Abduction of King Peter Crisis Sparks Balkan Tensions
Servians kill three Austrian gendarmes on the frontier prompting Austrian threats. Crowds in Belgrade call for Cabinet resignation as King Peter faces pressure to declare war or bow out. Vienna claims 150000 troops could reach Servian soil in a day while British fleets move toward the Aegean. Montenegro proclaims freedom from Berlin Treaty limits.
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Budapest
Belgrade
Peter
Austria
Vienna
Malta
Egean Sea
Bosporus
Gunboats In Action On Bosnian Frontier
Vienna reports a Budapest message claiming Servians killed three Austrian gendarmes on the Bosnian frontier and that gunboats bombarded Serbians. No independent confirmation available.
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Budapest
Servian Anger Grows as King Crisis Deepens
In Belgrade crowds demand the cabinet resign and pressure King Peter to abdicate or declare war with Austria-Hungary. The Skupshtina heads to an extraordinary session while volunteers enlist and the Austro-Hungarian legation strengthens guard. Paris notes Serbia Montenegro relations resume after the bomb incident involving the crown prince.
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Peter
Austria-Hungary
Skupshtina
National Assembly
Montenegro
Servia
Austria Ready Forces Move Quickly To Serb Frontier
Austria Hungary could mobilize 150000 men across the Servian frontier within twenty four hours if needed. Ten thousand troops are in garrison near the Drina River between Bosnia and Serbia ready for any emergency.
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Drina
Bosnia
Ser
Forts Fire On Vessel Near Bosporus
A Bulgarian steamship en route from Constantinople to Varna approached the Bosporus and, not being recognized, forts fired blank shots across her bows. The vessel turned back and departed.
British Fleet Sails From Malta To Watch Events
British warships led by the Prince of Wales sail from Valetta Malta for the 22zean Sea to monitor events. The squadron includes Glory Diana Suffolk Angier and Panshee with Canopus and Minerva to follow. London officials say ships were sent to observe. Turkey’s stance cited as calming the region.
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Prince Louis of Battenberg
Glory
Diana
Suffolk
Angier
Panshee
First Sea Voyage Predates Solomon by Two Thousand Years
Professor James S. Breasted of the University of Chicago reports in Sicily the discovery of a tablet fragment with inscriptions claiming a pre Solomon sea voyage. He translates the text as describing a pyramid builder sending forty ships across the Mediterranean to Lebanon for cedar, dating two thousand years before Solomon.
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the Tribune
Chicago
James S. Breasted
University of Chicago
Sicily
Solomon
Mediterranean
Lebanon
Breasted
Orient
Atlantic Fleet Sails for Japan Amid Cholera Control
The sixteen battleships of the Atlantic fleet depart from Manila toward Japan after a two hour advance notice. Rear Admiral Sperry orders the Connecticut and others to sea, while Manila enacts a fresh cholera campaign with house to house inspections and reinforced police. Meanwhile Maine and Alabama begin final leg homeward from Azores to New York.
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Manila
Japan
Sperry
Connecticut
Corregidor Island
China Sea
Ponta Delgada
Azores
United States
Maine
Alabama
New York
Detective on Warpath in Third Avenue Vicious Rampage
Central Office Lieutenant Henry Hand caused terror across Third Avenue last night. After assaulting diners with a blackjack and firing a revolver he roamed cafés and saloons from 482 Third Avenue to 34th Street. He insulted Lt Greene and forced police to detain him. police surgeon was summoned to check intoxication.
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East 35Th Street
Henry Hand
Central Office
Hand
William Smith
Third Avenue
Walsh
James Purcell
33D Street
Wellbrook Brothers
34Th Street
Greene
Nammack
Murder at Wadsworth On Eve Of Wedding
Ora Lee a twenty one year old factory girl is found shot dead on the road between Wadsworth and Custard Hook. Guy Rasor, to be married to Miss Lee tomorrow, is held by the sheriff while alibi claims are tested. Police note buggy tracks and a missing horseshoe at Rasor stables.
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Wadsworth
Ohio
Ora Lee
Custard Hook
Guy Rasor
Miss Lee
Rasor
Auto kills woman in Leeds accident near Curtis Corner
In Auburn Maine Dr Charles E Williams and his wife Mrs Williams were thrown from their car when it overturned at Curtis Corner Leeds after hitting a sandy spot. Mrs Williams died soon after rescue and Dr Williams suffered serious injuries. They were en route to their summer camp on Androscoggin Lake.
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Auburn
Charles E. Williams
Lawson Rumor Triggers Boston Curb Market Panic
A false report that Thomas W. Lawson was more seriously injured and near death set off a half hour market panic in Boston. Bay State Gas tumbled from 5 to 84 with 5000 shares traded as brokers flooded the streets and police were summoned until an official notice stated he would be in his office Monday.
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the Tribune
Boston
Thoma W. Lawson
Bay State
Financial District
Mr. Lawson
Wright Makes Six Short Flights At Le Mans
Wilbur Wright piloted his aeroplane at Le Mans this evening and carried passengers Lazcre Weiller and M Deutsch de la Meurthe. The craft rose to nine feet during a series of evolutions.
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le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Lazcre Weiller
M. Deutsch de la
Government by Commission in Political Debate
Governor Hughes defends a commission governed administration to curb abuses in public service corporations and restore public interest. Mr Chanler opposes the system, criticizing past accounting and noting traction companies’ irregular practices under earlier governance. The piece questions Chanler and Ryan’s stance and urges reader choice.
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Hughes
Public Service Commissions
Democratic Party
Messrs. Murphy
Conners
Ryan
Belmont
Chanler
Admiral Arnold withdraws ships from Delaware river
Rear Admiral C H Arnold commanding the third squadron of the Atlantic fleet pulled his warships from the upper Delaware and moved them to League Island Navy Yard. He cites snubs and poor treatment during Founders Week events as the cause, saying delays in reports and orders worsened the situation and likely spoiled Thursday’s naval pageant.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
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 accident
In Placentia Spain on October 9 the Spanish royal automobile was wrecked when a tire burst. King Alfonso was uninjured though two aides suffered serious bruises in the crash.
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Placentia
Spain
Alfonso
Mistchenko Shot in Turkestan Maneuvers
General Mistchenko governor general of Turkestan and famed Russian cavalry leader was wounded in the leg during Turkestan army corps maneuvers near Askabad. An adjutant was slightly wounded and the drills were halted as investigators examined weapons and ammunition amid suspected revolutionary plotting.
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Askabad
Turkestan
Mistchenko
Japan
Boy Locked in Closet During Friend's Wedding
Catherine Reynolds, a Peabody teacher, locked pupil Manuel Silva in a school closet Wednesday morning. The boy reappeared late Thursday in serious condition but is expected to recover after a three-posse search spanning twenty miles.
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the Tribune
Peabody
Mass
Catherine Reynolds
Manuel Silva
Signs of Prosperity Indicates Rail Traffic Rebounds
Chicago reports a falling surplus of idle and bad order railroad cars as the American Railway Association notes improving business conditions. The two week period ending September 30 shows a drop of 39,795 surplus cars, with total surplus now 133,792 across the United States and Canada.
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Chicago
Committee
United States
Canada
Chanler Faces Questions at Democratic HQ in Binghamton
Lieutenant Governor Chanler refused to answer a list of policy questions during a speech at Democratic headquarters in Binghamton New York on October 9. He said he would not reply and praised Governor Hughes as an able and honest official.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Chanler
Democraic
Chanier
New York State
Public Service Commissions
Charles E. Hughes
Chanter
Hughes
Beatrice Bruner Godfrey Sues Father In Law
Mrs Beatrice Bruner Godfrey sues Lester Godfrey alleging alienation of affection and seeks 100000 dollars. She also has a divorce suit against her husband Arthur Godfrey pending, alleging anonymous letters caused the estrangement.
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the Tribune
Boston
Beatrice Bruner Godfrey
Lester Godfrey
Arthur Godfrey
Young Godfrey
Godfrey
Woman sues for one hair value in scalp injury
Mrs Susan E Robinson seeks 10000 dollars claiming a scalp injury at Sylvester Tower Manufacturing in Cambridge. She values each hair at one dollar for every hair destroyed by the accident.
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the Tribune
Boston
Susan E. Robinson
Sylvester Tower
Cambridge
Spider's Bite Killing Miss Dees Near Denton
Miss Beulah Dees, a cousin of Senator Joseph W Bailey of Texas and daughter of a wealthy planter near Denton, is dying after a venomous spider bite. Physicians tonight gave up all hopes of her recovery.
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Senator Bailey
Tribune
Denton
Tex
Beulah Dees
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Heir to Throne Receives First Papers in Bureaus
Archdracon Malick Gabriel Javahr, claiming to be brother of Kurdistan’s ruler, renounces allegiance to the Sultan of Turkey and secures first papers for American citizenship. Born Zerine Jeiov, Turkey, March 26 1876. arrived June 28 1905 from Patros Greece. lists No. 80 Greenwich Street as address.
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Archdracon Malick
Gabriel Javahr
Kurdistan
Turkey
Federal Naturalization Bureau
Zerine Jeiov
Patros
Greece
Greenwich Street
Javahr
Burglars Hit Whitney's October Mountain Lodge
Thieves broke into the October Mountain lodge at Lenox Massachusetts last night and stole valuable furnishings. The desnutting party including Mr and Mrs Samuel Frothingham Mr and Mrs David T Dana and Mrs George Westinghouse reported the break in. Elmer Parsons Whitney superintendent was informed. The lodge was a wedding gift from the late William C Whitney to his son.
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Lenox
Mass
October Mountain Lodge
Harry Payne Whitney
New York
Samuel Frothingham
David T. Dana
George Westinghouse
Elmer Parsons
Whitney
William C. Whitney
West Strong for Taft in Republican Ranks
Chicago, Oct. 9 Chairman Hitchcock said reports from state chairmen in the West show improved conditions in Republican ranks. There is no question of Mr. Taft's strength in the West.
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Chicago
Hitchcock
West
Taft
Harriman Moves in on Frisco Funding Network
Wall Street watched as the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad announced plans with Kuhn Loeb to handle maturing collateral trust notes, signaling Harriman’s growing influence over a broader railroad network and the possible extension of a community of interest among major lines. The Frisco deal shifts away from Speyer & Co toward Kuhn Loeb with ties to Union Pacific and other Harriman holdings, suggesting a wider strategic realignment rather than a simple note renewal.
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Harriman
Wall Street
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Kuhn Loeb & Co
Speyer House
St. Louis
San Francisco
Frisco
Speyer & Cato Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & On
E. P. Morgan & Co
J. & W. Seligman & Co
Blair & Co
Memphis & Southeastern
Speyer & Co
Erie
Rock Island
Birmingham
Savannah
Illinois Central
Frisio
Southern Pacific
Central of Georgia
Houston
Harrimar
The
Tribune
Prisco
Atchison
Kansas City Southern
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Colorado Southern
New Orleans & Pacific
New Orleans
Illnois Central
Baton Rouge
Rock Island Company
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Memphis
Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham
Chicago & Eastern Illnois
Evansville & Terre Haute
Beeckman Nominated for State Legislature at Newport
At the Republican city convention in Newport R I R Livingston Beeckman of the summer colony was named as Representative to the State Legislature. Beeckman had indicated earlier his interest in a nomination this year.
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Tribune
Newport
R. Livingston Beeckman
Newport Summer Colony
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