Judge Cortese Murder Sparks Italian Rally in Paterson
The Paterson community of Italian descent mobilizes after Justice of the Peace Robert Cortese is killed by a bomb in his office. Authorities seek clues, with Cortese naming suspected men before dying. Newark origins and anarchist ties are investigated as police pursue possible crews and threatening letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortese
Paterson
Anarchiste
Newark
Bimson
Bresci
Humbert
Italy
Chief Bimson
United States Express
Prohibition Rally Debates Webber Bill at Masonic Temple
In a thronged Masonic Temple rally in Washington more than 2,000 Personal Liberty League supporters heard Simon Wolf Mrs Phoebe Cousins labor leader Samuel De Nedrey Rabbi Abraham Simon and others denounce the Webber bill to ban liquor sales in the District as an attack on liberty The speakers contended prohibition would fail enriching crime and drive the city toward moral decay while urging moderation and suffrage to decide liquor policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Personal Liberty League
Masonic Temple
Congress
Simon Wolf
Phoebe Cousins
Samuel de Nedrey
Central Labor Union
Abraham Simon
Loeb
Charles W. Carr
J. W. Mitchell
Itad
Belasco
Webber
Brownsville
Rabbi Simon
Simon
Washington
Kansas
Topeka
Charles E. Littlefeld
Maine
Labor
Papesker
Littlefield
Rockland
de Woedrey
Derr
Talis Sete
Notice of Marriage and Death Insertion In Newspapers
Notice announces that marriage and death notices in The Washington Post may be inserted simultaneously with no extra charge for both, in multiple listed newspapers including Cincinnati Enquirer New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburgh Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Star Tribune and Minneapolis Tribune Loveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cincinnati Enquirer
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Rccord
Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledgar, Pittsblag
Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald ST Louis Republic Stracise Post Standard
Paul Picker-Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Loveland Plain
Killed by Trolley Car Near Newcastle
Charles Davidson a 40 year old farmer living three miles below Newcastle was struck by a trolley on the Newcastle and Delaware City Line at midnight and killed. He was returning home in a sleigh when his horse frightened, throwing him in front of the car. Davidson was unmarried and survived by several brothers and sisters including Lieut. Higbee Davidson U S A at Fort Myer Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Charles Davidson
Newcastle
Newcastle and
Delaware City
Opposing Party Wins in Russian City Elections
In nine large cities including Moscow and Odessa elections were held for direct parliament seats. Indications point to a victory for the opposition, with Moscow showing a strong Socialist showing. Counting is postponed until tomorrow with results still unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Odessa
Constitutional Democrats
Policeman Wins Mercy Then Fines Two Women
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports Policeman Frank Johnston urged a magistrate to hear two women charged with soliciting. The magistrate Moss freed other cases then fined the two women $2 each, noting a policeman’s Sunday church habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Yorkville
Frank Johnston
Fifth Street
Moss
Disturbed Public Worship In Paris Church Cleared
Paris February 10 The Church of the Holy Apostles drew a crowded congregation yet not as in prior week with police at doors. A young man cried sacri leg e and eight companions from the Young Royalists were ejected and arrested for impeding liberty and worship. Archbishop Vilatte announced future officiation at baptisms marriages and deaths with daily mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Church of the Holy Apostles
Apostolic Catholi
Society of Young Royalists
Vilatte
Independent Catholic Movement In
America
Guilds Petition Signed for Tariff Revision
Boston Feb 10 Gov Guilds petition for tariff revision to Congress this week has been signed by a majority of Massachusetts Republicans in both House and Senate. It replaces a formal memorial and signals broad state support. Democratic members, though few, also sign, reflecting manufacturing district interests and those dependent on manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Boston
Gov. Guild
Congress
House
Senate
Massachusetts
Telegraphers threaten strike over recent firings in Chicago
More than 1,400 members of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America met in West Chicago on February 16 and resolved to strike against Western Union if several telegraphers discharged in the last fortnight are not reinstated. The meeting was tense and resolutions protested local management’s treatment of employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington West
Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Western Union Telegraph Company
Prizes Awarded to Journalists at Denver Contest
In Denver on February 10 the prize winners of the Colorado descriptive article contest were announced. Guy L. Ingalls of the Free Press Detroit won $250, Opie Read of the Inter Ocean Chicago $250, Merton J. Keyes of the Star Chronicle St. Louis $200, R. M. Brinkerhof of the Blade Toledo $175, Lewis Ia Early of the Times Reading $125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Denver Press Club
International League of Press Clubs
Guy L. Ingalls
Free Press
Detroit
Mich
Opie Read
Inter Ocean
Chicago
Merton J. Keyes
Star-Cronicle
St. Louis
R. M. Brinkerhof
Blade
Toledo
Ohio
Lewis la
Early
Times
Reading
Editor Kills Gambler in Pendleton Saloon
Pendleton Oregon Feb 12 John P Mc Manus editor of the Pilot Rock Record shot and killed Robert Estes gambler in the Pullman saloon on Main street yesterday afternoon. No motive known as the men were not acquainted. it is believed Mc Manus fired at a man Estes had mistaken for another who robbed him last week.
Car and Sleigh Collision at North Capitol and O Streets
A sleigh driven by Isaac Wrenn of 750 Girard Street Northeast was struck by a City and Suburban car yesterday afternoon at North Capitol and O streets Northwest. Wrenn was thrown clear and escaped injury. The sleigh sustained slight damage. The Washington Post Book Catalogue will be ready in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Wrenn
Girard Street
North Capitol
O Streets
Wrenn
Washington Post
Victim of swindler courted then jilted her in city
Mrs. Cora Arnold identifies a photograph as Frederick Seier alias Bauman alias Burt, tied to a $500 loss after he posed as a rich Western mineral dealer and asked her to act as housekeeper. He promised marriage then vanished, while letters and bank books suggest wider frauds across the country. Newark police seek confirmation from New Jersey authorities, with prior robberies and connected cases noted in Baltimore and Washington records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral Arnold
Frederick Seier
Man
Frederick Scier
Bauman
Burt
Newark
N. J
Cora I. Arnold
Imo Thirteenth Street Northwest
Hkenegs
Adolph Kreger
Arnold
Washington
Sefer
Baltimore
Frank H. Bauman
Agatha Hahn
Jefferson and
Castle Streets
Seler
F. H. Bauman
Hahn
Pratt and
Gay Streets
Seier
Kreier
Frederick H. Seler
Boston
Wilmington
Del
Washington, D. C
Canteen Club Mulls Name Change Amid Temperance Push
The Women's Army and Navy Canteen Club plans a meeting to discuss changing the club name to reflect temperance aims. Balloting for officers continues with Dr Anita Newcomb McGee favored to win. The club seeks to restore the army canteen and improve respect for the flag and uniform, counting prominent women among its members. Higgins Has Restful Day As Former Gov. Higgins shows improved rest but tonight’s physicians report his condition not as favorable as yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Army and Navy Canteen Club
Anita ‘Newcomb McGee
Army
Navy
Chub
United States
Higgins
Olean
Notable Deaths From Across North America
Detroit business leader Hugh McMillan aged 61 dies of diabetes after a week illness leaving widow and five children. Jesuit priest Father Willem Byrne, famed for rhetoric and verse, dies in Jersey City at 63. Major John Quincy Adams Holliater, physician and Fort Fisher veteran, passes at 68 in Mount Vernon. Sir William Howard Russell, 86, veteran war correspondent, dead in London. Col Henry Patillo Farrow, political figure in South Carolina and Georgia, dies at 73. Judge Augustine H Hansell, aged 89, dies after a fall in Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brosnan
Slo Aim
Killen
Jeremiah Brosnan
Colwell
James van Vorst Colwell
West Brighton
Staten Island
Lizzie & van Vorst Colwell
Aslockh
St. Mary's Church
West New Brighton
South Ferry
Castleton Avenue
St. George
Fowler
Hiverdale
Zabeth G
Edwin Ut Fowler
Bro
Hugene Glavin
Holy Name Church
m_ Jas. McGehon
Jere. F. McCarthy
Goldborough
Irwin Howe
Charles Bloomfield
Eleanora G. Goldsborough
St Matthew's Episcopal Church
West Eighty-fourth Street
Waston
Gunnell
Bush Hill
Panfax’ County
James
M. Harman
John Alexander Harman
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Jaeger
Seventh Street
Ann
Henry Jaeger
Kane
Jules H
Mae
Kane Mee Riordan
T P Kane
Fornal
Fourtedutu Street
Church of Sacred Heart
Mount Olivet
Theron Outwater
Raymond
Kate Sorrell Outwater
Kendall Baptist Church
Elizabeth
J Ricketts
Eliaabeth M
William Hocketts
Mra Catherne Garevneril
Petricks Church
Scott
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles W
Ida May Scott
Second Baptist Church
Umbarger
Isaac C Umberger
Clarendon
Glenwood Cemetery
Williams
Irving Street
Maria
Alfred Williams
St Mark's P E Church
Detroit
Mich
Hugh McMillan
United States
James McMillan
McMillan
Hamilton
Ontario
William C. McMillan
R. A. Alger
Jersey City
N. J
Willem Byrne
St. Francis’ Hospital
Father Byrne
St. Ignatius’ College
Baltimore
Boston College
St. Joseph’s College
Philadelphia
Y Fordham College
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Boston
Mount Vernon
John Quincy Adams Holliater
Fort Fisher
Corp. Smith
London
William Howard Russell
Army and Navy Gazette
London Times
Battle of
Bull Run
Atlanta
Henry Patillo Farrow
South Carolina
Georgia
Thomanville
Augustine H Hansell
Fire in Mine Spreads as Rescue Efforts Continue
Special to the Washington Post from Wilkes-Barre Pa February 10 The No 4 lift of the No 19 colliery belonging to Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company sees a spreading blaze after a Friday outbreak that claimed seven workers A dozen bodies have been recovered six found and the seventh remains missing Firefighters fight the expanding fire with hopes to seal the area behind thick stone walls and flood the shaft to quench the flames
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Isabelle Urquhart Buried In New Rochelle
The actress Isabelle Urquhart was buried at Woodlawn following a private funeral held at her home The Shantee in New Rochelle New York The service was led by Rev Charles Canedy and many Manhattan actors sent floral tributes with Arnold Daly among those attending from the theatrical profession
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Rochelle
Isabelle Urquhart
Arnold Daly
Miss Urquhart
Charles 7. Canedy
Episcopal Church
Woodlawn
Manhattan
Breaks Neck Fatal Attack on Memphis Officer's Wife
Mrs Mercedes Donovan wife of a Memphis fire department officer was knocked down near her home in a busy section of Memphis while returning from shopping with children. The blow broke her neck and she died shortly after at home. Suspects were arrested as police pursued robbery as the motive and the attacker was not yet identified as Negro or white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Mercedes Donovan
Memphis Fire Department
Identification of assailant ends case in Kansas City
Kansas City February 10 Will Jefferson a nineteen year old man was arrested tonight and identified by Flora May Clark a fifteen year old cash girl as the negro who assaulted her last night as she walked home from work Jefferson lives within a half block of the girl's home She had seen him often and the police consider her identification conclusive There is no public excitement over the outrage The girl's condition remains serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Will Jefferson
Flora May Clark
Jefferson
Divorce Ends Chicago Socialite Marriage
In Chicago on February 10 Judge Windes hears a divorce suit filed by Miss Florence Hutchinson alleging cruelty against Don Antonio Paredes a Mexican man once thought wealthy and noble born The case details a brief ill starred marriage after a meeting in Mexico City and subsequent revelation of Paredes lack of means Separately detective Barbee stops 16 year old John Horgan from selling civil engineering drawing instruments he says he took from roommate Willard White to settle a 60 cent debt The youth is held at the House of Detention until further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago
Florence Hutchinson
Antonio Paredes
Windes
Judge Hutchinson
Italy
Paredes
Mexico
John Horgan
G Street
Barbee
Young Horgan
Willard White
Seventh Street
Lincoln Memorial meeting at McKendree church
Massachusetts avenue near Ninth street hosts the Lincoln Memorial gathering of the United States Historical Society Tuesday at 3 p.m. Senator Clapp of Minnesota Representative Birdsall of Iowa and Treasury auditor William Andrews will speak, with Harry A. Coleman presiding and patriotic music by Mrs. Inez Seymour McConnell and church choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Memorial
Senator Clapp
Minnesota
Birdsall
Iowa
William Andrews
Treasury Department
United States Historical Society
McKendree M. EB. Church
Massachusetts Avenue
Ninth Street
Harry A. Coleman
Inez Seymour Mc Connell
Spofford’s Condition Improves After Stroke
Spofford, 82, assistant librarian of Congress, recovered enough to walk at his home in Frederick Maryland after a Friday paralysia stroke. Physicians deem recovery likely, noting his hasty constitution aids his stable condition. In Frederick County Rev Richard F Gass of Tannersville Pa was elected pastor of the Mount Pleasant Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spofford
Ainsworth R. Spofford
Librarian of
Congress
Washington Post
Frederick, Md
Richard F. Gass
Tannersville, Pa
The
Reformed Church
Mount Pleasant
Frederick County
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Turn Flall
Justice of the Peace
Robert Cortese
Turn Hall
Justice’s
Gabriel de Rossa
Sylvestor de Rossa
Sullivan
de Rossa
Justice Cortese
Pietro Ravetti
Ravetti
Trenton
Romeo Rosario
Rosario
Matto
Raphael Motto
Riverside
Motto
Motte
Lsten
Blmson
Mount Ararat
Mrs. Cousins
Calis
Undertakers
George P. Zurhorst
Capitol St
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania Ave
Comley Bros
Tee Vis
Ave
Geo. C. Shaffer
Ats. My
Gudze, St. Northwest
Lieut
Davidson
Fort Myer
Bond
CBC Ferrey
Stacie Sam
14Th Street
Tling
Batsler Lee
Mitchell
Czab
GUILD
Western Union
Hekimian & Co
Sts. N. W
Kreger
Mrs. Arnohth
Seier Or
Ida S. Oakes
Hugh, Wmillan
Footpad
Trust Company
Daniel N. Morgan
C.J. Remey
Chas. A. Douglas
Rignald W. Beall
Richard E. Claughton
James M. Baker
Joseph F. Birch
Joseph H. Bradley
William G. Carter
W. Wallace Chiswell
Charlies A. Douglas
B. L. Dulaney
Creed M. Fulton
Andrew Glaas
Harry A. Kite
Wiliam H. Martin
Frank P. Milburn
Daniel N.il QO
T. Martin
Owen Owen
J. Sprigg Poole
C. J. Rixey
Charles W. Semmes
V. Franklin Sehneider
Presley M Rixey
Harry Wardman
M. A. Winter
Charles ©. Wood
Fourteenth St. N. W
Virginia
Piedmont
Albemarle County
Scottsville
James River
U.S
Thomas S. Martin
Scotlands
President Roosevelt
University of Virginia
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Albemarle
Blue Ridge Mountains
Richmond
Southern
Roger S. Warren
the State Bank of
Arvonia
Finda
Boston, Maass
Phenix Insurance Company
U. S
N. Y. City
San Francisco
J. W. Barley
William Street
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