Former Governor Durbin's Roosevelts Support Sparks Indiana Debate
Former Governor Durbin says the people of the country want President Roosevelt renominated, a remark seen as contrary to Fairbanks' hopes. Indiana supporters and critics weigh the impact on the vice presidential bid as Durbin visits the Capitol and exchanges greetings with Fairbanks.
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Roosvelt
Indiana
Durbin
Guv Winfield T Durbin
Col Durbin
Fairanks
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Durbins
Raccoon Thief Roams Twelfth Street Overseen By Employees
A tramp raccoon escaped from Edward S Lehmid's animal shop at 712 Twelfth Street NW and roams the area near 711 Twelfth Street. It sneaks on roofs, clatters through chimneys, purloins lunches and milk from back windows, and avoids capture as residents complain of disturbances and spirits rumors on Twelfth Street.
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Edward S Lehmid
Twelfth Street
Chesapeake and Potoma
Telephone Company
Lechmuid
Wife Seeks Testimony In Thaw Case
Mrs Thaw wishes to testify promptly and resume the stand next day though not promised. Delmas conducts Mrs Thaw’s direct examination likely to take hours while the district attorney finishes cross examination preparations with witnesses to be called. Capt Ricketts imposes a women’s exclusion from the courtroom except summoned witnesses, with extra officers on duty to enforce the rule.
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Thaw
Jes
Delmas
Ricketts
Policeman Buys Liquor and Helps Nab Suspect
Policeman George C White of the Sixth Precinct bicycle squad says he bought several half pints of Aquor from Charles Adams a watchman at North Capitol street. White later aided detectives in arresting Adams at his home for operating an unlicensed bar.
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Peace Guardian
George C White
Sixth Polce
Esterday
Charles 7 Adams
North Capitol Street
McDowell
Citizens
New Union Station
Adams
White
Vermillion
Sergeant Colon
Beliven
Brauner
Aquor
The Cause of His Conversion
A fragmentary exchange between a missionary and a reformed cannibal chief recounts converts and indigestion, hinting at a tale of religious change amid frontier encounters. The dialogue implies a shift from violence to faith as a humorous remark frames the chief’s conversion.
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Pathe Catholic Standard and Times
President Roosevelt Rides Through Mud Amid Park Trails
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt spent several hours riding in the suburbs. They rode to Rock Creek Park entrances, met grooms with horses, and faced muddy, slush filled roads from the recent snowstorm. Despite conditions, the pair enjoyed the ride and returned to the White House at dusk for dinner.
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Roosevelt
Rock Creek Park
Major Harman Dead In Guayaquil After Sudden Illness
Maj John A Harman longtime manager of the Guayaquil and Quito Railway died suddenly in Guayaquil Ecuador last Saturday He was a West Point graduate class of 1887 served in Seventh Cavalry and Sixth Cavalry for bravery at San Juan promoted to major and chief ordnance officer of volunteers later became railway engineer His wife and two children reside in New York survive him
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John A. Harman
Guayaquil
Quito
Washington
Army and Navy Club
Ecuador
Maj. Harman
Col
A W. Tiarman
Staunton
West Point
Seventh Cavalry
Sixth Cavalry
San Juan
Harman
Guayaquil and
New York
Plea for Salary Increase for Government Helpers
A letter urges July readers to raise annual salaries for lower level government helpers to at least 6000 per month and grant equal annual leave. It cites wage disparities in the Printing Office and Bureau of Engraving and Printing, calls for congressional action, and warns of moral decline if not addressed.
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Uncle Sam
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Congress
Departments
Mexican Revolutionist Villareal Faces Deportation to Mexico
One hundred Mexican revolutionaries in the United States await a ruling on Antonio Villareal, a ringleader, who is under consideration for deportation to Mexico. Officials, including Secretary Straus, review evidence amid fears he will be shot if returned, while Mexico presses for his extradition.
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Antonio Villareal
Mexico
Villareal
Wberry
Diaz
United States
Washington
Whiereline
Uni
Mberty
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
White House backs San Francisco school stance on Japanese exclusion
President presses for end to agitation by abolishing Oriental schools and secures possible treaty with Japan to exclude Japanese coolies. Mayor Schmitz and the school board faced heavy telegram pressure to remain firm. Secretary Root spent hours at the White House amid talks of a praised by officials contingent on a peaceful resolution.
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Schmits
White House
Schmitz
United States
Root
Japan
Record of Life Department and Accident Liability Office
A fragmented page shows financial figures and names linked to life department Meltings and Heisse in Maryland, with addresses in Washington D C. It lists agents Parker and Middleton connected to the Atlantic Coast Line Building in Washington D C and mentions the Southeastern Department in Baltimore.
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Life Department
Meltgs & Heisse
Mars
Southeastern Dept
Baltimore
W. H. Parsons
Geni
Fourteenth St
Washington, DD. C
Parker
D. W. Middleton
Atlantic Coast Line Bidg
Washington, D. C
Jiji on Treaty Rights and San Francisco Labor Dispute
The Jiji in a leading editorial expresses disbelief in a new mutual treaty restricting labor immigration as a solution to the San Francisco school controversy. It notes Japanese immigration from Hawaii fuels white labor jealousy but argues the issue rests on treaty rights and should be handled separately, crediting President Roosevelt's admirable efforts.
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Tokyo
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Jij
Ane
San Francisco
Jiji
Hawai
Japan
Roosevelt
Urge Schmitz to be firm over Japanese exclusion
A Tokyo Bureal dispatch notes Trehmoe, leader of the Japanese and Corean League, sending two telegrams to Mayor Schmitz urging no concessions. The messages demand exclusion by Congress, warn against treaty concessions, and assert California as the white man’s country, resisting any coercion by Roosevelt’s power.
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Washington
San Francisco
A Trehmoe
Schmitz
Exclusion League
Congress
California
Contract Coolies Arrive From Honolulu
The Pacific Coast liner Siberia delivered 218 Japanese contract coolies to San Francisco, including 12 women and 6 children. Immigration inspectors examined them. most said they were under contract, yet were allowed to land as they traveled within the United States. One man was detained for trachoma. They were housed in Japanese quarters after landing, with passports issued by the Japanese government.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Cal
Siberia
Honolulu
United States
Hawaii
Missing Boy and Man Reported to Police
A fifteen year old boy Stanley Arnett of 1032 Sixth street northeast disappeared from his home Saturday morning telling friends he planned to go to New York. A thirty four year old man Chase Mayhugh of 517 Eighth street southwest was reported missing from his father’s home since Thursday evening wearing a dark corduroy suit.
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Stanley Arnett
Sixth Street
New York
Chase Mayhugh
Eighth Street
Japanese Lawyer in Washington Scandal Sparks Debate
Masuji Miyakawa, Japanese lawyer who joined the board of education trip to Washington, is said to act without authority by Japanese Consul Ugeno. A consul secretary states Miyakawa has no connection to the case and represents no government. As a Japanese national, he lacks the right to practice law in the United States.
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Washington
San Francisco
Masuji Miyakawa
Board of Education
Ugeno
Miyakawa
Mental suggestion cures smoking without will power
A New York Herald method claims mental suggestion can end smoking and drinking habits. Two newspaper men recount a Hindoo philosopher who teaches visualizing disgust at the habit. One man, after guidance, stops smoking immediately and remains smoke free for ten years.
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The
New York Herald
Boston
Hindoo
India
Japanese Labor Tension Drives Residents from Woodburn
In Woodburn Oregon on February 10, after Southern Pacific replaced ten white section men with Japanese laborers, fifty Americans warned the Japanese to leave. The Japanese departed for Portland the next morning. Foreman A Schwabeur quit after refusing to work with the Japanese. Warrants will be sworn out tomorrow for ringleaders of the crowd.
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Woodburn
Orez
Southern Pacific
Portland
A. Schwabeur
Weather turns cold with brisk winds and hints of winter
Weather forecast predicts clear yet colder conditions today and tomorrow with strong northwest winds. Yesterday’s near spring warmth is reversed as temperatures reach around 36 above freezing at the peak and fall to 30. Henderson Taylor, 30, dies after ingesting Paris green at Mrs A. K Safley’s home. He was taken to Freedmen's Hospital in critical condition, later pronounced dead. The body goes to the morgue as Coroner Nevitt is notified. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a cure for catarrh with Hood's Pills as nonirritating relief. Educational catalogues to be ready in a few days.
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Henderson Taylor
A. K Safley
Sherman Avenue
Freedmen’s Hospital
Taylor
Nevitt
Carriage Overturns on Street at Columbia Road
Mrs. Benjamin Douglass carriage overturned crossing Eighteenth Street and Columbia Road yesterday afternoon as wheels caught in rails. Her maid Faith Prodiger was cut on the head but both women escaped serious injury. a bystander restrained the horse, and after treating the maid’s wound at a drug store they moved to Oakland Apartment House at 2017 Columbia Road.
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Eighteenth Street
Columbia Road
Benjamin Douglass
Sunday School Entertainment at St Pauls Church
An Friday evening program by the Sunday-school class of Miss Blanche L Pattison at St Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church South featured two sketches and multiple solo numbers. Participants included James B Hoge and numerous Misses such as Lottie Bowen Mary J Wallace Hattie Wallace Mary L Hoge Elizabeth Keys Olive Keys and Mabel King among others with Mrs B Crawford and others contributing.
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Mabel King
Carrie King
B. Crawford
M. Haan
Anaticg
Wis
Rosetta Brice
W. Rayseret
Philip Mise Athe “Wittlame
Mise
Demaren
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