Injunction Bars Interference With Washington and Old Dominion Railway
Judge Waddill in Richmond issues a temporary injunction effective until May 29 restraining 150 defendants and all others from hindering railway operations on the Washington and Old Dominion line and related interstate trains. United States Marshal Stephen Beach is barred from carrying arms while preserving order as the case seeks a permanent restraining order. Crosstie found on tracks and reduced headways reported as crews resume limited service on the Great Falls and Fluemont systems.
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Aqueduct Bridge
Hke
U. S
Stephen Beach
United States
Alwas Company
Vegina
Richmond
Norfik
Great Falls
Floral Parade Entries Attract 147 Car Entries
The floral automobile parade in Washington draws 147 entries with white and colored drivers. Judges include Justice Ferrell, Shelly Dardson, and Joseph Berberich. Prizes, sponsored by local firms and the National Guard band, will be awarded along a route from North West streets to Massachusetts Avenue, with prize displays at several downtown drug stores and the Fire Department headquarters.
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Washington Area
Xtizena
Wehose
Justice
Ferrell Shelly Dardson
Alson Wescott
James & Bro
Eloise
KR Patterson & Sons
Louta
Law
Bulltayn
Joseph Berberich Juhan
Mar John Doyle
Parile
T Street
Charles Ey
Eleventh Street
Joseph Berberich
Titan
Howell
John Doyle Carround
Third Street
Dig Tle’ National Guard
Eccn
Prof A
Tasall Wooding
Graya
Morsea Drug Store
Lisreneta
Fourteenth
Urges Jews to be loyal and loyal to America
New York talk by Senator Jacob Schiff champions loyalty to the United States for Jews attending the dedication of a Jewish institute. He opposes making Yiddish the public language and argues Jews must integrate with American civil customs while preserving faith. He recalls persecution in Russia and Poland and warns against isolating Jewish communities from the nation.
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New York
Wry
Jacob HH Schiff
Schiff
Fuland
Feace speech next Saturday by President Wilsons address
A tentative schedule sets the peace speech to be delivered Saturday or Kridas with President Taft possibly introducing him. The address is described as a development of his Charlotte remarks stating that war processes stand still and when you cannot overcome you must take counsel.
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Vresident Wilsons
Feacue
Kridas
Charlotte
Taft
Trooper Found Alive After Glenn Springs Search
Marathon Texas May 21 F Bun anis a float trooper of Company A Fourteenth cavalry was found wandering and exhausted thirty five miles north of Boquillas by Champion Wood a mining man from Boquillas who turned him over to Captain William M Smart. Wood said couriers arrive from Col Sibley and Maj Langhorne as the advance guard nears the border with raiders in question and the line to Boquillas is near nine miles out.
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Marathon
Tex
F. Bun@anis
Company A
Fourteenth Cavalry
Champion Wood
Boquillas
Boguilias Wood
William M. Smart
Hospital Corps
Bundanta
Glenn Springs
Wood
Col
Frederick Sibley
Mexico
George T. Langhorne
Col Sibley
Langthorne
Mexican Envoy to Japan Denies Aid Mission
Mexican Ambassador to Japan Col Romero said in Seattle he is returning to Tokyo with his family and staff. He denied any mission to seek Japanese aid against the United States, stating he is only a diplomatic representative and that no such aim has existed for over a year.
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Seattle
Wesh
Col . Peres Romero
Japan
Tokyo
Mexico
Col Romero
Carranza
United States
Army of 3 Men Attack Mexican Ranch
In Santo Domingo, 30 miles east of Ojo Caliente Chihuahua, Gen Jose Ynez Salazar and a three man band attacked the Santo Domingo ranch last Sunday night. They seized several bags of flour then fled. One follower had one eye, another was a cripple, and the third was deaf and dumb. Salazar recently fled El Paso to start his own revolution.
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T Paso
Tex
Jose Ynez Salazar
Pascual Orozco
el Paso
Santo Domingo
Ojo Caliente
Chihuahua
Salaxar
Mrs Funston Leads Large Red Cross Branch Effort
Mrs Frederick Funston wife of General Funston commands the Southern department in San Antonio launching a major Red Cross drive to organize over 2600 women in the city. They will sew bandages and clothing for soldiers with all products designated for American servicemen.
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San Antonio Tex
Frederick Funston
Southern Department
Red Cross
South
Villa Operates Under an Assumed Name in Chihuahua Area
A Paso business report notes Francisco Villa is operating south of Parral under an assumed name, used previously by Augustin Garcia. Travelers claim Villa, with about 200 men, gathered a force near Borjas in the days before his rise as a military leader.
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Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Parral
Chihuahua City
Augustin Garcia
Borjas
American Cattlemen in Mexico Face Loss of Lands
American cattle companies owning vast Sonora tracts near the U S border fear titles will be cancelled by decree of Gen. Carranza. Gov Calles reported cattle owned by these firms are being driven across the frontier into United States lands adjoining their Mexican holdings and urged halting export of stock to protect food supplies in Sonora.
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Washington Post
Mexico City
Sonora
Carranza
Gov Calles
Mexico
United States
The
Republic
Maj Purssell Hurt by Fall While Trimming Tree
Maj B M Purssell, USA, retired, was severely injured Friday when a limb broke beneath his weight as he trimmed a tree at his Friendship Heights, Maryland home. He fell about 25 feet, suffered a head cut and ankle injuries, but no bones were broken and he rested comfortably at his home last night.
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Maj B M Purssell
USA
Friendship Heights
Maj Purssell
Supreme Court to Reopen After Recess to Deliver Opinions
After a two week recess the Supreme Court will reconvene today and likely dispose of a large percentage of the remaining cases under consideration. It will adjourn after announcing opinions until June with the final decision day near mid June not yet announced.
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Supreme Court
Tribute to memory of Justice Joseph R Lamar
Members of the bar of the United States Supreme Court will honor the late associate justice with remarks by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia and other prominent lawyers. Resolutions recognizing the loss will be adopted for presentation to the court.
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Inter
Joseph R Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Rainy Night Gives Helen Thurstons Shoes a Test
In a damp late evening, Helen and Warren West ache through a rainstorm after a card game with the Thurstons. With taxi scarce, Mrs Thurston lends her tan shoes while Helen borrows rubbers. they endure the downpour, return soaked, and plan repairs as Mrs Thurston’s strained friendship with Helen lingers in the background.
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Helen
Warren
Thurstons
Mrs. Thurston
Mr. Thurston
Mra Thurston
Mr Thurston
Jimmy
Mi. Thurston
Mrs Thurston
Therida
Aide Czolgosz Plot Target Rockefeller Life Revealed
Donald Meserve, star witness in a Los Angeles Times building bombing case, describes alleged anarchist plots to kill John D. Rockefeller. He details a bomb dropped from a balloon aimed at Rockefeller’s Tarrytown home and claims participation in related dynamite incidents from New York to Seattle as part of a broader criminal history.
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Donald Meserve
Los Angeles Times
Tarrytown
Washington Post
Seattle
Wash
Ana
McKinley
John D Rockefeller
Donald Vose Maserve
Emma Goidman
Meszerve
L A Schmidt
David
Rockefeller
Oil King
Meserve
St Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Bronx
Tombs
Gotham
FESS TALKS ON PROHIBITION AT WOMAN'S UNION MEETING
Representative Fess of Ohio led a mass meeting at First Congregational Church on Prohibition. He urged negative and positive legislation to curb liquor traffic, arguing for abolition first and substitutes afterward. Also speaking were Rev J W Wadman of Hawaii and Rev L Morgan Chambers of McKendree M E Church. several local clergy assisted.
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Fess
Ohio
First Congregational Church
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Waughington
J W Wadman
Hawaii
L Morgan Chambers
McKendree M E
Mra Suessa B
Blaine
Robert Wood Coa
Hubert Rex Johnson
Paul R Hickoh
Messrs Braithawaite
Houston
Howland
Terrell, Smith and
Emma
Shelton
Theodore T Moore
Houston Tax Plan Highlighted by City Commissioner
J J Pastoriza, Houston tax commissioner, spoke at the Public Library about taxing land at full value and tax on improvements at 25 to 26 percent. He said the plan boosted building values, reduced rents, increased bank deposits, and earned 98 percent taxpayer approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J J Pastoriza
Houston
Public Library
Representative Eagle
Texas
Pastoriza
Salient Returns After Collision Off Rhoose Point
London May 21 report states the British steamer Salient returned to port after a collision with the Danish steamer Havet off Rhoose Point Saturday night. Havet, 1405 tons, lost twelve crew. her captain and three crewmen were rescued by the Norwegian steamer Ivanoha.
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London
Lloyds' Barry
Salient
Sigh
Rhoose Point
Havet
Eat Bugs as Food Warns Dr L O Howard
Dr L O Howard head of the agriculture department insect bureau suggests future menus may include insect broth beetle a la mode larvae lachnosterni on toast and white grub salad with insect dishes deemed appetizing by colleagues at the Cosmos Club and Biological Society. He notes this could help when food supplies decline though the remarks exclude humbugs.
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O. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
Howard
Biological Society
Cosmos Club
Dr. Howard
Lewis On World Reforms Predicts Postwar Government Shifts
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois spoke to the University of Virginia law class about Europe’s postwar reforms. He forecast England's more equal governance, Germany’s civil government replacing military rule, Russia’s republican phase, and the czar’s overthrow. He said the United States would drift toward democracy with expanded individual and wealth privileges, with American lawyers guiding global governance.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Europe
James Hamilton Lewis
Minois
University of Virginia
Lewis
W M Lile
Dean Lile
Dlass
England
Germany
Russia
United States
America
Honors Dead Comrades Memorial Address at Eastern Presbyterian
Memorial exercises for comrades who died in the past year were held by Lincoln Post at Eastern Presbyterian Church aided by Lincoln Womans Relief Corps. Rev. Alfred Barrows delivered the memorial address. sacristy flowers and flags decorated the church. music by Terminal YMCA Orchestra under Charles W Guest with Nellie M Sacrey.
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Eastern Presbyterian Church
Maryland Avenue
Sixth Street
Lincoln Post
GAR
Lincoln Womans Relief Corps
Department of the Potomac
Alfred HB Barrowa
Terminal Ymca Orchestra
Charles W Guest
Nellie M Sacrey
Jeremiah Wilt
John S. Walker
O H Oldroyd
WRC
Thomas Lewis
Benedict J O Driscoll
Albert Cottle
Albert P Hastman
J Y D Bloodgood
Van Dyke Denies Crisis Report In Holland
The American Minister Dr Henry Van Dyke says he was annoyed by Washington messages in newspapers claiming he warned of a crisis in Holland. He denies sending such word and says there is no veil of mystery. He notes efforts by press propagandists on both sides created temporary excitement. Dutch measures to mobilise are normal and government stock fluctuations show no real crisis.
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The
Hague
Associated Press
Henry van Dyke
Washington
Sam
Holland
Amsterdam
Burned Fighting Flames at Chelsea Theater
A film shown at the Chelsea Moving Picture Theater on 1913 M Street NW exploded last night at 7 and caused 600 damage to the fireproof operator's booth. David Thompson, colored, was burned while trying to extinguish the blaze and taken to Emergency Hospital. Patrons evacuated safely as three engine companies battled the fire, which remained confined to the booth.
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Chelsea
Band Concert Today at United States Soldiers Home Band
This arm at 4 o'clock by United States Soldiers Home Band in band stand John Mo Zimmermann director program March The Star Spangled Banner and pieces including Light Cavalry Dwellers in the Western World Blue Paradise They Didn’t Believe Me My Lady Laughter Argentine La Reducion and The Star Spangled Banner finale at the Soldiers Home grounds.
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United States
John Mo Zimmermann
Buglions
Qverture
Light Cavalry
Fous Balection
Blue Paradise
Remberg
Fox
Kora ‘Waltx Buite
Lady
Bonnet ‘the
Sermon at National Service Camp Emphasizes Red Cross Work
The Rev Dr Charles Wood spoke to hundreds at Chevy Chase assembly tent on how daily life shapes the world by conversation conduct and character. He urged devotion to Red Cross efforts with officials outlining the program and upcoming Red Cross addresses today at the camp.
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Charles Wood
Church of the Covenant
Yeaterday
Natonal
Chevy Chase
Dr Wood
Wood
Red Cross
Urge 2 Per Cent Loan Law Gains Backing in DC
A group of Washington civic organizations issued a statement backing raising small loan rates to at least 2 percent for four months and supporting the Page and Smith bills. They cite borrower suffering under current limits and call on the Senate committee to report favorably on the amendment to the loan shark law to aid the District’s poor borrowers.
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Washington
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Federation of Citizens
Plot to Free Abdul Hamid Reported From Istanbul
Geneva dispatch via Paris says a Constantinople plot to liberate former Sultan Abdul Hamid is under way with his guards increased. His pension was cut from 1000 to 250 pounds. Deposed in 1909, Hamid was imprisoned at Saloniki in Villa Latini overlooking the Aegean. Earlier reports claimed he had regained liberty and later was living in Smyrna.
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Geneva
Paris
Tribunes
Constantinople
Saya Ita
Abdul Hamid
Aultan
Saloniki
Villa Latini
Bay of
Aegean Sea
Bucharest
Athens
Smyrna
British Sub Sinks Trave After Flag Deception
Berlin reports via Helsingborg that a British submarine flew the German flag to lure the steamship Trave from Swedish waters. The Trave, a small vessel owned in Lubeck, was sunk last week in the Baltic. Stockholm says the Trave headed into Swedish waters after sighting the submarine but halted when hit by two shots. the crew was rescued.
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Berlin
Sayville
Helsingborg
Sweden
Saya
Lubeck
Baltic
Stockholm
Bank deposits theme and Astor land sale in New York
The article notes informal discussions by National Association of Manufacturers about the broad distribution of bank deposits across the United States, dispelling fears of money concentration in New York. It also discusses Vincent Astor’s sale of west side real estate, contrasting it with Vanderbilt family precedents on property investment.
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New York
Vincent Astor
Comptroller of the Currency
John Skelton Williams
Federal Reserve System
United States
New York City
William H Vanderbilt
Alfred G Vanderbilt
Fourth Avenue
Thirty Third
Thirty Fourth Streets
Vanderbilts
Holland
Summer naval militia cruise dates announced
The Navy Department outlined the summer cruise program for California Oregon and Washington naval militias. Californians sail from San Francisco aboard the Oregon Battleship July 15 return July 29. Oregon militiamen depart Portland aboard the Marblehead July 15 return July 29. Washington sailors board the New Orleans at Tacoma July 15 and disembark at Seattle August 5. Transportation and subsistence provided for officers and men who report and serve the full cruise.
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Navy Department
Washington and
Oregon
California
San Francisco
Portland
New Orleans
Tacoma
Seattle
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Waddill
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Ght Dominion Railway
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Kely
Washington and Old Dominion Ratway
Georgetown
Thia City and
Meredith
Rechmond
U S. Reservation
E Emmett
Rts
Acrikars
Jacob Schiff
Feace
Wilson
Mrs. Funston
Say Villa
Maj. Purssell
Lamar
Supreme Court Bar
Bay Weld
Mary
International News Service
Aide Czolgosz
Wight Rockefeller
Czolgosz
Buffalo
Cagolgosz
Sa Joan
Eastern Church
A. E. Barrows
Jr. van Dyke
Tessel
National Association of Manufacturers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Slope
New England
Middle West
Northwest
Detroit
Department
Pacific Coast
Naval Militia
T.R. J. Campbell
Nates
District of Columbia
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Fifteenth Street
N. W
Cosden
Union Petroleum Company
Hughes & Dier Bankers and Hookers
Hughes & Dier Building
Philadelphia
Ralph W. Lee
14Th St. N. W
Moorhead & Elmore
New York Stock Exchange
Washington Stock Exchange
Miller Train Control
GEO J Hasterday
W. B. Moses & Sons
Marion H Keys
Capital Traction
Ompan
Thirteenth Street
Byron S. Adams
Eleventh St. N. W
Washington, D. C
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