Harrowing Rockville Car Crash Ends In Tragic Death
Roy Palmer of Washington travels near Rockville with a damaged runabout when he strikes Ruth Wood a 15 year old Negro girl in front of her home. Ruth dies within hours from internal injuries while a mob gathers and white onlookers nearby. Palmer is injured but survives and is treated for concussion at a local hospital.
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Roy M. Palmer
Wisconsin Avenue
Rockville
Palmer
Faust
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Ruth
Mexican election quiet in Juarez and Chihuahua
El Paso reports a peaceful election for president and vice president in Juarez and Chihuahua with Perforio Diaz and Ramon Carol obtaining large majorities. Three arrests for selling liquor in Juarez. envoy says conditions normal. Also notes Baltimore and Ohio excursion July 3 from Union Station with pricing to Harpers Ferry, Martinsburg, Berkeley Springs, and Cumberland.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Juarez
Chihuahua
Perforio Diaz
Ramon Carol
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Union Station
Flarpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
Cumberland
Browne Jury Deadlocked In Bribery Case
Chicago reports the Browne senatorial bribery trial remains hung after fifty six hours of deliberation. Judge McLurely waited for a verdict tonight and the jury will not be discharged until tomorrow morning. State's Attorney Wayman asserts the jury stands 19 to 1 for conviction from early ballots.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neill Browne
McLurely
Wayman
Thun
Soars With Gas Pipes In Brooklyn Manhole Incident
In Brooklyn a gas pipe surfaced from a manhole and rose with blue flames aided by line man Thomas Murphy. He was unconscious after the fall but escaped serious injuries aside from minor burns and a singed brow. He suspected a soldering tool ignited leaked gas pushing the pipe aloft.
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New York
Thomas Murphy
Brooklyn
Murphy
Hoe
Desperado Barricades House With Six Children In Georgia
W. W. Bostwick, barricaded in his Irwin county home, killed two officers and wounded three others after two assaults. Chief Davis and Deputy Bass died, with Deputies Tucker and Sheffield wounded. Gov. Brown orders a militia from Fitzgerald to the scene as a posse and national guardsmen prepare to intervene.
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Irwin County
W. W. Bostwick
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Sheffield
Sherff T
Bass
Shem Tucker
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Tucker
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Davis
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Drwinville
Melnnts
fLroops
Atlanta
Adjt
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W. H. Bostwick
Two Brides Widowed After Mexican Executions
In Valladolid Yucatan two men condemned for sedition and murder were executed after trial by the war department. Following death sentences three men were executed and others given long terms. Two brides, granted permission to wed before their executions, married within hours of their husbands facing the firing squad.
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Mexico City
Valladolid
Yucatan
War Department
Boxing Bouts Fatal In Pittsburg Admires Johnson
Ernest Campbell a young colored admirer of Jack Johnson collapsed after exhausting boxing contests in Negley Run on June 7. He died June 26 from a brain blood clot caused by a ruptured vessel after his last bout. His three opponents Georges Dunlap Lewis Sands and Ralph Hawley all under 22 were jailed pending coroner’s inquest verdict.
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Pittsburg
Ernest Campbell
Jack Johnson
Negley
Campbell
Georges Dunlap
Lewis Sands
Ralph Hawley
Charlton Case Sees Four Alienists In Split Study
Judge Charlton retains four alienists to examine Porter Charlton's sanity. Three New York experts agree to a simultaneous review and joint consultation, while a Jersey City surgeon studies him independently. Charlton showed calm, reading and humming operatic tunes as officials prepare his probable adolescent dementia verdict.
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Washington Post
New York
Charlton
Porter Charlton
Allan McLane Hamilton
Charles L. Dana
Edward §. Fisher
Fisher
Lake Como
William Jerome Artz
Jersey City
Chariton
Porter Chariton
Arlitz
Hamilton
Dana
Edward G. Fisher
Blair
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Ollie Burke
Expert opinions shape Charlton mental-condition verdict
The article explains that Charlton’s mental state will be judged by alienists rather than fixed tests. It describes diverse paranoia indicators, family and personal history focus, and the process of inquiry into memory, impulse, and reasoning. It also notes Daoud the Oriental astrologist offering a contrasting view on crime and insanity.
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Porter Charlton
Charlton
Mrs Reed Swallows Chloroform by Mistake at Home
Mrs Mary Reed of 17a Thirteenth Street NW swallowed chloroform yesterday afternoon at her home. Dr John A Stutz of 1645 Thirteenth Street NW treated her and she was moved to Emergency Hospital in non critical condition. Doctors expect she can leave hospital this morning.
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Mary Reed
Thirteenth Street
John A. Stutz
Tafts Attend Beverly Church In New England Visit
Mrs Taft and the presidential family spent a Sunday morning at a Beverly church listening to Rev Eugene J Huiginn sermon. The Tafts plan an automobile ride and the yacht Sylph is being readied for the trip to New London for the Harvard Yale boat races with the family expected to sail Tuesday if Mrs Taft consents.
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Beverly
Mass
New London
Taft
Vatican to Answer Spain on Church Relations
Madrid June 26 notes Vatican will reply to the full text of the government's proposals received today. Negotiations on church and non Catholic religious societies are left in abeyance, effectively as they stood a week ago.
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Madrid
Vatican
Auto Crash Kills 3 as Electric Car Hits Pole
Fatal crash in Charleroi near Beechwood park crossing leads to the deaths of William H. Hamilton and his son Roy. The Hamilton family, wife Annie, daughter Mary and cousin Blanche Matheny, among others, are hospitalized with severe injuries. Other accidents in Bradford and Cape May involve telegraph poles and fatal injuries.
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Robert Hamilton
Mary
Beechwood Park Crossing
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Hamilton
Wiebel
Weibel
Balloon Races Steamboat In Mississippi Flight
Special to The Washington Post St Louis June 26 A race with a steam boat for five miles up the Mississippi was the feature of a two hour air trip today in the balloon St Louis No 4 piloted by A B Lambert and his brother Wooster both wealthy St Louis residents and Archer Hoxey the Wright aviator The balloon and steamboat met 2500 feet above the river near Alton Ill and raced evenly until St Louis No 4 outdistanced the upstream boat The balloon landed at Alton where the pilot planned to land before the ascent Hoxey left tonight for Pittsburg Kan to fly July 2 3 and ? He said the trip was thrilling but could not compare with aeroplaning except at very high altitude
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Mississippi
Alton
Ill
Hoxey
Pittsburg
Kans
Tragedy in Leominster As Motorcycle Crash Claims Life
Mrs Johan R W Andrews died and her husband was seriously injured in a collision between a tandem motorcycle and an electric car in Leominster Massachusetts. The car motorman Arthur Gautherrt is under arrest on criminal negligence charges.
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J. R. W. Andrews
Leominster
Mass
Johan R. W. Andrews
Arthur Gautherrt
Crazed actress committed after Cleveland Jeffries Johnson bout
Kate Blancke, a well known character actress, was committed to the State Asylum at Newburg after arriving in Cleveland for the Jeffries Johnson fight. She sent telegrams to promoters James Gleason and Tex Rickard begging them to include her in the contest trip to Reno. Her relatives were appealed to and a medical exam declared her insane.
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Ohio
Jeffries-Johnson
Kate Blancke
Newburg
Miss Blancke
James Gleason
Tex Rickard
Vaughn Glaser
Toledo
Reno
Chinatown War Feud Explodes During 2000th Four Brothers Banquet
In New York’s Chinatown a sudden tong war flare erupted near Bowery and Pell street as a 90 second gun battle left two dead and a third wounded. The Four Brothers marked their 2000th anniversary with a banquet on Pell street while Ong Leong Tong factions posted pickets and police flooded the area. Bullets hit shops on Pell and Mott streets, innocent bystanders were wounded, and seven alleged combatants were detained as the feuding groups clashed amid market crowds and holiday revelry.
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Sing-Yen
Peli Street
On Leong Tong
On Leongs
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Chung Fook
Ben Greet Appeals for BeLasCO Benefit for Clara Morris
Ben Greet writes from Belasco Theater on June 3 urging public support for a Monday night benefit performance for Clara Morris. He recalls her stature in English theatre, efforts to aid her during hard years, and asks readers to attend despite heat, promising seats at a fair price to aid the cause.
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Belasco
England
Morris
Antonio de Navarro
Mount St. Vincent
Jan
Shakespeare
London
Confab at Beverly as Longworth May Join Conference
The article reports a possible role for Lodge and Longworth in a Beverly conference near the president’s summer home. They could quickly respond to summons as the Sagamore Hill embargo on political news persists. The former president rests, with only a church trip breaking the day.
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Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt not lifting embargo on political news at Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay June 26 The Roosevelt embargo on political news direct from Sagamore Hill remains in place with no new developments as Col Roosevelt contemplates his fall campaign. Rumors swirl of a major gathering at Beverly Massachusetts this week with discussion of a private test involving aeroplanes and a warship. Secretary Meyer says such experiments should be private and coordinated by War and Navy departments to keep results confidential. Roosevelt spends a quiet day with family at Sagamore Hill attending church with his sons Archie and Quinten and returning to a Sabbath calm without visitors.
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Nicholas Longworth
Massachusetts
Hoosevelt
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Quinten
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Big Stick
J Harry Culver Drowned in Canal in Georgetown
Well known Georgetown youth J Harry Culver 26 was drowned in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Twenty-ninth Street and K Street Northwest. He fell from the bank after midnight while talking with friends and could not swim. His body was recovered fifteen minutes later and taken to Georgetown University Hospital where officials said he was dead on removal. He was the son of John F Culver and resided at 1080 Twenty-ninth Street Northwest. He worked as a coach painter at Fort Myer Virginia and belonged to Peck Presbyterian Memorial Chapel. The funeral will be at his father’s home Wednesday at 2 PM conducted by Rev George Angus. interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Georgetown
Culver
Twenty-ninth Street
Georgetown University Hospital
John F. Culver
Fort Myer
Peck Presbyterian Memorial Chapel
George Angus
Peck Chapel
Rock Creek Cemetery
Taft Enjoys Quiet June Day Before Beverly Departure
President Taft spent a peaceful Sunday at the White House before leaving for Beverly. He attended All Souls Church in the morning, dined with Secretary Norton, and rode out to the country in the afternoon. In the evening he was hosted at the Country Club and prepared for farewell talks with congressmen ahead of his summer retreat.
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Taft
White House
White Lot
Potomac
Capital
Beverly
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Norton
Richard Townsend
Country Club
Washington
Kaiser Preaches Sermon Aboard Imperial Yacht
Emperor conducted divine services on the royal yacht Wohenzollern at Kiel on June 28. The sermon titled Did Jesus Live followed Prof. Arthur Drews pamphlet questioning Jesus’ existence. Chancellor von Mann-Hellweg and other officials attended. sermon used St Luke 23 44 as text. after service the emperor boarded the Meteor.
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Jesus
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