Hero of Indianapolis Speedway Dies In 200 Mile Race
Columbus July 4 Harry Knight legendary as Hero of the Indianapolis Speedway is killed when his front tire blows and his car flips during the eleventh lap of a 200 mile race. Mechanician Bye dies later in hospital. Ralph Mulford wins with a dirt-track world record. Wishart, Endicott, Reeder, and De Palma place.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry ©. Knight
Indianapolis Speedway
Houston
Texas
Bye
Knight
Johnny Jenkins
Springfield
Knights
Jenkins
McGills
Trive
Ralphine Paitha
Jenking
Knight Hved
Jonesboro
Ind
Ralph Mulford
Columbus Track
Harry Endicott
Ernest Reeder
de Palma
Auto Smashes Hurt Dozens as Fourth Celebrations Continue
Several accidents marred Fourth revelry in New York and New Jersey. Two young women Miss Anna Chatler and Miss Faith Wright were seriously injured in a Snake Hill crash near East New York while returning from Coney Island with a party. Dr J A Leighton and family survived a separate Arcola, New Jersey crash after their car struck a telegraph pole. A Belmont Park-like spree saw more skids as a car containing six people fell on a boulder, injuring riders including Miss Chavar and Miss Wright. A separate incident near Pelham Parkway left a 16-year-old boy with a fractured skull after a collision involving Dr Frank A. Siser and others. The New York Times reports details from Hackensack and May Landing with injuries ranging from broken jaws to bruises and cuts.
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Snake Liil
New York
Anna Chatler
Faith Wright
Coney Island
J A. Leighton
West Ninety-ninth Street
Arcola
N. J
Green Pond
Coney Wand
Snake Hill
Exat New York
Anna Chavlar
West Forty-ninth Street
Manhattan
Ethel Wright
Crescent Place
Brooklyn
Tonneau
Field Place
Richmond Hil
Mami
Tietien
East Fiftieth Street
Anna E. Wilburn
West Fiftieth Street
Joseph Wilcox
Broadway
Frank C. Baker
Fulton Street
The
Bronx
William Nusbone
Lafayette Avenue
Coney
Pelham Park Bay
Pelham Parkway
Charles Massoth, Jr
Tinton Avenue
Frank A. Siser
Fast
70Th Street
Benjamin Blu- Penrich
West 142d Street
Tiber
George Lees
Oréham Hospital
New York Times
Hackensack
Green
J. A. Leighton
V-ninth Street
Leighton
Freeland
Suffragist Attacks Royal Carriage During Bristol Visit
A suffragette hurled a document into King George V's royal carriage in Bristol as he attended the Agricultural Show. Mary Richardson, of the Women's Social and Political Union, was briefly detained and later freed after Royal guards intervened. the crowd attacked the intruder but she remained unharmed. A separate Birmingham fire at Sutton Coldfield caused about 20000 in damage, attributed to suffragette arson.
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London
Bristol
Mary Richardson
The
Women’s Social and Political Union
Birmingham
England
Sutton Coldfield
Electric revival attempt after drowning in Babylon creek
J L Mongo of Babylon Illinois was pronounced dead from drowning. Three hours later electricity revived heart action and respiration for two hours but he never regained consciousness and died. Dr D W Wynkoop used two wires on the tongue and diaphragm delivering current twenty times a minute. Mongo, 20, was son in law of Commodore Searle of the Babylon Yacht Club.
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Babylon
L. IL
J. L. Mongo
Mongo
D. W. Wynkeop
Jumps to Save Girl from Firecracker Blaze
Edward Riebe a retired policeman leapt from a second floor window at 486 West Forty second Street to smother flames on a four year old's dress after a firecracker sparked a fire. He landed with a hip injury but saved the girl whose name residents could not confirm. Police and bystanders aided as the mother whisked the child away.
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Edward Riebe
Riebe
Dog Attacks Stirs Browns Ville After Puppy Theft
A setter owned by Hyman Menshuk of 142 Osborn Street caused panic in Browns Ville after its puppy was allegedly stolen by a boy. The dog chased and bit a man on Fulton Street and a rabbi on Rockaway Avenue, before the owner corralled and chained the animal.
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Abe
Hyman Menshuk
Osborn Street
Browns Ville
Max King
Fulton Street
Abraham Lititensky
Gsi Rockaway Avenue
Fire Hits Narragansett Pier Church and Cottages
A July 4 blaze at a Boone Street Presbyterian church near the Seafield cottages caused major excitement at Narragansett Pier. Firefighters with a donated chemical engine contained the fire, with theories citing a firecracker or possible arson. Interior damage occurred. residents including Mrs Westen Ralph Ostby and George La Claire fled as trunks were moved to the lawn.
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New York Times
Narragansett Pier
Presbyterian Church
Boone Street
Lyra Brown Nickerson
South Seafield Cottas
Wiliam “Itesten
Ralph Ostby
George la Claire
Murder at Mohansic State Hospital Shocks Westchester
Charles Wiley Jr an attendant at Mohansic State Hospital was found murdered in his bed with his skull crushed. Authorities suspect an inmate or unseen assailant used a heavy weapon possibly in the Strang cottage where 23 inmates reside. Michael Nolan a Galway native noted a stranger sighting and sparked the initial alarm as coroner and sheriff probe the brutal killing and missing weapon.
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New York Times
Yorktown Heights
N. Y
Charles Stanley
New Mohansic State Hospital
Westchester County
Peekskill
Stanley
Charles Wiley, Jr
Wiley
Perley Mason
Lent
Lake Mohansic
Strang Cottage
Strang Hill
Young Wiley
Mohansic State Hospital
Mason
Michael Nolan
Galway
Nolan
Willy
Isham G. Harris
White Plains
Mohansie State Hospital
Putnam County
Lake Mahopac
Harris
Adventure in Brazil Takes Harrowing Turn in Savage-Landor Tale
A. H. Savage-Landor recounts his perilous trek into an unknown Brazilian frontier. The narrative, prepared for The New York Times, details hair-raising escapes, brutal hardship, and fights against starvation as he presses deeper into South America.
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A. H. Savage-Landor
New York Times
South America
Trample Our Flag in Canadian Riots
In Moose Jaw Saskatchewan on July 4 an American waving flags was attacked by a crowd that grew from a dozen youths to hundreds. The Stars and Stripes were torn into fragments and the man rolled in mud. A later flag-raising attempt on a lamp post sparked a free fight as police kept fifty Americans from marching along Main Street.
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New York Times
Moose Jaw
Sask
Main Street
Riot Flares Over Flag Waving In Winnipeg Parade
In Winnipeg on July 4 a man waving an American flag during the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers march provoked a near riot. Civilians clashed, flag was torn, injuries occurred, and police restored order as soldiers continued their march from Sewell camp toward City Hall.
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New York Times
Winnipeg
100Th Regiment of
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Main Street
Sewell
One Hundredth
J. B. Mitchell
Americans Flag Incident In Winnipeg Sparks Regret Anticipated
State Department has no information from the Winnipeg Consulate about a crowd trampling the American flag in response to an American waving as troops passed. Officials expect the British government to likely express regret, and with no American injuries the incident may be considered closed.
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New York Times
Washington
State Department
Winnipeg
Department
Mexican flag torn down at Tucson consulate
On July 4 in Tucson the flag above the Mexican Consulate was torn down and trampled during celebrations. Reports vary with some attributing the act to Americans and others to Mexican sympathizers with the Sonoran movement. Consul Ainslie sought to replace it with a U S flag.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sonora
Ainslie
United States
Motor Boat Castaway Rescued After 18 Hours at Sea
Joseph Johnson of Bath Beach and four friends on the forty five foot motor boat Margaret were reported missing Thursday after a late afternoon sail. The group, including Elaine Golding the Bath Beach champion swimmer, was found safe at Rockaway shoals after engine trouble left them stranded overnight.
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Joseph Johnson
Bath Beach
Margaret
Elaine Golding
Joseph Kennedy
George Gish
Rockaway Shoals
Johnson
Baroness de Taube Dies in Amsterdam Avenue Tenement
A 76 year old woman known as Baroness de Taube died of heart failure in the street near her Amsterdam Avenue home at 1 528 on an evening walk. Neighbors say she spoke German and French and owned curios suggesting wider life. Police found in her waist two bags containing francs gold dollars bonds and jewelry. Her son Natusche de Taube lived nearby and learned of the death late at night. Her husband reportedly a Russian nobleman now living in London and an author on the French Revolution.
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Amsterdam Avenue
135Th Street
Baroness de Taube
Theodore Roosevelt
W. Emlen Roosevelt
United States
Natusche de Taube
West 196Th Street
J. McRae
William Street
London
McRae
Prohibitionists Nominate Ticket for Governor in Massachusetts
The Prohibition Party of Massachusetts nominated Alfred H. Evans of Easthampton for Governor at its annual convention. The ticket includes Abert J. Cram for Lieutenant Governor, John A. Nicholls for Secretary of State, Thomas A. Frizzell for Treasurer, Herbert S. Brown for Auditor, and Freedom T. Crummit for Attorney General. The party supported equal suffrage and criticized past party promises on woman suffrage.
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South Framingham
Mass
Prohibition Party of
Massachusetts
Alfred H. Evans
Easthampton
Abert J. Cram
Sharon
John A. Nicholls
Boston
Thomas A. Frizzell
Hinsdale
Herbert S. Brown
Greenfield
Freedom T. Crummit
Chelsea
Ideal aristocracy urged at Newport meeting
The Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati elected New York men to most offices. Asa Bird Gardiner was re elected president. George W. Olney and Rev. Henry B Chapin of New York named as officers. Prof William MacDonald of Brown University urged an aristocracy of trained public spirited leaders and called for youth military service.
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New York Times
Newport
New York
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati
Asa Bird Gardiner
George W. Olney
Henry B. Chapin
William McDonald
Brown University
Alexander Hamilton
MacDonald
Cunard steamer Campania reports position at 9 A M
The Cunard Line steamer Campania bound from Liverpool to New York was 435 miles east by south at 9 A M and moving southeast toward the American coast.
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Marconi Wireless
Campania
Cunard Line
Liverpool
New York
Five Die as Train Hits Picnic Wagon
Philadelphia July 4 five persons were killed and several injured when a Reading Railway train struck a picnic wagon at Shelly crossing. The Costello family from 2012 South Beechwood Street suffered multiple fatalities with three children among the injured. Engineer Giess blamed the wagon’s speed and said he could not stop in time.
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Philadelphia
Reading
Shelly
Penn
John Costello
South
Beechwood Street
Costello
Andrew Giess
Train collision injures twenty five four dead in Ogden Canyon
Twenty five people were injured and four killed in a head-on crash between two electric interurban trains near Ogden Canyon Utah on July 4. The fatally injured include J M Anderson of Ogden conductor Daniel Grattan J M Sherman motorman and Peter W Buller of Salt Lake City. The motor man on the up train reportedly did not obey orders.
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Ogden
Utah
Ogden Canyon
J. M. Anderson
Daniel Grattan
J. M. Sherman
Peter W. Buller
Salt Lake City
Provisional Battery of Field Artillery Moves Toward Montauk Point
The Provisional Battery of Field Artillery, about 150 officers and picked men under Col. G A Wingate, arrived in Floral Park from Jamaica and camped southwest of town. They will train here until Monday then march to Montauk Point by July 17, with scouts testing alertness and targets simulating enemy.
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New York Times
Floral Park
L. L
Battery of
Field Artillery
Montauk Point
Jamaica
G. A. Wingate
Second Field Artillery
Col. Wingate
First
J. W. B. Corey
Robert Davis
Sixth
United States Field Artillery
Harry Pfeil
United States Artillery
Montauk
Wicksville
Babylon
Blue Point
Moriches
Westhampton
Priest Directs Boxing Bouts in Sayville Club
The Rev. M. P. Heffernan pastor of the Sayville Roman Catholic Church and chairman of the Sayville Athletic Club directed boxing exhibitions at the clubhouse. New York Athletic Club fighters attended and Mike Donovan, famed for sparring with Col. Roosevelt, gave an exhibition. The ground for the club building is near the church and more exhibitions are planned to benefit local youths.
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Sayville
L. L
M. P. Heffernan
Sayville Athletic Club
New York Athletic Club
Mike Donovan
Col. Roosevelt
Father Heffernan
Forest Fire Started by Fireworks Near Lake George
A serious forest fire near French Mountain three miles north of Lake George village is believed to have been started by fireworks. Thousands of July Fourth visitors watched from the lake shore as Warden E J Worden dispatched firefighters. No rain in two weeks raises fears of heavy losses with nearby cottages spared.
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New York Times
Lake George
N. Y
French Mountain
Lake George Village
E. J. Worden
Wireless link tied Hanover to New Jersey in record distance
Dr. Goldschmidt says his wireless system established two way communication between Hanover and Tuckerton near Atlantic City, a distance of 5 600 miles, using 150 kilowatts on 7 500 meter waves. Tuckerton reportedly received messages and asked to cut output. Summer daytime signals reportedly prove year round reliability.
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Tos
New York Times
London
Goldschmidt
Hanover
Germany
Tuckerton
Atlantic City
Kiss Row at Pension Office Sparks Shakeup
Washington July 4 A kiss between a government worker and a woman in the office led to suspension of Frank D Hester chief clerk as Pension Commissioner Gaylord M Saltzgaber ordered an investigation. The woman who had dated Hester quit after the uproar.
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Washington
Pension
Frank D. Hester
Gaylord M. Saltzgaber
Hester
Loot on a Train Sparks Large Mississippi Heist
Two bandits robbed a southbound Illinois Central train near Batesville Mississippi taking between 500 and 3500 dollars after forcing the locomotive crew to move cars away from passengers. They fled toward Pope Mississippi as bloodhounds and a large posse chase. A $3000 reward was posted for their capture.
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Memphis
Tenn
Illinois Central Railroad
Batesville
Miss
Pope, Miss
Rockefeller Pew Struck By Lightning at Cleveland Church
A bolt of lightning hit the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland on July 4, damaging the spire and wrecking Mr Rockefeller’s pew. No fire started and no one was present. Crews will rush repairs to install a new pew so Rockefeller can attend services next Sunday.
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New York Times
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Mr. Rockefeller
Mollie Netcher Weds Chicago Paintman in Oregon Ceremony
Mrs Charles Netcher owner of Boston Store Chicago and the Middle West wed Sol Newberger a Chicago paint salesman in Portland Oregon last Thursday Their romance began when she was a Boston Store salesgirl and rival Charles Netcher later became her husband until his death left her in control of the business with an estimated fortune of 12 million dollars
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Chicago
Charles Netcher
Middle West
Boston
Sol Newberger
Portland
Ore
Molle
Netcher
Newhberger
Heavy squall on lakes endangers boats at Buffalo
A sudden wind storm off Buffalo and on Lake Erie swamped a score of small boats with several presumed drowned. Lifesavers rescued sixteen, an excursion steamer saved a man and woman, and artist William W. Stainton died when his canoe capsized. Lifesavers patrol harbor overnight seeking more victims.
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New York Times
Buffalo
Lakes
William W. Stainton
Aerial Crash Claims One Life near Johannisthal
A collision between two biplanes at sixty feet altitude in Johannisthal killed one aviator, seriously injured the other. German pilot Herscher and Capt. Fridel collided at dusk, both buried in wreckage as rescue crews arrived. Fridel sustained serious injuries to the spine.
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Johannisthal
Herscher
Friedel
Helscher
Gettysburg Peace After Wilson Speech Marks Camp Closure
President Wilson spent forty six minutes in Gettysburg for a veterans address ending the encampment with a solemn army tribute to the dead. A 21 gun salute, 10 000 in attendance, and a quiet departure followed as officials praised the camp’s sanitary efficiency and mobilization efforts for the large gathering.
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New York Times
Gettysburg
Penn
President Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Baltimore
Gettysburg College
Gov. Tener
Pennsylvania
Representative Palmer
Pennsylvania Constabulary
Tener
Lincoln
Harrisburg
Wilson
Bugle
Gov. Mann
Virginia
En. Young
United Confederate Veterans
North
Richmond
Confederacy
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Mays Landing
Carly
Atantic
Nineland
Harry Kramer
King
Marconi
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Brazil
Sunday Times
Stars and Stripes
Bath
Mrs. Roosevelt
Bay State
Prof. McDonald
Reading Road
Jennie Costello
Edwin Kane
Katherine Costello
James Gillick
James Hannigan
Francis Costello
Edward Costello
Frederick Costello
Hellertown
Harry Young
Quakertown
Giess
Reading Terminal
Illinois Central
Rockefeller
Mollie” Netcher
Great Ex
Odus
J. E. Normoyle
St. Louis
San Francisco
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