W A Kemper and Brush Hurt In Auto Wreck Near Glen Echo
A runabout carrying W A Kemper and Clifford Brush toppled off a steep embankment near Glen Echo after a near collision with another car. Both men were injured. Kemper severely with a broken rib, Brush slight. President Sherman’s party rushed Kemper to Georgetown University Hospital. The other car fled. rain and mud blamed for the accident.
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Lowe
President Sherman
Winlarm A. Kemper
Wl Adams Mia
Clifford HH. Brush
Tenteenthe Street
Glen Cho
Kemper
Hrust
Shermans
OB. Levendorf
Levendyrl
Vice Presiden
Biregard
Beefore
Mer. Kemper
Georgetown University
Glenfecho
Glen Echo
Brush
Levenoff
Nish
Clubman and Actress Drown in Ohio River
Cincinnati residents are stunned as clubman Albert J. tandouan and actress Handtman perish after falling into the Ohio River Thursday night during a vaudeville outing. Police report the incident near the riverbank as bystanders watched the overturned craft drift downstream. The missing pet Owowa reportedly vanished, with search efforts continuing into Saturday as authorities scan the river for wreckage and clues.
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Cincinnati
Ohi
Albert J. Tandouan
Handtman
Chupman
Aml
Fudday
Ont
Seebey
Aeroplane Run Amuck Over Gar dete City
An agroplane ramped over an aviation jet for twenty minutes near Gar dete City. Andre Harper, an aviator, exited the aircraft as the engine faltered. The plane toppled onto an embankment, injuring several bystanders. Four men fled as chaos ensued and the craft remained on the ground.
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New York
Gardete City 1
Andre Harper
Ain Sicession
Tien Teang
Air Contest for Bride Sees Duel in Alcove
A quirky air contest unfolds as two aviators race for altitude against Miss Dorothy Phebe of Titlin Ole MEL. Jack Bachedar and Bert Charrity vie atop a clouded arena, promising a prize if the day’s highest altitude record is broken.
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Av Hierro
Jack Bachedar
Aryl Bert Charrity
Dorothy Phebe
Titlin
Ole Mel
Clark to Go on Stump for Flyspeck Speaker
Speaker Champ Clark plans a campaign push in Kentucky as part of his bid for the Democratic nomination for Speaker. The withdrawal of Senator Paynter and Ollie James’ nomination at the July 1 primary shift Kentucky dynamics, with Clark’s supporters aiming to mobilize the state for a Clark delegation to the next Democratic national convention.
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Champ Clark
Kentucky
Thomas H. Paynter
United States
Ollie James
Kentucks
Clark
al. James
Belult
Cour
Jamesmmpaign
Chirk
Paynter
Sherley
Lov. Warman
Ohio
Ins
Me. Clark
Train Stop Rescues Boy From River Mishap
Special to The Watang Pittsburg Jane peers through the cab window as engineer Fred Seinling of the Pittston Fork Vne and Chicago Talwar spot a one year old boy floundering in the Veg River. The train halted on a trestle to rescue the child, with the engineer diving into the water and swimming to safety despite heavy rain.
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Pittsburg
Jane
Fred Seinling
Pittston Fork
Widow of Mount Vernon Man Found Money in Trunk
The widow of a Mount Vernon, New York mining man discovered a hidden trunk containing about $58,000 in currency, a government bond and various valuables after authorities traced it to the late miner. The husband had been believed poor, and the trunk’s wealth only surfaced following arrest and investigation.
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Mount Vernon, N. Y
Denver
Tayel
CIA
Mount Vernon
Dee Akadema
Tuelema
Giane
Anfeld
Wanef
Las
Glaugtter
Tzianfeld
Weather Bureau Chief Harrington Missing and Declared Suffering Mental Illness
The article reports on Prof. Mark Harrington former head of the United States Weather Bureau and noted astronomy author, missing since 1899 after a dinner in Manhattan. His wife Rose Harrington seeks a conservatorship as he is believed in a serious mental condition. Willis L. Moore, the current bureau chief, confirms Harrington’s eccentric theories and long illness, with a Mount Vernon Supreme Court case to determine conservatorship and mental status.
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Mark We Harrington
United States Weather Bureau
Willis L. Moore
Harrington
Mowe
Harring- Lop
Mount Vernon
Morris Plains Insane Asylum
Rose M. Harrington
Supreme Court
N. Y
Justice Mills
Morris Plains
Westchester
WN. Y
Morris Plains Asylum
Weather Bureau
Wny
Haiington
Chief Moore
Prof. Harrington
Moore
Porto Rico
Island
United States
Manhattan
N. C
Newark
Condus
John Doe
Raymond Harrington
China
Mannington
Sheouhere
Ann Arbor
Bering Sra
University of Leipsic
University of Behimey
Tus Mative Land
University of Louisian
University of Michigan
Harrisan Pine
Washington
Cleveland
Tiarringter
University of Wa
Garment Strikers Riot in Cleveland Disturbances
In Cleveland on June 25 police quelled rioting by garment workers. A striker delegation demanded removal of a wounded man from Mount Sinai Hospital and threatened force. Later, strike sympathizers beat Patrolman Cantera, taking his mace and injuring him severely.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Mount Sinai Hospital
Lesibe Monheim
Nea
Cantera
Defends Men of Wealth in Trinity Sermon
Hartford June 25 President Flavel S Luther of Trinity College denounces attacks on businessmen as evil. He says wealthy men, husbands and fathers, are honest, upright, loving Christians unfairly judged by imperfect standards. Indiscriminate attacks on those innocently caught in questionable deals are dangerous.
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Dr. Luther
Trinity
Hartford
Conn
Trinity College
Flavel S. Luther
Fight Fire at Sea Three Days on Almora
Special to The Washington Post New York June 25 The steamship Almora carrying cargo valued between 500 400 and 1 000 000 arrived in South Brooklyn after a world voyage since January 19 Officers and crew fought a fierce coal bunkers fire for three days forcing relays to save the ship and lives Heat was extreme below decks and the crew battled wintry seas for five days northward from Gilbraltar on the return voyage.
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Almora
Washington Post
New York
Brooklyn
Calcutta
Ceylon
Gilbraltar
Girl Smokes On Liner Miss Merrick Surprises Passengers
New York June 25 Miss Helen Merrick a society girl from Philadelphia blends smoking driving tennis and cricket as an all round athlete and surprises men passengers aboard the steamship Baltic arriving tonight from quarantine She and sister Mary have been in Europe three months with their father Samuel V Merrick He was champion of the Germantown Cricket Club last year.
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Miss Merrick
Baltic
Spretal
Washington Post
New York
Helen Merrick
Phiadelphia
Mary
Europe
Samuel V. Merrick
Crippled, crawls 15 miles in desert
Peter Holyoke, mining engineer formerly of Boston, crawled 15 miles after breaking his right leg in two while prospecting in a rugged desert region. He fell into a gulch, lay unconscious, then crawled to a ridge to locate water before being rescued by teamsters and taken to Daggett.
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Spenal
Washington Post
San Bernardino
Cal
Peter Holyoke
Boston
Lee ‘Roken
Teamsters
Holyoke
Daggett
Giant 2 Year Old Weighs 122 Pounds Biscuits Bacon Diet
A Mount Airy Georgia report describes Cody a two year old who weighs 122 pounds and grows rapidly. His parents sought medical help as diet failed to curb his size. Despite large appetites he remains healthy and strong, with meals centered on biscuits bacon gravy butter and buttermilk. The piece lists extensive measurements and notes travel details for July train service.
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Washington Post
Mount Airy
James Adelpi
Cody
James Adolph
Turks Kill and Devastate In Albania Front
Vienna reports from Albania describe an extremely critical situation as Turkey masss 50,000 troops near the Montenegrin frontier. Charles R. Crane, who traveled from Cettinje, says Turks devastate districts kill prisoners burn homes crops and churches. Albanian women and children are trapped, and thousands have fled to Montenegro in starvation.
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Vienna
Albania
Turkey
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Cettinje
Crane
Montenegro
Fifty Hurt In Trolley Smash In Paterson N J
Fifty persons were shaken up and six seriously injured after a street car collision in Paterson New Jersey. The most seriously injured include John Kreger with a broken left leg Mrs Lucy Drew with cuts and bruises Walter Van Iderstein of North Haledon with scalp wounds Mrs Sarah Brouiller in critical shock Stella Hackett with a broken shoulder and Mrs Margaret Picea with a broken left arm and several ribs.
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Paterson
N. J
John Kreger
Lucy Drew
Walter van Iderstein
North Haledon
Sarah Brouiller
Trapped by Old Game Gang Near Broadway
A lively three card monte scam operated between Broadway and Seventh Avenue drew a thousand spectators and more than $1,900 in bets before a policeman halted the game. A smooth operator bent a card corner to claim wins while a stout onlooker quickly profited, and the crowd dispersed as police arrived.
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Seventh Avenue
Maine's Secret Hidden in Maine Battleship Destruction
Gen. W. H. Bixby arrives from Havana and says the Maine's destruction may never be known. He notes the forward magazine likely exploded from within and that internal force was greatest. Without torpedo fragment evidence, linking outside agency remains impossible.
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Tampa
Fra
Maine
W. H. Bixby
Havana
Bixby
Explosion Wrecks Stanley Hotel in Estes Park
Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado suffered a gas explosion damaging the west wing. Eight people were injured including Elizabeth Wilson from Lancaster Iowa who fell two floors breaking both ankles. The other seven injured were identified as negro waiters. Princess Clothilde widow of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte died in Turin with royal relatives present.
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Estes Park
Colo
Heatelly
Col
Stanley Hotel
Elizabeth Wilson
Lancaster
Turin
Clothilde
Napoleon Bonaparte
Victor Emmanuel
Marcia Fia
Portugal
Margherita
Italy
Victor Napoleon
Fingerprint Plan Extends To Burglar Tracing In D C
Maj Sylvester activates a fingerprint system after Christians Drug Store burglary at 426 Ninth Street NW. Photographs of the transom, cash register, and shelves will be kept on file and compared with suspects. Detectives will press the accused to confront past thefts using archived prints.
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Maj
Sylvester
Christian Drug Store
Ninth Street
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Police Department
Christians Drug Company
Or. G. Hall
Central Office
Vermiliion
Fred Sandberg
Sandberg
Washington
Army
Navy
Scotland Yard
International Bureau of Criminal Identification
Police Protest Albany Over Prisoner Photo Law
Superintendent of Police Sylvester left for Albany to protest to Governor Dix against a New York bill banning photographing prisoners before conviction. He is joined by Police Superintendent Taylor in Philadelphia. Officials warn the act would hinder cross jurisdiction cooperation by limiting photo exchanges about suspects.
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Sylvester
Albany
Gov. Dix
New York
Philadelphia
Taylor
New York Bomb Hurts Five At Lexington Avenue Store
A midnight bomb explosion damaged Vincenzo Dallio upholstery shop at Lexington Avenue and injured five people. Mrs Jessie Shapiro and her daughter Mary 16 were passing by and thrown to the street, treated by an ambulance surgeon then sent home. Oscar Mauvargne his wife and daughter living above the store were also knocked down and bruised.
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Washington Pont
New York
Vincenzo Dallio
Lexington Avenue
Jessie Shapiro
Mary
East 10Th Street
Oscar Mauvargne
Two Hurt In Auto Wreck And Burglary Trap
An autos wreck injures two in a brief incident while New York police set a trap for burglary suspects. A panel column notes political stump efforts by Champ Clark. Other items mention looming fire laws and local prize awards.
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Harington
Monte
New York
Champ Clark
Henate
Schooin
Financial Review News of Alexandria
St. Patrick's
Eyivia Girls Form Anti Toad Club Fight for Fun
Special from Sylvia Kansas reports the Eyivia girls create an Anti Toad Club to pressure local men who spend evenings with no spending on entertaining them. The club’s first member to marry is president Miss Pearl Draper, whose wedding to an out of town suitor is set for June 28.
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Washington
Sylvia
Kans
Eyivia
Pearl Draper
Robber Holds Up Wheeling Church Collection
A masked gunman robbed Brook E. Adams, treasurer of the First Christian Church in Wheeling West Virginia during a service. The thief, who escaped with about $20, entered an anteroom near the pulpit and fled down an alley as the Rev W H Fields carried on with the sermon. The incident occurred about 20 feet from the pulpit as a 400 member congregation listened to a sermon on duty of God and man.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
W. H. Fields
First Christian Church
Brook E. Adams
Fields
God
Adams
Fire Panic Ends Wedding at Dance Hall Blaze Blamed on Smoking
Special to The Washington Post reports a Bronx dance hall fire blamed on smoldering cigarettes smoked by two young women during a August Saturday dance at Ludwig Maurer’s hall. The blaze wiped out the hall and homes nearby, with about 400 in losses. Unionport residents and a wedding party on Phalen and Meath streets were disrupted as smoke and panic spread, prompting an orderly evacuation and frantic attempts to assist the injured.
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Washington Post
New York
Union
Bronx
Ludwig Maurer
Bronzdale A. C
Phalen
Phal
Pheer Aly
Unionport
Seionus
Portrait Debate: Gainsborough Portrait of Duchess Revealed
English art expert David Ami son says the Duchess of Devonshire portrait in Morgan’s collection appears original but may have been partly repainted by Gainsborough. Orenardson, head of King’s College School of Art, notes Morgan bought the work, and the attribution remains debated in London.
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Duchess of Devonshire
Heya
London
David ¢Mison
Jo PO Morgan
M. Orenardson
King's College School of Art
Morgan
Gainsborough
Special Ambassadors Entertained by Embassy Staffs in London
Special Envoy John Hays Hammond hosts a luncheon at Dorchester House with Crown Prince Frederick William and Princess, plus guests including Baron Rothschild’s party. Hammond visits Windsor then Rothschild garden party. other events mark coronation week with widespread embassy dinners and royal tours. Royal thanksgiving services follow in Westminster Cathedral. crowds and decorations notable despite rain. aristocracy and diplomats attend, reflecting formal international observance.
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John Hays Hammond
Saxe-Meiningen
Windsor
Baron Rothschild
London
Royal Yacht
Swain
Tannia
Foreign Office
Frederick William
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Dorchester House
Whitelaw Reid
John Harrimond
Taft
Coronaton
Hammond
Miss Hammond
Robert Bacon
Paris
Richard C
Kerens
John Ridgely
Ruand
Carter
Lady Sand
Dodge
Vre Temreten Ocker
Mrs. Parrott
Saneleco
Murray Young
New York
Crocker
Mass
Strattonhrouse
Saxe- Meiningen
Baron Haden
Reid
Charles P. Taft
Junier
Westminster
Duke of Norfolk
Earl Mare
Catholics, Was Ast of
Haw
Era Granard
Kenmere
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Glee Echo
Sherman
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Me Kemper
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Marstaret Kemper
Georgetown University Hospital
Government Printing Office
Brash
Clubman
Actress Drown
Ohio River
Amuck
Njures
Senate
Furst
Boy
Allegheny
Lad
Horace Granfield
Callapse Harrington
New York Institution
Girl Smokes
Georgia
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
Baltimore & Ohio
Fr.r
Union Station
A. A. Ty
Card Monte Swindle
Gang Works
Broadway
Maine’s
Gen. Bixby
Princess Clothilde
Maj. Sylvester
Rob
Bery of Christians Drug Store
Dix
Antis
Bandit
Blaze
Popes E Carne
Canadian Pacific
Btain
Tevatia
Ifermatn
New York Ave
Hechives
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