Ninety seven persons still unaccounted for in wreck
Survivor accounts from the Pacific wreck describe the Columbia collision near Francisco California on July 23. Captain Doran perished as the ship sank, while sixteen survivors arrived aboard a boat to Shelter Cove. Ninety seven people remain missing from 257 aboard, with three bodies recovered including Mrs Leidell who gave a tearful testimony of the ordeal.
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Columbia
Columbia- San Pedro
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Mor
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Eureka
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Letdell
Assault on Miss Pressley Sparks Jackson Arrest
Major George L Teat of Kosciusko, a Vardaman staff member, is under arrest in Jackson on charges of attempting to sexually assault Miss Pressley. Bond set at 340,000 for preliminary hearing, with defense noting liquor influence. Major Teat and family status stoke local debate as the case unfolds.
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Gov. Vardaman
Miss Pressley
Jackson
Miss
Kosciusko
George L. ‘Teat
Vardaman
Dills Pressley
Aiece
Dr. Love
Major Yeat
D. Black
Ilquor
Metter seeks new county amid regional opposition
A Metter effort to form a new county faces opposition from Bulloch Emanuel and Tattnall counties. Representative Anderson reports a delegation aims to move Metter as the county seat, prompting resistance from Bulloch and echoes of earlier county creations. Former Senator Strange and Colonel Dearlett travel to Atlanta as Emanuel and Tattnall pledge to contest the plan. Metter, a small town about 20 miles away, would take parts of neighboring counties if approved.
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New County
Hut Bullock
Tattnall
Fmomeet
Statesboro
Anderson
General Assembly
Motter
Bulloch
Emanuel
H. B. Strange
A. M. Dearlett
Atlanta
Jenkins County
Blind Mines and Wife Stabbed in Alabama Violence
Blind Mines, an older man who signs papers by shouting, and his wife were seriously wounded when a man named Baker stabbed them tonight in Birmingham. Mrs Mincy attempted to intervene, receiving a dangerous breast wound after Mincy struck the assailant with his cane. Meanwhile in Russia, a massive strike hits the Sava Moresom cotton mill at Orekovozie, Vladimir, with about 40,000 workers on strike at the largest mill of its kind.
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Aja
Baker
Esker
South Due
Tseata
Mincy
Mincy Struke
Russia
Moscow
Sava Moresom Company
Orekovozie
Vladimir
America
Washington Duke
Durham, N. Co
Hanging Doesn't Stop Killing in Missouri Cle franked clemency plea
Jefferson City June 23 Purdon Clerk Speed Mosby urged the governor to grant clemency to several death sentence murders claiming statistics show hanging fails as a deterrent and asserting the state itself commits murder when it moves deliberately against a man's life.
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Efferson City
Purdon
Speed Mosby
Divorcee quick to wed she lost new husband
In Resden Tennessee on July 23 Judge Jones voided Mrs Bet Hargrave's remarriage to D C Sheesett after she and Walter Hargrave pursued a divorce. Sheesett admitted using an attorney and paying expenses for the divorce and they planned remarriage once divorced. The court fined Sheesett for contempt and prohibited a remarriage with Shackett.
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Resden
Tenn
Beth the Hargrave
Walter Haraove
Jnnes
House Bans Child Labor In Alabama Mills
Montgomery July 23 The house passed a child labor law setting minimum age and mandatory school for children, with rigid inspections to remove underage workers. Senate and governor dealings follow. Other measures: code bills, capitol improvements, tax suspension power debated. major jails and almshouses condemned. legislature expenses approved.
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Ala
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Senate
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Yirl
Jefferson County
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Seytum
Jefferson
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Lauderdale
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Teaatey
Emme Senaom
James B Duke Weds Mrs Inman in Quiet New York Ceremony
James B Duke president of the American Tobacco Company wed Mrs Nannaline Holt Inman at the Marble Collegiate Church home of Mrs William Stackpole. The couple left for a honeymoon at the Duke estate in Somerville New Jersey. Duke plans to adopt Walter Inman and reportedly paid 1.6 million dollars for a Fifth Avenue house as a wedding present.
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American Tobacco Company
Nannaline Holt Inman
J. B. Burrell
Marble Collegiate Church
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Twenty-ninth Street
William Schuyler Stackpole
St. John's Place
Brootlyn
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Manhattan
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Wiliam W. Fuller
Percival
Hill
Julius Parker
Hoey Moon
Bird
Duke
Somerville
N. J
Wiliam Inman
Waller
Walter Inman
Henry H. Cook
Seventy Eighth Street
Final caucuses held by prohis and antis
Wright and Covington to lead the Prohibition fight as caucus at the state capitol plans campaign for Hardman Covington Neel bill in the house today. Prohibition leaders insist on enactment with timing not delayed to next year and propose amendments to regulate wholesale alcohol sales and record keeping. Seventy earnest prohibition supporters gathered and prepared to press the measure.
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State Capitol
Seaborn Wrigit
W. A. Covington
Prohibition
Covington
Antis Make vain bid to secure a compromise on prohibition bill
Antis meet with prohibitionists behind closed doors to salvage the Hardman Covington Neel bill set for passage today. Talks at Kimball house and capitol halls proposed extending time and raising the license, but the antis walked away after a concession was rejected.
Plot woven to hang Haywood in Idaho murder case
In Boise on July 23 F. F. Richardson abandoned vengeance theory, asserting Archor Orchard worked for Pinkerton and the Steunenberg murder was part of a conspiracy to hang Haywood. He denounced Pinkertons, Gov Gooding, Senator Borah, and others backing the prosecution, claiming a systemic plot to destroy the Western Federation of Miners.
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Idaho
Steunenberg
F. F. Richardson
Orchard
Binkerton Detectives Agency
Steurenberg
Haywood
James MacPhartland
Finkertons
Gooding
Borah
Peabody
Colorado
Richardson
Pinkerton Detective Agency
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Western Federation of Miners
Harry Orchard
May Vote Today in Lower House on Prohibition
Center of contention for representatives today as the lower house votes on prohibition. Key figures and factions mobilize around the issue with key speeches and anticipated divides shaping the outcome.
Talk of filibuster and prohi ultimatum in state house
The session features a heated debate over the filibuster and prohibition bill. Prohibition advocates threaten to delay other business with a strong ultimatums strategy, while opponents prepare to explain their stance and possibly stall progress. Leaders stress determination to pass final action on prohibition before the session ends.
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Ike
Knight
Sixth
Smith
Gore
Weather bulletin reports heat across the nation
Washington notes July heat waves with highs near 99 to 102 degrees in the south and central west. The Weather Bureau says temperatures will stay high in these regions while other areas receive relief. Local forecasts predict showers and variable winds in Washington region late week.
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Facttic
Aten
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