Racing Auto Hits Pole Harlem Merchant Dies
A car owned by Charlies Weisbecker of West 126th street skidded on Annetts Hill Fort Lee at night, killing Weisbecker and injuring his wife, the Ungrichs, and the chauffeur. The crash occurred as a race with a touring car neared a sharp turn near the Hudson Villa after a rear tire burst.
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Charlies Weisbecker
West 126Th Street
Annetts Hill
Fort Lee
Yestern
Weisbecker
Louis Ungrich
West 144Th Street
Englewood
Hager
Ungrich
Esgers
Hackensack
Two Die As Auto Plunges Into 30 Foot Railroad Cut
An Ashland Pennsylvania carriage carrying five people to Gordon toppled into a railroad cut after steering failed. Two were killed instantly and three severely hurt. injured include Peter Young and Helen Young. The car belonged to A L Laubenstein of Ashland Screen Works. A second item notes a boy struck by a car in Yonkers and another man killed when a car overturns near Vriesland Michigan.
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the Tribune
Ashland
Penn
Gordon
Young
Peter
Tong
Helen
Clare
Charles
Reading
Peter Young
A. L. Laubenstein
Ashland Screen Works
Louis Landy
Michael Landy
Hig Parente
Yonkers
George W. Sutton
Huguenot Street
New Rochelle
Hotland
Mich
Grand Rapids
Holland
Dick Brink
Vriesland
Brink
Parkville Scandal: Six Men Jailed Over Blushing Car Incident
A well dressed woman reported six young men in running suits blocked her Mercedes on the Boulevard, causing a Parkville stir. Lieutenant Duffy, aided by reserves, arrested the six for exercising on a public highway after an hour of rulebook study. The woman fled, leaving no name.
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Parkville
Parkvilie
Duffy
Even Up In Taxi War as Officer Fires on Crowd
A New York taxi strike turned violent as special officer Mahoney fired three shots into a crowd on West Fifth Street. Teenager Charles Fitzsimmons was hit in the back and hospitalized in serious condition. Several others were injured. Mahoney was arrested. The dispute centered on seventy two company chauffeurs and patrols guarding garages. Regulators fined several involved and police arrested multiple protesters. The strikers vowed to resist and a meeting at their headquarters pledged continued resistance.
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New York
Roosevelt Hospital
John Mahoney
East 26Th Street
West 5Th Street
Charles Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Phelps
Ninth Avenue
Mahoney
Ahearn
Westman Street
Thomas Gartland
No. So West Th Street
Harry Allen
Holland House
Arthur Sanders
Sanders
Harry Levi
No. 325
East 21St Street
Levi
Andrew Gerry
60Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Thomas Green
Green
Claud Asbury
36Th Street
Broadway
Jerry” Leonard
Mortimer Levi
James O’connell
68Th Street
Peter Oliver
Sun Street
Edward Mines
Bernard J. Kellar
Charles Schirmer
Steinert
Joseph Ford
Manchuria
General de Laccroix
Yom Kippur Fires Sweep Lower East Side
Fire crews fought many blazes in the lower East Side during Yom Kippur after candles toppled in Orthodox Jewish homes. Fires started at sunset and caused losses ranging from five to a hundred dollars as candles remained lit by family rule.
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Lower East Side
Vincent and Colleges
Boston Oct 4 Dartmouth and Williams men defend campus temperance after Harry Vincent former Cornell baseball manager claimed Eastern colleges drink whiskey most. Williams President Garfield says less drinking here than elsewhere and Schurman aimed to minimize it. Dartmouth Dean Emerson contrasts Cornell heavy drinking with Dartmouth and notes faculty not worried.
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the Tribune
Boston
Dartmouth
Williams
Harry Vincent
Cornell
Schurman
Garfield
Dean Emerson
New Yorkers and scholars named for Harvard busting administration lecture list
A Boston Telegraph report lists Adrian H. Joline George W Wickersham Charles C Burtingham Judge Charles M Hough Frederick K Smith Thomas W Lamont and George O May of New York and Professor Edward S Meade of the University of Pennsylvania as speakers for Harvard's new school of bust ers administration.
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the Tribune
Boston
Harvard
New School of Busters Administration
Adrian H. Joline
George W., Wickersham
Charles c¢. Burtingham
Charles M. Hough
Frederick K. Smith
Thomas W. Lamont
George O May
New York
Edward S. Meade
University of Penneylvania
Mrs Copley Thaw Plans Lenox Residence
Pittsburg reports Mrs Copley Thaw formerly Miss Alice Thaw and the Countess of Yarmouth will live in Lenox Massachusetts with her mother Mrs William Thaw and Harry K Thaw possibly relocating. She favored Lenox since childhood visits.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Thaw
Copley Thaw
Alice Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
Lenox
Mass
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Massachusetts
London
Fleet in a hurricane ships ride out storm
The Atlantic battleship fleet off Manila Bay endured a twelve hour hurricane with typhoon signals at dawn and winds near one hundred miles per hour. Boats were moved inside the Pasig River, six battleships under way near Cavite, and casualties included coal passer Hans Streit aboard the Vermont.
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Manila
Manila Bay
Pasig
Sperry
Connecticut
Kansas
Minnesota
Vermont
Virginia
Ohio
Hans Streit
American Fleet To Visit Yokohama In October
Preparations for entertaining American officers and men are complete. Sixteen warships under Admiral Sperry will arrive October 17 and stay a week. Salutes will be answered from sixteen battleships at Yokohama buoys. Sperry will reside four days at an imperial palace and meet the Emperor on October 20. Local merchants warned to avoid high prices.
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Tokio
Admiral Sperry
Yokohama
Maine and Alabama Sail for Fayal from Gibraltar
United States battleships Maine and Alabama, which arrived at Gibraltar in September, sailed today for Horta the capital of Fayal Island in the Azores.
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Maine
Alabama
Fayal
Gibraltar
United States
Horta
Azores
America's Bad Roads At International Road Congress Opening
Paris hosts the first international road congress with officials from 24 nations including the United States Brazil Mexico Chile India and Japan. Experts say American roads are far behind Europe with only 7.14 percent of miles improved and emphasize armored concrete cores and tarred surfaces for durable, dust free roads.
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Paris
United States
Brazil
Mexico
Chile
India
Japan
Tuileries
America
Europe
Congress
L. W. Page
Public Roads Bureau
The
Agricultural Department
Clifford Richardson
New York
Charles §. Bromwell
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Harold Parker
Highway Commission
A. B. Fletcher
Mississippi
Charles Scott
Bishop Galloway
John Sharp Williams
Washington
Samuel Hill
New Mexico
Numa Reymond
Two Rembrandts Found in Germany in New Discoveries
Berlin reports two new Rembrandt discoveries in Germany. One shows the painter's mother with a book from Saxony in Count Schall-Biancour’s family collection and is viewed as an early, fine specimen. The second depicts the baptism of Queen Candace by the Apostle Philip in a Berlin family collection.
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Berlin
Rembrandts
Germany
Count Schall- Biancour
Saxony
Rembrandt
Candace
Philip
North German Lloyd Express Cuts Genoa Travel Time
The North German Lloyd Line introduced a special Bremen to Genoa train, shortening travel from New York to Genoa by six days. The service, linked to weekly express steamer schedules, offers sleeping compartments dining cars and electric lighting. The Kronprinz Wilhelm sails tomorrow as the first connecting steamer to Genoa.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Lioyd Line
Bremen
Genoa
New York
Fieyd Line
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Prominent Arrivals at the Hotels Astor
Lieutenant T. S. R. Reeves, U S N, and Grand O Budd, U A, with St Regie W H Loomis of Omaha, are noted as prominent arrivals at the Hotels Astor.
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ASTOR
T. S. R. Reeves
U. S. N. Grand
O. W. Budd
U. & A. ST. Regie
W. H. Loomis
Omaha
French Army Manoeuvres in Touraine Highlight Endurance and Tactics
Paris reports a large scale practice exercise near Touraine drawing 120000 men and 480 guns. Foreign observers praised French marching power and discipline while noting superior field artillery handling, rapid troop movements, and the utility of transportable kitchens for bivouac meals.
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Paris
Touraine
Loire
France
Palitzine
Wood
United States
Prince Frederick Charles
Orleans
Vierzon
Chanzy
le Mans
The
Trémeau
Millet
Frederick Charles
de Lacroix
Picquart
Alsace-Lorraine
Rabier
Cousin
Matchida
5Th Army Corps
General Trémeau Named Future French War Leader
General Trémeau, cavalry officer and graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre, is slated to become Vice-President of the Supreme Council by 1990 and would command France’s land and sea forces in war. He is praised as a tactician with magnetic leadership and a belief in aggressive defense through attack, likened to Sheridan in spirit.
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General Trémeau
Supreme Council
Ecole Supériere de Guerre
France
Philip Sheridan
Trémeau
Castro ill, Caracas fears war with Netherlands
President Castro returned to Caracas from Barquissime due to ill health and has not yet addressed the Dutch second note. Dutch fears mount that Castro could refuse demands and prepare for possible belligerent action. In The Hague, reports say a second note rejection is under consideration while the Utrecht sails toward the East Indies via the West Indies, joining four Dutch warships.
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Caracas
Willemstad
Castro
Barquissime
Holland
Baron Seckendorff
Vincent Corbett
Trinidad
The
Hague
Curacao
Utrecht
East Indies
West Indies
West Indian
Russian Minister Outlines Questions in University Crisis
St Petersburg Oct 4 The crisis over the St Petersburg University strike led to the cabinet meeting where Education Minister M Schwartz endorsed the faculty decision to close the university to avert conflict between conservative and radical student factions. Police intervention and university closures have unsettled political circles as a hoped compromise with the Duma is sought. Cholera control measures are improving after a severe outbreak.
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St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg University
M. Schwartz
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NEW York Tribune
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