Roster of Identified Victims and Train Signal Debate
The piece lists names and residences of several deceased or injured in connection with a New Haven wreck. It notes an elderly German woman and a woman with a diamond ring and locket, and mentions a missing wife of a man killed. It discusses the banjo block signal system and its role in the crash, with investigators considering speed and weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoddart
New York
Crozier Fox
Scranton
Frank B. Rutter
Emue Kennedy Davis
Philadelphia
Agnes Whith
Boston
Robert M. Yahn
Philo Hotchkiss
New Haven
George T. Korga
Mary Jane
Meriden
Harry K. Inmar
M. H
Hale Steinman
Gaucaster
Franks
Public Utilities Commission
White Mountain
Augustus FB. Miller
Wallingford
Bar Harbor
North Haven
Red
Tullroad
North Avert
Sigmal
White Mountain Express
Wreck toll soars after fog bound express collision
Bar Harbor and White Mountain expresses collide after torpedoes on track signal a warning in fog. Chief inquiries focus on engineer speed and the banjo block signal. Passengers, crew, and campers rush to aid, as death toll climbs with eighteen in hospitals and the toll rising later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Mr. Whaley
Elwell
New Haven
Public Utilities Commission
White Mountain
Stamford
Lerglly
Puollmans
Raiload
Meriden
New York
Roy
Daniel Dunn
Yale
Bar
Harry L. Mooney
Hare
Foo
Ree
Chisholm
Callien
Mix
Air Harbor Express
Washington probes wreck as Commission directs inquiry
Upon receiving news of the New Haven wreck Chief Inspector H. M. Relenap of the Interstate Commerce Commission left for Wallingford Connecticut to lead an investigation. Telexes were sent by the commission to field inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Haven
H. M. Relenap
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wallingford
Inquiry officers named for Wallingford railroad wreck
E A Howard F K Swagey D D Lyon and J F Hawley from Massachusetts and New York are ordered to Wallingford to assist in the railway accident inquiry. Commissioner McChord may lead the commission and has demanded no wreckage be removed until investigators finish. General Manager Woodard pledged road compliance amid fears of evidence loss from the Stamford crash last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Howard
F. K. Swagey
Springfield
Mass
D. D. Lyon
New York
J. F. Hawley
North Adams
Wallingford
McChord
Alhough
McDnord
New Haven
Woodard
Stamford
Conn
Communstan
Automatic Train Stops Demanded by Railways
Washington September. A bill by Representative Levy New York would force testing by the interstate commerce commission of automatic train stops at inventors expense and require all railroads to install approved stops within twelve years. Representative Britten Illinois proposed immediate thorough inquiry into the latest wrecks on the New Haven system amid 20 killed or injured in 14 wrecks over the last decade. The resolution seeks findings and remedial legislation, citing negligence by traffic managers and officers and unsafe equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Levy
New York
Interstate Commerce Ccomission
Britten
Tllinois
Settigg
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Train collision near Hawes Junction kills and injures many
A two section London Scotland express collision on the Midland railway near Hawes Junction leaves nine to fifteen dead and about thirty injured. Fire and wreckage trap passengers as rescuers work. many taken to Leeds and Carusia hospitals. A later December 1910 disaster nearby left eight dead and twenty five injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkby
Stephen
Westmoreland
Pittean
Midland Railway
Hawes Junction
London
Carliste
Cac- Usle
Leeds
Carusia
Tve
Tomaine blamed for postmaster's death in Georgia
Athens appellate report states J W Morgan of Aurera on Seaboard Air Line died after tomaine poisoning from salmon he ate. He suffered convulsions and had one hundred three during the five days he was ill. His sons served as pallbearers at his funeral yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
J. W. Morgan
Aurera
Seaboard Air
Tomaine
Tle
Audit Finds Milledgeville Prison Farm and Reformatory Sound
An audit by Alonzo Richardson & Co of the Milledgeville prison farm and state reformatory for boys reports total assets of 214,682.90 with liabilities of 5,241.94. Farm assets total 169,875.71 and reformatory assets 28,945.15, with overall assets 208,620.86 and liabilities 5,241.94.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Reformatory For Boys
Milledgeville
Alonzo Richardson & Co
Labrites
Reformatory
Georgia Chamber Meetings in Macon Gather State Leaders
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce plans a September 16 meeting in Macon to unite commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural interests. Organized July 23 in Atlanta, the chamber aims to strengthen local bodies, improve roads and education, and promote state resources through a statewide federation with vice presidents from each county.
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Georgian Chamber of Commerce
Macon
Atlanta
EB. W. Stetsen
K. J. Hyman
Maren Chamber
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
J. Haden
P. M. ‘Atkinson
Madison
D. Cole
Newnan
Davis
Albany
G. W. Deennes
J. A McCord
Niemen, Wiyay
A. Wlettersham
College Park
Mck Kinney
Decatur
Georgia Chanther of Commerce
Georgia
Inca
Texas Commercial Secretarias' and Business Men's Association
Gear- Kin
E. H B. Adams
Albany Chamber of Commitrce
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Modern Woman Scored In Big Church Revival
Grace Methodist hosts a mothers service drawing many, with Old Ladies' Home residents arriving by car and receiving bouquets. Bass preaches a tender sermon and Stapleton sings about Mother as the choir leads a refrain of Amazing Grace. Afternoon women’s sermon critiques the modern woman’s loves and domestic focus, urging spiritual dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Church
Singleton
Zionist Congress Opens in Vienna
The eleventh Blocist Zionist Congress opened in Vienna with 550 delegates from around the world. Notable absentees included Max Nordau. Professor Werzburg of Berlin praised Theodore Herzl and said Zionism would aid Turkey’s development while Russian delegates met separately on propaganda permitted in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Max Xnordan
Professor Werzburg
Berlin
Addy
Theodore Herzl
Russia
Washington Negroes Protest Against Congressional Legislation
Washington Negroes in the District of Columbia mailed a protest resolution to members of Congress opposing proposed legislation affecting their race. Adopted at emancipation day events, the resolution denounces southern representatives and calls for action to curb what speakers call insults to Negroes. Dr. 39. P. W. Drew led the drive with support from Senators Clapp and Jones.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
Thosa
P. W. Drew
Henderson National Memorial League of America
Clapp
Jones
Denouncement of split and X-ray skirts by bishop
Asbury Park reports Bishop Luther Wilson denouncing split and X-ray skirts as harmful to American womanhood during Ocean Grove camp meeting. He urges women to resist fashionable dress and uphold moral duties, warning about influence on young girls nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
W. J
Luther Wilson
Ocean Grove
United States
Bishop Wison
Episcopal Group Chooses Atlanta for 1914 Convention
The executive committee of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew announced Atlanta as host for the 1914 convention to be held in New York City. About 2,000 delegates from the United States and Canada are expected in October. Officers promoting the event include Dr M. Barnwell president P G Hanahan vice president W E Hannum secretary and H B Watts treasurer.
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the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Episcopal Church
Atlanta
New York City
United States
Canada
American Exodus Continues As Americans Seek Escape
Consuls report ongoing American exodus amid revolutionary unrest in Mexico. Many seek passage from Vera Cruz, Acapulco, and Mexico City ports, with refugees aboard the City of Tampico and Mexicano bound for Galveston and Texas City. Authorities arrange transport via Halcmanillo route and Torreon to move Americans out.
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Canada
Vera Cruz
Galveston
Tampico
Texas City
Letcher
Chinuahua
Wilson
Shanklin
Mexico City
Manzanite
Guadalajara
Hanzanillo
Salina Cruz
Acapulco
Minito
Aten
Torreon
Exodus Halts From Mexico City Amid Uncertain Returns
In Mexico City on September 3 the American exodus largely ceased as arrivals from interior points gathered at the consulate but offered no onward plans. The better classes refuse steerage, seeking American transports with sanitation and fair treatment, though no transport is planned. Consul General Shanklin has no estimate of a voyage to Mexican waters. Lind, Wilsons envoy, will not return unless he can help reopen talks. The foreign office offered no assurances, with Hale in Washington seeking a new angle on the situation.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Shanklin
Lind
Wilson
William Bayard Hale
Washington
American Captured by Mexican Bandits in New Kidnap Case
A. W. McCormick of San Antonio, head of Palomas Land and Cattle, is held prisoner by Maximo Castillo’s freebooters near northern Chihuahua for a ransom of 16,000 dollars. This marks a second kidnapping for McCormick, who previously paid 5,000 dollars during the Orozco uprising. An El Paso bank was asked to forward 10,000 dollars to Hachita, toward Castillo’s camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
A. W. McCommick
San Antonio
Palomas Land and Cattle Company
Chihuahua
Maximo Castillo
Hachlta
N. Mex
McCormick
Hachita
Castillo
Envoy Lind Heads to Interior Mexico on Mission
John Lind personal representative of President Wilson sails with Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher into the tropical agricultural belt of Mexico. They plan to return tomorrow after arriving at Buena Vista plantation.
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Envoy Lind
Interior
Mexico
Vara Cruz
John Lind
Wilson
Frank F. Fletcher
United States Atlantic
Mr. Lind
Admiral Pletcher
Buena Vista Plantation
Warship Sought to Receive Refugees at Mayo Yaqui
Douglas Ariz September 2 Nearly all Americans in the Yaqui river valley and nearby Gueymas areas prepare to depart for the United States. A state department request seeks a warship to the mouth of the Mayo and Yaqui rivers to take refugees aboard. Consul Agent Hossetter from Hermosillo warns with strong terms, surpassing President Wilson. Small Ingrian bands operate independently of insurgents who control Sonora, and Indians demand return of lands once held.
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Douglas
Ariz
Yaqui River
Gueymas
United States
State Department
Mayo
Yaqui
Hostetter
Hermosillo
Wilson
Sonora
Government Attacks Hard Coal Trust in Reading Case
Philadelphia September 2 Attorney General McReynolds launches primary action to dissolve Reading company control of coal mining and railroads under Sherman Act and commodities clause. Suit targets 65 percent anthracite supply and 39 percent annual market, signaling wider probes into Lehigh Valley and Erie links. decision on further actions pending.
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Philadelphia
McReynolds
Reading Company
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Temple Iron Company
Onen
Reading
Wickernham
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley
Erie
Ask 15000 Damages for Mother's Death From Oil Explosion
The husband and children of Mrs. W. J. Cooper of Monroa Walton County sue for 15000 in U S court over her death from burns after a kerosene explosion alleged to have involved adulterated oil. The suit names local dealer M C Knight Gulf Refining Co and other defendants in the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
W. J. Cooper
Monroa
Walton County
United States
M. C. Knight
Gulf Refining Company
The
Texas Company
Americans Tumble Over a Precipice Near Little San Bernard
An automobile carrying a party of Americans staying at Chamonix, France, fell over a precipice near Little San Bernard in Turin on September 2. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Duer were mortally injured, Mir Duer and his son injured but not gravely. The injured were taken to San Bernard hospital and identities were not yet confirmed.
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Turin
Italy
Chamonix
France
Little San Bernard
Smith
Bryan's Idea Favored by Peace Advocates
The Hague September 2 The interparliamentary council discussed Richard Bartholdt's plan urging nations to bind themselves to submit disputes to an impartial commission before hostilities. Debate showed broad support for the idea but split on treaty text. Bartholdt's amended motion passed, expressing strong approval and urging the permanent committee on arbitra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Interparliamentary Council
Richard Burthaldt
Missouri
State Bryan
Forters Antiseptic Healing Ointment Ad Snippet
An old advert promotes Dr Forter's Antiseptic Healing Ointment for immediate use against injuries. The product is described as relieving pain and promoting healing with a price of one dollar. It targets preventing bigotry by urging prompt application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forter
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