Roosevelt accused as meddler in state affairs by San Francisco board
The San Francisco board of education accuses President Roosevelt of meddling with state affairs based on erroneous assumptions and says Victor Metcalf distorts facts for political gain. A reply to Mrs Flora B Harris of Tokyo defends local schools, asserts Japanese students are not excluded, and condemns national meddling as provincial.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Victor H Metcalf
Navy
Bound of Education
Elmer €. Leffingwell
Harris
Japan
United States
Congress
Pacific Coast
California
San Francisco Anger Over Metcalf Report on Coast Crisis
San Francisco boards resist action after Secretary Metcalfs report and Roosevelt message. President Altman defends stance on Orientals, while locals accuse Metcalf of shaping conclusions to aid the President and abandon Californians.
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Metcalf
San Francisco
Congress
DIED BROWN and Other Obituary Notices
Died Amanda C Brown on December 19 at 2 o'clock pm from the residence of her niece Mrs Sprague 1607 A street NW Interment private Rochester NY papers please copy Also Octavia J Dill Pimeral at 4 pm December 2 at residence of her son Chevy Chase Lake Interment at Grace Church Md Savannah and Dublin County papers please copy Haywood On December 19 at Ft Bayard NM William Haywood husband of Anna Wilson Hawood funeral hereafter Undertakers Hindle Bayliss W R Speare J William Lee George P Zarhorst R F Harveys Sons and Mitchells Son undertakers Funeral directors Embalmers Strictly first-class service at moderate prices Members of the trade volumes and addresses included John M Mitchells Son 730 21th Funeral parlors in compact form Phone cast 378.
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Hindle & Bayliss
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
S&s. Riley
J. William Lee
Modsra
George P. Zarhorst
St. R
City debates Japanese school policy amid anti Japanese agitation
Officials say they are amazed by Metcalf statements while the board hedges on establishing more oriental schools. The burned district school remains distant for Japanese children, who would travel miles. The situation reflects wider Pacific slope anti Japanese agitation fueling fears of worsening tensions and broader campaigns.
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Metcalf
Board of Education
Clfé
San Francisco
California
Pacific Slope
Psychic warning saves Brooklyn woman from attack
Mrs Pauline Bannano, sister of Sheriff Creamer, narrowly escaped as coachman Charles Duke attacked her with a monkey wrench after she reprimanded him for abusing a dachshund. Psychic flight—thought transference—warned her friend Mrs Di Blaust hours earlier, who rushed to the scene just as Duke entered the parlor. Duke fled. $18 missing. police seek him.
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New York
Pauline Bonhano
Sheriff Creamer
Brooklyn
Charles 8 Duke
Mrs. di Blaust
di Blaust
Mrs Bannano
Dake
Duke
Woman commits suicide after dispossess notice
Mrs Margaret Hyan aged thirty—once served with a dispossess notice—took her life by jumping from a second floor window at 109 St Ann’s avenue Bronx. Her brother-in-law found her after a two and a half hour neighborhood search.
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Wachimeton Post
New York
Margaret Hyan
St Ann's Avenue
Bronx
Licensed to Marry In Richmond and Oakton Vale
A list of marriage licenses issued including Ragn o Yarbrough 27 and Bessie T Angley 8 of Richmond Varney JF Mur cha Mounts 4 and Dora V Savers 18 Rev Job McLaughlin ie John Hore 27 and Clara Reed 20 Rev Theron Chitwater Teti Bolden and Wand E Collins 24 Rev George Daley Lewis Creel 23 and Marie Klug 18 Oakton Vale plus several other couples with ages and locations referenced for Tucker Fil Fairfax Court House Ya and Tucker Fil Ya. The scattered names include Hristo Robert H Williams 8 and Daisy Taylor 24 Rev Po W Dita Aitken O Johnson 23 and Mary M Sterling 23 Ret Ll BB Rass Horace Drear 2 and Alice Campbell 19 Stov J Robinson Josep Brown 23 and Lotte Reynolde 2 Rev Guorgs W Lee Sheddap Walter 57 and Laura Rollins 30 Ter George W Lee Richard H Bryant 93 and Flora Les 24 Mev D E Wiseman John W Ball 22 and Amanda L Dean 2 Tucker Fil Ya Rev R L Holmer ite Batt Beene Murray 20 Fairfax Court House Ya Rev George Wo Loo John Spriggs 23 and Teale Willamas 21 Rey 20 Kellehor Alheer Johnson 22 and Lenora Terrell 20 Hey George Wo Lue william Desnis 47 and Adelaide Clagett 37 He Phillip Stewart
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Ragn O Yarbrough
Bessie T Angley
Richmond
Varney JF Murcha Mounts
Dora V Savers
Job McLaughlin
John Hore
Clara & Reed
Theron Chitwater Teti Bolden
Wand E Collins
George Daley
Lewis Creel
Marie Klug
Oakton Vale
Hristo Robert H Williams
Daisy Taylor
Dita. Aitken O Johnson
Mary M Sterling
Rass Horace Drear
Alice Campbell
Stov
J Robinson Josep Brown
Lotte Reynolde
Rev Guorgs
Lee Sheddap Walter
Laura Rollins
George W Lee
Richard H Bryant
Flora Les
E Wiseman
John W Ball
Amanda L Dean
Tucker
L Holmer
Health Office Record Deaths December Report
Health Office records list numerous deaths with ages and addresses including Masry Shapks 121 G St, 54. Sarah Johnson GF1 3a St om, 63. Cerra Dixon 127 TH tt St, 60. William T Tart on M24 H et mw, 64. Anderson D Johnston 1392 V St ow, 78. Luther K Darling 601 Wist NW, 7? years. Jane Wills 01 St Tw, 80. Helen W Brown 438 16th St CW, 7 years. Samuel Wm Peters Providence Hospital, 60. Zola Frazier Tock Creek Church Rd, 16. Elsey Lawie 614 K at SW, 21. Hugh Quigley 36th St Ew, 57. George Anderson 7 K at SW, 37. Lowiva Johnson 400 Cullinane Ct SW, 42.
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Masry Shapks
Sarah Johnson
St Om
Cerra Dixon
la Michaa
Caton Gerfield Hospital
Reara
William T Tarton
Anderson D Johnston
Luther K Darling
Wist Nw
Jane Wills
St Tw
Helen WV
Pershing Promotion Contested by Army Officers
Secretary Taft defended Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing amid rumors of relations with a Filipino woman before his marriage. Investigations found the allegations unfounded, and Pershing advanced toward Manila with his wife. Letters from allies supported his character, while some officers suggested jealousy fueled the accusations and questioned the promotion process.
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Taft
John J. Pershing
Philippines
Helen F. Warren
Warren
Wyoming
Army of the
Root
Gen. Pershing
Capt Pershing
Roosevelt
Mindanao
Zamboanga
Pershing
George W Davis
Capt. Pershing
Canal Zone
Gen. Davis
Capt
Senate
Gen
Davis
Illigan
Pershing Rumors Denied by Military Officers
A wave of letters from the Philippines and New York questions Pershing’s character and rumors of relationships with Filipino women. Capt Swade, allied with Senator Warren, defends Pershing’s integrity, stating he lived with Pershing only as a companion during service and that curfew rules prevented any improper conduct. A Manila cable denies the false allegations as malicious and untrue.
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Capt. Pershing
Gen. Fershing
Zamboanga
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Gen Pershing
Gen. Pershing
New York
Philippine Constabulary
Pershing
Philippines
Senator Warren
Swade
Zampoango
Jie
Military Affairs Committee
Kobbe
Swode
Warren
Root
War Department
Mr. Warren
Capt
Presdent
Roosevelt
Congress
Miss Milard
Miss Warren
Burkett
Nebraska
Shaw and the Mutual Life presidency report disputed
Washington dispatch reports Sec Shaw could become president of Mutual Life Insurance Company upon leaving the cabinet. He says no offer has been made. Descriptions of negotiations and Wall Street expectation circulate, with officials noting possible formal tender and timing.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington
Evening Post
Shaw
Mer. Shaw
Mutual Life Insurance Company
The
Mutual Life
Mutual
Fivening Post
Wall Street
Treasury
Keep
Mr Shaw
Mr. Keep
Life Sentence for Boy in Stratford Springs Murder
In Rockville Connecticut Charles H Bishop a half witted farm boy pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the killing of Mrs Caroline Williams the wife of his employer at Stratford Springs on November 5. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Fobinson. Bishop claimed robbery motive. He struck her with a plow neck and nearly severed her head with a butcher knife then took her savings from a trunk before later denying the crime.
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Rockville
Conn
Charles H Bishop
Caroline Williams
Statford Springs
Fobinson Bishop
Herbert Defends Roosevelt Dismissal Of Brownsville Troops
Former Secretary of the Navy Hillary A. Herbert addresses the Alabama Society at the Hotel Astor in New York, praising President Roosevelt's move dismissing three Negro companies for rioting in Brownsville. He draws parallels to Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee and urges support despite lingering sentiment among some. He discusses states rights, Jeffersonian principles, and race issues in the South, noting Gov. Jelks's actions as a remedy for white black tensions.
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New York
Hillary A. Herbert
Navy
Alabama Society
Hotel Astor
Francis G. Caffey
Herbert
Elihu Reat
Big City
Alabama
Mr. Herbert
Thomas Jefferson
Baldwin
Mississippi
Jefferson
Root
South
Gov
Jelks
Roosevelt
Brownsville
U. S Grant
Robert H. Lea
Grant
Lee
Church Rejections Marked by Evictions Across Paris
In Paris on December 2 church property faced renewed evacuations amid the separation law's enforcement. Officers forced entry at St Sulpice and Verdun seminars, clashing with professors, while crowds jeered liberty and army. Gendarmes escorted evacuated clerics amid protests at St Nicholas Du Chardonne.
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Paris
St Sulpice
Guerriguez
Verdun
Locke
St Nicholas du Chardonne
New Haven to acquire vast New England trolley network
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad announces the purchase of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company and the Rhode Island Securities Company rail lines. The deal secures about 1350 miles of single track in Connecticut and Rhode Island with annual gross earnings over 16 million and a market value not less than 130 million. Initial payment for the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company is 976 thousand dollars, rising 70 thousand yearly to 1.5 million, enabling bond interest, preferred stock payments, and potential common stock dividends of 3 to 4 percent.
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New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Rhode Island Securities Company
Rhode Island Company
Rhode Island Suburban Railway Company
Union Railroad Company
Pawtucket Street Railway Company
New Haven Company
Connecticut
Enode Island
Railway and Lighting Company
United Gas Improvement Company of
Philadelphia
Threw Child From Window In Temporary Insanity
Chicago woman Mrs Maurice Selene in an apartment on Indennes Avenue hurled her three year old niece Gladys Hirsch from a third story window. The child died from injuries and Mrs Selene was taken to the Detention Hospital for the Insane after a struggle with police.
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Chicago
Maurice Selene
Gladys Hirsch
Perjury trial opener on Mann letter initials OKWD M
Moses Wooster testifies Col Mann wrote OK WD M on the margin of the Ward letter. Wooster says Mann did so in his presence during a May 1903 exchange. Col Mann challenges questions. objections are overruled as Woodward details the letter and its delivery to the circulation desk.
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Washington Post
New York
Moses Ellis Wooster
Col. Mann
Col Mann
Count Ward
Hapgood
Mr Wooster
Goff
Wooster
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