Fear Outbreak Likely as Nations Brace for Chinese Clash
State Department signals seriousness amid unrest on the Yangtse as Secre tary Root warns of potential foreign conflict. Military moves and warship deployments heighten tension while officials vow firm preparations to protect Americans and property in China amid anti foreign sentiment and rumors of a new crisis.
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Root
Oriental
China
Joot
United States
Oregon
Brock Troma
Chattanoora
Eilkeston
Greece
Suez Canal
Ordeo
Stace Department
Hat for Miss Roosevelt in grand wedding gift
The Washington Post reports a wedding hat for Miss Alice Roosevelt, purchased by M. Wurzman in Paris after sourcing from London and Paris ateliers. The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II carried the $760 material, Irish lace, and 53 inch plumes, with empress Josephine’s lace and roses. Total cost near $1800 including expert fees and duties.
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Washington Post
New York
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Alice Roosevelt
G Kureman
Wyaos
Washington
Emething
Roosevelt
M. Wurzman
London
Hirszmann
Giese
Newport plans cottage gift for Miss Roosevelt
Newport business leader proposes a seaside tribute to Miss Alice Roosevelt, planning a cottage bequeathed by public subscription for the 1906 season. Uncertainty remains whether the wedding day gesture can be completed in time, as Miss Roosevelt visits Newport summers and has many friends there.
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Wassington
Newport
Alice Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Montis
Admission Cards Vanish At White House Wedding
Reports claim White House officials lost wedding admission cards for Mr Longworth and Mrs Roosevelt amid mystery. One tale says Cincinnati received an invitation without a card, another says a card was sold for 400 dollars. A “person in position to know” provided the statement, but no authoritative source confirms details.
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White House
Longworth
Roosevelt
Cincinmati
Mr Longworth Gifts to Bride in Washington
The Washington Post reports Congressman Longworth presents his bride in Washington with a diamond neck lace set in platinum and matching pieces. A large crystal ball clock, a silver centerpiece, silver candlesticks, and a refined cut brass water pitcher are among the gifts cited. George B Cox is mentioned in relation to a superb water pitcher.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Onis
Congressmman Longworth
George B Cox
Refused Tips On Kaiser Wilhelm II Voyage
Special to The Washington Fest New York February 18 The Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived with stewards refusing tips from a generous passenger who distributed 15000 francs about eight thousand dollars on the voyage He once tipped ten francs twenty dollars for wine and even burned France notes to rid himself of money He gave ten dollars to a deck hand for extra sugar and the crew jostled to serve him as others protested over the prodigality halting normal service on the voyage.
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Washington
New York
France
Paris
Cherbourg
Taney
Arrest of Heinrich Conried Over Sunday Verdi Requiem
New York police arrested Heinrich Conried director of the Metropolitan Opera House as a test case in the Sunday night concert protests. Paroled, his hearing set for February 20. J W Scullion of Wallack's Theater Management faced a summons for a similar alleged violation at Wallack's Sunday performance. Detectors testified to a blackface and tramp act during a benefit for the Treasurers' Club of America. Scullion's case also set for February 20.
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New York
Heinrich Conried
Metropolitan Opera House
Conried
J. WH. Scullion
Wallack
Walack
Treasurers’ Club of America
Thurston Daughter Grace Thurston Weds Plan Aborted by Illness
Grace P Thurston daughter of former Nebraska Senator John M Thurston died Monday after an appendicitis operation halting an April wedding to Willard Barrows of Omaha nephew of Joseph H Millard The funeral at 2142 Wyoming Ave will be led by Rev Frank M Bristol and burial in Omaha follows a simple service Survived by brother Clarence L Thurston and sister Mrs Ernest H Coolidge.
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Grace P. Thurston
John M. Thurston
United States
Nebraska
Willard Barrows
Omaha
Nebr
Joseph H. Millard
Miss Thurston
Suffragists Adjourn After Fourteenth Convention Session
The Woman's National Suffrage Association concluded its thirty-eighth annual convention in Baltimore with forenoon state reports, an afternoon paper on practical initiative and referendum procedure, and a resolutions session. Evening talks by Huido bro of Chile, Lucila Ames Mead, Pauline Steinem, Henry B. Blackwill, and Harriet May Mills framed closing remarks by Anna Shaw. A letter from Isabella Beecher Hooker was read. Delegates head home or proceed to Washington on Thursday.
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Woman's National Suffrage Association
George M. Shibley
Anna H. Shaw
Senorita Huidobro
Chili
Argentina
Lucila Ames Mead
Boston
Pauline Steinem
Board of Education
Toledo
Ohio
Henry B. Blackwill
Harriet May Mills
Syracuse
N. Y
Anna Tk. Shaw
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Association
Washington
Honor to Susan B Anthony on eighty sixth birthday
Speeches and papers honoring Susan B Anthony will be delivered at a Church of Our Father celebration tomorrow. Speakers include Rev. John Van Scharck, Henry B F Macfarland, W P Hepburn, Fred T Dubois, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Frank W Mondell, Taft, J Warren Ketter, W A Reeder, and William Dudley Foulke. Letters of congratulation from President Roosevelt and many senators and representatives will be read. souvenir programmes with Anthony’s latest portrait and handwriting will be distributed to attendees.
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Susan B. Anthony
Church of Our Father
John van Scharck
Henry B. F. Macfarland
W. P. Hepburn
Iowa
Fred T. Dubois
Idaho
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
New Jersey
Frank W W. Mondell
Wyoming
Taft
J. Warren Ketter
Ohio
W. A. Reeder
Kansas
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
President Roosevelt
Beveridgee
Cushman
DeHiver
Town
Warren
Burton L. French
Senator Fulton
Oregon
Seniator Patterson
Colorado
Payne
New York
Platt
Representative Watson
Benator Depew
Allison
Julius Kahn
Calfornia
Galinger
New Hampshire
Anthony
Walks Home to Die After Street Collision in DC
William H. Rynex, 75, a Lansbury & Bros. clerk, was struck by a Capital Traction Co. car at Seventh and G streets, then walked to his home at 6% Massachusetts Avenue and died at 7. A drugstore aid revived him briefly before he refused transport to hospital. Coroner Nevitt will hold an inquest. motorman Bean and conductor Gibson were questioned and released.
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William HH. Rynex
Massachusetts Avenue
Rynex
Lansbury & Bros
Seventh Street
Capital Traction Company
John C. Bean
Ira Gibson
Nevitt
Dax
Delays Mail Inquiry Objection Entangles Post Office Debate
Texas representative Gillespie fails to force action on a House resolution demanding a cost comparison for mail transportation by railroads versus express companies. The House also debates a $4,838,003 fortifications appropriation, government expenditures, and Subic Bay naval station, with members clashing over auditing, funding, and strategic Pacific defenses.
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Texas
Post Office Department
House
Gillespie
Wayne
Williams
Talks on City Gardens by Philadelphia Official
R F Powell describes progress of the city gardens movement at a YMCA meeting. Illustrated images show growth and the aim to relieve poverty through work and small farms. Plans call for 120 gardens tended by 100 families with profits averaging 340 per person last year.
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R. F. Powell
Philadelphia
City Gardens’ Association
Powell
Experts Count Coupons in Washington Post Piano Contest
The Washington Post pilangla piano contest draws nearly every business house and society into a coupon drive. Experts tally ballots at The Post office as contestants vie for one of five prizes in April. Warerooms of piano companies fill daily with hopeful voters and firms canvass to rally support. The paper’s circulation climbs with coupon seekers reading for a year after the race. New competitors prepare by stockpiling ballots clipped from the second page.
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Washington Post
the Post
Post
Mrs L R N Peachy Dead at Washington Residence
Mrs Lelia Russell Neen Peachy died suddenly at her Wordley Lane home from complications of diseases. Funeral is tomorrow at 11 a.m. at St Alban's Church with Rev J G Neen and Rev G C F Bratenahl officiating. Burial to be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Survived by six children William Douglass Beatty Eliza Lelia Carry Peachy.
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Wordley Lane
Tla. m
St. Aloan's Church
J. G. Neen
G. C. F. Bratenahl
Rock Creek Cemetery
Andrew Russell Neen
William D. Peachy
Mount Ain
Post Office Department
Tlis
Cap. Simmons Eulogized by Wareroom Employees at GPO
Wareroom staff at the Government Printing Office met yesterday and adopted resolutions mourning Capt William J Simmons loss. They praise his fairness and kindness, pledge support to his family, and note publication of the resolutions in a Washington newspaper with a commemorative copy sent to the deceased’s family.
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Government Printing Office
William J. Simmons
Wiliam J Simmons
Qivision
Washington
ER. Hall
Claude Morrison
H. H. LA
ELLE
Naomi Chapter Celebrates Eleventh Anniversary Banquet
An informal banquet at Freunds marked Naomi Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star celebrating its eleventh anniversary with over 300 attendees. Mrs. Walter P. Plumley presided. toasts were given by Mrs. Newton, Mrs. Mary A Lane, Mrs. Mary El Hamill, Mrs. Mary E. Willis, Mrs. Helen B. Strait, Mesars Hunt, L. R. Ginn, and Walter Brown. Next Sunday's Post will feature Mrs. Nicholas Longworth nee Roosevelt in a portrait.
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Naomi
Naomi Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Freund
Walter P. Plumley
Newton
Mary A Lane
Mary el. Hamill
Mary E. Willis
Helen B. Strait
Mesars. Hunt
L. R. Ginn
Walter Brown
Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Dr Penn Addresses Negroes at Metropolitan Church
Dr El Garland Penn spoke to a large audience at Metropolitan A M E Church on the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress. He said the group aims to develop Christian life in the young negro, stress essentials in race building, and present four year aims of Negro progress while highlighting the dark side versus the brighter side.
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EL Garland Penn
Metropolitan A. M. E. Church
Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
Penn
Sons of Negro Progress
Probation Officer to Lecture on Juvenile Court System
Zed H. Copp district probation officer will give three lectures on the Juvenile Court the Probation System and the Reformatories on the remaining Wednesdays in February. The talks are under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association and will be held in the assembly room of the association.
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Zed H. Copp
Young Men's Christian Association
Weather Conditions From The Southern Disturbance And High Pressure
The Weather Bureau reports a southern disturbance off the southern New England coast with diminished intensity. A new high pressure wave moves into the northwest and West, bringing a cold wave into Iowa and Kansas. Temperatures drop sharply in Devils Lake North Dakota to 40 below zero, with widespread snow and rain from the Rockies to the Mississippi Valley and Lower Lake region. Forecasts call for rain or snow along the Ohio Valley, warm-up in the Northwest Wednesday, colder in New England and Mid-Atlantic Thursday, and general fair conditions by Thursday inland.
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