Mine Explosion at Kemmerer Kills Five and Injures Nine
Special to Leader Kemmerer Wyo Jan 20 one of the worst mine disasters strikes Mine Number Four of Kemmerer Coal Company dust explosion traps 120 workers five dead nine injured all victims Americans named James Smith James Hanson Peter Hamilton Joseph Dixon James Ward manager P J Quealey rushes home to assist ordering care for the injured injured taken to Rock Springs hospital wind caused the blast. air in the mine remains safe and fans operate as relief trains depart with the wounded
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Kemmerer, Wyo
Ocea
Kemmerer Coal Company
James Smith
James Hanson
Peter Hamilon
Joseph Dixon
James Ward
Laramie
P. J. Quealey
J. Watt Brandon
Leary Quealey
California
Kemmerer
Granger
Rock Springs
Rock Springe Hospital
Quenley
Wrat
Watt Brandon
Kellmerer Camerer
Mike Quentey
Cowboys Missing in Wyoming Blizzard Earthbound Search Continues
Relatives of William Lee Corbett fear for his safety as search parties probe a blizzard in Western Wyoming and Eastern Utah. Corbett left Baggs two weeks ago with five companions guiding a cattle herd toward Vernal Utah amid subzero conditions. A court case involving property left by his stepmother is tied to the confusion over his fate.
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Denver
Colo
William Lee Corbett
Wyoming
Utah
Baggs
Wyo
Young Corbett
Mary Mackey
Martha J. Corbett
Corbett
Hig
B. Martin
L. C. Carberry
Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs
H. H. Stem
West Thirty-second Avenue
Colorado
Northwestern
Vernal
Rages
Nat Baker Named Receiver at Douglas Land Office
Denver special reports that Senators Warren and Clark and Representative Mondell united in recommending Nat Baker of Lusk for the Douglas Wyoming land office Receiver post to succeed the late Samuel Slaymaker. Baker, a former Democrat, helped block a Democratic U S Senate election in 1908 and his selection ends a long contest among over a dozen claimants.
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Denver
Colo
Warren
Clark
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Nat Baker
Lusk
Douglas, Wyoming
Samuel Slaymaker
Baker
Cole
Democratic United
John Charles Thompson
Haker
Thompson
Wyomis Simcoe
Douglas Place
Poe
Italian Gunboat Bound for Africa Detained by Africa
In Hodeida on January 20 a British ship named Africa halted an Italian gunboat heading to Aden. Italian officers were taken aboard the Africa and Turkish officers including Colonel Riza Bey, the notable veteran, were removed.
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Hodeida
Arabia
Africa
Aden
Riza Bey
Vyceman
Launch Capsizes on River Near Marshfield
A Nort Star launch owned by Captain Joseph Yonmaker with crew William Brainard Frank Tanner Don Ferri and Ira Albee broke down near a bar and drifted to sea, capsizing. All on board were lost.
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Marshfield
Joseph Yonmaker
William Brainard
Frank Tanner
Don, Ferri
Ira Albee
Paroled Father Won By Child’s Plea To Governor Carey
A seven year old girl and her mother appealed to Wyoming Governor Carey to pardon Michael Laser of Sheridan County. The governor, known for kindness to children, pardoned Laser from a manslaughter sentence of one to four years, despite opposition.
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Hall
Wyoming
Board of Pardons
Michael Laser
Sheridan County
Carey
Two Distinct Tragedies Reported In Separate Commands
In New York Ulysses Grant Hatch an agriculture inspector shot his wife after declining a plea to return home. In Norfolk a four member ship crew survived thirty hours clinging to rigging after the three mast schooner Harry Prescott wrecked off Diamond Shoals. Captain May Die and crew await care in Hatteras.
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New York
Ulysses Grant Hauch
Department of Agriculture
Norfolk
Harry Prescott
Itaséa
Walmington
Prescott
Wilmington
N. C
Iife
Schoomer
W. R. Philbrook
T. S. Smith
G. C. Robbing
Hatteras
Government making good in the Packers trial
In Chicago January 20 the government declared substantial progress in the Packers case. In six weeks of trial the prosecutor says seventeen witnesses have been examined and 120 documents offered in evidence supporting a restraint of trade charge.
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Chicago
Ilo
United States District Court
Wilkerson
Leader Advertising Column Message to Merchants
The Leader urges merchants to advertise in its columns to reach the buying public. It promotes the paper as the best morning medium for effective advertising and invites patrons to use the Leader’s ad space.
Cattle Frozen to Death in Open Stock Cars
Perry Iowa January 20 One of the heaviest losses for a railroad in years occurred when eighteen car loads of cattle froze to death in exposure during a 16 hour delay between Neola and Council Bluffs. The cattle stood for hours in the stock cars before discovery. At least 260 head were lost with the officials notified after the ghastly scene.
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Perry
Iowa
Hook Island
Connell Bloffe
Neola
Council Alutin
Witil
Welsh Stricken With Illness Forces Bout Cancellation
Freddie Welsh the English lightweight boxer suffers a neck muscle contraction injuring his spine while training in Los Angeles. Surgeons call the injury serious and the bout with Hobby Waugh at the Vernon ring is canceled. Earlier local time Ad Wolgant was felled by appendicitis hours before his scheduled match with Welsh.
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Los Angeles
Freddie Welsh
Englieh
Big Horn Basin Farm Output Worth Millions in 1911
Ray Schenck reports farm product values in Big Horn and Park counties reached about 4.44 million dollars in 1911, roughly a quarter of the two counties total assessed value. Alfalfa led crops near 4 million dollars as honey and apples moved to markets. statewide farm value was about 15 million with plans for more cropland in 1912.
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Ray Schenck
Hig Horn
Wyoming
Big Horn
Park
Famous Detective to Electrify Grand Jury
William J. Burns, famed detective, has worked for months to assemble evidence for next week’s presentation to the Senate committee probing Senator Lorimer’s election. Burns claims a witness confessed for fifteen hundred dollars, with a photographic method used for the testimony. The Burns report was reportedly shown in executive session. The Red Cross reports dire famine in China with 2.5 million people needing aid before harvest, and relief work will proceed with imperial and revolutionary authorities cooperating.
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Washington, D. C
Lorimer
William J. Burns
McNamara
Hurnsla
Washington
Burns
Senate Committee
American Red Cross
State Department
China
Red Cross
Sacred Pallium for Archbishop Keane Today
In Dubuque Iowa on January 20, the Most Reverend James J. Keane will be invested with the pallium at the cathedral tomorrow. Archbishop Ireland of St Paul will preach the sermon as prel ates and priests from several states attend. The pallium, a white wool band with purple crosses, symbolizes final authority and Rome’s power in the church.
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Dubuque
James J. Keane
J. Keane
Ireland
Raul
Rome
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