Force to China Will Keep Railway Open Amid Revolt
Amid revolts near Nanking and Peking U S forces prepare to deploy troops from Manila to Chinwingtao to guard the Beijing sea route under Homer treaty. Yuan Shi Kal accepts premiership as reform efforts unfold with foreign ministers reaching Nanking and warnings of a brutal crackdown on rebels.
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State Department
Manila
Chinwingtao
China
Peking
Gulf of Pech
War Department
United States
Woman Hunts Cancer Cube In Her House Menagerie
Miss Maud Slye formerly of the University of Chicago isolates herself in a shabby Drexel Boulevard brick house at 557 with rats mice dogs and guinea pigs. She conducts experiments under a school of research founded by the late O B Sprague seeking a cancer cure. Visitors are forbidden and no public statements are planned until success.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Maud Slye
Medical Department
University of Chicago
Drexel Bouleyard
Sprague Bhe
Slye
89yearold Wisconsin man charged with wife’s murder
August Hoge, 89, is in jail near Wan Kes haso protesting his innocence after his wife’s body was found in their home. The incident occurred near the city outskirts this morning as authorities investigated the death.
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Washington
Ocbnomowor
Wis
Hoge
Jali Ot Wan- Kesha
Wu Ting-fang appeals for China amid republican rise
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports Wu Ting-fang’s Shanghai dated appeal urging recognition of the Chinese republic by civilized powers. He cites fourteen of eighteen provinces proclaiming independence and a constitutional convention to draft an enlightened government, with plans for provincial and national elections and immediate international recognition to avert economic stagnation.
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Washington Post
New York
American Thin Morning
Shanghai
Wu Tingfang
Republic of China
Omlala
WU Ting-Fang
Republic of Crna
Richmond Wife Murder Verdict Silent as Beattie Faces Death
Richmond Va November 18 Gov Mann refused to commute the death sentence of Henry Clay Battle Jr convicted in Chesterfield county in the wife murder. Detective Scherer, Beattie’s cousin, presses belief in Beattie’s innocence amid talk of a conspiracy and possible forgeries in Washington. Beattie awaits the electric chair on November 24 as officials defend the process and vow to pursue any forged affidavits or implicated parties.
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Paul Beattie
Paul
Richmond
Henry Clay Battle, Jr
Chesterfeld County
Mann
Supreme Court
Besttte
Supreme Court of Appeals
H C Beattie, Jr
Beatle
Paul Heattle
Circuit Court of
Chesterfield
Washington affidavit dispute tied to Paul Beattie
In 1911 Washington dispute surrounds Paul Beattie who was flown to the capital for an affidavit instead of Richmond. Beattie returned in poor condition and was believed to have been drinking heavily. Investigators seek the man who induced the trip. A letter from Beattie and a photograph implicate Walter C. Balderston as the signer.
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Washington
Paul Beattie
Henry
Beattie
Richmond
Paul D Beattie
Paul
Washington, D C
Walter C. Balderston
Minneapolis Society Figure Arrested in Jewelry Theft
Wilfred Btuart Sheldon Dickason, an Old English family member, is jailed in Minneapolis on a theft charge involving diamonds worth about 400 dollars taken from Olga von W Haskell, a society woman. Haskell reports jewels hidden under a mattress. Dickason denies the accusation. Her son is also detained for investigation.
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Wilfred Stuart Sheldon Dickesoff
Minneapolis
Mia
Olga Haskell
Minn
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Sheldon Dickason
Ald
Mia Olg
van W Haskell
Dicknsen
Heckell
Pickason
London Exchange
George Haskell
Olga von W Haskell
C. W Haskell
Washington, DC
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Minneapolis Journal
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Nottingham
England
Zaid
Mra Heaken
California
Flaskell
Twenty Two Old Masters Stolen From Lustachtiona Gallery
A special cable report from Munich states twenty two paintings by German and Dutch masters were cut from their frames at the famous Lustachtiona Gallery in Berlin area. Several works are historically celebrated and the theft involves no identifiable crew.
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Luntechles
Washington Post
Munich
Lustachtiona
Bchlelaheim
Three Men Rob Heiress Near Washington Pa In Auto
A posse with many officers pursues three Black men who attacked Miss Beatrice Burr, 16, as she drove from Washington to her country home. Bloodhounds trail the suspects. locals fear lynching if caught. Burr was knocked unconscious during the hold up and her jewels stolen.
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Beatrice Burr
Washington, Pa
Washington Post
Washington
Washington County
Misa Beatrice Burr
Miss Burr
War on Court Over Transportation Plan Draws Votes
Congress moves to repeal the Commerce Court as senators from multiple states pledge to end the court created to review Interstate Commerce Commission appeals. Supporters seek to withhold the court's next-year appropriation, while the conflict centers on long and short haul rate rulings and court power.
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Rel
Becaue
Thomas F. Logan
Commerce Court
United States Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
North Dakota
Arizona
New Mexico
South
Lta
Supreme Court
Commission
Bee
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Reno
Nev
Chicago
Beno
Senate
Interstate Commerce Comminsion
Bonste
Popular Commerce Commission
Father and Son Suicide Attempt in Washington Slums
John Boyle a 26 year old carpenter living at 2 South Street NW was found unconscious by policemen after a self inflicted throat wound and attempted suicide following his father Timothy Boyle’s death at the Washington Asylum. He was taken to Georgetown Hospital with little hope of recovery. evidence suggests a nervous breakdown and blood loss from several shallow cuts near the jugular. Police forced entry after a night of no contact, while neighbors recalled a strong father son bond and an ongoing struggle with grief.
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Carpenter
Georgetown Hospital
Washington Asylum
John Boyle
South Street
Bailey
Spear
Georgetown
Art Ambilanes
Whyple
Seventh Precinct
Boyle
Easley
Railroads urged to unite to end destructive competition
Special to The Washington from Philadelphia reports Justice Martin A. Knapp of the United States Court of Commerce urged at a Houston Club address that railroads may form associations to fix uniform rates to curb evils of competition. He argued wage hikes and broader social reform, including possible government ownership, as remedies for rate disputes and wealth distribution. The note lists schedules and fares for various trips and trains.
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Wanngton
Philadelphia
United Beates Court of Commerce
Martin A. Knapp
Houston Club
University of Pennsylvania
Knapp
United States
Judge Knapp
Paes and Commerce Court Grievings Featured Today
Index lists items such as Soldiers for China, Dr Wu Appesia to America, a guest of Robbing Her, Board of Trade election, disfavor in schools, land claims, disease germs in creeks, a farewell to Gen Harries, and a Sherman Law hearing. Includes taft visits, society notes, editorial, fashion, sports, Pan-American trade growth, and financial news from Algzandria.
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Wu Appesia
America
Commerce Court
Board of Trade
White Home
Gen Harries
Taft
Frederick
Faghion
MOBAR
Algzandria
Stone
Decalogue for Girls Promulgated by Morgan Park Pastor
The Rev WB Millard of Morgan Park Congregational Church issued a ten point guide for girls warning against lack of confidence with mothers immodesty extravagance gossip frivolity intemperance and irreligiousness. He urges girls to avoid costly attire to refrain from flattery and to resist tomboyish behavior while encouraging trust in mothers as the gateway to all other virtues.
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Washington Post
Chicago
WB Milard
Morgan Park Congregational Church
Women Seek Police Jobs in Indianapolis Mayor’s Office Stormed
A group of women applicants overwhelmed Indianapolis Mayor Shank’s office seeking police positions. Most were young and unmarried with some mothers of two or three children. The mayor proposed appointing women as detectives, but he backed off as the crowd surged in. he directed inquiries to the police superintendent.
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Indianapolis
Weelal
Washington Post
Ind
Navy
Shank
Remphn
Helene Knabe
Tolg Hin
New Peril of the Air Threatens Birdmen in Pasadena
Pasadena aviator Galbraith P Rodgers reports ethereal asphyxia or serial somnipathy attacking pilots. He says the danger lurks in upper air pockets and has contributed to crashes near Compton and the deaths of Arch Hoxsey Ralph Dumontone Eugene Bly and others, affecting transcontinental flight.
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Pasadena
Cal
Galbraith P Rodgers
Compton
Rodgers
Arch Hoxsey Ralph -Tokintone
Eugene Bly
Dr Herbert Glynn Offers Self To Vivisector In Desperate Letter
A Washington Poet dispatch from San Francisco reports that Herbert Glynn, a 50 year old London Royal College of Physicians graduate, writes to a local paper seeking vivisection after declaring he and his starving wife and child have no money. He proposes to be slowly vivisected if someone will provide for his family.
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San Francisco
Herbert Glynn
Royal College of Physicians
London
Chums Wed Three Sisters in Unified Philly Rites
In Philadelphia on November 15, three sisters Anna Regina Dooley Mary Gertrude Dooley and Helena Hildegarde Dooley married three youths Robert Diamond James Clark and Francis Soden in the Church of Our Mother of Sorrows. The couples plan to reside together in a three family house after their joint honeymoon ends.
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Philadelphia
Washington Post
Church of Our Mother of Sorrows
Hamn
Anna Regina Dooley
Miles Mary Gertrude Dooley
Helena Hildegarde Dooley
Robert Diamond
James A. Clark
Francis
Gov Hoke Smith Resigns To Become Senator
At Atg?inia Ga Nov 15 Gov Hoke Smith recently elected United States senator from Georgia tendered his resignation as chief executive of the state. Tomorrow morning the Hon John M Slaton, president of the state senate, will administer the oath of office as governor pro tem, serving until Gov Smith's successor is named. T Rawlings 148 N.Y. av
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Atignia
Hoke Smith
United States
Georgia
Tosey
John M Slaton
State Senate
Smith
Galliher Declines Candidacy for Office
NOYES and MOSES T. Galliher refuse to become a candidate for the forthcoming office. The action sets the stage for new selections as local officials await alternative nominees and shifts in the race timeline.
Board of Trade elects Moses to first vice presidency
A heated annual election by the board of directors resulted in Arthur C Moses being elected to the first vice presidency after a written ballot. Thomas W Sidwell and William H Saunders steers oversaw the vote. George H Miles had earlier been the president, with Edwin Graham chosen as second vice president. The meeting also named an inaugural committee for the new president, William Noyes.
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William T Galtiher
John
Weaver
Moses
Galther
Noyes
Singleton
Thomas W Sidwell
Wiliam H Saundersteers
Galliher
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Harries
Frank Gibson
Gen Harries
Gideon
Trafe
Harvien
Harriea
Delover
Washington
Gen Harrigs
Congress
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Washington Board of Trade
Northwest Ciizens’ Association
C Lanceaster
John Joy Edson
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