Britain shifts Mexican envoy amid conciliatory aim
Britain plans to transfer Sir Lionel Carden from Mexico to Brazil as ambassador, a move officials said reflects a wish to conciliate the United States. Charles Murray Marling is named likely successor in Mexico. Ambassador Page said he knew the name in advance. The transfer, higher pay and timing surprise officials and reflect ongoing tensions over Mexico policy and Huerta.
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Mexico City
Brazil
Preas Diapatches
Charles Murray Marling
United States
Wilson
Lionel
Huerta
Sir Lionel Carden
Mexico
Sir Lionel
Page
Ambassador Page
Britain
London
Lionel Canden
Rio de Janeiro
Francis William Strange
Lionel Carden
Fritis
Haw
Turkey
Christopher Cradock
Lionel Cardep'etzanatfer
British ‘Foreign Office
Will of Martha Washington Stolen Civil War Relic Recovered
A Washington dispatch reports Martha Washington's will, stolen from Fairfax County records during the Civil War, was located in J. P. Morgan's New York library. Morgan refused return. State Senator R. Ewell Thornton of Fairfax plans to introduce resolutions to urge the attorney general to sue Morgan in the U.S. Supreme Court for the will's recovery.
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Washington
New York
Martha Washington
Fairfax County
J. P., Morgan
Morgan
R. Ewell Thornton
Pairfax
County
Mr. Morgan
United States Supreme Court
Woman seeks injunction to quiet chimes at estate
New York January 5 special to The Washington Post Mrs Julia Gertrude Lyle widow of John Lyle who died last July left most of a 56 million dollar estate to her. She demands memorial chimes on the Tenafly New Jersey estate ring every fifteen minutes day and night. Some neighbors sought injunction in Jersey City before Vice Chancellor Lewis. Mrs Lyle to respond next Monday with reasons to halt the chimes during sleeping hours.
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Washington Post
New York
Julia Gertrude Lyle
John & Lyle
Tenafly
N.J
Lewis
Jersey City
Lyle
Georgia Representative seeks DOJ inquiry into Atlanta penitentiary abuses
Representative William Schley Howard of Georgia urged immediate DOJ action over alleged mistreatment and mismanagement at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He provided documents on guard wage abuses and a mass discharge of seven guards after a petition for a salary scale, while awaiting the Attorney General's review and potential investigation. Warden William Moyer and federal officials offered no comment.
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Department of Justice
Federal
Atlanta
Willam Schley Howard
Georgia
Department
Smasa
Howard
William
Howe
Julian Hawthorne
Wilson to War on Trusts in Democratic Banquet Talk
William Bryan, U S secretary of state, told the Kansas Democratic State banquet that the era requires action against private monopolies. He cited J P Morgan and Morgan interests withdrawing from 27 corporations as a step toward enforcing antitrust laws. He quoted the president on private monopolies being indefensible and intolerable and stressed moving beyond words to action. Also noted was the engagement of Philip Charles Dickens, son of the novelist, to Miss Sybil Cunliffe Owen.
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Topeka
Kans
Jen
William Bryan
Bryan
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Dickens
Washington Post
London
Philip Charles Dickens
Henry F. Dickens
K. C
Sybil Cunliffe-Owen
Sir Philip Cuntitrell Owen
Norfolk Heiress Dies After Elopement and Scandal
Florence Schenck, once Norfolk society’s eloper with Charles H. Wilson, dies in Norfolk after years of estrangement. New York court allows her $50,000 suit for damages to proceed against Wilson, alleging deception in marriage plays and a London ceremony. Her father, former U.S. Navy surgeon Dr. Powhatan Schenck, reconciles with her on her deathbed after years of estrangement.
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Norfolk
Plorence Fr. Gchenck
Norfolk Society
Charles H. Wilson
Alfred C. Vanderbilt
Norfolk Protestant Hospital
Powhatan S. Schenck
Galiers
New York
Miss Schenck
Wilden
Gamages
Dr. Schenck
Mies Schenck
St. Andrew
Jan
Migs Schenck
Supreme Court
Mijas
Schenck
Wilson
Rition
Richmond
London
Valeska Suratt
Atlanta
Boston
Europe
Miss Sehenck
United States Navy
Rence
Virginia
Peeresses Approve Tango After London Matinee
A London theater matinee for peeresses and church dignitaries resulted in a 431 to 1 vote approving the tango’s modesty. Duchesses countesses and bishops were invited but did not advertise identities. The Duchess of Norfolk lamented she would not attend. One guest wrote the dance was so modest it bored her.
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London
Duchess of Norfolk
Poster-Father Seeks Prosecution of Earl in Europe
New York and New Jersey report Paul Herman, foster father of Charlotte, says she is under the hypnotic influence of Earl. He plans to travel to Europe with able counsel to pursue Charlotte’s defense and potential prosecution of Earl, after Charlotte’s arrest in Norway over the Harold Irwin Earle kidnapping case.
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New York
Jyn
Paul Herman
Charlotte
Norway
Ferdinand Pinney Harie
Harold Irwin Earle
Europe
Hia
Earle
Necklace Found After Police Search in Columbus Avenue
A two week police hunt for a $10,000 pearl necklace ended when Henry W. Lloyd called the owner to report finding the two strand set of eight pearls each. The loss had been reported by Gustav Blumenthal.
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New York
Dan
Columbus Avenue
Henry W. Lloyd
Lloyd
Gustav Blumenthal
Haitian Revolt Leads to Executions and Refugee Crisis
In New York a report from consul general Louis Bazelais states Gen Cyraigue Celestin was executed for treason after an uprising in Thomazau near Port-au-Prince. A mass execution wave spreads across towns as troops are sent to the northeast frontier to quell the rebellion and Gen W Zamer, former war minister, seeks refuge at the American Consulate in Cape Haitian.
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Washington Post
New York
Louis Bazelais
Gemeral
Cyraigue Celestin
Pati
Cape Hpitien
Haltl
Jan
Republic
W. Zamer
Northern
Fire sweeps Paterson block in theater district
Fire at the Opera House block on Main Street Paterson New Jersey raged Tuesday morning enveloping a large area from Market to Ward streets. The blaze, uncontrolled, injured at least five firefighters and sent four Italian tenements in the rear to flames. Damages estimated between 200000 and 300000 dollars as hundreds of residents in night clothes were rescued.
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Jesmingtony
Opera House
Fie
Guayaquil Rebels Foiled In Barracks Plot
In Guayaquil Ecuador on January 5 a revolutionary plot to attack the barracks was uncovered by the government. Colonel alie Franco led the group and was killed. remaining conspirators dispersed. Government troops patrolled the city overnight and officials linked to the operation in Hameraldas were arrested for court martial.
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Guaydauil
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Alie Franco
Hameraldas
Army polo star dies after polo clash in Washington Park
Paso, Texas Jan 5 Lieut Eugene V Armstrong Thirteenth Cavalry fatally injured in polo clash at Washington Park between Fifteenth and Thirteenth cavalry teams. Skull fracture and five doctors say operation cannot save him. A top polo player from Pennsylvania whose parents live in Cooks Bridge Del. He graduated West Point in 1904.
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Paso
Tex
Eugene V. Armstrong
Thirteenth Cavalry
Washington Park
Fifteenth
Armstrong
Lieut. Armstrong
Army
Brook
Mayor Crump Rips Up Tracks After Fatal Memphis Collision
Memphis Tennessee January b headed by Mayor W H Crump and Thomas Dies commission tore up railroad tracks at the grade crossing where five persons were killed and several wounded last night in a collision between a Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis freight train and a street car. Officials had ordered removal of the track days ago but the railroad company had not complied. The mayor acted to enforce the order.
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Memphis Crossing
Memphis, Tenn
Jan. B
W. HH. Crump
Thomas
Public Utilities
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
City Officiels
Elopement Shocks Paoli Church Community
Philadelphia report states Christian Hves and Mrs Richard Rasor disappeared after eloping from Paoli. They left their families last Tuesday, sparking fear among local residents. Rasor was an organist at Paoli Methodist Episcopal Church and Skeen led the church choir and served as board president.
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Philadelphia
Paoli
J. Bert Skeen
Skeen
Richard Ragor
Paoll
Bethlehem
Richard Rasor
Paoli Methodist, Episcopal Church
Levy Nominated for U S Senator. Hore ton Contests Speakership
New York State capital dispatch reports Congressman Jefferson B. Levy was put forth as a candidate for the United States senatorship. Hoban Hinman and Giffton T. Horton entered the contest for Assembly speaker. Gov Glynn prepared his annual message focusing on state finances. Assemblyman William Sulzar’s request was granted unanimously, while Simon S. Adler of Rochester joined the bid for majority leader.
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New York City
Pat
Toge
Albany
Jefferson BM. Levy
United States
J. Hinman Aha
Giffton T. Horeton
William Sulzar
Fusa
Feathera
Simon Sn. Adler
Rochester
Bilptin
Leisman Suit Reinstated in Foreign Attachment Case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court revived a $70,010 foreign attachment against John G. A. Leishyhan, former U S ambassador to Germany, allowing Raymond Fynachon and Company to continue collecting stock and securities debts from Pittsburgh. The suit, filed in Pittsburgh, argued the balance due for transactions in 1912 on the London market. The decision held residence does not exempt an ambassador from foreign attachment, enabling the plaintiffs to collect the alleged balance.
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Pittsburgh
International
Philadelphia
Jan
John G. A. Léishyhan
United States
Germany
Pennsylvania, Supreme Court
Leishman
Berlin
Raymond
Common Pleas Court
Ing
Pynchon and Company
Supreme Court
Mestrezat
Lelshman
COUNT YOUR CASH EXPLAINS ALL EXEMPTIONS
Treasury outlines federal income tax returns for individuals and nonresident aliens with United States income. Exemptions set at $2500 for a single filer and $3000-$4000 for married filers in early years. Penalties for late filings or fraud include fines up to $300,000 or imprisonment. Farmers and professionals may deduct specified expenses. worthless debts may be deducted. real estate value advances need not be reported unless on books.
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Treasury Department
United States
Britain Shifts Mexican Envoy Put to Death for Treason
The issue lists key items including a shift of Britain's Mexican envoy and a treason execution. Other notes reference Milas Schenk's death as victory nears, evils at Atlanta Prison, and various legal and civic topics featured in the daily index.
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Britain
Milas Schenk
Atlanta
Lelhman Stande
J. H. McLeary
Harley Ball
Ihfoma
Wright
Bank Union
News of
Alexandria
Mary Walker
Kinney
Flance
U. S
Militia
Society
Banke
New York
Mrs Mackay Buys Amaryllia For Mediterranean Cruise
Mrs John W Mackay, then visiting Nice for health, has purchased the schooner Amaryllia from Comte d Hauptpoul and plans a Mediterranean voyage with her daughter the Princess di Stigliano Colonna and her two grandsons aboard the yacht as it is fitted for the trip.
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J. W. Mackay
Mediterranean
Washington Post
London
John W. Mackay
Nice
Comte d'Hauptpoul
Princess di Stigliano Colonna
Sayres Headed to Paris for Parisian Wedding News
Mr and Mrs Sayre, recently in London with the Countess of Stafford, plan a Paris trip with a likely return aboard the Olympic. They expect to sail Wednesday, return home around January 3, with Witt starting at home on January 1.
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White House
Witt
Washington Post
London
M. F. Sayre
Countess of Stafford
Ney
Paris
Olympic
Judge McLeary Dead End In Hospital Here
James Harvey McLeary, associate justice of the Porto Rico supreme court, died at Walter Reed Army Hospital after months of illness from hardening of the arteries. Born in Tennessee, he served in the Confederate army, studied law in Washington, and held posts in Texas and Porto Rico. Funeral services with Masonic rites will be held at All Souls' Unitarian Church, Arlington burial, with honorary pallbearers including Texas officials and notable figures.
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Porto Rico
James Harvey McLeary
Supreme Court of
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Aclington
Tull
Justice MccLeary
Washington
Samuel H. McLeary
U.S. A
Fort Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Smith County
Tennessee
Samuel D
Berah A. McLeary
Justice McLeary
Texas
Confederacy
Washington and
Les University
San Antonio
Tex
Grand Lodge
District of Columbia
Grand Lodge of Texas
Masonic Temple
All Souls’ Church
A. G. B. Pierce
Arlington
William x. Nichols
T. John Newton
J. L. Slayden
John H. Stephens
Oscar Calloway
Leonard Wood
Seth Shepherd
Simon Wolf
Charles L' Evans
Real Fatimas and Camels Feature Baltimore Costume
Special to The Washington Post reports a Baltimore costume dance by Mr and Mrs Van Lear Black to be held Thursday evening. The event promises live camels Turkish girls and other Eastern wonders, with professional Orient specialists engaged from New York for the remarkable social function.
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Washington
Baltimore
Jan
Fess
Far East
van Lear Black
New York
Riot of color marks Children's Hospital benefit gala
Washington society packed the New Willard for the annual Children's Hospital charity ball last night. Ambassadors, diplomats, Supreme Court justices, lawmakers, and military officers joined Vice President Marshall and guests in a dazzling display of gowns and jewelry. The dance ran from 8 to 2 with continuous waltzes and tangos, supper on the main floor, and a star-studded gallery of attendees including the Russian ambassador Mme Bakhmeteff, Mrs. Lloyd Bowers, and Mrs. John Barton Payne while Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh and others watched from boxed seats.
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Washington
New Willard
Children’s Hospital
Marshall
Supreme Cewt
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine
Engineers
East Miles
William Marrow
Ligud Bowers
Mint Bowers
Ween Kira Frederick McGwire
Charles Cy Glover
Horace Weetcott
Clarence Wilson
Mar Kanffoenin
John Crayka Stinson
Lanes
Marrow
Ambassad 7
Mme. Bakhmeteff
Iustite Ahion Pitney
Thomas F. Walsh
Japan
Charles Pasa Bryan
John Barton Payne
Mme. Hauge
Preston Gibson
Patten
Mir Callum
Julian James
Samuel Spencer
de Sibour
Lloyd Bowers
William Diseton
Philadelphia
John Rodgers
Helen Taft
Sherwood Aldrich
New York
Baumann
Benoist
Thomas Scott
Hamilton Carheart
Detroit
Buckner Randolph
Marshall Field
The
Treasury
Hamlin
Thomas Lee
Misa Lee
William B. Clarke
John Bkelton Williama
Henry Cleveland Perkins
Fresten Satterwhite
Mise Marion Louise
Mies Huda Sykea
Milas Relen Walcott
Mra
Austin Zands
Ming Juta Wood
Commander Boy Hol
Frank Hyatt
Marcus Jordan
Poteet
Mr. Todd
Mra. Delos A. Blodgett
F. H. Peck
Grang Rapids
Mich
Charles G. Matthews
Victor Bive
James Wish
Helen Peck Blodgett
Delos A. Blodgett
Fred McGuire
di Amonda
Horace Westcott
Max Hauffman
Gilvey
John Crayke Simpson
Thomas R. Marshall
John Barton Payne Waa
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Parenta
C. H. Wilson
Eighth Avenue
Earl
Celestin
Haiti
Dead Gener
Krow
Oreste
Zamar
el Paso
Mayor
Paoli, Pa
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