Disorder on Cars Case Sparks Public Criticism
A lengthy grand jury report indicts alleged charges of disorder connected to railway car operations but critics call the investigation groundless and biased. The document condemns publication of the accusations as unjust while railway authorities assert all precautions were taken. Details reference a Alexandria court and a February timeline with responses from investigators and involved parties.
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Grai
Alevanty Creat
Seston
Waolungtoy
Ida
Flea
Photon
Alecandia
Cy Ray Sigetiun
Grand Jury Protests Newspaper Libel in Washington Car Era
A county grand jury denounces misleading newspaper reports about late Washington suburban car disorder and accuses Washington Herald and Evening Star of false sensationalism. It commends railroad management for orderly late car service and urges publication of the jury report with equal prominence. The panel also notes plans to station extra conductors on late cars to prevent disturbances.
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Raliroid Company
Washington Herald
Evening Star
Intentiny
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 Multiple Names
Health office record lists numerous deaths and ages with sparse addresses and relations. Names include Mary Nassera, Buchanan Bente, George H Hildreth, Jacob P Harris, John F Sturgeon, Oxcar Nelson, Lerezza D McLain, Lucy Robinson, Walter Young Nichols, Mary Clagett, Charles and Florence Nellt, Allen and Marie Nichols, George W Stone, Patrick O Tool, Eugene Hlzeing, Edward Barron, Giuseppe Bstducel, Keeble, Cora Higen, Wike Toralo and others in Anacostia and nearby areas.
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Charles A Flagg
Richard P Williams Joseph
Pansy M Young
Ranmond
Mary Edward J Wagonteald
Henretta Hobbs
Walter
Mevell
Henry Robetacn
Tilia
Adams
Harrisonburg
H Lreene
William Henry Hamm
Staunton Va
Mendelizareth Nelson
Chels
Bertie C Hall
Tes
McLaughlin Edward Butler
Mary Trainer
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
Charles
Florence Nellt
Twine 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 Hindered. Roosevelt May Testify
Local lawyers propose President Roosevelt may be compelled to testify as a witness in a libel case connected to the Panama Canal scandal. Extradition of publishers and editors from the World and News faces delays as warrants await New York action. District Attorney Baker pushes to bring Pulitzer Van Hamm Lyman Delavan Smith and Williams to the district. Warrants issued in Washington are not yet received here, with federal grand jury action awaited.
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 On New York Run In Heavy Weather
Special to The Washington Post reports the Mauretania failed to beat Lusitania’s record on the long Atlantic course due to a storm off the coast. The liner still demonstrated strong performance by reaching Thursday night port calls, logging 671 miles for a single day and beating Lusitania’s hourly average by about a third of a knot. Passengers cheered the role of the lightships and crews as the ship neared Ambrose Channel and Sandy Hook observations noted her delayed arrival outside the bar.
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Washington Post
New York
Jusitania
Ambrose Channel
Nantucket Ughtallp
Fire Island
Sandy Hook
Queenstown
Lusitania
Mauretania
Actress Bessie McCoy testifies in West Side court
In New York on February 18 actress Bessie McCoy testifies as complainant against Virginia Drew in a case at Reisenwebers Motel where $27 was sought. A dummy package in Miss McCoy’s name led detectives to arrest the accused. McCoy declines to prosecute. court holds the prisoner. The Crew girl calls herself an actress.
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Washington Post
New York
Bessie McCoy
Virginia Drew
West Side
Drew
Reisenwebers Motel
Misa McCoy
Miss McCoy
Miss Frances Warner Weds Wiley Crist in San Francisco
The marriage of Frances Warner daughter of U S Commissioner Vespasian Warner to Wiley Crist a Pacific coast lawyer took place in San Francisco on Monday ending a world voyage romance. After the ceremony Mr and Mrs Crist headed to Bloomington Indiana for a short visit then plan a later East tour before returning to San Francisco.
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Frances Warner
United States
Vespasian Warner
Wiley Crist
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
High Seas
Church Elects Elder in Faction Dispute at Memorial Church
At Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church a decision was made after prayer services to elect William J. Showalter as elder filling the seat of Albert D Spangler who withdrew amid a dispute over retaining the aged pastor Rev Dr J C Butler. Other council vacancies from resignations January 14 were already filled earlier.
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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 elected MES as Dow heads Potomac encampment
Holbrook of Post 2 was elected department commander of the Department of the Potomac Grand Army of the Republic at the forty first annual encampment. Mrs Mary A Dow was elected president of the Department of the Potomac Woman's Relief Corps after a spirited election. The encampment will end with a banquet in Arlington tomorrow night.
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Euh Holbrook
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic
Mary A Dow
Woman's Relief Corps
GAR
Arlington
Namef
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 Wellington Hotel Bath
Chicago police dismissed Ella Gingles abduction tale as a home-up, stating the lacemaker may have tied herself to the bath with assistance. Chief O'Brien said the blood was wine and water and promised further clarification in another interview with Miss Gingles, who is said to be little the worse for the ordeal.
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Chicago
Ella Gingles
Kila Gingles
Wellington Hotel
O'Brien
O’brien
Gingles
Eight Thugs Attack Girl Near Broadway in Broad Daylight
In New York City near the financial district a crowd watched as eight assailants dragged a young woman named Gladys Curtis into a dark cellar on Washington Street and attacked her. She was taken to Hudson Street Hospital in precarious condition. Police captured three of the alleged assailants.
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New York
Feb
Financial District
Broadway
Gladys Curtis
Washington Street
Hudson Street
Riots in Granada Over Food Duties Turn Deadly
In Granada on February 1 a food duties riot left two dead and five wounded as protests over import levies escalated. The incident coincides with a note that Gustave Chelle of Minnesota was nominated by the President as third secretary of the Berlin embassy.
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Spain
Granada
Namen
Gustave ®Chelle
Minnesota
Berlin
Germany
Boy's Blow Kills Chum in Watertown
In Watertown two 15 year old boys, John Scanlon and Frante Croasland, walked home from school when a punch intended as a lighter blow proved fatal. Croasland died fifteen minutes later despite doctors efforts. autopsy to determine cause. Principal C W Walter states they were not fighting.
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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 yearly and custody of their son was awarded to Mrs Willam J. Lemp Jr by Judge George Hitchcock in the circuit court. Mr Lemp retains limited visitation with the Sarasota boy from Saturday morning to Sunday evening each week. Mrs Lemp had pressed for a lump sum alimony of 500000 dollars.
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St. Louis
Willam J. Lemp, Jr
George Hitchcock
Lemp
Arasota
War clouds loom as Austria hints punitive action toward Serbia
Vienna signals possible punitive expedition against Serbia if it ends menacing mobilization. Count Berchtold warned Isvolsky that peace hinges on Serbia halting preparations. Several Russian correspondents proceed to the Balkans. Public opinion and press call for diplomatic effort to shield Serbia from Austrian aggression. Bulgaria accepts Russian settlement proposal over Turkish claim.
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Balkans
Preas
Servia
Vienna
Austria
Seton beam chosen for Roosevelt African expedition weigh-in
Special to The Washington Post from Greenwich Connecticut on February 13 reports Ernest Thompson Seton’s Seton beam will be used by President Roosevelt in the African expedition. The weight instrument weighs 134 pounds and can weigh up to 200 pounds to half an ounce accuracy, based on pure gravity. It also measures animal weights, a new capability for the field party.
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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 spoke at the Pennsylvania Scotch Irish Society banquet in Philadelphia. Gov Edwin Stuart was elected president with Justice W P Potter as vice president and Charles L McKeehan as secretary treasurer. Bryce recalled Scotch Irish deeds in colonial America and noted Ireland's land reforms and improving relations with England.
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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 February 18 Police Inspector Max F Schmittberger, after 35 years with the department, was promoted to chief inspector succeeding the late Moses W Cartright, famed for his honesty, who retired after 42 years in service.
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New York
Max F Schmittberger
Bingham Ils
Biuecoats
Moses W Cartright
Anti-Japanese bill killed in Montana house
Helena Feb 18 The house reconsidered its vote on the miscegenation bill and sent it back to the general file. A DIM measure by Representative Norton to segregate Indian and Mongolian school children into separate schools was reported unfavorably by the Military affairs committee. The bill was never seriously considered by the house.
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Helena
Mont
House
Norton
Committee On
Mob Has Girl Slayer Targeted By Lynchers
The Washington Post reports that Miss Mary Dobbs age 14 was brutally murdered by a Negro at Glenwillon near Eagle Mountain. A mob was said to have the suspect en route to Glenwilton with armed members vowing lynching, and the sheriff indicated a jail would not be needed.
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Leyncers
Washington Post
Richmond
Mary Dobbs
Glenwillon
Eagle Mountain
Chesapeake and Ohio
Glenwilton
Haunted by the girl he slew in 1896 confession sent
Charles Clayton, a Franklin county prisoner serving four years for horse theft, writes from Benton Illinois to authorities. He claims Alma Willmore urged suicide then helped with the murder by beating her brains out and dumping the body in an unused well. He describes failing nerve to kill himself and says he committed other crimes to be sent to prison.
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Columbus
Uaio
Charles Clayton
Franklin County
Benton
Clayton
Alma Willmore
Poison gang targets New York horse owners
A city wide blackmail ring by a poison gang threatened horse owners in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Fried & Gelles of 46 Suffolk Street refused, two horses died, six horses perished last night. Arrests were made of William Press and Ruben Wolfonsky, 30 and 35, pending examination Saturday. Police report about 400 horses poisoned in six months with weekly payments averaging four dollars.
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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 Horace D Taft headmaster Secretary of the Interior Garfield and his wife hurriedly came to be with their son John Garfield who lies in the school hospital in a serious state following an operation for an abscess in the car performed by Dr Minds the school physician Mrs EB Stallo is at the bedside of her son Dan Hanna Jr who was in the hospital near Garfield The nature of Hanna s 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
EB Stallo
Dan Hanna, Jr
Hanna
Lakewood
Don Charles Taft
Harriman Goelet Engagement Rumor Circulates
In New York on February 18 a Western trip with Rob ert Walton Goelet and E H Harriman fueled rumors that Miss Mary Harriman and Mr Goelet are engaged. Miss Harriman and Mr Goelet declined to confirm or discuss the matter, while others in the party say the engagement is likely.
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Washington Post
New York
Robert Walton Goelet
E H Harrman
Mary Harriman
Goelet
Miss Harriman
San Antonio
Tex
Mr Goelet
Fifty Towns Are In Ruins After Persian Earthquake
Teheran reports the governor of Bu Tujura dispatched agents to gauge January earthquake damage in southwestern Persia. Devastation hit the mountainous belt between Burn jurd and Luristan provinces with about 50 villages destroyed, many inhabitants killed or missing, and some hamlets untraceable.
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Teheran
Bu Tujura
Persa
Feheran
Montainous
Burnjurd
Luristan
Bahrem
Leben
Chief Geronimo Buried in Apache Burial Ground
Lawton Oklahoma February 18 Geronimo the old Indian war chief was buried today in the Apache burying ground. The services were led by Rev LiL Legbers and followed Apache burial customs. About two hundred warriors joined the funeral procession. The widow resisted, urging to kill the chief’s favorite sorrel driving horse to take it with him to the afterlife.
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Lawton
Oklo
Geronimo
Lil, Legbers
Banker Tells of Bribery Trial in Klein Case
Pittsburg report states W W Ramsey former bank president testified as first witness in the Klein bribery trial. Klein is accused of soliciting and accepting $17,500 from the Ramsey led bank with the promise to make the bank the city depository.
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Pittsburg
W W Ramsey
John F. Klein
Bank
Whch
Ramsey
Heidelberg Receives Gift for Radium Institute in Germany
Heidelberg Germany Feb 12 a gift of 500 marks will be used to erect the first radium institution in Germany in connection with the cancer Institute at Heidelberg University aiming to advance cancer research and treatment.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Heidelberg University
Dewey Declines President Invitation to Hampton Roads
Admiral Dewey, unable to attend due to illness, declines the President's invitation to accompany him to Hampton Roads for the review of the battleship fleet.
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Dewey
Hampton Roads
Staten Island Man Endorses Cooper Medicine
Georges W. Tucker of Graniteville Staten Island credits L T Cooper for his recovery from chronic dyspepsia and catarrh after a month on Cooper's New Discovery. He reports improved appetite, no gas, better sleep and regained strength and weight, and notes the medicine is sold at leading druggists with a booklet available from The Cooper Medicine Co Dayton Ohio.
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Georges W. Tucker
Graniteville
Staten Island
L T Cooper
Cooper’s
Cooper
Discovery
Cooter
Cooters
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
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