Explosion Routs Llewellyn Works. Watchman Hurt In LA
The Llewellyn Iron Works in Los Angeles was partly wrecked by a dynamite blast early today. Watchman J Asbury was injured and rescued from debris as a 73 foot front was torn away. Police suspect labor strife as motive and the grand jury soon reports on the Times explosion.
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Los Angeles
Llewellyn Iron Works
Central Labor’ Council
Organized Labor
Grand Jury
Cal
Isnamile
Idewellyn Company
Bred C. Wheeler
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
Llewellyn Tron
Cause of Labor
Los Angeles Labor Council
Los Angeles Times
Grand
Times
Obituary notices and funeral announcements fill a late December page
A crowded, low‑fidelity obituary page lists deaths and funeral details for many individuals. Names include Mrs. Julia Satlis law, G. J. F, and Heller. locations mention Delaware and Washington DC area addresses. several services are scheduled from December 26 to December 31, with interments at local cemeteries and requiem masses.
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Mietaael Don Lala
Dent J
Ishell
Hamilton
Uettos
Anid Kei
Neral
Ainte
Delaw Weller
Wriday Boon
Laliston
Suddé
Fenve
Arthur
Mintwoon Place
Arnold Naudaih
Tosepu
Undertaking Estab
Ereet Orkhwest
Nilay
Tate
Liberty
Julia’ Satlis
Law
Moneck
Virginia
SLLEN
G. Jc
Nin
N. Hamilton
Delaware
Heller
Thomas S
Avenue Northwest
Fema 143
Sun Sopal Aesephal
Ace Charles W. Jor Tan
Haymarket
Jriselear
Georgetown Universal
Welle Lale Wiliam
J.T
Geove Ehomas
Henry
Rock Creek
Ceme
J Market
Ita
Ty Hos- Mer
Leishear
Clements
Abs Pat Clements
SS Stephen's
Bis
John BR
Robert and
Johanne
20-Pound Rapid-Fire Gun Promises Lighter Soldier Arm
Springfield reports American machinists are refining the Henet-Mercier gun, a French inspired weapon delivering 400 shots per minute and weigh ing about 20 pounds. It is designed to be shoulder carried by every soldier, replacing the wheeled Maxim which weighs 60 pounds. A single operator can handle the Henet-Mercier in contrast to the Maxim requiring three crewmen.
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Snevial
Washington
Three Shot in Celebration at Columbus Hotel
In Mount Vernon a Christmas celebration at the Columbus Hotel ended when proprietor Andrew Tansen shot partner Joseph Dinavie and Morris Babulund. All three men were hospitalized in serious condition. Police restrained Hansen who attempted to flee through the front door and later shot himself in the throat.
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Washington Farr
Mount Vernon
Columbus
Andrew Tansen
Joseph Dinavie
Ness
Morris Babulund
Moung Tnon
Winavle
Hansen
Heand
Recluse Found Murdered Near West Newton Pa
John Kulger, a recluse who lived near West Newton for ten years, was found murdered. His right arm was severed and a deep temple cut, seemingly caused by an ox. Police suspect robbery as the motive since a stash of money he was said to have accumulated was not located. No suspects or clues were reported.
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West Newton
John Kulger
Hanty
Here
Besmeares Richand
Kulger
Local Funeral Directors and Embalmers Listing
Directory of funeral homes with names like Thos. 5. Sergeon Cassor Tor 3 Cain and others across Washington area. Entries include contact numbers Main 1090 TH 08 A Costello Al Director and Embalmer East Northeast street addresses and on premise chapels, livery in connection, varying licenses and claims of modern chapels.
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Sergeon
Cassor Tor
Cain
A. Costello
AL Street
John R. Wright CO
BR. F. Harvey's Sons
Pou Stil ST
WM. H. Sardo & Clo
Lincoln
McGrath Hammer Thrower Arrested After Brooklyn Home Shooting
New York December 25. Matthew J McGrath champion hammer thrower and NYPD attache is jailed in Raymond street on felonious assault charges after shooting George Walker during a midnight confrontation at 708 Hast Fiftieth Street Brooklyn. Walker wounded and hospitalized, McGrath unhurt. Mrs McGrath denies inviting Walker and both spouses testify in Clatbush avenue court awaiting Tuesday hearing.
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Washington Post
New York
Matthew J. McGrath
America
145Th Precinct
Raymond Street
MccGrath
George F. Walker
Last Second Street
Brooklyn
McGrath
Fiftieth Street
Walker
Kings County Hospital
Mc Srath
New York Athletic Club
Aken
Joe Flanagan
Alvin
Nash
Clatbush Avenue
Jel McGrath
Parkville
$25 000 Gift To Firemen Fund From Mor Pack Co
Edward Mor, head of the packing company whose building burned, announced a 25000 dollar gift to the firemen relief fund for widows and orphans. The dead firemen were buried today as city officials and hundreds attended the funeral. Fire Marshal James Horan’s funeral will be held tomorrow alongside the burial of twelve other victims. Capt. Dennis N Dowle and his son Nicholas Doyle were found in the wreckage, their bodies close together.
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Chicago
Edward Mor
Eiti- 3Lief Fund
James , Horan
Dennis N. Dovrle
Nicholas Doyle
Japanese Navy Officers Visit Mexico City for Christmas
Twenty three officers and 144 cadets with 26 musicians from the Japanese navy were hosted by the Mexican government in Mexico City. Admiral Bokuri Yashuri and his crew arrived from Salina Cruz where two Japanese warships are anchored. They were welcomed at Chapultepec Castle by President Viaz, attended a bullfight, and enjoyed a dinner at the Japanese regation, with officials and the local Japanese community working to make their stay pleasant.
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Mexico City
Bokuri Yashuri
Salina Cruz
Chapultepec Castle
Viaz
Afta
Deputy Shot by Murderer in Adger Mining Camp
Special to The Washington ruse reports Deputy Sheriff D C Battle of Adger in Jefferson County was killed by John Laird a negro while attempting to arrest him for earlier killings and injuries. A posse hunts the suspect.
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Washington
Birmingham
Ala
D. C
Battle
Adger
John Laird
Deaths in Health Office Record Listing Several Ages
Health office record shows a death list including Sylvin B Hartman aged 2 years Emma J Davey aged 72 Frederick W Dagelmann aged 51 Hilda G Matthies aged 1 year Fanny Long aged 10 Mary Hogan aged 70 Isaac N Rolling aged 7 Dorothy B Goodson aged 1 month Tom Fags from Lucanwool DC aged 61 William F Catlett aged 35 at various addresses and institutions such as Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat Hospital and Washington Asylum Hospital.
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Sylvin B. Hartman
St. Nw
Alice M. Jordan
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Daniel Dougherty
Frederick W. Dagelmann
Emma J. Davey
Hilda G. Matthies
Fanny Long
St. Sw
Mary Hogan
Isaac N. Rolling
16Th St. Nw
Torothy BE. Goodson
St. Ac
Tom Fags
Ucanwool
D. C
William F. Catlett
Cleveland Ave
Washington Acylum Hospital
Man in Paterson Learns Of $60,000 Gift From Grandmother
Special to The Washington Post. In Paterson New Jersey on December 25 Harry Reiser, once wealthy, finds a letter announcing a $60,000 portion of a $500,000 legacy from his grandmother Rebecca Sacka of Gerlingen Baden Germany. The windfall came via Lovius Reiser of Chicago an uncle of M Felser and he will travel to Chicago tomorrow for proof of kinship and transfer procedures.
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Washington Post
Paterson
N. J
Harry Reiser
Rebecca Sacka
Gerlingen
Baden
Germany
Lovuis’ Reiser
Chicago
Windy City
Profis
Reiger
Explosion Kills Dancers at Keystone Shaft Party
In Greensburg Pennsylvania three people died and ten were burned at Keystone Shaft during a Christmas gathering when a can of twenty five pounds of black mining powder stored near a stairway allegedly ignited from a carelessly tossed cigarette. Host Michael Wilding, 22, died along with Josephine Wagetta, 24, and Jack Hemlinger, 30. Fire spread to dancers causing severe burns. several injured were treated locally as neighbors helped smother flames.
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Greensburg
Westforeland Hwespel
Keystone Shaft
Josephine Wagetta
Youngstown
Ohio
Michael Wilding
Jack Hemlinger
Elizabeth Ross
Ada Ferri
Iva Terria
George Se
Joseph Kail
Twin blaze at Byron West Virginia deaths at breakfast
A lamp exploded in Eldo Bech s Byron home causing fire that killed six month old twin boy Sables and destroyed the residence with contents. Nearby incidents include a Christmas morning death and injuries at Midvale and a Santa Claus party fire in Asbury Park.
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Byron
W. Va
Weston
Eldo Bech
Sables
Wilkes-Barre
Pat
Midvale
Here
Indiana Father Dies While Rescuing Family From Fire
In Canapolis Indiana on December 25 H Kellemeyer perished after entering a burning home to rescue his wife who fled by leaping from a second story window. He had already saved his five sleeping children and made two trips before his fatal third attempt.
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Canapolis
Ind
H. Kellemeyer
Kellemeyer
Manuscripts Lost in Transit for Opera Contest
Two manuscripts of operas valued as insured assets vanished from an Adams Express wagon en route from Walter Damrosch’s home to Third Avenue. Damrosch had shipped six scores to all judges, including Chadwick in Boston, with Nos. 4 and 2 identified by their nom de plume. He notes the lost items were not finalists.
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Washington Post
New York
Metropolitan Grand Opera
Stylent
Adams Express Company
Walter Damrosch
Third Avenue
Damrosch
George W. Chadwick
Boston
Raffaele
Chadwick
Damroseh
Express Company
Mary Naudain Hamilton Dies at 93 Eleven
Mary Naudain Hamilton, longtime Delaware figure linked to the famed Naudain family, died at age 93. She survived by two children and was noted as a descendant of early American settlers from France. Her passing follows a life linked to public service and prominent Delaware families.
Death Calls Her at 100 in New Orleans
New Orleans on December 25 Mrs. Victoire Girod-Percy aged 100 died peacefully in bed found by her daughter Mrs. Aline Lobit. Born in New Orleans she recalled events from the 1815 Battle of New Orleans Lafayettes visit and even knew General Zachary Taylor. She had sixty descendants.
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New Orleans
Victoire Girod-Percy
Aline Lobit
Percy
Lafayette
Gen
Zachary Taylor
His 32 Children All Home At Christmas Feast
Special to The Washington Fest reports in Melfs Virginia that John W Guy aged 7 sits at the head of a long Christmas table carving two of eight turkeys. He has three wives across the family and 32 children. The present wife Leola Crockett is mother of seven with twins recently born. The first wife Mary Anne Redfield married in 1855 bore seven children. The second wife Margaret Ayres produced eighteen children.
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Melfs
John W. Guy
Guy
Mary Anne Redfield
Margaret E. Ayres
Leola Crockett
Snake Terrorized Crew On Rolling Muncaster Castle
A deadly snake escaped its cage on the Muncaster Castle during a heavy Indian Ocean gale. Sailors clung to rigging for six hours until a Lascar lassooed the reptile and freed it back into its cage. The voyage included a derelict rescue and a later sighting of a stranded Arab group.
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Heaton Dipatch
New York Herald
Muncaster Castle
Indian Ocean
Singapore
Boston
Ceylon
Iwes
Straits of Malacca
Freman
Muncaster
Fall from roof ends fugitive’s life in Boston hotel
Boston police report a man who registered as James B. Allen died after falling four stories while fleeing from a hotel on the roof. A discharge from the US Navy and an address in San Diego were found on his clothes. A small sum of money was recovered from his garments as investigators piece together the incident.
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Boston
End
James’ B. Allen
United States
Charles F. Benzo
San Diego
Cal
Benzo
Fifth Street
Ehanes
Sudbury
Allen
Koris
Morris Stronger Yuletide Update on Clara Morris Condition
December 2 report notes actress Clara Morris formerly Mrs Frederick Herriot at 637 Riverdale Avenue remains confined but shows slight improvement in vision and orientation. Doctors describe her as gradually gaining moments of clarity while continuing to struggle with reduced physical strength.
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Yuletide
Shebeer
Clara Morris
Frederick
Herriot
Riverdale Avenue
Hersgond
Albert Hibbs Murdered In Camden Street Fight
Camden December 25 Albert Hibbs aged 3 was killed today while returning home on South Eighth Street. He saw two black men fighting and attempted to separate them. One fighter threw him to the pavement as onlookers restrained the scene. The motive remains unclear and investigation continues.
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Camden
Albert Hibbs
South Eighth Street
Hibbs
Bombs terrorize Harlem club areas in two blasts
Police report two dynamite bombs exploded within five minutes in Harlem ves tibules near a dance hall and social club around 3 a m. The blasts caused extensive damage and panic among dancers and residents as investigators note a feud among gamblers and a mysterious man in a black taxi cab as a possible lead. A prior raid on a nearby club linked to Deputy Post Commissioner Driscoll is mentioned, with gamblers said to have funded efforts to threaten him.
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New York
Harlem
Uéth Street
Driscoll
Returns With Injured Man
The British steam ship Scottish Prince returning to port after leaving New York for South America due to injuries on board. Fireman Thomas Alderson suffered internal injuries and may die, prompting the captain to seek surgical treatment. Sailor William McSharer also sustained internal injuries. Both men were hospitalized. A machinery break discovered en route requires further port repairs.
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New York
Hudson
South America
Thomas Alderson
Ambrose Channel
Wiliam * McSharer
Booth
Barcelona Honors Socialist Leader Return
Deputy UCerrdux the Socialist leader who represents this city in the chamber returned here today to a great demonstration. Speeches were made at the town hall as an immense crowd listened. A band played music and many houses were decorated with flags and bunting.
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Washington Post
Barcelona
Ucerrdux
Jealous Man Shoots Bride in New York Flat
In a Christmas Eve celebration aftermath, Michael Rose a 41 year old watchman fatally shoots his wife then dies by suicide. The couple had been married about one year and lived in a New York flat. The incident occurred on Christmas day as reports describe a jealous, insane rage.
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New York
Michael Rose
Billi
Rose
Widow Feeds Needy A Million Meals in Pittsburgh
Mrs. M. A. Danner a 72 year old widow who ran a Pittsburgh boarding house on Allegheny's north side for sixteen years died today. Neighbors say she fed nearly a million people and provided hundreds of meals to the unemployed during her years of shelter and care.
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Pittsburg
Pittshire
M. A. Danner
Kent
Allegheny
British Bark on Fire near Rosario burns with no crew aboard
A ship named the British Bark on Fire near Rosario is burning and will likely be a total loss. The vessel Shanks had no cargo aboard when the fire started. Formerly the Italian bark Affezione, it was a foe tonner built in Chiavari in 1884.
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Rosario
Retiring Gov Disbursing Officer Led Rich Life in Washington
Capt James Brennan a Civil War veteran and longtime disbursing accountant at the Interior Department has resigned and retired to life in Washington. He will visit mining interests in Mexico while his nephew notes Mexican upheaval pales beside U.S. railroad strikes and views Madero as eccentric.
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James Brennan
Washington Real Estate
Department of the Interior
Pri
Yate Life
Patent ‘Office
New York
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Secretary of the Interior
Seventh
Garfield
Interior
Alonzo Bell
Capt. Brennan
Mexico
Monterey
John C. Brennan
Washington
United States
Ourg
Madero
Diaz
Deaths of Harvard professor Hill and others on Dec 25
Obituaries report Adams Sherman Hill emeritus professor of rhetoric at Harvard University died at 77 in Boston after weeks of illness. Also noted: Thomas James former shoe industry leader died in Fort Thomas Kentucky. Arthur Hearn head of Hearn Dry Goods in New York died at Hotel Plaza after Bright’s disease. Clifford J. King former Ashtabula county state legislator died in Cleveland at 45 from heart failure.
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Boston
Adams Sherman Hill
Harvard University
Hill
Harvard Law School
New York
Washington
Chicago
Harvard
Boylston
Cincinnati
Thomas James
National Assemgiation of
Shoe Manufacturers
Fort Thomas
James
Cornwall
England
Arthur H. Hearn
Hearn Dry Goods Company
Hotel Plaza
Bright
Cleveland
Clifford J. King
Ashtabula County
Julius King
Roosevelt to Speak at National Child Labor Conference
The annual meeting of the national child labor conference will be held in Birmingham March 9 to 11 with Col Theodore Roosevelt as principal speaker on March 1. He will spend the day in Birmingham with several receptions and entertainments arranged. vodrow Wilton is listed on the program and expected to attend.
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Birmingham
Specis
Washington
Ala
National Child Labor Conference
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Shot kills engineer in cab on AC line in Tampa
Tampa reported December 3 as White driving in the Garden area two miles from the Atlantic Coast Line yard. Engineer W. T. Burke, one of the oldest in the service, was shot and instantly killed by an unknown man firing at the train. Conductor Christey took the train to the city as officers conducted a thorough search.
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Tampa
Fla
Mother Avenges Son in Tragic Cypress Quarrel
In Cypress Florida on December 25 Jim Whitt of Altha shot Stephen Johnson during a quarrel over a trivial matter. Johnson’s mother shot Whitt dead. bystanders were injured as the scene devolved into violence. Local reports indicate broad anxiety over the incident and potential broader labor unrest in nearby Huelva.
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Mat
Cypress
Flad
Jim Whitt
Altha
Fla
Stephen Johnson
Whitt
Johnson
See ks Her Husband Here. Mrs Sayer Seeks Disappeared Spouse
Mrs Stephen H Sayer of Ottaville Orange County New York arrived in Washington seeking her husband who vanished Friday evening after leaving a boarding house at 612 F Street Northeast. He is about 63 tall with gray mustache and overcoat and was a printer formerly employed at Warrenton Virginia. The couple had moved to Washington in October and lived with their daughter. the mother and daughter have since returned home while he remains in the capital seeking work.
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Sayer
New York
Stephen H .Sayer
Ottaville
Orange County
N. Y
Washington
F Street
Warrenton
Otteville
Coroner Certifies Accidental Death in Byras Case
A coroner issued a certificate of accidental death for Louisa Byras a 5 year old who died at Children's Hospital from burns suffered when her dream caught fire while playing with lighted papers near a kitchen stove. Neighbors heard screams and helped rescue. Her mother Mrs Mary Byras a widow worked in a department store and was in town buying Christmas gifts when notified of the death.
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Louisa Byras
Mary
Byras
K Street
Children’s Hospital
Christmas wreath death in Toronto woman found in Chicago home
A Christmas holly wreath hung on a chandelier caused asphyxiation of Mrs Bea May Simpson of Toronto when the wreath swung and released a fatal accident in Chicago. The incident occurred early today as she was found by a bystander.
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Chicago
Bea May Simpson
Toronto
Ontario
Simpson
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Providence Journal
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Patent’ Office
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Kansas City Conservatory of Music
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Morris
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Funior
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Union ‘Veteran Legion
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Vodrow Wilton
Florida
Huelva
Washington Prat
Beneral
Oo Columbus Electrics
Victoria
Pope Auto Co
14Th St
J. J. Georges & Son, Inc
Foot Specialisty
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Keeley Institute
Ax North Capitol Street
Washington, D.C
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