Taft McCrea talk signals rail sector risk to nation
President Taft and Pennsylvania Railroad President McCrea discussed the business mood and rail policy as agitation against corporations was linked to future economic health. McCrea warned outcomes depend on government stance toward railroads while Taft pursues a radical corporate policy. Cabinet and congressional plans shift toward reducing spending by about 25 million dollars, with a postponed cabinet meeting and possible early message delivery.
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McCrea
Pennsylvania
Taft
Hig
White House
Mr. Taft
Hill
McCiia
Pennsylvania Railroad
McCrera
Department of Justice
Pierpont Morgan
Congress
Wall Street
Treasury
MacVeagh
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Death notices and funeral arrangements from 1910 DC area
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices listed with dates November 29 to December 4 1910. Entries mention James Femele James Ebel Gabriel F Joinston Robert Swagwes Blaisdell Charles Francis Clephane John L Flynn William Francis Herron Marcus Howard Lena A Shounk and others with funeral times locations Trinity Church Englewood Arlington Cemetery Calvert 2622 Thirteenth Street Northeast and Magnolia apartments to be observed, private interments and requested attendance.
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Gabriel F Joinston
Bishop
Eighth Street
Robert Swagwes
Arthur G
Dorothy Bishop
Blaisdell
James L
Mary E
John W. Blaisdell
W. W. Deal
H Street
IL Am
Charles
Calvert
Francis V
Mary A Criggles
Wright
Arlington Cemetery
Chicago
Philadelphia
Clephane
Englewood
James
No Flowers
Flynn
John L
Henretta E. Flynn
Vundral
Sleventh Street
Haeron
Park Ron Northwest
William Francis
Fyp
Katherine R. Herron
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Listing
A dense directory of funeral directors and embalmers with across town numbers and addresses. Firms include Thomas B. Serjeon successor to Cain, Thos A Costello, Pumphrey & Son, Frank Geier's Sons, W B Speare, Frans A Speare, Geo P Zurhorst, J W Lee, John R Wright Co, R F Harveys Sons, and Wm H Sardo & Co. Provides services, chapel locations, and contact telephones.
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Thos
Sergeon
Tor
Cain
Stow
A. Costello
Evbalmer
RR Pumphrey “& Son
Ath Stow
Marviant
Ucerse Aedhvilla
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST NW
Testimony Is Near End In Eastern Freight Rates Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission nears conclusion in the eastern trunk line freight rate case. Shippers argue proposed increases would localize competition and hurt Eastern goods markets. Witnesses include leaders from Westinghouse Air Brake, Railway Business Association, American Locomotive, and other industries as counsel prepare January 9 arguments. A decision may come by February 1 as the record winds toward completion.
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Eastern Trunk Line
Interstate Commerce Commissin
Ohio and
Potomac
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Railway Business Association
American Locomotive Company
Edison Invents A Aero But Dismisses Death Doubts
Thomas A Edison says he invented a heavier-than-air flying device yet refuses to discuss aviation or immortality of the soul. He notes a patent in aeroplane lines and explains a low center of gravity for automatic balance. He denies atheism, hints at hell, and criticizes ministers while recounting a war reporter interview.
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Washington Post
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hell
Heaven
Thinks Aero Will End War New York Nov Belmont Park speed trophy
Claude Grahame-White sailed for England with the Gordon Bennett speed trophy from Belmont Park. He predicts rapid aviation will make battleships useless and fortifications open to air war yet sees peaceful uses like transatlantic air lines. Miss Paulding Chase linked to him, but engagement denied by his manager.
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New York
Claude Grahame- White
England
Belmont Park
Kite balloonist survives 125 foot fall in gale
Kansas City reports Samuel F. Perkins, a renowned balloonist, dropped 125 feet while suspended by large kites. The braces collapsed in a 60 mile gale, but he survived thanks to a parachute effect of smaller kites. He had risen 150 feet in bad weather and avoided serious injury during the controlled descent. Perkins aims to prove kites as potential war accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Samuel F. Perkins
Perkins
Amatler
Drexel Seeks Higher Flight Record Reading
Special to The Washington Post reports J Armstrong Drexel seeks a higher altitude record for his Philadelphia barograph after disputing figures of 9450 to 9710 feet. Early tests by Harmon and Duffy registered 9970 feet. Curtiss proposes teaching aviation to officers at a Los Angeles mile-course training site with water takeoff and landing experiments for naval value.
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Washington Post
New York
J. Armstrong Drexel
Philadelphia
National Council of the Aero ‘Club of America
Glenn H. Curtiss
War and Navy Departments
Curtiss
Los Angeles
Cal
Burton Warns New York Must Keep Pace in Growth
Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio told the Brooklyn Institute audience that New York must match growing commerce to maintain port supremacy. He urged shifting funds from dubious projects to river and harbor improvements with expanding traffic and facilities. A Columbia Heights playground fund drive raised 403.05 of a 500 goal as winter relief continues.
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New York
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Department of Law and Political Science
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Columbia [Heights
Lawson's Son Fined for Drunkenness and Assault
Douglas Lawson, Harvard student and son of Thomas W. Lawson, appeared in Roxbury police court after a midnight incident with a taxi chauffeur and police were called. He received a five dollar fine for drunkenness and twenty dollars for assaulting Patrolman Grainey, who reported no injuries. The chauffeur also faced charges of assault and battery, but Lawson was acquitted on those counts.
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Wellington
Boston
Mass
Douglas Lawson
Harvard College
Thomas W. Lawson
Roxbury
Iquor
Grainey
Lawson
Rascault
Liberal Upset Hints at House Reform Move in Britain
London report outlines Liberal stance on House of Lords surrender to the nation. Rosebery proclaims the Lords have ceased to exist while Bellwether figures debate referendum costs and home rule politics. Ulster fundraising surges to 120000 with unionists optimistic ahead of Saturday polls.
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House
Rosebery
Manchester
Ulster
Home Rule
London
Lord Lansdoewne
House of Lords
Balfour
Lord Rosebery
Lord Cromer
Liberala
Adroft
David Lilayd George
Liendrinded Wells
Stock Exchange
Licensed to Marry Front Page Pairs List
A list of marriage licenses shows multiple couples with ages and officiating ministers. Entries include Walter R. Brooks 30 and Patricia L. Claire 23. Vienna Virginia pairs John M Barbee 4 and Huttie R. Jackson 40. Richmond Virginia couples J Howard Wells Norment O Powell 25 and Mary K. Melton 23. and others with varied ages and locales.
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Walter R. Brooks
Patricia L. Claire
Paul R. Hickok Roco Bricha
Halen L. Dalley
Thomas EB. McGuigan
Philip E Coz
Clara L Myle
George Mi Gummings
Robert O. D
Murphy
Mary C. Hackett
Corbett Harry A Atbethan
Jennie Gersten
MM. R. Yackson
Mary K. Melton
Richmond
R. Shannon
Carl W. Nelson
Lena V Martin
Edward L. Bartley
Bessie C. Hite
Nelson County
Keller Ambroy DC Hoover
Germantown
N. Y
Mate C Romer
Long Islaad City
Donald’ C Macheod
Roy D Snyder
Winona P Barnett
Benjamin W. Mesks
Ernest D Thorne
Mabel
Allen
Arthur & Johnn
Thomas J. Stuart
Annabelle Perry
R P. Willams
Calf Weighs 1100 Pounds Grand Champion Trade
Shamrock M1 a black grade calf ten months old weighing 1100 pounds won the fat cattle division at the international stock exhibition at Dexter amphitheater. Prof W J Kennedy of Iowa State College condemned the 1100 pound calf to be slaughtered for Christmas beef, with proceeds from the auction to Ames Iowa.
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Chicago
Dexter Amphitheater
W. J. Kennedy
Iowa State College
State College
Ames
Iowa
Kennedye
Wife of Frank E Alexander Linked To Secret Order Marriage
Baltimore telegram reveals May Kelly of Philadelphia married broker Frank E Alexander secretly to divert him from the Teachings of the Order of Fifteen. She says the sect seeks to raise the dead and heal the blind. Alexander attempted suicide. doctors report hope for recovery. The couple had wed nearly eight months earlier in a bid to save him.
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Frank E. Alexander
Order of Fifteen
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Miss May
Alexander
Miss Kelly
Order of Ffteen
F. Homer Curtis
University of Pennsylvania
Denver
Colo
Curtis
James A. Kane
Injured in auto chase ties fourteenth street officers
In a Fourteenth Street northwest chase last night bicycle patrolmen J. A. Sullivan and W. E. Holmes of the Eighth precinct were injured while pursuing a speeding motorist. Sullivan was thrown after a maneuver near Harvard street, Holmes behind him crashed into Sullivan as the bicycle wrecked. Passersby aided the wounded officers as the autos fled. One motorist sneered about rear lights, and the vehicle’s number and occupants were not learned.
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Fourteenth Street
J. A. Sullivan
W. E. Holmes
Eighth Precinct
Fourteenth
Kenyon Streets
Harvard Street
Sullivan
Holmes
Poelicetm
Automobile Party
Tanguay Writes of Loves in New Book
Special to The Washington Post Eva Tanguay admits writing a book titled A Hundred Loves about her own loves conquests and snubs She says the book is naughty but necessary and many former suitors may fear having their affairs exposed in print She hints she has handled her subjects without gloves and that publishers hold the manuscript in hand.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Navy
Eva Tanguay
Miss Tanguay
Jimae
Attacked in Cellar as Assailant Escapes
Mrs. Mary Costello age 50 was attacked in the cellar of her home on W743 DU Street Northwest yesterday after noon by a light skinned Negro about 20 years old, 5 feet 9 inches, 180 pounds. He entered by a duplicate key, knocked her down and fled after she cried for help. Police notified, Costello suffered only shock.
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DU Stret
Mary Costello
Highth Precinct
Taft to Meet Congressmen in White House Conferences
President Taft will immediately hold a series of White House conferences with senators and representatives after finishing his message. Invitations likely for Speaker Cannon, Senators Aldrich Cummins Crans, Payne, Mann, Tawney, and insurgents including Cummins. He aims to gain Republican unity in both houses and push laws beyond regular appropriations. No decision yet on a Republican national committee chair.
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White House
Taft
Congress
Aldrich
Crans
Payne
Mann
Tawney
Cummins
Republican Party
Re| Soneiaen
Republican National Committee
Deer Hunters Killed During Michigan Season
Detroit report notes 46 hunting accidents in the upper peninsula during opening to closing period. Twenty fatalities include victims mistaken for deer, careless handling, and a woman shooter incident. Tetanus from gunshot wounds caused two deaths. overall deer kill estimated at 80.
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Washington Post
Detroit
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Sirgen
New York Witness Denies Lobby Existence
New York November 30 testimony before a congressional committee investigating foreign steamship influence on ship subsidy legislation yielded no admissions of a lobby. Chief witness Alexander R. Smith said he knew firms had Washington representatives but claimed he did not know of any organized lobby.
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New York
Congressional Committee
Washington
Alexander R. Smith
Barges Canal Terminal Commission
Maritime Exchange
Births and Deaths Reported in Health Office Records
Health office listings show births recorded for G W and Elly E Bryant Edward H eng Gertruds C Hardy William A and Jennie Trotter Gilbert B and Clara Perkins George C and Irene H Schafer Samuel and Lillian Featherstone Frank and Pearl Newman Thoman and Delphie Hobinson: girls. Deaths include Francis M Charles 66, James Blasdell 37, Lewis Aronson 73, Buian J Miller 64, John M Robinson 59, Auntie E Rowles 70, Gladye Morris 46, Alton Pesterlge 2, Bernard F Kline 34, Robert H Bishop 8, Herbert M White 35, Richard Bimmlecham 21, Mex Rogoff 1 month, Eugene A Trotter 3, Matsusin S dejeiro 45, Samuel Smith 33, Thomas Jackson 65, A Estes A Thomas 44, Letitia Janite 18, Robert Johnson 4,8 years, A Login 58, Letitia? Portions of text are garbled. multiple hospital names and ages included.
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G. W
Elly E Bryant
Edward H. Eng
Gertruds C Hardy
William A
Jennie Trotter
Gilbert B
Clara Perkins
George C
Irene H. Schafer
Samuel
Lillian Featherstone
Frank and
Pearl Newman
Thoman
Delphie Hobinson
Francis M. Charles
13Th St. Nw
James Blasdell
Tuberculosis
Lewis Aronson
Washington Asylum Hospital
Buian J. Miller
11Th St Nw
John M. Robinson
Auntie E. Rowles
Emergency Hopital
Gladye Morris
12Th St
Alton Pesterlge
Providence Hospital
Hernard
Kline
Howard Et
Tennallytown
Robert H. Bishop
Athene
Herbert M. White
9Th St. Nw
Richard Bimmlecham
Mex Rogoff
Children's Hospital
Eugene A. Trotter
Matsusin
S.dejiro
Government Hospital
Samuel Smith
Thomas Jackson
Home
Estes A. Thomas
Washington
Anyi
Bila
Es A. Login
Taft to retain Nagel and name augury for Chief Justice
A Washington dispatch reports President Taft will retain Nagel in the Cabinet and nominate William S. Gummere of New Jersey and others as Supreme Court justices. Taft considered Hughes for Chief Justice but cabinet opposition blocked promoting an associate to chief justice, delaying that choice.
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Nagel
New York
Washington
New York World
William S. Gummere
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
W.D. McHugh
Omaha
John C. Pollock
Kansas
George Sutherland
U Utah
Fred W. Lehmann
St. Laws
Taft
Senate
St. Louis
Supreme Bench
Mr. Hughes
Fuller
Hughes
Dr White Not In Charge At Government Hospital Case
The Interior Department learns that charges against the asylum relate to a period when Dr William A White was out of the city and not in charge. White met with Chief Clerk Acker for over an hour to review the facts and said he would investigate. The charges, tied to dates October 4 to November 26, involve acting senior resident physician G H Schwinn.
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William A. White
Government Hospital For the Insane
Acker
Interior Department
White
Congress Heights Citizens' Association
G. H. Schwinn
Senilor
Instituton
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Claude Graham White
Yale
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Conn
Pookiee
M. J. Falvey
Shippers Express
Interstate Commerce Commission
To-Kalon Wine CO
Sen, W
Our
Edison
Atreist
Aero
Grahame-White
Drexel
Burton
Tom Lawson
Harvard
Birrell
Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Bristol
Home Secretary
Churchill
Sheffield
Mr. Churchill
Parsons
Ulster Movement
J. F. Briggs
J. F. Briggs & Sons
Wool Manufacturers
Bradford
Briggs
Castoria
Tanguay
Health Office Record
W.gj. Sloane
N.W
E. F. Droop & Sons CO
Victor Victrola
Victor
U. S. Supreme Court
DR. White
Airec
Paris
Dazdingly
R. Harris & CO
Mass. Ave
22D St
Sheridan Circle
Sions
Stone & Fairfax
New York Ave
Rogers
O’donnell's
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