Tents for Sufferers Swettenham Willingness Questioned
Officials in Washington watch Jamaica relief talk as War Department confirms sending eighty five tents to Kingston at British request. Governor Swettenham’s response uncertain while US ship supplies await his use of aid.
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Jamaica
United States
Washington
War Department
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Wint
Army of Cuban Pacification
Havana
Santiago
Kingston
Gen. Wint
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State Department
Admiral Davis
Root
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Guantanamo
Admiral Evans
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Bourke
Watson
Hiquirles St Thes
Americans Recounted Humiliation Aboard Prinz Hohenzollern
Survivors describe sleeping on planks and sacks on the Hamburg American dock while awaiting the Princ Eitel Friedrich to Kingston. They condemn Sir Alfred Jones and his party for brutal treatment of quake victims aboard Port Kingston, including amputations without adequate anesthesia.
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Mingston
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Craig
Hoth
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Swettenham
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Mrs. Craig
Sir Alfred Jones
Constant Spring
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Lord Fitzmaurice
Alfred
Tltchfield
Port Antonio
Fort Kingston
Sir Alfred Ma
Be Pardoned Swettenham Davis Incident Sparks Debate
Paris journal debates Swettenham and Davis actions at Kingston. It questions armed intervention on foreign soil without invitation, notes Davis moved without authority amid earthquake chaos, and says the incident should not harm Anglo American ties given Jamaica's status and Swettenham’s role.
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Swettenham
Paris
Workington Post
Journal Des Debats
Kingston
Buc
Davis
Walch
Jamaica
Des. Debats
Mie
Great Britain
United States
Sicily Quakes Raise Alarm Across Island Villages
Severe tremors ripple through Sicily after a Kingston disaster, with ongoing slight earthquakes alarming residents. Homes in several towns threaten collapse forcing camps outside as Mount Erna and Stromboli show continued activity.
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Rome
Kingston
Sicily
Apita
Mount Erna
Stromboli
Lipari Islands
Jamaica Governor Under Fire Over Aid Rejection
In Kingston Jamaica Gov Swettenham faces intense local anger after rebuffing American aid for drought relief. Archbishop Nuttall condemns his dictatorial style while officials defend the action. A relief meeting discussed conditions, refugees travel continued, and a ship sails for Santiago.
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United States
Nea
Americ
Swettenham
Re . Baraca
Archbishop Nuttall
Indefeatible
Oterl
Santiago
Indignation in Britain Over Jamaica Governor Letter
Harvard professor and Victorian Club leader Prof. F C De Sumichrast denounces Sir Alexander Swettenham's request to withdraw American naval forces as unwarranted and inexcusable. He says Britons feel profound shame and indignation at the governor's letter, which misrepresents British sentiment and injures authority and trust.
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Boston
Alexander Swettenham
Jamaica
Davis
F. C. De“Sumichrast
Harvard University
Victorian Club
Sumiichrast
Alexander
Jone
German Press Skeptical On Jamaica Incident News
Berlin papers print every available detail on the dispute between Gov Swettenham of Jamaica and Rear Admiral Davis. Washington statements meet skepticism as editors view the affair as personal friction rather than a government clash. Some say Americans may grasp German resentment over U S relief aid for San Francisco quake victims, noting differences in context.
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State Department
Swettenham
Great Britain
United States
Bacon
Esme Howard
Clurze D'Affaires
Jamaica
England
Damasva
Jamaican
Edward Ge
Fox
Foreign Office
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Daily Telegraph
Berlin
Jeu. Cose
Davis
Washington
Germany
San Francisco
Representative of The Grafton Press Office Hours
A representative of The Grafton Press will be present from 11 to 1 daily and at other times by appointment.
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Grafton Press
Move to Increase Pay for Postal Workers
The House Post-office and Post-roads Committee pushed a pay increase for railway mail clerks carriers and first and second class postoffice staff to match living costs. Increases range from 60 to 1200 dollars annually by city size with rural carriers pending, totaling about five million dollars extra yearly.
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Jamaica Governor Swettenham Letter Sparks UK Debate
London uncertainties grow as Jamaica Governor Swettenham’s letter to Secretary Root is viewed as inconsistent with executive conduct. Public mood questions whether he should apologize or retire, with Parliament not convening again to resolve the Kingston incident.
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London
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John R. Carter
Foreign Office
Change for Better in Condition of Former New York Governor Higgins
Special to The Washington Post reports a slight improvement in Gov Higgins condition in Qloan New York. Dr Hibbard said Higgins was conscious and talking though still on stimulants and nourished. Family mood mixed with cautious relief as the bedside vigil continues with most relatives in town and one son in Redlands, California.
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Washington Post
Qloan
N. Y
Higgins
Hibbard
O.T. Higsing
Clash Over the Port Tak Exemption in Likin Fight
Mukden reports a sharp clash over Manchuria trade policy as the viceroy and foreign consuls fail to agree on opening Mukden to foreign merchants. The dispute centers on likin taxes, with Americans seeking complete exemption for goods after entry and ongoing tension over whether Chinese or foreign rules apply. Straight, the American consul general, pushes for exemption under existing treaties, while Chinese authorities resist.
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Manchuria
Kuhden
State Department
Straight
Mukdsen
America
China
Cofentry
Music Halls Picket Strikes Close London Venues
London arts strikes extended tonight as music hall workers picketed and several leading houses including the Tivoli closed. Artists such as Arthur Roberts Marie Lloyd and the Princess de Broglie refused to perform and were among the pickets enforcing the Artists Federation orders. About sixty pickets stood outside venues protesting matinee pay and opposition to the trust system and proprietor combinations.
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Artists’Federation
Reid's Son Victim of Theft While Home for Holidays
Special to The Washington from New York report ambassador White law Reid's son Ogden Mila Heid was robbed of a trunk valued at 4000 dollars belonging to Trenor L. Park. Reid, a Yale student, lost all clothes and twenty five pieces of jewelry including hamonds. The trunk was sent to Madison Avenue then moved to a friend’s country place. A driver from 962 Sixth Avenue who handled the Park trunk also delivered Reid's trunk and has vanished. Detectives search for the driver. some jewelry found in local pawn shops.
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White ‘Law
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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 Fort Sill Court Martial
Brig Gen McCaskey of the Department of Lexas appoints a general court martial for February 15 at Fort Sill to try Corp Knowles on a charge of attempting to kill Capt Edgar B Macklin at Fort Reno on December 21. Knowles is held under guard after transfer from Fort Reno. In Arkansas the lower house refuses to endorse Roosevelt action on discharging the negro troops over the Brownsville incident.
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Lawton
Olds
McCaskey
San Antonio
Department of
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Roosevelt
Brownsville
Tex
Catholics Ready to Die for Faith Stir France Senate
Paris Jan 22 A wave of sensational speech follows the expulsion of Beaupreau seminary students near Angers. Senator Delahue Conservative ex-president of the chamber of commerce declares Catholics will die for their faith if chapels like Notre Dame de Lourdes and Montmartre are closed. He denounces Combes Clemenceau and Masonry amid jears of the Left. Briand is mentioned.
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Beaupreau
Angers
Senate
M. Delahue
Chamber of Commerce of Singers
Notre Dame de ‘Lourdes
Montmartre
Arma
France
Briand
Kaiser hosts skat games with generals and ministers
Berlin reports Kaiser Wilhelm hosts private skat parties at the palace. The players are veteran generals and ministers who begin with a Trucai meal of potatoes herring and beer. Stakes run about one tenth of a cent per point, rising to a pfennig. The Kaiser enjoys winning but grows angry at mistakes.
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Hoeplal
Washington Fort
Berlin
Palace
Jano
Europe Swept by Blizzard Cold Wave Grips Continent
Jan 22 reports from London and across Europe describe a severe cold wave and blizzard. Temperatures plunge below zero from Germany to Vienna with heavy snow, blocked navigation, disrupted railways, and frostbite cases among children. Rome notes gale storms and fishing boats wrecked along the peninsula.
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Great Britain
Europe
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Swiss Alps
Germany
Austria
Russia
Aisco
Vienna
Bohemia
Galicia
Trieste
Adriatic
Black Sea
Odessa
Constantinople
Berlin
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Lana
Tidal Wave Devastates Dutch East Indies Islands
Reports from The Hague say a tidal wave devastated several Dutch East Indian islands near Sumatra. Simalu is reported nearly vanished with about 1,500 feared dead. Earlier briefs logged 100 dead on Tana and 40 on Simalu amid ongoing earth shocks.
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Jan
Athena
Simalu
Atehin
Dutch East Indian Islands
Tana
Babi
Sirmalu
Sumatra
Atchin
Eiffel Tower to Become Permanent Military Station
Paris January reports the Eiffel Tower, a marvel of the 1900 Exposition, will be a permanent military installation. The War Department has used it for wireless telegraphy during maneuvers and to maintain communications with the eastern frontier, Berlin, and London. New installations aim to assure regular links with Algeria and Tunis.
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French Coast Resorts May Be Exempt From Clemenceau Order
Paris reports say M. Clemenceau suspended the order restricting gambling houses along the coast. Mediterranean resorts led protests arguing closures would ruin seaside attractions and drive visitors to Monte Carlo and Italian ports. The government will study permanently exempting coastal resorts from the ban.
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Paris
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Monte Carlo
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Spender-Clays Welcome a Daughter in England
Mrs Spender Clay daughter of William Waldorf Astor gave birth to a daughter. Miss Astor married Captain Hal Spender Clay of the Second Life Guards on October 14 1904 at St Margarets 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
Interstate Commerce Hearing Probes Western Rail Freight
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane and C F Prouty resumed hearings in Seattle and Denver into railroad car shortages and alleged freight discrimination harming Washington lumber firms and Denver manufacturers. Witnesses claimed cars were scarce and prices rose. officials argued rates vary by region and that Denver’s rates should not be deemed generally too high.
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Interstate Commerce
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Washington
Hilroads
Charles B. Patton
Tacoma
Denver
Colo
United States ‘Court Room
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Interstate Commerce Commissioner
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George J. Kindel
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Pacific Coast
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Frouty
Prouty
Commission
San Francisco
M'Avoy Elected Recorder After Aldermen Deadlock
In New York a board deadlock over Recorder Goff's successor ended with Francis McAvoy elected recorder. McAvoy, a Democrat and Court of Special Sessions judge, secured 42 votes to 35 for Republican J Cowden Myers as municipal ownership aldermen switched support. Alderman Clifford, accused of bribery in a prior vote, did not vote.
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Goff
Francis McAvoy
Court of Special Sessions
McAvoy
J. Cowden Myers
Alderman Clifford
Cowing
Interchangeable Mileage Set for Southeastern Rail Sale
Southeastern Passenger Association announces a new mileage rate of 2.12 cents per mile for travel on all railroads east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. The agreement, reached by the conference committee, affects lines in the southeastern territory with a February 5 effective date.
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