Washington Motor Show Opens Tonight With Taft Button
President Taft will press a button at 7 30 pm to light the Washington Automobile Show in Convention Hall. The event marks a national milestone for the auto industry with 1500 electric bulbs, Marine Band music, and elaborate displays of autos and trucks. Exhibitors plan souvenirs, and many buyers will view 1913 models.
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Westminster building dedication draws former pastors visit
Washington based report notes the Second Presbyterian Church plans a three evening dedication for the Westminster building likely next month with committees for music entertainment program and speakers led by Rev Dr John Lee Allison. The two story basement structure across St Asaph street houses Sunday school rooms parlors an editorium and a gym.
Father Shot and Son Held After Jonesville Shooting
An aged farmer, R. R. Coleman, was fatally shot in his home near Jonesville. His son Harry Coleman, in jail for safety, has not been charged. The attack came through a window as the grandson was away. The $40 on his person remained intact. This marks a third similar rural killing in two months. In Leavenworth, Frank M. Ryan, union head, released on $70,000 bond after conviction for interstate dynamite transport, heading to Chicago.
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Marine Barracks Concert by U S Marine Band Orchestra
This afternoon at 2 pm the Marine Band Orchestra led by William H. Santelmann performs a program including Santelmann Overture Thomas Iffergen, Magic Flute selections, Nutcracker cells, Mozart pieces, Tchaikowsky extracts, Popper solo works, Wagner Lohengrin, and Spanish waltzes by Morena Gatop Valencia arrangements.
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Collision near Cairnes kills six and injures fifty
Special Cable reports Cairnes Queensland six persons dead and 50 injured after the Brisbane express crashes into a wrecked cattle train. The detached cattle train shed many cattle and debris is cleared by workmen as the express plows into the wreckage. Passengers die or burn from scalding as rescue begins.
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Electric Victoria climbs runway at auto exhibit
Edgar Orme drives a Detroit electric Victoria up a steep runway at the convention hall exhibit. Cars were hoisted in with a powerful engine, decorators worked all night, and by 2 PM all but three exhibits were in place. Probey praised progress and promised a great show for Washington enthusiasts.
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Noriega Family Tragedy Shocks Mexico City
Senor Inigo Noriega Jr and his sister Senorita Eulalia Noriega, heirs of a leading Mexican ranch and mine owning family, were found shot to death at their father’s home. Officials say Inigo killed his sister then died by suicide after the act. Rumors linked romance with Senorita Fulglia and a Mad er o era revolutionary, but no facts confirm the claims.
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