River Pirates and the Hidden Menace of the Docks
A New York Star detective describes river pirates as treacherous and organized gangs Haunting the docks and river towns led by a leader like Jack Soanahan alias Smoke The gang robs ships then hides goods in junk shops along South and West streets They use watchers and night unloading to evade authorities and prey on sailing vessels during cargo transfers
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Tive
Jack Soanahan
Smoke
Havana
Sianahan
Boston Gupta
Oa Alup
South
Atresta
Unga
Telon
Fur Collassa
Nver
Knn Iate Jongim
Caroline Atreet
Charleston
Aghvonera
Inside the State Department Under Secretary Thompson’s Office
The Washington Star describes the State Department structure and workflow. It notes three Assistant Secretaries, a Chief Clerk named Savelion A. Brown, and a system where incoming mail is indexed, read, assigned, and press copied before dispatch. It mentions twenty clerks who draft key diplomatic despatches and the use of closed boxes for document handling.
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Washington Star
State Department
Thompson
Savelion A. Brown
Secretary of State
Portrait of Wood family patriarch described by Ferxanne Woon
The Washington correspondent for the Boston Journal portrays the veteran Wood family head as a tall, spare, soldierlike man with white hair and mustache. At sixty seven, he is well groomed, impeccably dressed, and ceremonious in bearing, once favored for Speaker but beaten by Sam Randall. now he chairs key committees in Congress.
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Ferxanne Woon
Washington
The
Boston Journal
Wood
Talleyrand
Sam Randall
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