Eugenic union planned for Whitet and Estelle McLean wedding
Rev. Frederick A. Whitet, famed as an actor pastor, will wed Somerville student Estelle M. McLean in Boston under a twentieth century eugenic ritual by Rabbi Charles Fleischer. The ceremony emphasizes equality and a life described as “one sweet song” while denying any notion of superior partners.
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Boston
F. A. Wilmot
Mise Estelle McLean
Washington
Frederick A. Whitet
Weat Somervile Universalist
Estelle M
McLean
Somerville
Charles Fleischer
Misa McLean
Eugenica
Miss McLean
Wilmot
Bryan to Return to Gotham for Thursday Peace Talk
William Jennings Bryan plans a second New York speech after resigning as Secretary of State. He spoke yesterday in New York and will address a peace demonstration at Madison Square Garden Thursday night before returning to Washington on Wednesday.
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William Jennings Bryan
New York
Madleon Square Garden
Mr. Bryan
Mrs. Bryan
Washington
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Forecast for District of Columbia
The forecast for Sunday night into Tuesday calls for continued warmth with light variable winds. Highs and lows are listed with temperatures around and above 80 degrees in the region, and showers are ending after a prolonged period. River conditions show a cloudy Potomac and misty Shenandoah, with minor rainfall reported recently.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
District of Columbian
Maretant
Itr
Gulf States
Pacific
Amaller
New Job for Sylvester at Du Pont Guard HQ
Norfolk dispatch reports Maj. Richard Sylvester former head of the Washington police becomes director of the Du Pont powder works at Hopewell Virginia organizing a guard force of 500 men in response to a government warning. He oversees both uniform and plainclothes divisions.
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du Pont Powder Plant
Norfolk
du Pont Powder Company
Hopewell
Richard Sylvester
Washington
Bishop Harding Improves but Soon Unfit for Engagements
The condition of Bishop Harding showed improvement yesterday at Cathedral Close but he remains confined to home after an automobile accident. He likely cannot keep many engagements before July 1 and plans to leave Washington around that time for the summer season.
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Bishop Harding
Cathedral Close
Washington
American Jewish conference to discuss relief for Jews
New York June 20 American Jewish committee holds a special meeting chaired by Louie Marshall. A conference in Washington around November 1 will include up to 150 delegates from Jewish national societies to plan relief for Jews in belligerent countries. Delegates to be chosen by October 10 with seven member committee designating invited organizations.
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New York
Washington
American Jewish Committee
Louie Marshall
Miner Killed by Burglar in Monessen Home
In Monessen Pennsylvania June Joseph Smith sixty eight was fatally wounded and Mrs Smith eighteen was severely beaten by eight black burglars who broke into their home early today during a robbery attempt. Smith refused to surrender money and was shot through the neck as he defended himself. Mrs Smith's cries brought help and the assailants fled. Smith died later in hospital. The miner had recently sold property and reportedly held money in his home.
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Monessen
Joseph Smith
Smith
Train Kills 3 at Michigan Crossing Near Charlotte
A passenger train struck a wagon at a Michigan Central grade crossing near Charlotte injuring no one else. James Stewart 35 his mother Betsy Stewart and his nephew Donald Brey were killed instantly.
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Charlotte, Mich
James Stewart
Betsy Stewart
Donald Breyens
Michigan Central Railroad
Pay Honor to Needham Funeral Delays Announced
Paris reports funeral arrangements for Henry Beach Needham and Lieut. R A J Warneford canceled. Needham’s body rests in the American Church of the Holy Trinity mortuary chapel as embassies seek instructions from Needham’s widow in the United States. Flowers from French officers and officers of the English hospital surround the coffins. Warneford’s propeller rose tribute bears inscriptions and a national funeral planned in London with guard of honor.
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Paris
Henry Beach Needham
Washington
R. A. J. Warneford
Royal Navy
Parla
United States
Instrucong
Gallien
Gallopin
Warneford
Needham
Legion of Honor
England
London
Printers Install Officers In City Union Ceremony
Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 held an installation at Typographical Temple. The group urged funding for a Washington city directory project and instructed delegates to notify Chamber of Commerce and Central Labor Union. A $100 appropriation supported striking brewery firemen. E. F. Smith received a gold watch. E. W. Morcock named new executive. Francis Berkler received an umbrella. New officers: E. W. Morcock president. C. D. Deming vice president. G. G. Belbold secretary. J. V. Johnson treasurer. W. Co. Fechtig sergeant at arms. Nulen C. Stoopa doorkeeper. Trustees: J. C. Whyte, W. H. Cornish, H. B. Goodrell.
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Columbia Typographical Union
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Central Labor Union
E. F. Smith
Douquet
E. W. Morcock
Francis Berkler
Charles D. Deming
George G. Belbold
Jerome V. Johnson
William Co. Fechtig
Nulen C. Stoopa
Joseph C. Whyte
William EH. Cornish
Harry B Goodrell
Frank Frank Taken To Milledgeville Under Guard
Condemned killer Leo M. Frank was placed on the rear coach of a Central train and sent to Milledgeville under heavy deputy guard. Gov. John M. Slaton’s commutation decision was expected, with Atlanta officials confident it would be to life imprisonment rather than death.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Leo M. Frenk
Mary Phagan
Milledgeville
John M. Slaten
Lao M. Frank
Morrow
Leo M. Frank
Wehr
Fulton County
Roosevelt Laughs at Bryan Criticism of Military Preparedness
Col. Theodore Roosevelt dismissed W. J. Bryan's charge that his advocacy for military preparedness was aimed at him. He laughed off the rap, saying he has serious things to do and never heard of the critique, after a June 4 Carnegie Hall speech.
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Washington Post
New York
Sagamore Hill
Col. Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Colonal
Bryan
Carnagie Hall
Suat
Surgeon Dr. J. B. Cleaves Dies by Own Hand
Boston reports Dr. J. B. Cleaves of Medford a renowned Middlesex County surgeon. at 63 he stabbed himself with a surgeon's lance in his woodshed and died. He mourned the Medford square house he had lived in 33 years slated for demolition. Cleaves Harvard trained, class of 1870s.
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Washington Post
Boston
J. B. Cleaves
Medford
Middlesex County
Med
Ford Square
Cleaves
Harvard University
Harvard Medical School
Big Shipyard for Mobile Plans in New York
In New York Edward M Hyde former president of the Gath Iron Works announces a $4,000,000 Gulf City Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company to build a large shipyard in Mobile within six months. Backed by Birmingham steel interests, the project aims to serve South American and Panama Canal traffic, making Mobile a southern hub beyond Norfolk and Newport News.
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New York
Mobile
United States
Edward M Hyde
Gath (Me.) Iron Works
Hyde
South
Gulf City Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Americans Safe in Van Amid Armenian Crisis
A cablegram to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions says Americans in Van, Turkish Armenia, are safe. Dated from Van and relayed through Petrograd and Washington, it notes urgent general aid for about 1,000 starving Armenians in American buildings.
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Van
Armenia
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Clarence D. Ussher
Petrograd
State Department
Wraahington
Bane
Lieutenant Governors Endorse Wilson Policy at Convention
In Rhea Springs Tennessee June 2 H T England former West Virginia governor and now lieutenant governor was elected president of the Association of Lieutenant Governors. Lieutenant Gov John Arnold of Ohio was named secretary. A resolution endorsing President Wilsons policy toward Germany and pledging support of lieutenant governors to any government action followed the transmission of the second note to Germany.
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Tenn
H. T. England
West Virginia
Association of Lieutenant Governors
John Arnold
Ohio
Germany
Evicted for His Snoring at The Webbington Post
Matthew Jeffries, a Civil War veteran who lost an arm and suffered leg and eye injuries, traveled to Paterson New Jersey seeking food and shelter but was refused by city police due to his loud snoring. He was turned away after a 504 collection and sent on his way.
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Webbington Post
New York
Matthew Jeffries
Patergon
N. J
Gettysburg
Richmond
New City
Ottaville Simehouses
Paterson
Mttle
Moeller
Deems
Rhododendron Ball Dazzles Asheville for Largest Night
Last night’s rhododendron ball in Asheville North Carolina drew the largest crowd yet with about two hundred couples. Gov and Mrs Locke Craig led the march through rooms decorated with Mount Mitchell rhododendrons while special dances featured Dorothy Lyttle and Arthur Murray amid dinners hosted by Mrs Keaney Taylor of New York.
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Washington Post
Asheville
N.C
Mount Mitchell
Locke Craig
North Carolina
Mise Dorothy Lyttle
Arthur Murray
Keaney Taylor
New York
Indian calls for Gen Scott at trial for murder
A Piute man known as Tae Ne Gat pleaded not guilty in Federal district court to the murder of Juan Chacon a Mexican sheepherder in southwestern Colorado. Trial set for July 6. The case stems from a winter fight when Ts Ne Gat fled after a shooting sparked by a murder accusation and a confrontation with Marshes's posse in Blum Utah. He has been treated for advanced tuberculosis in a local hospital.
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Cole
Jime
Federal District Court
Juan Chacon
Colorado
Tae Ne Gat
Blum
Utah
Ts Ne Gat
Piutes
Old Polk
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Tas Ne Gat
John Scott
Scott
Master of Many Tongues Cobham Pasha Dies in Devonshire
London June 20 Clauds Delavel Cobham who died at his Devon home was a long time British commissioner of Cyprus. A man of many accomplishments he spoke fluent native languages to guests from Greek Turk Italian Persian French German and English at Villa Claudia. His work shaped Cyprus development during his 1879 1908 tenure and he authored humorous books on Cypriot history.
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London
Clauds
Delavel Cobham
Devonshire
Cyprus
Cobham Pasha
Claudia
Cobham
Cyprist
Crowds Crave Corn as Hunger and Heat Strain Mexico City
In Mexico City crowds line food stations from dawn to night, 12 000 to 20 000 poor seek corn with two quarts per person. Heat, rain and hunger cause fatigue and fainting, with Red Cross aid and guards forcing order as debate rages over the national leader and two generals. Women surge into the convention chamber shouting for corn amid gunfire threats.
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Mexico City
Red Cross
Gonzales Garan
Manuel Palefox
Federal cases in Ohio target Capital City Dairy executives
Federal authorities announce over 200 witnesses subpoenaed as trials begin in U S district court against five officers and two others of the Capital City Dairy Company. They face charges of defrauding the government via oleomargarine manufacture and sale and unpaid taxes exceeding two million dollars. Special prosecutors from Chicago and Washington will lead the government’s case.
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Cass aZaiNs
Vaity Company
Columbus
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Robert W. Childs
Chicago
Roger B. Hull
Washington
Gregory
Carranza Near Flight as Huerta Heads to Border
Dispatches from Galveston report Carranza prepared to flee Mexico with valuables, seeking El Paso talks with Mexican leaders. Obregon and Carranza dispute cabinet changes while Vera Cruz troops drift. Huerta travels toward the border with uncertain talks. Villa plans a pacification proposal to Washington as civil and military officials move toward border. Vera Cruz reports say surrounding forces expect to seize Mexico City area soon.
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Spedal
Washington Post
Galveston
Tex
Carransa
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Obregonte
Vera Crus
Obragon
Huerta
el Payo
Victoriano Huerta
New York
el Paso
Thea
Villa
Washington
Felipe Angeles
Miguel Diaz Lombaro
Mexico City
Canti Tal
Yaquis Kill 3 Americans in Sonora
A letter reported by Charles J. Francke from Sonora describes Yaqui Indians killing three Americans named Fay Donovan and Wilson in a small town. It says a fallow-stocker was shot, Johnnie George and another man escaped, and it cites multiple casualties including a colonel and several officers and soldiers with claims the State Department will do nothing.
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New York
Leitera
Charles J. Francke
Sonora
Mexico
Fay
Donovan
Wilson
Johnnie George
State Department
Submarine Flotilla Sets Columbia as Flagship and Training Ship
Secretary Daniels announced designation of the cruiser Columbia as flagship of the Atlantic submarine flotilla and as a school ship to train men for submarine service. Captain A W Grant and Rear Admiral Benson led conferences to address manning twelve new submarines nearing completion. The auxiliary cruiser Prairie becomes a tender, and Columbia remains at Philadelphia navy yard.
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Flotill
Submarine Service
Daniels
A. W Grant
Benson
Prairie
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Military Field Mass at Fort Myer Next Sunday
Arrangements were finalized for a military field mass at Fort Myer next Sunday at 10:20 AM. Chaplain O Keefe of the Fifth Cavalry announced music by the Fifth Cavalry Band and Orchestra and the Knights of Columbus Choral Society. Bishop O Connell will preach, with transportation arranged by the Washington-Virginia Railway and bus service from specified city points.
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Knights of Columbus
O'Keefe
Fifth Cavalry
Calin
Knights of Columbus Choral Society
James Dickinson
D. J. O'Connell
D. B
Richmond
Catholic University
Washington
William P. Normoyle
Committee On Transportation
Washington-Virginia Railway Company
Twelfth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fort
Thirty-fourth
M Streets
Ask Jews to Aid War Relief at Bahavas Zionists Meeting
Hebrews of Washington were urged to join a relief drive organized by Yeshua H. Prayregen of New York before Bahavas Zionists at the old Masonic Temple. He said Jews must assist war sufferers, praising peace won by American pioneers and urging broader participation. Joseph Barondess, also of New York, spoke as the second speaker.
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Washington
Yeshua H. &Prayregen
New York
Masonic Temple
Joseph Bar “Ondess
Now
Yoru
Camps Open for Summer Child Welfare Projects
Doctors will supervise the children at Camp Good Will and Camp Pleasant. The camps, to educate foreign-born and American kids, open June 36 and July 6 respectively, with Howard University professors aiding in carpentry and site prep. The Baby Fan committee leads July 1 headquarters at 1408 H Street NW, with contributions funneled through Associated Charities at 923 H Street NW.
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Camp Good
Pleasant
Ti Te
Howard
Surprise party honors Captain Mitchell on sixtieth birthday
Cant J Walter Mitchell editor of the American Standard was feted at his home on Thirteenth Street NW. The Civic Betterment League honored him as president with a loving cup. United Spanish War Veterans attended and noted his U S W V leadership and Miles Camp history.
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J. Walter Mitchell
American Standard
Straat Northwest
Civic Betterment League
League
United Spanish War Veterans
Mitchell
Nelson A. Miles
Mitchell Ward
Murder and Robbery Suspect Confesses in Baltimore Case
Marion Deems is held on murder and robbery charges in the death of Laura Schaefer near Annapolis road Westport. Police say Deems confessed after hours of interrogation detailing the assault and the 63 cents robbed from the victim before her death.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Marion Deems
Laura Schaefer
Deema
Mount Winans
Miss Schaefer
Annapolis Road
Westport
Deanna
Woman Dead in Fire at Illinois Prison
Edmund M. Allen wife of the state warden at Joliet Penitentiary is found dead in her burning bed. A colored prisoner George Campbell was questioned as a possible killer while a jug of wood alcohol was found in the room. The investigation will decide if the death was an accident or foul play.
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Joliet
Edmund M. Allen
Illinois Penitentiary
George Campbell
Mr. Allen
West Baden
Ind
Trusty
Mrs. Allen
Prison Fire Department
Death of Langdon Geer linked to Roosevelt family ties
Langdon Geer husband of Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt and cousin of Col. Theodore Roosevelt died after a brain infection from a boil led to a blood clot. He fled St Luke's Hospital in New York after deterioration, with his wife and family by his side. He had been treated by Dr Herbert Willcox in New Jersey after leaving a summer home.
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Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt
Washington Post
New York
Langdon Geer
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
St. Luke's Hospital
Geer
Hightstown
N. J
Herbert B. Willcox
Mr. Geer
Eer
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