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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1914
Page
10
A Russian government bid competition announced plans for twelve cylinder and six cylinder engines with high power and long range. The prize list includes 1 600 rubles and other sums for machines capable of sustained flight at speed, with emphasis on rapid takeoff, water cooling and reliable propulsion, plus provisions for observers and wireless signaling gear.
John Bell released acid on his wife during a church incident causing panic as he burst into the building. Bell injured Ruth Gracehard Bell, 19, and fled toward Variby Port, later hospitalized in Norfolk Protestant Hospital. Police say he threatened to kill her, confronting her at her brother’s home with a pistol after four years of marriage.
Obituary notice for Captain Moses M Whitney with details of funeral at 3 PM at V. Leo chapel Cortland following Civil War era service with the 76th New York Infantry. He survived by three brothers and a sister, with burial planned in Cortland.
The May uprising near Spafford sparked a month of heavy fighting culminating at Vinegar Hall. Government forces crushed the revolt, with 150,000 Selfi-Men and 20,000 English losses cited. The insurrection led to troop deployments, a citizen army formation, and a $6.6 million fund to aid dependents.
The piece argues a swift Mexican conquest is unlikely. It cites Huerta’s large army, a mobilized populace, and regional forces across Mexico, plus a capable navy and growing aviation capacity, warning that victory will demand sustained, costly conflict with Native and mixed-race contingents and guerrilla resistance.
Reports from across the nation describe wartime fervor as crowds and individuals express readiness for action. Congressman Hobson notes youths serving aboard ships, while volunteers in Arizona form rifle units and students at Iowa University anticipate duty. A Georgia-Colonel announces orders on mosquito nets and border patrols near Mexico, and a Colorado bride joins her soldier husband as war looms.
A Washington statement from the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage denounces street parades and sensational tactics as unwomanly. It notes antisuffragists will wear red roses this week and next Saturday to quietly protest the suffrage parade from the White House to the Capitol, aiming to signal disapproval without public spectacle. The group cautions that visible disapproval could be misread as acquiescence.
Federal troops under Maj. Holbrook enforce a strict embargo on arms and ammunition into Colorado. The order bars shipments and forbids saloons from reopening as tensions with strikers loom. Troops will guard paymasters as miners receive wages. coroner reports Austro-Hungarian casualties from the strike battles.
Washington reports detail a grand White House wedding for Alisa Wilson, with limited guests including the President, Vice President, and cabinet wives. Attendants include Mary Lane and Sallie Lane, bridesmaids in white net gowns, while Empress Eugenie lace cloaks the bride’s gown. The event features historic touches, pastel frocks, and a ceremony in the blue room ahead of a formal dinner and Mexican estate plans.
Describes Paris painters facing market saturation as thousands of new works flood exhibitions in the Grand Palace and elsewhere. Wealthy established artists dominate wall space, squeezing newcomers, prompting calls for an American exhibition to balance trends and plans for new galleries to handle ongoing production.
Constantinople May 3. Reports from Armenia describe a serious Kurdish uprising as about 4,000 armed Kurds surround Bitlis and seize the Armenian monastery at Kairidrakadar. Kurdish leaders Sneik Mollas Selim and Sheik Chehabeddin claim the action targets the government, not Armenians, while local gendarmes tilt toward the attackers. Talaat Bey orders strong reinforcements with machine guns from Mush, Erzingan, and Diarbekir to suppress the revolt, which extends toward Van and Samsun.
Newport H L May 3 Mrs Theodore A Havemeyer formerly of New York and Newport is dead in Switzerland. A cable message said her daughter Mrs Henry Godfrey of New York was at her bedside. After her husband’s death she moved to Switzerland to live and planned to visit the United States this summer to see her daughters and sons.
A film ignited in the operating room of the Virginia Theater at 8 Ninth Street Northwest causing a panic as patrons fled the auditorium. Operator John J. Noonan restored order by lights on and directing exits though the blaze proved hard to put out. Damage to the operating room is estimated at $500.
Report from Freeland Pennsylvania describes a clash between sheriff deputies, strikebreakers, and Lehigh Valley Traction Company workers where two men were shot. The trouble began with barroom shooting and jeering as crews replacing strikers faced hostility. John Gallagher, 25, was wounded in the neck amid chaotic scenes.
Russian Navy invites design submissions for a hydroaeroplane with 100 kmh speed, two engines and twelve cylinders minimum, dual controls, crew of five, and seaworthy features. Prizes total three, with ownership transfer to the Navy. finalists must submit full drawings, calculations, and operating descriptions by August deadline.
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