Grand Jury to Probe Disaster in Long Beach Pier Collapse
Long Beach officials move toward a grand jury inquiry into the pier collapse that killed 34 people and injured many more after Empire Day celebrations. District Attorney John D. Fredericks will oversee the probe to determine responsibility for the pier’s condition as guards secure the ruined section and seized timbers are examined for evidence.
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Long Beach
Cal
Municipal Pier
Board of Public Works
John D. Fredericks
Pbtr
Municipal Auditorum
Nier
Grand Jury
Ocean Lider
Condi
Man stabbed in barber shop fight in Manchester
Manchester May 26 Michael Weed 68 of Betoto county was arrested and charged with stabbing Janice Kendle 60 of Cincinnati in a barber shop brawl. Also Cincinnati May 26 Dean Herman Echneider of the University of Cincinnati engineering department named the third arbitrator in the ongoing clash between Ci hth Traction company and ite
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Manchester
Cincinnati
Herman Echneider
Engineering Department
The
University of Cincinath
Ci Hth Traction Company
Ite
Carnegie Proposes New Plan for World Peace
Berlin May 26 Andrew Carnegie unveils an entirely new scheme for world peace. The plan seeks Kaiser Wilhelm to initiate arms reduction and invite other nations to follow this example, marking a bold shift in international diplomacy.
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Carnegie
Berlin
Andrew Carnegie
William
MEADVILLE MEN BURNED ALIVE IN OVERTURN FIRE
Meadville Pa May 34 Caught in an auto accident the vehicle overturned and caught fire burning Thomas Lee Riordan and Edwin Bender, both of Meadville, each 15, to death. Clyde Kaler watched in horror unable to help as the blaze raged. Bender was son of Carl Bender a leading local business figure. Motorcycle crash near Akron kills William Thompson of Akron and injures Frank Novak of Cleveland on the road to Akron four miles north of Hudagn.
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Meadville
Thomas Lee Riordan
Edwin Bender
Clyde Kaler
Bender
Carl Bender
Cleveland
William Thompson
Akron
Prank Novak
Akyron
Hudagn
New Temple Started at Fostoria in Grand Masons Parade
Masons laid the corner stone of the Masonic Temple in Fostoria at a $30,000 cost. Grand Master Edwin Griffith of Cleveland presided with Judge James of Toledo as speaker. A parade of about 1,000 Masons preceded the ceremony. Also reports McCarty to be buried in Ohio and Kentucky details of the fighter’s funeral.
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Fostoria
Mey
Masonic Temple
Ohio
Edwin &, Grifith
Cleveland
James
Toledo
McCarty
Ohis
Cynthiana
Luther McCarty
Pigua
Federal inquiry into Fort Moultrie gun blast kills soldiers
Federal inquiry held in Washington reviews the Fort Moultrie explosion near Charleston harbor that killed several soldiers and wounded many. Private Christen ton and Captain Henna were among the injured as Coast Artillery units, including the Sixteenth and One Hundred Forty fourth, waited with officers such as Colonel Ludlow and Captain Paterson at the fort.
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Fort Moultrie
S. C
Charleston
D. C
Fort Moultris
Sullivan
Hanbor
Fort Sumter
War Department
Washington
Ton
Henna
Comet Artillery
Coast Artillery
Fortie
H. H. Ludlow
W. Paterson
A. G. Jenkins
Eighty Saved When Steamer Sinks Near Smyrna
A steamer named Nevada carrying 200 passengers and 120 Tigers struck three mines in the Gulf of Smyrna during the Balkan conflict. Eighty were rescued by boats from the French cruiser Broix as Turks scattered wreckage to deter Greek forces. The Nevada, although Turkish owned, flew the American flag.
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Smyrna Mee
Nevada
Gulf of Smyrna
Tolnes
Broix
Dayton's Big Subscriptions Move Hits Flood Prevention Goal
Dayton completes a 2,250,000 public subscription to fund flood prevention. The campaign, started a week ago and ending an hour early, shows universal support with Paterson and the cash register plant leading at 250,000.
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Dayton
Ohio
Paterson
Cash Register
Fatal Row Over Change in Cleveland Saloon Fight
In Cleveland on May 26 Charles Nottege, 20, died after a blow to the jaw from Dominic Kain during a saloon quarrel over a bar change. The strike was described as not very forceful, but Nottege collapsed and died shortly after. Kain surrendered to authorities.
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Cleveland
Charles Nottege
Dominic Kain
Kein
Nottage
Witherves
Kain
Five to Ten Killed In Canal Siphon Collapse
Five to ten workers died and nearly score injured when a drainage siphon under the old basin canal collapsed at New Orleans on May 26. Names listed include Richard Balion Luckembacker Mack Naller and Philip Juckeon. A protecting piling gave way and wreckage swept into the canal as the structure failed.
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Bown
New Orleans
Old Basin Canal
Richard Balion
Luckembecker
Mack Naller
Philip Juckeon
Laborera
Roferdam Lqave Way
Progressive group calls for fourfold continuance in Franklin County
In Columbus on May 26 a Progressive delegation used Arabic resolutions asserting office hunger drives the move to reunite Republicans with Progressives. The Franklin County Progressive party backs four separate continuances of the Progressive movement.
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Columbus
Einb
Franklin County
Policeman Shot as Actor Denies Affair and Guns Threat
New York actor James Devlin was arrested after Patrolman Patrick Consadine was shot in Devlin’s Cilfiside Park home. Consadine lay dying from a bullet wound in the abdomen. He said Devlin had been too friendly with his wife and warned of assault before handing over a gun. In New Orleans, Republicans express support for a plan to trim southern representation at national conventions.
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New York
James Devlin
Patrick Consadine
Devlin
Cilfiside Park
N. 1
Consadine
Devlinwald T
Hurley Returns to Penitentiary for Fourth Term
Columbus, May 2. Otis Hurley, known as the penitentiary demon, was received at the state prison to begin his fourth term. He faces a five-year sentence from Greene county for horse stealing.
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Columbus
Otis Hurley
Hurley
Greene County
Baines Will Stick Gives No Indication of Resigning
New York May 26 William Barnes avoided comment on moves to oust him as chair of the Republican state committee He issued a statement about future party activities suggesting no present plan to resign He will convene the committee after the legislature's special session to consider nominations for chief and associate judge of the court of appeals
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New York
William Barnes
Republican State Committee
Court of Appeals
Aviator Hamilton Injured In Field Aircraft Fall
Lety May Hamilton of Mineola, who runs a school of aviation at Hempstead Plains, was hurt when his home built aeroplane engine failed at about 50 feet. He fell to the ground and was taken to Nassau Hospital in Mineola, where doctors said injuries are not serious. The aeroplane was badly damaged.
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Mineola
Plans for 1914 Fray Loom in Party Ranks
Washington May 26 Leaders of Republicans and Democrats in Congress outline plans for the 1914 campaign and a possible national convention to regain the White House. Republicans expect a national committee session 60 days after adjournment and a later move to New York and Chicago. Debate over increased Senate representation continues as direct elections loom.
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Washington
Republican Party
National Committee
Coo Brees
White House
Republicso National Committee
Representaon Fm
New York
Chicago
Democratic
Republican
Senate
Jamée Fi Berke
House
Republican Congressional Committee
William McKinley
Minois
Burkee
Democratic National Committee
Live Stock and Grain Prices from Chicago and Cleveland
Market prices listed for cattle hogs sheep and lambs with bid offers from Chicago and Cleveland. Includes steers cows bulls heifers calves and various grain futures notes prices in dollars per hundredweight and per bushel with multiple line items and figures.
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utiKe
Cleveland
Milchers
Springer
Owen
Fatal buggy accident on interurban tracks near Elyria
Elyria Ohio May 26 Richard Gibbons 30 was killed and Peter Smith badly injured when a bulky horse backed their buggy onto the interurban tracks one and a half miles east of Elyria in front of a limited car.
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Elyria, O
Richard Gibbons
Peter Smith
Elyria
Burglars hold family then steal $20000 in jewelry
In Chicago on May 4 Burslers entered the residence of William Yeser, locked the family and servants in their quarters, cut telephone wires and switched off the electricity, then took jewelry valued at about $20,000 hidden in a bathroom closet. Leather cases were found cut open in the cellar.
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Chicago
Burslers
William Yeser
Roosevelt libel trial opens in Marquette with Roosevelt party gathered
Former President Roosevelt arrives in Marquette to sue George Newett publisher of the Iron Ore Ishpeming for libel over an editorial alleging drunkenness. Jury selection and opening statements begin as Judge Plannigan may rule on proof requirements. Roosevelt's party includes Pinchot Bacon Loeb Heller and Roosevelt kin with Newett and Ishpeming steel firm attorney W. Belden among defense aides.
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Marquette
Mich
Roosevelt
Trian
Richard C. Plannigan
Seorce Newett
Tuken
Cononel
Colonel Roosevelt
Frank Harper
Jacob Rils
Gifford Pinchot
Frank H. Ty~fee
Robert Bacon
William Loeb, Sr
Edmund Heller
Walter Brown
J. C. O'Laughlin
0. K. Davis
J. Sloan
Blair
W. Emily Roosevelt
Phillip Roosevelt
Alexander Lancbert
James R
Newberry
United
Bhanghai Official Killed by Bomb in Package
General How Pao Gan who led Yang Thow troops in the revolution was killed by a bomb sent in a package. Geters Hou, a friend of President Yuen Bhib Kal, was stoned and despised by Hue Ming Tung, the southern radical party.
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Bhanghai
How Pao-Gan
Yang Thow
Vas
Geters Hou
Yuen Bhib Kal
Hue Ming Tung
Radivel
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