Four Men Die in Cape Cod Bark Castagna Wreck
Wellfleet Massachusetts February 17 four men died when the Italian bark Castagna struck the outer Cape Cod bar near Cahoon’s Hollow lifesaving station. Seven sailors were rescued unconscious from exposure as lifesavers battled gale and high seas in frigid conditions.
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Wellfleet
Mass
Cape Cod
Cahoon
Garva
Montevideo
Boston
Bar
Nauset
Marconi
Fire destroys a Spanion village in Spain
Madrid Feb 17 fire destroyed the village of Epinosa de Los Caballeros in Avila province early today. Official dispatches say there are numerous dead and injured, with the village home to about 3800 residents. Also reported is a will disposing of $80,000 estate with a $16,000 bequest to St Vincent's Orphans' Home in Freeport for the diocesan orphanage.
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Madrid
Spain
Epinosa de Los Caballeros
Avile
Gatena
Til
William Bally
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Father Bally
Bishop Muldoon
Rockford
St. Vincent’s Orphans’ Home
Freeport
Powder House Explodes Two Killed at Blairsville Plant
Blairsville Pa Feb 17 a blast at the West Pennsylvan ia Powder company mixing house in Tunnelton six miles away roared for miles. One worker Robert Daugherty was killed and another mortally injured. Searchers could not locate the other men. A telephone report said the plant was on fire after the explosion. The firm usually ships two loads weekly and today’s shipment had not yet gone out.
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Blairsville
West Pennsylvania Powder Company
Tunnelton
Robert Daugherty
Cold snap to end as relief moves southeastward
Washington reports the cold snap backbone wanes as a British northwest air mass, called a low mood pushing and rolling its bulk southeastward, raises temperatures in the Missouri and Ohio valleys. By tomorrow its warming influence should drive Jack Frost off the Atlantic coast.
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Washington, D. C
Agency of Relief
British Northwest
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Jack Frost
Atlantic
King of Belgians Breaks Arm in Horse Accident
Brussels reports King Albert I suffered a broken left arm after a fall from his horse in the forest of Seignies near Waterloo. Reports of severe injury caused concern though the king’s general health was described as good and he is a young man.
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Brussels
Belgium
Albert I
Bishop’s Daughter Dying in Chicago Radium Treatment
Miss Margaret Quale daughter of Bishop William A Quale of St Paul is in critical condition after six weeks of radium treatment at Wesley Hospital Chicago She is suffering from a growth on her left leg Her mother Mrs Quale has been at her bedside and Bishop Quale was summoned to Chicago by telegram. Oust Kansas Mayor for Good is a separate brief noting a permanent ouster order against Wellington Mayor Belsley by Judge Swartz over alleged bribery tied to a $149000 water plant project.
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Margaret Quale
William A. Quale
St. Paul
Wesley Hospital
Quale
Miss Quale
Kansas
Wellington
Kan
Belsley
Swartz
District Court
Officer Waits as Brown County Ex-Treasurer Dies
In Galesburg Illinois on February 17 an officer waited for the recovery of Thomas B Cox former Brown county treasurer missing in Mount Sterling for a 1000 gambling debt. Cox died of pneumonia after being exposed in railroad yards where he was found injured last Tuesday. Arthur McNeer of Mahomet Champaign county is missing and presumed murdered. He recently rode toward Danville with a draft for 859 cashed in Chicago with forged signature suggesting robbery and killing.
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Galesburg
Ill
Thomas B. Cox
Brown County
Mount Sterling
Cox
Champaign
Arthur MecNeer
Mahomet
Champaign County
McNeer
Danville
Chicago
Rube Waddell Nears End In San Antonio Hospital
San Antonio Feb 17 The famed former major league pitcher Rube Waddell lies in a hospital here in a serious condition, suffering a bronchial affection that has worsened.
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San Antonio
Tex
Rube Waddell
Funeral Rites for Senator Bacon in Senate Chamber
Funeral services for Senator Augustus Octavius Bacon of Georgia were held in the Senate chamber with a simple ceremony. The public was excluded, and reserved seats honored the president, cabinet, justices, diplomatic corps, and congressional leaders.
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Georgia
Senate
Senate Chamber
United States
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
House of Representatives
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Army
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Galeries
Marshall
Augustus Octavius Bacon
God the Father
God the Redeemer
God
Forrest J. Prettyman
Ohio Governor Backs Tax Push on Rockefeller
Governor James M. Cox of Ohio will press to collect the $12,000,000 tax assessment on John D. Rockefeller as a resident under Ohio law. He denounces Rockefeller and attorney Virgil P. Kline and says the oil magnate owes taxes on his $900,000,000 of property.
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Columbus
James M. Cox
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Cox
Rockefeller
Virgil P. Kline
Gore Case to Go to Jury Late Today
Oklahoma City February 17 The case of Mrs Minnie Bond suing United States Senator Thos P Gore for damages arising from an alleged hotel attack in Washington reached the jury stage. Attorneys rested, Judge Clark began instructions, and jurors were told to judge evidence and credibility while noting possible conspiracy claims and that past character has no bearing.
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Okla
Minnie
Bond
United States
Thos. P. Gore
Oklahoma
Washington
Clark
Gore
L. M. Nichols
Bristow
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Webb Kenyon Law
Des Moines Feb 17 The Iowa supreme court declared constitutional the Webb Kenyon law prohibiting liquor shipments into dry territory overruling a district judge in Ottumwa who had held the law unconstitutional.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Ihadee
Unter
Ottumwa
Roll of Honor Courier Readers Notice
Waterloo Iowa reader James Register, a long time courier contractor, writes to praise the Courier as a great benefit to his home after thirty years of readership.
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Roll OF Honor Courier Readers
Publishers Courier
James Register
Mother Jones to Testify in Colorado Coal Strike Inquiry
Telegrams reveal pressures to subpoena "Mother" Jones as a witness before the congressional sub committee investigating the Colorado coal mine strike. Governor Ammons prefers her appearance after transfer or hospital placement to avoid danger, while the committee awaits a formal letter.
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Denver
Cole
M. D. Foster
House
Colorado
E. A. Ammons
Mary Jones
Foster
Edward P. Costigan
United Mine Workers of America
Ammons
Long Island Editor Dies in Snow Drift Tragedy
Garden City New York February 17 Ed win N Townsend editor of the Nassau County Republic was found frozen to death in a snow drift in front of his home after an exhausting struggle through deep snow last night He was about 68 years old and weighed nearly 300 pounds.
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Garden City
I. I
Edwin N. Townsend
Nassau County Republic
Mr. Townsend
Steamer Queen City runs aground at Louisville riverfront
One hundred ton passengers were taken off the river steamer Queen City after she rammed a pier in the Ohio river near Louisville. The vessel, resting on rocks with about eight feet of water in her hold, had not been released by noon as 5,000 ton cargo is being removed.
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Louisville
Queen City
Ohio River
Here
Murder conviction affirmed in Georgia for Leo M. Frank
The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Leo M. Frank of Brooklyn New York in the Mary Phagan murder case. The 14 year old factory worker was killed in 1913 and Frank remains under sentence of death.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mary Phagan
Supreme Court
Young Woman Slain in Aurora Cemetery Prompting Suspect Arrest
Misa Tracey Hjollander, a 20 year old from Aurora Illinois, was found murdered in a cemetery last night. Anthony Redows, a former sweetheart, was arrested. A watch and blood covered club were found near the scene. The victim served as financial secretary of the Aurora lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor.
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Aurora
Bob
Misa Tracey Hjollander
Tere
Anthony Redows
Ife
Crie
Hollander Weg
Aurora Lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor
Youth hanged for farmer Benson murder in Calgary yard
Wm Jasper Collins was executed in Calgary jail yard after confessing and later fighting extradition from Kingston Missouri. Benson, a farmer who carried about 3000 in a belt, was killed while his wife was away. Collins, 22, claimed the house burned before rescue and was later found in Missouri, exhumation revealing a fatal heart wound.
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Alberta
Jasper Collins
John T. Benson
Kingston
Venkon
Cerenl
Collins
Missouri
Benson
Ile
Qgollins
Albany Fire Toll to 18 Alarms in 48 Hours
Albany N Y reports 18 fires in 48 hours with one dead several missing and five injured from a 100000 blaze in the Medwin block a four story brick structure deep snow hindered fire crews while motor apparatus struggled and horses hauled heavy equipment the total loss from the 18 fires reaches 600000
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Albany
N. Y
Medwin Block
Medwin
Navy air pilot dies in Pensacola bay crash
Lieut. J. Met. Murray of the U S naval aviation corps stationed at Pensacola was killed when his aircraft plunged 800 feet into Pensacola bay. The machine was demolished and Murray's body was recovered shortly after. He had been flying out toward the gulf and was returning to the station when the accident occurred. No cause has yet been found.
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Pensacola
Fla
J. Met. Murray
United States
Naval Aviation Corps
Pensacola Bay
Lieut. Murray
Murray
Gulf
Physicians Will Treat Blind With Radium in Reading
Dr John Exe of Reading plans to treat blindness with radium after appeals from sightless patients. He will be at the Hoffman House in New York City on Wednesday afternoon and evening to provide free treatment.
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Reading
John Exe
Tr. Bee
New York
Held Up By Hunger Woman In Bridgeport
Miss Eliza Francis, a young stenographer, was robbed on a busy Bridgeport street by Mary McCormick, 30, who threatened her with a revolver and claimed she had not eaten for a week. McCormick said she would kill women seen with furs and bags and was placed under observation to assess her mental state.
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Hengry
Bridgeport
Conn
Eliza Francis
Mary McCormick
Train Collision Wreck Near Springfield Injures Dozens
Springfield Missouri February 17 Eight people were seriously injured and about fifty slightly hurt when two St Louis and San Francisco passenger trains collided at Nichols Junction four miles west of Springfield. No. 8 from Joplin hit No. 104 as the latter started from the switch, sending a coach and sleeper down a 12 foot embankment. A relief train carried sixteen injured to hospitals while others continued their journeys after treatment. Joseph Keet of Springfield suffered a fractured shoulder internal injuries and a scalp wound.
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Springfield
Nichols Junction
Here
St. Louis & San Francisco
Joplin
Springfeld
Kansas City
Joseph Keet
Waithen clash between soldiers and police in Port au Prince
In Port au Prince on February 17, sharp fighting broke out between police at the headquarters and soldiers in the capital. The clashes caused panic among residents. Authorities worked to restore order, succeeding by 11 o'clock.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Western Union Plan Approved by Attorney General
Washington Feb 17 Attorney General Reynolds said he was informed in advance of a financial syndicate plan to underwrite 29 million dollars of Western Union stock owned by American Telephone and Telegraph Co. He saw no objection and expected the plan to fulfill a Justice Department agreement. Comiskey Reaches Paris. Paris Feb 17 Charles A Comiskey owner of the Chicago White Sox is confined to his hotel room as doctors monitor him. The famed baseball party is due to arrive in Paris late tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
MrReynolds
Wester Union
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Department of Justice
Civil War Telegraph Operator George W Naile Dies
George W Naile an early telegraph operator in the United States died at his Omaha home aged 76 He served with the army telegraph service during the Civil War and later led Western Union offices in Salt Lake City before retiring on pension
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Omaha
Neb
George W. Naile
United States
Army Telegraph Service
Salt Lake City
Mfr
Naile
Western Union
Oldest VAW Case Wiped From Court Records
Case No 1 in the court calendar was dismissed yesterday for lack of prosecution. The action for damages was begun by Mr Stanley against Dr Eddy in April 1809, continued after Stanley’s death by administrator E E B Wilson, then Dr Moldy’s death led to the case being dropped.
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Eddy
Stinley
E. E B. Wilson
Adas
Moldy
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