Quarrel Ends With Couple Shot by Revolver in Kitchen
George W. Taylor, horse trader, and his wife Ethel of 411 H Street NE, were both shot with the same revolver after a dispute over staying away from home. Police say the 7 year old daughter witnessed the incident. both totals were not seriously wounded. Taylor was arrested at Union Station and hospitalized. Mrs. Taylor was treated and released. No charges filed yet.
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George W. Taylor
Ethel
H Street
Taylor
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Alice
Union Station
Hewlett
Vermillion
First Precinct
Navy Yard Pay Raises Total Over 50 000 Annually
Secretary Daniels announced wage increases for about 140 navy yard workers in ports including Portsmouth New Jersey Boston New York Philadelphia Norfolk Charleston Mare Island and Active Sound. The raises totaling more than 50 000 annually take effect immediately while pay scales for Washington Navy Yard Naval Academy and Indiana Head proving ground will be set in coming days.
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Navy Yards
Daniela Theyards
Portsmouth
N. J
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Charleston
Mare Island
Cal
Active Sound
Daniels
Washington Navy Yard
Naval Academy
Indiana Head Proving Ground
Boe ‘W. Wells
David Thaleen
Harvey Detar
Daniela
Navy Yard
War Department denies Philippine employe purge claim
The War Department issued a statement denying reports that Gov. Gen. Herrison replaced many Philippines civil servants with Americans. It said only three Americans were appointed: Stephen Bongall secretary to the governor, John Hughes Manila police captain, and Bernard Herstein customs collector. It added dismissals were for economy and replacements were mostly promotions from within the service.
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War Department
Herrison
Philippines
United States
Stephen Bongall
John Hughes
Manila
Bernard Herstein
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Helps Stranded Gulfport Driver
Special to The Weekington Post Gulfport Miss Jan 2 Mrs Woodrow Wilson aided the driver of a Gulfport Bottling Works truck stranded in a ditch between here and Mississippi City late this afternoon Her chauffeur pulled the truck with a Washington garage secret service car and the truck was moved onto Gulfport. John M Ramagy Blaine Me Jan 2 legislator dies by own action after being carried to state capitol last winter to vote in Edwin Leigh Senate election outcome unclear.
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Weekington
Goulfport
Miss
Woodrow Wilson
Gulfport
Here
Mississippi City
Burleigh
Blaine
John M. Ramagy
State Capitol
Edwin Ianleigh
United Statex Senate
Director Resignations Amid Shifts in Public Sentiment
Morgan states a change in public sentiment justifies resignations from certain directorships. He notes already stepping down from listed companies and plans to withdraw from other boards where no special obligation to remain exists, seeking to protect properties and security holders.
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Morgan
Morgan firm withdraws from many corporate boards signaling reform
Wall Street watchers note J P Morgan amp Co plans to retire from numerous outside directorships seen as a watershed in corporate governance. Observers like Samuel Untermyer warn subtleties remain as interlocking ties to major banks persist, while officials and presidents signal cautious acceptance.
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Untermyer
Samuel Untermyer
Pujo Committee
First National
Morgan Institutions
Baker
First Securities Company
Con
Assails D C tax plan as benefit to few
Representative Henry George told Parkview Citizens that the District tax system is freakish and that he may oppose the half and half plan unless land value increases are used to fund the public treasury not private pockets. He urged single tax style reform while criticising current assessments and urging reductions if appeals prove valuations too high.
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Henry George
House District Committee
Parkview Citizens' Association
District of Columbia
D. C. Treasury
Mr. George
United States
George
George Washington
Board of
Destatent Assessors
Indicted Husbands Extradition Followed by Federal Prosecution
Twenty men labeled as non-support delinquents were indicted by a grand jury. One man is located in Hawaii and all face extradition for trial under current law. This marks the largest such indictment tally to date, with names including Les Moorman and William Patrick among the 20. Additional counts cover false pretenses, housebreaking, forgery, grand larceny, robbery, assault with a weapon, bigamy, embezzlement, and related offenses tied to multiple defendants across several counties.
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Hawaiian Islands
Les Moorman
William Patrick
John J. Goodwin
George M. Chase
Dennis Tinney
Samuel J. Bell
Charles E. Pryor
Julian Armatead
Welford Sorrell
Harry F. Hagan
Ernest J. Clarke
James Davidson
William Johnson
Lawrence A. Pearson
Quince Early Dandergon
Wiliam H. Willame
Charles’ . Becaffery
Thomas K. O’brien
Lester L. Marshall
Robert Countes
Oliver M. Masters
Benjamin Aronhime
George
Wilam Woodard
Charles Thomas
Charles Mackall
Frank Butler
Agpault Taxi
Alphonse Stampa
Charles Jones
Frank Emi Ward
Robert A. McDonald
Girls Brace Inspector with Nose Injury and Joke Badge
Hack Inspector Oliver H. Coffin was mistaken for a man who bullied the trio Mamie Gardner Ethel Bryan and Melle White on New Year’s day. They allegedly showed a badge reading chicken inspector and Coffin’s bruise prompted police action. The court heard the humor and dismissed the charge, the judge ruling they acted in self defense.
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Oliver H. Coffin
Mamie Gardner
Ethel Bryan
Melle White
R. I. Miller
Coffin
Artusl
Comedian Hitchcock Faces Piracy Suit Over Beauty Shop
Philander C Johnson of Washington sues Raymond Hitchcock in Chicago alleging use of pirated material from Johnson and partners. Suit claims parts of the musical comedy The Beauty Shop and Johnson’s Dr Fakewell manuscript were taken. Hitchcock denies knowing of Dr Fakewell and denies collusion with Pollock Wolf or others. Johnson and Mrs Johnson are in Chicago pursuing the injunction.
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Washington
Chicago
Raymond
Hitchcock
Philanders
Johnson
Dr. Fakewell
Beauty Shop
Ofek. & Service of
Authogenas
Hitchcocl
Channing Pollock
Rennold Wolf
George M. Cohan
Samuel Harrison
Pollock
Wolf
Philander C. Johnson
Raymond Hitchcock
Mrs. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Huerta Sends New Year Greeting to Wilson
Mexico City reports President Huerta sent a New Year greeting to Woodrow Wilson, praising the United States and its people. The message was completed late at the national palace New Year festivities and released today. The State Department will not respond to Huerta's felicitation, and Acting Secretary Moore notes Wilson’s remark that there is no Mexican government.
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Glass
Carter Glass
Wynchburg
Morgan & C
Morgan & Co
Clayton
Department of Justice
Mexico City
Huerta
Mexico
Wilson
Woodrow’ Wilson
United States
Washington, D. C
Mexican Republic
National Palace
State Department
Presidert Wilson
Conger
Mexicaj
Moore
Tony Biddle Swears Off New Year Temperance
Special to The Washington Port Philadelphia Jan 2 A J Drexel Biddle known as Tony trims his wine cellar worth thousands and urges friends to do the same, recalling his earlier boast of daily whisky intake. He has since started a Bible class and delivers a new year temperance talk. He says moderation has its merits but believes a man is better off abstaining from all wines and liquors.
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First National Bank
Chase National Bank
New [York
Frank A.vanderlip
National City Bank
Haker
Porter and Davidson
Morgeh
McReynolds
New York
Morgan
Esident
Wilach
Gulfport
Mias
Wilson
Gulf
P. Morgan & Co
Congress
Washington
Washington Port
Philadelphia
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Tony
Tango prehistoric dance claims rare origin in Atlantis
Berlin January 2 Special Cable to The Washington Fest reports Prof Gustav Eberlein, a noted sculptor, calling the tango a prehistoric dance from ancient Greek sacrifice. He says he watched nude models dance it in perfect form, then learned its evolution into an expression of intoxication.
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Berlin
Gustav Eberlein
Atlantis
Death by own action through hotel plan by French nobleman
Count August Shaffelysky de Mukkadel de Castellane Seymore, a French Austrian British nobleman, dies in Elizabethtown Kentucky from a self administered injection. He had toured Washington DC years earlier proposing a suicide hotel to ease pain and change American views on death. He described an elaborate “eternal rest” room with chloroform and a crematory. He once served as dentist to the Bey of Tunis and claimed many wives.
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Count de Castellane
Seymore
Washington
August Shaffelysky de Mukkadel de Castellane Seymore
France
Austria
Britain
Elizabethtown
Count de Castellane Seymour
Tunis
Ihag
Matta
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Ami
J. P. Morgan, Sr
J. P. Morgen
United States Steel Corporation
International Harvester Company
International Mercantile Marine Company
P. Morzan & Co
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Wand
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Eny
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Pujo
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Money ‘Trust
House
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Minnesota
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Tony’ Biddle
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America
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Grand Central Terminal
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Tharp
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Hodges
BIG Blank Book Shop
Star Building Annex
Handy’s
California
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Prunes
Ib. Prunes
John H. Magruder
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K St
Hotel Powhatan
Pa, Ave
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H Sts
Phome
Clifford M. Lewis
Roe Fulkerson
F St. N. W
Willard Hotel
Georges
Georges & Son, Inc
American Security A> Trust Company
Ite Usu
Narest
American Security and Trust Company
Tutssd
Tin Capital Traction Company
Washi American League Baseball Club
Southern Building
Chatriot
Coluimbia
Tor Enaulnic Eo Cropenly Bioushe Bar
Edward J. Walsh
Amet Bank of Washington
F St
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Washington Post
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A McLean
Edward Bretary
DTA
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Myehoth
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Shoomak
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Canon Light
Whotesom
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