Shot by host and suicide follow Laytonsville tragedy
Leonard Thomas age 11 shot Isaac Copeland in Copeland home near Laytonville Maryland then killed himself in a cornfield on Aden Alls farm. Daisy Crocker aged 15 was killed by Oscar Dove 21 at Scotland Maryland in what Dove says was accidental. Police to hold coroner jury to determine details.
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Ssaac Copeland
Laytonsville
Daisy Croker
Oscar
Dave
Scotland, Md
Aden
Iquest
Justice of the Peace
Brown
Copeland
Thomas
Daisy Crockett
Scotland
Rockville
Oscar Dove
Dove
Viett
Evening Times Plant Burned In Cumberland Fire
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland Md December 26 The Evening Times plant owned by Col John W Avirett suffered 310 40 damage from fire Water allegedly ran from the tank area into the hotel room igniting woodwork After one small blaze firemen fought a two hour rear fire and the department kept flames down The job printing composing stock and mailing rooms were wrecked A carload of paper was soaked All machinery will be saved and the paper will be printed at another plant until repairs are complete.
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Weashington Poot
Cumberland
Evening Times
John W Avirett
Tosa
Insurance Co
Avirett
Hotlel
Job Printing
Father Stabs Daughter in Greene County Affray
Reuben Holley of Greene county injured his daughter Leana with a knife after a confrontation at home. Holley says his son-in-law Leonard Nov attacked him, grabbing his throat, prompting the defense cut. Hoy's wife was wounded by the knife blow just below the right breast. He cried during police court testimony, saying he would rather have killed himself.
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Speal
Washington Post
Chantottesville
Reuben Holley
Greene
Japanese educator Fukushima dies in Roanoke hospital
Dr Fukushima former professor at the Imperial College of Japan died in Roanoke Hospital this morning at age 50 from cirrhosis. He lectured here two weeks ago and spoke at a Methodist church before being found in a dying condition. Survived by a wife and one child in Chicago. His body held at a local undertaking establishment awaiting relatives' orders.
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Washington Post
Roanoke Va
Fukushima
Imperial College of Japan
Tokyo
Roanoke Hospital
Chiago
Russia
Girl BURNS TO DEATH in Orkney Springs fire
Miss Lillie Biller, youngest daughter of H H Biller of Orkney Springs, had her clothes ignite on Christmas morning and died after leaping from a second story window. The Mountain View Hotel and Mr Biller’s store and stock were destroyed, with losses in the thousands. fire response described as a water protection effort and near complete by morning. Also, Carnegie offers 750 toward a new organ if the church raises a like sum. High Street Baptist Church plans to fund the rest through congregation effort.
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Woodstock
Dee
Lillie Biller
H H_ Biller
Mountain View
Biller
Carnogie
Virginia Church
Charlottesville
High Street Baptist Church
Henry W Battle
Andrew Carnegie
Fire Marshal James Horan Laid To Rest In Chicago
Funeral services were held for Fire Marshal James Horan, who died in the stockyards blaze that also claimed 24 others. Mayor Busse led mourners, with police leaders and acting wire marshal Seyferlich at the head of marching fire crews. The procession featured a hose cart casket bearing the marshal and a mile-long line of dignitaries, vehicles, and floral tributes as thousands lined the route.
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Chicago
James Horan
Fred A Busse
Leroy T Steward
Herman Schuettler
Charles Seyferlich
Fire Department
Child Killed by Auto in Wilm ington Suburb
Adele Rowan four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Newton Rowan was struck and killed in front of her Delzado home as she crossed to show a Christmas horn to a playmate. The vehicle was driven by banker N Rankin who was with his wife and daughter returning from Wrightsville Sound. Coroner to hold an investigation tomorrow.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
Adele Rowan
Newton Rowan
Delzado
Wilnington
N 8B Rankin
Wrightsville Sound
Mathews Resigns From Assistant Attorney General Post
Special to The Washington Post from Charleston W V reports Judge David E Mathews of Huntington resigned as assistant attorney general due to illness. Attorney J O Henson of Martinsburg was appointed to fill the vacancy.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W Va
Conley
David E Mathews
Huntington
J O Henson
Martinsburg
Slain Sherman Steward After Stabbing At Fox Store
Washington Fort Petersburg dispatch reports William Rhodes a Dunkin county Negro fled after killing Sherman Steward and wounding Jack Broady at Fox's store four miles from Darvills He later killed Steward at his home and fled witnesses Walter Thomas and John Allen tried to seize Rhodes but were deterred by his pistol Rhodes sought Fox the white merchant who had befriended him and offered a horse delay prevented his assistance and the hunt continues
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Fort Petersburg
Wiliam Rhodes
Rhodes
Foxs Store
Darvills
Jack Broady
Broady
Sherman Steward
Steward
Fox
Thomas
John Allen
Fox Hhad
Son shoots father dead in accidental home incident
Special to The Washington Post reports in Jarratt Virginia that Joseph Owen a Greenesville County resident about 60 was fatally shot by his son Charles Owen 21 who was handling a gun when it discharged striking the father in the breast. The family includes a widow and several children.
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Washington Post
Jarratt
Joseph Owen
Greenesville County
Charles Owen
Owen
Prominent Alexandria Merchant Charles King Dies
Prominent Alexandria merchant Charles King president of Charles King & Son Company died at his home on South St Asaph after a week with pneumonia. Survived by wife Laura Tubman and several children, funeral at Grace Church with Rev. Carpenter. Born near Syracuse, he served in the Union Army and later built a major grocery business in Alexandria and Charlottesville.
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Alexandria
Charles King
Charles King & Son Company, Incorporated
Virginia
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Laura Tubman
Frank T King
Marshall L King
Laura , King
Charles Hulfish
Charlottesville
Tedel
Charles Diedel
Washington
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Elwin Schneider
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King
Eagar Carpenter
Syracuse
United States Army
Western Plains
Federal Quartermaster’s Department
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Pitt and
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War Department
North Alfred Strest
Frice
Mr Price
Ellis Price
Potomac
Bef Price
Mark Price
John FR Zimmerman
Elizabeth Price
P P Phillips
St Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Girl Hero Saves Five From Sea In Virginia Rescue
In Ocean View Virginia Addie Parkerson an 11 year old girl led rescuers to save five men from a capsized boat off the bark Kingdom. Louis St Clair and James O Connor of the Holy Ghost and As sect died and their bodies were sent to the Kingdom crew. Inquests ruled accidental drowning. The seven crewmen originally went to shore to mail a letter and faced a 20 mile wind as they returned the dory overturned near the bar.
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James O'Connor
Holy Ghost
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Ocean View
Hampton Roads
Addie Parkerson
John Waters
John Hayes
Waters
Hayes
Miss
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Jell
Dory
Christmas Misadventures in London a Homeless Traveler Feels Frost
An American traveler recalls a bleak Christmas in London with fog and closed shops. He wanders Haymarket to Oxford Street seeking a barber and a meal, finding no open restaurants until Frascati’s at six, then endures a rough shave before dinner. The tale contrasts London’s quiet holiday with New York’s easier options and notes boxing day movements and arrivals at sea.
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Onan
Waldorf
Ming
New York
Bloomin
Europe
Paris
London
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Tate
Christas
Parla
Haymarket
Piccadilly Circus
Osborn
Regent Street
Oxford Street
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High Holborn
Iacon
Jlaw
Frascati
Weston Woman Attacked Suspect Held for Trial
In Weston West Virginia Deck-William Furby, a Black man, was brought before Squire Hughes after an attack on Miss Flora Anglin. The hearing, postponed to 2 pm tomorrow due to Anglin’s condition and an absent key witness, sparked a threatened lynching atmosphere as crowd tensions rose and rumors circulated about moving Furby to Clarksburg.
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W Va
William Furby
Flora Angin
Squire Hughes
Ailey
Miss Anglas
Furby
Clarkssburg
Tragedy in Goldsboro as Mooring Slays Stepmother in Night Drink Spat
Goldsboro North Carolina December 26 Mrs John Mooring was instantly killed by her drunken stepson Herbert Mooring at the Mooring home on Christmas night The 10 year old stepson witnessed the murder and Mooring was wounded by the boy who grabbed the murderer s gun Sheriff Edwards arrested the heavily drinking suspect as he teetered in a precarious condition In a separate incident Berger Smith killed in a knife duel with George Smith and Simpson Smith jailed for hearings tomorrow All details stem from a Special to The Washington Post.
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Apeal
Washington Post
Rockville
Leonard Thornes
Laytonaville
Isaac Copeland
Aden D. All Jrtt
Copeland
Thomas
Cornfield
John Mooring
Herbert Mooring
Goldsboro
N.C
Young’ster
Berger Smith
Washington Poat Goldsboro
N. C
Mooring
Sheriff Edwards
Sherry Edwards
J W Worrill
George Smith
Simpson Smith
Smiths
Dinner by wire to aid hospital ball in San Francisco
New York cables a January 6 charity dinner between Fairmont Hotel and Sherry's in New York. Hermann Oelrichs, now in San Francisco, orders menus by telegraph for the event. Some 350 guests expected, many in costume, with Mrs Ogeitis guiding details from the Fairmont.
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Hermann Oelrichs
San Francisco
Telegraph
Fairmont
Calfornia City
Sherry’s
Lyl Ing-In Hospital
Ogeiticha
Wreck near Key West saves three of Phra party
The 45 foot launch Phra carrying six from Fort Myers to Havana sank near the Key West jetties after midnight. Three aboard were rescued in the launch’s mail boat. Mr and Mrs Stuart Bennett and Herman Parker were last seen clinging to the mast and presumed drowned. The home port is believed Richmond, Virginia.
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Richmond
Fla
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Cuba
Here
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C. O. Goehring
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Amail
Stuart Bennett
New York
Herman Parker
Bennett
Parker
Florida
Royal phone theft ends king’s hunting trip
In Rome at Castel Porziano the royal telephone line between the Quirinal and the castle was cut last night. The theft blocks the king’s planned hunting tomorrow as surveillance cannot proceed until repairs are completed.
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Castle Porziano
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Quirinal
Castel Porziano
Castel Porvlano
No Watch Ends Lite Disappointment Sparks Poison Death
Pittsburg reports 24 year old Mrs Michaelene Stopek of McKees Rocks drank poison after not receiving a promised Christmas gold watch. She told a neighbor of her act before dying in her own apartment. Separate dispatch from Easton Maryland describes a Talbot county scene where 70 year old Nathan Mills was assaulted by his nephews John Mills and James after they were ordered from Nath an Mills’s home.
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Michaelene Stopek
McKees Rocks
Easton
Trappe
Talbot County
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James
Nathan Mills
Mills
John
Five Women Found Dead in Philadelphia on Christmas Day
Five women were found dead in their beds in Philadelphia on Christmas Day due to heart disease. Elizabeth Farrell, 65, was discovered by her daughter. Grace Daly, 28, found by Captain Briggs. Katherine Gibbons, 75, found by sister Bridget Murphy. Nellie McAnany, 38, found by her husband. and Mary Frazier, 33, found by a relative.
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Elizabeth Farrell
Elizabeth
Grace Daly
Jack” Daly
Briggs
Salvation Army
Daly
Nellie McAnany
Mary Frazier
May Quit Spanish Cabinet Sparks Liberal Shakeup
Madrid reports say a cabinet crisis looms as Moret faction politicians seek offices. Ministers Caleron Merino and Burrell may resign, with liberal leaders aiming to unify factions. In Castellon and Seville crowds clashed with revolvers and clubs amid radical opposition gatherings and protests.
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Madrid
Senor Burell
Senor Calberon
Lberal
Castellon
Spain
Seville
Azcarrate
Fire Wipes Out Riverville Village in Pa
A Christmas Eve fire razed Riverville Pa destroying the village of 300 residents. Most inhabitants fled to Frederickstown as the blaze consumed homes and belongings. Water from a nearby creek could not be reached in time. losses run about $30,000 with only a few clothing items saved.
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Washington Post
Monongahela
Frederickstown
Saw Through Man's Throat in Quarrel at Lex
In Bluefield West Virginia Hamilton Cook a boarder at Dennett's home nearly severed Frank Bennett's head with a ten minute sawing attack in the bed. Bennett a drunken condition was found by Dennett's 12 year old son who alerted neighbors. Cook fled but was captured wounded in the arm and jailed at Meadwell. The motive stemmed from domestic troubles.
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Hamilton Cook
Frank Bennett
Bluefield
W Va
Lex
Cook
Dennett
Meadwell
125 Indicted in Ohio vote buying case
In Adams county a special grand jury indicted 125 more men on vote selling charges raising total indictments to 758. Most defendants were fined five dollars costs and disfranchised five years. John Sofer, an aged Black man, pleaded not guilty and seeks a jury trial as the second defendant to demand one.
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Ohio
Adams County
John Sofer
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