Brooklyn Fiancée Finds Groom Dead in Bathroom Tragedy
Noel Lankford, president and secretary of the Southern Railway System, was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment bathroom. Police say death appears accidental after initial notes of possible suicide. fiancee Miss Patterson, a Brooklyn resident, and Lankford's family react with shock as investigators trace the events leading to the tragedy.
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Railway System
Noel Sunde
Maryland
Newark Pont
Iriui
Miso
Patterson
Brookly
Thay Smart
Lunukfoid
Farrand
Lankford
Princess Anne Courts
New Jersey
Broghm
Brooklyn
Miss Batterson
St Marks
Ose
Ratl Ary Sersio
Hed Cisen
Ciksinp
Ask Mayor to Cut Their Pay
Three city engineers Freeman Burr and Noble, consulting engineers to the water supply board, asked Mayor Mitchel for a salary cut from 6000 to 3000 dollars per year each. They argued Catskill aqueduct completion reduces their city workload by more than half. The board forwarded the request to the board of estimates for action.
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Mitchel
New York
John R. Freeman
William H. Burr
Alfred H. Noble
Board of Water Supply
Catskill
Board of Estimates
Crown Prince Humbert to Visit United States Planned Warship Cruise
Humbert of Italy aged 10 slated to cruise aboard the Italian cruiser Puglia from Taanto and may visit the United States. Italy orders torpedo boats ready to join armored cruiser Francesco Ferrucio en route to Aviena for the voyage.
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Humbert
Italy
Taanto
Puglia
United States
Francesco Ferrucio
Aviena
Lost American masterwork The Last Supper found in Washington owner
Gustavus Hesselius painted The Last Supper for St Barnabas Church in Queen Annes Parish Maryland in 1721. It vanished with the old church in 1773 and has now resurfaced in Washington owned by a woman who refused 90000 for it. The painting is praised as Americas first purely American art work beyond a portrait and its history attracts interest from scholars and collectors.
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St. Barnabas’ Church
Ponce George County
Washington
Spetal
Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
Ierald
Gustavus Hesselius
Wes
St Barnabas’ Church
Queen Anne’s Parish
Prince George County
Philadelphia
National Museum
St Barnabas
Georgetown
Hessels
Leonardo da Vinci
Judas
Learing
Christ
Hesselius
Amenca
Charles Henry Sfart
Gustavus Flesselina
Wilds
Sweden
America
Hart
Adolph Ulrich Wortmuller
Gustav Hestlus
Brother of diplomat held in Turkish assassination plot
Paris police arrested Shetkowaky Iskander Bey and Burhan Eddina Bey, brothers of the Turkish minister in Brussels, on charges of complicity in yesterday’s abortive attempt on Gen Hehmed Cherif Pasha. Iskander Bey admitted knowing Cheri Pasha and his secretary, denied knowledge of the plan, and said he acted to monitor them for the Turkish government.
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Paris
Hehmed Cherif Pasha
Shetkowaky Iskander Bey
Burhan Eddina Bey
Brussel
Iskander Bey
Cheni Pasha
Pertey Bey
Politically charged critique of Bryan policy debate
Massachusetts Representative Frederic H Gillett denounces Secretary Bryan and calls for a principled foreign policy. He argues current State Department inaction risks U S intervention in Mexico, contrasts with action in China, and condemns the use of films or lectures as state policy. He warns against partisan motives driving foreign affairs and urges foresight in diplomacy.
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Massachusetts
Frederik H Gilott
Bryan
Gillett
Wilson
State Department
United States
Byron
Aelivel Chautauqua
Jim Juste
Bhyron
Het J
Auc
China
Lincoln Scrapbook and Letter Bring High Prices
The Abraham Lincoln Scrapbook from the 1858 campaign sold for 33 20 to George D. Smith at Anderson galleries. Smith paid 1250 for Lincoln’s letter about Mary Owens, the proposed bride who later rejected him when his plans involved bringing her sister to Illinois.
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G. D. Smith
Washington Post
New York
Abraham Lincoln
George D. Smith
Anderson Art Galleries
Mr. Smith
Lincoln
Mary
Owens
Kentucky
Illinois
Falstaff
Crown of Poland Found After Storm Ravages Galicia Elm
Severe storms in Cra cow Galicia uprooted an ancient elm revealing the hiding place of the crown worn by former Kings of Poland dating to the fourteenth century. The crown has been lost since the mid eighteenth century though gems fell from it. none are missing.
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Vienna
Cracow
Galicia
Kingdom of
Poland
Death of a Collie Becomes Local Legend in West Virginia
Special to the Washington Post reports Col. Joseph Miller of Kenova, president of First National Bank, mourning the death of his collie Dixie with a printed tribute. The poem-like note laments parting, asks guidance to the afterlife, and recalls the strong bond between Miller and the dog on long walks.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W Va
Joseph Miller
First National Bank of
Kenova
Dixie
Jaca
Bethlehem
Col Miller
Swallows Her $60 000 Gift
A Warsaw mill owner, Scheibler, received three black pearls valued at 9 0M as a birthday gift from his wife. He mistook them for antimigraine pills, swallowed three, and woke with a headache. Doctors fear the gems may have dissolved in his stomach.
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Washington Post
New York
Warsaw
New York World
Roby suit against hospital over baldness settled
Miss Cathryne A Roby sued the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital and two doctors claiming an X ray machine burned and baldified her scalp after an February 1912 exposure. The case, seeking $1,000, has been settled with judgments entered for the defendants.
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A. Roby
Boston
Washington Post
Miss Cathryne
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Misa Roby
Papal Prelate Bans Tango at Seat of Pontiff
Rome reports Vicar Basilio Porpili bans tango in the papal seat, condemning the dance and related media and fashions as corrupting souls. Belgium bishops join with a joint letter denouncing dances threatening Christian homes. Bologna archbishop likewise condemns tango, noting only newspaper illustrations as basis.
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Rome
Basilio Porpili
Tafgo
Brussels
Belgium
Bologna
Italy
Mgr. Della
Chiesa
Papal
Morgan Returns Heirlooms to Queen Victoria’s Lady-in-Waiting
London-based report to the New York World says Harriett Phipps, Queen Victoria’s longtime lady-in-waiting, receives jewels once sold to pay inheritance tax. Pierpont Morgan returned the items found in his father’s collection with a note praising the family’s history.
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Queen Victoria
Washington Post
New York
London
New York World
America
Harriet Phipps
I Pierpont Morgan
Victoria
Morgan
Queen
Prince Consort
Misa Phipps
Mr. Morgan
Gold-Toothed Raccoon Visitor For Wilson
Missouri Democrat Goltra brings a pet raccoon named Ben with a gold tooth to the capital. The animal allegedly bit President Wilson, prompting Goltra to replace the tooth with gold. After a train scuffle in Harrisburg, Ben survived and will receive a raccoon cap from Goltra as Senator Stone accompanies the White House visit.
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Vissour
Wilson
Ben
Goltfa
di Loulx
Missouri
Goltra
Oltra
Randolf County
J Hunt Club
Goltia
Washington
Harrisburg
Gortia
President Wilson
Senator Stone
White House
White woman held by five negroes in Chicago
Mrs Leona Crumes of Saratoga Texas, separated from her husband, was believed to have died in Chicago after being held by five black men. A neighbor reported the captivity, a coroner’s inquiry began, and a mystery child and mother were missing as investigators pursued suspected poisoning amid a chaotic scene in the flat.
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Texas
Chicago
Washington
Lfe
Leona Crumes
Lawrence van, Winkle
Saratoga
Tex
Flood Waters Rise Along Potomac After Dam Breach
Farmers warned residents in Mount Storm West Virginia and Schell West Virginia as the northern Potomac River flood surged from a breached West Virginia Pulp and Paper dam. Refugees fled to the hills while ice and wreckage filled the river and transport halted. Local officials dynamited bridges to prevent jams and officials valued property damage at 200000 dollars.
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Cumberland
West
Virginia
Potomac
Weat Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Stoney Creek
Schell
W Va
Potomac Valley
Smail
Shaw
W. Va
Blaine Harrigan
Kitzmiller
Schef
Mount Storm
Western Maryland Railroad
Potomac River
Beryl
Savage River
West Virginia Paper and Pulp Company
Bellboy linked to Arlington Hotel fire arson charge
Special to The Washington a bellboy named Harry A Carlton helped firefighters on the Arlington Hotel third floor after a bedding storeroom blaze. He was overcome by smoke and later indicted by a grand jury for arson, reportedly confessing to starting a fire in a hotel room as well.
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Washington
Binghamton
Harry A Carlton
Arlington Hotel
Grand Jury
Carlton
Po- Hee
Lankford Asphyxiated and War Over Policy Debate
A fragmented page entry lists Lankford asphyxiated Saya Bryan’s policy push as war, memorials for flood peril from a burst dam, and a girl held as a Negro’s slave. Other items include Pinchot urged for the Henato, Wilson’s view of a new bank board, and various political notes across pages 1A to 6 with mixed headlines.
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Lankford
Saya Bryan
Pinchot
Henato Wilson
New Bank Board
Wilson
George
Moon Braves
McCombs
Bishop
South
Senate
Ferris
Postoffice
T-Bociery
Financial
Logical Reserve Bank Center
Horning
Mrs. Weir Mitchell Dies of Pneumonia at 77
Mary Cadwalader, widow of famed physician and writer Weir Mitchell, died in Philadelphia at 77 after falling ill following her husband’s funeral last week. A prominent figure in social life for over fifty years, she was born into a noted Philadelphia family.
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Philadelphia
Weir Mitchell
Pinchot Cheered as Pennsylvania Progressives Outline 1914 Campaign
Pennsylvania Progressives closed their conference in Harrisburg with resolutions reaffirming 1912 planks and seeking reforms. Gifford Pinchot was urged to run for Senate as speakers urged ending the political system, while declaring Pennsylvania key to the national race and denouncing fusion and the old order.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
James HR. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Moses B. Clapp
Minnesota
Gifford Pinchot
Col Roosevelt
Washington
Pinchot
Senate
Roosevelt
Wilson
White House
Bridal Waiver Stirs Court In New York Case
A notarized waiver claims Helen Reddington aged 12 will wed Mario AnerelSano amid alleged coercion. Parents and the intended husband face grand jury bail. Justice Michael Murano and Judge Hahn hear the matters in Newark and New York. Dr Edward Spitzka's brain weighs 3400 grams. record notes average brain weight.
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Washington Post
New York
Helen Reddington
Mario Anereigang
Michael Murano
Hahn
Newark
Mario Anerelsano
Anereisano
Helen
Justice Murano
Spitzka
Edward Charley Spitzka
American Anthropometric Society
Wilson Plans Slow Selections for Federal Reserve Board and Primary Bills
President Wilson outlined slow, careful selections for the Federal reserve board and discussed broader legislation. He would delay antitrust precedence over rural credits, hopes to adjourn by June, and pursue a presidential primary bill with Kern while coordinating trust reform, Congress, and international matters.
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Congress
Kern
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
House
Capitol
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Congresa
South
Cummins
Iowa
Maryland
Alabama
Stanley
Steel Trust
White Mouse
Mexico
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Rand Leaders Jailed In Johannesburg Siege
Secretary Bain of the South African Federation of Trades and about 300 comrades surrendered to police after barricading themselves in Trades Hall. Police attack followed by bayonet charges. Bain and ten leaders jailed. crowds injured, hall cleared, troopers wounded by a bomb near Benoue, and several strikers arrested then rearrested.
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Johannesburg
Bain
South African Federation of Trades
Poace
Benoue
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Southern
Tie Ind Vothian
Pattereer
Mir Patterson
Fiaukce
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St Mark’s Avenue
Littsom
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Weil
Fankford
U.S
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John Watson
John Smybert
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Kail Pasha
Poligy
Gillett Flays
Chinese Republic
Huerta
Lincoln Book
Basker
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Colo
Bevis
Rocky Mountains
Estes Park
Alfred Lamborn
Farmer
North Branch
War Department
Garrison
Redfield
Lane
Ranadell
Newlands
Engineer Corps
Bellboy
Binghamton, N. Y
Haltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Keystone State
Supreme Court
Federal Bank Reserve Board
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