06 Jul 1911
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
1
General Bixby returns from Havana Harbor after inspecting the tangled battleship wreckage. He states the magazines were death dealing power and that crew members cannot be identified.
The article recounts Gen. Bixby’s first public expert report on the Maine wreck, arguing the forward magazines exploded causing massive destruction in Havana harbor. It notes the wreck’s condition, likely interior origin, and the impossibility of determining whether a torpedo or spontaneous combustion triggered the blast. The piece previews continuation on the second page.
Special cable from Asuncion reports Col Jara who seized the presidency and set a dictatorship has resigned and been arrested at the military barracks. Senor Rojas, senate president, will assume the presidency pending an election as Congress is convened. Troop revolt rumors circulate amid arrests of lawmakers and ministers.
Four men are killed and the factory at Horrell station on the Petersburg branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad is destroyed after a blast caused by intense heat. The storage house held dynamite nitroglycerin and powder. The dead are Jesse Hessel Hollidaysburg 40 Ira Dodson Hollidaysburg 21 a bridegroom of one month David McIntyre Horrell 22 and William Neeley Horrell who died at Altoona Hospital.
In a signed autograph letter to Apostolic Delegate Diomedes in Washington, Pope Pius X commends the United States for pursuing international arbitration and peace. The missive, sent to the White House, urges restraint of war and upholds justice and charity as foundations for a lasting peace, dated June 6, 1911.
Senator Burton argues for quick passage of the Taft administration reciprocal trade agreement with Canada. He defends the president’s right to negotiate and campaign for the measure, warns against amendments, and says the farmer’s interests are protected by rising demand and stable tariffs. He criticizes Cummins for Indianapolis remarks and urges six hours daily in the Senate to finish consideration before August adjournment.
Two inmates Joseph Widemsky and John Prolesky escaped Warrior Run jail at 2 am to hire attorney M F McDonald for their trial. They pried bars, opened doors, walked to Sugar Notch, back to jail, and were later freed legally after McDonald secured their release. Police had detained four others and three women on disorderly conduct charges.
Special to The Washington Post Miss Constance Warren attracted Newport firemen by rushing to the Perkins villa during a blaze. She grabbed an ax opened a wall, released smoke, and directed a small chemical hose into the gap before handing it back to firefighters. Her afternoon driving costume was ruined.
R Brent Mitchell known in Honduras as Col R J Wilson dies in San Pedro Sula from tropical fever. He had been accused years ago of embezzling 250000 from the Fair estate in San Francisco and was under U S police surveillance while promoting a real estate and mining venture.
Four girls aged 18 to 22 drown when the ice pond at Hotel Meadowside near Mount Pocono collapses. Two others, Mary Purcell 21 and Loretta Fisher 16, escape unconscious as friends reach out. Rescue efforts succeed for two. bodies recovered. Local names: Annie Craig 18. Mamie Craig 2. Catherine LougHLin 22. Lizzie Scullen 44. Mary Purcell 21. Loretta Fisher 16. County: Scranton, Pennsylvania. Date: July 5.
In Richmond on July 5, G B Pollard of Highland Park received two funeral services in one day. He was first laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery with a false mound placed over the grave, then moved to Mount Calvary for a second interment after Catholic rites prevailed. Fraternal lodge members and relatives sought mixed rites, but church officials required consecrated ground. Mrs Pollard, the widow, approved the double funeral.
Dispatches from Lisbon describe a clash between seamen in barracks and mobs energized by monarchist agitators. Revolvers and knives were used as troops were deployed to crush the revolt and restore order. A $410,000 remittance from Brazil bolsters the monarchist war chest amid censorship. Troops moved to the northern frontier after a plot among Portuguese officers at Valenca do Minho was uncovered.
Special to The Washington Post reports a female robber in male clothes and a male accomplice terrorizing Colorado Springs. The pair burglarized several residences, targeting valuables like a gold watch. A witness, Mrs. A. M. Williamson, confronted the thief who leveled a revolver before fleeing with the loot.
Four men from the Israelite House of David docked in New York aboard a 26-foot launch after sailing from Benton Harbor Michigan to New Orleans and up the Atlantic coast. They plan to preach in the streets here about conquering death and attaining eternal life. The Benton Harbor group of 600 members watches as Charles Dissen Forest Lanier Gail Dart and George Nelson spread their doctrine. They advocate vegetarianism and claim death is an enemy to be overcome.
Baltimore July 5 a telegram reports Capt Isaac E Emerson and Miss Anna Preston McCormack were married this afternoon at 5 oclock in Irvington on Hudson New York The couple's union follows Emersons divorce from his first wife granted last May The notice also lists a rail special excursion from Baltimore to Harpers Ferry Charlestown Winchester and return on Sunday July 9 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
A white house report by a three member panel led to a compromise ending a long dispute between the U S Weather Bureau and the Navy Hydrographic Bureau over meteoric ocean supervision and pilot charts. The decision divides credit, keeps meteorological oversight with the weather bureau, and assigns chart printing to the hydrographic bureau.
The automobile club committee elected Thomas A Edison an honorary member by acclamation. The trip to Atlantic City and return runs July 7 20 to 10 with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad good to return until the 19th and may extend to August 20.
Lisbon clash leaves map makers in dispute as rival factions seek dominance. Details are scarce but the confrontation underscores the ongoing tension in the region’s cartographic efforts and political stakes.
New York July 6 appellate division of the supreme court upheld a man’s claim for 316000 damages after Miss Helen Hochstein refused to marry Jacob Gross. Hochstein said she was misled by fraud about Gross and later learned of false salary and profit figures. Justice Seabury noted that a promise to marry is distinct and fraud can justify breaking such a contract.
A carbonic gas tank exploded yesterday at 315 Sixth Street Northwest, killing Willam Broadus, a dealer’s helper, and injuring another clerk. Heat caused the accident. a safety cap failed to blow off. A second tank was cooled by water while officials investigated the tank’s thick steel body and valve.
A Mexican city dispatch says American colony requests transfer of Ambassador Wilson after alleged disrespect for the national hymn at the Fourth of July breakfast. President de la Barra and President Madero rose. Wilson reportedly stood only as others did. Is this request part of a broader diplomatic move in Washington.
Weather Bureau warns temperatures will drop slowly as rain showers spread across multiple regions. Morgue in Philadelphia overwhelmed by corpses while Chicago coroner struggles to keep up with inquests. Governor Aldach of Nebraska among the prostrated in the heat crisis.
A long hot spell from July 1 to 5, 1911, claimed over 500 lives across the nation with 431 deaths from heat and 8 from drowning. Eastern cities showed temperature drops in the following hours while Chicago reported 37 heat deaths and 12 babies among the victims. Prostrations surged, horses suffered, and authorities battled overwhelmed coroner and police systems amid a widespread heat crisis.
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