Rescues and Losses From the Volturno Disaster
Accounts from the Carmania, Narragansett, Grosser Kurfurst and others tell of heroic rescue efforts amid raging seas after the Volturno explosion. Of 83 aboard, 78 perished. crew generally perished while officers saved. Wireless signals and Captain Inch’s coordination helped some lives, but boats were launched amid panic and heavy waves.
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London
Carmania
Volturno
Barr
Narragansett
CAPT BARR DESCRIBES VOLTURN O RESCUE MISSION AT SEA
Liverpool Oct 14 Capt Barr recounted the Volturno rescue episodes aboard the Carmania. He described sighting the stranded Volturno with propeller rise and davit danger, attempting to lower a boat despite peril. He narrated close approaches, use of liferafts, coordination with Inch of the Volturno and Grosser Kurfurst, and efforts to locate lifeboats and passengers after the explosion.
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Liverpool
Mersey
Barr
Volturns
Women in London Clash at Pankhurst Speech
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst is arrested at Bow Neaths but released as militants clash with police. The crowd fights to defend the platform while police reclaim control and several injuries occur. Miss Anna Kenney is freed after a hunger strike and threats against officials.
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Fife-Connaught
Anna Kenney
London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Bow Neaths
Holloway
Mias Pankhurst
Detactives
Zeke Emerson
Jackson
Mich
Lee
Pankhurst
Poplar Town Hall
Dyers
England
Prince Arthur
Fife
Missina Kenney
Bersbard
Home Office
Reginald
Maidedg
Trong
Miss Kenney
Will Detain Mrs Pankhurst on Arrival
Officials will detain Emmeline Pankhurst at Ellis Island upon arrival aboard La Provence to place her before a special inquiry board. The question is whether her court records and jail sentences for women’s suffrage actions show moral turpitude under immigration law, with protests mounting from both sides.
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Special Board
Emmeline Pankhurst
la Provence
Elia Island
United States
New York
National Suffrage Organisation
Huerta Reassures Wilson On Prisoners In Mexico War News
Reports from Washington and Mexico City describe Huerta promising no harm to imprisoned deputies while preparations and debates continue in the U S cabinet over next steps. Germany's dispatch of a warship to Mexican waters draws alarm as Britain weighs recognition and potential policy shifts.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Vernon O'Shaughnessy
State Department
Washington
O'Shaughnessy
Washington Administration
Walte
Germany
Wilson
Mexico
Huertas
Great Britain
Huuerta
George
Mary
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Madero
Suarez
Missing Aviator From Manhattan Island Race
Albert J. Jewell, an aviator scheduled for the Manhattan Island plane race, disappeared after departing Hempstead Plains at 7 40 am for Staten Island in a monoplane. Rumors place him swept to sea by wind or landing unnoticed in a remote Long Island spot.
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J. Jewell
Staten Island
New York
Manhattan Island
Albert J. Jewell
Hempstead Plains
Long Island
Jewell
Woman dies saving son on Lehigh Valley track
In Alpha New Jersey on October 13 Mrs George Caparum 28 and her 2 year old son Willam were struck and killed by a locomotive as she shielded the boy from an oncoming train. The mother carried the infant and hurried to rescue the older child who had fallen onto the rails. She succeeded in throwing him aside but was struck herself.
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Alpha
Ernest
George Caparum
Willam
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Episcopal Church Debates Name Change At General Convention
At New York oct 18 delegates clash over renaming the Protestant Episcopal Church to the American Catholic Church amid a push to revise the Book of Common Prayer. McKim's bid to bar changes to title page is defeated as Goodwin's amendment limits doctrinal shifts. Secret bishop sessions and a later name debate mark a day of tense voting.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
California
Missionary District
Arizona
McKim
Randolph H. McKim
Washington
Edward L. Goodwin
Virginia
Leighton Parks
Parks
Dr. Goodwin
James McConnell
New Orleans
Dr Goodwin
Commission
House
House of Bishops
F J Wrigley
Long Island
Convention
United States
Hobson and Underwood in fierce House clash over Wall Street tool charge
Alabama's Senate race erupts in the House as Hobson accuses Underwood of Wall Street influence and Ryan contributions. Underwood defends his record, calls the charges unfounded, and urges a civil fight. Donovan joins debates amid interruptions. Hobson explains his absence citing campaign duties and lecture dates as he asserts Alabama’s right to choose its senator.
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Senate
Wall Street
Alabama
Henry W. Clayton
Wilson
Oscar W. Underwood
Richmond Pearson Hobson
House
Washington
Donovan
Connecticut
Hobson
Underwood
Baltimore
Senator Bankhead
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Congress
Wobson
Bryan
House of Congress
Representative Donovan
Mr Underwood
Houbson
Eply
Donovan Cancan
Hodson
Widlar
Clark
Nene
Rescues by Capt Barre Highlight Waters Saga
An index to today’s issue points to Ol on Waters saved hundreds and a featured tale of rescues by Captain Barre. Other items include political replies, church and warship notes, a cave visit, and various society, sports, and editorial entries across national and local topics.
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Barre
Poller Underwood
Hotson
Barron
Mexico
James H McKenna
TEB Ingersoll Arsestheat
Aztec Club
Sulzer
West Virginia
New Land
Tsociety
Leg bone grafted in spine in unusual operation
Ralph M Armstrong, a prominent New Haven clubman, underwent grafting a piece of his abandoned bone into his spine after two spinal injuries from a bathtub fall and later a baseball accident. He was declared cured after the operation at a local hospital.
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New Haven
Conn
Ralph M Armstrong
Armstrong
Prominent Georgia physician denies wife murder motives
McDonough Ga Oct 13 Accused physician Dr Barron denies poisoning his first wife to wed Miss Cora Wheeler and provide a mother for his four children He says he loved his second wife from marriage and sought no delay after her death while the prosecution questions his story and past affairs.
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Georgia
Washington
McDonough
Bea
Yatcharze
Cakéy Aikpen
Miss Wheeler
Dr. Barron
Conyers
Cora Wheeler
J. M. F. Barron
Smith
Kelly's Church
White House
Henry G Davis in serious ill at home in West Virginia
Henry G Davis a former U S Senate candidate and longtime Democratic figure in West Virginia is gravely ill at his home as neighbors and relatives gather. Born November 16, 1823 in Baltimore, Davis began life as a railroad brakeman and rose to wealth. He has been called a grand old man of West Virginia and remains part of political memory through Judge Walker Brown and others.
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Spe Tate
Henry G
The
United
Yace Press- Davis
Mnenoer Plate Senate
Judge Walker
Brown
West Virginia
Bavis
Wren
Baltimore
Currency bill debate stalls recess talk in Senate
A sharpened currency probe by administration senators failed to force a report date. Senator Stone pressed for action while O Gorman and colleagues argued for extended consideration, signaling likely reporting toward late November with ongoing caution on deficiencies.
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Stone
O'Gorman
Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Reed
Out
Shafroth
Owen
LiavFpooc
Senator Stone
New York
Mr. Stone
Congress
Mr. O'Gorman
John Sharp Williams
Senator O'Gorman
Mr. O'Gormary
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Iuch
Morse
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Trinterpont
Carmenia
Miss Pankhurst
Ident Wilson
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Bacon
Foreign Relations Committee
Wuatson
Department
Carmen
Campeche
Navy
Blue
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Berlin
Foreign Office
Hertha
New England
Europe
Mediterra
Balkans
Federico Gamboa
Manuel Caéro
Great Hagerstown
Farr
Ohio
Hagerstown
LOW Church Victory
B. H. M’kim
Ryan
Tall Hobson
Henry G. Davis
Harpers Ferns
Cee Tiente
Winchester
Beta
Tae
Ashurat
Hoke Smith
Eoory
Senito
Ardaman
Max
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