Trains Wreck Kill 20 Soldiers in Mobile and Ohio Incident
Meridian Mississippi reports a Mobile and Ohio troop train plunged through a trestle, killing twenty soldiers and injuring about one hundred. The 179 aboard were Coast Artillery from Fort Morgan and Fort Barrancas en route to Meridian for a state fair. Relief trains and nurses rushed to the scene as wire reports clarified casualties and identities.
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U. S
Mobile and
Ohio
Coast Artillery
Fort Morgan
Fort Barrancas
And
Meridian
Miss
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
State Cine
Pigford
Joseph Teben
Ernest Parquette
Clyde Teel
H. B. Bishop
G. & Burleso
Joseph Trovence
W. H. Brim
Goodes
Remsen
ACRES
Johnson
Highth Band
Kohleil
Chelevski
van Stebbens
H. T
170Th Company
Fort Barancas
Wnder
Mayor Taylor
Coast Artillery U. Ss. A
Mobile
Whistler
Ala
War Department
Depris Ig
Pruitt
Harvey E. Jones
Weather Outlook: Fair and Cooler Across Regions
Georgia sees fair skies and cooler conditions with brisk west winds. Oklahoma expects fair weather Monday and Tuesday with continued cool air. Virginia reports rain followed by clearing and colder conditions, then fair and brisk Tuesday with possible high winds.
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Georgia
Oklahoma
Virginia
Pankhurst faces deportation in New York hunger strike threat
English militant suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, detained on Ellis Island after arrival on La Provence, says deportation would mean death aboard any returned ship. She delays hunger strike, enjoys meals with supporters, and hopes a Washington decision tomorrow allows land under bond to continue her U S lecture tour.
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New York
Wits Island
Emmeline Pankhurst
iBuffragette
la Provence
Caminett
Washington
Tomor
Goodbye June Bug Want Ad Tip From The Constitution
June's snap signals bugs go into hibernation and business picks up as employers seek more help this week. The Constitution Want Ads section offers help to find the right workers with expert-written ads. Call Telephone Main 5000 or Atlanta 5001 and ask for the Want Ad department for assistance.
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Constitution
Atlanta
Wilson to Decide Pankhurst Admission Case
President Wilson will convene a White House conference with Secretary of Labor and Immigration Chief Caminetti to decide if Emmeline Pankhurst should be admitted to the United States. Officials predict admission, citing free speech principles, amid custody and bond debates at Ellis Island and a forthcoming formal proceeding.
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Washington
United States
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
Wilson
Department of Labor
General Caminett
Immigration Bureau
Pankhurst
Caminetti
White House
Ellis Island
Frank 5. O'Neill
Madison Square Garden
O'Neill
Board of Special Inquiry
New York
Parker
Brave Captain Inch and Fox Terrier Jack Rescued by Kroonland
Captain Inch of Volturno and his dog Jack the fox terrier were the last to leave the burning ship. Photographed aboard the Kroonland that rescued them, Inch praises Krisbohn of the Kroonland for the rescue and gifts Jack, his most treasured possession, in gratitude.
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Francis Inch
Volturno
Jack
Captain Inch
Kroonland
Krisbohn
Kroonhand
Plea for Negroes by Bishop Nelson at New York mass meeting
Two southern bishops at the Protestant Episcopal general convention discussed the Negro question at a Cathedral of St. John the Divine mass meeting. Bishop Nelson urged needed education and religious uplift over extended ballot rights, while Bishop Gailor noted illiteracy decline and wealth gains but warned moral progress lags behind. Bishops and clergy preached across city pulpits.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
American Church Institute For Negroes
Nelson
Atlanta
Gailor
Tennessee
South
United States
Fleeing Nuns Tell of Mexican Horrors
Galveston Texas reports October 1961 refugees from Mexico say they fled siege and capture of Torreon by constitutionalists. They describe guerrilla warfare robberies and churches torched, hospitals burned, and deaths for gold in teeth. Mother Mary Vincent led 24 nuns from Gomez Palacio to safety at the British consulate.
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Galveston
Texas
Mexico
Torreon
United States
Tampico
Mary Vincent
Order of the Incarnate Word
Gomez Palacios
Flames sweep East St. Louis fire devastates terminal
A massive blaze struck East St. Louis on the Mississippi river threatening the largest railroad terminal in the United States. By 11 pm the Advance Grains and Baltimore and Ohio freight houses and rail yards were ablaze with an elevator collapse near the source. Damages are estimated in the hundreds of thousands as the fire spread to the Glover Leaf warehouse and nearby business district.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
United States
Mississippi River
Advance ‘Grains Company
Chicago and Alton Freistit
Baltimore and Ohio Freight
Advance. Grain .Company
Glover Leaf
Bait Ft
Witness From Atlanta Says Threats Caused City Departure
I. W. Fisher, formerly a railroad employee here, claims threats forced him to leave Atlanta. He arrived and was escorted to Luther Rosser’s office in Grant Building, remaining inside for hours as detectives and reporters waited outside for his departure.
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I. W. Fisher
Atlanta
Luther Rosser
Grant Building
Atlanta Pencil Factory case draws in Fisher as officer hunt continues
Detective teams guard Grant building as I W Fisher, now in Birmingham, claims Leo Frank did not kill Mary Phagan and accuses another Atlanta man. Fisher, confined in Rosser Arnold offices, says the accused man sent money to flee to Tennessee then Birmingham. Attorneys Rosser Arnold defend their witness and contend the Birmingham man remains in Atlanta with a wife and two children.
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Fisher
Mary Phagan
Grant
I. W. Fisher
Birmingham
Atlanta
Leo Frank
Mary, Phagan
Luther Rosser
Rosser
Arnold
Messrs
Leo M. Frank
Phagan
Headquarters
Tennessee
Frank
Waggoner
Coker
Garner
John Starnes
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