United States lands gunboats to protect Honduran ports
Navy dispatches report Commander Fullam landed about twenty marines at Trujillo and twenty bluejackets at Celba with a possible force at Puerto Cortes to safeguard American trade and foreign interests in Honduras. Carriage of ships along both Central American coasts aims to deter European demonstrations and prevent interruptions to shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marietto
Trujillo
Colba
Puerto Cortez Honduras
Ihoge
Navy Department
Fullam
State Department
Pacific Coast
United St Tes
Marietta
Celba
Puerto Cortes
Minder
Honduran
Follam
Nero
Caribbean
Honduras Caribbean
Paducah
Princeton
Chicago
Mexico
Central America
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Protests Pressure Hague War Position and US Role
European nations protest the destruction of citizens property as the Hague looms. Diplomatists urge Washington to stop the war, invoking the Monroe Doctrine while four US warships patrol the coast. Mexican ambassador Creel and Central American ministers seek US Mexican good offices to reach peace in Nicaragua Honduras and El Salvador. Secretary Root and the President discussed the Central American situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nny
Root
Creel
Central America
Mexico
United States
State Department
Hague
Washington
Corea
Calvo
Foot
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Honduran Defeat as Nicaraguans Capture Fortillos de Wamasique
A Managua dispatch reports that over 5000 Honduran and Salvadorean troops attacked Nicaraguan positions at Fortillos de Wamasique. After three days of battle, the Honduran and Galvadorean forces were defeated, leaving hundreds dead and wounded. The Nicaraguans seized prisoners including officers, 2000 rifles, and large quantities of war materiel, while La Celha port was captured by Nicaraguan forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mararta
Managua
Nicaragua
Fortillos de Wamasique
la Celha
Honduran
Atlantic
Robbery at Siegel Mansion Stuns New York Suburb
Thieves looted the Mamaronack Siegel home last night in a ransacking that exposed seven paintings tied to Cyrus W Field and Chief Justice Chase, plus silverware and European bric a brac. Value exceeds $50 000 according to family, who suspect a former employee. The entry came through a front window and a bathroom key led to stored valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Siegel
Mamaroneck
Europe
Siegel
Boston
Mass
Mamaropeck
Cyrus W. Field
Chief Justice Chase
Mrs Robinson in Naples Sister of Roosevelt in Italy
Mrs Robinson sister of President Roosevelt and her daughter travel with Mr and Mrs Douglas Robinson to Naples Italy. They will visit Rome and meet the Pope during their stay as part of a European tour. Real estate ads urge investments in Homes and business properties with Stone Fairfax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Naples
Douglas Robinson
Robinson
Italy
Stona & Fairfax
New York Avenue Northwest
Death in Helicon Hall Inquest Probes Silent Colony Secrets
Morp hers jury investigates the Providence carpenter Lester Briggs death in the Helicon Hall fire. The panel reprimands colony managers for failing to follow hotel fire laws while exploring the colony’s communal living practices and privacy measures. Questions to Sinclair reveal open second and third floor rooms and unlocked doors, with temporary attic sleeping quarters for staff and families. The jurors dismiss incendiary theories, focusing on the household ethics and structure of the Sinclair commune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
Mr Sinclair
Helicon Hall
Engle‘wood
Unwritten Law Set Aside in Texas Murder Trial
In Dallas on March 2 special to The Washington Post, Pixley Stewart faces trial for murdering Clinton Rutherford. The case draws panhandlers and cattle industry figures as it tests the unwritten law versus written law, with Mrs Stewart describing Rutherford’s assaults in graphic detail. The jury’s stance and the outcome hinge on whether the unwritten code is overridden by evidence of insult and coercion. Concurrent notices include a California & C. Ry. sale and a Pellman Gage collection auction at Sloan's with mahogany furniture and paintings sold by 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Dallas
Tex
Mar
Texas Panhandlers
Graham
Pixley Stewart
Clinton Rutherford
Texas
Stewart
Promidge
Pellman Gage
Sloan
G St
St. John’s Church
Trail of bad papers strands Pittsburg swindler in Washington
Pittsburg police seek 0 2 Hitchcock wanted on charge of negotiating worthless paper totaling about 150 000 dollars. The 28 year old ex real estate man vanished from Pittsburg after a spree of fake checks exceeding 100 000 dollars. He juggled a 40 dollar hotel check in the New Willard, prompting clerks to alert authorities and hint at a larger Washington angle. He left his wife behind as investigators trace him via Southern Railway to Lynchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Hitchcock
Pittsburg
Wafe
Washington Post
Pitteburg
Hitchcock
Washington DC
Sisterville
W Va
S W Black & Co
Haven
George M Jing
New Willard Hotel
Hitchcock #3
Shaw
Pillshore
King
Richmond
Lincoln National Bank
Hitchcork
Southern Railway
Lynchburg
Hitchcocks
Washington
New Willard
Jewelry Theft At Orange Home Worth Eighteen Thousand
Thieves entered the Orange residence of Mrs. Charles Morgan today and stole jewelry valued at 18000 dollars. A diamond bracelet worth 3400 dollars, two necklaces at 2000 dollars each, and other pieces were reported missing from a dressing table drawer discovered disturbed by Mia Morgan. Police investigation underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Morgan
Orange
N. J
New York
Morgan Steamship Linen
Mia Morgan
Warns Against Japan At Dinner Speech In Kansas City
United States Senator William J Stone told Knife and Fork Club members in Kansas City that serious trouble could come from Japan over the Philippines. He warned Japan would seize the archipelago quickly and that stopping them would require a large fleet, describing it as a huge and daunting task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States
William J Stone
Knife and Fork Club
Japan
Philippines
Ruined by Slot Machines in Alton Community
Alton Illinois March 21 Professor Albert C Williams sixty formerly principal of Humbolt School and North Alton public schools was admitted to Madison County poor farm today after losing his position five years ago and his fortune of twelve thousand dollars to slot machines his wife obtained a divorce and he is now penniless with no children and a library of treasured books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton, Ill
Albert C Williams
Humbolt School
Public Schoola of
North Alton
Madison County
Robber Captured At Altar In Church Theft
A man looting poor boxes at Augustine's Church on Sixth Avenue was caught after a young woman alerted Father McCarty and Father Casey. The priests subdued him near the altar during a struggle, then handed him to police. He claimed to be Lawrence Cristio of Bleecker Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Bow McCerty
Augustine's Church
Sixth Avenue
Sterling Plate
Father Casey
McCarty
Father McCarty
Hather Casey
Millurs
Ami
Oda
Devine
Bergen Street
Lawrence Cristio
Bleecker Street
Manhatian
Plunder and Riots Rage Across Moldavia and Jassy
Rioters and peasantry clash in Bucharest Vaslui and Jassy with mobs looting residences and attacking officials. Army reserves mobilized, soldiers fire on rioters, several killed or wounded. Jews flee to safer towns as disturbances spread from Vaslui to Berlad and surrounding Moldavian towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Mar
Teledraitis
Michailent
Moldavia
Bucharest
Roumania
Vaslui
Jassy
Lespezi
Ita
Botosahni
Hera
Berlad
Burton to Be Free Today After Six Months In Jail
Former United States Senator Joseph R Burton of Kansas City will be released early tomorrow from Ironton Missouri where he has served six months for acting before the Post Office Department for the Halle Gran and Securities Company of St Louis as a senator and receiving compensation. He plans to travel to St Louis then Abilene Kansas to make a public statement Saturday night and return by rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gt Louis
United States
Joseph R Burton
Hangas
Ironton
Post Office Department
Hiailo Gran and Securities Company of
St Louis
United States Senate
Hie
Abilene
Kans
German Gunboat Panther Heads for Port-au-Prince
In St Thomas, the German gunboat Panther sailed to Port au Prince Haiti to back German ministerial demands over German subjects. Haitian gunboats Nord Alexis and Le Centenatre reached Port au Prince to enter dry dock, and on entering the harbor they crossed Panthers bow and played the German national anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Marti
Panther
Port-eu-Prince
Haiti
Benin
Nord Alexis
le Centenatre
Port-au-Prince
Panthers
New York Broker Ends His Life on Wall Street
Special to The Washington Fest New York Barai Despondent over ill health and inability to participate in Wall Street activities Charles Miller fifty five years old senior member of Kelley Miller Co bankers and brokers 37 Wall Street shot himself in the right temple at his home 101 Sambridge Street Brooklyn He was found by his wife and children in the dining room Dr Lewis Nichol declared death instantane ous He had been with the firm for twenty years esteemed as a conservative investor his fortune estimated between 100000 and 1000000 The other firm members Albert T Kelley Charles L Howell and Austin F Kelley expressed shock and remembered him as a prince and one of Wall Street s best known financiers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicoll Broa
New York
Hitchcock
Hitchcocks
Barai
Wall Street
Charles Miller
Kelley, Miller & Co
Bankers and Brokers
Sambridge Street
Brooklyn
Lewis Nichol
Miller
Strees
Stock Exchange
Albert T Kelley
Charles L Howell
Austin F Kelley
Howell
Jerome
Day
Irving Cobb
Carlos F McDonald
Thaw
Stanford White
Dr McDonald
Cobb
District Attorney's Office
Hill to retire from Great Northern rumored this summer
The Dispatch reports railroad circles expect President J J Hill of the Great Northern Railway to retire around July 1. Supposed successors include T W Hill as first vice president and H McGuigan from the Grand Trunk system as first vice president. The rumor also hints Hill may become chairman of the board, but official denial was not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Pau
Minn
Dispatch Today
J J Hill
Great Northern Railway
T. W Hill
That
Harriman Plays Angel President of Boys Club for 31 Years
Railroad magnate H H Harriman home town patron of the Boys Club stage show at Sherry's. As president for thirty one years he funded the club on Avenue A and Tenth Street, provided a building and oversight, and attended the curtain with Mrs Harriman. His aid helped keep youths away from East Side music halls. The Gondoliers production honored his long service and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archim
Harriman
Francis H Tabor
East Side
Avenue A
Tenth Street
Far East
Taft
Roosevelt
Seventy Six Suffragettes Sentenced in Parliament Clash
London reports 76 suffragettes arrested for brawling near Parliament were fined or jailed, choosing imprisonment. They were led away in prison vans as crowds jeered outside the police court. The article also notes a daylight train schedule from Washington to Pittsburgh and Chicago with through cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thaw Lunacy Bid Delayed as Experts Testify
New York report on Harry K Thaw includes eight affidavits arguing insanity and incapacity to defend. Defense delays filing, court adjourns to Saturday, then Monday. Dr Hamilton and seven experts say Thaw is insane, with Dr McDonald asserting paranoid dementia and ongoing risk to public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerome
Justice Fitzgerald
Harry K Thaw
Aim
Leas
Delphine Delmas
Jusce Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Also Mentioned on This Page
QUA
Manette
Corba
Puerto Cortez
Forestaller
Tius
Mexco
Belchmore
Baltimore & Ohio R. FR
Royal Limited
Europa
Cyrus . Field
Chase
Mra Siegel
Biegel
Long Island
Mrs. Robinson
Hellconites
Donald Mackey
California
Trail OF
Young Napoleon
Pittsburg Ltd
LH. Small & Sons
Fiorirts
Washington and
Stone
Nippon
Eaucatoy
Tilmers
Quetly
Crook
Grand Opera Aot
Lyric Theater
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Mt. Heyal
Mt. Station
Jassy and
Michaileni
Vaslin
Burton
Pennsylvania
Atlantice City
Vin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Weehington
Pitman
Atlantic City
Office of Publication
Hatti
Charles E. Willer
Humnelf
Hill
Great Northern
Harriman AS
Angel
East Side Boys’ Club
the Gondoliers
New Jersey
Gleason
Delmas
Hamilton
Allen Mc Lane Hamilton
Pitzgeraiad
Atc
Harry K. Thaw
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!