Solemn Olympic Opening Sparks American Confidence
Stockholm July 6 The solemn Olympic opening featured a grand march and a royal reception followed by Rev Clemens Abfeldt sermon. The American team voiced high confidence of reclaiming first place, with Ralph Rose breaking his own shot put record at 61 feet 7 inches. Americans lead betting while crowds pack Stockholm Stadium and Gould party arrivals loom.
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Stockholm
Clemens Abfeldt
Messrs. Sullivan
Halpin
Murphy
London
Rose
Ralph Rose
Howard Gould
Gould
Finland
Sullivan
Clark Gets an Ovation in House Opening
Washington July 4 Speaker Champ Clark received a thunderous ovation as he took the rostrum and gripped the gavel to call the house to order. Democrats and Republicans joined in applause echoed through the hall with gallery visitors. Representative Underwood of Alabama was also cheered as he entered. The southern contingent added shrill yells to the celebration.
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Washington
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
House
Underwood
Alabama
Tribute to Gov Marshall Draws Horning Indiana Democrats and Republicans Unite
In Laporte Indiana a monster demonstration is planned in tribute to Governor Marshall. The date is to be set this week by non partisan committees. Columbia City serves as the county seat where Marshall practiced law and began his rise to the executive chair. News of his nomination arrived at two a m and by daybreak Republicans and Democrats were massing to honor their townsman.
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Laporte
Ind
Whitley County
Marshall
Columbia City
Indianapolis
Three Sons Die in separate accidents in Hammond
In Hammond, John A. Hill loses three sons, John, James, and Gilbert, after accidents. John and James caused a carbide explosion by igniting a match after water was poured on the container. Gilbert, age 18, was electrocuted when a tree fall brought him into contact with a live wire. The father found Gilbert at his brothers' bedside.
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Hammond, Ind
John A. Hill
Shelburn
John
James
Gilbert
Corpae
American Marines and Panamanian police clash in Panama
In Panama on July 4 a brawl between Panamanian police and U S marines left R W Davis dead. Two Marines, eight soldiers of the Tenth Infantry, and an American civilian were wounded, with two Panamanian police injured. The U S legation and Major General Wood in Washington pursue full reports amid fears of broader political tensions.
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Panama
United States
R. W. Davis
Tenth Infantry Regiment
Ancon Hospital
United States Legation
Washington
Wood
Tenth Infantry
Porras
Naval War Game Off Newport Involving Torpedo Boats
A major naval war game will unfold this week off Newport Rhode Island. The torpedo boat flotilla and submarine forces, with the Atlantic fleet battle ships, will maneuver between Bentons Reef lightships and No Mans Land under Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus aboard the flagship Connecticut. The exercise, in two divisions, features continuous at sea attacking and defending forces and promises unprecedented importance for the area.
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Newport
R. I
Benton
Montauff Point
No Man’s Land
R Ear
Hugo Osterhaus
Connecticut
Darrow Attorney Ill Forces Adjourment in Robbery Case
Earl Rogers chief counsel for Clarence Darrow is ill and cannot attend. Horace Appel and W H Dehm request adjournment to Monday. Judge Hutton notes telephoned illness from Mrs Rogers. Rogers attended the Wolgast Rivers fight and denounced the referee’s decision as a robbery. Adjou rnment granted with readiness for 10 AM Monday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Earl Rogers
Clarence Darrow
Horace Appel
W. H. Dehm
Hutton
Noted Heiress to Marry in Great Neck Announcement
Miss Lilla B. Gilbert of New York, heiress to a $15,000,000 estate left by her father H. Bramhill Gilbert, and Mr. Renshaw, a Troy Polytechnic Institute graduate and wealthy, announce their engagement in Great Neck, New York.
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Great Neck
N. Y
Lilla B. Gilbert
New York
Gilbert
H. Bramhill Gilbert
Renshaw
Troy Polytechnic Institute
Mrs Grant on Way Home From Abroad
Mrs Frederick Dent Grant and her daughter the Princess Cantacuzene have been abroad since General Grant's funeral. They are en route to the United States and will reach New York on the Kronprinz Wilhelm early next week.
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New York
Frederick Dent Grant
Princess Cantacuzene
General Grant
United States
Wilson Nominated for President by Acclamation at Democratic Convention
Gov Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey won the Democratic presidential nomination on the forty sixth ballot after Underwood’s withdrawal and other candidates stepping aside. A roll call was avoided as Wilson secured Pennsylvania’s decisive 76 votes pushing him over the two thirds. Marshall was chosen as vice president after two ballots and the convention adjourned sine die.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Champ Clark
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
Wilson
John J. Fitzgerald
New York
James A. Reed
Missouri
Clark
James
Underwood
Pennsylvania
A. Mitchell Palmer
Guffey
SSG
la Champ Clark
Sceerceeseesers
Judson Harmen
Senator Stone
Johnson Wins In Ninth In Las Vegas Fight
In Las Vegas New Mexico on July 6 Jim Flyn faced captain of the state police in a championship bout. Referee Smith ruled Johnson the winner in the ninth after both fighters transgressed the rules. Johnson landed more punches and drew more blood, but the late clash suggested a closer call.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Jim Flynn
Smith
Johnson
Flynn
Two Army Aviators Killed Over Salisbury Plain Flight
Captain B. B. Loraine and Sergeant Major Wilson of the army flying corps died during early morning naval practice at Salisbury Plain England. Their aircraft reached about 400 feet before losing balance and crashing to the roadway. Wilson died instantly. Loraine survived briefly before succumbing while unconscious.
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Salisbury Plain
England
B. B. Loraine
Wilson
Army Flying Corps
Loraine
Democratic Leaders Visit Wilson at Sea Girt
Sea Girt New Jersey July 5 Democratic leaders including Roger Sullivan Thomas J Taggart and Norman E Mack arrived to map Wilson campaign leadership They announced they would not set a permanent organization until July 15 and that Wilson may choose campaign staff His acceptance speech will stand in lieu of a written letter with formal notification planned in Chicago or nearby venues
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Sea Girt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic Party
National Committee
Roger Sullivan
Illinois
Thomas J. Taggart
Indiana
Norman E. Mack
New York
Wilson
Congress Hotel
Chicago
William F. McCombs
Fred B.lynch
Minnesota
Robert S. Hudspeth
Hudson County
Lare
Ollie James
Baltimore
Mrs Sartoris Weds Again in Cobourg Ontario
The marriage of Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris widow of Algernon Sartoris of Warsash Hunts England and daughter of the late Gen U S Grant to Hon Frank H Jones former first assistant postmaster general of the United States was held quietly at their Cobourg Ontario country residence. Rev Canon Sprague officiated at St Peters Church Cobourg.
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Cobourg
Ont
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Algernon Sartoris
Warsash Hunts
England
U. S. Grant
United States of America
Frank H. Jones
United States
Canon Sprague
St. Peter's Church
Twenty-Two Killed In Train Wreck Near Ligonier
Twenty-two people died and more than thirty were injured when a freight train collided with a passenger train near Ligonier Pennsylvania. The wreck halted near a curve on the Ligonier Valley line as rescuers counted casualties and identified victims, many from a Wilpen party and guests of the Ligonier railroad president.
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Ligonier Valley Road
Pennsylvania
Latrobe
Ligonier
Ligonier Valley
Harry Dillon
Wilpen
Frank McConnaughey
George Byers
Smith Beatty
John Ankeny
Louise Rhoddy
John Overton
Frank
Elizabeth Rhoddy
Samuel
Ligonier Railroad
Miss Mathews
J. B. Johnson
Charles Kuhn
Elmira
Corning
Mary Brennan
James Griffith
Nellie Schandel
Newark
Max Elsmann
Jersey City
New York
Niagara Falls
Swears Thaw Is Incurable Paranoiac
During an eight hour hearing at White Plains Justice Keogh heard Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald, a leading alienist, declare Marty K. Thaw incurably paranoid. He warned that Thaw’s release would be dangerous to others and seriously detrimental to community safety.
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New York
Keogh
White Plains
Carlos F. MacDonald
America
Marty K. Thaw
Mes Thaw
El Paso Attack Threat Prompts U S Border Guard Response
A telegram from El Paso warns General Orozco plans to shell the electric light plant serving Juarez and El Paso. Officials fear this move aims to provoke U S intervention as Juarez remains insurgent-held. Texas Governor Colquitt moves militia from Alexandria to guard the border.
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Washington
el Paso
Orozco
Juarez
United States
Colquitt
Texas
Alexandria
Trio die in Oshkosh blast while making explosive cape
In Oshkosh Wisconsin on July 4 Paul Hoeft 22 Anton Hoeft Jr 18 and Kirwin Pommeren ing 14 were killed and badly burned when a home workshop exploded while they mixed potash sulfur to prepare an explosive cape for the Fourth. The blast occurred about twelve feet from the Hoeft residence and wrecked the interior of the house.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Paul Hoeft
Anton Hoeft, Jr
Kirwin Pommerening
Hooft
Postoffice Safe Robbed at Angola in Buffalo Area
Yeggmen blew the Angola post office safe, stealing about $2000 in stamps and cash. An automobile gap left at the doorway is the only clue, and authorities consider the robbers used a car in the theft.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Yeggmen
Angola
Flood Leaves Guanajuato Town Devastated
Reports say two thirds of the town near Guanajuato in Mexico were wiped out by a Sunday flood. About 1,000 people are homeless and shelter in nearby areas. Local authorities assess damages and plan relief efforts.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Amanca
Guanajuato
Fog Bound Collision Aboard Commonwealth vs New Hampshire
In dense fog the steamer Commonwealth with 1000 passengers from New York to Fall River rammed the battleship New Hampshire near Newport. The impact tore away the New Hampshire’s stern and crushed the Commonwealth’s bow. Passengers feared panic, but officers kept order as Captain Oliver of the New Hampshire coordinated a response. The Commonwealth declined aid and continued to Newport under its own steam.
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Newport
R. I
Commonwealth
Fall River
New York
United States
New Hampshire
Oliver
Bequest of Burns Library Heads to Carnegie in Washington
William R. Smith longtime head of the National Botanical Gardens died after a week of illness from heart trouble. Born in Scotland in 1828 he built a large Burns book collection of about 5500 volumes. By will the set goes to Andrew Carnegie but must remain in Washington.
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Washington
Wm. R. Smith
National Botanical Gardens
Mr. Smith
Scotland
Burns
Ohio car jumps track near Crestline after Galion departure
More than a dozen passengers were injured in a Cleveland and Southwestern interurban derailment when the car jumped the track just east of the Big Four crossing near Crestline after leaving Galion at 7:20.
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Mansfield, O
Cleveland and Southwestern
Galion
Big Four Railroad
Crestline
Runway Collapse Drowns Three at Point Breeze
A collapse of a floating runway linking a float to a Pier at Point Breeze drowns three and endangers others. Rescue crews report sixty people narrowly escape as the structure buckles and sinks like paper.
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New York
Point Breeze
Nine Men Killed in Nevada Consolidated Mine Blast
A premature explosion at the Nevada Consolidated mine in Reno, Nevada, killed nine men and wounded about twenty, with several feared fatally. Fire then swept the scene as rescuers began operations.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada Consolidated
Cincinnati Market Report on Wheat to Lamb Prices
Cincinnati markets list wheat corn oats hay cattle hogs sheep and lambs with bid and ask ranges. Prices cover No 2 red wheat 1.12 to 1.14, corn varieties 76 to 84c, oats 53 to 56c, timothy hay 19 to 22.50 dollars, cattle and hogs varied by grade, and lambs 4 to 8.15 dollars with notable strength in hogs and lambs.
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Timothy
Wreck Delays Illinois Central Train Near Jackson
Illinois Central passenger train No. 3 southbound wrecked two miles south of Jackson Mississippi due to a soft roadbed. Many passengers shaken and bruised. five required more than passing medical care, taken to a Jackson hospital with non serious injuries. Steel coaches likely saved lives.
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Jackson
Miss
Illinois Central
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