One Word Did It Says Gen Grant
Major Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, commanding the Department of the East, explains to TIMEs the dinner remarks at the George G. Meade Post in Philadelphia. He asserts he did not criticize President Roosevelt and clarifies that only conditions differ between eras, referencing a California episode and a wartime unity shift. He planned a brief speech and avoided any insult to the President, while denying intent to condemn current leadership.
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Frederick Dent Grant
United States Army
Department of the East
George G. Meade Post
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Schmitz
Gen. Grant
Jie
White House
Washington
Grant
United States
Times
Governors Island
California
San Francisco
Japan
Meade
War Department
Norfolk
New York
Grant Visits Washington After Philadelphia Remarks
Gen Frederick D Grant and Mrs Grant arrive in Washington aboard the Congressional Limited and reserve rooms at the Arlington. He declines to discuss his reasons or expand on Philadelphia remarks. War Department officials also refuse to comment as the incident prompts questions about accountability for officers.
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New York Times
Washington
Frederick D. Grant
Congressional Limited
Grant
Arlington
Gen. Grant
War Department
Ady Quips About Ushering The Scotch Highball Fame
A witty quip notes how the Scotch behind the highball became famed. The remark frames USHER as a symbol of tradition and cocktail culture.
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Usher
Ady
Puccini Hears Coon Songs At New York Host Dinner
Signor Puccini, famed for Madama Butterfly and La Boheme, heard real negro minstrel songs at Dr. and Mrs. Bull’s West Thirty-fifth Street home. About thirty musicians performed after Puccini requested an evening of authentic coon songs before he returns to Italy in a few days.
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Signor Puccini
William Tillinghast Bull
West Thirty-fifth Street
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Signor
Signora Puccini
Niagara
Hotel Astor
Mr. Maxwell
Tragic Brooklyn Fire Claims Child And Parent
Four year old Nellie Moeckler of 817 Thirty-ninth Street Brooklyn died after her dress caught fire from a hot kitchen stove. Her mother, 21, also burned while trying to smother the flames. both were taken to Norwegian Hospital where Nellie died within an hour and the mother’s condition worsened. The husband, an engineer on the Bush dock, was away and grief stricken.
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Nellie Moeckler
Thirty-ninth Street
Brooklyn
Moeckler
Moorhead Forgives Son After Daughter’s Funeral
Pittsburg recall: John Moorhead Jr and his son John Alston Moorhead reconcile after the death of Miss Anne Katherine Moorhead in the Bronx wreck. The son remains athletic director of Western University of Pennsylvania at 1800 dollars a year and continues living at their Allegheny cottage.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
John Moorhead
John Alston Moorhead
Yale
Anne Katherine Moorhead
Bronx
New York Central
Young Moorhead
Ridge Avenue
Allegheny
University
Black Hand Bomb Wrecks Elizabeth Street Stores
Police probe two Italian community crimes in Harlem area. A bomb shattered 164 166 Elizabeth Street front and damaged the grocery and saloon below after threats from a Black Hand letter writer demanding six hundred dollars. A second crime, the Saturday killing of Tomaso Ciancrimino at 326 East 106th Street near a butcher store, is linked to Antonio Gallo who vanished after the shooting.
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Elizabeth Street
Tomaso Cianrrimino
Second
Third Avenues
107Th Street
Spring
Broome Streets
Michael Angelo Alonge
George
F. Bruckner
George Kingston
Broome Street
Bruckner
Spring Street
Elizabeth
Kingston
Lalor
Black Hand
Mulberry Street
Alonge
Broadway
Howard Street
Mano Nero
Alange
Fort George
Italy
Ciancrimine
Harlem
East 106Th Street
Second Avenue
No. 237
Sergi. Petrosino
Ciancrimino
Antonio Gallo
Gallo
Raper
Capt. Corcoran
Train Wreck Highlights Pittsburg Rail Incident
The Philadelphia express struck an open switch at Sixteenth Street yards causing a telescoped coach and derailed cars. Five women passengers suffered serious cuts and bruises but continued west after medical treatment. The New York express narrowly avoided collision, prompting panic among passengers.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sixteenth Street
Philadelphia
Western Pennsylvania
Allegheny General Hospitals
Union Station
New York Express
Associated Press
Supt. Long
Hams and Bacon Brand Emphasis in Advertising
An advertising line proclaims brand priority with confidence. The fragment hints at a promotional stance asserting higher pride in the product and constant promotion of Hams and Bacon.
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Eine
Rad Hams & Bacon
Japan Orders 50 000 Tons of Rails From U S Steel
A cablegram from the Japanese Government requests immediate shipment of the largest tonnage of steel rails ever made to the Far East. Fifty thousand tons will be rolled at Carnegie mills at sixty pounds to the yard, with a price of 28 50 per ton at the mills.
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Far East
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Mills
Pittsburg
Manchuria
Southern Manchuria Railway Company
Japan
Tramp Attack At Rural Iowa Farm
Mrs. George Stech fought a tramp in her Wayne County farmhouse in a Feb. 24 incident heard by nearby residents via a telephone line. The attacker battered the door, gagged and knocked Mrs. Stech unconscious while she rang for help. bloodhounds and armed neighbors pursued the suspect.
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New York Times
Centreville
Iowa
Wayne County
George Stech
Rev Dr Everett Burr Found Dead Near Boston Rail Line
The body of Rev Everett D Burr a prominent Massachusetts Baptist clergyman was found beside east bound tracks near Summer Street Bridge Newton Centre. Medical examiner said death resulted from an accident his watch and purse missing suggesting sudden departure en route to New York.
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Westborough
Mass
Everett
Dr Burr
Cleveland
Ohio
New York City
Everett D. Burr
Massachusetts
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Crozier Theological Seminary
Pennsylvania
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Boston
Newton Centre
Adeline Sloops Aftermath in Hawk Channel Sinking
The Adeline of New York, sunk in Hawk Channel beyond Key West by a gasoline explosion en route to Havana, is not a total loss. Two schooners placed on both sides aim to raise and pump out water. On board were Mrs Layton the worst burned. torpedo boat timely aid prevented greater fatalities.
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New York Times
Miami
Fla
Adeline
New York
Hawk Channel
Key West
Havana
Nassau
D. J. Williams
Frankfort
C. W. Burt
Winchester
Barney Hutsinger
Coney Island
W. William Layton
Manhattan
Street Car Derailed in Amherst Kills Woman Teacher
Amherst Mass Feb 24 A derailed electric car on the Amherst and Sunderland Line left the track on a slight grade about two miles from town and toppled into an embankment. Miss Helen Linehan a Cambridge public school teacher was instantly killed. One other passenger escaped unharmed along with the conductor and motorman.
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Amherst
Mass
Sunderland
Helen Linehan
Cambridge Public
Airy Gold and Black Label Sherries Bottled Abroad
A fragment notes standard sherries labeled Gold and Black Label Crown pages 1 2 and 3 bottled abroad under foreign export. The terse item implies product labeling and international bottling without further details.
Granger to Die in Electric Chair Amid Christian Science Faith
George Granger, condemned for murder, will be executed at Sing Sing at 6 am Monday. His teacher Mrs. Charles H. Hickok, a prominent local figure, reports Granger embraces Christian Science and fears not death. She plans to inform him of Governor Hughes's refusal to commute the sentence and may accompany him to the chair if he requests.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
George Granger
Sing Sing
Granger
Charles Lutz
Dutchess County
Charles H. Hickok
Granies
Mrs. Hickok
Divorce Sought by Mrs Teresa Dwyer Over Husband’s "Ran Down" Attacks
Teresa Dwyer of Forest Park Boulevard files in Circuit Court for divorce from Dr Robert J. Dwyer a Canadian physician who allegedly insulted American womanhood and ignored their baby. Married October 12, 1898 in New York. Dr Dwyer is now in Europe. She is 80, wealthy, and formerly Miss Teresa Lumaghi.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Teresa Dwyer
Forest Park Boulevard
Circuit Court
Robert J. Dwyer
New York
Teresa Lumaghi
St. Louisan
Dwyer
Europe
Smallpox Scare Grows in Missouri Capital
Jefferson City rushes to contain a smallpox outbreak as four House members and a clerk fall ill. A Health Board doctor cites thirty cases in the city. Legislature members travel to St Louis for safety, and a potential reconvening would limit Capitol access to assembly members, clerks, and reporters.
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House of Representatives
Barker
Salts
Dougherty
Jules Coles
House
Lopp
Health Board
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Atkinson
Assembly
Capitol
May Abandon Sacramento as State Capital
Many Sacramento legislators who visited Berkeley as a possible capital declared the Assembly would favor moving the capital to Berkeley across the bay. Voters’ approval is uncertain. Alameda San Francisco and Los Angeles counties favor Berkeley for its location. Sacramento lacks advantages like hotel facilities and train connections.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Sacramento
Berkeley
State Assembly
University
Bay
Alameda
Los Angeles
Shortest Florida Route Via Pinehurst and Seaboard Air Line
The Seaboard Air Line route through Pinehurst Cam- Columbia and Jacksonville is cited as the shortest quickest Florida path. Office 1,183 B' way. Adv.
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Florida
Seaboard Air Line
Pinehurst
Cam- Columbia
Jacksonville
Harriman Financing Under ICC Scrutiny At Hearings
The Inter State Commerce Commission opens hearings in the Federal Building on Harriman railroad financing. The Chicago and Alton matter, covering control from the 1890s to Rock Island transfer in October, will be examined. Wall Street reports claim a reorganization syndicate issued bonds at 65 and sold at 90. Mr Harriman is expected to testify first.
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Federal
Harriman Railroad
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Harriman
Rock Island
Wall Street
Roosevelt Visits Groton School in Boston Area
President Roosevelt travels by special train to Groton Preparatory School where son Kermit studies. He tours the campus, meets about 150 students and parents, delivers a brief talk, and urges education and fair play in football as crowds cheer amid winter scenery. A harmless silk flag parcel incident and a flashlight moment punctuate the visit.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Groton
Boston
Kermit
Roosevelt
Ethel Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
President Roosevelt
William Sturgis Bigelow
Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr
William A. Gardner
Groton School
Groton Station
Prof. Gardner
Ethel
Kermit Roosevelt
Endicott Peabody
New England
Ayer
Washington Express
South Station
Federal Express
Washington
Bailey Exoneration Report Expected Tomorrow
Special report from Austin Texas states a subcommittee formed to prepare findings in the Joseph W Bailey investigation will likely report tomorrow. It is claimed the panel has agreed on all evidence and will fully vindicate Bailey from charges.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
Joseph W. Bailey
Senator Bailey
Lyric Theatre in Altoona Burns in Fire
The Lyric Theatre in Altoona Pennsylvania also known as Keith's Vaudeville House was destroyed by a fire likely caused by crossed electric wires. The venue opened last November and the loss is about 90000 dollars. Ex congressman J D Hicks and D J Neff whose law offices were in the building lost about 10000 dollars in furniture and library.
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Altoona
Penn
Lyric Theatre
Keith
J. D. Hicks
D. J. Neff
Woman Charged in Kidnapping Millionaire Rhodius
Elma Dare, accused of kidnapping George Rhodius, claimed feeble mindedness and marriage in Louisville, was arrested at Todd Sanitarium Cambridge Springs by Deputy Sheriff Paul Marshall. Rhodius, a millionaire, was with her. detectives traced the pair from Markleton to Cambridge Springs.
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Rhodius
Meadville
Indianapolis
Harper
Markleton
Penn
Cambridge Springs
Exclusion League Eyes Japanese Ban. Schmitz Faces Crowd
In San Francisco a meeting of the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League urged the Legislature to pass an act excluding Japanese. Speakers favored pelting Mayor Schmitz on his return from Washington, while reports say he intends to run again and may break with Abe Ruef to align with corporate interests.
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New York Times
San Francisco
New York
Schmitz
Abe
Ruef
Three Suspicious Deaths Probe at Keough Hotel
State detectives and deputy sheriffs arrived at Millville to probe three sudden deaths at the Keough Hotel over two months. Medical examiners ruled natural causes in each case, including Michael Traggerty, found in a snowdrift and reportedly with $1,000 recently before death. Only 25 cents remained on his person.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Murray
Nugent
Blackstone
Boyd
Northbridge
Millville
Keough
Michael Traggerty
Molt
Haggerty
Steam Panic Injures Thirty at West Side Church Mass
In Chicago a children's mass triggered a panic after radiator steam mistaken for smoke. About thirty people, mostly women and children, were injured as the crowd jammed down eighteen stairs and through a window. Three boys slipped in, loosened radiator valves, and fled.
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New York Times
Chicago
West Side
Omega Oil Ad For Sore Throat and Chest Cold
An old ad promotes Omega Oil as a remedy for sore throat and chest cold. It mentions a trial bottle priced at 10 cents and attributes the note to Ady.
Willing to Reduce Armaments in Peace Talks
From Prof. de Martens visit to Rome it is reported Italy will cooperate in any move toward concord on simultaneous armament reduction or reducing war dangers in the lead up to The Hague Peace Conference.
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Rome
de Martens
The
Hague
Italy
Penn and Atlantic Coast Line Announce Travel Times
Florida Cuba South service details listed at 2 10 P M, 9 25 A M, and 9 25 P M with advanced information via the way information bureau at Broadway corner 30th Street.
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Florida
Cuba
Penn
Atlantic Coast Lineway Information Bureau
30Th St
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