Notable Obits And Naval Staff Changes In Week
Washington reports the death of Rev. Reuben H. Sanders Indiana Methodist minister aged seventy four at Lin Port Indiana and Rev Henry Hikok eighty nine a pioneer American missionary to China at Water town New Jersey Capt C J Badger naval academy superintendent will serve another year Rear Admiral Evans joins the general staff filling vacancy from Pillsbury promotion John H Mandigo long time head of New York Sun sporting department dies after thirty three years with the paper Gov Hughes appoints Richard L Hand Democrat to testify on charges against District Attorney Jerome of New York
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Washington
Reuben H. Sanders
Lin Porte
Ind
Henry Hikok
China
Watertown
N.j
C. J. Badger
Naval Academy
Jerome
New York
John H. Mandigo
The
New York Sun
Sun
Prominent obituary notices from various cities
Personal, Charles B. Whiting former Orient Insurance president is dead. Lieut. Charles A L Totten U S A retired and ex Yale professor died at his Milford Conn home. Mrs Attia M Dayton mother of Rear Admiral Dayton U S N died in South Bend Ind. Samuel L Carleton once led the world Sons of Temperance died Portland Mo aged eighty six. John Vandercook Jr United Press president general manager died in Chicago from appendicitis. Princeton trustees announce $250 0 gift from Mrs Russell Sage for freshman dormitory. General Bell orders military service to present recruiting in best light. KR Decker veteran Columbus Wisconsin editor dies aged sixty six. Decker led the Republican about forty years.
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Charles B. Whiting
The
Orient Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Charles A. L. Totten
U.S. A
Yale
Milford
Attia M. Dayton
Dayton
South Bend
Ind
Samuel L. Carleton
World Organization of Sons of Temperance
Portland
John Vandercook, Jr
United Press Association
Chicago
Board of Trustees
Princeton University
Russell Sage
Gen. Bell
KR. Decker
Columbus
Wis
Republican
Decker
Accidents and Crimes Reported Across Several States
A boiler explosion in Pawpaw Indiana killed two men and injured four others at Bell’s tile yard. A Pocahontas Iowa teen died from burns after a bonfire incident. A Spartanburg county South Carolina tornado killed one man and injured his wife, damaging several areas. Aetna Powder mill in Miller Indiana exploded from nitroglycerin, no one nearby. A Northern Pacific train near Glendive Montana ditched after a burned bridge, killing a fireman and an unknown tramp. engineer hurt. A South Bessemer Alabama electric car was robbed by a highwayman. conductors assaulted. A man in Old Forge Pennsylvania fatally wounded Ellen Moore of Scranton from jealousy. An attempted derailment on the Delaware Lackawanna & Western near Lowman New York failed. A severed head washed ashore in Cleveland, suspected murder and robbery.
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Bell
Pawpaw
Mendota
Mercedes Murray
Jay Murray
Pocahontas
Iowa
Aetna Powder Company
Miller
Ind
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Mont
Gustavus
Waddingham
South Bessemer
Nezro
Powderty
Ala
Adams Adveu
William Robinson
Old Forge
Ellen Moore
Scranton
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Lowman
N. Y
Italy to Use Big Stick in Turkey over Post Offices
Rome April 21 Italian squadron under Admiral Grenet will sail for Asia Minor with 11 warships and 5,095 men to demonstrate in Turkish waters. Objective is to press Turkey to allow Italian post offices and to safeguard Italian rights amid mounting irritations over Tripoli events and land sales to Italians. If necessary a small island may be occupied to compel compliance.
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Rome
Grenot
Asia Minor
Turkey
Italy
Tripoli
Iraly
Senate moves to grant Roosevelt authority over Venezuela
Washington April 21 congressional talks indicate a forthcoming resolution granting the president blanket power to act against Venezuela as needed to defend U S interests and Americans. The measure, drafted by Senator Cullom and endorsed by Roosevelt and Root, envisions arbitration of citizen and company claims and potential use of force if Castro persists.
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Senate
Washington
Cullom
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Roosevelt
Root
Congress
Venezuela
United States
Castro
Two Indiana Fishermen Drown In Lake Accident
Jasonville Indiana April 21 Two fishermen John Garfield and Thomas Ford drowned when their boat capsized on a lake near town. They were fishing at the time.
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Indiana
Jasonville
Ind
John Garfield
Thomas Ford
Here
Fort Worth Flood Displaces 3000 Residents in 1921 Storm
The North Texas storm receded as the Texas Pacific line remained cut in two. Floodwaters swamped Fort Worth and North Fort Worth driving about 3 000 people from homes, with districts submerged up to ten feet and damage surpassing one million dollars. Bridges and rails suffered extensive losses along the region.
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Fort Worth
North Fort Worth
Moretary
Senators Nelson and Bacon Say Congress Has Power to Regulate Liquor
Washington April 21 five members of the Senate judiciary committee issue opinions on liquor legislation and interstate transport of liquor. Senators Nelson Minnesota and Bacon Georgia hold Congress can prohibit entry of liquor into prohibition states. Knox Fulton Rayner disagree, saying Congress has no such power. Nelson’s view is seen as the strongest defense of federal regulation.
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Nelson and
Bacon
Congress
Washington
Judiciary Committee
The
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nelson
Minnesota
Georgia
Knox
Pennsylvania
Fulton
Oregon
Rayner
Maryland
House of Congress
Vast Atlantic Fleet Split Up for Coast Maneuvers
For the first time since Hampton Roads the Atlantic fleet battleships are separated into four harbor divisions near Los Angeles. Separated at dawn, the sixteen ships will reunite next Saturday for Santa Barbara, under Rear Admiral Thomas. Spectators lined San Pedro as the armada trained, with Navy sailors seen in uniform at Los Angeles churches aiding devotion.
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Los Angeles
Hampton Roads
Thomas
Santa Barbara
Welcome
San Pedro Harbor
Sallora
Cannon Seeks Six Member Committee on White Paper Costs
Speaker Cannon introduced a resolution for a select committee of six to investigate the rising prices of white paper and to gather information. The panel, referred to the Rules Committee, can sit in Washington or elsewhere, issue subpoenas, and administer oaths during and between congressional sessions.
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Washington
Cannon
House
Congress
Anna Gould and Prince Helie Set for Italian Pleasures
Anna Gould formerly the Countess de Castellane will arrive April 23 in Naples from New York aboard the Friedrich der Grosse and plans an automobile tour of Italy. Prince Helie de Sagan departed for Italy for a month of pleasure, calling the report of his marriage to Gould a denial, with him showing a straw hat as proof.
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Anna Gould
Prince Helie
Italy
Naples
Mme
Countess de Castellane
New York
Paris
Prince Helie de Sagan
Prince de Sagan
Associated Press
Train collision at Braybrook Junction claims forty one lives
Melbourne April 22 two trains from Ballarat and Bendigo collided at Braybrook Junction. The Bendigo train crashed into the Ballarat train rearward wrecking five cars. The wreckage caught fire and many bodies were unrecognizable. Sixty were injured.
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Australia
Melbourne
Ballarat
Bendigo
Braybrook Junction
Supreme Court denies Nebraska mandamus in intrastate rate dispute
Washington April 22. The Supreme Court refused Nebraska’s writ of mandamus against the Chicago Burlington & Quincy in a suit to force remand of a case charging higher intrastate rates than the state statute. United States Judge T C Munger is not required to transfer the case back to Nebraska Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court of U. S
Nebraska
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
United States
T. C. Munger
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Ben and Emma Fired From San Francisco Hotel
Emma Goldman and her manager Dr. Ben Reitman with advance agent Alexander H. Orr were escorted from a San Francisco hotel by the manager amid protests over Goldman's notoriety. Police watched as they relocated to a known anarchist sympathizer's home. Reitman denounces the police tactics as boresome.
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San Francisco
Borenome
Gays Reitman
Cal
Emma Goldman
Ben Reitman
Alexander H. Orr
Reitman
Woman Killa Herself in Chicago Hotel Room
Jessie Liewe lyn Call, daughter of former Governor Liewellyn of Kansas, died by poison in a Chicago hotel room last night. Depression from ill health is thought to have caused her act.
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Killa
Chicago
Jessie Liewelyn Call
Liewellyn
Kansas
Forty Policemen Poisoned in Chester Strike Disturbance
About forty state police members in Chester are affected by ptomaine poisoning after eating canned food during post strike disturbances at the traction company. Cars operated with police protection yesterday and no further disorder occurred.
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Chester
Traction Company
Boy drinks poison after taunts in Kansas City incident
Ray Warwick twelve-year-old son of A J Warwick treasurer of Leads Leather company died after buying carbolic acid at a drug store and drinking it on his way home. He was angered by taunts about his name from young companions and died an hour later.
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Kansas City
Ray Warwick
A. J. Warwick
Leads Leather Company
Financial bill tabled by House banking committee
Washington reports the House banking and currency committee voted to table Representative Vreeland's financial bill as a substitute for the Aldrich Bill. The panel chose to report favorably Chairman Fowler's proposed currency commission bill, comprising 43 members including 11 senators, 11 representatives, and 21 citizens of the United States. The decision came after an all day meeting.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Vreeland
New York
Aldrich
Fowler
Senate
House
United States
Attempt Life of Cabrera in Guatemala City
President Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala survived a bomb blast at the palace in Guatemala City. The explosions injured him and cost him a finger, while calm and order remained in the country.
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Guatemala
New York
Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala City
Ramon Bengoesches
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
William Heinke
Cabrera
Great Variety of Sailor Entertainment in Los Angeles
A fleetwide celebration in Los Angeles on April 22 featured boxing matches barbecues baseball games and Wild West shows for sailors with two banquets honoring petty officers and fleet leaders. About one quarter of the enlisted fleet, 3600 sailors and marines, joined the city festivities from four divisions.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Policeman Shot in Fortieth Street Shootout
Chicago police officer Anthony McGeoghegan was dangerously wounded in a pistol battle with three men on Fortieth Street and Vincennes Avenue. One suspect, William Weber, was found unconscious with two bullet wounds. two other armed men were captured fleeing through an alley. McGeoghegan may recover while the wounded captive is expected to die.
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Chicago
Anthony McGeoghegan
Fortieth Street
Vincennes Avenue
William Weber
McGeoghegan
Market quotes across grains and livestock from multiple cities
Lated quotations from grain and live stock centers dated April 22 show No 1 Northern wheat around 1.00 to 1.05 per bushel in St Paul and Minneapolis, various prices for corn oats and durum, plus Chicago Milwaukee cattle hogs and sheep price ranges and Bronx City and South St Paul readings for cattle hogs and lambs.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Corm
Milwaukee
Worthern
Bronx City
Iowa
South St. Paul
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Royal R. Ingersoll
Evans
General Staff of
the Navy
Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Spartanburg County
South Carolina
West Springs
Michael Sobods
Bedford
Cleveland
Tex
Texas
California
St. Louis
Brady
Leon River
Waco
Brazos River
Cotton Belt
BIG Squadron 18
Ben and
Emma
Fowler Currency Commission
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