Marines Patrol Port au Prince As Battleship Arrives
Port au Prince Jan 28 The arrival of the U S battleship South Carolina, with American and German sailors guarding legations, brings a more orderly scene. A public safety committee is formed, and plans are laid to establish a government soon. Senator Devilmar Theodore leads the revolution and is to enter the capital aboard the Nord Alexis yacht.
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Port Au Pre
Ffant
Nord
Alexis
Devilmar Theodore
Cape Halitien
South Carolina
Guantanamo
Montanas
Marines
Jinaica
McOLoshi and COW Nere-Om Married in Cathedral
Margaret Q Innor and another couple were united in marriage at the Cathedral on a Wednesday in January 2014 with Rev Charles Fletcher officiating. The ceremony connected Washington DC residents to a local church wedding in a formal notice.
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Cathedral
Baftimoe
Charles Fletcher
Cuosry
Margaret
Innor
Washington, DC
Deaths from 1914 Notices Including Brown and Hannon
Obituary notices from Washington area papers list burials and memorials for DIED persons in January 1914. Entries name Betty Colleen Brown Hannon, Bertha Dickier, Henry Gasaway, George Brown, Thomas Campbell, Bertha Thomas, Martha Meredith, and others with family links, funeral dates, and interment at Green-Wood or Mount Olivet.
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Tesaax
A Atceytson
Vio Manca
Ber Ad Stepheson
Roge Towril
Holy
Nam ‘Thurch Blesenth
K Streets
Mount Olivet
Balulaur
Cal
Adegatti
William Wo Tt Brown
George Whitfield Brown
Campbell
Frank Campbell
Robert
Traffie Washington Spe
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Devertr
Eighth Street
Bertha Dickier
Gassaway
Brooklin
Henry W Gassaway
Greenwend
Brooklyn
Goode
Glorge W
Ida FP Conde
P Street
Northwest
Hagerstown
Hagan
Potomac
Columbus
Thomno
Coun
Lis General
Bunker Hill Road
Mount Ramer
Wis
Alekhandria
Mirginta
Harrison
Isif
Rachel
Hia
Rasgidsiice
Seventeenth
Henry LN Heiskell
Unidas
Cambridge Place
Joseph
Charles R Kengla
Magruder
Georgetown University Hospital
Drv IL
Magrudfr
McCulloucch
Twelfth Street
Martha
Lave William
McCullough
Port Deposit
Meredith
Lucinda
James
Clarendon
Baltimore
Roweliw
Bertha
Thomas J Nowe Tumneral
Mo Street
Glenwood Cemetery
Thomas
Gainesboro
Maryland Avenue
Doorothy Vo
Delphi Thomas
Waugh Church
Third
Atheis
Philadelphia
Bedford County
Haiti Crisis Deepens as Genera Monplaisir Refugee on German Cruiser
Reports say Gen Monplaisir and former Haitian minister of war are barred from shore by a safety committee. In Port au Prince firing has ceased but streets are patrolled by mixed American and German units. The South Carolina joins the Montana to protect foreign interests as the U S watches the revolution and considers Congress reconvening for a successor to President Oreste.
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Haiti
Gen Monplaisir
Simon
Committee of Safety
Finny
Fort Au Rrince
Montana
South Carolina
Port Au Prince
Navy Department
Hattian
Badger
Russell
Navy
State Department
Oreste Watson
Ried
Wilson
Dominican Republic
Bryan
United States
Michel Oreste
Vineta
Criticises Trust Program by Herbert Knox Smith
Jamestown, Jan 28 Herbert Knox Smith former commissioner of corporations lectured here criticizing Wilson antitrust plan. He praised a Federal trade commission as progressive while warning interlocking directorate laws would fail if replaced by sons in law or office boys. He opposed restoring competition as impractical and said court actions against trusts are paper triumphs.
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Jamestown
Herbert Knox Smith
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Earthquakes Hit Mendoza During January Shocks
Buenos Aires reports Mendoza endured earthquake shocks this afternoon after strong subterranean rumblings. The Argentine city, capital of Mendoza province, lies near the Aconcagua volcano and endured panic as the event followed past quakes in 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Mendoza
Aconcagua
Chile
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Business Cards
A garbled list shows multiple funeral homes and embalmers with addresses and phone lines. Notable names include Thos M Hindle Frank A Speare Geo Zurhorst Thos S Sergeant Wm H Sardo Frank Geier J Lee, with various NW street locations and modern chapels quoted.
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M. Hindle
SP Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank A Speare
Geo. P. Zurhorst
Wol Bart
Capitol Street
Chas S Zurhorst
Mer
Thos
S. Sergeon
BUS Des Aortor
Cain
Seventh Street NW
WM. H. ‘Sardo & CO
Modern Chapel
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST NW
J. WM. Lee
Pennossyvania Ave
Bombs and Blackmailers On East Side Gang Trial Unfolds
New York court heard Anthony Sadakus named the skull and crossbones mark used by the blackmail gang. Lehman described a spree of bomb outrages totaling about 40 to 45 blasts carried in paper bags. Coco, also indicted for murder, and other gang members face multiple indictments as informers aid prosecutors.
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Lehman
Nearvier
Hin
Coco
Chinaman
New York
East Side
Court of General Sessions
Anthony Sadakus
Angelo Sylvestro
Sadaitus
Albert Lehman
Tuehman
Nicole Achille
Charley Lem
Luigiana
Zump
Rocco Pucciareli
Aum
Explosion at Genoa powder magazine kills six
A powder magazine at a nearby fortification exploded in Genoa today killing five soldiers and one civilian and seriously injuring nine others. The blast occurred as several ships set to sail are listed in port departures from New York to European destinations.
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Genoa
South Carolina Bill Prohibits White Teachers in Black Schools
The Tower branch of the general assembly in Columbia voted 62 to 40 on final reading for a bill prohibiting white persons from teaching in Black schools beyond Bible instruction. Amendments add provisions on intimate services in houses of ill repute and extend the ban to white nurses in Black hospitals or sanatoriums.
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Columbia
S. C
Tower
General Assembly
Coxey Plans New Army March on Washington
Gen Jacob Bechle of Massillon says he will mobilize 500000 unemployed men in Washington on May 1 to form a new Coxey army marking the twentieth anniversary of the original march. He aims to press officials for uplift of the common man and anticipates 600000 or more if he can assemble them.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
Jacob] Bechle
Coxe
Massillon
Washington
Coxey
Princess Smokes in Public at La Scala Box
Special to The Washington Pest reports from New York that Infanta Eulalia, aunt of King Alfonso, surprised Paris by smoking six cigarettes in the box of La Scala Munje Hall during the Columbus exposition era. The king himself smoked with Queen Victoria, formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg, who never smoked in public.
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Washington
New York
Ihfanta Eulalia
Alfonso
America
Paris
la Scala
Munje Hall
Afonso
Victoria
Ena of
Battenberg
Death of Henry Becker Follows Chum Catherine Sarahan Funeral
Special to The Washington ost New York reports Henry Becker a 15 year old from Coronia Long Island died by gas after attending the funeral of Catherine Sarahan his schoolmate who was buried today. Sarahan and three family members died from accidental gas poisoning. Becker missed school for the funeral. Two other girls aged 17 and 12 remain in hospital. Five thousand people witnessed the cortege.
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New York
Ienry Becker
Coronia
Long Island
Catherine Sarahan
Mary
Mellie
City to become hub of federal employee unionizing
Announcement at the Washington Central Labor Union says this city will be the focal point for organizing federal government workers. John B Colpoys, secretary of the union, notes rapid progress and says leaders will soon meet to shape definite plans for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Central Labor Union
John B Colpoys
Kuropatkin Challenges Duel Refused by Writer
Gen. Alexei Kuropatkin, former commander in chief in the Russo Japanese War, sent a duel challenge to Michel Oxsipovitch Menshchoff of Novoe Vremya. Menshchoff refused, stating his principles oppose duels, and said Kuropatkin wronged by Menshekoff's persistent attacks.
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St Petersburg
Alexei Kuropatkin
Michel Oxsipovitch Menshchoff
Novoe Vremya
M Menshekoff
New Year Gift: Batonyi Donates Estates to Son Aurel
Mrs Leopold Batonyi presented her two American estates to her son Aurel Batonyi on January 1. The gifts include the Good Times Farm and Villa Valley, located within a mile of each other near Newport Rhode Island. Aurel Batonyi has been a naturalized U S citizen for twenty years and the transfer was noted in Budapest reports.
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Leopold Batonyi
Aurel Batonyi
Washington Post
Budapest
United States
Good Times
Villa
Newport
R. I
Nonpartisan Suffrage Leaders Deny Party Attack
Mrs Medill McCormick and the National American Woman Suffrage Association condemn any militant attack on the Democratic party. A meeting led by Mrs Russell MacLennan at 134 G Street NW protests the Congressional Union’s stance and questions union finances while planning Monday’s White House march.
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Imedill McCormick
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Wilson
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
McCormick
Democratic Party
White House
Congressional Union
Russell M. MacLennan
G Street
Stanley McCormick
Medill McCormick
Militant raid on cabinet ends with court bound over six months
British suffragettes attempted to enter a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in an automobile and were arraigned at Bow Street. Three refused names. Miss Virtue identified as the driver and secretary to a prominent suffragette. All prisoners bound over to good behavior for six months after brief court speeches about jail mistreatment. The incident disrupted Whitehall and led to Scotland Yard custody.
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London
British Cabinet Council
Asquith
Downing Street
Bow Street
Miss Virtue
Mlora Drummond
Montana
Great Britain
Womens Social and Political Union
Whitehall
Lne
Scotland Yard
Cabinet
Wabash Foreclosure Sought in Receivership Case
In St Louis on January 28 a decree to terminate the Wabash receivership was proposed before United States Circuit Judge Adams. Lawrence Greer of New York and George W. Murray for the Equitable Trust Company outlined a decree granting five days to clear the 141 million mortgage or a sale of the road would be ordered. The judge may set the minimum sale price if granted.
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St Lows
Wabash Railroad
United States
Adams
Lawrence Greer
New York City
Greer
George W. Murray
Equitable Trust Company of
New York
Elier
Wabash
Chambers
Equitable Trust Company
Fire aboard scout cruiser at Philadelphia navy yard
Fire was discovered today in a storeroom of the scout cruiser Birmingham at the Philadelphia navy yard. The room was flooded and the blaze extinguished with slight damage. The room contained machine tools, posts, valves and similar items. The origin of the fire is unknown.
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Philadelphia
Birmingham
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Pilgrims Reelect Choate President Despite Illness
New York January 28. A message of goodwill to Joseph H Choate former ambassador to Great Britain was sent from the Pilgrims annual meeting. Mr Choate the president was unable to attend due to illness but the society reelected him president in the session.
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New York
Joseph H. Cheate
Great Britain
United States
Choate
Hawaiian Magnate Irwin Dead in San Francisco
William G Irwin a Honolulu sugar planter and magnate died at his San Francisco home at the age of seven. He owned the entire Lanai Island, bought five years ago for 1 from Charles Gay, a British subject who controlled a 189 square mile Pacific region with 600 residents. The purchase sparked international tension but the U.S. Supreme Court upheld his title. Irwin rose from a Hawaii clerk to a coastal empire with a fortune in the tens of millions. His Honolulu home was among the west’s grandest residences.
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San Francisco
Cal
William G Irwin
Honolulu
Irwin
Lanail
Charles Gay
United States Supreme Court
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Antisuffrage Drive Targets Churches and Schools
The District Association led by Mrs. Augustus P Gardner pours resources into anti suffrage efforts claiming church attendance opposes women voting and that clergy largely resist suffrage. The group plans to press for clergy cooperation and to challenge in education circles that teachers advocate or tolerate suffrage in public schools.
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District Association
Augustus FP Gardner
Lfe
Anardt
Board of Education
Cassidy Sent to Jail in Bribery Trial Shakeup
New York report says Joseph Cassidy former Queens Democratic leader is jailed in Brooklyn after two days of trial in the supreme court on a bribe charge from ex Congress member William Willett who was convicted last week. Louis Walter Jr is tried as Cassidy Willett intermediary with both defendants under $5 000 bail. Judge Walter Jaycox remanded them without stated reason amid defense and prosecution surprise and reports of possible jury fixing.
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New York
Joseph Cassidy
Queens County
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
William Willett
Congress
Cassidy
Louis
Walter, Jr
Willett
Walter Jaycox
Radium Bill Sways Toward Federal Control With Private Use
House mines committee tentatively plans federal control of radium ores and finished products while allowing private development. A government owned radium reducing plant may be built at a Western site. Gov Mons Ammons fights withdrawal of radium lands, warning it could trigger broader mineral land withdrawals.
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House Mines Committee
Denver
Cole
E M Ammons
Radium Patients Improve as Bremner Quayle Reported Better
Representative Bremner of New Jersey and Miss Margaret Quayle daughter of Bishop Quayle of the Methodist Episcopal Church receiving radium treatment here were reported in improved condition tonight.
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Bremner
Miss Quayle
Baltimore
Jane
R . Bremner
New Jersey
Margaret Quayle
Bishop Quayle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bryan Attacks Wall Street as Trusts and Primary Plan Take Stage
Secretary Bryan told the Common Counsel Club that adopting the presidential primary would end Wall Street influence on who becomes president. He condemned Senate debate rules as the last stand of reactionaries and urged breaking Wall Street’s hold to restore individual initiative. Nationwide club branches and biweekly rural meetings were announced.
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Bryan
Common Counsel Club
Wall Street
Senate
Joseph W Folk
State Department
Folk
Navy plans huge Oklahoma oil refinery to fuel warships
Navy officials and experts discussed forming a government owned refinery in Oklahoma with pipelines to the Texas coast to supply oil fuel for Gulf of Mexico ships. Originating with Lieut Comdr Boyd, the plan promises supply at less than half current costs and likely will reach Congress as a bill.
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Navy Department
Oklahoma
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Admitral Griffin
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Cato Sells
Bureau of Mines
Boyd
Congress
Crippled Cruiser Tacoma Reaches Port Under Steam
United States cruiser Tacoma arrived at the port today under her own steam after losing a propeller off Nantucket during a gale while en route from Vera Cruz. In the past two days the ship averaged only six knots, limiting her progress.
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Portsmouth
Van
United States
Tacoma
Nantucket
Vera Cruz
Navy school for enlisted men at Annapolis station ship
Following the order of the Secretary of the Navy a school for enlisted men was established on the Reina Mercedes, the station ship at the Naval Academy, under the general direction of Commander W. W Phelps. Instructors included younger officers at the academy and pupils among bandsmen and other enlisted men.
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Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy
Reina Mercedes
Naval Academy
W. W Phelps
Wilson Opposes Compulsory Strike Arbitration Plan
Secretary of Labor Wilson told the House appropriations panel he opposes mandatory strike arbitration. He proposed a three member conciliation commission with one member named by employers, one by employees, and a third chosen by the department, likely an official, to handle emergencies. He cited lack of funds and said the public mood favored against compulsion.
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House Committee
Labor Department
Wilson
House Committee On Appropriations
American Bank for Russia Negotiations in St Petersburg
Informal overtures by Russians to the finance ministry seek a Rus so American bank charter to foster Russo American trade. Securities equal to half the proposed 2,500,000 capital must be deposited before discussions. Canadian parcel post to begin February 10 under zone system.
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United States
St. Petersburg
St Petersburg
Ministry of Finance
Russia
Moscow Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia
Ottawa
LG. Pelletier
Sled crash in Honesdale leaves one dead and ten hurt
A coasting party in Honesdale Pennsylvania on January 2 suffered one fatality and ten serious injuries when 14 year old Donald Partridge steered a sled to avoid a girl in its path driving it into a telegraph pole. Leonard Rubin, 16, was badly injured with no recovery anticipated.
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Honesdale
Donald Partridge
Pale Partridge
Leonard Rubin
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Burke
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France
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King Alfonso
Friend
Kuropatkin
Newport Estates
Plan OF Union
National Association
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Bosh
Says Mrs. Stubbs
Jessic C Stubbs
Mra MacLennan
MacLennan
Mark Wanna
Sixteenth Street
Kalon Co., Inc
William G. Irwin
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Boston
Commerce
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Roosevelt
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American Bank For Russia
Victor Records
Turkey
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Pietro Depo
Victor Department
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Smith
J. DeMoll
O.J. DeMoll & Co
Steinway Pianola
Alewe Papre
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