Three Killed as Trains Collide Near La Platte Neb
A southbound passenger train and a northbound freight train collided on a sharp curve near La Platte Neb raising three deaths and four serious injuries. The wreck destroyed both engines and the baggage car with passengers escaping unharmed beyond minor scrapes.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
la Platte
Here
Missouri Pacific
Omaha
Kansas City
Mike Shilock
Walter Goodman
J. E. Wilson
Falls City
O. H. Cotton
Rou. Wyatt
W. L. West
F. R. McCurdy
Glendell
Murray
la Platte Siding
Orenpolis
Mike Shilack
Bulgaria Casts Lot With Germany as Crisis Deepens
Premier Vassil Radoslavov leads Bulgaria amid a Halkan crisis as mobilization mounts. Diplomats puzzle over Bulgaria entering the war with Germany while German Austrian forces push through Serbia toward Constantinople to ease pressure on the Turks.
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Bulgaria
Missi Radoslavore
Vassil Radoslavoff
Dulgaria
Germany
Serbia
Constantinople
Seek Youth In Murder of Storekeeper Ulery in Winterset
Special agents of the Iowa department of justice search for a 19 year old youth linked to the Aug 26 killing of Rufus Ulery storekeeper in Winterset. John and George Frazer were bound over to the grand jury on murder charges after a local justice court hearing. Evidence suggests possible hired assassin involvement and shows bad feeling between the Frazer brothers and Ulery.
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Winterset
Iowa Department of Justice
Rufus Ulery
John
George Frazer
Ulery
Ead Bony
Frazars
Mrs Bruguiere's Body Identified Aboard in Ireland
Queenstown reports the body identified as Mrs Josephine Bruguiere of New York and San Francisco, one of the victims from the Arabic disaster. The item notes the hony ashore at Clonakilty on the south shore of Ireland and ties it to the Mrs Bruguiere connected to the New York and San Francisco circles.
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Queenstown
Buty
Clonakilty
Ireland
Josephine Bruguiere
New York
San Francisco
English Crown Prince Talks Division of Europe and War Desire
London reports a 1914 diary excerpt in War Pictures Behind the Lines recounting a Berlin conversation with the future German ruler. The crown prince muses on dividing Europe, seizing French colonies, and preferring war despite later claims that no one wants war. The exchange contrasts Anglo German tensions before World War I.
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London
Europa
Nationwide Armenians appeal meets U S nonaction plan
Washington Sept 24 A Morgenthau report from Constantinople and a New York based appeal led by Charles Crane and James L Barton outline a nationwide drive for Armenian relief. The plan proceeds without any official U S government participation due to Turkish refusals to foreign interference.
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Washington, D. C
Morgenthau
Co Wilinople
Lonard
Americas
New Yorke
Charles R. Crane
James L Barton
Camentsslon
Stila Department
United States
Hay
German Drive Bites Deep in Russian Fortified Front
Berlin reports further progress as Hindenburg presses to take Drinsk northeast of Smolina. London notes a slow German advance on the eastern front with strategic gains but heavier Austrian strain as Russian counteroffensives push from Riga to the Pripet marshes. Unofficial dispatches claim gains near Lutsk and Dubno and a likely German aim to seize Riga before winter.
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Berlin
London
von Hindenburg
Drinsk
Smolina
Pripet
Petrograd
Dubno
Lutsk
Grodno
Baltic
Riga
Pripest
Vilna
Dvinsk
British to Release Millions in German Goods
The British government plans unofficially to accept applications through US foreign trade advisers for releasing about 167 million dollars of American owned goods of German and Austrian origin held in Rotterdam under orders in council. The British embassy will submit a written statement of conditions for release.
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Washington
State Department
Rotterdam
Tere
Three Billions Subscribed to May German War Loan
Reuters reports Amsterdam says the total subscription to the new German loan stands at 12.03 billion marks about 3.0074 billion dollars. The figure may rise as many small subscriptions are not yet tallied.
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London
Reuters
Amsterdam
Woman Murdered Before Gary Eyes In Minneapolis Home
In Minneapolis on September 24 a brutal murder of Anna Heinecke at 2518 Madison Street was witnessed indirectly by her infant daughter. A man distributed coins to local children before fleeing. authorities offered 260 dollars reward. Husband found body later with two bullet wounds and a fractured collarbone. Police tied suspect to sightings near the scene. investigation continues.
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Minneapolis
Anna Heinecke
Madison Street
Minnetonka Mills
Wallace G. Nye
Heinecke
Schiller School
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Marshall Street
Central Avenue
Minatapoli
Luvérna
R. M. Heinecke
Laverne
Otto Langum
Josephine Zawisiak
Grand Street
Hic
Chancellor Sunk. Passengers Reported Lost or Saved
London report says the British steamship Chancellor of the Harrison line was sunk with part of her crew saved. Search ongoing for others. The liner, 4580 gross tons, last left Liverpool August 25 from New Orleans. some survivors expected to reach Tranlon this afternoon.
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London
Chancellor
Harrison Line
Liverpool
New Orleans
Werross
Tran~lonhis
Policeman Shot in Corbin Screw Strike Riot
In New Britain Connecticut a police officer was wounded during a riot at the Corbin Screw factory as a strike action escalated this afternoon. Details on the shooter and condition were not immediately available.
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Britain
Conn
Corbin
ONE KILLED WOUNDED IN BORDER FIGHT AT PROGRESO
American troops and Mexican forces clashed at Progreso with Mexicans retreating toward the Rio Grande. Private Stubblefield of the Twelfth Cavalry was killed and two soldiers wounded. Gen Raoul Madero and eight Villa officials were arrested near Marfa as they crossed into the United States.
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Brownsville
Tex
Progreso
Rio Grande
Stubblefield
Twelfth United States Cavalry
Twelfth Cavalry
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Payne
Telanbona
Madero
San Antonio
Raoul Madero
Villa
Marfa
Frederick Punston
Miadera
Ita Grande
Rockefeller Tours Colorado Coal Camps on Inspection Tour
John D. Rockefeller Jr. toured southern Colorado coal properties of Colorado Fuel and Iron, visiting Cameron mine and meeting digger families at an evening event. The four day motor tour included underground workings at Frederick Mine and ends with a Pueblo steel plant inspection.
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Walsenburg
Colo
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Pueblo
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Colorado
Cameron
Rockefeller
Colorado Ual & Iron Company
Prederick
Rockfeller
Tor Charles Kaiser
Kaiser
Nelson Sly Elected to Grinnell Glee Club
Grinnell Sept 24 Nelson Sly by Waterlog elected to sing baritone in Grinnell Glee club over many aspirants. The club will tour the West December 17 to January 19, performing thirty engagements in cities including Minneapolis Seattle Salt Lake City Portland Leadville and Denver returning to Grinnell College.
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Grinnell
Nelson Sly
Tilly
Grinnell Glee Club
Sly
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Seatelle
Salt Lake City
Portland
Leadville
Denver
Whole of Balkans Drawn Toward War Vortex Mobilization Plans
King Constantine orders mobilization and vows to summon parliament as Bulgaria calls up classes of 1690 and 1922. Athens calls the measure prudent and Ferdinand shifts fleet to safety while Serbia awaits.
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Balkans
Constantine
Bulgaria
Athens
Serbia
Ferdinand
London
Greece
Roumania
Greece Mobilizes to Meet Bulgaria in Southeast Europe
An official Greek decree announces general mobilization for classes 1892 to 1911 in response to Bulgaria's moves. Athens reports Greece will defend its rights and support Serbia, with Parliament likely to be recalled.
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Paris
Athens
Maras
Bulgaria
Matin
Ediiors
Patris of Athens
Cirecee
Greece
Serhia
Sofia Saya
M. Guecha
Russia
Radoslavore Belivers
Sofia
London
Rome
Giornale
D’ttalla
Macedonia
Serbia
Balkans
Alles
Thrace
Romania
Bucharest
Constantine
Royal Residents Escape Arrowily Bombs of Allies
Geneva reports that the right wing of the royal palace at Stuttgart suffered damage in a raid by Allied aviation. A bomb struck the residence injuring no one among the royal family, while fragments hit the American consulate. In Friedrichshafen the Zeppelin factory was bombarded after a raid on barracks with casualties. French aviators were shot down by German troops as they attacked front-line targets.
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Geneva
Romanshorn
Switzerland
Royal Pale Ace
Sctuttgart
Salon
Royal Faily
Iligsins
Friedrichshapen
Friedrichshafen
Aeppelin
Gothard
Feld Pour Frenceimen
Herlin
Pfean
Germmany
Bulletina
Five Defendants Sentenced in Corpus Christi Election Conspiracy
Five defendants convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States by voting unqualified aliens were sentenced today from months in jail to one year and a day in Leavenworth. Notices of appeal were filed by defense counsel El Toyar of Broadseat Havana.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Leavenworth
Kan
United States
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