Fifty Years of Rebecca Lodge Daughters of Israel Celebrated
Rebecca Lodge Daughters of Israel marked fifty years as Washingtons first charity group with a banquet in Ellis Hall. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim toasted Our Sisters as living charter members were honored with chrysanthemums and a golden vase for I L Blout. Dr Simon spoke on philanthropy noting the lodges long service since the Civil War era.
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Rebecca Lodge
Daughters of Israel
Washington
Ellis’ Hall
Simon Guggenheim
I. L. Blout
8. Heller
City
M. Siegel
New York City
Herman
Lodge
Hannah Adler
Abram Simon
Pr. Simon
Highth Street Temple
Dr. Simon
Eighth Street Temple
Simon
Simon Wolf
Mr. Wolf
Sol Breslauer
Rebecca
D. J. Kaufman
Myer ’ Cohen
Louis Stern
L. S. Schoenthal
TI. L.blout
Mra
David Straus
Inside Guardian
Sol. Breslauer
Army-Navy game guests filled cabinet and officials row
New York reports nearly all cabinet members plan to attend the Army Navy football game with War Secretary Garrison and General Leonard Wood among the representatives. Boxholders include Gov Glynn, Labor Secretary Wilson, Attorney General McReynolds, and many other high ranking officials plus former officers and senators listed among the boxes.
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New York
Army
Secretary of the Navy
H. H. Landon
Gen. Andrews
Gov. Glynn
Gen. Roe
John Datchbold
Aleshire
J. Bessett. Moore
W. W.W. Wotherspoon
Labor
Wilson
Secretary of
Gen. Crozier
Gen. Sharpe
Frederick Alten
Duncan
Fletcher
J. P. Clarke
Wol FL. OW
Sladen
Col
B. Gordon
G. J. Fiebeger
Cal. C. P. Echols
John A. Johnston
Capt
E. B.aseatt
R. R. Govite
EB. Weaver
Gen. Gibson
John R. Brooke
Senator Kenyon
Senator Vardaman
T. J. Lynch
Corneting Agnew
Senator Brady
Gen
H. A. du Pont
H. S. Myers
C. P. Thomas
W. J. Stone
Brandegea
J. K. Shield
Revd. Smith
J- E. Ransdell
Senator Jones
Hupfell
M. Friedman
Warren
Nelson A. Miles
Separation Granted for 25 Years to Admiral Couden’s Wife
South Bend Ind Nov 2 Mrs Albert Couden 25 years old today was granted a separation for 25 years from Rear Admiral Albert Couden USN retired by the circuit court. The separation followed her cross complaint to her husband’s petition for absolute divorce alleging desertion in Europe. The admiral, once commander of the Cavite navy yard in the Philippines, is 71 years old.
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Couden
South Bend
Ind
Albert Couden
Europe
Cavite Navy Yard
Philippines
Navy Guard of English Dock Yard Amid War News
Fragmentary report from The Washington Post dated November 25 outlines admiralty plans and defenses around the English dock yard. The piece mentions naval patrols, riverine craft, and motorized escorts in a tense strategic context.
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English Dock
Rif Vable
Washington Post
Admiralty
Thousands view White House wedding guest arrivals
Washingtonians crowded surrounding avenues to watch invited guests arrive for a major wedding, with 6000 plus spectators, diplomats in brilliant uniforms, and orderly police supervision. The crowd gathered on Executive Avenue, watched carriages arrive at three entrances, and remained calm as the ceremony proceeded inside the mansion.
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White House
Executive Mansion
Hfe
Brother Trong Alghost
Sylvester
Eo ES Pety
Daniel Sullivan
Sérsis
W., Brown
C. P
Lora
Sayre Honeymoon Escape From White House By Tumulty Car
Whispers spread as President Wilson's daughter and her husband slipped away from the White House grounds after the ceremony. Joseph Tumulty drove the couple in his new car, pursued by reporters and police, then disappeared into the night toward Baltimore as rumors swirled about a post wedding trip on ships, to New York, or to Europe.
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Sayre
McAdoo
White House
Cut
Tumulty
Joseph Pp. Tumulty
Washington
Watchers Ag
United States
Dolphin
Washington Navy Yard
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Europe
Army and Navy
Ashe
Polo Grounds
New York
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Four Die in Pelham Parkway Head-On Crash
Four people were killed and several injured in a late night head-on collision on Pelham Parkway in the upper part of Pelham, New York. One victim was Leonard Cohen, dressmaker proprietor near Fifth Avenue, and another is believed to be Assemblyman Thomas F. Denney of the nineteenth district. A limousine and a touring car collided at a dark spot near the New Haven Railroad tracks.
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Pelham Parkway
N.Y
New York
Leonard Cohen
Fifth Avenue
Thomas F. Denney
Assembly District
New Haven
Washington Wedding Fetes Continue as Guests Return Home
Guests streamed from the White House ceremony with many staying several days in Washington. Bridegroom’s mother Mrs Sayre and Rev Sayre left for Lancaster after attending the supper. Garfield and family planned a short stay while others from Baltimore and Williamstown hurried home for pressing duties. Hotels report crowding as elites linger for further entertained events.
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Lancaster
Garfield
Washington
W. E., Hoyt
Willametown
Mags
Shoreman
Stanton
Mr. Garfield
James A. Garfield
Martha Sayre
John Nevin Sayre
Shoreham
Jancaster
Robert Garrett
Baltimore
Garrett
Herman Woods
C.M. Mitchell
Hensell
Philadelphia
Beverley Potter
J. F. Carter
Willamatown
Mass
Mr. Carter
Miss Wilson
Mr. Sayre
Executed Rebel Volunteers Reported By Villa Order
A wounded rebel officer says Salazar Federal volunteers captured at Zaragoza were brought before Gen. Villa and executed. The officer estimated about 30 to 40 men were killed on the spot this morning.
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Villa
el Paso
Juarez
Zaragosa
The Bridal Music Program Highlights
An orchestral program features selections including Reinecke’s Rupture of Spring, Wagner marches, Mendelssohn wedding music, and Goldmark dances. Notable pieces include Bridal Chorus, Sereneade, and Spring Morning, performed in a festival setting with a wedding theme and various composers.
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United States
Mamine Tand
Aette Reinecke
Ruatle
Bencals
Simding
Kaxchmir
sHubenstein
Bond Theft Widens as Ex-employee Foye Arrested
New York reports that James E. Foye, 35, a former clerical employee of Farmers Loan and Trust Company, was arrested after securities valued over $200,000 vanished. Police found a certified check for 97,000 and more than 35,000 in cash on him. The theft involves Tinton Pacific Railroad and General Electric Company securities and sparked a bankers’ meeting in New York and Philadelphia to coordinate the response. Foye previously worked for John W. Gates and Charles G. Gates, with a history tied to the Rosenthal murder case.
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James E. Foye
John W. Gates
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
New York
Tinton Pacific*Railroad Company
General Electric Company
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Trust Company
Philadelphia
Foye
Polie
Faye
Charles T. Brown
Thetrust Company
Failura
Herman Rosenthal
Charles G. Gates
Poison Victim Lived Here in Haverhill Mass
Ida Jacobs who died of bichloride of mercury at St. Paul’s Hotel in New York was a Georgetown native. She lived in Washington after leaving hard, acted as chaperon for Vera Hanna who married Capt Vaughan of the English army. An auto crash at Rock Creek Park left her with eight broken ribs and mental strain. the body will be buried beside Mr. Jacobs in Linwood Cemetery.
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Haverhill
Mass
Ida Jacobs
St. Paul’n
New York
Georgetown
Jacobs
Washington
Vera Hanna
Capt
Vaughan
Hanna
Rock Creek Park
Johnson Riot Follows Paris Wrestling Debut
Tack Johnson's Paris debut at the Nouveau Cirque sparked a riot as Urbach, twice thrown by Johnson, faced a hostile crowd over alleged unfair tactics. Urbach struck Johnson in the face and fled as police arrested several protesters. riot persisted for about thirty minutes.
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Urbach
Paris
Tack Johnson
Nouveau Cirque
Johnson
Three Killed in Natal Cane District Clash
In Esperanza Natal three East Indian workers were killed and twenty wounded when police faced a strike outbreak. Police fired on the demonstrators to quell the unrest in the sugar cane region along the south coast of Natal.
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Durban
Union of South Africa
Esperanza
Natal
Women Hear Sun Cult Texts at Chicago Court Hearing
Fashionable women filled the United States district court to hear readings from the sun cult’s inner studies as high priest Ottoman Zar Adusht Hanish faces trial for objectionable material. Incense outside the door sparked a brief shrine removal, while passages cited for the jury urged nude sun exposure and reverence of women as temples of the living God. Hanish contends the work is medical and rooted in Zoroastrian teaching. News notes his possible move of headquarters to New Orleans if acquitted.
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Chicago
United States District Court Room
Sun Cult
Zar Adusht Hanish
Mack
Huanish
Zoroaster
New Orleans
Sayre Wilson Wedding Ceremony Praised by Princeton Pastor
The Rev. Sylvester Beach of Princeton described the White House wedding of Milas Wilson and Sayre as smooth with no hitch. He called Misa Wilson a charming bride and noted neither the bride nor groom showed nerves. The officiating pastor planned to return home on Wednesday.
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Sylvester Beach
Princeton
N. J
Sayre-Wilson
White House
Misa Wilson
Mr. Beach
Milas Wilson
Mr.Sayre
Gas explosion floods Pittsburgh streets with injuries and damage
A Pittsburgh blast damaged the Lawrenceville district injuring score of people and wrecking buildings and sewers. Gasoline tanks overturned dumped thousands of gallons into the sewer system. Lights off to prevent a second explosion as authorities assess wreckage and evacuate affected families.
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Pittsburgh
Lawrenceville
Thirty-eighth Street
Alexander Campbell
Sassafras Alley
Thirty-third Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Petroleum Products Company
Liberty Avenas
Eleven Fight In Dark Ends In Deaths In Philadelphia
In a darkened foreign quarter room a brawl involving eleven men led to two deaths and multiple serious injuries. A kerosene lamp toppled during the fight, causing a fire and worsening injuries. Police arrested six suspects as Donara Duce died from a stab wound, another man died en route to hospital, and Frank Scarpero and Michael Scarpero were severely wounded. A fifth man, unnamed, was not expected to survive. Viscount Galway breaks a collarbone while hunting in Bedford, Notts.
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Philadelphia
Ethettos
Frank Scarpero
Sha Pute
Scarpeto
Donara Duce
Scarpete
Michael
Industrial crisis looms as 14 000 GE workers idle in Schenectady
In Schenectady New Jersey over 14 000 General Electric workers are idle amid widespread labor meetings. Union activists Frank L Tujay and Miss Marie Leslie were recently laid off as part of retrenchment, sparking claims of unjust discrimination and potential long protests.
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Schenectady
N. J
General Electric Company
Frank L. Tujay
Miss Marie
Leslie
Unio
asKkert Pike
Kuehnle Granted Jail Term Conviction Upheld
Atlantic City NJ news reports the Court of Errors and Appeals affirms Touls Kuehnle s conviction for corrupt interest in a city water plant contract while he served on the Atlantic City board of water commissioners. The lower court jailed him for one year and fined him.
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Atlantic City
NW. J
Court of Errors and Appeals
Highi
Touls Kuehnle
Atlantic City Board of Water Commissioners
Kuehnie
Inventor L A Miles Dies After Auto Strike in Washington
Samuel A Miles a 65 year old Philadelphia inventor and chemist who recently patented a rotary gasoline engine for airplanes was struck by a car near his Holmead Place NW home and died an hour later. He was crossing the street when Newton L Collamer of 1245 Crittenden Street NW drove away after placing Miles in his auto and transporting him to hospital. An inquest was ordered and witnesses say the accident was unavoidable.
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Samuel A. Miles
Holmead Place
Jourt
Mr. Miles
Fourteenth Street
Auto
Newton L. Collamer
Crittenden Street
Collamer
Ekull
Miles
Washington
Rising Sun Lane
Philadelphia
Boonsboro
Nevitt
Slocumb Law Case Heads to Supreme Court Review
Associate Justice Van Devanter directed the Nebraska supreme court to send up for review the case of Mrs. Charles Bulger who, as widow, won 32760 from two saloonkeepers. She claimed they made her husband a drunkard under the Slocumb law holding saloonkeepers liable for injuries from sales.
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van Devanter
Supreme Court
Nebraska Supreme Court
Charles Bulger
Huerta says funds ample. US to do justice
President Huerta reports from Mexico City that the country now has funds to meet its needs and that the army's northern victories improve the situation. He notes international relations are largely harmonious except with the United States, and that both chambers and other departments are functioning normally.
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Paria
Huerta
Mexico City
United States
Union
Police Chiefs Resign After 31 Acquitted in Strike Ruling
Indianapolis reports Superintendent Martin Hyland and Board of Safety president William E Davin resign after 31 patrolmen were acquitted on insubordination charges tied to the streetcar strike. Mayor Shank accepted their resignations and praised the officers, saying he did not fault them for not guarding strikebreakers and warned against protecting strikebreakers in a potential teamsters strike.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Martin Hyland
William E. Davin
Board of Safety
Shank
Auto crash on bridge over Boston tracks injures two
In Springfield Maia Springfeld, Paul H. Lathrop and a female companion escaped fatal harm when a high powered car skidded from a bridge over the Boston and Albany tracks, fell 30 feet to the rails, and was struck by a passing train one car length away, leaving both travelers badly injured but alive.
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Springfeld
Maia
Boston and Albany
Paul H. Lathrop
Bernard H. Lathrop
Lathrop
Owens jury fails to reach verdict in Maryland murder case
Special to The Washington Post. In Hockville Maryland the jury in the case of Vincent Owens accused of murdering his wife An Owens in St Marys county could not agree on a verdict. Owens testified he accused her of infidelity and after admitting to striking her he slit her throat with a pocket knife and left her on the road.
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Washington Post
Hockville
Benaon
Vincent Owens
An Owens
St. Mary's County
T.e
Owens
Coal Road Not to Fight Case in Settlement Talks
Charleston report says the Coal and Coke Railroad, indicted on all counts for safety law violations, admitted in U S district court that a settlement had been proposed, testimony and denial followed. Separately Lord Berkeley Paicege, uncle of the Marquis of Anglesey, died at Longdon Halls Rugely Staffordshire aged 60.
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Charleston
W. Va
The
Coal and Coke Railroad
United States
Chatrier Court
Marquis of Anglesey
Washington Post
London
Lord Berkeley Paeege
Longdon Halls
Rugely
Staffordshire
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