Fire destroys street car barn. three men killed in Cleveland
A devastating fire at the Cleveland Electric Railway street car barn in Holdarneenve and Parkiti killed three men, injured two, and caused $20,000 in property damage.100 motors valued at about $340 each were stored in the four acre building, with authorities suspecting incendiary origin. Firefighters recovered bodies and saved others as they fought through intense heat.
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Cleveland
Nov
Montha
Robert Duffy
James Schweda
Robert Reed
Michael Corrigan
Harry Vandevelde
Reed
Cleveland Electric Tailway Company
Sud- Araly
Guiry
Hotweda
Harry Vandpurlde
Robert Heed
Comedia
Mitchael Corrixan
Tre
Hobert
Herd
Hkery Vandevelée
Andrews
Shot in the Stomach at Metropole Hotel Riot
Jospn Fran cis Furlong aged 4 and a traveling man shot Irving McDonald at the Metropole Sunday morning. McDonald died four hours later. Furlong surrendered to police, claiming self defense. Grace Holt and Mrs Lever Jalood Myrick of New York were present with Furlong and others. The incident began after a quarrel over remarks and a toast. Furlong jailed in the women's cell. McDonald a son of millionaire John McDonald, details reveal a chaotic scene with multiple witnesses.
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Josenka
Josph Francis Furlong
Howard Street
St. Louis
Irving McDonald
John 1 McDonald
Metropole Note
Donald
Furlong
Metropale
Parsots
Pulice
Mie Grace Holt
Lever Jalood Myrick
New York
Governor's Bon Theatrical Company
Carl Warner
Frying McDonald
Cole
Tamiliar Yeas
Metropole
Aresult
Mre Myrick
Peckatkalver
Fur- Jone
Forciae
Seine
Mcdonald
Nin
Insworthea
McDannit
Purlos
Gorchee
Bia
Norsine
The
Transport Service Debate in Army Supply Report
A formal military inquiry favors continuing the transport service as a military necessity, noting it is valuable and economical. The quartermaster general reports that government transport costs for a year favor the transport service over private contract, with Philippine tariffs showing higher costs under other methods.
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Wwington
Jasny Transport Service
FS Bum- Pirey
Mrey
Transpost
Lenard
Hines Anita Sayeediateet
Unclear wartime supply notes on uniforms and replacements
Fragmentary OCR note discusses loss minimization and new uniform shells for Philippine Ginngwab tour of service. Mentions three or four Vera service items and emergency path, with references to equipment and readiness in the United States.
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Thae Islands
United States
Kidnaping Case Involving East St Louis Boy
Sylvester Baker, 23, pleaded guilty in Belleville court to attempted kidnaping of Jesse Johnsley, an East St Louis youth aged about 12. He admitted planning to spirit the boy away to join a carnival company exhibition. Baker was sentenced to four years in Pontiac reform school.
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St Louis Mo
Jesse Johnsley
East St Louis
Dens
St. Chats
Belleville
Til
Sylvester Baker
Pontiac
Haker
Omer
East St Lehile
Sylvester
Carnival
Cold Wave Hits Kansas With Severe Frigid Conditions
Government forecasters warn Kansas to expect a cold wave as temperatures fall across the state. Topeka recorded 72 at dawn and 48 by night with northwest winds up to 34 miles per hour. The season’s lowest readings are noted, while continuous cold expands across the Midwest.
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Kansas
Kan- Fue
Tursiay
Cotter Timight
Topeka
Thermomnter
Tooluen
Srelock
Weinek
Port Stilwell
Enright Ironies in Wyandotte Payroll Case of Many In One
Wyandotte district representative A Enright disputes a State Journal dispatch alleging he set up Harris on the house payroll. Harris testifies Enright helped draw warrants and cash them, claiming $150 was taken by a clerk, while Enright counters that Harris was placed to succeed R Y Williams and that a partial amount was kept by a clerk.
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A. Enright
Wyandotte
Harpla
State Journal
Kansas City
Harris
Enright
Topeka
WW. R. Hardy
ER. Enright
Whrris
Kright
Horight
Kan
Williams
Tepele
Warnec
Lincoln
William
Willan
Willams
Iten
Parris
Wiliams Payroll Forgery and Topeka Vouchers Case
In Kansas City the Williams payroll and vouchers unravel. Enright receipted warrants and three Williams entries appear as HLH Williams Ke EL Williams and a likely misinitiation. A forged voucher sworn by Captain A Gibson links R. Y. Williams to a late March warrant. Widespread payroll fraud surfaced with notary Thos H Rowland and Chief Clerk Mason, while Dan Campbell’s bribery indictment was quashed on technical grounds. State investigators, led by Welle and W illiams, prepare to press further in Topeka.
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Auditor's
Williams
Thos. H. Rowland
Wysadotte County
E. A. Earight
A. Gibson
Willan
Kankis
R. Y. Williams
Mason
Dan
Campbell
Bourbon County
House
Lahette County
Kennelly
Dewe- Ko
J. J. Shepperd
Fort Scott
Kansas
Supreme Court
W. P. Manon
House of Representatives
Topeka
Welle
Erie
State Journal
Lst
Mr. Mason
Signature and Harris case testimony in Topeka
In a Topeka context the article records HY Ukbeawee Williams signing a last voucher amid a warrant register receipt. Enright discusses the Harris case, detailing Williams as a World War I veteran who helped Lincoln's guard and sought a house position, while Barker and Pringle contended for speaker control and Williams pressed for a district clerical post.
Rioting in Gillsburg Ends in Fatal Lynching and Clashes
In Kentwood Louisiana on November 16 a race riot erupted after a white woman was attacked amid a lynching rumor. A black man was caught, hanged, and dragged to the village as mobs formed. Gunfire killed several blacks and wounded others before sheriff deputies quelled the unrest.
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Kentwood
Gillsburg
Hir
Min
Swindle Unearthed in Boston Treasury Probe
Boston agents report evidence of a two year conspiracy involving officials and three men charged with means to defraud the government of up to a hundred thousand dollars through a union of complicity. The secretive scheme allegedly spanned exhibitions in Boston annuals and Mount Attene, with trial awaited.
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Boston
Free admission for Kansas University instruments
The U S General Appraisers Board announces free admission for a quantity of scientific apparatus and instruments made for and imported by the University of Kansas. The decision is part of a weather indications forecast carried from Chicago dated November 14.
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K. U. New York
University of Kansas
Board of Classification of
The
United States General Appraisers
After the Mayor Sides with the Streetcar Company
Chicago reports that Wentworth avenue streetcars resume regular service under heavy police protection. Union leadership claims false defections while workers relocate to power houses and barns. Beatrice Kimbark files assault complaint against conductor as Darrow urges mayoral responsibility and arbitration delays persist. Funeral for Martha A. McKitrick held in Holton, Kansas.
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Chicago
Wentworth Avenue
Weather
Cottage Avenue
Union Mb
M. C. Buckley
L. D. Bland
Buckley
Hollern
Fifty-second
State Street Power House
Thoush
State Street
West Seventy-seventh Street
Vincennes Road
Gret
Mise
Beatrice Kimburk
Ninth “Street
Misa Kimbark
Charles Harper
Harticon
Clarence 3. Darrow
Harrison
Darrow
Washington Street
Thirty-ninth Street
West Forty-sixth Street
van Buren Street
Union Traction Company
Civic Federation
City Railway
Inanya
Chicago City Railwas Company
State Board of Arbitration
Amaleamated
Reid Tomorrom
Greek to Zeigler says he does not know indictment
New York report quotes Zeigler denying knowledge of any indictment. He asserts he has seen no charges and will not comment until he reads the indictment. The quoted remarks emphasize his confusion as he awaits official document details.
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Zeigler
New York
Soy
M—Wunem &. Labeller
Aremdrey
Jefferson Elly
Resianare
Pollock judged by delegation as election fights loom
Washington dispatch notes the delegation remains split over Pollock, with no change in voting anticipated. Gleed arrives, Ware endorses Pollock candidates, Dillon and Blood Smith travel, Johnston shifts hotels, and Long and Burton confer as Curtis may oppose Pere. Possible strategic moves favor Pollock or a senate seat rearrangement.
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Washington, D. C
Pollock
Topeka
J. Willis Gleed
Eugene Ware
Judine
Hiram J, Dillon
Charles Blood Smith
New York
Johnston
Dsinsay
Sherman
Ebbitt
Long
Burton
Curtis
Canother
Senate
Orus
Kitchener Hurt In India Riding Accident
Lord Kitchener commander in chief of British forces in India suffered a serious fall while riding from a country house near Simla. His horse bolted in a tunnel causing his leg to break in two places. he was found by passersby, brought to Shimla, and is reported doing well.
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Simla
India
Lord Kitchener
Tidia
Roollen
Hig
Bimia
Alene
Preliminary hearing set for four men in Cubbison case
Four men led by Wood Fowler and Mike Thompson posted $500 bonds for a November 24 preliminary hearing in city court. County Attorney Hangate pursues a strong evidence network, aided by William Grifith’s affidavit, while defense plans vigorous challenge to the Cubbison law. funds from cashed checks are held by prosecution interests.
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Wood Fowler
Mike Thompson
Tobe
Tobias
Si" ‘Hurst
June McCabe
Hangate
Hungate
William Grifith
Mungate Satr Ing
D. E. Carruthers
J. J. Haskins
Thote
Football Men Robbed on Train Near Kansas City
Emory Buckner football manager for Nebraska and Avery, former Kansas halfback, were pickpocketed on a lawrence to Kansas City train journey home to Lincoln. Buckner lost 159 in cash, Avery reported 40 missing from his pocketbook after feeling a tug at his overcoat pocket.
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Emory Buckner
Nebraska
Kansas City
Nebraska University
Ave
Kansas University
Lawrener
Lincoln
Uckner
Waller
Lawrence
Avery
Omak
Mecca railway rail contract awarded to Pennsylvania Steel
The Benpaylvania Steel company has secured a contract to deliver 2,400 tons of steel rails for the Mecca railway. Competing bids from Hyvpee and other German and Belgian firms were reported. Price cited as 62 per ton, with rails to be delivered at 23 a ton in a price meet.
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Syria
Fitteburg
Berlin
Nev
Zetwing
Constantin Carreapontent Gays
Benpaylvania Steel Company
Mecca
Hyvpee
Belg! Stabiskmenta
Call on England Against Action of United States in Panama Matter
A notation urges England to oppose U S moves in the Panama question. The appeal stresses potential diplomatic friction and calls for restraint, arguing that unilateral acts risk destabilizing the region and damaging longstanding alliances.
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United States
Panama
Colombian protest blames US over Panama secession move
London cabled protest from Colombian peers accuses the United States of fomenting Panama's separatist drive and undermining Colombian efforts to quell the rebellion. It cites US pressure on recognition and disputes treaty provisions as key causes behind the crisis. The message notes President Marroalles demands broad acknowledgment of his protest. The Maine arrives in Colon with dispatches about the battleship.
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London
United States
Panama
Ualiy
Marroallis
Ce Jatarum Ierte
Sl Ge
Hurlbert
Colors
Bogota
Washington
Colombia Senate
Mur
United
Tes
Pemce
Hastinees
Maine
Navy
Russia Envisions Overwhelming Force to Awe China
Moscow reports that the large scale reoccupation of Manchuria by Russian troops has escalated tensions with China. The dispatch of 250,000 troops to the Far East, drafted from Moscow and nine surrounding provinces, creates a substantial force to deter China amid rising hostility and pacific diplomatic efforts.
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Moscow
China
Far East
Moncow
Russia
Chinn
Coal mining in Colorado resumes amid stalled talks
Denver November 18 coal mining in northern Colorado resumes after a weekend pause. Operators and miners report no signs of weakening in the conflict, and observers expect a prolonged struggle as negotiations remain unsettled.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Te Sgtubera Gatorads
Fire Threatens Block of Kansas Avenue Stores
A Sunday evening fire at 725 Kansas Avenue near the central business block damaged a millinery and jewelry area owned by B. Davien and tenanted by C. A. Wirt and Mrs. Tnnery. Fire chief Wirth kept details cautious as crews fought the blaze, estimating total damage under 4,000. The origin remains uncertain with hats afire in back rooms. swift response prevented greater loss.
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Kansas Avenue
B. A Davien
C. A. Wirt
Wirth
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