Navy Defends Fleet Strength Amid Criticism and Reform
Washington Post summary of naval analyst Newberry rebutting George Turner Turner’s charge that reforms are needed. He argues the fleet and docks are up to date and the Navy is second to none, noting large plants like Cavite and the Washington gun factory must be maintained.
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Cavite
Philippines
Pacific
Washington
Turner
Newberry
Navy Yarda
United States
Navy
Congress
Beloved Infant Interred After February Death
An obituary notice details the death and interment of an infant, child of Shir Do and Adda, with funeral arrangements and relatives listed. The service is noted for a private interment at Woodlawn Cemetery on a Saturday, following religious rites at St Mars Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beate Paco
Shir Do
Adda
Jacob
Anne
Hebruars
Girl Swindled of $20 by Suave Stranger at Office
A well dressed man and two young women entered the Kletschman Company office and requested change for $20. One woman handed over the money and received an envelope later found to contain only slips of paper, totaling $9, as the stranger vanished with no arrest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kletschman Company
Jim
Boy Sleuth Nets Burglar In Washington Case
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago recounts a boy sleuth using mimicry to trap a burglar. The youth commanded the suspect to face the wall and hand over a Colt pistol as a policeman moved in, ending with the arrest in the street.
Barefoot 10-Year-Old Saves Brothers From Fire in Pittsburgh
Annie Lubowitz, impoverished by her mother’s inability to buy shoes, ran barefoot through flames in her burning home to rescue her six month old brother from a blazing cradle. She then saved a six year old sibling and guided neighbors to evacuate the remaining family. No serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Annie Lubowitz
Annie
District Railways Urge Changes to Kenilworth Line Cars
Secretary Eddy of the District electrics railway commission submits recommendations on Kenilworth and Columbia line service, two running boards, airbrakes, line adequacy, and crowding. Officials debate safety, schedule, and open cars while the commission awaits next week’s action and addresses a Benning line stop complaint.
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Dells District
Old Dominion
Eddy
District Electrics Railway Commission
Kenileworth
Columbia
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Holdy
Indy
Kenilworth
Fifteenth
H Streets
Sony
Fourteenth Street
Oddy
Old Dominion Lane
Dismet Railway Commission
Great Falls
District Commission
Benning
Oscar Hammerstein Fracas Focuses On First Contact
New York witnesses testified in a four magistrate assault case over a melee outside the Knickerbocker Hotel ten days earlier. Oscar Hammerstein denied recognizing a request for an apology and said a man at the Manhattan Opera House asked him to retract remarks. James Doyle and Fred M Hall defended themselves, claiming Hammerstein’s actions prompted the altercation.
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Hammerstein
Washington Post
New York Tech
Dan Finn
William J. Heney
Oscar Hammersein
James Doyle
Fred M Hat
Knic
Erbocker
Tall and Doyle
Doyle
Hall
Beattie
Oscar
Manhattan Opera House
Trainer chewed by lion in Albany carnival
Albany Ga Feb 4 A tiger attacked animal trainer Capt Cardo during a street carnival show tripping and fading to the cage floor. His arms neck and head were mangled and bruised. Samuel Farkas pushed the tiger with a cane allowing others to rescue Cardo. Trainer Christo Watericn was also scratched by a puma it is feared he will lose an eye.
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Albany
Cardo
Samuel Farkas
Card
Eufl
Christo Watericn
Khedivah and Princess Injured in Suez Road Crash
Special cable from Cairo reports Khedivah Hamement and Princess Nazleh Hamem injured when their car fell into a ditch on the Suez road. The Khedivah suffered serious contusions and the princess a facial cut. They remained in the desert overnight due to exposure and shock.
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Suez Road
Washington Post
Cairo
Khedivan
Eagle snatches infant from Pitcairn farm yard
A farmer in Pitcairn Adirondacks area barely saved his year old daughter when an eagle seized her from the barnyard. After a short chase the eagle dropped the child unharmed onto a roof. the father then fired a shot, injuring the bird a little before it flew away unscathed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Adirondacks
Pitcairn
Olettres
Olmtree
Fifty Cabinet Eligibles Named for Taft Administration
A long list of over 50 Republican figures is named as potential Taft cabinet members. The roster spans states and roles including Knox, Burton, Spooner, Bacon, Pardee, Roberts, Reynolds, and many others across secretary of state, treasury, war, navy, interior, agriculture, commerce, and labor posts, with names from Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa, California, and more. Several prominent figures are noted as possible appointees while Taft remains Panama-bound and away from comment.
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William Howard Taft
Hall of Fame
Ig Giew
Republican Party
Taft
Chicago
Anantas Club
Tatt Club
Ust
Panama
Tme
Philander Chase Knox
Pennaylvania
Representaiive
T E Burton
Ohio
Robert Bacon
New York
John C Spooner
Wicansin
the Treasury
T LC Burton
Gay Wyron Therrick
Meyer
Massachusetts
William Loeb Jr
George C Pardee
California
Geonge W Roberts
Iowa
Geonge M Reynolds
Tia
Henty L Stimpson
George W Wickershan
William Nelson Cromwell
Henry V. Hoyt
Pennsylvania
Wadf Ellie
Frank B Kellogg
Mimnendta
George A Knight
NAVY
Truman W. Newberry
Ienigan Willa Lobb
Oregon
Four
J McCoole
Large Wright
Tennessee
Bascom Slems
Virginia
Charles EF Magoon
Nebraska
Frank Hitchcock
James Ahemenway
Indiana
Senate
Cnesturt Long
Kansas
Interior
Richard A Ballinger
Wacington
Henry W Scott
Charles Nagel
Missouri
Alfred Blittredge
South Dakota
James R.garfield
Agriculture
James Wilson
Giffond Pinchot
Frank U Lowden
Iine
Commerce and Labor
Oscar 3 Strals
William FO Owneeler
William Lote Jr
Chamber of Commerce Directors Elect New Officers and Members
The Washington Chamber of Commerce held a Wednesday session to name Lisner as treasurer and appoint Thomas Grant secretary for another term while adding numerous new members. Directors endorsed bills on district affairs including public school teacher retirement, plumbing regulations, and builder licensing, with recommendations sent to Senate and House committees.
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Lisner
Congress
Acton
Board of Directors
Chamber of
Chepin Brown
Senate
Brown
Peary
Washlington, Baltimore and Annapolis Railway Company
Treasure
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Grant
C Stiles
Mr Gude
Messrs Harper, Dulin
Chapin Brown
Emmett Adams
William B Brown
A E Beck
Taslor Carter
Harry B
Denham Ruther L Derrick JS Goldsmith
George 3
Hooker
Henry J Hunted
Willam Darche
Willam I Matteson
N A Merritt
R I. Middleton
Fred W Miller
Fred Woodville Miller
Louis Ockerhausen
Frank H Pierce John Poole
Richard Playm
George E Reed
Prank Reid
John
Arthur Steinberg
William J Wasner
David F Weaver
Board of
Urectors
Manufactures
Moses
James F
Oyster
George F Schutt
Allen_D
Anacostia Fats
Albert Schultes
Forter Charities
T C Noyes
P_M
L' Smelair
Chama Brown
P May
Skaufman
Bell
Ligner House
William & Shannon
William B Shannon
Joseph Rehardson
Tee
Mr Moses
T Noyes
R Golden Donaldson
E @ Graham
John L Weaver
D J Callahan
Jury acquits Mrs Dunphy in Chicago robbery case
Chicago February four Mrs Martha Mabelle Dunphy wife of Dr John M Dunphy of Boston was acquitted yesterday of breaking into trunks and robbing Charles Giles of Doncaster Massachusetts of 38000 at a city hotel The jury deliberated twenty minutes and the verdict drew cheers from the defendant who may return to Boston Attorney Brady dismissed Giles as a moneylender and accused him of pursuing Mrs Dunphy across the country to force marriage and ruin her social position
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Chicago
Martha
Mabelle Dunphy
John M Dunphy
Boston
Charles BR Giles
Doncaster
Mass
Dunphy
James Brady
Giles
Brady
Jum
Mrs Nelson Dingley Sues For Estate Accounting
Selome M Dingley of Lewiston Maine wife of the late Congressman Nelson Dingley filed in Kalamazoo Michigan chancery court for an accounting from her son Edward W Dingley former Kalamazoo Telegraph manager. The bill accuses mismanagement and misapplication of funds including items totaling about 184000 on the books with only 9 in the dentals and alleges a 329000 personal draw by Dingley. The 77 year old widow has pursued action amid demands from two children for an accounting of the estate, including an action in Maine probate court.
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San Sperlal
Kalamazoo
Mich
Selome M Dingiey
Lewiston
Nelson Dingies
Chancery Division
Circuit Court
Edward W Dingley
Bil
Senator Aldrich Dinner With Columbia President Guests
Senator Nelson W Aldrich of Rhode Island attended a private dinner at President Nicholas Murray Butler's home in New York. The National Monetary Commission chairman spoke on currency revision and measures to meet monetary stringencies at the gathering with economists and financiers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nelson W Aldrich
Rhode Island
Nicholas Murray Butter
Columbia University
Aldrich
National Monetary Commission
Butler
More graft indictments in Pittsburg councilmen case
Grand jury returns new indictments against Pittsburg councilmen John F Klein John Watson and William Brand and former bankers William Ramsey and A A Vilsack in bribery cases connected to city depositories and a Fourth Street paving ordinance. Conspiracy to pass the paving measure linked to German National Bank officials is alleged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Cousaimen
John F Klein
John Watson
William Brand
Wiliam Ramsey
A A. Vilsack
German National Bank
Fourth S Avenue
Paderewski Files $2000 Insurance Claim for Finger Injury
Pianist Ignace Paderewski, whose Carnegie Hall recital was postponed due to a finger wound, withdraws 2000 from an insurer. The injury, though minor, prompts a delay for healing and a rescheduled Washington concert in early March. Insurance on performers' fingers and other body parts is noted, with agents alleged to target stage stars and showgirls.
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Paderewski
Jan Ignece Paderewski
Washington
Paserewski
Carnegie Hall
New York
Jose F de Navarro Dead Father of Antonio de Navarro
Jose Francisco de Navarro former director of Equitable Life Assurance Society dies at 71 in Porty-sixth street home after four weeks illness. Born in San Sebastian Spain he built the first steamship line in the United States and helped create the first elevated railway and Portland cement industry. Survived by wife Mary Anderson and two sons Alfonso and Antonio.
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New York
Jose Francisco de Navarro
Equplitable Life Assurance Society
Antonio de Navarro
Mary Anderson
Porty-sixth Street
San Sebastian
Spain
Alfonso
Antonio
de Navarro
United States
Spanish Royal Naval Academy
False priest disguise used in matrimonial scam found
In Cleveland a man identified as Horthy, a 4-L A Horthy, posed as a Catholic priest to run a fake matrimonial agency. He sought suitors for an orphan girl with a fortune, charged applicants, and stored over 300 letters in his office. He was jailed and held to the Federal grand jury under $35,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Omo
Horthy
Federal Grand Jury
Earl's Brother Near End Frozen on Bear Hunt in Canada
Eastcourt Howard brother of the Earl of Suffolk lies dying after a bear and moose hunt in British Columbia. He and Baron Schaffer were frozen as rescue failed. If he survives doctors fear amputation of his right foot and several fingers, and he wishes to reach London first.
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Canada
London
Washington
Banff
Columbia
Howard
Schaffer
Bani
Lannon
Tloward
Carl of
Suffolk
Daisy Letter
Waltera Art Galleries Open in Baltimore Guests Include Mrs Roosevelt
Baltimore Md Feb 4 the Waltera Art Galleries opened to the public for the first time. Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Douglas Robinson visited with Mr Charles J Bonaparte. Visitors toured the loggia Louis Quatorze and Louis Seize rooms and saw the 100 miniatures and famed paintings The Strawberry Girl The Ocean Oedipus and Sphina are highlighted in the collection.
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Waltera Art
Baltimore
Washington Post
Baltior
Waltera
Roosevelt
Douglas Robinson
W S Cowles
Charles J Bonaparte
France
England
Wellington
Joshua Reynolds
Fritz Thurlow
J A d'Ingres
Harriman pool breaks Sid Love in Southern Pacific rise
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports Sid ney L Loves fortunes were swept away in a Southern Pacific rise from around a to 12 percent. He was short and kept increasing his load, the Harriman pool taking all the stock and eventually breaking him. Mrs Love has a personal estate of 2000 dollars held in trust by Northern Trust Bank. Friends say her finances are comfortable only through others. Byron L Smith, president of Northern Trust, holds her funds, leaving her unable to protect herself as Love retires from business after amassing wealth for emergencies.
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Washington Root
Chicago
Broberg
Sidney L
Pacifle
Harriman Pool
Byron L Smith
Northern Trust Company
Burglars Strike City as One Suspect Is Captured
Police report a Wednesday night burglary spree in Washington’s Tenth precinct. Sergt Harry arrested one burglar after a struggle near Fourteenth street, while a second man escaped toward Piney Branch road. A third suspect fled on a Brightwood avenue car. Jewelry and cash totaling over $700 were stolen from two homes and two stores, one owned by George C. Allemus, with a later theft at J Stone’s. A jimmy tool was found. letters to Sing Sing prisoners were found on the captured man.
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Washington
Tenth Precinct
Harry
Arthur L . Evans
Fourteenth Street
Lieut Peck
Weedon
Evans
Mra Wualler B. Hilton
Delafield Place
Hutona
Sam
Jimmy
Dcvans
Fourteenth
Emerson Streets
Sergi Harry
Sergt Harry
Piney Branch Road
Emerson Street
Brightwood Avenue
Tenta Precinct
Sing Sing
George C. Allemus
Eighteenth Street Northwest
J Stone
Altemus Place
Lincoln and Booth A Chronicle of Their Last Days
Clara E Laughlin profiles Lincoln and Booth with a vivid sketch of Lincoln's death and pursuit of Booth. The issue features a host of unusual pieces by Eugene Poyle Jr and Fritz Duquesne, plus Rex Beach's The Silver Horde and stories by Conrad and others.
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Lincoln
Booth
Clara E Laughlin
John Wilkes Booth
Eugene Poyle, Jr
Rex Beach
Northwest
Joseph Conrad
Emerson Hough
Mary Heaton Vorse
Elliott Flower
Jean Webster
Mary Mullett
Ward Marr
Thaw appeals for freedom from Maltes custody
Hari K Thaw, acquitted of murder last year, appeals from commitment to the Matteawan Asylum. He argues the verdict implied no finding of persistent insanity and says the penal code section under which he was confined is unconstitutional. He stresses the lack of due process and seeks release pending further appellate review.
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Poughkeepsie
Hari K ‘Thas
Matterman Asylum
Todas
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TOY
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Wolo
Pat Wei
Strnigter Ptaturs Dispatch
Lobe Poviderce Journal
Heralds
Noosa Feria
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Pust Standard
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Modern Crematorium
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Geo. C. Shaffer
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Senator Aldrich
Nicholas Murray
Jose F. DE Navarro
Equitable Life
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Harriman
Love
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Ome
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Admiral Evans
Hampton’s Magazine
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Fritz Duquesne
Charles Edward Russell
Hampton
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John Joy Edsor
Peter Grogan
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