Chilean quake toll rises with Valparaiso damage
Early reports from Santiago indicate the August quake caused heavy damage in Valparaiso and eastern districts of the city while Valparaiso’s rail and telegraph links were crippled. Up to 500 dead reported there with Santiago listing 20 and authorities mobilizing relief efforts amid looming famine and looting.
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Valparaiso
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Martinique
Fort de France
Roosevelt calls for stand on Congressmen amid Bryan Sullivan clash
Peoria August meeting foresees heated demo battles as Judge Owen P Thompson says Bryan will not accept a Sullivan endorsed convention. Ex congressmen Rainey and others forecast Sullivan control while Thompson announces Bryan non endorsement. Roosevelt letter urges Congress to act on reforms and tariff issues.
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Roger C. Sullivan
Owen P. Thompson
Jacksonville
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Sullivan
Judge Thompson
Henry Z. Rainey
Carrollton
Thompson
Sullivan-Bryan
State Central Committee
Williams
Kerns
C. C. Boggs
Resolutions Committee
Committee On Resolutions
National
Friends
National Committee
Roosevelt
Yellow fever case reported near New Iberia Louisiana
New Orleans dispatch reports a yellow fever case in New Iberia marked by isolation on the town’s edge. President Irrion of the state board of health arrives with his staff to oversee fumigation and screening under health officials supervision.
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New Orleans
New Iberia
Irrion
State Board of Health
Railroads Raise Age Limit in Pittsburg Hiring Push
Pittsburg lines struggle to staff trains as some railroads raise or drop age limits for new workers. A flood of freight demand, driven by unprecedented crops, forces higher wages and widespread ads for brakemen and conductors to avert a fall backlog.
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Pittsburg
Seven Die In Pennsylvania Freight Train Wreck
Johnstown Pa August 20 1930 a fast freight on the Pennsylvania Railroad crashed into a work train at Lang Hollow killing seven and injuring seven more with four likely to die. Engineer Woods survived with injuries as rain blinded the following Fort Wayne freight arriving just before impact.
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Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lang Hollow
Woods
Fort Wayne
Lempke Dies Percinctill Death Sentence?
Pitcher Harry Lempke of the Ottumwa club in the Iowa State League was operated on for appendicitis after a sudden illness in Marshalltown. He is sinking with little hope for recovery, according to hospital physicians.
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Marshalltown
Harry Lempke
Ottumwa Baseball Club
Iowa State League
Bandit Escapes After Week of Cass Township Terror
Webster City Iowa August 20 special report says Sheriff Thompson and Bosse have ended the search for J McElhaney who has terrorized Cass township with holdups and attempted murders over the past week. It is believed the bandit has fled miles away.
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Webster City
Cass Township
Thompson
Bosse
J. McElhaney
Japanese Paper Demands Warship Protection at Honolulu
An August 20 Honolulu report states the local Japanese newspaper demanded a Japanese warship be sent to protect Japanese residents from what it calls insolent Americans. The piece notes rising tensions between Japanese and American communities in the city.
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Honolulu
Mikado
Harriman Stocks Lead Market Rally on Opening
Stock market in New York shows lively activity with Harriman stocks at the forefront. Union Pacific rises to 185 and Southern Pacific hits a new high, with Amalgamated Copper Great Northern preferred Northern Pacific American Smelting Anaconda Atchison Reading and Illinois Central also advancing. First hour volume exceeds 600000 shares amid profit taking later in the hour.
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Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Great Northern Preferred
Northern Pacific
American Smelting
Anaconda
Atchison, Reading
Illinois Central
Illinois Republicans Near Harmony Nominate Tomorrow
Sprimerfield Aug 20 The Republican state convention will meet tomorrow with nominations for state treasurer superintendent of public instruction and three state university trustees. Four candidates vie for treasurer led by Andrew J. Russell and John M. Smulski. The event and platform likely settled in caucus before selection. Gov Deneen and leaders attend funeral in Bloomington leaving rank and file inactive.
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Ill
State University
Andrew J. Russell
Jacksonville
John M. Smulski
Chicago
Deneen
Bloomington
Springfield
Neville
Union Endorsement Fight Roils Gompers Federation Meeting
Chicago August 20. The federation of labor faced a heated dispute over repudiating union political candidates who accepted party nominations. A postponement of a black-balling action followed fierce protests from candidates' supporters led by Escher of the machinists union. The controversy centers on a 25 member political action committee and a plan to repudiate both Republican and Democratic tickets.
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Chicago
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Political Action Committee
Fitzpatrick
Escher
The
Machinists’ Union
Frank Buchanan
William McDermott
Organized
Actor Lewis Morrison Dies After Stomach Operation
New York mourns actor Lewis Morrison age 61 known for Mephisto in Faust who died of shock following a stomach operation at St. John's hospital Yonkers. Ill last week he planned to travel to San Francisco but was delayed. At his bedside were his daughters Miss Rosalie Morrison and Mabel wife of Richard Bennett and Mrs Florence Roberts.
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New York
Lewis Morrison
Mephisto
Faust
St. John’s Hospital
Yonkers
Mr. Morrison
Rosalie Morrison
Neperhan Heights
Mabel
Richard Bennett
Bennett
Florence Roberts
Jerome Signals Run for New York Governor
William Travers Jerome, independent Democrat and former district attorney of New York County, announced Sunday his willingness to run for governor if nominated by the Democratic convention. He pledged to obey his oath in letter and spirit if elected, amid ongoing talk of his candidacy following his election victory last November.
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New York
William Travers Jerome
New York County
Jerome
Manchuria Runs Aground Near Rabbit Island Honolulu
Pacific Mail steamship Manchuria with 150 passengers and 8000 tons of freight went aground on a reef at Rabbit Island near Honolulu after sailing from San Francisco on August 14 bound for Honolulu and the Orient.
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Rabbit Island
Honolulu
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
San Francisco
Orient
Oil Prices Dip Again Refiners Cut Four Cents
In Cleveland on August 20 refined oil prices fell by four cents per gallon as refining grades declined.
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Cleveland, O
Bank Wreck Death Update and Salvation Moves
Chicago reports another death linked to the Milwaukee Avenue Bank collapse as Edward Kollereb 45 hanged himself after loss fears. Meanwhile 3000 depositors pressed to back the Fetzer receivership and reject conflicting interests at a Schoenhofen hall meeting with a six member committee guiding aid to defrauded customers.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Edward Kollereb
Kollereb
Dawes
Milwaukee Avenue Cooperative
Stensland Enterprise
Fetzer
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
John C. Fetzer
Schoenhofen's Hall
Milwaukee Avenue
Paul O. Stensland
Northwest Side
Forest Fires A Menace Over Vast Minnesota Ranges
In Duluth Minnesota on August 20 the absence of wind threatens a reign of terror as fires burn near Mesaba and Vergillion ranges endangering towns mines and property. Residents carry out back fires to halt spread.
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Minn
Mesaba
Vergillion
Woman saves two from drowning at Blue River near Swope Park
Miss Lucy Walters a nurse plunged into the Blue river near Swope park and dragged Nellie Abers 13 and Mrs A Howard to safety after they sank while swimming. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon in Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
Lucy Walters
Swope Park
Blue River
Nellie Abers
A. Howard
Tokio Midshipman Matsukata Dies at Annapolis Navy Hospital
Midshipman Kingiro Matsukata of Tokio Japan died at the Naval Academy Hospital in Annapolis after a two week illness of typhoid fever complicated with peritonitis. He was 19 and entered the academy in June this year by special arrangement with the Japanese government.
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Annapolis
Kingiro Matsukata
Tokio
Japan
Naval Academy Hospital
Academy
Insurrection Breaks Out Near Havana In Cuban Uprising
In Havana province General Quintin Bandora a noted independence fighter left Arroyo Arenas with over twenty men and may have been joined by an armed band from Havana. The government confirms Bandora has risen. Senate and House meet informally to assess the crisis. General Demetrio Castillo ex governor and J G Gomez La Lucha editor were arrested at El Caney for inciting revolt.
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Havana
Quintin Bandora
Arroyo Arenas
Santiago
J. G. Gomez
la Lucha
el Caney
Dowie and Voliva Agree to Unite Zion Leadership
Chicago Aug 20 John Alexander Dowie and Wilbur Glenn Voliva have reached an agreement to bury differences and unite Zion governance. Dowie remains first apostle of the Christian Catholic church for life while Voliva and associates control temporal affairs.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion
Voliva
Death of noted horseman Michael F. Dwyer in New York
Michael F. Dwyer, the renowned horseman, died Sunday in New York. His life and career left a lasting mark on the racing world.
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Michael F. Dwyer
New York
Diamond smugglers busy as jewels enter secretly
New York reports a surge in smuggling with more diamonds and jewels brought into the country by tourists than ever before. Duty is not paid on about half of the items entering, as tourists pass jewels in secretly.
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New York
Bedford Woman Rescued After Suicide Attempt in Cistern
Bedford Indiana August 20 Mrs Bert Foster 35 driven to insanity by illness tried to kill herself by jumping into a cistern Sunday morning. She drowned herself then regained her senses when she rose and grabbed the pump stock and cried for help.
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Bedford, Ind
Bert Foster
Sharpshooters From Company C Headed to Des Moines Rifle Match
Lieutenants Lockhart and Othmer, Sergeants Fifer and McDougal, and Corporal Robertson compose the Company C sharpshooters leaving at 3:00 PM for Des Moines. Captain Norton also departed yesterday to assume duties on the state rifle range as the competition starts tomorrow morning.
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Othmer
Fifer
McDougal
Robertson
Company C
Des Moines
Norton
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