Dr Cook Hiding in City Allegations Stir Polar Conspiracy
Informant Willem L Cook, a Brooklyn milk dealer, claims Dr Frederick A Cook is in New York City. He disputes H Wellington Wack's report that Cook is abroad and describes a conspiracy to seize Cook's records, with family and Arctic Club figures referenced and plans for a December 7 Academy of Music event.
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DR. Cook
Frederick A. Cook
H. Wellington Wack
Wack
William L. Cook
Willem L. Cook
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Mr. Cook
University Copenhagen
Carnegie Trust
Pradier
Osbon
Arctic Club
Ctic
Joseph E Bernier
George Comer
Theodore A Cook
Cook Place
Calloon
Sullivan County
the Tribune
Theodore A. Cook
Blood Donation Appeal Aims at Bronx Estate Holder
Visiting surgeon Parker Syms of Lebanon Hospital plans three blood donors for Isidore Jelienek a Bronx estate operator. Candidates Doran Shapiro and Ruby were examined with Ruby noting a Presbyterian case two weeks ago. The hospital team expects a successful transfusion though rewards remain undisclosed.
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Prote
Parker Syms
Stat of Lebanon Hospital
Choe
Isidore Jelienek
Bronx
Per- Ricoeur
Merry Friedman
Yeserdey
Dain
Mr Friedman
Dre. Gottileb
Josephs
Doran
Shapiro
Ruby
Peation Ruby
Merv
Presbterian Hospital
Yen
Newy Ond
Ucted
Syms
Goris
Jelleark
Carrieaman
Hie
Italians in Bath Beach clash ends in shooting
Nicola Dace of 133 Melrose Street Williamsburg was shot in the head during a 15 minute battle between Italians and police at Bath Beach. Eleven arrested as skirmish spread through trees and fences while reserves charged. Lario Bombardi of 66th Street was charged with the shooting. others held as witnesses.
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Nicola Dace
Melrose Street
Williamsburg
Bath Beach
Pietro Margio
66Th Street
Mar
Lario Bombardi
Thirteenth Avenue
Daco
Mrs Sears Injured In Arboretum Gallery Collapse
Mrs J Montgomery Sears, Boston society figure, narrowly escaped serious injuries when a museum gallery at Arnold Arboretum collapsed. She was treated at Faulkner Hospital for head and body bruises and shock with officials disputing reports of fractured ribs.
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Tribune
Boston
J. Montgomery Sears
Arnold Arboretum
Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Station 13
Gas tragedy ends Brooklyn mother and daughter dreams
Mrs Mary Graff and her twelve year old daughter Amelia were found dead by gas at their home 3231 19th street Brooklyn. The pair planned to sell the candy and stationery shop then sail to Germany for music lessons. Neighbors reported the door locked and gas jet active. a dress weight may have turned the cock.
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Mary Graff
19Th Street
Brooklyn
Amelia
Graff
Germany
Fifth Avenue
McCarthy
Murrey
Seney Hospital
Newsboy Miller Rises to Munich Opera Lead Tenor
Pittsburg newsboy William Miller rises from ragged streets to sign a $12,000 a season contract as lead tenor with the Munich Royal Opera. His start came when a local teacher noticed his voice during Academy Theatre audiences and sent him abroad to study replacing Leo Slezak in Munich.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
William Miller
Munich Royal Opera
Miller
Old Academy Theatre
Munich
Leo Slezak
New York
Metropolitan Opera Company
Woman Dies in Bed Fire at East 63d Street Home
Mrs. Mary Doughty a seventy five year old widow was burned to death in her top floor room at 130 East 63d street last night a kerosene lamp toppled setting the bed ablaze The fire was discovered by landlady Katherine Walsh and aided by police and firemen who put out the blaze The victim's daughter Mrs Washburn of 52 East 7th Street learned of the death after the body had been removed to the Morgue The late husband was a former Boston carpet manufacturer.
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Mary Doughty
East 63d Street
Wiliam T. Washburn
East 7Th Street
No. & Wall Street
Boston
Bridge Contract Dispute Over Queensboro Superstructure Costs
Controller Engineers charge Pennsylvania Steel Co with delays and overcharges on the Queensboro Bridge project. Allegations claim under 1,550 feet of falsework was supplied as 725 feet, causing a year’s delay and saving about 100000 on falsework. The city allegedly allowed 20900000 pounds of steel beyond bid weight, boosting profits by roughly 140000.
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Queensboro Bridge
Pennsylvania Steel Company
City Bridge Department
Williams Engineering Company
Steel
Williams Company
Finance Department
Williams
Fall Between Cars Fatal in Central Train Yard
Denver man John J. Flach was killed in the New York Central yards when a drawhead between a sleeping car and a dining car pulled out as he crossed the platform. He dropped onto the tracks and his head was crushed beneath the forward dining car. He was en route to Syracuse to visit relatives unseen for ten years.
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Buffalo
John J. Flach
Denver
New York Central
Flach
Syracuse
Gunboat Princeton Sails to Nicaraguan Station
Seattle Nov 8 The gunboat Princeton under Commander H Hayes departed Bremerton for Nicaragua to join the gunboat Vicksburg at Corinto. It will call at San Francisco to load ammunition and stores.
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Seattle
Princeton
H. Hayes
Bremerton Navy Yard
Nicaragua
Vicks-burg
Corinto
San Francisco
Severe Blizzard Grips Texas Panhandle Tonight
Dalhart Texas reports the worst blizzard of the year with snow since midnight and a high wind. The severe storm is expected to benefit the wheat crop in the region.
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Dalhart
Tex
Nev
Fight on Park Wall Ends With Two Wounded in 93rd Street Clash
Patrolman John Trazak of East 104th Street station and a man identified as Jukel Treach, 22, of 66 Rivington Street, fought over a revolver on a Fifth Avenue wall near 93d Street. A shot wounded the officer’s finger and Treach in the chest as bystanders watched. Trazak dragged Treach toward Madison Avenue, then chased a suspect toward the park. The struggle lasted about fifteen minutes.
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Central Park Wall
Fifth Avenue
93D Street
John Trazak
East 104Th Street
Jukel Treach
Rivington Street
Treack
Trazak
Madison Avenue
162D Street
Horne Arrest Over Chaloner Attempted Assassination
Bernard S. Horne of Pittsburg and Keswick Va was arrested on a charge of attempting to assassinate John Armstrong Chaloner. Chaloner described being shot at while walking to Thanksgiving dinner and claimed the attack was deliberate. Horne defended his innocence stating he and his family were at home during the day and not away except briefly in the late afternoon.
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the Tribune
Charlottesville
Bernard S. Horne
Pittsburg
Keswick
John Armstrong Chaloner
Chaloner
Horne
K. S. Horne
Reunion After 24 Year Separation Ends Family Mystery
Captain Henry Deplidge, a longtime Great Lakes mariner now 79, reunited with his Chicago family after 24 years apart. He left St Joseph Michigan for a Buffalo voyage, fell ill, returned to his ship, while relatives moved to Chicago. The gathering included his daughter, 17 grandchildren, and a great grandchild.
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Tribune
Chicago
Henry Deplidge
Great Lakes
John F. Tyrrell
West End Avenue
Deplidge
St. Joseph
Mich
Buffalo
Brave boy risks flames to reach mother in tenement fire
Eleven year old Charlie Fox rushed through a burning hall to rescue his mother at 187 Second Avenue. He suffered minor burns but reached the third floor apartment before firemen saved them. Fire confined to ground floor, damage minimal.
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Charlie Fox
Second Avenue
Little Fox
Wheelchair Trial After Rare Spinal Surgery
Nicola Lauria a 38 year old fruit stand seller from Fast 112th street was shot in the spine on August 29 and treated at Harlem Hospital. Dr John T Morehead and team performed a rare surgery replacing damaged spinal segments with a silver hinge. Five days ago he was discharged as cured and now must wheel his babies to learn to walk again.
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Nicola Lauria
Nicela
Fast
112Th Street
Harlem Hospital
John T. Morehead
Manhattan Avenue
Mcpenald
Tospitarem
Girl Saves Child From Falling On Train Tracks
Bertha Rosenthal averted tragedy after Celia Snyder fell from a Second Avenue elevated car near 92nd Street. The 3 year old escaped serious injury, aided by the quick rescue on the tracks and medical attention at Harlem Hospital.
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Celia Snyder
Paul Snyder
No. 2
Cherry Street
Bertha Rosenthal
East 100Th Street
Second Avenue
9Th Street
90Th Street
Celia
Snyder
Michael Powers
Little Celia
Bertha
Powers
92D Street
Miss Rosenthal
Fire damages millinery stock as firemen disturb occult meeting
Fire in a No 4 West Street building yesterday caused 10.4 damage to Herman Papp millinery stock. Western Occult Society members meeting on the second floor protested the firemen, halting the response. Smoke also reached Miss Elsie de Wolfe's rooms above, where valuable art objects were stored.
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Herman
Papp
Western Occult Society
W. Alexander
Pappe
Elsie de Wolfe
le Wolfe
Plans for 1913 Hague International Exhibition
The Hague announces plans to host a large international exhibition in 1913 to celebrate the opening of the Palace of Peace.
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the Hague
Palace of Peace
Steamship Brewster Grounds Near Diamond Shoals
The steamship Brewster carrying fruit from Jamaica to New York went aground early this morning about six miles inside Diamond Shoals Lightship. A United Wireless Company message said the vessel lay in fourteen feet of water in a dangerous position and required immediate aid. The sea was smooth with a northeast wind.
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Brewster
Jamaica
New York
Diamond Shoals
United Wireless
Four Cubans Hurt In Havana Car Crash
An automobile carrying Luis Octavio Divino the Secretary of Justice and other officials including Juan Garcia Kohly Director of Justice and Mario Garcia Kohly minister to Mexico was wrecked by a tire burst on a country trip near Havana. All were badly injured with Kohly suffering broken legs and internal injuries. recovery was not expected for Kohly.
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Havana
Luis Octavio Divino
Juan Garcia Kohly
Lozier
Mario Garcia Kohly
Mexico
Steinheils Trip Ends Quietly in London After Acquittal
Mme Steinheil who was acquitted in Paris for murdering her husband arrived in London under the name Mme Dumont. She avoided reporters, checked into a hotel, was asked to leave, and later took a train from Euston Station believed to Liverpool.
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London
Mme. Steinheil
Paris
Mme. Dumont
Euston
Liverpool
Nine Seamen Missing From U S Gunboat Marietta Off Costa Rica
The US gunboat Marietta lies off Port Limon Costa Rica after a heavy weather incident. Nine crewmen are missing after the gig carrying four and the whaleboat carrying five were sent out Friday night. A reward is offered for recovery of the boats or the men.
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Colon
United States
Marietta
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Tattooed Eye Achieves Rare Medical Milestone in Philadelphia
Dr. L Webster Fox at the Medico Chirurgical College of Pharmacy performed a historic tattooing of a perfect eye on a blind eyeball of a young girl. Using india ink six needles and a vegetable dye the operation restores appearance but is unlikely to become common due to eyeball condition requirements.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Medico-Chirurgical College of Pharmacy
L. Webster Fox
India
Mystery Sanatorium Visitor Defrauds Proprietor
Detectives hunt for a man who impressed Miss Alston of a private sanatorium at No. 26 West 6ist street with perfect attire and convincing talk. He used a worthless check for 100 dollars after securing a 65 dollar room deposit and promised a European arrival and medical arrangements. The swindler, calling himself Mr. Rains, fled with the cash while Miss Alston held a vacant room.
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Miss Alston
West 6Ist Street
Europe
Joseph E. Fuld
No. 101
East List Street
Loftin E. Johnson
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Mr. Rains
National Bank of Cuba
J. Rains
J. S&s Scott
Waterbury Heiress Leaves Estate To Nephew
Mrs. Johanna Dwyer of Waterbury died after a lamp explosion in her home. The will leaves residuary rights worth about 20 080 to James Troy, who previously saved her life in New York years ago. The story notes Jeremiah Dwyer as her husband and a horseshoer.
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the Tribune
Waterbury
Conn
Johanna Dwyer
James Troy
Troy
New York
Mystery surrounds U S Nicaragua policy as Knox silent
Washington officials refuse to confirm rumors on U S actions in Nicaragua. State Department leaders decline to discuss Marines or Zelaya, citing nothing to say while preserving silence amid a flurry of speculation. The Tribune notes only prior printed details and limited official knowledge.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
State Department
Mr. Wilson
United States
Zelaya
Estrada
Managua
Henry Caldera
Department of State
Knox
The
Tribune
Zelaya’s heavy taxes on Nicaragua alleged in New Orleans
Consular official Mr. Sussmann says liberal contributions to Nicaragua’s revolutionary effort are funded by extortionate taxes on industry and commerce. He cites petty injustices, including a water usage levy near Managua that forced Indian women to pay for washing in a lagoon.
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New Orleans
Nicaragua
Sussmann
General Estrada
Zelaya
Managua
Miss Weightman Injured in Runaway in Fairmount Park
Miss Martha R. Weightman daughter of Mrs Jones Wister and niece of Mrs Frederick Penfield was injured in a runaway while driving in Fairmount Park this afternoon. Her injuries are not dangerous. Her guest Miss Susan Whitney of New Haven escaped serious injury. The horse became excited and bolted.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Martha R. Weightman
Jones Wister
Mra Frederick Penfield
Tomuopathic Hospital
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