Decatur Trial Ends With Defense Alibi Claim
Annapolis Jan guess The case of Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr on naval court martial for hazing and assault ended with the defense arguing that charges against Midshipmen Gaylord Church and other witnesses were uncorroborated and that an alibi defense defeats the hazing charge The court adjourned to forward findings to the Naval Academy superintendent then to the Secretary of the Navy for action Foster the accused is to be tried next with a note on his torpedo warthead invention and its potential adoption by the Navy
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Church
McCrary
Midshipman
Foster
Annapolis
Stephen Decatur, Jr
Harry
Isaac N. Stecracy
Gaylord Church
Naval Academy
Navy
Bonaparte
Admiral Sands
Decatur
Gaylord (Church
Meadville
Reging
Tmcttur
Turer
Secatur
Taureh
Wais
Toliss Min T
Margoni
Decatur Wwon
Il Ho
Haas Thorugh
Meears
McCrory
Lu Mitary
Midshipman Werth
Dooster Et
New Alms
Ind
Tomarow
P B. Marzoni
Porstiola
Forter
Betty
Joliet
Marzont
Igaivet
Solaris
Ter Tooke
Mogora
Pyesa
Ube
Midshipmidas
Ieriheillune i Marzoni
Young Roberts
Tian
Teas Moraine
Daniel H Ran
Babs
Eavall
Randall Sale
Bern
Tor
Randall
Welco
Evisista
Tueall
Gerard Church
Churcn
Theall
Lauchelmer
Winthrop
Warren A. Vanderveer
Mount Holly
N. J
Sings
Vanderveer
Kimbrough
Academy
Janderveer
Terry
United States Marine Corps
Treamor Coffin
Secretary of the Navy
Raidshipman Foster
Tomor Tow
Ordnance Department
Newport
R. I
Deeds For Station Site In Exchange With Railroad
Deeds linked to the June 14 agreement between the District Commissioners and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for a station site were recorded. The Real Estate and Improvement Company conveyed 62 026 61 to the District for lots in square 680 and related parcels, while the District conveyed Hend F streets northeast segments back to the company. Commissioner Warner reported 10 680 pension certificates issued in December including originals restorations and increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Real Estate and Improvement Company of
Baltimore
Corporal
E Street
Massachusetts and
Delaware Avenues
First
E Streets
the Real Estate and Improvement Company of
North Capitol
Flint Streets
Relief fund treasurer sends check for balance
John Joy Edson treasurer of the citizens' relief fund for Russian sufferers yesterday sent a check to Jacob Schitt treasurer of the Russian sufferers' fund for 557.08 dollars being the balance remaining in the fund Leishman at Constantinople Jan 3 The American Minister John G Leishman has returned here from his visit to Paris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schiff
John Joy Edson
Citizens’ Relief Fund
Jacob Schitt
ORR SUCCEEDS M'GALL ERRORS SEEM GREAT TO HIM
John A. McCall resigns as president of New York Life Insurance Company. Alexander E. Orr appointed to succeed him at $50,000 annually. McCall's salary was $100,000. Orr is a retired New York merchant and civic leader. McCall's resignation letter cites past errors but pride in the company's growth and officers' integrity. The board accepted the resignation unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Alexander E. Orr
McCal
Orr
McCall
Rapid Transit Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Tyrone County
Ireland
John C. McCall
Kingsley
New York Life
Equitable
Lfetime
Richard A. McCurdy
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Robert H. McCurdy
Hyde
Alexander
Newark
N. J
James Hazen Hyde
James B. Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Fidelty Trust Company
Union National Bank
William H McIntyre
Prudential Insurance Company
Intyre
Insurance deal called off in Chicago
Chicago, Jan. 2 It was announced today that the plan of officers of the Western Life Insurance Company to transfer policy holders to the Security Life and Annuity Company of Pennsylvania has been abandoned. President Moulton said 8,000 shares of Security stock bought by Western Life Indemnity officers were sold and the $200,000 proceeds refunded to the Western Life Indemnity treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Life Insurance Company
Security Life and Annuity Company
Pennsylvania
Moulton
Security Company
Western Life Indemnity Company
Free Tissot Bible Pictures Exhibit at Corcoran
A Corcoran Gallery of Art hosts a free view tomorrow and Saturday of the J James Tissot water color Bible paintings. The famed Old Testament series, once shown across Europe and America, includes 373 small works and adds value through the life and locality depicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corcoran Gallery of Art
J. James Tissot
Europe
America
Thas
Art Institute of Brooklyn
Corcoran
Washington ministers announce national negro suffrage convention
Several negro clergymen met the President to say a large convention of negroes from across the country will gather in January in the capital to press Congress for a suffrage declaration. They expect delegates from radical elements, and it is believed Booker T. Washington may not be invited.
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Washington
White House
Booker T. Washington
Congress
Fire damages home on Fifth Street northwest
A defect in the fire damaged the home of John Just at 1105 Fifth street northwest last night. About $20 in damage occurred as the house filled with smoke. Just and his family saved most of their personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Just
Fifth Street
Just
Castro snubs French charge at New Year reception
French charge d affaires M Tadeny received no invitation to the New Year’s reception hosted by President Castro, prompting fresh Franco American diplomatic tension. France notes Castro’s prior offensive note to Taigny and awaits Paris instructions as Caracas relations sour further.
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Waffaires
France
Castro
State Department
M. Tadeny
Taigny
M. Marbourgust
Paris
Loubet
Caracas
Paria
Police Hero Ajax Whitman Hurt Grabbing Runaway Horses
New York January 3 Ajax Whitman famed bicycle squad officer and hero of many chases was badly injured today while attempting to stop two runaway horses attached to a loaded ice wagon. He fell under the wagon as the horses bolted and both legs were broken. Fellow officers stopped the horses and he was rushed to a hospital. Whitman, one of the force’s best known policemen, holds numerous medals for valor.
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New York
Ajax” Whitman
Upper Fifth Avenue
Whitman
Fifth Avenue
One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Street
Bard of High Rock Is 85 In Portsmouth Peace Visit
John W. Hutchinson of Lynn Massachusetts marked his eighty fifth birthday in Portsmouth after arriving there last night. He is known as a writer and singer nicknamed the Bard of High Rock. In August he married Agnes Barnes Everest in this city and recently donated land for a public park. Hutchinson and wife sang their composition Fatherhood of God Brotherhood of Man at the Russo Japanese peace negotiations in Portsmouth. He is the last descendant of the Hutchinson Quartet. A reception is planned at 1319 Vermont Avenue at 2 p m.
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John W. Hutchinson
Lynn
Mass
Agnes Barnes Everest
Hutchinson
Tyna
High Rock
Portsmouth
Manual Director Quits at McKinley School
Capt. Frank E. Skinner resigns as director of shop practice at McKinley Manual Training School to accept a commissary post at the Soldiers Home Hampton Virginia with captain’s rank. He is the fifth department head to leave. Clarence W. Hicox is named as likely successor. Dr. Greene to speak on Sunday school at Calvary Baptist Church, with a combined assembly from Calvary and Memorial Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Skinner
McKinley Manual Training School
Hampton
National Home
Fort Monroe
Skinner
Central High School
Columbian University
George Washington
Cornell
Clarence W. Hicox
Capt. Skinner
Dr. Greene
Samuel H. Greene
D. D
Calgary Baptist Church
Calvary Sunday School
Memorial Chapel
Calvary Chinese School
Cotton Grower Leaders Re elected in Southern Regions
Atlanta reports the Georgia division of the Southern Cotton Association re elected M. L. Johnson as president and W. L. Peek H. C. Hill and J. D. Walker as vice president secretary and treasurer. Harvie Jordan spoke of growers controlling the market and a conference with spinners in New York on January 24. Other divisions in Columbia Montgomery and Austin re elected their officers and urged reduced acreage with firm prices.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Southern Cotton Association
M. L. Johnson
W. L. Peek
Conyers
H. C. Hill
Monticello
J. D. Walker
Sparta
Harvie Jordan
America
England
South
New York
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
E. D T. Smith
H. B. Tindall
F. H. Weston
F. H. Hyatt
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
W. H. Seymour
J. A. B. Lovett
Bolant
Louis B. Farley
Austin
Tex
Cotton Growers of
Texas
Bernhardt Performs Adrienne Lecouvreur and Angelo at Belasco
Bernhardt offered two Belasco Theater matinee and evening showings, starring in Adrienne Lecouvreur and Hugo’s Angelo. The cast included De Max, Mme Barbier, Decoeur, and Deneubourg, with Bernhardt’s stark death scene in Adrienne as a highlight. Angelo features Tisbe, Caterina, and Rodolfo in a tangled romance. The program drew strong performances, scenery, and an enthusiastic audience despite rain. A separate item notes a streetcar collision at Seventh and T Streets leaving William Grant uninjured.
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
Hugo
Angelo
Mme. Bernhardt
Belasco Theater
Victor Hugo
de Max
Mme. Barbier
Decoeur
Deneubourg
Adrienne
Bernhardt
Scribe- Legauve
de Saxe
Duchess de Bouillon
Poiton
Theatre Francais
Bouret
Bastille
Cardinal Fleury
Duc de Bouillon
Voltaire
Nesles
Catherine Howard
France
Padua
Tisbe
Rodolfo
Caterina
Msbe
Angela
Rudolfo
Tishe
Tiebe
Barbier
Yale Glee Club Concert At Willard Hosts Notables
Yale Glee and Mandolin Club entertained last night at the Willard with banjo mandolin and vocal numbers reflecting college life. Mrs Taft and numerous society guests assisted in receiving. Fifty six members will perform in New York tonight before disbanding. A ball followed the concert with many hostesses listed among patrons and organizers.
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New Willard
Yale Glee and Mandolin Club
The
Willard
Messrs. Bull
Andrews
Dustin
McGie
Butler
Glee Club
New York
Watt
Yale
Hoyt
Postlethwaite
Miller
Lincoln
Bell
Taft
Hitchcock
Brewer
Chaffee
Dewey
Hale
Lodge
Elkins
Wetmore
Foraker
Spooner
Depew
Kean
Newlands
Hitt
Huff
A. C. Barney
Charles J. Bell
Thomas Blagden
George S. Bradley
Calderon Carlisle
William
Frederick A. Miller
Henry Cleveland Perkins
James W. Pinchot
Riggs
Richard Townsend
A. C. Fyler
W. K. van Reypen
Camp Officers Installed At Lincoln Posts In City Hall
Lincoln Post No 3 G A R and Lincoln No 6 W R C installed their new officers last evening at the G A B Hall. Jeanne Street heads the G A R post with Addie Feathers and Jennie Wheeler as senior and junior vice presidents. W R C officers include Commander J D Bloodgood and others. A later tribute awarded Mrs Jennie Thomson a silver tea set and Mrs Ida Chase a silver chafing dish while Maj Oldroyd received a handsome suitcase. A church meeting at Epworth M B Church was postponed to next Monday for Congregational planning.
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Lincoln Post
Lincoln
A. BR
Eliza F. Naylor
Lincoln Corps
Jeanne H. Street
Addie H. Feathers
Jennie Wheeler
Jean Newland
Sarah Turnbull
Isabel Bontz
Hannah J. Devoe
Margaret Walker
Jennie T. Thomson
Ida Chase
Alfred Shaw
Meade Post
No. 5
J. D. Bloodgood
Robert Aiten
W. H. Raymond
W. McElderry
A. E. Johnson
M. D
George W. Honey
George W. Street
C. H. Worden
O. H. Oldroyd
B. F. Chase
Honey
G.W. Honey
Lincoln W. R. C
W. R. Co
Maj. Oldroyd
Adjt
Elderry
Getysburg Drum Narration Delights Legion Guests
A Civil War Battle scene in a drum performance by A F Spingsteen at a New Year event of the Legion of Loyal Women G A R drew praise for vivid mimicry. The New Year gathering featured guests, music, a Clara Barton letter read by Col Tweedale, and introductions by hospitality and civic figures amid holiday decor.
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Gettysburg
A. F. Spingsteen
Legion of Loyal Women
Fanny Pomeroy
Julia G. Burnett
M. A. Knapp
N. V McCullough
E. K. Tempie
H. A. Engle
W. Calver
Delia C. Perham
BE. E. Dono Nue
M. Bougnton
M. A. Lamb
William Sheiz
Edwin Lee
Frank Rebetock
St. Mary's Choir
Arthur Middleton
Clara Barton
Oxford
Mass
Col. Tweedale
Department
Tasker
Bahey
I. C. Abbott
Harries
Tweedale
Col. Whitaker
Kimball
Bracket
Bradshaw
Mills
John van Schaich, Jr
Maxim
The
Old Guard
John F. Dowling
Meredith
Perham
Co. P. Matthews
Burnett
Alfred Wood
George Newton
Ernest Perham
Col. McElroy
Southern Belief Society hears lecture on Southern Industrial Education
At the New Willard meeting the Southern Belief Society heard Mrs Martha Gielow of Alabama argue for a movement by Southern women to educate white children in the South. She outlined illiteracy percentages, urged fundraising, and asserted many whites near the Capitol are unlettered and lack religious knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Belief Society
New Willard
Miss Heth
Martha & Gielow
Alabama
Washington
Southern Industrial Educationalesocration
South
Rubner Named Conductor for Washington Choral Society
Dr Cornelius Rubner unanimously elected conductor of the Choral Symphony Society at a directors meeting in Washington D C He is a Columbia University music professor and succeeds Edward McDowell The group plans Mendelssohn St Paul for late April pending theater and DAR Hall availability First rehearsal to be arranged by committee chair Otte Tuebbert Orchestra selection pending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Rubner
Choral Symphony Society
Wiliam Bruce King
Rubner
Columbia University
New York
Edward McDowell
Mendelssohn
Otte Tuebbert
Faust Without a Chorus Hits Metropolitan Opera in Strike
New York January 3 The Metropolitan Opera House staged Gounod Faust without a chorus due to a strike by the recently formed chorus union demanding nearly 60 percent raises. Director Heinsrich Conried told singers performing as individuals he would seek better conditions but would not negotiate with the union. Opening was delayed to 8 25 with an improvised chorus on stage. About 16 chorus members were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gounod
Faust
Metropolitan Opera House
Salarbaba
Hainrich Conrad
Conreid
Conried
New Haven Grants Sapho Play License After Morality Review
In New Haven Connecticut on January 3 municipal authorities cleared Olga Wethersole's company to stage Sapho in the city. Assistant City Attorney Samuel Hoyt acted as critic. police chief Wrenn had held the license pending morality concerns. The decision allows the performance to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Olga Wnethersole
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Ihe
Corcoran’ Art Gallery
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Lowall
Gotton Grower Controls
William Grant
Seventh Street
Seventh and
T Streets
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Anargyros
Fifth Ave
Yale Glee Glub
Society
Epworth M. B
Battle OF Gettysburg
Women’s Legion
Dixie
Choral Symphony Society Select
St. Paul
Washington Society
Sapho
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