Becky Edelson Aims for Martyrdom on Hunger Strike
New York July 4 Becky Edelson, imprisoned on Blackwell's Island for antiwar protest, is portrayed as seeking martyrdom through a hunger strike. Doctors and officials say she is in strong physical condition and may be secretly eating, while guards and relatives are kept away.
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New York
Tha Way
Becky Edelgon
Blackwells Island
Becky
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Miss Lavin
Miss Davin
Edelson
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Senator Lewis to shave off famous cobra whiskers
Washington dispatch to the New York World reports Senator Hamilton Lewis known as Jim Ham plans to shave his cobra whiskers after telling newspaper men on the White House steps. He says he is tired of fun poked at him and promises a big story.
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Washington
New York
Enya
Hamilton Lewis
Jim Ham
White House
Barred from Ducal Forests New York June Heat Expands
The New York Ameri lotense Lognation reports the ducal authorities have ordered excision parties of working class children to stay out of Kalvec estate forests owned by Duka Ernest Nasu. The move, though organized by ashhilsts, has broad approval and denies the poor youth a place to escape the heat.
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New York
Ameri Lotense Lognation
Kalvec
Duka Ernest Nasu
Elven
Watterson seeks trial over asylum status in Mattewan case
Daylong hearing before County Judge Arnold in Dutchess County addressed freeing Ewing Watterson son of Col Henry Watterson from Mattewan Asylum. Watterson testified his food was drugged to dull senses to impair his memory and requested return to Kingston to stand trial for a man shooting in Saugerties three years ago. He said he is prepared to face the consequences.
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Arnold
Dutchesa County
Ewing Watterson
Col
Henry Watterson
Asylum For the Insane
Mattewan
Wasterson
Watterson
Kingston
Saugerties
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Mr. Astor
Dulany Howland
China
Wiliam K.vanderbilt, Jr
Mra Eyenth Vanderbilt
Moose prediction shapes 1916 party line shift
The article notes a Washington Post report from July 4 quoting a Republican county gathering. A former Speaker states Republicans will rebuff the Bull Moose influence, predicting ninety percent of bull moose voters return to the Republican fold in 1916.
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Washington Post
Runkakee
Republican County Central
Washington
Huerta Reaches Kingston With Mexican Fugitives
Huerta and a group of Mexican fugitives arrived in Kingston aboard the German cruiser Dresden from Puerto Mexico. Gen. Blanquet and remaining followers will stay a week or more at a local hotel where other Mexican refugees have already taken rooms.
Grand Chinese Fete At Marble House Honors Royal Empress Look
Mrs Belmont hosts a lavish Marble House dinner with Mrs Fish as guest of honor. Guests dressed in ornate mandarin robes echo Ming era attire while salutes to the former Chinese empress are observed amid lanterns, dragons, and jeweled headdresses. The event ends with two hours of dancing before a midnight tour of Marble House rooms.
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Mension
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Wiliam H. Dodge
J. Gordon Douglas
George Peabody Eustis
Lawrence L. Gillespie
Arthur Curtiss James
Pembroke Jones
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Robert Winstall Taylor
Baltimore
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London
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Aiiver
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Charles Frederick Hoffman
Charles Frederick Hoffmann
Arthur Iselin
Arthur
Curtiss James
Hubert Kelso Cassatt
Robert -Kelen Cranatt
Minteh
Mia
Alexander J. Cassatt
Mins Bether J
Migs Wleanor T. Darlington
Michael M. van Beuren
Sik
W. Hart Dodge
Suffragette Arrests at Buckingham Palace Court Action Report
Lady Barclay and the Hon Edith Fitzgerald were arrested at Buckingham Palace while delivering a petition from Emmeline Pankhurst to King George. They faced Bow Street court on charges of behavior likely to cause breach of the peace after insisting on an audience.
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Gypsy Operetta Delights Grover Cleveland Center Audience
Funds 600 social center efforts host a gypsy operetta produced by teachers and children. Miss Frances Fairly led the performance with Gypsy Queen Edna Norton and performers including Mianorita Schaeffer, Mies Carr, McCoach, Robinson, and local youths. Scenery painted and arranged by center boys.
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Morton
Grover Clevelandohool
Grover Cleveland Social Center
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Gales
Anna McCoach
Emery School
Edna Robinson
Thompson School
Cecil B. Norton
Grover
Miss Norton
Misa Carr
Lucella
Miss McCoach
Babba
Miss Robinson
Calita Golder Norton
Margaret Burns
Milared Raymond
Alvin Chaney
Willie Larkin
Michael Dennleon
Frank Larkin
Robert Smith
Blanch Falkinhorn
Kathryn McCoach
Center
Society Artists on Bill at Narragansett Pier Casino
Special to The Washington from Narragansett Pier July 4 Society crowds filled the Casino cafe chantant to aid the Narragansett Improvement Association presided by Miss Sarah Balgwin Washington D C. Clare Kummer sang her own works and Miss Beatrice E Hereford delivered monologues. Notable guests included Mr and Mrs Samuel H Valentine Mr and Mrs Colva Cressl Miss Mary Deland Parey Eliott Charles Standofer of New York and Miss Florence Kane Miss Beatries Cutujar William A Campbell of New York and Miss Henrietta Wicks of Baltimore. Duke de Majo Durane with the duchess attended with brother in law John H Hanan guests at Shoreshres. Duke of Manchester and Carios de Florez visited via Charles Hayden s yacht Sovereign entertaining friends at luncheon aboard. Mr and Mrs Lew Quinn of New York were also among the guests.
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Washington, D. C
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Arthur Henry
Beatrice E. Hereford
Empress Views Late Hours Spark Berlin Sickness Debate
Berlin reports public health statistics showing 43 percent of men and 45 percent of women on sick leave over three days. Empress’ theory links late hours to illness, urging a compulsory daily closing and a weekly half holiday to curb gay nightlife and boost resistance.
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Mrs Clark to Stage Play Isle of Wishes in Wildwood
Mrs Champ Clarkett plans a September Wildwood production of her new play Isle of Wishes by Society folk of Wildwood led by the Baker sisters daughters of Rep J Thompson Baker. The work may later tour Washington and other cities including Hayward California and Milwaukee for next spring shows.
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Isle of Wishes
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Washington Dispatch
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Mrs Fish Denounces Dress Styles At Newport Talk
Newport July 2 Mrs Stuyvesant Fish argued against current women’s fashion in a Casino gathering. She urged reform of dress to reduce divorces, criticizing short skirts and tight outfits while modeling a conservative look. Teasing remarks and ornate coats were described among attendees including Mrs George R Fearing Jr and Mrs Willup B Caperton.
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