German Auto Drier Wins Grand Prize Automobile Race
A stocky auto race report notes three cars overturned on the thirteenth lap and lists injuries to H. W. Fabiyl and others. Harry Grant, Vanderbilt Cup winner, and Chevrolet were among those retiring before finish. Wagner’s car overturned on Skidaway road on the seventeenth lap. both Wagner and mechanician Louis Ferro were badly hurt.
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Harry Grant
Chevrolet
Wagner
Skidaway Road
Louis Ferro
Narrow escape for 3000 boys in Catholic protectory fire
In New York on November 12 3000 boy inmates were awakened by a blaze that destroyed a large building on the Catholic protectory grounds. Eight hundred boys in the damaged structure escaped in night clothes as brothers and a drill saved all from harm. The bakery started the fire and wind fanned it, but student firefighters aided until city engines arrived.
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New York
Catholic Protectory
Christian Brothers
Express Strike Ends as Drivers to Return Monday
New York, Nov 12. The strike of drivers and helpers for transcontinental express companies is off. Strikers and headquarters men will return to work Monday after Jersey City workers voted to accept the companies terms to rehire the men. Chauffeurs and retail drivers remain on strike in sympathy, with later demands possible.
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Jersey City
New York
Editor Appointed to Succeed Dolliver in Iowa
Des Moines Nov 12 B F Carroll announced Lafayette Young editor of the Des Moines Capital would become United States senator from Iowa to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Dolliver.
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Dollive
Des Moines
Iowa
Oyo
B. F. Carroll Today
Lafayette Young
United States
Dolliver
Urges Appropriation for Panama Canal Naval Station
Mr Tawney visited en route to New York where he will sail on the Yankton to Panama. He accompanies committees on appropriations and interstate commerce. The group aims to pass the canal budget without changes, noting prior reductions and rapid progress despite lower funding.
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Panama Canal Naval Station
Mr. Tawney
New York
Panama
Mr Tawney
Ap Y
Interstate and Commerce
Tawney
State Elks to Hold Reunion in Cheyenne This Week
Wyoming Elks plan the first annual late reunion in Cheyenne with large delegations from towns. Events include welcome addresses by Mayor Cook and Birney Sage, a city auto tour to Fort Russell, a game dinner, a WFA smoker, a parade led by the Eleventh Infantry band, and a grand ball to close. Procession route runs from the Elks home through Seventeenth Warren Twenty-fourth Carey Avenue and Eddy to Capitol. Cheyenne merchants decorate shops in Elks spirit.
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Wyoming
Cook
Birney Sage
Fort Russell
Hersig
Tane
Viettors
Wil
Eleventh Infantry Band
Seventeenth
Warren
Twenty-fourth
Carey Avenue
Eddy
Sixteenth
Capitol
Eighteenth
Elks
Ingersoll
Woman Accused of Poison Plot in Wheeling Millionaire Case
In Wheeling, Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenck, jailed for allegedly poisoning her husband John O Schenck a wealthy pork packer, faces a possible death by poison plot and a suicide attempt. Chauffeur Gundy Wilson claims an affair between Mrs Schenck and a piano store clerk who aided the plot. Police seek a mysterious woman linked to the case and question the clerk about gifts and money received.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Gundy Wilson
Schenck
Laura Farnsworth Schenck
John 0. Schenck
John O. Schenck
Wilson
Tolstoi Mystery Deepens as Count Disappears
Tolstoi the Russian novelist Count Leo Tolstoi is missing, with reports of deliberate desertion of life and nine children. Aunt Tolstoi’s wife is prostrated and reports say she attempted to end her life.
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Russia
Leo Tolstoi
Noted Colorado woman prisoner is released
Canon City Colorado November 12 Mrs Allan F Read once Colorado s noted prisoner who had spent eleven months in Canon City penitentiary for attempting to extort money from Genevieve Chandler Phipps of Denver was released today She was greeted by her sister Miss Jessie Campbell who had been living in Pueblo They planned a quiet period away and were believed to be bound for Pueblo The Read case was among Colorado s most celebrated involving a dynamite threat to coerce 20000 from Mrs Phipps
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Canon City
Colo
Allan F. Read
Colorado
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Denver
Wass
Jessie Campbell
Pueblo
Read
Burial plans halted for seven Montenegro victims in Delagua
In Trinidad Colorado preparations for tomorrow's burial of seven Montenegro victims halted after John R. Palandreh of Chicago, claiming to be a representative of Montenegro's Prince, says bodies must not be interred until the cause of death is shown. Mine officials report 79 dead with seven bodies unrecovered.
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Trinidad
Colo
Mntenegro
Delagua
Victor American Fuel Company
John R. Palandreh
Chicago
Montenegro
Ogilvie Conference Set for Cheyenne Services and Tours
The first Ogilvie Conference in Wyoming gathers in Cheyenne this Wednesday for prayer sessions sermons and addresses led by Bishop Helen et al and other clergy. Aimed at improving church work, the program includes morning devotions an afternoon gathering a Friday rally a Saturday excursion and Wednesday closing session. The event traces to Mrs Clinton Ogilvie of New York who funded circulating libraries for pastors in western missions.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Ogilvie Canfer
Bighop
Helen
Renin
Minh Tomas Wi
Mark
Rev. L
Mra
Clinton Ogilvie
New York City
Cire
Wyoching
Mre
Ogid
Mexican-born guard repels mob at home during riot
Garothers, claiming Mexican birth with Louisianan parents, defended his home after rioters broke windows and doors. He led his family to the roof for safety as the mob advanced, and fired when they tried to enter. Police and soldiers intervened to prevent the crowd from entering.
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Garothers
Indian Auto Driver Killed In Texas Race
Tobin Dehymel, an Aztec Indian auto racer, died after his car lost a wheel and wrecked during a race in San Antonio. He was thrown clear and died on the track holding the steering wheel. Dehymel was a noted racing driver.
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San Antonio
Texas
Tobin Dehymel
Dehymel
Flag at half mast sparks town excitement in North Scituate
North Scituate Mass November 12 residents excited by a flag at half mast and a Union down in front of Peter W Sharpe's home a Boston businessman and Republican. The display proved a joke as Sharpe had foreseen his party's defeat before leaving for Boston.
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North Scituate
Mass
Half Star
Union Down
Peter W. Sharpe
Boston
Sharpe
Fils
Violence and vengeance alleged against Carothers in Torreon report
The fragment reports a violent act aimed at Carothers, described as a brother of the American consular agent at Torreon Mexico. The wording suggests a motive of vengeance and links to consular affairs.
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Carothers
Torreon
Mex
DANGER ON STAGE CUT WITH SWORD BY HER LOVER
Mile Alina Schmelz a Russian dancer at the Auditorium in Denver is carried from the stage with a head wound after a sword thrust by Sergei Molaselev her fiancé. The onstage incident occurred in view of the audience as the couple faced a Russian betrothal custom and awaited their wedding.
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Danger
Denver
Colo
Mile
Alina Schmelz
Schmolz
Sergei Molasxelev
Moleselev
Brooks State Land Board Meeting Appears Bluff
Governor Brooks indicated dissatisfaction over Eden Valley reclamation funds and irrigation company dealings, prompting a planned State Land Board meeting for November 11. Critics in the Keen Valley project warned of poor treatment by the irrigation company and officials, while board members and Cook were reportedly unavailable.
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Brooks’ State Land Board Meeting
Cam Pu
Wdeu
Howell
Brooks
Eden Valley
Fares & Sone
Caval
Chilef
State Land Board
Cook
Natrowa County
Kien Vahley
Lrrigation Company
Office
Testate Land Coumlationer
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H. W. Fabiyl
Haupt
Gress
Appropriations Committee
Canal Commission
Commineian
State Elks
Mr. Schenck
Tolston
Prince of
Ogilvie
Eden Irrigation Project
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