Inauguration Eve as Wilson Arrives in Washington
Woodrow Wilson is welcomed to Washington on the eve of his inauguration led by a crowd of about 100000 visitors. Family members arrive in support while weather forecasts promise clear skies for the ceremony.
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John .A. Wilson
Franklin
Joseph Wilson
Nashville
Tenn
Wilson
Virginia
George Howe
Besse Wilde
Agrenitier
Taft
Roosevelt
Africa
Wilson Here Today to Call on Mr Taft
President-elect Wilson and family depart Trenton for Washington at 11 a.m. arrive Union Station at 3 45 p.m. He is presented to reception committee, escorted to Shoreham Hotel, and meets relatives there. An 6 p.m. conference with Vice President-elect follows a visit to the Tafts at the White House and a smoker at the New Willard Hotel hosted by Princeton alumni.
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Shoreham Hotel
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Augusta
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Mr.Faft
Taft Speaks at Georgetown On Education And Duty
President Taft addressed Georgetown University. He urged balance in schooling and warned against crowding youth with too much. He noted Yale lessons from the baseball field and reminded students leaders must serve the nation. Taft will depart Washington privately for Augusta without escort.
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Georgetown University
Gaston Hall
United States
A. J. Denton
Yale
Boy Electrocuted by Kite Wire Near Portsmouth
Special to The Washington Post. Sidney Bright, 16, died after using picture wire as kite cord. The wire connected to a service line carrying 11,000 volts, electrocuting him as he ran across a rain soaked field when the kite dipped. The incident underscores dangers of improvised kite strings.
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Portsmouth
Sidney Bright
Congress Sees Sunday Session End With Naval Battle Unresolved
The Sixty second Congress labored through Sunday sessions as House and Senate pressed bills for river and harbor and naval appropriations. The one and two battleship programs split, threatening a $150 million naval package. Conference reports and executive sessions continued late into the night as lawmakers weighed agricultural seeds distribution and other measures before adjournment.
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Congress Reaches Partial Report on National Projects
A partial report to Congress is prepared after a late night conference of House and Senate managers over public buildings Pearl Harbor era items. The accord covers Rock Creek park Potomac park joining Red Cross Memorial Building and a federal court site in New York City with the memorial bridge abandoned.
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House
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Red Cross
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Potomac
Cal. Deval
Johnston
Missing funds mystery cloaks Evanston handbag grab
Mrs. Mabel Mills of San Antonio lay critically injured in Evanston after a reported blow to the head. She carried about 43 thousand dollars in a brown handbag, with a smaller purse containing 1500 missing. a police theory cites a dazed wander after a fall and robbery. Authorities note several puzzling discrepancies in the sequence of events surrounding the loss and recovery of the funds.
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Tex
Mar
Mabel Mills
EH. W. Mills
Mabel Luter
Texas
Millis
Chicago
Evanston
Shaffer
Milla
Will Wear Walking Suits for Inauguration Attire
Mrs Wilson announced that she and her daughters will wear simple ordinary walking suits for the inauguration day ceremonies in Princeton New Jersey on March 2. For the White House evening function they will don a rose brocade gown with light green as the dominant color featuring lace drapery applique bead work and green rose butterflies.
Bulgarian fire hits ships near Charkel during move toward Constantinople
Bulgarians fired on French and Italian steamers passing Charkeul near Constantinople. One Italian ship was badly damaged and casualties were feared. Reports also mention British vessels coming under fire by Bulgarian forces.
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Constantinople
Mar
Charkeul
Bandit Trio Use Ammonia Gun In Broadway Jeweler Hold-Up
New York detectives pursue three automobile bandits who raided a Broadway jeweler in the white light district. They fled in a taxicab with jewelry valued at $7,000 after firing an ammonia blast into the proprietor Moses Bach’s face. Driver George G Ferguson was arrested and named as a participant. accomplice William Anderes was also arrested, though both deny involvement.
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Mar
White Light
Moses Bach
Bach
George G. Ferguson
William Anderes
Ferguson
Border clash near Douglas leaves four Mexicans dead
On the Arizona border near Douglas Texas United States Ninth Cavalry fought Mexican soldiers in a running skirmish. Four Mexicans were killed and no Americans injured. News of the engagement stirred fear and mobilization efforts in Douglas as residents armed themselves at the boundary awaiting official reports. Major General Leonard Wood ordered full facts from the Douglas post.
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Diaz Receives Ovation At Mexico City Matador Event
In Mexico City Gen Felix Diaz was loudly cheered at the bull ring as matadors staged the first show since the capital bombardment. Huerta, Diaz, Mondragon and Blanquet reviewed a parade from the palace balcony while thousands observed the tribute to revolution figures and military and civic groups. Esquival Obregon asked congress to authorize two loans totaling 120 million pesos with details left to the executive.
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Mar
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Caphuila
Esquival Obregon
New York Yacht Club Regatta Dates Announced
New York City reports the New York Yacht Club set the annual regatta for June off Glen Cove. Races for the Glen Cove cups are on July 5 with autumn cups on September 4. Transit details include Baltimore and Ohio service from Union Station with multiple departure times and ticket offices listed.
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Suffrage Parade Leaders and Schedule Details
Grand Marshall Mrs Richard Coke Burleson leads the suffrage parade with aides Miss Alberta Hill Mrs Alberta Barr Taft Miss Lou Bridges and others. Inez Milhol land is herald Miss Genevieve Wimsatt heads the Petticoat Cavalry and Carr ie Chapman Catt leads the first section. Procession begins at Peace Monument at 3 PM with tableaux at Treasury also 3 PM and a mass meeting at Continental Hall around 6 PM.
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Richard Coke Burleson
Alberta Hill
Alberta Barr Taft
Lou Bridges
Mary Chesborough
Russell MacLennan
Inez Milholland
Petticoat Cavalry
Genevieve Wimsatt
Carrie Chapman Catt
Harvey 'S Wiley
A. B. Whitney
Lily Ray Glenn
Guion Miller
Cora King
Rosalie Jones
Peace Monument
Treasury
Continental Hall
Marshall's Restful Day Ahead for Governor-Elect Schedule
Vice President elect Marshall spent a quiet day with Mrs. Marshall attending church near the Shoreham Hotel. He planned a busy today with a 1 to 5 reception for political friends then a conference with President-elect Wilson, followed by a New Willard Hotel dinner for Indiana governors and a Winged Indiana cadet detail at his side.
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Shoreham Hotel
Charles Lamb
Indiana
Congress
Culver Military Academy
Maine Senator-Elect Burleigh Hit In Baltimore Hotel
Edwin C. Burleigh, Maine’s senator-elect to succeed Obadiah Gardner, was assaulted in a Baltimore hotel. He, with his physician, was en route to Washington to take the oath on Tuesday. The doctor said recovery could allow continued travel, but the patient’s condition remained uneasy tonight.
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Obadiah Gardner
Maine
Wreck Tale Delays Baltimore Line At Relay Station
False alarm near Relay on the Baltimore and Ohio line triggered a Red Cross relief response at Union Station. Dr Elmer Sothern ordered staff to the scene, but later reports showed only a freight engine derailed briefly, delaying traffic about an hour before repairs restored service.
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8 000 of Fair Sex Ready to Parade
A mass suffrage rally in Washington features 6 000 women in seven parade divisions led by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Miss Inez Milholland. Tables, banners, and parade tableaux on the Treasury steps emphasize Columbia Justice Liberty and Peace as mass meetings draw thousands to Continental Hall for a monumental demonstration.
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