Kingston Kingston Governor Swettenham Refuses Aid From US Navy
Kingston Jamaica January 19. Governor Swettenham objects to American sailors aiding in Kingston's relief work and demands reembarkation. Rear Admiral Davis apologizes for a misread salute and continues limited help. US ships MissourI Indiana and Yankton depart. Local residents condemn the governor, fearing unrest and seeking his resignation. The city lies in ruin with hundreds dead and thousands homeless. A hospital run by US crews treats the injured amid local opposition.
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Swettenham
British Jamaica relief ship withdrawal shocks Washington
London astonished by Kingston reports of American warships leaving to aid Jamaica’s stricken capital as Gov Swettenham and Rear Admiral Davis clash over relief and order. Officials say no official dispatches and press accounts provoke a profound reaction in Britain.
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Jamaica
Guantanamo
Davis
Gov Swettenham
Gov. Swettenham
United States
Missolai
Indiana
Associated Press
New York
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Swettenham
Roosevelt
Celtic
Jamaican
Washington
Metcalf
Admiral Davis
Wherry
Navy Department
London
Admiralty
Foreign Office
Gov. Swettenharm
Tragic Sandford Train Disaster Kills Dozens in Indiana
A Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Big Four passenger train was exploded by a powder car near Sandford Indiana. Sixty nine bodies were recovered with many more injured. the wreckage destroyed the locomotive baggage car and eight freight cars. The cause remains uncertain with theories ranging from a blasting powder car ignition to a possible act of foul play.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Big Four
Sandford
Terre Haute
EB. W. Thiers
William Thompson
Deadford
William Davie
Vermillion
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Paris
John Franklin
Admore
Til
Hector
Elbridge
Charles Gosnell
Forts
Claude Steele
John A. Bowen
Malton
Mre
Bud Wolfe
Santlord
Indy
Eoy
Mire
A. Buykendale
O Tremgat
St. Anthony's Hospital
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Salem
Ohio
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T.re Haute
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Bela Southcoit
Shelbyville
Anna Cummings
Frances Jones
Alvin Dale
Wishared
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Harry Jarred
Louis Price
Vermilion
Slight
Ed West
George Richards
Memphis
Tenn
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Vermiliion
Josaph Hendricks
Mattoon
Bud Wolfs
Charles Boggles
Westville
Harry Duck
Will Davie
Oa Epperson
Westfield
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Charles A Willey
Kouzes
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Parte
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Dudley
Risk
Bred Vermiltion
Harry Hodgen
Charles Root
Mhades
Harry Shickel
Ata
Are
Hamer
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C. B. Mart
Hose
Fie
Concord Junction
Masa
Welah
Illand
Brothe
Pette Haute
Frank Fielder
Findlay
Ohio Coal Company
Henry Shockell
Rockefeller Attends Big Bethel Church Service in Augusta
John D. Rockefeller visited Big Bethel, the prominent black Baptist church in Augusta, drawing curious crowds. A sermon on wealth and charity preceded his entrance as he donated about 20 in coins, briefly startling attendees before seating with two African American parishioners.
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Rockefeller
Dr. Rockefeller
Root Lunches With Laurier in Ottawa
Special cable from The Washington Port Ottawa Ontario Jan 2 Honolihu Root American Secretary of State and party spent a quiet Sunday at Government House Root and two or three Dominion cabinet ministers chatted with Sir Wilfrid Laurier It is expected the visitors will be shown through the Commons and parliamentary buildings tomorrow Lunds on with the American consul will follow A list of sixty guests invited to dinner at Government House tomorrow night will be announced Mr Root and his excellency have already had several important conversations
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Ottawa
Ontario
Honolihu Root
Root
Dominion
Wilfrid Laurier
Government House
Roof
Gale Rips Buffalo Harbor As Five Lake Liners Go Grounded
A violent storm at Buffalo drives five large lake liners ashore and damages ships, docks, and walls. The wrecked vessels include Hurlburt W. Smith and J Q Riddle, with nautical damage estimated at $1.3 million. In Cincinnati Ohio a flood swollen Ohio River floods Walnut Street buildings, isolating parts of Covington Newport and Ludlow and threatening further collapse and rail disruption.
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Ohio Valley
Portsmouth
Toto City
Anurora
Lawrenceburg
Buffalo
Hurlburt W. Smith
Willam Nottingham
J. Q. Riddle
Monroe C. Smith
A. C. Brower
Greveland
Lake Erie
Jake
Cincinnati
Ohio
A. Janszen
Ohio Butterine Company
Near-Death Bulletin on Ex-Gov Higgins in New York
A bulletin from the home of former Governor Frank W. Higgins reports his condition fluctuating over Sunday with brief recognitions of family, followed by renewed weakness. Doctors warn death could come at any moment as he endures pain and inability to take nourishment. Family members and visitors remain at his bedside amid widespread telegraphic sympathy.
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N. Y
Higgins
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Hig
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Cameron
Higs
Seers Steal $1000 from Investor in West Side Flat
Virgil Kellar traveled from Philadelphia with $1000 to invest but fell prey to two seers in a Seventh Avenue room. $71 was taken, $6 recovered behind a sofa, $90 on the floor, and $90 still missing. Mulatto women Lone Morris and Jessie White, alias Slivers, were arrested by Detective Sullivan and Officer McGanahy after the doorway escape. Magistrate Barlow set bail at $2000 each for examination. Police say similar arrests stem from the same house.
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Washington Post
New York
Virgil Kellar
Philadelphia
Wicked
Seventh Avenue
Sullivan
McGanahy
West Thirty-seventh Street
McGamahy
Barlow
West Side Court
Taft Party On Way Home From Red Cross Meeting
Secretary of War William H. Taft and party left Charleston for Washington after attending a South Carolina Red Cross meeting. Surgeon General Wyman remained behind and will visit Savannah then home. Taft plans a March visit to Charleston and a trip to Panama embarking there.
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D. C
Willam H. Taft
Taft
Mabel Boardman
O'Reilley
J. C. Wise
Draper
Alfred Cooley
South Carolina
American National Red Cross
Washington
Walter Wyman
Marine Corps
Evidence to be taken in Washington in Shipp mob case
Special to The Washington Post Chattanooga Tenn January 20 1920 Evidence in the cases against Sheriff Shipp and several deputies and mob members who lynched a negro last March will not be taken in Chattanooga due to fear of the Supreme Court that witnesses could not be examined there Attorneys for the defendants had returned from Washington seeking local hearings but the government indicated witnesses would likely be examined in Washington Assistant Attorney General Purdy who led the Brownsville Inquiry will oversee the examination of the witnesses.
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Washington Post
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sheriff Shipp
Ed Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Citses
Washington
Thes
Purdy
Brownsville
Fallen pole wrecks train near Fairview causing injuries
A gale toppled a telegraph pole across Nickel Plate tracks at Fairview, wrecking a westbound passenger train. Six injured include Mrs C H Leggett of Cleveland and B J Bender of Wellington with various wounds. Traffic delayed. Also reported deaths include James H Capers Jr of Richmond and James Lewis Fleet of Winchester. Auction notice for residence No 100 Sixteenth Street NW.
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Erle
Nickel Plate Railroad
Fairview
Pere
C. H. Leggett
Payne Avenue
Cleveland
Ohio
B. J. Bender
Wellington
J. Bender
Mr. Minsky
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cousins
Conference Offers Path to Brownsville Resolution
After day-long talks among Roosevelt and Lodge allies a compromise to probe the Brownsville riot and avoid pledging presidential authority was drafted. The plan seeks Republican unity, assures an inquiry into the troops discharge, and hinges on Foraker’s stance before final approval.
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Brownsville
Senate
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Foraker
Senator Lodge
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