Curious $2,000,000 deed of trust in District outlined
A proposed deed of trust of 2 million dollars aims to encumber Alonzo Bliss properties for thirty years. Trustees Cowen Vanlas and Eugene Jones would manage rents and sales under a plan lawyers call novel for exploiting real estate in Washington District of Columbia. The document details bondholder protections, estate parcels across many streets, and a structured payment and governance framework.
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Bliss Ts
Schewe
Bath
Alanze
Ant
Distyr O of Columbia
Bliss
Willan L. Cowen
Howard J. Vanlas
Eugene
Trent
Toa
Aml
Asia
Roasata
Hanseions
Wong
Tom Hs Ax
Real estate parcels listed around Washington and suburbs
Mr. Bliss, a New York native born in 145, is linked to Washington land development. He owns multiple apartment buildings and a modern office tower as part of his extensive portfolio, with a total asset value noted at $2,990,000.
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Nanare
Pleasant Plaines
Pleasant Plains
Mount Pleaslot
Columbia Teights
Columbia Heights
Washington Heights
Mr. Bliss
New York
Washington
Pocket Picked of $25,000 Diamonds Stolen
Chicago police report a theft of 35000 worth of unset diamonds from broker Samuel Scott. He says the jewels vanished from his pocket while he played pool at a downtown billiard hall on Tuesday.
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Chicago
Samuel Scott
Roosevelt Petition Tests Nebraska Ballot Hopes
Nebraska petitions seek Theodore Roosevelt on the Republican presidential primary ballot signed by Omaha lawyer John Q. Yeiser and 13 voters. Gov Aldrich says Roosevelt could win nomination if he signals, arguing his name would unite the party nationwide. Roosevelt declines comment, remaining at Sagamore Hill for the holidays. District convention plan proposed in Ohio to choose delegates at large by district delegates.
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Gov
Aldrich
Roosevelt
Jancemn. Nebr
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
John Q. Yeiser
Omaha
Chester TH. Aldrich
Col. Roosevelt
Union
Ifere
Nebraska
Col
West
Corvick
la Folletta State League
Yelser
Oyster Bay
New York
Sagamore Hill
Dummey
Ohio
Cal
Theodore Roosevalt
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Republican State Central Committee
Ohlo
Brown
National Republican Committee
Congress urged to authorize horses for army remounts
Military leaders warn of a national calamity from exports of thoroughbred stock abroad and urge a congressional act to allow acceptance of gifted stallions for army remounts. Maj. Gen. Wood calls for prompt action though senators doubt passage this session due to Hay-Kary issues and tariffs. Col. Stanley and officers press for authorization to accept thoroughbreds from private owners to rebuild a adequate breeding program.
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Army
Congress
Senator Warren
Wyomaing
Senate Committee On
Wood
Secretary of War
United States Army
Warren
Gen. Wood
Mounted Service
War Department
Stanley
Agricultural Department
Mpre
Man’s Bedtick Savings Burned In Pa Home
Special to The Washington rose Wakes-Barre Pa Dec 21 Adam Boniski of Browntown near here saved more than 9600 dollars hidden in a bedtick He distrusted banks and told friends banks were unsafe Fire began in his home this morning Boniski saved his children then watched the bedtick money burn as flames consumed the bedroom and house
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Washington
Wakes-Barre
Adam Boniski
Browntown
Bontaki
Flamen
Army warns on shortage of thoroughbred horses for remounts
Maj. Gen. James B. Aleshire and Gen. Wood urge expansion of stallions as the Army faces a potential future crisis in equine supply. They warn that anti racing laws and export of horses to Europe are draining US stock, risking insufficient mounts in war times. George M. Rommel supports increasing breeding stock to avert exhaustion of supply.
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Gen. Wood
Quartermaster’s Department
Cavalry Branch
Army
James R. Keene
Marty Payne Whitney
Thomas Hitchcock
August Belmont
Wilson
Beratoga, Racing Association
United States
Europe
James B. Aleshire
Department of Agriculture
Aleshire
George M. Rommel
Wood
Bachelors Club Seeks Wives in Inland Kansas County
Grant County Kansas bachelors form a society to pursue matrimony. Ninety percent of members are self supporting and educated. they plan a catalogue with photographs and detailed income and property information to be distributed to eligible women regarding marriage prospects.
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Kansans Farm Club
Washington Postilyases
Kans
Kansas
Grant County
Bachelors Club
Family Trees Split Couple Divorce Divides Boone and Jefferson Line
Daniel Boone descendant John T Boones obtained a divorce at Clayton from Ethel Edwards Boone, great grandniece of Thomas Jefferson. He testified she claimed her family tree was superior and that the Boones looked like washerwomen next to the Jeffersons. Married in 1892, an alimony settlement was made out of court. Mrs. Boone did not appear despite announcing a contest.
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Daniel Boone
Thomas Jefferson
Washington Post
St. Louis
John T Boones
Clayton
Ethel Edwards Boone
Boone
Kentucky
Jefferson
35 Cats and 2 Dogs Trigger Divorce Claim in Kansas
Samuel W. Odell, a 74-year-old civil war veteran from Bethel, Kansas, sues Sarah L. Odell in Wyandotte County district court claiming 35 cats and 2 dogs ruined his marriage. He recounts life with pets and notes he moved to Pomeroy after marriage in April, detailing cat bed usage and meals before filing. Odell now lives with one of his three married daughters in Fomeroy.
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Kansas City
Dee
Samuel W. Odell
Bethel
Kans
Sarah L. Odell
Wyandotte
Andersonville
Henry Meade
Pomeroy Kans
Odell
Fomeroy
Cactus for paper making outlined by Burbank
Luther Burbank wowed California fruit growers at Santa Rosa by presenting the spineless cactus as a source for paint whitewash and rubber substitutes from pith for tires and pulp. He claimed the leaves yield more nutrition than a large beefsteak.
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Washington
San Francisco
Luther Burbank
California Fruit Growers
Santa Rosa
Burbank
Murderers Steal $60,000 in Paris Bank Heist
Four bandits stopped a bank messenger in a crowded Paris street and shot him dead when he refused to surrender a satchel containing $50,000. They seized the satchel and fled in a waiting automobile, witnessed by thousands of frightened citizens.
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Paris Street
Washington Post
Paris
Mystery in His Death at Inquest on Captain Tucker
In Philadelphia at the inquest into Capt. Logan Tucker’s death at the William Penn Inn, Dr. H F Slifer and guests suspect possible suicide by poison rather than heart failure as the coroner ruled. A box of bichloride tablets disappeared and Tucker had asked his wife for them just before dying. He appeared nervous, gulped water, then collapsed. money worries and a missing tablet box frame the case. His widow and grandson’s body were brought to Arlington National Cemetery for funeral arrangements pending.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Logan Tucker
LLC. & M C
William Penn Inn
Gwynedd
H. F. Slifer
North Wales
Slifer
Cailed
Jie
Tucker
Capt. Tucker
Silfer
Wothers
Ile
John A. Logan
Capt
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Arlingtton National Cemetery
William F. Tucker
Col. Tucker
Chinese smuggling case hinges on clothing mix up
Four Chinese detainees and four others were arrested after arriving from London Ontario. Federal agents tested if entrants could wear American coats and vests, removing them and asking for re‑dressing. The Chinese wore the garments backward, influencing the smuggling conviction of Lorne Stoneburg and Albert Arthur before Judge Landis in Chicago.
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Chicago
Dec
Lorne Stoneburg
Albert Arthur
Landis
United States District Court
United States
London
Ontario
President Taft backs modified Aldrich plan for monetary reform
President Taft endorses a modified Aldrich currency plan tied to a national reserve association and monetary reform. He urges prompt action, notes bipartisan support on the monetary commission, and argues the plan preserves the current banking system while avoiding a central bank.
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National Monetary Commission
Senate
National Reserve Association
Monetary Commission
Congress
Kross
Pame
Favors Reserve Association
Tle
Banka
Papen L Novel 72 000 000 Trust Formed
Roosevelt for 1912 reads as Army's need of Hor Taft favors Aldrich plan. Mystery in Capt Tucker's death powers back Chinese premier. Woman held as shoplifter. Rusco Persian battle engineers at banquet Harriman fund explained. New York turns to Underwood Ids McNamaras utilities bill in the House Taft signs abrogation treaty new tax on insurance companies Virginians admit waote buying editorial society sports events to reduce cotton acreage financial she holds savings of 2 persons tells how south may lead
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Roosevelt
Taft
Aldrich
Tucker
New Cure for Cancer Report From Berlin
Berlin reports an experimental advance in cancer treatment by Prof. August Von Wasserman and Drs Keyser and Michael. In mice injected with cancer, intravenous injections of an eosin and selenium preparation caused tumors to shrink rapidly and some to vanish within ten days. The researchers warn human results are unproven, but claim prior beliefs about reaching tumors by chemical means via blood are challenged by their results.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Withch
August von Wasserman
Keyser
Michael
von Wasserman
Hla
Turks' Loss Placed At 300 Near Bir Tobias
London dispatches report a daylong clash near Bir Tobias outside Tripoli between a small Italian reconnoitering party and about 3,900 Turks and Arabs. Italians claim 80 wounded and 300 Turks killed or wounded, a figure the Italians put forward. The Turkish denial of Armenian massacres in Anatolia is noted.
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London
Bir Tobias
Tripoli
Hart denies finding John Paul Jones body in Paris
Charles Henry Hart, Philadelphia historian of American portraiture, reopens the Jones body controversy. In a forthcoming private circulation book he categorically denies the Paris discovery attributed to General Horace Porter, then U S ambassador to France, that the body in Houdon’s monument is John Paul Jones.
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Sproul
Washington
New York
Charles Henry Hart
Philadelphia
John Paul Jones
Paris
Horace Porter
France
Jean Antoine Houdon
Ths
Taft seeks Western support amid New York nominating talk
A New Yorker dispatch reports Vice President Sherman told President Taft he will not pursue the New York governorship. The exchange touched on Ohio and the western party balance for a national ticket. Sherman warned he may retire from public life if not assured of renomination, with plans to act by March 4, 192.
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Washington
New York
Sherman
Taft
White House
Ohio
Chicago
Rusk
Indicted In Austin Flood Case For Paper Firm Officials
Potter county grand jury indicts George C Bayless president and Fred N Hamlin superintendent of Bayless Pulp and Paper Company Austin Pa charging involuntary manslaughter over the September 9 dam disaster. Trial set for March term in Othe.
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Coudersport
Potter County
Srand
George C.bayless
Fred N. Hamlin
Bayless Pulp and Paper Company
Austin
Austin Dam
Bayless
Hamlin
Yuan Shi Kai Holds Line Against Republic in China
Premier Yuan Shi Kai declares he will not accept a republic while Britain and Japan push monarchial plans to keep China intact. Shanghai leaders and Sun Yat Sen insist on republican rule as powers discuss tougher actions and possible military moves near Tientsin and Chinwangtao.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Shanghai
Wu Ting-fang
Revolutionary Provisional Cabinet
Tang Shao+i
Tzng
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Manchuria
Mongolia
Tibet
American State Department
Yuan Shi
Britain
Chinwangtag
Chile
Aley
Tientsin
India
Sun Yat Sen
Isue
Anlon
Mountain Peak Collapse Near Lizards Monument
Special to The Washlnxton from Telluride Colorado reports the upper portion of Lizards Monument toppled this morning, sending billions of tons of earth and rock downslope. The 14,100 foot peak nearly touched Mount Massive in the adjacent region, with the fall shaking the area and suggesting recent heavy snows may have contributed to the slide.
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Telluride
Colo
Ban Jwan
Golorads
Ed Tally
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