Mark Twain as a Capitol Lobbyist in Winter Attire
Passage recalls Mark Twain visiting Washington as a lobbyist three to four years earlier. The Missouri author wore white Bennels in the Capitol, delivering a memorable lobbying session on copyright law reform. He charmed Cannon’s room and lobbied with wit, reminiscence, and persuasive arguments for a benefaction to American fathers.
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Mark Twain
Washington
Capitol
Solomon
Speaker Cannon
Con. Bresa
Cannon Praises Clark At Mark Twain Memorial Dinner
New York November 3 Champ Clark and Speaker Cannon dined together before attending the Mark Twain commemoration at Carnegie Hall. Beth smiled when they were recognized. Cannon praised Clark as a good fellow whom he has known for years and with whom he always gets along.
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New York
Champ Clark
Speaker Cannon
Mark Twain
Carnegie Hall
Beth
Clark
Mr. Cannon
Taft Made A Member In The Carabao Order
The Order of the Carabao considers whether Taft’s honorary membership remains limited to service in the Thitipnine Islands before the Spanish American War. The issue will be settled by local corals as Maj. Gen. Charles F. Humphrey announced at the Army and Navy Club. Taft will speak at the New Willard Hotel dinner on January 7. Delegates from corals across the country and the Philippine Islands attend. Officers elected include Maj. Gen. Charles F. Humphrey as Grand Paramount Carabao and Rear Admiral Thomas McClean as Patriarch of the Herd.
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Thitipnine Islands
McKinley
Army and Navy Club
Charles F. Humphrey
Taft
Ben Humphrey
Fle
Islands
New Willard Hotel
Philippine Islands
Conradr Riley McClean
U S. N
May J M Hellar
James F. Smith
Harmon Hall
C A. C
Charles C Allen
Grand Paramount Carabao
Charles F. Humphery
US A
Prandd
The
Herd
Thomas McClean
Grand Read
William E. Horton
U. 6
Names Commit EEs at W C T U District Meeting
A special meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the District of Columbia was held at 522 Sixth Street NW. Emma Sanford Shelton was elected state president. Reports were read by multiple officers and members. New departments curfew and gifts and bequests were instituted. Committees formed for membership history plan of work visiting and more.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
District of Columbia
Sixth Street
Emma Sanford Shelton
Mra
G. T. Shin- Nick
Clayton Emig
Charles P. Grandfield
Gussie Nichols
M. C. Hull
Mra. Copeland
Mra. Copeland, Mra Willams, Mrs. van Orndale, Mrs. Snell
Cathon
Cisco
Nelie Bradley
Henry Yeager
Clara Roach
Hr. V. Enaterling
Press Yuarters
Thornton
Board of Presidents
Teresa Willams
M. Hall
L. D. Mark
Hansen
Mabel Ramsey
Emma Keith
Sarah la Ferra
M. E. Cohen
Nellie Bradley
Jennie Robinson
M .E. Cohen
Elizabeth Gibzon
R. P. Yeatman
Pleasing Recital At Columbia Theater By Two Miss Florences
An appreciative audience heard pianist Miss Florence Larrabee and violinist Miss Florence Hardeman in a Columbia Theater recital yesterday afternoon. They offered a varied program with a violin piano concerto in minor artfully rendered, four piano solos by Larrabee including Barcarolle and Tarantelle, a Bach violin movement, Erna Cradle Song, Paganini fantasy Moise, Gondoliera, and Liszt Tarantelle. The concert closed with The Round of the Goblins by Bazzini, rendered with charming goblin-like staccato by Miss Hardeman.
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Florence Larrabee
Florence Hardeman
Columbia Theater
Larrabee
Woman Dies by Gas in Armchair After Long Illness
Mrs. Lela A. Shunk 26 of 11 East Capitol Street was found dead in an armchair with a lamp gas line nearby. The room was filled with fumes, suggesting suicide by gas after a yearlong tuberculosis illness. Coroner will hold an inquest. husband, War Department clerk Alonzo W. Shunk, discovered her.
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Lela A. Shunk
War Department
East Capitol Street
Alonzo W. Shunk
Mia. Shunk
Aged Man Wins Fresh License for Carrie
An elderly man from Montgomery County Maryland named Abraham Gilmore loudly urged the district clerk to issue a new license claiming he had Carrie Robinson ready to marry him that evening. Investigators found his prior marriage license dated April 30 1894 did not meet current rules. Gilmore said Carrie had previously been involved with another man but now planned to marry him and he headed to a parsonage with her after obtaining a fresh license.
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Lcense
District Supreme Court
R. P. Belew
Carrie
Abraham Gilmore
Montgomery County
Flis
Gilmore
Carrie Robinson
Abe
Pahgon
Monkey Raises Rumpus At Firehouse Escape
Mike the South American ring tailed monkey adopted as a company mascot broke from his Second Street firehouse quarters about 11 yesterday morning. Firemen and locals pursued the agile primate across roofs before he was cornered and returned to his post after a brief area tumble near Twelfth street. The playful escape followed his gift to Engine Company No. 2 a week earlier from Edwin S. Schmid.
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Mike
Engine Company No. 2
Tod
Twelfth Street
Edwin S. Schmid
CANDIDATES TO GIVE VIEWS ON TARIFF AT LAASSEMBLY
Baton Rouge November 20 A concurrent resolution passed by the senate and house invites the candidates for United States senator to address the Louisiana general assembly on Monday. They will give their views on the tariff and the Panama Exposition following the death of Senator McEnry.
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Baton Rouge, la
Senate
House
United States
Senator McEnry
Assebly Mondey
Denied Rebels Claim Capture of Honduran Ports Declared False
Tegucigalpa Honduras November 30 officials deny reports of revolutionary capture of Honduran Atlantic ports and Comayagua department led by former President Bonilla. News agency rebuttal states no truth to claims.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Atlantic
Department of
Comayagua
Bonilla
New Japanese Commissioner Named for Trade Ties
Sho Shido, a Japanese silk expert, is appointed Japanese commissioner with headquarters in New York and ranks with the embassy counselor in Washington. He was part of the Japanese chambers of commerce delegation that visited major U.S. cities last year, a sign of the government’s aim to broaden trade relations on a scientific basis.
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Sho Shido
New York
Washington
Shido
Baby Attacked by Rat in Crib in Sleep
Liebe Lewis, four months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M Lewis of 1 Four-and-a-Half Street Southwest, is severely bitten by a rat while asleep in her crib. Dr BD P Bailey treated wounds at 23 John Marshall Place. blood poisoning diagnosed but child deemed largely out of danger. The infant had earlier complained of arm pain and suffered abrasions misattributed as play injuries.
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Liebe Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Liebe
Unveiling Plans for Steuben Statue Ceremony in DC
President Taft Secretary Dickinson and German Ambassador to speak at the unveiling of Maj Gen Baron von Steuben statue in Lafayette Park on December 7. Thousands expected as German societies lead the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue with 18 60 Germans attending.
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Taft
Dickinson
Baron Frederick William Augustus von Steuben
Lafayette Park
National German-American Alliance
Washington Saengersbund
Richard Bartholdt
United German
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles T.schwegler
J. H. Mittendorff
Julius Albrecht
1 National Union of German Army Veterans
Wilhelm Bars
Singjers' Association
Richard Pluym
Turners' Societies
Andrew Loffler
Charles ©. Gerner
Ome
Washington
Charles J. Hexamer
Court Fixes Duties On Odds and Ends Imports
The U S court for customs appeals ruled on duties for items including ginger pictorial post cards rings for incandescent gas, substitutes for coffee and other goods. It upheld lower assessments for striped or madras shirting corrugated iron sheets and porcelain gas wear rings, while other cases retained lighter duties.
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Haryta
United States Court For Customs Appeals
Secretary Dickinson Receives Filipino Loving Cup in 1910 Visit
The Filipino people presented a magnificent silver loving cup to Hon. Jacob M. Dickinson, Secretary of War, during his 1910 Philippine Islands visit. The cup features three stag horn handles from Zambales game and a dark wood base made in the Elibid prison. Separately, 12-year-old Jane H. Jons sues Grenville C. Bradford for $20,000, alleging a April 22 automobile collision caused permanent leg injury. Funeral services for Civil War veteran Francis M. Charles set for 10 a.m. tomorrow at Wright's, Arlington burial. Burnside Post G A R and civil service delegation will attend. District Rivers and Harbors Congress women plan tonight to map plans for next week's national convention in Washington.
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Dickinson
Philippines
Jacob M. Dickinson
Philippine Islands
Zambales
Jane H. Jons
District Supreme Court
Grenville C. Bradford
Bradford
R. G. Langmade
Tucker, Kenyort & Macfarland
B. 8. Bailey
Francis M. Charles
Calvert
Thirteenth Street
Wright
Arington
Burnside Post
No. 8
Civil Service Commission
Charles
Woman's Department of the Rivers and Harbors Congress
Guilty on Six Counts in Long Criminal Career
George C. Coburn alias Andrew Lee was found guilty on six counts of housebreaking and larceny in Criminal Court No. 2 after a two day trial presided by Chief Justice Clabeugh. Coburn, 52, has spent 35 years in various penal institutions and was found with jewelry, 2175 dollars in cash, and a loaded revolver. Defense experts labeled him a kleptomaniac and insanity was argued. sentence possible up to six years per count, to be imposed next Friday.
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Clabeugh
George C. Coburn
Andrew Lee
Coburn
Harvey Given
James M. Proctor
Carrington
Ridout
Walsh
Kleindiist
Buriingame
Weedon
H Street
Great Northeast
Girl to stand trial for murder in Westchester
Rose Picchione, 17, appeared in Westchester Supreme Court to face a murder charge for killing her husband Frank Picchione at their New Rochelle home. She pleaded not guilty, claimed self defense, and the trial was set for the second week in January. Police say the husband complained of alleged attentions to his wife by another man.
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White Plains
Supreme Court
Westchester County
Rose Picchione
Frank Picchione
New Rochelle
Picchione
Miss Helen Buchanan Thrown From Horse in Georgia Avenue
Miss Helen Buchanan daughter of Gen James A Buchanan of 2210 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest was thrown from her horse while riding with friends on Georgia avenue near the District line. She sustained bruises and was taken home after a physician ruled no bones broken and advised rest. Meanwhile the Washington Board of Trade transportation committee plans a final meeting tomorrow at 2:15 PM to decide cross seats or longitudinal seating for street cars.
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Georgia Avenue
Helen Buchanan
James A. Buchanan
Massachusetts Avenue
Transportation Committee
Washington Board of Trade
Alexander Britton
Post Office to Merge Agencies into Inspection Service
Postmaster General Hitchcock will issue an order uniting the corps of superintendents and special agents into a single general inspection service. The change aims to save thousands of dollars annually and boost efficiency across the Post Office Department.
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Post Office Department
Hitchcock
General Inspection Service
Plumbing Inspectors' Pay Raise Rejected by Commissioners
Commissioners refused a request from James H. O’Hagan secretary of the local plumbers union to raise district plumbing inspectors’ pay from 1000 to 1206 dollars a year. The ensuing communication came in yesterday.
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James 8. O'Hagan
Plumbers’ Union
Auto Wheel Tax to Stand Unchanged by Commissioners
District officials informed W. S. Duvall that the wheel tax assessment on automobiles will not be repealed. The three officials advised the commissioners they cannot recommend repealing the act.
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W. 8. Duvall
Fire breaks up a meeting of stationary engineers
A flashlight explosion ignited waste paper at a meeting of the National Association of Stationary Engineers in a hall at Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. About a hundred engineers disrupted by smoke managed to extinguish the fire with rugs and a water cooler, then adjourned. Names of attendees include Richard Mansfield Alwarner Michael Howitz Joseph Kansein C Chaffet Charles Tobin W C Scannell and William Winckelman.
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Newional Association of Stationary Engineers
Twelfth Street
Pennsylvania
Avenue
Richard Mansfield
al Warner
Michael Howitz
Joseph Kansein
C. Chaffet
Charles Tobin
W. C. Scannell
Wiliam Winckelman
Death of Edward Taylor Under Inquest While Police Say Self-Inflicted
Coroner Nevitt to hold inquest into the death of Edward Taylor a former Forrest byste nes broker found dead in his room at 942 New York avenue. Investigators report filled door keyholes and advancing signs of premeditated suicide amid financial reverses and melancholia. Survived by wife Annie Taylor and daughter, with links to Gen Joseph Gerhardt family and a hoteloperated relative in Tarrytown New York.
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Edward Taylor
Forrest Bystenes
New York Avenue
Nevitt
Central Office
Howlett
Taylor
Gus
F Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Annie Taylor
Roosevelt Statue Tossed From Hall in Senate Corridor
Two workers pulled the planks from under a Roosevelt statue and dropped it in front of the United States Senate chamber. A colored man touched the former president’s face and twisted him around as visitors described a fierce pose.
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Tneodore Hoosevelt
United States Senate
Senate
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Stevenson
Christmas Seals Printing Reaches 1 Million Daily
The American National Red Cross reports Christmas seals are printed at 1,000,000 daily and 90,000,000 have been distributed to agents nationwide. The Post Office rules seals go on letter tacks and not as postage. Outlook remains bright to print 100,000,000 seals to meet the million for tuberculosis slogan.
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American National Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Post Office Department
Tt ‘9
Elks Welcome Hundreds at Washington Fall Festival
Alexandria residents and Woodmen of the World joined the Washington lodge of Elks for a fall festival at the Elks clubhouse. About 250 Alexandrians, 30 Woodmen, and officers of the Women’s National Press Association attended, with a band escort as visiting Elks arrived from Baltimore expected tonight. Funeral services for Maj. Marian Smalley of the American Salvation Army were held at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dr. McLeod and Rev. Joseph Kelly officiating assisted by Gen. J. William Duffin. The band played as the service and cemetery rites concluded.
Weather summary and city reports from Washington Post
Weather bureau bulletin reports snow across New England New York Ohio and Michigan with very cold readings elsewhere. Temperatures to moderate near the Rockies and along the eastern seaboard by Friday. Storm warnings on the Great Lakes and Atlantic coast. brisk winds out of the west and northwest. Also notes on tides river bulletins city temperatures and an inspection of new school buildings in Maryland and the Benning School for Negroes ready for occupancy.
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U. H Dept. of Agricultsire
Weather Bureau
Washington
New England
New York
Ohio
Michigan
United States
North Carolina
Virginia
Temmessee
Kansas
North Dakota
Montana
Rocky Mountain
Great Lakes
North Pacific
Atlantic
Eastport
Hatteras
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
European
Houra
Maryland Avenue
Benning
Ben- 34
Ning
D. C
Mboimum
jReen
Rudolph and
Judson
Stuart
Hughes
Hine
Ellen Spencer Massey
H. P. Blair
Snowden Ashford
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F. . M. Charles
S. Goldheim & Sons
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As & Cc
Allandie City
P. c . River Bulletin
Washington Post
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John H. Magruder
Conn. Avenue
Henry Whiskey
Straus, Gunst & Co. Olellers and Distributors
Richmond, VA
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Freene
Georges & Son, Inc. Foot Specialists
California
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7Th St
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Quincy Place No
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J. Jay Gould
L. J. Naramore Paice
Epllentine
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Washington, D.C
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