Three drown in Potomac rapids. rescue efforts fail
Robert Purcell, Central High School pitcher, drowned after a rapids swim above Chain Bridge. Dick Dear, University of Pennsylvania sprinter, was rescued, while companions W Ray Garrett and Andrew J Talmage aided in the attempt. Purcell, 22, a 1915 Central graduate, battled swift current for nearly an hour before vanishing.
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Chain Bridge
Robert Purcell
Florida Avenue
Richard Dear
University of Pennsylvania
Bear Ig
J. D. Rogers
Eighth Street
Sycamore Island
W. Ray Garrett
Andrew J. Talmage
Purcell
Central High School
High Island
Dear
Ace Hir
Talmage
Gary Hunter Tennent
Highland Club
Roy Golf
Garrett
Five Lost in Squall Off Raritan Bay
Two schooners over turned in a squall near Red Bank New Jersey leaving three drowned. The Emma Hendrix from Perth Amboy bound for Red Bank with coal capsized. Captain Morris Brown and his twelve year old son William perished, as did helper Champion Scott of Far Haven. The Buena Vista under Captain Theodore Wilson also sank with his partner drowned.
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Raritan Bay
Red Bank
N. J
Dune
Raritan
Emma Hendrix
Perth Amboy
Monmorth
Morris Brown
William
Champion Scott
Far Haven
Brown
Buena Vista
Theadare Wilson
Neiner
Two Girls Drowned In Ohio River After Rowboat Capsize
In Huntington West Virginia on June 4 Miss Dora Weaver twenty seven and Miss Minnie Scott twenty two were drowned after their rowboat capsized when waves from a passing steamer struck it at the Davis fishing camp on the Ohio River ten miles above the city. The body of Miss Weaver was recovered.
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Spirial
Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Dora Weaver
Minnie Scott
Ohio River
Davis Fishing Camp
Miss Weaver
Four Canoeists Drown In Memphremagog Lake
Special to The Washington Post Newport Vermont June 24 Four people drowned when a canoe capsized on Lake Memphremagog. The victims were George Dalley Fred Paquin Mrs Paquin and Miss Ethel Paquin all paddling for pleasure. Others nearby saw the overturned craft and alarms were raised but searchers failed to recover the bodies.
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Washington Post
Newport
Lake Memphremagog
George “Dalley
Fred Paquin
Ethel Paquin
Tug Cut Launch In Two Off Camden In Fatal Sinking
A stolen launch from Camden was cut by a tug on the Delaware River at night. John McCormick, one of two occupants, drowned after both men were tossed into the water. William Brown clung to the tug and survived. McCormick vanished beneath the river.
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Camden
W.J
Delaware
John McCormick
William Brown
Fatal Burned Woman and Injured Passengers After collision
Pasadena reports a car traveling sixty miles an hour overturned and exploded its gasoline tank. Mrs. James J. Cordori, twenty eight, roasted to death. chauffeur John Henderson badly burned. Mrs. Ella May Morris lightly burned and bruised. Ess Harbor, N J recounts a touring car wreck near Bigelty on the Philadelphia and Atlantic City boulevard injuring several women occupants. The car owned by W J Thompson, occupied by H O Nesbit and George Thompson, was speeding on the Pomona curve when it struck a passing carriage, badly injuring occupants and throwing two men from the road. Passersby aided victims. women treated at a nearby farmhouse.
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Saalbach
Clup
Pasadena
Colorado Street
James J. Cordori
John Henderson
Pasadalle
Ella May Morris
Pueblo
Colo
J. J. Cordobana
White
Ess Harbor
N. J
Bhigelty
Atlantic City
Pomona Curve
Philadelphia
W. J. Thompson
H.° O. Nesbit
George Thompson
North Broad Street
Rioting at Panama polls leaves one dead in clashes
Election day turmoil across Panama centers on Santa Ana Park where Liberals clashed with police protecting ballot boxes. Jose Anito Paredas wounded and a Liberal killed amid fears of deeper fighting unless U S Marines land from the Marblehead. Gov Magoon and Canal Zone police chiefShanton aided in preserving order as Colon and other provinces report quiet voting thereafter.
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Jose Anito Paredas
Panama
Magoon
Canal Zone
Colon
Santa Ana Park
Jose Antto Paredas
Ana Ons Libera
United States
Marblehead
George R. Shanton
Republic
Constitutional Party
Panama City
Codel Veragua
Chiriqui
Murder in San Mateo County Shocks Local Hotel
Mrs Elizabeth Brandrup, forty two, was strangled Friday afternoon in the Linden House Hotel in Baden, San Mateo County. Her daughter Junzie found the body in an unused storeroom, the knife like marks visible on the throat. George C Jones, a Kanaka, and Harry B Coffland have been arrested for the crime. motive unknown.
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San Francisco
Elizabeth Brandrup
Little Vinge
Baden
San Mateo County
Junzie
Linden Hotel
Dizzie McDonnell
Rockefeller Sees French Thrift as Virtue
In a Paris interview Rockefeller praises French thrift as strength for a nation and agrees with Roosevelt on spending after earning. He notes Americans spend too freely and says he will follow the president’s advice by taking a cab home.
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Shectar Cabre
Washington Post
Paris
Matin
Comepeigne
John D- Rockefeller
Jin
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
Murder, Fire Fatal to Lovers. Suspect Kills Self
Dover, N J June 24 A tragedy erupts as Freeman Longcore tries to induce Rose Colly to elope. Upon her refusal he sets fire to her home and shoots her dead. Longcore flees then, cornered by a mob, shoots himself dead rather than be captured. In Paterson, N J June 4 eleven year old Francis Murphy dies from complications after a self inflicted gunshot during July Fourth celebrations. Wheatley Pottery advertises lamps at Corning 620 622 21th Street.
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Washington Post
Dover
N. J
Tojen
Amity
Freeman
Longcore
Rose Colly
Longeore
Paterson
Francis
Raymond Murphy
St. Joseph's Hospital
Young Murphy
Attempt to Wreck Factory Sparks Investigation
A suspected dynamite plot aimed at the Federal Match Company plant in Garfield was reported to authorities. Ernest Koester notified Spurter, with two dynamite caps found yesterday in a factory sandbox by John Bennett. The caps, wrapped in old Philadelphia newspaper, were tied to a recent sand shipment from West Virginia.
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Sheslal
Washington Post
Hackensack
N. J
Ernest Koester
Federal ‘Match Company
Garfield
Speteekiys Spurter
John Bennett
Hepworth
Morris
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Erie
Passaic
Hach Tin
New Jersey
Pbel
Secret convent raided in Mexico City amid reform laws
June 24 Mexico City police raided a large building on Moscas street found to be a convent violating reform laws. Inmates wore hermit garb with veils. chapel, cloister, and other convent features were discovered. Legal proceedings will be pursued in the Court of the First District.
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Nong
City of Mexico
Exico City
Shee
Moscas
Nucs
Earst
Bomb plan to wreck king's train uncovered near Ancona
Italian police found three identical bombs in a Cas tel Ferretti farmhouse near the Ancona railway. A mysterious letter from an anarchist helped expose the plot to derail the royal train on the king's journey to Rome. Several arrests were made, including anarchist Lindt, as railway precautions were boosted.
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Ancona
Castel
Ferretti
Nocara
Leg Stretched by Weight Restores Cadet to Normal Length
Washington Post reports J Walter Wilde a West Point cadet endured two months of a 200 pound weight pulling his right leg to restore length after a horse accident. Surgeons at Polyclinic Hospital performed breaking and reassembly of bones with rope and pulley method to stretch the limb back to normal. Wilde, son of Hazleton Pa postmaster, will resume studies at West Point in fall after recovery and judgment of surgeons.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
J.walter’ “Wilde
West
Point
Nature
Academy
Wilde
Hazleton
West Pont
Roosevelt
Guests of Kaiser Emperor at Kiel Harbor Yacht Party
Report details a lavish reception aboard the Hamburg for Emperor William II with guests including Mrs. Longworth and Princess Eitel. Illumination, yacht events, and fireworks followed a dinner as ships and crowds gathered.
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Sringess
Bite
Longworth
Otter Askeriaing
Guy of
Kiel
Germahy
Tune 24
Irs
Loreworth
Wiltantsthia
Hamburg
Bealdes
Sarvend
Long Allison
Howard
Georgé
Jordatt Mottere
America
Hitel
Eitel
Monster Fish Seizes Boy at Pittsburg River
Story recalls a giant sturgeon attack on a boy near the Sixth Street Bridge in Pittsburgh. A coal fleet wateman, Jacob Miller, saved the boy by striking the fish with a baseball bat after the creature bit the lad’s leg. The fish measured about six feet and weighed nine pounds. the tale includes a note on a New Orleans bass record later claimed by Capt. J. J. McDonald.
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Wexhipston Peat
Pittsburg, Ps
al- Tegheny
Pittsburg
Aunor
Ras Varie
Bnealy
William Wiedersaim
Allegheny
Jacob Miller
New Orleans
J McDonald
Christian
E. B. Llewellyn
Chicago
Catalina
Cal
Drowned in Potomac and Riots in Isthmus Headlines
Three drowned in Potomac. riots on the Isthmus. Langworths linked to Kulsec incident. Reports cover payrolls, electoral notes, and a broad survey including a Maine asylum assault, Bronx mystery, and policy comments on Count Witte. Railways face potential probe as Congress nears end.
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Potomac
Langworths
Kulsec
Maine
A. L. Barber
Asphalt Trust
Bronx
Count Witte
Haakon
Congress
Financial Review
Priest Leads Mexican Mob Endangers Parishioners
In Huimilpan Queretaro a parish priest named Garcias gathering Indians by church bell led a mob that looted a Rodriguez family shop and stoned the village prefect. Rurales imprisoned the riot, but troops arrived, and the priest was arrested at the altar while resisting. Judge Luis Isla discharged him amid alleged irregularities. Federal investigators may prosecute the priest and possibly indict the judge for acquittal.
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Mexico City
Huimilpan
Queretaro
Garcias
Rodriguez
Casto
Cbareh
Luis Isla
Eald
Firing Near Moscow Reported Amid Mutinies and Attacks
Washington Post reports a Moscow firing sequence near Khodinka amid discontent in troops. Mutinous cruiser crew compelled officers to retreat as two high officers and four policemen killed in Poland. Odessa mutiny aboard a cruiser sent troops to Sebastopol. band terrorists killed two policemen in Warsaw. In Piotrkow, two police officials and a police officer shot in the street.
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Khodinka
High J
Poland
Odessa
Molenteer Hee
Erniger
St. Petersburg
Piotrkow
Mountain incline trolley disaster leaves one dead
A test run of a newly braked trolley on the Orange Mountain incline ends in a fatal plunge. Patrick Burns of Newark is killed as the car runs to the summit then slides down uncontrolled. John Quaile, an Orange car inspector, is badly hurt with a shattered left arm. Henry Dowd of Newark suffers sprains.
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New York
Orange
Ni J
Patrick ‘Burns
Newark
Yentele
John Quaile
Henry Dowd
Drought Ravages Corn Crop Across Southern Texas
Houston reports indicate a severe drought ruining corn crops from Southern Texas with utter failure. Central Texas faring slightly better but heavily dependent on later rainfall. Cattle in cast districts suffer water shortages as drought lingers from February.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Cast
Mob of 10000 Riots Halts Lehigh Valley Trolley Line
A violent mob in Allentown Pennsylvania, up to ten thousand strong, refused to arrest transit workers, smashed cars, and attacked crews on the Lehigh Valley trolley system. Police failed to intervene as rioters damaged equipment and threatened violence. A spectator was stabbed in the face and authorities prepared a militia response while the mayor ordered saloons closed until morning.
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Washington
Allentown
Lehigh ‘Valley
Pennsylvania
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Workers
Pease
Smith
State Constabulary
National Guard
Aatos
Center Square
Schaeffer
Mars Row
Woman Found Guilty of Murder in Blockton Trial
Mrs. Emma Ledoux was convicted of murder in Blockton California after more than three weeks of testimony. The foreman announced a verdict of guilty without recommendation, with the death penalty cited.
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Ledoux
Washington Post
Blockton
Cal
Emma Ledoux
A. No McVickar
Southern Pacific
Bail for Mrs Kaufmann in murder case ends
A bail bond of 2400 was posted for Mrs Eremna Kaufmann who faces charges of killing her maid. Sheriff Phillips ferried the prisoner from jail at dawn. Twenty nine prominent Stone Falls citizens signed the bond, with many more ready to sign. she is expected to be remanded to her home Monday.
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Washington
Eremna Kauffmann
Phillips
Stonx Falls
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Seeres
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National Law School of Washington
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Wheatley ‘Pottery
Corning
Victor -Emmanuel of
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Ohio Station
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