Fire rages at Cherry Mine with all hope fading
Cherry Ill Nov 16 fire fighting gear from Chicago arrives to cool the burning shaft. Officials report extreme heat 300 feet below surface with coal belts burning and gas smell. Eight funerals held. families of 300 entombed miners endure no word of survivors as dawn brings renewed anxiety. Aid pours in from Chicago Springfield and France. Red Cross and Eagles mobilize funds and relief efforts.
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Cherry
Ill
Chicago
Rice
Pig
Nicd
Ters
Ladd
Mine War U
George F. Rice
Pittsburg
United States Geological Survey
France
Albert L. Hopkins
Horan
Springfield
Deneen
Orison Smith
National Red Cross
Eagles
South Bend
Ind
Frank Earle Hering
Order of Eagles
Cherry, Il
St. Paul
Eastern Kansas Flood Warns of Heavy Rains
Eastern Kansas faces record high streams for the season as three days of torrential rain flood towns including Frankfort Centralia Wilets Vermillion and Lawrence. residents seek higher ground and shelter.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Frankfort
Centralia
Wilets
Vermillion
Lawrence
Governor says not to remove Cairo sheriff over lynching fear
Governor Dunne declares he will not remove Sheriff Frank E. Davis of Cairo from office after a long distance call. He says Davis did all he could to protect prisoners and prevent the lynching. Outside militia has left Cairo, with Davis and the local company in control and no immediate trouble expected.
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Deneen
Cairo
Ill
Frank E. Davis
Davis
Martial law proclaimed in Argentina after police chief murder
President Alcorta decrees martial law for 60 days amid anarchist propaganda after the Sunday assassination of Police Chief Falcon and his secretary in Buenos Ayres. Government drafts immigration and suspect surveillance measures as police link the act to a wide anarchist plot.
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Buenos Ayres
Alcorta
Senor Falcon
Lake vessel and crew of 20 reported lost
Winnipeg reports the steamer Ionic wheat laden is lost off Passage Island in Lake Superior with all hands, believed 20 crew. Detroit says the steamer Sonic is held at Sault Ste Marie after canal lock accident. Mapleton notices sighting of the Sonic in Shelter at State Island yesterday.
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LAKE
Winnipeg
Man
Ionic
Passage Island
Lake Superior
Detroit
C. H. Nicholson
Northern Navigation Company
Sarnia
Ont
Sonic
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Port Arthur
Mapleton
State Island
Blizzard Sweeps Northern States With Heavy Snow
A blizzard rages in northern Wisconsin with gale winds at Head of the Lakes. Duluth reports strong winds and snowfall. In Nebraska, a snow blanket 8 to 10 inches covers northern areas including the Black Hills and northern Wyoming, spreading across the region.
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New Richmond
Wis
Wisconsin
Head of Lakes
Duluth
Minn
Lakes
Norfolk
Neb
Nebraska
South ‘Dakota
Black Hills
Wyoming
Sugar Fraud Probe May Start an Upheaval Like Insurance Quiz
New York reports indicate a broad sugar fraud investigation could widen, with back duties eyed in Boston and Philadelphia while New York rumors of targeting higher officials persist. Henry L. Stimson, Roosevelt ally William Loeb Jr., and Theodore Roosevelt factor into official stance as American Sugar Refining stock declines amid probes and prior settlements over short weights and antitrust concerns.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Henry L. Stimson
Roosevelt
William Loeb, Jr
American Sugar Refining Company
Great Corporation
Pennsylvania Refining Company
Cabinet Talks of Sugar Expose Sugar Trust Clash
Washington November 16 The first cabinet meeting since adjournment of congress was held today with the president's official family at the executive counsel table The sugar trust situation in New York was discussed and all proceedings in the suit were made known to the president.
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Washington
Congress
New York
Court releases bleached flour seized by feds
Des Moines November 16 Judge Smith McPherson in the U S district court ordered the 1 945 sacks of bleached flour seized by federal officials last summer released but ordered samples retained for use at the trial in Council Bluffs January 15 next.
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Des Moines
Smith McPherson
U. S. District Court
Council Bluffs
Mystery in a Drowning at Carlisle Hotel
Coroner probes death of Mrs Dresden wife of Carlisle hotel owner after body found in Lake Hudson. Drowning occurred a month earlier during a boat outing with her husband. Parents reside in Buchanan Michigan. Governor Proclaims Thanksgiving for Illinois on Nov 30.
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Laporte
Ind
Hunter S. Dresden
Carlisle Hotel
Lake Hudson
Buchanan
Mich
Heney to Continue Fight Against Fraud in West
Francis J. Heney, longtime San Francisco graft prosecutor, has been reappointed assistant to the U S attorney general. He will depart for Portland to pursue Oregon land fraud cases including the Binger Hermann matter. Also reported, Walter J. Luffsey Jr., 21, died from injuries after a football game, with pneumonia developing from the injuries.
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San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Ruef-Schmitz
United States Attorney General
Portland
Oregon
Binger Hermann
Land Office
Richmond
Walter J. Luffsey, Jr
Ten or More Perish in Rail Cave at Salem Creek
In Winston Salem North Carolina on November 16 a cavern on a new railroad at Salem creek engulfed a construction gang killing ten or more workmen. Rescue and investigation efforts were underway as authorities reviewed the collapse and the cause of the incident.
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Winston Salem
N. C
Salem Creek
Deals On Manchurian Rail Mines Declared Regular
The state department concludes that China and Japan did not create monopolies in coal mining along the South Manchurian and Antung Mukden railways. Officials say no exclusive rights were intended and any minerals found by Americans may be worked under Chinese concessions. Secretary Knox lauds the decision as fair and statesmanlike. The treaties provide joint operation for mines worked by Chinese or Japanese subjects after delimitation by a joint commission and approval by China.
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Washington
China
Japan
South Manhhattan
Antung-Mukden
State Department
Manchuria
South Manchurian
Knox
Manchurian
Land Congress Opens as Illinois Flood Overflow Cited
Chicago on November 16 witnessed the national land farm congress opening. Governor Deneen warned that about 5,000 square miles of Illinois land are subject to overflow by rivers, highlighting the need for flood control and land development measures.
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Chicago
National Land Farm Congress
Deneen
Illinois
Municipal League and Civic Association Meeting in Cincinnati
National Municipal League and American Civic Association hold separate sessions after a joint meeting. A score of papers to be read and discussed. Civic association program includes two speeches on City Planning and City Spirit.
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Municipal League and Civic Association
Cincinnati
National Municipal League
American Civic Association
Civic Association
Wire Companies Merge With Nearly One Billion Capital
John Nolen of Cambridge and Waterfronts by Harold A Caparn will be illustrated. Municipal league speakers include Clinton Rogers Woodruff secretary M N Baker and William B Howland.
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John Nolen
Cambridge
Mass
Harold A. Caparn
New York
Municipal League
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Philadelphia
League
M. N. Baker
Mont Claire
N. J
William B. Howland
Control of Western Union Passes to AT&T in Merger Move
New York officials announce that Western Union's control shifts to the American Telephone and Telegraph company as a step toward a near one billion dollar capital merger with the telephone and telegraph sectors. Postal Telegraph remains independent. Western Union stock drops on the news after years of litigation over royalties and breached agreements. The case may reach the U S Supreme Court.
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New York
Western Union
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Postal Telegraph Company
The
Stock Exchange
Telephone Company
Bell Company
Everett W. Burdett
Supreme Court of the United States
Americans Naturalize A Number Of New Citizens
The circuit court approved final naturalization for several applicants yesterday. Judge E C Graves presided as multiple men were admitted to United States citizenship, including Knut A R Falk Otto R Karlstrom Emil L Erickson Gust Danielson Carl H Youngren Ernest W Hellstein Ernest H Veberg Nels Johanson Emil Klingborg Ester L Ahlberg Cyrille De Vogelaer and Emil De Bruycker. Others awaiting final steps were continued for further preparation to meet citizenship requirements.
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E. C. Graves
Knut A. R. Falk
Otto R. Karlstrom
Emil L. Erickson
Gust Danielson
Carl H. Youngren
Ernest W. Hellstein
Ernest H. Veberg
Pope Pius X Celebrates Episcopal Jubilee in Vatican
Rome Nov 16 Pope Pius X marks his episcopal jubilee with a private Mass in the Vatican chapel attended by only his Venetian sisters. He then breakfasted with them and later received Vatican officials, showing a gold episcopal cross given by Pope Leo XIII in 1884. Rumors persist Falconio may be elevated to the cardinalate.
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Rome
Pius X
Vatican
America
Venice
Leo
Mantua
Falconio
New Uniforms For Sixty Members Of Company A
Measurements were taken of sixty Company A members for new olive drab uniforms including coat trousers and overcoat, to be delivered before Jan 1. Two sides were formed for a spelling bee led by Lt Reynolds and Sgt Shiffer, plus two basketball teams led by Will Voss and E I Fulmer. A company team will be chosen from the two. Night Riders Indicted In Union City murder case. Moorish tribesmen surrender in Nador.
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Company A
Reynolds
Shiffer
Will Voss
E. I. Fulmer
Fulmer
Wochner
Bal- Unger
Slaymaker
Taylor
Dr Cleminson Testifies in Own Defense at Trial
Chicago Nov 16 Dr Cleminson took the stand in his defense. His mother Mrs Isaiah Cleminson followed as a witness denying she ever said he treated his wife shamefully or that the race death by own action theory had been upheld in his home. Cleminson said his wife’s death resulted from illness after the birth of their first child and he suggested a burglar story was used to hide shame.
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Chicago
Cleminson
Isaiah Cleminson
Mra. Cleminson
Congressman A F Dawson Motorist
Washington reports Congressman Albert F Dawson of Preston Iowa completed a family touring trip to the capital in a touring car He boasts a roughly 1000 mile journey in ten days starting from Preston Iowa crossing the Mississippi at Clinton and proceeding via Indianapolis Wheeling through rough Allegheny terrain before entering Washington He emphasizes enjoying good roads on the eastern leg of the trip
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Washington
Albert F. Dawson
Preston
Iowa
Dawson
Clinton
Mississippi
Indianapolis
Wheeling
Alleghenies
Attorney Held in Contempt in Nebraska Supreme Court
Lincoln Neb Nov 16 J Dunn assistant city attorney of Omaha was today adjudged guilty of contempt by the supreme court and indefinitely dis barred Dunn's offense was language used in a brief in an appeal in a city case recently filed in which he criticised the decision of Justice Rose Dunn nominated Bryan for president at the democratic convention at Denver.
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Lincoln
Neb
J. Dunn
Omaha
Supreme Court
Dunn
Justice Rose
Bryan
Denver
Hanged for Killing Four in Aberdeen murder case
Emil Victor formerly of East Aurora New York was hanged for the July 3 murder of grain buyer J W Christie and three Christie employees in Rudolph motive robbery. Everett C Brown elected national AAU president succeeding James E Sullivan first western head. Dixon township clerk James B Pomeroy longtime official dies. to be buried at Kenosha.
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Emil Victor
Aberdeen
East Aurora
N. Y
J. W. Christie
Rudolph
New York
Everett C. Grown
Chicago Athletic Association
Amateur Athletics Union
James E. Sullivan
Sullivan
Mr. Brown
H. G. Penniman
Baltimore
Dixon Township
Dixon
James B. Pomeroy
Kenosha
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Loeb
COURT
F. J. Heney
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Circuit Court
Union City
Tenn
Garrett Johnson
Arthur Clear
Quentin Rankin
Madrid
Nador
Morocco
Marina
A. F. Dawson
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