna a false start led to two disqualified horses in a Prater trotting race. An outsider won and spectators, shouting Lynch him, attacked the judges. Windows were smashed and stands burned before police with drawn swords restored order. Many injured. about fifty arrested.
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Vienna
Prater
Daylight HoldUp Robs Man on Seventh Avenue
Andrew McManus was robbed of 3535 dollars and a watch at 26th Street and Seventh Avenue by two men who fled into a saloon. Detectives Carette and Murphy captured John Mahoney and Frank J. Callahan who were jailed on assault and robbery charges after McManus identified them.
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Andrew McManus
West 49Th Street
26Th Street
Seventh Avenue
McManus
MoeManius
Carette and Murphy
Sixth Avenue
John Mahoney
Ne.ws East 7Th Street
Frank J. Callahan
No. 701
Roosevelt Rumor Deemed Untrue, Safari Continues
Dispatches from Nairobi report no uncoded telegrams triggering Roosevelt illness rumors. Colonel Roosevelt is away from a railway and will wire directly. Mrs Roosevelt stays in her rooms while Miss Ethel and Miss Carow ride with naval attaché Long. Officials in Mombasa and Eldama Ravine say no known illness and the Roosevelt party proceeds on a long safari.
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Protectorate
Roosevelt
Newland
Tarlton
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ethel Roosevelt
Miss Carow
Andrew T. Long
Mombasa
Ferry Discontinued After Costly Brooklyn Borough Project
Richmond Borough officials say the Stapleton-Manhattan municipal ferry will be cut off soon. The city spent $200000 on a Canal street Upper Bay dock years before the ferry began, but the Nassau boat proved slow and only and 39th street line served the route. The New York, chartered at $100 daily, replaced it, and Cromwell will seek relief from Mayor Mc Clellan and Mayor-elect Gaynor if needed.
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Richmond Borough
Canal Street
Upper Bay
Stapleton
Nassau
39Th Street
Democratic Organization
New York
Horough
Cromwell
McClellan
Gaynor
Policeman Driver Fined for Reckless Driving
Lawrence H. Chaims a chauffeur and relative of a law guardian was fined five dollars in night court after Patrolman Moore testified he sped recklessly from 125th Street into Eighth Avenue. Chaims said he drove his employer Lieutenant Robert McNaught of the Harbor Squad home and rushed back downtown. The magistrate ordered a five dollar fine.
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Lawrence H. Chaims
Moore
West 12Th Street
Corrigan
Chaims
Eighth Avenue
125Th Street
Robert McNaught
Harbor Squad
Harber Squad
Magitiate
Columbia University to gain multimillion bequest from Kennedy estate
The Columbia Alumni News reports Columbia University will receive upward of 4.5 million dollars from the late John Stewart Kennedy. The will provides 2.25 million outright plus a one fifth of the residuary estate, valued at about 60 million, with teachers colleges bonuses and possible further additions. Trustees plan to use funds to stabilize finances and fund buildings including University Hall. Robert W. de Forest cautioned the total may rise if nepotical contingencies occur.
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Columbia Alumni News
Columbia University
John Stewart Kennedy
Columbia
Alumni News
Columbia Alumni Council
Teachers College
Barnard College
Kennedy
University Hall
Nicholas Murray Butler
Pr. Butler
Robert W. de Forest
John S. Kennedy
University football player injured in late season collision
Joseph Pickering, seventeen, of Athens Penn and member of the Cazenovia Seminary team, suffered a fractured spine in a game with Colgate Academy at Hamilton. He was operated on at Faxton Hospital Utica by Dr J H Glass. His condition remains critical though the surgeon said the jaw bone had a fair chance to recover.
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Utica
N. Y
Joseph Pickering
Cazenovia Seminary
Colgate Academy
Hamilton
J. H. Glass
Faxton Hospital
Pickering
Athens
Penn
Naval Academy All American Earl D. Wilson Undergoes Spine Operation
Midshipman Earl D. Wilson, quarterback of the Naval Academy football team, was operated on to relieve spinal cord compression after an injury three weeks earlier. Surgeons removed cervical vertebrae fragments and opened the cord casing. The operation consumed about two hours and left Wilson in excellent condition with improved prospects for recovery, though final outcome depends on the original spinal damage.
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Annapolis
Earl D. Wilson
Naval Academy
S F. Stokes
J. H. Iden
E. F. Woods
G. F. Cottle
Navy
Walton Hopkins
Sermon Sparks Riot at Leghorn Cathedral
In Leghorn Italy on November 7 Father Gemelli the monk who faced a challenge to prove Lourdes miracles spoke at the cathedral. A large crowd attended Catholics applauded while anti clericals jeered shouting Viva Ferrer. Police intervened making arrests and shielding friars from attacks.
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Leghorn
Italy
Father Gemelli
Podrecea
Lourdes
Indian Village Attacked at Kispiox Headwaters
Fifty constables attacked the Indian village of Kispiox near the Skeena river headwaters today. Several shots were fired and Indians who had threatened whites were arrested.
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Winnipeg
Kispiox
Skeena River
Four Students Die in Athens Female College Typhoid Case
Athens Alabama November 7. W T Sanders chairman of the board of trustees of the Athens Female College says four young women died on Friday amid a typhoid epidemic that led to the school's closure.
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Athens
Ala
W. T. Sanders
Athens Female College
Trevillyan Receives News Of £10 Million Estate
Cambridge Massachusetts reports Edward A. Trevillyan fifty learns he stands to inherit about ten million dollars from an uncle who died in London on August 16. Trevillyan declined to comment on the fortune awaiting him.
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Cambridge
Mass
Edward A. Trevillyan
London
Trevillyan
Vanish in Sloop Off Lawrence Beach
Washington Hull an architect disappeared after sailing from Lawrence Beach Long Island in the Commodore with two men. His wife believes the sloop may have drifted at sea or been sunk. Hull resided Brooklyn and worked Manhattan. he hired Captain Brown of the Aleatorda and sailor Trygve Weld.
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Washington Hull
Lawrence Beach
Long Island
Hull
New York Harbor
Trygve Weld
Beaten and Hanged in Oklahoma City Real Estate Scandal
Roy D. Gannon a 30 year old wealthy Oklahoma real estate man was found dead at the Campbell office building hanging from the roof after a beating. A bank withdrawal of 1999 dollars is missing and police seek a blond woman seen with him Saturday.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Roy D. Gannon
Oklahoma
Campbell
Gannon
Boston School Board Mandates Girls Swim Lessons
The Boston School Committee orders all girls in high schools above first grade to use public baths in city or suburban areas under swimming instructors. Instructors will sign a certificate from the director of hygiene. the certificate is accepted as proof of swimming ability and may earn pupils one or two graduation points toward final marks.
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the Tribune
Boston
Boston School Committee
Dinner Settles 5000 Dollar Suit in Stamford
A five thousand dollar damage suit by the Gentlemen's Driving Association of Stamford against Dr. Richard Bohannan was settled after a dinner at the Hotel Carlton for about thirty men including Mayor Edward J. Tupper. The association had leased land at Shippan later taken for a municipal park. Bohannan received land damages but the association claimed none. The suit was withdrawn on condition of the dinner.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Carlton
Gentlemen's Driving Association of
Richard
Bohannan
Shippan
Driving Association
Behannan
Edward J. Tupper
Nicaraguan Exiles Urge Taft to Withhold Zelaya Aid
Prominent members of the Nicaraguan colony in Panama dispatch a plea to President Taft urging no aid or non intervention for Zelaya. They say if U S action is limited to non interference, Nicaragua should decide its fate on the battlefield. The petition cites banished Nicaraguans and prisoners in Managua and notes Zelaya’s enemies claim he is isolated.
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Panama
Taft
Zelaya
United States
Central America
Nicaragua
Managua
Lim
La Savoie limps into New York after propeller loss
Two French Line steamers fail at sea with major propeller damage. La Savoie reached Ambrose Channel and docked under tug guidance after the starboard screw dropped, leaving La Lorraine to sail Havre. passengers await options as service is curtailed for at least a month.
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la Savoie
mid-Atlantic
North River
Ambrose Channel
Paul Faguet
Havre
St. Barthelemy
English Channel
New York
Touraine
Charles Levee
Mauretania
Henri Hermitte
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Louis Pulver
la Gascogne
la Lorraine
L. Percival Rosseau
Roberta Halsey Corwin Hill
Ruth Menges
Savoie
Rockefeller on Struggle in Life and Work
John D. Rockefeller told a Sunday school gathering at Euclid Avenue Baptist that he has faced struggle for sixty years and views it as a blessing. He recalled learning to swim by kicking and splashing, saying continuing struggle is essential to progress and growth.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
New York
Fire Devastates Trinity Methodist Church in West New Brighton
A fire nearly destroyed Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church on Bo dine Street at Richmond Terrace Staten Island drawing about five thousand onlookers. The parsonage was saved by firemen after alarms from Rev William Palmer and Battalion Chief Galvin. Estimated loss is 25000 with church built in 1893 costing 75900.
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Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
West New Brighton
Staten Island
Bodine Street
Richmond Terrace
William Palmer
Galvin
Trinity Church
Ottoman naval program seeks seven battleships for Turkey
The Turkish Minister plans a naval build up after November 15, requesting 100 million dollars for seven North Dakota type battleships plus torpedo destroyers and a hospital ship. Next year 12 million dollars will start two ships, with possible extra loans to fund the project as public contributions rise.
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Washington
Girl 16 Found Unconscious After Suspected Gas Incident
Emily Miller aged sixteen from Brooklyn, staying at Arch Street, attempted suicide with a gas tube. She was revived at a hospital and reported to have run away from home. Her mother and sister arrived as doctors kept her under care until she recovered.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Emily Miller
Sidney Place
Brooklyn
Arch Street
New York
Miss Berg
Dorothy Miller
Mary
Train Hold Up Report Scares Round Lake Residents
Five residents of Round Lake Illinois triggered a scare at dawn when a line of freight cars blocked crossing. They attempted to approach the engine firing revolvers into the air. A brakeman J L Jackson was grazed in the forehead as the crew fled toward Libertyville twenty miles away.
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Tribone
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Round Lake
J. L. Jackson
Libertyville
Gave Life for Rabbit in Well Tragedy
Frank Roebaugh a 30 year old engineer died while rescuing a rabbit from a well in Phoenixville Penn His companion fled for a rope as Roebaugh crawled down the rough stone lining and the well caved in burying him under tons of debris The body could not be recovered before tomorrow
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Tribune
Phoenixville
Penn
Frank Roebaugh
Roebaugh
Roehaugh
American Horses Abroad in London Racing Review
The Times notes American horses held their own in speed but lacked stamina, linking climate change to weaker endurance. Sir Martin, owned by Louis Winans, performed as well as in America. A J Joyner, Whitney's trainer with twenty horses, won thirty three races in his first season.
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London
the Times
Times
Sir Martin
Louis Winans
America
J. Joyner
Harry Payne Whitney
Chinese youths begin study in American colleges on government aid
Forty seven Chinese youths arrived on the steamer China to pursue technical education in the United States funded by the Chinese government. They will be followed by 153 more students next year, making a total of 200. After completing their courses they will return home to share their training with China.
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San Francisco
Orient
China
Mrs Stetson Denies Defying Mother Church in Testimony
Mrs Augusta E Stetson reiterates loyalty to the Mother Church and Mary Eddy. She disputes Strickler diary claims and explains a July Boston return discussion on malpractice versus self defense. She says she did not defy church authorities and notes she would comply with directors.
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First Church of Christ
Augusta E. Stetson
Virgin
Boston
Strickler
Christian Science Board of Directors
Mrs. Eddy
Kev
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Board of Directors
Church of Christ, Scientist of
New York City
Stan
Mother Church
God
Mary Eddy
New York
First of Christ
Iast
The
Met! Church
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Athens Girls’ College
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Boston School C Committee
President Taft
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