Dynamite Storehouse Blows Up Near Storm King Mountain
A dynamite storehouse at the New York Aqueduct on Storm King mountain Cornwall exploded early today. It contained 1100 pounds of explosives and left no trace of the building. Nearby shanties were leveled and Cornwall glass broken. Engineer John Sawyer was shaken but unharmed and taken to hospital. A Russian caretaker at the shaft is missing. The blast occurred just before sixteen workers were due to report for duty.
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Ther Associated Press
Newburgh
N. Y
Judge Shook Leads Sutherland Springs Highway Delegation
County Judge Phil Shook will join a Bexar County Highway league delegation to Sutherland Springs to confer with Wilson County officials and citizens on building a gulf highway. About fifty boosters will attend with five autos already secured and more expected. The group aims to secure Wilson county support and broader backing from other counties for the project.
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Phil Shook
Bexar County Highway League
Sutherland Springs
Wilson County
Gulf
Judge Shook
Wild West Carnival to Run at Exposition Park All Week
Exposition Park hosts a week long wild west carnival starting next Saturday night. Location beside the theater is cleared for the show with daily performances. Tonight is children's night with free merry go round rides and coupons in papers for a free ride. Next week vaudeville and moving pictures follow with two acts and two films per evening. Admission is ten cents with no reserved seats. The Doctor closes Saturday night with a coupon for one free admission on a full paid ticket.
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Exposition Park
Doctor
The Last of Diaz Draws Capacity Crowds at Newman Theater
The Newman theater at 514 East Houston Street played to capacity crowds yesterday as The Last of Diaz drew thousands, prompting the management to schedule additional showings today and Saturday. O M Newman entertained with vocal selections while the orchestra accompanied the film’s emotional scenes. The film covers Diaz’s journey from Mexico City to El Paso including his bridge meeting with President Taft and Mexican troop movements along the route.
Joy Riders In Accident Near Brentwood
Five Nashville residents were joy riding near Brentwood when their auto plunged from a bridge as a Louisville and Nashville freight train passed. Pearl Wright, a woman, rode on a car with a broken leg to Nashville after being lifted from the wreck by the train crew and taken to the hospital. the other riders suffered injuries not serious.
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Nashville
Tenn
Brentwood
Louisville
Pearl Wright
Union Station
Directors Elect New Officers for International & Great Northern
The International & Great Northern Railway directors in Houston elected T. J. Freeman as president George H. Taylor of New York as first vice president Henry Martin of Palestine as second vice president Alfred R. Howard of Palestine as secretary and treasurer and Henry B. Henson of New York as assistant secretary and treasurer The company will move headquarters records to Houston but shops remain in Palestine
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Austin
New International & Great Northern Railway Company
T. J. Freeman
George H. Taylor
New York
Henry Martin
Palestine
Alfred R. Howard
Henry B. Henson
Texas Sees 100 Degree Heat Across 29 Cities
The cotton region bulletin reports twenty nine Texas cities hit 100 degrees or more yesterday. Quanah Easland Dallas Greenville Henrietta tied a 106 degree high, with Corpus Christi and Galveston below 90 as coast temps reached 86 and 88.
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Texas
Cotton Region
Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Quanah
Easland
Dallas
Greenville
Henrietta
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Chicago
St. Louis
Senator Gore to appeal removal of Wyandotte graves
Senator Gore of Oklahoma plans to raise with the United States Indian commission the halt of moving Wyandotte Indian bodies from Huron cemetery in Kansas City Kansas. The Conley sisters descendants of Wyandottes were ousted by a federal court after a shack on the site was torn down. The sisters are rebuilding the burial area amid the dispute.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
United States Indian Commission
Huron Cemetery
Kan
J. W. Woods Merrill
Conley
500 deputies to aid in bootlegger crackdown
Oklahoma City news reports Governor Cruce will appoint 500 special state deputies to help enforce prohibition after Chief Tilgham admits that stopping bootleggers would require a large police force increase. The move follows an August 11 statement from Oklahoma officials.
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Beotlegnees
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
William Tilgham
Cruce
Daffydil Judge Dies Amid daffydil letters and jokes
A humorous obituary marks the death of the Old Cove Judge with Doctor Watson and Tige present. The scene centers on a daffydil contest, coupon-laden notes, and quips about trousers and dogs. Readers invited to read Sunday’s paper for prize results and samples.
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Doctor Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Jane Brown
Porter Street
M. D. Caswell
Alamo Heights
A. C. Swift
Leakey, Tex
Congress Bill for New Mexico and Arizona Admission Signed
Speaker Clark and Vice President Sherman signed the bill admitting New Mexico and Arizona. It moves to the president who is expected to veto the measure opposing the Arizona constitution’s judicial recall provision.
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Washington, D. C
Clark
Sherman
New Mexico
Arizona
City Council Leader Arrested During Mayor’s Funeral
George W. Carmany president of the city council and acting chief executive was arrested on a bribery charge while supervising the funeral of Atlantic City Mayor Franklin P. Stoy. Deputy Constable A. S. Robinson served the warrant sworn by Simon Faber. Carmany was moved to Pleasantville for processing and then returned to the funeral. Henry Bolte Jr. faces $1000 bail for accepting a bribe in a liquor license case tied to the Hotel Rio Grande. An unrelated note mentions a German tea kettle alarm and ancient lightning observations.
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George W. Carmany
Franklin P. Stoy
Atlantic City
Atlanta
New York Herald
Carmany
A. S. Robinson
Weeks
Pleasantville
Simon Faber
Robinson
Herman Mulock
Faber
J. L. Kilpatrick
Edward Horton
Henry Bolte Jr
Hotel Rio Grande
Bolte
Taft Sets Thanksgiving Day Date November 30
President Taft will designate Thursday November 30 as Thanksgiving Day this year, resolving the last Thursday timing debate amid requests from theatrical managers and college football organizers. Also notes that Union troops formerly trapped in the Petersburg crater included Native sharpshooters who sang a chant as they perished after injuries.
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Washington
D. C
Taft
White House
Petersburg
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