Driver McQuade Sacrificed Life to Save Secretary’s Granddaughter
Washington special notes the heroic act of Edward McQuade, War Department driver and President Taft’s former coachman, who died saving Secretary of War Dickinson’s granddaughter Helen Dickinson and the two-year-old daughter of the Secretary. The crash occurred on Sixteenth Street near Lamont Street while horses bolted. McQuade died of a fractured skull at Garfield Hospital. He served the department for over fifty six years and left a wife four sons and two daughters. Secretary Dickinson sent condolences through his private secretary Walter Pedigo and may attend the funeral at St Matthew’s Church.
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Washington, D. C
Edward McQuade
War Department
Taft
Helen Dickinson
Dickinson
McQuade
Walter R. Pedigo
John C. Scofield
F Street
Northwest
cQuade
St. Matthew's Church
Secretary of War
Helen
Miss Dunning
Alfred Wynne
Sixteenth Street
Connecticut Avenue
Irving Street
Department
Lamont Street
Robert E. Massey
Thirteenth Street
Garfield Hospital
Ireland
United States Marine Corps
Quartermaster's Department
Army
Fourteenth
K Streets
Endicott
Proctor
Elkins
Lamont
Alger
Root
Wright
Washington
Boston suffragist attacks bachelor tax leap year idea
Miss Florence Tuscomb a Boston civil engineer and MIT graduate argues against a bachelor tax while proposing equal rights for women to propose taxation. She mocks five dollar bills and favors a $500 annual levy only if it prompts marriage, then suggests wage reform tied to family size and child counts.
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Boston
Mass
Florence Tuacomb
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tuscomb
Ban on French Lick Resort Gambles Amid Crusade
In French Lick Indiana a push led by Reverend Breeden results in a town board order to close gambling venues at the resort. Citizens previously called for action as a town marshal carried out the closure amid an anti gambling crusade. The fate after the Legislature adjourns remains uncertain.
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French Lick Springs
Ind
America
Monte Carlo
Ted
Breeden
Fight on House floor ends with Alaska delegate attack
Washington D C special delegate Wickersham of Alaska assaulted representative Mondell of Wyoming on the House floor. The clash, the first in session since a knife incident years ago, ended with Wickersham restrained and both men apologizing. The Alaska coal land leasing bill was defeated 32 to 151 amid bitter controversy.
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Washington
D. C
Wickersham
Alaska
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
House of Representatives
Representative Bartlett
Georgia
Representative Southwick
New York
Mondell
Representative Foster
Vermont
Foreign Affairs
House
Caruso Plans Quiet Visit to Protect Voice
Enrico Caruso at the Hotel Traymore in Atlantic City avoids speaking to preserve his voice. He communicates via written notes for orders as admirers receive pages from his tablet stating I beg pardon, but I am unable to talk. The tenor expects to recover his voice in a week or ten days after a cold impaired it.
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Atlantic City
Enrico Caruso
Traymore
Caruso
Lightship Carried Far Out to Sea Found Off Norfolk
The Fenwick Island light ship was torn from its station by a fierce northwest gale and picked up seventy five miles at sea on Wednesday by the revenue cutter Onondaga. The crew endured cold and exposure but were unharmed. The Onondaga towed the lightship toward the Capes, reaching the buoy yard yesterday after passing on Wednesday night. Repairs will be made before returning to station.
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Norfolk
Fenwick Island
Onondaga
Capes
Tawney seeks neutral canal stance in fortification row
Representative Tawney chairing the House Appropriations Committee plans an amendment to the canal fortification bill to favor neutrality rather than fortification. He would set fortification as the final option after peaceful alternatives fail, prompting anticipated floor opposition amid administration support for fortifying the canal.
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Washington, D. C
Tawney
House Appropriations Committee
Panama Canal
House
Suvil
Treaty Likely to Meet Defeat in Senate
The new Japanese treaty faces strong Senate opposition as Pacific Coast protests pressure Western lawmakers. Critics accuse Taft and Knox of rushing the deal with Lodge guiding, risking political futures and possible war over immigration provisions. Some senators demand the text in black and white and fear reliance on mere words.
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Pacific Coast
Taft
Knox
Lodge
Senate
Japan
Pacific
United States
Commission Rejects Railroads In Imperial Freight Increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission decided against railroads in the Imperial Increased freight-rate cases. It refuses any increase for 600 railroads in the East and Middle West, ruling their revenue needs not substantiated. Carriers must cancel proposed increases by March 10, or face orders keeping current rates for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
East
Middle West
Fugitive Vincenzo Palato Arrested in Rice Murder Case
After a seven month chase across the continent Vincenzo Palato also known as John Vincenzo was captured in a Black Diamond gambling house by Detective J C Membrose for the murder of Cleveland magnate William L Rice on August 5. He admitted his identity but offered no further remarks and was moved to Martinez awaiting extradition arrangements.
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San Francisco
Cal
Vincenzo Palato
John Vincenzo
William L. Rice
Cleveland
Ohio
Black Diamond
J. C. Membrose
Palato
Berkeley
Martinez
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V.pres
Cashier
Gloucester-Mathews
C. D. Clinton
Dixondale, Va
M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros
Mathet
C. H
Lesie C. Garnett
Mathews, VA
Mathews
Middlesex
Gloucester
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
O. D
Portsmouth
North St
Bay iLne
LG Corre FL Coice
Philpot’s
East River
Williams
Hick's
Diggs
Roane
Ware River
Smith
Hockley
Auburn
North River
Dixondale
Morth River
Severn Wharf
Severn River
Old Point
Government Wharf
Richmond
Berkley
Brandon
Ifin
Leavy Norfolk
MAIN
Main Street
Atlantic
B. L. Bugg
Norfolk Building Supplies
Frank T. Clark Co., Ltd
Cooke, Clarke CO
Luther Sheldon
Norfolk Building Supplies Corporation
Brooke Avenue
Tazewell BT
Norfolk, Va
Clark Sash & Door Corporation
Frank T. Clark
Voice
Dr. A. M. Marchant
En Aki
Yenra
Geo. W. Wright
SON Wholesale Liquor Dealer
Chesapeake Steamship
Slegant
Columbia
Augusta
Old Point Comfort
Baltimore
York River
Atlanta
West Point
Light and
Lee Streets
Baltimore, Md
E. J. Chism
Noah
Willey
E. Cyrus
Donald
Nash
Edward Ryan
Swansboro
Lambert
Biullingsley
Conia
Marthe A. Bea
George W. Smith
Abbevile
5. C
Beacons
A. E. Whittaker
Holly Street
Nod Portamouth Transfer Co
Van
C. A. Mitchell
Mc Vicker
Planters National Bank
Virginia
INC
Venient
New Orleans
Mayr
Savings Department
Richmond, VA
James N. Boyd
J. J. Montague
W. J. Westwood
T. WM. Pemberton
Morton B. Rosenbaum
Richard H. Smith
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