Servians Kill Three Austrians Frontier Clash Provokes Demands
Belgrade crowds call for cabinet resignation after Servians kill three Austrian gendarmes on the frontier. King Peter faces pressure to declare war or resign as Austrian forces could move onto Servian soil within 24 hours. British naval units move toward the Aegean while talks in London hinge on Foreign Affairs talk. Montenegro proclaims treaty relief.
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Gunboats in Action on Bosnian Frontier
Vienna reports a telephone message from Budapest claiming Servians killed three Austrian gendarmes on the Bosnian frontier and that gunboats bombarded the Servians in retaliation. No confirmation has been received.
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Budapest
Servia Unrest Grows as Demands Resignations Rise
In Belgrade Theatre Square crowds press for the Cabinet’s resignation and call for King Peter to abdicate or declare war. Skupshtina members arrive for an extraordinary session amid guarded Austro-Hungarian Legation, volunteer enlistments continue. Paris reports Serbia Montenegro relations renewed after spring bomb incident involving Crown Prince.
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Servia
Austrian Army Ready to Strike Across Servian Frontier
Vienna reports Austria-Hungary can mobilize 150000 men within 24 hours if needed. A garrison of 10000 soldiers stands near the Drina River between Bosnia and Serbia, prepared for any emergency.
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Drina River
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Servia
Forts Fire On Vessel Near Bosporus
A Bulgarian steamer en route between Constantinople and Varna attracted fort fire when the new royal flag, unfamiliar to observers, led forts to fire two blank shots across her bows. The ship reversed and left the Bosporus.
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British Fleet Sails From Malta In Watch for events
The Prince of Wales flagships with Glory Diana Suffolk Angier and Banshee set sail from Valetta to the Aegean Sea to monitor the situation. The Canopus and Minerva follow later. London notes the move may calm unrest and deter spoliation, with Lemnos as a possible destination.
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Discovery Traces 2000 Year Sea Voyage Before Solomon
Professor James S. Breasted of the University of Chicago announces in Chicago that a Sicily tablet shows a pyramid builder sent forty ships across the Mediterranean to Lebanon for cedar, indicating an earlier sea voyage two thousand years before Solomon. Breasted has excavated in the Orient for three years.
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Chicago
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University of Chicago
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Lebanon
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Orient
Fleet Off For Japan On Atlantic Fleet Departure
The Atlantic fleet comprising sixteen battleships led by the Connecticut sailed from Manila toward Japan after revisions to depart earlier. No public turnout occurred but merchants dipped flags and launches saluted as the fleet moved north into the China Sea. Manila also launched a cholera control campaign with house inspections and reinforced police. Separately, Maine and Alabama left Ponta Delgada for New York on the final leg of their world cruise.
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Detective on Warpath Rampage Through Third Avenue
Central Office Lieutenant Henry Hand caused terror last night as reserves from East 35th Street tackled him after a spree across Third Avenue. He assaulted patrons with a blackjack and fired his revolver at Walsh and Purcell eateries and Wellbrook Brothers' saloon before abuses at the station.
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Nammack
Murder on eve of wedding rocks Wadsworth Ohio
Ora Lee twenty one a factory girl was found shot twice on the road between Wadsworth and Custard Hook. Her fiancé Guy Rasor is detained and denies involvement. Police suspect a buggy ride with a man and note a missing horse shoe at Rasor’s stables. Miss Lee had left to prepare for her wedding.
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Ora Lee
Custard Hook
Guy Rasor
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Auto kills woman in Leeds car wreck at Curtis Corner
In Leeds a prominent city physician and Mrs Williams were thrown from their auto when it overturned at Curtis Corner. Mrs Williams died soon after being removed from the wreck and Dr Williams is in serious condition. They were en route to their summer camp on Androscoggin Lake. The crash occurred at Bishop's Hill when the car struck a sandy patch and toppled as the driver tried to avoid the other side. Auburn Me October 9 Dr Charles E Williams was identified in the report.
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Charles E. Williams
Lawson Rumor Triggers Boston Curb Panic
Report that Thomas W. Lawson was more seriously injured in last Sunday's runaway crash spurred a half hour panic in the local curb market. Bay State Gas fell from 5 to 84 as 5 000 shares changed hands and brokers crowded streets until an official notice stated he would be in his office Monday.
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Wright makes six short flights at Le Mans
Wilbur Wright piloted his aircraft at Le Mans on October 9 making six short flights. Passengers Lazcre Weiler and M. Deutsch de la Meurthe accompanied him as the machine rose to a height of nine feet during the evolutions.
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Wilbur Wright
Lazcre Weiler
M. Deutsch de la Meurthe
Government by Commission Debate and Reform Calls
Governor Hughes argues for administration placing public interests above self interest and regulatory reform of public service corporations. Chanler opposes commission government, citing past unregulated books and improper expenses by traction firms. The piece critiques falsified accounting and praises the Public Service Commissions oversight while urging voters to oppose Chanler.
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Public Service Commissions
Chanler Refuses Answers at Democratic Headquarters
Lieu tenant Governor Chanler faced questions on statewide issues at a Binghamton rally. He refused to answer, stating a rule against replies, while praising Governor Hughes as an able and honest official.
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N. Y
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New York State
Public Service Commissions
Charles Ek. Hughes
Hughes
Admiral Arnold Withdraws Ships From Delaware
Rear Admiral C H Arnold of the Atlantic fleet withdrew his vessels from the upper Delaware to League Island Navy Yard amid alleged snubs during Founders Week. He reports to Secretary Metcalf and laments poor accommodations and courtesy toward officers and men during parades and dinners.
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C. H. Arnold
Upper Delaware
League Island Navy Yard
Admiral Arnold
Metcalf
Arnold
Secretary of the Navy
Qpursday
King Alfonso's car wrecked in Spain tire burst
In Placentia Spain on October 9 the Spanish royal automobile crashed after a tire burst. King Alfonso was uninjured while two aides suffered serious bruises.
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Beatrice Bruner Godfrey Sues Father in Law
Beatrice Bruner Godfrey sues Lester Godfrey alleging alienation of her husband Arthur Godfrey and seeks 100000 dollars. She also faces a pending divorce claim claiming anonymous letters from a jealous woman, allegedly used by the father in law.
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Boston
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Lester Godfrey
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
One Dollar Per Hair Valuation Sues for Loss
Mrs. Susan E. Robinson seeks 10000 dollars claiming she lost every hair after a scalp injury at the Sylvester Tower Manufacturing plant in Cambridge. She asserts the hair loss was caused by the machinery and sues for 10000 dollars at one dollar per hair.
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Boston
Susan E. Robinson
Sylvester Tower
Cambridge
Spider's Bite Killing Miss Dees
Miss Beulah Dees, cousin of Senator Joseph W Bailey of Texas, is dying after a venomous spider bite near Denton. Physicians tonight gave up hope for her recovery.
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Tribune
Denton
Tex
Beulah Dees
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Taft Strength in the West Cited by Hitchcock
Chicago October 9 Chairman Hitchcock said West state chairmen reports show improved Republican strength across the region. He insisted there is no question of Mr. Taft's strength in the West.
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Hitchcock
West
Taft
Mistchenko Shot Wounding Turkestan Governor General
General Mistchenko governor general of Turkestan was wounded in Turkestan army corps maneuvers near Askabad. A adjutant was slightly wounded. The operation suspended and weapons checked amid suspected revolutionary plot. Ball cartridges and bullet traces found in rifle barrels.
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Boy Locked in Closet Found After Wedding
Miss Catherine Reynolds, a Peabody teacher, locked her pupil Manuel Silva in a school closet Wednesday morning. He remained hidden until Thursday night causing a three posse search. The wedding occurred twenty miles away. the boy is seriously ill but expected to recover.
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Mass
Catherine Reynolds
Manuel Silva
Signs of Prosperity in U.S. Rail Traffic
The fortnightly report from the American Railway Association shows rapid improvement in business conditions and growing rail traffic. Idle cars on side tracks have fallen since April from 413,605, with bad order cars potentially boosting total beyond 600,000. The two weeks ending September 30 show a further surplus decrease of 39,795, bringing total surplus cars in the United States and Canada to 133,792.
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Heir to Throne Receives First Papers in Naturalization
Archdracon Malick Gabriel Javahr, claiming kinship to Kurdistan’s ruler, renounced allegiance to the Turkish Sultan and received his first papers for U S citizenship at the federal naturalization bureau. Born March 26, 1876 in Zerine Jeiov, Turkey, he came to the United States June 28, 1905 from Patros Greece and lists No 80 Greenwich Street as his address. He describes himself as a clergyman and asserts he is heir to the Kurdistan throne.
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Burglars Loot October Mountain Lodge in Lenox
Thieves broke into the October Mountain lodge of Harry Payne Whitney in Lenox Massachusetts last night and carried away valuable furnishings. The burglary was noted by a scouting party including Mr and Mrs Samuel Frothingham Mr and Mrs David T Dana and Mrs George Westinghouse Elmer Parsons the Whit ney property superintendent was informed. The lodge was a wedding gift from the late William C Whitney to his son.
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Mass
October Mountain Lodge
Harry Payne Whitney
New York
Samuel Frothing
Harriman Moves Toward Frisco Link in Early Community Plan
Wall Street reacts as St Louis & San Francisco negotiates with Kuhn Loeb and Co to handle 7.5 million in 4 percent notes due December and weigh future ties to Harriman rail lines. The shift from Speyer to Kuhn Loeb signals closer scrutiny of Frisco finances and potential Harriman expansion across the system and connections to Erie and Central of Georgia.
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Beeckman Nominated for Newport State Legislature
At the Republican city convention in Newport Rhode Island on October 9 R Livingston Beeckman a Newport summer colony member was named the party’s candidate for Representative to the State Legislature. He had previously signaled his intent to seek the nomination this year.
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R. Livingston Beeckman
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