Train Plunges Into Creek Killing and Injuring Dozens
A Union Pacific motor car plunged from a weakened bridge into Fanty Creek near Randolph on October 16. Eighteen believed dead, sixty five aboard, many young women teachers. Ten bodies recovered by nightfall, eight more thought in mud. Survivors crawled from the sinking car as floodwaters carried it downstream.
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Randolph
Union Pacific
Fanty Creek
Here
Louis Atwood
Topeka
Mary Giles
Manhattan
Kan
Alma J. Jellin
Garrison
Steele Chapman
Ethel Retzer
Stockdale
A. O. Shaw
Tecumseh
Neb
Theodore Smith
Carl Stoneberg
Delia Peterson
Army plans 600000 man defense army proposal
Washington reports a plan to create a 600000 strong force within three years led by a citizen or continental army of 490000 with 133000 in training each year. Regulars to rise to 120000 with 2900 officers. militia could add at least 75000 for emergencies. First year cost roughly $134 million. Continuous defense-focused restructuring approved by the president.
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Washington
Continental” Army
War Department
Britain and Bulgaria Break Diplomatic Ties
London reports the official notice dated October 12 that Bulgaria’s minister to Great Britain has been dismissed, passports handed over, and diplomatic relations between Britain and Bulgaria severed.
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London
Bulgaria
Great Britain
Cotton Weevil Alarm Spurs Immediate Action in Seven States
Washington reports a boll weevil outbreak threatening next year’s cotton. Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas planters are urged to destroy and plow under crop remains this winter. Storms and rapid weevil growth fueled spread. infestations reached most of Oklahoma, Mississippi, McNairy and Hardin counties in Tennessee, much of Alabama, parts of Georgia.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Texas
Department of Agriculture
McNairy
Hardin
Lever Law Held Invalid by U S Court
The Lever cotton futures act of August 18 1914 was declared unconstitutional by Federal District Judge Hough in a test suit by Samuel T Hubbard of Hubbard Bros. The decision rests on revenue origin in the senate, not the house, and notes the act was a tax measure regardless of its stated intent. The ruling awards $1 000 paid under protest to Hubbard and others. Judge Hough upholds the origin point and leaves other arguments undiscussed.
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U. S
New York
Hough
Senate
House of Representatives
Samuel T. Hubbard
Hubbard Bros
United States
Congress
Keel of California Laid At Brooklyn Navy Yard
The keel of the 45 million dollar superdreadnought California was laid at the Brooklyn navy yard. Secretary Daniels hailed the project as a landmark in naval engineering and noted it will be the first large warship powered entirely by electricity. Launch expected in 15 months with commissioning around three years. Displacement 32,000 tons, length 625 feet, beam 97.14 feet, armed with twelve 14 inch guns, twenty two 5 inch guns, and four submerged torpedo tubes.
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California
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Daniels
Five Perished in Upper East Side Tenement Fire
Five persons were burned to death and three injured when a five story Third Avenue tenement on the Upper East Side burned October 17. Police and firemen rescued the injured and remaining members of eight families from fire escapes. The dead include Mrs. Julia Menz and her daughters 13 and 15, and Mrs. Annette Crockal and her four year old son.
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New York
Third Avenue
Upper East Side
Julia Menz
Annette Crockal
Allies Forge Attacks in Balkans Amid Cold Fronts
Heavy fighting continues along the eastern and western fronts as Austro German and Bulgarian forces invade Servia and allied troops attempt to aid the Serbians. Cold, rainy weather slows troop and gun movements while German forces push south of Belly grade and Danube operations press the Serbians back near Strumnitza. French units see action near Hudovo Vilandoyvoy as Bulgarian artillery bombards the Vilandodo garrison, with stubborn resistance reported.
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London
Servia
Balkan States
Belly Grade
Macedonia
Hudovo Vilandoyvoy
Vilandodo
Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria in 1914 style notice
London reports that Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria after Bulgaria allies with the Entente and wars with Serbia. The British foreign office informs Bulgaria via the Swedish minister in London that a state of war exists. Greece says it will not intervene for Serbia and interprets its treaty as not requiring action. Servian forces hold Belgrade’s approaches, about one and a quarter miles from the city.
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London
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Zaimis
Athens
Belgrade
German destroyer sunk at southern entrance to the Sound
A British submarine torpedoed and sank a German destroyer at the southern entrance to the Sound between Denmark and Sweden. An explosion followed the hit and the vessel went down immediately. a following report says another destroyer and a cruiser with them sped southward, with all crew members presumed lost.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Sweden
Baltic
North Sea
Falsterbo
Dutch Fire on Zeppelins Returns Fire Over Holland
Zeppelins thought to be the raid participants over London were sighted returning to Holland and fired upon by Dutch sentinels. Four airships escaped uninjured after shots were exchanged near Nispen where 100 rounds were fired at one airship before it vanished toward the German frontier.
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Rotterdam
London
Holland
Nispen
$400,000,000 for defense proposed by Wilson
President Wilson and advisers estimate next congress should appropriate about 400 million dollars for national defense. The plan calls for a larger regular army, a 400 thousand person reserve, and short term enlistees in training. Army budget may rise to 110 to 170 million. Navy to about 100 million more. Total needs eyed near 400 million, with a bond issue likely to cover added costs.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Garrison Fter
Army
Navy
Daniels
War and Navy
Slow Progress in Servia Across Fronts
London reports diplomatic questions delaying military actions as Austro German and Bulgarian forces press Servia with stiff resistance. Front lines hold except for a Bulgarian advance at a single point. Allies reportedly start new Dardanelles offensive while Russians push in Galicia to curb Austrian reinforcements. NEW: British and French strike in Flanders and Champagne. British monitors attack Belgian coast. Baltic submarines sink ten German ore carriers, straining Sweden-Germany trade amid Sweden protests.
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London
Servia
Nish
Dardanelles
Galicia
Roumanian
Berlin
Flanders
Champagne
Russia
Baltic
Sweden
Germany
Zeppelin Raid Kills 55 in London Night of Oct 13
London reports 55 dead and 114 wounded in a Zeppelin raid over the city on the night of October 13. Fourteen of the dead and 13 of the injured were military casualties. The toll surpasses all prior London air attacks, raising England’s total casualties to 640 with 177 killed and 463 injured.
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London
England
Mississippi News Items Collected From Various Cities
Natchez reports a night school for boys and young men run by the Natchez Boy Scouts with Dr. H P Holzman. Vicksburg notes the Vincennes Bridge Co will remove defective piers on the Big Black bridge and start reconstruction after supervisor action. Summit telegram from Guy W Walker of New York to favor Summit Magnolia interurban railway. meeting soon to decide. Natchez charcoal outbreak returns in Selma cattle. M E Alderman vaccinating nearby stock. Corinth habeas corpus victory for Sherman Isbel in assault case. Isbel remanded. Belzoni forms Delta county campaign group. officers named and committee appointed. Ruleville pistol duel leaves Frank Smith and John Rowland dead. others present in a drinking and gambling outing. Clarksdale mass meeting to clean up crime district New World. officers to be secured. bootlegging bonds opposed. police chief Hoskins suspended, W G Landers acting chief.
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Ruleville
Frank Smith
John Rowland
Smith
Rowland
Sunflower River
Clarksdale
Albert H. Cage
Planters Bank
Hoskins
W. G. Landers
Schoolgirl Hit by Auto and Big Tax Claim Denied
Elaine Thompson, nine, was struck by a Meredith Grocery Co delivery wagon as she stepped from a curb on the way home from school. She suffered head bruises and a fractured thigh. Driver E. C. Johnson surrendered to police and was released on bond. Judge E. D. Dinkins reversed a state back tax judgment against Illinois Central, ruling the claim would amount to double taxation. The case involved the old Mississippi Valley Co, a subsidiary handling Yazoo & Mississippi Valley stock. Also reported: bail sought for Horace Perry in a murder case. Andy Nash Jr granted executive pardon with restriction not to return to Leake county. telephone alarm saved two women from a fire. a Texan fortune hunt for Mike Bischenseir. record cotton seed price at Parchman farm. and sale of 447 bales of 1915 cotton.
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Jackson
Elaine Thompson
Bessie C. Thompson
Meredith Grocery Company
E. C. Johnson
J. C. Johnston
E. D. Dinkins
Water Valley
Dinkins
State Revenue
Illinois Central
Old
Mississippi Valley Company
Yazoo
Home County
Andy Nash, Jr
Leake County
Nash
Parchman Farm
W. F. Hoy
Prentiss
Boyce ‘&Co
Memphis
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Young Lady
Britain
Agricultural Department
Bulgars
Baltic Sea
Natchez
Summit
Guy W. Walker
New York City
Magnolia
Selma
M. E. Alderman
Belzoni
Delta County
J. W. McClintock
Bank of
J. A. Finley
M. Powell
S. H. Lusk
Hermes County
State
State News
Perry
Horace Perry
Ella Coker
Jim Harrison
Harrison
Lucindy Cheeks
Lucindy
Mose Cheeks
Mose
Lucinda
Mike Bischenseir
Herman T. Luther
North
Wil Hite‘street
Cleburne
Luther
James Cummings
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