Mass of Honor for Nation's Dead At Brooklyn Navy Yard
Thousands of mourners and uniformed service members gathered at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn for a solemn high mass. Heat and fatigue struck attendees as marines and others collapsed, while clergy, bands, and civic groups joined in a long, ceremonial tribute to those who died defending the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Gloucester Naval Comp
Henry OO. Heistand
Department of the East
Brinkerhoff
B .N. Kelley
William J. Baxter
Bird S Coler
John F. Ahearn
Foster Crowell
Henry Smith
John F. Dwyer
Gloucester Naval Committee
Paul St. Clair Murphy
United States Marine Corps
12Th
United States Infantry
Lewin S. Allen
United States Marines
United States
Edward Duffy
NG. N. Y
Philip Guise
Barthman
Naval Battalion
Brinkenhoff
Irish Regiment of Volunteers
E. P. Gilgar
Daniel O'Connell Gillespie
Highland Regiment
Montreal
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Halifax
6Th Regiment
Massachusetts
Isadore Isaacs
Gloucester
Frank Beck
Joseph Auerbach
Peking
G. K. Warren
Sons of Veterans and Auxiliary
Libby Camp
The
Knights of Columbus
Royal Arcanum
Catholic Benevolent Legion
Ancient ‘Order of Hibernians
Spanish War Veterans’ Auxiliary
Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Asso
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent League
Ale Eneca
Isabella
Companions of the United States Volunteer Livesaving and
Fire Department, of
New York
Hughes Readies Push for Anti Gambling Bills in Albany
Governor Hughes prepares to push anti racetrack gambling measures in Albany as legislators return to finish work from the extra session. Supporters predict passage with Wallace’s seating and Foelker’s return, while party bosses weigh backing Hughes to avoid a GOP rout.
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Albany
Hughes
Republican Party
Brooklum
Clinton
Niagara-Orleans
William C. Wallace
Anti- Hughes
Foelker
Wallace
Poelker
Veterans parade honors fallen in Cypress Hills cemetery
Thousands gathered at the Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn to honor the nation’s dead. Veterans from the North and South, Grand Army posts, National Guard units, sailors and Marines, and cadets joined a procession to decorate about five thousand graves with small flags while four cannons fired salutes. Governor Hughes could not attend, sending a telegram of regret from Albany.
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Army and Navy Union
Would Coal the Fleet During World Cruise
The Atlantic battleship fleet’s world cruise will cost about 5.04 million dollars for coal. Moving from San Francisco to Hampton Roads via Honolulu Manila and the Suez Canal would require 2.089 million. Australia offered free coal during the visit, but the Navy will use American coal for the entire voyage.
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Washington
San Francisco
Hampton Roads
Honolulu
Manila
Suez Canal
Bureau of
Navy Department
Richmond Borough Dog Extermination Push Sparks Controversy
John Green, a Richmond Borough dog catcher under the Health Department, refuses Pasteur treatment after rabies bites as the borough intensifies rabies control. Dogs unclaimed within forty eight hours are killed at the pound, with a $3 fee to reclaim.
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John Green
Richmond Borough
Department of Health
Drowning After Capsized Boat In Hackensack River
A rowboat with three men capsized near the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge on the Hackensack River. Olie Olsen of Jersey City drowned after failing to swim. Christopher Von Derhoff and Thomas Sorgenes attempted a rescue but could not reach him due to a swift current and a sharp bend.
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Hackensack River
Olie Olsen
Bergen Road
Jersey City
Christopher von Derhoff
Hudson Boulevard
Thomas Sorgenes
Linden Avenue
Olsen
Kimono Fire Fatality in White Plains Wife of Brookfield
Mrs. James H. Brookfield daughter of the late James H Quintard and granddaughter of iron manufacturer George W Quintard died at her White Plains home from burns suffered Friday night when her kimono sleeve touched a candle. She could not remove the garment. She grew worse and died early yesterday. Funeral set for Wednesday at 11 a.m.
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James H. Brookfield
James H. Quintard
George W. Quintard
White Plains
Baseball player dies making throw in St. Louis game
In St. Louis on May 24 amateur baseball player John R. Parry collapsed and died after throwing from deep left field toward home plate. The effort to redeem an earlier error ended when he burst a blood vessel as the ball reached the catcher and the runner was put out.
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St. Louis
John R. Parry
Arrests at Stapleton Park Baseball Game
Five members of the Stapleton Athletic Club and four others were arrested after Captain Lindon and detectives stopped a game against the Ex Cuban Giants on Staten Island. Admission relied on membership tickets bought a block away. Five players were held on bail for examination today.
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Stapleton Park
Staten Island
Stapleton Athletic Club
Lindon
Linden
Grandstand Collapse at Buffalo Ball Game Injures Few
In Buffalo on May 24 a grandstand collapsed at a Brooklyn Royal Giants game against a local nine. About eight hundred spectators were present as the structure folded into the mud, injuring several with sprains and bruises. Ambulances and police reserves responded. The drop was small and the stand was near ground level.
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Buffalo
Brooklyn Royal Giants
Greek steamer Cyclades wreck crew receives unusual care in port
Captain Mandalos and his twenty two Greek crew members arrived from Nassau aboard the Ward liner Vigilancia after the Cyclades ran aground off Pensacola and later off the Bahamas. Underwriters and detectives questioned them at Wall Street offices as lawyers and an undercover task force oversaw the intake.
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Mandalos
Cyclades
Nassau
Vigilancia
Genoa
Pensacola
New Orleans
Bahamas
Wallace, Butler & Brown
Wall Street
Peterson Detective Bureau
Vicilancia
Florida
Abaco Reef
Cape Stirrup
John Collas
Peter Arta
Ganda
Arta
Petersen
South
Norfolk
Mr. Petersen
Priest Stabbed During Service in Salisbury Mo
In a Salisbury church Father Joseph F. Lubely aged 33 pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church was stabbed twice with a pocket knife by farmer Joseph Schuette believed demented. Four hundred worshippers witnessed the incident and a panic was averted as Lubely was taken to a St. Louis hospital for treatment.
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Salisbury
Joseph F. Lubely
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Joseph Schuette
St. Louis
American car Leads New York Paris Race Despite Muddy Roads
A Matin dispatch from Nikolsk dated May 24 reports the American car in the New York to Paris race again leading after two days of traversing the muddiest roads. It overtook the German car near Vladivostok as both teams fought to free their vehicles from the mire.
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Paris
Matin
Nikolsk
Russia
New York
Floods In Southwest Halt Rail Traffic In Fort Worth
Two lives are known lost and five missing as Trinity River floods Fort Worth with the worst rise on record. Seven railroads centering there halt traffic. Fort Worth losses exceed 2.14 million dollars amid continuous heavy rain across Texas and Oklahoma.
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Tribune
Fort Worth
Tex
Trinity River
Texas
Oklahoma
Tornado Sweeps Texas From Panhandle to Gulf
A tremendous storm that at times became a tornado swept Texas from the Panhandle to the Gulf. The six to seven inch rainfall collapsed crops and trees, uplifted houses, and inundated villages. Austin felt the blow with impassable streets and broken connections as central and southern crops suffered severe damage.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Panhandle
Gulf
Tornadoes Strike Northwestern Pottawatomie County
Two tornadoes swept the northwest section of Pottawatomie County causing havoc in May. Walter Haworth was killed and Michael Burnett fatally injured. The storms touched down near McCloud and moved through Aydelotte and Meeker with about a dozen injured near Aydelotte.
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Shawnee
Okla
Pottawatomie County
Walter Haworth
Michael Burnett
McCloud
Aydelotte
Meeker
Drowned Man in Brooklyn Reservoir During Swim
City watchmen report a drowning after several Hempstead youths swam in storage reservoirs between Hempstead and Rockville Centre. Seventeen year old Bird sall L Willis attempted to reach shore and died fleeing the water.
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City of Brooklyn
Hempstead
Rockville Centre
Birdsall L. Willis
Taree Kil led in Crash Five Fatally Injured
Philadelphia report details a Germantown avenue collision between trolley cars near Chestnut Hill. Three killed, five fatally injured, forty-five seriously hurt. Mrs. Wagner identified among the dead. Unidentified elderly woman and man among the injured.
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Philadelphia
Germantown Avenue
Thirteen Hurt in Streetcar Collision Near Ottawa
Thirteen people were injured in a streetcar collision two miles from Ottawa on May 24. Two of the injured may die. Twelve were taken to hospitals after a large car stopped to discharge passengers and a smaller car, fully loaded, struck from behind, driving under the larger car and crushing the upper body of the small car.
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Ottawa
Colhly
Trolley Crash Kills Man and Sellsman in San Francisco
Two crowded trolley cars collided at Devisadero and Sacramento streets at the foot of a steep hill. A traveling salesman and Henry were killed. twenty others injured, with one probably fatally and several seriously hurt. The Devisadero car ran uncontrolled down the hill and struck the Sacramento streetcar as it rounded a curve.
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San Francisco
Devisadero
Sacramento
Henry & A
Devisadero Street
Rescuer Hurled Carwardly Saves Girls in Brooklyn Crash
William Jardine of Brooklyn pushed two little girls from the path of an oncoming car at Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street. He was struck and taken to Norwegian Hospital with two broken ribs and possible skull fracture. The chauffeur George Finn fled. Henry Gue claimed ownership and police seek Finn.
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Fourth Avenue
5Th Street
Brooklyn
William Jardine
65D Street
Fort Hamilton Avenue
Henry Gue
Welfth Avenue
George Finn
34Th Street
Finn
Jumps Track On Bridge Delays Albany Local
The Albany local of West Shore Railroad derailed at the Little Ferry bridge in New Jersey last night as the forward car and engine left the rails. The bridge draw was not properly closed, but the engineer slowed near the Little Ferry station and no one was killed. A wrecking crew spent over five hours jacking the cars back onto the rails, and a second train was provided to continue passengers on their way.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Eufala
Indian Territory
Clarksville
Omm Cigis
Arkansas
Midland Valley Railroad
Jenks
Albany
West Shore Railroad
Little Ferry
N. J
Hackensack
Golf Club Member Struck Dead by Lightning in St Louis
W H Howard a wealthy commission merchant and Glen Echo Golf Club member was killed by lightning today during a rainstorm in St Louis. He left play for shelter under a tree when the bolt struck, killing him instantly.
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St. Louis
W. H. Howard
Runaway Horse Sparks Riverside Drive Chase in New York
Automobiles and mounted police joined a dogged pursuit along Riverside Drive and Broadway after a runaway horse. The animal, frightened by a broken wagon shaft, dashed through streets for over a mile before Bicycle Patrolman Helms caught its bridle and halted it without injuries.
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Riverside Drive
Upper Broadway
L58th Street
Helms
Henry Davis
No. 32
Second Avenue
124Th Street
Davis
125Th Street
Broadway
Felix Dwight
West Stith Street
Fatal Auto Crash Kills Man in Chicago Intersection
Orson C. Bartholomew of Denver, sixty eight, was killed in a collision between an electric car and a auto at Mth street and Indiana avenue Chicago. L Bartholomew and Miss Margaret Hawkins, both of Chicago, were slightly hurt. The car overturned. Bartholomew died instantly.
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Chicago
Orson C. Bartholomew
Denver
Mth Street
Indiana Avenue
L. Bartholomew
Margaret Hawkins
Orson Bartholomew
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William Cae Reaney
Father Reaney
United States Navy
John P Chidwick
William Olmstead
John F. Nash
New York Police Band
Hayden
Situation AT Albany
Cypress Hills
Catcher
Sudso
River Dew
Adve
Missouri
Lawton
Guthrie
Cottonwood
Bretton Woods
N. H
Taree
Chestnut Hill
George D. Wagner
Cornwell, Penn
Germantown
George Wagner
Alexander McKay
West Shore
Autosix Wild Chase
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