Chicago tragedy near dying husband unfolds in hospital corridor
Chicago August 7 tragedy surrounds Mike McDonald a gambler near death in hospital with his wife Dora McDonald by his side. Dora shot Webster Guerin and awaits outcome as McDonald’s condition worsens. Masaryk plans U S lecture tour later in month.
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Pecint
Chicago
Mike Miuz Donal
Quendam
Dora McDonald
Hospital of
St An- Giny
Padua
Nas Tan
Sas Wiz Ba
Webster Guerin
Lun Sarawell
Yule
Millionaire Oppenheim Shot Self in Hotel Belleclaire
Abraham Oppenheim, 38, a wealthy clothing manufacturer and scion of the Oppenheim family, shot himself in his hotel room at the Belleclaire. He was found semiconscious, alive but dying, two hours after the act, and a bullet remained lodged in his skull. Doctors expected to remove it and learn his motive.
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Abraham Oppenheim
Washington Post
New York
Aus
Oppenheim
Belleclaire
Oapenheim
Mine Etta Saxe
Luxa
Hearn & Co
Fifth Avenue End
Michael Saxe
Hearn Company
Len Moody
Wmil- Jonatre
Tornado Toll and Destruction Across Iowa and Minnesota
A storm system swept parts of Iowa and Minnesota causing at least 25 deaths in Winnebago County Iowa along with widespread property damage. Widespread destruction included unroofed warehouses ruined buildings and downed railroad tracks with towns like Maton City Clear Lake and Rockwell reporting extensive damage and loss of life.
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Winnebago County
Hawkeye State
Maton City
Frieda
Alvert Lea
Minn
Towa
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Winopa
Onde Pamity Parish
Mason City
Pet
Fone
Ashland Twemd
Clear Lake
Rockwell
Gaudens Funeral Held in Cornish Studio of East Artists
Augustus Bt Gaudens funeral was conducted in the small Cornish studio near the sculptor's home with attendance from notable artists and figures from the East. Rev O B Emerson led the service. tributes were paid by Kenyon Cox and Percy Mackaye. Attendees included Mrs St Gaudens Homer St Gaudens Marie St Gaudens Loulk Bt Gaudens Arthur Nicholls and others. The body was interred at Agoulney Cemetery Windsor near the late Senator Svarts.
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N. H
Augustus Bt. Gaudens
Inte Scriptor
Bt. Gaudena
O. B. Emerson
Cambridge
Mass
Kenyon Cox
Percy Mackayé
Arthur E. Whiting
Boston
Plainfield
Arthur E. Nicholls
Easton
Joseph Homer
Brooklina
Mave
C. B. Emerson
Cambela
Joseph Earl Frasier
John Flanagan
Keck
Adolph Weinman
New York
Herbart Adams
Agoulney
Windsor
Svarts
PATS PRINCE SHOULDER Tapping Cause Diplomatic Stirrings
A Washington Peak cable reports Dr Crothers, dean of the American delegation, denying patting King Gustaf V of Sweden on the shoulder at a Stockholm garden party. The incident, witnessed when he shook hands with Eugen, prompted cautious diplomatic commentary.
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Ercor
Washington
London
Crothers
Sonal
Stockholm
Talwaed
Grothers
Prabia
Rosul
Dr Crothers
Dr. Crothers
Fine Vanderbilt Chauffeur and Motorists Fined
A court heard Alfred G Vanderbilt and Richard C Vanderbilt were fined after a traffic incident near Muhneteny. Charged chauffeurs and companions claimed emergencies and medicine runs. one motorist was released after a brief detour. Alfred G Vanderbilt’s wing tour was cited amid the commotion as Sidneys Lave spent the summer nearby.
Suits Startle Milwaukee In Public Auditorium Plan
Milwaukee legal action seeks injunction to halt a proposed public auditorium project. Maud K Thorndike Henry Kennedy and Mary D Glinbourne, surviving heirs of Byron Nutbourne, claim the building would encroach on their land and amount to an appropriation of real property. The circuit court suit asks to stop construction to protect their property interests and the city's chances at hosting national conventions.
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Milwaukee
Ang
Milweukon
Cirewit
Neler
Little Girl Climbs Jungfrau With Alpine Party
Aug ten year old Lucia Leuchtis daughter of the Jungfrau Railway director ascends the Jungfrau with three alpinists and two guides. They start from Element Station yesterday and reach Bergshatete before finishing the ascent in five and a half hours amid strong wind and cold. She is noted as the youngest high alpine climber. In a separate note, two racing men drown after a fall into the Maumee River. bodies recovered.
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Steels
Cuba
Trterlaen
Tide Elechte
Olf
Jungfrau
Elemet
Jungfrau Railway
Cances Brown
Deflanes Olle
Maumea
Kari Krotx
Victor Manafield
Eucharistic Congress Heads to Pittsburg in October
An international eucharistic congress will convene at St. Paul's Cathedral in Uvacity threeays starting October 35. Attendees include representatives from the United States and Europe. Rt Rev DBishop Maes of Covington Ky leads the Fuehanstio League and has invited Cardinal Venatelli and other major churchmen to Europa. Pius is said to be involved with benediction.
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Pittsburg
St. Paul's Cathedral
Uvacity
Threeays
United Bostew
Europe
Dbishop Maes
Covington
Fuehanstio League
United States
Cardinal Venatelli
Nobleman Weds American in Cleveland Ceremony
Lord Louis Armitage Rivers, PhD of Durham Zacland, marries Cleveland native Miss Arbuckle, daughter of Isaac Arbuckle the toffee magnate. Ceremony conducted by Rev. Jenny Seymour Brows at First Presbyterian Church East Cleveland. After a three month England visit, the couple will reside here indefinitely.
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Louis Armitage Rivers
Teaze Arbuckle
Cleveland
Onto
Durham
Zacland
Oarnellua & van Wasonex
Isaac Arbuckle
Jenny Seymour Brows
Wirst Presbyterian Church
East
England
Fire at 22 Christie Street Linked to Arson Suspect
New York August 7 Fire Marshal Seery said investigators now believe the blaze at 22 Christie Street last week was incendiary. Police seek Nicolo Achilio, an Italian grocer who kept the ground floor store and vanished on the morning of the fire. nineteen lives were lost.
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New York
Seery
Christie Street
Ives
Fio
Nicolo Achilio
Merchant beaten in quarrel over son a dispute
J G Schuerger a southeast Chicago merchant at 226 Eleventh Street was knocked down and bruised when he intervened in a quarrel between his son and a denier. The assault followed a dispute over money and the aggressor claimed the money would be returned if not paid. The incident left Schuerger with several painful injuries. A separate Chicago News note quotes a farmer remark about Sunday dinner shredded chicken, provoking a light exchange about the reason for the change.
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J G. Schuerger
J. G. Schuerger
Merchant of the
Eleventh Street
Senate
Max
Chicago News
A Dangerous Trade
A historical report describes perilous toy manufacturing practices. It mentions skinning toy animals, chalk dust inhalation, glue dipping, and the risk of fatal throat and lung damage. It also notes dangers in rubber balloon production from solvents, dyes, and chemical fumes.
41 000 May Strike Aims at Eastern Railroads
The New York Times reports that about 41 000 organized railroad workers on eastern lines meet near Cambridge Springs to press wage readjustments. Represented groups include conductors firemen brakemen and telegraphers with various railroads named. Western Union telegram workers face ongoing tension in Los Angeles with tentative arbitration talks and threats to end the existing agreement if softer treatment is not provided.
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the Times
Cambridge Apringe
Brotherhood Pt. Locomotiva Ogineera
Pennsylvania
New York Central
New York, New Haven
Hartford
New Jersey
Lake Erie and Western
Buffalo, Rochester and Littaburg
Delaware and Hudson
Baltimore and Ohio
Boston and Albany
Chespeake
Ohio
Western Union
Los Angeles
San Francisco
B.J. Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Neill
Washington
Stewart
Small
Nell
Lock Up for Glen Echo Town Progress Plan
Ambition driven plan by Glen Esha town officials to detain lawbreakers at a cooling plant site near Glen Echo Park. Marshal Collins consulted on location, committee favors the stone building by the park entrance for the initial works with potential additions if needed. Public safety warning issued to speedy motorists and violators.
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Htteburg
Glen Esha
Tock-u
Marshal Collins
Glen Echo Park
District of Columbia Protective Association Organizes Campaign
The association formed four weeks ago in response to protests against shallow wells in the District plans a citywide canvass. It urges reform leaders to address congregations next Sunday and holds public meetings in several areas. Next gathering set for Tuesday at 8 in Haines Hall, Harrison and Monroe, Anctatin. Officers include B M Munden as chairman and Samuel D Webb among nominees.
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Creanlzation
Toa Ch
Hae
Haines
Harrison and
Monroe Streets
Ansctatin
Sam
Executive
Nominantes
B, M Munden
Basauel D
Webb
Chamberlin
Trundle
J. W. Nigh
Old Men Stand by Punks Push for Restoring City Pumps
The District Inhabitants Association urges the District Commissioners to restore pumps removed from several drinking stations. A unanimous resolution from a previous meeting calls for immediate restoration of a pump at the spring-fed cistern corner of Third Street and Indiana Avenue NW, in use for over sixty years. Additional pumps at Tenth and E Streets, Massachusetts Avenue, and a New York Avenue site are cited, with supporters arguing the cistern water remains pure and essential to over 60 residents. A group photo was taken for Henry A. Willard, and new members George E. Corson, Benjamin Klopfer, Samuel E. Lewin, W. Duckett, and George B. Adams joined.
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1Oest Inhabitants’ Association
Corcoran
John H. McCarthy
Hono
Andrew Hf. Ragen
Massachusetts
Harvey V. Colton
Wiliam F. Smith
McCarthy
Henry A. Willard
Ragan
Ocidental
Willard
Thomas C. Noyes
Aig
Noyes
George E. Corson
Benjavaln
Klopfer
Samual E. Lewin
G Duckett
George B. Atrams
Best Friends of Socialism Say Capitalists Bankroll Change
Special to The Washington Poet Chicago Mt Aug 7 John D Rockefeller J P Morgan and B H Harriman are the greatest friends of socialism in America according to Prof Cherie Zue Min University of Chicago sociologist The professor said the great capitalists will help usher in a socialist era more than agitators and that the government will eventually take over industries built by these men He also mocked orthodox standards in religion and politics calling cowardice and arguing sleeves and dinner dress should be plain The socialist zealots are enemies to their cause compared to these men who organize global industries
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Washington
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
Harriman
America
Cherie
Zue- Min
University of Chicago
Thie
Rockefeller
Morgan
Harman
Bricklayers Vote for Citywide Strike Amid Open Shop Clash
Eight hundred members packed the Seventh Street hall as the bricklayers union voted to strike if employers refuse to uphold the closed shop. Leaders warned nonunion workers will be withdrawn from job sites districtwide by Saturday night, with carpenters likely to join. The Employers' Association denounced the plan as an “ironclad” open shop contract, saying a union victory would push districts toward nonunion labor.
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Bricklayers’ Union
Central Labor Union
Employers’ Association
Tintona
Avery
Brickllayers
Seventh Street Gold Fellows
Focal
Wo Focal
Arelack
Richardson & Burgess
Steike Onder
Wmton
Elka
American Federation of Labor
Bowen
International Union
Washington
Phia_wit Incresas
Ceragon
Hell
Col A W Spates Dies After Illness in California
Col A W Spates longtime capital figure dies at Garfield Hospital California after brief illness. Remains sent to Baltimore for burial planned in ten days. Spates served as acting governor of Wyoming by presidential appointment, was a Washington lawyer and former commander of the Fifth Maryland Regiment. He counted Senator John A Logan among close friends and died in hospital while in the company of Mrs Logan.
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Garfield Hospital
Cal. A
Worth
Gov. Spates
Baltimore
Hayes
Wyoming
John
Logan
Afra
City Heat Wave Persists With Hot Temperatures
The city endures a heat wave as high temperatures and strong sun boost the heat index. Forecasters warn the warm spell continues today and tomorrow with light winds offering little relief and the possibility of brief cooling periods later.
Temperature records show extreme heat in Washington yesterday
Washington endured record heat with high temperatures and minimal breeze. Forecaster Henry notes heat lasting into today and tomorrow, as light variable winds from a southward heat wave may temper the conditions somewhat.
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Washington
Suiden
Henry
Little Boy Drowns Near Thirteen-and-a-Half Street
Eight year old Douglas Spenser of 1% Maryland Avenue Southwest fell from a raft near the water’s edge and drowned yesterday afternoon at the foot of Thirteen-and-a-Half Street Southwest. Coroner Newill declared the death accidental after the body was recovered soon after the fall. Paul Reagan, with another boy, was playing nearby when Spenser slipped into the water. Reagan reached the shore and alerted his father as Major Ylvester’s launch crew prepared to respond.
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Maryland Avenue
Newlitt
Spenser
Paul Reagan
Wee
Spenser Flippat
Reagan
Ylvester
Jem
Typists Off for Convention in Memphis to Hot Springs
A party of union printers led by Delegates Harry Templar Charles Wiley Joan Huston and Willan Love leaves Memphis tonight for Hot Springs Arkansas where the International Typographical Union holds its annual convention beginning August 12. The group includes Mrs A L Gowen president of the International Woman's Auxiliary with twenty four in the party. Memphis will be the first stop and planners anticipate an extensive entertainment program including a barbecue on the Mississippi River banks.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Harry Templar
Charles T. Wiley
Joan A. Huston
Willan Love
International Typographical Union
A. L. Gowen
International Woman's Auxiliary
Tenn
Missiestop
Man under drink terrorizes family in Half Street
A drunk, powerful man named French Bunny attacked a household on Half Street, threatening family members including his mother and three sisters. Police, led by Sergeant Carl Finthar, intervened after a struggle, overpowering him before serious harm occurred as screams filled the neighborhood.
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Bunny
Annie Bungy
Half Street
Sergt
Carl Finthar
Bundy
Ais
Man Thinks Friend Mad From Dog Bite In Central City
A well known local businessman rushes to aid a friend claiming madness after a dog bite. The friend, a professional man, behaves violently and disheveled, prompting police and doctors to judge madness rather than bite effects. The incident disrupts the central business district as authorities investigate.
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Hin
Seoming
Sam
Thor‘oughly
Caminario
Ing
Etd
Buaincus
Acada
Marine Query and Family Talk on Ships and Alliances
A clipped dialogue from a young reader scene shows a mother figure questioning ship knowledge and a girl reading society news. The crusty bachelor brother weighs in on marriage versus alliance as the scene centers on family opinions amid maritime references.
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Rome
Weather Forecasts Mixed Across Regions With Warm Midweek
Daily weather bulletin notes warm midweek in most areas while cotton and grain regions see rain and clouds. Temperatures rise near 80 in northern plains and lower lakes with cooler spots in the Carolinas and parts of New England. Coastal storms expected offshore. winds fresh along the Atlantic, lighter on the Gulf coast. Special River Bulletin and European port forecasts follow.
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