New Continent Discovery Discussed by Geographers
Washington excerpts report National Geographic Society members evaluating Russian claims of a landmass north of Asia extending near 81 north and 102 east. They cite Fram drift data, Harris theory, and Arctic berg evidence as competing interpretations of a possible undiscovered continent.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Asia
Arctic Circle
St. Michaels
Alaska
Wilitsky
Taimyr
Waygatch
Greenland
Siberian
Canada
Siberia
Vilzhalmar Stefansson
A.W. Greeley
Fram
Naneen
Arctic
Nansen
Arctic Ocean
Roland B. Harris
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Harris
Peary
Roosevelt
Point Barrow
Dr. Harris
Bermuda
General Greeley
Grinnell Land
Greeley
Antarctic
Spitzbergen
Miners Parade Fired Upon in Calumet
A striking copper miners parade in Calumet Michigan was fired on as it passed the Centennial mine. No one was hit though bullets narrowly missed the marchers. The shots came from an automobile party of four men leaving the scene.
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Calumet, Mich
Centennial Mine
Speaker Clara Injured in Pittsburgh Yard Accident
Congress leader Speaker Clara sustained facial bruises and shoulder strain after an engine crash in Pittsburgh railroad yards while returning from Wheeling, West Virginia. He was jolted against the berth headboard but escaped serious injury.
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Washington
Clara
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W. Va
Descending Night Aboard Volturno Fire Claims 136
In a mid Atlantic disaster the Uranium line steamer Volturno burned after a Thursday blaze and sank Friday. The Carmania and other liners battled a fierce gale to rescue 521 survivors as 136 passengers and crew perished in lifeboats and flames.
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Liverpool
Volturna
Royal One
mid-Atlantic
Carmania
Volturno
Queenstown
Fishguard
Big Linners
Barr
Uranium Company
Boston Mayor Urges Page Recall Over English Leadership Claim
Boston mayor James Michael Fitzgerald urged the recall of Ambassador Page in a Faneuil Hall address. He called Page imprudent and accused him of sacrificing truth to cater to English nobility, and dismissed Page’s Southampton statement that the United States remains English ruled as arrant nonsense.
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Boston
Page
England
Fitzgerald
Faneuil Hall
Southampton
United States
Fizgerald
Pankhurst Plans New Arrival Tactic in United States
Cable message from Paris states Mrs. Pankhurst will not sail on La Provence but travel under an assumed name to test the efficiency of male government. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont offers a $100 000 bond to cover her entrance if needed.
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New York
la Provence
O. H. P. Belmont
Philadelphia Takes Series in World Championship Bid
New York Giants, with Christy Mathewson on short rest, fall 3 to 1 to the Philadelphia Athletics in game four of the 1913 World Series. Connie Mack’s Athletics push toward the title as 35,000 fans witness the decisive action despite gloomy weather.
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New York
New York Giants
Christy Mathewson
Philadelphia Athletics
Athletics
McGraw
Mathewson
Plank
Connie Mack
Giants
Philadelphia
National League
Efforts to repeal 5 percent import provision stall
Washington reports setback as Representative Underwood returns home after talks with Joseph Folk. Folk urged repeal of the 5 percent differential in American ship imports, but Underwood reiterated support for the tariff and said no developments would occur for days. President Wilson's position remained open.
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Washington
State
Treasury Departments
Representative Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph F. Folk
State Department
Underwood
Wilson
Mr. Underwood
New York Priest Indicted for First Degree Murder
Hans Schmidt, who confessed to killing Anna Aumuller, was indicted for murder in the first degree by a New York grand jury yesterday, marking a major legal milestone in the case.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Iowa Suffrage Leaders Split in Boone Convention
In Boone Iowa on October 13 factional strife split the state suffrage leadership as Mrs John L Stevens led a bolt from the state convention. Miss Flora Dunlap of Des Moines was elected president triggering the rift and Stevens warned that the old officers would not surrender records or funds to the new officers.
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Boone
Iowa
John L. Stevens
Progressive Party
Flora Dunlap
Des Moines
Stevens
State
Deputies Opposed to Huerta Jailed in Mexico City
One hundred ten deputies who signed warnings to President Huerta over Senator Dominguez disappearance were arrested and jailed as troops invaded the Legislative Hall. The president demanded the chamber withdraw the resolution and investigations of the senator’s fate. Heavy troops, rapid fire guns, and patrols were deployed around the capital.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Huerta
Belisaro Dominguez
Chiapas
Cer
Chamber
Dominguez
Senate
Mexico
Manuel Garza Aldape
Senor Aldape
Wreck Fatalities Reported in Eastern Line Collision
East of Westfield Connecticut a head on crash between a Middletown bound steam train and a Meriden bound electric car on the Berlin branch of the NY Connecticut line killed Ralph A. Blydenburgh city editor of the Middletown Penny Press and injured others including John O Ettler Otto St Arnold and Miss Frances Florian with eight others less seriously hurt.
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Westfield
Conn
Berlin
New York
New Haven and
Hartford
Middletown
Ralph
A. Blydenburgh
Penny Press
John O. Ettler
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Otto St
Frances Florian Rockfall
Tariff Causes Little Slump in Farm Economy
Bradstreet and Dun's Reviews note mixed signals from tariff-driven shifts. Crop money effects reach agricultural districts while textiles seek prompt shipment amid tight markets. Wheat exports rise year over year and cotton goods mills face shortages as prices stay high and demand remains brisk.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Dun
Millionaire Brewer Adolphus Busch Dies in Germany
LangenschaIwachs, Prussia, Oct. 13 Adolphus Busch multimillionaire brewer and benefactor dies after seven years of dropsy His grandson Adolphus Busch III received a telegram from August A Busch detailing the loss The philanthropist recently donated 150000 to Harvard University for a German institute.
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Langenschwalbach
Prussia
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Langenschwalsbach
Germany
Adolphus Busch III
August A. Busch
Busch
August A
Rhine
Funeral Directors Name New National Leader at Milwaukee
James McLarney of New York was elected president of the National Funeral Directors Association at the closing of the Milwaukee convention. New Orleans was awarded the 1914 meeting.
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Funeral Directors
Milwaukee
James McLarney
New York
National Funeral ‘Directors’ Association
New Orleans
General Coxey Seeks Senate Hearing on Currency Bill
General Jacob S. Coxey, leader of the 1894 unemployed army, arrived in Washington and demanded a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the administration currency bill to explain why he believes the government should operate all banks. Ohio senators warned he might not be heard, and he prepared to return to Massillon, Ohio.
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Washington
Jacob
Rescue Ship Carmania Reaches Fishguard After Volturno Tragedy
The Carmania arrived at Fishguard on Oct 14 after aiding the Volturno disaster. Captain Barr refuses to speak until reporting in Liverpool. Six lifeboats launched. two saved 35 people each, four others perished. Fire originated in cargo hold. survivors ferried by other ships and wireless signals were used to seek aid.
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Barr
Carmania
Grosser
Furst
Seidelitz
Volturno
Carmantia
Fishguard
Liverpool
Cunard Company
Francis Inch
Inch
Cape Race
Currency Reform Conference Opens With Federal Reserve Act Focus
Senator Robert L. Owen and Representative Carter Glass led the second national conference on currency reform in New York. They addressed the Federal Reserve Act as the main topic while a second session examined centralization of banking and reserves mobilization. Arthur Reynolds of the Des Moines National Bank spoke on mobilizing reserves.
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New York
Robert L. Owen
Senate Committee On Currency and Banking
Carter Glass
House
Academy of Political Science
Federal Reserve Act
Arthur Reynolds
Des Moines National Bank
National Bankers’ Association
Popularity of American Eggs Abroad Rising
Washington on October 14 reports that exports of American eggs rose sharply in the past twenty years. The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce notes that in the fiscal year 1913 exports reached 21,000,060 dozen, up from 148,000 dozen two decades earlier, with more than half sent to Canada.
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Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Canada
Syrian Brothers In Duel Kill Man In Duluth Street Shootout
In Duluth on October 14 George Azrry a Syrian man was killed in a duel with Abraham and Joseph Haddad, Syrian brothers. The confrontation along a railroad yard thoroughfare near the St. Louis river led to a fusillade. Azrry fired four times before dying. Police pursued the Haddads and a second duel with officers occurred. Police Captain A G Fiskett was shot in the wrist.
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Duluth
George Azrry
Abraham
Joseph Hadded
Azrry
St. Louis
Police
A. G.fiskett
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NOME
Jones
Pankhurst
U. S
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Congress
Palace
Castle
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Glass
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