Nine Die In Susquehanna Boat Tragedy Near Port Griffith
A boat carrying William Andrews and eight relatives from Providence Lackawanna county capsized in swift river near their home as rains kept the Susquehanna high. State troops work to recover the nine bodies, believed drowned within reach of the riverbank.
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Wilkesbarre
William Andrews
Port Griffith
Susquehanna River
Thomas Andrews
Wm, Andrews
Theodore Andrews
Frank Marionosky
Adam Struskus
Frank Ganosky
John
Mitchell
Andrews
Providence
Lackawanna County
Lynching of Unknown Negro Near Jacksonville
In front of Mrs. Andrew Deas home, an unknown Black man who assaulted her Saturday evening was lynched by a mob. After pursuit with dogs, the captured suspect was identified by Deas and shot and mutilated before the sheriff arrived, leaving the body at the Deas residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Andrew Deas
Deas
Five Cornell Students Rescued From Cayuga Lake
A party aboard the launch Dixie rescued five Cornell University students and another man from Cayuga Lake after they spent about twenty minutes in ice cold water. The group had been aboard a sinking sailboat when the incident occurred on a Sunday afternoon near Ithaca New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Dixie
Cayuga Lake
Tragic Train Collision Claims Life Near Artesia
New Orleans May 10 reports say Robert Johnson, a young Negro, was struck by a southbound Mobile and Ohio train at Artesia Mississippi. He was thrown onto the northbound track and was instantly killed when another train coming from the opposite direction ran over him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Robert Johnson
Mobile & Ohio
Artesia
Miss
Arrests Linked to Batunday Night Store Murder
Pine Bluff Ark May 10 R B Cain and 8 Smith were arrested here Sunday and taken to Camden on suspicion of murdering Mose Levy a wealthy merchant who was killed in his Batunday night store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
R. B. Cain
Smith
Camden
Sumous
Mose Levy
Batunday
Escape of three inmates shocks Wayne County jail raid
Three Black prisoners escaped from the Wayne County jail in Jonsup Georgia on May 10. Deput y Frank Madguy died from a fractured skull after the breakout. Posse s scour the county for miles around seeking the fugitives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonsup
Wayne County
Frank Madguy
Knives and Guns Figure in Texas Riot Report
In El Paso and near Vera Cruz a Mexican peon riot left several dead as Harold Sanborn of Chicago fired with two pistols after a confrontation at a village store. Sanborn was jailed then sent to Acayucan for medical care and held on homicide charges.
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el Paso
Tex
Sanborn
Vera Cruz
Santa Fe
Tlacotalpan
Acayucan
Harold Sanborn
Chicago
George Sanborn
Walnut Street
Lewis Institute
Kenilworth
Mexico
Lake Champlain Bows In After Iceberg S damage Off Cape Race
The ocean liner Lake Champlain struck a submerged iceberg off Cape Race on a Liverpool to Montreal voyage. Over a thousand passengers remained calm, dined, and later docked in St Johns for temporary repairs as pumps controlled a rapid bow water ingress aboard the 4685 ton Canadian Pacific vessel built in Glasgow in 1900 under Captain Webster.
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St. Johns
N. F
Lake Champlain
Cape Race
Liverpool
Montreal
Webster
The
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Glasgow
Little Heroine Marguerite Zlevic Rescues Boy
In Menominee Michigan on May 8 a five year old girl Marguerite Zlevic became the county’s youngest heroine after diving into the swollen Menominee River to save her playmate Jesse McPherson from drowning. The children were playing on the river bank at Angells when Jesse fell in. Marguerite’s brave act kept him from drowning.
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Menominee
Mich
Marguerite Zlevic
Menominee River
Jesse McPherson
Angells
Jesse
Marguerite
Arrested on Murder Charge in Chicago Wanted Case
Vincent Karlez alias Antonio Walicki alias Beke alias Sonoski was arrested in Atlanta on telegraphic orders from Capt. P. D. O'Brien Chicago detective bureau. He is wanted in Chicago on a charge of murdering Harry Tatterbaum, a teamster.
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Atlanta
Vincent Karlez
Antonio Walicki
Beke
Sonoski
P. D. O’brien
Chicago Detective Bureau
Chicago
Harry Tatterbaum
Heatwave Pushes Washington to 93 as Prostrations Reported
Washington sweltered in an abnormal May heat with three prostrations noted. The temperature hit 93 in the shade at 2 p.m. Cooler conditions followed later as rain began and night brought relief from the heat.
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Washington
Pesthouse Looted by Burglars in Alton May 8
Burglars broke into the vacant Alton pesthouse and stole beds and furnishings. City authorities fear a smallpox epidemic as beds and coverings may be sold or diverted, hindering quarantine and care efforts.
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Alton
Fire destroys twenty five Main Street buildings in Pioneer
Twenty five buildings on two blocks of Main Street in Pioneer Nevada were burned after a gasoline explosion at the Vienna cafe. Officials estimate losses at about fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Nev
Lead Ore Schedule Triggers Aldrich Opposition In Senate
Washington May 7 Senator Aldrich and allies push a lead ore schedule while Senator Beveridge of Indiana objects to a vote and demands more discussion. The clash suggests revisions and possible delays beyond June as opposition and modifications shape the pending tariff measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Beveridge
Indiana
Senator Stone
Missouri
Orange
Finance Committee
Guard Rail Failure Injures Large Crowd at Armory Meet
In Seattle on May 7 a guard rail failed in the balcony of the National Guard armory during the Pacific Northwest indoor track championships. About 150 to 175 people were injured, some fatally, as 200 to 250 spectators tumbled 16 feet to a solid oak floor. F Jackson of Seattle Athletic Club won the ten mile race, edging EB Crabbe of Portland’s Allen Preparatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
New
National Guard Armory
Western Avenue
Pacific, Northwest Association of the Amateur Union
F. Jackson
Seattle Athletic Club
EB. B. Crabbe
Allen Preparatory School
Portland
Jackson
Whitla Kidnaper Declared Guilty in Mercer
James Boyle was convicted in Mercer Pennsylvania of kidnapping Willie Whitla after a brief trial. No defense was offered and the jury deliberated only a few hours. Boyle’s wife Mary Doe, indicted under aliases, faced trial for aiding and abetting the kidnapping, but the case was postponed as lawyers fought over testimony admissibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitla
Mercer
James Boyle
Willie Whitla
Boyle
Mary Doe
Four Year Old Paul Monfort Killed Falling From Train
Chicago reports four year old Paul Maurice Monfort known as the most photographed boy in the United States died after falling from a South Side elevated train. His father A. W. Montfort is a photographer who did much work for advertisers and the boy was used as a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul Maurice Monfort
United States
South Side
A. W. Montfort
Prairie Fire Destroys George Miller Ranch in Cedar Mountain
A prairie fire near Cedar Mountain in Texas El Paso area burns fiercely and has devastated a large range. George Miller's ranch is reported destroyed with fifty men fighting the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
el Paso
Tex
Cedar Mountain
George Miller
Clerk Anthony Riger Dies After Bed Fall in New Orleans
Anthony Riger a 23 year old New Orleans post office clerk died after a fall from his bed on Wednesday. He sustained a fractured neck in the accident reported in New Orleans on May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Anthony Riger
Japan to Protect Native Seal Hunters in Behring Sea
Reports from Victoria indicate Japanese warships will patrol Behring Sea to shield Yokohama Tokyo Niigata Hakodate sealers who travel north annually. The move follows friction with foreign cruisers over alleged illegal sealing and after a seizure near Sitka by U S Marines.
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Victoria
Vancouver Island
Behring Sea
Yokohama
Tokio
Niigati
Hakodate
Tokyo
Japan
Sitka
United States
Grafters Given Sentences in Pittsburg Graft Cases
In Pittsburg on May 6 Judge Robert Frazer imposed sentences on seven men convicted in municipal graft cases. W. W. Ramsey, former bank president, got 1 year 6 months and a $1000 fine. Capt. John F. Klein, councilman, 2 years and $1000 for bribery and 1 year 6 months for conspiracy. Joseph C. Wasson and William Brand, former councilmen, 1 year 6 months and $500 fine for conspiracy. H. M. Bolger, hotel keeper, 2 years and $500 fine for bribery. Charles Colbert and John Colbert, bribery attempt defendants, 2 years and $500 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Robert 8. Frazer
W. W. Ramsey
Capt
John F. Klein
Joseph C. Wasson
William Brand
H. M. Bolger
Charles Colbert
John Colbert
Ramsey
Two Negroes Electrocuted in Virginia Penitentiary
Richmond May 6 The electrocut ion of Joe and Isham Taylor colored occurred Wednesday morning at the state penitentiary. The Taylors, cousins, aided in the murder of Mrs. Mary Skipwith and Walter Johnson in Powhatan county. Two Browns, John and William, died last Friday and Lewis Jenkins faces the chair next Friday. Powhatan reports said two more Browns will be executed after their arrest Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Joe
Isham Taylor
State Penitentiary
Taylors
Mary Skipwith
Walter Johnson
Powhatan County
John
William Brown
Lewis Jenkins
Powhatan
Train Collides with Cattle Wreck Near Romney
A passenger train on the Romney branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad struck a drove of cattle near Romney West Virginia on Wednesday night. The impact threw two coaches over an embankment and set off lamps. Six people were injured. J Inskip Kellar, 57, former proprietor of the Kellar hotel in Romney, died suddenly from excitement while viewing the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Romney
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
W. Va
J. Inskip Kellar
Kellar
Hot Wave Strikes Chicago With Prostrations
A hot wave hit Chicago on Wednesday with temperatures reaching 86 degrees after rising 80 degrees in nine hours. Police helped several pedestrians who collapsed in downtown streets, and two furniture movers were overcome by the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cyclone Devastates Ardmore and Carter County
Reports say a tornado ripped through Carter County Oklahoma smashing Ardmore a city of about 15000 residents. Wires are down and early reports cannot be confirmed but Western Union advices describe a severe storm near Ardmore.
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Muskogee
Okla
Carter County
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Western Union Telegraph Co
Tobacco Beds Scraped on Local Farm in Ninth District
On May 6 in Clarksville Tennessee plant beds on the Ed Hains farm and others belonging to Jim Tigert and Bob Clarks were scraped by a band of men. This marks a second time marauders have damaged crops and arrests may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Tenn
Ed Hains
Jim Tigert
Bob Clarks
Zeppelin to fly new airship from Friedrichausen to Berlin
A Stuttgart dispatch reports Count Zeppelin plans to fly the new airship Zeppelin 1 from Friedrichausen to Berlin in the middle of the month. The trip is billed as a coming air voyage and signals a major advance in aerial travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeppelin
Berlin
Stuttgart
Friedrichausen
Buckeye Officials and State News Highlight Columbus
In Columbus on May 7 twenty five guards appointed by Warden Jones were confirmed by the prison managers. Dr I J Mizer resigned as day physician. Starling Ohio Medical Universitys senior dental class marched in protest over physiological course changes. The War Department plans to acquire Camp Perrys rifle range and expand it to become the worlds largest. The State Game and Fish Commission restocked Buckeye Lake with thousands of black bass to ensure fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Jones
I. J. Mizer
Starling-Ohio Medical University
High Street
Camp Perry
War Department
State Game and Fish Commission
J. C. Speaks
Buckeye Lake
Watch Found For 13-Year-Old Lorna McKinnon In State Vault
Miss Lorna McKinnon, youngest child of the late W S McKinnon, learns alongside State Treasurer D B Dreamer that her $300 diamond studded watch lost a year ago has been found in a secret drawer in the Columbus state treasury vault. The gift watch had been kept for safekeeping after her father took it to Columbus during his tenure, but illness and death left its whereabouts uncertain until now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Lorna McKinnon
W. S. McKinnon
Dreamer
State Treasury
Columbus
Lightning Claims Woman in Williamsfield Township and Destroys Barn
During a severe electrical storm Mrs. Theodore Johnson of Williamsfield township was killed by lightning while returning to bed after helping her child. The same storm struck John Darrow's barn near Austinburg, destroying the barn, two horses, five cows, and all contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Theodore Johnson
Williamsfield Township
Johnson
John Darrow
Austinburg
Asters Strike Off After Labor Leaders Meet
In Portsmouth Ohio on May 7 the Knights of Labor executive committee declared the aster strike against the Selby shoe factory off. Strikes at five other factories were also called off after talks with Martin Manley of New York, a National Manufacturers association representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Asters
Selby
Knights of Labor
Martin Manley
New York
National Manufacturers’ Association
Leaves Woman in Jail. Kenton May 7
Dr. J. B. Claire alias George Davis, jailed with Mrs. John Wilson, left Kenton in his car last night after paying a $100 fine and securing suspension of a 30 day workhouse sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton
J. B. Claire
George Davis
John Wilson
Injured In Trolley Accident Near Trombley
Bowling Green reports E. C. Van Epps of Cleveland Builders' Supply Co. injured his left knee cap in an electric car wreck on a sharp curve at Trombley. The Toledo, Urban & Interurban car left tracks and, after a 100 foot ride, passengers were badly shaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
E. C. van Epps
Cleveland Builders’ Supply Co
Trombley
Toledo, Urban & Interurban
Two Bodies Found From Sunken Tug Geo A Floss Near Cleveland
The bodies of Joseph Martin aged 28 and John O'Donnell aged 29, passengers on the fishing tug Geo A Floss, which sank April 7 off Cleveland with Captain William Barry and six crew, were recovered from the boat’s hold by diver Charles R Dittrick yesterday afternoon. The tug has been floated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Joseph Martin
John O'Donnell
Geo. A. Floss
Wm. Barry
Chas. R. Dittrick
Wife Slayer Gets Ten Years
Cincinnati May 7. William Alberta pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a ten year penitentiary sentence from Judge Bramwell for killing his wife Sophia Alberta in their Macedonian colony home on March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
William Alberta
Bramwell
Sophia Alberts
Oil Gusher at Pike Well Near New Lexington
A Pike oil well near New Lexington was shot late last night and flowed for 80 minutes. The derrick stood beneath a 20 foot-high oil wall and the gusher is reported to be good for 100 barrels, extending the Bremen field and causing excitement in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Pike
Bremen
Public Statement from Hood County Treasurer on Doan’s Kidney Pills
A. A. Perkins of Granbury Hood County Texas reports years of kidney and back trouble after a mee fall injury. He praises Doan’s Kidney Pills noting lasting relief and confirms his previous recommendation. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Perkins
Granbury
Hood Co
Texas
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Employer Ponders Raise as Office Boy Seeks Change
A humorous exchange reveals the office worker negotiating a raise while mentioning a $52 monthly sum and an engagement with plans to marry, reflecting workplace dynamics and personal life in a light moment.
Waiter Oversteps Boundaries at Private Party
A guest recounts an incident at a private party where a waiter, supposedly skilled, interrupted a distinguished singer mid performance to serve salad and punch. The speaker argues waiters hired for parties should be properly trained to handle such situations.
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Indiaman
Feil
Ohio
Buckeye
Supreme Court
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gardiner
Maine
Aates
Carters
Islickers
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