Liberte Disaster At Toulon Harbor Wrecks Warship
Reports from Toulon and Youlon describe a naval catastrophe as the battleship Liberte exploded and sank near the harbor. Casualties range widely with estimates from several hundred dead and many injured. fires, blasts, and bridging debris filled the morning sea as nearby ships and boats aided survivors.
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Toulon
France
Youlon
Liberte
Republique
Offiecra
Fenerk
Swag in Reserve Tied to Broker Crooks Case
New York authorities move to seize over 100000 dollars believed kept in reserve by Jared Flagg Jr and partners arrested for defrauding investors under postal laws. Bond details unfold as inspectors seek bankruptcy and control of assets.
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New York
Postoffice
Jared Flagg, Jr
Place
United States
Daniel N. Morgan
F. Tennyson Meeley
Alvin M. Higgins
Jared Mass
Flagg
Ernest
Joehua Brown
Brown
Post Office
Plagg
Flage
Umpire Evans mobbed by fans after Cleveland game
Cleveland Ohio September 26 Umpire William Evans was rough handled after the Cleveland Philadelphia game. A general fight broke out as about 2000 spectators swarmed the field following disputes over a foul call on Geary Baseman Ball of the Cleve Jam team and Evans ejecting Butcher in the ninth.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Umphe Willam Frats
Jovans
Butcher
Four Die In Arson Fire at Bangamon Street Tenement
Four persons died and a sixth injured in a four story brick tenement fire at 3348 Bangamon Street. Police believe arson started in the basement and spread upward. Rescuers faced chaos as residents, including women with children, escaped or were aided by neighbors and firefighters. Diamond Brovtsky, a 10 year old who lived on the first floor, alerted occupants and helped raise the alarm.
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Chicsco
Bangamon Atrect
Henry FE. Galovitch
Tra
Mnfsnk
Samuel Alpert
Fluore
Shean
Wintow
Hidder
Diamond Brovtsky
Flirting Wife Burns Husbands Best Suit in Jealous Outburst
In Wikesharre Pa on September 26 Maggie Reilly angry at discovery of her husband paying attention to other women piled his fine clothing in a heap soaked them with kerosene and burned them. Neighbors saw the blaze and the fire department responded. little damage beyond the burned clothes. Mrs Reilly was arrested fined costs and spoke of stopping her husband sallivanting. In New York novelist Upton Sinclair was in an automobile accident likely fatally injuring an unidentified companion. witnesses called the incident unavoidable as the pedestrian moved into the car's path.
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Wikesharre
Maggie Reilly
Pew York
Upton Sinclair
Rlgemora
Sinclair
Defense of Veto Theme Echoes in Taft Kansas Tour
President Taft challenged Bryan to name a restraint of trade not within the Supreme Court rulings. He urged that his vetoes reflect duty and called for a tariff board to report before altering existing laws. Taft toured Coffeyville Independence and planned more speeches in Kansas and nearby towns.
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Cherryvale
Kan
Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Supreme Court
Bryan
Independence
Wansas
Coffeyville
Kengal
Tariff Board
Kansas
Dalton Brothers
Jack Cloehr
Dalton Boys
Hanena City
National Conservation Congress
Kanes
Natives Kill Ensign Haller Bell and Sailors on Pampanga
A clash near the Basian islands south of Zamboanga left Ensign Haller Bell, a Pampanga crew and several sailors wounded. The Pampanga fought Yaen natives on Basian while en route in southern Philippine waters.
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Haller Bell
Fampenga
Washington
Beant
Asrairsant
Pampanga
Baslian Islands
Zamboanze
Mindanao
Ene Jalageup
HH. Catherwood
J. H. Aic- Giitre
G. F. Jienrechen
Gordonville
Tientechen
John B. Fen- Techen
Hartford, Conn
Stock Prices Plunge Amid Broad Market Decline
Widespread fall in equities as investors react to mixed signals. Traders report steep drops across sectors with notable weakness in key indexes and renewed selling pressure in late trading.
Conservation convention opens in Kansas City for farming reform
At the third National Conservation congress in Kansas City speakers urged modern farming to save the country. Gov Hadley urged better methods and social farm reforms to keep the young at home. Henry Wallace called for a back to the farm movement and warned that urban life wears down families. Judge Lindsay spoke on child welfare and proposed a national children's bureau.
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Kansas City
Japanal National Conservation Congress
Herbert 5. Hadley
Missouri
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Congress
United States
Europe
B. White
White
Ben B. Lindsay
Denver
Lindsay
Department of Commerce
Tibor
Millona of Dellars
Wallace urges farmers to adopt conservation measures
In a national gathering a speaker named Wallace, president of a conservation organization, urged farmers to embrace scientifically tested agricultural practices and rational resource use while criticizing faith in lunar or occult influences. He argued efficiency and cost controls could lower living costs and improve farm output.
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Jeunes City
Moon Sinha Iit
Heal
Wallace
National Conservation 3
Clerical Strike Hits Illinois Central and Yazoo Railroads
About 700 railway clerks employed by the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads walked out today after noon. The strike followed the breakdown of negotiations with railroad officials who refused to reopen talks with the clerks organization.
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New Orleans
Iilingia Central and
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Bourne Challenges Taft Remarks Over Arizona Recall
United States Senator Jonathan Bourne Jr of Oregon issued four statements Saturday opposing President Taft's Peoria remarks. Bourne accused Taft of disingenuousness for vetoing Arizona statehood provisions and for altering the recall proposal affecting judges and other state officers. He criticized Taft's claim of relying on the sober second thought of the people.
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Atlantic City
J. Bent
United States
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Oregon
Taft
Peoria
Arizona
Viere
Indaes Rouat
Reorganizing Trust Announcement From New York Conference
Ambiguous notes report a conference in New York on October 2 about reorganizing the American Tobacco Company. A petition to the U S circuit court requests dissa int iation under a mandate with the Supreme Court, with further steps anticipated.
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New York
American ‘Tobacco
Compa
United States Circuit Court
Bradstreet and Dun Report On Business
Dun's Review of Trade notes volume below capacity with rising population demand. Business dissatisfaction with unrest impacts capital entry yet some sectors show renewed activity. Retail trade irregular by season, coal and export flour and wheat improve. collections rise as crop money circulates. U S weekly failures total 236, Canada 28.
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New York
Dun
Bradstreet
Whse
United States
Caneda
Fowler Stopped by Weak Engine Near Colfax Flight
In Colfax California aviator G Fowl faced engine trouble on a round trip to Blase Canyon. He returned after a half hour fight with mountain winds, landing at 8 53. The report notes the engine weakness and a safe return planned for Monday.
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Colfax
Cal
Rampert
Bilete
Otert G. Fowl
Fowler
Rpowler
Alaska Village Shaken by Violent Quake
Valdez Alaska Sept 25 the most violent earthquake in the town since founding struck at 7 02 PM Thursday lasting 52 seconds The oscillations were northwest and southeast and the bulk of wood structures were not high No damage reported as far as could be seen A cable at Sitka was severed in the quake and Seattle dispatch notes Alaska coal and copper districts suffer frequent quakes and interior secretary Fisher reports coal crushed at Bering River mine
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Valdez
Alaska
Sitka
Seattle
Wash
Chinese Doctors Arrive Ahead of Milwaukee Medical Assembly
OnSeptember 26 a Chinese medical delegation led by Dra Wang and Luke arrived aboard the new Siberia bound for Milwaukee for the international cantersnes of army and navy doctors to be held there.
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Gan Wranciace
Milwaukee
Army
Navy
Dra. OL Wang
O. EL Luke
Imperial Army of China
Siberia
Vinton Raises Water Rates Amid City Debate
Sept 25 report shows Vinton council voting to increase water prices to fund city services. Officials cited aging infrastructure and higher costs from the college system, while residents voiced concerns over impact on households and local businesses.
Taft Abides by Canadian Defeat in St Louis Visit
President Taft arrives in St Louis and attends multiple engagements including breakfast at the Mercantile club, a 40 minute drive, a dedication at the YWCA, and a baseball game. He deflects partisan questions and says he will abide by the result of Canada’s defeat, while a boycott and union dispute over Boy Scouts entertainments loom around the events.
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St. Louis
Taft
Mercantile Club
Masonic Club
City Club
National Vogue
Philadelphia
St. Louisa
Hae
Missouri
Stephens
Francis
Folk
Ecouta
Tusk
Central Trades and Labor Untion
Boy Scouts
Hadley
Hudsey
A. O. Rule
Club
East
St. Laws
Champ Clark
Death of a Rich Man Probed by Police
Police and federal investigators opened separate inquiries into the death of Charles W Allen a Milwaukee leather goods maker who fell from a fourth floor hotel window in Kenosha Wisconsin. Coroner Hoffmann indicated the death likely an accident though vertigo attacks were noted.
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Chicago
Bent
Ceranera
Charles W. Alien
Enosha
Wis
Yeaterday
Ir. Ales
Nathan Allen
Jenkins
Allen
Hoffrean
Ailen
Treffman
Missouri Pacific Strike Hits Rail Shops
Sedalia Missouri Sept. workers on the Missouri Pacific and Texas rail lines declare a system wide strike after the company refuses a joint conference on working conditions. About fifteen hundred men are out, with four hundred in local shops.
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Sedalia
Sept. T
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
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