Train Wreck Kills Six in Collinsville Collision
Six persons die and eight are injured when Chicago and Cincinnati passenger train No. 18 crashes into westbound freight No. 75 at Collinsville Ohio. The wreck, caused by an open switch, leaves engines destroyed and coal cars shattered as villagers aid victims.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Railroad
Collinsville
Hamilton
Elmer Brown
Farmer Fatally Injured by Train Collision at Brecon Crossing
Ulysses Muntz a 45 year old farmer near Brecon was fatally injured when Train No 8 of the Cincinnati Lebanon and Northern struck a hayrick he was driving at Brecon crossing. The wagon and horses were destroyed. Muntz suffered severe scalp wounds and may die. Conductor Larry Collins and Engineer Theodore Williams were in charge of the train.
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Commercial Tribune
Lebanon O
Ulysses Muntz
Brecon
Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern
Muntz
Brecon Crossing
Larry Collins
Theodore Williams
Survivors Reach Cincinnati on Relief Train After Wreck
About 100 survivors of the Collinsville wreck arrived at the Pennsylvania depot on Pearl street at 10:30 last night. Many bore marks of the disaster but all planned to go home or to friends. George F. Bowden of St Louis injured in the crash described the chaotic moments after the brakes failed and the cars toppled, recounting a violent shock and the attempt to light a cigar.
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Collinsville
Pennsylvania Depot
Pearl Street
George F. Bowden
St. Louis
Bowden
Author Soon to Wed Actress Brindeau
M Anatole France famed author and member of the French academy plans to marry actress Mile. Jeanne Brindeau. France, 65, met Brindeau during a voyage to South America and found her charming, with a successful provincial career and notable talent amid Parisian obscurity.
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French Academy
Mile. Brindeau
France
South America
Mile
Jeanne Brindeau
Paris
M. France
Mlle. Brindeau
Fort Thomas Woman Subdues Man at Pistol Point
Alma Clark 18 a Highland exchange operator in Fort Thomas chased a would be assailant from behind bushes. She drew a revolver and forced James Price 26 of Wheeling West Virginia to walk to police headquarters where he was arrested.
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Alma Clark
Highland Exchange
Fort Thomas
James Price
Wheeling
W. Va
Brent
Campbell County
Newport
Beatty
Lebus
Clark County
Taft urges broad waterways plan and rail fair play
President Taft speaks at Corpus Christi urging a general system of deep waterways to boost commerce and regulate rail freight. He backs a nine foot intercoastal canal and a square deal for railroads, criticizing piecemeal river and harbor work and calling for stronger interstate commerce law changes.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Corpus Christi
Tex
Congress
Taft
Interstate Inland Waterways League
Three Boys Playing as Miners Blown to Atoms
Three boys aged between 6 and 10 were killed in San Jose California when 500 giant powder caps exploded. They had been playing miners, crawled through a crack in a 1906 earthquake mine, and tamped a cap into a hole with a rock. The blast was heard far away and workers feared the magazine next.
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San Jose Cal
Associated Press
Circus Tent Blown Down Causes Panic In Princeton
A storm at the circus grounds in Princeton Indiana blew down a tent injuring many persons. Panic ensued as crowds were crushed in the chaos before workers outside created an opening and order was restored.
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Princeton
Ind
Associated Press
Storm and Gold Wave Heading East From St Louis
A well defined storm driven by strong winds, centered in St Louis, will move across the Ohio valley tonight. It threatens Erie and Huron lake shipping with dangerous conditions and storm signals have been shown in those regions.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
St. Louis
East
H. J. Cox
United States Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Lakes
Erie
Michigan
Huron
Near-Beer Vendors Barred by Odd Fellows
The Tennessee Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows adopted a resolution denying membership to near beer dealers and to men who run soft drink stands. The action was announced in Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Associated Press
Tennessee Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Crooks Wife Murderer to Escape Death Penalty
The Ohio Board of Pardons recommended commutation to life for Harry E. Crooks of Dayton, a wife murderer, citing mercy from the jury and his long battle with liquor and drugs. Gov. Harmon previously intervened to save his life twice despite the cold blooded planning of the murder.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
State Board of Pardons
Harry E. Crooks
Dayton
Ohio
Crooks
Harmon
Bell Company Gains Control of Middle West Phones
Toledo reports a near completion merger that would place the Bell company in control of major Middle West independents, including United States Telephone, Cuyahoga, Home Toledo, Indianapolis local, and New Long Distance. Brailey and associates would retire from the field, affecting thousands of stockholders and prompting antitrust responses from James A. Howard.
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Bell Company
Middle West
Associated Press Dispatch
Toledo, O
James 8. Brailey
Toledo
United States Telephone Company
Long Distance
Cuyahoga Telephone Company
Cleveland
Home Telephone
Indianapolis Telephone Company
Long Distance Telephone Company
Indianapolis
Brailey
Clarence Brown
Brown
Brail Independent
Cuyahoga
Everett- Moore Holdings
Railey Syndicate
James S. Brailey, Or
St. Louis
Breckenridge Jones
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
A. H. Bauer
Bauer Bros
H. C. Stifel
United States
Ohio Telephone Company
Columbus
United States Company
Toledo Home Telephone Company
New York
Farmers' Tobacco Union Denounces Lawlessness
In Danville Virginia on October 22 the Farmers' Tobacco union session released a resolution from the tobacco growers of Kentucky North Carolina and Virginia denouncing any act of lawlessness in the strongest terms.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Danville, Va
Farmers’ Tobacco Union
Union Tobacco Growers
States of
Kentucky
North Carolina
Virginia
Twenty-Five Killed in Bellout Earthquake Disaster
Twenty five people were killed and about twenty four injured in an earthquake at Bellout near the Quetta railway in Beluchistan. The railway station and several nearby homes were razed in the disaster.
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Simla
British India
Associated Press
Bellout
Quetta
Beluchistan
Shortage Alleged in Muskingum County Treasury
ZANESVILLE Ohio October 22 The Associated Press reports F M Rutledge retired six months ago has been indicted on four counts for an alleged ten thousand six hundred dollar shortage in his Muskingum county treasurer accounts.
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Zanesville, O
Associated Press
F. M. Rutledge
Muskingum County
McCarren Passes After Long Brooklyn Political Career
Patrick H. McCarren, New York state senator and Brooklyn Democratic leader, died at St. Catharine's hospital Brooklyn at 1:15 AM after an appendectomy on Oct. 18. A cooper by trade turned lawyer and lifelong legislator he shaped Brooklyn politics since 1891 and led the Brooklyn Democratic machine for decades.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Patrick H. McCarren
Brooklyn
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Patrick Henry McCarren
New York State
East Cambridge
Mass
Assembly
Senate
McCarren
David B. Hill
Democratic State Committee
Hugh McLaughlin
Withdrawal Move Shocks Burley Tobacco Pool Board
Clark county officials push for withdrawal from the Burley Tobacco pool amid accusations against President Lebus and the executive committee. The district board adopts a counter resolution denying power to dissolve Clark county contracts, while signaling deep divisions within the society over management and control.
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Commercial Tribune
Winchester
Clarence DeBus
Burley Tobacco Society
William A. Beatty
Winchester News
Clark County
Burley Pool
Burley Organization
Beatty
Clark County Board of Control
LeBus
Clark County Board
le Bus
The
Powers Send Note to Russia on Manchuria
A rumor circulates in St. Petersburg that the major powers have addressed a joint note to Russia concerning Manchurian affairs.
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Russia
Manchuria
ST. Petersburg
Associated Press
Latham Daringly Teases and Terrifies Crowd
In Blackpool Hubert Latham the French aviator showcased a monoplane fight with a 30 mph gale. He circled the course twice as the aircraft fought wind and nearly was carried to sea. Spectators urged him down as the wind kept high and he did not fly again.
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Associated Press
Blackpool
England
Hubert Latham
Latham
Pooling Burley Estimates Question Acreage Totals
Winchester Ky Oct 22 Opponents of the pooling movement argue the real acreage in burley tobacco is greatly overestimated and that pledged total may be only about half the crop across states Ohio Indiana and Missouri reportedly show large production The Danville Advocate notes historic sales of burley tobacco to the American Tobacco Co in 1908 and questions claimed efficiency reasons for pooling.
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Commercial Tribune
Winchester
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Danville Advocate
W. Owen McIntyre
Burley Tobasco Society
Clarence le Bus
American Tobacco Company
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