Suffragists Rally as Militant Tactics Spark Debate
Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby told a Washington audience that English suffragists used militant methods to win reforms, while urging nonviolence in the United States. The meeting, led by Rev. Olympia Brown and other advocates, covered suffrage issues, street actions, and plans for a March parade along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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United States
Clara Bewick Colby
Federal Woman's Equality Association
New Ebintt
London
Mrs. Colby
England
America
Colby
House Committee
Frengh
Olympia Brown
Wisconsin
Clara W MacNaughton Presched
Wolby
Henri Lows Bergsen
New Abbitt
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Lucy Burns
Brooklyn
F Street
Miss Urns
Wra
Richard Cape Burleson
Burleson
Patricia Street
Australia
Josephine
Fulla Manon
George Gore
Interior
Women arguments win vote rights amendment passage
After hours of debate the Jefferson legislature committees endorsed the proposed constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote, reversing last night’s opposition. The bill now moves toward final passage in both chambers.
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Jefferson
Senate
House
Peary Treated by Surgeon After Operation
Admiral Robert E. Peary is back at his home following a serious operation whose nature remains undisclosed. Dr. James F Mitchell reports Peary is improving rapidly and not in critical condition. Mrs Peary denies appendicitis or stomach trouble, calling the procedure trivial and non dangerous.
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Robert E. Peary
U. S. Nu
North Pole
James F Mitchell
Admiral Peary
Washington D A R Chapter Honors Maj Enfant Plan
Speakers at the Maj Enfant Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution praised Maj Enfant and the Washington plan at a Washington Club gathering. Col William Edgar Rogers defended Charles C Glover and urged honoring him as father of Rock Creek Park. Discussions cited Congress praise for Lincoln Memorial and park planning aligns with Enfant’s vision.
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William E. Rogers
Rock Creek Park
Capitol
Maj. L’enfant
Maj. Enfant
Washington
James Dudley Morgan
Glenn Brown
American Institute of Architects
Enfant
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington Club
I Street
Col
Wiliam Edgar Rogers
Charles C. Glover
Mos. Rogers
Glover
Squash Center
Yapito
Brown
Cal. Rogers
Congress
Central High School
Sixteenth Street
Connecticut Avenue
Park Commission
Maj. l'Enfant
Lincoln Memorial
Mall
Gpes
Minneapolis Wife Offers Reward for Missing Husband
A Minneapolis woman offers $25 for information leading to the return of her husband Albert L. Getchell. 46, of 4216 Park Boulevard, who she says has done no wrong. She believes he wandered away and asks searches in hospitals and hotels, noting he has a dimple on his chin. The note is addressed to Washington police. Meanwhile, Dr. William M. Vavinson, district school superintendent, is slated to speak at an American Educational Association convention in Philadelphia on February 8, with other U S education officials attending. Principals have applied for leave to attend inaugurations, and delegates will come here for the event.
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Minneapolis
Washington
Albert L. Getchell
Park Boulevard
Minn
William m. Vavinson
American Educational Association
Philadelphia
P. P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Ernest L. Thurston
R. ©. Bruce
Seave
Organic Act Debate Repeats Half and Half Showdown
Congress again grapples with the District of Columbia funding plan. Johnson seeks to charge revenues for interest and sinking fund per 1878 79 acts, Burleson opposes, vote 61 to 58. Batting beach funding remains, and land for Rock Creek bridge approaches reinserted. Dyer requests shift of the Tuberculosis Hospital to the District health department. Mann blocks Borland street-improvement plan with a separate vote carried 4 to 1.
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Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
District of Columbia
Burleson
Q Street
Rock Creek
Mann
Dyer
House
Board of Charities
Borland
Senate
Spouse Rescues Wife After River Drowning Attempt
Patrolmen found Susie Beavers 21 wet and muddy from head to foot after she waded into the Potomac River in a quarrel with her husband Frank Beavers 28. She walked into the east branch until water lapped her cheeks then returned to shore as he arrived at First street.
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Susie F. Beavers
Potomac River
Sergt. Wolfe
Precinpt
First Street
Frank Beavers
Beavers
Washington Terminal Company
George Watson
Half Street
M Street
Ty Cobb praised as best baseball player at Cornell alumni smoker
Hugh Jennings, leader of the Detroit Tigers, was guest of honor at the Cornell alumni smoker at the University Club. He called Ty Cobb the best baseball player in the country and worth his high salary. Prof. Ernest Sheppard spoke on Hawaiian volcanoes, and L. P. Clephane presided. A beefsteak dinner is planned for March.
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Hugh Jennings
Detroit Tigers
Cornell
University Club
University
Ty Cobb
Ernest Sheppard
Geophysical Laboratory
Carnegie Institute
Hawaiian Islands
L. P. Clephane
Hyde Trial Resumes After Waived Opening
Kansas City court reopened the third trial of Dr Clarke Hyde for the murder of Col Thomas H Swope with opening statements waived by both sides and testimony beginning anew.
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Dr. Hyde
Kansas City
Clarke Hyde
Col
Thomas H. Swope
City Welcomes Presidents-Elect at Union Station
Washington to greet President elect Wilson and Vice President elect Marshall March 3, a new custom marking their arrival. Thomas Nelson Page, chair of the inaugural reception committee, authorized subcommittees to greet them and other visitors arriving in the city. New Jersey delegates prepare a March 3 celebration at the Raleigh Hotel with Edward Grosscup Thomas Scully and Charles Fury, while funds for the inaugural events rise to 89266.
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Washington
Wilson
Marshall
Thomas Nelson Page
Gov. Wilson
Gov. Marshall
Joint Congressional Committee On
Union Station
New Jersey
Edward E. Grosscup
Thomas Scully
Charles Fury
Trenton
N. J
Raleigh
White House
Lafayette Square
Court of Honor
Corcoran Thom
Finance Committee
Co. C. Marsh
Washington Navy Yard
Leonard Wood
College band to escort Wilson to Washington from Princeton
A brass band of over 30 Princeton undergraduates will head the Nassau student delegation to escort President-elect Woodrow Wilson to Washington on the eve of his inauguration. Paul F. Meyers of the College Woodrow Wilson Club announced the plan and gathered Triangle Chi Orchestra members to play wind instruments. The band has begun practicing local college airs for the event.
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Washington
Princton
N. J
Princeton
Nassau
Woodrow Wilson
Paul F. Meyers
Woodrow Wilson Club
Princeton Triangle Chi Orchestra
May Delay Wilson's Inaugural Stand Construction
Strikes threaten delay of immediate construction of President elect Wilsons reviewing stand Lafayette Square grandstand and Court of Honor along Pennsylvania Avenue. Union electricians oppose contract awarding to a mixed labor force and may trigger a strike. a meeting of electricians is planned. Contractors express confidence no trouble will occur. Nonunion workers raise potential injunction actions if nonunion labor is excluded. Milton Mantz says he heard nothing of such action.
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Elect Wilson
Lafayette Square
Court of Honor
Pennsylvania Avenue
HE Executive Avenue
War and Navy
Electricians’ Union
Lafayette
Milton Mantz
Illuminations Committee
Two Surgeons Repair Child’s Dislocated Jaw After Yawn
A two year old boy from 51 D Street NW suffered a jaw dislocation after yawning. Two surgeons and two assistants, Drs Zinkkem and Rafter, reset the jaw at Emergency Hospital with the aid of two men holding the head. The crowd gathered as the ambulance was called and the boy was placed in bed recovering.
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Wipkt
Irvin Henson
D Street
Washington
Wonrth
Henson
Am Ambulance
Hensom
Fetamusz
Mennen
Dra. Zinkkem
Rafter
Inaugural Preparations Face Union Labor Tensions
James Parsons, crafting the reviewing stand and Lafayette Square stand, assures no trouble and pledges to hire only union men. The issue of union labor has troubled inaugural subcommittees since contracts were let, reflecting ongoing debate over labor in the preparations.
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Ble
James Parsons
Lafayette Square
Protest by Merchants and Tailors Against Eight-Hour Bill
Washington merchants and board of trade officials testified against Peters eight hour work bill before the House labor committee arguing it would not protect women workers and would impose hardship for seasonal tailoring work. Two female tailoring workers also protested, testifying about reliance on overtime during busy and slack seasons.
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District of Columbia
House Labor Committee
Washington Retail Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Petera
R. C. Woodruff
Retail Merchants’ Association
Thomas Grant
Ww. J. Eynon
C. F. Sowers
Harry Kine
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Giendawer Evans
Boston
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W M. Stoner
Rhode Island Avenue
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Tennessee
Ohio
Oklahoma
Treasury Department
Glendower Leivans
Pusom Mass
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Ys. Oon
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Peary
Mitchell
Virginia
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Aiewspaprea
Fourteenth
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Glendower Evans
Patent Office
Richard C. Burleson
Walter Thompson
George R. Gove
Attack City
D. A. R. Club
C. Glover
Noble Newport Potts
John Miller Horton
Buffalo
M. D
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Mas.Enfant
Ida Ewing
Roberta Allen
Molster
Lucy Barbour Ewing
Potomac Bank
Ty” Cobb
Lafayette Square Court of Honor
Jaw
Assail
Miss Davis
Clarenton
Mary Fields Davis
Augustus Davis, Jr
Theodore Magruder Swann
Methodist Episcopal Church
California
John H. Magruder
Connecticut Ave
K St
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
F St
Footer’s Dye Works
Wile
Cumberland, MD
Pogt Servicent
Chevy Chase
Connaye
Connecticut Arena
Chevy Chase Circle
Shannon & Luchs
United States Trust Co
N.E. Cor
Sut Pricas
JOS. Hall Chase Piano CO
Martin & Rossi’s
Vermouth
Christian Xander
the Sunday Post
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, DC
Federat
National Bank OF Washington
City of Washington
the United
Lawrence
Murray
Lawrence O Murray
Merchants’ Transfer and Storage Co
E St. NW
Corcoran Gallery OF Art
F. B. McGuire
Dolly Madison Candy
Ballentines
Ilbey’s Invalid
John T. Crowley
Bel 14Th St
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