Wreck Toll Grows as Officials Probe In Secret
Death toll from the Wallingford wreck reaches twenty one with seventeen on hospital lists. Coroner Mix and state utilities chief Elwell lead a secret joint inquiry while crews clear the track despite orders to leave wreckage undisturbed. Rear Pullmans and damaged locomotive are hauled away as bonfires burn wreckage near the right of way. A special train prepared to move bodies from Philadelphia for a Fox party disaster victim list follows ongoing investigations.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Wallingford
Mix
Elwell
State Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Bar Harbor
August B. Miller
White Mountain Express
Elbert A. Robertson
Bruce B. .Dams
Charles Henry Murray
Icc to probe New Haven wreck for safety reforms
Commissioner McChord announced he would personally lead the interstate commerce commission investigation into the New Haven disaster. The inquiry aims to fix responsibility and gather basis for congressional recommendations to improve railway passenger safety.
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New Haven Road
Washington
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Congress
Blount Addresses Bar Association in Montreal
In Montreal on September 3 the American Bar Association concluded its vetting by debating ways to simplify legal procedure and officer elections. Ex President Art led the session as the chief speaker, with William Blount of Pensacola among the papers read at the symposium. Judge Oak urged brevity saying capable lawyers draft concise pleadings submit briefest briefs and present the shortest arguments for justice.
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Associated Press
Montreal
American Bar Association
Art
Bar Assation
William Blount
Pensacola
Fla
Oak
Federal Circuit Court of Peals
Wyers
Ely
Pensacola Naval Station Reopened Suggested by Board
A naval board recommended reopening Pensacola Florida as a first class naval station and building a large drydock and repair facilities to serve ships in the Caribbean and Atlantic theaters. The report cites Pensacola as the best Gulf of Mexico site for a major naval base and stresses its value in both peace and war.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pensacola
Fla., Naval Station
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic
Panama 1
Seery Daniels
Naval Board
Gulf of Mexico
Thaw Deported After Jail Release Ordered
Harry Thaw lost his habeas corpus bid to stay in Sherbrooke jail and was formally arrested as an undesirable alien. He was to be taken to Coaticook for deportation hearings with immigration officers enforcing the order.
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Sherbrooke
Que
Harry Thaw
Hutchinson
Thaw
Coaticook
Immigration Department
Alabama Railroad Commission Grants Rate Rehearing
The Alabama Railroad Commission reopened the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railways passenger rate case to consider new evidence. The decision follows letters from citizens and patrons urging no revenue reduction amid ongoing upgrades and improved service.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Railroad Commission
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
John T. Cochrane
Russell Houston
Cochrane Lines
Cochrane
Mexico Again in Foreground Renewed Mexican Ties
Washington reports President Wilson plans to review recent Mexico developments with Secretary Bryan. William Bayard Hale, arriving from Mexico City via Vera Cruz, carries personal messages for the president while discussing protection of American property in Mexico. John Lind’s status remains unclear.
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Washington
Wilson
William Bayard Hale
Mexico
Bryan
John Lind
Vera Cruz
Hale
Lind
Mexico City
Mexi
Missionaries heed warning and leaving Mexico
The Southern Methodist Board of Missions reports missionaries reaching Vera Cruz from Mexico City with several named individuals sailing to the states tomorrow. Women and children from San Luis Potosi have reached Tampico under protection of American warships. Some missionaries in Monterey and Chi huahua received orders to remain or proceed with discretion. Unclear reports from Guadalajara Torreon and Mazatlan raise unease. The Southern Presbyterian committee directs women and children across the border with discretion on remaining.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Methodist Board of Missions
Vera Cruz
Exico City
Esther Case
Miss Fox
Annie Churchill
R. C. Elliott
San Luis Potosi
Ellen Alster
Charles May Cunningham
Fannie B. Maling
Tampico
Monterey
A. B. Harry
M. E. Joyner
Lizzie Wilson
Chihuahua
Ues
Joseph Thacker
el Oro
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Torreon
Mazatlan
Southern Presbyterian Committee
Governor O Neal Expected Back This Week From Vacation
Special from Montgomery Alabama Sept 3 Governor O Neal plans to return to Montgomery this week after a vacation following the Colorado Springs conference and Yellowstone trip He had been busy with social duties before leaving and no extra session talk is current The governor disavows any responsibility for the rumor of an immediate legislature gathering and seeks a full explanation of the report.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Colorado Springs
Yellowstone Park
Weste
Pullman Car Co. Named in Wallingford Wreck Inquiry
The Pullman Company is to be party to the Interstate Commerce Commission investigation of the Wallingford wreck. The commission seeks a full statement on passenger train sleeping cars, counts of wooden versus steel construction, and the current car under construction to aid the New Haven wreck probe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pullman Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wallingford, Conn
McChord
Richmond Dean
Chicago
Commission
New Haven
Four Americans Go Over Cliff in Auto
An automobile carrying four American travelers near Little Saint Bernard fell over a precipice. Two women Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Duer were mortally injured others Mr. Duet and his son sustained lesser injuries. They were taken to the hospital at San Bernard.
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Associated Press
Turin
Italy
Chamonix
France
Little San Bernard
Smith
Duer
Duet
San Bernard
Crossings Talk Between Rail Officials Moves Ahead
Vice President and General Manager R V Taylor of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad left the city Wednesday morning for Meridian Mississippi to meet Superintendent D D Curran of the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company and confer on a number of crossing matters.
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R. V. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Meridian
Miss
D. D. Curran
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company
Crossines
Strikers Contend For Increased Pay At Mobile Docks
Nine laborers arrived in Mobile from the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to act as strike breakers at union docks. Eight vessels remain tied up at port as longshoremen strike for higher wages, with pay scales set for lumber side carriers foremen and holiday rates.
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Mobile
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Union Line
City
Munson Line
Karen
Oscar G
Clara C. Scott
Donna Christina
Athena
Georgia Gilkey
Ceres
Cerro Largo
IRDT
Neonoaederica
D. P. Johnson
Rafe Clemmons
International Longshoremen’s Union
Johnson
International Organization
New York
Mallory Steamship Line
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Southern Steel to Build $5 Million Plant Near Mobile
Judge V Mead of Denver as general manager for Southern Steel Company is expected in Mobile to file articles of incorporation for a $5,000,000 steel plant on the Dickens tract north of Mobile. L C Davis and J F Barnhill, key figures in interlocking rail patents, will join the scene. Clearing of fifty acres for the mill site has begun and construction will start soon. R A Sleep of Faville Sleep and John Marston Jr. helped seal the deal with the purchase of the Dickens tract, and Sleep recently married Miss Laura Nye of Beloit Wisconsin, sister of Mrs F Faville. The Sleep couple will live in Irvington.
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V. Mead
Denver
Southern Steel Company
Dickens Tract
Mobile
L. C. Davis
J. F. Barnhill
R. A. Sleep
Faville & Sleep
Chicago
F. C. Faville
John Marston’ S Jr
Dickens
Laura Nye
Beloit
Wis
Senate resumes tariff debate as Morgrenhau nomination urged
The Senate resumes consideration of a tariff bill while the American Bankers Association outlines banking views on currency legislation. Henry Morgenthau's nomination as ambassador to Turkey is reported favorably by the Foreign Relations Committee. The House passes the Hetch Hetchy reservoir bill granting San Francisco use of the basin.
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Senate
American Bankers Association Committee
Banking Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
West Virginia
Weather forecast and stray temperatures report
The weather section predicts fair conditions tonight and Thursday with light variable winds for the region. Separate observations at Royal and Dauphin record temperatures from 5 am to 2 pm with values ranging from 78 to 91 degrees.
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Royal and
Dauphin
FOM
Worthen Faces Disbarment Proceedings in Alabama
Tuscaloosa reports disbarment actions against G. G. Worthen by Tuscaloosa Bar Association members led by prominent local attorneys. Charges allege unethical conduct including offering inducements, asserting contested claims, and soliciting legal business. case set for October 2. Separately in New York, investigation seeks why Justice Smith was asked to keep papers secret regarding Thomas E Hayden and a hidden California past. Hayden allegedly concealed marriage and support details.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Hi. B. Foster
L. J. Snow
Fred Fite
John McQueen
James Rice
H. L. Smith
T. B. Ward
Clarkson
J. E. Morrisette
Robinson Brown
J. ?. Vandevoort
Washington Moody
J. C. Persons
BR. H. Wright
S. H. Sprott
A. 8. Vandegraaff
P. I. Traweek
B. L Dodson
Worthen
R. Humner
Rosenau Company
Pickens County Lumber Company
New York
Justice of the Peace
Frederick W. Smith
Waterville
N. Y
National Administration
Thomas E. Hayden
California
United States
San Francisco
John McNab
Diggs-Camminetti
Hayden
Misa Margaret
Toole
Justice Smith
Smith
Babe
City to sue 400 delinquent taxpayers over street improvements
The city plans to sue about four hundred delinquent taxpayers for street improvement and venture assessments. City Attorney B. Boone says suits will be filed on September 11 unless delinquents settle beforehand. Total amount involved exceeds fifty thousand dollars.
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B. 2. Boone
Chinaman and white wife stabbed in South Side restaurant
Chicago police believe a fatal stabbing of Charles Sing and serious wounding of his wife Alice were carried out by white assailants after Sing married an American woman. A restaurant servant is in custody.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles Sing
South Side
Alice
Sing
Threats From Yaqui Indians Endanger American Travelers
Douglas Arizona reports threats of Yaqui uprisings against the Sonora insurgent government. The Yaqui demand lands seized in the Diaz era and seek reparations from Pima and Mayo tribes allied with insurgents. The unrest risks weakening state forces and inviting federal intervention as gunfire and clashes intensify near key towns such as Corral, Alamos, and Comales.
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Associated Press
Douglas
Ariz
Sonora
Maytorena
Gergon
Ie Sain Ae Norte
N D Pho
Sion
Ianin
Corral
Coma Ks
Alamos
Good Roads Enthusiasm Surges in Arkansas Demonstration
Arkansas Governor George W. Hays joins Missouri Governor Elliott Major and hundreds of citizens as Good Roads workers stage a large demonstration in Little Rock. More than one hundred autos parade to highway sites while locals provide fried chicken and barbecue. The event covers 500 miles of road work across 50 of 75 counties with a two day mobilization.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Elliott Major
Missouri
Arkansas “Good Roads
George W. Hays
Capital Avenue
Main Streets
Major
Governor Major
Hall
Louisiana
General Assembly
Good Roads
Hays
White
Army
Durant Pple Directee A
Underwood Talks Tariff Confidence at White House
Washington Sept. 3 Majority Leader Underwood visited the White House to urge swift tariff conference action. He said there are no differences of principle with the Senate and hopes to resolve the bill in under two weeks. Senator Simmons also met with the president to discuss revenue in the tariff.
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Associated Press
Washington
Underwood
White House
House
Senate
Simmons
Severe storm sweeps Virginia coast wreckage hits shore
A severe storm along the Virginia Virginia North Carolina and Maryland coasts brought winds to 48 mph at Cape Henry. The four mast schooner Richard F C Hartley carrying salt from New York to Charleston broke up in high seas and wreckage washed ashore between Bodie Island and Cape Hatteras. Many sailing vessels sought shelter in Hampton Roads.
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Hy Associated Press
Norfolk
Chicago Ends Hottest September Heat Wave With Relief
A lake breeze cooled Chicago's record heat as the September 2 peak eased. The thermometer dropped dramatically after a day marked by unprecedented warmth and high afternoon temperatures.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lake Breeze
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