Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-09
Domestic

New York newspapers have received
reports from San Salvador which In
dictate that the earthquake which oc-
Cured there few days ago may
prove as disastrous as the great quake
of 1917. No details have been re-
ceiyed.
The worlds most powerful battle
ship, the superintendent Tonnes
see. was successfully launched at the
port OF New York. Naval officers say
the launching was one of the pref.
test in the history of the navy.
With loss estimated at one mil
lion dollars, the famous "Bowery" at
Brighton Beach was wiped out in a
fire which developed into the most
spectacular blaze Coney Island has
known in years.
Panic gripped Woodbury., N. j., for
an hour when lioness on exhibit in
a circus side show killed her keeper
before a small crowd Of spectators, es-
capped from her cage and bounded in.
TO a small patch of woods adjoining
the town. A posse Of men and boys
finally killed her.
Frank Holewinski, IS. a messenger
for the Dime Savings Bank Of Toledo
Ohio, was held up and robbed of
satchel containing twelve thousand
dollars by two unmasked men, who
got away.
Comparatively little bloodshed, 1t is
generally stated. marked the celebra-
tions Of International Labor Day, May
l. One man as killed in Cleveland,
Ohio, which is the only untoward
event reported.
Following the explosion of an In.
fernal machine addressed to former
United States Senator Thomas w.
Hardwick, which resulted in severe
injuries to his wife, Mrs. Maude Hard
wick, and their negro servant, Ethel
Williams, when the latter opened II in
the kitchen Of their quarters at the
Wynnton apartment, 7S9 Peachtree
street, Atlanta, Ca, federal authori-
ties linked the occurrence with sim
liar attempt upon the life Of Mayor
Ole Hanson of Seattle, Washington.
Postoffice inspectors have begun
thorough investigation of the attempt
upon Senator Thomas w. Hardwick's
life. The greater portion of the work
will be conducted by the authorities
of New York City, from which city
the Internal box was sent which was
meant to destroy his life and which
seriously wounded his wife and a SER
want in the house.
Sixteen miners, two OF them white
men, were killed in an explosion at
Majestic mines, near Birmingham,
Ala. Eight men were probably To-
tally injured.
Falling from the Roof of Delmonico's
on Fifth avenue, the body of waiter
in the restaurant struck an
elderly woman, believed to be Mrs.
E. P. Whitehead, of SO Bellevue place,
Chicago, and killed her instantly. Both
were watching the parade of the
165th infantry, which was passing on
the streets of New York City. The /
waiter was removed to hospital with
a fractured skull.
A surcharge of rs cents per 100
on cotton shipped from Allan
tic and gulf ports to Liverpool and
London was established by the ship |
ping board in lieu of demurrage, be-
cause Of tedious delays In unloading
at the English ports.
The giant troop ship Leviathan,
with $4,000 soldier passengers, the last
Of six transports to arrive In New
York, barely missed mine by only
30 feet while off the Grand Banks
Of New Foundland, her officers re-
ported when she locked.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation Of Labor, was Sc
,iously injured in New York City |
when taxicab In which he was rid
ng was struck by a Broadway sur
lace car and hurled 20 feet to the
,ur/. Surgeons declared that there
IS no likelihood of the injuries prov
ng fatal, although two Of Mr.. Com
)ers ribs had been fractured, his right
zip sprained and he suffered severe
BODY Commissions.
Lieut.. G. q. Hines of Lake Charles,
Ia, flying instructor at Kelly Field,
Vas killed in the fall Of his airplane
It San Antonio, Texas. Cadet Masse,
lying with him, was but slightly In.
ured.