In Defense of Root Stimson Writes Jerome
A New York World report reviews Jerome's defense stance amid prosecutions and federal scrutiny over publications about the Panama purchase. It notes the World’s employees being summoned and the grand jury continuing investigations into obelous Panama transfer coverage and $40 million payment, with Douglas Robinson possibly appearing as complainant.
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Grand Jury
Panama Canal
Angus Shaw
Preag Publishing Company
Justice Gould
Star of the New York World
Ita
Ealt
Toosevelt
Douglass Robinson
Ibel
Hobinson
Howe
New York
United States
Treason Near Throne In League With Terrorists
Lopukine a police director in the interior ministry was arrested for high treason. He allegedly betrayed Cureneff to revolutionaries and supplied two key documents. The house search began at dawn and led to further arrests, highlighting ties between police and terrorist groups.
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Pitessours
M Lopukine
Ministry of the Interior
Waghee
Faris
Avel
Fon
Russian Socialist Revolutionary
Beng
Lopuking
Cureneff
Revolutttionist
Lal
Bse
Lopukme
Curtseff
MM Stoeberg
Braude M Sekolof
Alent
Lopuhine House
Lopukine
Department of Police
von Plehve
Lionta
Prince Ourusoff
Gen Trepoff
Played Dead and Died Amateur Actor Stricken on Rehearsal
Special to The Washington Post Bellefontaine Ohio Jane Fields of Mount Victory lapsed into unconsciousness during a home talent play rehearsal acting as a dead man He died shortly after being carried to his home The incident followed a final dress rehearsal as the cast praised the performance Exhibition Today The Oshima collection of Japanese ceramics bronzes screens curios will be shown at Zoan's Galleries today and tomorrow before a public auction later this week
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Washington Post
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Lena Fields
Mount Victory
Hedica
Fields
Oshima
Zloan
Mayor at Shooting Tragedy in Chicago Apartment
Retired General’s daughter killed when George Busse, showing a revolver to a housemaid, accidentally discharged a shot that went through two windows into Brig Gen Girard’s apartment striking Mrs Tuckerman in the heart. Mayor Busse witnessed the scene and arranged police notification. no arrests made.
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George Busse
Girard
Chicago
Fred A. Busse
Knight
Tuckerman
George Buste
Gen. Girard
Bertha Lambie
Tuckermans
Busse
Luckerman
Uckermans
Alfred
George
Mrs. Tuckerman
Busses
S 'Tuckerman
Frozen 400 Kelley Found Dead Near Schuyler Estate
Special to Washington iet Tarrytown NY Jan 3 James Kelley known as 400 Kelley a lifelong social climber who begged at wealthy doors was found frozen to death near the Gur Philip Schuyler estate in Irvington He was 79 and for years traveled Broad way seeking alms His body lay in the woodshed of the wealthy lorower Squires Ossining took charge of the remains No clear origin for Kelley is known.
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Washington
Tarrytown
Philip Schuyler
Irvington
Schuyler
James Kelley
Toda Kelley
Broadway
Kelley
Ossining
Child Dies of Fright After Dog Bite Warning
Albert G Warner, a six year old boy, died in Philadelphia after being frightened by a dog that had bitten him seven weeks earlier. He collapsed on sight of the dog in the street near Highhome after being bitten.
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St. Philadelphia
Albert G Winner
Highhome
Taft Party Inspects Gatun Dam Plans On Isthmus
President elect Taft and party toured Gatun on the canal route with chief engineer Efeat Cal Gosthals. After examination the engineers found no fault with natural foundations for the dam and deemed safeguarding plans complete. They will report to President Roosevelt and may counter recent criticisms before proceeding to Culebra. Engagements included Taft at an Episcopal service and a Boston Commercial Club invitation to speak on the canal.
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Panatee
Jan
Taft
Gatun
Efeat
Cal. Gosthals
Roosevelt
Culebra
Ttia
Episcopal Rcl
Boston Commercial Club
Boston
Millionaire backers fund Fessenden wireless tower plan
Plans for a 186000 dollar wireless signaling tower to be erected in Washington for the U S government are backed by Pittsburg financiers T Hart Given John Walker and the Walker brothers, with Reginald A Fessenden using his wireless telegraphy expertise. Fessenden previously built towers for Russia and Britain and sent Atlantic messages before a Scottish tower collapsed. Work will begin soon in Washington.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Washington
United States
National Electrical Stealing Company
T. Hart Given
Farmers Deposit National Bank Company
Hay
Reginald A. Fessenden
Fessenden
Western University of Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Given
Walker Brothers
French embassy staff appointments announced in Athens to Washington
Pars Jan 31 reports the gazetting of M Lefevre-Pontalis from Athens to be first secretary of the French Embassy in Washington replacing M Des Portes de la Fosse who moves to Tunis. Maurice Heimann from New York becomes vice consul in Philadelphia replacing M de Lobel-Mary Velten moves to Washington as commercial attache to Danuint.
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M. Lefevre-Pontalis
Athens
Pars
M Lefevre-Pontalis
Washington
M Des
St Louis Nearing Port After Rudder Breakage
The steamship St Louis of the American Line with about 1 000 passengers is making safe progress toward Sandy Hook under an improvised rudder after a break damaged its rudder. The vessel was 60 miles east of Sandy Hook early today. No anxiety reported for the ship or passengers as it proceeds slowly toward port.
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New York
St . Lows
Waielt
Sandy Hook
St Lowis
Ambition of a Circus Man Plans Largest Tent Ever Made
James Atlas, a former circus man, offers Roosevelt a $10,000 a week for a two week engagement by a "Roosevelt Congress of Rough Riders" syndicate. Atlas outlines a three act show with Western scenes, a San Juan Hill recreation led by Roosevelt, and a life like inauguration. He offers $200,000 upfront and believes Roosevelt would draw huge crowds.
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Sperval
Washington
Bridgeport
Conn
Jan Ol
Roosevelt Congress of Rough Riders
Roosevelt
James Atlas
Atlas
Impregaion
White House
Loeb
San
Ncenes
Western Fe
Battle of
San Juan Hil
Cai Roosevelt
PLAN RESOURCE CONFERENCE FOR NORTH AMERICAN TALKS
Canada and Mexico will send three delegates each to a North American conservation conference invited by President Rodgevelt. The State Department hosts sessions likely starting February 18 for about three days with a social side. Delegates along with conservation officials and department representatives will attend. Laurier and Diaz have not named their delegates.
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Rodgevelt
State Department
Canada
Mexico
National Conservation Equitezion
Laurier
Diaz
Poisoned Candy Letters Mystery Strikes Baltimore
Special to The Washington Post details a second suspected poison candy incident in two months. John Hart reports receiving a box of bonbons he believes was poisoned, echoing the December case of Joseph Muller. A threatening anonymous lottery note received by Miss Margaret Faul suggests the same sender, with handwriting matching the candy box. Authorities have yet to solve the mystery.
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Baltimore
Mad
Ma'l
John Hirt
Joseph F Mueller
Hart
Margaret Faul
Georgia Temperance Orator Leads District Dry Drive
Georgia prohibition advocate Mrs Mary Harris Armor spoke to about 180 in Washington at the New National Theater closing a ten day crusade. She urged ending liquor sales in the District, raised nearly 1100 during the event, bringing total in Washington to about 3500. She warned the fight would continue across the South and declared the District’s going dry as the entering wedge to national prohibition.
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Georgia
Mary Haris Armor
District of Columbia
New National Theater
Trolley Gaps Closing UF
Cleveland progresses toward electric trolley links to Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Chicago Toledo Detroit Buffalo Rochester Albany Pittsburg and New York. A Seville Ashland line completes a Cleveland to Columbus to Cincinnati corridor with only a few minor gaps left to enable through traffic to New York and Chicago.
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Cleveland, Ohn
Jay
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Indianapols
Chicago
Toledo
Detroit
Buffalo
Rochester
Albany
Pittsburg
New York
Seville
Ashland
Ohia
Indianapore
Two masked burglars kill farmer in Lancaster home
In Lancaster Pennsylvania on January 21 two masked men forced entry into Alfred Hallman’s rural home near Conestoga Center demanding money while his wife Mrs Hallman slept. Hallman protested and was shot dead. Neighbor John Kramer was wounded as the burglars fled.
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Farmer
Lancaster
Alfred Hallman
Conestoga Center
Hallman
Wes Stok
John Kramer
Bmirs
Hreider
Halman
Kramer
Assault on Japanese Student Alarms Berkeley Campus
San Francisco January 31 special to The Washington Post reports University of California President Benjamin Ide Wheeler shaken by an assault on Kenji Kaneko on campus. Wheeler fears harm to California and Japan’s view, with doubt over whether attackers were students or local Berkeley youths. Kaneko, a mechanical college student, describes being surrounded, struck, and hat removed, with bystanders chanting and spitting. Wheeler seeks state action as campus property is state property, while Japan and local residents react with rising tensions and calls for thorough investigation.
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Tan
Washington Post
San Francisco
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Kenji Kaneko
Stor
California
Japan
Beieve
Berkeley
Wheeler
Marshal Volmer
Kugill
Kaneka
Mechanical College
Lucretia M Redfield
Redfield
Califorbha Hall
Freament Jordan
Stanford
Center Street
S Mor
Japanec Association of Berkeley
Kaneko
McKibben
The
Associated Students
Stade
Army
Roosevelt
Gey. Gullett
Kereko
Ian
Berkeley Students Echo Japanese Attack Controversy
In New York Seabury Mackintosh asks for UC Berkeley details after a reported assault on a Japanese student. MR Kaneko, a Tokyo graduate and UCMA member, is identified as a master of arts candidate and third year Mechanical College student. Walter Mori, Mori secretary of the society, calls the insult serious while Takehasha cautions it be handled by police, not diplomats. Wheeler replies the tale is largely false with no campus student involved.
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Berkeley
Takehasha
Mori
Society
Kaneko
Imperial University of Tokyo
Mechanical College
Tokyo
San Francisco
Takahasha
New York
Seabury
C Mastick
University of California, Club of New York
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Univerity
Cal
Dr Wheeler
Surprise Visit From Sperry Reaches Gibraltar Ahead of Schedule
Admiral Sperry’s division of the United States Atlantic Fleet arrives two days early, prompting a revised Hampton Roads reception. British officials plan a grand welcome as the Connecticut leads arrivals including four other ships. President Roosevelt will review the fleet from the Mayflower on February 2. New Hampshire prepares to sail as orders speed the ship toward its cruise.
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Hampton Roads
Prescient
Roosevelt
Ae Hayter
Gibraltar
United States
Atlantic
Connecticut
Georgia
Vermont
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Sperry
Ville Francheno
Albemarle
Almon
Joly Crustre
South America
Tsarevitch
Slavs
Sogotye
Oleg
Inl
Admiral House
Goodrills Courtes
Caliera
Panther
Yankton
Diiston
T Roosevel
Horseshoe
Tynt Haven Bay
President Jura
New Hampshire
New York
Brooklyn Navy
Witness and Princess Tie Up Heflin Trial Date
Miss Georgia Jeffrey, an American, marries a Russian prince in Harkow China on December 18 slowing the start of Representative Thomas Heflin’s trial for assault with intent to kill Louis Lundy. Jeffrey, linked to the streetcar incident, may shift her role to witness or defense, as Baker expected to call Heflin mid February.
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Georgia Jeffrey
Harkow
China
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Louis Lundy
Miss Jeffrey
Lundy
Tom” McCreery
McCreery
Jong
Dstrict
Baker
Heflinn
Jyffrey
Mystery steamer believed wrecked near Diamond Shoals
Savannah reports the ill fated vessel possibly went down with all hands near Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras. The Theodore Weems was ruled out as the missing ship after sightings by the City of Savannah. No wreckage or crew details verified amid ongoing weather watches and wireless reports.
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Norfolk
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatterayec
Carolina Steam Stip
Theodore Weems
Cape Henr
Georgetown
Charleston
Baltimore
Atlantic
Ines
S Atton
Dettine
Narfush Navy
Vuru
Cnordago Watt
Seerle
Skrannah
City of Bavennah
Savantan
New York
Surant
Méon
Heath Teras
Falows
Dmond
Cape Lookout
Venezuelan envoy in Europe seeks agreement with Holland
Jose de Paul, envoy of Venezuela, arrived in The Hague to settle differences between Venezuela and Holland and France. He will stay in Belgium and carries Caracas instructions on points to negotiate. He reports progress and believes an accord with Holland and Venezuela is near.
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The
Hague
Jose de Paul
Venezuela
Europe
Halland
France
Prossels
Belgium
Caracas
Holeland
Notable quake victim dies aboard cruiser after rescue
Prof Raffaele Villari, celebrated poet and Garibaldian fighter, died today after sustaining injuries from the Garibaldi wreckage ordeal. Born in Messina in 1621, he was taken from ruins by Russian sailors and lingered amid surrounding hazards as ongoing structural danger unnerved the populace.
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Villari
Garbald
Raffaele
Mekarot
Messina
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