President vows $300 canvass for government departments
President Wilson backs a systematic $300 canvass begun today to fund a new Emergency Hospitals tag. Yesterday subscriptions reached $6,095.95, making total to date $79,390.50 as Honey and teams win support across offices.
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White House
Wilson
Edgar T. Honey
Honey
State
War
Post Office
Metcy
Citizens’ Committee
Business Men’s Committee
Arthur C. Moses
Teain
We Are It
Notices of Death and Funerals Across Local Residents
Multiple death notices and funeral confirmations list individuals such as Susan M. Constable, William J. Cook, Huge Selwyn Dumbell, Abbery Farrell, J E Hogarty, Benjamin Homans, Earle Powell, John Miller, James Moran, Luther R. Smith, and S. W. Streett. Details include addresses in Washington DC and Maryland, with funeral dates mostly in May 1913 or 1928, noting services at churches or burying in local cemeteries and requests for attendance by relatives and fraternal lodge members.
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Rhode
Ieland
Susan M. Constable
Baltimore
Cook
Deonard B
Mary L. Cook
Maryland Avenue
Willian
Carroll Cornell
K. of C
William J. Cook
WM. J. McGeer
H. J. Rowe
Dumbell
Santiago
Cuba
Huge Selwyn
George W
Georgian
St. Aloysius' Church
Hogarty
New Jersey Avenue
J. E. Hogarty
Mount Carmel
New York
Homans
Eliott
Conn
Benjamin Homans
Flushing
Long Island
Johnston
Earle Powell
Henry A
Eva B
Crittenden Street
Miller
John Miller
Suitland Park
George P. Zurhorst
St. Peter’s Church
Kenilworth
D. C
Death of Lincoln Beachey Ends Master Birdman Era
San Francisco records Lincoln Beachey as a never to fly again man after a public admission at the Olympic Club. He recounts aviators killed in the sport and the morbid crowd interest that drew them to danger. He cites lessons from Kearny Welsh Ely and Charlie, recalling their deaths and his vow not to fly again after Tanforan.
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San Francisco
Lincoln Beachey
Olympic Club
Beachey
Kearny
Chicago
Horace
Welsh
Beachy
Charlie
Trenton
N. J
Albuquerque
McAdoo Orders Change In New Nickel Design
Secretary McAdoo orders a slight alteration to the new five cent piece. The words five cents will be more clearly defined to prevent wear and ensure legibility during circulation. The revised design will be issued within a few days.
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McAdoo
Fixing Up Committees Members Give Preferences
Democratic members of the House approve committee placements after Underwood collects preference letters. The banking and currency committee is set for immediate consideration, with final slate to follow other assignments. The 68 standing committees will include a new good reads committee and a public health and quarantine panel.
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House
Underwood
Ways and Means
Committee On
Banking Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
Unnderwoud
Wilson
Henry
Texas
Foster
Mincis
Absurd sex argument against suffrage, Miss Paul says
Miss Alice Paul rejects Mrs. Dodge’s claim that suffrage rests on sex saying the movement includes many types of women and that voting is as necessary for wage earners and mothers as it is for men. She argues no conflict exists between duties of motherhood and civic rights.
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Miss Paul
Poindexter
Alice Paul
Congressional Committee
National Woman Suffrage Association
Arthur M. Dodge
National Association
May end French gambling moves to restrict licenses
Paris reports that France may tighten gambling controls beyond proposals by Jacques Pion. A 1907 license revocation amendment will be revisited in the chamber, with Charton hinting at a harsher measure banning betting at race tracks and roulette in private clubs and blocking French citizens from Monaco casinos.
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Paris
France
Jacques Pion
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Monaco
Death takes John S Wise dies near Princess Anne Md
John S Wise veteran lawyer and author dies at his son Henry Wise s home near Princess Anne Md after a six year illness pneumonia caused death following hospital stint at Bryn Mawr. He was born 1846 in Rio de Janeiro son of Gov Henry A Wise. Survived by wife Evelyn Douglas Wise and children Hugh Douglas Wise Henry A Wise John Wise Jr Perrine Barney Jennings Wise Margaretta Wise Byrd Douglas Wise and sister Mrs A J W Hobson. A May 12 dinner for Henry Wise was held without the guest.
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Princess Anne
John S. Wise
Virginia
New Yorks
United States
Henry A. Wise
New York
Charles W. Wainwright
Wise
Bryn Mawr
Philadelphia
Kliptopeake
Northampton County
Mr. Wise
Rio de Janeiro
Browl
University of Virginia
Evelyn Beverly Douglas
Nashville
Tenn
Hugh Douglas ‘Wise
United States Army
John & Wise, Jr
Perrine Barney
Cape Charles
Jennings C. Wise
Virginia Military Institute
Margaretta Wise
Byrd Douslas Wise
A. J. W. Hobson
Willamsburg
New
Federal
Taft Attacks Progressive Recall as Hair Trigger Governance
New Haven May 12 Prof William H Taft in a Yale lecture denounced Progressive recall as hair trigger government leading to anarchy and despotism of the majority He warned the recall would hinder efficiency and argued Washington Lincoln and Jefferson would have been recalled Taft called such notions retrogression and socialist in aim asserting it would level property and centralize fear of attacks on officials
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New Haven
Conn
Iin
Yale Today
William H. Taft
Taft
Washington
Lincoln
Jefferson
Madison
New Party Dinner Opposes Fusion In Municipal Campaign
New York May 12 A dollar dinner by the National Progressive party in New York discussed issues for the coming municipal campaign. Col Theodore Roosevelt sent a letter praising Sulzer direct primary while opposing fusion with other parties. Attendees included John Purroy Mitchel and several Progressive leaders who urged independence from the two old parties.
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New York
New York County
National Progressive Party
Hstelf
Theodore Roosevelt
Gay. Sulzer
John Purroy Mitchel
Port of
Wilson
Walter M. Chandler
Leonard M. Wallstein
William L. Ransome
J. J. Twitzgerald
Frederick Nathan
Amos Pinchot
J. J. O’connell
George W. Kirchway
Conl. Roosevelt
Gov. Sulzer
White
Sulzer
Party of Progress
Party of Privilege
Party of Reaction
Republican
Democratic
Representatives of
Privilege
Barnes
Tafts to summer at Murray Bay Quebec instead of Beverly
Beverly Massachusetts May 12 Professor William Howard Taft of Yale will not return to Beverly this summer. A letter from the former president says the Tafts will summer at Murray Bay Quebec where a cottage has been leased for the season.
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Beverly
Mass
William
Taft
Yale
Tafts
Murray Bay
Quebec
Sultan Must Give Surety in American Court
New York May 12 The Sultan of Turkey learned today in a U S court his status as a litigant is equal to any subject The case concerns a $10 000 life insurance policy on H S Tavshanjian an Armenian merchant slain in 1907 Custodians of the estate sought security for costs The Turkish consul general requested release from this obligation Justice Davis denied it stating rank does not shield a plaintiff and monarchs cannot import domestic affairs into American courts
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America
New York
Turkey
Supreme Court
Tavshanjian
Tavshenjfian
Armenia
Justice Davis
Tavahanjian
Davis
Albany Signs Three Stock Exchange Reform Bills
Gov. Sulzer signed three stock exchange reform bills authorizing felonies for false securities statements and fictitious transactions and barring New York Stock Exchange discrimination against other exchanges. In New York, James B. Maben was reelected president of the Stock Exchange.
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Albany
N. J
Stock Exchange
Gov. Sulzer
New York Stock Exchange
New York Consolidated Exchange
New York
James B. Maben
M. HE. de Aguero
Consolidated Exchange
Virginia Odd Fellows meet Grand Encampment session
Roanoke Va May 12 with 500 delegates in attendance the Virginia grand lodge Independent Order of Old Fellows together with the grand encampment and patriarchs militant convened here today. The ladies auxiliary Hebekahs assembly will hold its first session tomorrow. A parade tomorrow with patriarchs militant in military regalia will feature the gathering. General officers elected include Grand patriarch Dr R Lee Robinson Newport News grand high priest John H Seaborn Roanoke grand senior warden W C Louhoff Danville grand scribe BE Bauch Lynchburg grand treasurer George W Hill Norfolk grand junior warden J T Hahn Richmond and grand representatives E E Hinckel Richmond two years and W E H Latham Alexandria one year.
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Poanoke
Roanoke
Virginia Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Old Felons
Patriarchs Militant
Hebekahs Assembly
Grand Representatives
E. E. Hinckel
Richmond
W. E H. Latham
Alexandria
Police Chief Vindicated After Council Vote
Cumberland Md May 12 Harry Irvine chief of police was vindicated by a unanimous city council vote after former member John J Stump accused him of incompetence and favoritism The case arose from a health crusade ordinance prohibiting street displays and Stump argued the mayor lacked power while Irvine and City Attorney Sloan testified that permits existed from prior councils and that Stump used the issue for politics
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Washington
Sloan
Irvine
Stump
Shriners Parade Marks 19K Convention Activities
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine rally in Dallas for the 19K meeting place as Los Angeles and San Francisco lead over Memphis and Atlanta due to the Panama Pacific Exposition. Patrol parades precede the Imperial Council session and the main parade, with Halifax Nova Scotia Montgomery Alabama and Shreveport Louisiana seeking shrines. Bridgeport Conn Pyramid Patrol and Baltimore Boumi Patrol named as escorts. Boumi touted as the tallest group.
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Dallas
Tex
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Memphis
Atlanta
Imperial Council
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Montgomery
Ala
Shreveport
Pyramid Patrol
Bridgeport
Senator Stilwell Indicted in Bribery Case
New York May 12 State Senator Stephen J Stilwell recently acquitted by the senate of bribery charges was indicted today by the grand jury for bribery Bail of 3000 was furnished Stilwell District Attorney Whitman said he would go on trial within the week or ten days
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nWew York
Stephen J. Stilwell
Senate
George W. Kendal
New York Bank Note Company
Stilwell
Whitman
Dentist Andrew B Fonshill Found Dead in Baltimore
Dr Andrew B Fonshill a Baltimore dentist residing at 417 East North avenue was found dead in a room filled with carbolic acid fumes. Coroner said he died by his own action likely since Saturday after drinking the acid. Born Boydton Virginia he studied at Baltimore Medical College and had been married fifteen years.
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AL B. Fonshill
Baltimore
Virginia
Andrew B. Fonshill
East North Avenue
Fonshiil
Boydton
Baltimore Medical College
New River Miners Organize District 29 in West Virginia
Late today, miners in the New River coal field formed the New River and Winding Gulf district No 29 under Mine Workers of America. They censured Senators Chilton and Goff for opposing Kern’s federal mining inquiry. A strike decision rests with district officers and the internasional union if negotiations fail. The district includes 15,000 miners and notes all mines have been nonunion since 1902.
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Charleston
W. Va
New River Coalfield
New River and Winding Gulf
Mine Workers of America
United States
Chilton and Goff
West Virginia
Kern
International Union
German Baptists in Session at Hanging Rock
Delegates from across the United States attend the Dun-kards convention near Roanoke Virginia Hanging Rock. A four hour session includes examinations foot washing and an evening Lord s Supper meal with a service of thanksgiving. A twelve member standing committee was named to regulate church affairs for the year. The conference is expected to adjourn Thursday.
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Roanoke
United States
Old Order” of
Dunkards
Hanging Rock
West Virginia Coal Strike Data To Be Presented
A West Virginia coal strike report will be laid before Senator Hernanta's committee by a federation delegation. The senate may take up the resolution for an investigation at today's meeting. Mother Jones describes the conditions forcing miners to strike at a Central Labor Union meeting led by Mrs. William C. Jones. The session was closed to union members as President Frank A. Kidd urged dues payment to sustain the union.
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West Virginia
Hernanta
Senate
F Federation of Labor
Jones
Central Labor Union
William C. Jones
Memb
Frank A. Kidd
LICENSED TO MARRY WITH MULTIPLE VOWS IN VA RECORDS
A string of marriage licenses lists couples from Richmond and Washington area. Edgar G Myer 22 and Maude V Browder 21 both of Richmond. Jacob P Heffelfinger 43 of Fort Myer and Emma V Geitin of Washington. George Rucehter of Lancaster and Vicente McMelton 21 of Washington. Clarence B Brown 24 of Mippingham Alabama and Pautiner Pratt 13 of Washington DC. The Rev J L McLain and Rev J T Kelly officiating.
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Edgar G. Myer
Maude V. Browder
Richmond
H. B. Wovler
Jacob P. Heffelfinger
Fort Myer
Emma V. Geitin
Washington, DC
John E. Briggs
George Rucehter
Lancaster
Ghia
Ficente McMelton
Ter
J. L. McLain
Clarence B. Brown
Mippingham
Ala
Pautiner T. Pratt
Washington, D.C
J.T. Kelly
Charles L. Abern
Washington, D. C
Jennie M. Welch
Alexandria, Va
UJ. O'Coanet
Snow swept store ship dispute ends in arbitration note
Passengers on the George Washington and Caledonia faced repeated snow, thunder, and hail storms during a voyage. A snowball fight aboard the George Washington, led by Count Potoki and Count de Ganay, ended when a Spanish girl born on the Caledonia in May joined the fray. The Caledonia continued its streak as a "stork ship" with a baby girl born May 6, the first Spanish child aboard. In Cincinnati, streetcar workers postponed arbitration talks, and a delivery wagon collision injured Mrs. T. B. Altemus on H Street NW as the driver was arrested.
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Washington Port
New York
Caledonia
George Washington
George Potoki
Austria
Imbere de Ganay
France
Istalina Perez
Pranza
Spain
Hera
Arta
T. BE. Altemus
Park Road
Northwest
H Street
Eleventh Street
Antisuffrage Enthusiasm Surges Despite Public Debate
A woman in Maryland writes to the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage claiming deep anti suffrage commitment. The note describes pinning colors on her nightgown before bed, illustrating personal zeal amid broader debate.
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Washington
National Association
The
National Organization
Boy's Assailant Captured in Bristol Mountains
Bristol May 12 William Camper, who shot Carl Leonard a Bristol boy a week ago, was captured in the mountains west of Bristol today. He is in the city jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. Leonard is alive and has a chance to recover.
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Bristol
William Camper
Carl Leonard
Ife
Leonard
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