Hearst Attacks Railroads Linking Blame to Wall Street bankers
Hearst denounces Charles Melien's claim of railroad control by Wall Street. He argues the deaths from New Haven wrecks are the fault of bankers, attacks Wilson era railroad policy, cites veto of safety crossing bill and Panama Canal tolls, and supports a broader pro railroad stance amid national politics. The German Colonial Association backs Germany's Panama-Pacific Exposition participation in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meilen
New Haven
Wall Street
Washington Post
New York
New York Times
Boston
Boston Post
Charles §. Melien
William Randolph Hearst
Mr. Melien
New England
Wallatree
Hearst
Wilson
Wilcor
New Jersey
Baltimore
Mitchell Palmer
Attor
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Hearst
Gov. Wilson
Fear St
Union and
Southern Pacific
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Wisconsin
United States
Panama Canal
Cologne
Germany
German Colonial Association
San Francisco
Johann Albrecht
Mecklenburgrin
Relentless Dated Death Notices Across Washington Era
A collage of mid November 1913 obituaries and funeral notices from Washington area papers listing numerous individuals by surname such as Adams Brown Crawford Griswold Halsted Henderson Kern Richards Wilson and others. The legacies mention spouses children and residences with scattered service details and cemetery guidance.
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Charles R. Brown
D Street
Brown
James W
Louisa Brown
Helen Brown
Datreet
Culagett
Providence Hospital
Maurice J
Emma L. Ett
Linden
Crawford
S Street
William N
Annie L. Crawford
Fernwood Cemetery
Philadelphia
Griswold
Casualty Hospital
William A
Mary A. Griswold
William H. Sarde & Co
H Street
Glenwood Cemetery
Halsted
Albemarne
Seventeenth and Trene
Northwest
Frances L
John J. Halsted
New Church
Corcoran
Wilson in New York Sayre party attends hotel and theater
President Wilson arrived in New York with guests including Mrs Sayre and the bridal couple. Secret Service moved photographers from the terminal as Wilson planned amusement at the theater before returning to Washington. Sayre party sails for Europe. photographers and guards highlighted the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Plymouth
England
New York
Wilson
Washington
Army-Navy
Polo Grounds
Francis Bowes
Sayre
Europes
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Eleanor Wilson
Margery Brown
Joseph
Col
EB. M. House
the Wilson
Miss Brown
Prosecution Builds Case in Craig Venire Hearings
In Shelbyville Indiana November 28 the Craig murder trial entered preliminary venire questioning as 31 jurors were examined with only 12 acceptable to both sides. Prosecution pressed circumstantial evidence while defense sought jurors open to Craig's explanation, signaling a long trial with possible suicide theory backing. Dr Wil Han Craig remained free on $15 000 bond beside his 14 year old daughter as spectators filled the courtroom, many women among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Wil- Han B. Craig
Indianapolis
Helene Knaibe
Knabe
Craig
Dr. Knabe
Indianapolis Council of Women
Dr. Craig
Liberty
Wisconsin and Michigan deer hunters suffer record fatalities
Wisconsin and northern Michigan report a grim deer season with 31 hunters killed and 35 injured. The tally from Wisconsin shows 2 killed and Mi injured while Michigan lists 24 killed and 12 injured as the season still has days left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Northern Michigan
Milwaukee
Wis
Michigan
Forgiveness and Firelight in Victoria Battle End
A private telegram recounts Gen Rabago's death amid Victoria’s fall in 1913. He forgave the judge and distributed cigarettes to the firing squad, signaling death himself after embracing the judge. His cousin Enrique Caballero, a rebel lieutenant, ordered the execution of his own cousin before their mother’s eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Jose Gonzales Salas
Bellano
Antonio Rabago
Tamaulipas
Victoria
Rabago
Tomas Jamez
Ila
Enrique Caballero
Venustiano Carranza
Cabellero
Americans Flee Victoria Tamaulipas for Texas Border
In Brownsville on November 28, report says famine fears in Victoria the capital of Tamaulipas prompt five American families and several single residents to abandon the city for Matamoros and Brownsville in a wagon train. Missionaries seek US aid for auto transport to Matamoros as Victoria is cut off with no provisions.
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Brownsville
Tex
Victoria
Tamaulipas
United States
Matamoros
Conaul Johnson
Tamaico
Licensed to Marry List of Couples in Various States
A fragmented list shows multiple marriage licenses issued for pairs including Peter Waluer and Ethel Liufrio, Raymond Ackerman and Grace Minor, and others. Names span Virginia and nearby states with reverends named for each union.
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Peter Waluer
Ethel Liufrio
FL Eckenrode
Raymond C. Ackerman
Grace Minor
L. E. Purdum
Charles BE. Umsweller
Ruth ¥. Peonywitt
Mount Jackson
Keyd H. Nelson
Viola T. Desmond
A. W. Spooner
Geffrey L. Hunt
Roberta J. Payne
Brooke
G A. Miller
Joseph Leonard Forstrancs
Mar. Metzger
Richmond
J. Brooks
Stephen L. Slaughter
Farah WN. GM
W. Spoons
Raleigh
Kington
Huerta Seeks Money and Relieves Battleships
Provisional President Huerta summoned the Bank of London and Mexico and the National Bank to press for funds to meet December 1 railway payments and January charges. Gen. Villa moves troops toward Chihuahua while Diaz and Madero relatives face transport to Vera Cruz amidst security concerns. Rear Admiral Badger ordered three battleships from the Mediterranean to reinforce Mexican coast defenses as Yellow Fever alerts rise along the gulf.
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Mexico City
Nov. S
Huerta
Bank of London
Mexico
National Bank
J.N. Brown
National
New York
Bryan Sala Jagt
Fletcher
John Lind
Tampico
Daniels
Badger
Connecticut
Kansas
Ohio
Mediterranean
Louisiana
Michigan
New Hampshire
Vera Cruz
Mexican
Gulf Ports
Navy Department
Blue
The
Public Health Service
American Gulf Coast
Puerto Mexico
Refuge Still On Warship Michgan After Mexican Arrest Threats
Vera Cruz November report states J J Woodyard Jr American who sought refuge aboard the US battleship Michigan remains there with no disposition arranged. Mexican authorities have not demanded surrender and show no immediate intent to, while Woodyard risks arrest if he goes ashore. Lind, Wilson's representative, to return aboard Rhode Island. British cruiser Suffolk arrives.
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Evarlato
Daniel Madero
Joamn Lind
Wilson
Rhode Island
Suffolk
Mexico America's Task Urges U S Focus on Mexico
London reports the National Review argues proximity of Mexico to the United States is the key fact shaping policy. It calls the idea of British interference in Mexico farcical and urges a policy of masterly inactivity, acknowledging Mexico as an American problem.
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London
National Review
America
Mexico
United States
Transvaal
Raw meat juice hailed as tuberculosis cure by Nobel laureate
Special cable from Paris reports Prof Charles Richet, Nobel Prize winner in medicine, claiming raw meat juice can cure tuberculosis. He notes patients with pulmonary TB improved only with faithful three year treatment.
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Washington Post
Paris
Charles Richet
Habeas Writ For Zelaya Drawn In U S Case
New York, Nov 28 A writ of habeas corpus was issued for Jose Zelaya former president of Nicaragua. He is jailed in the Tombs after arrest on a murder charge of two Nicaraguans. The writ takes precedence over his examination set for Monday. The State Department awaits more information from Nicaragua to determine if the crime is political and outside extradition.
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Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
New York
United States
Zelaya
Jose Zelaya
Holt
Shields
State Department
Nacaraguan
Folk
Charles Douglass
Britons Embrace Islam Prominent Converts Touted
Lord Headley disclosed several new converts to Mohammedanism in London including Viscount de Padre of Antwerp Captain Stanley and Marquis and Miss Lilley Ranson. Two women are said to have begun initiation but keep their names secret. He now uses the name Saifur Rahman Sheikh Rahme Fillas Farooq and has spent time in the United States prospecting in Montana Idaho and Wyoming and in the Canadian Northwest, owning 16000 acres of land in Ireland.
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Lord Headley
Washington Post
London
Viscount de Padre
Antwerp
Stanley
Marquis
Lilley Ranson
Saifur Rahman
Rahme Fillas Farooq
United States
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Canadian Northwest
Tia
Ireland
Van Dyke Guests of Pages at United States Embassy
London news reports Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Page hosted a dinner at the U.S. embassy for Henry Van Dyke, the United States Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and Mrs. Van Dyke. Van Dyke spent the day with Rhodes scholars at Oxford. Francis Sayre and his bride are booked to sail on the George Washington to Plymouth, sparking interest among London society.
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Plymouth
George Washington
Mr. Sayre
United States
White House
Washington
London
W. H. Page
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
Luxemburg
van Dyke
Oxford
Rhodes
Francis Sayre
Thief Grabs Diamonds From Cincinnati Jewelry Store
A thief smashed a window at H. F. Kaelin's jewelry store on a main street in Cincinnati and fled with a tray of diamonds valued at 3200. A crowd pursued briefly but the suspect escaped. a vague description was obtained.
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Cincinnat
H. F. Kaelin
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Hearst Raps
Cites Administration
Wm.h. Sardo & CO
H ST
Modern Chapel
C. Alt
Frank Geier’s Sons
J. WM. Lee
St. OW
Phon W. ER. Spe. RE
F Street
N. W
Frank A. Spearz
Geo. P. Zurhorst
East Capitol Street
Chas, S. Zurhorst
S. Sergeon
Seventh Telephone M
J. H. Small & Sons
Cernesa
H Bta
Dwey
Col. House
Dudley Field Malone
C. Alfonso Zelaya
Alfonso
Marguerite Lee
Robert E. Lee Zelaya
Harris & Coc
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
Craig Venire
Helene Enabe
Guinness
Dublin
Mtent
Tokalon Co., Inc
F St. N. Ww
Gen. Rabage
Europe
N Villa
Paso
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Rosario Hernandez
Juarez
Villa
Villa Ahumada
Tierra Blanca
Chamber of Deputies
Madero
Congress
Manuel Madero
Monterey
San Juan de Ulva
Diaz
Porfirio Diaz
Republic
Wil
Alvert “Ompan’y
Calvert
Blues
Oxfords
Calvert Shop
Rainer
Shine Coa
J.f.woodyard, Jr
English National Review
Ilegally
Tolman
Daniel Hf. Tolman
van Dykes
Piedmont
Washington - N
West Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
R. R
Evangelist Po Grant
Jolly
Abeys
Bright
Ee Tae
Wiowar
Aisind Fx Taciexions
Lave
New Masonic Temple
Horning
Cormer
Ebrehive
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