Durbin Remarks Stir Indiana Backers Over Roosevelt Nomination
Former Governor Durbin’s interview in The Post defending Roosevelt’s renomination drew sharp comment among Indiana politicians and delegation members. While some doubted Durbin’s current influence, others privately welcomed his candid reflections on Fairbanks, with a notable moment when Cromer joked about Durbin’s invitation to dinner.
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Guv Winfield T Durbin
Indiana
Col Durbin
Fairanks
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Durbin
Durbins
Inauona
Fairbanas Eime m
Senate
Representative Cromer
Tomas
Tom
Remers
Raccoon Robber Haunts Twelfth Street Area
A freed raccoon from Edward S Lechmuid's animal emporium at 712 Twelfth Street Northwest roams the neighborhood. It raids chimneys, lunches, and milk from doors while eluding capture, causing alarms and amusement among local residents and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company workers at 711 Twelfth Street. The mischievous animal roams rooftops, mimicking a bandit as it evades attempts to catch it, leaving residents wary of new temptations indoors and out.
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Edward S Lehmid
Twelfth Street
Chesapeake and Potoma
Telephone Company
Lechmuid
WIFE WISHES TO TESTIFY IN THAW TRIAL MORNING HEARINGS
Mrs Thaw seeks to finish her testimony promptly and may be recalled tomorrow as the district attorney readies a cross examination. Captain Ricketts announces tomorrow's courtroom rule restricting women to summoned witnesses and doubles court officer presence to enforce it.
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Thaw
Jes
Delmas
Ricketts
Policeman Buys Liquor Then Arrests Man in Unlicensed Bar
Policeman George C White of the Sixth precinct bicycle squad bought liquor from Charles Adams, a watchman at North Capitol Street. Adams, under suspicion for violating Heuer laws, was arrested after more Aquor was secured at his workplace and later at his home. The report ends with a quip about Bragley and his airship.
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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
Sciiven, Brauner
Mann House
Aquor
The Cause of His Conversion Dialog
A brief exchange shows the reformed cannibal chief recounting his past and the new missionary joking about indigestion before his conversion to religion. The dialogue highlights a clash of cultures and a humorous bite on faith and appetite.
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Pathe Catholic Standard and Times
President Roosevelt Rides Through Mud in Suburban Spin
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt rode for several hours in the suburbs, braving muddy park entrances and snow remnant slush. They met grooms at Rock Creek Park, enjoyed brisk air, and returned to the White House at dusk with strong appetites for dinner.
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Roosevelt
Rock Creek Park
Major John A Harman Dead In Guayaquil Ecuador
Maj. John A Harman longtime manager of the Guayaquil and Quito Railway died suddenly in Guayaquil Ecuador last Saturday. A West Point graduate class of 1887 he served in the Seventh Cavalry and Sixth Cavalry earning a major’s rank for bravery at San Juan. He later became chief ordnance officer of volunteers and resigned in 190 to engineer the Guayaquil and Quito Railway. His wife and two children reside in New York.
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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 1906 letter to The Post urges higher annual salaries for government helpers, arguing clerks face stagnant pay, rising living costs, and unequal wages within departments. It calls for a minimum 6000 per month annual salary for helpers, with full benefits, and cites examples from the Government Printing Office and Bureau of Engraving and Printing to support wage justice.
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Uncle Sam
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Congress
Departments
Mexican Revolution Leader Faces Deportation Amid Moral Turpitude Doubts
One of Diaz opponents, Antonio Villareal, awaits U S action after cabinet and Attorney General review. Secretary Straus considers deportation to Mexico where he risks execution. Case hinges on alleged murder conviction and questions of identity raised by his family.
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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 row accord
Reports say a White House statement would praise San Franciscans for backing down on exclusion of Japanese workers. Mayor Schmitz and the school board faced mass telegrams urging firmness while Secretary Root spent hours at the White House discussing school issues and possible treaty steps with Japan to remove the coolie from the United States.
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Schmits
White House
Schmitz
United States
Root
Japan
Record For Life Department And Accident Liability Business
Fragmentary OCR lists numbers and names including Meltgs Heisse Sears Southeastern Dept Baltimore W H Parsons Geni Agent 615 Fourteenth St Washington DC Parker Genl Agent D W Middleton Agent Atlantic Coast Line Bldg Washington DC.
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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
Stands on Treaty Rights in San Francisco Dispute
Tokyo editorials express disbelief at a new mutual treaty restricting labor immigration to settle the San Francisco controversy. The Jiji notes Japanese immigration from Hawaii fuels white labor jealousy yet urges treating the issue as separate from the current dispute, praising Roosevelt’s role in a hoped for solution.
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Tokyo
The
Jij
Ane
San Francisco
Jiji
Hawai
Japan
Roosevelt
Urge Schmitz to be firm in exclusion fight
A Tokyo based anti Japanese agitator Trehmoe, president of the Japanese and Corean League, sent telegrams to Mayor Schmitz urging no concessions. He demands exclusion by act of Congress and warns sovereign rights must not be compromised for promises. He asserts California is the white man’s country and vows to resist Roosevelt’s influence.
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Washington
San Francisco
A Trehmoe
Schmitz
Exclusion League
Congress
California
Contract Coolies Arrive on Pacific Liner Siberia
The Pacific Coast liner Siberia brought 218 Japanese contract coolies to San Francisco from Honolulu including 12 women and 6 children. Immigration inspectors examined them. many admitted contract status but could land as they moved within the U S. One detainee with trachoma was held. Most had just weeks in Hawaii and were marshaled into 30 to 40 person gangs to lodging houses in the Japanese quarter. Passports were 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 boy and a man were reported missing yesterday. Stanley Arnett, fifteen, of 1032 Sixth Street Northeast, left home Saturday morning saying he planned to go to New York. He is large for his age and wore a light mixed gray suit. Chase Mayhugh, thirty four, of 517 Eighth Street Southwest, has been missing from his father’s home since Thursday evening, last seen wearing a dark corduroy suit.
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Stanley Arnett
Sixth Street
New York
Chase Mayhugh
Eighth Street
Japanese Lawyer Lacks Authority in Washington Visit
Special to The Washington. Masuji Miyakawa, the Japanese lawyer who accompanied the board of education to Washington, acts without any authority according to Japanese Consul Ugeno. A consul secretary said Miyakawa has no connection with the case and does not represent the government. He is connected with a Japanese newspaper unfavored by the consulate and may not practice law in the United States.
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Washington
San Francisco
Masuji Miyakawa
Board of Education
Ugeno
Miyakawa
A Hindoo's Glever Tip Shows Value in Quitting Smoke
In a New York Herald tale two veteran newspaper men recount a method of quitting bad habits without will power. A Hindoo philosopher guides one man to use mental suggestion by visualizing disgusts of drinking or smoking to curb the urge, with the smoker finally cured after ten years.
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The
New York Herald
Boston
Hindoo
India
Japanese Laborers So-called Reported Driven From Woodburn
In Woodburn Oregon on February 10 fifty Americans gathered at the Southern Pacific section house and ordered the Japanese laborers to depart after ten white section men were replaced. There was no violence and the Japanese left for Portland. Foreman A Schwabeur quit after refusing to work with Japanese. Warrants expected tomorrow for ringleaders’ arrest.
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Woodburn
Orez
Southern Pacific
Portland
A. Schwabeur
Weather turns colder with brisk winds and fading spring hopes
The weather forecast predicts clear but colder conditions today and tomorrow with northwesterly winds. Temperatures ranged from around 36 degrees at 2 PM to a low near 30, dashing spring fever. Henderson Taylor, 30, died after ingesting paris green at 3221 Sherman Ave NW. he died in Freedmen's Hospital after being found in a deteriorating state. The coroner was notified. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted for catarrh relief and blood purification with Hood's Pills as a nonirritating option. Educational Past catalog titles ready soon.
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Henderson Taylor
A. K Safley
Sherman Avenue
Freedmen’s Hospital
Taylor
Nevitt
Carriage Overturned On Eighteenth Street Crossing
Mrs. Benjamin Douglass top carriage overturned when wheels caught in rails at Eighteenth Street and Columbia Road yesterday afternoon. She and her maid Faith Prodiger were thrown to the ground. the maid suffered a light head cut but both were unharmed overall. A pedestrian restrained the horse until help arrived and Mrs. Douglass treated the maid’s wound at a nearby drugstore before they moved to the Oakland Apartment House at 2017 Columbia Road.
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Eighteenth Street
Columbia Road
Benjamin Douglass
Sunday School Entertainment at St Pauls Church South
An entertainment was held Friday evening by the Sunday-school class of Miss Blanche L. Pattison at St Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church South. Two sketches and several solo numbers were presented featuring James B. Hoge Lottie Bowen Mary J. Wallace Hattie Wallace Mary L. Hoge Elizabeth Keys Olive Keys Mma Bar russ Louise Heath Mary B. Neilson Mabel King Carrie King Mrs B Crawford P M Haan and Rosetta Brice W Rayseret plus others.
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St. Paul's ‘Methodist
Mabel King
Carrie King
B. Crawford
M. Haan
Anaticg
Wis
Rosetta Brice
W. Rayseret
Philip Mise Athe “Wittlame
Mise
Demaren
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