Subway Cave-In Kills Two as 7th Ave Excavation Collapses
In New York a dynamite blast in the 7th avenue subway extension widening caved a surface street car into an excavation between 24th and 25th streets. At least two died and many were injured, with rescuers pulling victims from debris as officials opened inquiries into possible negligence.
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New York
New
Seventh Avenue Way
Busin
7Th Avenue
24Th
25Th Street
Marty
United States Realty & Implement Company
Mitchell
Fire Commission
Jet Addinson
Woods
Istrict Atorney Perkins
Grand Jury
Edward F. McCall
Cairman
Public Serjee Commission
Themay Ff
Reporters Sent To Jail For A Day
New Orleans reporter J Evans Smith of the Item was jailed 24 hours by Judge Christian of the District Criminal Court for refusing to reveal sources about a story on cabarets and disreputable resorts under parish grand jury investigation.
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New Orleans
Christian
District Criminal Court
J.evans Smith
Dutch steamer Koningen Pommo sinks near port
The 9,000 ton Dutch steamer Koningen Pommo, from Jayia Java, struck a mid sea obstacle while en route to a Turkish port. Her passengers and crew were rescued. A French aeroplane reportedly descended near Metz but no further detail is given.
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Amsterdam
London
Koningen Pommo
Jayia
Java
Double funeral set for Mrs Wilson and her father
The double funeral of Mrs Lillie Estelle Wilson and her father Lemuel B Stout will be held in Bridgeport Thursday at 2 pm. Mrs Wilson died Tuesday in Baltimore after nursing her father through illness and a nervous collapse. Interment follows, with Perine Bartlett & Company directing. Mr Stout’s prior service was postponed.
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Lillie Estelle Wilson
Isaac Wilson
Knottsville
Lemuel B. Stout
Bridgeport
Wilson
Stout
Baltimore
Perine, Bartlett & Company
Rockefeller Jr Plans Extended Review Of Colorado Mines
Primero Colorado Sept 22 Rockefeller Jr and four aides began a two day inspection of the Colorado Push & Tron Company mines as stockholder and observer. They are lodged with local officials, with one night in the home of Joseph Jaske superintendent of Primvo mine, as the party continues its inquiry into the company’s properties and operations.
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Primero
Colo
John
Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado Push & Tron Company
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Joseph Jaske
Prim Vo
Bulgaria on brink of war as mobilization spreads
Sofia reports Bulgaria plans to occupy Turkish ceded territory by October as Entente diplomats doubt victory and King Ferdinand warns Bulgaria may align with Germany. Athens hosts urgent cabinet and army staff talks as mobilization reaches 100,000 infantry and multiple cavalry regiments. Rail traffic halted. 45,000 Macedonian Thracian troops recalled.
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Bulgaria
London
Turkey
Dedoaghateh
Serbia
Macedonia
Greece
Germany
Austria
Ferdinand
Athens
Constantine
Venizelos
Thrace
Indictments in Eastland disaster federal case filed
Federal grand jury returns true bills charging conspiracy and criminal negligence in operating an unseaworthy Eastland during the July 24 tragedy in Chicago. Named defendants include George T. Arnold Wm H Null William K Greenebaum Harry Pederson Joseph Erickson Robert Reed and Charles C Eckliss plus corporate officers from St Joseph-Chicago Steamship Co Indiana Transportation Co and related entities.
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Chicago
George T. Arnold
St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Co
Eastland
Whisky haul at Clarksburg station under Prohibition laws
At the Clarksburg railroad station Deputy State Prohibition Commissioner J Watter Bee seized 200 pints of whisky in five suitcases and one bag from Clifford Post and porter Steptoe of Clarksburg. They were arrested on charges tied to violating liquor laws and later released. the suspects were placed in county jail.
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Clarksburg
J. Watter ‘Bee
Parkerssburg
Prohibition
Clifford Post
Steptoe
Fire Boss Killed In Mine Explosion At York Mine
Clarksburg West Virginia September 22 One man died in a gas explosion tearing through Hutchinson Coal Company's York mine at Reynoldsville near here The victim Richard Addock fire boss reportedly carried an open lamp during daily inspections despite prior gas leakage warnings The mine suffered damage end to end A state inspector and visiting magistrate launched inquiries The deceased, 88, left a widow and two children
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Hutchinson Coal Company
York
Reynoldsville
Here
Richard Addock
Addock
Frank E. Parsons
R. Edward Kidd
Boy Burned By Gasoline Fire Near Sistersville West Virginia
Albert Conkin, son of a gasoline producer and official of the American Oil Development Company, escaped death after a truck hauling 17 drums of gasoline overheated and caught fire near Sistersville. He jumped and ran as flames engulfed the highly inflammable liquid. the explosion burned his arms and face.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Albert Conkin
Ofcjal
American Oil Development Company
Tyler County
Conklin
Shotgun Attack on Stepfather in Clarksburg Case
Odbert Russell of Elk District was arrested in Clarksburg after allegedly firing a shotgun at his stepfather John H. Rebel from about ten feet. Rebel suffered clothing injuries as the two men argued over Mrs. Rebel, Rafael's mother. Russell awaits a magistrate hearing in county jail.
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Clarksburg
John H. Rebel
Odbert Russel
Rebel
Hs Jared
Rafael
Harriman Heir William Harriman Marries Kitty Lanier Lawrence
William Averell Harriman eldest son of the late Edward H. Harriman wed Kitty Lanier Lawrence in Trinity Episcopal Church, Lenox Massachusetts. About 30 Harriman and Lanier relatives attended the ceremony led by Reverend William M. Grosvenor and Rev. William Lawrence Wood.
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Lenox
Mass
William Averell Harriman
Edward H. Harriman
New York
Kitty Lanier Lawrence
Charles Lanier
Harriman
Lanier
Trinity Episcopal Church
William M. Grosvenor
St. John the Divine
William Lawrence Wood
Trinity
Thomas G. Davies
Massachusetts
Westinghouse declares quarter dividend 6 percent
Directors of Westinghouse Electric announce a 6 percent annualized dividend on common stock after a 1 percent quarterly payout. They note 60 million dollars in war munitions contracts, mainly rifles, to be manufactured in New England plants acquired for the purpose.
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New York
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
New England
Senate Considers Special Session to Revise Rules
President Wilson weighs calling a special Senate session within a month to revise rules and curb debate. Senator Kern, majority leader, has consulted several colleagues and backs the move. A Senate rules committee has worked since the last session, with a likely amendment to enable a majority to limit debate.
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Sénate
Wilson
White House
Senate
Kern
Simpson Postoffice Muddle Is Adjusted
Washington reports that through Congressman Neely the Simpson postoffice will stay in its old quarters with H G Davis as postmaster. The department had ordered male messenger service to be discontinued and the office moved closer to the rail station, but Davis resigned to oppose the move. Neely’s intervention restored the former arrangement. Grace Uhl of Dixon Ill left after visiting relatives. Mrs L Lohm returned home from Deer Park after visiting her daughter Mrs Ralph Kunst.
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Washington
Congressman Neely
Simpson
H G. Davis
Postoffice Department
Ofce
Davis
Major Neely
Grace Uhl
Dixon, Ill
Cumberland
L. Lohm
Deer Park
Ralph Kunst
WCTU West Virginia Convention Opens in Fairmont
The thirty third annual W C T U convention in Fairmont opened with executive committee action led by Morgantown president Mrs Lenna Lowe Yost. Delegates arrived and routine business outlined. Speakers include Parkersburg president Mrs J Gale Ebert and Buckhannon judge H C McWhorter. National president Miss Anna Adams Shaw of Evanston Ill will address Thursday.
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Fairmont
Sept
Woman's Christian ‘Temperance ‘Union of
West Virginia
Lenna’ Lowe Yost
Morgantown
Romantic elopement ends in fine and exile in West Virginia
In Middlebourne near Tyler home-coming week, aeronaut J A Glenn and Bessie Barnes attempted elopement. Justice Maxwell fined Glenn 25 dollars or marriage, he paid, and Bessie was sent to the State Industrial Home at Salem. The couple were arrested in a Sistersville hotel. Bessie's suitor James Stevens shot at Glenn on fair grounds, the bullet striking his hat.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Boot
J. A
Glenn
Grafton
Salem
James ‘Stevens
Fair Grounds
Killed Talking on Private Phone Line Near Charles Town
Charles Town West Virginia Sept 22 M D Thornton of Charles Town an employee of the Northern Virginia Power Company was killed yesterday while talking on a private line to the Millville plant Robert Hooe another employee cut the line with an ax but help arrived too late This marks the fifth death from high tension wires in the past year or two Thornton about 30 years old survived by a widow and two children native of Danville Virginia where his body will be taken Wednesday
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Charles Town
W. Va
M. D. Thornton
Northern Virginia Power Company
Millville
Thornton
Robert Hooe
Hooe
Danville
Artillery Fighting Extends Into Belgium
Paris dispatch reports the Western front artillery clash spreading into Belgium. Fighting occurred near Arras, between the Somme and the Oise, between the Aisne and the Argonne, and in the Lorraine district. Eight French aviators bombarded a Verdun Meix rail station.
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Paris
Belgium
Arras
Somme
Oise
Aisne
Argonne
Lor Jraine
Ver Dun
Meix
Former Secretary Bryan Talks Quietly With Wilson
Washington Sept 22 Former secretary of state Bryan met with President Wilson at the White House for more than an hour. Neither man would discuss the conference or any public questions. Bryan left without commenting citing a desire to avoid political implications from the talk.
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Washington, D. C
Formr
Bryan
Wilson
White House
Mr. Bryan
Henry Ford to Help Advance Peace and Naval Tech
Henry Ford, the Detroit manufacturer, met with President Wilson and Secretary Daniels on Navy Day. He discussed promoting peace, developing gasoline motor detection for submarines and aircraft, and planned a future submarine voyage to observe operations underwater. Ford anticipated testing wireless plane control as feasible.
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Washington, D. C
Henry Ford
Detroit
Wisen
Daniels
Ford
New York
Taylor County Sunday School Convention Ends After Two Days
The Taylor County Sunday School Convention closes this evening after a two day session at the Baptist church. Morning and afternoon sessions were full of interest with fine talks by lay delegates and ministers. Special conferences on elementary work, secondary work and audits were highlighted. Narrowing focus on elementary and secondary programs marked the event as a success.
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Taylor County
Baptissonuren
Odd Fellows Meet Chosen Chattanooga 1916 Site
At the Sovereign Grand Lodge session in San Francisco the Independent Order of Odd Fellows announced Chattanooga Tennessee was chosen as the place for the grand lodge session in 1916.
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San Francisco
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Chattanooga, Tenn
Rrand
Brewers Win Injunction Against Western Road
Four brewing companies secured a temporary federal injunction restraining the Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railroad from declining to deliver shipments of beer and other fermented liquors to purchasers in Illinois, Iowa, and nearby Rock Island territory. The order, granted yesterday in federal court, targets shipments in dipey territory near Rock Island.
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Chicago
Sept
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Jte
Dpy
Territory
Towa
Rock Island
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