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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1912
Page
6
A French liner carrying Turkish Red Crescent members was seized by Italian forces triggering protests in Paris and Rome. The incident prompted calls for release of detainees as Italian authorities tightened patrols and warned against further incursions in the region near the coast.
Obituary notes multiple names and relations with dates in January and February 1919. Mentions Emma Catherine, John, James Crum, Hargavis, Patuier, and others. References funerals, residences, churches, and undertaker notices. Fragmented OCR yields scattered lines and partial addresses.
Turbulent days in the Mediterranean as Italian destroyers seized the French liner Manouba bound from Marseille, amid protests in Paris and Rome. The Manouba, with nine percent passengers including Turkish nurses, was taken to Cagliari. authorities promise release after assurances not to aid Italians or Turks. The Carthage was also ordered released following a French assurance.
The Chinese Republican government issued a circular to Washington Tokyo London Paris Vienna and St Petersburg signed by Wang Chung Wei, appealing for recognition as Yuan Shikai’s regime presses for abdication. US infantry guards a railroad section as talks with Manchu leaders stall over crown and provisional government plans. State Department awaits wider consultations before acting.
The Washington East on York reports the appellate division of the Supreme Court upheld a verdict for 394,097.4 dollars against the Postal Telegraph Company. The Weld Company claimed telegram errors delayed mortgage dealings, citing a December 4 message from New Orleans. The second trial found the transaction not gambling.
Mrs Morse met her husband Charles W Morse at Fort McPherson hospital after arriving in Atlanta. Doctors caution that Morse faces only a slim chance of extended life, with plans leaning toward sanitarium moves and possible Florida or Germany treatment if his condition allows.
Bath residents celebrated the release of Charles W Morae with parades bands and bonfires after news of presidential action. Francis W Brien of the People’s Baptist Church led celebrants, drawing men and boys into the processions as the town marked the momentous development.
A telegram to the State Department says negotiations over the fourteen Americans taken to Persia by W Morgan Shuster are progressing satisfactorily. The United States also extends aid to Nicaragua as it reorganizes its government on American lines. Edwin R Thayer, veteran Insular Bureau employee, is nominated to Nicaragua to reorganize internal revenue collection.
Teheran Jan 1 A Special Cable to The Washington Post reports Persian Foreign Minister Faste attempted to persuade colleagues to sign a fake letter aimed at reprimanding Cairns for contacting British Russian and American officials. The letter alleged threats and was deemed a clear forgery despite claims of an original signed by cabinet initiators.
The cantata Rebekah was given last night at the Eighth Street Temple. Members of the congregation performing included Mrs Netta Wilson Shir Cliffe soprano Miss Irma Stern alto Mr H Stevens tenor JH Nolan besse Mrs D T Welch soprano Lewis Atwater organist.
Rome reports the German forest secretary Herr von Kiderlen Waechter intends to discuss with French Minister San Giuliano possible conditions for an accord between Italy and Turkey and the indemnity Italy may pay for Tripoli. The visit aims to renew the three nation alliance between Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy.
Four crewmen clung to the rigging of the three masted schooner Harry Prescott two miles east of Hatteras as waves drove lifeboats back. Revenue cutter Cape Hatteras stood by while crews aboard life savers from Creed and Hatteras attempted repeated rescues. Three men—CR Fillrock captain T H Smith mate and George O Robbins steward—were saved earlier. the fourth remained in the rigging as dawn approached with rescue hoped before daybreak. The Prescott, from New York January 1, had struck inner shoals near Diamond Shoal lightship during violent weather and was wrecked with salt cargo.
Two steeplejacks died after a ladder slip at the North Erna Street Presbyterian Church. August Johnson aged 45 slipped while Herman Greenwald, 39, tried to save him. Both men were slate workers on the church steeple when the fall occurred. A passerby found Johnson clinging to Greenwald’s overalls as they lay at the base.
Cuban revolutionary generals and the Veterans Association head, Gen Emilio Nunez, asserted no pact with President Gomez and urged unity to resist possible American intervention. A palace meeting with Menocal and other leaders aimed to chart a course for national harmony while veteran clubs face disbandment and reinstatement petitions climb toward the supreme court.
A prominent Ku Klux Klan leader in the Reconstruction era, Janek E. R. Sepaugh of Grover, NC, died at home after serving four years for leading a lynching party. He was reportedly released without trial despite evidence of a mob attack and a fatal shooting involving a Black man.
A petition circulated in Salem Virginia asks the legislature for an enabling act to allow a local vote on establishing a Salem dispensary. The issue provokes battle with local press as backers argue Roanoke nearby would divert whisky profits away from Salem saloonkeepers.
San Francisco January 13 Henry Davie believed by police to lead a gang flooding the country with counterfeit ten dollar notes. At the Crocker National Bank of San Francisco he was arrested and found with eight dollars in counterfeit bills. Other arrests are expected, according to secret service officials the notes are excellent imitations.
Testimony closed in the Bancroft Bancroft divorce suit in Wilmington Delaware the court set February 1 for exchange of briefs and February for final briefs Experts testified on the likelihood of Bancroft being the father of the child Emma Dollinger a secretary aged years testified as part of the defense testimony did not reach a conclusion and the record notes the judge urged careful consideration of the evidence
Special to The Wilkinston Post reports engineer George E Reed of Hanover died instantly in a wreck on the Western Maryland Railway at Porters station. Baggage Master J M Burkheimer and Conductor H C Wolf, both of Hanover, were seriously injured. The Gettysburg passenger train drawn by Engine 62 ran with another engine, leaving rails and a pile of cars on the track. Conductor Wolf, who lived in Hagerstown, suffered facial injuries. Reed leaves a wife and several children.
The record lists license applicants Anan Ho Towng from Pamascus Wa and Sula A Yoga with partners Edwin T Mowbray and Mabel Johnson, both connected to Richmond Va and Tig Island Va, in the Smyth district notice.
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