Volcanic Inferno Strikes St Vincent and Nearby Isles
Reports from St Vincent describe La Soufriere in full eruption with fiery lava, ash showers, and widespread destruction. Death toll estimates climb toward 2000 as Kingston remains safe and aid from the United States and consular figures is organized. Paralleling turmoil, Vesuvius shows activity and Martinique faces famine while Mont Pelée erupts.
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Kingston
St. Vincent
Fort Gerrance
United States
Hunt
Porto Rico
Louis H. Ayme
Guadeloupe
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
Morgan to negotiate Spain Atlantic shipping entry
Madrid May 14 reports J Pierpont Morgan plans to visit Spain to negotiate entry of the Spanish trans Atlantic company into Atlantic shipping.
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Madrid
J. Pierpont Morgan
Spain
trans-Atlantic
President's Appeal for Cash Help in Relief Effort
Washington May 14 A White House proclamation forms a nationwide relief appeal for Martinique and St Vincent disasters. Committees in western cities coordinate rapid collections led by Corneling Bliss with postmasters and bank presidents as agents. London notes U S aid and questions Britain may follow with similar steps.
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Washington
White House
Martinique
St. Vincent
Corneling N. Bliss
New York
Chicago
J. J. Mitchell
Marvin Hughitt
Marshall Field
Graeme Stewart
Milwaukee
P. G. Bigelow
Charles FP. Pfister
Fred Pabst
Detroit
Confession Shocks Officers in Church Murder Case
John Poleet admits killing Charles Iaakson in a frenzy and offers no defense. He says he cannot explain the act, remains faithful to his religion, and accepts the consequences. Poleet, a young evangelist with two children, had been viewed with sympathy by investigators. In Minneapolis, an ex par te council convened to address church affairs over Rev W B Riley at First Baptist.
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Springfield
Wils
John Poleet
Charles Iaakson
Poleet
Gerena
Minneapolis
Minn
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
W. B. Riley
Augustus MH. Strong
Rochester Theological Seminary
T. W. Powell
Rogers Park, Lis
Passing of Haldeman editor Louisville Courier
Wal ter N Haldeman founder of the Louisville Courier and editor of the Courier Journal died at 81 after a streetcar accident. A Southern sympathizer in 1861 his paper was suppressed for treason by military authorities. He moved the paper to Bowling Green and Nashville before returning to Louisville to resume publication and join the two papers in 1868.
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Louisville
Louisville Courier
George D. Prentice
Louisville Journal
Walter N. Haldeman
Courrier-Journal
Haldeman
Bowling Green
Nashville
Tenn
Courlerana Journal
Petition to Make Murray Boy a Dependent
A petition to make Murray boy a dependent has been filed in county court by State's Attorney Weld seeking a hearing on the youth held for a Third Avenue robbery. The likely outcome is placement in a state institution. W H Caldwell, father of Clarence Caldwell, who was declared a dependent, objects to the claim that his son implicated himself. The only admission was being in the basement at Weckel's grocery. he says he took nothing except what Murray boy later gave him. The father vows to supervise his son’s conduct to keep him away from questionable company.
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Earl Murray
Third Avenue
Weld
W. H. Caldwell
Clarence Caldwell
Murray
Weckel’s Grocery
Labor conflict blends baseball with streetcar strike in Terre Haute
Terre Haute May 14 Organized labor aims to block a street car strike using baseball enthusiasm. The street car company offered free car use and a large contribution to the local ball association to start rides immediately. About 1700 attended the game, with 1000 walking or riding in wagons. The Commercial club plans a visit to Columbia stamping works and workers may be mobilized to ride. Glassworkers strike in Chicago halts plants. American Bridge Company workers seek higher wages and shorter hours. Ison Asphaltum plant in Madison Illinois burns, $100,000 loss.
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Terre Haute
Lod
Street Railway Company
Commercial Club
Rnise Ball Association
Columbia Stamping Works
Street
Tabor
Monda
Chicago
American Bridge Company
Multiple Charges and Transfers Span Three States
A Bloomington report notes Mrs. Martin McHugh alleging brutal treatment at Jacksonville asylum attendants leading to the transfer of her husband to Bartonville. In Kansas City police identify Al Beard, wanted in Lincoln for a murder and later charged with a police officer’s murder and a bank robbery. he will be sent to St Paul. A British Bermuda dispatch reports the Camorra steamship is eight days over due with 650 passengers. Eugene P Ware of Kansas is sworn in as pension commissioner in Washington and assumes duties.
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Bloomington
Jacksonville
Martin McHugh
Bartonville
Kansas City
Hoagland
Malone
Lincoln
Neb
Views of a Scientist on the Nature of Volcanoes and Martinique Disaster
Chicago May 14 A Northwestern University mineralogy professor Dr A R Crook an authority on volcanography explains two global crest circles of volcanoes intersecting at the West Indies and the island chain including Martinique and other pair Java Borneo Sumatra He argues eruptions result from water contacting molten rock beneath the earths crust and rejects the molten center theory noting wrinkling of the crust and explosions through weaker outlets.
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Chicago
Martinique
A. R. Crook
Northwestern University
Terra del Fuego
Land of Fire
Mexico
Aleutian Islands
Australia
Hawaii
West Indies
Italy
Asia
Java
Borneo
Sumatra
Pelee
Crook
Earthquakes and volcanoes shape our world
Professor Crook notes no earth area is exempt from earthquakes and volcanic activity. He cites Mexico, Sicily, Martinique and Yellowstone as examples and explains how volcanic lava types affect soil fertility and mortality from fumes and ash in volcanic events.
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Crook
Mexico
Yellowstone Ee
Martinique
Hawaii
Volcanoes
Sicily
Aetna
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Naphtha Disaster Toll Rises in Sheraden
Pittsburg reports show the Monday disaster at Sheridan claiming 26 dead and over 350 injured as hospitals carry many in critical condition. The Corks Run tunnel area alone may exceed 100000 in losses, with twenty five houses destroyed and extensive property damage across the railroad. Families mourn as schools note 200 of 700 pupils in attendance amid aid funds from students.
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Pittsburg
Vorener
Elbert Berry
Sheraden
Hugh Plaherty
Dallas Byrd
New Cumberland
W. Va
Antonio Lee
Shera Finnerty
Sistersville
Grenetree Borough
Walter Hunter
W. W. Taylor
Miller’s Station
Pascal Mader
Shera
Ngen
W.omaserse
Walter J. Wright
John Swan
Hosital
Hannum
Cork
S Run
Beef trust case moves forward in St Louis
United States District Attorney Dyer will seek affidavits from St Louis residents who have knowledge of the beef trust operations and forward them to Chicago to aid the government’s injunction case. He will not start new proceedings in Missouri, noting none of the alleged trust’s persons or corporations reside in the eastern district.
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St. Louis
United States
Dyer
Beef Trust
Missouri
DOUBLE SORROW TIES MCMILLAN FAMILY IN DETROIT
Detroit reports introues and sorrow as James H. McMillan and his son James McMillan junior, descended from U S Senator James McMillan of Michigan, arrive from Colorado Springs where James H. McMillan died. Services were held at Senator McMillan's Jefferson avenue home. the boy's burial followed. Separate local notices mention Diamond Match Co planning 300 acres of agriculture in Ontonagon and other brief dispatches from Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, Panama, and Washington on various topics.
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Detroit
Alieh
James H. McMillan
James McMillan
United States
Jates McMillan
Michigan
Colorado Springs
Senator McMillan
Jefferson Avenue
Soldier recounts harsh Philippine conduct and bad food
George G. Boardman of the Twentieth Infantry testified before a Senate committee on wartime actions in the Philippines. He described harsh treatment of natives, disobedience of orders, and food shortages that soured troops’ morale, noting he refused spoiled rations and later unknowingly ate comparable fare.
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Washington
George G. Boardman
Twentieth Infantry
Semite Philippine Committee
Batangas
Smith
United States
Philippines
Peard
Jacoby HW. Smith
Neval Smith
Otis
Luna
Aguinaldo
Rebels Tighten Grip In Haiti As Admiral Killick Sails North
Port au Prince May 14 Admiral Killick commander of the Haytian fleet has started for Cape Haytian with two warships and declares support for General Fir man the northern revolutionary leader. Northern rebels seize the Cape Haitian Port de Paix and Gonair custom houses and are collecting duties.
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Port Au Prince
Killick
Haytian Heet
Cape Haytian
Firman
Cape Haytien
Port de Paix
Gonair
Made His Last Ride in Atlantic City
Archie McEachern a famed rider from Toronto died after a pacing motor tandem broke its chain at the Coliseum yesterday while attempting a new mile record. He hit a board and suffered a fatal neck wound, dying en route to hospital minutes later.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Archie McEachern
Toronto
Canada
Coliseum
Alf Boake
Robert B. Thompson
McEachern
Rathbone case to be heard by Cuban court of appeals
Washington May 14 Senator Hamima secured from President Roosevelt a promise that the Rathbone case will be considered by the Cuban court of appeals on law and facts. Rathbone, former director general of the Cuban postal service, was convicted of frauds and is sought to be freed. The report notes enticements and political backing in the affair.
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Casteries
Island
St. Lucian
Island of
St. Vincent
Washington
Hanima
Roosevelt
Estes G. Rathbone
Cuban Postal Service
Cuban Court of Appeals
Rathbone
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