Bridge Crash Kills Several On Cleveland Streetcars
Four bodies recovered and dozens hospitalized after the West Third Street bridge collapses when a southbound streetcar loses brakes and slams into a northbound car. The wooden span gives way, dumping both cars onto tracks near the Cuyahoga River as rescue crews race to aid survivors and secure the weakened structure. Passengers include women shoppers. officials vow a strict inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
West Third Street
Cuyahoga River
HH. T. Daniel
Daniel
Otto Dorchert
D.Y Keefe
Motoman
Two Women Injured in Auto Accident East of City
Jacksonville October 4 Mrs E B Jones of Springfield and Miss Ada Ifwseman of Pittsfield were injured when their automobile ran into an embankment ten miles east of the city on the state road around 4:30 Sunday afternoon. Ben Nieber and Mr Jones escaped injury aside from a shake up. An Airedale dog on the running board was killed and the car wrecked with three wheels torn off the radiator smashed and fenders destroyed. Miss Huseman suffers scalp wounds and cuts to the face and head. Mrs Jones bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
E. B. Jones
Springfield
Ada Ifwseman
Pittsfield
Our Savior's Hospital
Ben Nieber
Jones
Airedale
Huseman
Mra. Jones
Joo
Bernstorff to Visit President Wilson in New Jersey
Count Von Bernstorff German ambassador to the United States will call on President Wilson in Long Branch New Jersey next Monday. He will deliver a personal letter from the German emperor in response to requests for relief supplies to Poland. The visit sparks peace rumor speculation but officials say no link to submarine warfare or other signals.
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Long Branch
N. J
Count von Bernstorff
U. S
Wilson
Poland
Europe
Germany
Gerard
Berlin
Shadow Lawn
Close Contest for Grand Warder in Illinois Knights Templars
In Decatur the Illinois Knights Templars held a tight race for grand warder with Harry W. Uwanson of Princeton winning on the fourth ballot. Other candidates were Horace Herbert Halliday Cairo Warry LaFayette Smith Springfield and Warren E. Hickox Kankakee. Officers will be installed at the closing session and a 1907 conclave in Chicago is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Illinois
Knights Templars
Harry W. Uwanson
Princeton
Horace Herbert Halliday
Cairo
Warry LaFayette Smith
Springfield
Warren E. Hickox
Kankakee
Beaumanoir Band
Andrew Jackson Redmond
Oak Park
Andrew Logan Henderson
Lincoln
James McCredie
Aurora
Milton Everett Robinson
Chicago
Louis Emmerson
Mt. Vernon
Roland Martin Hollock
Frank Fox
Senator Jones files murder guilt suits over town furor
State Senator FE Jones served notice on nine persons that he will seek 25 000 from each for allegedly fomenting belief he killed Moore and others in 1812. He cites idle fortune teller chatter and a funeral procession as triggering the accusations. The defendants include private detective John Wilkerson and several townspeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilelisca
Towa
Jones
J.T. Moore
Sanechiryasaint
W. T. Witlett
Ross RK
Moore
W. J. Ewing
W. W. Arnold
J. L. Gourley
Ed Northrup
A. Db. Silverthorpe
L. P. Benton
Taft and Roosevelt Meet at Hughes Reception
Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft exchanged brief greetings at a Union League club reception for Charles E Hughes in New York. They stood in a receiving line with other leaders and did not converse beyond common greetings. Roosevelt later praised Lincoln and urged steadfast stand for justice in a wartime crisis while taft described their handshake as proper.
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York
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Union League Club
Charles E. Hughes
Mr. Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Hughes
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Depew
Mr. Aft
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Hughes
Abraham Lincoln
Root
Mr. Root
Thomas R. Lounsberry
Yale University
Prof. Tatt
Wm. R. Willcox
George R. Sheldon
Mr. Sheldon
Mr. Slughes
Depew
Depew, Mr. Taft, Gen. Horace Porter, Former President of the Club; Gov. Whitman
New York
Fall
New Mexico
Berkman
Rhode Island
Willcox
Calder
Weeks
Baron
W. Cameron Forbes
Teddy
Comerce
Tedkly
Bridges Blown Up by Germans on Eastern Front
Rain hampers operations in the west as fighting renews on the east front. Romanian and Russian forces press in Transylvania and Dobrudja while German monitors destroy pontoon bridges. Reports from Rome and Sofia hint at fortress evacuations and continued incursions across fronts.
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East Front
London
Transylvania
Dobrudja
Danube
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Contanza
Sofia
Rome
von Mackensen
Silistria
Turtukat
Somme
France
Paris
Rancourt
Eaucourt L’abbeye
Galicia
Russia
Lutsk
Zlota Lipa River
Petrograd
Katmak Calan
Mogleni
Berlin
Struma
Lake Tahinos
Starkoy Grob
Florina
All Guard Units to See Service
Washington reports the first Kansas infantry and several eastern national guard groups will be mustered out once the Michigan contingent reaches the border. National guard units in mobilization camps will be sent to the border in the immediate future, with border units returned home as new forces arrive. Remaining units in Alabama Georgia Florida North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia Colorado New Hampshire New York and Mississippi will head south, with only small detachments left in most states.
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Washington
Baker
Kansas Infantry
Michigan
National Guard
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Colorado
New Hampshire
New York
Mississippi
Madama
Strikers Held for Fatal Shooting in Ottawa
Rosa Fra mer, vice president of the Chicago Port and Cement company of Oglesby, and two others were bound over to the grand jury on charges tied to a fatal shooting of Naomi Williams, a one year old girl and target of a cement plant strike. William Groat of Chicago and E L Musgrove of Ottawa were held with Fra mer. Williams remained near death at La Salle hospital.
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Ottawa
Til
Rosa Framer
Chicago Porth and Cement Company
Oglesby
William Groat
Chicago
E. L. Musgrove
Frazier
Naomi Wiliams
la Salle
New York Border Ballot Sets Record Length
New York state troops on the Mexican border will use a ballot eight feet four inches long on election day. It is the longest ballot ever used by New York voters. Francis M. Tlugs, secretary of state, will send ballots to the troops on the border.
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New York State
New York
Francis M. Tlugs
Jarabase
War Board Finds U S Airmen Efficient
Washington Oct 4 The special War Department board that investigated military aeronautics reported Tuesday that its inquiry did not substantiate allegations of inefficiency by army officers but showed that development of this service is being conducted with energy and foresight The statement responded to criticisms that appeared as editorials in the metropolitan press and signatures by Henry Woodhouse and Alan R Hawley of the Aero Club of America and promised national confidence in the air program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Special War Department Board
Military Aeronautics
Army
War Department
Metropolitan
Henry Woodhouse
Alan R. Hawley
The
Aero Club of America
Marshall Defends Wilson In Peoria Speech
Vice President Marshall addressed thousands at the Peoria coliseum Tuesday night defending Democratic administration policies and attacking Republican campaign methods. He said the Mexican question and the eight hour law are not campaign issues, urging GOP pledge to repeal the Adamson law before it becomes a factor, and framed the choice as peace or war tied to the Monroe Doctrine.
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Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Peoria
Oct
Marshall
Congress
Chicago Police Raid Public Gaming Joint
Chicago police raided a west side hotel where 27 people including a woman were found amid money as winners announced in a Louisville race. The case targets the slot machine trade with claims that the Sportsman's club sold life memberships to saloonkeepers and gamblers for 100 dollars and provided police protection.
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Chicago
West Side
Louisville
Landis
Moyne
Sportsman's Club
Fire in Orion destroys several buildings in Rock Island area
A man stepped on a match while watching a friend refuel an auto near Orion Illinois. A blaze spread to business buildings and homes, causing about 50,000 dollars in damage before crews from Moline and Rock Island saved the town. In Tortio, Japan, Prime Minister Okuma resigned Tuesday aged and cabinet members also offered resignations to the emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Orion
Here
Moline
Tortio
Ucount Okuma
Japan
River Steamer Belle of the Bends Floated
Alton October 4 The steamboat Belle of the Bends which sank in the Mississippi River last February was raised and floated Tuesday.
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Alton
Millions Are Destitute in Armenian Syrian Relief Drive
A new American relief campaign launches to raise five million dollars to aid one million destitute Armenians and Syrians scattered from Turkey to Palestine. The appeal details massacres and famine, notes Turkish consent for joint Red Cross relief, and cites horrific stories of expulsion, starvation, and mass killings in Aleppo Deir Zor and Aleppo areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasitington
Belgian Relief Commission
American Committee For
Turkey
Persia
Syria
Palestine
State Department
Torough
American Red Cross
Turkish Red Cross
Wilson
Armenia
Aleppo
Erzrook
Deir Zor
Ana
Sheriff shoots inhumane wretch near Louisville
Oct 4 report from Louisville says Hoy Dickson a 27 year old resident of Danville described as photographer and salesman was shot and killed after resisting arrest for decoying Catherine Lethig 12 from her home in Louisville suburbs. Rural police pursued by Bagdad and Frankfort directions. Sheriff J K Smith of Shelby county and an assistant fired when Dickson refused to surrender and brandished a shotgun. A search for the child had continued since Monday and her statements indicated mistreatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Hoy Dickson
Danville
Catherine Lethig
Louisvile
Frankfort
J. K. Smith
Shelby County
Bagdad
Dickson
Shu
Five Candidates for Conductress in Eastern Star Race
Springfield dispatch notes five candidates vie for associ ate grand conductress of the grand chapter of the Twinvisa Order of Eastern Star. The field includes Mesdames Amy Stephenson Vivir Scott Jennie Turpin Lena Wennington and Grace Steeley. Election to be held this morning with bylaws reported for action and a proposed disfranchising measure on grand matrons and patrons expected to fail.
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Springfield
Twinvis Order of Eastern Star
Amy Stephenson
Vivir Scott
Jennie Turpin
Lena Wennington
Chicago
Grace Steeley
Bloomington
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Jarry L. Davis
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Farrell
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Kaiser
Knight Templar
Villisca
Iowa
Atlantic City
Reichstag
United States
Ware
Mexico
Fraitt
San Domings
San Domingo
Hai
High Seas
America
Union of the
United States of America
Uuehes
WAR Board
ASK Rage Fund For
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