Concession on Tariffs and American Claims Progress
Despatches from Constantinople report the Sultan’s steps toward redressing American property losses and mention a tentative agreement on tariffs. The United States press for full payment while cautioning that Turkish delays persist. Paris commentary predicts U S naval strength may deter Turkish resistance and warns of serious European repercussions.
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Smyrna
United States
Mr. Straus
Turkey
Washington
Constantinople
Bultan
Abdul Hamid
Dardenelles
Amyrna
Kharput
Roberts College
Sultan Ias
Lloyd Griscom
State Department
Porte
Straus
Mr. Griscom
Painters End Strike in Boston With Wage Advance
Boston painters and decorators ended a one day strike for a 2.75 dollar eight hour day after master firms including Perry & Whitney consented to the wage raise. About 800 workers went out though many employers agreed to the increase. Union leaders said most members would return to work as firms signed the new wage bill.
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Boston
Washington Street
Bennet Street
Thomas J. Hartnett
Post
Perry & Whitney Company
Shupback & Zellar
McCormick & Son
Mortenson
Patrick McKenna
John Brandt
A. C. Haley
Union
Supreme Court dismisses Captain Carter appeal in wartime case
In Washington April 2 Chief Justice Waller announced the court dismisses Captain Oberlin M Carter appeal from the Circuit Court of New York ruling. The decision leaves Carter’s five year sentence by court martial in force. he is at Governor's Island awaiting verdict on the next steps as the solicitor general seeks an immediate mandate. The court postponed action until tomorrow.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Waller
Oberlin M.carter
Circuit Court
Southern District of
New York
Robinson
Governor’s Island
Turkish torpedo boat Shhamy blown up at Beyrout harbor
News from Beyrout Syria reports the Turkish torpedo boat Shhamy blew up in Beyrout harbor on April 21 causing twenty three to lose their lives.
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Beyrout
Constantinople
Syria
Shhamy
Double Death by Gas At Germantown Avenue
Charles Rosenbaum 22 and Florence Harold 16 were found dead in a room at 1219 Germantown avenue Philadelphia with the gas on. Rosenbaum, a pawn broker, faced domestic strife and divorce. Harold resided with him. The incident is treated as double suicide by self-inflicted gas.
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Philadelphia
Charles
Rosenbaum
Florence Harold
Delanco
N. J
Germantown Avenue
Noem
R Harold
Hatters Suicide Tragedy Shocks Anbury Barn
William Welby age fifty five or younger killed himself with a shotgun in his father’s barn on Morris street Enortae. He was despondent and recently married but died this morning. Local police report the self inflicted wound as the cause of death.
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Anbury
William Welby
Morris Stree
Welby
Students Home Association benefits for a student home
The Students Home Association held its first benefit at Paul Revere Hall with nearly 500 attendees. Proceeds fund a student home. Supper in Talbot Hall featured twenty tables with dames and squires, aided by waitresses. The Oxford Mandolin and Guitar Club and an orchestra led by J C Mullaly performed, with whistling solos by Miss Fannie Fish. Notables included Mrs. Micah Dyer Jr and Rev E O Jameson among others.
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Students’ Home Association
Paul Revere Hall
Talbot Hall
Revere Hall
John Tucker Prince
BH. M. Aline
George Yeaton
Ida Folsom
Oliver Crane
Lyde Durgn
Comstock
Parks
W. R. Taylor
Erastus Badger
George Lambkin
Knight
A. F. Flint
Ensign
Currier
Squires
Aline
Jameson
Faxon
Folsom
Yeaton
Lambkin
Oxford Mandolin and Guitar Club
One Orchestra
J. C. Mullaly
Fannie Fish
Micah Dyer, Jr
William N. Hartshorn
J. Sewall Reed
R. Mariner Floyd
M. F. Dickinson, Jr
Albert C. Pond
J. A. Mackinnon
W. Kenyon
A. E. F. Hannah
Kate C. Phelps
Fanny R. Blake
R.H. Pierce
L. B. Stimpson
Goon Fun Dies at Free Home for Consumptives Dorchester
Death notice from Boston reports Goon Fun aged 30 died at the Free Home for Consumptives on Quincy Street Dorchester after four months in the city. He came from Wiehe and worked before illness led to treatment. Funeral will be simple with a cheap coffin funded by friends. Interment at St Hope Cemetery. The Bishop Lawrence banquet at the Newick Hotel featured discussions on family reform and missionary work.
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Goon Fun
Quincy Street
Dorchester
Boston
Wiehe
Ivy
Sun
Chinatown
Esterday
T. Hope Cemetery
Iscopalign ‘Club
Hote Unewick
Lawrence
Aes. Ware
Reion Af Ee
Nd Teak
Telegraphic Notes Capture Military and Industrial Shifts
Rear Admiral Remey assumed command of the Asiatic fleet. General Watson will station at a new post near Bismarck Fort Lincoln. Consul Mason in Berlin says German engineers study American locomotives. War of manufacturers drives rail costs down in one line of business. Advices from Cucuta Colombia reference upheaval affecting trade and security.
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Remey
Andron
Gcne Watson
Bismarck
N. D
Fort Lincoln
Conaul Mason
Berlin
Moraine
Cucuta
Colomba
Tragic Charlestown girl 15 takes poison at home
Annie Lillian Evans aged 15 died after drinking undiluted carbolic acid at 2 Beach street Charlestown. She appeared cheerful at breakfast and kissed her father farewell before the act. Doctors deem the act premeditated and the bottle’s label was removed. Medical Examiner Harris saw the remains. no autopsy.
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Annie Lillian Evans
Charlestown
Beach Street
G. W. Bent
Everett
Lillian
Patterson
McDermott
Harris
Friendship of Boston Shop Girls Raise Actress in New York
Mary Mackenzie rose from Boston shop girl to stage actress with help from Nora Bryan Kate Jennings and Stella King. The friends pooled savings funded training and wardrobe, gave rail fare when stranded, and supported her early career. Her New York debut featured a bouquet from her former colleagues.
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New York
Herald Square Theatre
Mary Mackenzie
Mrs. Quilp
Nora Bryan
Kate Jennings
Stella King
Miss Mackenzie
Boston
Chicago
Miss Saunders
Castilian Club April Festival in Pierce County
The Castilian Club held its annual April festival with attendees in period costumes. Guests included Mrs Clarence Benedict and Mrs Haniel Hallet impersonating Spanish ladies, Mr. Woolson presiding, and Eliza Porter Gould in an elegant white and black lace ensemble.
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Castilian Club
Isabella
Pierce H Coppley
Tessie Joe
Spain
Ana
Ene
Ae Bald Woolson
Clarence Benedict
Washington
Benedict
Sybille Daly Crane
Seville
Haniel Hallet
Salamanca
Mary W
Anaes
Valence
Fer
Valladolid
Eliza Porter Gould
Teen Kills Himself After Girl Loses Favor
New York dispatch reports Charles Bauer a 16 year old suicide at 785 Amsterdam Avenue after a quarrel with a girl who mocked his appearance. He obtained carbolic acid, drank it in his dining room, and died before his parents could intervene.
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New York
Charles Bauer
Amsterdam Avenue
Bauer
Practical joke nearly kills wife in emetic spoof
In Binghamton New York on April 23 Mrs D L Smith tried a joke on her husband by claiming poison. Doctors treated her with emetics but found no poison. The gag backfired nearly killing her, but she will recover.
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Binghamton
N. Y
D. L. Smith
Value of Rusie property in divorce case unfolds finances
William A. Rusie files in Indianapolis showing Amos Rusie’s four properties valued at 4600 dollars with 1973.44 dollars in mortgage debt, plus 73.60 dollars funeral and estate costs totaling 2887.94 dollars. He lists household goods at 2 dollars and asserts Amos has no money or property, needing a court decree and final estate settlement to grant temporary alimony.
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Indianapol"s
William A. Rusie
Amos W. Rusie
Amos Rusie
Mary E. Rusie
Husband in despair for missing fiancée from California
John Hanshaw a Lighthouse Board supply clerk in Cincinnati is overwhelmed by anxiety over his fiancée's fate. He travels to telegraph stations unable to sleep and shows marked mental distress as friends fear for his reason.
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Cincinnati
California
John Hanshaw
Lighthouse Board
La Cavalier Returns to Naples Stage as Mimi in Puccini Opera
La Cavalier returns to the stage in Naples as Mimi in La Boheme to a packed house with tumultuous applause. Her husband Prince Bariatinsky is seen in the lobby and on stage, sparking chatter that wealth buys applause though critics doubt it.
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Naples
la Cavalier
Paris
Follies Bergere
Prince Bariatinsky
Mimi
Puccini
Songbird
Bartatinsky
Woman Swallows Morphine in Suicide Attempt
Anita Haight aged 423 years claims kinship to the late actress Margaret Mather. She took an ounce of morphine on the stoop at 827 West Fifty-ninth Street at 2 AM. Roosevelt Hospital doctors say the overdose saved her life.
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New York
Anita Haight
Margaret Mather
West Fifty-ninth Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Hull's Gase Goes to Albany for Extradition
George W. Hull a Rhode Island divorce case figure, alleged perjurer and Arizona fine owner, was remanded to a detective today and will be taken to Albany for extradition proceedings before Governor Rooseveltnes.
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New York
George W. Hull
Arizona
Rhode Island
Albany
Ipswich Postmaster Dies After Compensation Bill Signed
Ipswich postmaster George P. Smith dies shortly after Governor Crane signs a bill granting him 3000 dollars for injuries from a 1895 incident. Smith, about 47, left a widow and sister. appointed postmaster in May 1898 by President McKinley. The town sought payment after a veto had blocked earlier relief.
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Ipswich
George P. Smith
Crane
Mr. Smith
New Orleans Flood Strains City Amid Heavy Rain
A major rainstorm floods New Orleans causing street and rail disruption. Rafts ferry riders to streetcars as Illinois Central and Northeastern rail lines struggle with isolation and suspensions. Across Mississippi flood-affected towns face food shortages and desperate conditions. A Meridian despatch reports increasing hardship and a drowning near Jackson, Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Illinois Central
Louisville & Nashville
Pascarons
Meridian
Miss
John Horton
Pearl River
Jackson
Mies
Women Voters Hold Sale at Wales Hall Boston
The Independent Women Voters of Boston opened a charity sale at Wales Hall last evening. Tables were run by Mrs. E. C. Alexander and others with Ladd Orchestra providing music and Miss Woods giving readings. Sale continues until 10 pm Wednesday with varied entertainment nightly.
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Independent Women Voters of
Boston
Wales
Hall
E. C. Alexander
C. M. Burgess
Harriet M. Starrat
E. M. Bullard
Dorcas
A. Lyman
E. Parsons
E. Trask Hill
Abraham Lincoln Post 11 Banquet Marks Thirty Third Anniversary
Abraham Lincoln Post 11 G A R held its thirty third anniversary and banquet at the United States Hotel. Commander Illiam T Hathaway led the reception committee. Speakers included Rev ward Anderson, Rev R A Holway, Col H C Cochran, and Stephen O Meara with others. About 120 attendees attended.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States Hotel
Illiam T. Hathaway
Beeches
Ward Anderson
Quincy
Massachusetts
R. A. Holway
Astor
Trinity
Charlestown
United States Marine Corps
Stephen O'Meara
Boston Journa
Esgrethe
Presién Ccey
Cirampson
Ronan
Queen Goes Driving
In Dublin on April 2 a rainy morning gave way to a misty afternoon as the Queen received several dignitaries at Holm Patrick's residence. The visit occurred amid light rain and overcast skies with limited public events described.
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Dublin
Vicore Jands
Holm- Patrick's
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