Swettenham Urged to Accept US Aid in Jamaica Crisis
Officials in Washington watch Jamaica situation as War Department confirms sending eighty five tents to Kingston at British request. Governor Swettenham's stance unsettles, while a British apology note to Admiral Davis and US gratitude are released. Celtic ship returns with supplies and Kingston reports list hotel losses and survivor accounts amid ongoing relief efforts.
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Jamaica
England
War Department
Wil Gov. Swettenham
United States
Washington
Grig
Wint
Army of Cuban Pacification
Havana
Santiago
Kingston
Gen. Wint
Tait
Havens
Gov. Magoon
Santiagoe
Gov. Swettenham
Admiraltrs
State Department
Admiral Davis
Root
Celtie
Guantanamo
Admiral Evans
Celtic
Plain Point
Sperry
Bourke
Watson
Hiquirles St Thes
Denounce British aboard Prinz Hohenzollern voyage mess
Eyewitness accounts from Kingston recount brutalities and indifference aboard the Prinz Hohenlohe during a Caribbean cruise after the Kingston earthquake. Passengers slept on docks, while Sir Alfred Jones party allegedly ordered removal of injured and strangers, and a British captain offered shelter to a destitute woman.
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Prinz Hiltel Friedrich
Pring Eltel
Mingston
A. D. Hallman
Norristown
Kingston
Chambers M. Craig
Craig
Hoth
Alfred Jones
Swettenham
Sir Alfred
Thia
Ines
Capt. Hensell
Sampson
Boston
Port Richmond
Be Pardoned If Davis Blundered Swettenham Debate
Paris dispatch notes Journal Des Debats comments on the Kingston incident involving Swettenham and Davis. It argues armed intervention without local invitation violates international usage, but notes Davis acted on his own, and Swettenham’s actions were rooted in Jamaica’s status as a British territory. It concludes the episode won’t harm Anglo American relations due to current diplomatic differences and ongoing mediation.
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Swettenham
Paris
Workington Post
Journal Des Debats
Kingston
Buc
Davis
Walch
Jamaica
Des. Debats
Mie
Great Britain
United States
Sicily Feels Earthquakes Spark Alarm Across Villages
Sicily experiences continual light earthquakes causing alarm in several villages. Houses threaten to collapse, forcing residents to camp outside. Mount Etna and Stromboli remain active, signaling ongoing seismic activity along Sicily's northeast and Lipari Islands.
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Rome
Kingston
Sicily
Apita
Mount Erna
Stromboli
Lipari Islands
Jamaica governor faces recall pressure amid aid row
Widespread Jamaica unrest follows Daily Telegraph publication of Gov Swettenham's letter to Rear Admiral Davis. Archbishop Nuttall condemns dictatorial conduct, urges continued U.S. relief, and meets officials as locals protest pay docking for clerks aiding ill relatives. Ongoing refugee transport and a minor earthquake marked the day.
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Nuttall
Davis
New York
Relief Committee
Swettenham
Enos Nuttall
Jamaica
Archbishop Nuttail
United States
Nea
Americ
Re . Baraca
Archbishop Nuttall
Indefeatible
Oterl
Santiago
Englishman Indignant Over Jamaica Governor's Letter
Boston readers learn Harvard professor F C DeSumichrast, president of the Victorian Club, labels Sir Alexander Swettenham's withdrawal request of U S naval forces as an unwarranted lapse from decency. He says the governor misrepresents British feeling and causes needless mischief, urging American friends to heed Britons' shared indignation.
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Boston
Alexander Swettenham
Jamaica
Davis
F. C. De“Sumichrast
Harvard University
Victorian Club
Sumiichrast
Alexander
Jone
Berlin Press Reflects Skepticism Over Swettenham Davis Affair
Berlin newspapers treat the Swettenham Davis incident as a personal matter rather than a government dispute. They note Washington's quiet statements but express skepticism and suggest German nerves and national pride color views of U S relief stances after the San Francisco quake.
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Berlin
Jeu. Cose
Swettenham
Jamaica
Davis
Washington
Germany
United States
San Francisco
Representative from The Grafton Press to visit daily
A representative of The Grafton Press will be present from 11 to 1 o'clock daily and at other times by appointment.
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Grafton Press
Move To Increase Pay For Postal Workers
The House Committee on Post-office and Post-roads proposed raises for railway mail clerks carriers and first and second class postoffice clerks to ease living costs. Increases vary by city size with totals nearing 5 million annually. rural carriers await a likely 1 million raise by week’s end.
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House Committee On
Tnere
England Waits Public Mind Over Kingston Incident
London Jan 22 The Kingston letter exchange between Gov Swettenham and Admiral Davis keeps public mind mystified as Britain awaits reports from Jamaica. Gov Swettenham’s dispatch to Secretary Root is expected to prompt debate in Parliament upon reassembly. The Globe and others weigh Gov Swettenham's stance and the role of the American squadron.
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Root
State Department
Swettenham
Great Britain
United States
Bacon
Esme Howard
Clurze D'Affaires
Jamaica
England
Damasva
Jamaican
Edward Ge
Fox
Foreign Office
London
Kingston
Bear
Swettenhim
John R. Carter
Telegraph
Roosevelt
United” States
Globe
Haldame
Gov. Swettenham
Mansion House Fund
Paw Mall
Grey
Change for better in condition of former New York governor
Special to The Washington Post reports a slight improvement in Governor Higgins. Dr. Hibbard says he is conscious and talks when visited, though still on stimulants and nourishments. Family remains at his bedside. a son in Redlands is ill and not yet able to return.
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New York
Washington Post
Qloan
N. Y
Higgins
Hibbard
O.T. Higsing
Clash Over the Port in Mukden Trade Dispute
The Mukden viceroy and foreign consuls fail to agree on opening Mukden to foreign trade. The fight centers on likin duties and exemption of American goods, with the 1903 treaties already permitting treaty port treatment but contested by China. American Consul General Straight seeks exemption for American goods, while China resists, risking huge revenue loss and delaying settlement.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Kuhden
State Department
Straight
Mukdsen
America
China
Cofentry
Music halls picketed strike widens in London
London see major music halls closed and audiences dismissed as artists refuse to perform. About 600 pickets outside Tivoli Strand and other venues guard demands for pay for matinee shows and opposition to the trust system and proprietor combination.
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London
Music Ha
The
Tivoli
Strand
Arthur Roberts
Princess de Broglie
Marie Lloyd
Artists’Federation
Reid's Son Appears in Theft of $4000 Trunk
Special to The Washington Fest New York Jan 32 Ambassador White law Reid's son Ogden Milla Heid was victim of a thief who seized a trunk worth 4000 from Trenor L Park at 17 East Sixty third street during the holidays. He lost clothes and jewelry including targe Hamonds. Reid, a Yale student, arrived before Christmas to be with family. The trunk was misdirected to his father’s Madison Avenue home then sent toward the country. A driver from 962 Sixth Avenue is linked to both trunks, and has vanished along with the baggage. Detectives search, some jewelry recovered from pawn shops.
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New York
White ‘Law
Reid
Ogden Milla Heid
Trenor L. Park
East Sixtythird Street
Young
Yale
Madison Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Express Company
Sixth Avenue
Trenor Park
Young Reid
McLaughlin
Relt
Knowles Trial Set for Court Martial at Fort Sill
Brigadier General McCaskey directs a general court martial to meet at Fort Sill February 15 to try Corp. Knowles on charges connected to the December 21 attempt on Capt. Edgar B. Macklin at Fort Reno. Knowles is transferred to Fort Sill per his request and guarded. The report notes Roosevelt action on the Brownsville incident was rejected by Arkansas lawmakers.
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Macklin
Lawton
Olds
McCaskey
San Antonio
Department of
Catholics Ready to Die for Faith Stir Paris Debate
Paris Jan 22 The expulsion of several students from Beaupreau Catholic seminary near Angers sparked a Senate battle. Senator Delahue Conservative ex-president of the chamber of commerce declared Catholics ready to die for their faith and warned that chapels like Notre Dame de Lourdes and Montmartre might be defended with arms. He denounced Combes Clemenceau as unable to suppress Freemasonry and urged action against the republic. Briand and others reacted as the chamber echoed with confrontations.
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Paris
Beaupreau
Angers
Senate
M. Delahue
Chamber of Commerce of Singers
Notre Dame de ‘Lourdes
Montmartre
Arma
France
Briand
Kaiser Hosts Skat Parties At Palace
Berlin reports Kaiser Wilhelm hosts skat games at the palace with veteran generals and ministers. They begin with a simple meal of potatoes haddock herrings and beer. Stakes are tiny coin values, about one tenth of a cent, rising to a pfennig. The Kaiser reportedly enjoys winning but grows angry at mistakes as the games end at midnight.
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Hoeplal
Washington Fort
Berlin
Palace
Jano
Europe Caught in Severe Blizzard Sweeps Southern Russia
A broad Europe wide cold wave and blizzard sweep from Southern Russia across the continent. London reports a twenty degree drop and easterly gale with possible snow as Berlin records subzero temperatures. Heavy snow in the Alps and Bohemia, frostbitten schoolchildren in Galicia, frozen harbors and disrupted rail lines. Several vessels ashore near Odessa and widespread suffering accompany the extreme winter conditions.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Naplea
Swiss Alps
Germany
Austria
Russia
Aisco
Vienna
Bohemia
Galicia
Trieste
Adriatic
Black Sea
Odessa
Constantinople
Berlin
Rhine
Fce
Romé
Lana
1500 Reported Drowned in Dutch East Indies Tidal Wave
Reports from The Hague say a tidal wave devastated Dutch East Indian islands near Sumatra. About 1500 people are believed dead with land subsidence and daily earthquakes continuing. The civil governor traveled to the disaster area. 100 perished on Tana and forty on Simalu per early dispatches.
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Hague
Jan
Athena
Simalu
Atehin
Dutch East Indian Islands
Tana
Babi
Sirmalu
Sumatra
Atchin
Eiffel Tower to Become Permanent Military Station
Paris January reports that the Eiffel Tower, a marvel of the Paris Exposition, will become a permanent military installation. The government plans to use it for wireless telegraphy with the army, maintaining communications with the eastern front, Berlin, London, and newly connected Algeria and Tunis.
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France
Army Wireless
Paris
Jan
War Department
Vosges
Eiffel Tower
French Coast Resorts Seek Exemption From Clemen ceau Order
French reports from Paris say Mies and Candes protest against Premier Clemenceau's order to close gambling houses near coastal resorts. They argue the bans would ruin seaside healthful waters and drive visitors to Monte Carlo and Italian ports. The government suspended the order for the coastal region on February 1 and will study permanent exemptions.
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Cleménceau
Paris
Mies
Candes
Clemenceau
Monte Carlo
M. Clemenceau Bes
Spender-Clays Welcome Newborn Astor Daughter
Mrs Spender Clay, formerly Miss Astor, daughter of William Waldorf Astor, has given birth to a daughter. Miss Astor married Capt H al Spender Clay of the Second Life Guards on October 14, 1904 at St Margaret's Windsor. The couple reside at Ford Manor Lingfield Surrey. Capt Spender Clay resigned from the army in 1902.
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Washington Post
London
Surrey
Spender- Clay
Hotels list of guests across major cities big names
A lengthy roster of guests staying at hotels in Baltimore Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond Alabama California Connecticut Illinois Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey New York state North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee West Virginia and foreign postings includes numerous individuals with affiliations to Metropolitan St James Ebbitt National and other hotels. Names span William Baker B A Elllough K T Felder Raleigh J N Stockett James Mi Thorton Rosenthal Louis Hancke P D Fistea Fe Battell Woodbury Devenves Cox Whitney McBride Bebau Lederer Johnson HUI Frame Pingston H MA.
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Baltimore
William Baker
B. A. Elllough
K.T. Felder
Raleigh
L. J. Gordon
W. T. “Mowechen
J. N. Stockett
Metropolitan
T. J. Seaze
James Mi
Thorton
W. Rosenthal
James
Louis N. Hancke
Shoreham
Boston
P. D. Fistea Fe Battell
F. J
Woodbury
W. B. Munroe
L. K. Patten
National
Harry Dutton
Mary
Dutton
Alice Dutton
St. James
Theme
Denaleon
Epibtt
Frank G North
Henry T. Shey
Miss Shaw
Miax
Eleanor Shaw
Miss
E. “Crehava
Sumiuel H. Huson
F. L Dunne
Gilbert H
A. Lederer
N. J
John‘son
R. Kelschner
George J. Chadwell
Tompking
MF. Frame
W. J. Pingston
John S. Hui
Goldfogle
J. McHutchinson
Edward
Lyom
J. A. Stewart
N. W. Tanneig
F. B. Aspinwall
Aspinwall
J. Lawrence’ Aspinwall
Winifred Segrist
Arington
George Beban
Peter F. Dailey
Miss Paret
Eleanor Paret
Joan Paret
W. L. Smith
Brea
Meuake
Philip J. Curran
Jean Chamberlin
Biggs
E. Pierge
Ebbitt
CB. Curtis
P.M. Leavitt
James W. Lane
Newton Heinemany
M. A. Heinemany
New Wilford
J. Willamas
Frank L Palt
Joseph Brooks
Paul B. Renton
Leis Logan
Alabama
E. Leroy Napier
Union Springs
St James
Henry Jervey
Mobile
California
A. E. Phelan
San Franisco
Lord
Los Angeles
HR. Kramer
San Francisco
A. H. Ward
Alameda
New Wilard
Connecticut
R. Li. Berkwith
Mins Helen Newson
Hartford
New Willard
Illinois
Elnott Callend
M.popher
St. Joseph
P. Rust
Lansing
Minnesota
Howard Johnston
Paul
Caroline M. Crosby
Minneapolis
W. Allman
St.Paul
New Jersey
E. Oscar de Camp
Rostland
J.B. Narrance
Granbury
St. Jame
New York State
N. 5
Sugerwald
Watters
Buffalo
L. H. Swan
J. W. Batz
Cuba
F. C. Selfield
Ailver
Spring
C. W. Goodyear
Aringtom
Charles A. Hufka
Troy
J.F. Mor Au
Watertown
Siggs
T. J. Shackett
Ashtabula
Arilngton
Mrs. BF
Martin
Columbus
H. Ayers
Olneinaat
D.F. Pugh
A.B. Critchfeld
Zhbitt
EB. G. Tillotson
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
E. L. Wilbur
South Bethlehem
W. I. Balm
Pottaville
J. Resse
Shenandoah
J. E. Dean
E. T. Moore
Harrisburg
Lapp
Friels
John H. Landis
Misers
Vble
Marion K. Rete
Middleton
Frigg
Mountville
Arlington
Anna Martin
G. A. Schundels
Nazareth
William C, Schuster Jr
Lansilowne
Rigen
W. Z
Georgia and
Wite
W. W. Law
Charles T. Bates
Knoxville
P- Layton
Wiggins
Sewanee
W. Heckman
Whitmore
W. L. Newton
Teebure
J. W. ‘Slaughter
J. Mr. Alley
T. B. Nolen
Ardmore
J. Hrofman
Interstate Commerce probes rail car shortages and rate bias
Denver and Seattle hearings unfold as Commissioner Prouty revisits complaints against railroads. Lumber firms allege Tacoma car discrimination and high prices, while Denver manufacturers claim freight rates push them out of business. Officials caution that general rate levels are not inherently too high, but Denver rates may be unreasonable.
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Seattle
Wash
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Washington
Hilroads
Charles B. Patton
Tacoma
Denver
Colo
United States ‘Court Room
C. 4. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
West
George J. Kindel
Kindel
Pacific Coast
Angi
Frouty
Prouty
Commission
San Francisco
M'Avoy Elected Recorder by Deadlock Break
In New York the aldermen ended a deadlock for Recorder by electing Francis Mc Avoy a Democratic judge of the Court of Special Sessions. He won 42 votes to 35 for Republican J Cowden Myers as municipal ownership members shifted from their own candidate. Alderman Clifford, accused of bribery, did not vote.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Goff
Francis McAvoy
Court of Special Sessions
McAvoy
J. Cowden Myers
Alderman Clifford
Cowing
Interchangeable mileage to be sold by railroads in Southeast
Railroads east of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac will implement interchangeable mileage at 212 cents per mile in the Southeastern territory. The decision was announced by the conference committee of the Southeastern Passenger Association in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Potomac
Southeastern Passenger Association
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Tokyo
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