In Defense of Root Stim son Jerome article
Newspaper pieces reflect on former Secretary of War Root Stimson and discuss a legal confrontation involving the World newspaper and a case tied to Panama canal coverage. Federal authorities, prosecutors, and Justice Department maneuvers are described as the paper faces libel allegations and questions about interference with federal matters.
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Henry L Samson
Mates
New York
D¢Rome
Panama
Jerome
Alt
Dane
Douglas Robb
Pegi Cider Badenal
Toren
Dingias
Wien
Fiat
So Pds Cie
Aksore Nl
Lotmambe Efimen
Ma'ling Roggm
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Prees Publising Company
Washington
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
Treason near throne in league with terrorists
Lopukine, a police director in the interior ministry in Russia, was arrested on charges of high treason. Prosecutors say he betrayed a government agent to revolutionaries, supplied documents, and aided the revolutionary organization in Paris. The arrest followed a dawn raid and a broader swoop including lawyers and several associates.
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Lopukine
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
Department of Police
von Plehve
Lionta
Prince Ourusoff
Gen Trepoff
Amateur Actor Collapses and Dies During Rehearsal in Bellefontaine
Special to The Washington Post Jane Fields of Mount Victory, Ohio, fainted during a home talent play rehearsal while playing a dead man. He died at home shortly after, under the care of a village doctor. Also today Exhibition: Oshima Japanese ceramics collection shown at Zloan's Galleries ahead of upcoming public auction Wednesday to Friday.
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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 slain as George Busse demonstrates revolver use for a housemaid. A misfire pierced two windows into Brig Gen Girard’s apartment, killing Mrs. Tuckerman of Milton New York. The incident occurred near 7 o’clock in the Watton apartments at 305 North Clark Street. No arrests. Gen Girard calls it accidental.
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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 the Washington iri Irvington New York James Kelley a 79 year old panhandler known as 400 Kelley was found frozen to death on January 3 near the Gur Philip Schuyler estate in Irvington close to the Schuyler homestead. Ossining undertaker Squires took charge of the body. No one knows his origins.
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Washington
Tarrytown
Philip Schuyler
Irvington
Schuyler
James Kelley
Toda Kelley
Broadway
Kelley
Ossining
Child Dies of Fright After Dog Bite in Philadelphia
A 5 year old boy, Albert G Winner, died today from fright after recalling a previous dog bite seven weeks earlier. He collapsed after seeing a dog in the street near Highhome last night and lost consciousness.
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St. Philadelphia
Albert G Winner
Highhome
Taft Party Tours Gatun Dam Site on Isthmus
Engineers accompanying President elect Taft visited Gatun Dam with canal chief engineer and found no faults in the dam foundations or safeguarding plans. They plan to report to President Roosevelt and may rebut prior criticisms. The party will also inspect Culebra, with plans to approve final canal schemes.
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Panatee
Jan
Taft
Gatun
Efeat
Cal. Gosthals
Roosevelt
Culebra
Ttia
Episcopal Rcl
Boston Commercial Club
Boston
Millionaire Backing for Wireless Signaling Tower Plan
The Washington Post reports plans for a 186000 dollar wireless signaling tower for the U S government, funded by Pittsburgh financiers T Hart Given Hay Walker and John Walker backing Prof Reginald A Fessenden. Fessenden, a former electricity professor at Western University of Pennsylvania, once aimed to send messages across the Atlantic. Work on the Washington tower will begin immediately.
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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 In Washington
Pars January 31 reports Gazetted appointments include M Lefevre-Pontalis from Athens to Washington as first secretary replacing M Des Portes de la Fosse who moves to Tunis. Maurice Heimann moves from New York to Philadelphia replacing M de Lobel Mary Velten becomes commercial attaché at Washington and named to Danuint consulate.
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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 1000 passengers is making safe progress after a rudder broke. It lost steering and uses an improvised rudder while about 60 miles east of Sandy Hook. No danger is reported to passengers, and it plans to anchor near Sandy Hook in the morning.
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New York
St . Lows
Waielt
Sandy Hook
St Lowis
Ambition of a Circus Man Plans a Record Tour
A former circus performer James Atlas proposes a Roosevelt Congress of Rough Riders with a $200000 upfront bid to President Roosevelt. Atlas outlines a three act show featuring Western scenes, a San Juan Hill battle recreation, and a life like inauguration, aiming to pack the largest tent ever built. He plans a two week engagement via a syndicate, with Atlas as proprietor of a local hotel and other backers unnamed.
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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 Opens North American Meeting
Canada and Mexico will each send three delegates to the North American conservation conference at the State Department starting February 18. The gathering will last about three days with a social side. Also attending will be the national conservation equipment members and representatives from State Department and other natural resources departments. No delegate names from Canada or Mexico have been announced.
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Rodgevelt
State Department
Canada
Mexico
National Conservation Equitezion
Laurier
Diaz
Poisoned Candy Mystery Strikes Baltimore Second Time
Special to The Washington Post reports Baltimore police investigate a second poisoning scare after John Hart received a box of bonbons believed poisoned. Earlier, Joseph Muller fell gravely ill after a similar gift. A linked anonymous letter to Miss Margaret Faul used hand printed characters resembling those on the candy box.
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Baltimore
Mad
Ma'l
John Hirt
Joseph F Mueller
Hart
Margaret Faul
Georgia Prohibition Advocate Speaks at New Theater In Washington
Mrs Mary Harris Armor, Georgia temperance leader, closed her ten day Washington crusade with an audience of 180. She urged dry District of Columbia and raised about 1100 dollars to support local anti liquor work, noting total contributions nearing 3500 dollars from her meetings. She framed the liquor fight as a trial before science, public opinion, common sense, and God, predicting the District will go dry as a catalyst for national prohibition.
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Georgia
Mary Haris Armor
District of Columbia
New National Theater
Bey
North
Caroling
Alabama
Mississipp
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Armers
Science
Goa
Trolley Gaps Closing Open Rail Travel Across Midwest
Cleveland to Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Chicago Toledo Detroit Buffalo Rochester Albany Pittsburg and New York will be connected by electric trolley as gaps narrow. Completion of the Seville Ashland line closes a major link enabling continuous travel from Cleveland to New York with only a few minor gaps remaining to be closed.
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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 tonight two masked burglars entered farmer Alfred Hallman’s home near Conestoga Center and demanded money as Mrs Hallman lay in bed. Hallman was killed and neighbor John Kramer wounded when the intruders opened fire before fleeing.
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Farmer
Lancaster
Alfred Hallman
Conestoga Center
Hallman
Wes Stok
John Kramer
Bmirs
Hreider
Halman
Kramer
Assault on Japanese student unsettles UC Berkeley campus
Berkeley officials and University of California President Benjamin Ide Wheeler face a tense incident after Kenji Kaneko, a Japanese student, says he was attacked on campus. He alleges local youths struck him, while Wheeler weighs jurisdiction and broader implications for California and Japanese regard.
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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 Japanese student attacked draws mixed responses
Secretary Mori condemns insult and says Kaneko, a Tokyo Imperial University arts candidate, may have consulate ties. Takahashi labels it a police matter, while UC President Mas tick denies any student involvement, calling the Berkeley incident largely fictitious.
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Nation of
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 by Sperry Fleet Roars into Gibraltar
Admiral Sperry’s first division of the Atlantic fleet, comprising Connecticut, Georgia, Vermont, Kansas Nebraska, and Minnesota under Rear Admiral Sperry, arrived at Gibraltar days early, provoking a grand yet surprising reception by British officials. British battleships Albemarle and Almon and Joly crustre, plus other vessels, lined the breakwater as the Americans played national anthems and exchanged greetings with Vice Admiral Goodrich. President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower will review the fleet noon February 2 as preparations for Hampton Roads shift to the altered program. The Yankton sails to Hampton Roads tomorrow. New Hampshire sets to sea for a world cruise, with unclear destination and hastened orders.
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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
Hampton Roads
T Roosevel
Horseshoe
Tynt Haven Bay
President Jura
Witness and Princess Tie Deferment to Heflin Trial
Miss Georgia Jeffrey, a American woman, weds a Russian prince in Harkow China on December 18. The ceremony could delay the bribery assault indictment trial of Alabama Rep Thomas Heflin for shooting Louis Lundy after a street car incident, with bystander Thomas McCreery wounded. Jeffrey, a key witness, heads to the Philippines then Chicago, complicating defense and prosecution plans.
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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's fate near Diamond Shoals Afloat
Reports from Norfolk dated January 31 describe a doomed steamer seen near Diamond Shoals fourteen miles off Cape Hatteras. City of Savannah and other vessels provided fragments of news, but no wreckage or crew confirmed. Weather and wireless updates offered sparse clues in the graveyard of the Atlantic.
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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
Venezuelan envoy in Europe seeks agreement with Holland
Jose de Paul, envoy of Venezuela, began talks in The Hague to settle differences with Holland and France. He will stay in Belgium and carries Caracas instructions on points to negotiate since leaving Venezuela. He says progress is satisfactory and hopes for a soon accord between Holland and Venezuela.
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The
Hague
Jose de Paul
Venezuela
Europe
Halland
France
Prossels
Belgium
Caracas
Holeland
Famous Victim of Quake Dies on Cruiser
The report memorializes Prof Villari a Gan bald poet and soldier who perished when a cruiser was damaged in the earthquake. Also notes Prof Raffaele, a Garibeldian alcher, wounded after being rescued by Russian sailors, and mentions Admire Mekarot, born in Messina in 1621 amid continuing stock upheaval and danger from building collapses.
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Villari
Ganbald
Raffaele
Mekarot
Messina
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ST. Louis
Mr. Roosevelt
Plan Resource Conference
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Palict Calle Pon
Mary Harris
Inea
California University
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Prescient
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Savannah
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