Honduras Victorious in Depilto and Namasique Battles
Telegraphed dispatches report Honduran forces under Gen Me lenio Chamorro defeating Nicaraguan troops at Old Depiita and Nam asique, capturing prisoners and arms with no noted fatalities. President Bonilla appoints Saturnino Medal inspector general while Gen Ordonez moves to protect the coast. reports warn three Nicaraguan steamers near Ceiba and possible attack, with U S Navy adapting plans to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depilto
Namasiqte
Ceiba
Honduras
Cholula
Namasique
Yusazudre
Manuel Bonilla
Depiita
Palace
Peguletgalpa
Melenio Chamorro
Bonilla
Saturnino Medal
Army of the Republic
Ordonez
Truxculte
Mamiusl Bonilla
Panama
Fernando Sanchez
Senor Sanchez
Denial of Nicaragua Incident By State Department Officials
State Department officials deny reports that President Zelaya insulted American Minister Merry or forced him from Nicaragua during a visit to Managua three weeks earlier. They admit Merry failed to settle the Well claim but say no friction between Merry and Zelaya is known. A dispatch from the Nicaraguan consul in New Orleans supports Merry’s favorable treatment. Guatemala declares neutrality in the Central American conflict. Merry reports from the west coast of Central America describe continued correspondence with the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceibs
Honduras
State Department
Philip Brown
Ecretary
Legation
Guatemala
Brown
Ceiba
United States
Government of
Marietta
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Navy Department
Onc
Knear
Evans
Yelaya
Merry
Costa Rita
San Salvador
Nicaraagua
Managua
Costa Rica
Senor Corea
Bacon
Zelaya
New Orleans
Samuel Weil
Matagua
Corinto
St Louis
Toledo Harrate
Central America
San Jose
Costa
Coast Guard Steamer Search Sparks Costa Rican Tension
The minister notes an attempt by Corinto officials to search the steamer he boarded for arms bound for Costa Rica. The effort failed, no involvement by Minister Merry, and the police precaution was not challenged as interference.
Verifies Cable Incident In New Orleans Interview
Samuel Weil says in a published interview that armed force was used against Minister Merry and he cannot confirm details of any interview with President Zelaya. He notes the cable incident was correctly reported, citing Merry's request to correct a word in a table dispatch whose original text had vanished from the telegraph office. He suggests Nicaragua's government may have tried to read the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Samuel Weil
Merry
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Oppose 18 Hour Schedule Petition Speaks To Trains
Chicago bankers brokers lawyers and railroad presidents sign a petition urging New York Central and Pennsylvania lines to extend the winter fast trains from eighteen to twenty hours due to safety concerns in winter. The petition sent to both railroads asks for a twenty hour schedule for passenger trains to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago
New York
Central
Pennsylvania
Burglary Assault Fells Schiff Jewelry Theft
Magnate Mortimer Schiff says a burglar knocked him senseless at his 932 Fifth Avenue home on March 8 and fled with about 200 dollars worth of jewelry. Lawrence de Foulke, 21, a valet, was arrested and jailed on 5,000 bail after detectives traced the break-in to the basement bowling area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mortimer L. Schiff
Bifth Avenue
Lawrence de Foulke
de Foulke
Schiff
Bank messenger flees with seventeen hundred dollars
William Gillespie, 23, a messenger for the National Park Bank, disappeared after collecting funds and leaving with $1,700. He fled from his Scotland upbringing, staying with Lena Romberg at 103 East Eighty-ninth Street. A boarding-house witness tracked his escape with two companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Gillespie
National Park Bank
Gillespie
Scotland
Canada
Lena Romberg
East Eighty-ninth Street
George Reed
Reed
Third Avenue
Maurice H. Ewer
Reception for Grand Army officers by Legion of Loyal Women
Commander Newton Ferree and staff were hosted by the Legion of Loyal Women at 419 Tenth Street NW. Clara Barton and other officers welcomed them as voices carried emotion about wartime service. Speakers included Ferree, John Walker, E A Holbrook, A W Saltinger, Frank McKenna, S G 8 Johnson, James Allen, and others. The event featured musical performances and a pallet supper, with an Educational Contest notice at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Barton Amon
Newton Feree
Grand Army of the Republic
Legion of Loyal Women
Tenth Street
Emma 2. Myers
Kathleen Gillette
Misa Clara Barton
Legion
Ferree
Cir
John Walker
E. A. Holbrook
A. W. Saltinger
Frank McKenna
A. Johnson
Lucialn Randolph
Julia G. Burnett
Labor Union Chief Urges Clerks to Organize for Pay Rise
Feeney of the Central Labor Union Legislative Committee reports on Congress work last session. He urges executive clerks and government employees to organize and press for a salary increase, citing letter carriers as a model and noting weak support from some Representatives. He also notes tolls of eight hours and railroad hours bills, and mentions union-backed moves on Elks housing and lamplighters cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union Legislative Committee
L Feeney
Legislative Committee
The
Central Labor Union
Feeney
Congress
Committee On Labor
William Randolph Hearst
John “T. Hunt
Foertity
the Elks
Brinkman
Lamplighters’ Union
Baltimore
Lamplighters of
Washington
American Lamplighting Company
John Riggies
Immigration Board
Foe
Iy Cs .Provident
Dowry Offer for Edward Slack's Ten Daughters
Edward Slack a Idaho Montana miner and widower offers 1000 dollars to each of his eight Western-bred daughters upon marriage. Eligibility rules bar many suitors born east of the Missouri River or not residing in Idaho or Montana and restrict ages to twenty one to forty with good character proof and proof of abstinence from smoking chewing drinking swearing or gambling. The eldest daughter is thirty seven and all are described as ordinarily attractive.
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Washington Post
Pocatello
Idaho
Mer
Edward Slack
Montana
Slack
Missouri River
Opening Night At Theaters In The Bishop's Carriage And More
Openings feature Columbia Jessie Busley in In the Bishop's Carriage and Richard Golden in The Tourists at Belasco. Mixed audience response early gives way to applause as the melodrama and musical comedy entertain with strong performances by Busley, Keane, Templeton, and Moore. Also noted are vaudeville acts at Lyceum and Chase's, with Eltinge and Leslie delivering standout numbers amid a varied program and a film feature The Boy Behind the Gun at Majestic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Jessie Busley
Washington Auditors
Peer Gynt
Columbia Theater
Channing Pollock
Murderers' Row
Ufe
Miriam Michelson
L Ike
Leah Eleschna
Tia
Michelson
Tom Dorgan
Sam Reed
Edward Ramsay
Obermuller
Ernest C Joy
Harry van Ness
Washington
Rose Etynge
Jermyn Fuller
Richard Golden
Bernarde and Kerker
Belasco Theater
New York
Boston
Mr. Golden
Todd
India
Hotel Oriental
Rangspang
John Duke
Duke
Plymouth
Dora
Blossom
Rajah
Rangapang
Hela
Ram
Dow
Hajah
Ram Dow
Clara Inge
Tiny Electe Teradeter
Elizabeth Spencer
Rajeh
Fred Frear
Charles W.myers
Harry Clay Blaney
the Majestic
Certain Relief of Coughs and Colds Formula
An old advertisement touts a pine oil remedy for coughs and colds. It describes Concentrated oil of pine with glycerine whiskey as a mixture to use every four hours, warns against fake soluble imitations, and claims safe, medically boxed vials sold by prescription druggists.
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Ney
A Stage Review of The Boy Behind the Gun and Cast
Two plots converge around Prince Yoshi and Count Baronoff with Lieut Paul Winfeld Dora Merrick and Madge Melrose among the leads. Franklyn Munnell and Richard Earle deliver strong naval and noble roles while the comedy rests with Kitty Wolfe and Blaney. The play builds to a climactic, revolver aided attack on a battleship amid Sherman era warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Yoshi
Count Baronoff
Paul Winfeld
Dora Mertick
Blaney
Willie Live
Washington
Kitty Wolfe
Madge Melrose
Algy Chatterton
Sen Sen
Nobby
Williams
Franklyn Munnell
Koce
Yoshi
Richard Earle
Count Baonoff
Baronatt
Eleanor Jennings
Dora Merrick
Cost Keeping Topic Highlighted by Government Accountants
N B E Webster Jr spoke on cost keeping before the Association of American Government Accountants at the Public Library, arguing it expands bookkeeping to show results by process. Arthur Lewes Dickinson of New York discussed the value of accounting societies as professional aids. The next meeting is March 25 at 8 PM in the Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.be, Webster, Jr
Association of American Government Accountants
Public Library
Arthur Lewes Dickinson
New York
Webster
H Mattingly
Body found bound and wrapped near pond in Pratt City
Unidentified man found on pond bank in Pratt City, a Birmingham suburb. The body is bound with cords at wrists and ankles, wrapped in a blanket, and a rope tur turing around the neck. Coroner in charge of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Pratt City
Children in Burning House On New York Avenues Northwest
Ella Tower fled the blaze at 219 New York Avenues Northwest with two young children aged about three and five. She fainted, but Sergi Evans and Patrolmen Walters and Strobel rescued the kids and helped extinguish the fire. The house, owned by Frank Rupert and teased by Jane Denton, was damaged by an overturned air stave. The incident occurred around 12 49 this morning with damage estimated at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Avenues
Ella Tower
Sergi
Evans
Walters
Strobel
Jane Denton
Frank Rupert
Mediation Act Invoked In Telegraphers Dispute
The mediation and arbitration act of 1698 is invoked to settle the Southern Pacific Telegraphers strike. A three person board with Emory Johnson R H Ingram and H B Perham will arbitrate in San Francisco on March 16. Issues include wage rates hours of service and Sunday hours with a possible salary increase. Both sides agree to abide by the board's decision for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Emory R Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
R. H. Ingram
Los Angeles
H. B. Perham
St. Louis
Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commissioner of Labor
Ingram
Railroadompany
Perham
San Francisco
Board of Arbitration
Fairbanks Discusses Trusts Before Indiana Legislature
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks urged Indiana lawmakers that while safeguarding honest industry and fair competition, the nation must restrain combinations that override the public interest. He emphasized protecting properly employed capital and restraining those that abuse the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Emigrant in Raseto Suspected in Threat to King Victor Emmanuel
A Montoro worker in Avellino province received a terse letter from Stefano Giaquinto now in Raseto Pa stating a person left there to was King Victor Emmanuel. Giaquinto, regarded as honest, has prompted police to investigate the warning that the king will be killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mar
Montoro
Avellino
Stefano Giaguinto
Raseto
Victor Emmanuel
Giaquinto
Woman Balloonist Lucretia Hubbell Dies at 86
Norwich Conn March 31 Mrs Lucretia Bradley Hubbell aged eighty six died here after a short illness She was the first woman to ascend in a balloon in the United States making the flight in Boston Pa in 186 She survived many balloon trips including a gas bag explosion at three miles high and landed safely with a parachute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Conn
Lucretia
Bradley Hubbell
Hubbell
Boston
Fireproof Mail Car Debuts on Washington Run
The Pennsylvania Hall built fireproof mail car arrives in Washington for maiden trial, weighs 128 500 pounds, is 70 feet long and maroon with steel interior, powered by batteries and a light generator. It surpasses the Universal Postal Car in fire safety and design, with extensive fireproofing and streamlined underframe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Hall
New York
Washington Run
Washington
Post Office Department
Mall
Young Fairbanks Cleared in Ohio Indictment
Steubenville Ohio March The indictment for subornation of perjury against Frederick C Fairbanks son of the Vice President in the marriage case with Miss Helen Scott of Pittsburg was dismissed by Judge R G Richards finding no facts showing a crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Mar
Frederick C. Fairbanks
Helen Scott
Pittsburg
R. G. Richards
Fairbanks
Dresden Forester Kills Family Then Ends His Life
In Dresden on March 1, Hermann Wilsdorf, a retired forester, fatally wounded five of his children and injured a sixth, then killed his wife before taking his own life. Police say the elder members of the family planned to end their lives due to food scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Mar
Hermann Wilsdorf
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