Devastating Fire Roars Through Hot Springs
Fire in Hot Springs Arkansas leveled city landmarks including the lighting water and power plants court house high school ark hotel princess hotel and railroad shops. Two thousand residents were left homeless with no reported deaths. Authorities used dynamite to check the blaze which threatened further destruction as Little Rock sent aid and troops prepared to guard the affected district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Park Sanitarium
Iron Mountain Railroad
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Ark
Weer Mountain
Ot Springs
Hayes
Thor Springs
Merching
United States
County Court House High School
St. Louis
Ren Mountain & Southern Railroad
Arkansas
United States Army and Navy Hospital
Trot Springs
McCheyland
Lighland
Dillon Ot
Governor Places to Fire Swept Towns Fire patrols in Arkansas
Governor George W. Place announces immediate order to cut the militia to patrol the burned district after the fire sweep in Trot Springs Arkansas. If needed he will declare martial law to restore order and begin cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
George W. Places
Morgan Interests End Agency for Bad Luge Adad
J P Morgan & Co served notice to end their fiscal agent role with the New Haven railroad. The firm authorized safety upgrades costing 365000 dollars and deferred action on termination until the next directors meeting. Similar notices were sent to Boston & Maine and Main Central railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mormins
New York
J. PP. Morgan & Jo
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co
New Haven
Morgan
Committee of
Seal Agency
Boston & Maine
Central
New Haven Road
Wallingford
Eliott
Springfeld
J. P Morson
New Haven Railroad
Railroad
Banjo signal system blamed for deadly wreck
Sworn testimony at the interstate commerce commission inquiry assigns responsibility to the old banjo signal system on the New Haven line for a recent disaster that killed twenty-one people. Officials conceded the system was inferior and lacking early warning signals, causing engineers to misread foggy signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Uconn
Sept
Wreck inquiry details White Mountain express rear-ends Par Harbor
Engineer August B Miller testified his locomotive was at fifty one miles per hour before the White Mountain express plunged into the Par Harbor train. Testimony showed a Wallingford stop order was issued then rescinded as John Kelly disclosed train sheets. Filagtian Murray and Miller faced criminal responsibility but were released on bonds. Miller remained free on bond as coroner Mix handled the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
New Haven
John €. Kelly
White Mountain
Kelly
Wallingeford
Air Line Junction
Filagtian Murray
Miller
Mix
Eliott
New Maven
Lberty
Continued Opium Smuggling Probe on Pacific Liners
Authorities extended the search for smuggled opium on the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria and the Toyo Kisen Kaisha steamer, finding a locker stash on the Chiyo Maru and metal shop containers hidden in leather heel pockets. No additional opium was found on the Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Manchuria
Abe Manchuria
Chilo Mare
German teacher goes on massacre near Muehlhausen
Muehlhausen Germany Sept 5 a school teacher named Wagner killed fifteen people with revolvers in a rampage after earlier killing his wife and four children in Degerloch eight died soon after the attack and seven more died today leaving four in critical condition. Townspeople overpowered him with clubs and pitchforks and he was declared normal by examining judges after a lengthy hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muehrhausen
Germany
Wagner
Degerloch
Muehlhausen
Bhadiv
American refugees sail from Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz Sept. 6 The Steamer Mexico with 200 American refugees sails for New Orleans after Galveston The Hermia with a large number of passengers will leave tomorrow. Many American business families remain in Vera Cruz General Manager Burke of the Mexican railway system arrived and sought a conference with John Lind President Wilson's representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BT Morning Journal
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Cuilou Tod
Galveston
New Orleans
Burke
John Lind
Witon
Bankers See Changes Needed in Glass Bill Pressure
Prominent bankers told the senate banking committee that credit contraction could be managed so business fairs. James B. Forgan estimated a potential $1.8 billion cut in present bank credits to maintain current credit ratios, with caution against overreach. George M. Reynolds and K. J. Hill criticized government liability for note currency and regional reserve bank provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crh
al Lianeo
Washington
Sept
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicase
Forgan
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago
K. J. Hil
Connecticut
Hill
Mel Reyne
Federal Reserve Board
Porfan
Thaw's Lawyers Win Stay of Deportation on Double Writ
Lawyers for Thaw secure a stay of deportation from immigration authorities at the last moment. The stay comes as a double writ challenge. a separate note mentions the arrest of William T. Jerome on a gambling charge during the period of the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Coatiook
William T. Jerome
Special Venire 5 Summoned for Griego Case
Lawyers in the murder case moved toward jury selection as a special venire of twenty three men was ordered. Jurors were questioned in Belen Los Lunas and nearby towns for the first degree murder trial of Terbio Griego and his mother in connection with the killing of Griego's wife in San Rafael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediem
District Court
Severn
Belen
Los Lunas
Teribio Griceo
San Rafael
Torbie
Many Japanese Killed in Attack on Nanking
A Daily Mail dispatch from Tokio reports increasing Japanese casualties in Nanking beyond earlier figures. It notes Prince Yanusata leading the military council may return to Ohio over the affair. Myon Count Obama, former foreign minister, criticizes the government's China policy and urges seizure of a Chinese port per Times Tokio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Specia
London
The
Daily Mail
Tokio
Nanking
Prince Yanus@ata
Military Council
Ohio
Myon Count Obama
China
Times
New Stage in Thaw High Twa s Begun
Montreal September six report of Harry K Thaw fight to remain in Canada escalates as writ of habeas corpus compels production before the King s bench appeal side September 15. Immigration officers contest legality of the colonial act while Coaticook reacts with sensational arrests and public support for Thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Sept
Court of Appeals
Coatiough
Harry K. Thaw
King’s Bench
Sherbrooke
Counsil
John Greenshields
N K. Letlimme
Coatleook
Dominion
Thaw
Coaticook
William Travers Jerome
Jerome
Special Board of Inquiry
Vermont
Canada
Munsane
John Boudreau
Sherbrook
Congressmen Resent Emerys Comments On Lobby Tactics
Washington lawmakers angrily challenged James A. Emery of the National Association of Manufacturers after he compared private requests to influence committee attendance with actions by a fellow congressman. Chairman Garrett noted that a member could not freely skip meetings without offending constituents and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Martin M. Mulhall
Mulhaile
Emery
Garrett
Baltimore Merchants Seek Action Against Rail and Shipping Alliances
The Baltimore Merchants and Manufacturers Association petitions Attorney General Reynolds to dissolve an alliance between the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad and several steamship firms. It argues the combines are unlawful and harm shippers, citing a Bureau of Corporations report to support many claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee Orns
Ouro Prec
Washington, Sept
Atterne
General
Armored Car Equipping Details From West Virginia Strike
Special agents of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad testified before a senate committee that the armored car used during the Paint Creek coal strike was fitted with steel and a machine gun for protection while transporting miners and conducting other business. The witness could not identify who ordered the weapon or owned the gun, and coal operators' attorneys will seek witnesses. Militia leaders testified they accepted work as watchmen after martial law ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal Special
Washington
Sept
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
Paint Creek
Senate
West Virginia
Br. I. Bock
Chesapeake & Ohio
Beeck
Charleston
Sheriff's Posse
Mucklow
I. O) Lewy
Preg W. Lester
Con
Sulzer's Status to Be Tested in Court
In Schenectady on Sept 5 the court heard whether Governor Sulzer's signature on an extradition warrant is valid Richard Flathers refused to return to Los Angeles or extradition papers signed by the governor attorney George M Smith for the prisoner sought a writ of habeas corpus alleging improper execution of the warrant The writ was granted and returnable here to
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
William Sulzer
Supreme Court
Richard Flathers
Los Angeles
Sulzer
George M. Smith
Justice Whitmyer
The
Ten Thousand Sandwiches Required for Good Roads Day
The Ladies of Albuquerque call for ten thousand sandwiches to feed forces on Good Roads day next Thursday. Each household should provide thirty five sandwiches. An automobile will call Thursday morning to collect them around nine or ten. Any sandwich will do including chicken ham veal or beer. Please telephone D A Macpherson with your address for pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alblwlberque
D. A. Macpherson
Convicted Caminetti Accepts Bond After Verdict
Farley Caminetti son of the commissioner general of immigration was found guilty on one count of transporting two young women across state lines for immoral purposes. Bail of 16000 was posted and sentence set for September 16. Diggs, convicted on four counts, awaits sentencing and possible appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urnine
Epecal
San Francisco
Farley
Drew Caminetti
Commissioner General of Immigration
Frank. Freeman
Willows
Cal
G. Bacigalupi
United States
Torréentenciaix
Diggs
Caminetti
Naomi
Avalon
Altting
Maury
Diggy
California
Sacramento
Reno
Nev
Marsha Warrington
Lola Norris
Miss Norris
Charles B. Harris
Sacrament
Nellie Barton
Harris
Digge
Misa Warrington
van Fleet
Jap Official Dies After Stabbing in Tokyo
Tokio dispatch reports Morertario Abe, director of the political bureau at the Japanese foreign office, died after a stabbing yesterday. The crime is blamed on his views about California land ownership. No suspects have been captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Moerttario Abe
Japanese Foreign Office
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uayes
Big Financial House
New Haven Company
Banjo
Venire
Griegu
Robinson Circus
Paice
Venirenen
Albia
Yankee Robinson Circus
Baltimore
Transportation Trust
Ailroad
RDMIT
Caminett
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!