Liverpool Honors Mayor Gaynor Lying In State At Town Hall
The body of William J. Gaynor lay in state at Liverpool Town Hall amid unprecedented honors. British and American officials oversaw a solemn ceremony as the coffin rested on a Westminster Abbey catafalque, draped with flags. A landing at the Baltic precede the procession, with Consul Washington and Lord Mayor of Liverpool directing the lying in state and funeral cortege through a gathered crowd.
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Spt
William J. Gaynor
Liverpool
Westminster Abbey
London
England
Lord Wolsley
St Paul’s Cathedral
John Sutherland Harmond-Banner
Horace L. Washington
United States
White Star Line
Rule Gaynor
Washington
Gaynor
New York
Gayvn
Consul
Ex-Priest Threatened With Harm for Speech
In New Lexington Ohio Mayor Gue ordered state militia to protect Jeremiah Crawley after threats of harm followed a speech condemning an attack on a Catholic church. The incident arose from inflammatory remarks aimed at Crawley and sparked local security actions.
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New Lexington
Ohio
Gue
Jemiah Crawley
Broker Tells Street Deals Of Gov Sulzer
Melville D Fuller testified under oath that Gov Sulzer’s Wall Street activity from 1910 to 1912 involved large cash payments and stock collateral. He described opening an account with Harris and Fuller in 1910, securities loans, and a final payoff of 24 729 with stock left as collateral.
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New York
Sulzer
Wall Street
Melville D. Fuller
Assembly
Fuller
Frawley
Harris and Fuller
Big Four
Mr. Fuller
Southern Pacific
Puller
Salted
Harris
Montana
Josephthal
William Sulzer
Imperator Sets Passenger Record On Transatlantic Run
The Hamburg American liner Imperator, which sailed for New York yesterday, carried 5,000 passengers, a world’s record.
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London
Imperator
New York
Foreign labor warned from VA by government
Washington Sept 12 Coal mine operators in Paint Creek and Cabin Creek West Virginia presented evidence to the Senate special committee probing the strike. UMWA attorneys seek to block rebuttal witnesses as the inquiry nears closure. Witnesses claimed outside operators urged unionization to win higher wages. government officials denied such written agreements.
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Washington
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
West Virginia
Senate Special Committee
United Mine Workers
Eh Western Pennsy , CO
Vida
Tilinola
D. C. Kennedy
Mine Workers
Kanawaha Coal Operators’ Association
Senator Shields
Buch
John Nugent
Keely
Emergency funds for destitute Americans in Mexico
The House committee approved a joint resolution for a 100000 emergency appropriation to aid destitute Americans in Mexico and transport them to the United States. Secretary Bryan requested urgent action as $2000 daily is being spent with only 12000 available. The measure moves to the Senate for likely passage.
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Washington
State Department
House Committee
Mestco
United States
Underwood
Bryan
Mexico
Genatea
Runaway Girls Traced to Hairuins in Aurora
Three Chicago girls who escaped from the Illinois state home for girls at Gensoa were found living in primitive cell-like rooms in a straw stack in Aurora. Three young men supplied food and drink nightly to the rendezvous. Fourteen deputies hunted for the girls for three nights before locating them.
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Aurora
Chicago
Eleanor Wilson Stars in Pastoral Play at Meriden Event
President Wilson watched his daughter Eleanor portray Ornis in a pastoral masque protesting bird slaughter for millinery. The performance drew Meriden artists and guests with a woodland setting and varied costumes, ending with a dedication scroll to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson by the Meriden Bird Club.
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Meriden
WN. H
Wilson
Eleanor
Cornteh
Percy Mackaya
Misa Margaret Wilson
Herbert Adams
Meriden Bird Club
Woodrow Wilson
Americans Insulted on Mexican Streets
The mine owner James Lb. Diack from Oaxaca reports Americans are insulted in Mexico City streets and forced into the road. He notes women feel unsafe when abroad and says authorities will do nothing to protect them as tensions rise between nations.
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Khl Pago
Texas
Mexico City
James Lb. Diack
Oaxacw
Maxigh City
Poliga
Bleok
Mesico
Whleon
Republis
Rail worker testimony highlights danger and wage fights
New York reports at arbitration claim trainmen face fatal injury every seven hours and a quarter and maimed every nine minutes. Union speakers cite injury data, deadhead crews, and demand for higher pay and shorter hours amid railroad concessions and rate standardization efforts.
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New York
Wi Lee
Arbitration Commission
Elisha Lee
William Lee
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
South
Northern Railroad
Garretson
Order of
Tfe
Frank J. Warren
University of Pennsylvania
Seston
Federal Department of Labor
Louisiana Legislature Grants Governor Power to Appoint Senators
Baton Rouge Sept 12. Special session ends after law empowers the governor to appoint senators from the state to the Vaulted senate. Legislature also provisions for a constitutional amendment to widen refunding of state bonds.
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Baton Rogue
Louisiana
Senate
Chaperonage Reflected in Historic Lament of Women
A brief note describes a chaperone as a woman expected to guide and restrain, while illustrating the critique of traditional roles and the burdens placed on women in society. The passage blends social expectation with personal limitation.
Conference On Tariff Makers Rapid Progress In Talks
Democratic conferees from the senate and house pushed tariff bill work with swift momentum in Washington. They approved earthenware grns and other schedules, extended new rate dates to March 1, 1914, and debated wheat countervailing duty and a banana tax while minor changes touched metal and liquor provisions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Underwood
Marshal Quits Job in Kingston Town
Kingston Mo Sept 12 Lante Oliver city marshal for 15 years resigned today saying there are no more duties for a marshal to perform. Oliver recalled busy days when the town was open and added his patriotism made him ashamed to draw a salary. He noted there would be nowhere to place any arrested person and thus resisted continuing in office.
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Vera Cruz
Campeche
Huerta
John Lind
Wilson
Afr. Lind
Mr. Lind
Tnd
Washington
Mexico City
Kingston
Lante Oliver
Marevhal
Maralus Oliver
Diggs and Harris deny Mann Act knowledge in perjury case
In San Francisco on September 12 Maury J. Diggs and Attorney Charles B. Harris deny key points in Nellie Barton’s testimony and say they never heard of the Mann Act while discussing Miss Barton and Miss Warrington. Both seek delay as juries prepare verdicts in related white slave charges and alleged perjury.
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San Francisco
Maury J. Diggs
Charles B. Harris
Sacramento
Diggs
Nellie Barton
Marsha Warrington
Miss Harton
Miss Warrington
Nedage
Harton
Drew Caminett
Vaso
Gaynor Becomes New York's Second Mayor to Die In Office
New York City mayor Gaynor, the second chief executive to die in office, followed the earlier death of Mayor Flavemeyer. The brief report notes Gaynor was struck down while in office and could not be saved, with details supplied in a terse obituary-style notice.
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Gaynor
New York
New York City
Willem Flavemeyer
Hie
Arty Hall
Shaw’s Fate Tied to Gov Felker in Extradition Fight
Canadian deportation of Harry K. Thaw triggers a New Hampshire extradition battle. Lawyers from Concord New York and Colebrook seek a personal hearing before Governor Felker to pursue habeas corpus if extradition is granted. Aimed to block or delay surrender to New York authorities over a conspiracy charge.
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Colebrook
Harry K. Thaw
Canada
Ita
New Hampshire
Felker
State Supreme Court
Holtbeck
Dutchess County
New York
Matteawan
Thaw
Glyon
Oolethoolk
Conmeord
Finker
Jerome
Imne
Jerome Cowl
Concent
New You
Travers
Thor
Drastic Law Against Joy Ride by Youth Adopted
Kansas City set a harsh ordinance targeting joy riding by juveniles. The measure, approved by a city council committee after a public hearing, follows fatal incidents and protests from churches and women's groups.
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Kansas City
Pita
Counell
Federation of Churches
Council of Women's Clube
Mexican Woman Held for Big Embezzlement
New York dispatch says Allia Maude Miller Sanches of Mexia City, a young woman, was arrested in Brooklyn by U S justice department agents aboard the steamer Ida Munger after arriving from Mexican ports. She is charged by Mexican authorities with embezzlement in Mexico City and is jailed pending hearing before a United States commissioner.
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Allia Maude Miller Sanches
Mexia City
Brooklyn
Spdelaia
United States Department of Jussice An
Fe Matthe
Yarauer
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