Destruction of the Maine Seen Likely From Inside Blast
General W H Bixby, chief engineer overseeing the Maine recovery, arrived from Havana and stated the ship’s destruction was pitch dark and likely from an internal explosion. He said the deterioration makes it impossible to confirm whether a external torpedo caused the blast. He added the greatest force appears to have originated inside, suggesting forward magazines exploded. The question of a sympathetic outside explosion remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Morida
Maine
W. H. Bixby
Havana
Search for missing Weymouth head turns to Canada tale
Biddeford Maine June 26 continued failure to locate the grave on the Snow farm adds doubt. A missing Saco butcher Weymouth, buried three years ago, sparks a new theory that he lies in a Canadian town. County officials plan interviews and a broader woodland search as Mugrell, Snow, and Mrs Snow remain detained on murder and accessory charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Fred F. Snow
Dayton
Weymouth
Offerte
Henry Hewen
Canada
Asa A. Richardson
Gladys Snaw
Wersteve
Beatties
Snow Estate
Joseph Mugrell
Olney Mer Ul
Mando Snow
Statehood Bill Moves Forward For Arizona and New Mexico
Senate committees favor statehood for Arizona and New Mexico by a nine to three vote. The House version with the recall of judges removed was adopted, plus an amendment on voting resubmission in New Mexico. A bid to strike Arizona failed three to six, with Nelson Burnham and Lipitt opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Stitelool
Nelson
Burnham
Lipitt
Flood Bursts Reservoir Drowning 5000 Cattle In Colorado
A reservoir near Grand Junction Colorado burst and caused extensive damage. About 5000 cattle perished and nine lives were lost in the flood. The flood swept fifteen miles of cropland destroying crops and property valued around 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction
Colo
Mexican proves brutal at event with German engineer
A chaotic incident in Mexico City on June 26 shows revolutionaries forcing a German civil engineer to remove his shoes and await a humiliating inspection. The crowd demanded investigative action, and shots were fired during the tense confrontation, with one person reportedly wounded and others arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moexico City
Beranee «Ip
Vi de Motrithen
Udales
Pra Reitnr
Paul von
Heiter
Heiter Was Working ,the Yvertment
Ilidelgo
Embassies Entertain Guests at Coronation Week Dinners
London June 2. Diplomatic hostesses arranged receptions at residence of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and at Stratton for special envoys of foreign powers. Guests included Crown Prince Frederick William and others from German, Austrian, and Romanian missions. Rain indoors after Windsor visit. Catholic Westminster Cathedral held a solemn coronation service with Pope envoy and high prelates in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aml
Embaselen
Lege
William
Prince Eal
Privain
Dorelwatey House
Whitelaw Bell
John Hays Hamond
Taft
Mullomd
Miss Hammond
Robert Eaton
Paris
Righand C. Berens
Vienna
Berens
Jobo Kidgeley Carter
Rovmania
Carter
Westminster
Duke of Norfolk
House of Howard
Earl of Debigh
Earl of Kenmare
Lord Seaton
Lord Granard
Bourne
Balloon lands near Juliet island after North Sea drift
Bremen reports one of four balloons, bound for Paris, drifted to the northwest coast near Juliet island in the North Sea. Two people were aboard the craft, while the remaining three balloons landed along the eastern coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
Bremen
Germany
Wtt
Paris
Juliet
Turks Killing Women In Albania Warfront From Vienna
Vienna dispatches report a critical Albanian crisis as Turkey masss 60,000 troops near the Montenegrin frontier. Charles R Crane of Chicago, just arrived from Cettinje, describes indiscriminate killings and devastation. An estimated 25,000 Albanian women and children flee toward Montenegro amid starvation and scarce food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Albania
Turkey
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Hina
Cettinje
Montenegro
Found in Ohio River two missing youths identified
Anna Rees and Albert J Handtman, missing since Thursday night, were recovered from the Ohio River near Cincinnati. Mise Kerk known as Ronnie Hampton performed on vaudeville. Handtman, a young athlete, had taken Miss Kerk out for a ride in a launch Thursday night. bodies were found entwined as if in embrace after a coal barge accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Anna Rees
Albert J. Handtman
Ohio River
Mise Kerk
Ronnie Hampton
Handtmn
Thibmman
Handtman
Fer
Robbery of Church Funds by Masked Intruder
A masked thief robbed a Wheeling Virginia church during a service study, snatching the pastor’s collection before escaping through a rear door with a revolver at hand. The assailant fled about twenty feet away amid an alarmed crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Jonesi
Treneures
I Saan
Lsgyrtoigard
Berane
Niagara Falls Murderer Executed in Auburn Prison
Toraph Nace, convicted of killing Anna Candiana at Niagara Falls with Steve Lifter in January 1909, was executed in Auburn prison this morning. He confessed his crime to the minister during his last hours, pleading for mercy as the electric chair was strapped on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Candiana
Niagara Falls, N. Y
Steve Lister
Auburn
Toarph Nace
Niagara Falls
Naero
Anos Candiana
Niagara Fally
Steve Hifter
Wharf Collapse Injures Hundreds Near Montreal
A wharf at King Taiward park near Isis Grow Bois collapsed crowding the ferry crowd. Between 3 and MM people were injured as panic spread through the city. Rescue teams extricated victims from debris and provided first aid while officials assess the damage and possible fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
King Taiward Park
Isis Grow Bois
Thenevident
Henry Losea
Bea
Nome
Murder charge now in Moody case at Portland
In Maine General Hospital Moody died from a stomach wound after a knife assault Tuesday. Jasper Hardy, a Black man in Cumberland County Jail, faces an upgraded charge of murder with intent to kill after Moody identified him. Hardy was arrested in Yarmouth and brought to Portland for arraignment with $10,000 bail. Moody's associates claimed Moody, armed with a long knife, threatened three colored men earlier Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Lane
Maine General Hospital
Joh E. Moody
Jasper Hardy
Cumberland County
Moody
Huston
Hardy
McDonough
Yarmouth
Gerow
Moody Np
Wardy
Donahue
Boy Drowns While swimming with friends at Brewer’s
A 15 year old, Lewis Dennis, exhausted while swimming with Harry and Don Hin War, slipped beyond his depth off Brewer’s. His elder mother and brother tried to rescue him but failed as he could not be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pangor
Tie
Lewis Dennis
Witther
Harry
Don Hin
Canoe Capsizes in Masenopic Lake Tragedy
In Lowell Massachusetts on June 20 Leo Pelle ser aged 17 drowned in Masenopic Lake after a canoe overturned in deep water near Bear Leo With Joseph Golden and John Lowant. One leaned over the edge and the craft tipped. Pelle ser could not swim. Two others swam to shore as onlookers watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mam
Leo Pelleser
Masenopic Lake
Rimehrss
Leo
Joseph Golden
John Lowant
Acnon
Melletier
Ashire
Reed-Stevens Wedding in Waterbury Unites Cliftondale Pair
Cliftondale resident Miss Ruth D Stevens and Ralph El Hoop wed at the Carerspagsonal parsonage on Rendall street after arriving from StaKeets. The ceremony was simple with flowers and music, attended by six in the bridal party. The bride, a former Cliftondale teacher, and groom, a General Metric Co employee, will spend a week at the Waterbury inn after a private reception at the inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rendall Street
Mies
Ruth D. Stevens
Ralph el. Hoop
Sta Keetts
Roel
Botcourt
Hood
Treicourt
Cliftonale
Mass
Wride
Hoston
Cliftondale
Waterfurs Inn
Una
Two Boys Drown When One Jumped in Rutland
Rutland June 26 A double drowning cost the lives of Mark 15 and Matthew 11 sons of Mr and Mrs Thomas Whalen of Healdville at Pateh pond Plymouth township a few miles east of the city One of the boys leaped from a leaking boat as it neared shore during a fishing trip and the craft sank swiftly The father and brother fought the rising water but could not save them The two bodies were recovered later taken home and the family mourns with five surviving brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Mark
Matthew
Thomas Whalen
Heald Jie
Pateh Pond
Plymouth
Whislen
Whalen
Hutlead
Healdville
Tie
Petie Watt
Mr Whalen
Mark Davie
Hastings
Weterah
Ludlow
Father Rescues Children After Fire in Rochester Home
In Rochester on a Sunday morning a fire broke out in the north tenement of a South Main street double house. Pred Lamier and his wife woke to their three small children crying and found bedclothes ablaze. The father carried the children to safety and saved them from serious harm as the blaze, caused by a kerosene lamp explosion, was quickly contained. The house suffered minor damage and was insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Welock
E. G. and & Wallace
South Main Street
Wild air show tragedy at Garden City crash injures crew
A New York aviation event yesterday near Garden City featured a fast moving aeroplane that halted mid flight and hurt a dozen bystanders. A mechanic injured his back and several others suffered cuts and bruises as the craft swung and crashed into an embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jane
Garden City
Avintne
Caine
Mi Tt
Noechanite
Chaw
Sére
GIVES 10000 FOR ORGAN AT ST. PAULS VESTRY MEETING
A Burlington group reports a $10,000 gift toward the construction of an organ and its installation in the building, approved by the vestry and Mrs. W.T. Fon at a meeting. The sum is stated as P1090 alongside other allocations and is tied to parish endeavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Ee St. Pau
Global Strike Hits Major Ports In 1920s Style Coast Tiffs
June 2 report from London says Liverpool workers strike across forty six firms in the shipping federation. Simultaneously dock workers in Amsterdam and other ports join in solidarity with fellow sailors. Hull Coote Arrangementt l Clyde lanes affected as the labor wave disrupts shipping trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liverpool
Shipping Federation
Hull
Coote
Clyde
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Sramen
President elect Benton addresses Burlington seniors at Vermont University
President elect Benton spoke to seniors at the University of Vermont in Burlington delivering the oration Asured Immortality. The crowd filled the First Church as Benton impressed listeners with his blend of experience and youthful energy. Judges and faculty awarded academic honors to several students, with cum laude and master degrees announced and speakers presenting prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Benton
University of Vermont
Bhurlington
Ile
Booth
Kingsley
Donald W. McClellan
Burtington
Mies Ruth Vetey
James H. Wilson
Bethel
RK. Atwood
Mise
P. E. Sweet
Mw A. Eastman
Fat
Hand
Gies
Wt. J
Eager
Alatab
Tukey
Grand Prix de Paris Race Won by As d'Atout at Long Odds
The Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp drew a grand crowd of diplomats and Americans. As d'Atout led from the stretch, beating Combourg by a neck with English Worse third. J Wiel rode As d'Atout amid protests from Riel, who felt pushed. The race covered one mile seven fur long and carried a 470 000 stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marsquis de Ganny
As d'Atout
Maconaid
Frank J. Gould
Combourg
Michael Ephrunst
Madefees
Yvette
Maven Caenes
Tan Place
Reblic
Teridance
Te Gould
Jong Olds
Tee Ceanbourg
J. Wiel
Riel
Alenstara
Horiibe Rouvechitl
Vic
Tory
Emery Cleveland Dead in Clinton New York
Emery Cleveland of Barre died suddenly in Clinton New York after arriving last evening from a party of stone cutters from this city. No cause of death is given. He leaves a brother Alburn a sister Mrs W J Cooney of River Street and his mother in Cateopt Massachusetts.
Death at Duxbury claims Eugene Shambo in apoplexy
Waterbury June 20 Ar Eugene Shambo died yesterday at her home in Duxbury of apoplexy. She was born in Canada many years ago and leaves her husband Ernest Shambo of Bristol and Mrs Sanders of Duxbury. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning. Father Coffey officiating, and interment will be in the Catholic cemetery at Duxbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Eugene Shambo
Duxbury
Canada
Ernest Shambo
Bristol
Auto Strikes Carriage Injuring Dr John Berry in Portsmouth
A June incident in Portsmouth involves an Exeter driver Smith colliding with a carriage carrying Dr John J Berry. The impact shattered the dasher, knocked Berry to the ground, and caused injuries. Repairs were needed to a nearby street water system while residents faced service disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Berry
Portsmouth
Portemouth
N. H
Mr. Smith
Exeter
Congress Street
Pear
John J. Mig
Teery
Granite City Quoiting Club Picnic Highlights Local Fun
Under perfect conditions the Granite City Quoiting Club held its annual picnic at Caledonia Park last Saturday afternoon and evening. Coburn's orchestra provided dancing music while Scotti songs and step dancing entertained the crowd. A baseball game led to Rennie 10, Gould 0, followed by a 2 to 1 football victory by Gault's team. Prize winners included A Craigmyre, Charles Greig, W Leighton, Mrs Gordon, Mrs Reid, and Mary Will among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City Quoiting Club
Caledonia Park
Siddoin
Coburn
Jossy
Alex Rennie
James Gould
Rennie
Gault
Martind
A. Craigmyre
Charles Greig
W. Leighton
Indies Taer
Gordon
Rely
Maggie Muiry
Mary Smart
Minnie Wraser
Mary Will
Mise Cole
Josie Will
Daddy Ironside
David Reanie
Wallace
Greig
Mire
Will
Murray
Arrested After Chase Obinons
Edmund Turcotte aged 17, log booms worker, was arrested after an attempted assault on Mrs. Alexander Vivant near Milfort and Costigan. Turcotte carried an unloaded revolver and was caught after a bystander incident. Mrs. Grant suffered shock and bruises. Police deputy Higgins and local crews aided in the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Grant
Picnic at Dewey Park Draws City and Montpelier Visitants
The Counsellaval St. Joan stake society held its annual picnic at Dewey Park on Saturday afternoon and evening drawing many Barre residents and visitors from Montpelier. A variety of sports entertained the crowd, refreshments were served, and dancing followed in the pavilion with music by Sims' orchestra. The event was among the society's most successful picnics to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counsellaval
St. Joan On Stake Society
Dewey Park
Barre
Montpelier
Ant Jms
Sims’ Orchestra
Contempt Action Linked to Buck Stove Boycott Case
Daniel T. Wright of the District of Columbia Supreme Court issued a rule against Samuel Gom Frank Morrison and John Mitchell requiring them to show cause why they should not be found in contempt of court. The move follows a report by a special committee of attorneys appointed by Justice Wright to investigate contempt proceedings in the Buck Stove and Range boycott case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Committee
Buck Stove and Range
Washington, D. C
Daniel T. Wright
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Samuel Gom
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Justice Wright
Graduation at Plainfield Grammar and High Schools
Graduation exercises at Plainfield grammar and high schools were held Thursday and Friday. The high school program included class history by Mildred Hollister and an address by Laura King, with various readings and music. The grammar school ninth grade graduation featured essays by Amy Barlow, Clemant Batchelder, Winnifred Hamel, and others, plus musical selections and diplomas. The event included a large audience of parents and friends at the opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield Grammar and
Clax Hitory
Mildred Hollister
Prophey
Harold Perry
Héathea Kel Jogi
Octavia Smith
Laura King
Houna
North Afontpelier Orchestra
Mr. Batchelder
Amy Barlow
Clemant Batchelder
Winnifred Hamel
Central America
Willam Martin
William Cullen Bryant
Batchelder
Bertha Holden
West
Bernard Hole
America
Alice Knapp
Justin Morrill
Harry Martin
William McKinroy
Ruth St. Cyr
Abraham Lincoln
Raymond Lupine
Vermont
Rachel Martyn
Lila Town
Hamel
Booker T. Washington
Louise Abbott
Opera
Parente
PinthGehl Bawdy Preyer
Arthur W. Hewitt
Laure King
Beatrice Kellogg
Octaviit Smith
Edith Storey
Death explained in swdden case of Attorney Russell
Derry N H June 26 authorities reveal Attorney Russell died from ingesting Paris green poison by his own hand. The physician stated the fatal dose was taken in the garden then he and Deputy Webster carried him to the depot law office and court room where he became violently ill. He died at home at midnight. Eminn C Seldini hired as summer clerk. W A Walterson resigns as Western Union manager to return to Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs George J Sager left yesterday for a days visit. Palos of Washington was in the city today. G Toren sold his store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry
N. 1
Attorney Russell
Paris Green
Russell
Jamon S. Webster
Tle
Dessiey
Stack
Ae Russell
Welock
Eminn C. Seldini
W. 4. Walterson
Western Union Telegraph
Mymouth
Masa
George J. Sager
Visi
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General Bixby
Senate Committee
Creaswerr
Joseph Nacco
Boy
Louis Dennis
Penobscot River
Reed-Stevens
Mark and
Matthew Whalen
Rutland County
Patch Pond
Pire
Henry Wells
St. Paul's Church
Elect Benton
Frank Gould
Emery Cleveland
Eugene Shmbo
St Field
Kate
McFarland & Boyer
Nerth
Rute Street
GE McFeriand
Jean Baptiste Society
Cnouk
Plainfield
Derry, N. H
Tmlah Palos
Washington
G. Toren Har
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