Court Martial of Ensign Saufley Over Unseaworthy Torpedo Boat
Ensign Richard C. Saufley faces court martial on charges of disobedience for refusing to sail the unseaworthy torpedo boat Biddle to Cape Henry. Navy constructors and officers debate vessel safety as torpedo boats are described as tin cans unfit for rough weather, with risks to crews and overall fleet readiness.
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Biddle
Torpedo Boat Flotilla
Richard C. Sanfley
Sanfley
Patton
Norfolk Navy Yard
Saufley
Norfolk Yard
Cape Henry
Capes
Saufiey
Navy Department
Santley
New York
Cape Hatteras
Stringham
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Charleston
Judge Bouton Cites Contempt Over Gas Man’s Absence
J C McDowell general manager of the Tri County Gas company was subpoenaed in the Berry v Cohn case set for Smethport. He told Judge Bouton he could not attend due to New York business and his Waldorf Astoria address. An attachment was issued to bring him to court on April 15 to show cause why he should not be held in contempt as the trial was postponed to the April term.
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J.C. McDowell
Pittsburgh
Tri-County Gas Company
G. W. Berry
A. B. Cohn
Smethport
Bouton
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
McDowell
Kane Republican
Roosevelts Silence On Politics Continues At Outlook Office
Ex President remains firm in not commenting on presidential plans amid visitors at the Outlook office. Colonel Roosevelt reiterates he will speak only in his own handwriting if he ever states his position. He returns to Oyster Bay after days of meetings with supporters and reporters.
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New York
Roosevelt
Hadley
Missouri
Missouri News
Fourth Congress District
Oklahoma
Taft
Rooss Yeltony
Hitchcock
Coronels
Senator Flynn
Pittsburg
Flynn
Outlook Office
Otto F. Karbe
St Louis
Isaae Hedges
Washington
Oyster Bay
Mr. Roosevelt
News Nation
Hiare Vet
Veteran oil man frozen to death in Sistersville
Charles Gilbert Bishop aged 72 died from exposure after being found in a snow bank near the Church of the Holy Rosary. He helped launch John D. Rockefeller's oil career by guiding Rockefeller and Archbold through an 1871 Titusville refinery. Bishop lived for years on friends’ bounty.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Charles Gilbert Bishop
John D. Rockefeller
Church of the Holy Rosary
Bishop
Titusville
United States
Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Prisoner Buried Under Coal in Yard Accident
Sunbury Pa Jan 25 A C Roches crawled under a car of coal to fasten frozen doors when coal rushed from the car pinning him to the rails. The doors kept him from dropping into the chute. About twenty tons of coal passed over him causing internal injuries.
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Sunbury
A. C
Roches
Loaded cigar wakes up hotel loungers in San Francisco
W B Viers, an Australian mining man, sparked panic at the Palace hotel when a friend handed him a loaded cigar in the lobby. As the cigar hissed and exploded with a bang, guests, bell boys, porters, clerks, and even the service manager fled in fear while Viers vowed to even the score with his friend.
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San Francisco
Cal
W. B. Viers
Australia
Palace Hotel
Viers
Midshipman Is Held By Baboons On East Africa Trek
The British freighter Kassenga reports midshipman G. W. Greggs was lured into a jungle by moonlight near Mombassa and taken captive by baboons. After two days and nights in a jungle village he was rescued by his shipmates returning to Calcutta.
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New York
Calcutta
G. W. Greggs
East Africa
Mombassa
Greggs
Dynamite Blast Aimed at Batavia Italian Sewer Worker
A hidden dynamite charge exploded at midnight on a Batavia New York windowsill, blowing out windows and injuring Tony Manella, his wife and child. Manella, a sewer worker, narrowly escaped. a prior attack had targeted Colazzi’s home days earlier. The blast rattled the neighborhood and followed a linked conflict with Italian workers on the sewer project.
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Mike Marcello
Batavia
N. Y
Tony Manella
Manella
Charles Colaizzi
Center Street
Colaizzi
Carnesi
Deathly Ill Richeson Faces May 18 Electric Chair
The Rev Clarence Richeson, condemned for the Avis Linnell murder, is reported dying in Boston’s Charles Street jail. Sheriff Orinn says he is a dying man and may not live to the May 18 execution. Five Boston councilmen visited, noting Richeson’s frail condition and brief, guarded talk. He told them he had no objection to a Black cellmate, calling him a friend.
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Clarence Vy
T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Massachusetts Court
Orinn
Charles Street
Boston
Richeson
Richerson
Boston Council
MISS RUSSELL CHOOSES HOME IN PITTSBURG
Pittsburg Jan 25 Lillian Russell has selected the old Knox mansion as the Pittsburg home for entertaining friends of herself and her husband to be Alexander P Moore publisher of the Pittsburg Ledger. She visited Pittsburg last weekend to meet relatives of her fiance and chose a home in the suburbs, a dignified old-fashioned structure.
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Pittsburg
Lillian Russell
Crude Oil Prices Rise Again in Early Week
Pennsylvania crude climbed five cents to 1.45 dollars Monday marking the third price advance since Christmas as traders noted steady demand.
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Pennsylvania
I am the liveliest dead man on Broadway
A Jamestown dispatch asked about rumors that George F. Hurlbert, proprietor of the Sherman House Jamestown and the Grand Central New York, was dead. He replied, I am quite the liveliest dead man on Broadway.
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Broadway
MR Hurlbert
New York
Jamestown
George F. Hurlbert
Sherman House
Grand Central
Duke and Duchess of Connaught Visit New York
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia blaze a keen eye on New York’s museums libraries and streets while meeting locals politely. The duke plans a Washington visit to see President Taft and dine with James Bryce as the royal party tours the city and prepares to depart Friday evening.
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Taft
Bryce
New York
Duke
H. C. Lowther
Washington
James Bryce
Patricia
Dominion
Five Boys Injured In Coasting Accident
Four boys suffer broken limbs and other injuries after a coasting crash on Jackson street East Side. A steersman lost control of a bobsled, colliding with Geo Mack’s rig. victims were taken to Emergency hospital for treatment. Names listed include Reuben Johnson Gust Jensen Harry Yaegle and Harry Clark with varying leg and arm breaks. Arthur Speaker injured back at home. Mack and rig unharmed.
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Jackson
Jackson Street
Geo. Mack
Reuben Johnson
Gust Jensen
Harry Yaegle
Harry Clark
Arthur Speaker
Oak Street
Mack
Boarders Take Risks in Austrian Leasing Case
A boarding-house keeper who sublets rooms and fails to pay rent allows the lessor to levy for payment against every item in the house regardless of ownership. The ruling emphasizes the extent of a landlord’s remedy in such sublease situations.
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Austria
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Rousevelt
Office
Charles G. Bishop
Costa Rica
Lewis Einstein
Mr. Einstein
New York City
Columbia University
Einstein
Paris
Legation
Constantinople
Peking
William Lawrence Merry
Guest
Sheriff
Miss Russell
Knox
Ambassador Bryce
Duke of Connaught
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