Chelsea Fire Devastates City Leaving Thousands Homeless
Boston April 13 Ten thousand people homeless at least three dead three to five hundred injured and nine million dollars in property loss after a Sunday blaze swept through Chelsea aided by a gale. Firefighters from surrounding areas rushed to the relief effort but could not contain the flames as the Standard Oil plant wreckage burned and militia stood guard in East Boston amid panic.
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Boston
Chelsea
Standard Oil
Representative Roberts seeks federal aid for Chelsea flood relief
In Washington on April 13 Representative Roberts of Chelsea Mass asked that aid be extended to his district if local state equipment proves insufficient Secretary of the Navy Metcalf wired Massachusetts authorities asking if the department could provide assistance in the relief effort.
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Washington, D. C
Roberts
Chelsea
Mass
Metcalf
Massachusetts
Fire Rages Through Chelsea and Boston After West Street Blaze
A major fire in the Tag and junk district of West street spreads to East Boston and Chelsea. Officials report three lives lost with many injured as hospitals in Boston, Chelsea, and surrounding towns contend with heavy arrivals. Firefighters from Charlestown and Boston battle to contain the flames amid gale force winds.
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Whitten Hospital
Boston
Chelsea
West Street
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Nantasket
Charlestown
Nave Yard
mid@re
Chestnut
Walnut
Ash
Arlington
Central Avenue
Congress
Shurtleff
Shawmut
Land
Chelsea Avenue
Park
Sarl
Division
Hawthorne
Ford
Vandercook Interred as World Press Mourns Loss
John Vandercook president of United Press lay in state in Louisville cathedral where his funeral was held at 2:30 pm. The service was led by Rev Charles Craik. Pallbearers drawn from United Press and Scripps-McRae colleagues. Western and European newspapers memorialize him as leader of American journalism.
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New York
John Vandercook
United Press
Louisville
Chicago
Christchurch
Charlies Craik
Cave Hill
Vandercook
Scripps-McRae
Milton A. McRae
Major
A. J. Womack
London
Europe
Association
Foreign Service
Berlin
Prominent Young People Elope Ends Courtship in Elopement
The elopement of Jeannette Candrian daughter of A Candrian publisher of the Nordstern and George Byrne son of James Byrne is reported. Candrian notes the couple acted on their own, with Jeannette recently finished with school and Byrne a high school graduate and football star. The families anticipate no immediate worries as funds exist for the couple.
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Jeannette Candrian
A. Candrian
Nordstern
George Byrne
James Byrne
Hugh H. Byrne
Candrian
Mr. Candrian
O. K
Explosion at Aetna mills devastates plant in Miller's Station
Chicago report says 40 000 pounds of blasting and smokeless powder exploded at Dupont Aetna mill. Early claims of fatalities were denied by Chief Knopf. Residents were jolted from beds as windows shattered miles away. Twenty night workers had just left. This is the second blast at the plant in days. seven men died in the previous explosion.
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Chicago
Aetna
Dupont Powder Company
Miller’s Station
Ind
Knopf
Labor Issue Sparks Anti Taft Edict in New England
Concord New Hampshire April 13 An appeal to laboring men for a bitter war against Secretary Taft was sent throughout New England by President J French of the New Hampshire branch of the American Federation. He said unionists broadly oppose Taft as a candidate and wage earners share that view.
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Concord
N. H
Taft
New England
J. French
New Hampshire
American Federation
Mr. French
Strike Probable on Great Lakes
In Cleveland Ohio on April 13 a notice from President Yates of the marine engineers warns members to refrain from signing contracts until further notice. The executive committee regards existing contracts as a threat to the union and may declare a strike against the Lake Carriers association.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Yates
The
Marine Engineers
Lake Carriers’ Association
Child Dies of Infant at Home in City
Emile Deutschberg two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Deutschberg 810 South Sixteenth street died yesterday at 7 am The funeral will be from Holy Trinity church Rev Jaerres presiding Interment in Catholic cemetery Fessler and Dahl in charge
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Emile
Charles Deutschberg
South
Sixteenth Street
Holy Trinity Church
Rev
Jaerres
Fessler & Dahl
Green Mountain
Crousas
Undertaker Smith
Onalaska
Lizzie Birena
Chaseburg
Henry Birena
Peter Hendrickson
German
Roosevelt Piers Five Leading Men Gossip of the Capitol
A Washington dispatch lists five leading private citizens chosen by President Roosevelt for his governors conference at the White House May 12 13 14 and 15. The names are James J. Hill Andrew Carnegie Grant Cleveland William Jennings Bryan and John Mitchell. All except the five are ex officio attendees. The guests include governors cabinet members supreme court justices and inland waterways commissioners. The group is noted as all democrats and includes two of the world’s richest men a former president and a labor leader.
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Washington
Te la Crosse Tribune
Washington, D. C
J. C. Welliver
United States
James J. Hill
Andrew Carnegie
Grant Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
John Mitchell
Roosevelt
White House
Supreme Court
Inland Waterways Commission
Pennsylvania
Attacks Husband as Affinity Affair Stuns Chicago
In Chicago on April 13 Mrs. Johanna Blaser fought her husband Rudolph Blaser in a railroad station, with his alleged lover Henrietta Pfortner of Cleveland present. She injured his thumb. he was arrested in Joliet after a warrant sworn by Blaser’s wife, who had traveled from New York to pursue the arrest. The couple have two children, and the wife accuses him of desertion to elope with the former lover in a Chicago flat.
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Chicago
Johanna Blaser
Rudolph Blaser
Henrietta Pfortner
Cleveland
Blaser
Joliet
New York
Unknown Woman Struck, Identified as Emma Watts in Chicago
The body of Emma Watts, once of Cleveland, was found on Pennsylvania mail road tracks near Eighty-third Street. Believed to have fallen from a rear train and mangled by several cars, she had a shoe label linking her to Cleveland. Identified by brother-in-law William Barnes. she was slightly demented and may have wandered onto the tracks last night.
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Chicago
Eighty-third Street
Cleveland
Emma Watts
William Barnes
Dispatch Says He Cannot Live Boy Preacher Ill in City
A dispatch from Litchfield reports Rev. Leslie L. Sanders known as the boy preacher is fatally ill with consumption and cannot recover. Sanders has not been informed and continues plans for his work upon returning to La Crosse.
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Litchfield
Leslie L. Sanders
Demonstration Speaks To Awe Japan And US Officials
A Japanese investigation links the Mukden attack on American Consul Straight to a postman and asserts the assailant sparked the clash. Washington officials including the president, Bacon, and Taft discuss the incident as they await official statements from Minister Rockhill and State Department. Prompt apology and punishment are urged.
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Tokio
Mukden
Straight
Washington, D. C
Bacon
Taft
Rockhill
Peking
State Department
Great Reception for the Fleet in San Diego
San Diego prepares to welcome the battleship fleet arriving from Magdalena Bay. More than five thousand marines and bluejackets will land, the largest single disembarkation in U.S. naval history. A parade at 2:00 p.m. will involve coast artillery, National Guard companies, naval reserves, veterans groups, and civic bodies.
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San Diego
Cal
Magdalena Bay
Admiral Dewey
New York
Coast Artillery
National Guard and Naval Reserves
Heflin Likely to Face Murder Charge
Washington April 13 Physicians said Thomas McCreary the New York horseman injured when Representative Heflin of Alabama shot him in a street car is not expected to recover. McCreary developed tetanus and pulmonary trouble despite a slight wound. Heflin is near collapse from the new turn of events. his Birmingham brother has been among the attending doctors.
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Washington
Thomas McCreary
New York
Representative Heflin
Alabama
McCreary
Heflin
Birmingham
Ala
Bronx Beauty Stabbed to Death in Bronx
Mrs. Isa ac Liberman dubbed the most beautiful woman in the Bronx was found dead this morning after being stabbed twice. Her husband is held for the crime in New York.
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New York
Isaac Liberman
Bronx
Lands Flooded as Pamphlet Sparks Political Shakeup
A pamphlet flood hits the country as floods intensify during a political crisis. Roosevelt has quit and a high level administration faces upheaval. the most valuable achievement is listed as seven key measures dropped amid the turmoil.
La Follette Boom Promoted For President by Chandler
In Concord New Hampshire on April 13 former Senator Chandler starts distributing reasons supporting Robert La Follette as the best president candidate. The letter argues La Follette embodies radical republican reform abandoned by the current administration and would mark a historic adoption of those policies. It urges protest by backing La Follette.
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New Hampshire
Sen
Chandler
Concord
N. H
Wisconsin
la Follette
Cat Defends Mate Against Man Flirt
St Louis April 13. Fred Kropstein a post office clerk stroked Mrs Post Master General a female cat in the office. The cat s mate sprang at him sank teeth in his cheek and claws in his hands. It took help to pry the cat free and Klopstein fainted en route to a physician.
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ST. Louis
Fred Kropstein
Post Office
Kropstein
Klopstein
Water company beaten in Sioux Falls suit
Federal Judge Garland ruled for the city in a four year dispute over a $500,000 water operation. The Water company and Receiver J H Purdy claimed perpetual rights under an expired franchise, but the court held no rights survived its termination.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Garland
City Water Company
J. H. Purdy
Cpurt
Weather and water outlook for La Crosse and Midwest cities
Weather and water data show La Crosse record cool conditions 46 and 74 high with light winds. Forecasts predict rising river stage near stationary levels for 36 hours and warmer, cloudier conditions across Wisconsin and Minnesota with possible showers tonight or Tuesday.
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la Crosse
United States
Houghton
North Platte
Pierre
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Portion
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