Washington Plans Military Rule In Santo Domingo
Washington proclaims military government in Santo Domingo under US Navy control. Eighteen hundred Marines will maintain order and supervise native officials while disbursing accumulated customs revenues, with salaries paid and arms restricted. The move follows the overthrow of Jiminez and aims to deter further revolutions in Haiti and Santo Domingo.
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Washington, D. C
Santo Domingo
United States Navy
Little Republic
Haiti
U. S
Navy
Daniels
H. S. Knapp
United States
Knapp
State
Navy Department
Russell
Pond
Dominican
Jiminez
Arias
Frederico Enriquez
Washington
Laying Out New Town Near Youngstown and Niles
More than 1000 acres near the Carnegie Steel Co. McDonald mill between Youngstown and Niles are being platted for sale next spring as home building sites. The town will adjoin the steel plant and house over 10,000 residents. Construction also begins on a new electric line through the proposed town between Youngstown and Niles.
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Youngstown
Ohio
McDonald
Carnegie Steel Co
Niles
Steel Corporation
Hughes Wins Connecticut Plurality in Presidential Vote
Official canvass shows Hughes with a 6728 plurality over Wilson in Connecticut. Hughes 106,514. Wilson 99,786. Benson 5,179. Hanley 1,789. Reimer 606. Hartford report records statewide totals and third party results.
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Hughes
Connecticut
Hartford
Wilson
Benson
Hanley
Reimer
Graft informer Mary Oode Dies in New York
Mrs Mary Oode once exposed police graft tied to the Rosenthal murder inquiry has died. She spent the last four years aiding fallen women and testified about a disreputable house run by Gucasho. She alleged payoffs to protect pals and claimed thousands spent weekly on rescues in New York.
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New York City
Mary @oode
Rosenthal
Gucasho
Utoho
York
Mayo Clinic reports possible paralysis germ found
Rochester Mayo Clinic researchers led by E Rosenow with E B Towne and W Wheeler announce a preliminary note suggesting a microorganism may cause infantile paralysis. They caution awaiting confirmation but say findings point to a solid lead and could shift the battle against the disease, pending vaccine and serum development.
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Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Department of Pathology
E. Rosenow
E B Towne
Boston
W. Wheeler
New York
Rosenow
Mayo Laboratories
Wilson 9 Message on Rail Regulation and Foreign Trade
President Wilson requests rapid action on rail regulation, eight hour rail workday, and rail line control for military needs. He renews calls for ICC expansion, public dispute investigations, and faster arbitration, plus measures on foreign commerce, Porto Rico, and campaign finance reform. He notes Senate action needed on several House bills and closes with praise for Congress.
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Washington
Wilson
Houses
Congress
The
Union
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Commission
Reison
House of Representatives
Senate
Porto Rico
Watson Acquitted in Obscenity Mail Case
Augusta Georgia Thomas E Watson author and editor is acquitted by a federal court jury of the charge of sending obscene matter through the mail.
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Augusta
Georgia
Thomas E. Watson
300 Men Lose Jobs In Ohio Valley
Steubenville Ohio reports 300 workers jobless after Riverside furnace of Carnegie Steel Co. suspends operations due to material shortages and a fire at Ohio Valley Brick in Toronto destroys the plant. About 200 and 100 workers respectively affected. brick plant likely not rebuilt.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Carnegie Steel Co
Riverside Furnace
Toronto
Well Dressed Stranger Visits Local Drugstore
A refined stranger enters a drug store and, after a cordial exchange with proprietor Mr C, asks to consult the directory. The clerk notes the acquaintance of Mr Quorn and mentions stamps and railway time tables as available nearby.
Franklin's Pride and a County Seat Moment
A Franklin resident jokes about the town’s prominence as county seat with mills, railways, a college and a Masonic home. At a Methodist conference a Presbyterian delegate mistook Hopewell for Franklin, prompting a lighthearted exchange about the towns.
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Franklin
Methodist Churches
Indianapolis
Embarrassing Moment at Authors Banquet
War correspondent Irvin Cobb enjoyed a New York authors banquet where a deaf guest laughed loudly at a joke and urged another man to tell the same story, prompting amused exchanges among attendees.
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Irvin Cobb
Europe
New York
Cobb
Charlie
Undertaker prompts tributes as mourner jokes about California
In a funeral setting the undertaker invites remarks for the deceased. A young man breaks the quiet with a quip asking to speak about southern California and its climate, prompting a light from the crowd.
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Southern
California
Allies Repulsed on Macedonian Front and Romanian Front Battles
Reports from the front say Russian forces have arrived near Bucharest aiding a defense of the Romanian capital. German and Bulgarian troops south of Bucharest retreat with captured guns. Romanian forces claim success in Transylvania and along the Argescu river front. Paris notes heavy artillery on the Somme near Barleux with Italian gains on the Carso plateau.
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Macedonian
Somme
Amsterdam
Holland
Bukharest
Petrograd
Roumanians
Transylvania
Carpathians
Vorokhta
Kirlibaba
Trotus
Sully
Asaul
Berlin
Argeciu
London
Roumania
Monastir
Sofia
Narayavka
Dneister
Paris
Barleux
Carso Plateau
Villa driven out of Chihuahua City
Carranza troops recapture Chihuahua City after two days of heavy fighting. Gen Carlos Ozuna and Gen Francisco Murgula enter from the north and south respectively. No Americans killed. Chinese victims noted. Villa followers reportedly captured or killed while others flee into western Chihuahua hills with plunder.
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Juarez
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Cara Ranza
Carlos Ozuma
Ozuna
Francisco Murgula
Torreon
Believe Man Was Slain In Sidney Ohio
Sidney police investigate a suspected murder after 35 year old William Gash was found dead under the C H DP tracks near a watering tank. His skull shows a fracture and a deep cut above the left ear. He was missing for days and leaves a widow with two young children.
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Sidney
Ohio
William Gash
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