Veterans Banquet Toasts Honor Loyal Legion Founders
More than 300 members of the Military Order of Loyal Legion of the United States attended the annual banquet at Benquet Hall. Vice President Fairbanks spoke on the future of the nation, praising the Legion’s heroic service and the progress over forty years, while officers and guests including Gardner Stafford and others heard toasts to absent companions and the victories of peace.
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o + Loyal Legion of the United States
Banket
Onle Vrd
Lincoln
McKinley
Association
Army
Navy
Georgia
Adna R. Chaffee
Commandry
Fairbanks
Willam McKinles
Loyal Legion
Peterce
United States of America
United States
Wendell Phillips Stafford
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Washington Gardner
Michigan
Wendell P Stafford
Supreme Court of the District
Senators Galls On President In White House Visit
Senator Dick of Ohio met with the President at the White House with unmentioned patronage. He said patronage was not discussed and declined further comment on the Glasgow consulate dispute and Austin nomination. Senator La Follette, Spooner, and other officials discussed tariff and rate regulation amid tense allied and rival dynamics.
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Ohio
White House
Lemstation
S M Taylor
Ohisan
Richard Austin
Tennessee
Simcn
Kootta
Austin
Glasgow
Foraker
Tunn
Ital
A H Michelson
Massachusetts
Senate
Clapp Aa Deliver
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Spooney and
la Follette
Wisconsin
Ag France
la Foltette
Printers Vote to Go to Jail to Pay Fine
Five hundred members of Typographical Union No. 1y voted to go to jail rather than pay a $1,000 fine from Judge Holdom. A committee asked Attorney W H Barnum if jail could satisfy the debt, but was told fines upheld by higher court must be paid and jail by strikers is not an option.
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Chicago
Lail
Holdom
W. H. Barnum
Justice Warns Printers Hearing Set on Injunction
Justice Stafford warned printers to suspend violence and picketing until a hearing on injunction relief. The Typothetae of Washington filed against the strike committee and topographical union, with hearing scheduled before Equity Court No 2 next Thursday morning. Attorneys debated violence scope while the court warned restraint and good behavior in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Stafford
Equity Court No. 2
Typothetae of
Washington
Topographical Union
Frederick D. McKenney
Typothetae
Jackson Ralston
Halston
Leony
Isthmian Canal Commission Discusses Sea Level Plan
The Isthmian Canal Commission fully met to shape the pending report for Secretary Taft, preparing majority and minority opinions on canal type. The draft favors an eighty-two foot level, with one member reportedly leaning to a sea level approach and possibly offering minority views. The commission adjourned to finalize the documents before Taft forwards them to the President and Congress.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Taft
Board of Consulting Engineers
Congress
Indorsements Discussed by Washington Bank Clerks
Charles Douglas spoke to the Wash ington Chapter of the American Institute of Bank Clerks on indorsements and the signer’s liability. The Bohemian Quartet performed. A Feb 24 debate with the Baltimore Chapter on amending the national bank act to insure deposits will name teams. The Baltimore trio William S. Hammond Clarence R. Evans and W Harry Envalt oppose. Lloyd M. Tillman Samuel J. Henry and Frank B. Devereux support. A silver loving cup will honor the winners.
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Charles Douglas
Washington
American Institute of Bank Clerks
Baltimore
National Bank
William S. Hammond
Clarence R. Evans
W. Harry Envalt
Lloyd M. Tillman
Samuel J. Henry
Frank B. Devereux
Pension retirement recommended for three city employees
Maj. Sylvester, superintendent of police, urged pension retirement for Patrolman George Knupfer and Desk Sergeant Charles Bartel due to on duty disabilities. Knupfer, injured stopping a runaway on Benning road, will receive no monthly allowance. Bartel, in service since 1867, to receive 35 dollars monthly. Chief Engineer Belt also advised retirement for William Cady, driver in the fire department for nineteen years, at fifty two dollars monthly.
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Maj. Sylvester
George Skknupfer
Desk Serst
Charles Bartel
Knupfer
Benning Road
Sergi
Bartel
W. T. Belt
William Cady
Herbert W. Hol-idge
Cady
Owen R. Moxley
Charles W. Marmaduke
Gannon Gannon Expelled Begins Mandamus Suit in Court
W. E. Gannon, Georgetown College freshman, files mandamus suit claiming breach of contract after being expelled while attending his sister’s wedding in New York. He says he paid $286 for a year, owed $206 for continued tuition, and maintained high standing. The college president was ordered to show cause why he should not be reinstated. students rally to reinstate him.
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New York
Georgetown College
Justice Barnard
District Supreme Court
W. E. Gannon
Young Gannon
Gannon
Southern Railway Company
Broadway
Wilton J Lambert
H.v
Buel
Ais
Petitoner
Young Anon
Father Buel
New York City
Judson W. Lyons
Register of the Treasury
Washington
Mr. Lyons
Denial of Panama Revolution Reports by Colombian Minister
Senor Don Diego Mendoza the Colombian minister in Washington denies Panamanian cable reports that a revolution started in Anhogos against Gen Reyes led by Generals Gonzalez Valencia and Ospina. He cites an official Gonzalez Valencia document praising peace and commercial credit and notes Gen Ospina's well known patriotism.
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Panama
Senor
Don Diego Mendoza
Washington
Gen. Reyes
Gonzalez Valencia
Ospina
Oppose the EightHour Amendment by Kinights of Labor
The District Assembly Kinights of Labor opposed the amendment to the urgent deficiency appropriation bill that would extend work beyond eight hours on the Panama Canal. They instructed their legislative committee to protest suspending the eight hour law and argued Americans should have priority for canal labor. The bill passed the House with amendments and faces Senate review as other labor groups plan action.
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District Assembly
No. Oo
Kinights of Labor
Panan Canal
United States
Senate
Moran Sentenced to Jail and Fine After Court Laughter
Judge Kimball sentenced George Moran a man of color to sixty days in jail and a 20 dollar fine for beating his wife. Moran fell from his chair in the courtroom as the sentence was pronounced, delaying proceedings while spectators and officers laughed at the incident.
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Chait
Kimball
George Moran
Morgan
Hegre
Hi Wife
Delegates Urge Description on Naturalization Certificates
Report from the National Civic Federation immigration conference in New York City shows delegates Messrs Simon Wolf William F Gude Fred A Fenning William F Downey and M I Weller played key roles. Commissioner Macfarland praised results and a Weller motion led to a resolution requiring naturalization certificates to include a personal description to curb fraud and improve conditions.
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National Civic Federation
New York City
Messis
Simon Wolf
William F. Gude
Fred A. Fenning
William F. Downey
M. I. Weller
Macfarland
Weller
Mr. Weller
Groundhog Day beliefs stir old superstition article
The piece recounts Groundhog Day as a farmer’s omen with a long history, claiming a shadow forecasts a longer winter and a clouded sky promises early spring. It links the tradition to Candlemas and ancient Roman rites, noting the groundhog’s “weather bureau” role and broader cultural echoes.
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Julius Caesar
Rome
Grunkenness
Orders Dinner and Dies at Raleigh Hotel
Charles M. Kanouse, 51, a General Land Office clerk, collapsed after ordering dinner at the Raleigh Hotel Rathskeller, dying of heart failure. A Wisconsin native who came to Washington 26 years ago leaves two daughters, Elele Banouse and Addie T. Kanouse. The report also notes a lecture on Our New Navy at Armstrong Manual Training School and Senate Military Affairs actions naming Brig. Gen. Davis as Judge Advocate General and Brig. Gen. Crozier as chief of ordnance. A Navy-related warehouse storage facility is planned on Forsure’s Wharf to support forts downriver.
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Raleigh
Charles M. Kanouse
General Land Office
Nis
Mr. Kanouse
Kanouse
Ninth Streets
Wisconsin
Washington
Elele Banouse
Addie T. Kanouse
Armstrong Manual Training School
H. H. Smith
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Smith
Missirginia
Normandy
George B. Davis
William Crozier
Grdmmance
Senate Committee
Shriners After Pianola Contest Gains Momentum
Daughters of the American Revolution and the Mystic Shrine join the Washington Post pianola contest. Florence Crittenton Mission led by Mrs Kate Waller Barrett increases campaigning. Hope and Help Mission workers and Florence Crittenton officers, including James T Petty and Thomas Jarvis, push for votes as subscriptions rise for certificates.
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Washington Post
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mystic Shrine
Florence Crittenton Mission
Kate Waller Barrett
The
Hope and Help Mission
Wilberforce College invites Roosevelt to jubilee exercises
Prof Horace Talbert visited the Waite House to invite President Roosevelt to attend Wilberforce University golden jubilee events beginning June 12. Roosevelt said he would answer later. Talbert delivered thanks for detailing a Tenth Cavalry lieutenant to drill students. Wilberforce, founded 1856, benefited from Carnegie funding for a library and a new building due for the jubilee.
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Wilberforce College
Horace Talbert
Wilberforce University
Zenka
Ohio
Waite House
Roosevelt
Talbert
Colbert's Release Likely After Wife Plea to Judge Kimball
Michael F. Colbert, convicted of beating his wife, faces release today after an appeal for liberty from his spouse. A letter from Colbert's wife describes destitution and asks the judge to grant his immediate release. Colbert was sentenced to ninety days on January 17 and the magistrate planned to admonish him before releasing him.
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Michael F. Colbert
Kimball
Colbert
Judge Kimball
Mattern Found Guilty In Police Court Betting Case
Mattern proprietor of a Seventh street cigar store was found guilty by a jury in the Police Court of violating the handbook law. Sentence was deferred pending an appeal. Manuel Kane’s case on the same charge was continued to morning, and Ezra P. Collins’s until witnesses are ready. Policeman Holmes testified he bet on a race with Mattern, with envelopes showing other bets offered as evidence.
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J. &. Mattern
Seventh Street
Manuel Kane
Ezra P. Collins
Holmes
Mattern
Grape-Nuts Claims Help For an Ohio Woman
An Ohio woman from Tarbert on reports dramatic relief from stomach distress after two years on Grape-Nuts with no medicines. She says her energy and mental alertness improved, allowing daily walks and productive work. The testimonial cites Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville as supporting materials.
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Ohio
Tarberton
Postum Co
Wattle Creek
Mich
Pin Rouses Poor 10 Ends as Auto Man Feigns Life
In front of a Ninth Street cigar shop a wax Indian automaton drawn by Harry Le Bresque provokes a crowd. William Cudlif bets 10 on whether the figure is real, pins it in his coat, and is escorted to the First precinct on an assault charge after a volatile confrontation that ends with Le Bresque planning a court defense.
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William Cudlif
H. T. Ofter
Ninth Street Northwest
Harry le Bresque
Geronimo
Cudalif
Cudhf
Cudlif
Cuditf
Cudif
WANTS ALL DATA OF WRECK Steamers Topeka Queen to face Valencia inquiry
The Department of Commerce ordered a thorough investigation into the Valencia disaster and the conduct of officers aboard the steamers Topeka and Queen. Secretary Metcalf telegraphed a full inquiry, hearings for survivors, and a complete report to be forwarded to the department for review by a special committee led by Laurence Q Murray, with Gen. George Uhler and Herbert Knox Smith. Senator Ankeny urged lighthouse construction near the wreck site to improve maritime safety.
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Queen
Valencia
Department of Commerce
Lapor
Metcalf
Steamboat Inspection Service
Seattle
Wash
Topeka
Department of Commerce and Labor
Laurence Q Murray
George Uhler
Herbert Knox Smith
Slocum Asse Eters
Roosevelt
Ankeny
Pacific
Alencia
Prof Evans Critically Ill in Washington Home
Prof D J Evans long aepacement is critically ill at his room 812 Thirteenth street northwest in Washington. Known to the literary set for verses and short stories in The Sunday Post and other papers, he came from Kansas twenty years ago where he held public roles including superintendent of public instruction at Topeka and editor of the Kansas Educational Journal. He was allied with Senator Ingalls and has a volume of poems and stories in press.
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Lyman F W. Cushing
Robert Armour
Shroasmaster
Americaun
Loyal Legion
Wiliam P. Huxford
Washington Gardner
Michigan
Gen Chaffee
Lfe
Mr. Gardner
D. J. Evans
Rooma
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Evans
Washington
Sunday Post
Kansas
Topeka
Philadelphia
Senate
Kansas Eucational Journal
Kafizas
Senator Ingalls
Hamilton Prepares to Die on Scaffold After Jealous Murder
William Walter Hamilton, a Black man convicted of murdering the woman he loved, prepared for execution at 4:45 AM. He was baptized in prison, expressed remorse and desire for peace, and said he might not speak at the death. The scaffold was tested and limited witnesses will attend. Hamilton urged others to follow the narrow path.
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William Walter Hamilton
Mr. Travis
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
John Roberts
Harris
Hamilton
Pyesus
Weather Conditions and Cold Wave Forecast Across Regions
The Weather Bureau reports a pronounced high pressure system bringing a broad cold snap. Lake region and Central valleys see 10 to 32 degrees drop from Wednesday, with many areas 5 to 24 degrees below average. A cold wave is ordered for the Ohio Valley and other regions, with winds brisk along coasts and warmer conditions in the Northwest and Upper Mississippi Valley on Friday and Saturday. Local readings include midnight 36, 2am 30, 4am 3, 8am 1, 12pm 42, with a maximum 42 and minimum 26. Rainfall minimal to none, sunshine near 10 hours, and temperatures compared with last year show higher readings in some cities.
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S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Laks
New England
Lake Meglon
Ohio
Mississippi
Middle Atlantic States
New York
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
South Atlantic States
Northwest
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Great Lakes
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Gulf States
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Banks
Kentucky
Lake Region
Chinames Meet President and Indianapolis Chinatown Leaders
Chinamen May Kee and Pang Gawk Yuan, prominent Indianapolis Chinatown figures, met President Roosevelt yesterday. Both American citizens, May Kee has lived in the United States 47 years. Also noted, the Comptroller of the Currency issued a call on national banks as of January 23.
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Overstrest
Indiana
Roosevelt May Kee
Chinatown
Indianapolis
Pang Gawk Yuan
May Hee
Comptroller of the Currency
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Gen. Chaffee
Dick Galls
Spooner
Isthmian Commission
Sergt
Henry Havelock Pierce
Newfarther
Orther
Hotel
Gannonwac
Denies Revolution Report
Colombia
Knights of Labor
Orde
Hotel Rathskeller
Amy
Forsbure
Ninth Street
Quartermasters Department
Rnited States Army
Shriners
Daughters of the American Revolution
Matchtown
Pin Rouses
Prof. Evans
Thirteenth Street
Arie TH
Lansburgh & Bro
Silk
IOC Sec
Lyon
Negro
Travis
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Biemarck
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
V. Cinamaty
W . Cheyenne
Who
Davenport
Cole
Denver
Des Moines
Omaisa
Fitteburg
Salt Lake City
St. Louis
Bt Paul
Min
Springfield
Vickabarg
Peter Grogan
American Security’ and Trust Company
Pennsylvania Ave
Washburn's
Pillsbury’s
Cleveland
G. G. Cornwell & Son
Penn. Avenue
Oppenheimer’s
Oth
Tharp
Berkeley
Fsit
N. W
Lyons
Christian Xander
7Th St
Lchiye
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