Tornadoes Strike South Central States Cause Deaths and Destruction
Severe storms sweeping the south central states from Tennessee to the Texas Panhandle killed and injured many and destroyed property valued in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Reports cite deaths in Stuttgart Arkansas Sidphur Springs Texas Booth Mississippi and Cullman Alabama with numerous homes demolished and telegraph wires down.
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South Central States
Louisville
Tennessee Line
Texas Panhandle
Stuttgart
Ark
Gerfield
Will Story
Story
Sidphur Springs
Texas
James Ardis
C. Caldwell
Rolling Fork
Miss
Booth
Birmingham
Ennis
Waxahatchie
Tex
Roscoe
Arkansas
Louisiana
Chattanooga
Cullman
Ala
George Stewart
Hanesville
Stewart
Tom Bowner
Night Firing Tests at Fort Caswell Satisfactory
Tests at Fort Caswell N C show 50 percent hits in night firing on a moving target at 1700 to 2000 yards using a 3 inch gun battery. Lighted projectiles and searchlights illuminated a 10 by 24 foot target. results deemed very satisfactory.
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Washington
Fort Caswell
N. C
Coast Artillery Corps
Haskell Memorial Home Burned Missing Children
Battle Creek Mich special. The Haskell Memorial Home was destroyed by fire Friday morning. Three of the thirty seven orphanage members are missing. Seven little girls leaped from a third story window but no fatalities are feared. James Armstrong 12 directed the falls and saved two girls.
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Haskell Memorial
Battle Creek
Mich
Haskell
James Armstrong
Foster Hanged for Murder in County Jail
Will Foster, a Black man twice convicted of killing John Young, a white countryman, was hanged in the Spartanburg county jail Friday morning. He declared his innocence before the black cap was placed and stated no further remarks.
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Spartanburg
D. C
Will Foster
John Young
Foster
Delaware Battleship Launched at Newport News
The great battleship Delaware was successfully launched at Newport News Yard. 5000 spectators witnessed the event as the vessel joins three sister ships to form a formidable squadron. The Delaware promises heavy armor, 21 knot speed, and superior defensive subdivision.
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Newport
News
Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Delaware
Congress
North Dakota
Quincy
Mass
Florida
New York Navy Yard
Utah
Camden
N. J
Taft Leaves Colon for New Orleans Tour
President-elect William H. Taft and party departed Colon on the cruiser North Carolina at six o clock Sunday evening headed for New Orleans. Accompanying them was the cruiser Montana. Taft said the Isthmus trip shows progress and good organization with strong esprit de corps and unwavering resolve among laborers building the canal. Engineers expect to report upon landing in New Orleans.
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Mr. Taft
Colon
Cable
William H. Taft
North Carolina
New Orleans
Montana
Taft
Isthmus
Prominent Asheville Man Dies by Self Inflicted Slash
James M. Hyatt, a well known Asheville businessman, told his wife he would shave downstairs then locked doors and used a razor to cut his throat. He died soon after the act was found, with ill health given as the sole apparent cause.
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Asheville
N. C
James M. Hyatt
Fire destroys 26 homes in Macon blaze
A Sunday morning fire in a Wilder Street cottage rapidly spread through south Macon driven by strong winds. The blaze destroyed 26 residences with total losses around $40,000, including both buildings and personal property.
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Macon
Wilder Street
Fire in Charlottesville Totals 250000 Losses
A Friday blaze in Charlottesville Virginia caused extensive damage with estimated losses around 250000. Fire crews battled the flames as investigators began assessing cause and impact on local businesses and residents.
Bryan Denies The Jacksonville Car Accident Story
Jacksonville telegram reports William Jennings Bryan arriving from Deland at seven on Sunday morning and refuting a story that he suffered a severe automobile crash near Tarpon Springs and was treated in a Tampa hotel.
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Liam Jennings Bryan
Jacksonville
Deland
Tarpon Springs
Tampa
Roosevelt Defends Federation Policy in Anti-Japanese School Legislation
President Roosevelt issues a telegram to Speaker Staton defending federal policy toward Japan and California. He argues the anti-Japanese school bill harms mutual respect while the United States and Japan should pursue open travel and education with minimal friction. He warns the bill violates treaty and could prompt federal court action.
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Washington, Special
Pacific Slope
Roosevelt
Philip A. Staton
California Assembly
California
West
Japan
Pacific
United States
Nevada Senate Debates Anti Alien Land Act
Carson Nev special The Assembly bill prohibiting Japanese and Chinese from acquiring lands or acting as corporation agents reached the Senate Monday. The Senate sent it to the judiciary committee along with the anti Japanese resolution instead of to Federal relations as done in the Assembly.
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Carson
Assembly
Senate
Federal Relations Committee
Judiciary Committee
Protest Filed Over Rainey Speech in House
Panama minister Aros emana filed a formal protest at the State Department over a recent House speech by Representative Rainey of Illinois that attacked President Obaldia of Panama. The protest follows official instructions from Panama.
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Rainey
Washington
D. C
Manchster Lodging House Fire Claims Five More Lives
In Manchester a boarding house fire suffocated three workers who died Monday morning. Fifteen lodgers were hospitalized with flames and smoke effects, and five of them later died. Three hundred men slept there Sunday night. most had left for work when the fire began. A few were injured leaping from windows.
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Manchester
Captain Potts Assigned to Command the Georgia
Captain T M Potts, on duty at the Washington navy yard, has been selected to command the battleship Georgia. He takes over from Captain Edward F Qualbrough who was suspended after a Gibraltar court martial. Potts’ last sea duty was with the cruiser Des Moines.
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Washington
T. M. Potts
Washington Navy Yard
Georgia
Edward F. Qualbrough
Gibraltar
Potts
Des Moines
Doings of Congress Enacted From Day to Day
Summary of Important Proceeding reports Teller argues for full executive information. Senate debates and executive sessions consider Crum nomination and district appropriations. House forest service criticisms, pension bills, and public notices dominate. Veto message on census bill noted. Allison eulogies fill Senate.
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Teller
Colorado
Senate
Bacon
Congress
W. D. Crum
Charleston
S. C
House
Department of Agriculture
Lever
South Carolina
Heflin
Alabama
Sturgis
West Virginia
Forest Service
Lee
Washington
Mondell
Wyoming
Bureau of Forestry
Aussie
Bartholdt
Missouri
Willis B. Moore
Weather Bureau
District of Columbia
William D. Crum
8. C
Smith
California
Cook
Pinchot
Wilson
Mr. Pinchot
Forest
William B. Allison
Iowa
United States
House of Representatives
Allison
Clayton
Crompacker
Census Committee
Committee On
New York
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Rio Grande
Wireless telegraphy urged for ocean steamers in Congress debate
In Norfolk Virginia Representative Lath notes that ships carrying many passengers should be required to install wireless telegraphy and trained operators. The President cites life-saving use of radio and plans for federal rules to prevent monopolies while debates on Crum and race topics continue in Senate sessions.
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Congress
United States
Navy Department
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coast
United Sta
Senate
Crum
Tillman
Ye Gary
South
Poland
Natives and Missionaries Prompt Food and Faith Question
A fragment discusses natives of Zambique and a traveling missionary's boxes grease and church hopes. The Louisville Journal is cited with questions about superiority and the natives' role in religious outreach.
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Zambique
Louisville
Korea's Average Annual Rieo Oun Figure Cited
The report states Korea's average annual rieo oun is 2,560,000,000, highlighting the national economic metric.
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Korea
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