Liberte Disaster Debris Shut In After Fire Drill Failure
In Toulon and Paris dispatches the Liberte wreck is being salvaged as five men are said to be alive aboard. A fire started in the oil shop spread to powder magazines, flooding apparatus failed to operate, and diving efforts continued through the night to free bodies amid twisted armor and heavy salvage gear.
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Toulon
Liberte
Paris
Cavaro de Kerforre
Presse
Dignon
Howeur
Liberte Disaster Toll Reported From Toulon
The minister of marine in Paris stated 204 dead or missing from the Liberte disaster, 136 wounded and forty eight slightly injured. Dr Cristau, first aboard after the initial explosion, survived the final blast and treated the wounded. He previously served as doctor on the cruiser Gloire when a gun burst occurred.
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Toulon
Paris
Cristau
Verite
Gloire
Vesel
Winds Central Strike Drives Memphis Wage Fight
Memphis strikers report near total walkout by clerks and shopmen as the Winds Central railroad faces a demand for recognition by the Federation of Employes in a labor dispute centered in Memphis.
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Memphis, Tenn
Winds Central Railroad
Memphis
Federation of Employes
Burke alleges dynamite plot targets Sangamon prosecutor
Edmund Burke Sangamon county state’s attorney says grafters in Springfield threaten his life and that of assistant E Wilbur S Galeenver. He cites a failed dynamite bombing of his home on Sept 13 and says a heavy sheriff’s guard protects them day and night while arrests are expected from the alleged conspiracy.
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Springfield
Edmund Burke
Sangamon County
E. Wilbur S. Galeenver
Burke
Gareener
Sheriffs Office
Hurke
Galeener
Prince Boris Engagement To Be Announced
The article reports that Prince Boris is set to reveal his engagement to the czar’s daughter, signaling a forthcoming royal union. Details on the couple and timing are expected in an official announcement from court circles.
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Czar
Indiana horse thief Green to be returned after Lancaster sentence
Robert H. Green a former Montgomery county banker and farmer turned horse thief and fugitive from justice since escaping Michigan City prison two years ago is in custody in Lancaster Pennsylvania. He was arrested there a few weeks ago and sentenced to jail for horse stealing. After his Lancaster sentence ends he will be returned to Indiana to serve his term.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Robert H. Green
Montgomery County
Michigan City
Lancaster
Green
Indiana
Tobacco Trust Plan Heads to Court for Disolution
Attorney General Wickersham attended a conference on the reorganiza tion of the American Tobacco Company. A petition to set forth the plan of dissolution will be filed with the U S circuit court under the Supreme Court mandate, followed by public hearings. He said no further conferences seem necessary.
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New York
Wickersham
American Tobacco Company
United States Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Mr. Wickersham
FEEHAN FACTION SUSTAINED IN UMW ELECTION FIGHT
Indianapolis Sept 27 The international executive board of the United Mineworkers sustained Francis Feehan and other members of his faction in the Pittsburgh district election dispute. The board called the Gibbons faction effort a villainous plot and said the official finding would appear in this week’s Mineworkers Journal.
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Indianapolis
International Executive Board
The
United Mineworkers
Francis Feehan
Pittsburg
Mineworkers’ Journal
Robert Gibbons
Farmhand and Heir Claim Earl Myers Fortune
Lawton Oklahoma report says W Joseph Eldridge a farmhand has learned he is the heir to the title and fortune of Earl Myers of Craig Castle Scotland. The unexpected inheritance moves from rumor to confirmed claim as details unfold.
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Lawton, Okla
W. Joseph Eldridge
Earl Myers
Craig Castle
Scotland
Baseball Mania Triggers Clerk Suicide Attempt in Cleveland
George Baine twenty one a clerk at Osborne Manufacturing in Cleveland attempted suicide by shooting his own action analysts say mania caused by baseball. He also serves as manager of an amateur baseball team.
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Cleveland
George Baine
Osborne Manufacturing Company
Stephenson Hearing Opens as Senate Probes Senator
Milwaukee reports that the United States Senate committee begins an investigation into the election of Senator Isaac Stephenson. Senator W B Heyburn says Wisconsin has no attorney in the probe and notes the hearing is under federal jurisdiction, not a trial. Stephenson is likely to be represented by three lawyers and the inquiry starts Monday.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Senate
W. B. Heyburn
United States Senate
Heyburn
Stephenson
Bank Burglar Is Slain by His Own Pistol in Newark
In Newark on September 27 a burglar entering the First National Bank of Belleville was knocked senseless with his own pistol by a lone twenty year old clerk who wrested the weapon away.
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Newark
N. J
First National Bank of
Belleville
Tenth Infantry Begins Two-Year Panama Canal Zone Move
The Tenth Infantry, part of the maneuver division, departed San Antonio by way of Galveston for a two year tour in the Panama Canal Zone following arrival in March.
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Panama
San Antonio
Tex
Galveston
Panama Canal Zone
Fifty Years Ago Today in 1876 and 186? Events Listed
Fifty years ago on September 27 volunteers to arms were estimated at 800000. The most successful steam plow in Europe, invented by John Fowler Jr., toured America to compete with Fawkes locomotive plowing. Twenty five years ago today a Catholic seminary burned in China with 1000 native adherents manacled according to advices received.
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Europe
John Fowler, Jr
America
Fawkes
China
Fleeing From Tripoli Opinion Split Over Tripoli Expedition
Rome dispatch from Malta says an Italian battleship and two cruisers head toward Tripoli as Italians and others rush from the city. Socialists and radicals oppose the expedition, Milan hosts a 13 000 strong protest, Florence threatens a general strike if troops depart, Genoa adopts anti expedition resolutions.
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Rome
Malta
Tripoli
Italy
Turkey
Milan
Florence
Genoa
Grant Diegle New Hearing In Bribery Appeal
Columbus Ohio September 27 Diegle Rodney J convicted of aiding and abetting in legislative bribery sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. His case will get a hearing Thursday in the circuit court where he appealed the decision.
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Grants Diegle
Columbus
Rodney J. Diegle
Fisher sounds alarm at Kansas interior meeting
Walter L. Fisher, Secretary of the Interior, urged reforms at a Kansas gathering, outlining policy shifts and stressing energy and land management priorities. He highlighted federal initiatives and collaboration with state officials to advance conservation and resource development.
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Secretary of Interior
Kansas
Military Surgeons Gather for National Convention
About 250 military surgeons from various countries and states have arrived in Milwaukee for the National Association of Military Surgeons convention. The meeting commemorates the founding of the organization by the late Dr. Nicholas Senn of Chicago.
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Milwaukee
National Association of Military Surgeons
Nicholas Senn
Chicago
Ream Seeks Divorce for Son in Annulling Action
New York reports Norman B. Ream seeks to annul the marriage of his son Louis Marshall Ream to former actress Eleanor Pendleton Davidson. The father has begun court proceedings to end the union citing non reconciliation with the recent marriage.
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New York
Norman B. Ream
Louis Marshall Ream
Eleanor Pendleton Davidson
Fatally Shot While Scuffling in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana on September 27 Maurice Gibson eight years old wrestled with his brother over a rifle and was probably fatally shot a bullet pierced his left lung authorities said the boy remained in critical condition at a local hospital
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Lafayette
Ind
Maurice Gibson
Copper interests eyed for English holding company plan
Rumors say major U S copper interests may form a holding and operating company under English law to control output and prices. Key figures including W E Corey and John D Ryan tour the nation assessing properties with leaders in Michigan and Montana amid antitrust concerns.
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Calaret
Mich
Cal Met
Anbelish Operating and Holding Corporation
London
Cole-Ryan
Duluth
Calumet Authority
America
Calumet and Heck
Lake Superior
Big Butte
Montana
Dent Ao
W. E. Corey
John D. Ryan
Agassiz
Canimea
Chihuahua
Michigan
Bank at Winnetka Robbed of 400 Dollars
The State bank of Winnetka in Winnetka Illinois was robbed of four hundred dollars at 2 PM two men suspected by police. Cashier Henry R Hale was alone in the bank when a stranger spoke with him about opening an account. An employee from a nearby drug store drew Hale away by phone, allowing the theft. The bank safe was not opened.
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Winnetka
State Bank of
Henry R. Hale
Hale
Walsh Wins Freedom Paroled From Government Prison
John R. Walsh was granted parole by the federal parole board in Leavenworth Kansas. The board reported a favorable ruling with no marks on the convict's record and only the parole paperwork remaining to be signed by the Attorney General.
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Leavenworth
Kan
John R. Walsh
United States
Federal Parole Board
Washington
Wickersham
Walsh
Bristow Repudiates Fisher During Taft Kansas Event
At the Kansas semi centennial in Hutchinson 10 000 spectators heard Senator Bristow challenge Walter Fisher after an unexpected interruption by Governor Stubbs and a Taft address. Fisher attacked progressives. Bristow defended Kansans and urged cross state honesty.
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Taft
Hutchinson
Kan
Walter L. Fisher
Secretary of the Interior
Bristow
Kansas
Pisher
Stukos
Fisher
Stubbs
Kateas
Fair Grounds
Roosevelt
Secretary Fisher
Jeffries' Mother Dies in California Cancer Plague
Los Angeles Sept 27 Mrs Alexis B Jeffries mother of Jim Jeffries the world champion heavyweight boxer died after a battle with cancer and complications. Throughout the day she begged for a glimpse of Jim Jeffries who with his brother was hastening from Alaska after big game hunting. Reverend Alexia B Jeffries father stood by her side when she passed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mra
Alexis B. Jeffries
Jim Jeffries
Jeffries
Alaska
Jeff
Alexia B
Jim
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