GRO CONVICTS ESCAPE BUT ARE SOON TAKEN
Dec 28 report from Deaver and Jefferson shows masked men overpowered deputies, released Leberg, and hanged him from a telegraph pole amid chaotic jailyard violence. Separate accounts note three Negro convicts escaping from prison near Jefferson, rode toward St. Louis on a passenger train, were driven off multiple times, then disappeared near Kent before capture later that day.
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Deaver
Leberg
Louis
Jefferson
St. Louis
Assenger
Kent
Merchants Debate Rail Shortage and Delays In City
A local merchant criticizes General Manager Hurley over railcar delays and consignees excuses. He cites yard backlogs, engine problems, and profiteering rumors, urging officials to address causes rather than assign blame as freight shortages worsen city commerce. The Daily Mail offers $60,000 for an aviator race navigable by an airfoil craft from London to Manchester. Francis Clark, Christian Endeavor founder, plans a nine nation tour ending February 19.
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Hurley
Consignees
Topeka
Purda
Mexico Protest Misclassifications and Rail Labor Woes
Reports from Houston New Orleans New York and Mexico describe misclassifications in company books and a potential arbitration of the Southern Pacific strike. Firemen from St Louis Cincinnati arrive in New Orleans amid no objection from union engineers to nonunion firemen. Indictments accuse George W. Perkins and Charles S Fairchild in a Prussian bond case tied to New York Life. Mexico Railway Association plans eight freight inspectors and large boxcar contracts signal ongoing freight equipment orders.
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New Orleans
Houston
Southern Pacific Fremen
United States
McNeill
Southern Pacific
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
J.P. Morgan & Co
Charles 8. Fairchild
the Treasury
Grand
New York Life
Prussia
Perkins
Fairchild
Europe
Grand Jury
Chicago
St. Paul
New York Security and Trust Company
ANL Railways
Stexico
RailWay Association of Mexico
Republic
Fretett Idf
Firemen Strike Efforts Alter Dispatch Amid Rail Talks
Dee Edward Chester, a veteran Western Union telegrapher in Kansas City, accepts a new post as El Paso Texan passenger line manager. Rail officials say Burlington Pacific coast freight movement will align with extension plans and expect to handle all freight tendered within days, while firemen strike amid changes continues.
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Kankasity
Dee —Edward
Chester
Western Union
Kansic City
Evening Citizen
Chrcait
Burs
el Paso ‘Texan
Passengerington
GOH
Sheridan
Wye
Burlington
Pacific Coast
Tax on Wheat and Flour Proposed in Madrid Bill
Madrid December 28 The bill to tax foreign wheat at 24 pesetas and flour at 1 peseta per 100 kilograms was introduced by Navarro Reverter minister of France and will likely take effect around January 16 with no opposition to the measure.
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Madrid
Navarro Reverter
France
Lady Cook
New York
Tennessee
Astor
Carprein Hall
Xen
America
Cnat Hag
Unites
Paris
Berti
Miss Rives to Wed Well Known Author
Amelia Rives, author of Wheeler and The Quick and the Dead, is to marry a well known author. The couple, connected with American literary circles, are reportedly to wed in Tokyo, Japan, where the groom serves as an embassy official.
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Miss Rives
Cy Awe Einer
Hivese
Eroupetskoy
Hives
Merly
Amelia Rives
Wheeler
Tokyo
Japan
Trives
Virginie
Japan Street Railways Battle Sparks Municipal Reform
The Osaka Osaka debate mirrors U S talks on public vs private street railways as Japan expands a 260 kilometer network. Officials restrict mortgage bonds, push debentures, and face graft risks amid furious charter fights. Public revenue, private interests, and municipal politics collide in a struggle likened to American cases.
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Henry George, Jr
Osaka
Japan
United States
Earnison
Onaka
Dittburg and Lowell
Ehlef Iron Industries
Americus
Rnpial
Tle
Maren
Siet
Rertee
Minister of Home Affairs
Gaxar
Perc
Benny Julie
Hanatter
Jost
Tokyo
Omka
Oraka
Angie
Indian Office Seeks White Attendance in Indian Schools
Special to The Evening Citizen reports President Truman era policy ideas via Commissioner Leupp to legalize white children attending Indian schools, aiming to dismantle reservations and shift education funding to state systems while preserving some local schooling in western districts.
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Washington
Leupp
Indian Office
Congress
Department
Indian Bureau
Inaien Palast Mea
Committee On
Tadian Affairs
Storm Lashes Britain. dozens dead as snowbound trains collide
London reports record snowfall across Britain and Europe. A Japanese cutter Ada Maur ran aground off Red Car. crew rescued by fire brigade. A passenger train from Dundee to Edinburgh buried in a drift. many rescued with few injuries. A roof collapse at Govent Garden warehouse caused a near fatal incident. several workers escaped unharmed or with minor injuries.
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London
Red Car
Holy Head
Rhoscolyn Point
Lay Donots
Bieland
Britain
Europe
Dundee
Edinburg
Oty Whiten
Govent Garden
Smelter Converte Explodes With Fatal Effects
In Swit Lake on December 2s an explosion at Highland Hag emester in Bingham canyon killed Oscar Wallin and fatally burned Thomas Fox and Oscar Tripp. Two others were fatally injured, three more seriously burned, while the rest expected to recover.
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Swit Lake
An Wa
Highland Hagemester
Bingham Canyon
Oscar Wallin
Thomas Fox
Oscar ‘Tripp
Adolphus Bosch Succumbs to Pneumonia at Home
Adolphus Bosch, millionaire brewer, died at his home after a sudden pneumonia attack. The incident occurred near midnight at Berntaed Railroad Depot, Poland. An armed group suspected to be terrorists attacked the depot, wrecking the Seedarmies on duty. his wife and servants escaped with some belongings.
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Adolphes Bosch
Adolphus Mit
Eerlanly
Berntaed
Miedgvasee
Poland
Dee
Ald
Miner Hicks 10 Get $26,000 A Year
Miner Hicks ten year contract details show a $500 weekly pay for a year with N J Schmitt contractor Berkeley. Hicks and two miners will recount experiences from a mine rescue drift and the story promises a public appearance on the lecture platform in early December at Wakersheld California.
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Miner Hicks
Wkersheld
Cal
Dec
Hicks Thin
N. J
Schmitt
Berkeley
Thin
Hicks
Harry
Bile Colwmbud
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