Wrecker Prisoner Orders Brakeman to Amputate Leg
Bernard Wauger of the Great Northern railway died after falling from an engine and being pinned under a wheel. He ordered the brakeman to amputate his leg with an ax, the brakeman complied, and Wauger died from blood loss after a perilous 120 miles move to Ely, Manitoba.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Bernard Wauger
Great Northern Railway
Luck
Wanger
Ely
Manitoba
Water Front Strike Near End After Compromise
Paris December 26 The water front strike is virtually settled as grain handlers agree to work with strike breakers on Montgomery dock No 2. Other docks will hire only unionists. Eight hour days set, thirty five cents an hour, nine and a half cents for overtime, minimum of a half day for employment. Agreement to be signed this afternoon.
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Scripps News Association
Paris
Get
Montgomery Dock No. 2
Canada to Reform Tariff Preferences in Parliament Session
Ottawa reports the premier stating that in the November parliamentary session Canada will overhaul the preferential tariff favoring the United Kingdom and colonies. Since no return has been provided, the plan seeks to limit merchant locations and prompts full discussion of the matter.
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Scripps News
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Colonies
Canada
Federal officials say rebates harmed independent grain firms
Minneapolis activity reports that federal authorities have obtained direct evidence that rebates were granted by the Minneapolis and St. Paul road to grain companies, pushing independent firms from the business as a grand jury investigation continues.
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Scripps News Association
Minneapolis
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Fed Grand Jury
Governor Brooks Leaves With Troops to Move Ute Indians
Governor Brooks departs New Castle Wyoming with troops to drive the Ute Indians, about five hundred strong, back to their reservations. The band encamped near Douglas weeks earlier. some returned with the Indian agent, others pressed on toward the Black Hills. Officials expect no major clash in enforcing a return.
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Scripps News Association
New Castle Wyo
Governor Brooks
Douglas
Black Hills
Brooks
Pope Exhausted After Interviews Forced to Rest
Rome reports the pope, after hours of interviews, was carried to his bed in the audience chamber. The private secretary says the illness is only temporary and will pass.
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Scripps News Association
Rome
Grissom to be Russian ambassador in move from Mayers
Washington reports high officials say Loyd G. Grissom will become ambassador to St. Petersburg when Mayers joins the cabinet. It may be before February if Secretary Shaw resigns and Meyers receives a different post, though no final appointment is announced.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Loyd G. Grissom
St. Petersburg
Mayers
Meyer
Shaw
Meyers
Updike Admits Threat Over Little Sioux Store Drive
Nels Updike president of the Updike Grain Company testified at the Interstate investigation hearing that he wrote a letter threatening to open a store at Little Sioux Iowa to force Murray out of the grain business. He said the threat followed Murray buying him out and his refusal to quit.
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Scripps News Association
Omaha
Neb
Nels Updike
Updike Grain Company
Little Sioux
Iowa
Murray
New Orleans Banana Port Claims World Largest Title
New Orleans highlights its status as the largest banana and cocoanut port. Imports this year total 10,000,000 bunches of bananas and 95,000,000 cocoanuts.
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New Orleans
Editors Pay for Tickets in New Rate Law Clash
Washington officials quote Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp defining advertising as nontransferrable for transportation under the new rate bill. He asserts tariffs filed under the act must specify rates in dollars and cents with no provision for paying transport with property.
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Scripps News Association
Washington, D. C
Knapp
The
Commerce Commission
Western Press Association
Ghairmann
Frightful Fire Ravages Kansas City Chamber Building
A Kansas City blaze at the former chamber of commerce building killed several and left about fifty injured with many unaccounted. Rescues included a man saving a baby dropped to police and fire crews. rescue efforts continue as debris smolders and investigators assess the deaths.
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Scripps News Association
Kansas City
Danial Yole
Chamber of Commerce
Altho
D. Young
John Lynch
John Sparks
Lynch
Sparks
Chas. Garritt
Jessie Ford
Ford
Robert Barton
J.H. Branham
Frank Dotaris
H G. Wilson
Japanese Ambassador Aoki Pleads for U S Goodwill
In Washington on October 26 Secretary Root and Secretary Hull met with Japanese ambassador Aoki and aides about San Francisco school exclusion of Japanese. Hull condemned Pacific coast agitation as unrepresentative, while Root said expulsions stem from post earthquake conditions and are temporary. Aoki prepared a message assuring Japan of friendly U S feelings toward its government.
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Sevious News Association
Washington D.C
Aoki
Long
United States
Grain Market Opens Mixed on Wheat Corn and Oats
Scripps News Association reports Chicago grain prices on October 25 Wheat opened 7.94 closed 7.2? Corn started 4.24 closed 4.25 Oats 0.54 opened 0.53 closed 0.54. Markets showed varied activity with minor gains for oats and mixed results for wheat and corn.
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Scripps News Association
Chicago
President installs member of Farnsworth Post association
At the White House last night President inducted a member into the Associate Society of Farnsworth Post of G. A. Raf Mount Vernon. General Horace Porter served as installing officer. The group comprises businessmen who stayed out of wartime service but support the Union cause.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Associate Society
Farnsworth
G. A. Raf
First hazing conviction reported under new statute
In Marieta Ohio on October 25, Sidney Colt and Clarence Tibbetts were convicted of hazing Frank Bartlett a high school peer. The court ordered weekly reports, continued study review, and a detailed conduct statement from both defendants.
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Scripps News Association
Marieta
Ohio
Sidney Colt
Clarence Tibbetts
Frank Bartlett
Japanese Storm Hits Kiushin Island Vessels Missing
Tokio reports a storm on Kiushin Island Tuesday with three hundred fifty fishing vessels unaccounted for. No casualty figures are given yet. Coast guard and local authorities coordinate search and rescue efforts across coastal areas.
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Scripps News Association
Tokio
Kiushin
Indians Go on the Warpath in the West
Telegrams report two troops of the Tenth cavalry surrounding Utes near Sturgis South Carolina but unable to move them. Five cowboys killed and a large herd of beef cattle raided. Col Rogers dispatches troops to the scene as tensions rise amid conflicting reports of uprisings.
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Scripps News Association
Sturgis
S. C
Tenth Cavalry
Col. Rogers
Miners Die in Mine Near New Philadelphia
Three miners failed to surface at quitting time in Mullin mine near New Philadelphia Ohio. After an hour search their bodies were found. They apparently made a shot and returned too soon and suffocated.
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Scripps News Association
New
Philadelphia
Ohio
Mullin
United States Likely to Lose Stamp Contract Bid
Washington reports the government may lose its stamp contract after twelve years as the American Bank Note Company bids lower for all stamps. A successful bid for New York may cost hundreds of government jobs and raise concerns that private printers can underbid government scales.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
United States
American Bank Note Company
New York
Qineer Cen
Moose Hunters Arrive in Large Numbers Across Maine
Reports from White Mountain and northern Maine camps indicate many moose hunters have reached the area. Moose numbers have risen since last year, but dense foliage makes hunting unfavorable. Frost and fall winds are expected to improve conditions within a week or two.
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Scripps News Association
Fastport
White Mountain
Maine
Bark with four masts ashore prompts Fort Stevens rescue
Portland weather observer Beals reports a four masted bark ashore after receiving a wire from North Head. The Fort Stevens life saving crew has departed to attempt a rescue.
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Scripps News Association
Portland
Weather Observer
Beals
North Head
Fort Stevens
Local Fruit Growers Name New Union Manager
H Ferbrache, longtime fruit growers union advocate and former manager in Grand Junction Colorado, now leads the Grande Ronde Fruit Growers Union in La Grande He will supervise packing seek markets and improve shipping facilities to raise local fruit quality and value Grand Junction fruit previously fetched higher prices than local fruit last year and Ferbrache aims to elevate Grande Ronde to Hood River standards.
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H. Ferbrache
Grand Junction
Gol
la Grande
Grande Ronde Fruit Growers’ Union
Drunk and Disorderly Charge Before Recorder Snook
H Arbuckle was brought before Recorder Snook this morning charged with drunk and disorderly conduct. A ten dollar fine was imposed.
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H. Arbuckle
Recorder Snook
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