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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1913

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Police Captain Walsh Plots Graft Testimony to Higher Ups

New York: Captain Walsh, accused by Patrolman Fox of taking graft for five years, confesses to District Attorney Whitman. Walsh says two higher officers in the police department shared Fox’s bribes. his wife pleads for mercy as justice presses. Whitman to summon a police inspector as grand jury indictments loom.

New York Fec Thomas W. Walsi Eugene Fox Whitman Fox Whitdt Iinit Walsh Attermer Whitman Evry Cent Jim T Te Cent Walsh Anouint Pustii Waleb Warhe Ntte Meridae Tle Palice Whittii Groehl Cotera Wales Criminal Courts Vine Tecrone Jones Supreme Court Goff Gulf F Ox Tomorr

Poat Want Ads Free in The Post Classifieds

Local classified columns in The Post advertise free want ads with no charge for advertising space. Readers are urged to use the column to secure results and reach eager buyers or sellers.

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Assails American Envoys In Havana Disorder

The Cuban newspaper Cuba accuses American Minister Arthur M. Beaupre and Secretary Hugh Gibson of engineering protest notes for personal gain. It cites bank gains and remittances tied to their actions tied to Enrique Maza, jailed for attacking Gibson last July, and notes past expulsion of Cuba’s editor and business manager.

Havana Cuba Arthur M. Beaupre Legation Hugh Gibson Cubon Washington Beaupre Spain Gomez Enrique Maza

Rochester riot turns deadly as shopkeeper fires on crowd

Val entine Sauter, proprietor of a Rochester clothing shop, fired one shell from a shotgun into a protesting crowd of garment workers. A 17 year old striker Ida Braeman was killed and several others injured as stones were thrown. Sauter was arrested on murder charges as police prepared further arrests for rioting. A mediation effort and a Newark settlement attempt were noted as others sought to resolve the wider strike.

Rochester Garment New York Heston Valentine Sauter Xitt Ida Braeman Sauter An Wfert Sauter Fred Miss Braeman Iman James McManus State Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration Newark

Murdered French justice official linked to Bonnot gang

Edouard Peltier a high official in the French justice department was found strangled in his Paris home. A nurse tending him was also killed with an ax. Police link the double murder to the Bonnot gang and an automobile bandit ring. About $1000 was stolen.

Paris Edouard Peltier Department of Justice Peltier Bureau of Pardons Ministry of Justice Bonnot

Turks in Battles Is Key to Constantinople

London reports Bulgarian focus on Adrianople bombardment and Gallipoli assault aimed at opening the Dardanelles. Greek navy supports the Gallipoli push while Monastir remnants seize Koritza. Turkish finances collapse as crown jewels and treasury bonds are floated amid wartime misery.

Dardanelles Monastir Porte London Adrianople Gallipoli Sofia Tchatalja Constantinople Gulf of Saros The Standard Koritza Dremier M. Venizelos Turkey Egypt India Athens Janina War Office Mahmoud Shefket Pasha Panse Tehatalja

Parcel post tale from Westinghouse grip mishap

A Westinghouse Electric representative recounts shipping a grip from Pittsburgh by parcel post, only to receive it back as a letter with 64 cents postage due. The man laments the costly mistake and jokes about the trunk and extra charges he could have faced.

Washington Post New York Parcel Post Westinghouse Electric Company Pittsburgh

Three Wives Plead For Him In Bigamy Sentencing

New York reports Isidore Steinberg sentenced to a year and a half in prison after admitting two wives and presenting a third in court. The three wives testified with dramatic questions to the judge as one noted she and the others rival each other at Hester, Cannon, and Rutgers streets.

New York Isidore Steinberg Steinberg Russia Stenberg Isidor

Attempt to Kill Ruler in El Salvador Conspiracy Unfolds

An assassination attempt on Salvadoran President Manuel H. Araujo wounded him but not seriously. A Guatemalan leader named Virgidlo Mulatillo, newly arrived, confessed the plot originated in Guatemala City and he was sent to San Salvador to execute it. Julian Effinge, "The Fascinating Widow," is noted in the item.

San Salvador Salvador Manuel H. Araujo Virgidlo Mulatillo Muratillo Araujo Guatemala City

Colorado Senate talks on women drinking rate

Senator John Hecker of Denver claimed that twenty women to one man in Denver drink intoxicating liquor and drink more than men. Senator Helen King Robinson denounced the Washington quote as insulting to Colorado women and threatened to move Hecker’s expulsion if repeated.

Denver Colo Fel Colorado Senate John Hecker Helen King Robinson Colorado Washington Hecker Robinson Senate

Dog brain graft attempt at University Hospital

In Ann Arbor on February 6, surgeons at University Hospital performed a pioneering operation transferring a dog's brain into a man's skull to treat a brain abscess. W A Smith of Kalamazoo had the diseased brain portion removed and replaced with the canine brain. he rested comfortably and was said to have a good chance at recovery.

Ann Arbor Mich University Hospital W. A Gmith Kalamazoo Smith

Vas Sar toboggan tragedy narrows to ice and rescue

Five Vas sar students tumbled onto an artificial pond at Vassar. Elizabeth B. Mylod of Poughkeepsie drowned as others were rescued after cries for help were heard by Prof. George B. Shattuck. Miss Phebe Briggs of Sacramento and Laura Reimer Kingston aided a third girl to shore.

Prof. Shattuck Phebe Briggs Sacramento Poughkeepsie Elizabeth B. Mylod Toboggap, “Bealdes- Mige’Mylod, Were’ Myra’ Hurst, of New Hamburg, N. v Mile Dred Keniston Cambridge, Mass Laura Reimer Kingston, N Anna J. Oldham Cleveland Ohio Sunset Hill George B. Shattuck Cal Mylod John J. Mylod

Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst Sentenced to Two Weeks

In London Bow Street court Sylvia Pankhurst was sentenced to two weeks imprisonment or a 10 fine for taking part in the January 28 raid on the House of Commons. She proclaimed as she left the court that she will not serve the sentence.

Sylvia Pankhurst Dundee Scotland Asquith London Bow Street House of Commons Flora Drummond Miss Pankhurst

Steel Strike Ends at Rankin and Braddock Plants

Pittsburgh area strike at American Steel and Wire Company plants ends as national AFL organizer Thomas Flynn urges remaining workers to return. Desertions leave under 200 still on strike. Flynn says skilled workers quitting undermined the action.

Pittsburgh Rankin and Braddock American Steel and Wire Company United States Steel Corporation Thomas Flynn

Mystery of the Deep Echoes Marie Celeste Case

A British tank steamer Roumanian, off Newport News on February 5, recued the Norwegian bark Remittent adrift near the Azores after her crew vanished during a gale. The Remittent, once manned, drifted for days with water and stores intact but no clue to its crew. The Roumanian abandoned the prize as father seas rose, leaving the fate of both crews unknown.

Batk Azores Gale Hatteras Newport News Port Arthur Cape Henry Crows Nest Claridge Roumanian Clartige Torgersen Rilo Grande Do Sul Livernoal

Helen Keller Declares Love for Music and Flowers

New York February 5 Miss Helen Keller the deaf and blind woman entertained at the Astor Hotel declaring she could dance and turkey trot and loved music in her own deaf way. She said she could waltz with Donald Brian and if she had as much practice and paid she could waltz better.

Helen Keller Washington Post New York Flowers Helen ¥eNer Astor Hotel Donald Brian

Five Delaware? sinks with towboat Monarch sinking

Five men aboard the sowboat Monarch owned by Belzoni Lumber Co were drowned when the vessel sank Monday night in Tchula Lake near Wickspire Mississippi. Information came tonight to Superintendent Herris of Houston Lumber Co.

Wickspire Miss Monarch Belzoni Lumber Company Belzoni, Miss Tchula Lake Herris Houston Lumber Company

New York Police Graft and riot deaths headline index

Index to today's issue lists items across pages including Bates New York Police Graft, Girl Striker Killed in Riot, Turks in Three Battles, Vassar Student Drowned, Mystery of the Deep Sea, Former Senator Foraker Bunkeed, Defense of F O Beach, plus society and sports notes, insurance, and upcoming events.

Bates New York Vassar Foraker Bunkeed F. O. Beach Senate Redfield Bradley Martin London C. of C Harvester Company Central High

Castro to dine with Sulzer in Albany visit

Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela accepted an invitation to lunch with Governor Sulzer in Albany tomorrow. He will travel to be in New York Friday for the habeas corpus writ argument.

New York Cipriano Castro Venezuela Gov. Sulzer Albany

Foraker Is Bunkoed in Envelope Scam

Former Senator Joseph B. Foraker fell victim in New York to a con man posing to exchange small bills for larger denominations. He handed over $90 in gold notes and a $10 bill, then trusted the man with a sealed envelope that contained only tissue paper. A trained associate, George F. Deisler, opened the envelope to confirm the fraud, leaving Foraker and Deisler to hurry to the train with no time to investigate.

Washington Post New York Joseph B. Foraker Cincinnati Pestral Abe Toledo Railway and Light Company Washington Jon Senator Foraker Mr. Foraker George F. Deisler Deisler Deisier Waldorf- Astoria Loth

Battles With Mad Cat Endangers Child In Pittsburgh

In Pittsburgh on February 3 Harry Ewalt of Hematead tried to save his three year old niece from a maddened family cat. The cat felled Ewalt, inflicting severe cuts to his face neck and arms before he finally overpowered the animal. The Maltese cat had long been the family pet and attacked the girl during the struggle. The assailant was aided by Ewalt who after a desperate fight managed to seize the cat by the neck and drag it away. He then struck the animal on the head to end the threat.

Wiece Pittsburgh Harry Shealt Hematead Ewalt Agsein Ewak Exwalt Beach Family C. D

Defense of Beach Grewsome Test Is Made

Frederick C Beach plans to testify in his assault trial as his wife follows. The defense disputes the state's blood evidence from a jeweled knife used in the alleged attack in February at the Beach winter home yard. Expert witnesses discuss whether blood traces exist and if a blade could have been broken by a blow, with Dr Hartridge and Dr Oertell offering competing opinions.

Beach Masting’ Wyman,‘ Jr Giles Augusta C. D. Partridge University of Georgia Columbia D. C Boykin Mims Mims Hartridge Sweenen T. F. Oertell

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