America Passes Somber Sabbath As Funeral Train Travels Eastward
A rain soaked corpse beside the road and a man shot through the back mark a sensational crime near Butte. A woman driver escaped with her life after a wreck that turned an auto into a junk heap. Mrs Fay Lemick Dubois of Butte is held in connection with the case as investigators probe the murder of an unknown man found near a ranch pond. Police sift rumors of moonshiners and robbery amid a sprawling investigation detailing the crash, burial, and sequence of events leading to the discovery of the body.
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Old World Hopes U S Will Draw Jackpot In Asset Talks
European leaders watch American policy as Coolidge follows Harding. Italy, France, Germany face Ruhr, Turkey, and Russia questions while Greece Holland and others seethe. Lodge and Wilson era debates color the outlook as Britain eyes U S involvement in Europe.
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Filipinos Attack Two Americans in Manila Visit
American sugar men George T. Walker and R. Bradford Harden were threatened on Negris island as locals opposed to foreign control gathered outside their hotel and threw stones. The men were uninjured, though full details remained unavailable.
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Funeral Train Bears President's Body Across Plains
A nationwide Sabbath of mourning marked the funeral train bearing the late president from Wyoming through Nebraska toward Washington. Crowds prayed, laid flowers, and stood in silence as troops from Fort Russell and locals watched the procession. Mrs. Harding maintained calm, while Chopin's Funeral March and a verse of the Star Spangled Banner played softly at stations along the route.
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Mrs Harding Guides Funeral Ceremonials For Harding
Washington reports say Mrs. Harding’s wishes steer the funeral plans for President Harding. Officials will mirror McKinley’s rites with pallbearers from military services and a guards of honor. Honorary pallbearers include six senators and six representatives. Wilson and Taft indicated attendance. governors nationwide invited.
Funeral train near derailment outside North Platte
The giant locomotive pulling President Harding's funeral train halted after a tire slip at Chappelle Nebraska. Pacific Limited backing the train brought another engine and resumed movement within 85 minutes. A severe storm then battered the halted mourners as hail and rain blasted the carriages.
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Automobile Washes Woman Drowns In Yellowstone Flood
The body of 66 year old Mrs Fred Brain was recovered ten miles from the scene after an auto driven by her husband was overturned and swept from the Yellowstone highway by a sudden cloudburst. The husband escaped by crawling to the bank but Mrs Brain was carried into the raging stream as the flood rushed through a dry hollow north of Cheyenne Wyoming last Saturday night.
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Christian spirit aids Mrs. Harding in bereavement memorial
In San Francisco on August 5, Dr. James S. West of the First Baptist Church praised Mrs. Harding for bearing her burden with Christian fortitude. He noted her calm comfort after President Harding's death and described her as having a wide background of experience that strengthened her faith.
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Woodrow Wilson to participate in Harding funeral
Washington Aug 5 Woodrow Wilson authorized a statement saying he will participate as far as possible in the funeral ceremonies for President Harding. He may ride in the funeral cortege if his health permits and his attendance at the rotunda services depends on his condition.
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Sacramental wine stolen from Sacred Heart church
Thieves raided Sacred Heart church in Turlock California, taking nearly all the sacramental wine. The housekeeper heard noises during the night but did not call the priest, and only enough wine remained for the mass today.
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Mob removes suspect as Black man dies in Mississippi incident
In Sardis Mississippi Aug 5 Howard Fiotow a Black man was taken from the county jail late last night by a mob and died near a tree just north of town. Officials say the man confessed to attacking a white woman in the city.
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Thirteen Killed in Auto Wrecks at Crossings
Buffalo New York reports a train crash into a picnic truck to Niagara Falls killed Mrs Camillo Capriotto and five children. Angelo Bartello aged 35 and a baby also died. The husband and another man were fatally hurt. In Oakland five were killed and one injured when a car collided with a train near Mount Eden. The car occupants from Mount Eden. boxes on a spur obstructed view.
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Car crash at Gregson Road ends with escape for five
Raymond Fick of 224 South Main street Butte and four companions narrowly escaped injury after a Velie six overturned in a four foot culvert at the Gregson road junction with the Butte Anaconda highway. The driver fled the scene. Two women were among those extricated from the vehicle.
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Memorial Services Across Paris For President Harding
Memorial services were held in American and French churches across Paris for President Harding. Prayers for Harding and Coolidge were said in many French churches. A requiem mass is expected at Notre Dame Cathedral by Cardinal Dubois on funeral day. Flags on warships, public buildings, embassies, and legations will be half matted until after the funeral. On Friday, interment day, all public offices will fly half-mast.
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The Victim Details From Night Incident
A foreign man about 50, 160 pounds and 5 feet 10 inches tall was found described with cropped auburn hair and a pointed chin. His face showed tanned skin and prominent cheek bones. He wore a blue serge suit marked Collegian David Elder & Son Milwaukee along with a white shirt brown socks and black laced shoes. One wrist had been unpaired for some time.
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President rests as Coolidge prepares for sad events of week
President Coolidge rested and prayed in Washington as the Harding funeral train moved eastward. He attended morning services at Capital First Congregational Church with Mrs Coolidge, then relaxed at the New Willard. The sermon, by Rev Dr Jason Noble Pierce, urged love and remembrance for Mrs Harding and the nation.
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