Terrible eruption devastates Guatemala coffee belts and port towns
Refugees report Santa Maria volcano eruption in Guatemala causes widespread ruin. Over 7000 dead, many villages wiped out, coffee plantations ruined, and extreme famine. Government censorship and rising prices worsen conditions as refugees describe losses and fear revolt. Porfirio Herrera among arriving refugees recounts his plantation buried under ten feet of ashes.
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New Orleans
The
Picayune
Port Barrios
Guatemala
Santa Maria
Quezaltenango
Guatemala City
Porfirio Herrera
Senor Herrera
Gompers Re-Elected Leader of AFL
In New Orleans on November 22 delegates at the American Federation of Labor convention nominated Samuel Gompers for re election as president. There were no other nominations and the secretary was directed to cast the vote for Mr Gompers. J Duncan was elected first vice president and John Mitchell second vice president.
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Amerived Federation of Labor
New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Cremer
Machinists
Samuel Gompers
W. J. Ryan
Gompers
J. Duncan
John Mitchell
Five Bullets In His Head At Oklahoma City Prize Fight
Trouble erupted at a prize fight in Oklahoma City on Friday. Goldie Filson was killed by five bullets in the head, his brother was fatally wounded with a neck wound, and two unidentified men were shot one in the shoulder and the other in the groin or leg.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma City
Goldie Filson
Express Safe Robbed by Masked Five on Rock Island Train
Five masked men held up the Rock Island Express No. 11 near Davenport on a Friday night. They forced the engineer and fireman to uncouple cars and pull ahead, opened the express car safe, and removed the baggage and cash consignments. Roof damage occurred. the train crew and passengers were kept in shadow during the heist.
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Ek Island
Chicago
A. Goodnow
Rock Island
Davenport
Ohio
Fortorth
Texas
Kansas City
Large Theft Reported in Rock Island Shipment
Des Moines authorities say United States Express officials estimate the Davenport transfer on the Rock Island line lost about 20 thousand dollars. Local officials contest the figure, believing the loss will not exceed three to four thousand dollars.
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Des Moines
United States Express Company
Davenport
Rock Island
Allen Vanderbilt Allen Reappears After Six Years In Sanitarium
William Vanderbilt Allen, great grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt, resurfaces after six years in a Connecticut private sanitarium. Relative H. Sutton of Bloomfield New Jersey arranged New Rochelle examination for sanity as Allen claimed he was kidnapped during a visit. He was transported to Connecticut and the case is set for December 8.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
New York
William Vanderbilt Allen
Connecticut
H. Sutton
Bloomfield
N. J
New Rochelle
Allen
Father Augustine Death Case Sent To Attorney General
The War Secretary sent all papers in Father Augustine’s death case to the attorney general. Investigations found no current US Army personnel responsible, so no court martial. The attorney general is expected to rule that US and Philippine courts lack jurisdiction over discharged officers.
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Father Augustine
Washington
Secretary of War
Vermont
Philippines
Chas. Francis Adams
Herbert Welsh
Lake George
United States Army
Guilty on Ten Counts for Kid Curry in Montana Robberies
Harvey Logan alias Kid Curry was found guilty on ten counts of a federal indictment in Knoxville with Judge C D Clark. A motion for a new trial will be heard November 29 and if overruled, sentence will be pronounced. Charges include forging bank official signatures on Montana bank notes in six counts and possession of illegal money. The penalties range from five to fifteen years on the counts.
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Knoxville
Harvey Logan
Kid Curry
Montana
C. D. Clark
Logan
Prominent Pythian Leader Tennent Lomax Dies
Montgomery Alabama November 22 Hon Tennent Lomax longtime Montgomery city court solicitor and leading Alabama attorney dies. He was a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias nationwide.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tennent Lomax
City Court of
Alabama
Kansas City witness in Kern murder case found in hiding
Mrs Albert Sechrest, principal state witness in dentist Louise Kern's husband murder trial, was located at her parents' home in Lincoln after five days in hiding to avoid testifying. She had previously claimed she and her baby were drowned when she threw a note into the Leavenworth river, saying the water was too cold.
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Lincoln
Neb
Albert Sechrest
Kansas City
Louise Kern
Bosnia Arrives After Rumored Black Sea Foundering
Did Not Founder reports that the steam er Bosnia carrying cereals and 150 persons on board reached port after being reported to have foundered in a gale off Sulina at the Danube mouth.
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Constantinople
Bosnia
Black Sea
Sulina
Danube
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Ford
Batavia
Heinz’s
Dodson & Braun
Peak, Freau & Co
Dozier
Howell Bros
Tyler Haswell
John Wittman
Nabors
Nabors Bros
Bryan
Opera House
Ethel Tucker
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Houston
Texas Central
F. B. Morse
Dallas, Austin, Waco, FT. Worth
Denison, Houston, Corsicana
T. J. Anderson
M. L.srobbins
Pass
the Jewel Laundry
I” Ara
Dey
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