Volturno Disaster Details Drive Rescue Efforts and Panic
London reports recount the Volturno fire disaster with scenes of women and children in distress as lifeboats failed or were submerged. Survivor Trintepohl, rescued by the Carmania, describes chaos, crew misbehavior, and the captain's use of a revolver to force order amid spreading flames.
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Hyasterica
Volturna
Carmania
Inch
London
Queenstown
Fishguard
Walter Trintepohl
Volturno
Lacy
Childo
Fee
Unhurt After 500 Foot Fall In Biplane Flight
New York aviator Capt. William Wald was wrecked when his biplane fell into water after entering difficulties over New York Bay while en route from Stempstead Plains to Oakwood Heights. He survived with shock. Wald, a former German army officer, planned to race the aeroplane around Manhattan Island tomorrow.
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New York
Oct
Stempsteac Plains
Long Island
Oakwood Heights
Wiliam Wald
Fiermans
Manhattan Island
Scalding death shocks Cleveland business man Henry Judd
Cleveland on October 12 witnessed the death of Henry W. Judd a wealthy retired businessman and director in several local corporations. He was found by his wife hours after entering a bathtub prepared by a colored match. Authorities suggest he fell in unable to exit due to frail health.
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Henry W. Judd
Cleveland
Father Kills His Son in Self Defense Claim
Frederick Eysenhart shot and killed his 19 year old son Herman on the lawn before their Rossville home after a day of merrymaking. He says he acted to protect himself, asked police to let him kiss his son's lips, and later prayed beside the corpse. Police locked him at Canton station while the boy’s death shocked neighbors.
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Frederick Bysonhart
Washington Post
Baltimore
Frederick Eysenhart
Herman
Kenwood Avenue
Philadelphia Road
Rossville
Madeira Street
Bysenhart
Canton
Arnold Coates
William Raine
Arlington
Coates
Lfe
Timothy Feehley
County Fores
Bysenhert
Herman Bysenhart
Frances Bysenhart
Senhart
Women Passengers Admit Wild Bird Plumage at New York
New York customs allowed women aboard the St Paul of the American Line to pass with aigrets and other wild bird plumage on their hats. A customs official joked about not bothering with aigrets that day. Port surveyor Gen Nelson H Henry warned inspectors would be disobeying the law if they again permit prohibited plumage to pass. Mr McAdoo’s order is plain, and any customs man allowing wild bird plumage to slip through is breaking the law.
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New York
St Paul
Nelson H Henry
McAdoo
Women saved by bulldog in Kansas City fire
Miss Rowena McDonald and her half sister Miss Sallie Hansie were saved when a bulldog awakened them after a curtain caught fire in their home at about 1 a m. A matched light started the blaze, but water was turned on in a bathroom delaying the spread and providing an escape.
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Weratg
Washington Rose
Kansas City
Rowena McDonald
Sallie Hansie
Miss McDonald
President Opposes Congress Recess as Currency Bill Looms
President Wilson voiced opposition to a recess of Congress, urging continuous pursuit of the currency bill over the next seven weeks. He believes prompt, thorough consideration could bring final passage before December session, while Senators debate timing and potential changes to the House bill.
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Wilson
Congress
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
White House
Ptio
Sesson
Senate Committee
House
United States
Democrats
Boston Bankers Protest Foreign Branch Bill Debate
Senators debate banking law provisions as bankers from Boston defend revised rules for smaller banks and oppose strict 90 day rediscount limits. Hitchcock questions foreign branches and Lombard Street influence, arguing for leniency and global banking ties. Currency plan would let national banks open London-like branches and share in international facilities.
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Hitchcock
England
Lombard and
Threadneedle
America
London
Russian Arctic expedition reports new uninhabited land
The Taimyr and Waygarth returned to St Michael after a Vladivostok voyage detailing discovery north of Biberta of a high mountainous land possibly a continent uninhabited and rich in reindeer bears and birds. They described volcanic shore cliffs, distant peaks with visible vapor, and shallow vegetation, with ice packs limiting further exploration.
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Alaska
Taimyr
Waygarth
Wilkitzky
Vladivostok
Discovery
Biberta
Rane
Nicholas Second Fand
I¢tropovolok
Cape
Thenco
Siberian
Wilkitaly
Wessels
Wihiteky
Bennett, Jeannette
Henrietta Islands
Walkitzky
Bennett Island
de Long
Berting Straits
Madtar Bay
Siberia
Lawrence Islands
Arctic
Wrangell Island
Nicholas I Land
8 HANG FROM TRESTLE TIES
Phoenixville Pa Oct 2 two young women and a man saved their lives by hanging suspended over Pickering Creek from the ties of a trestle on the Frazer branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Warry Sauers of Charlestown township raised his head as the train passed and received a severe scalp wound. Miss Elizabeth Walton and Miss Winifred Sauers of Charlestown stayed grips on the ties and were not scratched.
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Phoenixville
Pickering Creek
Frazer
Penneylvania
Warry Sauers
Charlestown Township
Elizabeth Walton
Winifred Sauers
Charlestown
Sauers
Bandit Agent Hanged In Mexican Territory
The report from Paso, Tex dated October 12 states Jose Perez, named customs collector at Palomas by bandit leader Maximo Castillo, was executed at Juarez race track and hanged from a trolley pole. It notes a second death sentence carried out, Jose Robles, and warns of further killings if Braulio Hernandez is extradited.
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Spectral
The
Washington Post
Paso
Tex
Jose Perez
Palomas
Maximo Castillo
Juarez
Jose Robles
Castillo
H. L. Stephenson
Los Angeles
Palomas Land and Cattle Company
Chihuahua
Braulio Hernandez
Mexico
Hernandez
New Haven Strike Threat From Engineers Head
New Haven October 12 officials of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers deny any change in the rule controversy. Grand Chief Warren S Stone warned the engineers to the Howard Avenue Congregational Church that they are at the point of breaking with the railroad. He criticized the press for calling engine men inefficient and incompetent.
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Brotherhood
New Haven
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren S& Stone
Howard Avenue Congregational Church
Stone
Woman Volunteers Helped by Phone Operator Save Wachter
A WCA Home telephone operator, hearing a gas odor, found Miss Frederica Wachter, 23, near death in room 32. Colleagues carried her to the bathroom, doctors revived her with a pulmator, and she regained speech at Emergency Hospital. She said she was homesick and tired, had recently been abroad, and preferred returning to Germany. She declined to reveal her name. hospital release expected soon.
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Woman's Christian Association
Christian Association
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Frederica Wachter
Ming Wachier
Emergency Hospital
Lewis
Ready
Pulmator
Slater
Association
Mise Wachter
Germany
Mass Jewish Protest in Washington Over Kiel Ritual Murder Accusations
A large Washington gathering of eighteen Jewish organizations denounces the Kiel ritual murder accusations against Mendal Belas and Andrew Yushinsky. Speakers including Rep Fess, Rabbi Simon Rosenau, and Simon Wolf condemn anti Jewish persecution, pledging unity and civilizational defense of Judaism.
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Oto
Axa
Simon and Rosenau
Baltimore
Simon Wolf
Washington
Eighth Street
Kiel
Russia
Mendal Belis
Andrew Yushinsky
Ohio
William Rosenau
Egypt
Washington Belts
Abram Simon
Simon
Leopold Glushak
Washington, D
Kief
Glushak
Wlushak
Adas Israel Congregation
Ohey Sholon Congregation
Talmud Torah Congregation
Ahavas Zion Society
Poatel Zion Society
National Capital Lodge
Washington City Lodge
District of Columbia Lodge
King Solomon Lodge
Congress Lodge
Washington Monumental Lodge
Hebrew Young Men's Lodge
Arbiter Ring
Yelisuvavetgrader Verein
George Washington Lodge
Progressive Order of the West
Capital Grocery Association
Arbiter
Simeon
Panic on Burning Ship Sparks Senate Clash
A chaotic scene unfolds as a catastrophic ship blaze triggers warnings of danger. The president opposes a recess amid uproar over stalled action on abroad issues. The issue outlines a controversial mix of foreign policy, crime, and a dramatic rescue.
Six Drowned When Skiff Capsizes Across Tarentum River
Pittsburgh Oct 12 Six persons drown and two escape death after a skiff overturns in the Allegheny River at Tarentum. The dead include Antone Widmer Carl Widmer John Widmer John Widmer Jr Julius Sober Joseph Sober George Oblinger. A man engaged to row the boat saved by clinging to the overturned craft. The party entered the skiff at Brackenridge to cross to Edgecliff. The overloaded boat was struck by a passing vessel and capsized. all bodies recovered tonight.
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Allegheny River
Pittsburgh
Tarentum
Antone Widmer
Carl Widmer
John Widmer
John Widmer Jr
Julius Sober
Joseph Sober
George Oblinger
Brackenridge
Edgecliff
Girl's Death Baffles Dallas Detectives After Eleven Weeks
Dallas dispatch reports Florence Brown, 26, a YWCA worker and choir singer, was found murdered in her uncle's real estate office on July 28. detectives found a violent struggle but no decisive evidence or suspects after an extensive citywide search and examination of the hatroom, hammer, and minimal safe contents.
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Dallas
Tex
Florence Brown
Henry Tanner
Miss Brown
Jef Robinson
Robinson & Styron
Colorado
Shadrack B Cuthbertson
Cuthbertson
Misa Brown
Deputies All Hold Army May Turn on Huerta
Mexico City dispatch reports brisk troop patrols and a calm capital as Huerta faces a provisional coup. Secretaries in Washington push for return while Wilson stays silent. Reaction splits. some say army will split, others praise Huerta’s move. Interior minister Aldape says deputies jailed will not be released and elections proceed in October.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Manuel Garza Aldape
Congress
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