Liner Volturno Disaster Near Halifax Triggers Rescue Rush
The Volturno burns in mid Atlantic 146 dead as Carmania and nine other liners race to aid. Rescue ships report 621 saved from lifeboats, with 660 on board and 93 crew. Fire destroys engines as dawn reveals a blackened hull and scattered wreckage.
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Liverpool
New York
Cunard
Barr
Carmania
North Atlantic
Halifax
Rotterday
Volturno
la Touraine
Minneapolis
Rappahannock
Czar
Narragansett
Devonian
Kroonland
Grosser Kurfurst
Seydlitz
Voltuiro
Lloyds
Electric Railway Men Open Annual Convention in Atlantic City
More than 5,000 delegates from street railway companies and related groups attend the American Electric Railways association opening in Atlantic City. Speakers will discuss a profit sharing plan with employees and the street railway situations in Cleveland and Detroit.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Electric Railways Association
National Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Telephone and Telegram Company
Cleveland
Detroit
Tug Rescue Plucks Greenleaf Johnson From Gale
Washington oct 18 tugs hurried to aid the schooner Greenleaf Johnson which ran ashore in a gale near Cape Fear Two other vessels also wrecked by the same gale reached safety under rescue efforts offshore the Carolina coast
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Washington
Tuga
Greenleaf Johnson
Cape Fear
Carolinas
James F Allen Released on 20000 Bail in Bank Funds Case
James F. Allen surrendered to U S Marshal Henkel in Providence and was released on bail of 20000 after being charged with misapplication of funds of the Atlantic National Bank. The case centers on alleged improper handling of bank funds in Rhode Island.
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New York
James F. Allen
Atlantic National Bank of
Providence
R. L
United States
Henkel
Downfall of the Huerta Regime Rumors Rise
Washington reports an agent from Carranza headquarters says the disappearance of Senator Bellizario Dominguez could trigger the immediate downfall of Huerta. The alleged murder fuels distrust among Huerta supporters as Mexico City grows weary of terror and espionage.
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Union News Service
Washington
Carranzaista
Mexico City
Bellizario Dominguez
Huerta
Dominguez
T. L. Woodruff Dies After Paralytic Attack in New York
Former New York lieutenant governor Timothy L. Woodruff died at the Carlton House after a paralytic stroke at a Fusion ratification meeting on September 29. He collapsed at the speakers’ table while addressing Fusion leaders, and was aided by his wife and several attendees before medical help arrived.
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New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
Cooper Union
Carlton House
Timothy Woodruff
Fusion
Prendergast
McAneny
Trains Crash Head-On Near Waynesburg Kentucky
Seventy five persons are seriously injured in a head-on collision between Cincinnati Southern No. 6 northbound and No. 1 southbound passenger trains at Waynesburg Lincoln county Kentucky. Wrecking crews from Chattanooga rush to aid. Waynesburg with 450 residents has only one physician as crews clear wreckage.
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Somerset
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Waynesburg
Lincoln County
Kentucky
Chattanooga
Wrecck
Fatal boast ends in murder near Urbana
Urbana man William L. Larry a wealthy merchant and farmer showed off stolen funds after selling a federal building site for 12000 dollars. He tossed a roll with 1200 dollars in a local shoe shop and boasted of more money to be collected. His body was later found in a nearby cornfield shot in the head three times in what police call a robbery tied to his boastful claim.
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Urbana
Willam L. Larry
Deputies Arrested After Huerta Crisis Over Dominguez Disappearance
One hundred ten deputies who signed a warning against President Huerta were arrested after threats to abandon the capitol. Troops seized the chamber as Manuel Garza Aldape read Huerta's reply denying the deputies' demand for investigation into Senator Belisario Dominguez disappearance. Dominguez had accused Huerta of worsening the country and warned of peril.
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City of
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Huerta
Belisaro Dominguez
Chiapas
Chamber
Dominguez
Senate
Manuel Garza Aldape
Senor Aldape
War Department
Edwards Denied Charge Surrendered on Bail in Chicago
William Rufus Edwards a St Paul lumber and coal operator surrendered to Federal Judge Carpenter after being indicted in Chicago on a charge related to Ada M Cox a Chicago stenographer. Edwards bail was fixed at 6000 with bonds provided by Illinois Surety company. He dismissed the grand jury story as a tissue of lies.
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Chicago
William Rufus Edwards
St. Paul
Washington Representative Proposes 20000 Aid for Alaska Storm Sufferers
Representative Johnson of Washington introduced a resolution to appropriate 20000 dollars to aid sufferers in Alaska hit by recent severe storms. The proposal aims to address the emergency needs of affected communities in Nome and across the territory.
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Ald Nome
Alaska
Washington
Johnson
Train Hits Auto Near Xenia Kill Two Men
A Pennsylvania passenger train struck a car at Lucas crossing two miles north of Xenia, killing train agent O L F Kramer of Osborn and his brother in law Homer H Hawkins a Greene county farmer. Mrs Kramer and two Hawkins women survived. The crossing is viewed as dangerous due to a C H D overpass and obstructed view of the tracks.
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Western
Union News Service
Xenia
Kramer
Bell
Callie Hawkins
Hawkins
Fairground Pike
Pennsylvania
Speeding deaths spark Youngstown manslaughter charge
In Youngstown Ohio coroner’s inquest found chauffeur George Bressman responsible for the death of Mrs. George Clise. Bressman was arrested on manslaughter charges and later released on $1500 bond as part of a city wide effort to curb automobile speeding.
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Youngstown
George Clise
Cross
George Bressman
Swell Capsizes Skiff. Six Drown in Allegheny River
Six relatives drowned when a skiff loaded with travelers was overturned by a passing steamer’s swell on the Allegheny River near Tarentum, Pittsburg. The tragedy left all victims linked by family ties as they attempted to visit kin across the water.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Tarentum
Cincinnati Market Prices and Shift in Price Setting
The Cincinnati market lists corn, hay, oats, wheat, eggs and poultry, cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs with varied grades and prices. A key note explains the Market loses an official eggs and poultry price due to Chamber of Commerce action abolishing quotation committees, shifting to street and Produce Exchange transactions for price establishment.
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Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Produce Exchange
Bologna
Whippings Reported at Speigner State Farm
A. D. Dorsey of Birmingham claims May Hill a white inmate at Speigners state farm was whipped last week for failing to spool cotton quickly enough, receiving 28 lashes. He also describes a convict moved from hospital with 104 degree fever and whipped, noting brutal treatment of several inmates.
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Mobile
Ala
A. D. Dorsey
Birmingham
State Farm
Speigners
May Hill
School Examiners' Notice for Monthly and Provisional Exams
Examinations for teachers will be held on the first Saturday of each month unless holiday. Pupils' exams set for the third Saturday of April and May. Teachers must complete in one day. Four year provisional certificate apps require prior clerk advice. A.B. Bagry president, B.T. Davin vice president, John Morris clerk.
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R. C. Inch
H. P. Miller
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H. Carter
Wm. F. Brown
H. C. Lang
Wm. Mahler
Gardner
Canadian Northern Steamship Company
Uranium Line
Glasgow
King Gustav OF
Sweden
Gustav
Carranza
T. L. Woodruff
James I. Sherman
Tim” Woodruff
The
Brooklyn Republican
Nation
U. S
Vera Cruz
Belisario Dominguez
Republic
General Huerta
National Assembly
Edwards
Attorneys AT Law
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Batavia
Ohio
Courier Block
Frasier
Jybazier
Hicks
Court House
Tiowin
Ely
Clermont House
Main
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Clayton B. Nichols
Biffith & Nichols, Attorneys-At-Law
Belland Citizens Telephone
Issebiy
H.L. Nichols
A.B. Nichols
Lichols & Nichols
Attorneys-At-Law
Maya Ohio
Homtiee Building
Main Street
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B T. Davin
John Morris
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
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