Rescued by Emma Myerson As Fire Strikes Eight Sleepers
Emma Myerson roused sleeping tenants in a blazing home on Fo and Seventh. She aided Mrs Lockwood and eight others to safety as firefighters contained the fire caused by a bathroom blaze. Earlier, Frank Sharpless and his son narrowly escaped in a second house on Eleventh Street Southeast, rescued by Herman Krahling.
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Frank Krahling
Motoran Holmes
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United States Supreme Court
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Sharpless
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Destiny Stone In New Role At Westminster Abbey
Special Cable reports Archdeacon Wilberforce at Westminster Abbey cited an antiquarian claim that the stone of destiny is Jacob's pillow and the rock Moses struck. The tale traces the stone's sacred wanderings from Jerusalem to Solomon's temple, Titus, Spain, Ireland, Scotland, and finally London with Edward I.
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Edward F
Bryan to Sail as American Minister Embarks for Tokyo
Washington dispatch reports Charles Parge Rerson American Minister to Belgium will embark Wednesday on the Olympic for Washington to receive instructions before proceeding to Tokyo as ambassador designate. He is to carry out duties related to a new post and relations with Japan.
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Fowler Fights Fatal Fire at Mountain View Hotel
One man is dead another missing and a third injured after a fire on the third floor of the Mountain View Hotel. Aviator Robert G. Fowler aided in firefighting before his planned transcontinental flight. Fire destroyed much of the town as volunteers battled the blaze.
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John Wesley Dugger
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Miners Rescued Through Tube In Morning Star Shaft
Leadville, Sept 17. If no further difficulties delay the rescue of three miners trapped in the Morning Star drift, they will be released by Monday morning. Rescuers work in six hour shifts amid slow, dangerous dust and the cave’s aging timbering. Food and coffee are lowered through an iron pipe from the shaft top to 350 feet below.
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Morning Star
Jack Rabbit Attacks Man Near San Bernardino Motorcycle Incident
Redlands resident W W DeHart was knocked from his motorcycle when a jack rabbit struck him on the road to San Bernardino. The rabbit flew, then sprang back and lunged as DeHart tried to approach. after two failed leaps it vanished into the brush.
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Stolypin Wounded Premier Clings to Life Bullets Found
Midnight bulletin shows rising pulse and respiration amid peritonitis in Russian Premier Stolypin after gala shooting. Doctors report fever around 95 to 100 degrees, fluctuating heart rate and breathing. bullet removed, condition worsens later with no sustained improvement.
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Antifat drug perils hit Newport society women
Special to The Washington Post Newport Sept 17 reports fashionable Newport women, driven by European fashion, used a dangerous antifat drug for slenderness. Some now ill from its effects and have abandoned the substance, receiving medical treatment to restore health and strength.
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Heiress Helen Frick Cooks for Father at Prides Crossing
Miss Helen Clay Frick, heiress to millions and noted philanthropist, has taken over kitchen duties at the Frick mansion in Prides Crossing. She routed the austere French chef and now prepares with her own hands the choicest dainties for her millionaire father.
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Helen Clay Frick
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Prides Crossing
Eiisa Frick
Man weds fourth Myrtle after divorce from third wife
Evanaville Indiana reports Claude A Bayse, 7 year old contracting partner, obtained a divorce from his third wife yesterday and today marries Misa Myrtle Hoover, 18, claiming all four wives share the name Myrtle. Moses Furniture Sale also noted.
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Duel of Feud Ends in Fatal Shotgun Duel in Laytonsville
A feud between Archle R Thompson and John Pope led to a shotgun duel that killed Joseph Pope, the elder Pope and a prominent Montgomery farmer. Thompson is jailed on murder charges. Mrs. Thompson claims her husband shot in self defense targeting John Pope. The coroner’s inquest found Joseph Pope died from a shotgun wound, with Thompson resisting the murder charge.
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Tragedy at Grace Crossing Hurts Sigentof Family
Special to The Washington F reports a Passaic N J family outing ended at Susquehanna and Western crossing when a wagon was struck by a train. Rebecca Sigentof 17 was killed. Abraham wife Isabelle and eight children suffered numerous injuries with varying severity.
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Nathan
Slayer Soboleski Escapes Ohio Prison Wearin g Wardens Wife’s Clothes
Michael Soboleski a life-term murderer walked from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus on Sept 17 using a disguise that included his wardens wife’s tight coat and a white skirt. He had served five months as a trusted inmate with access to the warden’s family laundry. Soboleski, 34, was jailed for the June 1909 Toledo murder of an elderly couple. his wife has filed for divorce. Authorities fear he may head to Toledo to attack his wife.
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Soboleski
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700 Mile Race Saves Her
Barbara Kruttschnitt a one month old daughter of Julius Kruttschnitt jr. who is linked to Guggenheim interests and Harriman lines. Ill with pneumonia she was taken 700 miles by special train from Aguas Calientes to San Antonio at lower altitude. Doctors say recovery looks good after fast transport and hospital care.
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Aguas Calientes
Mexico
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Julius Kruttschnitt
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Edison Auto Kills Child in Bavaria Autocar Tragedy
Special to The Washington Post reports a cable from Lauf Bavaria that Thomas A Edison’s car struck and instantly killed a 12 year old child near Nuremberg. The chauffeur acted without carelessness but the party faces a hearing tomorrow morning. Edison’s auto has traveled across France Switzerland Hungary and Austria with no previous accidents.
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New York World
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Hungary
Austria
Wedded pairs discover swapped spouses after cross‑continent meeting
In Los Angeles a pair of former boyhood friends discovered they had married each other’s ex wives after traveling on the same train. The couples, Mr. and Mrs. George Richardson of New York and Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes of Boston, met at the Lanker shelm Hotel and learned the discovery when introduced. The women laughed, the men were astonished, and the spouses exchanged puzzled looks as the truth emerged.
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New York
Willam S. Holmes
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Food Rioters in Vienna Trigger Deadly Clash and Barricades
Vienna reports a severe riot over food prices with troops firing on mobs. Five rioters wounded, 100 arrested, later clashes in Ottakring with street barricades. Up to dozens killed or wounded sources vary. fear of a broader upheaval as government contemplates measures and possible state of siege.
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Death of Charles D Chanute heir to Chanute fortune
Mount Vernon Illinois September 17 Charles D Chanute heir to the Chanute family wealth died from blood poisoning traced to a cigarette burn on his arm ten days earlier He was 44 and inherited about 1600000 Octave Chanute the noted American engineer who invented the first glider and influenced aeroplane design was his father
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Taft's Michigan Campaign Stop and Condolence Note
President Taft rested in Erie before a Detroit stop, attending church and meeting local leaders with Secretary Hilles. He sent condolences to a slain pastor's son, reacted to the Syracuse auto tragedy, and noted good impressions from his Erie reception. He travels by private car to Michigan with two more days of speaking.
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Notable Figure Carter Dies at 57 in Washington
Thomas Henry Carter former United States Senator from Montana and once head of the Republican national committee died at his home on Sixteenth Street Washington. He had been under medical care for months the illness becoming acute a week ago. Funeral services will be held at St Pauls Church with a private interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Relatives and colleagues including Chief Justice White and Senators Crane Penrose and Brandegee attended his passing. The late statesman was known for his vigor and long service in national politics and had recently chaired the American section of the international joint commission.
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