Demand Hands Off Mexico Warships Stir Washington
Word from Washington outlines a policy note to all nations condemning interference in Mexican affairs and affirming recognition only for governments founded on law. Officials note British and French moves influence policy, while the Morro Castle case and Diaz’s Veracruz isolation shape asylum considerations and Monroe doctrine signals. Rebels under Carranza attack Monterey, repulsed after ten hours of heavy fighting with federal reinforcements.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Bryan
John Nassett Moore
State Department
Pote
Mexico
Lionel Carden
Huerta
Mexican
Foreign Office
Lionel
Jusserand
Morro
Feliz Diaz
Vera Cruz
City of Mexico
War Department
Monterey
Saltillo
Hipolito
Iberri
Jesus Carranza
Obispo Hill
Finnish steamer Westkusten sinks after reef collision
The Finnish steamer Westkusten, leaving Vasa in a gale, struck a reef near Hite Reef and sank. Forty-four were drowned. only one survivor was rescued by the steamer Carl von Linne and landed at Hernogand Sweden. The crew launched a boat that swamped. most clung to rigging through the night.
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Westkusten
Hernogand
Sweden
Weatkusten
Vasa
Gulf of Bothnia
Carl von Linne
Storm lashes Louisiana leaving dozens dead and injured
New Orleans October 25 A series of storms swept Louisiana with confirmed deaths reaching twenty or more and about one hundred injured. Damage in New Orleans tops several million dollars as several plantation areas report multiple fatalities including Thibodaux Luling and Ellington plantation where workers’ quarters were destroyed.
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New Orleans
Louiasiana
Thibodaux
Luling
Jeff
Algie Borne
Ellington Plantation
Blayer Calls Story Bunk In Murders Confession
Henry Spencer repudiates his Chicago Police confession of wholesale murder. He claims the gallow story was a death wish to force a hanging and says the police fed him lies. He told Sheriff Kuhn he did not believe all that bunk.
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Chicago
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison-Rexroat
A. A. Kuhn
Dupage County
Spencer
Bunk
Chicago Police
Brazil Greets Roosevelt On Arrival In Rio de Janeiro
Col Theodore Roosevelt stepped ashore from the Vandyck in Rio de Janeiro on October 23, greeted by military honors. Edwin V. Morgan, U.S. ambassador to Brazil, attended with a reception committee including Barros-Moreira, Pederniveas, Rodriguez, Pereira, and de Magalhaes, representing foreign affairs and the historical institute.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Theodore Roosevelt
Vandyck
Edwin V. Morgan
United States
Senhor Barros-Moreira
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Achilles de Pedernievas
Washington
Don Jose Carlos Rodriguez
Antonio Coutinho Gomea Pereira
Antonio Olyntho de Magailhaes
The
Historical Institute
Pankhurst Brandished As World Rioter By Suffrage Group
A Washington statement by the National association opposed to women suffrage calls Mrs Pankhurst the world’s leading advocate of riot and destruction of property. It accuses her of representing militancy that has outraged Britain and aims to discredit the suffrage movement in America.
Striking Miners Slain in Battle at Walsenburg
Four strikers were killed and several wounded in a fierce clash between striking miners and coal company guards near Walsenburg Colorado on October 27. The fighting began when guards escorted non union men and a striker threw a brickbat. Guard fire drew return fire from armed miners as comrades rushed from a nearby tent colony to arm themselves.
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Walsenburg
Colo
Walsen Mine
Calumet
Mich
Supreme Court
Patrick W. O'Brien
Laurium
Houghton
Keenenaw
Abbey
Wolverine
Copper City
Allouez
Mohawk
Justlca
Ahmeek
Allouss
World Woman's Christian Temperance Union Opens in Brooklyn
More than four thousand visitors and delegates attended the ninth triennial convention in Brooklyn as it opened. Delegates represented thirty foreign countries and every U.S. state. Mayor Adolph L. Kline and William A. Marble of the Merchants Association welcomed the gathering. The morning session featured reports from world officers and White Ribbon missionaries.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
World’s Women's Christian Temperance Union
United States
Brooklyn Academy of Magic
Adolph L. Kline
William A. Marble
Merchante’ Association of
New York
White Ribbon
Drummond Divorce Grants Custody and Income to Wife
In Los Angeles on October 27, Mrs Efvora Drummond formerly Evora Meyer of Chicago won a divorce from John M Drummond Sr son of a late St Louis tobacco man. She accused desertion and cruelty and received custody of their four year old daughter Virginia plus the family home and stocks yielding about 250 dollars monthly. Mrs Laura Eastland of San Diego named in the suit is noted as a co respondent.
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San Grego
Los Angeles
Cal
Efvora Drummond
John M. Drummond
St. Louis
Virginia
Ship Found After Seven Years Tragic End of Centennial
After seven years the missing ship record is closed with the loss of the Charles Nelson company steamer Centennial. Sailing from Japan to San Francisco in 1906 with sulfur and a crew of thirty, the vessel was found by Russian explorers off Saghalin Island near Okhotsk Sea, revealing the fate in a remote, misty sea zone.
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Arctic
San Francisco
Ont
Charlea Nelson
Centennial
Japan
Saghalin Island
Hope Fades for Rescuing Entombed Miners in NM
Dawson New Mexico October 27 The condition of seven bodies brought to the surface at Stag Canon mine No 2 points to the location of the blast. Four bodies were recovered from the eighteenth chamber east on the high line where two helmet men died. The day saw the most tragic hours as rescue crews faced deaths and a funeral for 36 miners. The death toll rises to 54 with 23 rescued alive and 263 expected to die, while 200 and more bodies remain underground.
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Stag Canon Mine No. 2
Roberta
Government Rescue Service
Old Hall Re Dedicated in Historic Washington Day
President Wilson reads an address at the re dedication of old Congress Hall in Philadelphia, once the U S capital from 1790 to 1890. The ceremony drew the cabinet, Congress delegates, foreign ambassadors, and a large audience at the significant building once used as a courthouse.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Wilson
Congress Hall
United States
Wilsop
Congress
Gift fund for Miss Jessie Wilson set by congressmen
Washington on October 27 congressmen in a meeting arranged by Republican Leader Mann chose Speaker Champ Clark to head a wedding gift committee. Members contributed five dollars each, totaling 2160 if all 432 House members donate, with the final gift amount yet to be decided.
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Washington
Mann
Champ Clark
Jessie Wilson
Many
House
Supreme Court Reverses Snyder Libel Case Remand
Iowa. The supreme court reversed Snyder v Bronx City Tribune, remanding for a new trial in Woodbury district. The decision centered on insufficient latitude to introduce evidence about the Tribune article linking Snyder to scandal and indictments. Justice Evans dissented. The case involves Sioux City Printing Co., a Tribune subsidiary, and reports tying Snyder to Cherokee scandal and a separate indictment for selling liquor.
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Sioux City Printing Company
Tribune
Snyder
The
Tribune Company
Country
Cleghorn
Ja. Sever
Acdéranite
Supreme Court
Hunting accident injures Hansen and Kock boys in Alton
Frank Bouneville while hunting discharged a gun striking Hansen in the calf and Kock in the foot. The boys were walking together with the gun across Bouneville's arm when it discharged between Hansen and Kock. Hansen's condition uncertain, Kock recovering. Rock is not seriously hurt.
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Alton
Frank Bouneville
Nicholas Hansen
Joseph Kock
Hansen
Kock
Bonneville
Mysterious Old Cavern Near Decker Plant Site
During excavation for the Decker packing plant workers uncovered a cave about 18 feet high 60 feet long and 20 feet wide located 100 feet below a bluff opening. Bones found inside foot long and 14 inch remains are thought to be human. Rusted equipment could not be moved without breaking apart. No one knows what the cave once contained.
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Masonity
Decker Packing Plant
Automobile Crash Injures Six Businessmen Near Mason City
Six men were badly hurt when a speeding automobile overturned near Mason City. One suffered internal injuries. The injured, all business men from the area, were Charles Potter Carl Fravera J H Untuth Edward Strand Lee Cunningham and Harry Anderson, taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Mason City
Charles Potter
Carl Fravera
J. H. Untuth
Edward Strand
Lee Cuningham
Harry Anderson
Arraignment for Suspected Safecrackers in LeMars
Joe Murphy and Jed Carson were arrested in LeMars on suspicion of being cowpers and will be arraigned in Justice N B Fricts court on charges of carrying concealed weapons. Authorities found fuses dynamite and burglar tools on them suggesting safeblowing activity.
Iowa News Notes
Des Moines area delays in new improvements worth 1.2 million likely. Marcus resident Richard Nahle dies at 20 after tuberculosis. A rabies-injured mule from Council Bluffs was shot by Deputy City Marshal Crum after strange behavior. Neville Redman pioneer of Plymouth county dies at home near LeMars. built first schoolhouse in America Township. Fixture Manufacturing of Sheldon plans two story factory expansion near Ste nola Central tracks.
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Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Marshal Crum
Omaha
Neville Redman
Plymouth County
LeMars
America Township
Ohio
Fixture Manufacturing Company
Sheldon
South Third Avenue
Woman Burns to Death in Iowa Farmhouse Fire
Mrs Hert Jenkins 24 wife of a Brady ville farmer died in a fire that destroyed the family home. She tried to light the stove with gasoline causing the blaze. Jenkins and their three children were away from home at the time.
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Council Bluffs
Hert Jenkins
Bradyville
Jenkins
Storm Lake trustees name new Buena Vista president
Storm Lake trustees of Buena Vista college elected Rev. R. D. Echiin pastor of Knox Presbyterian church Sioux City to succeed Rev. J. P. Linn who resigned. It is understood Rev. Mr. Echiin will accept and assume duties at once.
Damages Awarded Against Manufacturing Firm in Pierce Case
Webster City jury awards Frank Pierce 650 damages against Close and Howard Manufacturing Company after he sued for 5000. Pierce suffered a badly crushed right hand in a die cutting machine alleged to lack guards and to close without being tripped.
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Webster City
Frank Pierce
Close & Howard Manufacturing Company
Pierce
Strike at Oskaloosa Drives Out Fifty Traction Workers
About fifty employes including motormen conductors engineers firemen coal and ash shovelers of the Oskaloosa Traction and Light company walked out over differences with the company on terms of a new agreement affecting street car interurban light power and heat. A woman in Town City attempted suicide during fever slashing herself with a ragor and ingesting chemicals after telephoning her husband. She may recover with no known domestic trouble.
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Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Traction and Light Company
Town City
George J. Westtick
Wall Caste Life Fort Dodge Tragic Ditcher Dies
William O'Hern a tile ditcher aged 36 formerly of Dubuque who fell October 14 from an Illinois Central viaduct onto Minneapolis and St. Louis tracks and was saved from death by a friend before dying last week at Mercy hospital in Fort Dodge.
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Wall Caste Life
Fort Dodge
William O’hern
Tile Ditcher
Dubuque
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Mercy Hospital
Celebrate 80th Anniversary Fort Dodge
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Findlay of Fort Dodge complete fifty years of married life with 36 years in Webster county. About 125 guests will attend a celebration at the Findlay homestead near Othe for the event.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County
J. A. Findlay
Findlay
Othe
Cafe Owners in Trouble Over Delinquency Allegations
Mason City immigration officers arrest four prominent Greek cafe owners Jamey Lanpher George Hanges Peter Franzos and Stephen Pantazis amid alleged contributions to delinquency of young women. Case pursued by Officer Whitfield.
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Mason City
Jamey Lanpher
George Hanges
Peter Franzos
Stephen Pantazis
Whitfield
Fatal Hunting Accident Near Dubuque
In a duck hunting mishap near the Mississippi forest below Dubuque Herman Richter of Freeport Illinois was fatally struck by his companion Margh of Chicago. The incident occurred when an improvised blind hole collapsed as they hunted.
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Dubuque
Forest of the Mississippi
Herman Richter
Freeport
Me ‘ Margh
Chicago
Sik Hole
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