19 Aug 1913
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
1
An official says Nelson O Shaughnessy, the U S charge d affaires in Mexico City, was given his passports as Huerta demands recognition. Senator Bacon declines to discuss until official verification, noting such an act would create a grave new situation.
Mexico City Aug 18 The United States faces a midnight deadline to recognize Mexico or risk severed ties as Huerta rejects mediation and sends a direct ultimatum to Washington Officials note Lind’s notes and a hostile response raise the prospect of US intervention and possible war Congress and the White House weigh the cost of recognition and plans for an armed campaign amid border mobilizations and naval considerations
Special to The Washington Post from Pittsburgh on August 18 reports nineteen telephone operators chosen by their voices have influenced nineteen suitors within six weeks. Local managers say they neither discourage nor encourage such calls while noting the need to teach other girls switchboard skills. Several operators eloped to Gretna Green towns, and one left with the company blessing. Ten years of service earned a $100 bonus.
In New York a destitute orphan Eiza beth Heath, aged 18, drank poison in Stuyvesant Park after failing to find work. She told onlookers she faced disgrace and despair, having moved from San Francisco with her mother dead. She was hospitalized with a chance of life.
A woman about 25 in fairly good dress was found murdered with two revolver shots to the head and extensive wounds. Her body lay in a small pool in a ravine near Sedamaville. A gold ring with the initials G. D. B. may help identify her. identity and murderer remain unknown.
Theodore P. Shonts of New York president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company had a narrow escape at Lea Breuil France when he fell under a moving train while trying to reboard. A bystander pulled him clear and a passenger named Lil Man Russell aided by applying a first aid kit to bandage his cuts. He was later taken to Paris.
Miss Margaret Wesley twenty one is killed on Ridgemere Long Island when a wet skirt from her bathing suit contacts a live third rail. The current jumps from the nearby rail to her skirt dragging her across the middle track where she is found with slight burns.
In Gambier Bay Alaska on August 18 the Pacific Coast Steamship State of California struck an uncharted rock and sank in three minutes. Twenty five passengers and seven crew perished with many trapped in staterooms. ten severely exposed survivors were taken to hospital in Juneau. Survivors and crew were rescued by the steamship Jefferson and brought to Seattle.
Special to The Washington Post from Wilmington Del Aug 18 reports Senator Henry A du Pont of Delaware is in Paris for health reasons. He is 7 years old and his condition is not regarded as serious.
Thirty two die in shipwreck as the day’s headlines recount disaster and the Mexico imbroglio continues to loom. Attorney General Upholds Glynn amid political uproar. T. P. Shouts escapes death by train in a remarkable incident. Warrant ignited for Thaw sparks fresh legal action.
Albany August 18 Lieut Gov Martin H Glynn is the lawful New York chief executive pending Sulzer impeachment according to Attorney General Carmody. The opinion says impeachment suspends the governor and the lieutenant governor acts as governor until acquittal or dismissal. It also covers assembly authority to impeach and notes no comment from Sulzer or Glynn on the ruling.
A Poughkeepsie warrant charges Harry K Thaw with conspiring in the Matteawan escape. Police across New York and Canada seek him. Thaw plans to travel toward Cresson Pennsylvania while his mother expresses support. Authorities warn extradition is possible on conspiracy charges.
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