Taft Inaugural Committee Forms At Washington Headquarters
The New Wizard headquarters opened as Avinve Plass for Taft ceremonies began with a pledge of funds and plans. Key figures include William B. Gibbs, Clarence H. Sonat, and secretary Thom, as committees organize subheads for transportation, terminal facilities, and public comfort while preparing for the inauguration and parade.
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Avinve Plass
Taft
Wulard
Congress
Ball
William B. Gibbs
Man Fires Five Shots at Woman on North West Street
Carrie Gross narrowly escaped injury after Luther Anderson fired five shots on Fifteenth Street North West. Police say he seized a weapon after a dispute, hid cartridges, and left a note asking to send his body to Clifton Staten, Va. He is jailed at Third Precinct charged with assault with intent to kill.
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Carrie Gross
Fifteenth Street
Luther Anderson
I Barriel
Uh 'Phird
William Andlerson
Clifton Staten
Anderson
Fumsell
Robbed During Gab Ride
Joha 1 Sehenk, a prominent Mason from avone NC, was drugged after entering a vehicle with two strangers. They induced him to travel toward Union Station and Chicago, while he received a whisky drink and soon lost consciousness. Stock ownership in Atlanta Milling and Mining valued at $0 and 20 shares vanished.
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Sehenk
Avone
Atlanta
Bernig
Seheick
Washington
Thien Station
Street paving request filed for KH street northeast
Nas, of 129 East Street Northeast, asked the Communists for paving KH Street Northeast from Twelfth to Thirteenth Streets. Engineer Commissioner Morrow said the square will be melded into the next estimates for improvements.
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W Conway
E Street
Nas
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Morrow
Elder Stewart Fifty-Seven Or More? Millonaire Bachelor declines marriage
Minneapolis dispatch reports Lavi Mer Fick Stewart, known as Elder Stewart, a millonaire bachelor, celebrated his eighty flat birthday. He says many suitors proposed but he never felt called to marry, fearing proposals after he gained money. He notes he has never wed in 81 years.
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Washington
Poisons in the Chalice Stirs Youngstown Parish
In Youngstown Ohio Rev Louis Lops of St Rocchus Catholic Church narrowly survived a suspected poisoning last Sunday. Authorities believe strychnine may have been placed in his communion cup and a chemical analysis is underway. The priest reports defamatory letters were mailed to parishioners from an external source.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Louis Lops
St. Rocchus’ Catholic Church
Navy Yard Divisions Celebrate Recall of Discharged Workers
A group of Navy Yard employees and the National League of Naval Stations and Factories holds a meeting praising Secretary of the Navy Newberry and the recall order for 30 workers slated for January 2. A seven member committee will seek legislation to expand government ownership of yard facilities. The event follows news that a double shift would begin in the breech mechanism shop as plans shift from discharge to recall.
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National League of Naval Station and Gun Factory
Secretary of Navy
Navy Yard
Sea Fume
Newberry
National League of
Gam
Apwrica
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
Il Ig Ellulble
League
American Generation of Labor
Heston
Mass
Cue Dareague
Frank Brown
Seecures
Barnes
Frank Kerby
Fred Sharp
Wiliam Martin
H.W. Bos
Busiun
Sermay
Navy Newberry
Admral Ehc
Lutge
Coremander IL PB Jones
Sg Aefendem
Uletr
Wien
Navy
Congress Fonis
Het Pennsylvania Railroad
Fiveways Yard
Stork Brings Son to NC Leper in Quarantine
R Barty Jr whose name will be given to the new infant of Mrs Lottie Bo Early the wife of the leper who has quarantined in Washington for three months. A 4 pound son born to the Early family brings a moment of happiness as the leper’s child is named after the father. The brick home remodeled for the family will be finished by Christmas allowing the family to be separated by a brick wall for safety during holidays.
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Jol Ro Bariy, Jr
North Carolina
Washington
Stark
Lottie Bo Early
Spiria
Barlys
District Budget Conference To Start At 10 O'clock
The commissioners learned yesterday that a conference with the House District of Columbia subcommittee on appropriations will begin this morning at 10 o'clock. Due to these talks they will be unable to take engagements at the District Building for the next week. They will press for the full budget estimates they recommended and sent to Congress without reductions by the Treasury Secretary.
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District of Columbia
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Dr Howard W Silsby Suicide After Domestic Troubles
Dr Howard W Silsby a Baltimore druggist registered under an alias at the National Hotel and killed himself with a pistol after a period of separation from his wife and a court divorce. Police say domestic troubles and the missing wife drove despondency. coroner ruled death by self inflicted wound. The missing wife had been sought after earlier disorderly conduct charges and a subsequent divorce request. police searched the Potomac and found her later at a city hotel.
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Howard W. Silsby
Seventh Street
Natonal
Susby
Silsby
H. H. Brown
Baltimore
Nevitt
Sisby
L. M. Forbes
U_ street northwest
Sllsby
Potomac River
Tor, Sulsby
Oity Steian
Austria Moves Army and German Chancellor Addresses Reichstag
Chancellor von Buelow rebuts calls to limit armaments, warning that such talks may worsen European unrest. Austria-Hungary pledged support to maintain alliance stability as tensions rise. Hungary’s railways boost troop movement while ships and steamers are readied to deploy 4,000 troops to the Montenegrin frontier.
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Sp Lal Cab's
Washinzion
Htagusa
Dec. U
Unguro-Croato Navigation Company of Fame
Callare
Montenegrin
Lloyd and
Avetra-American Navigation Companies
Spain
Trieste
Hosnia
Tours
Brod
Berlin
Dee U
Tiereichstag
Chancelior von Buelow
Mystery in Club Call in Democratic effort reported
Birmingham Dec 11 The Washington report of a planned meeting to preserve Democratic club organization from the recent campaign is disputed Col John W Tomlinson chairman of the subcommittee on organization says the committee has a record of all clubs formed during the campaign and will begin work in due time He says the report did not originate with the Democratic national campaign committee.
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Hairman Sitellwagen
William B. Hibbs
Hibbs
Aeeting Fast
Joseph M Stoddard
Hestommeter
Weat
Stoddard
Police Department
Birmingham
Ala
Washington
Democratic National Campaign Committee
John W. Tomlinson
Fanatic cured by bullet breaks faith in Kansas City clash
James Sharp, leader of Adem God followers, was arrested south of Monticello Kansas asleep in a haystack after a gunfight with Kansas City police. He declared that the bullet cured his faith and that he is no longer Adem God. Patrolman Michael Mullane died, Louis Pratt is among the wounded, and farmer A J Belser is in critical condition.
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James Sharp
Kansas City
Adem God
Nanses City
Monticello
Kens
Adam God
Louis Pratt
Sharp
Michael Mullane
A. J. Belser
Bums in the Bread Line Spark Immigration Letter Controversy
Terence V. Powderly of the Bureau of Immigration presses for colonies to reclaim vagrants and drunkards. He calls bread line individuals "bums, slovenly and ambitionless" and argues feeding such men wastes food in a letter to Robert Webberd, public charities commissioner, who outlines a plan for colonies.
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New York
Terence V. Powderly
Bureau of Immigration
Robert Webberd
Public Charities
Complete Liquor Cure Graduates Face New Work Duty
Twenty-nine of 46 men completing Dr McKanna's free program at Central Union Mission were celebrated by Judge DeLacy and Dr McKenna. Each received a tonic and will report to Associated Charities for temporary employment. The group pledged to stay sober and begin work, with strong affirmations from speakers and a final note of resolute renewal.
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Jurist
Dr. McKanna
Goelack
Liey
McKenna
Jones
Associated Charities
Stl G Stree
Northwest
Judge DeLacy
Central Union Mission
Washington
MeXannn
Army Gook Takes Bride In Mixed Florida Marriage
A white Army cook, Thomas TL Yancey, and Flossie Johnson, a colored woman, married yesterday evening at the home of Rev Aquila Sayles in Washington. They plan to live in Florida after Yancey leaves the service next month. Sayles and his wife witnessed the ceremony. This marks the fourth or fifth interracial marriage in recent months involving Sayles.
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Thomas TL. Yancey
Waslington
Flossie Jonson
Maine Avenue Southwest
Aguila Sayles
Tampa
Fla
Ezekiel Johnson
Yancey
Miss Johnson
Florida
Washington
Aquila Sayles
Patterson Exonerated at Norfolk Court Martial
Capt. Patterson of the U S Navy was acquitted of disobedience of orders after a Norfolk court martial and restored to duty. The court's action was approved yesterday by the Secretary of the Navy.
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W. A. Patterson
Norfolk
Secretary of the Navy
Golden Rule for Ron Not In Restraint of Trade
Judge Gary presided at a Waldorf Astoria dinner with leaders of major iron and steel firms. He noted no price or tariff talks occurred, defended the movement as a means to share information, and pledged to stop if any party files a complaint, urging a cooperative, rights-based approach in business.
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The
Washington Post
New York
Gary
Waldorf- Astoria
casen_t daily
United States Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel Corporation
Bualess
Slucide
Two Admirals to Retire From Navy This Month
Announcement yesterday reported Rear Admiral J E Pillsbury chief of the bureau of navigation will retire December 15 while Rear Admiral W Hi Emory who just gave up command of the Atlantic fleet's second division in Kong Kong will retire December 17. Pillsbury will stay in charge of navigation at the President's request until the close of the current administration. J H Sears will replace Cdr J A Dougherty as naval attaché to Tokyo and Peking, with Dougherty assigned to the Pacific station.
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Pillsbury
Emory
Navy
Esterday
J. E. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
W. Hi. Emory
Atlantic Fleet
Kong Kong
J. H. Sears
Concord
United States
Tokyo
Peking
J. A. Dougherty
Pacific
Fearson seeks divorce from wife after seven months
Harry J. Fearson filed for divorce from Lilla M. Fearson after seven months of marriage. He says they wed in Rockville Maryland in May and that upon return to Washington Lilla chose to stay with her Georgetown parents, delaying reunion as planned.
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Harry J. Fearson
Lilla M. Fearson
Georgetown
Fearson
Rockville
Washington
Hospital workers removed at Cubercio Hospital
Commissioners approve firing of Clarence Bailey and Ida Bailey from Cubercio Hospital staff. Herbert Miller and Anne Douglass named to fill the vacant positions.
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PG. Smith
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Pa. Ave. N. W
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Wayne 'S Late Cure Company
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