Sixth Victim Succumbs to Frightful Injuries
The June 6 report from Los Angeles states six men died when a boiler tube exploded aboard the United States cruiser Tennessee flagship of Rear Admiral Sebree off Point Hueneme. EF J Burns and J P Carroll died of their injuries as the inquiry began with no results announced. J P Carrot of Hartford died at Angelus hospital.
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Hy Morning Journal
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Tennessee
Sebree
Point Hueneme
EF. J. Burns
J. P. Carroll
Board of
J.P. Carrot
Hartford
Conn
Angelus Hospital
Death Toll Rises From Tennessee Explosion Burials Held
Five sailors were buried with full military honors at the harbor view cemetery in Los Angeles while six others suffer severe burns and remain under care at Angelus Marine Hospital. Injured sailors were treated aboard the Tennessee and at the hospital, with President Roosevelt and Secretary Metcalf sending condolences and orders for care.
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Los Angeles
Cal
TenNessee
Little Harbor View
Angelus Marine Hospital
A Rheinhold
George Wood
G. W. Meek
Kh. C. Roges
H. Burns
S. H. Brooks
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital
Routledge
Corns and Watson
San Pedro
Roosevelt
Coffins of Four Sailors Laid To Rest In San Pedro
Funeral services were held for George Woods Ru Boggs A Rheinhold J F Meek and E J Burns crew members of the USS Tennessee killed by a boiler tube explosion off Point Hueneme. Sailors carried ashore by ship’s launch as 300 men and Captain T M Howard’s staff attended. Coffins laid at cemetery after flowers donated by citizens officials and comrades.
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T. Ma. Howard
Dickins
P. H. Hickman
M J. Connolly
Floral funeral at bay burial with Tennessee at anchor
A solemn ceremony near the bay honored fallen sailors. Floral offerings from religious groups lined the bluffs as the Tennessee rode at anchor with its flag at half mast. Comrades lowered coffins and salutes of three volleys plus taps marked the graves.
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Ternal
Tennessee
White Man Slain by Negro Desperadoes in Tennessee
In Chattanooga on Rossville avenue three armed Black robbers stopped a car. Joseph Knight, a local businessman, was killed after resisting. Miss Sallie Pool was fatally wounded as the trio fled. bloodhounds and armed citizens search the area amid reports a lynching may follow.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Rossville Avenue
Joseph Knight
Miss Sallie Pool
Knight
Miss Pool
Littl Chhance
Tragic double shooting near Galles Bos shocks Tucumcari
Neppo muceno Martinez, 60, former Union county official and ranch owner, shot and killed a girl on his ranch near Galles Bos then shot himself. He was wealthy, active in Republican politics, and leaves a wife and several children. His estate is valued around $160,000 and his son Juan Martinez serves as U S commissioner at Gallegos. No motive disclosed.
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Morning Journal
Tucumcari
N. M
Nepomuceno Martinez
Union County
Galles Bos
Martinez
Juan Martinez
United States
Gallegos
Youth Claims He Committed Three Murders
Antony Santo a fourteen year old from Norwood Mass confessed to police that he killed two boys in Brooklyn last March and later admitted to killing six year old Louise Staula in Dedham Mass The case remains under investigation with authorities noting possible illness affecting his state of mind
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Norwood
Mass
Brooklyn
Antony Santo
Louise Staula
Deadham
Staula
Princess In Jail In Mexico
Mary Chantoon an alleged wife of a hereditary prince is imprisoned in Belem jail Mexico City charged with blackmail. An Englishman named A Woderonuse Pearce accompanies her. she reportedly came to write a book but sought paid write ups from prominent foreigners.
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Morning Journal
Mexico City
Mary Chantoon
Belem
A. Woderonuse Pearce
Mexico
Hitchcock denied bail as trial looms
New York June 6 Raymond Hitchcock, committed to the Tombs without bail yesterday, will likely remain imprisoned during his trial. His counsel sought the district attorney’s consent to release him on bail without appeal.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Tombs
Hitchcock
Navy assigns new executive officer to Louisiana
Commander E. B. Capenart is detached from duty as commander of the U S naval training station in San Francisco and ordered to the battleship Louisiana as executive officer. Lieutenant Commander E. B. W. Eberte will temporarily fill his place at the training station.
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Washington, D. C
BE. EB. Capenart
United States
Naval Training Station
San Francisco
Louisiana
EB. W. Eberte
Statue of Noted Composer Unveiled in Fairmount Park
In Philadelphia on June 6, under the United German Singers of Philadelphia, a life size statue of Joseph Hayden the composer was unveiled in Fairmount Park.
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Philadelphia
United Germany Singers of Philadelphia
Joseph Hayden
Fairmount Park
Nebraska Tornado Wreaks Fatal Toll Across Southern Counties
A June Omaha dispatch reports a powerful Nebraska tornado crossing southern counties into Kansas, killing at least 21 people and injuring many more. Towns of Byron and Courtland report severe damage and communication blackout.
Verdigris River Flood Surges Over Ten Feet Near Independence
In Independence Kansas the Verdigris river rose more than ten feet and threatens to break banks by tomorrow night. Neodesha reports the town is surrounded by water. The Fredonia Window Glass factory near here was destroyed by fire as floodwaters hampered firefighting, with losses around 40060.
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Independence
Kan
Neodesha
Fredonia
Flood Conditions Worsen Along Canadian River
Flood conditions along the Canadian River in Oklahoma worsen rapidly. In four hours the river rose nine feet. Residents in lowlands were forced to move to higher ground as the stream became the largest and most dangerous in the state.
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New State
Norman
Okla
Oklahoma
Tornado Devastates Farms Near Durant Oklahoma
A tornado crossing twelve miles west of Durant last night destroyed a dozen farm houses and accompanied by a heavy hail storm caused extensive damage with losses to farms in the area.
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Durant
Okla
Flood Likely as Kansas River Rises Toward Danger Point
At Topeka Kansas June 6 government weather officials predicted the Kansas river to rise above flood stage by Sunday night or Monday morning. The river is already high with tributaries flooding Lowlands and preparations for possible inundation underway in the city. The Wolff Packing company moved six hundred head of livestock from Rock Island yards as gauges show river levels rising toward dangerous readings.
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Kan
Kansas River
Wolff Packing Company
Rock Island
Ue Rauids
Republican
Clay Center
Tornado Near Kerwin Destroys Farm Homes In Kansas
Topeka reports scant details of a tornado near Kerwin at sunset. Seventeen farm houses were destroyed and four people are fatally injured. Telegraph lines down hinder reporting. many livestock are said killed.
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Topeka
Kan
Kerwin
Sumndown
Hitchcock Nominated Likely for National Committee Chair
Washington June 11 President Roosevelt Taft and Root plus Senator Burkett discussed the selection of the national committee chair with Frank Hitchcock seen as a leading candidate The Chicago committee action in favor of Taft prompts further platform and tariff revision messaging to voters and the need to elect a Taft coalition in Congress Hitchcock’s past work with Cortelyou and Taft within reach for the post
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Morning Journal
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Root
Burkett
Nebraska
National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Chicago
White House
Congress
Wade Ellis
Virginia Beach
Resolutions Committee
Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Senator Crane
Massachusetts
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
Mhanager
Tornado Kills Two Children Near Phillipsburg Kansas
Two children died and two others were injured when a tornado ripped through near Phillipsburg Kansas yesterday. Nine farmhouses were damaged along with other property losses.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
Salina
Tornado Strikes Phillipsburg and Courtland Reports Vary
A telephone message from Byron reports a Friday tornado destroying much of Phillipsburg Kansas and striking Courtland fifteen miles east with several casualties. It is unclear if both towns were hit by the same twister or separate events and communications are crippled, delaying details.
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Superior
Neb
Byron
Phillipsburg
Kan
Courtland
Race War Feared in Oklahoma
Morning Journal Special Leased Wire reports Governor Haskell mobilized the Oklahoma National Guard after Sheriff Garrison was killed by a negro desperado. The body to be moved to Oklahoma City at 3 30 AM. Adjutant General Canton arrives to command militia as rumors spread of armed black residents. The shooter Al Hunter wounded in three places, believed dying, hunted near Kingfisher by five to six posses.
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Morning Journal
Oklahoma City
Pfears
G. W. Garrison
Haskell
Oklahoma National Guard
Sheriff Garrison
Canton
Guthrie
al Hunter
Kingfisher
Democrat Talks From Top Of Pike's Peak
John L Martin sergeant at arms for the national democratic central committee spoke for twenty minutes at nearly three miles up at Pike's Peak Colorado. Held on a cog railroad summit by C W Sells passengers from fourteen states attended a representative crowd of about sixty five. Martin avoided political references and addressed the audience from the platform of the summit.
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Pike’s Peak
Colo
John L Martin
National Democratic Central Committee
Pike's Peak
Mr. Martin
Bryan Endorsed in Kentucky Conventions End for Delegates
W J Bryan was unanimously endorsed by district conventions across Kentucky to name delegates to district and state bodies, which will in turn select delegates to the national convention. The endorsements cover Louisville and other legislative districts as of June 6.
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Bryan
Kentucky
Louisville
W. J. Bryan
Tabor Riots in Paris End Labor Meeting Night
Paris June 6 A large crowd of workmen disrupted streets after a labor meeting. They attacked police injuring thirteen officers, and police repelled rioters with force.
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Tabor
Paris
Half Holiday for Navy Yard Men
President Roosevelt orders all Navy Yard and naval station workers to receive a half day off on Saturdays during July August and September. The directive aims to provide additional rest and preserve workforce efficiency at naval facilities in Washington June 6.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Navy Yards
Police Swindler at Work in Mexico
In Guadalajara a con man using forged credentials caused the Bank of Jalisco to lose about $6,000. Ernesto R. Alamada Uriquijo presented forged letters and a $61,000 check from a U S bank, prompting a fraudulent $30,000 telegram from Banco Central and $31,000 more to Uriquijo before he vanished. Authorities suspect a confederate in the telegraph office.
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Republic
Bank of
Sonora
Uriquijo
National Park Bank
United States
Jalisco
Banco Centrale
Federal Telegraph Office
Divorced Wife Shot Him in Apartment Killing Claimed
San Francisco June 6 Max W Zuckerman a noted real estate man died from a gunshot wound he said came from his divorced wife a week earlier at his apartments He had previously attributed the injury to an accident stating he would talk further later
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San Francisco
Cal
Max W. Zuckerman
Zuckerman
Zuckerman’s Death Note Reveals Divorcees Fatal Misstep
A note found after the death of Zuckerman claims his ex wife Tram accidentally shot him last Saturday when she visited his apartment following his threat to kill himself if she did not return. The couple had divorced six months earlier.
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Zuckerman
Tram
Thousands Idle In Water Sweep Town
By Morning Journal Special Leased Wire. Butte Mont June. Owing to washouts between here and Anaconda practically all Amalgamated Copper properties have been closed. Clark mines ceased operations due to flood waters in the Clark smelter. Poston and Montana properties closed due to crippled transport to Great Falls smelter. Officials hope to resume early next week.
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Butte
Mont
Here
Anaconda
Amalgamated Copper Company
Clark
Poston
Montana
Great Falls
Las Vegas Man Wins Degree at Harvard
Cambridge Mass June 6 Daniel Thomas Kelly of Las Vegas New Mexico earns a bachelor of arts degree at Harvard University. He is among Western students to receive the degree with honors at the commencement exercises June 24.
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Morning Journal
Cambridge
Mass
Daniel Thomas Kelly
Las Vegas
N. M
Harvard University
Bad Cherokee Is At Large On Warpath
A posse led by Deputy Sheriff Brento heads to Thoreau, 25 miles west, tracking Dick Eagle the Cherokee Indian shooter who escaped Grants custody after a preliminary hearing. Nobad blood has been shed. authorities fear a deadly confrontation if found.
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San Rafael
Thaoreau
Dick Eagle
Thoreau
Santiago Valle
Pueblo
Bluewater
Valde
Grants
Posse
American Girl Weds Baron in Philadelphia Society Rites
In Philadelphia on June 6 Miss Emily Bronaugh Barney married Baron Frederich von Hiller of a distinguished German family. The bride is the daughter of Charles D. Barney a prominent banker, and many society figures from this and other cities attended.
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Philadelphia
Emily Bronaugh Barney
Baron Frederich von Hiller
Charles D. Barney
Taft Gains Sixteen Delegates in Georgia Florida Con tests
The National Committee awarded sixteen more Taft delegates after challenged contests in Georgia and Florida. The committee ruled in favor of the Taft aligned delegates, reinforcing support for the Secretary of War.
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National Committee
Georgia
Florida
Contested Taft Contests Threaten Break in Republican Talks
Chicago June 6 Alas allied candidates Fairbanks Hughes and Knox decide to halt presenting evidence before the Republican national committee, fearing continued defeats and a weak case. They plan further meetings to craft a statement to explain why they withdraw from committee proceedings.
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