Carelessness Alleged After 43 Die As Steamer Monroe Sinks
Forty three people die when the Merchants and Miners liner Nantucket sinks the Old Dominion liner Monroe after a midship ram. Captain Johnson reports 19 passengers and 24 crew lost. 36 passengers and 5 crew saved. Rescue efforts begin but are hampered by rapid sinking.
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Western Weeiieen News Service
Norfolk
Merchants and Miners
Nantucket
Old Dominion
Monroe
Johnson
Hog Island
Gatley
Charges of gross carelessness in Nantucket collision
Captain Johnson of the Monroe sues in federal court alleging gross carelessness and negligence by Nantucket officers and crew. He claims the Nantucket traveled at a dangerous speed in fog, ignored signals, and violated navigation rules, causing the Monroe collision and loss of about forty lives.
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Norfolk
Nantucket
Johnson
Monroe
First Old Dominion Line Passenger Fatality At Sea
H B Walker of New York, president of Old Dominion Steamship, notes the Monroe’s loss marks the first passenger death at sea in the line’s history. The company began in 1867, operated seven steamers, and equipped vessels for full safety compliance this season.
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Washington
Old Dominion Line
H. B. Walker
New York
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Monroe
Jim Crow Law Upheld in Okla Passenger Car Incident
In St. Joseph Oklahoma Dr. William J Thompkins sued for damages of 10000 dollars after an attempt to enforce the Jim Crow law by refusing him entry to the white railroad car. The case centers on racial segregation actions and the verdict upheld the existing law enforcement.
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St. Joseph
Okla
William J. Thompkins
Pious Fund Debt Paid as Prisoners Begin School
Lincoln report notes more than 100 inmates at the state penitentiary gather in the chapel to start reorganized schooling. Two rules cited are hard study and orderly conduct. Classes form five groupings with most inmates placed in the second and third grade levels, a few in the sixth and seventh grade division.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Lincoln
Neb
State Penitentiary
Worst Storm of Season Hits Midwest and Great Lakes
The massive blizzard of 1913 14 sweeps Illinois Indiana and Ohio with up to eighteen inches of snow. Detroit sees 2000 laborers clearing streets as streetcar traffic halts while Grand Rapids and northern Michigan lose contact. The storm claims six lives and disrupts rail and road transport across the region.
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Union News Service
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Middle West
Lake Erie
St. Lawrence
Ohio
Indianapolis
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Digestive Relief Ad Appears in Pape's Diapepsin Pitch
An advertisement urges readers to buy a large fifty cent bottle of Pape's Diapepsin to ease indigestion and promote comfortable digestion. It promotes enjoying meals without fear of dyspepsia and suggests keeping Ady for nighttime stomach disturbances.
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Pape
Suburban Doctor Scene Reveals Grim Double Duty
In a poorly written dialogue a doctor accepts an assignment in the suburbs and jokes about killing two birds with one stone. The exchange exposes a troubling ethical edge and suggests a darker plan behind ordinary care.
Judge Cured Heart Trouble with Kidney Pills Claim
An advertisement claims a six year heart trouble relief after taking six boxes of Dodds E Kidney Pills. The narrator describes dizziness eyes puffiness breath shortness chills and back ache and mentions free samples of English pipes for dainty dishes along with a quip about life contradictions between bachelorhood and marriage.
Pious Fund Payment Arrives From Mexico City
Mexico City paid about $43,000 in Mexican money toward the pious fund debt to the American chargé d affaires Nelson O'Shaughnessy after a personal request. The payment completed a portion of the debt while other claims were postponed. O'Shaughnessy was initially told to return in an hour when only about two-thirds of the amount was available. Later payment was made in full.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Nelson O’shaughnessy
O'Shaughnessy
General Treasury
Dispute at United Mine Workers Session Flare
Indianapolis reports a chaotic UMWA session where Duncan McDonald accused Samuel Gompers of being gloriously drunk at the Seattle convention and elsewhere. Gompers denied the charge calling McDonald a liar and a slanderer. Charles Moyer warned AFL aid shortfalls risked the Michigan copper strike's failure.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Duncan McDonald
Illinois Miners
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Gompers
McDonald
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Michigan
Congressman Urges Missouri River Survey and District
Congressman Lobech urged the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors to survey the Missouri River from Kansas City to Sioux City for river traffic viability and to create a river improvement district in the area under Army Engineer Corps supervision.
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Washington
Lobech
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Missouri
Kansas City
Sioux City
Army Engineer Corps
Women marched on White House for suffrage support
President Wilson offered no encouragement to a 300 woman delegation at the White House. Twenty-five were admitted while five brief speeches were made. He reiterated that as a leader of the democracy he could not endorse a constitutional amendment at that time.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Trachoma Cases Prompt Hiring in Lincoln School
Thirty three cases of trachoma in a Lincoln Neb school trigger the board of education to hire assistants for Dr Knight the school physician to combat the outbreak. The affected school has just over two hundred pupils.
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Lincoln School
Lincoln
NebThirty
Board of Education
Knight
Huerta Aims to Show Government Strength in Mexico City
General Huerta, in a move to demonstrate a robust government, publicly asserted stability in Mexico City on Saturday as Nelson accompanied him, signaling continuity amid political strain.
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Mexico City
General Huerta
Nelson
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