Bragg Wins Grand Prix as De Palma Crashes
Ralph De Palma suffers serious injuries in a high speed crash while pursuing Caleb Bragg in the Grand Prix race. Bragg wins with a 6:59:25 time for 410 miles as Bergdoll and Anderson follow. Spectators exceed 100000. other drivers suffer various mechanical failures and crashes.
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Milwaukee
Ralph de Palma
Mercedes
Caleb Hrage
Tom Alley
de Palma
Hrage
Alley
Bragg
de Palms
Erwin Bergdoll
Albert Anderson
Stutz
Bergdoll
Anderson
Barney Oldfield
George Clark
Rob Burman
Gould Baggage Held by Customs Officials
Rail magnate angrily contemplates suing the government after customs officers detain his baggage and that of his wife and her sisters in New York. The incident underscores tensions between business interests and customs enforcement during October.
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New York
Scientists Marooned by Rain in Roosevel tam
Sixty five European scientists touring the United States as guests of the American Geographical Society were marooned by heavy rains at Roosevelt dam in Arizona. The group faced delays as flooding hampered travel arrangements and access to accommodations amid the storm.
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Phoenix, Ariz
United States
American Geographical Society
Rooseve'’ Tam
Fire Claims Four Women at 25 Park Row Restaurant
A blaze on the fifth floor of a Park Row restaurant in New York left two young waitresses dead from smoke suffocation and injured two more workers plus two male employees. The fire, caused by a faulty flue, forced about a hundred diners to flee as four women endured peril on building ledges before rescue.
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New York
Taft Heads Six Day Motor Trip Through New England
President William Howard Taft Mrs Taft Miss Mabel Boardman and Maj T L Rhoades depart Beverly Massachusetts for a six day motor tour through Vermont and New Hampshire They will address the Vermont joint assembly in Montpelier October 9 upon return they board the Mayflower for New York to review the American fleet and will not return to the summer capital until October 17
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Mabel Boardman
T. L. Rhoades
Vermont
New Hampshire
Joint Assembly of Vermont
Montpelier
New York
Japanese aviator killed in Corning aviation accident
In Corning Steuben county on October 7 a Japanese flyer M Kondo died when his plane collided with a windmill blade. He plunged forty feet suffering a fractured skull and died within five minutes.
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Corning
Steuben County
America
M. Kondo
Insurrecto Leader Fals and Marines Suffer Fatalities in Nicaragua Fight
Washington reports Admiral Southerland detailing a clash near Masaya where five marines were fatally hurt and rebels suffered heavy losses. General Zeledon escaped but was later killed by cavalry. One thousand U S Marines move on Leon as government forces retake Masaya. Names of fallen marines and next of kin listed.
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Congress
Washington
Southerland
Nicaragua
Navy Department
Long
Chimagalpa
General Zeledon
Cayatepe and
Barren
Clarence Henry McGill
Boston
Mary Herbert
Hancock Street
Portland
Harry Pollard
Rochester
N. Y
Bliss B Pollard
Medway
Massa
G. W. Martin Wognded
Nine Die in Terrific Automobile Collision
A wreck claimed nine lives while wounded included Second Lieut George W Martin of Company C First battalion enlisted at Boston his mother Mrs Flora A Martin and wife reside at 437 Medford street Winter Hill Massachusetts Sergt A P Sherburne enlisted at Boston his mother Mrs Francis L Sherbourne at Georgetown Mass Private William Harvey enlisted at Boston relatives unknown Private Alfred Lunder enlisted at Fargo ND his brother David Lunder lives at Baker Montana Captain ordinary seaman of the cruiser California identified by the navy department Rear Admiral Southerland praised the officers marines and bluejackets The dispatches declare the rebels defeated and Congress faces a clash over US intervention in Nicaragua
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George W. Martin
Boston
Flora A. Martin
Medford Street
Winter Hill
Mass
A. P. Sherburne
Francis L. Sherbourne
Georgetown
Mays
William Harvey
Alfred Lunder
Fargo
N. D
David
Central America
Congress
Nicaragua
Virginia Lumber files voluntary bankruptcy petition in Lynchburg
The Virginia Lumber company filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in Lynchburg with liabilities of 89,972 and assets of 123,996. Yates, its president, filed a personal petition showing liabilities of 48,295 and assets of 74,100.
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Lynchburg
Virginia Lumber Company
Yates
City Refugee Camp Faces Soaring Prices Amid War
Mexico City endures a refugee influx as foreigners flee civil war and locals depart for safety. While production declines, luxury goods sellers complain of shortages. Some workers switch from farming to rebel campaigns, drawn by profits and safety, despite government extermination efforts.
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Mexico City
Republic
Nine Die In Philadelphia Auto Crash At Park Edge
Nine people killed in a multi car collision near Fairmount park Philadelphia when a high speed car struck a second, toppled a third, and crashed through a guard rail to the tracks. Charles Spade and Edward Shaw among the injured. several occupants perished on impact.
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Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
B&bgainst
Robert A. Boyd
Bdward Shaw, Jr
Daniel Wilkes
William H. Lawrence
Gordon H. Miller
Leon Nevin
Jesse Holmes
Robert Giefel
Ernest Schofield
Chiladelphia
Thirtythird
Thompson Streets
Charles J. Spade
Thompson Street
Edward Shaw
Morris Street
Pennsylvania Tracks
Shaw
Spade
Cracksmen Blow Frisco Safe at Metropolitan Life Office
Cracksmen blew the safe in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co of New York office in San Francisco and escaped with 2500 dollars in cash along with checks and commercial paper.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
New York
Fund Quiz Is Widened
The Clapp committee of the senate investigates campaign funds with a lineup of witnesses. Charles R Crane Ogden Mills Charles Edward Russell Charles P Taft and others are slated to testify with dates through Friday.
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Charles R. Crane
Ogden Mills
Charles E. Russell
C. P. Taft
Washington
Oct. T
Charlese B Crane
Chicago
New York
Charles Edward Russell
Senate
Charles P. Taft
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
R. S. Levett
Harriman Railroads
Matthew Hale
Massachusetts
N. B. Scott
West Virginia
Louis Hammerling
Ormsby MccHarg
Roosevelt
C. M. Depew
Sam &B. McKinter
Hireet
Josiah Quincy
Roger Sullivan
Olinola
Medill Metformick
William BE. Edwards
Ebt Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Nichols
Ohio
Harmon
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Alice G. Boutell
Caleb Bragg
Burleigh Street
Brage
Teddy Tetzlaff
Bob Burman
Joe Horan
Benz
Spencer Wishart
Hughes
Mercer
Fontaine
Lozier
Frank Gould
Iyovid Taylor
Mr. Gould
Booth
Misses Kelly
Alice Gates Boutell
Henry S. Boutell
Switzerland
John W. B. Ladd
Gould
Loeb
Gailani Mi
Broops
Balkans
Monte
Servia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Athens
Asila
Balkan
Machine
Gen. Zeledin
Edgar C. Lovett
Rice Institute
Houston
Tex
Edgar Odell Lovett
Princeton
Mexico
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