Miss Asquith Visits Washington and Refuses Photo
Miss Violet Asquith daughter of the British prime minister arrived in Washington with the Countess of Aberdeen. She declined to be photographed, saying she never poses for pictures but offering to be snapped if possible. The party will stay at the British Embassy with social events planned including informal and formal dinners and a tea with Ambassador Bryce. She plans to meet Washington society and engage with philanthropic and suffrage groups.
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Countess of Aberdeen
Violet Asquith
Pennsylvania
Miss Asquith
Ireland
New York City
James Bryce
Fnl
The
Post
Saisla
United States
Tnion
Washington Society
Emus
Bryce
Kite House
Jusaprand
France
Henry Dimock
Vario Politica
Industaiad
Death notices parade on January 1 and 2
Multiple funeral notices list individuals with addresses across Washington and Alexandria. Names include James Barkutt James Daniel McLearen Mary A Rupprecht Jennie M Waller and others. Notices specify dates January 1 1913 January 2 1913 and funeral details or later arrangements with private interment and residence clues.
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Barkutt
Oathig
Eighth Street
James
Mary E. Barrett
Cappeau
Department OF State
Washington
D. C
Maxwell K. Moorhead
Rangoon
India
Upper Burma
George B.canepeau
Department
McLearen
Alexandria -Howtal
Afty
Duke Street
Alexandria
James Daniel
Mary
Huneral
Moutheast
Ruptrecht
Mary A
Ferdinand Rupprecht
New York
Chicago
Waluer
Jennie M. Waller
Funeral Directors Listings and Embalmers in Washington
A compilation of funeral homes and embalmers including KR Speare Frank A Sphare and George P Zurhorste with addresses on F Street Northwest and East Capitol Street plus other firms such as Harvey's Sons and Thos S Sergeon. Services advertised as first class with chapels, crematoriums, and connections to livery.
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KR. Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank A. Sphare
Geo
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Modarate Te
North St
Sergeon
R. G
Tellababe
M Hindle
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Pumphrey & Son
Lethaw
Maryland
Scense
Rockville
Frank Geier
ST. Modern Chapel
North
Sch
Bailey Sees Chaos on Direct Legislation Debate
The article reports Senator Bailey railing against direct government by the people, criticizing newspapers for unrest, noting Swiss and Wisconsin experiences, and defending representative government. He cites a 208 page book, questions public understanding, and argues for the value of deliberation in a republic. Governor Colquitt plans to appoint R M Johnston to Bailey’s unexpired Senate term.
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Deads
Washington
Jefferyson
Madison
Bailey
Republic
Senate
Millonaire
Orice
Senator Bailey
Hearst
Beliavs
Thabeliaf
Balti
Ory
Ashurst
United States
Colquitt
Johnston
Austin
Tex
R.M. Johnston
Houston
Grim acts of Roumania hint at looming fighting
Jan 2 reports from Bucharest Sofia and London note Roumanian soldiers receive first aid supplies while Romania bans coal exports to Bulgaria. Plenipotentiaries at the peace conference relax briefly as Turkey’s advance shifts mood, with Turkish concessions cited as exceeding expectations yet unresolved.
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Turkey
Almshouse Fire Kills One and Traps Seventy At New London
A deadly blaze at the county almshouse in New London January 2 left one man dead and about seventy others imperiled. A resident, John Crones, was reportedly burned to death in a padded basement cell where he was confined to treat delirium tremens. Fire damage caused monetary losses described as small.
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London
Conn
John
New Year's Eve duelists settle ties in Washington streets
Two well known figures, a former football star and a young lawyer, fought in a taxicab near Fourteenth Street after New Year celebrations. The duelists, their companions, and a Willard Hotel table origin were later identified, and the parties reconciled amid widespread downtown chatter.
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Beggoa
Pardon
Washington
Duello
Tian
New Willard Hotel
Fourteenth Street
Franklin’ Square
Parcel post proves both a boom and growing pains
The new parcel post system shows early success with vast shipments and fragile items like eggs reaching destinations safely, while mishaps reveal wrapping and labeling issues. Postmaster General Hitchcock expands rules to allow pistols in parts, and Secretary Wilson urges cooperative buying to cut costs and a market division to streamline producer to consumer trade.
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Long Island
Hitchcock
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Taft to Practice Law in New Haven and Augusta
President Taft will practice law in New Haven and lecture at Yale Law School while holding the Kent Professorship. He will not join Catlwalder & Strong or form a partnership with his son Robert, who will practice in Cincinnati. Taft plans a brief stay in Augusta for golf and rest, then returns to New Haven around March 27 as spring term begins. He will not take cases against the United States or before judges he appointed, but may advise on international law and consult with corporations on antitrust questions.
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Taft
New Haven
Yale Law School
Kent
Catwalader&* Strong
Henry W. Taft
Robert
Cincinnati
Augusta
Yale
William .A
United States
Harrison
Benc
United States Supreme Court
Brewer and Brown
Eee
Indiana vet college dean accused in murder case
An indictment charges Dr William ig, dean of the Indiana Veterinary College, and A M Ragsdale, an Indian polis undertaker, with the murder of Dr Helené Enabe a bacteriologist of Ind found with her throat cut in her apartments on October 2 1911 no weapon found police call it death by own action coroner verdict murder
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Marion County
William Ig
Indiana Veterinary College
Birmingham Consul Halstead Addresses Chamber Talks Trade and Telegrap
The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce deadlocked on filling two board vacancies after twelve ballots. Charles Linkins won on the first ballot, while George H. Judd and George W. Stuart failed to reach the required votes. R. P. Andrews was added to ballots but no resolution. Consul Albert Halstead urged U S praise of domestic goods over imports and spoke on foreign commerce. The group authorized study to curb telegraph delays, plans to curb delivery by messenger, and to consolidate ashes and garbage inspection under commissioners. A Penrose bill amendment on first class mail rates was approved. The president was empowered to cooperate with clean city groups to present plans to Congress. A request from the Panama-California Association for a San Diego exhibit was noted, and the Brotherhood of Maintenan tlaves seeking headquarters guidance was referred to the executive committee.
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Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Charles Linkins
George H. Judd
George W. Stuart
R. P. Andrews
Halstead
Albert Halstead
United States
Birmingham
England
Joseph Strasburger
Penrose
Congress
Clean City Committee
Board of Trade
Congressional Committee
Panama-California Association
San Diego
Cal
Maintenantlaves
St. Louis
Washington
Movements of Ocean Steamers Reported for New York
Shipping notices list numerous ocean liners and routes to New York from Liverpool Havre Southampton and Bremen including Oceanic Blasconset Cape Race La Savoie and Laurintig. Vessels are scheduled to dock around 8:30 to 8:50 a.m. on Friday or Sunday with details incomplete due to OCR errors.
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sasHarages
Liverpool
Megantic
New York
Havre+La Froyenvs
Neckarem
Bremen
London
Minnetonka
Queenstown
St. Paul
Southampton
la Toursine
Havre
Blasconset Oceanic
Cape Race
la Savoie
Blasconset—Laurentig
Liverpoo Ter
Dh -Fridgy
Felker Elected Governor in New Hampshire
In Concord New Hampshire January 2 the legislature elected Samuel D Felker the Democratic candidate as governor He won 22 votes to 191 for Franklin Worcester of Hollis with 2 Progressives siding with the Democrats The house deadlock ended with William J Britton chosen speaker as the Progressive candidate
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Goncord
N. H
New Hampshire
Samuel D. Felker
Franklin Worcester
Hollis
House of Representatives
William J. Britton
Britton
Licensed to Marry Amid Many Couples in Virginia Locales
A hodgepodge of marriage licenses lists multiple couples from Virginia towns including Whites, Essex, Fairfax, Swope, and Richmond. Names such as William J. Anderson, Fanniy Samuel, Joseph Dindlabsek, Mattie Dove, Lovellsville, and Grace Raub, among others, appear with ages ranging from teens to 96. The notices reference ministers J M Little and J W Wade Apler and span Johnson City to Richmond regions.
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William J. Anderson
Whites
Fanniy
Samuel
Essex
J. MM
Joesph
Dindlabsek
East
Falls Church
Mattie BE. Dove
Fairfax County
Lovellsville
J. M. Little
Wisfrey B. Carter
Susie Haynes
Childsburg
Ala F. Payne
Richmond
Aie Awitt
Granite Springs
Zehawi Matonough
Chicago, Hill
Ruth ‘A. Roberts
Cumberland, Ma
G.A. van Fossen
August Raub
Richmond, Vz
Grace
Epdalls
J. Me
Barbara
Hotta
Midland
Mary
Newland
H.aber
Wrens
van Allen al
Want Him in Cabinet Woman for War Portfolio
Senator Myers urged President-elect Wilson to appoint Gov. Edwin J. Norris of Montana as Secretary of the Interior, praising his Western development study. Wilson deferred on appointments while noting Norris made an impression at governors’ conferences and received broad pro or recommendations from business groups. Two women were proposed for cabinet posts, one for Secretary of War, framed as a peace measure. Wilson said no date yet for an extra session, hinting March dates depend on House hearings. Wilson, tired, slept through a noisy train ride home from Trenton to Princeton Junction.
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Wilson
Trenton
N.J
Henry L. Myers
Mentans
Presi‘dent
Edwin JG. Norris
Montana
Interior
Norris
Myers
Gov
House of Governors
Chambers of Commerce
Gov. Norris
T. J. Walsh
Monitana
United States
War Office
Gov. Wilson
House
Congress
Princeton Junction
Princeton
Wilson engages suite here for March 3 family visit
New York January 2 A Washington dispatch to the World reports President elect Wilson has reserved a suite at the Shoreham Hotel for his immediate family and relatives for March 3. He declined an invitation to the White House from Tafts. The rooms are described as comfortable with linen lace window hangings and chintz in old rose or Delft blue and mahogany colonial furniture.
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New York
Washington
New York World
Wilson
Shoreham Hotel
Taft
White House
Fatt
Delft
Maryland bill seeks 400000 to buy College Park aviation tract
A House bill introduced by Representative Thomas Parran requests a 400000 appropriation to acquire the Federal government leased aviation tract at College Park Maryland and adjoining lands totaling over 1000 acres. The area would be used by the army for maneuvers aviation and military purposes with options on most tracts already secured and prices cited from 150 to 700 per acre averaging around 200.
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College Park
United States Army Aviation
Thomas Parran
Maryland
Army
Unidentified Man Found Tied to Railroad Tracks Near Patuxent
The mangled body was discovered on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks between Baltimore and Washington. A gold watch in the vest suggests identification possible, with burlap cords tied around limbs. authorities deem it a murder not robber-related. Age and exact origin undetermined.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Patuxent
Here
Washington
Tala
Ant
Wes
Ambassador Reid’s Body to Arrive on Native Soil
New York reports Rear Admiral Fiske commands the Natal escorted by Florida North Dakota and four destroyers bearing the body of American Ambassador White Law Reid. The funeral procession planned for the Cathedral of St John the Divine after a morning harbor arrival and baptism in New York Harbor. The funeral is set for Saturday morning.
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Ambassador Reid
New York
Florida
North Dakota
Fiske
Natal
Whitelaw
Reid
Sandy Hook
Grant
Great Britain
St. John the Divine
Man Severs Arm Under Streetcar Wheels in Buffalo
Harry Pullman, aged years old, is in serious condition at a Buffalo hospital after his left arm was severed beneath a trolley car. He said he placed his arm under the wheel by command of God and did so of his own free will, denying drinking and claiming a divine directive.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Harry’ Pullman
Pullman
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