United States Demands Surrender as Honduras Turmoil Escalates
U S cruiser Princeton reached Amapala to demand Commandante Valladares surrender amid strikes against American and British interests. Valladares refuses and threatens to fire on any landing as marines prepare to disembark. An English cruiser nears. foreigners shelter in fortified homes while Valladares runs the port with mounted rapid fire guns.
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San Salvador
United States
Princeton
Amapala
Valladares
Honduras
Cavilla
Tegucigalpa
Trinceton
Boy Charley Fisher Dies After Revolver Shootout
A Madison Avenue New York schoolboy Charley Fisher aged 8 is killed when a gunman uses him as a shield during a street fight at East 108th Street. The shooter Biff Clark alias Harry Greenwald, 25, turns the gun on himself and dies in a Fifth Avenue hallway after a mob pursues him. Charley dies at Harlem Hospital at 7:20 PM.
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Charley Fisher
Madison Avenue
New York City
East 108Rd Street
Charley
Biff
103Rd Street
Biff Clark
Harry Greenwald
Clark
Fifth Avenue
Harlem
Wife liberates husband in jail break case
In Phoenixville Pennsylvania Justice of the Peace Buckley and Burgess O Neal report that Andrew Hertzen escaped from jail with help from his wife who climbed into the jail and opened the door. A third person with jail keys aided the escape and a Cedar Hollow man was charged with conspiracy.
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Phoenixville
Justice of the Peace
Buckley
Burgess O'Neal
Andrew Hertzen
Hertzen
Cedar Hollow
Brazil Recognizes New Republic in Portugal
Lisbon reports Brazil formally recognizes Portugal's new republic. It is the first nation to acknowledge the provisional government while Germany was told to seek semi official relations with the new regime.
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Brazil
New Republic
Lisbon
Republic of
Portugal
Order of Things
Missing Fort Atkinson man believed to have drowned
Rockford Illinois October 13. T A Wein Gold a nursery company collector from Fort Atkinson Wisconsin is missing. Police believe he killed himself on a bridge where his coat hat and books were found despondent state cited.
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Rockford, Hl
T. A. Weingold
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Parson Goes to Prison in Abduction Case
The Rev Clinton DeWitt Sharpe, self confessed abductor of 14 year old Eunice Whittaker, was sentenced in Schenectady Supreme Court to three years six months to five years six months in Dannemora prison. Judge Van Kirk urged seriousness of the crime and noted the defendant’s education. Sharpe, a Seven Day Adventist preacher, led the girl from her home. arrest followed two months later in Kansas City. He had maintained innocence until the term.
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Clinton DeWitt Sharpe
Eunice Whittaker
Supreme Court
Schenectady
N. Y
Dannemora
van Kirk
Sharpe
Kansas City
Sealed Mines Trapped 58 After Colorado Explosion
At Starkville Colorado on a Saturday night a gas explosion wrecked the Colorado Fuel & Iron mines. Fifty eight men are known entombed with fear numbers possibly reaching one hundred. Rescue parties work intermittently but cannot reach survivors beyond 300 feet. Eleven rescuers were overcome by gas but saved by companions. The blast occurred about three miles underground.
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Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Starkville
Colo
Labor lines up for J K Tener in Pennsylvania
A labor group in Kensington mills endorses Taft Republicans and John Tener for governor. A mill workers canvassing committee will mobilize Philadelphia wage earners to vote Republican, with state party leaders citing broad interior strength and coordinated efforts. Greenawalt blocked in personal game when exposed by union men.
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W. Harry Baker
Republican State Committee
Berry
John K. Tener
Keystone Party
Congress
Taft
Union League
Republican Party
Greenawalt
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Tener
Senate
House
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Mr. Tener
Patrick Gilday
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Haggerty
Convention
Organized Labor Assembly
Solar Plexus for Berry Boom in Philadelphia Registration
Special correspondent notes a simulated landslide for Republicans in Philadelphia voting rolls for November 8. Independent and reform movements fade as regular Republicans mobilize, Berry’s Keystone bid weak, Tener leads for governor, Grim expected strong Democratic showing, and wage to block Democratic congress. Union League forms a committee with Republican leaders to oppose Democratic gains.
Berry’s Philadelphia Stump Display Draws Fire
William H. Berry Keystone Party nominee for Pennsylvania governor ran a tense Philadelphia stump tour marked by sharp attacks on Democrats. Critics say his outbursts, demagogic appeals to workers, and pledge to oppose Democratic bosses reveal a campaign misfire and Labour tensions.
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William H. Berry
Keystone Party
Philadelphia
Berry
Allentown
Berry governor clash hits Keystone Party
The text attacks the Pennsylvania governor candidate Berry for lack of dignity and character. It notes major businessmen and Philadelphia leaders refuse to support the campaign, viewing Berry as unfit and condemning a Bryanite Democrat leading the ticket. Reformers are urged to rally elsewhere.
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Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Berry
Keystone Party
Sinking spells and heart remedy relief claims
Mrs Lizzie Painter of Evansville Indiana reports sinking spells every few days with cold extremities, breathlessness and near unconsciousness. After using Dr Miles Heart Remedy her symptoms disappeared and heart trouble subsided within weeks. The Miles Medical Co advertises the remedy as widely sold with money back guarantee if the first bottle fails.
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Miles
Lizzie Painter
Evansville
Ind
United States
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Turkey Trust Buys Up Pottsville area Turkeys
Farmers around Pottsville Pennsylvania report all turkeys are being bought by agents of a Turkey Trust. Dealers predict turkeys sold by the trust will fetch 35 to 40 cents a pound live weight, reducing local sales for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Pottsville
Turkey Trust
Crippen Trial Anticipated After Burial of Mrs Crippen
The supposed remains of Mrs Cora Crippen Belle Elmore actress and wife of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen were buried in Finchley cemetery London. The mutilated body was found in the cellar of the doctor’s Hilldrop Crescent house last July as Crippen faces murder charges.
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Cora Crippen
Belle Elmore
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Finchley Cemetery
London
Hilldrop Crescent
Auto Kills PA Steel Superintendent in Atlantic City
Superintendent C. W. Reinoehl of Pennsylvania Steel at Steelton was killed when his Cadillac touring car skidded and turned turtle at Buena Vista in Atlantic City.
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Auto
Pennsylvania Steel
C. W. Reinoehl
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton, Pa
Buena Vista
Atlantic City
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Dannamora
J. K. Tener
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Grim
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Firim
Democratic Party
State Federation of Labor
Labor
Turkey
Dr. Crippen
L. W. Harriman
Burlington
Bucklen
Sults
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