Suffragette Bomb Claims Responsibility Declared By Pankhurst
Miss Freeman of the On-to-Washington Army counters with a hunger strike stance if imprisoned for the act. The report notes damage to Lloyd George's house as the suffrage movement escalates.
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Miss Freeman
Washington
House of Pavd
Lloyd George
Tlord George
Eligabeth Freeman
Liverpool
Lfe
Eng‘sh Amplitant Movement
Pankhurst
Christabel Pankhurst
Women Militants Rally Behind Crowded Suffrage Action
Immeline Uankhurst takes responsibility for a five net act of militancy while vowing hunger strike if jailed. Flora Gertrand and Iliza rt Veeenten cheer the move as women prepare to replace imprisoned suffragists and pressure cabinet ministers from the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cam
Efither
Immeline Uankhurst
Flora Gertrand
Suffragette Riot At Jardiff Wales Debate
An enthusiastic suffragette meeting at Jardiff Wales heard Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst pledge full responsibility for militant action. The group discussed hunger strikes if imprisoned, while reports from London noted the destruction of David Lloyd George's country residence and a bombing linked to suffragette activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Lhause
Emmeline Pankhinus
London
Hebbs
David Lloyd George
Walton Geath
Momig
Liusdriorge
Prateoe
Kera Drummond
Ted Owen
Militants in England Demand Votes Amid Harsh Crackdown
The article reports on suffragette violence and police brutality following the Commons rejection of women’s suffrage. It notes reactions from American observers Miss May Bell Morgan and Miss Elizabeth Aldrich and highlights Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia, their arrests, and militant tactics as necessary in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
May Bell Morgan
New York
Elizabeth Aldrich
Quarker
United States
Christabel
Debutante Delphine Force Plans Professional Career Change
Special to The Washington Post from St Louis reports Miss Delphine Force a debutante linked with Veiled Prophets ball intends to pursue a professional career and renounce certain social rounds. She says she will devote time to a Loud account while continuing to value friendships. Her family background and European tour plans are noted, with Miss Anna Barrows assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
St Louis
Delphine Force
Miss Force
Houstep
Force
Westminster , Plare
Europe
Botety
New York
Anna Barrows
Columbia University
House Debates Cringham Burnett Immigration Bill Veto
The House defeated Cringham Burnett immigration bill 114 to 21, voting down an override after delays to read the bill and messages from Taft and the Senate. Rep Gardner briefly backed the measure then moved to reconsider. Burnett criticised Nagel's report as misinforming. Italy reacted with criticism of the legislation as an offense to human brotherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett
Taft
Senate
House
Rardner
Massachusetts
Clark Ov
Jones
Virginia
Gardner
Iepresentative
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Italy
Rome
Burnett-Dillingham
Giornale d'Italia
United States
Inauguration Plans For Wilson Publicized By Col Birch
Final arrangements for President-elect Wilsons inauguration were announced by Col T H Birch after talks with Gen Leonard Wood and other officials. Carriages will replace autos for all trips, with Princeton and University of Virginia students forming a ceremonial lane. Taft to depart for Augusta after the capitol ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Birch
Taft
Washington
Augusta
Capitol
Wilson
Leonard Wood
Spencer Cosby
Henry T. Allen
Arthur Peter
Col. Birch
Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Joint Congressional Committee
Overman
Bacon
Rucker, Garrett
McKinley
Princeton
University of Virginia
Shoreham Hotel
White House
Ule’ceck
Union Station
Page
Elier
Gov. Wilson
Essex Troop
New Jersey Cavalry
Wallace McLean
New Willard Hotel
Shoreham
Essex
Virginia
Gen. Wood
Marshall
Black Horse
Culver Military Academy
Indiana
Gov. Marshall
Senate
Mr. Taft
Forest Point
Annapolis
Iong
Mr. Eustis
Eliot Fights Auto Bill for Mount Desert Island
Dr. Charles W. Eliot of Harvard led opposition to a 1909 auto ban on Mount Desert Island and Bar Harbor. A telegram from President-elect Wilson urging keeping cars off the island was read. The Bar Harbor entry bill drew support from residents and cottage owners, and the committee took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Bar Harbor
Washington
Augusta
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Mount Desert Island
Witot
Priest shot in confessional in Germany
A visiting Catholic clergyman named Wengeler was shot and killed today in the confessional at St. Engelbert's Church in Muelheim am Ruhr Germany. The Polish workman who confessed to the act was arrested and said he intended to kill the church’s regular priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muelheim-am-Ruhr
Germany
Wengeler
St. Engelbert’s
Efe
Carriage Wreck Injures Four Washington Women From Missionary Meeting
Four women prominent in social and church circles escaped with injuries when Dr George N M Acker carriage collided with a street car at M Street and 17th Street Northwest. Miss L A Acker rode with the driver. Mrs George M Wallace and others were pinned in wreckage but survived with fractures and minor injuries. Bystanders freed them as the carriage was hurled across the street and destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George NM. Acker
Slate
M. C.smylie
Gammett
Nillsignary
M. J. Hunt
Patreet
Mise Acker
Hieventhe Street
M Street
Anderson
Misa Acker
Exchange May Quit State Real Estate Protest
New York February 12 authorities of the stock exchange prepared a petition to Gov Sulzer protesting a bill to raise the tax on stock transactions. Members urged workers to lobby assemblymen and senators and warned the exchange could move out of state if laws passed. Real estate brokers planned a mass meeting to oppose the measure and a Albany trip to object. Leases of offices might not be renewed after May 1 if the bill becomes law, harming trust companies and savings banks with large real estate loans in the district. Arcade Market Meats at Coat. Good butchers good meat sanitary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Gov. Sulzer
Exchange
Financial District
Albany
T Savings
Anancial
Suffragettes Proud of Bombs
A concise report notes suffragettes celebrate bomb incidents as a tactic amid ongoing political tension. The piece highlights public reactions and the broader suffrage movement context during the era.
Huerta Seen as Cruel Leader in Mexico Lede
Washington dispatch describes General Victoriano Huerta as provisional president of Mexico, a stern, blocked figure in his early 60s. The report portrays him as ruthless, with an iron will, long quiet speeches, and a history of brutal actions against political opponents including Gustavo Madero.
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Porfirio Diaz
Washington Post
el Paso
Tex
Victorian Huerta
Mexico
Diaz
Huerta
Madero
Juarez
Orozco
Chihuahua
Gustavo Madero
Leco Madero
Cupid hits a pilgrim they confess to gen jones
In Wilmington Delaware on February 1 love disrupts the suffragist march toward Washington. Gen Rosey Jones leads a busy day as Roy Trolsen and Helen Bergmarck join the army, confessing engagements amid vows to press for votes for women on street corners and at a local vaudeville theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Washington
Rosalie Jones
Poets’ Paradise
Arden
Roy Trolsen
Brooklyn Manual Training School
Helen Bergmarck
Golden West
Jones
Papa Trolsen
Burlington
N. J
Mackintosh
Roy
Papa
Long Island
Colorado
Philadelphia
Helen
Miss Beremarck
Brooklyn
Papa Trolson
Fatal Family Tragedy Ends in Double Death
In Washington, Lewis S Watt killed his wife Mrs Watt then wounded himself in a TB stricken room on 912 Fifth Street Northeast. Nephew M Fritter, a street car conductor aged 23, found the scene after Watt questioned him about being alone before the murder and self destruction. Police and a coroner confirmed both deaths, stating murder followed by suicide.
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M. Fritter
Fifth Street
Lewis S. Watt
Watt
Mrs. Waitt
Fritter
Thomas and
Schrader
Ninth Precinct
Watts
Jenny
Speil
Lieut Falvey
Casualty Hospital
Nevitt
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Garrisonville
Jenny Cuff
Richmond
Ind
Clemens Fatal Blow Ends Life in Selkirk Hotel
John Clemens son of William Clemens and nephew of the late Samuel Clemens Mark Twain died after a fight in a Selkirk hotel. Frank Hoffman a camp cook is under arrest charged with causing Clemens death. Hoffman struck Clemens on the jaw during a heated argument and the single blow proved fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selkirk
Manitoba
John Clemens
William Clemens
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Frank Hoffman
Clemens
Hoffman
Plot and Death in Mexico Sparks Murder Trial Threats
Gustavo Madero, brother of the deposed president, is shot dead amid turmoil in Mexico. Francisco Madero may face murder charges. Provisional President Huerta accuses Gustavo of poisoning attempts. Gen. Francisco Romero is arrested for fomenting a new plot. A list naming 22 Maderistas marked for death is found.
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Gustavo Madero
Francisco Madero
Huerta
Francisco Romero
Maderistas
Maderos
Romero
Madero
de la Barra
Gomez
Diaz
Kiss Misadventure Hits Pittsburgh Butcher Shop
Margaret Toner 95 is hospitalized with a chest knife wound after a joke escalated in Polski's butcher shop. Peter Polski, 30, is jailed on charges of the stabbing. Toner says Polski kissed her during banter, then she threw sausages and he attacked in anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Toner
Washington
Pittsburgh
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Peter Polski
Miss Toner
Polski
Cardinal Gibbons Opposes Early Philippine Independence
Baltimore February remarks by Cardinal Gibbons oppose any declaration of Philippine independence. He warns a rush to self government would harm investors and Filipinos, urges a congressional commission to study conditions on the islands, praises President Taft, and notes broad clerical support for delaying autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bis
United States
Manis
Heigs
Wishington Post
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Philipyune Islands
Philppine
Congress
Taft
Cameron Forbes
Madero Facing Death or Exile in Mexican Crisis
Francisco I Madero deposed as president and ordered exiled amid Huerta's rise. Gustavo Madero killed by guards at the arsenal after capture, with poison wine and assassination plots tied to the unfolding rebellion. Huerta elected provisional president by congress as Romero is arrested in a crackdown on a new revolt.
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House
Cupid
Madero
U. S
Mexico
Wilson
Trust Billa
Mylius
Illinois
Gibson
White House
Taft
Knox
Pan-American Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Gustavo Madero
Arsenal
Mexico City
Francisco I. Madero
Vera Cruz
Victoriano Huerta
Congress
Gustavo
Felis Diaz
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Iliza
Rt Veeenten
Mareher
le Ogai
Ti Wis Tlurcourt
Nunehant
Niewepap
Cooke
Columbia
Underwood
Goldfogle
Curley
the Yellow Jacket
Columbia Theater
MR. Wilson
Monticello
Gov
Fielder
New Jersey
Senate Chamber
Eliot
L. A. Acker
Sulzer
Arcade Market
Miss Bergmarck
Nephew
Gol
Riveroll
Gen. Huerta
Gustao Madero
Francisco Cosio Robelo
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