Trains Hit Picnic Truck Killing Ten In Indiana Crash
A Southern passenger train struck a truck carrying Woodmen's Circle members near Huntingburg Indiana at 8 20 am. Ten people were killed instantly, three died later, and many others were injured in the wreck that sent wreckage across the road and into a steep embankment.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntingburg
Ind
Ed Rehl
Carl
Nadine
Ronald
Louise
Walter Stineker
Russell Stineker
Alonzo Stateman
Mildred
Margaret
Will Hartke
Anna
Ben Fuchs
Mildred Mayo
Anna Behrens
Southern
Huntingburg and
Doss Read
Woodmen’s Circle
Todrank Farm
Doss
Rehl
Arely
Evansville
Walter Stinker
Princeton
Fivahisville
al Lewis
Seven Killed as Auto Struck by Train Near Franklin
A car carrying a Nashville Indiana family was struck at a crossing ten miles west of Franklin by an Illinois Central passenger train. Seven people died and two were fatally injured when the driver William Latherland failed to stop at the crossing.
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Franklin
Indi
Illinois Central
Here
Nashville
Ind
Wiliam lAtherland
General Kidnaped In County Cork and Army Officers Taken
A General and two Colonels living near Fermoy were seized at midnight Saturday and driven away in a car. One Colonel escaped but was shot in the head and shoulders, another was freed to tend the wounded man, and the General was taken to an unknown destination.
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Belfast
Ireland
Fermoy
County Cork
British Navy Must Rule Supreme Says Massey
Premier William Massey told the Savage Club audience for the Prince of Wales that Britain’s navy must be supreme at all costs. He criticized the League of Nations as ineffective, noting Japan and America expanding fleets and warning Britain could be endangered if others outpace its sea power.
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Wellington
New Zealand
William F. Massey
Savage Club
Prince of Wales
Paris
League of Nations
Japan
America
Britain
Found Bag of Gold Hidden in Attic Rafters
Charles Smith found a bag containing $1,000 in gold coins among the attic rafters of his East Rockaway home on Ocean Avenue. The coins are believed to have been hidden by his mother in law, Mrs. Jane Abrams, who died in 1906 and distrusted banks.
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New York
Charles Smith
Ocean Avenue
East Rockaway
L. I
Jane Abrams
Rats Run to Fire at Mt Adams Dump Destruction
Hundreds gathered at the Ida Street Bridge as a sanitation drive led by Mt Adams Welfare Association and Boy Scouts set fire to the dump. Firefighters kept the flame from the bridge while rat packs, roaches, and a fox terrier named Spotty faced the blaze.
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Apostles of Sanitation
Mt. Adams Welfare Association
Boy Scouts
Pied Piper of
Hamlin
Ilda Street Bridge
Emil Gauer
Ida Street
Elsinore Avenue
King Arthur
China
Spotty
Mr. Kilgariff
Lawrence Healey
Cliff Martin
George Maher
Michael Loftus
Bernard Mulligan
Auto Hits Two Women Alighting From Street Car
Unfamiliar with traffic laws, a Dayton driver struck two young women alighting from a street car at Melish avenue and Reading road. Miss Ruby Schranersbach suffered probable internal injuries while Miss Sophia Rosenzweig sustained facial and hand cuts. Mrs. Dorothy Doup was cited for traffic violation in police court.
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Cincinnati
Melish Avenue
Reading Road
Ruby Schranersbach
Bathgate Street
Sophia Rosenzweig
van Buren Street
Mel Avenue
Dorothy Doup
Dayton
Doup
Clifford Sater
Larsen Flying Record Shattered In Non-Stop 1400 Mile Flight
A J L aircraft piloted by Bert Acosta and carrying John M. Larsen and W Bugh landed at Pine Valley after nearly eleven hours. Dense fog and strong winds forced detours, but the crew claimed a new American non-stop distance record around 1409 miles with a planned resumption to New York tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Larsen
Omaha
New York
Pine Valley
John M. Larsen
Lancaster
America
Robbery at Schneiderman Home Stolen 300 One-Dollar Bills
Burglars broke in at 1626 Brewster Avenue Evanston while Samuel Schneiderman and family were away last night stealing 551 dollars. They took 300 one dollar bills from under a mattress and 250 dollars from a dresser drawer after entering through an unlocked side window.
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Schneiderman
Samuel Schneiderman
Brewster Avenue
Evanston
Old Political Feud Triggers Pistol Duel in Dublin Ga
In Dublin Georgia H L Jenkins a wealthy farmer and former Cadwell mayor was killed and four others wounded in a pistol duel between rival political factions. Wounded include Hiram Mullins and C C Cadwell both not expected to live, plus John Quilling and John Bedingfield. The feud centered on railroad station location and long standing disputes between the factions.
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Dublin
H. L. Jenkins
Cadwell
Hiram Mullins
C. C. Cadwell
John Quilling
John Bedingfield
Mother and six children perish in Lawrence Avenue fire
Seven people died when Kraus Block on Lawrence Avenue in Elwood City burned early today. Mrs. James Carlin and her six children aged 11 to 5 perished on the third floor as the blaze spread rapidly trapping them. Mrs J C Conners on the second floor escaped by window leap while a lower floor business element also sustained loss. The origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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Elwood City
Kraus
Lawrence Avenue
James Carlin
J. C. Conners
Carlin
Democratic wets and drys clash over Prohibition plank in convention fight
On June 27 in San Francisco the wets and drys rolled out competing planks on enforcement of the Volstead act. William J. Bryan proposed a bone-dry plank backing strict enforcement without raising beverage alcohol content. Burleson offered two alternative planks urging modification or strict enforcement with defined intoxicating standards and a referendum on future amendments.
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San Francisco
William J. Bryan
Burleson
Resolutions Committee
Lquor
Clan Pian
Bryan prohibition _ t
Detic Party
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Union of States
Union
Congress
Cox Put Forward as Compromise Between Old and New Democracy
The Democratic National Convention in San Francisco faces a Wilson leadership test as Bryan moves to back Walsh while Glass fights for anti-Lodge reservations. The outcome hinges on platform vows for the peace treaty and a possible Cox compromise against McAdoo and Palmer backed by Indiana Illinois New York and Ohio Democrats.
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Cox
Wilson
David Lawrence
The
Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
William Jennings Bryan
Resolutions Committee
Lodge
Hitchcock
Bryan
Walsh
Montana
Senator Glass
Virginia
Glass
League of Nations
Senate
Bryan-Walsh
McAdoo and Palmer
McAdoo and
Palmer
Brother Bryan
Bainbridge Colley
Joseph Robinson
Arkansas
Colby
Chicago
Pston & Ie
Marshall
Champ Clark
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
New York
McAdoo
Pastor Ends Use of Ladies and Gentlemen in Parish
In Portsmouth June 27 the Bruce Cornford declares the parish will no longer use words like ladies and gentlemen. He says the terms create class distinctions and have no meaning in church life. The Parochial Council includes both men and women and will adopt the new practice.
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Portsmouth
England
Bruce Cornford
St. Peter
Harding May Do Western Swing For Front Porch Campaign
Senator Harding plans a front porch campaign with possible swing through principal Western cities. He will mostly stay in Marion Ohio speaking to visiting delegations, with brief set trips to nearby cities. He spends days at Senator Frelinghuysen’s home in Raritan New Jersey and awaits talks with Governor Coolidge and Progressive leaders.
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Washington
Harding
Repu
West
Marion
Woryonme
Republican National Committee
Baby dresses fire at Peebles Corner popcorn stand
At Peebles Corner a gust of wind from a gasoline torch touched a popcorn wagon window causing a one year old child’s dress to catch fire. Passersby rushed to help as the mother cried for aid and the crowd smothered the flames. The baby was uninjured and returned home. Catherine Selzer of Madisonville was nearby when the incident occurred.
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Peebles Corner
Catherine Selzer
Duck Creek Road
Madisonville
Dayton street car strike talks push to break deadlock
Dayton Ohio June 27 two meetings scheduled for tomorrow to end the citys street car strike and the deadlock between car companies and employees City Commissioners will meet car men and then confer with company officials Twenty five extra buses arrived from Toledo to inaugurate additional lines as more buses are expected shortly.
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Dayton
Toledo
Colby Named Floor Leader for Administration at Democratic Convention
SAN FRANCISCO June 27 Bainbridge Colby Secretary of State chosen as floor leader for administration forces at the Democratic convention. He attends as a District of Columbia delegate and is one of President Wilsons spokesmen.
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Colby
San Francisco
Bainbridge Colby
District of Columbia
Wilson
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Senator Glass
Virginia
Resolutions Committee
Senator Walsh
Montana
Walsh
Mr. Cummings
W. J. Bryan
Lardner Sees Vice Presidency as Key Post in 1920 Race
Special dispatch reports ring W. Lardner joking about the vice presidency being crucial for the Democratic ticket in 1920. He names two preferred running mates Riley Wilson of West Virginia and William A. Lange of San Francisco, cites quirky qualifications, mentions Damon Runyon party events, and discusses the convention unfolding with Bryan absent and a dry plank rumor.
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San Francisco
Democratic Party
Riley Wilson
Sixth Congressional District
W. Va
Congress
Mr. Wilson
William A. Lange
Langé
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Tris
Delhanty
Damon Runyon
Bryan
Len Robinson
Arkansas
McAdoo Boom Expands as Delegates Rally to Nominate
San Francisco June 27 The McAdoo nomination boom gains steam as Love Texas says McAdoo would accept if nominated and delegates shift to back him now. Supporters expect 250 to 600 votes on first ballot with Alabama casting its first ballot for McAdoo and other states gradually uniting behind him.
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San Francisco
William G. McAdoo
Love of
Texas
McAdoo
Mr. Love
Love
Reserve
Cox
Palmer
Alabama
Wilson
Ope
Gatherin
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