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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
1
New York local of the Commercial Telegraphers union unanimously refuses President Smal’s plan to end the strike. Members attack national leadership over funding and strategy during a heated meeting with bitter exchanges and hisses.
Percy Thomas urged ex national deputy Small to resign amid a dispute over fund reports and strike leadership. Locals echoed calls to continue the strike, with resolutions seeking $8,000 from New York and use of an Insurance fund for strike purposes. Reports from Baltimore Denver Salt Lake City Kansas City and Atlanta said telegraphers voted to press on.
The Chicago League club clinched the world baseball title by defeating the American Tigers 2 to 0 in Detroit. It was the fifth game and the series moved to Chicago after four wins there.
Receipts of 78 086 and gross 101 728 50 are divided among Chicago and Detroit clubs players and officials with the Tigers share boosted by a 15 000 gift from W Yawkey. Other results show League and American League games with Boston and St Louis outcomes affecting pennants.
J S White, a Michigan aeronaut, leaped fifty feet from a rising balloon to escape a fire threatening his parachute. He struck pavement and is feared dead. The burning balloon and parachute crashed through the post office roof, the gas bag exploding and causing a major fire. The flare was caused by a large inflater tangling in the ropes as the craft ascended. White tried to cut the inflater loose before jumping.
Deputy Warden Hayward tracked three men accused of out of season deer killings in southern Marquette county. After four days on the trail, he arrested them in a cabin, then marched them five miles to a railroad, forced a section foreman to operate a handcar, and delivered them to Northland for arraignment.
Noblesville Indiana October 14 Jacob Illyes known as the seer of Hamilton county is dead at age 70. During Indiana natural gas booms Illyes claimed to locate gas wells by bending a forked twigs and many farmers paid for his advice. He said the stick pointed to ground where gas would be found in paying quantities. Probably half of the Wells drilled in the county were located this way.
The president's policy of strengthening Pacific defenses begins with the special service squadron leaving Hampton Roads. Armored cruisers Tennessee and Washington will travel about 138000 miles around South America to Magdalen bay for maneuvers with California and South Dakota.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a six story brick factory at 176 180 Grand Street. Firemen from thirteen engine companies fought early in the day, with losses estimated over 200000 dollars. Hundreds of families were driven from surrounding tenements in heavy rain and could not return until after 6 am.
Notable events this week include tomorrow's inauguration of a regular trans Atlantic wireless service by Marconi. The International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths re elected J. W. Kline as president.
Opening of the first Philippine assembly in Manila draws interest as Taft’s forthcoming address shapes policy. Quezon, a Manila native and former insurrection major, is favored for speaker, signaling no push for immediate independence. Internal party splits give radicals leverage while conservatives seek measured reform.
An unauthorized signal from a nonemployee elevator worker caused a rear end collision near Vermillion South Dakota as a special stock train struck the rear car of a local freight heading toward Chicago. The incident occurred October 14. No injuries reported.
A car struck an elevator causing a building shift from its foundation. The engine suffered heavy damage and two freight cars were demolished though no injuries were reported. The elevator worker said he gave the signal as a joke.
El Paso businessman W J B Cowell learns his uncle Sir George Rooke Cowell died in Devonshire England and that the baronetcy passes to him. Cowell has lived in the United States fifteen years and will stay in El Paso.
The 57 year old Nelson W. Clark a Minneapolis insurance man and Plymouth Congregational deacon was found dead on the Rocky riverfront after leaping from the Marshall avenue bridge. Ill health is blamed for the act.
Amasa Campbell, lumber merchant of Antiago Wisconsin, convicted of manslaughter in the death of Dr. Benjamin Harris last winter, had a motion for a new trial denied by Judge Windes. The jury urged mercy and the judge said he would recommend the minimum one year in prison, granting thirty days to prepare a bill of exceptions. The defense cited unwritten law.
A big balloon launched from Crystal Palace aims to set a long distance record with a voyage to Russia. The crew plans to cross the North Sea tonight and reach the continent by midday yesterday. It carries scientific instruments and new inventions plus airtight compartments for safety.
Norfolk Oct 14 Thomas W W Phillips wealthy oil magnate and ex congressman from western Pennsylvania attempted to resign from the foreign Christian missionary board a Disciples of Christ branch and return 25000 saying the money was tainted Rockefeller funds were accepted with a clause that no further solicitation would be made from the donor.
Detroit observers report the death of Rev. Ephraim Hall Emery Jameson D D noted as a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. The obituary mentions his long service and influence in religious circles beginning decades ago.
Dr Jameson longtime district secretary for the American Baptist Missionary Society for Michigan and Ohio has died aged 72. He once edited the Springfield Daily Republican and befriended Abraham Lincoln The Democrat and St Louis Globe and he served as a Union colonel in the Civil War.
In Mansfield on Oct 14 a broken freight train split, killing flagman Outering and two drivers Williard Oswalt and William Perron. Conductor Joseph Welsh was severely injured as a relief engine rushed to the wreck.
In Marion Indiana eight miles northeast a home burned, killing Amanda Mendenhall and her son Theodore aged 16. The husband saved six other children but was kept from reentering by wiser heads.
An equestrian statue of General Franz Sigel will be unveiled at Riverside Drive and One Hundred and Sixth Street in New York City next Saturday. A group of Maine men led by Governor Cobb will visit Valley Forge on Thursday to dedicate a monument to Maine soldiers who wintered there with General Washington.
Market reports show hog receipts about 37 000 with slow trading and prices roughly 6 10 to 6 90 across light mixed and heavy grades. Cattle and sheep volumes around 35 000 and 40 000 respectively, with mixed strength in futures and estimates for tomorrow and ongoing price ranges across farm stock and western cattle. Furnished by J W Culver & Co Washington Iowa.
An ad from John A. Babcock in Chicago Illinois promises fair treatment and a square deal. The message stresses reliable service and timely responses for customers seeking dependable arrangements.
Off Deer Park Lake Superior the steamer Cyprus capsized in a storm after cargo shift. Only one of four on a liferaft survived to be found near Whitefish Point by Deer Park life-saving patrol at dawn. mate Pitt described the frantic minutes as water poured in and the vessel sank.
Nineteen bodies recovered as Coast Guard and survivors recount the Cyprus disaster. Second Mate Pitt confirms ships pumps failed due to uncovered canvas tarpaulins. List of drowned includes captain J N Smith and other crew members. Captain F B Huyck and two firemen still missing.
Der Karl Liebknecht son of the famous socialist leader in the reichstag received an eighteen month fortress detention for publishing a pamphlet urging a general mill strike amid an unpopular war. The trial in Leipsic Germany was the recent wartime court action.
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