Whiskey Seizure Tarp on Arrives as Prohibition Raids Hit
Detectives under Police Chief G. M. Van Liew seized 181 cases of whiskey and one carton of wine from the Tarpon at the Florida liner wharf. Liquor stored at the station will require ownership proof in recorder’s court. Several defendants fined in inferior court for prohibition violations. additional cases postponed. A raiding squad found a small quantity of prohibited liquors at a safe drink stand on 108 Earle Street.
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Van_Liew
Police Department
Wniefs of
G. M. van Liew
Recorder’s Court
van Liew
John M. Clark
J. H. McEvoy
Frazier Hill
Robert Thomas
Earle Street
Lyric Theatre Season Announces Diverse Attractions
Manager McDermott reveals a varied Lyric season with musical comedies and minstrels. The slate includes Watch Your Step and The Only Girl plus feature films like Birth of a Nation and Rammona. Also listed are operas from the Chicago Grand English Opera Company and Maude Adams productions.
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Lyric ‘Theatre
McDermott
al G. Fieldminstrels
Rammona
Holliday
Pat
Maude Adams
Chicago Grand English Opera Company
Matt
Jeff
House of Glass
al Wilson
Smart Set
Katrinka
Chicago English Opera Company
David Warfield
O’brien Minstrels
Rose Stahl
Pepper
Gompers Protests Carranza Labor Policy in Mexico
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, arrived in Atlantic City to urge the Mexican members of the joint commission to consider Carranza’s stance on labor unions. He pressed for attention to a decree that would apply the death penalty to those who strike or conspire to strike, amidRecent strikes in Mexico.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Joint Commission
General Carranza
Mexico
Lane
Gompers
Mexico City
Submarine Attack Survivors Describe Nantucket Sighting
Eye witness accounts from Newport Rhode Island tell of German submarine torpedo attacks off Nantucket. Nine merchant ships sunk. U 53 and U 61 named by survivors aboard the Stephano and other vessels. Passengers were evacuated by destroyers as ships vanished beneath the sea.
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Associated Press
Newport
R. I
Nantucket
United States
Passengers Rescued After Rough Sea Incident Near Newport
Crews of all vessels except the Kingston and 83 Stephano passengers are brought to Narragansett Bay station for care. No lives believed lost, Kingston crew adrift in boats but rescue likely. Stephano passengers include thirty American tourists from Newfoundland and Canadian provinces. all uninjured but many belongings lost.
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Kingston
Narragansett Bay Naval Station
Newport Summer Colony
New Foundland
Canadian
Stephano passengers rescued by US destroyer amid German conduct
Dr. Andrews of the Grenfell mission recounts that the Stephano carried twenty five women ten children and crew. The Balch landed majority of the passengers while German crew opened water cocks after US torpedo boat destroyer arrived to ensure safety. A Dutch vessel nearby appeared doomed but aid was provided to all distressed passengers.
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Ericsson
Balch
Stephano
Government Pier
R. Livingston Beeckman
Frank Vanderbilt
Arthur Curtiss James
Andrews
Grenfell Mission
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Blewemersdijk
Dr. Andrews
Passengers on Stephano Hit by Submarine Near Williams Town
Mrs Henry B Wilson of Williams town Mass recalls dinner passengers heard three shots across the Stephano bow after spotting German flag mistaken for American boats. The liner halted and passengers fled to boats. Ericsson picked them up as Stephano sank. Mary Griffin of Placentia Newfoundland confirms submarine shots and nearby United States destroyer sighting.
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Miller
Ericsson
Stephano
Henry B. Wilson
Williamstown
Mass
Wilson
Mary Griffin
Placentia
New Foundland
Theubmarine
Wabash Earnings Grow After Reorganization Report
New York October 9 gross earnings of the reorganized Wabash Railroad rose 28 percent for the first eight months out of receivership. Surplus reached 2 903 501 while 1916 showed a deficit of 2 459 622. Total gross earnings 23 608 572 vs 18 414 432 in 1913.
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New York
Wabash Railroad Company
Reorganized
Wabash Railroad
Calm passengers assist women and children to safety at sea
Warning notes passengers remained serene as men helped women and children down rope ladders to boats. Transfer completed without incident. Ericsson surfaced with a submarine in sight, circling. speaker recalls seeing only one submarine.
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Ericsson
Trinity Parish House Opens with Rally Day Services
The Trinity church marked the opening of its new parish house with Rally Day services on Sunday morning. The memorial building honors Ladward Walter Robinson, a longtime vestryman. Rev. A G Richards and Oliver C Hume urged large Sunday school attendance. The facility includes a large Sunday school room kindergarten Bible class guild room kitchen with gas stove a committee room and vestment lockers plus a men’s and women’s locker area and an 18 by 15 foot stage.
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Trinity Church
Ladward Walter Robinson
A. G. Richards
Oliver C. Hume
Venizelos Leaves Crete for Samos aboard Hesperia
Athens dispatch reports ex Premier Venizelos planned to sail to Samos on the Atromitos but boarded the Hesperia at the last moment. The Atromitos, chased by a German submarine, was aided by Allied destroyers and escaped to Syra after the urgent calls for help.
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London
Athens
The
Times
Venizelos
Crete
Samos
Atromitos
Syra
Clear Bad Skin From Within With Dr King’s Pills
Pimply complexions are blamed on blood impurities and treated by Dr King’s New Life Pills. The mild laxative cleanses the system and brightens the eye. A morning bowel movement follows a night dose. Available at your druggist for 2d.
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Dr. King
2Dc
Head of Farmers Unions Opposes Adamson Bill in Texas
H N Pope declares the labor problem sits on the farm and urges farmers to press Congress to repeal the Adamson law. He issues a pamphlet condemning the act as class legislation harmful to the interests of labor and notes the need to finance the law through workers.
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Adamson
Fort Worth
Tex
Congress
H. N. Pope
Honor System in Reformatories Faces Setback
Dr. Frank Moore, superintendent of New Jersey reformatory, tells the American Prison Association delegates in Buffalo that the honor system succeeds in reformatories but self government of prisons is impracticable. The Rev. B M Spurr defends prison reform, saying prisoners are not pampered.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Moore
New Jersey
Kaiser’s School Heads New Royal Institute Leader
Berlin October 9. Prof Wilhelm Kolle of Bern University appointed to succeed the late Dr Paul Ehrlich as head of the Royal Institute for Experimental Therapeutics and the Geo Speyer Houses at Frankfort on the Main. Kolle is a renowned bacteriologist. his collaborators will be Profs Sachs and Morgenroth.
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Berlin
Sayville
Wilhelm Kolle
Berne University
Paul Ehrlich
Royal Institute For Experimental Therapeutics
Geo Speyer
Frankfort-on-the- Main
Kolle
Sachs
Morgenroth
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George Pettus
J. Thompson
William Arlington
Bauer
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Cwuett, Peabody & CO. Inc
Carranza
Nantucket Shoals
West Point
Newport News
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Red Cross Line
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Rotterdam
Kirkwall
Chr. Knudsen
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Fred S. Riley
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