Cuban hurricane causes widespread destruction in Cuba
Havana reports a sustained hurricane and floods across the island with the western provinces worst hit. Officials fear millions in damage, homes lost, and international aid may be requested. Havana customs sheds destroyed, lighters sunk, and about a square mile of residential area submerged.
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Havana
Cuba
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Oriente
Camaguey
Santa Clara
Wellman Departs in Airship America and Abandonment Report
Wireless from Captain Dowd says the America crew was picked up by the Trent at 5 AM after Wellman abandoned the airship off Atlantic City. Wellman left NJ with five crewmen on October 15 aiming for the British Isles and was traveling about 20 knots with provisions for 30 days. Separately, the Clement Bayard crossed the Channel from Compiegne to London in six hours, first dirigible crossing of the Channel, a 45 minute over-water voyage.
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New York
New York Times
Dowd
Royal Mail
Trent
Wellman
America
Walter Wellman
Atlantic City
N J
British Islands
Atlantic Ocean
London
Clement- Bayard
Compiegne
Paris
English Channel
New Law To Reign Soon In Interstate Shipping
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce law becomes effective February 17, 1911. After that date railroads must not charge more for a short haul than a long haul unless given a specific, comprehensive exception by authority.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dietz Defense Committee Holds Mass Meetings in Milwaukee
Mayor Emil Seidel spoke at two Dietz defense committee meetings in Milwaukee urging resolutions for a fair trial for John Dietz as part of a broader fight against corporations.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John Dietz
Emil Seidel
Dietz Defense Committee
Cobb Wins Automobile For Leading Batter Honors
Chicago report says President Johnson of the American League ruled plays at St Louis legal during Lajoie at bat and awarded the automobile to Tyrus Cobb as leading batter. Batting percentages cited include Cobb 0.384944 and Lajoie 0.384084.
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Chicago
Johnson
St. Louis
Lajoie
Tyrus Cobb
Cobb
National church meeting dates and political notes from 1911
The piece notes the next annual meeting of the National convention of Christian churches in Portland in October 1911. It reports the Cincinnati House of Deputies rejecting a move to rename the Episcopal church to The Holy Catholic church by one vote, with J Pierpont Morgan opposing. It also covers Illinois Supreme Court upholding direct primary law, Colorado passing a modified direct primary bill, U S cotton imports for 1909, Paris fashion dolls carried by New York women, and Armour & Co preparing to enter the Pacific fruit industry.
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National Convention of Christian Churches
Portland
Oregon
House of Deputies
Protestant Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Episcopal Church
Holy Catholic Church
J. Pierpont Morgan
Supreme Court of Illinois
Colorado
Assembly
United States
New York
Paris
Armour & Co
Pacific
British Cedes Canada Full Control of Foreign Copyright
Foreign policy shifts grant Canada complete regulation of foreign copyright, ending British protection for British and American copyrights in the Dominion. France's rail lines offer a minimum wage after a Paris strike, effective January 1. Canadian Northern buys Pacific Whaling for 1 million dollars to create a new group for shark and halibut fishing. Paris police uncover a powerful bomb near the American embassy tied to anarchist unrest and the railroad strike.
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Canada
Dominion
Paris
Canadian Northern Railroad
Pacific Whaling Company
Noted Figures in Briefs Taft Howe Coxey and Sothern Edicts
President Taft to sail November 10 from Charleston for Panama aboard the North Carolina and return after about twelve days. Julia Ward Howe dies at 91 in Middletown Rhode Island. Jacob Coxey begins a hard campaign to defeat the Republican ticket in New York. Colonel Roosevelt to deliver 23 speeches in New York and several in New Hampshire before election day. Virginia Harned Sothern secures divorce from actor E H Sothern in Reno Nevada. Claude Graham White flies in Washington then retraces to Bennings race track.
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Taft
Panama
Charleston
D. C
North Carolina
Julia Ward Howe
Middletown
R. L
Claude Graham White
White House
Washington
White
Bennings
Jacob 8. Coxey
Ohio
New York
Roosevelt
New Hampshire
Virginia Harned Sothern
Reno
Nevada
E. H. Sothern
Championship Series Opens as Phillies Defeat Chicago 4 to 1
The World Series began in Philadelphia with Philadelphia beating Chicago 4 to 1 before about 27,000 fans. The schedule will split games evenly between Philadelphia and Chicago as the race for the championship unfolds.
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Philadelphia
Chicagos
Chicago
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Kelly
Pryor
Beate Gawe
Fritz Kreisler
Kienle & Sons
Newberg, Oregon
L.E. Brown
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Newberg Manufacturing and Construction Co
Wilson & Hitchen
First
Meridian
C. B. Cummings
Newberg, Or
Baloon
Automobile
Brandeges, Kinceid & Co. Clothes
Hudson Bros
E. W. Hodson
Condon
Ferry Canyon
Hay Creek
R. R
Mayville
White & Nichols
W. I. Staley
Salem, Oregon
Sporting Goods
THEO
ST. Pierre
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