Lighthouse Service Inquiry Prompts Broad Administration Scrutiny
The Department of Commerce under Redfield faces a major inquiry into the Lighthouse Service. A special committee, with 6 000 employees and substantial annual expenditures, questions conduct at the head of the service and seeks accountability for alleged favoritism and contracts. J LaVarre, assistant superintendent in Tompkinsville, testifies with general charges against the administration and specific accusations that a former lighthouse official aided a manufacturing firm to win contracts.
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Ted Press
Lighthouse Service
Department of Commerce
Redfield
Samuel W. Stratton
J. LaVarre
Lghthouse
Tompkinsville
Met
Saint impersonator jailed for ten months in Laibach case
Johanna Jerovik, who pretended to perform, was sentenced in Laibach to ten months imprisonment. She masqueraded as a performer at the Capuchin monastery, where she was visited by many people yesterday.
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Sociated Press
Johanna Jerovik
Roosevelt relative weds in Sayville ceremony
John E. Welt of Sayville New York, a son of Col Theodore Roosevelt, and Elizabeth Biscoe of the city were married here late yesterday at the brother's home. The bride is a sister of Mrs R B Roosevelt. John H Welt is a New York lawyer.
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Esociated Press
Hington
John E. Welt
Sayville
L.tl
Theodore Roosevelt
Biscoe
R. B. Roosevelt
John
Welt
New York
Resignation of Judge Dowdell of Alabama Supreme Court
Chief Justice James R. Dowdell will retire from the Alabama Supreme Court due to ill health after fifteen years on the bench and a term as chief since 1909. Associate Justice John C. Anderson, the senior member, may be considered as successor with Anderson already elected in 1910 and facing election rules if appointed.
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Montgomery
Ala
James R. Dowdell
State Supreme Court
Dowdell
John C. Anderson
Demopolis
Supreme Bench
Congress
Alabama
Capitol
Young couple elope as 15 year old bride marries 17 year old clerk
In New York a 15 year old girl, Mrs. Howard Moore, marries Howard Moore, 17, after obtaining a license by falsifying ages. The Wall Street clerk earns eight dollars weekly and hopes to advance. the couple expects parental support until he gains a higher position. The father reportedly threatens annulment.
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New York
Howard Moore
Wall Street
Moore
New York Phone Co Offers 10 Percent Bill Discount
The New York Telephone Company, a Bell System major, offered a 10 percent discount on all bills pending rate relief hearings before the public service commission. Discount covers bills dated back to January 1 until property appraisal sets new permanent rates.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Telephone Company
Bell System
Public Service Commission
Baltimore railroad controller Captain Booth dies at 69
Captain G. W. Booth, controller of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and president of the Maryland Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate states, died here last night at age 69.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
G. W. Booth
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States
Cascarets Promise Clean Bowels and Quick Relief
An ad touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight cleanse for the stomach liver and bowels. It claims immediate relief from sour undigested food and foul gases and says a 10 cent box keeps the head clear and digestion regular for months even for children.
Coalition Hopes Spark Unusual Legislature Stoke in Massachusetts
Boston January 7 Delegates gather as Democrats and Progressives eye a coalition to block Republican Gration D. Cushing from the speaker post while Republicans hold control of the senate with 16 seats apart from a four vote margin. Governor Walsh set to be inaugurated tomorrow.
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Boston
Granton D. Cushing
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Calvin Coolidge
David I. Walsh
Young woman charged with infant murder in Holmes County
Miss Laura Inflinger, living near Paul’s turpentine still in Holmes County, was arrested for murdering her newborn infant and burning the body. Police say she smothered the child and hid it before placing it in a yard debris pile that was set on fire. Neighbors found the half charred body hours later. she denies guilt.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fila
Laura Inflinger
Paul
Turpentine Still
Holmes County
Little One Unaware of Mother's Fatal Burns
Nashville news reports that Mrs. Henry Schweiss suffered fatal burns after her clothing caught fire from an open grate. Neighbors found her 18 month old child playing on the floor, unhurt, as multiple room fires raged.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Henry Schweiss
Woman Who Sued Teddy Now In Matteawan
Ida von Claussen, who once sued Theodore Roosevelt for a million dollars after alleging he blocked her Sweden king presentation, was committed to Matteawan asylum for the criminal insane after two alienists found her insane. She faced charges for writing threatening letters to a New York lawyer.
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Associated Press
New York
Ida von Claussen
Theodore Roosevelt
Sweden
Matteawan Asylum
von Claussen
Mischief Quartette and its Work January Victims
The January list of influenza and related illnesses shows victims from la grippe bronchitis and pneumonia. La grippe weakens the system. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is advised to promptly check the symptoms and support recovery.
Turkish officers retired by German advisers in Constantinople
About 208 Turkish officers of general to lieutenant colonel rank were placed on the retired list by the new German advisers to the Turkish government in Constantinople. Further changes are expected and Hadi Pasha, chief of the general staff, is among those retired. The earlier report of Prince Said Halim’s resignation was incorrect.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Hadi Pasha
Said Halim
Mate Goes Overboard In Terrible Storm
The schooner Repeat, thirty seven days from Honolulu, arrived at Port Townsend, reporting that F. W. King, the second mate, was washed overboard on December 18 during the worst storm Captain J. R. MacKenzie had faced in thirty three years at sea.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Repeat
Honolulu
F. W. King
J. R. MacKenzie
Brazilian corporation fails. banks dragged in
Sao Paulo reports the Incorporadora Company of Sao Paulo has failed. The collapse involves forty six banks in the state with Foreign banks named as principal creditors. The banks were all founded by the Incorporadora Company.
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Associated Press
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Incorporadora Company of
Incorporadora Company
Warner's Safe Diabetes remedy advertised in early notice
An advertisement claims impaired nutrition causes diabetes and that Warner's Safe Diabetes restores normal nutrition, improving health for diabetic sufferers. It asserts many patients improved after doctors had given up hope, noting good appetite but wasting, thirst, hollow eyes, dry wrinkled skin and sweet odor.
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Warner’s. Safe
Fire destroys Memphis General Film office and stocks
A late night blaze wrecked the Memphis branch of the General Film Company destroying motion pictures and paraphernalia valued at about 80000 dollars along with the offices and warehouse.
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Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
General Film Company
Typhus Fever Aboard Immigrant Ship Incites Isolation
Two hundred fifty immigrants from the Fabre Line steamship Remy, Turks and Syrians, were removed to Hoffman Island after a typhus case arose during the voyage from Marseilles. Thirty others had high temperatures and were placed in isolation. the vessel will be disinfected and all passengers observed for fourteen days. Dr. J OConnell, port health officer, said there is no cause for alarm.
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Associated Press
New York
Fabre Fine
Remy
Hoffman Island
Marseilles
J. O'Connell
President Wilson Sees Lind Conference as Very Satisfactory
Officials say President Wilson found his recent conference with John Lind very satisfactory. The goal was to clearly unfold plans toward Mexico beyond what long distance communication could achieve.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
John Lind
Mexico
Montreal Denied Fed League Franchise Bid
Montreal businessmen asked President J. A. Gilmore for a Federal League franchise but were told the league’s circuit had been completed for the coming season. The denial places Montreal as the latest city barred from entry.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Montreal
J. A. Gilmore
Creatore's Mand Members Arrested After Stage Fight
Michael Bizicinio and Sammie Penzio of Creatore's Mand were arrested for fighting on the Lyric stage Monday night amid a dispute with the Lamberto Grand Opera Sextette. They, along with the band, were discharged in recorder's court Tuesday as the band reorganized without the sextette. Creatore cancelled the sextette contracts and planned to perform as a band, accusing manager Albert Jones and others of disorganization. Jones resigned. Weisfield replaced him. The sextette members remain in the city.
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Michael Bizicinio
Sammie Penzio
Creatore
Mand
Lamberto Grand Opera
Recorder’s Court
Signor
Francesco Creatore
Guifford
Miss
E.V. O'Connor
Lyric Theatre
Mr. O'Connor
Albert Jones
Early Alaska explorer Theodore Blake dies at 60 in New Haven
Theodore A. Blake, longtime figure linked with early exploration work in Alaska and a member of a storied revolutionary lineage, died in New Haven at age 60. The obituary notes his prominent role in Alaskan exploration during the era and places his death in New Haven.
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Associated Press
New Haven, Conn
Theodore A. Blake
Alaska
Danderine Hair Cleanse Promises Quick Beautifying Results
An old advertisement touts Danderine, claiming hair will become wavier, fuller, and softer after a simple one strand at a time application. It promises dandruff removal, scalp renewal, and stronger growth from a 25 cent bottle sold at drug stores or toilet counters.
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