Labor Day Orator Fairbanks Addresses Kansas City Crowd
Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks spoke to about 2,000 at Electric Park after a 10,000-strong Labor Day parade. He urged organized labor, praised its leaders, and backed immigration restrictions, child labor limits, and arbitration over strikes, stressing unity with capital and the value of contracts. The Kansas City event highlighted his meeting with labor representatives and an enthusiastic reception.
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Hold Up on Louisville & Nashville Express Car
A Nashville bound through train robbery near Franklin Tennessee involved two masked men forcefully taking valuables from a messenger A B Battle who stood with hands raised as a revolver pointed at him. The gang, including a man linked to a prior penitentiary escape, escaped with about six hundred dollars in goods. Police investigate.
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Cape Town Storm Drives Vessels Ashore Many Dead
Port Elizabeth gale sinks eighteen sailing ships and dashes four to pieces. Fifty bodies washed ashore. two tugs foundered. lighters ashore. Premier Sprigg warns of enormous loss of life as ships struggle in Algoa bay surf under dark, stormy night. Scot and Briton missing or damaged in the gale.
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Theodore Seward Dead Composer of Negro Melodies
Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward 67, composer and Brotherhood of Christian Unity president, died at Orange New Jersey. He founded the Don't Worry Clubs and the Golden Rule Brotherhood and edited musical journals. His best known work records Southern Negro religious melodies including Swing Low Sweet Chariot. He toured Europe with jubilee singers and helped Fisk University raise funds.
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Admiral Higginson Seizes Islands and Attacks Forts
Newport Rhode Island reports Admiral Higginson landing marines on Martha’s Vineyard and Block Island and capturing signal stations cutting telegraph and telephone wires. A night bombardment targets Forts Michie Wright and Rodman with a plan to probe Long Island sound while keeping crews active and alert.
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Disaster at Berry Alabama wrecks excursion train
A Labor Day excursion train on the Southern Railway derailed near Berry Alabama. Four cars mangled with numerous injuries and possible fatalities reported as survivors recount the disaster. Local authorities coordinate rescue amid debris and smoke as families await news.
Tragedy on Southern Railway Excursion Train Near Berry
An excursion train on a Southern Railway branch derailed near Berry Alabama at 9:30 AM, plunging from a sixty-foot embankment. Of 30 dead and 81 injured, 29 of the injured are not expected to survive. Most victims are Negro passengers from Mississippi. two white railway men survive. Rescue teams and doctors mobilized from Columbus Mississippi and Birmingham to aid the wounded as authorities prepare the dead for burial.
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Ezell Paterson
West Point
Ed Clark
Nate Green
Willie Thomson
Emmett Leroy
John McRevey
Jim Johnson
Simon Giton
William
Calvador Reports Violent Mont Pelee Eruption
The Calvador steamer left Fort de France on Saturday afternoon and passed Mont Pelee at seven in the evening as the volcano erupted violently. Ashes fell on the Saintes as the ship neared Guadeloupe, arriving off Point-a-Pitre at five but entering only after eleven due to darkness.
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Japanese cruiser reports Torishima eruption devastation
Yokohama dispatch says the Japanese cruiser Takashiko inspected Torishima after a volcanic eruption on August 13 and 15. The captain reports the island was utterly destroyed with no survivors and more than 18 people killed. Torishima lies between the Bonin islands and Japan’s main island.
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General Anderson Denies Manila Speech Reports
New York September 1 The Associated Press reports General Anderson has sent a letter denying published claims that he spoke in Manila while abroad. The letter dismisses the Manila speech charge as unfounded and questions the reliability of the sources that circulated the report.
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Battle of Fort Wright the Mayflower submarine alert
Fort Wright fired on a passing Indiana type battleship at 10 20 tonight as it neared Fort Terry. Guns from Fort Terry were heard targeting the vessel. Fort Mansfield signal says the fleet is approaching. An officer claims the Mayflower was blown up by a submarine mine while trying to enter Fort Gut.
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Victory for the Army foiled night attack at Fort Trumbull
Admiral Higginson reportedly halted the first war game assault near New London as Forts Wright Terry and Michie fired on the enemy fleet. General MacArthur inspected from Fort Wright while communications collapsed during the engagement. The test ended with uncertain results pending arbitration.
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Block Island Capture Report From New London Dispatches
Reports from Fort Trumbull in New London detail the Navy seizure of Block Island and a signal station at Woods Hall amid maneuvers. Dispatches describe a scout sighting off Point Judith, vessels including the Kearsarge and Colliers, marine landings on Block Island, and signal station destruction at Woods Hall. The base plan aims to use Block Island as a supply point.
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Mayor Johnson Plans 88 County Tour With Tent Rallys
Sandusky reports Mayor Tom L. Johnson arriving from Cleveland with his son and valet as Democrats converge for the State convention. He condemns the new municipal code and perpetual franchises, backs a federal plan for Ohio cities, and outlines a statewide campaign to tour all eighty eight counties with a 3500 seat tent and organized transportation. Reverend Herbert B igelow, Johnson ally, plans a statewide canvass though illness delays his attendance.
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Quiet Arkansas governor race shows Democratic sweep
Little Rock report indicates 25 of 75 counties counted with the Democratic ticket leading in Jefferson Davis for Governor remains in doubt in Jefferson Davis County. Republicans list Greaves and Myers as nominees with Greaves reportedly ahead.
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Balloonists Reach Florence After Pike's Peak Wreck
A Denver bound balloon voyage ended in a storm wreck twenty seven miles north of Florence Colorado. The crew were bruised and frostbitten but not seriously hurt after the airship was driven over Pike's peak three times and dumped water provisions and instruments to drop the summit. They landed at daylight and reached Florence by night.
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Balloon ascent ends in fatal fall at Springfield fair
Gus Kiefer was fatally injured at the Springfield fair grounds while making a balloon ascent. The balloon descended from about 20 feet, his parachute failed to open, he fell into a tree and to the ground, was found unconscious, and taken to the hospital.
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Victory Is Ours This Year’s Labor Day Baseball Attendance
Labor Day crowds set a new attendance mark as fans packed the stadium for this year’s holiday game. Officials touted the sustained interest, noting strong turnout from regional supporters and local business sponsors backing the event.
Indians Rout Colonels as Attendance Breaks Records
Indianapolis fans packed Washington Park for a Labor Day twin bill, with 20 000 onlookers for the afternoon clash and 3 782 in the morning. The Hoosiers swept both games from Louisville to move within one win of first place in the American Association, while a feverish crowd filled stands, streets, and even the field as six.
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