Gala Richmond Days Mrs. White a Fair Leader
Virginia society ready for Governor elect Henry C. Stuart's inauguration on February 2 in Richmond. The new governor, a son of the New South and nephew of Gen. J. B. B. Stuart, is expected to launch progressive policies while his wife Carter of the Carter family will preside over a White House style reception at the executive mansion with Miss Mary Walit Stuart. Prominent Leesburg residents Mr. and Mrs. Erjah B. White plan to attend, leaving for Florida February 3 after the Richmond visit.
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Virginia
Henry C. Stuart
Richmond
Stuart
Old Dominion
Hidinond
South
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New South
Carter
Mary Waliot Stuart
White’s
Leesburg
Washington
Baltimore
Eirjah B. White
Henry Walrfax
Obituaries From Washington Area 1914 Notices
Multiple death notices dated January 1914 list individuals including Louis Brandt Jr Carl Browne Somunn Ann R S Byler Virginia Simmons Naomi Utermele and Edwin Sherwood with details of prayer services burial locations Glenwood Cemetery Fredrick and Baltimore papers noted for some entries. One entry mentions a funeral at George Washington University Hospital and another at Roseland Nelson County Virginia with times and addresses.
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Bied
RANDT
Louis Brandt, Jr
Louis
Minnie Brandt
Frank Geler
Sona
Seventh Street
Prospect Hill Ceretery
Baltimore
Browne
Carl Browne
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Glenwood Cemeter
Prasuy
Somunn
Bridget Casey
Limerick County
Ireland
Massachusetts Avenue
St. Joseph's Church
Byler
Ann R. S
Glenwood Cemetery
Frederick
Simmons
G Street
Virginia
William H. Simmons
Frank Ceier
Utermlale
George Washington University
Frospital
Naomi
Charles N. Utermehle
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Wilson
Roseland
Nelson County
Hdwin Sherwogqd
Nathaniel
Annie EB. Wilson
Washington
Pretty Irish Peeress and Aviator Trek Upside-Down Flight
Lady Victoria Pery daughter of the Earl and Countess of Limerick flew in a Morane Saulnier monoplane with aviator Mr Hamels at Hendon England. The pair looped the loop twice and one upside down flight, highlighting Hamels as a leading English aviator who has long used the Morane Saulnier aircraft with a history of mostly successful flights.
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Victoria Pery
Hendon
England
Limerick
Hamels
Stuart’s Unique Path to Virginia Governorship
Stuart emerges as a singular Virginia figure by winning the Democratic nomination without opposition and then securing election without an opponent. A former corporation commissioner, he previously entered politics reluctantly, later gaining a reputation for ranching at Elk Garden and running a large beef cattle operation along with extensive banking interests.
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Stuart
Virginia
Elk Garden
Rebels Hold Cape Haitien As Warship Seeks Dispatch Boat
Gen BeNiard maintains control of Cape Haitien after government troops retreat. A public safety committee is formed by Gen Beliard while an American warship nears the port. The dispatch boat Pacifique reportedly seized and later released after the rebels gained the upper hand. Nashville ordered from Port au Prince to Cape Haitien.
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Cape Haitien
BeNard
Committee of Public Safety
Beliard
Pacifique
Fort -Liperte
Nashville
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Island
Republic
State Department
Hagle
Gonaives
Cape Haiten
Wreck of General Adelbert Ames Hallows with Breeches Buoy Rescue
Capt Hart and his seven crew members were saved by breeches buoy as the New York schooner General Adelbert Ames, 450 tons net, ran ashore off Monomoy Point near Bears Shoal. Struck before daybreak. lifesavers battled icy surf with the beach gun and line across the ship. All aboard reached the beach safely within half an hour of the vessel breaking apart.
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Chatham
Mass
Hart
New York
General Adelbert Ames
Monomoy Point
Ames
St. John
Philadelphia
Bears Shoal
Reforms for Prisons Uncle Sam as Min er Bans Convict Made
Attorney General McReynolds plans radical federal penitentiary reforms including abolition of convict production for markets and a move away from parole. He seeks Congress action to fix parole weaknesses and may back a federal probation statute. He questions current parole administration and notes potential for a broader overhaul of prison management.
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Congress
Genral McReynolds
McReynolds
Superintendent of Prisons
Department of Justice
Ells
Moyer
Atlanta
High Premium On Bonds From New York State Issue
New York State earned a profit of about 3.1 million dollars on the sale by Comptroller Lohmer of 61,006,000 dollars of 4 1/2 per cent gold nontaxable state highway and canal bonds. The entire issue was bought by Kuhn Loeb & Co and W A Read & Co of New York on an all or none basis at 106 1 1 8. The premium set a record for the amount, and the issue was vastly oversubscribed with 467 bids totaling 238,294,700 dollars.
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New York State
Albany
Lohmer
Kuhn, Loeb, & Co
W. A. Read & Co
New York
Baroness Ill Suit Halts In London Court
London January 21 The sudden illness of Baroness May de FPaillandt formerly Marie Dugas of Chicago forced an indefinite adjournment in the $20,000 suit brought by Dr Ernest de Villiers Appleby formerly a University of Minnesota lecturer. On reassembly the baroness was said to have collapsed with heart trouble and been taken to a sanitarium for treatment. The judge postponed the hearing.
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London
May de Fpaillandt
Marie Dugas
Chicago
Ernest de Villiers Appleby
University of Minnesota
Modjeski Seeks Divorce From Felicie Modjeska
Relph Modjeski a Chicago civil engineer and bridge builder filed for divorce in Portland Oregon charging desertion. He notes Felicie Modjeska, his wife since 1885, left New York for Europe in 1910 saying she would not return, returned in 1912 but they have not met since.
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Portland
Ore
Relph Modjeski
Chicago
Modjeski
Mme. Modjeska
Felicie Modjeska
New York
America
Poland
Europe
Strike inquiry urged on labor leaders in Colorado and Michigan
Urgent appeals were made to the AFL executive council by Michigan and Illinois federations and the Western Federation of Miners for a congressional investigation into alleged outrages against strikers. Discussion on further financial aid was postponed. Illinois sought state federation control over federal unions. Senator Thomas introduced a Senate labor committee investigation into industrial conditions in Colorado coal strike districts.
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Colorado
Michigan
American Federation of Labor
Michigan Federation of Labor
Ilinoia State Federation
Western Federation of Miners
Congress
Illnois
Illinois
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
West Virginia
Schrank loses tenement in foreclosure case
John Schrank, the man who attempted to assassinate Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee in 1912, ceased to be a property holder in New York City as his five story East Eighty first street tenement was sold at foreclosure. He had used the name John Flemming after living with an uncle for twelve years, following his arrival from Hevaria about twenty years ago. Conners Angry Couldn’t See Wilson. William J. Conners of Buffalo waited in Secretary Tumulty’s office for a possible engagement with President Wilson, later learning no meeting was arranged and growing annoyed while pursuing his own political interests.
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New York
John Schrank
East Eighty-first Street
Schrank
Col
Theodore Roosd- Ivelt
Milwaukee
John Flemming
Hevaria
Conners
Wilson
Washington Dispatch
American
William J. Conners
Buffalo
Tumulty
Elas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert L. Henry
Texas
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
University Club
Death Pact Tragedy in Bronx Home Ends All Four
Julius Stelerham an Ellis Island interpreter and his wife Josephine with daughters Gladys and Edna were found dead in their Bronx home. Neighbors saw no one since Monday. a German letter dated Monday claimed they could not endure trouble and chose to end it all, each killed in sequence. Despondency over business reverses cited as motive.
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Ellis Island
Bronx
New York
Julius Stelerham
Josephine
Gladys
Edna
Stalerhain
A. Stelerhain
Fillis Island
Era of Idealism echoed at Pickford Bryan banquet
A Washington banquet honoring Mrs Pickford and Secretary Bryan drew a prominent guest list including Maj. Gen. F. C. Ainsworth, Senators Ashurst, Martine, Vardaman, and many representatives. Speakers praised Wilson era ideals, compared cabinet members to the founders, and toasted Mrs. Pickford amid colonial decor and a music program.
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University Club
J. J. Dickingon
Mr. Pickford
Riverdale
George FH. O'Connor
Martine
New Jersey
William Gordon Crawford
Mrs. Pickford
Pickford
F. C. Ainsworth
Henry F. Ashurst
George W. Baird
Ira
Charles R. Hunt
John Foord
Robert T. Frazier
John F. Shafroth
L.Y. Sherman
James I. Slayden
C. Ernest Smith
Marcus A. Smith
H. G. Sparrow
Spurgeon
Sylvanus Stokes
Tom Stout
Maj
Richard Sylvester
James A
J. P. Tumulty
Willam H. Tuttle, Jr
James K. Vardaman
Thomas J. Walsh
M. A. Winter
Robert W. Woolley
Charlies W. Warden
Jamea Young
Atlantic Pool Breaks Up In Transatlantic Rates Clash
The North Atlantic shipping conference rejected Hamburg-Americ an Line's bid for a larger steerage share. Pooling agreements covering fretgate passenger and steerage rates expire January 31. Herr Heineken of North German Lloyd cautioned that a rate war is uncertain, with lines to act in concert depending on Hamburg-America's next move.
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Paris
North Atlantic Shipping Conference
Herr Heineken
North German
Lloyd Line
Hamburg-American Line
Germany Holds Line On Treaties In Reichstag
Berlin Jan 9 The interior minister Clemens Debreuck told the Reichstag that Germany would stand pat on current commercial treaties which are subject to denunciation and revision in 1917 He said no new tariff law would be submitted as a basis for new treaties nor would existing treaties be denounced Initiative for new treaties must come from foreign governments or they will automatically extend.
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BerNn
Clemens de ¥Breuck
Reichstag
FARMER OUTLAW SURRENDERS TO SHERIFF AT LAST
Howard Beardsley, notorious Chautauqua county farmer, surrendered to deputy C. D. Backus after a weeklong manhunt led by Sheriff Gust Anderson. He was jailed on first degree assault charges for shooting G. W. Putnum, overseer of the poor, and faced immediate custody.
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Mayville
Howard Beardsley
Chautauqua County
Gust Anderson
C. D. Backus
Backus
Anderson
Beardsley
Sheriff's Office
G. W. Putn@im
Julia Flake Hatred Letter Evidence in Higgins Murder Case
Julia Flake, on her fifteenth birthday, testifies she was forced to participate in the plot to kill her mother and will testify against stepfather Robert Higgins. Letters show her hate of Higgins and fear she was compelled, while Higgins proclaims innocence and claims coercion. He remains jailed in Aledo as attorneys discuss an insanity defense.
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Galesburg
Julia Flake
Robert Higgins
Higgins
Aledo
C. E. Lorimer
Mercer County
Julia
Miss Flake
Papa
Jennie Flake
Galespurg
Charlie
Wiggins
Bulgarians Sell 200,000 Mauser Rifles to Turkey
Constantinople report says Bulgaria sold 200,000 Mauser rifles captured from the Turks during the war to Turkey. Evacuation time in Epirus by the Greeks expired today. At a Venizelos Italian talks a postponement of Greek evacuation of southern Albania was considered probable for public security.
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Constantinople
Bulgaria
Turkey
Epirus
M. Venizelos
Hall
Albania
Farmer Sneeze Record After Snuff In Sullivan County
John Miller, a Middletown area farmer, sneezed uncontrollably for five hours after taking snuff near Long Holdy Sullivan County. He traveled by train to the city and claims around 4 000 sneezes, with the nose vein breaking briefly relieving the attack. He bit his tongue several times during the ordeal.
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Middletown
N. Y
Long Holdy
Sullivan County
John Miller
Miller
Diver Sees Lost Submarine A-7 Nearshore Discovery
Plymouth January 2 British submarine A-7 sank at White Sand Bay during maneuvers last Friday. A diver located the submarine in 23 fathoms of water four miles from shore, east of its disappearance spot. Raising efforts to begin at daybreak.
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Plymouth
White Sand Bay
Outcasts to Be Guests at Shepard Anniversary Dinner
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard formerly Miss Helen Miller Gould will host dinners for 500 Bowery outcasts and provide 200 beds for the homeless to mark her first wedding anniversary. The Hadley Rescue Hall will host the dinner, a prior event saw 1090 guests at her marriage day reception.
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Shepard
Miss Gould
New York
Finley J. Shepard
Helen Miller Gould
Bowery
Hadley Rescue Hall
Resolution commends federal policy on Mexican situation
Annapolis lawmakers meet to approve a resolution praising national administration policy on the Mexican situation. A bill seeks $145,000 for a commission to represent Maryland at the Panama Pacific Exposition. A companion bill authorizes gubernatorial appointment of a commission. A woman suffrage amendment to the state constitution is also introduced.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
King's Voice Is “Canned” by Danish Phonograph Recording
King Christian X of Denmark became the first monarch to speak into a phonograph to preserve his voice for the royal library archives. He recorded a balcony speech delivered to a large crowd after receiving the oar following King Frederick's death.
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Christian KX
Denmark
Washington Post
Copenhagen
Christian X
Frederick
Dr William Ulsh Killed In Auto Crash In Grove Pa
Dr William HL Ulsh a retired United States Navy assistant surgeon was killed in an automobile accident in Grove Pennsylvania. He was 45 leaving a wife. Ulsh a graduate of Annapolis served during the Philippines smallpox epidemics after the Spanish American War and retired from the Navy in 1902.
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Ulsh
Navy
Elvis Grove
William HL Ulsh
United States Navy
Annapolis
Philippines
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