Falls Before Train Kop 4 A Single Change
Rev Justin G Wade pastor of the First Congregational church of Waukegan Ill was arrested for sending obscene letters through the mails He attempted suicide by leaping onto a Chicago Northwestern fast train near the depot in Waukegan The minister survived with a chance for recovery The second item reports House proceedings in Washington on railroad rate legislation with debates and amendments and leaders Hepburn Cochran Mann Williams Sherley Sullivan. bill discussed and amended revealing strong partisan exchanges and procedural moves
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Justin G. Wade
First Congregational Church
Waukegan, M
Post Office
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Green Bay
Wis
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Wade
Bourke Cocan
New York
Mann
Iinois
Williams
Hepburn
Cochran
Messrs
Sherley
Kentucky
Sullivan
Massachusetts
Escape by ladders in Brooklyn apartment blaze
Fire swept through the large apartment house at 297 Ryerson Street in Brooklyn early Thursday driving tenants into the streets in nightclothes. Firemen used ladders to rescue four families trapped on the third and fourth floors. all escaped injury apart from exposure. Names of rescued residents include C. H. Hanford Pratt Institute instructor Mrs E D Harley and son John Hadley J R Story and daughter Mary E B Robinson and wife and son Edward, all on the third or fourth floors. The fire spread rapidly, the building a mass of flames when units arrived.
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New York
Ryerson Street
Brooklyn
C. H. Hanford
Pratt Institute
E. D. Harley
John Hadley
J. R. Story
Mary
E. B. Robinson
Edward
Blame Not Fixed In Forsythe Train Collision
A rear end collision occurred three miles north of Forsythe Georgia when the Chicago Floridan collided with a Savannah bound train after midnight Thursday. Five passengers in the rear sleeper of the Savannah train were injured but none seriously. The faster Chicago Floridan left Atlanta for Savannah and crashed into the Savannah train at a lack of signals and sidelined track. No blame has been fixed.
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Atlanta
Savannah
Central Georgia
Atanta
Flooding Devastates Campos Brazil as River Rages
Rio de Janeiro Feb 8 The Parahiba do Sul river burst its banks flooding Campos lower city areas to depths up to twelve feet. Homes collapsed and communication with Campos is cut. Rescue work for trapped residents is extremely difficult amid widespread damage.
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Janeiro
Campos
Seeking Scoundrels in Alabama Triple Murder Case
A citizens police hunt is under way in Dothan Alabama for killers of J M Christmas his wife and their young child found foully murdered Wednesday near Cottonwood Rewards total 1509 dollars with authorities offering clues leading to arrests.
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Dothan
Ala
Poliee
J. M. Christmas
Cottonwood
Burleson Bill Seeks Colorado River Survey Funding
Washington notes Congress support for Rep Burlesons Texas bill to survey the Colorado River from Austin to its mouth and to determine costs for locks and dams with an appropriation of 10000 dollars. Italy Names Sonnino as Head of New Cabinet in Rome.
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Gressman Burleson
Texas
Colorado
Austin
Chain of Masters in Canal Work Proposed by Wallace
Wallace of Considers the Present Canal System before the Senate canal committee. He calls the chain of masters including chairs of the commission, an executive commissioner Cromwell, Secretary Taft, and the president. He argues isthmus headquarters should be there and advocates a clear head in charge with the governor of the zone second and the supply chief third.
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Ate Canal Committee
J. F. Wallace
Cromwell
Taft
Stevens
Isthmus
Wallace
Washington
Hearings on Senator Reed Smoot Resume Before Panel
Washington February 8 hearings in the Reed Smoot case resumed before the privileges and elections committee. Protests against his Utah seat were explored across two Congress sessions, signaling intermittent meetings likely to continue throughout the current session.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Utah
Congress
German officer recalled from leave through Memphis
Memphis reports a Kaiser's first lieutenant on leave in the United States has been recalled. The officer, en route to New Orleans or Galveston, is sailing for Germany via Italy.
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Memphis
Semrster
New Orleans
Galveston
Germany
Italy
Warships For Mardi Gras Cruise Ordered
Washington reports Read Admiral Dickins will lead the coast defense squadron on a cruise from Charleston to the Gulf of Mexico. Vessels will be sent to Mardi Gras celebrations at New Orleans Mobile Natchez and Pensacola with the distribution left to Admiral Dickins.
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Admiral Dickins
Coast Defense Squadron
Charleston
S. C
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Mobile
Natchez
Pensacola
Dickins
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