Marianna mine disaster leaves 183 feared dead in Pennsylvania
Explosion at the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal Company Marianna mines traps 183 or more miners. Rescue teams reach the shaft but muck and debris block access as bodies lie on the mine floor. Foreman Henry Thompson and two workers die. others are mortally injured. Authorities and experts deploy new rescue gear as townspeople gather, unsure if any lives can be saved.
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Pitsburg
Marianna
Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company
Henry Outfitt
Henry Thompson
Thompson
Ten-Mile Creek
Ithe Field
Ftelief
United States Laboratory and Testing Station
Erin
Fulton
Washmiles County
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg-Buldekin Wt
Newport Conference Silence Order Issued By Secretary Metcalf
Washington October 30 government order bars officers from public discussion of the Newport conference. The directive, issued under presidential authority, forbids talk on battleship changes and limits commentary to authorized channels.
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Newport
Washington, D. C
Na‘ileérs
Metcalf
Appropriation Plan for Waterways and Engineer Expansion
General W L Marshall chief of engineers urges boosting the US Army Corps of Engineers by 132 officers to cover military and civil works. Fiscal 1909 10 river and harbor budgets total over 21 million with detailed local earmarks from Pensacola to Jacksonville and across Georgia South Carolina and Florida for fortifications and major dredging projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
W. L. Marshall
United States Army
Iit Corps of Engineers
Engineer Corps
Chief of Engineers
Pensacola
Fla
Galveston
Texas
Georgia
Brunswick
Darien
Doboy Bur
Altamaha
Oconee
Ocmulgee
Flint River
Savannah Harbor
Savannah River
Coosa River
Cumberland Sound
Savannah
Fernandina
Chattahoochee River
Alabama
Tennessee
Virginia
Mobile
Black Warrior
Warrior
Tombigbee
Mobile Bar
Alabama River
Mississippi
Florida—Bisecayne Bay
Withlahhoochee River
Apalachicola Bay
Carrabelle Bar
Hillsboro Bay
Key West
Tampa Bay
Apalachicola River
Chipola
Blackivate
Crystal
Manotu
Andota
Suwanee
Withacoochee
Indian
Kissimmiee
Oklawaha
Orange
St. John's
Volusia Bar
Choctawhatchee
Hicambia
Conecur
Jacksonville
South Carolina
Charleston
Alligator Creek
Pinijah Bay
Great Peedee
Santee
Wateree
Congaree
New York Bread Line Accuser Labels Line Liars
New York labor agent T. V. Powderly says the bread line crowd mostly consists of liars and hoboes who would not work even if offered a job. He cites a man who wanted to take food home for family and describes a pattern of false life histories among the unemployed.
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Powderly
New York City
New York
T. V. Powderly
Strike Breakers at Pensacola Take Over Wharves
About 300 black laborers arrived under 30 detectives to replace striking Louisville and Nashville wharf hands on Pensacola export docks. The men, largely from Louisville, resumed work but some objected not being told of the strike. A few sought mayoral help to leave town, but were told the city would not intervene unless they found employment.
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Pensacola
Fla
Louisville
Nashville
River Flood Notes 38000 Homeless After Downpour
A 48 hour rainfall caused the Cottonwood River and tributaries to overflow. The valley received record flooding with the river one foot higher than any previous record. 3000 people are reported homeless and many homes submerged.
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Guthrie, Olkla
Fatal Rear End Collision Near Birmingham on Southern Line
Conductor Alan J. N. Gaston was killed and three others injured when a rear engine struck the caboose of the forward train on the Southern railway forty miles west of Birmingham. Both engine and caboose plunged down an embankment.
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Birmingham
Alan J. N. Gaston
Southern Railway
Fleet's Home Journey Begins Return Voyage After World Tour
The American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry leaves Manila to begin the homeward leg of a around the world voyage. Sixteen ships, after 42,227 miles since Hampton Roads, plan stops at Colombo Suez Athens Tripoli Villefranche Marseilles Genoa Leghorn Malta Naples Algiers before a February 22 return to Hampton Roads or New York.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Sperry
Hampton Roads
Japan
China
Orient
Mediterranean
Europe
Manila Bay
Colombo
Ceylon
Suez
Suez Canal
Port Said
Athens
Tripoli
Ville Franche
Marseilles
Genoa
Leghorn
Malta
Naples
Algiers
Gibraltar
New York
United States
Wagner Wins Savannah Road Race in Record Fiat Time
Wagner drives a Fiat to victory in Savannah clocking 6 hours 10 minutes 31 seconds for 402 miles, the fastest road race time in the nation. He beats Benz and other foreign cars amid spectacular endurance, while only one American entry, Chadwick, trails among the six Americans.
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Savannah
Wagner
America
Eric
Tint
Benz
Hemery
Fiat
Nazarro
Denz
Hanriot
Clement-Bayard
Hautvast
Renault
Strang
Rigal
Fighth
Italia
Fouriier Ce
Chadwick
Willie Haupt
Treaty Between Japan and U S Sets Pacific Policy
Washington reports a far reaching pact between the United States and Japan. The agreement promotes free peaceful Pacific development, respects territorial possessions, supports China’s independence, and guarantees equal commercial opportunity. It binds both nations to consult together if complications threaten the status quo.
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Pacific
Washington, D. C
United States
Japan
China
Fav ors Revision of Tariff By Speaker Cannon
Chicago Illinois Joseph G Cannon speaker of the house supports tariff revision as pledged by the Republican platform He stated he would vote to insure the revision is enacted into national law promptly This followed a luncheon honoring six rear admirals of the United States Navy hosted by Alexander H Revell at the Union League Club in Chicago.
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Joseph G. Cannon
Chicago
Ill
House of Representatives
Republican Party
United States Navy
Alexander H. Revell
Union League
England Faces Invasion Risk Warns Lord Roberts
In the Lords Field Marshal Lord Roberts warned of Britain losing sea supremacy if a strong defense is not built. He cited Germany could land 200000 troops from northern ports and urged immediate measures to field an army capable of deterring any invasion. The motion calling for stronger defense passed 74 to 82.
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Lord Roberts
London
England
House of Lords
Great Britain
Germany
Near East
Industrial Education Officers Named at National Convention
The National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education closes its second annual convention in Atlanta with four hundred active members across the United States. Officers elected include Dr. Alexander G. C. Humphries president and Walter C. Kerr vice president. Eleven managers appointed to serve until 1912.
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Atlanta
Georgia
United States
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
Alabama
Alexander GC
Humphries
Hoboken
N. J
Walter C. Kerr
New York City
Frederick B. Pratt
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Board of Managers
Fulton Cutting
New York
Leslie W. Miller
Philadelphia
Jane Adams
Chica
Frank A. Vanders
Almost Struck Roosevelt by Bicycle Rider in Washington
Theodore Roosevelt narrowly escaped being hit by a bicycle as he walked to church on E Street in Washington. Gilbert Beyer, a youth, was arrested for not having a suitable bell on his bike and released on $5 collateral which he forfeited. Roosevelt, followed by two Secret Service men, warned the rider as he crossed Fifteenth Street and the cyclist rode away after a quick grin.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Church
Gilbert Beyer
Boyer
Roosevelt
E Street
Secret Service
Fifteenth Street
Estimated Cotton Crop Total Reaches 12,800,000 Bales
The report cites actual growth figures totaling 12,800,000 bales for the cotton crop. It notes that the measurement excludes linters seepacks and similar additions.
Time for Checking Baggage in Georgia Railways
Georgia railroads must check baggage for twenty four hours before demurrage charges. The railroad commission’s amendment to passenger rule 5 takes effect December 8. It also requires trains to stop for easy passenger egress and baggage handling and prohibits loaded shotguns in coaches. violators must breech gun within conductor view.
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Atlanta
Gna
Georgia
Railroad Commission
Last Trip of Inspection in Georgia Ends December First
Georgia pure food and pure drug inspectors conclude their final tour of the year in Atlanta with aims to start 1913 with pure products. The report notes the pure food law in effect fifteen months and the pure drug law since this summer, highlighting seizures of nonconforming western feedstuffs and a shift toward Georgia cotton seed meal as a cheaper, better cattle feed.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Pure Food
Gale
Pure
P. A. Methvins
Agricultural Department
Farmers Union to discuss extending note maturities
Bulloch county Farmers Union plans December 12 meeting at the court house to consider extending the maturity of notes and obligations. The committee urges all noteholders to attend to help prevent early cotton sales that could depress prices.
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Statesboro
Bulloch County
Farmers’ Union
Court House
$15,000,000 Mortgage Deed Filed in Douglas County
A $15,000,000 mortgage deed was filed in Douglas County superior court by the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company to refund existing indebtedness. The Central Trust Company of New York holds the mortgage, and copies are filed where the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company operates its branches.
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Douglas
Douglasville
Douglas County
Central Trust Company of
New York
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Forest fires devastate Floyd County Georgia districts
Floyd County forest fires in several districts have caused extensive damage destroying thousands of dollars in property. Horseley Mountain saw large timber losses and long fences burned. Losses fall on farmers as authorities suspect arson or careless hunting remains, while mornings bring heavy smoke into the city.
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Rome
Floyd County
Horseley Mountain
Bones unearthed in Dalton scene may be Civil War remains
Excavation for a government building in Dalton uncovered soil with bone fragments and an army belt buckle. Doctors later concluded the bones were from a cow, dispelling beliefs they were Union soldier graves.
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Dalton
Smith
Montreal
DeKalb County
Fielding Payton
Melvin Payton
Jim Bankston
Prison Commission
A. B. Coombs
Milledgeville
Macon Fair Grounds
A. L. Miller
Macon
Miller
G. S. Westcott
Westbrook
Coombs
Atlanta
Clement A. Evans
R. B. Park
Tasurer
Georgia
Inman & Company of
Augusta
Muscogee
Columbus
Central of Georgia Railway
Railroad Commission
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Peach Growers of
Exchange
State Court of Appeals
Cornelius O'Connell
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NEW York Bread Line
Fleet
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Times-Democrat
Arkansas
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Oklahoma
North Carolina
Floyd
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