War Department Ready to Deploy 5000 to Cuba if Needed
Washington January 18 The state department warned President Gomez to uphold the law or face possible intervention. The War Department has arranged for 5000 troops to be sent to Cuba on short notice along the Atlantic coast, though officials do not expect action. Cuban leaders and business interests show mixed reactions while officials say annexation is not being considered. Representative Sulzer expresses hope avoid future U.S. intervention and stresses nonmilitary aims.
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Washington
State Department
Cuba
Gomez
Knox
War Department
Atlantic
Havana
Beaupre Ward
Department
White House
United States
Island Republic
Sulzer
New York
Bride Refuses License Over Night Fidelity Pledge
In Philadelphia on January 18, 69 year old Mary Pope refused to sign the marriage license to 70 year old Robert Aspinwall until he pledged he would stay at home nights after marriage. Aspinwall, citing two prior marriages, agreed he did not wish to wander from his fireside. She wore a ruby set in her betrothal ring as she stated the case to the license clerk.
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Philadelphia
Robert Aspinwall
Mary Pope
Robert
Asnirwall
Raising Sugar Beets Michigan Farmers See Big Profits
Testimony before the Hardwick sugar committee in Washington hears Ira Carley of Ingram Michigan describe earning 3 dollars per acre growing sugar beets. He notes vast Upper Peninsula land at 8 dollars per acre suitable for beet farming and urges city residents to consider farm wealth. Other farmers share positive experiences.
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Michigan
Hardwick Sugar Committee
Washington
Ira Carley
Ingram, Mich
Upper Peninsula
Baker
California
Mr. Carley
United States
Mr. Baker
Wax figure shocks Chicago woman worker
An electrical worker, called to repair a defective light, opened a door to a room and found a life size wax figure dressed as a woman. He apologized saying he spoke to the lady in there. The mistress learned the figure was used to fit dresses.
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Chicago
South Side
Falls Dead Whipping Child in Galatia Home
Mrs John Yuscovitch thirty six died suddenly at her Galatia residence while disciplining her ten year old son who refused to come inside. The death occurred at Monongahela Pennsylvania with the incident described as heart weakness.
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Monongahela
Galatia
John Yuscovitch
Fire devastates Emergency hospital in Dun ning
Chicago January 18 fire sweeps through the Emergency hospital at Dun ning, burning a three wing building four to five stories high. Firemen police attendants and nurses fight frenzied patients as four hours pass before the blaze is controlled with no known deaths. Justice of the Peace Thomas Edgar, now steward, dodges a perilous bridge confrontation with two insane patients during the incident.
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Chicago
Dunning
Justice of the Peace
Thomas Edgar
Younger princes clash as abdication debate rocks imperial palace
At an imperial conference in Pekin the dowager empress urged abdication amid rebel strength, but younger princes opposed the view and pressed to continue the struggle. The session ended in heated exchanges with the empress weeping and Prince Ching assented to surrender.
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Pekin
Jan
Prince Ching
Prince Cring
Morse likely to get presidential clemency soon
Washington reports Charles W. Morse the convicted New York banker and current federal prisoner at Atlanta may be released within days. Attorney General Wickersham received a medical report from Brigadier General Torney indicating Morse is rapidly weakening and his condition critical. The White House will consider a presidential commutation based on the finding.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
New York
Atlanta
Taft
Morse
Wickersham
Torney
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
The
Ana
White House
Inoperative Adage Sparks Senate Talk
A quip on politics described as strange bedfellows provokes humor in the Senate. Senator Sorg humorously interrupts with the retort that political life leaves no time to sleep.
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Sorghum
Irish Players Arrested Over Immoral Play in Philadelphia
All members of the touring Irish company and manager Blumberg were arrested under Pennsylvania’s 1911 law for producing an immoral play. They were released on a $5,000 blanket bail to appear before Magistrate Carey, amid police protection for the scheduled performance of The Play Boy of the Western World.
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Philadelphia
Plumberg
Adelphi Theatre
Pennsylvania
Blumberg
Shuberts
Carey
Joseph Garretts
Taylor
Trish
Poy
Enory
Struck at Crossing Kills Man as Train Hits Horse
George Beebe aged 80 of West Bloomfield was fatally injured at Gates Crossing when struck by the Batavia Canandaigua passenger train. His horse was killed and blood was found on the engine pilot after the train reached Honeoye Falls. The old man was taken to Batavia hospital. the dead horse remained on the tracks. The crossing is described as dangerous.
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Canandaigua
Batavia Hospital
George Beebe
West Bloomfield
Perahsp
Gates Crossing
Batavia
Yellow fever strikes gunboat Yorktown commander at Guayaquil
Commander L C Bertolette, commanding the gunboat Yorktown protecting American interests in Guayaquil during Ecuador’s revolution, contracted yellow fever and is placed under shore quarantine. Lieutenant Scranton assumes command. The Bolivia’s officers and crew have deserted the rebel force to support the government.
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Yorktown
Guayaquil
Washington
L. C. Bertolette
Ecuador
Navy Department
Bertolette
Scranton
Bertlette
State Department
Bolivia
Ulster Unionists Plan Breakup of Home Rule Demo
Belfast January 18 Ulster Unionists council moves to break up the Belfast home rule demonstration on February 6 with John E Redmond and Winston Churchill expected to attend at Wister Hall. Rioting is feared and police reinforcements are anticipated.
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Belfast
Ulster Unionists’ Council
John E. Redmond
Nationalists
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Wil
Wister Hall
Collapse of Madonna Della Guardia Church Hits Renoa
A church in Renoa named Madonna Della Guardia collapsed, dragging the nearby church of St. Stephen into the ruins. St. Stephen’s dates to the ninth century and was famed as the church where Columbus Westauthised.
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Renoa
Bursted Beer Keg Triggers Birds Drinking Spree
A high stacked beer keg toppled from a heavy liquor truck and smashed on the street. Rum pooled in the gutter drawing pigeons to drink then stagger and sleep as a stray dog blundered in, all evidence of the unintended drunken spectacle.
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New York
The Loom of Life Weaves On
A reflective remark from Henry Ward Beecher about life’s continuous labor. The thought emphasizes that even in sleep, life’s pattern persists as day and night repeat.
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Dally
Henry Ward Beecher
Morgan gifts jewels for Cromwell Stotesbury wedding
A diamond necklace with a large pendant gem is presented by J Pierpont Morgan to Mrs Oliver Cromwell of Washington, future wife of Edward T Stotesbury. The ceremony may include Taft and guests. couple to travel to Palm Beach for their honeymoon and return for the opera season opening on February 11.
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Philadelphia
J. Pierpont Morgan
Oliver Cromwell
Washington
Edwart T. Stotesbury
Drexel & Co
Morgan
Mr. Stotesbury
Taft
Cromwell
Italians Held in Jewel Smuggling Case
Pittsboro January 18. Luigi Zappa Pomphlea di Pava and Giuseppe Rosati are held for federal authorities after waiving a hearing before a U S commissioner. They are accused of smuggling thousands of dollars in jewels into the country through New York port and were arrested here by a New York customs special agent.
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Pittsboro
New York
Luigi Zappa
Pomhpea di Pava
Giuseppe Rosati
United States
New York Customs Office
Bed Frostbite Traps Boarder in Allentown Home
John McLane, a bridge worker boarding with Louis Beidler, was frostbitten while in bed in Allentown Pennsylvania. He woke to a stinging sensation in his toes ears and nose after failing to get a long sleep due to allegedly short coverings. He is being treated in a local hospital.
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Allentown
John McLane
Louis Beidler
MccLane
Townwide Gold Rush After Fowl Nugget Find
Four miles from Minitonas Manitoba after gold nuggets are found in several killed fowl at the Elliot farm. Stores and shops close as prospectors rush to stake claims. More than 50 claims filed and many more on the way to the site.
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Minitonas
Man
Elliot Farm
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