Capital Sacked in Honduras as Zelaya’s Forces Advance
Dispatches from Puerto Cortez report Tegucigalpa captured by Nicaraguan troops and San Marcos sacked with alleged abuses of women and defenseless citizens. Revolts at Camaygua alarm Honduras as American banana interests suffer losses. gunboat Marietta aids shipping at Trujillo. Honduras hopes persist despite heavy fighting and shifting fronts.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
New Orleans
San Marcos
Nicaragua
Camaygua
Plata
San Pedro
Camiysca
Honduras Interoceanis
Interior
Seaboard
Despcrate
Resdifel
Marietta
Trujillo
Fullam
Salvador
Chamorre
Zelaya
Totamalpa
Los Portillos de Namasivue
Central America
Mcaraguan
Nickraguan
Lee Christmas
Memphis
Tena
Christmas
Mau
Clock Backward At Georgetown Clock Tower
Special to The Washington Post Georgetown Ky reports a town clock ran in reverse noon today causing fear of calamity. Citizens watched the hands move backward then rapidly forward as a clockkeeper confessed testing the mechanism. No injuries were reported amid a string of strange happenings tied to local trials.
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Georgetown
Mar
Tfashinea
Caleb Powers
Diamond Theft Locks Hotel Hargrave Jewelry Value 6000
Mrs Gustav J Pleischmann, wife of a wealthy builder, told police a thief entered her West Seventy-second Street apartment in the Hotel Hargrave between Saturday and today and stole diamond jewelry worth 6000 dollars. A pass key appears to have been used.
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New York
Mar
Gustav J. Pleischmann
Hargrave
West Seventy-second Street
Roosevelt Boys Ride Hurdles With Baron Sternburg
A field near Rock Creek hosts Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Kermit Roosevelt learning hurdle jumping from Baron Speck von Sternburg, German Ambassador. Theodore clears four and a half feet. Kermit matches. Roosevelt Sr attempts five feet but is unable. The group returns to the White House amid laughter as Kermit heads to Groton, Mass.
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Theodore, Jr
Kermit
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Rock-Cross Park
Beran Speck von Sternburg
Germany
United States
Rock Creek
Fitzhugh Lee
Seventh Cavalry
Theodore and
Bergt
Cornelius McDermott
White House
Tinek Creek
Baron Sternburg
Roogevelt
Roosevelt
Wilte House
Seiond
Shaw
Rosswelt
Audrey
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Seth Bullock
Deadwood
Dak
Gray Dawn
Ana
Theodore
Erica Baron
Sternburg
Roswell
Kermit Rovgevelt
Groton
Mass
Solo
Funeral by Telephone in Auburn Me Novel Service
Mr and Mrs P W Sturtevant of Auburn held a funeral for their two year old Warren via telephone due to diphtheria. A child in the same illness delayed house fumigation and quarantine removal while Rev J Marsh of Court Street Free Baptist Church conducted the service remotely.
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Washington
Auburn
Rev. J.marsh
Court Street Free Baptist Church
VORYS 15 FOR TAFT SAYS STATE IS WITH HIM
State Superintendent of Insurance Arthur L Varga formally declares loyalty to Taft for the Republican nomination. After a lengthy conference with Gov. Harris he says Ohio will be solid for Taft, with coordinated effort but no secret plans. Both officials stress independence and deny gubernatorial approval or disapproval.
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Ansurance
Harris
Teaves
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Arthur L Vérge
William H. Taft
Varga
Andrew L. Harris
William H Taft
Roosevelt
Taft
Hig
Mr. Vorys
Ashres
Voryn
Vorys
Foraker
Leutenants
Anti-Roosevelt Republicans See Taft Gain Help
A Washington dispatch says anti Roosevelt Republicans believe the President aids the Taft movement by active interest while the dent’s influence could shape the 1908 convention. Meanwhile reports mention steadily increasing income realized on funds deposited in the banking department of Union Trust Co with widest interest on all accounts subject to check.
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Taft
Washington Post
New York
Washington
Evening Telegram
Dent
Dept. of Union Trust Co
Roosevelt’s backers urge broad support for policy line
The piece describes how Roosevelt allies seek wide backing for his policies and a fair convention fight among competing leaders. It lists Hughes, Knox, Deneen, Cumming, Hanly, Beveridge, and La Follette as potential successors discussed to carry forward Roosevelt’s program, while warning against dictating a single nominee.
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Roose
Yestian
Roosevelt
Hughes
Fot
New York
Knox
Pennsylvania
Deneen
Illinois
Cumming
Iowa
Hanly
Beveridge
Indiana
la Follette
Wisconsin
Burglars Terrorize Town In Connecticut News
Waterbury merchants petition to keep funds from Saturday sales in bank safes. Manufacturers' National Bank to stay open on Saturdays for deposits. Police with 25 officers struggle against burglars who dynamited a Mil ler & Peck Co department store safe, taking $1000 in cash and checks before fleeing and stopping before accessing a second vault.
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Washington Post
Waterbury
Conn
Manufacturers’ National Bank
Miller & Peck Co
Tangier
Morocco
Casa Blanca
Noth
Physician Shot by Woman in Union Office
Dr W I Linder a Union S C physician was seriously but not fatally wounded in his big office by a mulatto woman forty three. He turned to see a pistol leveled at him and grappled the shooter gaining possession of the revolver. The motive remains unclear and the woman was arrested.
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Washington Post
Columbia
8. C
W. I. Linder
Union
S. C
Rich Man Lost at Sea on Voyage from New Orleans to New York
Wealthy Bangor Maine timberman O Webster disappears from the Morgan Line steamship Comus between New Orleans and New York. Captain Post reports Webster last seen in a deck chair at 12:30 PM before vanishing. Bangor connections, substantial fortune, and search by police in progress.
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
Morgan Line
Comus
New Orleans
O. Webster
Bangor
Himberman
A¢ Bou
Wiliam J. McNulty
Mr. Webster
Mr. McNulty
Post
Hot Springs
McNulty
Jdld
Aldin P. Webster
Eben O. Webster
Orono
Eben ‘O. Webster
Col
Eben’ Webster
Tmber
Kekenegar Paper’ Company
Orona
Wree
Yacht Found Bottom Up At Dead Man's Shoals
The yacht Star, sailing from Anglesea to Millville, was found bottom up at Dead Man's Shoals in Maurice River Cove. Three men, John Chessman, George Garrison, and Bufus Garton, who left Anglesea aboard the vessel, are feared drowned. The yacht’s sails were set and reefed when recovered, and a hat was found nearby.
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Millville
Mary
Star
Ansieses
N. I
Maurice River Cove
Anglesea
Fies
Gails
John Chessman
George Garrison
Bufus
Garton
Railway Strike Impends Over Wage Demands
Western railroads face a potential strike as 60,000 workers vote 98 percent to strike if wage increases and a nine hour day are not granted. General managers offered a 10 percent raise and no nine hour day, with 95,000 miles of trackage at stake and a payroll of 220 million.
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West
Chicago
Acriess
Western ‘Railroads
Brotherhood of
Meteor Over New York Seen By Many Citizens
Special to The Washington Post reports a bright green meteor observed by numerous witnesses over the northern New York area at 6 58 pm It moved northerly then dived sharply and burst near the earth without detonation William Eddy of Bayonne New Jersey also saw the event and noted the object seemed to enter the atmosphere near West Point or Newburgh about 20 degrees from the zenith and roughly 1 1/2 miles high
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
William Eddy
Bayonne
N. J
West Point
Newburgh
Explosion at Bijou Theater Injures Twenty Four
In Greenfield Indiana a natural gas blast rocked the Bijou Theater on March 3 injuring twenty four. Victims include Elijah Gillingham with a broken arm Arthur Hoon with a broken leg Hank Tucker with a dislocated knee Leah Joyce cut to head and face Henry Cruey cut William Petonett with a broken nose Roland Little and Gabe Riffo bruised. The explosion shattered walls and caused a chaotic stampede as attendees rushed toward two outer doors. Cause of the blast remains unknown.
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Washington
Greenfield
Ind
Vank
Ner
Teg
Elijah Gillingham
Arthur Hoon
Hank Tucker
Ankde
Keene Arrested for Speeding In New York
Foxhall Keene, banker and horseman, was arrested on a charge of driving his automobile at a mile in three minutes in New York. Police timed him from Sixteenth Street to Fourteenth Street. He requested an examination, which the magistrate denied, and was paroled to appear tomorrow.
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Washington
New’ York
Mar
Foxhall Keene
Jefferson Market Court
Lemigon
Board of Managers
Mr. Keeney
Fire destroys 61 houses in Spartanburg
Mass blaze early today in Spartanburg South Carolina leaves about 325 people homeless. Estimated property loss around 76000 dollars with 60 houses owned by Spartan Mill and P L Shipp. No fatalities. several injured by bricks from falling walls. Fire began in a Forest street residence and spread rapidly.
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Spartansburg
Spartanburg
Spartan Mill
P. L. Shipp
Mutual ‘Factory
J.o M. Carver
Forest Street
Detetive Ave
France to occupy Oudja in Morocco until demands met
Paris reports cabinet decision to dispatch troops across the Algerian frontier to occupy Oudja Morocco. France seeks punishment of Dr Mauchamp's killer indemnity for his family and funds for a charitable institution in his memory. Debate in Chamber and focus on German threat shape forthcoming actions and accountability from authorities.
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Germany
Paris
Mar
Oudia
Morocco
Igh
France
Mauchamp
Fez
Oudja
Manchamp
Algeria
Frontier
Tlemsen
Oran
Chamber of Deputies
Saone Et
Loire
M. Fernand Duibier
Index to todays issue Cares 1 Honduran Capital Captured
Cares reports on Honduran events including the capital captured and political shifts. President's sons top high hurdles and other sports and editorial notes are listed alongside financial and social items.
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President
Ohio
Franca
Morocco
Bat” Masterson
Roosevelt
Schi
Wall Street
Roumania
Bundey
Brownsville
Fairbanks
Roosevelt Center
Honduras
Bryce
Union League
Mme
Eames
Mitchell
G. Ww. OU
Ruef
R. Mason
Army
Best Ever Says Bat Masterson on Theodore Roosevelt
Deputy Masterson praises Theodore Roosevelt as the greatest president, predicts reelection, and notes broad public support. He recounts White House visit with President Roosevelt, Ber Daniels, Built Andrews, and Theodore Jr. He argues the president has united the people, challenged the Senate, and disciplined corporations.
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United States
Masterson Calle
White House
Washington
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Bat” Masterson
West
New York
Raleigh
Bat
Marsha Masterson
Ber Daniels
Theodore, Jr
Marshal Masterson
Arizona
Masterson
New ‘York City
Senate
Teddy
Extreme Stock Declines Shake Market in March
The Westingian Post reports a severe stock market downturn led by Selig driven pressure on Industrials and railroads. The close showed an average of thirty railroads and industrials down to 985-8, a 25-9 point drop, with steel shares tumbling more than the rest. Steel common traded heavily at 200,850 shares and preferred 80,800 as bears attacked both classes and forced liquidations.
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Westingian Post
New York
Mar
United States Steel Corporation
Bis
Baltimore
Ohio
Erie
Great Northern
Interboro- Metropolitan
Interboro-Metropolitan
National
Northern Pacific
Northwestern
St. Paul
Car Foundry
American
Chesapeake and Monte
Great North
Big Loss in Steel and Rail Shares Amid Heavy Selling
A sharp market decline hit steel and standard railway shares as heavy selling pressed prices. Analysts cite bear activity and broad explanations, while a London copper break supposedly spurred industrials. The session closed with a rally as short sellers covered.
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Honduran
Bonilla
Senor Corea
Murphy-Sullivay
Baltimore and
Camden Station
Opera House
Office of Publication
Honda
G. J. Fleischmann
Roosevelts
Ohie
STATE
Columbia, S.C
Lumiberman
Eden C. Webster
Amvers
PPL Po
Hekimian & Co
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Bexly
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New Jersey Ave
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Pinang Ar
Socwusta
Chamber
Energetleacon
Mau‘eharap
Picnart
Ballloud
Army ‘of the East
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Lorraine
Clemenceau
Malghit
Imjeer ‘Willian
Vagsal
Paul Deroulede
League of Patriots
Ani
Gay
Foreien Minnlster Pichon
Dr. Mauchamp
Jeanne ‘D'até Abd i
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Aggmig Exprése Co
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Bryan
Parker
Shelve
Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Dillon
Amd
Uda
Atchison
Brooklyn
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago Northwastern
Delaware and Hudson
Great Northern Pacific
Inter. B. Os
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Hang
Misouri Pacific
T. P. Soo
Soo
New York Central
Reading
Wabash
Emma Wabash Pd
Be See
Standard Railway
London
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