Powder bag ignition kills sailors on Georgia at Cape Cod bay
Thirteen injured in the Georgia accident near Cape Cod bay. three with slim chances of recovery at Chelsea Naval Hospital. Victims include Edward Walsh of Lynn Massachusetts Louis Meese Berea Ohio and James Thomas of Brooklyn New York. Six crewmen died en route and two more succumbed overnight including Lieutenant Caspar Goodrich. Spark from a smoke stack ignited a bag of powder in the after turret causing the blaze. Georgia resumed target practice after orders from the Navy Department.
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Boston
Georgia
Cape Cod Bay
United States Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Edward J. Walsh
Lynn
Mass
Louis O. Meese
Berea
James P. Thomas
Brooklyn
Walsh
Thomas
Caspar Goodrich
Caspar F. Goodrich
New York Navy Yard
Admiral Goodrich
Navy Department
Joseph William Burke
Quincey
Faulkner Goldthwaite
Kentucky
Casper Goodrich
George G. Hamilton
South Farmington Mass
George E. Miller
William Pair
William J. Thatcher
Wilmington
Del
William M. Thomas
Newport
R. 1
John A. Rush
New York
John T. Cruse
Nebraska
Charles L. Eich
Franklin
Ind
John A. Fone
Trenton
N. J
Harold L. Gilbert
Sonothwek
Charles Hansel
John (. Maleck
Cleveland
Samuel L. Rosenhe Ger
Philadelphia
Frank Senlapp
North Adams
Oolly Taglund
Richford
Minn
Germans Fear War Airships and Naval Accidents
Berlin reports that the Patrie airship's Paris flight sparks German debate over air warfare. Major von Parseval resigns to join airship work as France reportedly has 50 to 60 Lebaudy balloons ready. Washington notes Georgia target practice resumed after shipyard removals to prevent crew demoralization following the Boston accident.
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Berlin
Patrie
Paris
Germany
France
von Parseval
Lebaudy Brothers
Strike preparations prompt rapid obedience orders
Co Operators instructed to be ready to obey on short notice. Officials discuss saving funds for an emergency conference at Frisco between Commissioner Neill and President Small.
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Frisco
Neill
Small
Telegraphers’ Organization
United States Labor
Western Union
Chicago
United States
Russell
Maccabees Meet at Detroit Triennial Review Opens
Detroit July 17 with 100 delegates from the United States and Canada at the eleventh triennial review of the supreme tent Knights of the Maccabees of the World. A major issue is consolidation of all Maccabee orders into one body. Other topics include a Kansas City medical branch and a home for aged members and orphans.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Canada
Supreme Tent
Knights of the Maccabees of the World
Maccabee
Ladies of the Maccabees
D. P. Markey
Insurance Reform Bill Amended After Lobby Pressure
In Madison Wisconsin on July 17 life insurance companies secured a key victory as reform advocates agreed to withdraw one measure from the enrolling committee and amend it to clarify provisions. The change centers on a bill restricting expenses to one third of the net single premium for ordinary life policies issued at the same age.
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Madison
Wis
Creighton Estate Appraisal Sets Inheritance Tax at 80,000
The Creighton estate in Omaha has an inheritance tax appraised at 3,8500.90 for property in this county. It covers only personal property, with realty not yet appraised. The total tax due to the county is about 80,000.
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Creighton
Omaha
John A. Creighton
Robbers kill two harvest workers in Kansas train hold up
In Cherryvale Kansas on July 17 two robbers stopped a St. Louis and San Francisco freight five miles east of town. They shot and killed O. J. Brown and seriously wounded Otis Taylor who were harvesting wheat nearby. The pair resisted the robbery as they walked home to western Kansas after working in the southern wheat fields.
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Cherryvale
Kan
St. Louis
San Francisco
O. J. Brown
Otis Taylor
Kansas
Johnson Named as Watterson’s Presidential Pick
Washington July 17 Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota is Henry Watterson’s choice for president. An insider who just returned from Kentucky says Watterson admitted Johnson was the preferred candidate.
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Jonneon
Waterson
Washington
Govenor
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Henry Watterson
Blue Grass Moses
Bomb Explodes at Italian Home. Black Hand Suspected
In Philadelphia on July 17 a bomb damaged the home of Lucio Grenaldi in the southern section. Police believe the attack was tied to the Black Hand society after Grenaldi received four threatening letters demanding money, all signed Black Hand.
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Black Hand
Philadelphia
Lucio Grenaldi
Grenaldi
21,000 Dropped from UMW Rolls in District No 1
Wilkesbarre Pa July 17 according to the annual report of President Nicholls of District No 1 United Mine Workers 21 000 miners have been dropped from the rolls for failure to pay the national assessment District No 1 membership now 12 000 Nicholls offered no plan to increase membership and left the question to the convention
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Wilkesbarre
Nicholls
Life Wrecked by Drink Dr. Churchill Found Dead in Pasadena Barn
Dr. S H Churchill physician to the late President Garfield, aged 65, was found dead in a Pasadena barn. The longtime drink problem stained his career, and he claimed acquaintance with Marshall Field and John Sherman among other famous men.
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Los Angeles
8S. H. Churchill
President Garfield
Pasadena
Churchill
Marshall Field
John Sherman
Cranks in Oyster Bay Seek Roosevelt with Grand Claim
On July 17 at Oyster Bay New York a 70 year old woman arrived to press a claim of 11 million dollars at Sagamore Hill as crowds gathered. A man at the post office proclaimed in a loud voice that he was the devil and would see President Roosevelt.
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Cranks
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt
Haywood Murder Trial Rebuttal Evidence Traveled Across States
Rebuttal evidence in the Haywood murder case covered a wide range and moved from California to Idaho then to Colorado. Four witnesses supported the prosecution’s challenge to the defense’s claim of perjury by Harry Orcbard.
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Haywood
Boise
Ida
California
Idaho
Colorado
Harry Orcbard
Hill takes post as U S consul general at St Petersburg
Consul General Hill of Minnesota arrives in St Petersburg to begin duties. Charles Denby, moved from Washington to Shanghai, departs for his new post in Siberia on assignment.
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Hill
St. Petersburg
Frank Dol. Hill
Minnesota
United States
Charles Denby
Washington
Shanghai
Siberian
Millionaire Bartels Sentenced After Escape and Plea
Toronto reports Herman Bartels the wealthy brewer charged with perjury in Cayuga county New York. He escaped custody on July 4, was recaptured and pleaded guilty to escaping. He received a ninety day jail sentence. Chicago notes Thomas J. Clark from Glidden died after a car crash near Bryan Ohio. His wife accompanied him to Bryan and the body will be sent to Chicago.
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Toronto
Ont
Herman Bartels
Cayuga County
New York
Smith
Welland
Bartels
Chicago
Thomas J. Clark
Bryan
Christman
Chica
Baggage Check Announced for Train Arrival
All baggage to be checked at the baggage room before departure. The notice specifies a 25 minute window for processing prior to train departure.
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S. A. Keenan
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Ames
Iowa
Knauth
Nachod & Kahne
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Aheoelir Abastine
Loughran & Bauer
Judisch Bros
Lee
B.a.lockwood Grain Co
F. N. Fowler
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Puck Soap CO
Des Moines, la
Maccabees
Detroit, Mich
Cal
West
Associated Press
C. E. Hunt, Dentist
P. O
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s
M. Res
J Mutual
T. L. Rice
Keating
Phone Mutual
W. E. Harriman
A. B. Maxwell
M. D
Kooser
Mutual
T. J. Fenton, M. D
Stultz Bidg
Mutual Phone Office
Albert G. Liscomb
Marshall Field & Co
Chatsworth
Liscomb
Sra
C. M. Proctor
Frances G. Stewart
Odd Fellows Temple Mutual
C. L. Waltmire
Ames Pantorium
E. M. Kooker
Prop
Sorenson
C. H. Pasley
M. J. Adams
Resa
Daniel McCarthy
J. Y. Luke
McCarthy & Luke, Attorneys-At-Law
E. F. Posegate
Frank E. Morris
Sale Stable
Onondaga St
Union National Bank
W. M. Greecy
E. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
T. A. Copps
T. Cashier
Chicago & North-Western
R’y
Overland Limited
Los Perky Lim
China
Japan
Maha
Colorado Social Carrsail
Des Moines Express
Eastern Limited
Overland
Chicago Express
Chicago Specs
Chicago Xpress
Atlantic Express
Star South
Dakota
North Ne
Des Moines Passer
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