End of Abdul Hamid's Rule as Turkish Palace Falls
Martial law proclaims in Constantinople after the surrender of the Yildiz palace garrison. Niazi Bey declares the Sultan's fate will be settled by Parliament or nationalist leaders. The Selimieh barracks capitulate as artillery unites with Mejidieh to dislodge the last resistance. A foreign note warns of siege in Ismid and surrounding districts.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Yildiz Palace
Niazi Bey
Constitutional Party
Abdul Hamid
Yildiz
Selimieh
Scutari
Stamboul
Schefker
Mejidieh
Ismid
Tchekmedje
Tchataja
Gebize
Kartal
Beyooz
Rifaat
Two Thousand Soldiers Killed In Istanbul Mutiny
London dispatch estimates 2000 killed as fighting raged in Constantinople with heavy losses among Constitutionalists. Mosques sheltered mollahs and saftas who were captured and shot. Sultan detained heirs as hostages. government borrowed 1 million to quell mutineers. City calm returns as tram traffic resumes and arrests drive security. Death toll in Adana massacres in Asia Minor cited at 20000 to 30900 with many girls missing.
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London
England
Standard
Saftas
Mohemmed Reshad Effendi
Yussofzzedine
Constantinople
Taxim
Tasch Kischin
Chauffeur Held for Murder in NYC Fatal Crash
William Darragh the chauffeur in a high speed crash that killed Ingvard Trimble of Kentucky was held by a coroner's jury for indictment. Darragh fled to Texas and was returned to face charges in New York City.
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William Darragh
Ingvaard Trimble
Kentucky
New York City
Texas
Swancott Convicted of Grafting in Oneida County Case
Frederick E. Swancott, supervisor and chairman of the Republican County Committee, was found guilty in Utica New York of grafting from Oneida County funds. The verdict follows a trial detailing misuse of county resources.
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Frederick E. Swancott
Republican County Committee
Utica
N. Y
Onedia County
Armenian Missionaries Fear More Deaths Amid Refugee Crisis
News reports detail killings of missionaries in the region as fears grow for additional clergy. 15,000 refugees in Adana and Tarsus and 5,000 in Mer sina Marash Aintab remain quiet but conditions at Hadjin worsen. Messages for relief are deadly and safety assurances are issued as mob violence escalates near Latakia and Kessab is burned with villagers fleeing.
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Tors
Adana
Tarsus
Mersina
Marash
Aintab
Hadjin
Miss Lambert
Constantinople
Valix
Alexandretta
Beilan
Dortyole
Latakia
Antioch
Kessab
Ayer 40th Anniversary Dinner in Philadelphia
The advertising firm N. W. Ayer & Son marked its fortieth year with a Bellevue-Stratford dinner attended by 260 of its employees and many advertising and business leaders. Four current partners F Wayland Ayer Henry McKinney Albert G Bradford and Jarvis A Wood led the event. A green moss medallion bearing the firm seal and motto lit the stage. James A. Buchanan presented Mr. Ayer a silver loving cup on behalf of the employer. The firm, founded in 1869 by Nathan W Ayer and his son F Way rere Ayer, commemorates its long history.
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Philadelphia
N. W. Ayer & Son
Bellevue-Stratford
F. Wayland Ayer
Henry McKinney
Albert G. Bradford
Jarvis A. Wood
James A. Buchanan
Mr. Ayer
Nathan W. Ayer
F. Wayrere Ayer
Newsboy Fatally Hurt by Three Teens in Knoxville
Seventeen year old Allison Harrison a newsboy was fatally wounded on the outskirts of Knoxville by three Black boys Oliver Ball fifteen Ernest Arnold thirteen and Richard Arnold thirteen. Two witnesses a Black woman and a white man gave conflicting accounts of the attack. The youths were jailed charged with the crime. Harrison carried two heavy bags and offered little resistance as he was stabbed and left to die. The assailants reportedly sold papers in the same area and resented Harrison’s success.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Allison Harrison
Oliver Ball
Ernest
Richard Arnold
Harrison
Keokuk Boy Kills Guest on Wedding Eve
In Keokuk Iowa nine year old Charles Alexander shot and killed George Jones a guest at his home. Jones was to marry the boy’s aunt Lena Hammond the next day. Jones had teased and threatened a spanking earlier in the day. The boy said he did not know the gun was loaded and fired from the attic after retrieving a shotgun to frighten Jones.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Charles Alexander
George Jones
Jones
Lena Hammond
Niagara Ice Pack Broken by Persistent Dynamite
Engineer Kunze reports the Niagara River ice jam is broken and the flood danger is past. Dynamite breached the ice allowing upper river masses to move freely toward Lewiston, while lower portions crack and water fights ice near the river’s surface. Relief costs total about $3000 with six tons of dynamite used.
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Fiood
Kunze
Youngstown
N. Y
Niagara River
Lewiston
Editor Fatally Shot By High School Principal in Warrenton
In Warrenton Virginia the principal of Warrenton High School, Professor J. D. Harris, shot and fatally wounded W. A. Thompson, associate editor of the Warrenton Virginian, on Main Street after a long standing feud. Thompson was moved to a hotel for treatment.
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Warrenton
J. D. Harris
Warrenton High School
W. A. Thompson
Died in Meadville Jail After Needle Attack
Jack Cronin jailed for the murder of Harry Winters on Christmas Eve died from injuries after stabbing himself with multiple needles. He never denied guilt.
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Jack Cronin
Meadville
Harry Winters
President Accepts Watchorn Resignation as Immigration Commissioner
The President accepted the resignation of Robert Watchorn from his post as United States Commissioner of Immigration in New York City, effective immediately.
Fisher Quits Harvard Professorship in Shock Resignation
Harvard University announces the resignation of George Lincoln Goodale Fisher professor of natural history and director of the Botanical Garden. Other items include Judge Gordon’s arrest for embezzlement with a $20,000 bond, a telephone operated Illinois Central route, a unique mayoral salary of fifty cents a year in Hoopeston, and Florida prohibition votes.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
George Lincoln Goodale Fisher
Harvard University
Botanical Garden
Gordon
Spokane
Wash
M. J. Gordon
Great Northern Railway
Moors Kill Two Frenchmen in Algeria Raid
In Djebel Bieni region Moors attacked a French mining and prospecting party. Two prospectors were killed while others escaped after a hard fight. Other items include a $80 million imperial loan plan and a missing American in London.
American Killed Leading a Sortie in Tabriz War Besieged
An American teacher H C Baskerville in Tabriz was killed while leading a Nationalist sortie to bring in provisions. British and Russian officials appealed for aid as foreign consulates faced threats amid a six day armistice arranged by Teheran. Baskerville’s family and church in Minnesota confirmed his death and described his adventurous nature.
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Persia
H. Cc. Baskerville
Grey
London
Teheran
Washington, D. C
Baskerville
Presbyterian Boys’ School
Presbyterian
St. Paul
Minn
Homer
H. C. Baskerville
Royalton
Presbyterian Church
American cruisers to Turkey sail from Cuba
The United States will dispatch a special cruiser squadron to Turkey for protective purposes. The armored cruisers North Carolina and Montana, then at Guantanamo Bay, will command a voyage to Alexandretta on the Turkish Mediterranean coast near Tarsus and Adana.
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Montana
Alexandretta
Cuba
Washington, D. C
Turkey
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Marshall
Reynolds
Mediterranean
Tarsus
Adana
Methodist Ministers Condemn Patten Wheat Proposals
Cincinnati ministers adopt resolutions denouncing J A Patten the wheat king amid controversy over Wheat Corner policies in Cincinnati Ohio. Local clergy push for reforms and challenge market practices at a city meeting.
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Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Cincinnati
Chicago
Patten
Ohio
J. A. Patten
Rhode Island Militia Wiped Out by Assembly Error
The Rhode Island General Assembly repealed the militia bill by mistake while attempting to amend it, wiping out every military and naval organization in the state including the State militia and Governor's staff. The Assembly must remedy the error and re enact the militia bill in proper form.
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Rhode Island General Assembly
Providence
R. I
Assembly
Harvard Student Killed in Jamaica Plain Auto Crash
Joseph Brewer Jr., twenty, a Harvard University student and Milton native, was instantly killed when his car collided with a farm wagon on Walk Hill street in Jamaica Plain. The automobile overturned and Brewer was crushed beneath it. the wagon suffered no damage.
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Boston
Mass
Joseph Brewer
Ijr
Harvard University
Milton
Charles Brewer & Co
Jamaica Plain
Mrs. Mathew T. Scott Chosen President General
After twenty hours of counting and recounting D A R ballots the administration and anti administration camps were nearly even. The administration won the election by a five vote margin electing Mrs Mathew T Scott of Illinois as president general.
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Washington, D. C
Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress
Matthew T. Scott
Illinois
Won’t Divorce Mrs Sothern in Nevada Case
Reno Nev Judge W H A Pike refuses a divorce for actress Virginia Harned Sothern from actor E M Sothern unless either party resides in the United States. The ruling clarifies that neither can obtain the Nevada divorce while both stay outside the state.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
W. H. A. Pike
Virginia Harned Sothern
E. M. Sothern
Pike
Virginia
Forty-Two Years For Burglary In Brooklyn
Judge Dike of the County Court sentenced Hyman Gritzhandler to forty-two years in Sing Sing after he pleaded guilty to attempted burglary at 282 South Second Street. He used gas to stupefy victims in the April 3 incident involving Policeman Leonard Woodle.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Dike
Sing Sing
Hyman
Gritzhandler
Leonard Woodle
South Second Street
Exaggerated Impression in Washington Star Quote
A Washington Star quotation features a man who magnifies the importance of small things saying he would rather ride horseback than eat possum, reflecting skepticism about a change in administration.
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Washington Star
Gwillkimby Debunks Trouser Delusion With Shoulder Clue
In a humorous confession, Mr. Gwillkimby explains his lifelong belief that one trouser leg was longer. A tailor reveals the real cause: his left shoulder sits lower, making the left leg appear shorter.
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Mr. Gwillkimby
Menace of Milk Explores Dirt and Disease Risks in New York
Harper's Weekly reports on milk adulteration and dirt contamination in New York. It cites large daily distributions, varying milk types from raw to pasteurized, and warnings by the New York Board of Health to protect buyers from misrepresentation.
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New York
New York Board of Health
Purchaers
Harper’s Weekly
First Wheeled Carriages Introduced in France in 1559
A fragment notes that the first wheeled carriages appeared in France in 1559, marking an early milestone in transportation history. The snippet hints at historical context but provides limited details on who introduced them or where.
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France
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