Haiti Crisis Deepens as President Is Killed in Street Fighting
Port au Prince reels as President Guillaume Welti is dragged from the legation and killed after rebels besiege the palace. The city faces renewed bloodshed with hundreds dead or jailed as Gen. Oscar orders executions and chaos spreads through streets and government seats.
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Oscar
Orestes Zamor
Revdis
Geneva
Presi- Guillaume
Tevolt
Forth
Rosalvo Bobo
Indictments Likely After Eastland Disaster Inquiry
Chicago reports an expected six manslaughter indictments by the county grand jury as the Eastland disaster in which over 1,000 people died faces further inquest testimony. The coroner seeks clarity on listing conditions and warning failures while officials weigh responsibility.
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Chicago
Eastland
Hoyne
Hoffman
Pedersen
F. S. Snow
Henry Wood recalls interview with ruler of Serbia
United Press correspondent Henry Wood recounts interviewing Prince Alexander in Nish Serbia amid war and typhus epidemic conditions. He describes nerves eased by royalty’s affable manner and notes travel hardships including a disinfected third class train journey before the continuation on page 7.
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United Press
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Serbia
Wood
Constantinople
Paris
Prince Alexander
Star
United Press Staff
Alexander
Nish
Sato Domingo and GM Could Enter War in Port au Prince
July 28 dispatches report possible escalation between Santo Domingo and Haiti with a landing of Marines. The cruiser Washington commanded by an admiral is expected at Port au Prince today as threats to President are noted.
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Babhington
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Washington
Au Prince
Bryan to Visit Town with Series of Talks
J Bryan the pacifist arrives Sunday morning and will speak at Presbyterian Church and YMCA about Fundamentals. He will lunch with Dr. M Matthews and cousin Mrs White and address the Commercial Club in the evening.
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J. Bryan
City
Presbyterian Church
Bryan
M. Matthews
Ee P. White
Commercial Club
Yterlan Church
Bradford defies order to curb deputies private law practice
The Star reports Bradford declines to stop deputies from private legal work while on city pay. He cites awaiting budget committee remarks and offers no immediate action. The piece questions time spent on private cases and urges council inquiry into the practice.
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Bradford
Egan
the Star
Council
The
Star
Becker Smiles On Day Set For His Execution
New York July 28. Chas F Becker smiled in Sing Sing cell as Supreme Court Justice Ford asked for more time to consider Becker's appeal for a new trial. Becker, convicted of instigating Herman Rosenthal's murder, faces execution delayed to Friday with his wife and lawyers present. Rumors say Ford may grant a new trial or delay again.
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New York
Supreme Court
Ford
Chas. F. Becker
Sing Sing
Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Juatha Ford
Berlin guards surround American embassy after Washington note
Amsterdam dispatch reports German authorities guard the American embassy in Berlin fearing a hostile demonstration following the Washington note.
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London
Berlin
Washington
Amsterdam
Army officers inspect Seattle sites for aviation school
Col Samuel Reber and Capt R C Marshall from Washington D C visit Seattle as a committee reviews 20 proposed locations near the city for an army aviation school. They plan auto tours of sites from Olympia to Fort Lawton with later congressional recommendations after examinations. Aviator Maroney staged a morning flight while discussions continue on establishing a nationwide training center similar to Pensacola.
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Garrison
Samuel Reber
R. C. Marshall
Washington
D. C
Seattle
United States
Col. Reber
Capt. Marshall
Chamber of Commerce
Marshall
Quartermaster’s Department
Star
Col
Reber
Congress
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
Congres
Olympia
Hoods Canal
Lake Washington
Tidelands
Ft. Lawton
R. H. Wilson
14Th Infantry
Rebel
Maroney
Everett
Robinson
Capt
Navy
Pensacola
Mla
San Diego
Chicago Dives Into Mourning After Eastland Disaster
Chicago observed a citywide day of mourning with offices closed flags at half mast and bells tolling as about 600 people lost in the Eastland disaster were laid to rest. Funeral processions clogged the streets and hearses ran short prompting improvised vehicles to bear coffins to various cemeteries. Grave diggers labored across the city as the tragedy’s toll deepened the city’s grief.
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U. S. Embassy
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