H. M. Flagler Dead Builder of Florida Empire
Henry M. Flagler, 33, famed builder of the Florida East Coast Railroad and developer of Florida resorts, died at Whitehall Palm Beach after weeks of illness. He helped found the Ponce de Leon and Alcazar hotels in St. Augustine and the Key West extension, amassing a fortune from Standard Oil beginnings with Rockefeller. Flags half mast statewide honor his contributions to Florida tourism, railroads, and prosperity.
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Florida
Key West Miami
Ponce de Leon and Alcazar
St. Augustine
West Palm Beach
Fla
Henry M. Flagler
Oversea
Whitehall
Ponce de Leon
Keys
Flagler
Canadaigua
WN. Y
Buffalo
Sandusky
Ohio
Bellevue
Ohis
New York
Orleans County
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Lfe
Standard Oil Company
Florida East Coast Railroad
Miami
Key West
Alcazar
Estableh Fd Boca
Gov. Hose
Texas
Obituaries and Funeral Notices May 1913 Washington
Deaths listed include John J. Georges at 1738 Park Road NW aged 70. Clara Morell Parkhurst of 1227 O Street NW dies, with services May 2. George Gibson funeral May 21 at St Stephens Church and Masons conduct service. Edward Charles Roots dies May 21 at 3 PM with burial at Congressional Cemetery. Directory notes Parkhurst family and Ballard entries.
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Georges
Park Road Northwest
John J. Georges
Gibson
Columbia Road
George Gibson
St. Stephen's P. E
Fourteenth Street
Federal Lodge
William T. Ballard
W. M. Parkhurst
O Street
Clara Morell Parkhurst
Agnes Morell
Agnes Parkhurst
Roots
Edward Charles Roots
Frank Geier
Seventh Street
Congressional Cemetery
Nominations Elevate Louis Post to Labor Assistant Chief
Semiofficially announced last night that Louis Post of Chicago would become Assistant Secretary of Labor. Also named were Anthony Caminetti of San Francisco as immigration commissioner general and John B. Densmore of Polson Montana as solicitor for the Labor Department.
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Chicago
Henry George
John B. Densmore
Louis ¥. Post
Department of Labor
Anthony A. Caminetti
San Francisco
Cal
Immigration
Polson
Mont
Louis Freeland Post
New Jersey
Anthony A Caminetti
Daniel J. Keefe
Detroit
Mich
California Senate
Keefe
Nagel
Department of Justice
Senate
Executive Council
Porto Rico
Tullio Larrinaga
Luis Sanchez Morales
John P. Wisser
Coast Artillery Corps
Thomas F. Davis
Eighteenth Infantry
Moreton Homer Axline
Florida
Frederick Binder
Nebraska
William Alexander Boyd
Georgia
Frank Emory Bunts
Ohio
William
George .Reese Satterlee
New York
Harry Gardner Wood
Minnesota
Lewistown
Montana
Harry J Kelly
Abraham Hogeland
Thief on the Run After Violent Robberies Across Town
A tall negro suspected in multiple daytime thefts and an attempted murder fled through stores, throwing a lamp at a sleeping child and firing at William Duffy who confronted him. He was later pursued by police and railroad detectives, who prevented a suicide attempt and took him to Union Station for custody.
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W. Duffy
Atill
Ida Hayes
Ridge Street
Papa
Duffy
William Duffy
Louis Buchwalter
North Capitol Street
Carrie’ Faunce
Union Station
Washington Asylum Hospital
Lemuel F. Ridenour
Los Angeles
Nunsbaum
Stich
Ridenour
Nussbaum
Sixth Precinct
Ridanour
Washington
el Paso
New Orleans
Atlanta
Gracie
Southern Railroad
Naval Cadets Punished For Petition To Secretary
Twenty three third class midshipmen at the Naval Academy faced unusual discipline by Superintendent Gibbons after signing a petition to Secretary Daniels asking intercession for a classmate with deficient conduct grades. They will undergo special instruction during the summer cruise, lose shore liberty, and must pass examinations on topics studied during the voyage. Daniels censured the action.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Gibbons
Secretary of Commerce
Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
New Cuban President Enthusiasm Inauguration
Gen Menocal was inaugurated as Cuba's third president in Havana's historic palace amid patriotic displays and a crowd-packed scene. The American mission led by Dudley Malone and Minister Beaupre congratulated Menocal, stressing support for a just government and opposition to arbitrary force, as Wilson's policy toward Western Hemisphere nations was reaffirmed. A separate note reports the acquittal of American fraud suspect Voan Jenney in Guatemala City.
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Menocal
Republic Armd
Habana
Mana G Menocal
Too
Spansh
Prado
Central Park
Mennval
Dudley Field Malone
Enoch H Crowder
Army
Edward Bell
State Department
Legaton
Arthur M. Beaupre
Menocat
Wilson
Malone
United States
Gen Menocal
Enrique Jose Varona
Menocol
Audley Field Malone
Beaupre
Enoch H. Crowder
Cuba
Friends of Peace
Guatemala
Voan Jenney
Guatemala City
Protest to President demanding veto of labor act funds
Detroit May 2 records show the National Manufacturers Association debating labor issues and sending resolutions to President Wilson. The resolutions condemn using public funds to prosecute labor organizations under the Sherman act and urge veto of the sundry civil appropriation bill provisions.
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Detroit
Mich
National Manufacturers’ Association
Wilson
James A. Emery
Washington
Association
Coday Wan
Atohan Francises
Three Die In West Virginia Train Wreck
Three people were killed and several seriously injured when a caboose on a freight train derailed after a landslide swept a narrow gauge line in Fayette County, near Sewell, West Virginia. Victims include James Walker and Alvin Geimm, both traveling salesmen, and a three year old child. several others are injured as rescue parties recover bodies from the 600 foot fall. The line, owned by Babecock Coal Company of Pittsburgh, was struck by a second slide while awaiting track clearance.
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Huntington
W. Va
Sewell
Cliff Top
Fayette County
James Walker
Hinton
Alvin Geimm
Kent
Sellerds
Thurmond
WW. Va
A E Nuckolls
Charleston
Charles Walters
Fayetteville
Babecock Coal Company
Pittsbuceh
French bankers sign 150 million peso Mexico loan
In Mexico City on May 2 a contract with French bankers for a 150,000,000 peso loan was signed, though loan conditions were not disclosed. Separately, in El Paso on May 22 Lieut. Col. Luis G. Garfias, second in command of regional revolutionists, arrived to seek amnesty from the federal government, reportedly commanding around 600 armed followers in Coahuila.
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Mexico City
el Paso Tex
Luis G. Garfias
Coahtla
Garfias
Donation to Firemen From Government Official
Fire Chief Wagre announced a 50 cent donation to the fire department’s coffee fund by George Otis Soeth, director of the United States Geological Survey, in gratitude for the men who saved the surveys building in Mehurg fire on Sunday. All fourteen firefighters sent to hospitals after the blaze were reported fully recovered last night.
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Wagre
George Otis Soeth
United States Geologial Survey
Licenses to Marry List of Couples and Officiants
A compiled notice lists numerous couples granted marriage licenses with their ages and officiating ministers. Names include William Williams and Sarah Zimerman, John Bond and Rose WIllson, Eugene Brekmeyer and Bertha Gaven, and others from cities such as DuBois Baltimore and Philadelphia, with various ages and locations.
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William W Wiliams
Sarah BE. Zimmerman
Montgomery John W Bond
Rose E Wlleon
DuBois
J S Montgomery
Eugene C Brekmeyer
Bertha Gaven
Donald J. MacLeod
Isaac M Casel
Waves Landing
Freda Jobsin
Washington, DC
G_ Silverdinne Wiant Eo Gingles
Kenangton Vt
Gere Mi
Washington, D
Donald Waliot
David Peartman
Ella Caplan
Baltimore
Beker Chavez Mies
Ware
Cartwright
W of McKenney
John P Wilkerson
Philadelphia
Antonia Fodeine
Brookland
Milano Confession and Plea for Clemency in Child Killing Case
The record recounts Tony Milano, an Italian shoemaker, confessing to killing a boy in his Washington shop after years in the United States. He seeks clemency from the President, claiming no premeditation, and notes health and financial distress as motives. His counsel argues lack of evidence for premeditation and highlights disputed witness testimony. The piece also notes the victim’s sister Myrtle Smith later killed herself, deepening the tragedy surrounding the case.
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Washington
United States
Tony Milano
Victim’s Kin in Turmoil After 1911 Slaying Trial
In the aftermath of the case, Myrtle Smith tried to confront Milano at the coroner’s inquest and later in Mount Olivet Cemetery’s grave scene she broke down and was restrained. Mrs Mattie Smith and May Gertrude Smith suffered severe nervous breakdowns, with May Gertrude sent to Garfield Hospital. Milano attempted suicide in his cell on October 29 after his family’s visit, while Myrtle’s erratic quest for evidence continued. The Smith family faces ongoing trauma as details of the boy’s death, attributed to blows before the fire, remain disputed and tied to the shop incident.
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Milanio
Justine
Myrtle
Mount Olivet
Washington Asylum
Mattie Smith
May Gertrude Smith
Garfield Hospital
Milano
Myrtle Smith
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H. M. Flagler
Rockefeller
Oae
Forida
Kenan
Palm Beach
Flaglers
Duke and Duchess of
Manchester
Sergeon
T. R._S. CAIN
M. Hindle
WM. H. Sardo & Coo
W.R. Pumphrey & Son
Rockville
Rhone
Frank Geier’s Sons
Speare
F Street
Frank
Zarhorst
Streat
J. WM. Lee
Livary
Sapel
Wedel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Teephore
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Metras
Small & Sons
Ie Gems
Vila
Palm Beach Pla
Ars
Henry M Flagl
Rhenry M. Flagler
A. A. Caminetti
Immigration Bureau
Louis F. Post
L. F. Ridenour
President Wilson
West Virginia
Mexico
Speer
R. Harris & CO
the Jeweters
Mayers Pe Ee Raat
Fortunata Milano
Bronklyr
Italy
Harry Elton Smith
Fourth
H_ streets
Northwest
Smith
Florida Avenue Northwest
Avert Nmppany
Calvert
Calvert Shop
Federal National Bank
Fortunana Milano
Drauhter
Tony Molano
Army, Navy
Cornell
lIl
Harvard
Yale
Pennsylvania
Georgetown
Catholic University
Meyer
Linton & Nelson
1St St
R. I
Lewis Flemer, Inc
Columbia
Rei ' H Richardson & Co
E. Saders
Quigles’s
Tipton & Myers
Ham Adams
Walter R Hilt
A. T. Juddith
Thompson Drug Co
Lahmith
Ek Capitol
Lewis Flemer
Ine
Tyree
Taylor & Lambdant
Oain
Pennssisania Avenue
Helder
Beup
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