Iroquois Theater Fire Triggers Citywide Theater Closures
Chicago mayor orders firemen assigned to each theater and threatens closure if wages are not paid. City hall, admirers abroad send telegrams of sympathy as a broad call for safer building exits and ventilation rises.
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City Electrician
Hyland
Iroquois
Chicago
Harrison
Beaumont
Chicago Architects’ Association
W. A Pridmore
Harmeon Gui Tomght
Herbie
Mmhideo
Greman
Ryavor
Berlin
Harnson
Iroquois Theater
Chicko
Henry OF Phussta
Ed Willard
London
Low
New York
Collins
Boston
St Louis
Pathetic Scenes at the Morgues in theater fire
Wounded were rushed to morgues as priests and nuns led by Rev J L Hollinger searched for Edith Horton and her sister two girls lost in the blaze. A Boston player and a Chicago second baseman helped evacuate crowds while a brave girl, Winnie Galfseer, aged 12, escaped through the mass. Officials lament unsafe exits and probe theater plans as valuables, trinkets, and several bodies were gathered for the coroner.
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J. L Hollinger
Ontonagon
Mich
Edith Horton
Horton
Ditter
Charles Dexter
Boston Baseball Club
Frank Houseman
Chicago
Poth
Eddie Foy
Dexter
Houseman
Foor
Housemath
Havog
Clinten @ Mesker
Post Office
Thing Park
Meeker
Mabel
Irogimls
Mr Meeker
L Donaldson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Strymd
Missig
Winnie Galfseher
Polic
Joseph Graham
Dorothy Bour
Hidde Foy
Chicago Horror Shocks World as Theater Disaster Unfolds
London and Vienna react with horror to the Iroquois theater tragedy in Chicago. Press commentary questions fireproof curtains and theater safety, while Lord Mayor James Ritchie and others express sympathy. Roosevelt’s message offers condolences as investigators probe the blaze and escape failures.
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London
Chicago
Legation
Globe Save
Globe
St James Gazeths
Westminster Gazette
James T Richie
Mansion House Lemion
James Ritchie
Thomas Upton
Vienna
Ring Theater
Berlin Berl
Evening Papers
Paris
Hoosevelt
Washington DC
Carter H Harmison
Chilcago
Theodore Roosevelt
Names of the Dead Identified in Chicago Disaster List
Chicago December 3 report lists the first known dead numbers rising to 471 with between eighty and ninety bodies awaiting identification. Some 337 people were reported missing, many likely returning home. The compiled list names numerous victims across states, cities, and towns, including residents of Illinois Wisconsin Indiana and Ohio, with many labeled by surname and city.
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Chicago
Adaneck
John Bartlett
Sk Austrian
Walter D
la Porte
Ind
Joseph D Austrian
Barker
Ethel
Bartlett
C D
Barnhelsel
Charles HR
Beutrel
Wiliam Co
Briegleth
Helen
Bisainger
Walter B
Bimdsley
H G Badlee
Brinkley
Emma
Buehmeno
Margaret
Coultz
Re, “Coutan, May, Cahen, Mrs Jacob, Glayton
Vinton
Cantwell
Thomas A
Caldwell
Roy A G. Chapin
Agnes
Cooper
W. W . Copler
Lola
Crocker
Millie J
Cummings
Lindell
Delee
Dodd
O Donaldson
Haidress
Donaldson
Ada
Dyndorth
Ruth
Dry- Gen
Dryden
Mra
John
Daw
Addle
Viola
Deckhaut
Mey
Clara A. “Dee
William
Betaford
Mabel
Racine
Wis
Bless
Harry F
Buffle
Rebecca
Bird
Fala
Inols
Bradwell
Miay
Myra
Hocin
Paul
Beyer
Jenfield
Robert
Iola
Delaware
Ohio
Brown
Hazel
Clark
C .Lf
Contell
Thomas
Cooper Helen
Capegar
Mies
Mary Dowst
Charles Evanston
Ils
Dyrenforth
Hislen
Exonston
Ila
Dalely
Mra Juu
Dolan Margaret
Duvall
Sarai
South Zaneytitle
Clara A Decker
Mamie
Dixon
Aun
Dee
Eddie
TF Dodd Delaware
Gho
Dull
Vira
Elizabeth
Eisenstead
Herman
Oldridge Mort
Aspen
Emil
Espen
Miss
Eberstein
Crank A
Edward
Marjorie
Clinton
Jana Tngel Maurice
Engels
Minnie
Eistendrath
Natalia
Ecberstein
Mrs Soa
Drvid Lima
Evenaton
Tls
Elma Falkenstein
Misa Gertrude
Fitzgibbons
Anna
Tox
George Sidney
Sono
Morton’ Fox
Winnetka
Il Yianaga
Thomas J. Indianapolis
Ind Folkenstei
Gertrude
Drady
Lilian M
Frady
Leon
Foley H. Folse
Fitaglobony
John J
Fite
Missy
Anny
Foltz
C. Mary
Tulka
Ada Fox
Wa Tis
Fort
Irene
Prack
Odessa
Ottawa
Jia Torbus
Branston His
Gehn
J Gartz
Mary Dorothea
Gartz
Lcarbara
Geron
Mabel Winnetka Mis
Geary
Pauline
Gerry
Wilma
Gohan
Goull
B' & Gartz
Harry
Gould BE
Garn
Frank
Gern
Win Us
Ganidaby
Vera
Groney
Mre Belle
Grint
Reinhold Bloomington
Goodhead
Max_ Gelk
Mma
Geshen Alma
Bustavson
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Gudnoff
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Clarma Grady Leon
Hall
Emperly
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Harbaugh
Holland
Lilian
Des Moines
Howard
Mary E
Wart
HD. Henry
Galesburg I
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Hoger
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Holst
James
Milmett
Tie
Irle
Andraw
Janes
Johnson
J C
Jamey
Jackeoh
Vera R
Davenport
Iowa
Jones
Anna Kauffman
Alice
Hatumand
Kelly Otto
Kletey
Harvey
Bt Louis Kochens
J A Bell
Charles
Kall
Eisner
Loud and
Leatan Tredor Long
Katharine Geneva
I Levinson
Rose
Laffmynor Lasmann
Susie la Porte
Love
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Woodstock
Leavenworth
Bloomington
Locker
Dadi
Maloney
James D
Martin
Pullman
Harold
Joseph
McClelland
Merriel
Marrien
Wndred
Moses
Espic
Muir
Moorethuse
Moors
Morton Exhnund
St Louis
McKenna
Bernard
McClurg
Poy
Austin
McMillan Mabel
Alice Merram
Murray
Fenty Peoria
Itis
Middleton
Catho- Tint
Norton
Edith
Evanston
Ill
Eaward
Newman
Donnell
Wes Patrick F
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Misa Bessle
Olsen
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A Child Knows its Friend Cheney’s Expectorant
Mrs L D Johnson of Winston North Carolina endorses Cheney's Expectorant as the preferred remedy for cold or croup symptoms. She notes children eagerly take it and it shows quicker relief than other preparations.
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Cheney
Hundred Lives Saved by Quinn in Theater Fire
Chicago recalls Peter Quinn of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway who helped free performers trapped at the Iroquois stage door as fire swept through the venue. He removed door attachments with pocket tools and urged the crowd back, saving many men women and children from a deadly crush and smoke as flames rose behind them.
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Chicago
Peter Quinn
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Quinn
Corporations To Pay Mississippi Their Hock Taxis
Mississippi reports that to settle finances without conflict the coming legislature may avoid a million dollar bond issue if state cash remains low due to state house construction costs. large packing houses oil companies and refrigerator firms have been recently assessed by the state revenue agent.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Private rolling stock tax plan targets back taxes
Attorneys for manufacturing concerns have studied the law and the Pullman Palace Car Company decision and concluded no loophole exists to avoid paying back taxes on private rolling stock. Collections are projected at about 51 million dollars under the present basis, with possible adjustments over the number and value of cars but likely amicable settlements with revenue agents. The move, a heavy blow to corporations, will trigger multi state tax payments as the union enforces similar laws and many millions will be paid before all obligations are settled.
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United States Supreme Court
Pullman Palace Car Company
Stte
Profit Made on Convicts in Mississippi Farms
Mississippi reports a net profit of about 100000 dollars from convict farming in the past year. With 100 dollars revenue per convict and 1000 to 1100 inmates, the penitentiary’s annual appropriation is 200900 dollars while 900000 dollars in receipts were turned over to the state treasury. Expenditures include 62000 dollars for farm improvements, indicating actual support costs under 50000 dollars. The season yielded a poor crop, yet profits remained strong.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Missinsip
Cotton Bale Shortage Fed 3600 vs 4400 Last Year
The report notes a deficit in cotton bales with 3600 raised this season versus 4400 the prior year. A partial offset comes from a measured rise in staple efficiency and yield improvements in SOMA areas.
Chi Phi Banquet Set By Atlanta Alumni Group
The Alumni Association of Chi Phi in Atlanta plans a large Saturday dinner at the Aeagon hotel with 15 to 18 hundred guests expected. John Mc Sluton will serve as toastmaster as members deliver brief toasts between fraternity songs.
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Alumni Association of Atlanta
Chi Phi Association of
Auinta
Aeagon
Cat' Phi
Atlanta
John Mc Sluton
Alumni Association
Republicans of Arkansas to Hold State Convention
At a meeting in Little Rock the Republican central committee debated a state convention to choose delegates to the national convention and nominate a state ticket. A May 4 meeting date was set in Little Rock with Gen Powell Clayton supporting the Roosevelt administration endorsed by the convention.
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Little Hock Ark
Republican Central Committee
Little Rock
Powell Clayton
Mex+co
Roosevelt
Jailer Shot by Desperate Negro in Ocala
Yesterday afternoon in Ocala Florida Jailer Charlie Smith was shot by a desperate Black man in the post office area near the Boston store He was fatally wounded though alive after the shooting The assailant was captured after being wounded and was placed in jail once treated.
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Negra Shegta
aJiler
Ocala
Fie
Charlie Smith
Boston
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