Dead and Injured Best by Cyclone Hit Snyder Oklahoma
Nearly one hundred corpses were buried as Snyder residents labored in rain and flood to lay the dead to rest. The town faced the struggle of caring for the injured in temporary hospitals while undertakers and coffins arrived from Oklahoma City. Debris and water-filled graves marked the grim aftermath as officials compiled a rough death toll.
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Snyder
Okla
Oklahoma City
Convention of Undertakers
Frisco Road
Associated Press
Snyder storm toll rises with destroyed town and dozen dead
Mayor J F Messenbaugh reports Snyder devastation after a tornado like storm. He estimates at least one hundred dead and around two hundred injured with many families missing. Nearly every building is wrecked and transport facilities damaged. Graves are being prepared as aid arrives and the full scope remains uncertain.
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Oklahoma City
J. F. Messenbaugh
Snyder
Frisco
Wclock
Lawton
Norman
Armful of Dynamite Explosion Causes Fatal Mine Disaster
In Butte Montana seven men were killed and one injured in a Cora mine blast at the Heinze property. Nels Wampa carried about forty sticks of dynamite to the fourteen hundred foot level when the explosion occurred likely from a candle touch. Wampa and two nearby workers were blown to pieces, while four others nearby died instantly. Rescue efforts were hampered by smoke and scattered human fragments. In Spokane a separate boxing match ended quickly as Honey Mellody stopped Martin Duffy in the first round.
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Butte
Mont
Cora
Heinze
Hugh McGillis
Nels Wampa
Wampa
Thomas E. Vardaman
Spokane
Wash
Honey" Mellody
Boston
Martin Duffy
Chicago
Mellody
Duffy
Man Arrested Trying to Enter White House at Midnight
Washington reports Daniel Constable an Italian man was arrested by Policeman Hopkins for forcing an entrance at the rear door of the White House around midnight. He was locked up at the police station. London notes Yi Han Fung, Korean chargé d affaires, hanged himself at the legation amid mental trouble.
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Washington
Daniel Constable
Hopkins
White House
London
Yi Han Fung
Legation
Bryan Joins Boosters at Kansas City Dinner
William J. Bryan was guest of honor at the Knife and Fork club dinner in Kansas City. He praised President Roosevelt and Taft on railroad rate legislation and declined to commit on a special session. A.B.K. Stickney proposed giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to fix rates, arguing it would be an unbiased arbiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Knife and Fork Club
Midland
Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Chicago
Washington
A. BK. Stickney
Chicago, Great Western Railroad
Senate Committee On Inter State Commerce
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Government Commission
Two More Victims of Harrisburg Wreck Identified
Harrisburg May 12 The Cleveland and Cincinnati express wreck in South Harrisburg yesterday left 22 dead and several critically injured. Sixteen victims have been identified while many remains are charred. Sam Shubert, a New York theatrical manager, died today at the Commonwealth Hotel after escaping the blaze.
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Harrisburg
Cleveland & Cincinnati Express
Pennsylvania
South Harrisburg
Sam Shubert
New York
Commonwealth Hotel
Cleveland and
Cincinnati Express
Transport Buffalo Runs Aground At Malabang Island
Manila report says the transport Buffalo ran ashore on May 12 while entering Mindanao harbor at Malabang Island. Troops aboard were landed and the vessel is expected to be floated undamaged.
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Manila
Buffalo
Malabang
Mindanao
Gas Holder Explosion Kills Four in Philadelphia
Philadelphia May 12 four men died and about forty were seriously burned when a large gas holder at the Point Breese works of United Gas Improvement collapsed and exploded its gas after ignition from a nearby furnace. The dead include George H Walen James Ogilbie Owen Brady and Robert Fleming.
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Philadelphia
Point Breese Works
United Gas Improvement Company
George H. Walen
James Ogilbie
Owen Brady
Robert Fleming
Citizens Watch Battle with Bandits From Afar
Casper Wyoming May 12 Deputy Sheriff Webb was overpowered by three prisoners Ed Lee Martin Trout and William Wardrows they escaped with guns ammunition clothing from the sheriff office and horses from the stables A posse pursued near Casper mountains a night battle occurred spectators with field glasses watched the fight and the outcome was unknown at nightfall a second posse went out and a third would join at midnight
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Casper
Wyo
Webb
Ed Lee
Martin Trout
William Wardrows
Casper Mountains
Hartog
Teamsters Strike Sours as Owners Refuse Aid and Layoffs Rise
Chicago May 12 Three blows hit the striking teamsters as owners vow the strike is lost and urge immediate end. John C Driscoll resigns as secretary of the Teamsters’ Joint Council meets to decide whether to call off the strike. Employers push a new policy with mass layoffs while factories and wagons show broader impact. Kinsley’s restaurant becomes a hotel for non union drivers.
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Teamsters
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Team Owners’ Association
John C. Driscoll
Ilinois Manufacturing Association
Employers’ Association
Employers ‘Association
Kinsley’s
British minister Lowther heads for Fez with suite
A Tangier telegraphic dispatch reports British minister Gerard Lowther has begun his journey with his suite to Fez where the new Spanish minister Sener Llaveria is also expected to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tangier
Gerard Lowther
Fez
Sener Llaveria
Wreck of Prisco Meteor injures ten in Rosedale yards
Ten people were hurt when the Oklahoma and Texas limited train the Prisco Meteor crashed into five box cars on the main line in the Rosedale railroad yards in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma and Texas
Rosedale
Kas
Nan Patterson Released on Own Recognizance in New York
District Attorney Jerome recommended releasing Nan Patterson on her own recognizance after deeming another trial likely to end in disagreement. She was discharged as 2,000 cheering onlookers watched from Franklin Street. Patterson left the courthouse with her father and lawyers Levy and O Reilly to their offices. J Morgan Smith and Julia Smith were also discharged from custody, with Smith later jailed for subpoena noncompliance and to be examined Tuesday.
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New York
Jerome
Court of General Sessions
Nan Patterson
Miss Patterson
Levy and O'Reilly
J. Morgan Imith
Julia Smith
Smith
Railroad charter filed to connect New Orleans to Pacific coast
New Orleans May 12. The Colorado Southern New Orleans and Pacific railroad has filed a charter to build a line from New Orleans to connect with the Colorado and Southern and then reach the Pacific coast. The document lists local directors but gives no clear indication of their backing for the plan.
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New Orleans
Colorado Southern New Orleans and Pacific Railroad
Colorado and Southern
Parcifle Coast
Hold-up Man Witherspoon Lynched by Mob Near Belmont
A mob seized Tom Witherspoon after a hold-up near Belmont Missouri and hanged him public square in Cairo area. He had forced Fred Hess to fetch $600 while threatening Hess wife and child, then fled toward Belmont where a posse pursued. Bloodhounds led to a shanty where Witherspoon was captured. mob executed him despite pleas.
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Cairo
Tom Witherspoon
Belmont
Witherspoon
Missouri Penitentiary
Fred Hess
Hess
Missouri
Iron Mountain
Columbus
First Lake
Charleston
Wickersheimer backs claim on John Paul Jones remains
Washington May 12 Mr BE Wickersheimer of Paris a member of the state bureau of public works supervising mines and railways attends the International Railway congress He is a friend of Gen Horace Porter and was chosen to direct the excavations for John Paul Jones remains He notes pallid features after long preservation and says he is certain the remains are Jones.
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Washington
BE. Wickersheimer
Paris
State Bureau of Public Works
Horace Porter
France
John Paul Jones
Porter
Wickersheimer
Emperor Calls Japanese a Scourge of God in Speech
The message reports an Evangelische Kirchenzeitung quote from Wilhelmshaven noting a speech praising Japanese discipline and patriotism yet warning against equating Buddhist and Christian triumphs. It compares Japan to Attila and Napoleon as a scourge of God and questions German prayers for victory.
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Fieriin
Evangelische Kirchenzeitung
Fanaper
Willian
Wilhelmshaven
Russia
Attila
Napoleon
Death of Richard Croker's Young Son On Train to Oklahoma
Herbert V. Croker son of New York political leader Richard Croker was found dead on a southbound Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe train between Kansas City and Newton Kansas authorities say he died in the night possibly from a drug dose given in Kansas City. He was en route to the 101 ranch at Bliss Oklahoma and was identified after a telegram from Richard Croker. An inquest was started at Newton with a coroner and jury.
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Kansas City
Herbert V. Croker
Richard Croker
New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Newton
Kansas
Bliss
Oklahoma
Croker
East
Zach Mulhall
New York City
Joseph S&s. Miller
Bliss Ranch
Elmridge
South
Croker Aboard Train in Kansas City Mystery Letter Clues
The death of young Croker on a Kansas City to Newton train raises questions after a Black porter, Charles Woodson, helped him into the chair car and handed him a purse with $19 and a railroad ticket. Croker dictated an address to Bliss Oklahoma care 101 Ranch, and letters from New York were found among his papers.Authorities note no visible injuries and doubt heart trouble. identity concealment appears deliberate.
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Kansas City
Croker
Union Station
Bliss
Okla
Care 101 Ranch
Newton
Zech Mulhall
Joe Miller
J. D. Carroll
New York
Miller
Carter
West Twenty-second Street
Ted Sloan
Richard Croker
Herbert
Charles Woodson
Cowe’s Hotel
Woodson
Japanese transport Sheyutsu sunk after mine strike near Miao Tao
Che Foo May 12 report says the Japanese transport Sheyutsu carrying 1800 tons of provisions for New Chwang struck a mine on May 4 near the Miao Tao Islands. The stern section was blown off, distress signals were sent, but aid was refused. the merchant captain believes she sank in the storm with all hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che Foo
New Chwang
Miao Tao Islands
Japan Refuses to Define War Zone Limits
St Petersburg May 12. Japan declined to fix a boundary for the war zone west of current army positions in Mongolia. After Mukden defeat and Manchuria operations, neutral zones were said to exist though violations were claimed by both sides. Russia urged a northward line definition. China gave evasive replies. Japan refused to bind itself.
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St. Petersburg
Japan
Mukden
Manchuria
Tie Pass
Mongolia
Linovitch
Art Russia
Pekin
China
French Paper Denies Kamranh Bay Russian Fleet Tale
The Matin defends French neutrality over Cochin China claims. It disputes Saigon transmitted information on Kamranh bay, denies Russian coal stores and a Pontalis concession, and notes limited French involvement since Roerestvensky’s Baltic departure. It also cites imports from Germany and asserts France’s precautions to stay neutral.
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Paris
Mafin
France
Cochin-China
Saigon
Sun
Kamranh Bay
Hong Kong
Bartelemy Pontalis
Jonquieres
Roerestvensky
Baltic
Matin
Germany
Russia
Japan
Private reports claim massacre in Zhitomir amid anti Jewish outbreak
Reports from Zhitomir describe a deadly outbreak against Jews with estimates up to forty killed. Volshuvia governor orders troops to fire on any persons interfering. Official Messenger attributes blame to local Jews. claims include alleged assaults on Christians and imperial portraits used in target practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersurg
Zhitomar
Volshuvia
Pete Sans
Zhitomir
Po Build Smelter in Chemuauma Mister
El Paso May 12 The Apieti and Smelting and Refining company has received a concession to build a smelter at Chihuahua and has provided a forfeit of 5000 dollars guaranteeing erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Apietican Smelting and Refining Company
Chihuahua
Warships Ordered to Crete
Italian battleship Sardegna and cruiser Giovanni Bausan ordered to Crete to bolster naval presence amid unrest on the island.
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Crete
Rome
Sardegna
Giovanni Bausan
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