Notable WWI The Daily News Briefs From The Standard
Seaman Wettaland drowned after washed overboard from West Virginia near Yokohama on August 14. Wettaland enlisted in St. Paul in May 1904. USGS warns against reinforced concrete collapse and urges urgent city building regulation revisions. Supreme Court action in DC court seeks to enjoin Gompers Mitchell and AFL leaders from boycott tactics. Passages note deaths of Rev George A Peltz D D in Philadelphia aged 74 and George Foster Talbott in Portland aged 83. Kathryn T Driscoll of Medford Hillside passes medical exams, youngest MA physician at 21. Rev Charles Carroll Miller dies at Cadillac aged 77. previously declined Brazil ministry during McKinley term.
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Washington
Nav Department
Yokohama
M. Wettaland
West Virginia
Wettaland
St. Paul
Technical Branch
United States Geological Survey
George A. Peltz
Jamestown
N. Y
Philadelphia
George Foster Talbott
Portland
Lincoln
Massachusetts State Medical Board
Kathryn T. Driscoll
Medford Hillside
Missachusetts
Driscoll
Boston College of Physicians and Surgeons
Charles Carroll Miller
McKinley
Alger
Interior Department
Cadillac
Mich
Brazil
Miller
Michigan
Wisconsin
Aggressive Crime Summary From Early 20th Century Dispatches
Reports from Philadelphia, Virginia, North Carolina, and Michigan detail crimes and legal actions. Agnes Dogan, 38, was killed by her brother in Philadelphia after a money dispute. J D Uzzell, a race-issue editor in Virginia, was moved to Norfolk under guard. Los Angeles transit officials faced fines for fare irregularities. A Black man named James Buckner was hanged in Asheville for assaulting his stepdaughter, a historically notable act. Frank P Van Horn, once a Jackson post office worker, was arrested for pilfering mails tied to decoy letters and marked bills found on his desk.
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Agnes Dogan
John
Philadelphia
J. D. Uzzell
Virgina
Norfolk
McMillan
Huntington Electric Iines
Los Angeles
James Buckner
Asheville
N. C
Frank P. van Horn
Jackson, Mich
van Horn
Des Moines Child and Several Massive Fire Tragedies Reported
Five year old Helen Green of Des Moines is badly scalded but expected to recover after falling into boiling water. A gas tank explosion on a riverboat near Liverton, R1 kills two and injures five. An auto train collision near Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, leaves three dead and two fatally hurt. A Steeple Chase Island fire in Connecticut incurs 60 000 in damage with no serious injuries. Hubbell Michigan suffers near total destruction with 22 homes and key buildings burned, losses exceed 9100 000. Lucile Marshall, two, scalded by spilled coffee in Des Moines, doctor says recovery possible.
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Helen Green
Des Moines
Spacette River
Liverton
R. 1
Bristol
Steeple Chase Island
Conn
Hubbell
Hancock
Mich
Bismarck
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
Lucile Marshall
William Marshall
Miners Die In Elevator Collapse At Johnstown
A Seaman Shaft Coal Co. elevator cage disaster near Johnstown Pennsylvania kills five miners and injures six. A London baritone met death in a separate accident in Sandusky Ohio while a French mill under construction collapsed killing ten workers. Other reports mention a London steeplejack, a Shanghai dispatch on unrest, fires near Toulon, and a German tariff court fight.
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Seaman Shaft Coal Company
Johnstown
John Worden
London
Eng
John Harper
Sandusky
Ohio
Lille
France
John Goldie
Shanghai
Toulon
Slintons
Tsingtin
Respighi
Tate
Syampa
Bolonga
New York
Germany
Various Notables and Local News From Recent Reports
Wall street reports B H Harriman loss exceeds 22 million. Pinkerton dies at sea aboard the Bremen Aug 12 en route to Germany. Chautauqua closes in Webster City Town. A $4,000 capital local association formed. Violinist Francis Rea MacMillan reportedly lost in the Alps. Waterloo diemaker H Howard found dead in bed. Oscar Watking touts largest cucumber crop at Atlantic 1112 inches long. Mrs Osmond Tweed’s left arm found in a grove near Petersburg farm. Edward Cox, speechless after stroke, now speaks after stepping on a carpet tack. Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva leaves Zion City for a new home near Las Vegas NM. Plan to build a million bushel grain elevator at Lewiston MT. Judith Basin area grain growth up 60 percent, with potential another 60 percent rise. Canton Ohio to dedicate McKinley monument Sept 30 with Roosevelt expected. fund of 10000 raised for entertainment.
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Wall Street
B. H. Harriman
Robert A. Pinkerton
Bremen
Germany
Webster City
Francis Rea MacMillen
Alps
H. Howard
Waterloo
Iowa
Himeka
Oscar Watking
Atlantic
Osmond Tweed
Hanlontown
Towa
Petersburg
Edward Cox
Williamstown
N. Y
Cox
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion City
Las Vegas
San Miguel County
N. Mex
Lewiston
Mont
Judith Basin
Canton
Ohio
McKinley Monument
Roosevelt
Engagement Ring Rekindles Secret Reforging Tale
A fragment recalls a line about a partner gifting an engagement ring and another figure Belle aia advising a change. The remark hints at a previous reshaping of stones to renew or modify the jewelry.
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George
Not matter with Emmeline says friend
A friend questions Emmeline about her odd habit of covering her mouth with a handkerchief. The youthful response jokes that she has so called "errors" on the mouth, but another quips she has fever blisters.
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Johnny
Emmeline
Make More Money Under 2-Cent Law Railroads' Own Show
Railroads increase revenue under 2 cent law as carriers defend profits amid prices and routes. Officials press for efficiency while expanding services and freight handling across lines.
Earthquake Rumors Followed by Riot at California Plant
A May 26 San Francisco quake fear triggered a panic at the California Fruit Canners’ Association plant on Wanness avenue. Italian workers drew knives in the stampede, injuring several as they fled a damaged building and led to chaotic scenes after an explosion at a nearby Drench powder works.
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Oakland
Cal
Ais
Drep Use Dencmoures
Lox Uranto
Bay Shore
Berkeley
Bay
Richard ‘Thompson
William B. Doane
San Francisco
California Fruit Canners' Association
Bik
Wanness Avenue
Central Emergency Hospital
Wis
Ttalian
Five Escape as House Fire Kills Boy in La Crosse
A house fire in La Crosse Wisconsin on August 25 claimed the life of eleven year old Fred Kersters who refused to jump from the burning dwelling. Mrs Kersters and four children were rescued with difficulty by firefighters and onlookers. The flames destroyed the home of Mrs Mary Kersters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Mary Kerasters
Rose seeks injunction to halt franchise suit action
Milwaukee August 95 Former Mayor David Rose another defendant files injunctive relief claiming the attorney general's complaint to annul the street railway franchises fails to state a cause. The state is asked to show cause why the complaint should not be dismissed before Court Commissioner Joseph G. Donnelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Milwaukee
David 8. Rose
Joseph G. Donnelly
Wisconsin
Fourteen Spared Drowning After Bay Beach Dock Collapse
Fourteen people including three women holding babies were thrown into Green Bay when a small dock at Bay Beach broke away last night. Several narrowly escaped drowning as the men in the party pulled the women to safety from the water near Green Bay Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Bay Beach
Death by Own Action Shocks Carrington Family
Miss Myrtle Day, nineteen, daughter of E. T. Day living near Carrington North Dakota, died after drinking carbolic acid in an act believed to be caused by parental opposition to a young man’s attentions. Authorities classify as death by own action.
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Carrington
N. D
Myrtle Day
E. T. Day
Miller Fatally Hurt In Mill Accident At Grand Forks
Louis Mellum a miller for the Russell Miller Milling company was probably fatally injured early yesterday when his head was caught under a pulley of a fast revolving belt in Grand Forks North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
N. D
Louis Mellum
Russell-Miller Milling Company
Distemper epidemic hits Neenah horses
In Neenah Wisconsin an epidemic distemper has struck not fewer than one hundred horses. Veterinary sources refer to the disease as typhoid influenza and warn it is spreading in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neenah
Wis
Patrick McDonnell Whips Lumberjacks After Cafe Incident
In Duluth on Aug 25 Patrick McDonnell, a noted local contractor, assaulted two lumberjacks who used coarse language toward a young woman cashier, driving them from the cafe in a bold public confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Patrick McDonnell
No Arbitration Demand Drives Telegraphers Strike
J Small, president of the Commercial Telegra phers union, arrived in New York with a rallying greeting from strikers. He reported 98 percent of commercial telegraphers on strike and urged government control funds while denouncing arbitration. Chicago leaders moved toward peace talks by forming a fifteen member peace committee as voting begins nationwide.
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Small
New York
J. Small
Mr. Small
United States
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Chicago
Bishop Threatened by Black Hand Letter to Bishop Burgess
The Rt Rev Frederick Burgess bishop of Long Island received a Black Hand letter threatening his life It claimed the see house at Garden City would be blown up with the bishop and his family if demands were not met The bishop refused to discuss the matter.
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Black Hand
Frederick Burgess
New York
Long Island
Garden City
Ten Die in France Express Freight Collision
Ten people were killed and twenty five injured in a head on crash between an express train from Bordeaux to Paris and a freight train near Contras France. The accident was caused by a misplaced switch.
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Contras
France
Bordeaux
Paris
Aged Man Kills Wife Near Tulsa
Dock Barnes aged ninety six killed his wife at their home eight miles southeast of Tulsa last night. No arrest has yet been made.
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Tulsa
I. T
European tensions rise over Moroccan crisis and Algeciras pact
Berlin reports that fighting in Morocco spurs European anxiety as diplomats hold constant talks. France, England, Germany and Spain face possible breaches of the Algeciras convention while Moorish uprisings threaten reprisals and further complications among Europe’s powers.
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Berlin
Jeatis
Moroccsi
Fe Agattzer
Europe
Africa
Germany
France
England
Spain
Italy
Solons to Visit Isthmus for Ground Budget Review
Washington aug 27 ex amination on the ground of the estimates for canal appropriations for 1909 is planned by members of the next congress who will prepare the sundry civil bill. Representative James A Tawney leads the effort with broad approval from commission officials. The visit aims to clarify whether the commission may spend more than currently appropriated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama Canal
Taft
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Lunatic Man-Eater Disturbs Traveler in Fergus Falls
Charles Anderson, who said he was from Minneapolis, was committed to the Insane hospital in Fergus Falls after chasing a traveling man and trying to bite him. He had been drinking and was initially thought to suffer from delirium tremens, with a brief jail confinement before the incident.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Charles Anderson
Minneapolis
Detroit
Anderson
Dietz Expresses Willingness to Settle With Lumber Company
E M Worden of Ladysmith Wisconsin with A E Foster Pete De Smith and Mike Bronk visited John Dietz at Cameron dam last week. Dietz said he would be glad to settle with the lumber company and sought no notoriety or trouble.
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Ladysmith
Wis
E. M. Worden
A. E. Foster
Pete de Smith
Mike Bronk
John Dietz
Cameron Dam
Dietz
Nurses Fight Flames at Thrall Hospital Fire
Fire at Thrall hospital in Middletown New York caused severe burns to orderly Arthur Thornley who is expected to die. Nurses and staff rescued twenty six patients as flames from a sterilizing apparatus swept through the building.
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Middletown
N. Y
Arthur Thornley
Fnzen
Doctor Performs Two Appendectomies on His Sons
Beloit Wisconsin August 27 The two sons of Dr D R Connett Arthur aged twelve and John aged four were stricken with appendicitis yesterday and were promptly operated upon by their father Both are doing well.
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Beloit
Wis
D. R. Connett
Arthur
John
Eight Injured as Trolley Car Runs Away on Shady Avenue
Pittsburg reports eight persons injured when a trolley car gained speed on a steep grade on Shady avenue and collided with an open switch. The incident area details indicate urgent medical attention for riders with varying degrees of injury.
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Pittsburg
Shady Avenue
Five Die as Wisconsin Storm Cyclone Hits Eau Claire
A devastating cyclone swept through the southwestern part of Eau Claire County Wisconsin resulting in five fatalities. Rescue teams comb the area for survivors and assess widespread damage to homes and farms. Officials urge residents to remain indoors and follow authorities for updates.
Storms Leave Deaths And Damage Across Wisconsin
A cyclone in Banlitire County near Eau Claire kills two and injures seven, destroying 23 barns, five residences, two schoolhouses and one church and causing $50,000 in losses. It travels southeast hitting Brunawick Clear Creek and Pleasant Valley. Other towns report fatalities as tornadoes strike Ladysmith and Eleva with homes and churches damaged. A Kennan storm damages crops and a Catholic church with $300 loss.
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Rau Claire
Wis
Ban €Litire
Clear Greek Township
Josey Splehje
Eau Claire
Moses
Brunawick
Clear Creek
Pleasant Valley
Ladysmith
L. V. Moore
Hatha
Here
Methodist Episcopal Chilreh Alao
Kennan
Revere
Lawler Named as Possible Archbishop Candidate
Rev J J Lawler pastor of St Paul cathedral is listed among three clergy names to be sent to Pope Pius X as potential successor to the late Archbishop Montgomery. A telegram from San Francisco confirmed the list. The chosen candidate would gain the right of succession to Archbishop Riordan and could become archbishop.
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Montgomery
St. Paul
J. J. Lawler
St. Paul Cathedral
Pope Pius X
Archibishop Montgomery
Riordan
San Francisco
Nne
Lake Butte des Morts Reveals Net Fishing Gaffe
Oshkosh Wis Aug 27 The state legislature left Lake des Morts off the authorized set line waters list. Hundreds of nets are in the small lake and broad arrests will occur this week unless the nets are removed.
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Lake Butte Des Morts
Oshkosh
Wis
Little Lake Des Morts
Little Lake
Thresher Man Hurt In Self-Feeder Accident
Nels Nordstrom a threshing worker near Afton slipped into a self-feeder Saturday evening and suffered a near severing of his left foot from the revolving handcutter knives while threshing in Langdon County.
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Langdon
Nels Nordstrom
Afton
Here
Paralytic Andrew Fontish Ends Life in Hasty Hanging
In La Crosse Wisconsin on August 26 Andrew Fontish, a longtime resident, died by hanging. Despondency from a paralysis stroke two weeks earlier is believed to have led to the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Andrew Fontish
Ui Crosse
Swallows Shingle Wall Threatens Child In Minn Case
Barnesville Minn Aug 27 The two year old son of GC Rebeson swallowed a shingle which lodged in his throat. For a time his life was despaired of but a physician succeeded in saving him.
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Barnesville
Minn
Rebeson
Seven Hurt in Big Auto Crash at Davenport
A forty horsepower automobile owned by J. W. Good of Moline skidded on a corner in Davenport and turned turtle. Seven occupants were injured in the mishap reported August 27.
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Big Auto
Davenport
Iowa
J. W. Good
Moline
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David Rose
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Solons
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