Foils Honduran Plot Targets Bonilla in October Election
A large revolutionary plot against Honduras administration was unearthed August 19. Provisional President Bertrand ordered arrests of Theodore Hernandes and M Ugorta after letters revealed hidden arms near Pimlegta and plans to start the movement at October elections. Gen Manuel Bonilla, exiled in El Salvador, eyed as mastermind. Gen Lee Christmas aiding Tegucigalpa forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davila
Stars Republic
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
New Orleans
Theodore Hernandes
M. Ugorta
Hernandez
San Pedro
Ugorta
Tegucigalpa
Manuel Bonilla
Salvador
Bertrand
Pimlegta
Bonilla
Lee Christmas
Central America
Prominent Newark man dies after yacht boom accident
Peter Kemper a leading Newark businessman and social figure was drowned off Lake Ontario when a yacht boom swung and struck him as the party rode at anchor. He headed the A C Battle Lumber Company and the Kemper Buck Manufacturing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Peter Kemper
Lake Ontario
Kemper
A C Battle Lumber Company
Kemper Buck Manufacturing Company
Cigarette Fire Damages Cincinnati Hotel on Vine Street
A cigarette sparked a blaze at the Benet House hotel on Vine Street Cincinnati killing fabrics in a salt cage ignited by a careless throw. Fire companies battled the flames but caused only minor losses. Guests evacuated safely and later returned to the building.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Obituary notices from Grace Church Woodside and others
Funeral notices dated August 1911 for Paventy, Barbara E Hagan, Krauser, Richards, Shea, and Shea relatives announce interments in Grace Church Woodside Forest Glen Rock Creek and St Stephen St Aloysius Church. Details include dates August 2 3 26 27 and times with rites at Immaculate Conception St Stephen St Aloysius and local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Tom Bema Reanén
Faumen HP
Ark
Ake Paventy
Grace Church
Woodside
St. John's Cemetery
Forest Glen
Hagan
Barbara E
George W Hagan
Frank Geler
Sona
Seventh Street
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Rock Creek
St Stephen's Church
Richards
George Johnson
Sarah M
John M Richards
Evening Star
SHEA
Amy Ann
Nicholas Shea
St .Aloysius’ Church
Meta Sinclair Seeks Real Mate After Sinclair Divorce
Mrs Meta Sinclair says she will not fight Upton Sinclair's divorce suit and will marry if she finds her real mate. She describes her husband as an essential monogamist while she pursues freedom and possible stage work, planning travel without Harry Kemp.
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Kemp
Washington Post
New York
Meta Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
Harry Kemp
Lawrence
Kans
Sinclair
Kem
Kansas
Lawson Haled to Court for Lottery Law Violation
Thomas W Lawson financier and chief officer faces a Plymouth county court summons for violating Massachusetts lottery law connected to a flaunty raffle incident at a county fair. He must appear Monday. George von L Meyer, US Navy Secretary, departed Paris for Austria after several days in the French capital.
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Boston
Thomas W Lawson
Plymouth
Meyer
Austria
Paris
George von L Meyer
United States Navy
Meght
Deaths at Washington area hospitals listing patients
A terse death notice collection lists names and ages connected to Washington area facilities including Taabra Tuberculosis Hospital, Georgetown University Hospital, and Washington Asylum Hospital. Ages span from 1 month to 61 years, with multiple entries for Ada Xt, Jaye ne oo years, and Lara Stanton among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore $Scrivaer Tuberculosis Hospital
Ars
Teabella Tiro
Ada
ITN
Jaye
Narhara Tagan
Washington Home
Francis Cryer
Drens Hospital
Washington
Patrick Ford
Sears
Lara Stanton
Anacostia Ave
Benning
Shea
Joseph Woodrarer
Georgetown University Hospital
Ovear
Mary Gartand
Agnes Woerstkamp
Jackson
Margaret Ho Bon
Iren Hospital
James Chase
Washington Aylum Hospital
Jane Maiety
Lena McAfee
Washington Asylum Hospital
Beattie Murder Trial Sees Jury Face Motive and Weapon Evidence
The Beattie murder case moves into phase two as prosecutors seek to pin the weapon purchase and a motive on Henry Beattie. Witnesses including Paul Beattie are expected to detail shotgun procurement and ties to Beattie and Beulah Binford, while the defense irons out cross examination. The case centers on Beattie’s alleged infidelity and a rushed plan to silence his wife amid family pressure.
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Beattie
Virgin
Henry Beattie
Commonwealth
Paul Beattie
Richmond
Virginia
Henry
Paul Heattle
Paul Beattle
Mi Owen
Washington
Miss Owen
Beulah Binford
Patiette
Oder
Binford
Pnsoner
Mona Lisa disappearance spurs cross Atlantic clues
Cherbourg authorities report two men on the Kaiser Wilhelm II shortly before the Louvre theft carried two framed canvases with a wooden panel between them bound for New York. Rome notes Villa Carlotta guests spotted a Leonardo copy. newspapers hint link to the Louvre painting theft.
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Cherbourg
Louvre
Paris
New York
Rome
Villa Carlotta
Lake Como
Leonardo da Vinci
Tells Girls to Be Honest and Independent
Boston report on Mrs. Claudia Libby Hains ex wife of Capt Peter C Hains Jr now in Sing Sing after the Bayside Yacht Club shooting. She urges women to be honest with themselves husbands and friends and to hold independence as essential for a successful married life.
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Washington Post
Boston
Claudia Libby Hains
Peter C Hains, Jr
Sing Sing
Wiliam E Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Bachelors a Plenty in West
Topeka Kansas August 27 Answers pour in to a Massachusetts widow who asked Arthur Capper for a Western husband. She desires a big-hearted Western man and rejects Eastern suitors. Capper will screen a dozen top candidates and gather background before presenting options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kans
Massachusetts
Arthur Capper
Capper
Ancil B Smith Turf Writer Dies in New York
Ancil B Smith, renowned turf writer and turf history authority, died today at Bellevue Hospital, New York. He was 42 and had been ill for a year from nephritis. In his newspaper career he worked for several New York and Western newspapers and is survived by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ancil B Smith
Bellevue Hospital
PLAN FOR TAFT TRIP SHOWS GREAT PREPARATION WORK
President Taft rests after church and motor rides as White House staff sort invitations in Beverly for a cross country trip. The 12,000 mile journey, starting September 15, requires railroad scheduling, secret service coordination, and town reception planning, with final itinerary likely completed by early September. Taft to address National Conservation Congress in Kansas City on September 21, with Stimson and Pinchot also invited.
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Orly
Boston
White House
Beverly
Forster
Secret Service
Congress
Lucien Wheeler
Mr. Taft
Conservation Congress
Kansas City
Taft
National Conservation Congress
Henry Wallace
Charles Hilles
Hutchinson Kans
War Stimson
Gifford Pinchot
Whfe
Forester
United States
Exodus of the Cabinet Prepares for City Outing
With Congress adjourned the President and nearly all cabinet members depart Washington. Secretary Wilgon lingers until departure to the farm in Iowa while Postmaster General Hitchcock heads to New York and returns overnight.
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Hitchcock
Congress
Washington
Wilgon
Tama Jim
Iowa
New York
Hopkins divorce suit filed in Milwaukee court
William S Hopkins sues for divorce from Nelle Leatherbury Hopkins now living in Salisbury. He seeks child custody. says wife deserted him January 28, 1909. Marriage occurred September 14, 1906. Also notes naval movements and ships arriving and departing from Liverpool Glasgow Havre and New York.
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W. S. Hopkins
Washington Post
Salisbury
William S Hopkins
Nelle Leatherbury Hopkins
Milwaukee, Wis
Hopkins
Neltie Leatherbury
Capt
Wiliam K Leatherbury
Wicomico County
Pinchot to Alaska for conservation study
Gifford Pinchot, head of the National Conservation Association, outlines a plan to study Alaska closely. He says conservation must cover coal, land, fisheries and other resources and that the government should own railroads in Alaska to control northern resources. Pinchot spent the day in Des Moines discussing the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aluaska
Pinchot
Pledges Justice to Alaska in Cordova Welcome
Secretary of the Interior Fisher arrived from Catalla and received a rousing welcome in Cordova Alaska on August 27. He was presented with a memorial urging withdrawal of coal lands from entry and equal treatment with other government lands. Fisher assured Cordovans he would grant Alaska the fair treatment afforded to other parts under his jurisdiction.
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Cordova
Alaska
Interior
Fisher
Catalla
La Follette Silent Amid Incoming Insurgent Fire in Tariff Clash
Insurgent Republicans led by Senator Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin plan to answer President Taft in kind after his Hamilton Mass speech. other insurgents including George W Norris and James Wilson prepare to press for Taft defeat at state fairs and the next Republican convention. Fittingly, Taft’s tariff critique touches a sore spot over wool, cotton, steel, iron, and chemicals, signaling a downbeat, party-splitting campaign season.
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Robert M la Follette
Wisconsin
Congress
Taft
Hamilton
Mass
Washington
State Grange of
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Ba Follette
George W Norris
Nebraska
James Wilson
Norris
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Senate
Scar W Underwood
Alabama
Ways and Means Committee
Democratic Tariff Makers
la Pollette
Property Rights Sacred in Bishop Candler Sermon
Atlanta Aug 27 Bishop Warren A Candler of the Southern Methodist Church argued that property rights are sacred and that the phrase linking human rights and property rights corrupts public understanding. He criticized Roosevelt and Bryan for popularizing the catchphrase and urged reaffirming property as a human right not to be violated by elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Warren
Southern Methodist Church
Theodore Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Candler
Col W . Bryan
Roosevelt
Col Bryan
Retired Ottawa Banker Takes Cyanide in Hotel
Foledo Ohio Aug 27 R G Spencer 65 a retired business man of Ottawa committed death by his own action in a local hotel by drinking nearly an ounce and a half of carbolic acid. He came to Foledo last Wednesday and stayed in two hotels before his death in a second floor room. An elevator operator alerted staff to the odor and a physician could not save him. He is survived by his wife four sons and one daughter and was a director of the Putnam County Bank at Ottawa.
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Ohio
Man Hills
Foledo
R G Spencer
Ottawa
Spencer
Putnam County Bank
Strike Conference On Today In Chicago Aug 27
A committee led by Federation of Shop Employees president McCleary will reach Chicago to confer with Illinois Central Railroad officers to press for railroad recognition. He plans to meet general manager Foley to arrange a conference on the dispute between the union and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McCleary
Federation of
Illinois Central Railroad
T Jm Foley
Astor Yacht Sets Sail From Cutchogue Harbor
The Noma, Col John Jacob Astor's yacht, with Madeleine Force and her father aboard, left Cutchogue harbor at noon bound for Newport after fog delayed her entry. Boats hurried to assist as the vessel navigated the shoal water off Hog's Neck.
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Washington
New York
Noma
John Jacob Astor
Madeleine Force
Cutchogue Harbor
Newport
Hog's Neck
Four Accused Of Murder In Etowah County
In Etowah Tennessee on August 27 police arrested Roscoe Thomas Senter G W Rose and Rose's wife at the Miller farm after the mutilated body of farmer James L Miler was found One man confessed naming Hose as the killer motive revenge over a prior theft case The quartet was sent to Athens jail amid high local tensions Liaison note: additional obituary style item on Mrs J M Mallory from Charlottesville Virginia mentions her death at 85 with six children surviving.
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Etowah
Tenn
James L Miler
Miller
Roscoe Thomas Senter
G W Rose
Athens
Hose
J. M. Mallory
Charlottesville
J M Mallory
East Jefferson Street
Henry M Williamson
E T Jessup
L D Payne
Misa Annie Mallory
L D Patterson
Harrisonburg
Fannie Mallory
Washington, D C
Death of Miss Margaret C Mason in Charlottesville Virginia
Miss Margaret Cooke Mason, prominent in Charlottesville social life near the University of Virginia, died suddenly at her mother's home north of the city. She was the daughter of the late Major Robert FP Mason and is survived by her mother, one sister, and three brothers including Bert Mason of Washington, George Mason, and Robert Mason of Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret C Mason
Charlottesville
Margaret Cooke Mason
Viginia
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Gen. Bonilla
Hand of
Davila Seon
Whiie
Cigarette Fires Hotel
WM. H. Sardo & CO
NE Moderns
Thos. S. Sergeon
RS Cain
Seventh St NW
Thos. M. Hindle
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Embalmers
Abo
Maryland
Ucense
Rockville
A. Costello
Cnce
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST ‘XI Modern Chapel
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
FRANK A_SPRARF
GEO. P. Zarhorst
Urdertaker
Pmbalmer
East Capitol St
William Lee
Tinnevivania
John BR. Wright CO
Harvey's Sons
Fryeral
Caralmners
Louis Clements Theop Ctelgent
R Clements James T. TS
Onsin
Boowlet
ALVEY
Mt. F
Prota B. AV Buck
MATRA
Lawson Haled
Are Antoot Son
Tokalon Wine CO
St. N
Pas
Chesterfield County
Bon
Chesterfeld
Watson
Jaller Cogbill
Chesterfield
Verdure
Fred Beattie
America
Capt. Hains
Ancil B. Smith
Summer Fur Sale
Metz
U S G. Pierce
Motors
Raim
Parramatta
Califoma
Glasgow
Espange
Havre
Carvala
Liverpool
Lusitania
New
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
O Streets
Columbia
Columbia Phonograph Co
Bishop Candler
Col. Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan
Iinoia Central
ASTOR
Colonel
Miss Force
Cutchogue
Montgomery County
Clessex
Rex Smith
Paul Peck
Tuale
Texico
Simone D'Beryl
Billy Montgomery
Florence Moore
Middleton Spellmyer
Cobert Fitzgibbon
Arnold
Ethel Grazer Rice
Bully
Scott Bella Hathaways
Simian
Anna
Mma
Arus
Broadway
Gm Moe
Eure Laten
Hatton
Sreyene
Belasco
Academy Eyes
Majestic
Holden
Papen Dora Thorne
Gayety
Charles H Waldron
Swat Shrteen
Lyceum Theater
Clarence Bowens
Meas
Marion Duckett
Ducketts
Piney Point
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