Two Die in New Jersey Triple Railroad Wreck
A midnight collision near Millstone Junction, New Jersey, leaves two dead and several injured. Fireman Frank Knosn and flagman J. B. Neinehan die. engineer John Lowenberg is fatally injured. passenger Dora Ruberloss survives with severe bruising and shock. Train No. 101 plows into wreckage, emergency crews contend with overturned engine and spilt boiler steam.
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New Jersey
New Brunswick
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Millstone Junction
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Frank Knosn
Ger
J. B. Neinehan
John Lowenberg
Wells Memorial Hospital
Somerset
Dora Ruberloss
Wells Hospital
West
Lowenberg
Minehan
Knox
Chicago Fire Claims Chief Horan and Several Firemen
The Morris plant blaze kills Chief Horan and Captain Doyle with many firemen missing or dead. Rescue efforts continue as officials blame a failed high pressure water system and a massive ammonia explosion for the catastrophe. The damage is estimated at up to 1.5 million dollars with 30 to 35 dead.
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Doyle
Morris
Stock Yards
Seyferlich
Horan
Buro
Murawski
Engine Company No. 48
Hlue
Burroughs
Mackey
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Alexander Lannon
Anthony Hyland
John Carey
Eugene Miller
United States
Chicago
Joseph Mackey
James Fitzgerald
Engine Company No. 23
Horayo
Fitzgerald
Hoffman
Fire destroys leather building killing 21 or more
A five story Fritz Friedlander leather goods building collapsed after a north wall failure while firemen battled flames. Bartlett and Carroll died or were crushed. Chief Baxter survived with injuries. Approximately 21 or more dead with eight firemen missing amid frozen hydrants and raging fire.
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Gine Company 87
Glazier
Bartlett
Carroll
Baxter
Friedlander Company
Campaign to aid Indiana orphans seeks family homes
J.%. Peetz, new superintendent of the Children's Home Society of Indiana, starts a fundraising drive. The society has cared for 1,400 children since its founding, including 211 last year, and aims to place children in family homes rather than receiving homes to ensure education and proper training. He plans to reach every family in the state with the appeal.
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Peetz
The
Children’s Home Society of
Indiana
Rebels in Control of Chihuahua Says Embassy
Washington dispatch reports principals at the Mexican embassy admit revolutionists now hold most of Chihuahua. The diplomats describe the shift as complete on Thursday amid rising tensions and uncertain boundaries.
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Ashington
Exican
Chihuahua
Daughter of Golden West Sues for Quarter Billion
Beatrice Anita Turnbull sues for 2.5 million of the 30 million estate of the late Lucky Baldwin. The will favored many heirs, with additions after contests by the widow and a daughter named Mrs Selby. Turnbull claims common law wife status of Baldwin through her mother Mrs Lillian Turnbull. Defense argues adoption in Massachusetts bars inheritance under California law.
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Los Angeles
Beatrice Anita
Turnbull
Lucky” Baldwin
Beatrice Turnbull
Lillian Turnbull
Baldwin
Beatrice
Massachusetts
California
Post Office Receipts Slump Breaks Streak in Indianapolis
For three days the Indianapolis post office set daily receipts records but by 3 p.m. Wednesday the total dropped to 5600, the lowest day of the week and a surprise to officials. Early Thursday crowds stretched from the stamp windows as Postmaster Bryson and Assistant Postmaster Shidley helped until clerks arrived.
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Indianapolis
Postoffice
Bryson
Aassistant
Shideley
Diphtheria Spread Tied to School Books In Indiana
Two Indiana cases prove diphtheria spread via school books and will be referred to Dr L H Gullick director of hygiene at the Russell Bage foundation who seeks state board of health reports on book transmission of disease.
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L. H. Gullick
Department of Hygiene
Russell Bage Foundation
Gulick
State Board of Health
Indiana
Accounts Board Loses Quarters During Legislature
The state board of accounts faces temporary displacement Jan 2 to Jan 6 as offices must move from current Senate and House rooms. The state board of agriculture offers rooms 1 and 12 after Jan 6, while Capt. Colbert plans transfers to room 1 on the third floor. The pardon board has no relocated site yet, currently using a Senate lobby.
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State Board of Accounts
State Board of Agriculture
The
Accounting Board
Colbert
Capt. Colbert
Pardon Board
Senate
Freight Wreck Claims Two Men Near Roanoke
Two men were killed when a freight wreck caused by misreading orders on the Norfolk and Western railroad thirty miles west of Roanoke. The wrecked cars burst into flames and the bodies were burned.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Here
Post Office Weighting Plan to Cut Force for Mail Rush
Officials attribute recent mail volume doubling to the Christmas rush and expect a weight of the mails beginning February for ninety days. Only half the usual fifty clerks would work with substitutes supporting the effort as Postmaster General Hitchcock's economy plan limits staff. Joseph Stewart oversees nationwide weighing with A J Ball managing Indianapolis district workloads amid rising mail from more factories and businesses.
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Hitchcock
Indianapolis
United States
Joseph Stewart
A. J. Ball
Kendall Aids Pupils With Modern School Program
Charles W. Fairbanks urged forestry education in public schools as hundreds of students waited to sing for state teachers. Exhibits featured school books and classroom tools. The program included musical pieces by Earl and Henry Holt, talks by Dr W Weryan on happiness, and Hanover college's W A Millis reporting teachers annuity actions.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
Earl
Henry Holt
Trovatore
W. 2Weryan
Indiana State University
W. A. Millis
Hanover College
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
E. B. Birge
Recitation of O Carol led by Powers across district events
Friday teachers disperse to meeting sites for the statewide teachers’ association. The Athletic section meets at the M C A and multiple sections including English at the Claypool hotel and elocution at the Y M C A. A general session is set for 2 p m in Tomlinson hall.
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Leland T. Powers
America
Statehouse
Claypool Hotel
Claypool
Motor Bike Rider Hurt In Collision
Leo Banks of 3231 Kenwood avenue was riding a motorcycle on Meridian street when he struck an Adams Express wagon as it backed up to turn. He was thrown to the street and taken to City hospital with a suspected fractured skull. Banks rode north at high speed. the driver, dogling toward the curb, backed into him.
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City Hospital
Banks
Meridian Street
Aad
Banker Arrested After Bank Suspension in Toronto
W. R. Travers, general manager of the Farmers' Bank, which suspended payment on Monday, was arrested late Wednesday afternoon charged with making false returns to the finance minister in his sworn monthly statement. He posted $20,000 bail furnished by Abe Orpen.
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W. R. Travers
Farmers’ Bank
Lato
Dominion
Abe Orpen
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G & J Tires
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