U S May Have To Stop War Between Central American Nations
Washington reports indicate the United States will be compelled to intervene to halt the war between the Central American republics. U S interests in Nicaragua and Honduras could suffer if the conflict continues, with Mexico ready to assist in any intervention. President Zelaya of Nicaragua is reportedly prepared to accept Roosevelt mediation.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Honduras
Mexico
Zelaya
Roosevelt
Princeton Wins Two Victories In Debating Rows
Princeton debating teams scored two wins last night, beating Harvard at Princeton in the 13th annual contest and defeating Yale at New Haven for the first time in six years. The Princeton decision was unanimous. The debate attacked divorce laws, child labor states’ adaptability, and federal control of interstate commerce, urging centralization. Harvard speakers were E R Lewis and I L Scharfman. Yale and Princeton argued the opposite sides of the same question.
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Princeton
Harvard
Yale
New Haven
E. R. Lewis
Indianapolis
I. L. Scharfman
Roxbury
Duchesney v Finnegan Co New Trial Denied
Judge Hitchcock in the sixth Superior Court session dismissed the motion for a new trial by Bloom and Reilly in the suit by Dinah Duchesney against William Finnegan & Co of Dorchester. Duchesney accused the firm of selling intoxicating liquor to her son. the March 4 verdict for Finnegan & Co was upheld.
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Hitchcock
Superior Court
Messrs. Bloom and Reilly
Dinah Duchesney
William Finnegan & Co
Dorchester
Finnegan & Co
Labor notes on union protests and new local union formed
Miss Luella Twining of Denver representing the Western Federation of Miners addressed 1000 Boston Cigarmakers Union 97 on the Moyer Haywood Pettibone arrest in the Steunenberg murder case. Spero Mahoney and Balam urged all Boston labor unions to join a protest against the arrest and detention. Sixty five gypsy moth chasers and public grounds workers formed a new union at Wells Memorial building.
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Luella Twining
Denver
Col
Western Federation of Miners
Boston Cigarmakers
Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone
Steunenberg
Joseph Spero
Patrick Mahoney
Joseph Balam
Boston
Wells Memorial Building
Stab at Mater by St Josephs Church West End Choir
For the first time in years the choir of St Josephs Church West End presents Rossinis Stabat Mater tomorrow evening. Soloists are Eleanor Creden soprano D W OBrien contralto Timothy J Sullivan tenor and D W OBrien bass organist Richard A Power presides.
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St. Joseph’s Church
West End
Rossini
Eleanor Creden
D. W. O’brien
Timothy J. Sullivan
Richard A. Power
Aldrich laid to rest near Longfellow at Mt. Auburn
Thomas Bailey Aldrich was buried at Mt. Auburn Cemetery near the Longfellow grave after services at Arlington Street Church. Honorary pallbearers and friends gathered as Rev. Frothingham read Aldrich’s tribute to Longfellow, with committal by Dean Hodges.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Longfellow
Mt. Auburn
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Arlington Street
Cambridge
James G. Thorpe
Louise Chandler Moulton
James T. Fields
Houghton &Mifflin
Odd Happenings in News World Briefs at Yesterday’s Obsequies
A rapid fire set of brief items notes American literary figures attending a poet’s funeral with florals laid on his grave. Flowers from the Tavern Club, Governor Guild, the National Institute of Art and Letters and others were placed on Mrs John L Gardner’s car for transport. The scene underscores the era’s literary circles and public tributes to notable writers.
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America
John L. Gardner
Tavern Club
Roger Wolcott
Governor Guild
National Institute of Art and Letters
Whitelaw Reid
Alice Long
President Roosevelt Intervenes in Philippines Army Case
President Roosevelt publicly backs General Leonard Wood in the ongoing Philippines military dispute. Major Scott and Captain Lewis M. Koehler faced court martial over captions and criticisms. Koehler was reprimanded, appealed, and acquitted in a second trial, which the President then disapproved, aligning with Wood's critics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Wood
Scott
Lewis M. Koehler
Fourth Cavalry
Koehler
President Roosevelt condemns Koehler court martial ruling
The President rejects the acquittal in the case of Captain Lewis M. Koehler Fourth Cavalry U S A and concurs with War Secretary Taft and General Wood accusing the court of a poor showing He notes Koehler pursued charges against Major Scott and defends the original finding while outlining disapproval of the later proceedings and possible remedies to restore Koehler to duty.
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Lewis M. Koehler
Fourth Cavalry U
Taft
Koehler
Mt. Dajo
Major Scott
Scott
General Wood
Wood
Backed train for superior's wife
New York March 22 Billy a conductor on the Essex Falls train of the Erie found he had carried the wife of Traffic Manager Cooke by her station and prudently pulled the train back two miles so she could reach home without trouble. Cooke scolded him but Billy remains on his job with a meek, contrite spirit.
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New York
Billy
Essex Falls
Erie
Cooke
Wisconsin No More a Gretna Green
Madison March 22 Wisconsin will end secret marriages as a new bill requires a county judge license, five day advance application, physicians certificates proving mental health and competency, and age proof before nuptials.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Dan Cupid
Girl Operates in Switching Tower
Nellie Conser of Wilkesbarre, after her father was killed in a railroad accident, asked to railroading. She studied the tower switching system at Shindel and, after persistent work, was granted a regular railroad position to help keep tracks safe.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Nellie Conser
Dad
Pennsylvania Road
Shindel
Nickel machines eat up a fortune in Alton
Alton Ill March 22 Twelve thousand dollars played a nickel at a time into slot machines has sent Professor Albert C Williams master of the Humboldt School here to the poorhouse after a run of luck at the gaming devices.
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Alton
Ill
Albert C. Williams
Humbolt School
Cornell Professor Debunks "23" Slang Origin
Ithaca N Y March 22 Professor Henry A Sill of Cornell today disputed the widely credited origin of the slang "23" asserting it arose from the assassination of Julius Caesar He notes Caesar's farewell cited as the cause of the 23 wounds by senators, challenging popular attribution and elevating the Gracchi era as the true source.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Henry A. Sill
Cornell
Jimming
Gracchi
Cesar
Profesor Sill
Julius Cesar
Looking Glasses Bad for Digestion Invention of Hardware Diets
Belleville physicians report Albertus Pierce known as The Human Enigma ingested various hardware including tenpenny nails swords and glass drinking ware. The mirror backing caused mercurial poisoning and bone decay while he recovers and will diet on tacks.
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New York
Bellevue
Albertus Pierce
Harvard Man Missing After College Silence
A. D. Pike, Harvard College class of 1908, has vanished from Cambridge. Faculty had doubts about his coursework and warned of possible withdrawal, but the board did not act severely. he departed a week ago, unclear to family in Lubec Maine. Parents arrived in Boston seeking word from him.
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A. D. Pike
Harvard College
Cambridge
Pike
Lubec
Boston
Columbus Club New Officers Elected in Dorchester
The Knights of Columbus Columbus Club of Boston elected officers for the coming year at a meeting at Pleasant street Dorchester. President Peter F Hanley first vice president John B Donahoe second vice president D F Carpenter secretary John V Haley treasurer Timothy T Toomey. The club plans a bazaar in early May to liquidate property debt with each council represented and a Sunday address by Mayor John F Fitzgerald.
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Columbus Club
Knights of Columbus of Boston
Pleasant Street
Dorchester
Peter F. Hanley
John 8. Donahoe
D. F. Carpenter
John V. Haley
Timothy T. Toomey
John F. Fitzgerald
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Henry M. Alden
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Curtis Guild, Jr
Henry Cabot Lodge
Edward L. Burlingame
Scribner’s Magazine
Bliss Perry
Atlantic Monthly
George E. Woodberry
Beverly
Moorfield Storey
David P. Kimball
George H. Mifflin
Robert Grant
T. Russell Sullivan
James de Normandie
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First Religious Society
Eliot Square
Col. Thomas
Mgginson
Children’s Hospital
Providence
Annie Crawford Allen Brown
John Carter Brown
Quidnesset
Rhode Island Hospital
Robert Gammell
Conanicut Park
Pins and
Oxford
Hiram Cooper
Deva
S. Anargyros
Fifth Avenue
GIRL
Douglas
W.l.douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
Dowd Bros
Howard St
Venice
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Masa
Boston Shoe Stores
Ington ST
Washington ST
Cor. School
Hanover Street
Summer ST
Cor. Lincoln
Court Street
Cor. Howard
Columbus Club New
Baltimore
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Hinckley Bldg
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