World Court Aims Outlined At Mohonk Conference
Mohonk Lake NY May 24 prominent leaders in international arbitration gathered for the opening session of the seventeenth Lake Mohonk conference. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler outlined plans for the Warnegle endowment for International Peace with three divisions: international law economics and history and education. James Brown Scott heads the law division with a consultative board of eminent international lawyers. The economics and history division led by Jean Bates Clark aims to educate public opinion and guide government policy.
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Tafts
Great Britain
France
William Jennings Bryan
Albert K Smiley
Warnegle Endowment For International Peace
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Carnegie Endowment
James Brown Scott
Department of State
Scott
Jean Bates Clark
Died Ro land and others listed in obituaries
Obituary notices list deaths and funeral details for multiple individuals including Ruth G Land, a 93 year old. Annie Til 17 4 Bland McC, and others at 601 T Street NW and varied Washington, DC area addresses with services at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rock Creek Cemetery, or local churches, plus mentions of relatives invited. Dates range late May 1911 to 1917 with Postmaster George Hickman noted and other mourners.
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Roland
Ruth G
Martin
Catherine Roland
Mia MA Hendricks
T Street
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Ctark
Town Circle
Anni
James J
Craik
Rock Creek Cemetery
Goopal
Tom Oat
Indiana Avenue
Goodale
Hartford Conn
Hickman
Sidney Ro Hickman
Grorgd Mickman
Point of Rocks
Washington
Libbey Prison
Kellwher
Wham Tees
Pennsylvania Avenue
Knight
Martha
John EE Knight
Fairfax Street
Alexandria Va
Fildas
Blizartch
Israel Moclattle
Fran St Josephs
Scott Street
San Francisco
Cal
Josiph Seieetington
George Moo
Rosa
Charlotte PE Fuss
St Johns Church
Joshu
Church of the Holy
Planning a Global Education and Propaganda Division
The text discusses associated figures and a plan for a division to supplement scientific divisions. It calls for vigorous education work, propaganda of international hospitality, and promotion of international friendship. It notes financial constraints and timing as factors, with a focus on reorganizing and strengthening efforts in education and international cooperation.
Farewell Dinner for Peirce American Minister to Norway
A large farewell dinner honored Herbert Peirce the retiring American Minister to Norway. Foreign Minister Treen praised the excellent relations between Norway and the United States during Peirce's stay and tenure in Oslo.
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Norway
Christiania
Herbert
Peirce
Americn Alinister
Eorein
Treens
United States
Japan Opens Path to Arbitration Treaty with United States
Tokyo May 24 official circles state Japan is ready to join negotiations for a general arbitration treaty with the United States and will submit proposals if invited. Leaders are keen on the tentative draft the American government gave Britain and France, regarded as the best on arbitration. The main hurdle is starting diplomatic exchanges. Knox may raise the matter with Ambassador Uchida.
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Tokio
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
State Department
Knox
Uchida
Wilson taunts insurgents at Minnesota banquet
Governor Wilson of New Jersey told an Association of Commerce banquet in St Paul that the tariff law has rotten pieces needing overhaul and urged honesty of purpose and independent thinking. He criticized progressive Republicans, praised some Democrats in the House, warned about Senate divisions, and noted only comfortable Republicans who don’t have to think.
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Washington Post
St Paul Minn
Association of Commerce
Wilson
New Jersey
House of Representatives
Senate
Park Road
Gardiner & Dent, Inc
14Th St. N.W
Pilgrims Speed Hammond at New York Dinner
The Pilgrim Society hosted a voyage dinner for John Hays Hammond special ambassador to the coronation of King George V in London. Charmory M Pew former senator gave a felicitous speech. Courtenay Bennett the British counsel general attended as an official. Hammond spoke briefly noting hopes for a treaty of arbitration between the United States and Britain and anticipated meeting old friends among British statesmen.
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New York
Pilgrim Sociaty
John Hays Hammond
United States
Geoge V
Charmory M Depew
Courtenay Bennett
Hammond
America
England
Explosion shocks Cumberland school in Lonaconing incident
A dynamite cap exploded in a Lonaconing school injuring 34 year old Cumberland man George Yaste and severely harming a boy who lost a thumb and a finger on each hand. The blast caused panic among remaining students and disrupted classes.
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Washington Post
Cumberland Md
George Yaste
Lonaconing
Funeral Directors Names and Locations Listed in Ad Snap
An OCR fragment lists several funeral directors and chapels with partial addresses and phone hints. Names include W R Pumparey & Son, Thos M Hindle, Frank Geier's Sons, Br Speare, and Frank A Spear, with studio notes on premises, cremation, and embalm ing services and various street corners such as Seventh Street and F Street NW. The items resemble a classifieds style directory snippet from an urban newspaper page.
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W. R. Pumparey & Son
Direc Tops
Horkuit
Thos
M. Hindle
Tabalmer
Frank Geier
Seventh ST Nw
Modern Chapel
W. BR. Speare
Bret
Reece Rat
Cernit
Frank
Spear
Stimson Pleads For Reciprocity With Canada Trade Pact
Boston May 2 Secretary of War Stimson endorsed Taft's Canada reciprocity plan at an Intercolonial Club dinner. He rejected talk of annexation, arguing a trade agreement removes irritations of tariffs and helps farmers and urban growth. He noted imports to Canada rose to 233 million in twenty years despite a tariff wall and asked if American farmers would oppose tariff walls that raise living costs.
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Canada
Boston
Taft
Stimson
Intercolonial Club
Preaidenl Taft
Towad
M. Stimson
Wrong Dose Causes Death From Furniture Polish
George Murray 4% E street north west died at Providence Hospital from swallowing furniture polish mistaken for medicine. He had been taking daily medicine before breakfast. A bottle stood on the dresser near his chart. An autopsy by Deputy Conner White found death from furniture polish.
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George Murray
E Street
Providence Hospital
Esterday
Murray
Washington Terminal Company
Conner White
Kidnapping Case Sparks Search Across Towns
Central office detectives yesterday expanded a search for William Potter and Arthur Duguid in nearby towns. They are believed to have abducted six year old Oscar Potter from near Ketchnam School in Anacostia on Tuesday morning. The two men are suspected fugitives who may have fled toward a Maryland town after abandoning a buggy and seeking shelter in a farmhouse. Police say there is no truth to Bertha Magruder’s elderly report of an attempted second kidnapping.
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Central Office
Whiliam Potter
Arthur Duguid
Oscar Potter
Ketcnam
Anacostia
Vlde
Brother Duguid
Oscar
Episcopal Home For Children
Maryland
Potter
Thes
Bertha Magruder
Oger
Plot to massacre court shocks Peking arrest raid
Victoria May 24. News reports a plot to massacre the Chinese court in Peking. Seventy Chinese conspirators were seized at a theater in the city while preparing a coup, authorities say.
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Peking
Victoria
British Columbia
Tamba Maryesterday
Licensed to Marry in Richmond and Nearby Counties
A historical notice lists multiple marriage licenses and bans across Virginia locations including Richmond and Hannibal. Names include George Riley, Florence Mareh, Mietle Turner, John Reid Shan, Alpheus C Daniel, Johnsie W Daniel, Mabel Wo Clarke, Brenan Cleveland, Adolf Hitler a misprint for an era, and others with reverends listed as officiants. The record shows ages and residences with several couples connected to Rev J Howard Walls and Rev J Howard Webs.
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George Riley
Florence
Mareh
Howard Walls
W_ Jenkins
Mietle M Turner
Richmond Va
John Reid Shannon
Alpheus
Daniel
Johnsie
Severn Milict
Harty
Mabel Wo Clarke
Brenan
Cleveland Hitler
Hannibal
Allee
R Martin
Howard Webs
Frank Pstello
Italy
Mary Smith
Westros
James
Nothoy Ol
Maggie Webster
Noth
Prince George
Aunnicutt
Pardon Refusal Casts Shadow On Taft Action
Taft denied clemency for Walsh and Morse in a case of bank trust abuse, stressing that privilege should not defeat law. Walsh, 73, faced five years. Morse fifteen. Officials await parole decisions as indictments loom and family remains silent.
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Walsh
Morse
Taft
Mose
Health Office Record of Multiple Deaths and Admissions
A health office record lists numerous names of deceased, patients, and admissions. Entries include ages, locations in Washington area, hospital affiliations, and residential addresses such as Iowa circle, 616 Q st nw, 3618 1th st ww, and 42 years at Hospital for the Insane. The document references Tuberculosis Hospital, Government Hospital for the Insane, and other facilities with varied ages from a few months to 87 years.
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Albert Hardman
Mars Robinson
Annie E Clark
Iowa Circle
Sear William S Baker
Solomon Davis Chain Bridge Round Run
Solu C
Kelleher
Ystnakh Saunders
Sears
Ruth
Boland
Jesse Greenwel
Walter Wo Rogers
Siphie
Hickereon
Smith Government Hospital For the
Martin Frodmen Hospital
Hopital
Settla Diggs Tuberculosis Hospital
Ears Bilsabdeth
Willig
Pomeroy St
Mobs Clash in Mexico City Amid Diaz Abdication Turmoil
Reports describe mobs firing on each other and a dramatic rally in front of Diaz's residence as crowds demand Madero’s rise. Ambassadors, police, and a leading woman in a white suit ride amid the insurgent fervor while telegraph lines to the U S and Europe are cut. The capital is isolated, with rebel leaders Figueroa and Asunsulo massing forces in Guerrero and Morelos, shaping a tense political landscape.
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Diaz
Juarez
Mexico City
Mexico
Vera, Cruz
United States
Europe
Mexican Telegraph ‘Company
Galveston
San Marcos
Vera Cruz
Vera
Cruz
T of Mexico
Guerrero
Figueroa
Asunsulo
Maderistas
Vigueroa
Morelos
Dian
Uberty
Maderos
Aret
de la Barra
Jexico
Magnate's Auto Killed Her in Delayed Court Reveal
In Bedford Massachusetts on May 24 a Standard Oil vice president John D Archbold faced damages actions over the death of 1 year old Guilherme de Mello from a motor car accident nearly three years prior. Archbold testified he slowed for the child, the car was within four to five feet, and the child died four days later at St Luke's Hospital. The father seeks $3,000 for death plus $10 for conscious suffering.
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Bedford Mass
John D Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Guilheme de Mello
Wilam de Mello
Archbold
Standard of Macnate
Massachusetts
St Luke's Hospital
Immigration sting recalled in Baldwin smuggling case
A Baltimore jury acquitted George E Baldwin a former inspector in the Department of Commerce and Labor and two Baltimore Chinamen in a conspiracy to smuggle Chinese. District Attorney Hill faced perjury charges against key witness Tong Shue Wan as Judge Rose urged a not guilty verdict. Baldwin served the government for about eighteen years.
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Immigration Service
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Mexico
Canada
George E Baldwin
Baldwin
Baltimore
Baldwins
Hom Hen
Gee Ott
Tong Shue Wan
John Philip Hill
Butterfield Coming Back to Deliver Titles at Congress Heights
Butterfield real estate dealer from Congress Heights, missing since March 28 after a departure to Blackistone Island, will return to Washington to fulfill contracts. His agent says all investors will receive deeds and mortgages will be paid. no one will lose money. Butterfield, a ten year resident, has long stood for integrity and improvement in the suburb.
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B. F. Butterfield
Congress Heights
Blackistone Island
Colonial Beach
United States
Washington
Afp Evans
Butterfield
Evans
Blackstone Island
Sure Aero Will Cross Ocean Bet Staked in Bridgeport
John A. McCurdy, after attending an exhibit at Lake Aerodrome, bets $500 that an aeroplane will cross the Atlantic Ocean within three years. A Holland Forbes accepts, citing five years as more likely. The wager follows a discussion at Forbes’ home last Saturday.
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Washington Post
Bridgeport
Conn
John A . McCurdy
Lake Aerodrome
Atlantic Ocean
Holland Forbes
Fairfield
New York
McCurdy
Forbes
Mr Forbes
Divorce Granted Mrs Love in Private Hearing
Mrs Sid ney C. Love won an interlocutory decree of divorce in a private Supreme Court session led by Justice Keogh. The proceedings remain confidential, with four corespondents named by Mrs Love. Mr Love, now in Oregon, previously lost part of $4,000,000 in Wall Street mining investments. The couple married in 1907 and occupy the same house.
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Washington
White Plains
N. Y
Sidney C. Love
Justice Keogh
Supreme Court
Love
Oregon
Wall Street
Troubled Banker R M Spruill Ends Life in North Carolina
R M Spruill cashier of the Merchants and Farmers Bank in Columbia Tyrrell County North Carolina and superintendent of the county schools was found dead in the woods with a self inflicted gunshot wound. A note named two men as responsible and directed disposition of his money and property. Recent bank examinations revealed complications and a special examiner began reviewing the books. Spruill had turned over all to the auditor and disappeared.
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R. M. Spruill
Charlotte
R M Spruill
Sprutii
Duveen fined for under valuing imports in New York
Henry J Duveen of Duveen Brothers pleaded guilty to undervaluations of imports in a United States circuit court in New York. He was fined $1500, the maximum. The firm has already paid $1400 to the government in settlement of related actions. Judge Martin attributed negligence to customs officers who allowed fraud to continue.
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New York
Henry J Duveen
Duveen Brothers, International Art Dealers
United States
Fie
Martn
Two Wives In His Pittsburg Home Reunion After 40 Years
Special to The Washington Post Pittsburg Kans May 24 Mrs Anna C Sharp of Oakland California meets her husband Peter C Sharp for the first time since 1871 Chicago fire. His present wife assists at the depot and the trio plan to live together as she joins the family, closing four decades of search via the War Department.
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War Department
Washington Post
Pittsburg
Kans
Anna C Sharp
Oakland
Cal
Peter C. Sharp
Chicago
Imm
Sharp
Hearst Praises Clark On European Voyage
William Randolph Hearst, sailing for Europe with his wife, praised Speaker Champ Clark for his work in the House and his role in Democratic success. He called Clark prominently influential for 1912, and noted Gov Wilson and Leonora Harmon as good men. Asked if he would run, he declined to address the question, saying it is not a legitimate inquiry. He labeled Taft as the logical Republican candidate.
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New York
William Randolph
Hearst
Europe
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Gov Wuson
Leov Harmon
Taft
Sali
May Dock Gov Wilson amid salary dispute
A Trenton dispatch says Gov Wilson may lose about remainder of his salary for a trip to the Pacific coast. The monthly check could be drawn in favor of acting Governor Senator Ackerman. The comptroller and attorney general have discussed the move though officials will not confirm. Ackerman may return the check to Wilson.
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Washington Post
New York
Trenton
New York Herald
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Senator Ackerman
Attorney General
Fisher unveils plan to save forests at fire protection meeting
Walter J. Fisher new Secretary of the Interior addressed the National Fire Protection Association urging federal action to curb catastrophic forest losses in the United States. He stressed minimizing risks to Indian reservations and emphasized precept and action to safeguard timber stocks, signaling a strong conservation agenda.
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Washington
New York
Walter J. Fisher
Secretary of the Interior
National Fire Protection Association
Said His Wife Met Count During Separation Suit
London May 244 At the hearing Irene Osgood the novelist seeks judicial separation from Robert Sherard. Witnesses described stormy scenes at Guildsborough Hall in October 1910 and Boxing Day 140s. Sherard alleged drunkenness caused disturbances and threats outside his wife’s room. A maid testified to a fainting fit in Jamaica with her husband nearby.
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Washington Post
London
Irene Osgood
Robert Sherard
Sherard
Guildsborough Hall
Col Ducrot
Shergard
Miss Osgoods
Burm
Miss Osgood
Sherards
Jamaica
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Kalon Wine Co
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OHV
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Magnate
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Standard Oil
George E. Baldwin
Aviator McCurdy
Mrs. Love
Husband
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The
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May Dock
Fisher
White House
Knoy
CL Llow
Penrose
Pennsvisanta Representatie Hings
Mane
Hardy
Tenas
Howell
Ltth
Cannon
Aiken
South Carolina
Calder
Gev Murphy
Go. Herrick
Ohio
John
Black
Waltham Elgin
R Haris
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
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