Miners vote day awaited as arbitration plan debated
Wilkes Barre Pa Oct 2 The 145000 striking miners met to vote on President Roosevelt's arbitration plan after speeches by Mitchell and union leaders Engineers firemen and pumpmen fear losing old jobs and delayed proceedings A committee on resolutions formed and the convention expected to declare the strike off tomorrow with a large majority.
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Wilkesbarre
Nesbitt Theater
Roosevelt
Mitchell
United States
Miners Convention Opens in Wilkes Barre With Ovation for Mitch ell
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania district president Nicholls calls miners convention to session at 10:40 New York time. Mitchell arrives for afternoon session due to strike headquarters duties. Three district secretaries Dempsey Gallagher Hartleth named credentials committee. Morning talks run 45 minutes before adjournment to 2 PM. Afternoon resumes with credentials reports and singing.
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Wilkesbarre
Nicholls
Scranton
Mitchell
John T. Dempsey
John P. Gallagher
Hazleton
George Hartleth
Shamokin
Governor Durbin Rejects City Smallpox Resolution
The Richmond Indiana City Council reads a letter from Governor W T Durbin regarding a smallpox resolution asking the use of a 60000 contingent fund. Durbin says localities must exhaust their resources before state help and clarifies the fund's purpose to prevent infectious diseases with the state health board poised to gain 6000 for disease prevention at the new fiscal year start on November 1.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
W. T. Durbin
Durbin
State Board of Health
Train 19 Wreck Fatal for Engineer Ryder in Ohio
The Big Four through train No 19 from New York to St Louis wrecked near Flint on the Cleveland division after striking an open switch. Engineer Ryder of Cleveland was fatally injured and is expected to die. Several passengers and trainmen were injured, with names including Jerry Lahiff and Jerry Hayes among others. A second collision occurred near Coal Creek Tennessee involving the Louisville express and a freight, injuring fifteen but with no fatalities.
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Columbus
Twentieth Century Flyer
Flint
Cleveland Division
New York
St. Louis
Ryder
Cleveland
Jerry Lahiff
Jerry Hayes
Mary Myers
Wellington
Benjamin Shwenger
E. W. Donnelly
Mansfield
Will. Burns
Brooklyn
N. Y
Empire Theater
Harry Mintor
Fair Haven
N. J
Clifton
Worthington
George Hester
Engineer Ryder
Knoxville
Tenn
Louisville
Knoxville and
L. Huffmaster
R. W. Wood
E. C. Worthley
J. E. Harrell
Oswego
Swofford
Carrville
M. Price
Monroe
Washington
Mattie Monday
C. A. Powers
Jacksboro
George Lenoir
Samuel Davis
W. Nelson
Lafollette
J. T. Newman
Coal Creek
W. H. Kibbler
Johnson City
J. E. Chaffin
Shaw
Democratic Party
Spain
Philippines
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Union Station
Jesse Overstreet
A. A. Young
John O. Perrin
D. M. Parry
Charles W. Miller
Mr. Overstreet
Two Killed Fifteen Injured in Texas Rail Crash
Two people died and fifteen were injured when an International & Great Northern passenger train collided with a freight train at Lewis Texas. The dead include an unidentified man and Jasper Howard of Mart. The injured list features Mrs Mary Ellison of Georgetown and several others from Georgetown Waco Palestine and Chicago among towns and names scrambled in the report.
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Arthur Munson
Marry Case
Palestine
D. T. Lewis
Canes
G. Pets
Ane
Waco
M. Denson
Prairie Prairie
Hiterson
Chicago
Kentucky Complains Pressing Action on Huge Rail Merge
The Interstate Commerce Commission released Kentucky railroad officials complaint urging probe into a cross state merger involving Atlantic Coast Line, Louisville and Nashville, Southern Railway entities and others. It warns a few financiers may seize control of 25 000 miles of track, raise rates, pool freights and suppress competition across 14 states, potentially harming 16 million people.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Committee
Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
The
Southern Railway
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Company
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Orth Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Esha
Atlantic Coast Line Company
Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company
St. Louis
Chicago
J . Mon & Co
Pit
Interstate Commerce Commission
James J Hill Testifies Anti Merger Case in Minnesota
In St Paul on October 20 Special Examiner Ingersoll continued the U S vs Northern Securities Company hearing. James J Hill, president of Northern Securities and Great Northern Railway, testified on coal supply, terminal limits, and coal routes. He described Burlington connections lowering rates, noted coal from Pennsylvania scarce, and that the case centers on keeping rates in line with unaffordable domestic coal and freight costs.
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George B. Young
C. W. Bunn
M. D. Grover
St. Paul
New York
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacific Railway
Great Northern Railway
J. J. Hill
Northern Securities
Hill
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Rts
Burlington
Northwestern
Ita
Puget Sound
Spokane
British Columbia
St. Louis
Minnesota
Chicago
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Exchange of
Great Northern Stock
Orient
Northern Lines
W. P. Clough
Frederick Weyerhauser
California Venus Marian Nolan Shot, Suicide Follows
In San Francisco on October 20 Marian Nolan known as the California Venus was shot by Edward Marschutz who then killed himself. The couple argued on her doorstep after a quarrel over a long romance. Nolan had risen to fame after a California beauty contest and appeared on stage in minor roles.
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San Francisco
Marian Nolan
Pacific Coast
California
Edward Marschutz
Marschutz
Miss Nolan
Marschutzs
Senator Fairbanks speaks at Greensburg and Milroy
Two great meetings feature Senator Fairbanks and New York congressman Sereno E. Payne as Republicans rally in Indiana. In Greensburg the Hazel Rigg Opera House hosts an engaged audience with local figures like J. M. Woodfill and L. D. Braden, while in Milroy Fairbanks arrives for a big afternoon gathering.
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Senator Fairbanks
Greensburg
Milroy
Ind
Hazelrigg Opera House
Rush County
J. M. Woodfill
Marshall Grover
M. E. Newhouse
L. D. Braden
United States Senate
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Fairbanks
Henry B. Sherman
Decatur County
Congress
Spain
United States Army
Philippines
Econ
Milroy Rally Draws Fairbanks Local Republicans
Senator Fairbanks spoke in Milroy amid autumn leaves and a large farmers gathering. Joined by Rep. James E. Watson, he rode in from Rushville with county Republicans. Milroy schools granted a half holiday so pupils could attend, as townsfolk filled the yard for the United States senator.
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Milroy
Ind
Senator Fairbanks
Milrby
Rush County
Decatur County
Rushville
Fairbanks
Milroy Public
United States
Indictment of Col Butler and St Louis Politician
October grand jury indicts Col Edward Butler a leading St Louis political figure and millionaire on bribery charges linked to a city lighting bill. About 47 000 dollars allegedly paid to nineteen House of Delegates members via the Tamblyn Helms Schumacher and Murrell group. Butler arrested and released on bonds, statements from him and others reflect tension over the case.
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ST. Louis
Edward Butler
House of Delegates
Butler
Julius Lehmann
Combine
Charles F. Kelly
Tamblyn
Helms
Schumacher
John K. Murrell
E. K. Murrell
House
John Helms
Otto Schumacher
Omaha Board of Education members held on bond charge
President Alonzo Miller and members J L Kubat and Theodore Schroeder of the South Omaha Board of Education were today held to the District Court on a charge of accepting a $1,000 bond.
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Omaha, Neb
Alonzo Miller
J. L. Kubat
Theodore Schroeder
Board of Education of
South
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Mr. Mitchell
BIG Four
Indianapolis
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ANDRA
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MUNCH
Stoen Dace
Teipomineton
Runerowy
Bluegrass
James J. Hill
Burlington Road
Venus
Sereno E. Payne
Newport
Jay County
Baker
Co. A.C
Arkansas
Ising
Forest City
Ark
Charles Young
Ed Lewis
W. E. Williams
Judge Hutton
Murphy
Young
Lewis
Minn
John H. Sparks
Sparks
Johnnie Niemann
Call
Col. Butler
MR. Shaw
Secretary OF the Treasury
Tomlinson Hall
Hugh H. Hanna
Ctary Shaw
John C. Perin
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