Insurance suit targets Redfield as judge and prosecutor
Insurance firms demand Rep William C Redfield retire from the House insurance investigating committee accusing him of combining roles of advocate and judge and labeling Commissioner Judson a military despot. They allege defendants were denied a chance to explain irregularities and press for action while the inquiry continues. the committee deliberates as the motion is filed.
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Aitpenses
William C. Redfeld
New York
House Insurance Investigating Committee
Sire
Ouch
Redfield
Married couple funeral notices and obituaries update
An obituary and funeral notice dense with details for multiple individuals. Charles Panta and Rosamond Silt Piatlor are noted among mourners. William Bligh, Edward and others are named with addresses and scheduled services. Interment planned at Oak Creek Cemetery. services to be held February 3 and February 4, 1913, with various attendees invited.
Bulgars and Turks in Battle Raise Alarm Over Insurance Probe
The text recounts a committee hearing where Redfield is accused of mixing roles as prosecutor and witness against District insurance companies. Carusi criticizes Engineer Commissioner Judson and describes the insurance actions as a remarkable occurrence, likening the proceedings to military despotism and stressing the companies’ alleged success as their only offense.
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Redfields
Ingham
Col. Judson
Redfield
Carusi
Charles A. Douglas
Judson
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Berlin
New York
St. Louis
United States
Strikers Fire Into Town Amid West Virginia Mine Trouble
In Cabin and Paint Creek districts near Kanawha County West Virginia a night of firing perforated most buildings in Acme mining town with more than 300 shots. No injuries reported. Sheriff Borner Hill asked Gov Glasscock to send Adjutant General Eliott II to investigate. Martial law remains in effect as troops may be redeployed after tomorrow's planned inquiry.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cabin
Paint Creek
West Virginia
Borner Hill
Cabin Creek
W. E. Glasscock
Eliott ii
Acme
Eskdale
Glasscock
Kanawha County
Bradley Martin Dies in London Society Leader of Two Worlds
New York society magnate Bradley Martin died in London after influenza developed into pneumonia. He was 71 or 72, with a vast American fortune that largely passed to his daughter Cornelia, now Countess of Craven. His funeral plans hinge on the arrival of his son and brother from New York.
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Son
Europe
Bradley Martin
London
New York
Martin
Cornelia
Earl of Craven
Hard
Countess of Craven
Mr Martin
Bradley Martin, Jr
Frederick Townsend Martin
Jurnal
Frederick Townsend
van Rensselaers
Lawrences
Long Island
Albany
Union College
Elliot F. Shepard
Nellie Sherman
Col Shepard
Margaret Vantermill
Miss Sherman
Martins
the Waldorf
Society of the
Countess of Seafield
United States
Hurope
Bradley
America
Train Kills Yard Employee at Union Station Yard
Elmer Mattingly a steamfitting inspector for Washington Terminal Company was found dead beside a track near the K Street tower in the Union Station yard. He had been run over by a train with no witnesses and investigators could not identify which train. Two switching engines passed nearby shortly before the body was found and their crews denied striking anyone. Mattingly, 25, lived at 1st Tenth Street Northeast.
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Elmer Mattingly
Washington Terminal Company
K_ street
Union Station
Mattingly
Tenth Street
Governor defies Wisconsin Senate on Ekern probe
Gov McGovern refused to appear before the state senate committee investigating the removal of Insurance Commissioner H. L. Ekern. In an executive communication he denied the senate’s right to demand his presence and its power to intrude on the executive branch.
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Madison
Wis
McGovern
Senate Committee
H. L. Ekern
Senate
Bomb maker Farrell remanded to Tombs after shifting confessions
New York police doubt the janitor John Paul Farrell is sane as he recants his earlier claim of making bombs that killed Mrs. Madeline Herrera. The case links him to the blast and the 1910s era threats against Mrs. Helen Taylor and Judge Rosalsky, while the grand jury awaits action and the DA weighs competency.
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New York
Helen Taylor
Otto A. Rosalsky
Court of General Sessions
John Paul Farrell
Madeline Herrera
Farrell
Licensed to Marry In Richmond And Other Pairs Listed
A compilation of proposed marriages listing individuals with ages and hometowns in Virginia and nearby states. Names include Florence Dexges, Arthur Burke, Grace Shreve, and many others, with ministers noted for each union.
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Staunton
Donald C MacLeod
Dana C. Post
Helen M. Dick
Charles Wood Wallace A. Plimmons
Inez E. Bull
Hughesville
James
Montgomery
Eugene A. Tracy
South Coventry
Conn
Eloise H. Bunnell
New Haven
Cassius Ti. Cockrill
Marshall
Margaret M. Murphy
Rectortown
J. Carroll Warren C. Lucas
Maybrook
Othel Thomas
Roanoke
H. Greene
John E. Stewart
Sinclair F. Phelps
Clarendon
Theodore M Swann
Edward McCauley, Jr
Jegn Oliver
Pittsburgh
Roland Cotten Sori
William G. Russell
Bila
Hugh C. Grimes
Mosella M. Kenny
Rectorstown
Bev
John €. Ball
Violence rises as Mexican unrest flares into strikes
Four thousand striking miners near Pachuca turn violent after quitting Santa Gertrudis and La Blanca ranches. An American manager was killed and another wounded when strikers opened fire. Rebels burn property at Granadera estate. Rural guards deployed. Nogales braces for renewed Sonora clashes with troops from Hermosillo.
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Mexico
Zapata
Santa Gertrudis
la Blanca Naiunes
Pachuca
Santa Gertrudis Ranch
Granidera
Madero
Zacatecas
Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Hermosillo
Texan in the Cabinet Bryan at head of the Libt
Special to The Washington Post reports strong talk that William Jennings Bryan William G McAdoo and Louis Brandeis will join President elect Wilsons cabinet with a Texas representative likely as Attorney General and W H Morgan House among Texas ties eyed for a key post. Wilson plans inaugural address to be brief and outline legislative goals while cabinet selections underway.
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Washington Post
Trenton
N. J
Whison
William Jennings Bryan
William G. McAdoo
Louis Brandeis
Henry
Col. HE. M. House
Texas
Sabove
Bryan
Commerce and Labor
McAdoo
Gov. Wilson
Treasury
War
Loving Cup for McCombs Is Presented by Associates
National Chairman William F. McCombs of the Democratic National Committee received a gold loving cup from his associates in New York on February 5. Norman Mack, who preceded him as chairman, delivered the presentation speech. Henry Morgenthau spoke for the campaign committee and Martin J. Wade for Iowa. Mack praised McCombs for steering a victory that led to a Democratic President, a Democratic Congress, and more Democratic governors.
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New York
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Norman @. Mack
McCombs
Henry Morgenthau
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
Mack
Troops to pay own way for Wilson inauguration
Albany Feb 5 New York State will not spend money to send troops to the inauguration of President-elect Woodrow Wilson. Gov Sulzer says several organizations will go at their own expense and the state will be adequately represented. Sulzer will ride at the head of New York troops in the inaugural parade.
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New York
Wiitta
Albany
N. Y
New York State
Woodrow Wilson
Sulzer
Fulzer
MISS WILSON IN TABLEAUX IN BALTIMORE
Baltimore February 6 The Angel of Annunciation role in the tableaux vivants The Angels In Art features Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson President elects daughter taking part in the seventh number Baroness Elsi von Blegenleben previously held the part Mrs Charles E Bilicott will host Miss Wilson during her Baltimore visit.
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Baltimore
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Schongauer
Elsi von’ Blegeleben
Henry Woody
Charles E. Bilicott
Miss. Wilson
Bryan Glad to Serve Borrows Baltimore Police Inaugural Aid
Maj Sylvester will marshal fifty Baltimore police for inaugural duties in Washington with support from city chiefs. Col Bryan agrees to attend the inauguration March 4 and may join reception duties. Gen Wood says District National Guard leads the parade with the High School Cadet regiment marching.
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Baltimore
Washington
Richard Sylvester
Police Board of
Sylvester
Senate
Capitol
Wood
District of Columbia National Guard
National Guard
Mnarch
FiveYearOld Accused Of Sabotaging Richmond Rail
Richmond police charge Bernard Shaw five years old with placing obstructions on the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway tracks at Belvidere and Canal streets. He says it was funny to see engines derail and was captured after attempting the stunt again last night.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Bernard Shaw
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Belvidere
Canal Streets
Stevens Weds Nurse in St Louis Amid Peace Congress Ties
Walter B. Stevens, 64, secretary of the city plan commission and former secretary of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, marries Mrs. Sarah Rebecca Croft six weeks after a ceremony. The couple’s union follows Stevens being named secretary of the upcoming fourth annual peace Congress in St. Louis May 1 to 3, amid Jefferson memorial dedication events. Stevens has a background as editor and Washington correspondent for St. Louis newspapers and left Washington at the world’s fair’s organization.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Walter B. Stevens
City Plan Commission
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
Sarah Rebecca Croft
Stevens
Jefferson Memorial
Washington
Aunt Delia Here Today Sparks Last Washington Visit
Milbury Massachusetts February 5 Miss Delia Torrey arrives at the White House for a final visit with her nephew before his retirement. She expects to stay in Washington through winter. she reflects on pie making and jokes about sensational press praise, noting Horace Taft sparked stories, not her pies.
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Milbury
Mass
Delia Torrey
White House
Washington
Miss Torrey
Misa Torrey
Horace Taft
Mrs Ethel Irwin Gregory Joins Alcazar Chorus in San Francisco
Special to The Washington Post from San Francisco February 5 reports Mrs Ethel Irwin Gregory wife of Capt Junius Gregory of the Army Medical Corps has joined the chorus in Talk of New York at the Alcazar Theater appearing first last Monday night. She is noted for a fine voice and is the daughter of a prominent army surgeon. Previously active in Washington society before her marriage.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ethel Irwin Gregory
Junius
Gregory
Army Medical Corps
New York
Alcazar Theater
So ‘Ciety
Washington
Iceberg Scout Planned for North Atlantic Route
London reports that major Atlantic shipping lines will jointly fund sending a vessel equipped with two powerful wireless installations into the north Atlantic ice region. The ship will report icebergs and other dangers to aid navigation.
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London
North Atlantic
Curb on Duma Speeches Surfaces in Russian Case
In St. Petersburg the Council of the Empire ordered the prosecution of socialist deputy Kuznetsov for slander over a Duma speech attacking a fellow member. The court also opened a probe into leaders of an interpellation claiming deputies’ speeches are not parliamentary immune. The senate upheld a lower court verdict finding a Warsaw Polish paper editor guilty of printing a stenographic report of a Duma speech, fueling Russo Polish tensions.
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St. Petersburg
Dusra
Council of the Empire
Kuznetzoff
Duma
Russia
Senate
Warsaw
Jolly Pallbearers Club Hosts Gloomy St Valentine Ball
In a Wellston hall decorated with coffins and shrouds the Jolly Pallbearers Club plans a gloomed Valentine Ball. Members wear crepe badges and the floor committee arrives in a hearse. The grand march will feature a somber dirge and the casket glide as the main dance. Undertakers respond, offering morbid requests and decorating the program with coffin imagery.
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Washington Post
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