Human conduit burns 2 dead as 6600 volt line floods cellar
Norman Norton foreman at Eckington car barn of the Washington Railway and Electric Company touched a 6600 volt live wire while guiding a transformer in a flooded cellar. Two workers William Regan and Daniel Kelly died instantly, two others Francis Halleen and George Pickering survived with injuries, and others were shocked but recovered. Norton escaped largely unhurt but died? No, Norton survived and aided others. Coroner to hold inquest. witnesses saw a sudden flash as the men were knocked down. The accident stemmed from waterlogged conditions and an insulated line passing near the transformer.
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Norman Norton
Eckington
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Yaterday
William James Regan
Washington Street Northwest
Daniel Kelly
N Street Northwest
Norton
Frans Halleen
Thirteenth Street
Nrrthwest
George Pickering
Sixth Street
Neeton
J Kaveney
Thaphratclana
Beth Pickering
Halleen
Pickering
Hallean
Nearton
Hal G Crockett
Bame
New battleship Wyoming stuck on sandbar near Wilmington
The battleship Wyoming, after leaving Philadelphia on her trial trip, ran aground on a sandbar at Three Quarter Point about a mile and a half below Wilmington Delaware. Government tugs proceed to assist. captain reports no damage, and recovery is expected with the next high tide.
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Wilmington
Del
Wyoming
Philadelpha
Newfound Land Dog Saves Steamer From Fleet In Fog
Special to The Wearington Ros Beaton July 5 A Newfound land dog named Prince saved the steamer Portonia from crashing into a fishing fleet off Nantucket The dog stood watch on the bridge for forty eight hours barking and growling as the vessel slowly maneuvered through fog Lookouts saw no danger until Prince prompted the captain to slow and steer clear narrowly avoiding a collision with the fishing fleet
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Wearington
Mother and Baby Impaled From Fall in Tenement Window
New York July 5 Mrs Nellis Kelly 18 and her two year old son were fatally injured when they fell from a fourth story window in their home and impaled on an iron fence. The child, with a fractured skull, hung from the pickets as the mother struggled to save him. Both were taken to a hospital. the mother died en route. The baby remains critically ill.
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New York
Nellis Kelly
Weat
Kelly
Gambler Rosenthal Shot Dead in Front of Broadway Hotel
Herman Rosenthal a famed Tenderloin gambler, long tangled with police corruption accusations against Police Lieut Becker, was shot dead near the Metropole Hotel on Broadway. Four shots fired from a taxi left him dead within moments, sparking police reserves calls and an ensuing court inquiry into officers Day and Hayes.
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Broadway Hotel
Waldo
Washington Post
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Tenderloin
Poice Department
Rosenthal
Rosenthals
Broadway
Afteen Nmilmates
Butts
West Side
Cornelus Hayes
William F Day
Podica
Rosenthala
White Light
Lapse May Have Cost Lives in Train Collision
Corning New York July 16 Engineer William Schroeder of the Lackawanna express testified at the coroner inquest that attention to injector trouble diverted his eyes from signals. He said a caution sign and warning fuse near the track may have been missed as his train passed a 2000 foot stretch. Schroeder admitted drinking gin the night before but denied intention to harm.
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Corning
William Schroeder
Lackawanna Express
Schroeder
Senate Battles Over Panama Canal Free Passage Clash
Great Britain's protest against U S free coastwise passage through the Panama Canal under Hay Pauncefote triggers Senate debate led by Burton and Root. They warn arbitration may follow if tolls are discriminatory, risking billions in foreign toll receipts and challenging the treaty bounds with The Hague expectations.
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U. S
Hague
Burton
Great Britain
United States
Panama Canal
Senate
House
Ohio
Root
New York
Paname
Hague Court
Otate Department
Washington
Innes
Knox
Taft
Congress
International Tribunal
England
Germany
France
Treasury
Martin
Wilson Plans Campaign for Presidential Run in Democratic Era
Seagirt New Jersey July 15 Gov Wilson outlines a plan for a presidential campaign following the Democratic National Committee action. He says the idea is his own, formed after nomination and refined with advisers including Wi F McCombs Senator Gora Representative Burleson Wm C McAdoo and Robert Hudspeth and Josephine Daniels. He will meet Lieutney Conway and Rep Oscar Underwood in Trenton tomorrow and may interview Perry Belmont. A real managing campaign committee will be formed after McCombs consults with him.
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Seagirt
Gov. Wilson
Democratic National Committee
Wi F McCombs
Gora
Burleson
Wm C McAdoo
Robert Hudspeth
Josephun Daniels
New Jersey
North Carolina
Lieutney Conway
New York
Oscar W Underwood
House
Trenton
Wilson
Mr Underwood
Perry Belmont
National Committee
Chicago
McCombe
McCombs
Chaloner Transfers $1.5 Million Estate to Trust
John Armstrong Chaloner, citing fear of relatives, deeded his $1.5 million property to the Virginia Trust Company for educational institutions. He says relatives have tried for years to upset his plans and will continue to press their claims, though he aims to keep the estate out of their hands.
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M Trust
Washington Post
New York
New York American
Richmond
John A Chaloner
John Armstrong Chaloner
Virginia Trust Company
Ferryboat Hints at Warship Collision in Hampton Roads
The Maryland, a freight ferry of the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Railway, collided with the U S monitor Ozark in Hampton Roads. Upper deck stanchions and railings were torn away and lifeboats damaged creating brief panic before all passengers were reassured of safety. The Ozark lost its sounding platform and a whaleboat was smashed.
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Hampton] Roads
Norfolk, Va
Timateamer
Maryland
New York, Phliadelphia and
Norfolk Railway
Cape Charles
Ozark
Hampton Roads
Miss Natalie Barney Injured in Auto Crash Near Aix
Special Cable reports Miss Natalie Clifford Barney of Washington badly injured in an automobile accident at Bourg near Aix les Bains. The chauffeur was killed and a young woman friend gravely injured with a fractured skull. One occupant escaped serious injury. Barney resides in Rue Jacob Paris and planned a ten day stay in Aix les Bains.
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Washington Post
Paris
the Figaro
Aiz-les-Baing
Natalie Clifford Barney
Washington
Bourg
Aix
Barney
Miss Barney
Jacob
Aix-les- Bains
Bourges
Mise Barney
Achille Villain
Mvedn
Fuse Eugene Sue
Wheat Drops Four Cents in Chicago Trade
Chicago July 16 wheat markets slipped over four cents a bushel as optimism for a record harvest and ideal Dakotas Minnesota weather offset demand. Kansas threshing gains suggested 25 to 1 percent higher yields, with Kansas near 100,000,000 bushels. September options fell to 96 3-4, down about 4 1/8 cents from Saturday, as end-of-session prices hovered near day’s lows.
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Chicago
Northwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Kansas
Roosevelt Opposes Fusion Forming a Distinct Party
Oyster Bay July 15 Roosevelt rejects fusion plans to unite electors under one ticket and vows a separate independent party. He condemns entangling alliances while urging progressives to vote for electors who will back the national progressive candidate. He claims primaries bind his electors and calls both old party machines unprogressive.
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Oyster Bay
Col Roosevelt
Islue
Roosevelt
Taft
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Chicago
Baltimore
McCombs Elected Democratic National Committee Chairman
William F McCombs of New York was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee and authorized to appoint a nine member campaign board and a national treasurer. He plans a New York headquarters after conferring with Governor Wilson and will name a campaign committee largely from the national committee.
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Chicago
Wiliam F McGombs
New York
Woodrow Wilsons
MecComba
Guv Wison
McCombs
Gey Wilson
Joseph E. Davies
Madison
Wia
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
John I Martin
St. Louis
Society makes way to baseball and other sports
An assortment of brief items covers sports results and notices. The mix mentions baseball, polo trophies, a family saved, and civic topics. Names like Taft, Roosevelt, and Ellis appear among a broad array of public notes and events.
Gardner Refuses Signing Stanley Trust Report
Chairman Stanley maintains the majority will act on committee suggestions to improve conditions. Gardner declines to sign the Stanley Trust Report, arguing Republicans must lead remedial legislation. Minority members plan to meet soon to discuss broader conclusions.
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Gardner
Stanley Trust
Stanley
Social leader Laura Ellis sues for absolute divorce in secrecy
Laura Ellis filed for absolute divorce in District Supreme Court against Frank Ellis. Justice Anderson ordered sealing and safekeeping of papers. Ellis and Mrs Ellis had separated about a year ago, with Ellis reportedly not contesting the action. The couple formerly resided at Sheridan Circle and were prominent in Washington society, with ties to Cincinnati and Boston circles.
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District Supreme Court
Plainteff
Taft
Washington
Cincinnati
Laura Lawson Eillis
Washinngtons
Frank Zilis
Nathaniel Wilson
Ellis
Justice Anderson
Mys Hive
Els
Massachusetts
New Hampshire Avenue
Thomas T Gaff
Osterville
Mass
Lawson
New Hampshire Avenue House
Nathan Wyeth
Protessad
Wyeth
Mr Ellis
Metropolitan
Chevy Chase
White House
Laura Lawson
Indianat
Executive Mansion
Wich
Ben Greet Players
Frank Ellis
Millionaire Circle
Sheridan Circle
Twenty-third Street
Franklin H Lawson
Eilis
Alo
Zaidee Gaff
Cary Langhorne
U. 5 N
Dupont Circle
Bar Harbor
Mir
Two aviators fall to death in French and U S events
Paris reports a French aviator died after a fatal fall during aviation fetes. In another note from Sebastapel, Lieut Zekutekt perished in a military plane crash. A separate entry mentions a $6.00 fare to Hat Lake Park, Maine, with illegible details from Baltimore.
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Paris
Oivores
Sebastapel
Lieut Zekutekt
Hat Lake Park
Maine
Bills Aim to End Steel Trust Evils in House
Major proposals seek to dissolve holding companies for industrial giants and curb corporate control of carriers. It also seeks to ban cross ownership of stock between corporations and condemns De corporation. The majority report may go to the House next week and criticizes former President Roosevelt. The Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption by the Steel Corporation faces no defiance from Chairman Stanley.
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House
Roosevelt
Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Irom Company
Stanley
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Gardner Defies Majority on Steel Inquiry Report
Representative Augustus P Gardner of Massachusetts declined to sign the committee’s majority report on the steel investigation and urged a Republican minority report with concrete remedial legislation. He and colleague Representative Young prepared ideas to curb holding company control, prohibit cross ownership of stock, and restrain industrial dominance, aiming to present a unified Republican counterproposal next week. The minority hopes not to split on this issue as the committee nears its conclusions.
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Augustus P Gardner
Massachusetts
Yaturday
Steel Tront
Gardner
Granley
Kentucky
Olint Young
Michigan
Republican Party
Steel Corporation
Danforth
New York
Sterling
Tlmnois
Rooster Costs Him One Hundred Dollars
Special to The Washington Post Philadelphia July 15 Chickens cost money these days a rooster priced at 100 fell to Mrs Downers habit of seeking small change. Philip Downer tied a hundred dollar bill under a rooster’s wing to guard it but the bird eluded him and neighbor Charles Wills captured the fowl finding the bill beneath its wing. He refused to return the money when Downer learned of the loss. The odd tale highlights the high cost of hiding one’s money in pockets and pockets.
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Watshington Ros
Philadelphia
Spe
Philip Downer
Downer
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