Six Lives for Speed at Indianapolis Speedway Tragedy
At Indianapolis on August 23 a catastrophic speedway crash at the new $400,000 track left six dead or gravely injured. Mechanic Clifford Litteral, driver William Bourque, Harry Holcomb, mechanic Clyde Kellum, spectator Momer H. Dollin and spectator James West died or perished when a tire burst on Merz’s car sent the machine through the fencing. Merz escaped with minor injuries, while Keene’s Marmon also crashed on the backstretch. Ambulance teams treated others. investigators questioned tire wear and safety practices at the event.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapos Eft
Recaya Us Eeusi Im
Clifford Litteral
Dayton
Stoddard-Dayton
Speedway
Methodist Hospital
Wiliam A. Bourque
Springfield
Mass
Knox
Harry Holcomb
Bourque
Clyde
Joli
Aod
Trafalgar
Times West
Jotliff
National Six
Chales Merz
Kellum
Gar
Toul
West
Meshani¢Hn
Merz
Cleary Tompkins
New Jersey Street
Tompkins
Keene
Auto
Bnt
Fruca Keene
Robert Schilfer
National
Schiller
Taft Plans Reid's Removal Speculation Grows
Beverly Massachusetts August 22 The return home of Ambassador Reid sparks fresh talk over his successor at the court of St James. It is understood Reid wishes to remain in London for three or four years, but the President may not want to extend him beyond the needed term to appoint a successor.
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Taft Plann Reid
Beverly
Mass
Ambassador Reid
Court of St. James
Reid
London
Mr. Reid
Bin
Kidnap Incubator Baby Foster Mother Held In Topeka Case
In Topeka Aug 23 Stella Barclay and John Gentry held in Missouri on kidnaping charges for abducting Marian Bleakley the incubator baby tied to the St. Louis world fair. Sheriff Norton seeks extradition from Missouri while Missouri custody disputes cloud potential surrender.
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Topeka
Kan
Mia
Stella _ Barclay
John Gentry
Kansas City
Marian Bleskley
St. Louia
Berclay
Missouri
Hadley
Eston
Barclay
Clarence Belknap
Janckson, Tenn
Bleskeley
Marion Bleakuley
St. Louis
James G. Barclay
Moline
Bleakeley
Illinois
Kanssas
Montgomery County
Supreme Court
Baby Plays With Diamonds In Jersey City Weird Theft Tale
The one year old son of laborer Stephann Bardogo of 6 Third Street Jersey City has played with about 100000 in diamonds aboard an Erie ferry. Since June 29 gems went missing on Passaic clear to now with reward offered 5000 for recovery. Relatives traded diamond rings for ordinary goods believing the gems were glass.
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New York
Stephann Bardogo
Third Street
Jersey City
Passaic
Erie
Senator of Detroit Beached After River Collision
The 410 foot freighter Senator of Detroit ran aground after colliding with the Norman 3 Ream near De tour on the St Marys river. No injuries reported. Separately George Cabot Lodge son of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge died suddenly at Tuckerauck Island Massachusetts from heart disease following indigestion.
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Senator
Detroit
Norman B. Ream
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
St. Mary's River
Norman 3
Ream
Cleveland
Tech Senator
Tina
Abe
Senator Lodge
Tuckerauck Island
Mass
George Cabot Lodge
United States
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Accused In Fake Bank Theft Arrest in Springfield
Springfield bartender Wilard Jones was arrested and jailed in Morgan County after being charged as an accessory in the sensational fake robbery of the Frank Jin Bank at Franklin IU last week.
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Springfield
Til
Franklin
Wilard Jones
Morgan County
Jacksonville
Fire Devours Springfield Hardware District in $1.09 Million Blaze
A massive fire gutted Moorehouse & Wells Hardware and many neighboring buildings in Springfield. Water famine followed, with reservoir nearly empty and water pressure low. Springfield sent extra engines from Decatur to fight the blaze. Core structures along Main Street suffered complete or near total loss, with extensive stocks, while cleanup and rebuilding plans begin as crews secure the area.
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Springfield
Decatur
Ill
Bremen
Moorehouse & Welle
Main Street
Decatur Hotel
Belng
Cullen
Wich
Moorehouse & Wells Hardware Company
Henry Bachrach
John Spotts
Sam's Confantionery
City Book
Dick's
Danielsen's Niext Market
Peerless
White Front
Talon Pacific Tea Company
Munro’s
Brinkmeyer
Rogers & Clark
I. W. Cole Shor Company
Shade Lakey
Frank Curtis
Young's Clothing
P. Augustine
Noah’s Ark
E. W. Armstrong
G. W. Harris
Post
Elwood & Wandlin
Chodat Book
Ralph & Young
Manin Street
Merchant Street
Water Street
Two Feasts for Taft and Diaz Across the Border
Mexico City reports Marlacal announced the Taft Diaz meeting plan. Diaz arrives at Ciudad Juarez at 10 40 AM October 18 and Diaz and Taft meet at the border with no speeches. The leaders dine at a banquet and Taft then crosses into Mexico after a second banquet in Ciudad Juarez.
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Mexico City
Anguse
Marlacal
Taft
Diaz
Ciudad Juarez
el Paso
Rio Grande
Ding
Mexico
Not Guilty Verdict In Navy Court Martial
Washington Aug 23 Not guilty in the verdict of the naval court which tried Davie Williame the negro mess attendant of the battleship Vermont who caused the death of a brother sailor as the result of a boxing bout and who was tried for manslaughter Hearing for Counterfeiters Louisville Aug 23 Marion Robert one of the brothers who attempted a large counterfeit Mexican money scheme through local brokers this week will be given a hearing next Thursday
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Cook
Washington
Naval Court
Davie Williame
Vermont
Galler
Louieville
Marion Robert
Baseball Game Results from National and American Leagues
Yesterday’s results show Chicago and Detroit wins in the American League with Washington and Boston also victorious. National League notes no Chicago games, while St Louis and Boston posted late wins. American Association, Central, Western, and minor leagues report scattered results across multiple cities and matchups.
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National League
L. Pet
Jclub
Pet
Pitta
Newark
Piprookyn India ST Lams
Ramtan
Oushicago DA Stabe
Detroit
New York
Boston
biSt
Loula
Cleveland
Forrricat Association
Laulaville
Columbus
City
Popeku
D. Moines
Wichi
Omihs
American le Chicago
New Yatetroit
Weashington
St. Louis
American Association
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
St. Tata
Telude
Louisvill
Indianapolis
Firey Fame
Loulaville
Indanapolis
Eee
Yur
Wellman to try again after Spitzbergen disaster
Walter Wellman and crew escaped uninjured after the August 10 mishap near Spitzbergen as their balloon America failed. Workmen enlarge the airship shed and plans for a longer, faster ship follow the accident. The crew backs Wellman for the next voyage and asks to go with Jim.
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Jim
Harriman Bids Farewell Voyage Still Afloat
On the steamship Kaiger Wil Harriman remains in his cabin after leaving Chervourg August 18 returning home from Bad Gastein. The voyage home has been rough and wearying with Harriman pale and fatigued though not bedridden, and he plans to rest at Arden after the journey. His meals are prepared under physician orders by Dr. Lyle.
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Kaiger Wilbel
Cape Race
Harriman Kiss
Chervourg
Bad Gastein
France
Harriman
Arden
Hij
Lyle
Indians Burn Aged Woman Believed Witch Near Puebla
In Huejuizingo near Puebla Mexico an aged woman named Jusné Remirez was burned alive by Mexicans and Indians who claimed she caused a smallpox outbreak that killed many children. They barricaded the hut and set it on fire, watching her perish as a witch.
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el Paso
Tex
Huejuizingo
Puebla
Mexico
Jusné Remirez
Fire at Monterey causes $1.45 million loss
A major blaze in Monterey Mexico destroyed Botlen Leon and the J B Sanford & Company building. Fire losses are estimated at 1,450,000 with extensive damage reported Saturday night. Officials say investigations will determine the cause and full extent of the damage.
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Monterey
Mexico
J. B. Sanford & Company
Five Killed in Schoen Wise Car Plant Riots Clash
Pittsburg August 23 death toll climbs to at least five with forty wounded as state troopers deputy sheriffs clash with strikers at Pressed Steel Car plant Schoen Wise. Rioters fire on patrols, arrests occur, women aid men in struggle. chaos, mounted troopers use riot maces, ambulances attacked, death and injury surge through the strike zone.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Schoenwise
Mergee
John L. Willams
Harry Esler
John C. Smith
Lucellan Jones
George Kitch
John O'Donnell
Treo
Harry Exter
Smith
Ohio Valley Hospital
Death At St Croix: Three Drown In Skiff Capsize
In Stillwater Minnesota on August 23 Miss Hilda Peterson 20 Louis Wendell 18 both from Lakeland and Miss Sigma Peterson of Moose Lake cousins to Hilda drowned when a skiff capsized on the St Croix River during a windy squall. Harry Staberg saved a friend clinging to the overturned craft as the group returning from Hudson Wisconsin faced high waves and rain.
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St. Croix
Stillwater
Minn
Hilda Peterson
Louis Wendell
Lakeland
Sigma Peterson
Moose Lake
Harry Staberg
Hudson
Wig
Scrasa
Heney Rejects Nomination for San Francisco DA
Portland August 23 Francis J Heney declined the unsolicited nomination for district attorney of San Francisco saying the new primary law prevents him from accepting a partisan post. He noted he could not accept the nomination under the law and did not seek the position.
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Heney
Portland
Ore
Francis J. Heney
Wildernana
San Francisco
Inmate of Poorhouse Receives 200000 Fortune
Alert Newhouse, a 20 year old inmate at the county poorhouse, is named heir to 200000 from Oliver Newhouse of Indianapolis. The estate includes 209 acres of farm land near Indianapolis valued at 500 per acre and 40 in cash, plus stocks and bonds. The property is free of encumbrances and will go to the poor farm beneficiary without reductions.
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Hioomington
Oliver Newhouse
Indianapolis
Alert Newhouse
Albert Newhouse
Senator Amuses Pastors at Pleasant Hill Convention
Methodist preachers in Pleasant Hill hear Senator Gore describe a comic fable about a hen and ten chicks in Oklahoma. The tale ends with the mother hen noting her sons have entered the ministry, a remark provoking resigned smiles among attendees after Gore’s brief address.
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Pleasant Hill
Mr. Walliams
St. Joseph
United States
Gore
Oklahoma
Senate
Clickenville
Nergelf
Wants to hang for murder in Wilkesbarre case
George L. Marion, who shot and killed his common law wife in the Wilkes-Barre office of Police Chief Long, declares he will plead guilty when tried and ask to be hanged at once. He says there is nothing to live for and that he will make a clean breast of it to the court. Friends doubt his sanity. attorneys may use emotional insanity as a defense.
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Wilkesparse
George L. Marion
Ubar
Deadly Street Feud In North Carolina Leaves One Fatality
In Charlotte a street fight at Hunterville Saturday night left one man dead and five others wounded or cut. Charles Cox, a feud leader and father of the shooter, was bleeding to death. Ed Cox was arrested and the coroner’s jury blamed him for Reece Hucks’s death. Other principals: Lester Hucks, Batt, Gilreath Davis, likely to recover. Nearby, New Brunswick reports a car crash injuring Mrs. George A. MacLean and party. George A. MacLean and son George A. Jr. killed, bodies bound for Chicago. Also news: Charles W. Fairbanks arrives in Peking en route around the world.
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Charlotte
N. G
Charles Cox
Ed Cox
Reece Hucks
Hunteraville
Macks
Lester Hucks
Batt
Gilreath Davis
New Brunswick
George A. MacLean
Chicago
Dorothy
Jeanette
Harriet McDonald
Staten Island
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BIG
Moorehouse & Wells
Hhew
Nationa
Juarez
Yerre Maule
Rat Ville
Grand Taplas
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Denver
Des Moines
Ginalia
Ramon Omaha
Vuyblo
Eevorid Yun Topeka
Tingala
Toepeka
Wreeport
Appleton
Madison
Pony du Luc
Fy Rockford
Ravina
Green May
Minnesota-Wisconsin Ltag Superior
Winona
al Dentre
la Urosua
Wangan
Wellman
Schoenville
Struggia
Tam
Poorhouse
Amuses
North Carolina
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