Democrats Win Maine Election In Landslide
Maine voters deliver a Democratic landslide with Frederick W. Plaisted elected governor by 3,000 to 5,000, and Democrats likely capturing both senate and house. In the First and Second districts and the U S Senate Democrats gain, while Third and Fourth districts are still in doubt.
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Senate
House
Augusta
Plaisted
Bean
Democratic State Committee
Lewiston
Journal, Republican
McGillicuddy
the Sun
Democratic
Fernald
Portland
Hinds and Swazey
Congress
Byron Boyd
Republican State Committee
Burleigh
Bangor
Maine
Frederick W. Plaisted
Bert M. Fernald
W William M. Pennell
Asher C. Hinds
Cannon
Daniel J. McGillicuddy
John P. Swazey
Boyd
Samuel W. Gould
Skowhegan
Frank F. Guerney
Dover
George M. Hanson
Calais
Frank E. Guerney
Piscataquis
Aroostook
Washington
F. Marion Simpson
Eugene Hale
United States
Troop Train Wreck Kills Two Injures Sixteen Near Brightwood
In Indianapolis a head on collision on the Cleveland division of the Big Four near Brightwood killed two and injured sixteen, three seriously, as a No 9 passenger train struck an open switch and hit a soldiers special carrying over 900 Kentucky National Guardsmen bound for Fort Benjamin Harrison. Army hospital corps moved in to treat the injured while officers organized the troops on the right of way.
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Indianapolis
Cleveland
Big Four Railroad
Brightwood Yard
Kentucky
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Accuse Wireless Operator in Pere Marquette Sinking
Chicago on September 13. Seymour B. Cochrane general manager of the Chicago Navigation company says a wireless operator on ferry No 17 could have saved lives if he had picked up a message Friday morning. Cochrane was among thirty three rescued from the ill fated steamer and credits captains and crews of both boats for efforts.
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Chicago
Seymour B. Cochrane
Chicago Navigation Company
Mr. Cochrane
United Exchange official held on mails fraud charge
Chicago report says William H. Holcomb vice president of the United Exchange was bound over on a $5,000 bond by a federal commissioner after post office inspectors labeled the firm a get-rich-quick operation with no assets. He did not defend himself as investigators described his mail fraud scheme.
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Chicago
Post Office
United Exchange
William H. Holcomb
United States
Foote
Holcomb
Nagel Likely Succeeds Moody as Justice and Hughes for Chief
Washington reports strong speculation that Charles Nagel secretary of commerce and labor may replace Associate Justice Moody after his resignation. The same chatter ties William H Moody's successor to Charles Nagel and suggests Charles Nagel is seen as idle and capable. It also notes a possible appointment of Gov. Hughes of New York as chief justice to follow Fuller.
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Charles Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Moody
Washington
Taft
William H. Moody
Supreme Court
Charles Nagal
Nagel
Gov. Hughes
New York
United States Supreme Court
Melville W. Fuller
Disfigurement of York High Students Tied to Debating Society Initiation
Ten York high school students suffered lasting facial injuries from black oil dye used during initiation into the Alpha Debating Society. Parents filed complaints with District Attorney Sherwood, and prosecutors plan to pursue charges against the hazers.
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York
York High School
Alpha Debating Society
Sherwood
Walking ruptures a vein ends in Peru woman’s death
Mrs. William Rentzel ruptured a blood vessel while walking with friends in Peru Indiana. She collapsed on the street and died in an ambulance while being taken home.
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Peru
Ind
William Rentzel
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Fuller
Windsor Grogery
Iowa
Bury’s
Woodbury’s
Woodbury
Mth Street
McElhinney Drug Company
Seren
Harwood
J. A. Harwood
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