Austrian Premier Shot by Socialist Amid Parliament Standoff
Dr Friedrich Adler, a radical socialist editor known as the Liebknecht of Austria, confessed after arrest that he killed Premier Count Carl Sturghk because the government refused to convene Parliament. Two men were lightly wounded amid the shooting in a Vienna hotel. Adler surrendered without resistance. Count Stuerghk, born 1859 in Graz, became premier in 1911 and helped found the gymnasium method in Austria.
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Vienna
Berlin
Carl Stuergkh
Friedrich Adler
Doctor Adler
Count Stuergkh
Baron Aehrenthal
Meissi and Schada
Adler
Graz
Austria
University of
Austria-Hungary
Tragedy on Lake Erie claims 21 in gale
In the Black Friday disaster on Lake Erie 21 men died when the whaleback James B. Colgate sank off Long Point. Captain Walter Grashaw survived after clinging to a life raft for 84 hours as rescue steamer Marquette No 2 approached. Names of the missing include Ossman and Sutliffe among others.
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Cleveland, O
Lake Erie
Walter Grashaw
James B. Colgate
Rondeau
Canada
Conneaut
Long Point
Erie
Grashaw
Colgate
Ossman
Cleveland
Charlies E. Sutliff
Bremen Given Up as Lost in World War Sea Event
Reports say the German submarine merchantman Bremen is overdue by a month and presumed lost. Teutonic diplomats acknowledge no information on the vessel or its 25 crew members despite officials in Germany and Berlin tracking movements. The ship was expected to reach a U.S. port around mid last month.
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Pan
Teutonic
Bremen
Berlin
Liner Alaunia Sunk by Mine in English Channel
The Cunard liner Alaunia bound from New York to Falmouth and London was struck by a mine and sunk in the English Channel. Of 243 passengers, all were landed at Falmouth. four crew members are reported missing. The ship was en route to unload freight at Sulley docks in London when the explosion occurred.
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New York
Cunard
Falmouth
London
English Channel
Alaunia
Alatunia
Sulley Docks
Maniac Wrecks Fast Train in Manitowoc Yard
A vandal caused a wreck of the Ashland Limited in Manitowoc Wisconsin injuring several passengers. Engineer Robert Fitzgerald of Milwaukee was killed and fireman Albert Duchasse of Green Bay is believed buried under wreckage. The engine, baggage car, and tender plunged into a six foot ditch after a switch was forced open and a light indicating a clear track was turned on. This marks the fifth attempted wreck in months on the same train.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Ashland Limited
Northwestern
Chicago
Ashland
Robert Fitzgerald
Milwaukee
Albert Duchasse
Green Bay
Burroughs Bandit Held After Detroit Payroll Heist
James Walton alias Gordon was arrested in Dallas by Pinkerton detectives at gunpoint. He allegedly confessed taking 10 000 of the 30 000 Burroughs plant payroll theft in Detroit and admitted shooting the paymaster. He implicated his brother and a third man, saying they planned to split 60 000. Walton worked at the Packard factory.
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Dallas
Tex
James Walton
Gordon
Pinkerton
Burroughs
Detroit
Walton
Packard
Quake in the South Rocks Georgia and Nearby States
A southern earthquake and tropical storm hit October 20. The quake caused little structural damage but winds up to 114 mph from the hurricane toppled roofs in Pensacola and mobile, sank vessels, and killed a woman by a live wire in Alabama. QUAKE felt as far as Louisville and Augusta, with three minutes of tremors and two shocks.
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Atlanta
Gulf Coast
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
Montgomery
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville
Augusta
Rescue Chief Dies in Mine Disaster at Jamison Mine
Fairmont West Virginia October 23 L M Jones head of a trained rescue crew of the Pittsburgh station of the bureau of mines perished from asphyxiation while directing rescue work at the Jamison mine where over a dozen men were entombed A body of Matthew Allison chief electrician was recovered and three other bodies including Allison s assistant A W Vance were brought out
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Allison
A. W. Vance
Former Manistee Mayor Killed in Car Crash Near Manistee
Waldemar Brown, once mayor of Manistee, died in a two-car collision near Manistee on Sunday. Nine others were injured including Frederick Stone registrar of deeds George Giles Louis Austen son of the county treasurer William Hatch Frank Jurkowski Mike Gloeski Roy E. B. Overpack William Martison and George Lumsden. Stone and Gilles may die.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Merida Sinks in Lake Erie Gale with All Hands Lost
Merida crew of twenty three believed lost after a Friday night gale on Lake Erie. Seven bodies were recovered misidentified by two other ships as rescue efforts continued. The disaster adds to four lake steamers lost in the storm with total fatalities at fifty.
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Western
Union News Service
Cleveland
Merida
Valley Camp Shipping Company of
Midland
Ont
Lake Erie
Marshal F. Butters
D. F. Piler
James B. Colgate
Criticising the Commission Faces Congressional Critique
Washington reports hostile criticism awaits the federal trade commission in the next congress for failing to produce several key reports. The Senate seeks probes into sharp rises in news print paper prices and repeated gasoline price increases affecting publishers and motorists.
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Congress Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Senate
Clash on Rio Grande Near San Jose Gains No American Loss
American troops and Mexican forces clashed Thursday afternoon near San Jose in the Big Bend country. The engagement lasted about forty five minutes with no American casualties and unclear Mexican losses. Col Joseph Gaston reported a band of about thirty Mexicans fired on a patrol of twenty three Sixth Cavalry and Texas National Guard cavalry.
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Rio Grande
San Antonio
Tex
San Jose
Big Bend
Funston
Joseph Gaston
Gaston
Sixth Cavalry
Texas National Guard
Wheat Sells at Two Dollars in Minneapolis Market
Five thousand bushels of No 1 Durum wheat traded in cash at $2 per bushel in Minneapolis. A local firm bought the wheat for milling from another local firm. Several cars of Montana Durum, still to arrive, also sold at $2 per bushel.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Nebraska football team returns from Seattle welcome at depot
Nebraskans reached Leavenworth after an all night stop in Seattle where a crowd of about 100 greeted the team and band at the depot. The party held signal practice while the band gave a concert and others photographed the mountain scenery along the way.
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Leavenworth
Wash
Nebraska
Cascade Mountains
Seattle
Depot
Wife 100 Ill to Work
Indianapolis woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with a dramatic recovery from illness and low weight. She improved from 109 to 133 pounds after five months and now handles housework and laundry, urging other women to try the remedy amid broad trust in the old fashioned root and herb formula.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wm. Green
S. Addison Street
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Running Order Rule Sparks Readiness in Daily Practice
A dialogue about preparedness and method contrasts a habit of constant readiness with the idea of living every task in running order as a standing rule. The exchange highlights discipline, efficiency, and a mindset of proactive organization.
Skinner's Macaroni Ad Appeals to Mothers
An Omaha Nebraska advertisement touts Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as a nutritious economical food for children. It claims to build bone and muscle, calm nerves, uses durum wheat, and offers a free cookbook to mothers. A closing moral line contrasts the idea of dying for a woman with hesitation at the last moment.
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Skinner
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Nebr
Adyv
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W. N. U. Lincoln
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