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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
2
New York October 20 Governor Sulzer faces verdicts on four impeachment articles with guilty findings on falsification perjury and evidence suppression. Lt. Governor Glynn sworn in as successor amid court battle while Sulzer denounces the process and blames Murphy and the bosses.
President Wilson may soon face the question of recognizing Huerta's successor as reports from Vera Cruz indicate Huerta plans to resign the provisional presidency. Officials at the White House deny resumed negotiations while diplomats call for intervention to end daily life threats to nationals.
Miss Leah Alexander shot J. D. Van Baalen, advertising solicitor, in San Francisco. She chatted with a friend at the city jail and asked about the victim, denying the death. Police say she will be charged with murder as Van Baalen's body is sent to Duluth, Minnesota.
Boston reports Professor Alexander McAdie of Harvard is testing frost protection for New England farms to prevent crop damage. His method would notify farmers by telegraph in advance, allowing crops to be safeguarded overnight.
Chicago reports Marie Collier, once a nurse in a TraCadie New Brunswick leper colony, vanished after leaving notes to acquaintances. Shunned by former friends amid fear of her past, she returned to Chicago in poor health and sought medical examination. officials found no leprosy. Police search follows her disappearance Friday.
Chicago reports automobile fatalities climbed from 15 in 1907 to 92 in 1912, a 553 percent rise the safety commission cites as the nation's largest. Other major cities show increases: New York 310 percent, Philadelphia 390, Boston 277, Cleveland 640, Baltimore 200, Pittsburgh 180, Detroit 325.
Bradstreet's notes business is above last year with uneven activity. Demand for fall and winter textiles drives prompt shipment needs while tariffs and higher interest rates temper future trade.
A massive blaze in East St Louis began near midnight and burned across the riverbank, devastating the Advance Elevator and causing losses exceeding a million dollars. The Chicago and Alton Railway and other facilities suffered heavy damage as 15,000 onlookers watched the flames roar through yards, warehouses, and freight cars with rain aiding firefighting efforts.
North winds from Minnesota and surrounding states brought a cold snap to Minneapolis and nearby regions. A 31 degree reading at midnight marked a sharp drop from freezing, with a stiff wind and light snow from the North King’s arrival.
Berlin reports three German army aviation officers killed in separate accidents yesterday. Captain Haeseler, Lieutenant Koch, and Sergeant Mante died in crashes near Würzburg and Baeškau while serving in the flying corps.
Francis Inch, who commanded the Volturno to its demise, arrived in New York with 87 survivors. He described the disaster and rescue, denying cowardice aboard and refuting tales of rotted tackle, unsafe lifeboats, and passengers forced overboard. He noted three explosions and his crew’s steadfast actions.
Rome reports the pope has greatly improved over the past fortnight. He has resumed audiences and Sunday met Francis Mostyn bishop of Menevit Wales who found the pontiff looking better than ever. The pope said he expected to receive on Thursday 200 pilgrims in Rome under Bishop Mostyn’s charge.
Gentry Missouri October 20 J W Lawrance a county pioneer aged 82 has just returned from a two year trip across several states. He has never tasted intoxicants used tobacco or attended a show and has not been inside any place of amusement nor attended a church entertainment.
Emmeline Pankhurst, famed British suffragist, is allowed to enter the United States on her own recognizance after a Wilson Caminetti decision reversed Ellis Island’s deportation order. She will depart after her lecture engagements, no bond required. Pankhurst travels to New York, greeted by Mrs. Belmont, with Garden events postponed for her rest.
A Leipzig streetcar crash with a circus wagon freed one tiger and eight lions. Police killed six and wounded two lions while others roamed streets. A lion sat in a driver's seat, lions damaged a hotel, and guests sought help during a military centennial celebration.
In an exclusive to The Evening Mail the former governor charges Charles E Murphy head of Tammany Hall offered to pay his debts last December and provide funds to cover expenses during Sulzers governorship He also describes Murphys influence over state appointments and gives his account of the campaign and his time as governor
Twenty coast artillery soldiers from Fort Morgan and Fort Barancas died when a Mobile and Ohio special train plunged 25 feet from a trestle near State Line Mississippi. About 100 others were injured as wreckage trapped victims.
Chicago reports reveal Marie Collier risked ostracism by former friends and faced labeling as a leper nurse. The Chicago Board of Health and specialists were to evaluate her history and implications for public welfare.
Three people were probably fatally injured and four seriously hurt when a southbound Big Four passenger train derailed three miles south of Tiffin Ohio. The engine baggage car and two coaches left the track and tumbled down the embankment as spreading rails reportedly caused the wreck.
John D. Rockefeller announced in Cleveland that he would remain indefinitely due to Mrs Rockefeller's poor health. He had hoped to vote in New York on November 4 but postponed departure from their summer home.
In San Francisco on October 21 Leah Alexander, a trapeze artist from Duluth Minnesota, shot J D Van Baalen an advertising solicitor. He died from his wounds. She allegedly laughed with friends in the city jail and cried it is not true. Police plan murder charges.
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