Massive Fire Destroys Stone and Fleming Oil Works
Sept. 14 Long Island City oil refinery blaze at the Stone and Fleming works of Standard Oil covered twenty acres. A tank explosion sparked a fire that consumed thousands of gallons of oil and spread to nearby plants including Columbia Distilling. Nine searchlights lit the scene as crews fought the flames. three fireboat crewmen were killed and many bystanders and workers were injured.
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New York
Stone and Fleming Works
Standard Oil Company
Long Island City
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Platt Works
Newton Creek
Stone and Fleming
Columbia Distilling Company
Platt
Harvard Endowment Men To Visit Quincy
A Harvard endowment campaign team heads from Boston to tour the country and mobilize alumni for the $11 000 000 drive. Elliott Wadsworth leads with President A Lawrence Lowell Prof Taussig and Prof Munro. Illinois meetings listed in Bloomington Chicago Danville Decatur Jacksonville Peoria Quincy Rockford Springfield.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Endowment Fund
Harvard
Boston
Elliott Wadsworth
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
W. Taussig
United States Tariff Commission
William L. Munro
Department of Municipal Government
State of Illinois
Bloomington
Chicago
Danville
Decatur
Jacksonville
Peoria
Quincy
Rockford
Springfield
Explosion damages big grain elevators in Kansas City
One man missing and fifteen wounded, likely fatally, after a blast wrecked the Burling ton elevators in north Kansas City Saturday afternoon. Firemen fought for nearly two hours. hose lines stretched across the Missouri river bridge before the fire was brought under control late Saturday.
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Kansas City
Burlington
Missouri River Bridge
Pershing Was An Ordinary Boy Not A Hero
In Laclede Missouri September 13 1860 John Pershing is described as an ordinary boy not a booming prodigy. Local residents deny sensational tales and emphasize a studious hardworking youth who avoided fighting and courting, growing into a respected figure without romantic legend. The town preserves its quiet frontier character and notes Pershing as its long remembered leading native.
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Laclede
John Pershing
Prairie Mound
Jim
John
Pershing
Cream Ridge
Captain Henley
Persting
Policemen Forged Out Says Gompers Blames Curtis
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor blamed Police Commissioner Edwin Curtis for the Boston police strike. He said Curtis provoked the situation with autocratic actions and urged Governor Coolidge to allow a cool, deliberate review once passions subside.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Boston
Edwin Curtis
Curtis
Gompers
Coolidge
Italian Volunteers Take Fiume Entry Under Veil
Gabriel D Annunzio arrived in Fiume with grenadiers and armored vehicles from Ronshi this afternoon in violation of government orders. No disorders were reported by night. Venice reports D Annunzio secretly joined Tuesday night with volunteers occupying Fiume. General Pepine Garibaldi among them.
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Rome
Gabriel D‘annunzio
Fiume
Ronshi
Arditti
Venice
Gabriel D'Anounzio
Tuuteney
T Fa
Peppine” Garibald
Wilson Launch Collision Near Washington Harbor
President Wilson's launch collided with another boat in the harbor on Saturday afternoon. He was not injured.
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Wilson
Alaush
Wash
Decisive Defeat for Russian Reds at Tsaritsyn
London dated Sept 14, the war department reports a decisive victory over Bolshevik forces at Tsaritsyn led by Gen. Denekine. About 9,000 prisoners were taken along with 11 guns and 100 machine guns. Three Bolshevik regiments surrendered and two were destroyed as the main attack was aided by a Volga flotilla and pressed for three days.
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London
War Department
Tsaritsyn
Denekine
Volga
Card Sharks Target Camp Grant Soldiers in Transit
Gangs of professional card sharks prey on discharged soldiers from Camp Grant on trains leaving the camp. Officials of the department of justice say investigations show schemes to induce soldiers to deposit money in banks or exchange it for drafts.
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Rockford
Ill
Department of Justice
Permanent Aviation Field At Camp Grant
Rockford Sept 14 The War Department plans permanent aviation fields at Camp Grant Funston and Dodge by next spring. Colonel Joseph C Morrow head of air service for the central department says pilots will not be trained on these new fields.
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Rockford
Permmanent
Coal dock lockout ends. Duluth workers return
At a conference in Duluth Minnesota coal dock workers who had halted unloading for weeks reached an agreement. They agreed to return to work on Monday ending threatened coal shortages across the northern region this winter.
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Duluth Minn
Return to Work Follows Boston Police Strike
Boston police head Curtis shuts headquarters to strikers, vows to fill vacant posts with a new force. Attorney General Wyman says posts are vacant, Army veteran recruits possible, pay raises sought. Gompers backs return to work without immediate union recognition as city braces for a possible general strike.
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Boston
Curtis
President Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bruce Wyman
Coolidge
John F. McInnis
Policemen's Union
Army
Navy
Gompers
New York
Central Labor Union
Three Killed When Train Strikes Auto Near Crisfield
In Crisfield Maryland on September 14 Edward W McCready a Chicago manufacturer and Miss Margaret Steinbach a Chicago nurse were instantly killed when the auto they rode in was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train. McCready's eight year old daughter Sue Ann died a few minutes later.
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Crisfield, Md
Edward W. McCready
Chicago
Margaret Steinbach
City
Sue Ann McCready
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
The Meat Book Free Guide From The Quincy Whig
Government expert says price per pound hides true meat value and invites readers to request The Meat Book. The free booklet analyzes cuts beef veal lamb mutton and pork, showing flavor cooking value and cost usefulness for buyers. Send name and address with a 2 cent stamp to The Quincy Whig Information Bureau Washington D C.
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Whig
Quincy Whig
Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haakin
Washington, D.C
Chamberlain Attacks Army Bill as Militarism Run Mad
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon says the army reorganization creating a 600000-strong force would perpetuate unchecked executive power and military despotism. He warns the bill strips Congress of oversight, centralizes control under the general staff, and duplicates wartime bureaus with waste and inefficiency. He contrasts wartime general staff dominance with the Navy’s retained bureau system.
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Washington
Chamberlain
Oregon
Senate Military Committee
Congress
War Department
General Staff
Senator Chamberlain
Navy
Galveston Harbor Storm Rising Tide Forcing Evacuations
Reports to the weather bureau from Galveston Saturday night described rapidly rising tides flooding low areas on the island and residents fleeing to the city in panic. A 10 mile northeast wind drove the Galveston tide to 6.4 feet at 11 o clock and still climbing.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Galveston
Flu Likely to Reappear Says Army Surgeon General
Surgeon General Blue of the Public Health Service warns that influenza may recur this year though not as severe as last winter. Officials should prepare. prior attack provides partial immunity. no definite preventive exists beyond sanitation and avoiding contact. The epidemic is linked to rising pneumonia mortality, and studies suggest it was not a new importation but preceded by mild fore runners. Immunity from early infection appears partial and not absolute.
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Wastington
General Blue
The
Public Health Service
Mexican bandits seize paymaster near Eagle Pass
Mexican bandits stopped the Escondido mine paymaster fifteen miles from here in Mexico on Saturday, took 4000 dollars, and fled in the paymaster s car. Local authorities issued a caution and began a search for the vehicle and suspects.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Escondido
Mexico
House doubles allowance for disabled vets
Washington Sept 14 The House passed unanimously a major revision of the war risk insurance act boosting monthly compensation for disabled soldiers sailors and their families. Rates rise to 80 for a single man 90 for a man with wife or child 95 with wife and one child and 100 with wife and two or more children. The act also classifies disabilities as partial temporary total and partial permanent with payments tied to earning capacity. Automatic coverage extends to all who would qualify except those who refused insurance and were later accepted. Beneficiary classes broaden to include uncles aunts nephews nieces brothers in law and sisters in law and the definition of parent is extended to those who stood in loco parentis.
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Washington
President Wilson Reviews Pacific Fleet in Seattle
President Wilson reviewed the Pacific fleet from the battleship Oregon in Elliott Bay, Seattle, the first time a U S president flew his flag there. An onshore launch collision narrowly endangered the presidential party, but the president remained composed.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Wilson
Oregon
Elliott Bay
Daniels
Secret Service
Foote
Navy
Wettengel
Anchorage
Definite Reports On Big Gulf Storm Hit New Orleans
New Orleans reports confirm hurricane damage along the Louisiana coast west of the Mississippi. Winds reached 52 miles per hour as weather bureau halyards were torn down. The Louisville and Nashville railroad canceled gulf coast trains. Observers warned the storm center had not yet reached the mainland and predicted gales and rising tides from Velasco to Brownsville. Railway tracks suffered heavy damage along the coast.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Burwood
Weather Bureau
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
District Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Velasco
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
New York
Prohibition Enforcement Bill Standoff Continues
Liberalice Day. Bill, Washington, Sept. 14. Senate and House conferees on the House prohibition enforcement bill were unable Saturday to reach final agreement, but expect to complete their work next week.
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Bill
Washington
Senate
House
Lynching of Two Mexicans Shocks Pueblo
In Pueblo Colorado on Saturday night a mob abducted two Mexican section hands Jose Gonzales and Santos Ortes from the city jail and hanged them from the Fourth Street bridge at the city limits. The bodies were discovered about 45 minutes later. Authorities indicate rumors and a false telephone call contributed to a breakdown in police presence at Pepper Sauce bottoms, fueling the lynching after their arrest for Patrolman Jeff Evans’s murder. The incident follows initial reports that the men were transferred to the county jail and that additional hangings occurred, which proved false.
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Fourth Street
Union Debates Admission of Negro Members in Rail Way
In Detroit a heated convention of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers discusses admitting Negro workers as full members. Grand President A. E. Barker and Grand Secretary-Treasurer Geo. Seal were re elected. Delegates will continue voting next week. A proposed working agreement standardizes wages and overtime rules, grants seniority promotions, and preserves appeal rights. The union opposes any platform seeking a proletarian autocracy.
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Detroit
Mich
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
A. E. Barker
Geo. Seal
Brotherhood
United States
Canada
Brother Resd
Washington
Railroad Administration
Station Armed Guards To Stop Beer Runners
Illinois Attorney General Brundage approved a plan to station armed guards at the Illinois Wisconsin state line to halt shipments of beer into Chicago from Wisconsin. States Attorney Welch of Lake County proposed the idea after beer was moved by boat, auto, and wagon, sometimes hidden under hay. in Woodstock 15,000 pints were seized and destroyed.
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Chicago
Brundage
Illinois
Illinois- Wisconsin State Line
Wisconsin
Welch
Lake County
Ilinois
Woodstock
Mining Men Taken By Armed Mexican Gang
Dr J M Smith and E Monson American mining men captured by ten armed mounted Mexicans nine miles from Chihuahua City. They were seized from a mining company cabin after a payroll at the Buena Tierra mines was robbed.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
J. M. Smith
E. Monson
Buena Tierra
Woman Shoots Self at Summerfield Home in Tragic Act
Sept 13 Ocala Florida. Mrs A B Downes formerly of Cedar Rapids Ia took her life at her Summerfield residence firing two rifle shots through the heart. She had been in poor health recently.
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Ocala
Fila
A. B. Downes
Cedar Rapids
Summerfield
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Pershings
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John J. Pershing
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Galveston Harbor
Surgeon General
Pueblo
Railway Union
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