Volcano Belches and Death Drop on the Sightseers
Mount Lassen near Redding California erupted with violent fire and a deadly rock shower. Lansing Graham of Volta California was killed when a rock crushed him nearly in two as a party near the crater fled, with several injured or unaccounted. Smoke and ash blanketed the peak, fires started in nearby towns, and two new craters opened as the seventh eruption since May 30.
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Mount Lassen Gnally
Lansing Graham
Volta Cal
Twain
Graham
Volta
Hugh Addington
Hiam Blodgett
Mr .Stipple
Stipple
Rushine
United States Forest Supervisor
Lassen
Sudden Shower Cools Sweltering Atlanta Night
A hard shower drenched Atlanta last night easing a blistering Sunday. From 7:30 to around 8, steady rain cooled the city, washing away heat and giving pedestrians shelter indoors. The storm followed a forecasted rain miss and brought relief after a day of high temperatures and oppressive humidity. A brief drizzle near midnight extended the cooler air into the night.
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Mercury
Palm Beach
Washington and Lee Commencement Week Opens in June
Lexington June 14 marks the start of Washington and Lee university commencement week with baccalaureate services by Rev John W Vander Meulen of Louisville. The board of trustees meets tomorrow and Alumni Day will be observed. Graduation exercises Wednesday will feature Secretary Daniels of the Navy as principal speaker.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
John W Vander Meulen
Louisville
Board of Trustees
Secretary Daniels
the Navy
Everettte Found Dead on Train at Griffin
Samuel Adrian Everette, a 55 year old consulting railroad engineer of Hernando, was found dead on the Central of Georgia train near Griffin. A nearly empty bottle smelling like chloroform lay beside him, a physician declaring death about ten minutes prior. No suicide note. relatives in Georgia and Hernando say no known reason. He carried letters from notable figures including John D. Rockefeller Jr., William Sulzer, and H. Stephens, with a ticket from Atlanta to Macon.
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Grifin
Samuel Adrian Everette
Hernando Mise
Central of Georgia
Griffin
H F Everette
Lorraine Ga
Hernando
T S Tarrigin
Atlanta
H . Stephens
Walre
Macon
Bombs explode at St Georges church in London
Report of a bomb at St Georges Hanover Square injuring pews and stained glass. Evidence points to suffragette involvement amid broader protests in London including interruptions at St Pauls and Hyde Park, where militant flags were raised and four speakers halted by police.
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London
St Georges Church
Hanover Square
Westminster Abbey
James Thornhill
High Courts
St Pauls Cathedral
Hyde Park
Smoot Denies Stealing Memorial Day Speech
Senator Smoot of Utah rejects plagiarism charges from Chicago over his Arlington Memorial Day remarks. He says an old soldier gave him a poem and Civil War battle description used in his speech, which were placed in quotation marks and labeled well said, with no credit to Jasper T Darling. He plans to answer Darling by letter once received.
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Washington
Smoot
Utah
Chicago
Arlington National Cemetery
Associated Press
Jasper T Darling
Arlington
Mr Darling
Mir Darling
Ask The Constitution Where to Live Bureau listing
The Constitution invites public consultation on boarding and rooming house housing. It advertises a free service to list vacant rooms and provides a telephone contact for Mainsco in Atlanta for inquiries.
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The
Bureau of Boarding and Rooming House
Banana provokes fatal street gun battle in Milner
Two men, Dr Homer Maddox and Harry Barry, are dead after a morning shootout in Milner following an argument over a banana at Barry Brothers store. Robert Barry, accused of Maddox’s murder, is jailed in Zebulon. Witnesses say Maddox refused aid to the wounded Barry, then fired on him as Barry’s brother urged care. The elder Barry reportedly urged retaliation after Maddox jokingly refused to acknowledge the item as a “small matter.”
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Minerva
Homer Maddox
Harry Barry
Robert Barry
Barry
Zebulon
Dr Maddox
Barry Brothers
Maddox
Barr
Barrys
Macon
Beer Thirst Costs Men on Marietta Street
Two visitors from Georgia sought beer near Marietta Street but were guided to an alley by a Black man. The guide demanded money, and as Hawling produced change, two more attackers emerged brandishing guns. Hawring fought back, losing about $5 and a revolver. Irby escaped. Officers Dead and Shumate investigated.
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R Hawling
Austellia
G J Irby
Macon Ga
Marietta Street
Stdgewood Avenue
Hawring
Irzy
Shumate
Five Men Die in Gas Explosion in Columbus Trench
A gas blast in a trench where laborers were laying a main killed five men, four foreigners among them, and injured ten others, likely fatally for several. The accident, blamed on a cap joint blowing off and ignited gas, left five bruised men recovering, per physicians.
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Columbus
Kellys Idle Army Put to Work in Maryland Detention
The van guard of General Kellys unemployed army was arrested by Baltimore and Ohio railroad detectives on trespassing charges as it moved from San Francisco toward Washington. Fifty men will be assigned to county road work tomorrow, with the main force of about 10 expected to arrive.
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Grafton Wan
Photographers Association Opens Atlanta Convention Today
The thirty fourth annual convention of the Photographers Association of America opens today at the Auditorium Armory in Atlanta marking the first such meeting south of the Mason Dixon line. Led by Fred Houser of the Atlanta Convention Bureau, the event features major manufacturers like Eastman Kodak and Lastman Kodak, extensive displays, and a curated photo exhibit open to the public Friday afternoon.
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Photographers Association of América
Auditorium Armory
Mason and Dixon Line
Fred Houser
Atlanta Convention Bureau
Manly W. Tyree
Raleigh
W HM
John I Hoffman
Bucyrus Ohio
United States
Toronto
Canada
London
Eng
Budapest
Hungary
Paris
France
Melbourne
Australia
Atlanta
Hdl Fell
Harry Co
Fell
Eastman Kodak Company
Europe
J. Hammer Croughton
Jon Knaffl Knoxville Tenn
Ryland W Phillips
Philadelphia
Macon Man Drowned at Idgswood Lake in Summer Casualty
W C Parkhurst a 45 year old Macon man drowned while swimming at Idgswood lake in a Macon park today. He disappeared under water about 15 feet from shore and was recovered five minutes later. Coroner Young said heart failure may have caused the death. Mrs Parkhurst and their small daughter witnessed the sinking. It is the first drowning of the current summer as hundreds swim daily in nearby areas.
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Macon
Parkhurst
Idgswood Lake
Parks Parkhurst
Young
Hea
Roosevelt Third Comes Into The World
New York June 14 Theodore Roosevelt III, grandson of the former president, is born at the home of his parents Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Mrs Eleanor BE Alexander. Their first child, a daughter, is reported.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Theodore Jr
Misa Eleanor BE Alexander
Alumni of Tech Meet in Atlanta for $100,000 Campaign
Alumni and ex students of Georgia Tech in Atlanta rally at the Piedmont hotel for a noon luncheon to push a $100,000 fund for a greater Tech. Notables including J W English J E Murphey Forrest Adair Clark Howell and Governor John M Slaton attend as workers pledge subs and organize teams.
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Georgia Tern
Piedmont Hotel
Greater Tech
John W Grant J
English
Preston $ Arkwright
John E. Murphey
K P
We Burnes Wilmer L
Moore Forrest Adair Mell
R Wskinson Clark Howell
Frank Hawkina
Samuel A Carter Jra. Habyon
Greater Tech Executive Committee
John M Slaten
Capital City Club
Atlanta Tech
East Point
Tech
Chamber of Commerce
Greater Tech Fund
Norfolk Drives $2200 Gift to Oglethorpe Fund
Norfolk donors pledg e $2000 toward a $50000 Oglethorpe Memorial in Atlanta as telegrams reach The Constitution. The First Presbyterian service in Norfolk yielded early support from prominent citizens including FS Joysten, with Dr Thornwell Jacobs praising Norfolk’s reception and urging Virginia backers to sustain the rally for the university project.
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Virginia
Ouiethorpe University
Atlanta
Norfolk
The
Constitution
Thornwell Jacobs
First Presbyterian Church
FS Joysten
South
Jacobs
Oglethorpe
United States in titanic clash over Huerta mediation at Niagara Falls
The United States presses for a constitutionalist leadership in Mexico while Huerta's delegates resist. Mediation remains fragile as talks hinge on a provisional president and potential occupation of Mexico City. Washington maintains cautious optimism and signals no preference for individuals.
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Niagara Falls
United States
Huerta
Mexico City
Mexia
Wa Bington
Huertas
Garranza
Amercan
Washington
Lnitel
Mentan
Nigara
Huarta
Wilson
Bryan
Justice Sumar
Lehmann
Magara Falls
Mewcan
Pressioaal Presie
End of Reign of Terror in Romagna Italy
Reports from Rome on June 14 describe rapid restoration of order as occupation troops secure Romagna including Bologna and Ravenna districts. The general strike ends, rail operations resume, and telegraph links restored while bluejackets quell mobs in Ancona and unrest spreads through small towns with churches sacked and monarchist clubs attacked.
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Romagna
Bologna
Ferrara
Ravenna
Forl
Lugi
Ancona
Ravenny
Pimin
Cagni
Tripoli
An Moiral
Blue Jackets
Vilatesta
Imi
Ugolim
Pesaro
Attempted Lynching of Black Man After Insult Incident
A mob of about two hundred white men pursued and threatened to lynch a Black man identified as Arthur Ross after he allegedly insulted Miss Bessie Jenkins near her home at the corner of Strong Street and West North Avenue. Police intervened, detaining the suspect to prevent vigilante violence. Black residents aided in the pursuit and concealment of the man until authorities arrived.
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Arthur Ross
West North Avenue
Bessie Jenkins
Emmett Street
Strong Street
Bliss Jenkins
Dodd
Shumate
Bla Lilo
Weather Prophecy Local Thunder Showers
Local thunder showers expected across Georgia and the southern states with unsettled Monday conditions in Virginia and the Carolinas. North Carolina Alabama Mississippi may see local thundershowers on Monday and Tuesday with warmer pockets in the south. Florida and Louisiana forecast vary with fair to local thundershowers and cooler trends in the northwest. Tennessee generally fair Monday and Tuesday with possible showers and cooler conditions in the west.
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