Mine Disaster at Dawson Screens 962 Dead Believed
News from Trinidad Colo reports the Dawson New Mexico High Ling coal mine disaster may claim 962 lives. Rescue crews, aided by 500 miners, fight debris for survivors as 22 miners are rescued and 6 bodies recovered. Police guard grieving families as air grows foul and ventilation intensifies.
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Trinidad
Colo
Dawson
N. M
Roseners
Alexander McDonald
Thomas McClelland
Arthur English
Walter Jonnson
Juan Trujillo
Felix Garcia
Ernesto Montoya
B. Alparriz
High Ling
Stay Canon Coal Company
Witl] Entembsal
Canora
Rockefeller Board Donates to Four Colleges
John D. Rockefeller founded the General Education Board nine years ago and has now given a total of 87.5 million dollars to Johns Hopkins Medical School Baltimore for medical science promotion. Additional gifts include 80 thousand dollars to Barnard College New York 200 thousand to Wellesley College Massachusetts and 90 thousand to Ripon College Wisconsin.
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New York
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Barnard College
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Maass
Ripon College
Ripon
Wis
Four Slain In Mine Fight at Walsenburg
Oct 25 report from Walsenburg details a clash on Seventh street between striking miners and coal company guards as they escorted non union workers past the Walgen mine. A brick was thrown, guards opened fire, and four men were killed with several injured amid volleys and return fire.
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Walsenburg
Galo
Seventh Street
Minera and
Coal Company
Walgen
Tragedy in Indiana Wreck Kills One and Injures Twenty
A traction wreck near Yorktown Indiana killed One KILLED and fatally or seriously injured about twenty others. The electric lights failed and Yorktown went dark. Muncie doctors and lanterns aided the injured as a hospital car rushed from Indianapolis to Muncie. The Indiana Union Traction car tipped over on a curve, front tracks slid 306 feet, and about thirty people were aboard. Names and full details remain scarce due to injuries and remote locations.
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Muncie
Ind
W. B. Uryer
Fort Wayne
Masonic Lodge
Yorktown
Munela
Munele
Tus
Indiana Union Traction Company
Indianapolis
Woman dies from beating in Murfreesboro Tennessee case
Det. Thomas Smith, a married prominent jail inmate, is charged with wife murder after an alleged assault at a neighbor’s home. Police say he followed her home after a quarrel over supper and struck her with a blacksnake whip, leaving her with severe injuries she died from Tuesday afternoon in Birmingham.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Thomas Smith
Smith
Birmingham
Alo
Deluge at Galveston Texas Leaves City Under Water
A devastating rainstorm floods Galveston forcing the closure of most businesses and central institutions. Water fills streets up to eight inches deep as traffic stalls and boats navigate flooded avenues. Many residents flee while some stay to endure the deluge.
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Galveston
Tex
Robbers loot Attica postoffice in $15,000 heist
Robbers blew the safe of the Attica postoffice nine miles west of Chicago Junction Ohio demolishing the two story brick building and securing about 15000 dollars. The loot included funds of the County Stair association and other organizations for which W F Uhle recently appointed postmaster had served as treasurer.
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Chicago Junction
Attica
O. Beven
County Stair Association
W. F. Uhle
England and Germany Will Not Swap African Territory
London officials deny any plans for ceding Zanzibar to Germany in exchange for African possessions. The statement clarifies that Great Britain does not intend to exchange territory with Germany in Africa.
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London
England
Germany
Africa
Great Britain
Zanziber
Afrian
Diaz Under Arrest in Mexico City as Huerta Consolidates Power
Frederico Diaz Gamboa, a presidential candidate ally, was placed under military arrest in Vera Cruz after key aides were seized and the plan for a Huerta backed coup d etat was outlined. The incident follows Huerta s tightening grip and moves to substitute his name for Diaz on the ballot. Several U S and Mexican officials brace for possible further actions as tensions rise in Washington and Manila and naval movements shift.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Telix Deaz
Huerte
Dise
Huerta
Diaz
Zaragoza
Havana
Mexico City
General Huerta
Great Britain
Remaal
United States
Mexico
Frederico Gambon
Ther Huerta
Congress
U. S
Manila
Talipao
Mindanao
Harry McElderry
U. 8
Will Ald Madero
Bryan
Charge O'Shaughnessy
National Palace
Lionel Garden
Portuguese Troops Mutiny at Vigo Front
Portuguese artillery regiment stationed in northern Portugal revolted near Vigo Spain. A Lisbon message lists political prisoners including society notables and officers. Despite government assurances alarming frontier reports and fighting were received throughout the day.
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Vigo
Spain
Fink Regiment
Storm kills and injures across Louisiana in deadly cyclone
New Orleans reports twenty or more dead and about 190 injured as storms sweep Louis iana. Damage exceeds half a million in New Orleans. Thibodaux, Luling area sees nine dead and 33 injured in plantation wreckage. Two negros killed on energy plantation. 11 injured. Twenty three laborer houses blown from their foundations. Ellington plantation path cut 500 feet wide.
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New Orleans
Louis Bor
Thibodaux Sud Luling
Algia Borne
White
Snormon
Ellington Plantation
Luling
Thaw Indicted By Jury In New York Conspiracy Case
A grand jury indicted Harry K Thaw and four others on a conspiracy charge connected to his escape from Matteawan state hospital in August. The group included Richard Butler Michael O Reate Roger Thompson and Eugene Dulty. Warrants issued in Dutchess County and ten arrest warrants turned over to district attorney detectives. Jerome to seek extradition papers from New Hampshire Governor Glynn. Thaw’s counsel argued he is insane and cannot be tried, citing Justice Seabury’s ruling on a prior witness.
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New York
Harry K- Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Willian Travers Jeronte
Thaw
New Hampshire
Richard Butler
Michael O'Reate
Roger” Thompson
Eugene Dulty
Dutchess County
Tench
Myr. Jerome
Glynn
Counslor Thaw
Justice Seabury
John N. Anhut
Mrs. C. W. Fairbanks Dies in Indianapolis Home
Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the former vice president, died at the Fairbanks mansion on Meridian Street after a pneumonia illness that began last Wednesday. She was 60, born in Marysville, Ohio, and survived by her mother aged 93, with five children at her bedside except Frederick of Los Angeles who was travels.
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Fairbanks
Pheumonia
Indianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
Meridian
Albert ¢. Kimberlin
Frederick Fairbanks
Los Angeles
Cal
Marysville
Tudge
P. D. Cole
War Head Leaves for Canal Inspection Tour
Secretary of War Lindley E. Gar rizon sailed on the steamer Colon for Panama for a canal inspection tour. He stated there is no political significance to the trip and it mirrors other travel he has conducted to different parts of the country.
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Canal
New York
Lindley EB. Garrizon
Colon
Panama
Steel Chief Blames Demagogy for Unrest and Trade Strains
Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, cites demagogy and selfish motives in public criticism as causes of unrest and disrupted business stability. He warns that attacks on wealth and proposed class legislation hamper capital investment and the nation’s industrial performance amid global competition.
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Sucersa
Chicago
Elbert H. Gary
United Steel Corporation
Gary
United States
Saya
Buble
Alays
President Wilson backs Glass-Owen bill against Vanderlip plan
Washington reports President Wilson voiced support for the Glass-Owen currency measure as it stands, while replying to the Vanderlip central banking plan. He would accept amendments to incidental features but opposes the radical changes proposed by Vanderlip, noting the bill fits current business needs.
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Washington
Wison
Glass Owen
House
Vanderlip
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Seven Deputies Injured in Red Jacket Mine Riot
Seven deputy sheriffs were injured, three seriously, during a riot at the Mineral Range depot in Red Jacket as they escorted strikebreakers to the mines. Strikers and women attacked with knives and clubs, with a banner-carrying woman beating deputies. fourteen arrests occurred, including two women, and five injured were hospitalized.
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Galumet
Miel
Red Jacket
Forty Perish When Ship Sinks Near Vasa Reef
Helsingfors Finland October 24 Forty sailors and passengers aboard the Finnish steamer Westkesten were drowned after the vessel struck a reef near Vasa in the Gulf of Bothnia. No one was rescued.
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Gulf of Bothnia
Helsingfors
Finland
Westkesten
Vasa
Seven Firemen Die In Milwaukee Goodyear Explosion
A catastrophic blast at the Goodyear Rubber Co building 384 385 East Water street Milwaukee killed seven firemen and injured eighteen as debris and shattered glass rained through the center of the city. The dead include Timothy Dwyer 49 year old pipeman Max Flaeschel 435 years old John Pense 30 George Clausen 37 Captain John H Doyle Walter J Freytag 23. The blaze started in the Goodyear Co building then exploded ripping walls and collapsing floors causing extensive property loss and spreading to adjacent businesses including Zimmermann Clothing Co and Western Electric. Fire department crews battled the stubborn flames before rescuers could reach the wreckage amid shifting bricks and debris.
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Milwaukee
Goodyear Rubber Company
East Water Street
Timothy Dwyer
Chemical
Max Flaeschel
John
Zimmerman Clothing Company
Roadyear Co
Robert Krocker
Western Electric Company
Goodyear Company
Aggies Crush Michigan in Western Championship Bid
Madison a score of 12 to 7 in favor of the Aggies crushed all Hope of a Western championship at Wisconsin. The Raine was sensational to watch though the farmers showed clear superiority throughout the game. Juan, the visitors’ plunging fullback, was responsible for most of their gains.
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Madison
Aggies
Wisconsin
Michigan
Juneau
Juan
German Lutheran church to observe golden jubilee
Green Bay church marks 60 years since founding in 1863. This milestone follows seven-year organization and four pastors who served the congregation ahead of the November 3 observance.
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Green Bay
Babe Dead in Auto Crash at Manasha
Frank Cerfas a prominent hotel man at Twin Lakes and his wife were badly injured when their car overturned near Manasha. Their nine month old daughter was killed instantly in the crash.
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Babe
Auto Craal
Menasha
Frank Cerfas
Twit Lakes
Youth Bound Self to Shore Declared Insane and Committed
A youth identified as Oshkosh Frank Riemer who bound himself and lay on the shore of Late Julie des Mort was found by three hunters and subsequently declared insane. He has been committed to the Northern Hospital for the Insane in Winnebago, Wisconsin.
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Oshkosh
Frank Riemer
Julie Des Mort
Ted
Winnebago
Wls
Dies In Kenosha Jail
Kingsley Chaffee aged 30 son of Charles Chaffee formerly of Los Angeles California was found dead in the county jail at Kenosha local authorities reported.
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Kenosha
Kingsley Chaffee
Charles Chaffee
Los Angeles
Cal
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Tlope
Frank McDermott
Johns Hopkins Colleges
Barnard
Wellesler
Kihled
West Jefferson
C. W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Daron
Union Traction
Thomya Smith
Tannesace
Ohio
Postoffice Safe
Frederico Gamboa
le Bellet
Hiram W, Johnson
Johnson
California
Massachusetts
Score
Louisiana
H. K. Thaw
Wilson
Lad
Goodyear Robber Co
Michigan Aggies
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