Baltimore Looms In Fight To Host Democratic National Convention
Democratic leaders from Baltimore push to host the event with backing to finance entertaining the convention and argue Maryland’s location offers balance between North and South New York’s bid is seen as risky if it could influence the chosen candidate The party’s national committee will decide the convention site in January amid debate over regional influence.
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Morman E Mack
Himelf
New York
Baltimore
East
Maryland
Mack
Washington
SUN
Iffort
Democratic Keaders
Posent National Committee
Prvan
Principel
Death notices from a 1911 DC area page
A batch of obituaries and funeral notices listing names such as James Weld XM Victoria De Vaniha Mary Teresa, Kate L McGill, Maurice F Dorsey, Immac widow William W T, and other relatives. Notices include dates in December 1911, locations in Brooklin, Washington DC areas, and references to private or church interments, memorials at St Mary Cemetery, Richmond, and Arlington National Cemetery with resident addresses and funeral times.
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PRMD
Brooklin Uoapital
James Weldxm
Alice Mroke
Bright
Jameson Caroline Arlicht
Thomas
Mary
Gawlers Chanel
Tronnavivania Avenue
Private DE Val Ghs
Wilato Oamat Sibley
Charles
Victoria de Vaniha
New York Avenue
Vance
Dorsfy
Tldop
Rarraram
Maurice FT Dorsey
Trunk J
Maggie Beuchust
School Street
Noom
Se Dominics Church
Jook Re
Mary OE
Prana & Wikenna
Canferter Pourhonth
Cequien
France
Crances
Edward M
Parle
IMMAC
Willam
William FT Sarda
Mnul Intementat Rocttek
Principals in a Texas Tragedy
Mrs Graham Trout killed her husband in Fort Worth after discovering him dining with another woman. She is under nurse care to prevent suicide. Sue attempted self harm before arrest and, on bail, was ordered to be closely watched. Trout was 20. his widow is 19. A phone tip led Mrs Trout to the cafe where she found her husband with a blonde and shot him.
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Graham Trout
Fort Worth
Tex
Sue
Sun Yat Sen Heads for Republic as China Revolt Advances
Shanghai dispatch reports Dr Sun Yat Sen, a leading revolution promoter, boarding a launch and meeting Wu Ting-fang as revolutionary leaders push to establish a republic with Nanking as future capital. Yuan Shi Kai offers no reply amid growing calls to recognize the new government.
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Shanghai
Sun Yat Sen
Wu Ting-fang
Revolutionary Provisional Babinet
Yuan Shi Kai
Sun Sas
Yuan Shi Ka
Petting
Jetaure
Nanking
Peking
China
Maryland Democrats split over convention location
The debate centers on Harmon or a conservative candidate with Senators Smith and Rayner leading the opposition. Woodrow Wilson supporters favor Chicago to avoid outside influence from anti progressives, while Missouri's Folk and Clark present presidential options. The Wilson camp risks accusations of rigging by choosing Chicago.
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Baltymore
Missouri
Folk and Clark
Wilson
Chicago
Santa Glaus in Alexandria Special Services and Christmas Cheer
Alexandria celebrated Christmas quietly with church services and charity. inmates at institutions received turkey dinners, saloons closed all day, and a number of prisoners were dismissed in court. Petit jurors were announced for the next term of the U S circuit court. Also reported are a charter for International Copyliner Company, gun and chicken cases, and the death of Lewis Edelin, a longtime blacksmith.
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Turkey
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
St Mary's Academy
St Mary's Catholic Church
RH Cox
Joshua Sherwood
Childrens Home
Hauer
Caton
United States
United States Circuit Court
Edmund Waddill
Charles P. Waller, Jr
W H P. Kelly
Dafing Richardson
John L Monroe
J. B. Drew
James L Legg
Samuel H Beale
J L. Savage
Nelson C. Deckner
W J Ford
George W. Heffin
William H
Waterford
I. H Davis
Albany
New York Bids for Democratic National Convention
Gov Dix will head a New York delegation to push for the party convention in the city next summer. More than 10,000 already subscribed toward convention expenses with strong support from leaders across fields. Railroads pledge influence. Baltimore Chicago and Cincinnati offer 100,000 each, New York may bid 150,000 or more to secure the convention.
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Washington Post
New York
Gov Dix
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Dynamite Ends Two Lives in Latrobe Foreign Miners House
Dynamite exploded in a boarding house at New Derry near Latrobe Pennsylvania killing two Hungarians and injuring four others as Christmas celebrations with explosives were planned. Mike Cook was blown apart and another victim died later. Jacob Skowitch and his wife were buried. four others remained unconscious or dying as rescuers searched the wreckage. A separate incident near Middleboro Kentucky saw Edward Van Bever blown to pieces while handling dynamite during a Christmas celebration. In Winchester Virginia, former mayor Thomas Neill Lupton died aged about 86, oldest member of Winchester Founders.
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Latrobe Pa
New Derry
Here
Neenah
Mike Cook
Jacob Skowitch
Middleboro
Dee
Edward van Bever
van Bever
Little Clear Creek
Aroma
Samygion
Winchester
Thomas Neill Lupton
William Percy Woods
Franklin Square Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
Uncle Souget for Shooting Leads to Ancient Ohio Tragedy
St Clair Gentry, 23, stepson of ex county commissioner John B Stevenson, died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen inflicted at his Stephenson home near Yellow Springs. Gentry’s uncle Robert Irvin, 26, a gun inspector in Philadelphia, fled after the shooting. bloodhounds from Dayton were used in the search by Sheriff W B McAlister of Xenia.
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Washington Post
Toledo
Ohio
W B McAlister
Xenia
Dayton
Gist to Succeed Marsh at West Virginia University
William U Gist of Brooke County has been named to fill the vacancy in the state schools department, succeeding Prof. J F Marsh who left to become secretary of the State Board of Regents. The appointment follows Gist’s long tenure as an instructor in the college of agriculture at West Virginia University.
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Penial
Washington Aven
Charleston
W Va
William U Giet
Brooke County
College of Agriculture
West Virginia University
J. F. Marsh
State Board of Regents
Bodies Taken From Tunnel In Virginia Railroad Wreck
In Bristol Virginia December 2 the Natural Tunnel wreck on the Virginia and Southwestern Railway was cleared around midnight and traffic resumed. Engineer W S Adams and fireman Leland Glover were recovered, Adams upright in the engine cab and Glover standing on the opposite side. One body remained missing with no definite explanation yet for the cause of the wreck.
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Bristol, Tenn
Virginia and Southwestern Railway
W S Adams
Leland Glover
Adams
Glover
Sheriff Howard Feasts Prisoners at Rockville Jail
In Rockville Maryland Sheriff Howard played Santa Claus supplying prisoners with a Christmas dinner featuring turkey and cranberry sauce. Later he sent a supply of goodies. The inmates voted him a Jolly good fellow and sent a note of thanks.
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Rockville
Deeco
Snerim Cutard L. Howard
Howard
Shuster Family In Persia Faces Public Endorsement
No Christmas message reached J and Mrs William M Shuster. Leora, absent son W Morgan Shuster, Persia treasurer general, and wife attended a Christmas tree at the Persian legation. Mirza Att Kull Khan hosted, Mme Ekan present, as the legation signaled support for Morgan Shuster’s bold stance in Persia.
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William M. Shuster
Leora
W. Morgan i Shuster
Perpia
Young Americah
Shuster
Mrs Shuster
Mrs Shyster
Mirza Att Kull Khan
Mme. Ekan
W. Morgah
Persia
Persian cabinet dismisses Shuster amid Iran turmoil
Tehran moves to dismiss American treasurer-general W Morgan Shuster after the Russian ultimatum. Martial law proclaimed, opposition papers suppressed, protests by mobs dispersed. Reports say Russians bombarded Resht and Tabriz as Indian troops and Persians clash. Shi raz rebels boycott Indian soldiers. about 150000 dollars in a bank near the Russo Persian bank lies unguarded after troops abandon the fortifications.
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Quet
Sturaz
Tabriz Bank
Teheran
W.morgan Shuster
Persia
National Council
Ministry
Shuster
Resht
Shiraz
Pars
Reaht
London
Kesht
Ghilan
St Petersfurt
Tabriz
Americus Loses Mat Bout to Cyclone Burny in Boston
Baltimore light heavyweight champion Boston Cyclone Burny defeats Americus wrestler Just at Mechar les Hall tonight. Burny wins by throws near the end as Americus fails to throw him twice in the closing phase of the match.
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Boston
Gus Schoenlein
Americus
Baltimore
Mecharles' Hall
Cyclone Burny
Moon Heyy
Deaths in Health Office Record list
Health office record of deaths listing individuals with ages and last-known addresses. Names include James W Moultet aged 62 at 617 K St NW and Angeline P Root at Menesaw Apartments aged 72, Elizabeth C Brosnan at 4 I St NE aged 38, Charles De Vaughe at Sibley Hospital aged 58, Frank Robertson at 146 G St SE aged 45, Katherine Sisson at 610 I St NE aged 37, Johannes Petersen at U. 3 Soldier Home age 40, Daniel J Calefacsier at Industrial Home School age 13, Elisabeth S Reed at 4353 Wisconsin Ave NW age 10, Michael J Barry at 612 M St NW age 13, Able Binks at Children’s Hospital age 33 days, Harriett Scott at 259 Pet NW age 67.
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James W Moultet
K St. Ow
Angeline P Root
Menesaw
Elizabeth C Brosnan
I St Oe
Charles de Vaughe
Sibley Hospital
Frank Robertson
G& St Se
Katherine Sisson
I St Ne
Johannes Petersen
Qoldier
Daniel J. Calefacsier
Industrial Home School
Iaabeth
Plans Fight On Wool Tariff Inquiry In Senate
Wisconsin Senator La Follette keeps a staff expert team at work scrutinizing the tariff board report on wool. He plans a stamping tour to return to Washington in time to shape the tariff bill, pressing for a progressive position and seeking full hearings to challenge the board figures before the finance committee.
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Wisconsin
Stext
la Follette
Washington
Senate
House
Senate Committee On Finance
Tariff Board
la Fellette
la Fellettes
Unairman Underwood
Howse Ways and Means Committee
Finance Committee
Republieang
Tarff Board
Mance Cocuncee
Senator la Foliette
Board of General Appraisers
New York
Penrose
New House Committee Sparks Debate on Corporate Oversight
The article reports Democratic talks of creating a new House standing committee on corporations, possibly chaired by Stanley, to handle big business investigations including the United States Steel case. It notes historical precedent after the Spanish American War and outlines scope without disturbing judiciary or interstate commerce panels.
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House
Committee On
United States Steel Corporation
Judiciary Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Stanley
Isreel Trust
Driver charged after deadly Orange NJ crash
Daniel A. Dugan Jr, son of Orange district court judge, struck 14 year old Leo McDermott and two friends with his car. The boy died tonight and Dugan was arrested after fleeing the scene. manslaughter charges expected tomorrow.
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Orange
Daniel A. Dugan, Jr
Dugan
Orange District Court
Leo
Edward M McDermott
Youn McDer J Tmnatt
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