Wedding of Count Szechenyi and Miss Vanderbilt
A Washington Post feature notes the January 27 wedding at the Vanderbilt home with a St Patrick’s Cathedral choir of thirty singing Ruth and a Dolce chorus. Nahan Franko will conduct a fifty-piece orchestra for a noon ceremony officiated by Mgr Michael Lavalle. Vanderbilt offers a $2,000,000 dowry to the groom. Szechenyi gives heirloom jewels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Laezlo Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Ruth
Fifth Avenue
James C. Ungerer
St Patrick's Cathedral
Count Szechenyi
Mr McDermott Consents to Serve Under Replacement Plan
Policy notes Mr McDermott agrees to serve with the understanding he will be replaced, possibly by Mr Loch. The move hints at new tracks, more cars, and improved service amid questions about the next president.
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McDermott
Loch
Washington Railway and Electric Company elects local board
Allan L McDermott reelected president temporarily with Clarence F Norment as first vice president and George H Harries as second vice president and general manager. Directors include Woodbury Blair Allan L McDermott and George H Harries among others. Executive committee named. Balloting was unanimous with over 14000 of nearly 101000 shares represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan L McDermott
Clarence F. Norment
George H. Harries
W. F. Ham
Fos Whitad
Woodbury Blair
George H. Marrigs
William Loeb, Sr
George Truesdell
Ward Thoron
TM Wowneice
Werdoure Biur
Allan i. Mevermoeelaren Os
Norment
George H Harriea
Willoca
George Kucadett
Wart Inara
Allan MeVermott
Wis
Clarev
Normeont
Thoron Woodtury
Cule
George
Allan Bm-Deims
Jersy
Waslangton
Bir McDermat
Wny
Charles J Ball Charles Glover
William B Hibbs
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Potomac Electric Fower Company
Case & S Marlow
Sleeter
LG Sinclatr
Anatostics and Potomac River Railroad
Brightwood Rilway Company
Georgetop
Tonnallytown
Fen City and Suburban Railway of
Washington
Potomac Electric Company
Washington Railway and
Heetzle Company
Thomas L Fume
Masked men rob Texola bank in hand to hand fight
Two masked robbers entered the First National Bank of Texola and, after forcing assistant cashier Jones to surrender, tied him and looted about $1000. Jones was found bound, gagged, and unconscious from a head blow. The assailants fled after escaping with the cash.
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Teexola
Ohio
Jones
First National Bank of
Texola
Richmond Press Building Burns in Spectacular Fire
A Richmond fire destroyed the Richmond Press building and contents, with losses around 180000. Nearby property valued in the millions threatened. hundreds of powder stored in the Blues magazine exploded only by heroic fireman actions. Fifty lodgers in an adjacent lodging house panicked. Planters National Bank was saved after near destruction. Owner L H Jenkins valued the building at 25000. stock loss ~160000 for Zincke and Wor sham. total adjoining losses ~5000. Insurance covers the damage. The Press publishes the Southern Churchman and other papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Press
Richmond Blues
Washington Post
Richmond
Richmond Press Bulding
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Planters’ National Bank
L H Jenkins
C A Zincke
Gibson Worsham
Southern Churchman
The
Christian Advocate
Central Presbyterian
Civic Sentinel
Chorus Girl Burns Hotel Furnishings in Fire Heat Trick
A chorus girl in a road musical company burned bureau drawers to heat her hotel room instead of paying twenty five cents extra for a fire. The incident occurred after the show left Danville Virginia. A warrant has been sworn for her arrest if she returns. Auction of Judge McComas estate and other items scheduled at Sloan's Galleries next week with exhibits and cash prizes.
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Washington
Danville
Louia J. McComas
Pew Mo. BS
Bt. Sons
Sloan's Galleries
G Street
M. and & Pom
Woman’s elopement plot to flee with student unravels in pawn tale
In Philadelphia a medical student Horace Guernsey and New York real estate broker Mrs. Mattie Purdy faced arrest over a 400 diamond brooch. Purdy claimed she lost it after a matinee, while letters and poems on her person suggested an intended elopement. Authorities connected Guernsey to the case, leading Purdy’s husband to Philadelphia and a court hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York
Washington Piet
Philadelpha Arts
Horace Guetnaéy
Mattie May Purdy
C. Franklin Purdy
West Mighty-seventh Street
Philadelphis
BH Purdy
Guerpsey
Fender
Purdy
Cornell
Jefferson Market
Mattie Purdy
Doclady
O'Brien
Harlem
Doglady
Police
Inspector McCafferty
Oscar Purdy
West Eighty-seventh Street House
McCafferty
Horace B. Guernsey
Guernsey
Mrs Purdy
Vales Wild
Jena
Washington-Bunset
One
F Street
California
J- Poston
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital
Coul
Killings Arouse Embassy In Gary Gun Attack
In Gary Indiana last Wednesday night two subjects of Emperor Francis Joseph were killed after a clash with police. An Austrian Hungarian embassy inquiry found Hungarians were shot down allegedly without provocation while police said they acted in self defense. Chicago lawyer Henry A. Hoeche announced warrants would be sworn today as the embassy investigates rights and safety of Hungarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Austia-Hungary
Gary
Ind
Francis Joseph
Washington
Henry A. Hoeche
Beeche
Polics
Lsborers
Train Kills Aged Couple in Rollinsford Crossing
Moses Roberts and his wife aged seventy were struck and killed by a Boston and Maine Railroad train while crossing tracks in a carriage in Rollinsford New Hampshire. Roberts was chairman of the town board of selectmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Rollinsford
N. H
Moses Roberts
Boston and Maine Railroad
Mr. Roberts
Fourteen Die Under Ice in New Jersey and New England
News of multiple skating fatalities across New Jersey and New England. Victims include Gustave Hartman nine, Louis Hartman nine, Leo Mith ten, Edward Howle ten rescued, Arthur and Harry Morgan fifteen, Horace Weeks twelve in Tenafly. Other deaths reported in Webster Webster Pond, Crystal Lake Newtonville, and a reservoir near Coral Indiana. An unrelated note mentions Union Trust Co banking safety and a newspaper contest winner.
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Newark
N. J
Ekkschgessner
Gustave Hartman
Louis Hartman
Leo Mith
Edwardt Howle
Arthur and
Harry Morgan
Horace Weeks
Cocheco
Rochester
N. H
Tee Indiana Pa
Coral
Sadie Kinley
Rente Hinley
Charlotte Ao Fey
Roy Stokes
Miners Rescued After Death of Mother Tragedy
Three miners trapped 1000 feet below Alpha shaft since December 4 were rescued at nine this evening after a cave in cut a six inch pipe. They communicated with surface via telephone, received food and water, and one miner learned of his mother's death, which reportedly drove a pending rescue effort. Foremen Gallagher and McFate led the effort, creating a passage and reaching the entombed men. The party connected to surface transmission cables, enabling voice contact and coordination for the final breakthrough.
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Alpha
Washington Fost
Ty, Nev
McFate
Gallagher
Gymrgdys
A. D Bailey
FP. J. Brown
C. W. Turner
Fred McDonald
Hercules Constanti
Bailey
McDonald
Constant
Brown
Turner
Battley
Batley
Louisiana Judge Denounces Sixth Jury Deadlock
A Louisiana judge voiced astonishment as the sixth jury failed to reach a verdict after seventy two hours in a contested case. He compared the situation to a dice sequence, saying the jurors were under a “loaded” process, and adjourned the court until Monday morning with a verdict expected.
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Louisiana
Boke Charles
Bhariff D. J. Reid
Lee
Circuit Court
Sherif
Gardener Drowns Escaping Bears at Bronx Zoo
New York January 18 Joseph Maher a Bronx Zoo gardener was killed while pruning a tree near the bear enclosure. The tree collapsed into the beaver pond after beaver activity had undermined its roots. Maher leaped to reach the adjacent pond but struck the tank edge and died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Maher
Bronx Zoo
Maher
Auto crash kills two victims in Baltimore curve
A high speed crash on Park Heights Avenue near Druid Hill Park, Baltimore killed George I. Billups, hotel proprietor, and Mrs. Mamie Kahl, a guest at the hotel. Driver Leon Schaab, of Howard County, escaped with minor injuries and was fined for speeding. An inquest found the deaths resulted from the accident.
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George L. Billups
Mamie Kahl
Baltimore
Washington Post
George I. Billups
Billups
Mra Marie Kahl
Tilghman Kahl
Perk Heights Avenue
Druid Hill Park
Leon Schaab
Elkridge
Howard County
Justice White
Baltimore City
Schase R
Schaab
Kahl
Linthicum
Bilups
Hayward
North
Gay Street
Index to D Days Issue Part One and Three
A dense index listing pages and topics across Part One Part Two and Part Three of a D Days issue. It notes coverage of Washington traction election fire panic in Richmond arrests for elopement deadly crashes mineshaft rescues and various society and arts items. It highlights features on crime politics entertainment real estate and magazines.
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Washington Traction
Richmond
Japan
Kemp
Walsh
New York
Walter Robbins
Knickerbocker Trust
Fowler
Congress
Bryan
Hughes Genter
Ohio
Taft
the Post
North Carolina
Britain
Cable
Prince
Evelyn Thaw
Stedman
Ocean Joney
Bishop Satterlee
Theottle
Molly Cottontail
Lucca
Brownson
Lighthouse
Finley
Curzon
Diamonds Left in Cab Collision at Carnegie Hall
Mrs Winthrop Rutherford daughter of Levi P Morton was returning from a Carnegie Hall concert with a companion when a cab window shattered in a crash near Twenty third street ferry. They fled the cab as it moved on and a few minutes later the driver delivered a handbag a diamond bracelet and a check book from the Morton Trust Company to Tenderloin station. Police traced the items to Mrs Rutherford after contacting the Morton household and a servant identified them.
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Bnedal
Washington Fust
New York
Winthrop Rutherford
Levi P .Morton
Rutherford House
Allamuchy
N. J
Carnegie Hall
Morton Trust Company
Shin
Levi P. Morton
Morton
Rutherford
Fines Harvester Trust Hit With $12600 Fine
Kansas Judge Dana in Shawnee County District Court assessed a fine of $12,600 against International Harvester Company on forty three counts of violating the Kansas anti trust law. The stay of execution was set for sixty days to prepare for the Supreme Court. The state alleged implement dealers were forced to sign a contract to handle only International harvesting machinery and pricing schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Topeke
Kans
Dana
Shawnes County
International Harvester Company
Supreme Court
Topeka
International Company
Baltimorean in New York Takes Poison and Writes Notes
Samuel R. Wingfield of Company G, Seventy First Regiment, a Baltimorean, was found dead in his New York room from poison. After ingesting the poison, he penned several letters describing his sensations as the poison overwhelmed him. The act was attributed to lack of funds and unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel R. Wingfield
Company G
Seventyfirst Regiment
Baltimore
Wingfield
Defense of Home Fails in Campbell Murder Verdict
In Columpus Georgia a jury finds Wood Campbell guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of L T Edwards during a home invasion confrontation. The verdict carries a maximum twenty year penitentiary sentence. Campbell earlier killed a man in Opelika Alabama and was acquitted there for that murder.
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Columpus
Van
Wood C. Campbell
Campbell
L. T. “Edwards
Opelika
Ala
Metford
Japan Immigrant Emigration Powers Threaten Ministry
A Washington Post dispatch reports Japan faces a crisis as emigration firms and the Shoshi faction ally to pressure the Satonji government. American observers credit rich shipping interests and emigration companies with influence over policy on quotas to the United States and Canada. Count Okuma leads the progressists opposing heavy emigration restrictions, while Baron Kurting sees a near-term settlement with the United States. The Tokyo cabinet seeks support as doctors warn of volatile stock reactions tied to immigration policy.
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Washington Post
New York
Tokyo
Satonji
Japan
United States
Canada
Post
Portsmouth
America
Count Okuma
London
Paris
Yokohama
Russia
Baron Kurting
France
Count Hayashi
Constitutionalista
Diet
Marquis Ilaionji
Generé
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Jes Vanderbilt
Iocal
Washington Railway Ent
Alvn Washington
Ely
William Lorch Jr
Roosevelt
Tr Cositlas
Och
Allan McDerroof
McDermnott
Northwestern Mutual Life
Huske & Smith
General
Union Trust
Sullfie
Hatreeta
Oly Golla Theough
St. Augustin
Florida
N.Y. Ave
BANK
Corry
Cupid
Austria-Hungary
Train
New Jersey
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
Fee
H_ sts
U. B. Govt
Mother
Small & Sons
Plorixts
Caroling Hegarts
Seaboard Air Line Ry
Pa. Ave
Return
Baltimore and
Ohio R. A
Royal
Limited
Nherry
Aints
Zoo
Pit
Johnson Bros
Aiken
Southern Ry
Ashington St
Augusta
Jacksonville
Trenton
Alao
CAA
Fines Harvester Trust
Deomia Jury
Convicta Wood C. Campbell
Chris
Lena
Fi T. Rawillnga
Roughs
Ministry
Okuma
Yaol
Temple of Peace
Ukuma
Party
Ennno
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