Blaze in Asch Building Traps Hundreds in New York
New York March 27 District Attorney Whitman blamed the state department of labor for the fire disaster at the Asch building and authorities investigated how the blaze started on the eighth floor near a cutting table. Officials noted only one fire escape and pledged further checks as the death toll rose to 141 with dozens more injured.
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New York
Whitman
State Department of Labor
Albany
Dix
New York York City
Bureau of Building
New York City
Appellate Division
First Department
Asch
Washington Place
Beers
McAneny
Gaynor
Charities Department
Américan Book Company
Greene Street
Manhattan Island
Slogan bids fireproof and deathproof buildings for city
New York on March 27 reports a Washington Place fire disaster left nearly 150 dead. Fire Chief Croker pushes a campaign for stronger protection, drawing lessons from past Col lingswood and Iroquois theatre fires to demand safer structures citywide.
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New York
Washington Place
Croker
Collingswood
Iroqnois
Dr Washington Assailant to Face Trial in Weeks
New York March 27 The Alterk on Dr Booker T Washington by Alfred H Ulrich has drawn national attention due to the prominence of the educator. Washington, though not seriously hurt, wears a bandaged head. In West Side court he testified brief proceedings were waived by attorney James I Moore who posted bail. The charge was reduced to simple assault and Ulrich will be tried in about two weeks.
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New York
Booker T. Washington
Alfred H. Ulrich
Washington
Wash
Ington
West Side
James I. Moore
Ulrich
Persecution of Saloons Charged at Davenport Meeting
Davenport civic groups claim the Civic Federation is persecuting saloonkeepers for alleged technical violations of the mold law. The German American Central Alliance urged the Commercial Club and others to use influence to stop the persecution at a Sunday gathering.
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Davenport
German American Central Alliance
Commercial Club
Attacked educator backs Ulrich in case
Dr. Washington says Aldbert Ulrich was justified in attacking him under similar circumstances after peering at door nameplates on West Sixty third street. He notes Ulrich may face prosecution depending on his lawyers decision and asserts no personal grudge.
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Philadelphia
Martel
Booker T. Washington
New York
Aldbert Ulrich
Ulrich
West Sixty-third Street
Trairway
Washington
Urey
Dus Washington
Dr. Washington
Fatal Train Collision In Ottumwa Union Depot
Browner a seven year old boy was fatally injured when struck by a Rock Island passenger train at the Ottumwa union depot. His skull was fractured and several ribs broken as he was dragged about 80 feet while several hundred passengers witnessed the accident.
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Ottumwa
Tin
Browner
Rock Island
Union Depot
Woman Dies After Fatal News In Iowa Town
Vilisca Iowa March 37 special while Mrs J Sparter was in a doctor office here for heart trouble word came that her nephew R A Moore had died at his home in St Joseph Mo She fainted and soon died despite doctors efforts Moore was the son of John Moore an old settler
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Vilisca
Cold wave does not harm fruit in Iowa
Des Moines reports that Dr. George M. Chapnell heads the Iowa crop bureau says last night’s cold wave did not hurt fruit as buds were not yet developed. Des Moines thermometer showed a minimum of 14 above. The Des Moines city council also passed a resolution urging Congress to pass the bill to require air brakes on street cars over thirty feet long.
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Des Moines
George M. Chapnell
Iowa Crop Bureau
House of Representatives
Senate
Phillips May Be Re elected in Ottumwa Mayoral Race
Ottumwa Iowa voters weigh a potential return of former mayor Thomas J. Phillips, ousted under the Cosson law, as he faces challenger S H Harper. Both campaigns press for victory as election day nears.
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Phillips
Ottumwa
Thomas J. Phillips
Cosson
S. H. Harper
Davenport Fire Chief Hears Tall Building Safety
Davenport March 27 Chief Denger of the Davenport fire department, prompted by the Washington Place disaster in New York, has begun inspecting all tall buildings and will require immediate rectification of any unsafe conditions found.
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Davenport
Denger
Davenport Fire Department
Washington Place
New York
Burlington worker hangs self in tragedy at shows plant
Peter Diederickson, 54, a shop worker at the Burlington Route shops in Burlington Iowa, is reported to have hanged himself this morning. Declared insane by authorities, he leaves four children.
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Burlington
Peter Diederickson
Dr Kelly Insanity Claim After Double Homicide
John Mulvaney, attorney for Dr. I B Kelly of Council Bluffs, says Kelly who killed two men in Des Moines in a drunken rage will not be hanged or go to prison. Mulvaney contends Kelly was insane from cocaine and morphine and may seek evaluation by insanity commissioners.
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Des Moines
Tohn Mulvaney
B. Kelly
Council Bluffs
Mulvaney
Kelly
Knoxville
Father of Fifteen Mnes at Age of 2
Mason City Virginia March 27 Special Daniel Dougherty a pioneer resident died at his Dougherty area home aged 82. He fathered 15 children with 18 living. His son Rev T J Dougherty serves Holy Family Church and another son Patrick is a noted criminal lawyer.
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Mason City
Daniel Dougherty
Dougherty
T. J. Dougherty
Holy Family Church
Patrick
Eighteen Cows and Barn Burn at J J Roberts Farm
Spectal fire gutted the Roberts barn near Iowa Falls destroying eighteen cows eleven calves six work horses harness grain wagons and farm machinery. Loss listed at 7000 with partial insurance. Contents owned by A J Weststate renter. Fire cause unknown. Mason City reports two houses burned in the east part of town March 27 with an estimated loss of 5000 and little insurance. A child jumped to rescue from a second story window.
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Iowa Falls
J. J. Roberts
A. J. Westsate
Mason City
Deaths and prominent Iowans remembered in brief notices
Fort Podge March 27. George A. Pearsons brother of Mrs J P Delliver buried here this afternoon Dr Fleb Drake conducted funeral services Pearsons died in Washington Thursday night He was assistant secretary of the agricultural committee of the senate Valley Junction Ta March 27 Special T J Morrison first mayor of this city died last night He had lived here thirty two years and belonged to many fraternal orders Manchester NH March 27 The head of a 12 inch steam pipe at the Amoskeag plant boiler room blew out today killing one man and injuring eight others
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Fort Podge
George A. Pearsons
J. P. Delliver
Fleb. Drake
Delliver
Pearson
Washington
Agricultural Committee of the
Senate
Valley Junction
T. J. Morrison
Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag
KNAPSHOTS OF TWO LEADING ARMY OFFICERS TAKEN
San Antonio Texas March 2. Brigadier General Ralph W Hayt and Major James H Frier top army officers active at the maneuvers near Fort Sam Houston. Photos show them directing cavalry operations on the drill ground. General Hayt entered West Point in 1868 and became brigadier general March 3 1910. Major Frier, another West Point graduate, studied at the Army School of the Line and Army War College, becoming a major on April 5 1908 with the Fifth Infantry assignment.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mare
Ralph W. Hayt
James H. Frier
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Floyt
West Point Military Academy
Frier
West Point
Uter
Army School of the Line
Army War College
Fifth Infantry
Des Moines Dr Kelly Held On Murder Charges
Dr. Kelly, aged 3, described as a physician for Eagles and Moose lodges in Council Bluffs, is held on murder charges without bond for shooting Ed Sterzing a bartender and Deputy Sheriff Clarence Wooliman. Sterzing leaves a wife and nine children. Wooliman’s widow has five children. Kelly lamented drink’s ruin and claimed to have acted after saloonkeepers and drunkenness drove him to violence.
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Des Moines
Kelly
Ed Sterzing
Clarence Woolimn
Council Bliffs
Sterzing
Wooliman
Cumneil Bluffs
Eagles and Moose
Council Bluffs
Woolman
Kelly T
Lea
Dr. Kelly
PARDONS EXPECTED DENIAL FOR MORSE AND WALSH
Washington March 27 close to the president reports indicate that the pardon appeals of bankers Charles W Morse of New York and John R Walsh of Chicago will be denied. The attorney general's recommendation is adverse and the president will follow it. Temperature readings note a period with little change, excesses between 50 and 65 degrees.
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Washington, D. C
Charles W. Morse
New York
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Cas
Insurrection in Fine Shape Pressures Diaz Reform Move
Insurrecto leader Madero remains bullish on the uprising as Cabinet resignations appear. officials in Washington warn a grave Mexico crisis demands reforms. Reports from Chihuahua describe hardships as bands of noncombatants face siege and food restrictions. General Reyes departs for Paris to discuss a potential return as minister of war.
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Tilusa
Tex
Lati Madero
Aso
Insurrecto
Chilavabua
Madero
Ili
Tian
Mexico
Caine
Doctor and Four Children Perish in Missouri Fire
Aurora Missouri March 27 Dr D J Morris a noted physician and his four children burned to death in a house fire that destroyed the Morris home three miles southeast of Aurora. Mrs Morris and a seven year old girl were lowered to safety from a second story window before the doctor re entered to awaken the other children. He did not return and the bodies were found later.
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Aurora
D. J. Morris
Morris
Here
Defense Near Closing In Fraskett Murder Trial
The defense in the A. A. Fraskett murder trial for J. D. Neeley of Lima, Ohio, continued presenting testimony in Independence Kansas as of March 27. Prosecutors anticipate the defense may finish its evidence by tonight.
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Independence
Kan
A. A. Fraskett
J.D
Neeley
Lima
Sees train first time since 1865 in Krerling Colorado
Krerling Colorado reports William E. Stanley a veteran of Sheep Horn country and former Union Army quartermaster who, after discharge in 1863 at Sand Creek, witnessed a railway train crossing near a railroad head for the first time since 1865. He purchased provisions and rode toward the mountaintop, with a cabin within sight of the rail line.
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Krerling
Colo
William EE
Stanley
Quartermaster's Department
Unien States
Sand Creek
Denver
Ale
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Morse
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Buchanan Optical Co
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