Roosevelt Provides Brownson Side Of Affair Criticism
Roosevelt releases Admiral Brownson's letter resigning as Chief of Bureau of Navigation after criticizing a hospital ship command. Brownson emphasizes confidence as essential to fleet efficiency and warns the medical officer command change undermines naval tradition and spirit. Roosevelt accepts the resignation and names interim handling.
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Washington
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Navigation Bureau
Navy Department
Department of the Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Washington, D. C
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Navy
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White House
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Criff Capsizes Killing Seven on Kansas River Trip
A skiff carrying nine men capsized near Kickapoo Kansas during a river crossing. Seven drowned and two, William Sharp and Frank Logan, were rescued by Ernest Schweitzer at great personal risk. The victims included Frank Hill 34 and John Baker 22 among others. All but two residents of Kickapoo. The group worked for the Kansas Natural Gas Company on a pipeline project. The accident occurred while crossing to the Kansas side as a wave swept over the boat. No bodies recovered.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kickapoo
William Sharp
Frank Logan
Ernest Schweitzer
Frank Hill
John Baker
Elmer Hundley
Grover Hundley
Hundleys
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Missouri
Kansas
Supreme Court rules Employers Liability Act unconstitutional
The Supreme Court held the Employers Liability Act beyond Congresses power to regulate interstate commerce in a 5 to 4 decision. Justice White led the opinion noting the act applies to carriers in interstate commerce but also to wholly local activities, exceeding constitutional bounds. The ruling warns that severing unconstitutional parts is inappropriate if provisions are indivisible.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court of the
Kentucky
Justice White
Congress
District of Columbia
Territories
Republicans of Bluegrass State Indorse Bradley
In Frankfort Kentucky on January 6 Republicans in both houses held caucuses. The GOP unanimously nominated William Bradley for United States Senator and set future offices for separate sessions. Governor Beckham’s managers express confidence in his election and the transfer of minor offices proceeds smoothly.
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Senate
William Bradley
United States
Henry Denham
Beckham
Kentucky
Willson
Court of Appeals
J. Morgan Chinn
Napier Adams
Adams
James
Sinking Fund Commission
General Assembly
Death by Own Action Shocks English Officer’s Son in New York
A young man believed to be H Grey Duberly son of Captain James Grey Duberly of The Cannons Westcastle Yarmouth England was found dead in bed at the Hermitage Hotel from narcotic poison. Six letters link to his father Earl Grey Ottawa and hotel manager. one notes killing his mother and blaming his father. The note pleads for better treatment of his siblings.
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New York
H. Grey Duberly
James Grey Duberly
Cannons
Westcastle
Yarmouth
England
Hermitage Hotel
Earl Grey
Canada
Sir
Captain Grey Duberly
Ottawa
Duberly
Thaw Case Key Figures Named in Court Ledger
District Attorney Jerome and Judge Dowling appear in court records along with Thaw's leading counsel and main defense witness Martin W. Littleton identified in the trial proceedings.
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Thaw
Jerome
Martin W. Littleton
Nine jurors chosen as Thaw trial opens first day
New York, Jan. 6. After three court sessions marking the second Thaw trial, nine tentative jurors were chosen from fifty seven as Jerome and Littleton dispute challenges. Insanity is the sole defense, with several prospective jurors likely to be excused. Public interest slackens. Evelyn Thaw draws crowds while the court restricts access and keeps daily sessions going.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Martin W. Littleton
Littleton
Charles E. Gremmel
John R. Hatchett
George B. Morewood
Floyd
Sanford
James E. Conway
William E. Brower
Arthur R. Naething
Maurice Bouvier
George W. Cary
Gremmel
Morewood
Conway
Hatchett
Naething
Bouvier
Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Missing Mount Royal Steamer Reported Found Near Ireland
St John New Brunswick Jan 6 Hope for the safety of the Canadian Pacific steamer Mt Royal long overdue at this port from Antwerp was revived by a Liverpool dispatch claiming a vessel resembling the Mt Royal was sighted 250 miles west of Fastnet Light southwest of Ireland. Officials dispatched Lake Manitoba to assist. A separate sighting near Brier Island involved two masters vessels not in tow.
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Canadian Pacific
Mt. Royal
Long
Antwerp
Liverpool
Fastnet Light
Ireland
Lake Manitoba
Halifax
N. S
Fastnet
Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines
Mt Royal Liner Reported Safe After Ireland Stranding Fears
Cable from Liverpool says a steamer resembling the Mt Royal was sighted 250 miles west of Fastnet Light. Lake Manitoba was sent from Liverpool to assist. The Mt Royal left Antwerp December 7 bound for St John New Brunswick with 300 to 400 immigrants and a heavy cargo. thirty days out.
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St. John
N. B
Liverpool
Steamer Lake Manitoba Sent To Aid Overdue Mt Royal
The Lake Manitoba has been dispatched from Liverpool to assist a Canadian Pacific Mt Royal believed overdue 280 miles west of Fastnet.
Ohio Man Abraham Elsey Found Hanged in Plain City
Abraham Elsey a prominent Plain City businessman was found dead by his daughter after hanging himself Sunday night in the living quarters of the millinery store owned by his wife. His family had faced tragedy as his son Ray was killed last November and his wife has been ill in a Columbus hospital. his other son Mark is a student at Ohio State University.
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Plain City
Abraham Elsey
Elsey
Ray Elsey
Columbus
Mark
Ohio State University
Fire destroys cattle pens at Riverside distillery
A fire at the Fleischmann distillery in Riverside last night trapped several cattle in nine pens and damaged four pens. Drovers B Huesmann Frank Mueller Walter Poor and Joseph Pleimann risked their lives to herd the cattle to safety. Fire origin undetermined though sparks from a passing locomotive are suspected. Loss estimated between 1000 and 1500 dollars. Pens sit on the site of Manhattan Park near the distillery.
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Riverside
B. Huesmann
Frank Mueller
Walter Poor
Joseph Pleimann
Peter ‘Berg
Berg
Geoghegan
West Sixth Street
Delhi Road
Jacob Sacks
Hillside Avenue
James B. McCafferty
Delhi Avenue
William F. Thomas
Mervyn Patterson
Manhattan
Mystery Surrounds Death of Prominent Young Man
Fred M. Bur dette of Pt. Pleasant West Virginia disappeared after leaving for Middleport. He crossed Pt. Pleasant Bridge over the Ohio River and is believed to have fallen into the river. He was carrying money and valuable jewelry, and his fate remains undetermined.
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Commercial Tribune
Gallipolis
Fred M. Burdette
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Middleport
Ohio River
Knott Suffered Stroke at Home Near Lebanon
Former Governor and ex-Congressman J Proctor Knott had a slight stroke of paralysis at his home near Lebanon last night but is resting easily this morning. He is advanced in years.
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Louisville
J. Proctor Knott
Lebanon
Ohio Senate delays measures amid political clashes
Governor Harris backs county local option and telephones oversight as the Ohio General Assembly opens its seventy seventh session. Democrats and Foraker Republicans spar over legislation while Eagleson is named Speaker and Frizell announces his lieutenant governor and future governor candidate. The House adjourns in memory of the late Governor Pattison.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Haffner
Cincinnati
Freeman T. Eagleson
Guernsey
Joseph D. Chamberlain
Dayton
Eagleson
M. R. Frizell
Mario Bernardo
Chilé
Foraker Republicans
Republican State Committee
Huffman
Harris
State Railroad Commission
Seventy-seventh
General Assembly of
Guernsey County
James Williams
Cleveland
Lamb
Toledo
Pattison
Governor Harris urges county option on liquor revenue
In his message to the General Assembly Governor Harris urges giving county voters the choice on whether to fund government expenses through liquor revenue or direct taxation. He calls for state supervision of all banks and outlines waterway improvements and new methods in transit efficiency.
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Harris
General Assembly
Ohio
State Board
Erie
New York
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