Discredited Complaint Over Cars Case Sparks Public Condemnation
A grand jury report on alleged disorder surrounding cars leads to strong condemnation of the charges as groundless. The railway company is said to have taken every precaution. The document details caution in public statements and notes the conduct of the involved parties during proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grai
Alevanty Creat
Seston
Waolungtoy
Ida
Flea
Photon
Alecandia
Cy Ray Sigetiun
Grand Jury Attacks Newspaper Reports On Streetcar Disorder
A Virginia county grand jury condemns sensational newspaper articles about late night streetcar disorder. It argues the reports misrepresent events on Washington area streetcars, praises the railroad’s order maintenance, and requests publication of this verdict in rival papers. The panel commends the railroad management and urges continued safe suburban service with public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rosslyn
Sail Railroad Company
San
Firecbon
Gata
Thos J DE Lashmutt
S J Mulhall
A_D TORREYSON
Arthur J Porter
Robert L King
I N Garrison
F S Corbett
Julian FP Baldwin
Foreman
Deaths in Health Office Record with Numerous Names
Health office record lists multiple deaths and ages including Mary Nassera 63, George Hildreth 62, Jacob Harris 69, John Sturgeon 60, Oxcar Nelson, Lerezza McLain 4 hours, Lucy Robinson 69, Walter Nichols 3 years, Mary Clagett 18, Charles Neil and Florence Neil, Allen and Marie Nichols, George and May Stone, Patrick and Cora O Tool, Eugene Hlzeing, Edward Barron, Giuseppe Bstducel, Keeble, Cora Higen, Wike, Lucy Toralo and others, across addresses such as Parker, Kalorama, 8th St, Belgrade, Anacostia, Logan Place. scattered incomplete entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F Nassera
Parker
Buchanan Bente
Kalorama Avo
George H Hildreth
Prince Karl
Jacob P Harris
Wat
John F Sturgeon
St Aw
Oxcar Nelson
Lerezza D McLain
Belgrade
Fla
Lucy Robinson
Walter Young Nichols
Anacostia
Mary Clagett
Logan Place In
Charles
Florence Neil
Twina Allen
Marie Nichols
George W
May K Stone
Patrick
Cora O'Tool
Eugene J
Mary J Hlzeing
Edward A
Alice E Barron
Giuseppe
Anna
Libel Suit Not Bar To Trial For A Year
Local lawyers indicate President Roosevelt will likely be called as a witness in the Panama Canal libel indictments against the New York World and Indianapolis News. Extradition of publishers is pursued by U S District Attorney Baker as warrants from Washington arrive. officials expect delays before trials begin, with fresh warrants to be issued after federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Baker
New York
Africa
New York World
Indianapolis News
White House
District Attorney’s Office
Law-Ayers
Jocu
Pansma
Ilbel
Persens
United States
Messrs Pulitzer
van Hamm
Lyman
World
Delavan Smith
Charles Williams
The
News
Wewaun
Washington
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph Pulitzer
Shields
Mauretania Sets A Mark In Long Ocean Run
Special to The Washington Post reports the Mauretania failed to beat Lusitania's record due to a storm off the coast yet showed it can land passengers in New York on Thursday nights. The liner logged a long course 289 miles and averaged about 20.88 knots, with daily runs detailed and a claim of fastest day’s run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Jusitania
Ambrose Channel
Nantucket Ughtallp
Fire Island
Sandy Hook
Queenstown
Lusitania
Mauretania
Actress Bessie McCoy testifies in West Side case
In New York on February 18, actress Bessie McCoy testified as a complainant against Virginia Drew in a West Side court. Drew faced charges of attempting to obtain 27 dollars from Reisenweber's Motel where McCoy and Misa McCoy resided. A dummy package in McCoy’s name was sent to the hotel by a messenger to collect the money. Suspicions led to arrests, and McCoy declined to prosecute while the court nonetheless held the prisoner. The suspect calls herself an actress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Bessie McCoy
Virginia Drew
West Side
Drew
Reisenwebers Motel
Misa McCoy
Miss McCoy
World Trip Romance Ends In San Francisco Marriage
Miss Frances Warner daughter of United States Commissioner Vespasian Warner married Wiley Crist a Pacific coast lawyer in San Francisco on Monday. Their voyage across the Pacific led to the wedding after a world trip. They then left for Bloomington Indiana to visit her father before continuing to the East and back to San Francisco for their future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Warner
United States
Vespasian Warner
Wiley Crist
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
High Seas
Church Elects Elder at Memorial Evangelical Lutheran
Dr Butler's Congregation names W J Showalter to succeed A D Spangler after a split over the aged pastor. Showalter elected elder as other council vacancies filled earlier after resignations January 14 from leaders Anton Heitmuller F R Barclay and F C Wurdeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Butler
W. J. Showalter
A. D. Spangler
Memorial Evangelical, Lutheran Church
William J. Showalter
Albert D Spangler
J, CG
Butler
Dr Butler
Anton Heitmuller
F R Barclay
F.C . Wurdeman
Holbrook Named Potomac Department Commander at GAR Encampment
Holbrook of Post 2 was elected department commander of the Potomac Grand Army of the Republic at the forty first annual encampment. Mary A Dow won the Woman's Relief Corps presidency after a spirited vote. Officers elected include Henry A Johnson, George C Ross, Robert Raven, Rev JB Blodgood, Edward Webster, J W Butner, H H Bunyea, K H Marellas, and several delegates to the national encampment. The encampment ends with a banquet tomorrow in Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euh Holbrook
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic
Mary A Dow
Woman's Relief Corps
GAR
Arlington
Namef
Wee
Henry A Johnson
George C Ross
Robert Raven
JB Blocdgood
Cornet
Edward Webster
J W Butener
W L Sehmalhoff
H H. Bunyea
K H Marellas
B F Graham
John G Maynard
W W Chambers
H J. Depue
S Wy. McHidery
W. H
H Hoover
J H Henns
Alexander Oglesby
R Hennett
Seibold Tost
John S Walker
Talgetlock
H. M W Nevins
Red Bank
Stan
Grand Arm
Oren
Nevins
Washington
Philadelphia
Wilseman
District Department
Lamehought
Woran
Reser Corps
Gsro
Dow
Emma L Newton
Edith Emerson
Chapan
Mary L Gitmar
Ing
Alviare Briscoe
Deepartment
Department of Maryland
W .Treif
Maoggle Sunstorm
Anzile Alexander
A McCracken
Say Girl Tied Herself Up In Hotel Bathing Room
Chicago police dispute Ella Gingles abduction tale as a staged scene. Chief O'Brien calls it a home up and questions the self restraint and blood in the Wellington Hotel bathroom. He expects further interview to clarify the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ella Gingles
Kila Gingles
Wellington Hotel
O'Brien
O’brien
Gingles
Eight Thugs Attack Girl in City Cellar Dragging
In lower Manhattan near the financial district a young woman identified as Gladys Curtis was dragged into a dark cellar on Washington Street and attacked by eight assailants. She is hospitalized in serious condition at Hudson Street Hospital. Three suspects were captured by police and face charges.
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New York
Feb
Financial District
Broadway
Gladys Curtis
Washington Street
Hudson Street
Fatal food riot in Granada over duties on imports
In Granada Spain on February 1 a riot over duties on foodstuffs entering the city erupted. Two people were killed and five wounded as authorities fought to control the unrest. The report notes Third Secretary Namen. The president also nominated Gustave Chellle of Minnesota as third secretary of the embassy in Berlin Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Granada
Namen
Gustave ®Chelle
Minnesota
Berlin
Germany
Boy's Blow Kills Chum in Watertown
Boston reports a 15 year old, John Scanlon, struck his friend Frante Croasland while walking home from Marshall Spying grammar school in Watertown. Croasland died fifteen minutes later before treatment. Autopsy to determine cause. Principal says no fight occurred.
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Boston
Feo
Marshall Spying Grammar School
Watertown
John Scanlon
Frante Croasland
Craigland
C W Walter
Divorce Granted to Mrs Lemp in St Louis Court
A decree of divorce with alimony of 6000 dollars annually and custody of their son was awarded Mrs Willam J Lemp Jr by Judge George Hitchcock in St Louis circuit court. Mr Lemp was granted limited weekly society time with the Sarasota boy from Saturday morning to Sunday evening. Mrs Lemp had sought a lump sum alimony of 500000 dollars but the court approved the annual support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Willam J. Lemp, Jr
George Hitchcock
Lemp
Arasota
War clouds over Balkans threaten new Austro Servian clash
Special cables from Vienna and St Petersburg report Austria warns Ser ia to halt warlike mobilization or face a punitive expedition. Count Berchtold says Austria will not annex Servian territory but may strike if Serb troops remain menacing. Several Russian correspondents head for the Balkans as pressure mounts. Bulgaria accepts Russian settlement proposal over Turkish claims.
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Washington, Post
London
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Count Berchtold
M Isvolsky
Sergia
Austria
Servia
Balkans
Preas
Seton beam to weigh big game for Roosevelt expedition
Special from Greenwich February 13 notes Ernest Thompson Seton supplied a new scientific instrument for President Roosevelts African expedition. The Seton beam weighs up to 200 pounds to within half an ounce, is gravity based, and can measure weights and animals without springs. The device, built at St Johnsbury, aims to yield precise weights of wild beasts encountered on the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Greenwich
Conn
Roosevelt
Seton
Ernest Thompson-Seton
St. Johnsbury
Thompson- Seton
Bryce on the Scotch Irish at Philadelphia banquet
James Bryce British ambassador to the United States topped the annual banquet of the Pennsylvania Scotch Irish Society in Philadelphia. Gov Edwin Stuart was elected president with Justice W P Potter as vice president and Charles L McKeehan as secretary and treasurer Judge Harmon Yerkes presiding Bryce recalled Scotch Irish colonial deeds and noted Ireland's land reform and growing friendship with England and Scotland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James Bryce
United States
Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society
Edwin ] Stuart
W P Potter
Charles L McKeehan
Harmon Yerkes
Ambassador Bryce
England
Ireland
Scotland
Erger at the Top, New York Promotes Police Inspector
Police Inspector Max F Schmittberger, after 35 years with the department, was named chief inspector of the citys bluecoats by Commissioner Bingham. He fills the post left vacant by the retirement of Moses W Cartright, who served 42 years and was known as the honest cop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max F Schmittberger
Bingham Ils
Biuecoats
Moses W Cartright
Anti-Japanese bill killed in Montana House vote
Helena Feb 18 The Montana House reconsidered its miscegenation bill defeated earlier and sent it back to the general file. Representative Norton's measure to segregate Indian and Mongolian school children into separate schools was unfavorably reported by the Military Affairs committee and never seriously considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
House
Norton
Committee On
Mob plans lynching in wake of girl slaying near Glenwillon
The notes report Miss Mary Dobbs, fourteen, was murdered by a Black man near Eagle Mountain. The assailant allegedly slit her throat. A mob, armed and furious, allegedly moved toward Glenwilton with intent to lynch rather than await legal action. The telegraph office confirmed the last sighting of the suspect and a mob march toward the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyncers
Washington Post
Richmond
Mary Dobbs
Glenwillon
Eagle Mountain
Chesapeake and Ohio
Glenwilton
Haunted by the girl he slew in cold blood
Charles Clayton, a Franklin County prisoner serving four years for horse stealing, writes a confession from Benton Illinois claiming he killed Alma Willmore in 1896 after she urged suicide. He describes using a revolver and a cudgel, dumping the body in a well, and later committing further crimes to gain penitentiary time. He expresses remorse and a wish to return.
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Columbus
Uaio
Charles Clayton
Franklin County
Benton
Clayton
Alma Willmore
Poison Gang Extorts Stable Owners for Horses’ Lives
New York police report a citywide horse poisoning blackmail ring. Two youths, William Press and Ruben Wolfonsky, were arrested for attempting to kill two horses owned by Fried & Gelles at 46 Suffolk Street after the firm refused to pay. The gang allegedly poisons about 400 horses in Brooklyn and Manhattan over six months, collecting roughly $4 weekly per owner for protection.
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New York
Fried & Gelles
Suffolk Street
William Press
Ruben Wolfonsky
Is Is Vaid
Individua Lor
McCafferty
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Garfield's Son Ill at Taft School in Watertown
Special to the Washington rom Waterbury Conn Feb 18 Two sons of well known men are ill at the Taft School in Watertown where Horace D Taft headmaster Secretary of the Interior Garfield and his wife went here to be with their son John Garfield who lies in the school hospital in a serious state after an operation for an abscess in the car performed by Dr Minds the school physician Mrs Eli Stallo is at the bedside of her son Dan Hanna Jr who Mes in the hospital near Garfield The nature of Hanna ness is not made known but Mr Taft says he will probably be able to leave with his mother for Lakewood Don Charles Taft son of the President elect is a student at the institution.
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Washington
Waterbury
Conn
Taft
Watertown
Horace D Taft
Garfield
John Garfield
Minds
Eli Stallo
Dan Hanna, Jr
Hanna
Lakewood
Don Charles Taft
Harriman and Goelet Engagement Rumor Sparks Talk
Reports from New York and San Antonio say Robert Walton Goelet with E H Harriman on a Western trip and financier Mary Harriman, 18, in the party, fuel a widespread rumor of an engagement. Harriman declined to confirm or discuss the rumor while Goelet also refused. Other travelers in the party remain convinced the couple is engaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Robert Walton Goelet
E H Harrman
Mary Harriman
Goelet
Miss Harriman
San Antonio
Tex
Mr Goelet
Fifty Towns Destroyed in Persian Earthquake
Teheran reports disaster from the January quake in southwestern Persia. Bu Tujura's governor sends investigators as devastation hits the mountainous area between Burn jurd and Luristan. About 50 villages are destroyed, far more than earlier estimates, with many villagers missing.
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Teheran
Bu Tujura
Persa
Feheran
Montainous
Burnjurd
Luristan
Bahrem
Leben
Chief Geronimo Buried After Apache Burial Service
The Apache chief Geronimo was laid to rest in Lawton Oklahoma on February 18 with a ceremony led by Rev LiL Legbers. About two hundred warriors joined the procession to the burial site as Geronimo's widow resisted efforts to release his favored sorrel horse to accompany him on the journey to the happy hunting grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklo
Geronimo
Lil, Legbers
Banker's Bribery Testimony Opens Klein Trial
Pittsburg Feb 183 W W Ramsey former bank president testified as the first witness in the trial of Councilman John F Klein accused of soliciting and accepting 17500 from the bank of which Ramsey was president with the promise to make the bank the city depository.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W W Ramsey
John F. Klein
Whch
Ramsey
Heidelberg gifts fund first radium institute in Germany
A 500 gift to Heidelberg University will finance the erection of Germanys first radium institution in connection with the cancer Institute here. The project marks a notable advancement in German medical research and cancer treatment at the Heidelberg campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Germany
Heidelberg University
Dewey Declines Invitation to Hampton Roads Review
Due to a recent indisposition Admiral Dewey has been compelled to decline the President's invitation to accompany him to Hampton Roads for the review of the battleship fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Hampton Roads
Staten Island Man Believes Cooper Heals Stomach Ailments
Georges W. Tucker of Graniteville Staten Island voices strong belief in Cooper’s New Discovery medicine. After one month of use he reports relief from chronic dyspepsia gas after meals improved sleep weight gain and restored vitality. He credits the remedy with restoring appetite and digesting any food, and notes Cooper’s medicine is sold at leading druggists with a booklet available by mail from The Cooper Medicine Co Dayton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges W. Tucker
Graniteville
Staten Island
L T Cooper
Cooper’s
Cooper
Cooter
Cooters
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
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Paris
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