Italian Criminals Use Ship Crews to Hide Stowaways
A historical account describes how crews from Palermo and Naples, including Camorra members, help stowaways evade the passport law. It details concealment in shipboard operations, disguises at American ports, and links to the Black Hand. It asserts the system is well known among Mediterranean traders and police.
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Palermo
Naples
Camorra
Matra
America
France
Canada
New York
Italy
Chance
Black Hand
United States
Will Women Vote? A mixed view across nations
A Sun correspondent notes doubts about women's electoral use while citing public records from Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho. It cites Australia and New Zealand trends showing varying participation, with early results and continuing increases where full suffrage exists, and lower turnout where only school ballots apply.
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The
Sun
Colorado
Charles Park
Boston
Wyoming
Idaho
State Supreme Court
Australia
New Zealand
What makes your hair snap so and other lines
A child jokes that electricity explains the mother’s hair being combed, calling the family funny. The dialogue pivots to a quip about wheels in the head and electricity in hair, then a pun on making an electric motor, followed by two proverb-like exchanges about hiring an expert versus doing it yourself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Somerville Journal
Sandy
Happiness in Worry Quip Reflected in Atchison Globe
A short quotation from the Atchison Globe notes that some people savor worry so much they fear happiness if worry ceases. The light remark captures a cautious stance toward contentment and anxiety.
First Days of Adana Massacres Reported by Elizabeth Webb
Miss Elizabeth Webb a missionary from Bunker Hill Illinois writes of the early days of the Adana massacres in which her school faced extreme danger. Fire looting and gunfire raged as guards and consular aid appeared sporadically. Students and refugees sought safety as authorities struggled to respond amid a mob.
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Elizabeth 8. Webb
Illinois
Asiatic
Turkey
Adana
Constantinople
Elizabeth
Webb
Bunker Bill
Ill
Chambers
Maurer
Rogers
Stephen R.prowbridge
Abdul Hamid II Removed From Yildiz Palace to Saloniki
The former Sultan Abdul Hamid II, with four wives, five daughters, two young sons, two eunuchs and many servants, was moved from Yildiz Palace to a large walled house near Saloniki under Italian gendarmerie control. He will be kept prisoner, not tried, and his household supported generously. Speculation places his wealth from 25 to 200 million dollars as officials seek funds and a future coup deterrent.
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Turkey
Yildiz Palace
Saloniki
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid II
Abdul Hamid
Yildiz
Four Lions Are Bagged by Roosevelt Camp in Mau Hills
Four lions are trophies of ex President Roosevelt's camp in the Mau hills in British East Africa Nairobi. Colonel Roosevelt's mighty gun bagged three lions on the first shot while his son Kermit killed another after three shots. Both father and son jubilant.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Cable
Roosevelt
Mau Hills
Earth
Kermit
Storm Claims Many Lives Across Georgia Region
A storm sweeping the South for three days moved toward the Atlantic Ocean Saturday night. Twelve deaths were reported near Cedartown and near Albany, with counts in Buchannan 13 Albany 6 Meigs 1 Bowdon 1 Gainesville 1. Total fatalities likely exceed 200.
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Georgia
Atlanta
South Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Cedartown
Albany
Buchanan
Meigs
Bowden
Gainesville
Armenians Massacred as Turkish Regiments Loot Adana
A Mersina cable dispatch reports two Turkish regiments landed Saturday and moved to Adana where late Sunday night they massacred Armenians and burned property. Estimated 30,000 dead in Adana province. Europeans’ losses vast. British and other warships active. Four Germans killed at Bakdjevh reportedly arrived in Mersina. Armenian population at Bakdjevh massacred. Mayflower arrives with Secretary Dickinson. canal work inspection planned. Prairie lands 800 men to Buffalo at Panama.
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Mersina
London
Saturady
Adana
Bakdjevh
Colon
United States
Mayflower
Dickinson
Jamaica
Tisatepete
Goethals
Mal
Prairie
Buffalo
Panama
Red Cross AIDS Turkish Massacre Sufferers Aid
The American Red Cross has undertaken relief for massacre victims in Turkey. It has sent 1000 dollars to Ambassador Leishman in Constantinople and will accept further contributions to fund aid at his discretion. Chicago reports a forged mortgage confession by Van Vilsingen, while in Flushing a jury for Captain Peter C. Hains murder trial was completed after seven days of voir dire.
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Red Cross
Washington
National Red Cross Society
Turkey
Leishman
Constantinople
Mabel ‘Boardman
Lieshman
Chicago
Reter van Vilssingen
Hains
Flushing
N. Y
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Otto J. Nicholas
Representative Hollingsworth
Ohio
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Pierre Charles L’enfant
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington City
American Red Cross Society
Armenia
Taft
Germany
America
Warrenton High School Principal Waives Preliminary Hearing
Warrenton Va Special Preliminary hearing waived Tuesday in the case of J D Harris principal of the high school who shot W A Thompson associate editor of The Warrenton Virginian Saturday on the main street Thompson died in Washington the following day Harris held for the regular grand jury which begins May 24 next.
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Warrenton
J. D. Harris
W. A. Thompson
Warrenton Virginian
Thompson
Washington
Harris
Cooper Appeal Granted After Tennessee Trial Ruling
Nashville special judge William Hart overruled a motion for a new trial in the Cooper case on murder charges tied to ex senator Carmack. The court found no ground to overturn the jury verdict and the defense announced an appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Bond and commission details affirmed.
Broadfield News in Brief a Patchwork of Local Tales
A jumble of items from Nashville to Pensacola and beyond reports a teen runaway Adele Boas returning home wiser, a tornado at Tupelo and nearby damage, a Vanderbilt hunting preserve lease near Asheville, and a fatal tug sinking on the Mississippi. Also notes are a Davis birthplace park plan, libel verdict, DAR on Fort McHenry, and global tensions with war talk and Armenian relief.
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Morse
Gertrude Douglas
Nashville
Adele Boas
New York
Adele
Tupelo
Oklo
Douglas
Kan
Geo. W. Vanderbilt
Asheville
N. C
Gonzales
Pensacola
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Niagara Falls
N. E. Tjichi
San Pedro
Cal
Robly D. Evans
United States
Japan
Jefferson Davis
Hopkinsville
Samuel Dempster
Pittsburg
Col
Wm. D. Mann
James Boyle
Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress
Washington
Fort McHenry
Brooklyn
Explosion on Italian Sub Foca near Naples
An explosion on board the Italian submarine Foca in Naples killed eleven men and wounded eleven others. The American gunboat Scorpion, 90 feet away, sustained no damage. Scorpion boats aided in refloating Foca as Lt Cmdr Geo W Logan of Scorpion offered US Navy condolences.
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Naples
Foca
Scorpion
Geo. W. Logan
Aliens at New York Port Mostly Under Fourteen
A large majority of aliens admitted to the port of New York are under 14 years of age, highlighting a junior migrant presence. The statistic underscores youth influx and immigration screening considerations.
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Port of
New York
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