World events briefed from Washington and beyond
Treasury issues income tax at source rules to begin next Saturday covering bonds notes and similar obligations for citizens and aliens. Vanderlip proposes government controlled central bank with 12 regional branches. Wilson proclaims Thanksgiving for November 27. US to respond to Russia case if directed by Congress. Opponents of suffrage denounce Emmeline Pankhurst. Oregon battleship Oregon to lead Panama Canal fleet in 1915. Mrs Frank B Wiborg pleads guilty to smuggling and is fined 1750. Five men drown in the Big Miami river. bodies recovered. Redfield warns labor wage reductions may still be investigated under tariff retrenchment conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washington
United States
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Sas
Frank B. Wiborg
Cincinnati
New York
Goodyear building fire kills seven in Milwaukee tragedy
A devastating blaze at the four story Goodyear Rubber Company plant in Milwaukee killed seven firefighters, left four missing, and injured twenty four. The high loss underscores the danger faced by those combating industrial blazes.
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Goodyear Rubber Company
Milwaukee
Staten Island
Richmond Light and Power Company
Livingston
Italy Votes as Giolitti Wins Reelection Amid Strife
Foreign general elections sweep Italy with six killed and many wounded as arrests spread. Premier Giovanni Giolitti and his cabinet secure reelection amid bitter Kaiser opposition. In other news Miss Nancy Leishman’s wedding plans progress in Europe while Roosevelt speaks of stability in the Americas. A Newfoundland schooner foundered in Sydney harbor with four drowned and Philippine scouts suffer casualties in Mindanao fighting led by Capt. Harry McElderry.
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Italy
Giovanni Giolitti
Tauipao
Mindanao
Philippine Scouts
Harry McElderry
Company of Scouts
Notable Obituaries and Local Notices From Early 1900s
Personal Rear Admiral Washburn Meynard, retired naval officer, dies at Newton Massachusetts private hospital. Survivors include three sons led by Capt Harry McElderry of the Thirteenth Company Philippine Scouts. Also reports on Emmeline Pankhurst speech in Cleveland and renunciation of church work by Mrs Elizabeth Wood of Long Beach War. Chicago police chief John MceWeeny resigns amid vice report pressures. Gate tender Howard Barnum discharged after aiding Harry Thaw escape. Duchess county grand jury declines indictment. Automobile racer Jack Forest dies in El Paso incident. mechanic John Pryor injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washburn Meynard
Newton
Mass
Narragansett Prier, R
Tennessee
Howard FR. Barnum
Harry Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
I Asane
Morghauser
Poughkeepsie
Duchess County
Mexican Revolt Shakes Mexico as Elections End
After the election, insufficient votes prevented a legal presidency replacing Huerta. The Catholic party backs Gamboa with Felix Diaz resigning as army commander. The Morro Castle was held near Vera Cruz with guns aimed at its bow as Mrs. John Lind and other Americans aboard. Diaz arrived in Vera Cruz while Huerta bars his visit to Mexico City. Arrests follow over alleged assassination plots and aid to rebels.
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Mexico
Huerta
Gamboa
Felix Diaz
Morro Castle
Vera Cruz
Mex
John Lind
Wilson
United States
General Diaz
Mexico City
Daniel
Evaristo Madero
Explosive Device Found in Foundry Scrap Container
Workmen at Globe Stove and Range Co. found an eight inch aluminum tube with a fuse nipple filled with giant powder in a scrap car. The device could have wrecked the foundry if exploded in the cupola. Manager J Patten ordered it opened. no source location identified. He suspects accidental disposal rather than an intended attack.
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Kokomo
Globe Stove and Range Company
J. €. Patten
Patten
Aska Kuhn's Removal Sought as Guardian in Shelbyville
Rushville attorneys for August Ebbing sue Walter Kuhn of near Blue Ridge on the Rush Shelby line to remove Kuhn as guardian of Ebbing's children Elizabeth and Anna. The filing alleges Ebbing resigned as guardian after Kuhn pressed for appointment and that Ebbing was intoxicated at the time. Ebbing claims Kuhn tried to drive a divorce, poisoned the children's view of their parents, and accused the stepmother of attempting to poison their father.
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Aska Kuhn
Shelbyville
Rushville
August Ebbing
Walter Kuhn
Blue Ridge
Shelby
Kuhn
Ebbing
Elizabeth
Anna
Mrs. Ebbing
Refuges to Take Grand Jury Oath
Frank Ritter, brother of Mrs. Winters, testified before the grand jury about Catherine Winters who has been missing since March 20. Prosecutor Evans says a summons was prepared for Ritter. he entered the jury room without being served and claimed the public already had information. He did not take the oath, alleging the information came from the prosecutor to newspapers.
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New Castle
Frank C. Ritter
W. A. Winters
Catherine Winters
HH. Evans
Ritter
Draining Indian pond yields fish to locals and river
Six hundred people attended the draining of Indian pond in Daviess county to reclaim land and aid outlet for farmers. Four or five game commissioners oversaw the operation. game fish were moved to White river while about four thousand five hundred pounds were scattered over a wide area and divided among attendees. Each person received six to eight pounds of Ash.
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Washington
Indian Pond
Daviess County
White River
Cost of School Lunches Raised In Gary Onto Penny Plan
Gary October 24 prices for Gary public school lunches rose from 8 to 7 cents per day while bread and butter jumped from 1 to 2 cents and soup from 2 to 4 cents. Children protested to school authorities seeking reversal to previous pricing. Hammond October 21 Dr J A Graham stabbed four times by Rentley Hurley, a former prize fighter and resort keeper on Chicago levee.
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Gary
Irving
Se Chont
Harmmond
J. A. Graham
Hammond
Rentley Hurley
Chicago
Elevator crushes man in South Bend death at office building
Det. Albert Campbell chased a floor sent elevator down without the door being kept, trapping and killing him as a sixty thousand pound car crushed him. In Plainfield at Hanna crossing an auto with two men ages forty two and thirty was struck by a Vandalla passenger train killing William Spear and Ore Anerbrose.
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South Bend
Albert Campbell
Crossing
Plainfield
Det
William H Spear
Hanna's
Four Women Dead After Laporte Grade Crossing Crash
Four women were killed when a Pere Marquette freight struck a car at a grade crossing near Laporte four miles north. Funeral details begin for Mrs. Edwin Schurz, Mrs. Carlton Shafer, and Mrs. Fannie P. Heinze, with Mrs. William Darling Brace buried in Washington. Coroner Blinks probes possible negligence and car manning on the box car.
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Laporte
Pere Marquette
Dwin Schurz
Carlton Shafer
Fannie P. Heinze
George L. Andrew
William Darling Brace
Washington
Schurz
Er. G. Blinks
Indiana News In Brief Brings Local updates and incidents
Greenfield hosts a charity lecture for a sick member. A northbound car hits a buggy injuring farmer William McGregor near Vearyville. Greenfield reports diphtheria cases and quarantines three families. Elwood sees Harry Hea fined for striking a conductor. Elkhart plans wood yard for winter relief. Newcastle indicts Robert Rhodius for grand larceny. Princeton sues Moanaville PU for damages to McKinley Madison. Milton man paralyzed. family gathers. Jeffersonville wife drops divorce suit after surprise gathering. Shelbyville Odd Fellows set county meeting at Morristown. Lawrenceburg divorce with $7,000 alimony. Tipton seeks guardian for David Miller. Arora home fire causes $8,000 loss.
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Greenfield
Federation of Women's Clubs
Vearyville
Indianapolis
Louisville
William McGregor
McGregor
Cgreenfield
Milo Gibbs
Philadelphia
Elwood
Harry Hea
Granite City, Y
Lake Erie Railroad
Elkhart
Thelkhart Associated Charities
Newcastle
Robert Rhodius
Hagerstown
Rhodius
Koons
Princeton
Moanaville Public Utilities Company
Princeton Traction Line
McKinley Madison
Milton
Marcus Moore
Ernest Moore
Waivp County
Albert Wadsworth
Brownsville
Jeffersonville
Fannie Dreidel
Michael Dreidel
Shelbyville
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Shelby County
Morristown
Ue Idee
Lewis Creek
Smithland
Waldron
Shelby Wile
Tawrenceburg
Amanda C. Huffman
Aaron M. Huffman
Dearborn County
Hoffman
Mr. Hoff
Man
Tipton
Granville Brunson
David T. Miller
Edward EB
Manchester Townahle
Peace Plan Rejected in Southern Colorado Coal Strike
Gov. Ammons orders Colorado militia to disarm mine guards and strikers in the Southern Colorado fields after coal operators refuse mediation. Conference at the State house ends without agreement. plan calls for restoring old status with a small wage rise and banning strike-breakers. A clash near Ludlow sees fifty deputies and a thousand armed strikers. thousands of shots fired with no casualties reported.
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Western
Union News Service
Denver
Col
M. Ammons
Colorado
Gov. Ammon
State House
Ammons
Ludlow
Larkin Sentenced in Sedition Case
Dublin leader of striking Irish transport workers James Larkin was found guilty of sedition and inciting to riot and received seven months imprisonment. The attorney general said he was prosecuted for his acts, not his role as a labor leader, calling him a wicked and dangerous criminal.
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Dublin
Ireland
James Larkin
Larkin
Standardization trials of the Texas dreadnought completed
Rockland Maine reports the Texas dreadnought’s official speed trials ending with satisfactory results to builders and officials. The mile run achieved 22.28 knots, exceeding the contract requirement by over 14 knots after a port engine incident interrupted testing.
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Rockland
Maine
Texas
Wall Collapse At Ft Smith Water Plant Kills Engineer
A dividing wall at the Ft. Smith municipal water plant collapsed without warning, killing assistant engineer G. R. Grabler. Companions George Walker and R. C. Golden barely escaped the disaster.
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Ft. Smith
Ark
G. R. Grabler
George Walker
R. C. Golden
Train Wreck Near Ensley Kills One, Injures Several
A Southern railway local passenger train overturned near Ensley. One trainman was killed, another fatally injured, and several passengers sustained less serious injuries. The entire train turned over in the wreck.
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Greenville
3. C
Southern Railway
Ensley
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Listed
Market report shows corn, oats, wheat, eggs, poultry, cattle, hogs, calves, sheep and hay prices by grade and weight. Prices cover white and yellow corn, timothy and clover hay, oats, red and mixed wheat, eggs, various poultry, cattle categories, hogs, sows, calves, and sheep with range reflects shippers through to common and fancy grades.
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Llogs
Mails Tied Up in Manhattan Strike
New York reports a sudden mail wagon strike in Manhattan south of Forty-fifth Street. About 60 drivers quit their trucks and joined a movement to call out over 100 more, demanding union recognition and citing 12 to 16 hour workdays and dangerous high speed through streets.
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New York
U. S
Manhattan
Forty-fifth Street
What Doctor Can Beat This
A Portland physician has treated five generations of the same family in under three months. The sequence begins with a centenarian grandmother, then her daughter, grandson, great grandson, and ends with the newborn great great grandson. The elder woman died of senile gangrene after the doctor aided the birth and others through illnesses.
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Portland
Organ Blower Sparks Mix-Up at Village Church
In a morning service the organist is irritated by the blower's continuous lever work after playing. A London preacher visits to preach. A choir boy misdelivers a note from the organist asking the blower to stop, but the preacher ends up reading it.
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London
Doctors Did Not Help Her Detroit Woman Finds Relief
Detroit readers report two women sharing how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased long standing female illnesses after failed medical treatment. One account cites relief from bearing down pains and nervous strain. another notes reduction of backaches and abdominal pain leading to restored health and marriage.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. LeClear
Detroit
Mich
Lydia EB. Pinkham
James G. Leclear
Hunt St
Detroit, Mich
Philadelphia
Mrs. Chas
Bog
Chadwick St
Phila.,Pa
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National Association Opposed
Emmeline Pankhurst
Great Britain
Daniels
Oregon
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Panama Canal
Big Miami
Middletown
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Flint, Mich
Protestant Episcopal Church
Southern
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Mediterranean
William Sulzer
New York City
The
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Brooklyn
Louisiana
New Orleans
Canal Street
Nancy Leishman
Duke of Croy
Miss Leishman
Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
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South America
Theodore Roosevelt
Government University
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
New Foundland
Annie Roberts
Dominion Coal Company
Sydney
N. S
Thirteenth Company
Tullapo
Cleveland
Elizabeth Wood
Long Beach
War
Leonard Wood
Staf
United States Army
Salvation Army
John MceWeeny
Chicago Police
McWeeny
M. L. C. Funkhouser
Jack Forest
el Paso
Fex
John Pryor
Forest
el Paso-Phoenix
Ward
Choran Ataiurin
Michoacan
Indiana
Indiana News
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
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Weatarn Capuda
Heianuta
W. G. Nethery
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Totede
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