Wreck Toll Rises As Rail Break Triggers Long Night
Manchester New York August 26 A Lehigh Valley train wreck on the Canandaigua Creek trestle killed 22 in the morgue plus three more in Rochester with 60 or more injured. Broken rail caused the crash as 200 workers battled to clear the line and move bodies to a temporary morgue.
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Manchester
N. Y
Canandaigua Creek
Rochester
Buffalo
Jersey City
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vocal numbers at Ellis Dinner feature
The Ellis hotel will host a Sunday night dinner with vocal and instrumental numbers by the De Grosz orchestra. Singers tomorrow night will be Mrs Pearl Popejoy and Mrs Gladys Clench, with the program running between 6 and 3.
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Ellis Hotel
de Grosz
Pearl Popejoy
Gladys Clench
Biplane Recovered From Lake Michigan After Race
Chi Aug 26 Lee Hammond's biplane, sunk on the bottom of Lake Michigan during a bid to win a two mile crib prize at the international aviation meet, was recovered today after ten days of yacht searches. A $200 reward had been offered for the aircraft, valued at $9,000.
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Chi
Lee Hammond
Lake Michigan
Hammond
Socialist Editor Seeks State Protection After Raid
D S Oakford editor of a Garden City Kansas socialist paper appealed to Governor Stubbs for protection after unknown assailants dumped his printing supplies in the street and warned him to leave town within 24 hours. Garden City Commercial club representatives pressed for suppression citing attacks on citizens. Oakford, last year's socialist candidate for lieutenant governor, sent an 800 word telegram “collect” for aid.
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Topeka
Kan
D. S. Oakford
Garden City
Stubbs
Oakford
Garden City Commercial Club
Veterans of Three Wars Seek Berthold Land Claims
Minot North Dakota August 26 veterans of the civil Spanish American and Philippine wars begin registering for land at the Berthold Indian reservation. A flood of inquiries from eastern veterans prompts Judge Whitton to rule that all persons of ordinary intelligence over 16 may register including married and single men and women. By last night total registrations reach 12 283.
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Minot
N. D
Berthold Indian Reservation
East
Spiritualists Stranded Seeking Sacred California Spring
Members of the Revived Spiritualists who left Findley for California in spring to seek a sacred stream are stranded in Toledo Ohio. Their funds are depleted and twenty five people including women and children face starvation. About ten thousand dollars was pooled from homes farms and cash and is now being used to aid the stranded group while a second party was to follow but funds to date are insufficient.
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Toledo
Spiritualists
Findley
California
Pennsylvania
Conference delay triggers union tensions on Harriman system
M F Ryan international president of the United Brotherhood of Carmen warns in Kansas City that without a conference date and place fixed soon with Vice President Kruttschmitt, trouble will escalate. He cites telegrams sent nationwide to keep members aligned and notes Kruttschmitt may be in California only two or three days. Lovett is ready to meet in New York, but the union prefers the western meeting.
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Kansas City
Kruttschmitt
Federation Union
Harriman
M. F. Ryan
United Brotherhood of Carmen
California
San Francisco
Lovett
New York
West
Beattie Counsel Faces Heavy Task at Beattie Case
Chesterfield Va Aug 26 Beattie defense chief counsel H H Smith hurried to the Midlothian turnpike scene to refute witnesses who testified to hearing a scream two men a car horn and a gunshot as evidence that an unknown shooter caused the Beatties death. The defense sought to establish the killing was by an unknown man in the road while Beattie claimed he called for aid and heard a horn. Cross examination yielded little. The court ordered a Beattie auto inspection and recess followed.
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Beattie
Dar
Grandotand Race Stand Collapses at Elgin Victory Meet
A grandstand collapse at the Elgin Wisconsin race event injures about a score, four seriously, when circus-style seating fails amid a crowd after Ralph Mulford starts the race. Injuries cluster to ankles. no fatalities reported. Races resume after a 50 minute delay. Mulford leads early before retiring on the 76th mile.
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Noody
Jowans
Birdman Abandons Plan and Travails by Train to Boston
New York Aug 26 Harry N Atwood, the aviator who completed a record flight from St Louis to New York, shifts to train travel to Boston due to rain soaking his plane and thick fog over the harbor. Atwood hints at retirement from aviation after the journey. Also, Sacramento reports layoffs of 26 to 33 percent of Southern Pacific shop workers as orders run short and shops close for the day.
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New York
Harry N. Atwood
St Louis
Boston
Governor’s Island
Sheephead Bay
Sacramento
Cal
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Waterloo business man dies in bathtub scalding accident
E A Morgan a former Waterloo grocer and partner of Woodruff in the Woodruff Morgan firm was found dead in a bathtub at 703 Seventh Street. He had lit gas and opened hot water when he fainted, causing fatal scalding. Funeral plans set for Anita Iowa. Morgan had battled fainting spells for years and recently left his partnership. He was 41. He left Waterloo ten years ago for other work and was active in the Chamber of Commerce.
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E. A. Morgan
Waterloo
Seventh Street
Mr. Morgan
Helen
Peterson Bros
Fourth Street West
Paty
Great Western
Anita
Fidward Allen Morgan
Washington
Jefferson County
L. H. Woodruff
Woodruff & Morgan
Fourth
Bluff Streets
Morgan
Woodruff
D. D. Morgan
Anita, Ja
Minnie Beaver
Ella Worthing
Mary Conley
Della Gaylord
Ft. Collins
Colo
Enid man surrenders for own arrest in liquor case
J A Gilder of Enid walked into the County Attorney's office and asked for a warrant for his arrest. He admitted selling liquor and signed an information. Before Judge Scott Gilder he pleaded guilty and received a $50 fine and 30 days in jail, the sentence being served.
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Enid
Okls
J. A. Glider
Harmon
Gilder
Scott Gilder
Lee Admits He Killed Father In Self Defense
Booneville Ind Aug 26 William Lee confessed to county officials that he killed his father in self defense after the father killed his wife and young son earlier today He is charged with the murder of his father mother and brother and will be taken to Evansville to avoid threatening lynching
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Booneville
Ind
William Lee
Lee
Evansville
Deputy killed in race riot at Indian Springs hotel
Macon Ga August 26 in a race riot at the Indian Springs hotel one deputy was killed another fatally injured and several others hurt. The hotel may close for the season as a general exodus of guests occurs. Jackson rifles are being readied to go on duty before dark.
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Macon
Indian Springs
Jackson Rifles
Three Lads Hurt By Automobile On Independence Ave
Three boys aged 7 to 8 playing with toy wagons were struck on Independence avenue as they coasted toward an alley ahead of a slowly moving car driven by grocer William May. Ralph Schmitt suffered a crushed upper leg, Seth Winslow was dragged under the vehicle with non fatal injuries, and Harland Krueger endured bruises. Mrs May screamed and Mr May did all possible to stop the car. no blame attached to the May occupants.
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Ralph Schmitt
Seth Winslow
Harland Krueger
Independence Avenue
William May
Krueger
Alleged Arson Gang Cited For 50 Fires In Chicago
Chicago authorities report an alleged arson gang responsible for about fifty fires in the last year causing roughly 1 million dollars in losses. Arrests for David Korshak and Charles Bloom, Max Fielschmidt, Isaac Schaeffner, Ellis Buchnarstain, Lazard Dreyfus, and Lazard Dreyfus, with Benjamin F. Fink’s arrest ordered by Fire Attorney Sullivan, were noted as investigations continue.
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David Korshak
Ting
Chicago
Vancouver
B. C
Charles Bloom
Max Fielschmidt
Isaac Schaeffner
Ellis Buchnarstain
Lazard Dreyfus
Sullivan
Benjamin F. Fink
Northwestern Can Company
Loss of Fair at Independence Ends Big County Event
Independence August 26 special report describes a large turnout for the county fair closing with aviator Brodie flying twice. In the second landing a strong wind gust sent his biplane into a corn field but Brodie and the aircraft escaped injury. The fair marks the agricultural society’s greatest year yet as spectator turnout swelled. A racing accident left Dick Senser seriously injured with paralysis from the waist down and chest injuries after his horse fell on him.
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Independence
Brodie
Brodis
Agricultural Society
Dick Senser
Senaer
Ban Felice
Firemen's Widows Win Immediate Relief Fund Distribution
Chicago Aug 26 The widows of 24 firemen killed in the stock yard fire of Dec 28 1910 won a court victory for immediate relief fund dispersal. Judge William Cooper ordered Citizens' Help company to distribute the 211000 fund and gave the commission 30 days to convert securities into cash for distribution.
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Chicago
William Cooper
Citizens’ Hellet Company
Ten Killed When Motor Car Tilts In England
Neweantie England August 26 ten persons died and several injured when a motor car overturned near Consett in the afternoon.
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Neweantie
Eng
Consett
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Mer. Hendricks
Ovid
William M Harrington
Ithaca
James Griffith
Waverly
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Gray
Tewlve
Paul Gedel
Will A. Chers
Paul Geldel
Willem H. Jackson
William A. Christien
Governor's Aid
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Score
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Elgin
Ralph Mulford
Lorimer
Hart
Ray Graham
William Lorimer
Andrew Graham
Charles Coey
Graham
Cleveland, A
Birdman
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Tub
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Loo Evening Courier
W. H. Hartman Company
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